History Manga / ShutHell

* Long-LostRelative: Moments before his death, Gulshan learns that the man who had just killed him [[spoiler:(Harabal)]] was his grandson.

* Long-Lost Relative: Moments before his death, Gulshan learns that the man who had just killed him [[spoiler:(Harabal)]] was his grandson.

* HistoricalFiction: Specifically concerning the [[DynastiesFromShangToQing Song Dynasty, Jin and Western Xia in China]].

* BurnTheWitch: Veronika's friend Shakira was burnt at the stake for being a) a gypsy, b) a herbalist, and c) a lesbian.

It is the beginning of the 13th century, in what is now North-western China. GenghisKhan has united the Mongol clans, and sent his forces to attack the territory of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Xia Western Xia]] (here called the Tangut Empire). Sudou learns that the dreams he had been having were of Shut Hell's memories: Once a simple Tangut soldier nicknamed "Little Sparrow", she was the sole survivor of a fortress massacred by forces led by Yurul's brother Harabal. Though she came close to death several times, she found in herself a supernatural strength. Driven by vengeance, she became feared by the Mongols as "the Evil One" for how she mercilessly and brutally slaughtered them.

''Shut Hell'' (also known as ''Shuto Heru'') is an ongoing {{Seinen}} manga by Itoh Yu.

* BurnTheWitch: Veronika's friend Shakira was burnt at the stake for being a) a gypsy, b) a herbalist, and C) a lesbian.

* ExoticEyeDesigns: The Khan and his children's eyes have several concentric circles between the pupil and the iris. It's pretty damn eerie.

* ForegoneConclusion / HowWeGotHere: The first three volumes are mostly flashbacks to explain how Shut Hell died, so we know from chapter 1 that she ends up hanged, without managing to kill Harabal, and that Yurul is guaranteed to survive until the flashback ends.

* PublicExecution / [[DeadGirlOnDisplay DeadGuyOnDisplay]]: Shut Hell's execution via hanging. As mentioned, a few volumes of the story lead to explaining how she got there in the first place.

* TrappedInAnotherWorld / MentalTimeTravel: It becomes apparent that this is what Sudou is doing in the past, in Shut Hell's body. [[spoiler:Worse, if he doesn't stay there and protect Yurul, Suzuki and the Tangut language will disappear forever.]]

* AntiHero: Shut Hell, who is pretty morally ambiguous.
* ActionGirl: Shut Hell.
* AxCrazy: Shut Hell is prone to killing people ''very'' violently.
* BackFromTheDead: Sudou wakes up as Shut Hell swinging naked from a gallows.
* BadassBookworm: Yurul.
* BadassGrandpa: Boldo.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Harabal towards Yurul. Yurul doesn't seem to feel nearly as much towards him, though.
* BigOlEyebrows: Apparently the family trait of Harabal's family. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shut_hell/v01/c007/5.html His father has big ol' eyebrows, he has big ol' eyebrows]], and [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shut_hell/v01/c007/11.html Yurul]]... wait a sec. Hum, which one could possibly not be truly blood related to them?
* BloodKnight: Shut Hell.
* BreakTheCutie: What happens to Little Sparrow. The transformation is so great that it turns her into a psychopath
* CoolOldGuy: Boldo is no slouch when it comes to combat.
* DissonantSerenity: Naran nearly always wears a carefree expression, even when threatening to kill people, or ''actually killing them''.
* DoomedHometown: It isn't probably isn't actually the heroine's hometown (we don't really know), but all the same it's got the other makings of the trope: Her friends are killed there, she seems to be the only survivor, and it does start off her epic journey.
* DreamSequence: It starts off with one, though it feels more like a FlashBack.
* EverybodysDeadDave: Little Sparrow's regiment, leading to her huge BreakTheCutie moment.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Shut Hell and Yurul.

* FlashBack: The DreamSequence. Also most of the story so far is told through an extended flashback.
* ForegoneConclusion / HowWeGotHere: The first few volumes are mostly flashbacks to explain how Shut Hell died, so we know from chapter 1 that her quest to seek revenge on Harabal fails, and that Yurul is guaranteed to survive until the flashback ends.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: As Harabal points out to Shut Hell when they first meet, her need to avenge her dead comrades makes her worse than the army that wiped them out, since she gains nothing from it.
-->'''Harabal''': ''"For the sake of the dead, you brought more death into this world. You already smell like a rotten corpse."''
* HistoricalFiction
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Alfald towards Shut Hell. He's shown to get crazy excited when he sees her killing.
-->'''Alfald''': ''"Yes, show me even more, Shut Hell. More than gold, more than women, fascinate me more. With this wind of violence only you can show me. Take away my soul!"''
* LonersAreFreaks: Yurul. {{Lampshaded}} by Harabal, who tells him he's "always alone," and that his music is always sad, so it always drives people away. Yurul responds that he's "no good with people," and the things he values doesn't make sense to other people.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Yurul's pet eagle Yaralt.
* ManBitesMan: Shut Hell once killed a group of Mongol grunts by ''using her teeth to rip out their throats''. Granted her hands were bound at the time, limiting her options, but... ''Damn!''

* MentalTimeTravel: It becomes apparent that this is what Sudou is doing in the past, in Shut Hell's body. Worse, if he doesn't stay there and protect Yurul, Suzuki will disappear forever.
* MoralityPet: Yurul for Harabal. Harabal's father, the clan leader, notes that Yurul is one of the few things Harabal holds precious and dear.
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Shut Hell hanging around her friends' corpses and talking with them. Not to mention how rabidly she defended them against hungry wolves.
* NakedOnArrival: When Sudou travels back into the body of Shut Hell, s/he's...very naked. This is because she was just executed.
* NotSoDifferent: Harabal makes this explicit between him and Shut Hell when they fight, and also makes it clear that the difference between them is that he fights for the sake of his clan and its future, whereas Shut Hell only wants to satisfy her revenge, a crucial difference.
* OldRetainer: Boldo towards Yurul.
* ParentalAbandonment: Sudou's parents walked out when their business failed.
* PastLifeMemories: Happens to Sudou as he is told the story from the start by Yurul.
* PermaStubble: Harabal, probably to distinguish him from his bearded father.
* PetTheDog: Ruthless though he may be, Harabal genuinely cares for Yurul. He even ''literally'' [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shut_hell/v01/c002/14.html pets him]].
* PlayingTheHeartStrings: One of the warriors hates Yurul's music because it makes him want to "blunt his fangs" and stop fighting.
* TheQuietOne: Yurul at first, but he becomes less shy and more talkative as he matures.
* [[RebelliousPrincess Rebellious Prince]]: Yurul.
* {{Reincarnation}}
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shut Hell is hell-bent on killing the "Tiger" (Harabal) and any of his accomplices, as revenge for killing all her best friends.
* RoyalBlood: Yurul is secretly the Khan's son.
* TheRunaway: Yurul becomes this of his own accord (taking along OldRetainer Boldo).
* ScarsAreForever: Shut Hell has many scars, most noticeably on her arms, and Harabal has quite a few scars on his face that are from childhood. [[spoiler:Yurul later gets one running diagonally across his face]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Harabal towards Shut Hell, as described in HeWhoFightsMonsters. Since both of them are rather morally ambiguous, this highlights that Harabal is on a slightly higher moral ground.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Shut Hell might be able to communicate with wolves, though it's not clear if it's all wolves, or just the one (suggested to be a Mongol god), or if they're both special, or even that it wasn't a hallucination.
* TheStoic: Yurul can be considered this. Most of the time, his face doesn't show nearly as much emotion as the other characters.
* TimeTravel: What happens in the beginning with Sudou and Suzuki.

It is the beginning of the 13th century, in what is now North-western China. GenghisKhan has united the Mongol clans, and sent his forces to attack the territory of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Xia Western Xia]] (here called the Tangut Empire). Sudou learns that the dreams he had been having were of Shut Hell's memories: Once a simple Tangut soldier nicknamed "Little Sparrow", she was the sole survivor of a fortress massacred by forces led by Yurul's brother Harabal. Though she came close to death several times, she found in herself a supernatural strength. Driven by vengeance, she became feared by the Mongols as "the Evil One" for how she mercilessly and brutally slaughtered them.

The story opens in present-day Japan, where a boy called Sudou is plagued with vivid recurring dreams of a battle in which a young woman and her comrades defend their doomed fortress. While meeting friends, Sudou is approached by Suzuki, an apparently shy and quiet schoolgirl who has sought him out for some reason. Sudou's family made musical instruments, and when Suzuki visits his apartment she feels compelled to play one he made. As she plays, Sudou is mystically transported to ancient China, where he awakes to find he is now a woman known as "Shut Hell" and Suzuki is Yurul, a Mongol prince who has come to rescue Shut Hell from the gallows.

The story takes place in the early 13th century, in what is now North-western China. Genghis Khan has united the Mongol clans, and sent his forces to attack the territory of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Xia Western Xia]] (here called the Tangut Empire). Our heroine was a Tangut soldier nicknamed "Little Sparrow", sole survivor of a unit massacred by forces led by Yurul's brother Harabal. Now driven by vengeance, she is feared by the Mongols as "the Evil One" for her merciless killing. She accompanies Yurul as he flees his tribe in an attempt to preserve a vital collection of jade writings, knowing that Harabal will follow suit, giving her the chance to kill him.

The story opens in present-day Japan, where a boy called Sudou is plagued with vivid recurring dreams of a battle in which a young woman and her comrades defend their doomed fortress. While meeting friends, Sudou is approached by Suzuki, an apparently shy and quiet schoolgirl who has sought him out for some reason. Sudou's family made musical instruments, and when Suzuki visits his apartment she feels compelled to play an he made. As she plays, Sudou is mystically transported to ancient China, where he awakes to find he is now a woman known as "Shut Hell" and Suzuki is Yurul, a Mongol prince who has come to rescue Shut Hell from the gallows.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Harabal towards Yurul, all the way. Yurul doesn't seem to feel nearly as much towards him, though.

* PastLifeMemories: Happens to Sudou as he is told the story at the start.
* PermaStubble: Harabal.
* PetTheDog: What Harabal does with Yurul. He even ''literally'' [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shut_hell/v01/c002/14.html pets him]].

* BloodKnight: Shut Hell

* CoolOldGuy: Boldo.

* NakedOnArrival: When Sudou travels back into the body of Shut Hell, s/he's... very naked.

* TheQuietOne: Yurul.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Shut Hell is hellbent on killing the "Tiger" (Harabal) and any of his accomplices, as revenge for killing all her best friends.

* ScarsAreForever: Harabal has quite a few scars on his face that are permanent. [[spoiler:Yurul later gets one running diagonally across his face]].

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Sudou wakes up as Shut Hell swinging naked from a gallows. Yurul implies this isn't the first time she's come back.]]

* ForegoneConclusion / HowWeGotHere: The first few volumes are mostly flashbacks to explain how Shut Hell died, so we know from chapter 1 that her quest to seek revenge on Harabal fails, that Yurul is guaranteed to survive until the flashback ends.

-->''"Yes, show me even more, Shut Hell. More than gold, more than women, fascinate me more. With this wind of violence only you can show me. Take away my soul!"''

* NotSoDifferent: Harabal makes this explicit between him and Shut Hell when they fight.

* DreamSequence: It starts off with a DreamSequence that feels more like a FlashBack.

* MentalTimeTravel: It becomes apparent that this is what Sudou is doing in the past, in Shut Hell's body. Worse, if he doesn't stay there and protect Yurul, Suzaki will disappear forever.

* ParentalAbandonment: Sudou's parents walked out when their business failed.

* ScarsAreForever: Harabal has quite a few scars on his face that are permanent. Yurul also gets one running diagonally across his face.

The story opens in present-day Japan, where a young man called Sudou is plagued with recurring vivid dreams of bloody ancient battles in which a young girl and her comrades defend a doomed fortress. While meeting friends, Sudou is approached by Susuki, an apparently shy and quiet schoolgirl who has sought him out for some reason. Sudou's family were musical instrument makers, and when Susuki visits his apartment she feels compelled to play an instrument he made. As she plays, Sudou is mystically transported to ancient China, where he awakes to find he is now a woman nicknamed Shut Hell, and Susuki is now Yurul, a young Mongol prince.

The story takes place in the early 13th century, in what is now North-western China. Genghis Khan has united the Mongol clans, and sent his forces to attack the territory of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Xia Western Xia]] (called the Tangut Empire in the manga). Our heroine was a Tangut soldier nicknamed "Little Sparrow", sole survivor of a unit massacred by forces led by Mongol prince Harabal. Now driven by vengeance, she is feared by the Mongols as "the Evil One" for her merciless killing. She accompanies Yurul as he flees his Mongol family for Sou territory to preserve a vital collections of writings, knowing that Harabal will follow them, giving her a chance to kill him.

* BreakTheCutie: What happens to Little Sparrow. The transformation is so great that it earned her the nickname of "Shut Hell" (Evil One). Yikes.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Alfald towards Shut Hell. He's shown to get crazy excited when he sees her killing. ''"Yes, show me even more, Shut Hell. More than gold, more than women, fascinate me more. With this wind of violence only you can show me. Take away my soul!"''

* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Shut Hell keeping all of her friend's corpses and talking with them. Not to mention how rabidly she defended them against hungry wolves.
* NakedOnArrival: When Sudou goes back into past into the body of Shut Hell, s/he's... very naked.

* ScarsAreForever: Harabal has quite a few scars on his face that are permanent.

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* HeroicSociopath: Shut Hell.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Yurul can be quite cute.

* BigBrotherComplex: Harabal towards Yurul, all the way. Yurul doesn't seem to feel nearly as much towards him, though.

* HotAmazon: Shut Hell.

* TheDoctorDolittle: Shut Hell might be able to communicate with wolves, though it's not clear if it's all wolves, or just the one (suggested to be a Mongol god), or if they're both special, or even that it wasn't a hallucination.