History Manga / MonochromeFactor

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* AnythingThatMoves: Kou, at least in the anime canon.

* ThreeAmigos: Akira, Kengo, and Aya. Surprisingly enough, there's been next to no romantic development between the three of them, unless you count some potential HoYay between Akira and Kengo.

''Monochrome Factor'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaili Sorano. The story follows the exploits of Akira Nikaido, a lazy high school student. His life changes when he meets Shirogane, a man who suddenly appears and tells him that they share a fate, though Akira is understandably skeptical. Later while Akira is helping a friend Aya she is kidnapped by a shadow monster. This event forces Akira to recognize his role in restoring the balance between the human and shadow worlds.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: Aya and Lulu.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, to the frustration of many fans, Homurabi.]]

* TheDragon: Sawaki

* EvilRedhead: Homurabi. And also...
* EvilSoundsDeep: ... Homurabi again. Sawaki too, in his one appearance in the drama CD.

* FrozenFace: Hiryu.
* GenkiGirl: Lulu and Mayu.
** [[spoiler: Also Sawaki, right before spearing himself in the head.]]

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Mayu.
* HeirToTheDojo: Aya.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Akira.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Arguably, Homurabi.]]

* KnifeFight: Akira and Nanaya.

* {{Nosebleed}}: Mayu.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Akira, Aya and Kengo.

* TheSlacker: Akira.
* SmokingIsCool: Kou.

* SummonMagic: The kokuchi.

* SwordCane: Shirogane.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Lulu.

* WhipItGood: Lulu's main weapon.
* [[{{WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes}} Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts]]: Aya is deathly afraid of ghosts. The spots where "ghosts" are often seen are places where kokuchi gather. The group has to seal up the tears where the kokuchi enter and fight them. Do the math.

* RapunzelHair: Shirogane, Homurabi and [[spoiler: Ryuuko.]]

* FingerlessGloves: Nanaya.

First serialized in Mag Garden's bi-monthly {{Manga}} magazine ''Comic Blade Masamune'' in May 2004. When the magazine ceased publication, the manga began serialization in the new and revamped magazine, ''Comic Blade Avarus'', in September 2007. The series is now completed.

* ArtEvolution: Kaili Sorano's artwork has evolved steadily in just the short few years Monochrome Factor has been running. For the best examples, just compare [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/monochrome_factor/v01/c001/13.html this scan]] from volume 1 and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/monochrome_factor/v08/c038/11.html this one]] from volume 8 (sort-of-spoilers for the second one).

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Kengo in his berserk form.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Uh... hi, Nanaya.]]

* BadBoss: Homurabi. And ''how.''

** TooKinkyToTorture

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Pretty much anyone that gets possessed by the kokuchi.

* ButtMonkey: God, poor Kengo.

* CoolBigSis: Kengo's sister, Mayu.

* EmotionlessGirl: Hiryu.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Lulu.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Occurs ''a lot'' in the anime.

* MrFanservice: Kou. Troubled past? Check. Emotional and physical scars? Check. Sexy voice? Check. Looks great with his shirt off? Check. Comfortable with man-on-man scenes? [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/monochrome_factor/v05/c022/19.html Check.]] Akira and Shirogane are also great examples.
* MysteriousPast: Shirogane.
** Kou's has been the focus of the past several chapters.

* GoOutWithASmile: Both Ryuuko and [[spoiler: Kengo.]]

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: [[spoiler: One of the Kings of the Light is dead because his subordinate killed him, the other went into hiding, and the two kings of Shadow are out to kill each other.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: Kengo.

* ActionGirl: Aya.

* BadassGrandpa: Aya's grandpa is the ''epitome'' of this.

* ClassRepresentative: Aya is this, and constantly berates Akira for skipping class.

* DarkIsNotEvil: While the Monochrome Factor universe is split up to a light and dark world, it's stressed that there's no real "good" or "evil" to either side--they both exist in order to preserve balance, and one side can't exist without the other. Slightly subverted in that the "light" side does seem to have a disproportionately high number of "good" characters, but that also may be because we've only encountered a few of them.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: By the end of the manga, Akira has fully awakened as king alongside Shirogane, and Homurabi has redeemed himself and earned the forgiveness of his Children. That doesn't change the fact that Kengo's still dead, and the only person who remembers that either him or Akira ever existed is Aya, who had to return to the human world alone. And that means Kengo's sister forgot about him too. Ouch.]]

An {{Anime}} adaptation produced by GENCO, and animated by studio {{Creator/ACGT}}[[note]]with assistance from Creator/AsahiProduction and Creator/AnimalYa[[/note]], premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2008. It later aired on other networks such as AT-X and TV Osaka. The anime has shōnen-ai themes which are almost completely absent from the manga. Originally running from April 7th, 2008 to September 29th, 2008, the anime consists of 24 episodes.

An {{Anime}} adaptation produced by GENCO, and animated by studio {{Creator/ACGT}}[[note]]with assistance from Creator/AsahiProduction and StudioComet[[/note]], premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2008. It later aired on other networks such as AT-X and TV Osaka. The anime has shōnen-ai themes which are almost completely absent from the manga. Originally running from April 7th, 2008 to September 29th, 2008, the anime consists of 24 episodes.