History Manga / LostBrain

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is Kuonji’s given name “Itsuki” or “Ikki”?

* {{Bishonen}}: Hiyama and Kuonji, although Kuonji is more androgynous.

* GreenLanternRing: Hypnosis. Justified, in that most, if not all, of the tricks pulled with hypnosis are entirely plausible.

* [[spoiler: SubliminalAdvertising: Part of Hiyama’s MassHypnosis plot involving Kanbara. It works.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: Hiyama and Kuonji, although Kuonji is more androgynous.

Often (understandably) compared to ''Manga/DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[note]] ''Manga/DeathNote'' was published in ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', ''[=Lost+Brain=]'' in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''[[/note]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Hiyama chose death on his own terms to being captured, and so walked into the Parliment building as it was collapsing, meaning there's virtually no chance he survived.]]

Often (understandably) compared to ''Manga/DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[note]] ''Manga/DeathNote'' was published in ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', ''Manga/LostBrain'' in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''[[/note]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

!!Tropes seen in ''[=Lost+Brain=]'' include:

--->[[spoiler: '''Hiyama''': Just as you all deny my world, I deny the existence of your world. I have no intention of being judged by the likes of you!]]

* [[spoiler: TooDumbToLive: Hiyama makes a huge mistake when he doesn't realize that giving people a strong sense of self ''and'' absolute submission to him is an enormous LogicBomb -- and then he has them control an ''actual'' bomb.]]

* [[spoiler: BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Hiyama opts to make a suicidal escape attempt rather than be caught by Kuonji and the authorities.]]

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Though it is considered unknown, the last pages in the final chapter show a person who looks like Hiyama walk among a group of people and remain hidden.]]
* [[spoiler: GoneHorriblyRight / HoistByHisOwnPetard : Hiyama is (probably) killed because his hypnosis is ''too'' perfect and caused a DoubleThink LogicBomb.]]

* [[spoiler: LogicBomb / MindScrew: Hiyama accidentally creates one when he simultaneously "programs" his victims with both a strong will without weaknesses and absolute submission to him (a la [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Yes! We are all individuals!"]] followed by a metaphorical YourHeadAsplode). The "bomb" goes off when Hiyama orders his thralls to kill Kounji, and one of them also happens to be holding a [[StuffBlowingUp detonator]]...]]

* [[spoiler: MassHypnosis: Stage two of Hiyama’s plan hinges on using Kanbara to hypnotize most of Japan.]]

* --->[[spoiler:FakingTheDead: Though it is considered unknown, the last pages in the final chapter show a person who looks like Hiyama walk among a group of people and remain hidden.]]

* FakingTheDead: Though it is considered unknown, the last pages in the final chapter show a person who looks like Hiyama walk among a group of people and remain hidden.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Hiyama finds out that [[spoiler: Kuonji has escaped from jail, and learns where he is hiding.]] What does he do? Like any good citizen, [[spoiler: he anonymously phones the police, who promptly recapture Kuonji.]]

* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Hiyama chose death on his own terms to being captured, and so walked into the Parliment building as it was collapsing, meaning there's virtually no chance he survived. Than again, he was/is DangerouslyGenreSavvy...]]

!!Tropes seen in ''LostBrain'' include:

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lost_Brain_48.jpg

Often (understandably) compared to ''Manga/DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[note]] Manga/DeathNote was published in ShonenJump, LostBrain in Magazine/ShonenSunday[[/note]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

* [[spoiler: NeverFoundTheBody: Hiyama thought he could escape into a tunnel under the parliment(?) building, but it collapsed during the explosion so there's virtually no chance he survived. Than again, he was/is DangerouslyGenreSavvy...]]

* FakingTheDead: Though it is considered unknown the last pages in the final chapter shows a person who looks like Hiyama walk among a group of people and remain hidden.

* FakingTheDead: Though it is considered unknown the last pages in the final chapter shows a person who looks like Ren walk among a group of people and remain hidden.

* Faking the dead: Though it is considered unknown the last pages in the final chapter shows a person who looks like Ren walk among a group of people and remain hidden.

Often (understandably) compared to ''Manga/DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[note]] Manga/DeathNote was published in ShonenJump, LostBrain in WeeklyShonenSunday[[/note]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Hiyama

* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead:Though everyone believed that hiyama is really dead,A person who looks like him is passing to a group of people who are reading the news about the hypnotism incident and thinks that the world is boring,It is unknown if he is Hiyama who is now hiding among a crowd of people to remain hidden for a long time or somebody else.]]

Often (understandably) compared to ''Manga/DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[hottip:*: Manga/DeathNote was published in ShonenJump, LostBrain in WeeklyShonenSunday]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

* [[spoiler: LogicBomb / MindScrew: Hiyama accidentally creates one when he simultaneously "programs" his victims with both a strong will without weaknesses and absolute submission to him (a la [[LifeOfBrian "Yes! We are all individuals!"]] followed by a metaphorical YourHeadAsplode). The "bomb" goes off when Hiyama orders his thralls to kill Kounji, and one of them also happens to be holding a [[StuffBlowingUp detonator]]...]]

Often (understandably) compared to ''DeathNote''. Both are {{Shonen}} {{manga}} which are constantly mistaken for {{Seinen}}[[hottip:*: DeathNote was published in ShonenJump, LostBrain in WeeklyShonenSunday]]. Both star bored, brilliant high schoolers who come across a supernatural power of some kind and decide to use it to make the world a Utopia. Both also end up playing XanatosSpeedChess against an opposing {{Chessmaster}} who is leading the effort to catch them.

* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Hiyama may not be as cocky as [[DeathNote Light]], but he does seem to be just as prone to sacrificing his pawns, [[spoiler: both figuratively and literally.]]

* MakeABetterWorld: Hiyama’s ultimate goal. [[spoiler: He doesn't think it through as well as you'd expect.]]