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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the final three pages of the manga, with [[spoiler: Shiina's daughter and Mamiko's son]].
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the final three pages of the manga, with [[spoiler: Shiina's [[spoiler:Shiina's daughter and Mamiko's son]].
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** [[spoiler: Hiroko]] may have gone off the deep end, but some would say it's a shame she didn't get a bone thrown to her.
** [[spoiler: Aki]] may have been an awful human being, but seeing her beg for her life and repeatedly apologize to [[spoiler: Hiroko's]] Shadow Dragon as she gets [[spoiler: raped to death]] gives the viewer a small sliver of pity for her.
** [[spoiler: Aki]] may have been an awful human being, but seeing her beg for her life and repeatedly apologize to [[spoiler: Hiroko's]] Shadow Dragon as she gets [[spoiler: raped to death]] gives the viewer a small sliver of pity for her.
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** [[spoiler: Hiroko]] [[spoiler:Hiroko]] may have gone off the deep end, but some would say it's a shame she didn't get a bone thrown to her.
**[[spoiler: Aki]] [[spoiler:Aki]] may have been an awful human being, but seeing her beg for her life and repeatedly apologize to [[spoiler: Hiroko's]] [[spoiler:Hiroko's]] Shadow Dragon as she gets [[spoiler: raped [[spoiler:raped to death]] gives the viewer a small sliver of pity for her.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Aki Honda's]] death. Yes, she was a cruel person with no redeeming qualities, but her death is so horrible that it could be hard to feel any satisfaction over it.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hiroko aka "Hiro-chan", [[spoiler: who as soon as she gets her own dragon, Oni, uses it to murder the AlphaBitch of her school, her [[BrotherSisterIncest brother/lover]], the Alpha Bitch's GirlPosse ''and'' the [[AbusiveParents parents that cared more about her grades than her emotional well-being]], all of them in ''very'' gruesome and creepy manners. Hoshimaru must kill her in the end since Hiro-chan has become ''that'' insane.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Hiroko aka "Hiro-chan", [[spoiler: who [[spoiler:who as soon as she gets her own dragon, Oni, uses it to murder the AlphaBitch of her school, her [[BrotherSisterIncest brother/lover]], the Alpha Bitch's GirlPosse ''and'' the [[AbusiveParents parents that cared more about her grades than her emotional well-being]], all of them in ''very'' gruesome and creepy manners. Hoshimaru must kill her in the end since Hiro-chan has become ''that'' insane.]]
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** Finally, [[spoiler: Shiina herself. After having her best friend Akira dies in front of her and her mother and boyfriend murdered by angry mobs, all of it one chapter after her father's HeroicSacrifice, she finally [[BreakTheCutie snaps]] and decides to end the world by sprouting gigantic hands from the earth and bitchslap every single soul to death.]]
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** Finally, [[spoiler: Shiina [[spoiler:Shiina herself. After having her best friend Akira dies in front of her and her mother and boyfriend murdered by angry mobs, all of it one chapter after her father's HeroicSacrifice, she finally [[BreakTheCutie snaps]] and decides to end the world by sprouting gigantic hands from the earth and bitchslap every single soul to death.]]
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* GainaxEnding: In the manga. [[spoiler:It can be compared to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]'', but it's really ''much'' more bleak and nihilistic. Confusing, too.]]
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* GainaxEnding: In the manga. [[spoiler:It manga, [[spoiler:Shiina is walking around the destruction of the town, a FramingDevice in which we learn from {{flashback}}s that Shiina fell into a DespairEventHorizon after her mother, Akira, Norio, Takeo, and Hoshimaru are killed by an angry mob, which summons Sheol to wipe out the Earth. The only people left are Shiina and Mamiko, who are both pregnant. Mamiko tells Shiina that they can rebuild, but if she wants, Mamiko can have Sheol end the world again. Shiina decides not to rebuild, and the last shots of the manga are Mamiko and Shiina running on the beach naked and having sex. It can be compared to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion End of Evangelion]]'', but it's really ''much'' more bleak and nihilistic. Confusing, too.]]
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** He nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
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** He nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" neurotypical person would think they need to.
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* AlasPoorVillain:
** [[spoiler: Hiroko]] may have gone off the deep end, but some would say it's a shame she didn't get a bone thrown to her.
** [[spoiler: Aki]] may have been an awful human being, but seeing her beg for her life and repeatedly apologize to [[spoiler: Hiroko's]] Shadow Dragon as she gets [[spoiler: raped to death]] gives the viewer a small sliver of pity for her.
** [[spoiler: Hiroko]] may have gone off the deep end, but some would say it's a shame she didn't get a bone thrown to her.
** [[spoiler: Aki]] may have been an awful human being, but seeing her beg for her life and repeatedly apologize to [[spoiler: Hiroko's]] Shadow Dragon as she gets [[spoiler: raped to death]] gives the viewer a small sliver of pity for her.
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* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: A seriously dark take on the trope. To wit, in order to link with a dragonet, a person must go through either a high-grade trauma in order to, or simply realize by themselves, that [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy they're better off without anyone else to hurt them anymore.]] The degree of which varies by individual.
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* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: A seriously dark take on the trope. To wit, in order to link with a dragonet, a person must go through either a high-grade trauma in order to, or simply realize by themselves, that [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy [[spoiler:[[MaddenIntoMisanthropy they're better off without anyone else to hurt them anymore.anymore]].]] The degree of which varies by individual.
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%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Only in the manga, though.]]
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* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: A seriously dark take on the trope. To wit, in order to link with a dragonet, a person must go through either a high-grade trauma in order to, or simply realize by themselves, that [[MaddenIntoMisanthropy they're better off without anyone else to hurt them anymore.]] The degree of which varies by individual.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, since there are two minor yet notable characters named Aki; apart from the nasty Alpha Bitch Aki Honda, there's also Tatsumi Miyako's SexySecretary, Aki Sato.
* {{Otaku}}: Bungo is a military nut.
* {{Otaku}}: Bungo is a military nut.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, since there are two minor yet notable characters named Aki; apart from the nasty Alpha Bitch AlphaBitch Aki Honda, there's also Tatsumi Miyako's SexySecretary, Aki Sato.
* {{Otaku}}:Bungo is a military nut.Bungo, of the military-nut variety.
* {{Otaku}}:
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** By the end of the first volume, Akira revelas to Shiina that when a dragonet links with their partner, it happens psychically, in form of visions and disembodied voices. While Shiina brushes it off as something that may happen in the future, [[spoiler:this pretty much tells that Hoshimaru is not her dragonet at all]].
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** By the end of the first volume, Akira revelas to Shiina that when a dragonet links with their partner, it happens psychically, in form of visions and disembodied voices. While This is repeated a few times when Shiina brushes it off as something that may happen in the future, [[spoiler:this meets other dragonet users, despise such a thing never happening between her and Hoshimaru. [[spoiler:This pretty much tells reveals that Hoshimaru is not her Shiina's dragonet at all]].
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** By the end of the first volume, Akira revelas to Shiina that when a dragonet links with their partner, it happens psychically, in form of visions and disembodied voices. While Shiina brushes it off as something that may happen in the future, [[spoilers:this pretty much tells that Hoshimaru is not her dragonet at all]].
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** By the end of the first volume, Akira revelas to Shiina that when a dragonet links with their partner, it happens psychically, in form of visions and disembodied voices. While Shiina brushes it off as something that may happen in the future, [[spoilers:this [[spoiler:this pretty much tells that Hoshimaru is not her dragonet at all]].
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** By the end of the first volume, Akira revelas to Shiina that when a dragonet links with their partner, it happens psychically, in form of visions and disembodied voices. While Shiina brushes it off as something that may happen in the future, [[spoilers:this pretty much tells that Hoshimaru is not her dragonet at all]].
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** Finally, [[spoiler: Shiina herself. After having her best friend Akira and her mother murdered in front of her,her boyfriend murdered by random thugs, all of it in one chapter right after the chapter where her father make a HeroicSacrifice she finally [[BreakTheCutie snaps]] and decide to end the world by sprouting gigantic hands from earth and bitchslap every single soul to death.]]
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** Finally, [[spoiler: Shiina herself. After having her best friend Akira dies in front of her and her mother murdered in front of her,her and boyfriend murdered by random thugs, angry mobs, all of it in one chapter right after the chapter where her father make a HeroicSacrifice father's HeroicSacrifice, she finally [[BreakTheCutie snaps]] and decide decides to end the world by sprouting gigantic hands from the earth and bitchslap every single soul to death.]]
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''Naru Taru'' (''Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko'' - also known as ''Shadow Star'' in the US) is a manga and anime series with a very deceptive premise. It looks cute, with a perky NaiveEverygirl lead (who transforms into an ActionGirl as the plot progresses, though in a most plausible manner) who happens across an adorable starshaped {{Mon}} while visiting her grandparents during summer vacation. The anime opens with the most upbeat theme music imaginable and has a relaxed first episode. [[{{Deconstruction}} Things go downhill from there]].
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''Naru Taru'' (''Mukuro (full title ''Mukuro Naru Hoshi Tama Taru Ko'' - also known Ko'', roughly "Corpse of a Star; A Precious Child"), published in the United States as ''Shadow Star'' in the US) Star'', is a manga and anime series with a very deceptive premise. It looks cute, with a perky NaiveEverygirl lead (who transforms into an ActionGirl as the plot progresses, though in a most plausible manner) who happens across an adorable starshaped {{Mon}} while visiting her grandparents during summer vacation. The anime opens with the most upbeat theme music imaginable and has a relaxed first episode. [[{{Deconstruction}} Things go downhill from there]].
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** Shiina begins the series with GirlishPigtails, switches to a BobHaircut [[spoiler: after entering junir high]], and has shoulder-length hair [[spoiler: after she goes WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with Mamiko.]]
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** Shiina begins the series with GirlishPigtails, switches to a BobHaircut bob [[spoiler: after entering junir high]], and has shoulder-length hair [[spoiler: after she goes WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with Mamiko.]]
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** MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and the JASDF.
** Also, interesting to note is how he nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
** Kito is also a fluent Russian speaker, so Shiina occasionally would wear a T-shirt that says "Samolet", or "Plane". The chapter in Moscow is written with his original research.
** Also, interesting to note is how he nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
** Kito is also a fluent Russian speaker, so Shiina occasionally would wear a T-shirt that says "Samolet", or "Plane". The chapter in Moscow is written with his original research.
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** MohiroKitoh Creator/MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and the JASDF.
**Also, interesting to note is how he He nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
** Kito isalso a fluent Russian speaker, so Shiina occasionally would wear a T-shirt that says "Samolet", or "Plane". The chapter in Moscow is written with his original research.
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** Kito is
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* BerserkButton: Satomi hates it when anyone insinuates that she's weak.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** Satomi hates it when anyone insinuates that she'sweak.weak.
** Hurting or trying to kill Shiina's father is a very quick way to shift Shiina from AllLovingHero to RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** Satomi hates it when anyone insinuates that she's
** Hurting or trying to kill Shiina's father is a very quick way to shift Shiina from AllLovingHero to RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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''Definitely [[IReadThatAs not to be confused with]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} another manga/anime series with a vaguely similar name]].''
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''Definitely [[IReadThatAs [[JustForFun/IReadThatAs not to be confused with]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} another manga/anime series with a vaguely similar name]].''
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Very strange example in that [[spoiler:Shiina plays this to ''herself''. When she gets shot in half by a fighter jet, the Earth (which is actually her real shadow dragon) creates a new Shiina a couple of chapters later]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Very strange example in that [[spoiler:Shiina plays does this to ''herself''. When she gets shot in half is accidentally killed by a stray round from a fighter jet, the Earth (which is actually her real shadow dragon) creates a new Shiina a couple of chapters later]].
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* FiveRoundsRapid: What the JSDF does to combat the dragons. It doesn't work; only once is one successfully killed, but that one was [[RamminAlwaysWorks rammed by an airplane]] before going down.
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* FiveRoundsRapid: What the JSDF does to combat the dragons. It doesn't work; only once is one successfully killed, but that one was [[RamminAlwaysWorks [[RammingAlwaysWorks rammed by an airplane]] before going down.
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* FiveRoundsRapid: What the JSDF does to combat the dragons.
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* FiveRoundsRapid: What the JSDF does to combat the dragons. It doesn't work; only once is one successfully killed, but that one was [[RamminAlwaysWorks rammed by an airplane]] before going down.
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* CoolPlane: As with the cars, the aircraft in the manga are all real types, and are depicted with great detail. The [[RealLife/CoolPlane Sukhoi Su-27]] is a major plot element.
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* CoolPlane: As with the cars, the aircraft in the manga are all real types, and are depicted with great detail. The [[RealLife/CoolPlane Sukhoi Su-27]] is a major plot element. Others that get shown prominently include the A-10 Thunderbolt (inaccurately depicted as being flown by the JASDF; in reality only the US operates it), the AC-130 Gunship, and the F-104 Starfighter.
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* {{Lolicon}}: Can't really get away from it. Two pregnant young girls (and both are in middle school, meaning they're 12/13 ''tops'') are [[spoiler:all that's left of humanity]] in the end of the manga. And [[{{Squick}} let's not]] explore the {{Shotacon}} territory of this series.
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Apparition? Did whoever type this undergone freaking demonic possession?
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* SpoilerOpening: The intro isn't as innocuous as first appears, and even references some manga-only twists. i.e., Hiroko's firast apparition features a malicious-looking [[AlphaBitch Aki]] and several "100% on the background, implying Aki's "role" as her bully [[DrivenByEnvy and the reason why.]]
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* SpoilerOpening: The intro isn't as innocuous as first appears, and even references some manga-only twists. i.e., Hiroko's firast apparition first appearance features a malicious-looking [[AlphaBitch Aki]] and several "100% "100%" on the background, implying Aki's "role" as her bully [[DrivenByEnvy and the reason why.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and the JASDF.
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* ShownTheirWork: ShownTheirWork:
** MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and theJASDF.JASDF.
** Also, interesting to note is how he nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
** Kito is also a fluent Russian speaker, so Shiina occasionally would wear a T-shirt that says "Samolet", or "Plane". The chapter in Moscow is written with his original research.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: This series lies on the far, ''far'' end of the cynical side. Depending on your view of the world, it can start to feel like {{wangst}}.
* SmugSnake: Tatsumi Miyako and Aki Honda.
* SocialDarwinist: Tomonori Komori
* SoundtrackDissonance: The anime OP song. Enough said.
* SpoilerOpening: The intro isn't as innocuous as first appears, and even references some manga-only twists. i.e., Hiroko's firast apparition features a malicious-looking [[AlphaBitch Aki]] and several "100% on the background, implying Aki's "role" as her bully [[DrivenByEnvy and the reason why.]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Subverted when [[spoiler:Shiina is killed very suddenly and very messily right after it's insinuated she might not actually be the main character, almost as though she's outlived her usefulness to the plot. Thankfully, she's reborn a couple of chapters later, and very much remains the protagonist.]] Played straight with [[spoiler:Norio, who is killed off in an extremely gruesome manner more or less just to break Takeo further, and with Misono, who's killed off right after her and Shiina's reconciliation, and her death is part of what pushed her into fully embracing her role as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]]
* SubvertedKidsShow: Though targeted to a seinen audience, this is the only explanation for the [[TrailersAlwaysLie tone of the opening as compared to]] [[MindScrew the subject matter]]. All the characters are cheerily illustrated, dancing to a bubblegum folk sound. Are you ready for this, kids?
* SurpriseCreepy
* TeensAreMonsters: See a pattern here? At one point, highschooler Satomi Ozawa uses her shadow dragon Amapola to [[spoiler:gas a whole field of soldiers to death with toxic pollen]]... and that's a relatively ''mild'' example!
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Though if there ''were'', we wouldn't have nearly the same story.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Why Akira would rather keep the shadow dragon issue hush-hush.
* [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself This Is Something I've Got To Do Myself]]: In the manga, Shiina accepts missions too dangerous for a girl her age, saying she feels she's gotta do it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: In the manga. [[spoiler:At one point, it's made to look as though Shiina might not be the main character after all, given where Hoshimaru's loyalties really lie. It turns out she ''still'' is, though.]]
* TomatoSurprise: Again, manga only. [[spoiler:Why can't Shiina link with Hoshimaru? Because he was never ''her'' dragon in the first place, and instead belongs to her ally Takeo Tsurumaru. [[HeroicBSOD She doesn't react well to the revelation]], bless her.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shiina and either Akira or Hiroko.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: How most people react after learning that not only are the monsters real, but some of them are responsible for [[spoiler:the nuclear apocalypse]].
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:The final result is only shown in the manga, but even so. Poor, ''poor'' Shiina.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Satomi Ozawa, especially towards her ex-boyfriend Bungo. Norio qualifies as a male example, though given that his love interest is such a jerk, his deredere side doesn't show much.
* TurbineBlender: How Bungo's dragon meets its end.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Naozumi Sudo.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Aki Satou and her fiancé.
** Shiina's parents. Good thing that their daughter[[spoiler:s and granddaughter]] took the looks after Misono rather than Shunji.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Shiina, in the manga. Getting cut in half by vulcan rounds would be a totally unambiguous death in normal circumstances... but then Shiina is mysteriously ''reborn'' at the island where her grandparents live.]]
** ''Might'' be explained by how [[spoiler: her and Mamiko's shared ''actual'' dragon, Sheol, is the Earth itself.]]
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Sudo and Komori both have their own plans that involve this.
* VaginaDentata: Norio's dragon is ''named'' this; fittingly enough, its head does look a bit like a toothy vagina.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: an alternate interpretation for Shiina from those who believe she and Mamiko went a little too far with their planet-wide genocide.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Takeo and Norio.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Portrayed more credibly than usual. [[spoiler: Akira and Shiina receive offers from Hiroko (Shiina), Sudo and Komori (Akira). None go well.]]
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Satomi's relationship with Bungo.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It is revealed that Aki Sato's boyfriend is not some millionaire or politician, but a humble, ugly (and possibly mildly mentally-handicapped) florist.
* WhamEpisode: While Akira's introductory chapter/episode makes things quite a bit darker than they initially appeared, it's her and Shiina's encounter with Komori that sets the true tone of the series. Hiro-chan's arc and volume 10 of the manga deliver big whams, too.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Norio, to a degree.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Hiroko. ''"Anything I don't like, I'll destroy."'']] Fortunately for the world, she fails. Then again, much later in the manga [[spoiler: Shiina succeeds with this trope.]] It's ''not'' pretty.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Some of the kids become ''very'' aware of the power that their shadow dragons give them, and end up abusing it.
* {{Yandere}}: Hiro-chan.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shiina ''literally'' has blue hair.
** MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and the
** Also, interesting to note is how he nails down some lesser known characteristics of Down's Syndrome during a brief appearance by a minor character with the condition. Said character is a florist who has managed to earn several minor government contracts for state funerals and such because of his meticulousness. People with Down's often become almost superhumanly good at certain tasks because the fact they ''know'' they're mentally challenged makes them more careful about things and work harder than a "normal" person would think they need to.
** Kito is also a fluent Russian speaker, so Shiina occasionally would wear a T-shirt that says "Samolet", or "Plane". The chapter in Moscow is written with his original research.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: This series lies on the far, ''far'' end of the cynical side. Depending on your view of the world, it can start to feel like {{wangst}}.
* SmugSnake: Tatsumi Miyako and Aki Honda.
* SocialDarwinist: Tomonori Komori
* SoundtrackDissonance: The anime OP song. Enough said.
* SpoilerOpening: The intro isn't as innocuous as first appears, and even references some manga-only twists. i.e., Hiroko's firast apparition features a malicious-looking [[AlphaBitch Aki]] and several "100% on the background, implying Aki's "role" as her bully [[DrivenByEnvy and the reason why.]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Subverted when [[spoiler:Shiina is killed very suddenly and very messily right after it's insinuated she might not actually be the main character, almost as though she's outlived her usefulness to the plot. Thankfully, she's reborn a couple of chapters later, and very much remains the protagonist.]] Played straight with [[spoiler:Norio, who is killed off in an extremely gruesome manner more or less just to break Takeo further, and with Misono, who's killed off right after her and Shiina's reconciliation, and her death is part of what pushed her into fully embracing her role as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]]
* SubvertedKidsShow: Though targeted to a seinen audience, this is the only explanation for the [[TrailersAlwaysLie tone of the opening as compared to]] [[MindScrew the subject matter]]. All the characters are cheerily illustrated, dancing to a bubblegum folk sound. Are you ready for this, kids?
* SurpriseCreepy
* TeensAreMonsters: See a pattern here? At one point, highschooler Satomi Ozawa uses her shadow dragon Amapola to [[spoiler:gas a whole field of soldiers to death with toxic pollen]]... and that's a relatively ''mild'' example!
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Though if there ''were'', we wouldn't have nearly the same story.
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Why Akira would rather keep the shadow dragon issue hush-hush.
* [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself This Is Something I've Got To Do Myself]]: In the manga, Shiina accepts missions too dangerous for a girl her age, saying she feels she's gotta do it.
* TomatoInTheMirror: In the manga. [[spoiler:At one point, it's made to look as though Shiina might not be the main character after all, given where Hoshimaru's loyalties really lie. It turns out she ''still'' is, though.]]
* TomatoSurprise: Again, manga only. [[spoiler:Why can't Shiina link with Hoshimaru? Because he was never ''her'' dragon in the first place, and instead belongs to her ally Takeo Tsurumaru. [[HeroicBSOD She doesn't react well to the revelation]], bless her.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shiina and either Akira or Hiroko.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: How most people react after learning that not only are the monsters real, but some of them are responsible for [[spoiler:the nuclear apocalypse]].
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:The final result is only shown in the manga, but even so. Poor, ''poor'' Shiina.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Satomi Ozawa, especially towards her ex-boyfriend Bungo. Norio qualifies as a male example, though given that his love interest is such a jerk, his deredere side doesn't show much.
* TurbineBlender: How Bungo's dragon meets its end.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Naozumi Sudo.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Aki Satou and her fiancé.
** Shiina's parents. Good thing that their daughter[[spoiler:s and granddaughter]] took the looks after Misono rather than Shunji.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Shiina, in the manga. Getting cut in half by vulcan rounds would be a totally unambiguous death in normal circumstances... but then Shiina is mysteriously ''reborn'' at the island where her grandparents live.]]
** ''Might'' be explained by how [[spoiler: her and Mamiko's shared ''actual'' dragon, Sheol, is the Earth itself.]]
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Sudo and Komori both have their own plans that involve this.
* VaginaDentata: Norio's dragon is ''named'' this; fittingly enough, its head does look a bit like a toothy vagina.
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: an alternate interpretation for Shiina from those who believe she and Mamiko went a little too far with their planet-wide genocide.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Takeo and Norio.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Portrayed more credibly than usual. [[spoiler: Akira and Shiina receive offers from Hiroko (Shiina), Sudo and Komori (Akira). None go well.]]
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Satomi's relationship with Bungo.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: It is revealed that Aki Sato's boyfriend is not some millionaire or politician, but a humble, ugly (and possibly mildly mentally-handicapped) florist.
* WhamEpisode: While Akira's introductory chapter/episode makes things quite a bit darker than they initially appeared, it's her and Shiina's encounter with Komori that sets the true tone of the series. Hiro-chan's arc and volume 10 of the manga deliver big whams, too.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Norio, to a degree.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Hiroko. ''"Anything I don't like, I'll destroy."'']] Fortunately for the world, she fails. Then again, much later in the manga [[spoiler: Shiina succeeds with this trope.]] It's ''not'' pretty.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Some of the kids become ''very'' aware of the power that their shadow dragons give them, and end up abusing it.
* {{Yandere}}: Hiro-chan.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Shiina ''literally'' has blue hair.
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** Shiina begins the series with GirlishPigtails, switches to a BobHaircut [[spoiler: after entering junir high]], and has shoulder-length hair [[spoiler: after she goes WoobieDestroyerOrWorlds with Mamiko.]]
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** Shiina begins the series with GirlishPigtails, switches to a BobHaircut [[spoiler: after entering junir high]], and has shoulder-length hair [[spoiler: after she goes WoobieDestroyerOrWorlds WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with Mamiko.]]
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* ActionGirl: Shiina.
* ActionMom: Jane Franklin, a manga-only character.
* ActionMom: Jane Franklin, a manga-only character.
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* BadassNormal: Takeo, [[spoiler:despite actually having a Shadow Dragon of his own]].
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Probably ''the'' most pronounced example.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' beat up on Satomi in front of Bungo, or he ''will'' kick you in the ribs. Satomi herself, meanwhile, hates it when anyone insinuates that she's weak.
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Probably ''the'' most pronounced example.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' beat up on Satomi in front of Bungo, or he ''will'' kick you in the ribs. Satomi herself, meanwhile, hates it when anyone insinuates that she's weak.
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits: Probably ''the'' most pronounced example.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}d: The manga received a fair amount of edits when it was released in English, with Dark Horse removing entire pages from one volume and getting Kitoh to redraw a certain infamous scene from the same; only seven volumes were even published in the United States.
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* {{Bowdlerise}}d: {{Bowdlerise}}:
** The manga received a fair amount of edits when it was released in English, with Dark Horse removing entire pages from one volume and getting Kitoh to redraw a certain infamous scene from the same; only seven volumes were even published in the United States.
** The manga received a fair amount of edits when it was released in English, with Dark Horse removing entire pages from one volume and getting Kitoh to redraw a certain infamous scene from the same; only seven volumes were even published in the United States.
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Happens at the end of the Broomstick arc.
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Poor Norio gets what has to be the most horrendous death out of ''anyone''.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Poor Norio gets what has to be the most horrendous death out of ''anyone''.]]
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* TheCasanova: Takeo Tsurumaru
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: As is typical of MohiroKitoh manga. It really isn't as cute as it initially appears.
** CrapsackWorld: And as [[FromBadToWorse things get worse and worse]], it eventually stops trying to appear cute.
** Go back to the top of the page for a second, and check out the "Crowning Moments" buttons. ''Look at what two buttons are missing.''
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** Go back to the top of the page for a second, and check out the "Crowning Moments" buttons. ''Look at what two buttons are missing.''
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* CuteAndPsycho: Akira, to some extent.
* CutShort / LeftHanging: The anime ended halfway through the story, giving very little closure; either there wasn't enough of an audience to keep going, or the producers were afraid of tackling [[NightmareFuel what was coming next]]. Or both.
* CutShort / LeftHanging: The anime ended halfway through the story, giving very little closure; either there wasn't enough of an audience to keep going, or the producers were afraid of tackling [[NightmareFuel what was coming next]]. Or both.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Oh, man. Satomi develops a murderous grudge against Shiina that started just because the latter ''made fun of the name of her school''. In the manga, Sudo shoots two delinquents to death just for throwing a bag of trash into a river... and let's not even get ''started'' on what the city thugs do.
* DownerEnding: In the manga.
* DownerEnding: In the manga.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Oh, man. Satomi develops a murderous grudge against Shiina that started just because the latter ''made fun of the name of her school''. In the manga, Sudo shoots two delinquents to death just for throwing a bag of trash into a river... and let's not even get ''started'' on what the city thugs do.
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Only in the manga, though.]]
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* [[spoiler: GeniusLoci: The Earth is a shadow dragon, Shiina's specifically.]]
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* [[spoiler: GeniusLoci: The Earth is a shadow dragon, Shiina's specifically.]]
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* GenreShift: When the horror elements kick in, they ''kick in.''
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:The last chapter of the manga. Shiina seems to have recovered from her father's death and is living happily with her mother. She and her mother head out to visit Akira in hospital... only for an angry mob to shoot up her mother's car, Akira to fall out of the hospital window in an apparent suicide, Takeo and Hoshimaru to be killed by a gang of thugs--after which Shiina and Mamiko initiate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Afterwards, Shiina, heavily pregnant with Takeo's (who was dying from radiation poisoning) baby, is shown walking around the ruins of the buildings she used to know, unable to muster up the will to do anything more for the world.]] What was that about hope?
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:The last chapter of the manga. Shiina seems to have recovered from her father's death and is living happily with her mother. She and her mother head out to visit Akira in hospital... only for an angry mob to shoot up her mother's car, Akira to fall out of the hospital window in an apparent suicide, Takeo and Hoshimaru to be killed by a gang of thugs--after which Shiina and Mamiko initiate TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Afterwards, Shiina, heavily pregnant with Takeo's (who was dying from radiation poisoning) baby, is shown walking around the ruins of the buildings she used to know, unable to muster up the will to do anything more for the world.]] What was that about hope?]]
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* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Mon]]: Satomi's dragon Amapola, after "evolving" into its more humanoid form. [[spoiler:It takes an intervention from the Virgin Princess to defeat it and save Shiina's life.]]
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* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Mon]]: ImplacableMan: Satomi's dragon Amapola, after "evolving" into its more humanoid form. [[spoiler:It takes an intervention from the Virgin Princess to defeat it and save Shiina's life.]]
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* KidsAreCruel
* KillEmAll: Come on people! BreakTheCutie! ''I dare you''...
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Tomonori Komori, early on]]. The death toll rises from there.
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Hoshimaru, pretty much]]
* KillEmAll: Come on people! BreakTheCutie! ''I dare you''...
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Tomonori Komori, early on]]. The death toll rises from there.
* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:Hoshimaru, pretty much]]
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* KnifeNut: Komori.
* LittleMissBadass: Mamiko Kuri.
* LittlestCancerPatient: [[spoiler: Poor little Robert Franklin...]]
* LittleMissBadass: Mamiko Kuri.
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* LonelyRichKid: Hiro-chan.
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* MamaBear: Jane Franklin.
* ManipulativeBastard: Sudo, [[spoiler: Takeo]].
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* MoodWhiplash: '''''VERY MUCH'''''.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, since there are two minor yet notable characters named Aki; apart from the nasty Alpha Bitch Aki Honda, there's also Tatsumi Miyako's SexySecretary, Aki Sato. It's a good thing no one mixes them up with each other, or with Akira, for that matter...
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, since there are two minor yet notable characters named Aki; apart from the nasty Alpha Bitch Aki Honda, there's also Tatsumi Miyako's SexySecretary, Aki Sato. It's a good thing no one mixes them up with each other, or with Akira, for that matter...
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* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Poor Hiro-chan and Norio...]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: The anime opening. ''Oh so very much''.
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* [[spoiler: RocksFallEveryoneDies]]: Well, in the manga [[spoiler:giant hands come out of the earth and bitchslap all of human existance into dust]]. No, really.
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* [[spoiler: RocksFallEveryoneDies]]: RocksFallEveryoneDies: Well, in the manga [[spoiler:giant hands come out of the earth and bitchslap all of human existance into dust]]. No, really.dust]].
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* ShrinkingViolet: Akira - to the ''highest'' degree - and Miyoko.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIF5BLyh3Mk THIS!!!]] It's self-explanatory when far too many comments say that "THE OPENING IS A LIE!!!
*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself.
*** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
*** Compare ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s opening.
*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself.
*** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
*** Compare ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s opening.
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*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself.
*** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
*** Compare ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s opening.
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** FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Shiina had sex with Takeo]], who was dying of radiation poisoning at the time. Do the math.
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''Naru Taru'' was created by MohiroKitoh, who also created the HumongousMecha series ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', while the anime was penned by Creator/ChiakiKonaka, writer of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
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''Naru Taru'' was created by MohiroKitoh, Creator/MohiroKitoh, who also created the HumongousMecha series ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'', while the anime was penned by Creator/ChiakiKonaka, writer of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' and ''Anime/DigimonTamers''.
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*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself. *** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
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*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself. itself.
*** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
*** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Definitely a few of these in here. [[spoiler:Norio]]'s death has to take the cake, though.
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** Shiina begins the series with GirlishPigtails, switches to a BobHaircut [[spoiler: after entering junir high]], and has shoulder-length hair [[spoiler: after she goes WoobieDestroyerOrWorlds with Mamiko.]]
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*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself. *** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's death by being vaporized.]]
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*** Subverted by the [[LyricalDissonance lyrical content]] of the opening... which seems to be a good metaphor for Narutaru itself. *** GenreSavvy viewers will probably catch on some... [[SpoilerOpening important details about the plot]] hidden in the supposedly cutesy OP video, such as: Akira's link to her Dragon [[FaintingSeer causing her to collapse]], [[spoiler: Hiroko being horribly bullied by Aki and Co.]], the presence of [[spoiler: Shiina's sister aka the Virgin Princess]], [[spoiler: Hiroko obtaining Oni as her own Dragon]], and even [[spoiler: Shiina's manga-only death by being vaporized.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: In the anime, it's implied that [[spoiler: Shiina didn't tell her father that Hiroko died ''and'' was the one behind his almost death.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Misono. Right after we get to see ''her'' side of the story, as well as having her reunite with Shiina and patch things up, she's shot to death.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: MohiroKitoh is a big aviation nut and his knowledge of aircraft shines through with his depictions of Shiina's dad's work and the JASDF.
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