History Manga / TanteiGakuenQ

* BecomingTheMask -- [[spoiler: Ryu]] was supposed to be TheMole, but [[spoiler: he [[strike: fell in love with Kyuu]] grew fond of Kyuu, Megu, Kazuma and Kinta for real]]. as time passed.
* BreakTheCutie -- More than once case is a painful, slow, tear-jerking breaking process for either victims, {{Sympathetic Murderer}}s or witnesses, the top examples being [[spoiler: Miyo Fuuma, the three Ichinose siblings, Kuniko Tooya, Mitsuru Hoshou and both her boyfriend and her half-sister Arisa, Midori Tachikawa, and Yuri Hitsuji]]. And in-story, [[spoiler: Ryu]] gets progressively broken as he develops more.
* BrownNote -- The "Banquet of Evil" violin solo drives a violinist into increasing insanity as soon as he hears it, and it's mentioned that a mysterious person is forcing three other people to hear it as well through cellphone calls. The reason? [[spoiler: It was the favorite musical piece of a brilliant player who was handicapped [[DrivenToSuicide and killed herself]]... after an horrible trap staged by the other four (it was actually three because her boyfriend has never considered that this could lead to tragedy). [[LoveMakesYouEvil Who end up murdered]] [[SympatheticMurderer by the girl's fellow violinist and boyfriend]]. And had he not done it, they would've died at the hands of the girl's half-sister.]]

** Also applied on several culprits, courtesy of [[spoiler: Meiuosei itself]]. Basically, [[spoiler: they give you the means to carry your revenge and keep an agent close as a monitor, but when said revenge is foiled, they force you to either kill yourself or murder the person who blows your cover. And if a Meiousei agent is captured by the police, another will activate some sort of MindControl that will make them kill themselves as well.]]

* CutShort -- The anime faithfully followed the manga and was on track towards greatness when it literally committed suicide overnight, abruptly cutting short at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing in the air]], and throwing in a GainaxEnding on top of that. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]
** What makes this even more regrettable is that the manga has never been completely translated to this day.
** Not to mention replacing [[TheDragon Kerberos]] with a villain who didn't have [[EvilIsCool even one quarter of his charisma.]] We never saw King Hades, and even the ships weren't developed beyond ShipTease before they went down with it.

%%* MurderDotCom

* NamesToKnowInAnime: MegumiOgata (Kyu), KoichiTochika (Ryu), Creator/HideoIshikawa (Kintaro), TomokoKawakami (Kazuma), HoukoKuwashima (Megu), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Morihiko Dan), Creator/AyaHisakawa (Shino Katagiri), ShinichiroMiki (Kotarou Nanami), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Anubis), Creator/NobuoTobita (Saburomaru), TomokoKaneda (Kuniko), SatsukiYukino (Sakurako Yukihira), AkiraIshida (Masami), MarikoKouda (Mitsuru - she's also PlayingAgainstType)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: MegumiOgata (Kyu), KoichiTochika (Ryu), Creator/HideoIshikawa (Kintaro), TomokoKawakami (Kazuma), HoukoKuwashima (Megu), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Morihiko Dan), Creator/AyaHisakawa (Shino Katagiri), ShinichiroMiki (Kotarou Nanami), Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Anubis), NobuoTobita (Saburomaru), TomokoKaneda (Kuniko), SatsukiYukino (Sakurako Yukihira), AkiraIshida (Masami), MarikoKouda (Mitsuru - she's also PlayingAgainstType)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: MegumiOgata (Kyu), KoichiTochika (Ryu), HideoIshikawa (Kintaro), TomokoKawakami (Kazuma), HoukoKuwashima (Megu), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (Morihiko Dan), Creator/AyaHisakawa (Shino Katagiri), ShinichiroMiki (Kotarou Nanami), HikaruMidorikawa (Anubis), NobuoTobita (Saburomaru), TomokoKaneda (Kuniko), SatsukiYukino (Sakurako Yukihira), AkiraIshida (Masami), MarikoKouda (Mitsuru - she's also PlayingAgainstType)

* NamesToKnowInAnime: MegumiOgata (Kyu), KoichiTochika (Ryu), HideoIshikawa (Kintaro), TomokoKawakami (Kazuma), HoukoKuwashima (Megu), HideyukiTanaka (Morihiko Dan), Creator/AyaHisakawa (Shino Katagiri), ShinichiroMiki (Kotarou Nanami), HikaruMidorikawa (Anubis), NobuoTobita (Saburomaru), TomokoKaneda (Kuniko), SatsukiYukino (Sakurako Yukihira), AkiraIshida (Masami), MarikoKouda (Mitsuru - she's also PlayingAgainstType)

* DarkActionGirl -- [[spoiler: Kaori]]

* FakingTheDead -- [[spoiler: The businesswoman Hanayo Ichinose tried this to save her enterprise. She got plastic surgery and returned under a disguise to stop her SmugSnake sister's machinations and check on her three children... and ended up dead because the two eldest didn't recognize her and thought she was the Smugsnake's accomplice, so they killed her to protect their baby sister.]]
* FauxActionGirl -- Kuniko has a huge ActionGirl potential, but is too emotionally frail. Somewhat understandable if we consider [[BreakTheCutie her past]], though.
%%* FiveManBand
%%** TheLeader - Kyu
%%** TheLancer - Ryu Amakusa
%%** TheBigGuy - Kintarō Tōyama
%%** TheSmartGuy - Kazuma Narusawa
%%** TheChick - Megumi Minami
** {{Mentor}}s - [[BigGood Morihiko]] [[TeamDad Dan]], [[TeamMom Katagiri-sensei]], [[MasterOfDisguise Nanami-sensei]], [[SternTeacher Hongou-sensei]].

%%* GuileHero (All of them)

* ShrinkingViolet -- Kuniko

%%* TeamMom -- Shino Katagiri

* WoundedGazelleGambit -- [[spoiler: Midori Tachikawa, Kazuma's favorite teacher at his elementary school, did this to get money from life insurance. Which wasn't even for herself, but for [[LittlestCancerPatient her seriously ill baby]]'s treatment. Kazuma unmasks her, but also makes sure she gets a lighter sentence and the money she needs for her child.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime: MegumiOgata (Kyu), KoichiTochika (Ryu), HideoIshikawa (Kintaro), TomokoKawakami (Kazuma), HoukoKuwashima (Megu), HideyukiTanaka (Morihiko Dan), AyaHisakawa (Shino Katagiri), ShinichiroMiki (Kotarou Nanami), HikaruMidorikawa (Anubis), NobuoTobita (Saburomaru), TomokoKaneda (Kuniko), SatsukiYukino (Sakurako Yukihira), AkiraIshida (Masami), MarikoKouda (Mitsuru - she's also PlayingAgainstType)

* EvilIsCool: Kerberos, this guy has MagnificentBastard status among the fans.
* EvilIsSexy: Kerberos again. He probably has more fans than even the heroes.

* HoYay (Kyuu and Ryu. And ''how''.)
** Forget subtext, in the anime it's practically explicit. Ryuu's first apparition says all.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero - Kyu
** TheLancer - Ryu Amakusa
** TheBigGuy - Kintarō Tōyama
** TheSmartGuy - Kazuma Narusawa
** TheChick - Megumi Minami

* GuileHero (All of them)

* MurderDotCom

* TeamMom -- Shino Katagiri

* YamatoNadeshiko -- Kyuu's mom, to a degree

* {{Pettanko}} -- Sakurako Yukihira, much to her displeasure.

** {{Mentor}}s - [[BigGood Morihiko Dan]], Katagiri-sensei, [[MasterOfDisguise Nanami-sensei]], Hongou-sensei.

** {{Mentor}}s - [[BigGood Morihiko Dan]], Katagiri-sensei, [[MasterOfDisgise Nanami-sensei]], Hongou-sensei.

** {{Mentor}}s - Morihiko Dan, Katagiri-sensei, Nanami-sensei, Hongou-sensei.

* ForcedToWatch: In the BoardingSchool case, Megumi is kidnapped and then BoundAndGagged, having to helplessly watch as [[spoiler: her masked kidnapper (and the culprit) murders the StudentCouncilPresident.]]

* ManchurianAgent - [[spoiler: [[TheSyndicate Pluto]] ]] does this all the time to its clients and its own agents as a failsafe. [[spoiler: On the trigger, they'll kill witnesses, or themselves, or go insane...]] [[NightmareFuelUnleaded it's not pretty]].

* CutShort -- The anime faithfully followed the manga and was on track towards greatness when [[Orphaned Series it literally committed suicide overnight]], abruptly cutting short at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing in the air]], and throwing in a GainaxEnding on top of that. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]

* CutShort -- The anime faithfully followed the manga and was on track towards EpicStatus when [[CutShort it literally committed suicide overnight]], abruptly cutting short at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing in the air]], and throwing in a GainaxEnding on top of that. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]

''Detective School Q'' or ''Tantei Gakuen Q'' is a 22 volume manga by Seimaru Amagi that ran from 2001 to 2005. It was adapted into television in 2003, in what turned out to be a botched attempt, spanning a mere forty-five episodes covering only the beginning of the manga, leaving out most of the plot. Later, the series was also adapted into a live action drama.

* AdaptationDecay -- The anime faithfully followed the manga and was on track towards EpicStatus when [[CutShort it literally committed suicide overnight]], abruptly cutting short at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing hanging]], and throwing in a GainaxEnding on top of that. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]
** What makes this even more regrettable is that the manga has never been completely translated to this day.
** Not to mention replacing [[TheDragon Kerberos]] with a villain who didn't have [[EvilIsCool even one quarter of his charisma.]] We never saw King Hades, and even the ships weren't developed beyond ShipTease before they went down with it.

''Detective School Q'' or ''Tantei Gakuen Q'' is a manga by Seimaru Amagi that ran from 2001 to 2005. It was adapted into television in 2003, spanning forty-five episodes, and later into a live action drama.

* AdaptationDecay -- The anime faithfully followed the manga and was on track to becoming an Epic Series when [[CutShort it literally committed suicide overnight]], abruptly cutting short at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing hanging]], and throwing in a GainaxEnding on top of that. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]

* AdaptationDecay -- [[CutShort The anime literally killed itself, abruptly cutting short with a GainaxEnding at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold]], and we mean ''almost 2/3rd of the plot'', leaving virtually [[LeftHanging every damn thing hanging]]. '''And''' it ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Considering the manga's incredible plot and characters, the fans were not pleased ''at all''.]]

* AdaptationDecay -- The anime WastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot by abruptly stopping at a point in the manga where the ''real story'' was hardly beginning to unfold, leaving virtually [[LeftHanging everything hanging]]. This also ruined all prospects of the series making it to the top of the popularity charts, considering the manga's incredible plot and characters. It really doesn't help that the manga has never been completely translated to this day.
** Not to mention replacing [[TheDragon Kerberos]] with a villain who didn't have [[EvilIsCool even one quarter of his charisma.]]

* TheDogWasTheMastermind - There's an epic "Whaaaat!?" moment when the high priest behind ''five murder cases'' in the Kamaikakushi village is revealed to be [[spoiler:the cute and innocent Fuuma Mio, who later turns out to be a AntiVillain thanks to MoreThanMindControl that [[BreakTheCutie Broke the Cutie]].]]