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theres a newspaper interview that says the same, but i can't find a good english translation. will correct to singular if no avail.
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* ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: Background buildings are an odd mix of skyscrapers and traditional architecture, and weapons advancement seems to have stopped at the katana. According to interviews, Hokazono used this trope because he thought the Hollywood depiction of Japan [[RuleOfCool looked cool]].
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* ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: Background buildings are an odd mix of skyscrapers and traditional architecture, and weapons advancement seems to have stopped at the katana. [[https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/1290/ According to interviews, interviews]], Hokazono used this trope because he thought the Hollywood depiction of Japan [[RuleOfCool looked cool]].
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* ThirtySecondsOverTokyo: Background buildings are an odd mix of skyscrapers and traditional architecture, and weapons advancement seems to have stopped at the katana. According to interviews, Hokazono used this trope because he thought the Hollywood depiction of Japan [[RuleOfCool looked cool]].
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* EscortMission: Chihiro and Shiba's goal when they invade the Rakuzaichi. With Hakuri able to have the storehouse passed on to him genetically, they plan to fight their way through the henchmen to the Naginojoen, where the transfer takes place, to lead non-combatant Hakuri there and forcefully transfer control to him from Kyora to get their hands on the Shinuchi and hostages in one fell swoop.
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* {{Motifs}}: Time. The amount of time something takes ends up being tracked by a character in several major scenes throughout the entire series. Most of these moments are major stepping stones of [[CharacterDevelopment Chihiro's advancement and growth as a person]], pushing forward in growth along with the inevitable forward push of the clock.
** During Chihiro's second duel with Sojo, the twelve seconds their battle takes is kept track of by a digital clock.
** Kyora requests tea brought to him in ten minutes and is later seen drinking it a few chapters later amid a fight.
** The countdown to the 208th Rakuzaichi's 12:00 opening is built up to and shown prominently throughout Chapter 27.
** During Chihiro's second duel with Sojo, the twelve seconds their battle takes is kept track of by a digital clock.
** Kyora requests tea brought to him in ten minutes and is later seen drinking it a few chapters later amid a fight.
** The countdown to the 208th Rakuzaichi's 12:00 opening is built up to and shown prominently throughout Chapter 27.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: The Korogumi {{Yakuza}} of the first chapter hold complete control over their territory through their brutality and the backing of the Hishaku. While citizens are rightfully terrified of them, they are quickly revealed to be small fish in the grand scheme of the criminal underworld. Without the Hishaku, they have no Sorcerers and only sword-wielding {{Mooks}} among them, making them easy pickings for Chihiro to take on alone, while every antagonist group which come after have far grander ambitions, resources, and more dangerous members.
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* SinisterSilhouettes:
** The first time the Hishaku are seen during the night they attacked the Rokuhira household, two of their members tower over the wounded Kunishige Rokuhira with their upper bodies obscured by shadows.
** As Hakuri reveals the existence and explains the purpose of [[PraetorianGuard the Tou]] to Chihiro and his allies, a panel shows all four members of the Tou standing atop a roof completely enveloped in shadows
** The first time the Hishaku are seen during the night they attacked the Rokuhira household, two of their members tower over the wounded Kunishige Rokuhira with their upper bodies obscured by shadows.
** As Hakuri reveals the existence and explains the purpose of [[PraetorianGuard the Tou]] to Chihiro and his allies, a panel shows all four members of the Tou standing atop a roof completely enveloped in shadows
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* NotWorthKilling: The Hishaku leader completely outclasses Chihiro when they first fight at the Rakuzaichi, effortlessly dodging and blocking all of Chihiro's strikes while throwing him off balance with his own unarmed strikes. Even though he ends up having Chihiro dead to rights bound against his [[GreenThumb tree wall]], the Hishaku declares he's "too green" to finish off when Chihiro questions why he hasn't been killed.
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* PhlebotinumOverload: If a sorcerer's spiritual energy is amplified past what their body can handle, they die. The mystic blades avoid this by storing energy ''outside'' the wielder's body in the form of a GuardianEntity, allowing far more power than normal sorcery.
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* ParallelConflictSequence: The invasion of the Rakuzaichi steadily splits off into several independent fights between the cast as it continues. After the initial waves of {{Mooks}}, Chihiro duels the Hishaku leader, Hiyuki fights a set of EliteMooks, Hakuri confronts his brother Soya, and Shiba takes on the remaining Tou all at once.
* PhlebotinumOverload: If a sorcerer'sspiritual energy Spirit Energy is amplified past what their body can handle, they die. die, [[StuffBlowingUp explosively]]. The mystic blades Sacred Blades avoid this by storing energy ''outside'' the wielder's body in the form of a GuardianEntity, allowing far more power than normal sorcery.
* PhlebotinumOverload: If a sorcerer's
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* ArcSymbol: Sojo kills the [[spoiler:Anti-Kuregumo Squad]] over the sea. Chihiro didn't witness that, but every time he ponders about what others might do with the Sacred Blades and his responsibility in retrieving them, he envisions the beach where the bodies of Sojo's victims washed out on.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Shiba tortures Daruma by repeatedly smashing his foot into the ground with his teleportation sorcery amplifying each hit. By the end of it, Daruma's foot is lodged into the ground and he is later seen wearing a cast.
* AnArmAndALeg: In just about every fight scene at least one combatant loses a limb. While this is often only a henchman or two having an arm removed, even major characters are not spared from this trend. [[spoiler:Chihiro and Kazane both survive having one of their arms lopped off fighting Sojo, as does Ikuto losing both legs. Even [[CheerfulChild Char]] loses a leg at one point, to [[GoodThingYouCanHeal show off her regenerative qualities.]]]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: Sharp two-piece suits and ties are popular among the criminals of the Japanese underworld and the Kamunabi alike, leading to them getting into swordfights and bloody battles while dressed exquisitely.
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** Kyora, the head of the Sazanami clan, is downright excited to have Chihiro as an enemy and openly challenges him to come after the Enchanted Blades with everything he has. He makes it clear this is due to seeing him as both an [[WorthyOpponent equal opponent for his martial and mental prowess]], and knowing [[spoiler:having him killed to make Enten a viable auction item]] is a spectacle which can singlehandedly make the 208th Rakuzaichi the most famous in the family's history.
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** Kyora, the head of the Sazanami clan, is downright excited to have Chihiro as an enemy and openly challenges him to come after the Enchanted Blades with everything he has. He makes it clear this is due to seeing him as both an [[WorthyOpponent equal opponent for his martial and mental prowess]], and knowing [[spoiler:having him killed to make Enten a viable auction item]] is a spectacle which can singlehandedly make the 208th Rakuzaichi the most famous profitable in the family's history.
* CallingYourAttacks: Several sorcerers need to call out the name of their spells to use them, leading to this when they are employed in battle. A more intricate example is shown with Hiyuki, who possesses several attacks with her sorcery. To specify which, she must make a full declaration to an entity known as "Rikuo" for which piece of the skeleton she wishes to use.
-->'''Hiyuki:''' Rikuo, give me [[PowerFist a hand]].
-->'''Hiyuki:''' Rikuo, give me [[PowerFist a hand]].
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Shiba interrogates the "cylinder head" henchman that attempted to kidnap Char by stepping onto his feet and using some kind of spell to [[AgonyOfTheFeet crush them]]. By the time Shiba is done, the room is covered in cracks and the villain's bloodsoaked right foot is completely embedded in the ground.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Shiba interrogates the "cylinder head" henchman that attempted to kidnap Char captured Daruma by stepping onto his feet and using some kind of spell his teleportation to [[AgonyOfTheFeet crush them]]. By the time Shiba is done, the room is covered in cracks and the villain's bloodsoaked blood-soaked right foot is completely embedded in the ground.ground. He later plans to dish this out again with some [[{{Fingore}} fingernail pulling]] on Kyora before he is dissuaded.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When the Rakuzaichi auction begins, a lone boy named Yuu, stylizing himself as the superhero "Mr. Inazuma" (or "Mr. Lightning") with a baseball helmet and cape, tries and fails to break into the building through the front door to rescue his abducted sister. While Yuu is getting manhandled, there's a flashback to where he's afraid of thunder and lightning outside, and his sister would console him by saying that lightning only strikes evildoers. When Chihiro [[BigDamnHeroes arrives on the scene to rescue him]], he gets charged by the security who believe he's easy pickings due to [[spoiler:him lacking his Sacred Blade, Enten. However, after Shiba causes a blackout, Chihiro reveals he did not, in fact, show up unarmed, and demonstrates how Yuu's sister was saying the truth by revealing a certain lightning-based power...]]
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: FiveSecondForeshadowing:
** When Soya catches Hakuri after he tries to [[DrivenToSuicide jump off a high ledge]] to escape him, he casually mentions how Hakuri wouldn't survive the fall because of how weak he is. An odd remark to make about falling to death which makes more sense a few pages later when the family sorcery is revealed. Isou, a powerful shockwave which allows Soya to fly through the air, meaning it truly is impossible for the Sazanamis to fall to their death, except for IneptMage Hakuri.
** When the Rakuzaichi auction begins, a lone boy named Yuu, stylizing himself as the superhero "Mr. Inazuma" (or "Mr. Lightning") with a baseball helmet and cape, tries and fails to break into the building through the front door to rescue his abducted sister. While Yuu is getting manhandled, there's a flashback to where he's afraid of thunder and lightning outside, and his sister would console him by saying that lightning only strikes evildoers. When Chihiro [[BigDamnHeroes arrives on the scene to rescue him]], he gets charged by the security who believe he's easy pickings due to [[spoiler:him lacking his Sacred Blade, Enten. However, after Shiba causes a blackout, Chihiro reveals he did not, in fact, show up unarmed, and demonstrates how Yuu's sister was saying the truth by revealing a certain lightning-based power...]]
** When Soya catches Hakuri after he tries to [[DrivenToSuicide jump off a high ledge]] to escape him, he casually mentions how Hakuri wouldn't survive the fall because of how weak he is. An odd remark to make about falling to death which makes more sense a few pages later when the family sorcery is revealed. Isou, a powerful shockwave which allows Soya to fly through the air, meaning it truly is impossible for the Sazanamis to fall to their death, except for IneptMage Hakuri.
** When the Rakuzaichi auction begins, a lone boy named Yuu, stylizing himself as the superhero "Mr. Inazuma" (or "Mr. Lightning") with a baseball helmet and cape, tries and fails to break into the building through the front door to rescue his abducted sister. While Yuu is getting manhandled, there's a flashback to where he's afraid of thunder and lightning outside, and his sister would console him by saying that lightning only strikes evildoers. When Chihiro [[BigDamnHeroes arrives on the scene to rescue him]], he gets charged by the security who believe he's easy pickings due to [[spoiler:him lacking his Sacred Blade, Enten. However, after Shiba causes a blackout, Chihiro reveals he did not, in fact, show up unarmed, and demonstrates how Yuu's sister was saying the truth by revealing a certain lightning-based power...]]
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* GenderIsNoObject: Women are by all accounts treated completely the same as men within the setting. Women are shown in high-ranking positions in the Kamunabi (Hiyuki is their top agent and one of the nine heads is a woman) and leading their own careers independent of men (Hinao). Even the isolationist, morally-bankrupt Sazanami Clan have a woman among the Tou, the trusted family elite.
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* MagicByAnyOtherName: The word magic is never actually used as terminology within the series. A person's potency with the setting's magic is referred to as "Spirit Energy", which powers Sorcery used by sorcerers.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: The Tou and the Oni Mask Sorcerer mention how every year a few criminals try their luck to attack Kyora during the Rakuzaichi and try to make off with merchandise for free despite the heavy security and fair auction process enforced by the Sazanami Clan. Every year, all those who interrupt are routinely slaughtered by the Tou, which makes the crowd gathered for the 208th Rakuzaichi have a fairly nonplussed reaction to Chihiro's invasion.
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* PaintingTheMedium: Certain significant {{Written Sound Effect}}s, such as during Chihiro's fight with Sojo in chapter 10, cover such an amount of the page that they also double as the borders of the panels around them.
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** Certain significant {{Written Sound Effect}}s, such as during Chihiro's fight with Sojo in chapter 10, cover such an amount of the page that they also double as the borders of the panels aroundthem.them.
** One of the final three bounty hunters pursuing Chihiro and Char is a sorcerer who attacks with chanting spells which send off [[RazorWind sound waves powerful enough to shred a hand]]. This is shown by his dialogue bubbles becoming razor sharp and physically hitting his opponents.
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** One of the final three bounty hunters pursuing Chihiro and Char is a sorcerer who attacks with chanting spells which send off [[RazorWind sound waves powerful enough to shred a hand]]. This is shown by his dialogue bubbles becoming razor sharp and physically hitting his opponents.
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** Smaller jumps forward occur at least once per arc, with two weeks being skipped at the end of the Vs. Sojo arc, and a week being skipped to close the distance on the date of the Rakuzaichi in its titular arc. Any important scenes or revelations during the time is subsequently shown in flashbacks.
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** Smaller jumps forward occur at least once per arc, with two weeks being skipped at the end of the Vs. Sojo arc, and a week being skipped to close the distance on the date of the Rakuzaichi in its titular arc. Any important scenes or revelations during the skipped time is subsequently shown in flashbacks.
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* MookHorrorShow: When Chihiro's mission to retrieve Char from Sojo's headquarters goes loud, he figures out techniques to keep fighting even in his injured state. What follows is multiple pages of overconfident henchmen being warned about the situation while Chihiro [[FunnyBackgroundEvent slices and dices guards in the background]]. Eventually Chihiro emerges onto the foreground, decapitates one last pair of guards and casually offers Char a sandwich.
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* MookHorrorShow: MookHorrorShow:
** When Chihiro's mission to retrieve Char from Sojo's headquarters goes loud, he figures out techniques to keep fighting even in his injured state. What follows is multiple pages of overconfident henchmen being warned about the situation while Chihiro [[FunnyBackgroundEvent slices and dices guards in the background]]. Eventually Chihiro emerges onto the foreground, decapitates one last pair of guards and casually offers Char a sandwich.
** On the way to retrieve the Sacred Blades from the Rakuzaichi and put an end to the auction, both Chihiro and Hiyuki cut down dozens of nameless guards without breaking a sweat. However, right when the hero meets back with Hakuri, suddenly one of the mooks starts putting up a fight. Much to Chihiro's shock and disbelief, [[spoiler:it is a [[BigBad Hishaku]] member who has appeared before him from out of the blue]].
** When Chihiro's mission to retrieve Char from Sojo's headquarters goes loud, he figures out techniques to keep fighting even in his injured state. What follows is multiple pages of overconfident henchmen being warned about the situation while Chihiro [[FunnyBackgroundEvent slices and dices guards in the background]]. Eventually Chihiro emerges onto the foreground, decapitates one last pair of guards and casually offers Char a sandwich.
** On the way to retrieve the Sacred Blades from the Rakuzaichi and put an end to the auction, both Chihiro and Hiyuki cut down dozens of nameless guards without breaking a sweat. However, right when the hero meets back with Hakuri, suddenly one of the mooks starts putting up a fight. Much to Chihiro's shock and disbelief, [[spoiler:it is a [[BigBad Hishaku]] member who has appeared before him from out of the blue]].
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* FunctionalMagic: The magic system of ''Kagurabachi'' relies on an '''Inherent Gift''' variety. A unique energy known as Spirit Energy dwells within every human, and those born with a high enough Spirit Energy can utilize sorcery. This sorcery can manifest in many different ways, from ElementalMagic to [[MindRape mental manipulation]], and a person high in Spirit Energy can [[SuperpowerfulGenetics pass on their abilities and Spiritual potency to their children.]]
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* FunctionalMagic: The magic system of ''Kagurabachi'' relies on an '''Inherent Gift''' variety. A unique energy known as Spirit Energy dwells within every human, and those born with a high enough Spirit Energy can utilize sorcery. This sorcery can manifest in many different ways, from ElementalMagic to [[MindRape mental manipulation]], and a person high in Spirit Energy can [[SuperpowerfulGenetics pass on their abilities and Spiritual potency to their children.]]]] That said, Shiba makes it clear training and determination also play a significant factor in the ability to properly develop and use sorcery.
* LightDarknessJuxtaposition: The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kb_vol2.png cover of the second volume]] shows this in the clash of the dark [[DarkIsNotEvil Chihiro]] and the bright [[LightIsNotGood Sojo]]. Sojo's lightning-imbued blade and cloud dragon provide blinding light in the face of Chihiro's encroaching darkness.
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* YouCantThwartStageOne: After hearing the Shinuchi, the second Sacred Blade on their hunt will be up for sale at a [[AuctionOfEvil criminal auction]], Chihiro and Shiba work tirelessly to find its location beforehand and subvert having to infiltrate the auction. After tracking it down to the Sazanami household, the end result of their efforts is [[spoiler:Chihiro's own blade is stolen and they are forced to go to the auction anyway after clarification on the [[PocketDimension weapon's location]] makes it clear they have no chance to get their hands on the Shinuchi without the Sazanamis causing unavoidable civilian causalities, or the death of their friend Hakuri.]]
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* YouCantThwartStageOne: After hearing learning the Shinuchi, the second Sacred Blade on their hunt will be up for sale at the centerpiece of a [[AuctionOfEvil criminal auction]], Chihiro and Shiba work tirelessly to find its location acquire it beforehand and subvert having to infiltrate the auction. After tracking it down to the Sazanami household, the end result of their efforts effort is [[spoiler:Chihiro's own blade is stolen and they are forced to go to raid the auction anyway after clarification anyway. Clarification on the [[PocketDimension weapon's location]] makes it clear reveals they have no chance to get their hands on the Shinuchi before the Rakuzaichi without the Sazanamis causing unavoidable civilian causalities, or the death loss of their friend Hakuri.innocent life.]]
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* TheDeadHaveNames: [[spoiler:The full names of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Squad members are only given by one of the Kamunabi top brass as he is confirming their deaths several chapters prior.]]
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* TheDeadHaveNames: [[spoiler:The full names of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Anti-Kuregumo Squad members are only given by one of the Kamunabi top brass as he is confirming their deaths several chapters prior.]]
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** A rather humorous but equally morbid example that borders on BlackComedy. In the discussion between Chihiro and the male Anti-Cloud Gouger Squad members taking place in the bathroom, squad leader Ikuto is seen using the urinal with handrails made for disabled people despite not having any disability himself.[[spoiler: In the aftermath of Sojo massacring nearly all of said squad, Ikuto is revealed to be one of only two survivors, among his injuries being the loss of both his legs, rendering him disabled.]]
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** A rather humorous but equally morbid example that borders on BlackComedy. In the discussion between Chihiro and the male Anti-Cloud Gouger Anti-Kuregumo Squad members taking place in the bathroom, squad leader Ikuto is seen using the urinal with handrails made for disabled people despite not having any disability himself.[[spoiler: In the aftermath of Sojo massacring nearly all of said squad, Ikuto is revealed to be one of only two survivors, among his injuries being the loss of both his legs, rendering him disabled.]]
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* InMediaRes: Chapter 8 begins with the door to Hinao's café ringing behind her as it opens. The scene silently cuts back in time to Madoka, the Daruma henchman, being murdered by Sojo for his failure. Then Sojo gets the location of Hinao's café from the brother of the MindRape henchman and murders him too before getting to the café, opening the door and locking blades with Chihiro in the present time.
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* InMediaRes: InMediasRes: Chapter 8 begins with the door to Hinao's café ringing behind her as it opens. The scene silently cuts back in time to Madoka, the Daruma henchman, being murdered by Sojo for his failure. Then Sojo gets the location of Hinao's café from the brother of the MindRape henchman and murders him too before getting to the café, opening the door and locking blades with Chihiro in the present time.
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Time skips are a significant, permanent switch to a later time. Flashbacks and brief interludes to the future do not count.
* BackToBackBadasses: We see a brief moment of this between [[spoiler:Chihiro and Hiyuki]] as they rush past each other fighting {{Mooks}} to cement their newfound strained partnership with each other among the heat of battle.
* EnemyMine: The sheer depravity of the Rakuzaichi is enough for [[spoiler:Chihiro and Hiyuki]] to put aside their differences and work together to accomplish their goals related to bringing it down before they go back to antagonizing each other.
* InMediaRes: Chapter 8 begins with the door to Hinao's café ringing behind her as it opens. The scene silently cuts back in time to Madoka, the Daruma henchman, being murdered by Sojo for his failure. Then Sojo gets the location of Hinao's café from the brother of the MindRape henchman and murders him too before getting to the café, opening the door and locking blades with Chihiro in the present time.
* LoopholeAbuse: Tafuku's sorcery moves specific combatants to an alternate reality where they fight until one is knocked out or worse. While this helps in allowing his partner Hiyuki to fight without worry of civilian casualties, he can just as easily take a group of people who ''aren't'' fighting and simply use the subspace to take a breather from combat or speak uninterrupted, as he does for [[spoiler:Chihiro as they negotiate at the Rakuzaichi.]]
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* PocketDimension: One of the Kamunabi's sorcerers has a power which manifests in this way; it maintains the nearby environment, but forms a "sumo ring" for specific people and locks them in an empty version of the world until a fight is completed within it.
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* PocketDimension: One Tafuku, one of the Kamunabi's sorcerers has a power which manifests in this way; it maintains the nearby environment, but forms a "sumo ring" for specific people and locks them in an empty version of the world until a fight is completed within it.
* StormingTheCastle: The climax of both the Vs. Sojo and Rakuzaichi arcs begin with Chihiro storming into the giant, elaborate base of operations of the arc's respective villain, looking for a specific thing of great importance while a legion of henchmen try to stop him.
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** The first chapter has a time skip of 3 years and 2 months, with Chihiro becoming a hardened warrior after his father was killed; there's also one in Chapter 3 to establish that Hinao and Shiba knew each other around the time of the murder.
** Chapter 8 begins with the door to Hinao's café ringing behind her as it opens. The scene silently cuts back in time to Madoka, the Daruma henchman, being murdered by Sojo for his failure. Then Sojo gets the location of Hinao's café from the brother of the MindRape henchman and murders him too before getting to the café, opening the door and locking blades with Chihiro in the present time.
** Chapter 8 begins with the door to Hinao's café ringing behind her as it opens. The scene silently cuts back in time to Madoka, the Daruma henchman, being murdered by Sojo for his failure. Then Sojo gets the location of Hinao's café from the brother of the MindRape henchman and murders him too before getting to the café, opening the door and locking blades with Chihiro in the present time.
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** Smaller jumps forward occur at least once per arc, with two weeks being skipped at the end of the Vs. Sojo arc, andShiba knew each other around a week being skipped to close the distance on the date of the Rakuzaichi in its titular arc. Any important scenes or revelations during the time of the murder.
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* VillainNoLongerIdle: Sojo places a bounty on Chihiro's head but it gets halted by the military, so the villain takes matters into his own hands. In a single day, he callously murders the henchmen who failed him, gets Chihiro's location and casually walks into Hinao's cafe to confront him.
* VisualPun: Hakuri is introduced with a monologue about how even though he lost his entire family, he just needs to grit his teeth and move foward. [[BlackComedy Then]] his jaw involuntarily goes loose and he spills his whole drink.
* VisualPun: Hakuri is introduced with a monologue about how even though he lost his entire family, he just needs to grit his teeth and move foward. [[BlackComedy Then]] his jaw involuntarily goes loose and he spills his whole drink.
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* VillainNoLongerIdle: Sojo places a bounty on Chihiro's head but it gets halted by the military, so the villain takes matters into his own hands. In a single day, he callously murders the henchmen who failed him, gets Chihiro's location and casually walks into Hinao's cafe café to confront him.
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** Hakuri is introduced witha an internal monologue about how even though he lost his entire family, he just needs to grit his teeth and move foward. forward. [[BlackComedy Then]] his jaw involuntarily goes loose and he spills his whole drink.drink.
** Hiyuki gets so worked up while thinking about all of the different factors of the Rakuzaichi and how her [[ToBeLawfulOrGood orders conflict with her personal morals]] she decides to completely do away with subtlety and burn down everything unjust. Her sudden anger and "rush of blood to the head" as she decides to act is symbolized by her briefly mentally short-circuiting and [[LiteralMetaphor literally bleeding out of the head]] from her cut on the forehead reopening.
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* WorldOfBadass: In Japan, katanas can be legally owned and openly wielded for self-defense, meaning even the lowliest of {{Mooks}} has some skill in sword-fighting. On top of this, over a thousand sorcerers in Tokyo alone use their unique powers for combat and mercenary work, making EliteMooks liable to show up at the drop of a hat.
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* JustForFun/FamousLastWords:
** "...ONE KILL!!!" [[spoiler: Norisaku Madoka aka Daruma, when his explosion [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfires on himself]] and [[AccidentalMurder his sister]].]]
** "ROKUHIIRAAA" [[spoiler: Genichi Sojo as he attempts to seize the power of the Datenseki in a last-ditch effort to save himself from bleeding out.]]
** "...ONE KILL!!!" [[spoiler: Norisaku Madoka aka Daruma, when his explosion [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfires on himself]] and [[AccidentalMurder his sister]].]]
** "ROKUHIIRAAA" [[spoiler: Genichi Sojo as he attempts to seize the power of the Datenseki in a last-ditch effort to save himself from bleeding out.]]
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* AntiClimax: At the end of Chihiro's assault on Sojo's base of operations, the two henchmen left standing are the twin CoDragons of Sojo who have remained completely confident as Chihiro cut down all their allies. They [[PreAsskickingOneLiner quip about getting the chance to finally cut loose]] and both unleash an impressive looking sorcery that gives them {{Cool Mask}}s... [[spoiler:before Chihiro instantly decapitates them both. Given the far more tense and brutal fights he is involved in both before and after this moment, it doesn't detract much from the momentum of the arc's climax.]]
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* BringIt: In the end of chapter 5, Chihiro is on the phone with Shiba when he is ambushed by both several yakuza in cars and a sorcerer with BodyHorror abilities rising out of the street. Even though it was said Chihiro's been badly tired from overuse of his magic sword, he remains stone-faced and doesn't even alert Shiba about the situation.
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** In the end of chapter 5, Chihiro is on the phone with Shiba when he is ambushed by both several yakuza in cars and a sorcerer with BodyHorror abilities rising out of the street. Even though it was said Chihiro's been badly tired from overuse of his magic sword, he remains stone-faced and doesn't even alert Shiba about thesituation. situation.
** Kyora, the head of the Sazanami clan, is downright excited to have Chihiro as an enemy and openly challenges him to come after the Enchanted Blades with everything he has. He makes it clear this is due to seeing him as both an [[WorthyOpponent equal opponent for his martial and mental prowess]], and knowing [[spoiler:having him killed to make Enten a viable auction item]] is a spectacle which can singlehandedly make the 208th Rakuzaichi the most famous in the family's history.
** In the end of chapter 5, Chihiro is on the phone with Shiba when he is ambushed by both several yakuza in cars and a sorcerer with BodyHorror abilities rising out of the street. Even though it was said Chihiro's been badly tired from overuse of his magic sword, he remains stone-faced and doesn't even alert Shiba about the
** Kyora, the head of the Sazanami clan, is downright excited to have Chihiro as an enemy and openly challenges him to come after the Enchanted Blades with everything he has. He makes it clear this is due to seeing him as both an [[WorthyOpponent equal opponent for his martial and mental prowess]], and knowing [[spoiler:having him killed to make Enten a viable auction item]] is a spectacle which can singlehandedly make the 208th Rakuzaichi the most famous in the family's history.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Seitei War, which took place only 18 years before the start of the main story, is left vague to the reader and only mentioned in passing by veterans of the era, but the grand consequences of the conflict established the world as it is in the present. It was the [[BrokenMasquerade turning point for sorcerers to enter into wider society]], the war Kunishige forged [[GodzillaThreshold Six of the Enchanted Blades]] to bring to an end, and the reason the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Kamunabi]] was formed.
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* WantedPoster: A specific one for the Rakuzaichi is handed out to all of the guards for Chihiro, offering up 50 million yen (roughly $330,000 equivalent in the US) to bring him to Kyora [[KillOnSight as a corpse]].
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* WantedPoster: A specific one for the Rakuzaichi is handed out to all of the guards for Chihiro, offering up a 50 million yen reward (roughly $330,000 equivalent to $330,000 in the US) to bring him to Kyora [[KillOnSight as a corpse]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 27 gradually builds up to the seeming revelation [[spoiler:Chihiro has successfully reforged Kuregumo and is now wielding it as his own, with the hilt shown crackling with electricity as he draws it from a sheath and calls out one of its techniques.]] [[spoiler:Chapter 28 flips this on its head, with the reveal he ''only'' brought the hilt and its Spirit Energy is gradually, yet permanently fading. He merely brought Kuregumo along to use up the last of its power before it became a completely normal broken sword.]]
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* EarlyBirdCameo: A sorcerer wearing a ''hannya'' mask is first seen in Hinao's exposition in Ch. 3 before making an appearance in the story proper in Ch. 7.
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* DynamicEntry: Hiyuki makes her grand arrival at the Rakuzaichi punching clean through a wall into the front room of the auction house, sending a few {{Mooks}} flying.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A sorcerer wearing a ''hannya'' mask is first seen in Hinao's exposition in Ch. 3 before making an appearance in the story proper in Ch. 7. From the same scene in Ch. 3, the sorcerer wearing thick sets of ropes and a visor appears in Ch. 28 as one of the [[EliteMooks elite sorcerers]] participating in the Rakuzaichi who confronts Chihiro.
* EarlyBirdCameo: A sorcerer wearing a ''hannya'' mask is first seen in Hinao's exposition in Ch. 3 before making an appearance in the story proper in Ch. 7. From the same scene in Ch. 3, the sorcerer wearing thick sets of ropes and a visor appears in Ch. 28 as one of the [[EliteMooks elite sorcerers]] participating in the Rakuzaichi who confronts Chihiro.
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* IdenticalPanelGag: A small bit of visual humor in Ch. 28 occurs during its flashbacks. Twice Chihiro calls Hakuri over from an activity with Char and Hinao to discuss details on the Sazanami family, and both times the panels are structured identically at the bottom of their respective pages: Chihiro to the right calling Hakuri's name, who runs over from the background on the left (in the exact same pose both times), immediately abandoning what he was doing with the girls.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: In the opening chapter, one of the Hishaku sorcerers Chihiro is hunting down makes a rare in-person appearance to collect some money from his underlings at their base. Minutes at most after he departs, Chihiro invades the base, missing his target without even knowing he was there by an extremely narrow margin.
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* DoppelgangerAttack: One of the unnamed BountyHunter sorcerers pursuing Chihiro and Char has the ability to form clones of himself out of the environment (with some being shown literally pulling themselves out of a road). He uses them as a horde of [[WeHaveReserves expendable bodies]] to throw at his targets and wear them down while he remains at a safe distance.
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* NoNameGiven: Names are almost always given through diegetic sources. This leaves several major supporting characters and antagonists nameless until their names are mentioned in dialogue, or simply left unnamed.
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* NoNameGiven: Names The names of characters are almost always given through diegetic sources. sources instead of narration. This leaves several major supporting characters and antagonists nameless until their names are mentioned in dialogue, or simply left unnamed.unnamed altogether.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When the Rakuzaichi auction begins, a lone boy named Yuu, stylizing himself as the superhero "Mr. Inazuma" (or "Mr. Lightning") with a baseball helmet and cape, tries and fails to break into the building through the front door to rescue his abducted sister. While Yuu is getting manhandled, there's a flashback to where he's afraid of thunder and lightning outside, and his sister would console him by saying that lightning only strikes evildoers. When Chihiro [[BigDamnHeroes arrives on the scene to rescue him]], he gets charged by the security who believe he's easy pickings due to [[spoiler:him lacking his Sacred Blade, Enten. However, after Shiba causes a blackout, Chihiro reveals he did not, in fact, show up unarmed, and demonstrates how Yuu's sister was saying the truth by revealing a certain lightning-based power...]]
---> '''Chihiro''': [[spoiler:''Kuregumo. '''Mei'''.'']]
---> '''Chihiro''': [[spoiler:''Kuregumo. '''Mei'''.'']]
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* FallingChandelierOfDoom: As Chihiro starts his invasion of the Rakuzaichi auction house, Shiba drops the chandelier of the first room he enters, killing the lights and crushing a guard in one motion.
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* NoNameGiven: None of the sorcerors pursuing Char have had their names mentioned, with the first alternately nicknamed "Cylinder Head" (due to his haircut), "that daruma-wielding moron" and "daruma idiot" (after his tools)[[note]]although his name, Norisaku Madoka, is given later[[/note]], and the MarionetteMaster and TheEmpath don't even use anything but pronouns to refer to each other; the other sorcerers in pursuit of Char don't even have enough dialogue for names to be dropped.
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* NoNameGiven: None of the sorcerors pursuing Char have had Names are almost always given through diegetic sources. This leaves several major supporting characters and antagonists nameless until their names mentioned, with the first alternately nicknamed "Cylinder Head" (due to his haircut), "that daruma-wielding moron" and "daruma idiot" (after his tools)[[note]]although his name, Norisaku Madoka, is given later[[/note]], and the MarionetteMaster and TheEmpath don't even use anything but pronouns to refer to each other; the other sorcerers are mentioned in pursuit of Char don't even have enough dialogue for names to be dropped.dialogue, or simply left unnamed.
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actually, it might be better to not give any unnecessary hints, idk.
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* WhamShot: In Chapter 27, after Shiba [[KillTheLights destroys the chandelier]], the darkness is suddenly lit up ... [[spoiler: by a flash of lightning]].
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* WhamShot: In Chapter 27, after Shiba [[KillTheLights destroys the chandelier]], [[spoiler: the darkness is suddenly lit up ... [[spoiler: by a flash of lightning]].
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* WhamShot: In Chapter 27, after Shiba [[KillTheLights destroys the chandelier]], the darkness is suddenly lit up ... [[spoiler: by a flash of lightning]].
---> '''Chihiro''': [[spoiler:''Kuregumo. '''Mei'''.'']]
---> '''Chihiro''': [[spoiler:''Kuregumo. '''Mei'''.'']]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: A child known as Mr. Inazuma walks right up to the Rakuzaichi auction to demand his sister's release from the auction to the guards. This is his full "plan" to save her, which quickly fizzles out as the guards don't even take him seriously. Worse, when one starts manhandling him Inazuma pulls a knife and sticks him in the arm, which would likely gotten him killed if not for [[BigDamnHeroes Chihiro's timely arrival]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Rakuzaichi policy for the auction is to allow three members of an organization within the building while any extras take up duties as perimeter guards. While this results in enough condensed criminals to ward off the authorities from trying anything, it also means there are dozens of strangers and unaffiliated crooks working together, allowing Shiba to easily slip in under the guise of being just another criminal.
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* WantedPoster: A specific one for the Rakuzaichi is handed out to all of the guards for Chihiro, offering up 50 million yen (roughly $330,000 equivalent in the US) to bring him to Kyora [[KillOnSight as a corpse]].
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* DisturbedDoves: In the hours before the proper start of the Rakuzaichi auction a duo of criminals discuss how there is inevitably a conflict among criminals which results in causalities but remark on how peaceful everything has been so far. With Chihiro, the Kamunabi, and the Hishaku all having vested interests in the year's auction, the upcoming conflict is symbolized by a duo of nearby birds being disturbed and flying off as the two speak.
