History Manga / GaRei

'''''Ga-Rei''''' is a 2005 manga series by Hajime Segawa about OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Kensuke Nimura and definitely not ordinary high school girl named Kagura Tsuchimiya. After an incident involving a giant monster ghost baby Kensuke follows Kagura into her world of supernatural peril.

* ActionGirl: Many, with Kagura, Kyouko and later [[spoiler: Isoyama Izumi]] being the primary examples.

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Anyone taken over by a Sesshouseki has black sclera and either HellishPupils or no pupils at all.

** Izumi definitely fits this

%%* CoolBigSis: Yomi.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Kazuhiro's entire motivation is the resurrection of his mother. He succeeds, too, and she comes back right. Of course, this means that she kills him for all of the awful things he did.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Kazuhiro, who is responsible for driving Yomi insane and much of the horrible things that happen in the story, did everything he did to resurrect his dead mother. He gets his wish, and his mom comes back the same way she was when she was alive. This also means that she's ''sane'' and kills her maniac of a son before he can do more damage.]]

* MagneticPlotDevice: [[spoiler:Yomi]] gives off miasma, which attracts evil spirits.

** In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Yomi merges her soul with Kagura to take the place of Byakuei.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Izumi is the only main character not shown in the DistantFinale.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Izumi is last seen [[spoiler:pleading with Yomi to not trigger the end of the world, prompting her to instead fuse with Kagura to keep her from dying]]. In the DistantEpilogue, she's nowhere to be seen.

Kagura and Yomi -- in their ''Ga-Rei Zero'' designs -- cameo in the ''Manga/TokyoESP'' anime, and a crossover titled ''Tokyo ESP × Ga-rei -SHADOW WALKER-'' was released alongside the limited edition of the ''Tokyo ESP'' anime.

A crossover with Manga/TokyoESP is in progress.

* TheCorruption: Yomi struggles with it whenever she has screen time.

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Yomi starts out heroic in the beginning of ''Zero'', turns evil after being implanted with a Sesshouseki, turns good after being brought back to life, and in the final arc [[spoiler:decides to destroy the world out of despair and anger. Girl can't catch a break.]]

* IncestSubtext: While not blood-related, there is A LOT of subtext between Yomi and Kagura, two people who see each other as sisters. May also count as NotBloodSiblings.
* IncompatibleOrientation: In Chapter 36 and 37, Izumi realizes she's developing feelings for Kaura, who despite her amnesia retains feelings for Kensuke.

* RetCanon: A few of the manga's later flashbacks borrow either characters or scenes from the anime. At this point, the anime could be considered manga canon.

** When Kensuke is killed by Setsuna, Kagura taps into her Sesshoseki earring out of rage and temporarily becomes one, barely avoiding succumbing to corruption as Yomi had.

* {{Onmyodo}}: Used extensively by the Countermeasures Department, but mostly by Kyouko and Souzaemon.

* ActionGirl: Many, Kagura, Kyouko and later [[spoiler: Isoyama Izumi]] are the primary examples.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Replace "black/white priestess" with "lunar/solar priestess", and you start getting ''KannazukiNoMiko'' vibes.

* YakuzaPrincess: Seizure is the daughter of a branch of a clan of onmyōji that relocated overseas and became involved in organized crime.

* {{Youkai}}: While AllMythsAreTrue, given that the series is set in Japan, the most commonly encountered supernatural beings are youkai.

** In Chapter 38, the group [[Film/DawnOfTheDead takes shelter from a horde of undead in a mall]].

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Kensuke is killed, but Kagura resurrects him with the power of the Kyuubi. She resurrects Yomi, too, though subconsciously.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: It look a lot of [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifices]], but they did [[http://www.onemanga.com/Ga-Rei/52/46/ earned it!]] ]]

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Yomi starts out heroic in the beginning of ''Zero'', turns heel after being implanted with a Sesshouseki, turns face after being brought back to life, and in the final arc [[spoiler: is forcibly turned back into a heel. Girl can't catch a break.]]

* FireForgedFriends

* GoKartingWithBowser: Chapter 45 has the supporters of both sides meeting together and fighting... in a [[SnowballFight Snowball Fight.]]

* {{Kitsune}}: The Kyuubi is a fox-shaped AnimalisticAbomination formed when the Sesshouseki was put together. [[spoiler:It's initially stated to be a spirit-beast controlled by an Onmyodo named Tamamo-no-Mae, but is later revealed to be part of a cycle of creation and destruction.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Kazuhiro, who is responsible for driving Yomi insane and much of the horrible things that happen in the story, did everything he did to resurrect his dead mother. He gets his wish, and his mom comes back the same way she was when she was alive. This also means that she's ''sane'' and kills her maniac of a son before he can do more damage.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Arguably Kensuke and Kagura, after tons of ShipTease and the culmination of Kagura actively using ThePowerOfLove near the finale, with their relationship...doing something.]]

* SleepModeSize: Byakuei, after the end of the Kyuubi arc.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl:

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: At the end, what happened to [[spoiler:Noriyuki? Sure, Yomi merged with Kagura, but does that mean she took Noriyuki with her?]]
** [[spoiler:In the epilogue he's chilling as a ghost]]

* YakuzaPrincess: Shizuru.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Izumi is last seen [[spoiler:pleading with Yomi to not trigger the end of the world, prompting her to instead fuse with Kagura to stop her from dying]]. In the DistantEpilogue, she's nowhere to be seen.

* [[AccidentalKiss Accidental]] SacredFirstKiss[=/=]CrashIntoHello: How Kagura and Kensuke meet. It's quite painful for the latter, as the former runs into him on a ''motor scooter''.

* AfterlifeExpress: Ghost train, rather.

* BeachEpisode: They go to a water park, too.

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Anyone taken over by a Sesshouseki has black sclera and HellishPupils.

* ButtMonkey: Yomi.

* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Kagura.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Izumi definitely fits this
** Yomi actually shows a few glimpses of these when it comes to Kagura or Noriyuki. While it may not be clingy, it's definitely a scary jealousy
* CoolBigSis: Yomi.
* CoolSword: Kagura's appears to be a [[LaserBlade laser]]; one of Yomi's is made out of several smaller blades attached to a [[{{BFS}} single one in the center]]. Check the PowerOfLove page to see what Kensuke's Michael Revolution is capable of.

* DecoyProtagonist: Kensuke

* TheFaceless: Lord Tamamo.

* {{Kitsune}}: The Kyuubi is a fox-shaped AnimalisticAbomination formed when the Sesshouseki was put together.

* MergerOfSouls: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Yomi merges her soul with Kagura to take the place of Byakuei.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Kensuke

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Yomi, when fulfilling her ApocalypseMaiden role, has lank black hair, BlackEyesOfCrazy, and HellishPupils.

* ThePowerOfLove: Apparently this is how Kagura gets the powers of the White Priestess. Not revealed to cornily...until suddenly Michael goes, "Kagura! It's time to use the power of love!"
* TookALevelInBadass: Shizuru, after her training with Noriyuki.

* VillainousCrossdresser: Okama Zankurou.
** [[MeaningfulName Okama]] is slang for "drag queen" in Japan.

* ShoutOut: The evil spirit in Chapter 37 is a crew of bikers led by a skeleton with a flaming skull for a head, and who wields demonic chains. Their name? The [[ComicBook/GhostRider Ghost Riders]].
* SlasherSmile: While controlled by the Sesshouseki, Yomi sports these now and again.

* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Yomi starts out heroic in the beginning of ''Zero'', turns heel after being implanted with a Sesshouseki, turns face after being brought back to life, and in current chapters, [[spoiler: is forcibly turned back into a heel. Girl can't catch a break.]]

* BadassGay: Koji Iwahata. The big badass ex-mercenary.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Yomi]] is named after the Shinto underworld. The Kyuubi and the Sesshouseki are references to the legend of Tamamo-no-Mae.

* [[SchoolgirlLesbians Schoolgirl Lesbian]]: [[spoiler:Izumi.]]

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: As an onryō, Yomi has black sclera and slitted pupils.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: Anyone taken over by a Sesshouseki, complete with white HellishPupils.

* AllMythsAreTrue

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Yomi, when fulfilling her ApocalypseMaiden role, has lank black hair and BlackEyesOfCrazy.

* CynicismCatalyst: [[KillTheOnesYouLove Kagura killed Yomi]] while Yomi was being controlled by the Sesshouseki (see GaReiZero). It doesn't seem to bother her at first, but it eventually takes its toll.

* TraumaCongaLine: The entire Ga-Rei (including the [[GaReiZero prequel anime]]) is just one long series of one tragedy after another befalling Kagura. When you read it in one sit, Kagura begin to look like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], minus the whininess.

* EvenBadBoysLoveTheirMamas: [[spoiler: Kazuhiro's entire motivation is the resurrection of his mother. He succeeds, too, and she comes back right. Of course, this means that she kills him for all of the awful things he did.]]

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''Ga-Rei'' is a 2005 manga series by Hajime Segawa about OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Kensuke Nimura and definitely not ordinary high school girl named Kagura Tsuchimiya. After an incident involving a giant monster ghost baby Kensuke follows Kagura into her world of supernatural peril.

!!This Series Provides Examples of:

* {{Hard Gay}}: Koji Iwahata. The big badass ex-mercenary.

* TraumaCongaLine: The entire GaRei (including the [[GaReiZero prequel anime]]) is just one long series of one tragedy after another befalling Kagura. When you read it in one sit, Kagura begin to look like [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], minus the whininess.

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