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* BulletProofVest: Bulletproof corsets, rather, for undercover work -- One ceramic layer, five of Kevlar, and terminating with a titanium plate layer. It saves the lives of its wearers on more than one occasion, though often only barely.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first chapter portrayed Division M as a DestructiveHero, demolishing a massive skyscraper just to ensure the terrorists wouldn't escape. This level of carnage would never turn up again, with the characters showing much more professionalism and caution afterwards.
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* StayInTheKitchen: Authorities are often in disbelief that the vaunted counter-terrorist experts are all women. Even when they accept they're real operatives, their next assumption is that Division M are just glorified BodyguardBabes who take low-risk jobs -- Even new recruits make this mistake. Once the bullets start flying, though, the skepticism is quickly forgotten.
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* BookEnds: Helga's backstory in "Blood Bridal" opens with an East Berliner dying while trying to cross the UsefulNotes/BerlinWall, giving a visual of what Helga is up against when she eventually chooses to flee herself at the end of her story.
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* GenderBender: A complicated example. In the story "Special Guest", Division M is accompanied by a reserve member, Ginnie Claire. As it turns out, Ginnie used to be a Jean-Claude "Ginnie" Claire, until he was killed by guerillas that were employing magic to possess the wildlife. By [[TakingYouWithMe blowing himself up along with the leopard tearing out his throat]], his soul wound up riding the return trip back to his killer's host body, Katherine Barker. By the end of the story, Ginnie admits that she and whatever's left of Katherine is probably undergoing a MergerOfSouls.
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* GenderBender: A complicated example. In the story "Special Guest", Division M is accompanied by a reserve member, Ginnie Claire. As it turns out, Ginnie used to be a male member of CAT, Jean-Claude "Ginnie" Claire, until he was killed by guerillas that were employing magic to possess the wildlife. By [[TakingYouWithMe blowing himself up along with the leopard tearing out his throat]], his soul wound up riding the return trip back to his killer's host body, Katherine Barker. By the end of the story, Ginnie admits that she and whatever's left of Katherine is probably undergoing a MergerOfSouls.
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* TranquillizerDart: Discussed and Deconstructed. Animal protection groups criticize CAT when they use live ammunition to stop zoo animals that terrorists have let loose to rampage in Piccadilly, asking why they didn't use tranquillizer guns. As it turns out, there's no universal dosage that can apply InstantSedation to all the different types of animals present -- the tranquillizers would either be ineffective or ''too'' effective, and kill the animals anyways. Given human lives are in immediate danger, CAT isn't about to experiment.
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* WitchDoctor: One is employed by a London cell of African terrorists for a ritual to transfer their planned assassins' souls into wild animals.
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* BrokenPedestal: In "The White Emperor" storyline, Mariko and Helga face off against Smirnov, a Green Beret that trained them, and, to their consternation, has become an officer for a drug cartel. Despite that, they manage to part with no hard feelings, since he turns out to still at least be a NobleDemon who hadn't committed the worst of the cartel's crimes.
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* BusmansHoliday: In "Liner 501", Mariko decides to take a vacation alone. By dumb luck, her flight then happens to be the one hijackers take over.
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* ActionPrologue: The first chapter, "Burst City", throws readers into an action packed hostage rescue situation to give a general impression of what the series will be like. It's only in the second chapter "Boomerang" that a security briefing explains CAT and the overall premise of the series.
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''Desert Rose'' (砂の薔薇, ''Suna no Bara'') is a manga by Kaoru Shintani (better known for his other manga, ''Manga/Area88'') that was first published in 1989 and ran for 15 volumes. In a time when terrorism is becoming both more advanced and vicious, counter-terrorist expertise is in greater demand than ever. Filling this need is CAT -- Counterattack Terrorism -- a PrivateMilitaryCompany that can tackle any burgeoning threat around the world. Within this group, Mariko Rosebank, known as "Marie the Rose", leads Division M: a fighting force composed entirely of women. Over 135 chapters, Mariko and her troops take on terrorists, assassins, drug cartels with a combination of overwhelming firepower and copious {{Fanservice}}.
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''Desert Rose'' (砂の薔薇, ''Suna no Bara'') is a manga by Kaoru Shintani (better known for his other manga, ''Manga/Area88'') that was first published in 1989 and ran for 15 volumes. In a time when terrorism is becoming both more advanced and vicious, counter-terrorist expertise is in greater demand than ever. Filling this need is CAT -- Counterattack Terrorism -- a PrivateMilitaryCompany that can tackle any burgeoning threat around the world. Within this group, Mariko Rosebank, known as "Marie the Rose", leads Division M: a fighting force composed entirely of women. Over 135 chapters, Mariko and her troops take on terrorists, assassins, drug cartels cartels, and more, with a combination of overwhelming firepower and copious {{Fanservice}}.
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* CerebusRollercoaster: On the one hand, you have Shintani's artstyle, which can show cartoonish and comedic expressions. On the other hand, the stories do not shy away from gore at all, and while the art may not be ultra-detailed, the violence is still graphic where it counts.
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''Desert Rose'' (砂の薔薇, ''Suna no Bara'') is a manga by Kaoru Shintani (better known for his other manga, ''Manga/Area88'') that was first published in 1989 and ran for 15 volumes. In a time when terrorism is becoming both more advanced and vicious, counter-terrorist expertise is in greater demand than ever. Filling this need is CAT -- Counterattack Terrorism -- a PrivateMilitaryCompany that can tackle any burgeoning threat around the world. Within this group, Mariko Rosebank, known as "Marie the Rose", leads Division M: a fighting force composed entirely of women. Over 135 chapters, Mariko and her troops take on terrorists, assassins, drug cartels with both a combination of overwhelming firepower and copious {{Fanservice}}.
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->''There are plenty of groups that specialize in counter-terrorism. G9 in Germany, SAS in Britain, America has special forces for it, but the problem is each group is restricted to operations affecting its own country. Terrorists have no boundaries, but those who battle them must respect national boundaries. However! There is one group that, like terrorists, has no borders. It is called Counterattack Terrorism, better known as CAT. They are mercenaries whose specialty is fighting terrorism.''
--> '''Chapter 2: Boomerang'''
''Desert Rose'' (砂の薔薇, ''Suna no Bara'') is a manga by Kaoru Shintani (better known for his other manga, ''Manga/Area88'') that was first published in 1989 and ran for 15 volumes. In a time when terrorism is becoming both more advanced and vicious, counter-terrorist expertise is in greater demand than ever. Filling this need is CAT -- Counterattack Terrorism -- a PrivateMilitaryCompany that can tackle any burgeoning threat around the world. Within this group, Mariko Rosebank, known as "Marie the Rose", leads Division M: a fighting force composed entirely of women. Over 135 chapters, Mariko and her troops take on terrorists, assassins, drug cartels with both a combination of overwhelming firepower and copious {{Fanservice}}.
In 1993, the manga also received an OVA side story, ''Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse''.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The characters do get injured over the course of the story, sometimes graphically, yet the girls always look picture perfect in their swimwear or underwear. The manga's final afterword wrly notes that with all the injuries Helga acquired, including [[spoiler:open heart battlefield surgery]], she should better resemble a "tattered washcloth". Helga (and the manga) just {{Hand Wave}}s the issue by saying they use foundation and make up.
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Mariko Rosebank
* ImprobableAge: Mariko is three-year veteran and leader at 26 years old. More improbably, she lost her family 4 years prior, meaning CAT's training turned her from a housewife into a soldier in a single year. The manga's final afterword pokes fun at this, with Mariko angrily insisting that she's 26, and "Manga characters don't age after their initial appearance".
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->''There are plenty of groups that specialize in counter-terrorism. G9 in Germany, SAS in Britain, America has special forces for it, but the problem is each group is restricted to operations affecting its own country. Terrorists have no boundaries, but those who battle them must respect national boundaries. However! There is one group that, like terrorists, has no borders. It is called Counterattack Terrorism, better known as CAT. They are mercenaries whose specialty is fighting terrorism.''
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''Desert Rose'' (砂の薔薇, ''Suna no Bara'') is a manga by Kaoru Shintani (better known for his other manga, ''Manga/Area88'') that was first published in 1989 and ran for 15 volumes. In a time when terrorism is becoming both more advanced and vicious, counter-terrorist expertise is in greater demand than ever. Filling this need is CAT -- Counterattack Terrorism -- a PrivateMilitaryCompany that can tackle any burgeoning threat around the world. Within this group, Mariko Rosebank, known as "Marie the Rose", leads Division M: a fighting force composed entirely of women. Over 135 chapters, Mariko and her troops take on terrorists, assassins, drug cartels with both a combination of overwhelming firepower and copious {{Fanservice}}.
In 1993, the manga also received an OVA side story, ''Desert Rose: The Snow Apocalypse''.
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!''Desert Rose'' contains examples of:
* AmazonBrigade
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: The characters do get injured over the course of the story, sometimes graphically, yet the girls always look picture perfect in their swimwear or underwear. The manga's final afterword wrly notes that with all the injuries Helga acquired, including [[spoiler:open heart battlefield surgery]], she should better resemble a "tattered washcloth". Helga (and the manga) just {{Hand Wave}}s the issue by saying they use foundation and make up.
* GirlsWithGuns
* GreaterScopeVillain: Gryphon
* WesternTerrorists
Mariko Rosebank
* ImprobableAge: Mariko is three-year veteran and leader at 26 years old. More improbably, she lost her family 4 years prior, meaning CAT's training turned her from a housewife into a soldier in a single year. The manga's final afterword pokes fun at this, with Mariko angrily insisting that she's 26, and "Manga characters don't age after their initial appearance".
* ScarsAreForever
