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* DropTheHammer: Gallon's Hammer.

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A woman died a suspicious death in the forest. Beside her, the sword-smith Amon finds a new-born boy with a tragic fate and takes him in. About 10 years later, this boy who is named Gai and who has become Amon's apprentice, loses his right arm in an accident while making a sword. Amon decides to take a sword called "Shiryuu," which is a sword with demonic powers that has been passed down for generations, and fashion it into an artificial arm for Gai. That was the beginning of it all...

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A woman died a suspicious death in the forest. Beside her, the sword-smith Amon finds a new-born newborn boy with a tragic fate and takes him in. About 10 years later, this boy who is named Gai and who has become Amon's apprentice, loses his right arm in an accident while making a sword. Amon decides to take a sword called "Shiryuu," which is a sword with demonic powers that has been passed down for generations, and fashion it into an artificial arm for Gai. That was the beginning of it all...




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* AlienBlood: Busoma seem to have dark purple blood.

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!!''Sword Gai'' provides examples of:
* AlienBlood: Busoma seem seems to have dark purple blood.



* AnyoneCanDie: While part 1 had very few important deaths, part 2 ramps it up [[spoiler:with the deaths of Seiya, Mina, Marcus, Kyouka, Takuma, Himiko, Kazumo and Shin at the very end]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Gai lost his right arm to Shiryu, and Amon turned the cursed blade in an artificial arm.

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* AnyoneCanDie: While part 1 had very few important deaths, part 2 ramps it up [[spoiler:with the deaths of Seiya, Mina, Marcus, Kyouka, Takuma, Himiko, Kazumo Kazumo, and Shin at the very end]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Gai lost his right arm to Shiryu, and Amon turned the cursed blade in into an artificial arm.



* BareFistedMonk: The Gabi sect don't use weapons and only fight with their bodies so they aren't corrupted like the Chrysalids.

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* BareFistedMonk: The Gabi sect don't doesn't use weapons and only fight fights with their bodies so they aren't corrupted like the Chrysalids.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Midoriko plays the role of a fun-loving idol in public, but in private she's rather nihilistic and mean spirited.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Midoriko plays the role of a fun-loving idol in public, but in private she's rather nihilistic and mean spirited.mean-spirited.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The anime ends this way. Grimms is defeated and humanity is safe, but it came at the cost of the lives of Kyouka, Shin and basically every other Chrysalid in Shoshidai. Busoma are still out there, including Armys, but Kuromaru has finally found a true friend in Rie Matoba, and Gai and Sayaka finally return to their peaceful lives.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The anime ends this way. Grimms is defeated and humanity is safe, but it came at the cost of the lives of Kyouka, Shin Shin, and basically every other Chrysalid in Shoshidai. Busoma are still out there, including Armys, but Kuromaru has finally found a true friend in Rie Matoba, and Gai and Sayaka finally return to their peaceful lives.]]



* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist UsefulNotes/{{Paracelsus}} and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist UsefulNotes/{{Paracelsus}} and one of this.these. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.



* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Himiko, the head of the Gabi only appears on the last episode of part 1 of the anime.

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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Himiko, the head of the Gabi only appears on in the last episode of part 1 of the anime.



* WealthyPhilanthropist: Shin has no problem financing whatever charity work that catches his fancy.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Chrysalids are eventually corrupted by their weapons, becoming a Busoma, hence why they enter into Cold Sleep to slow down the process.

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* WealthyPhilanthropist: Shin has no problem financing whatever charity work that catches his fancy.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Chrysalids are eventually corrupted by their weapons, becoming a Busoma, hence why they enter into Cold Sleep to slow down the process.process.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist Paracelsus and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist Paracelsus UsefulNotes/{{Paracelsus}} and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.
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* BladeOnAStick: The cursed spear Tonbokiri.
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* AnAxeToGrind: The cursed weapon Halbert is a huge halberd.
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* CastingGag: This isn't the first time Creator/YuutoUemura requires a mentor [[Manga/BungouStrayDogs to control his powers]].

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* CastingGag: This isn't the first time Creator/YuutoUemura requires a mentor [[Manga/BungouStrayDogs [[Manga/BungoStrayDogs to control his powers]].
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* RapunzelHair: Kyouka has waist length hair, while Himiko's reaches her feet.
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An anime adaptation premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on March 23 2018 labelled as Part 1. Part 2 will be released on July 30, 2018

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An anime adaptation by [=LandQ=] Studios premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on March 23 2018 labelled as Part 1. Part 2 will be was released on July 30, 2018
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* RingsOfDeath: Seiya‘s weapon is a chakram made of golden energy.
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* CastingGag: This isn't the first time Creator/YuutoUemura requires a mentor [[Manga/BungouStrayDogs to control his powers]].

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* AnyoneCanDie: While part 1 had very few important deaths, part 2 ramps it up [[spoiler:with the deaths of Seiya, Marcus and Kyouka]].

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* AnyoneCanDie: While part 1 had very few important deaths, part 2 ramps it up [[spoiler:with the deaths of Seiya, Marcus Mina, Marcus, Kyouka, Takuma, Himiko, Kazumo and Kyouka]].Shin at the very end]].


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The anime ends this way. Grimms is defeated and humanity is safe, but it came at the cost of the lives of Kyouka, Shin and basically every other Chrysalid in Shoshidai. Busoma are still out there, including Armys, but Kuromaru has finally found a true friend in Rie Matoba, and Gai and Sayaka finally return to their peaceful lives.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: While part 1 had very few important deaths, part 2 ramps it up [[spoiler:with the deaths of Seiya, Marcus and Kyouka]].
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An anime adaptation premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on March 23 2018.

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An anime adaptation premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on March 23 2018.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Naoki jokingly asks Marcus if he would fall in love with Mina too, Marcus answers she's not his type. [[spoiler:So after Naoki is terminated, the Shoshidai give Mina a face they know will appeal to Marcus.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Naoki jokingly asks Marcus if he would fall in love with Mina too, Marcus answers she's not his type. [[spoiler:So after Naoki is terminated, the Shoshidai give Mina a new face they know will appeal to Marcus.]]
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* MuggingTheMonster: A pair of thugs thought it was a good idea to try and pick up [[CuteAndPsycho Midoriko]]. Considering those guys had beaten up Shin earlier for no reason, [[AssholeVictim you don't feel too sorry for them]].
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* SkewedPriorities: Soun of the Gabi sect decides it's more important to fight Seiya for being a Chrysalid than continue his search for a Busoma. The Busoma in question takes advantage of the opening and kills him from his own shadow.

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* {{Gonk}}: Yasuko is very fat and certainly not attractive.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Naoki jokingly asks Marcus if he would fall in love with Mina too, Marcus answers she's not his type. [[spoiler:So after Naoki is terminated, the Shoshidai give Mina a face they know will appeal to Marcus.]]
* {{Gonk}}: Yasuko is very fat and certainly not attractive.attractive to look at.

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* AxeCrazy: Most Busogama can only think of something: ''to slaughter everything''.

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* AxeCrazy: Most Busogama Busoma can only think of something: ''to slaughter everything''.


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* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The backstories of Nebestigma and Halbert involve faeries of different types.
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* {{Gonk}}: Yasuko is fat and certainly not attractive.

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* {{Gonk}}: Yasuko is very fat and certainly not attractive.

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* BareFistedMonk: The Gabi sect don't use weapons and only fight with their bodies so they aren't corrupted like the Chrysalides.

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* BareFistedMonk: The Gabi sect don't use weapons and only fight with their bodies so they aren't corrupted like the Chrysalides.Chrysalids.



* {{Gonk}}: Yasuko is fat and certainly not attractive.



* ParentalSubstitute: Amon raised Gai ever since the boy lost his parents.



* YourDaysAreNumbered: Crysalids are eventually corrupted by their weapons, becoming a Busoma, hence why they enter into Cold Sleep to slow down the process.

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* YourDaysAreNumbered: Crysalids Chrysalids are eventually corrupted by their weapons, becoming a Busoma, hence why they enter into Cold Sleep to slow down the process.

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* AlienBlood: Busogama seem to have dark purple blood.

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* AlienBlood: Busogama Busoma seem to have dark purple blood.



* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: At the end of part 1 of the anime [[spoiler:Seiya becomes a Busoma to save Gai]].



* TheCorruption: Every weapon can eventually turn its wielder into a Busogama, is only a matter of time.

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* TheCorruption: Every weapon can eventually turn its wielder into a Busogama, Busoma, is only a matter of time.time.
* CuteAndPsycho: Midoriko was this even before becoming possessed by Flamberge, she's only much more open about it after being possessed.



* EvilSoundsDeep: Fittingly, Grimms has a deep and sinister voice.



* HiddenVillain: Grimms didn't show himself to the heroes until the final episode of part 1.



* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Himiko, the head of the Gabi only appears on the last episode of part 1 of the anime.



* RapunzelHair: Kyouka has waist length hair, while Himiko's reaches her feet.



* SinisterScythe: Grimms fittingly wields a massive and intimidating scythe.



* WealthyPhilanthropist: Shin has no problem financing whatever charity work that catches his fancy.

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* WealthyPhilanthropist: Shin has no problem financing whatever charity work that catches his fancy.fancy.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Crysalids are eventually corrupted by their weapons, becoming a Busoma, hence why they enter into Cold Sleep to slow down the process.
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* AlienBlood: Busogama seem to have dark purple blood.


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* IdentityAmnesia: The more a person remains bonded to a cursed weapon, they lose more of themselves to the weapon.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Kyoka wears glasses and has slightly grey hair, just like his father Takuma.]]

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Kyoka wears glasses and has slightly grey hair, just like his her father Takuma.]]
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* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Kyouka is actually the daughter of Takuma Miura, the wielder of Zsoltgewinn]]


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* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Flamberge always seems to know when to leave.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Naoki serves as mentor for Marcus, and he's terminated once his corruption becomes too much.]]


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* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Kyoka wears glasses and has slightly grey hair, just like his father Takuma.]]

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* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist Paracelsus and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist Paracelsus and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as as this.


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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Kyouka has no problem looking at a completely naked Seiya without blinking.


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* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler:After Naoki is terminated, Mina is recreated as Marcus' counselor Aya, heavily implying this isn't the first time she has changed face.]]

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* BareFistedMonk: The Gabi sect don't use weapons and only fight with their bodies so they aren't corrupted like the Chrysalides.



* CoolOldGuy: Kigetsu is undoubtedly one, and he even freaks out Seiya.



* DraconicHumanoid: The creator of Shiryu was one of these.
* EvilWeapon: The entire premise centers around cursed weapons.

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* DarkIsEvil: Zsoltgewinn has control over darkness, and is by far the most evil of the cursed weapons.
* DealWithTheDevil: Azoth's backstory centers around this between the alchemist Paracelsus and one of this. Accepting the possession of a cursed weapon can also be seen as this.
* DraconicHumanoid: The creator of Shiryu was apparently one of these.
* DropTheHammer: Gallon's Hammer.
* EvilWeapon: The entire premise centers around cursed weapons.weapons.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Seiya may look in his twenties, but thanks to the Cold Sleep he's actually much older.
* PlayingWithFire: Flamberge gives its wielder the power over fire.
* SealedEvilInACan: The alchemist Paracelsus sealed a demon within Azoth's sword.
* ShockAndAwe: Naoki's cursed weapon Fallagon has power over lightning.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: Shin has no problem financing whatever charity work that catches his fancy.
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* AxeCrazy: Most Busogama can only think of something: ''to slaughter everything''.


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** After becoming possessed by Flamberge she turns into a full-fledged EvilDiva.


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* DraconicHumanoid: The creator of Shiryu was one of these.

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* AnAxeToGrind: The cursed weapon Halbert is a huge [[ExactlyWhatSaysOnTheTin halberd]].

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* AnAxeToGrind: The cursed weapon Halbert is a huge [[ExactlyWhatSaysOnTheTin halberd]].halberd.


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* BladeOnAStick: The cursed spear Tonbokiri.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a19984_31471895701514528693.jpg]]
A woman died a suspicious death in the forest. Beside her, the sword-smith Amon finds a new-born boy with a tragic fate and takes him in. About 10 years later, this boy who is named Gai and who has become Amon's apprentice, loses his right arm in an accident while making a sword. Amon decides to take a sword called "Shiryuu," which is a sword with demonic powers that has been passed down for generations, and fashion it into an artificial arm for Gai. That was the beginning of it all...

The story of this boy, who has become one with a demonic weapon and is drawn into a cruel fate in which he must face countless battles, can be seen as either the story of "a beautiful weapon and an ugly person" or of "the cruelty of weapons and the beauty of humans." This is a completely new world of comic noir.

An anime adaptation premiered on Creator/{{Netflix}} on March 23 2018.

!!General Tropes
* AllMythsAreTrue: The weapons come from all sorts of regions and mythologies.
* AnAxeToGrind: The cursed weapon Halbert is a huge [[ExactlyWhatSaysOnTheTin halberd]].
* ArtificialLimbs: Gai lost his right arm to Shiryu, and Amon turned the cursed blade in an artificial arm.
* BigBrotherMentor: Naoki serves as this for Marcus while Seiya takes this role for Gai.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Midoriko plays the role of a fun-loving idol in public, but in private she's rather nihilistic and mean spirited.
* BloodbathVillainOrigin: Every cursed weapon has an origin story full of blood.
* BloodKnight: By nature the cursed weapons are only driven by one thing only: to kill.
* TheCorruption: Every weapon can eventually turn its wielder into a Busogama, is only a matter of time.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Gai and Marcus have rather sad backstories.
* EvilWeapon: The entire premise centers around cursed weapons.

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