History Manga / Goth

* KnifeNut: Kamiyama becomes one of these as the series progresses, taking his first set of knives from a serial killer he thwarted.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kamiyama.
* DesignatedVictim: Morino. [[JustifiedTrope Sometimes on purpose.]]
* DistressedDamsel: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]], [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], [[InvokedTrope invoked]], and played straight.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Morino. The only blemishes on her perfect white skin are the scars on her wrists.

* FirstPersonSmartass: Kamiyama in the novel.

* ReferencedBy: In episode 18 of "51 Ways to Save my Girlfriend", the heroine's handbag has a copy of Goth, it's even
illustrated with the dark gray cover with a switchblade.

%%* ScarsAreForever: Morino's wrists.

** In the first chapter, ''Wristcut'', the villain is their teacher, Shinohara, who cuts off peoples' hands out of an obsession and recently murdered a celebrity while taking her hands.
** The second chapter, ''Goth'', has a SerialKiller who gruesomely dismembers women and keeps a record of his kills in a journal.
** ''Grave'' has Saeki, a man who feels guilty for his crimes but finds himself compulsively needing to bury people alive to listen to them die.
** The final two chapters, ''Twins I'' and ''Twins II'', have Takami, a student who is obsessed with Morino and wants to kill her.

* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:FakeTwinGambit]].

* BuriedAlive: One serial killer's favorite murder method.
* TheChessmaster: Kamiyama.

* ContrivedCoincidence: The fourth chapter of the manga.
* CreepyTwins: [[spoiler:Yoru and her sister.]]

* HeManWomanHater: The cafe manager believes all women are unrepentant sinners who deserve to die and horrifically cuts them apart while accusing them of being inherintly guilty people.

* KidDetective: '''''The CREEPY kind.'''''

* PosthumousCharacter: Morino's sister.
* ScarsAreForever: Morino's wrists.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Kamiyama.
* TheSociopath: Itsuki.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Morino.

* [[spoiler:MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Subverted. Yoru carries her twin sister's identity InNameOnly.]]

* [[{{Fanservice}} Playing to the Fetishes]]: If the {{Nightmare Fetishis|t}}m doesn't get you, the manga cover page of [[http://mangapark.me/manga/goth/s1/v1/c3/6 Morino]] in a [[BoundAndGagged ball gag]] will.

* EvilCounterpart: Takami is this to Kamiyama. Both are sociopathic high school students with a taste for murder, are obsessed with Morino, and are [[IdenticalStranger strangely similar in appearance]].

%%* InterplayOfSexAndViolence

** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic Falling leaves]] and [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth butterflies]] for Morino.

* [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed]] [[ALoveToDismember To Dismember You]]: Kamiyama toward Morino. [[UnreliableNarrator Maybe.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Morino.

* SerialKiller: During their investigations, Kamiyama and Morino bump into several serial killers throughout the series, their encounters often being far too close for Morino's comfort.
* [[SerialKillerKiller Serial Killer Stalker]]: Kamiyama feels professional curiosity about the murders he investigates.

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence

* [[EvilCounterpart Eviler Counterpart]]: Takami is this to Kamiyama. Both are sociopathic high school students with a taste for murder, are obsessed with Morino, and are [[IdenticalStranger strangely similar in appearance]].

** The final two chapters, ''Twins I'' and ''Twins II'', has Takami, a student who is obsessed with Morino and wants to kill her.

* ArcVillain: Each chapter is focused on a different [[AxCrazy ax-crazed killer]], [[OverarchingVillain except for the last two]].
** Wristcut: [[EvilTeacher Shinohara]]
** Goth: [[TheButcher The Cafe Manager]]
** Grave: [[AffablyEvil Saeki]]
** Twins I and Twins II: [[EvilCounterpart Takami]]

* [[{{Fanservice}} Playing to the Fetishes]]: If the {{Nightmare Fetishis|t}}m doesn't get you, the manga cover page of [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/1910/01-003.0/compressed/ny_mappe.goth.ch3.100.jpg Morino]] in a [[BoundAndGagged ball gag]] will.

* [[spoiler:MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Subverted. Yoru carries her twin sister's identity in name only.]]

* [[{{Fanservice}} Playing To The Fetishes]]: If the {{Nightmare Fetishis|t}}m doesn't get you, the manga cover page of [[http://z.mhcdn.net/store/manga/1910/01-003.0/compressed/ny_mappe.goth.ch3.100.jpg Morino]] in a [[BoundAndGagged ball gag]] will.

''Goth'' is a 2003 [[HorrorLiterature horror]][=/=][[MysteryLiterature mystery]] novel by Japanese writer Creator/{{Otsuichi}} that successfully blends PsychologicalHorror, DetectiveLiterature, SlasherMovie, and {{Gorn}}. A [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]] {{manga}} adapted from the novel by illustrator Creator/KendiOiwa was published in 2004 by Kadokawa Comics. In 2008 a [[TheFilmOfTheBook live-action film adaptation]] was released, taking its direction from the manga and novel. The manga and novel are available in English from Creator/{{Tokyopop}}, and the movie has been released on DVD with English subtitles by Jolly Roger/Well Go USA.

* AdaptationDistillation: The novel is told through episodic stories not always directly related to one another–unsurprising, since it was originally serialized and then published in two separate collections before being combined in one book. The manga streamlines the narrative by removing plots without Kamiyama narrating and combining similar storylines, focusing more on Kamiyama and Morino's ambiguous relationship and giving greater weight to Morino as a character.

* KidDetective: '''''The creepy kind.'''''

* GracefulLoser: At least one killer reacts to Kamiyama's "Gotcha" with rueful admission of guilt. [[AntiHero But Itsuki isn't determined to bring them to justice.]]

* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath: A young man whose girlfriend is BuriedAlive by Kamiyama's latest target follows him to the scene. The girl is found dead of a self-inflicted neck wound. It is only after the killer confesses that he notices the "other boy" is missing. The coffin containing has been quietly reburied -– and a soft whisper is audible through the air tube under the surface.]]

* KidDetective: ''The '''creepy''' kind.''

''Goth'' is a 2003 [[HorrorLiterature horror]][=/=][[MysteryLiterature mystery]] novel by Japanese writer Creator/Otsuichi that successfully blends PsychologicalHorror, DetectiveLiterature, SlasherMovie, and {{Gorn}}. A [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]] {{manga}} adapted from the novel by illustrator Creator/KendiOiwa was published in 2004 by Kadokawa Comics. In 2008 a [[TheFilmOfTheBook live-action film adaptation]] was released, taking its direction from the manga and novel. The manga and novel are available in English from Creator/{{Tokyopop}}, and the movie has been released on DVD with English subtitles by Jolly Roger/Well Go USA.