History Manga / TheDukeOfDeathAndHisBlackMaid

* ContinuityCavalcade: Chapter 127 features a {{Cameo}} from numerous [[OneShotCharacter one-shot characters]].

* TeensAreShort: None of the teenagers have reached their parent's heights

* GagBoobs: Alice has them, and gets a kick out of flaunting her goods to the Duke at every opportunity.

* BigDamnHeroes: The Duke manages to put his curse to good use when he kills the magical plant that was endangering the troupe of Circus Gemini in Chapter 91.
** Zain often manages to save Caph when she is in trouble

* ChekhovsGunman: The Ringmaster for Circus Gemini is also Amelia's husband.

* AbusiveParents: The Duke's mother, who had a young boy banished to a remote mansion sometime after being cursed. While it was done in an effort to protect his siblings and other people, she also cut [[ParentalNeglect almost all communication with him]], [[spoiler:and when he is finally allowed to visit the family home, later on, one of the first things she does is to bluntly demand that he gets rid of the curse by springtime or she will make his brother the heir to the family]].
** However, there are hints that she used to be much nicer in the past, and when the Duke [[CallingTheOldManOut calls her out]] for mocking his intent to one day marry Alice and only caring about her own status, she is shown to be impressed by how he's grown, and for being willing to talk back to her.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: It's shown the Duke would receive these from his mother and grandfather when he was a child.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Among the witches, there are those that look down on Caph for being half-human.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason for Alice's love towards the Duke.

* ConsistentClothingStyle: The Duke has an UnlimitedWardrobe, but he always wears a suit with a vest and never stops wearing his gloves or his hat.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Rob sometimes receives one, such as Chapters 72 and 95.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In Chapter 36, the Duke and Alice are lying together under the Duke's bed, and start flirting with each other. It’s basically [[TalkingInBed pillow talk]], except for them being on the wrong side of the bed.

* {{Flashback}}: A brief one in Chapter 74 shows how Zain and Caph ended up working in Circus Gemini.

* FloatingWater: When Ichi uses her [[MakingASplash powers]], the water around her can turn like this.

* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:In Chapter 94, Daleth reveals to the Duke and Alice that Sharon is still alive. The Ringmaster also learns that Zain and Caph are witches, which he reveals to the rest of the troupe the following chapter]].

* MuggleSportsSuperAthletes: The characters, most of them superpowered, play a game of basketball while in the sorcerer's academy.
** Even though it is called basketball, it pretty much is a FictionalSport, since it consists of grabbing floating, semisolid balls of water and throwing them into floating baskets in a room with fluctuating gravity and a constantly changing landscape.

* NoNameGiven: The Duke's name is never revealed, unlike his siblings' name.

* OfficialCouple: The Duke and Alice are basically a couple, despite not being able to touch each other.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: [[spoiler:Daleth specifically notes that she and Sade do share some similarities when Zain point out both of them are obsessed with love]].

* SneezeCut: At the end of Chapter 132, Walter asks Zain if his magic could be used to undo someone's scars. Cut to Daleth sneezing outside.

* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: The abandoned cat that came to live to the separate estate early in the series is named Viola in an extra, at Viola's own suggestion. It didn't stick.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Viola's main attire. Also seen in Caph's circus costume. Alice also wore them when she and the Duke joined the circus temporarily.

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-->''Can you imagine a life in which you could never touch the one you love?''\\\

!!''The Duke of Death and his Black Maid'' provides examples of:

Banished to his family's country estate, he cohabits with his maid Alice, a beautiful, loving, buxom and teasing young woman, and an elderly family butler in retirement age. While unable to touch Alice, they fall in love with each other, seize their days alone together, and research the way to break the curse.

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* RaceForYourLove: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Alice tries to leave the estate after the Duke's curse has been broken. The Duke chases after her in the train and proposes marriage to her. Alice says yes.]]

* SealedWithAKiss: [[spoiler:The final chapter ends with the Duke and Alice sharing their first kiss at their wedding.]]

* TokenYuriGirls: Keto and Teto.

* MismatchedEyes: Nico and Free, the latter which is deliberately copying Nico.

* WitchSpecies: It's revealed that witches in this world are their own species [[spoiler:and they aren't the only ones that can use magic; humans that can use it are called sorcerers]].

''The Duke of Death and his Black Maid'' (Japanese: 死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド, Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid) is a 2017 Victorian-styled fantasy / romantic comedy manga series by Inoue Koharu. It received a 12 episode anime adaptation by Creator/JCStaff that started airing on July 4, 2021 under the name ''The Duke of Death and His Maid''.

-->''Can you imagine a life in which you could never touch the one you love?''
''The Duke of Death and his Black Maid'' (Japanese: 死神坊ちゃんと黒メイド, Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid) is a 2017 Victorian-styled fantasy / romantic comedy manga series by Inoue Koharu. It received an anime by Creator/JCStaff that started airing on July 4, 2021.

The oldest son of a wealthy aristocratic family is forced into isolation by his mother after a witch afflicts him with a curse that makes him kill everything and everyone he touches. Banished to his family's country estate, he cohabits with his maid Alice, a beautiful, loving, flirty and teasing young woman, and an elderly family butler in retirement age. While unable to touch her, they fall in love with each other, seize their days alone together, and research the way to break the curse.

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[[caption-width-right:350: First volume cover.]]