History Manga / ProjectARMS

Unrelated to the ''VideoGame/WildArms'' series or the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch game ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}''.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Ryo by virtue of much of the story being driven by his desire to rescue Katsumi. This role is usually assigned to Kei in-universe, however, since she has the most military training of the bunch and he ARMS gives her the perfect surveillance ability.
** TheLancer: Hayato. Also doubles as TheBigGuy.
** TheSmartGuy: Al Bowen and Kei.
** TheChick: Yugo, and Kei [[spoiler: after her death.]]

* GunsAkimbo: Ryo's mom is ''infamous'' for her mastery of this, allowing her to snipe targets with dual pistols while ''falling four stories and landing without a scratch'' in an '''''apron!'''''

* RedBaron: [[spoiler:Ryo's parents]] have a very fearsome reputation in the criminal and military underworld. [[spoiler:Ryo's mom]] was known as the "Laughing Panther" and the "Cackling She-Witch" for being all smiles and laughter while brutally killing her enemies.

* BadassNormal: Ryo's dad, Iwao Takatsuki a.k.a. "Wind". Fights ARMS, Cyborgs, Mutants, and Enhanced soldiers, without any super-powers of his own.

* MuggleFosterParents: Subverted. While Ryo's parents aren't his biological mother and father, they ''are'' [[spoiler: two of the most hardcore, badass spies the world has ever known. And they ''still'' love him like a real son with all their heart, despite his heritage.]]

* PowerFist
* RedBaron: Ryo's parents have a very fearsome reputation in the criminal and military underworld.

** Iwao Takatsuki later saves one of the Jaberwock's claws and uses it as a weapon in battle against enemies with similar healing factors.

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Ryo's ARMS, the Jabberwock, is a hulking demonic humanoid capable of massive amounts of destruction. It takes all of Ryo's normal abilities UpToEleven, and in addition can blast '''[[KillItWithFire fire]]'''. Not to mention it's said at its peak it can generate '''antimatter'''. Simply put, don't tick Ryo off.

* AdultFear:
** Even though the ARMS teens are all actually raised by foster parents, they still are treated like the parents' own children. These parents then get to watch their children be attacked, nearly killed, and then get told "Hey, we have to leave for awhile and may not live, but we love you!"
** The Chapel children. They were all the result of a group of women being given, without their knowledge, drugs that enhanced the intelligence of their unborn children. Not only that, but the parents are unable to properly care for their children because ''they're all afraid of them''. [[spoiler:Worse, though the children take on adult roles in the town they run, it becomes evident that the kids still need the love and support of their parents.]]
** [[spoiler:A group of children is gunned down, for the crime of wanting to see the outside world. And the order was given by the guy who was the closest they had to a father.]]

* DeathOfAChild: '''Absolutely.''' Children being abused, killed, and experimented on in a variety of unimaginable horrible ways is one of the hallmarks of the series.

* PowerTrio: Ryo, Hayato, and Takeshi

* InfantImmortality: '''Averted.''' Children being abused, killed, and experimented on in a variety of unimaginable horrible ways is one of the hallmarks of the series.

* AdaptiveAbility: What makes Jabberwock so deadly. It can adapt to whatever attacks it encounters and overcome any defenses with enough time to analyze the threat. This ability allows him to even nullify the healing factor of other ARMs users that usually makes them nigh-unkillable.

* GoodParents: All of the ARMs users [[spoiler: adoptive]] families are like this, especially Ryo's with the exception of the Blue Men, who were initially somewhat abusive and deriding of Kei.