History Manhwa / SoulCartel

* {{Bishounen}}: Damian/Faust, and Michael. Also [[spoiler: Mephisto when he stops holding back.]]

* TheLoad: Si-Un's status as this is lampshahded [[http://mangafox.me/manga/soul_cartel/v01/c015/18.html here.]]

The demon claims to be ''the'' Mephistopheles, who wants Si-un Cha to teach him of the modern human world and bring him books about his exploits. He states that if Si-un Cha tries to run away, he's done for. Si-un Cha does have the common sense to consult his sister (without revealing that he's actually ''caught'' a powerful demon's attention), but he quickly learns that even his sister would be no match for Mephisto. After Mephisto finishes a copy of Myth/{{Faust}} he reveals that he came to earth because Faust has been reincarnated. The ''real'' story of Faust was that Faust was an arrogant human who'd claimed that he would not be corrupted by Mephisto's temptations, so they'd entered a contractual wager, with God acting as the judge. However, God had unfairly intervened at the last moment and cost Mephisto his victory.

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* AnimeCatholicism

* BigDamnHeroes: Mephisto in chapter 55.

* CuteLittleFangs: Mephisto.
* CuteWitch: Airen.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Si-Un
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]TheMedic: Damian/Faust
** TheBigGuy[=/=]TheAce: Mephisto is the strongest fighter seen in the series so far, despite being the smallest member of the group, [[spoiler: most of the time.]]
** TeamMom: Su-In.
** TagalongKid: The Ghost who likes Su-In.

-->''[[Manga/DeathNote All according to Faust's]] [[MemeticMutation Keikaku.]]''
-->''[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Aizen has a lot to learn from Faust.]]''
* ShowTheirWork: Unlike most uses of Faust (which rely on the CommonKnowledge version), the author's description of what happened in the past between Faust and Mephisto is fairly accurate to Goethe's version; in particular, Mephisto's accusation that God 'cheated' in the contest reflects the way that Faust was saved at the end of Goethe's ''Faust'' despite Mephistopheles apparently winning the bet.

* PurpleEyes: Every witch seen so far. [[spoiler: The only acceptation is the Supreme Witch after she reveals the fact that she's turned herself into a witch/demon hybrid.]]

* OneGenderRace: The Witches, who are all purple-haired, [[PurpleEyes purple-eyed]] women. They don't reproduce sexually, but by magically splitting their life forces to create new witches, which has about a three-in-ten chance of death for the witches participating.

The demon claims to be ''the'' Mephistopheles, who wants Si-un Cha to teach him of the modern human world and bring him books about his exploits. He states that if Si-un Cha tries to run away, he's done for. Si-un Cha does have the common sense to consult his sister (without revealing that he's actually ''caught'' a powerful demon's attention), but he quickly learns that even his sister would be no match for Mephisto. After Mephisto finishes a copy of Myth?Myth/{{Faust}} he reveals that he came to earth because Faust has been reincarnated. The ''real'' story of Faust was that Faust was an arrogant human who'd claimed that he would not be corrupted by Mephisto's temptations, so they'd entered a contractual wager, with God acting as the judge. However, God had unfairly intervened at the last moment and cost Mephisto his victory.

The demon claims to be ''the'' Mephistopheles, who wants Si-un Cha to teach him of the modern human world and bring him books about his exploits. He states that if Si-un Cha tries to run away, he's done for. Si-un Cha does have the common sense to consult his sister (without revealing that he's actually ''caught'' a powerful demon's attention), but he quickly learns that even his sister would be no match for Mephisto. After Mephisto finishes a copy of {{Faust}} he reveals that he came to earth because Faust has been reincarnated. The ''real'' story of Faust was that Faust was an arrogant human who'd claimed that he would not be corrupted by Mephisto's temptations, so they'd entered a contractual wager, with God acting as the judge. However, God had unfairly intervened at the last moment and cost Mephisto his victory.

* IGotBigger: [[spoiler: After the six-month timeskip while undergoing TrainingFromHell, Shi-Un goes from somewhat scrawny and useless kid who can barely keep himself alive in a fight to being a broad-shouldered {{badass}} the same height as his sister and Faust who can defeat a Pluto, a demon who survived fights with all four Archdevils and Archangels.]]

Mephisto does in fact find the reincarnated Faust: He's a now a TeenGenius, Damian Lia, with his memories left in-fact and of about Si-un Cha's age. Faust states that he'll enter a rematch with Mephisto. This time the bet is if Faust can get Mephisto to become a kinder devil within the Underworld, it's his win. The catch? Mephisto thinks that he'll be cheated again if God is the judge, so he appoints Si-Un Cha to act as one!

* LukeIAmYourFather: It turns out that one of the most powerful Plutos is [[spoiler: Si-un and Soo-in's father, who was forced to work for the Plutos in exchange for his wife's safety.]]

* IGotBigger: [[spoiler: After the six-month timeskip while undergoing TrainingFromHell, Shi-Un goes from somewhat scrawny and useless kid who can barely keep himself alive in a fight to being a broad-shouldered {{badass}} who can defeat a Pluto, a demon who survived fights with all four Archdevils and Archangels and is OneHeadTaller than his sister.]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Si-un isn't very happy about not being able to fight spirits.

* TookALevelInBadAss: [[spoiler: Si-un becomes one of the team's strongest fighters later on, even surpassing his sister.]]

* AlwaysLawfulGood: Every Angel seen so far has been unambiguously good. The only only exceptions were two Asraels who were searching for Mephisto. That is, [[HeroAntagonist two angels who wanted to keep a very powerful and potentially violent demon out of the human world.]] [[spoiler: Michael is the first exception we see, having sided with the Plutos and becoming a Fallen Angel.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Vampires were a race on par with the Archdevils before some of the Plutos banded together and wiped them out. Gilgath was one of their only surviving members, pretending to be a demon who wanted to become a Pluto in order to recover the body parts of some of his brethren and restoring their people's glory. As it stands, only two of them are alive and helping out Si-Un's group.]]

* AlwaysLawfulGood: Every Angel seen so far has been unambiguously good. The only only exceptions were two Asraels who were searching for Mephisto. That is, [[HeroAntagonist two angels who wanted to keep a very powerful and potentially violent demon out of the human world. ]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: While the demon sent to capture Si-un and co states that he cannot save their bodies from being stolen, he can protect their souls and ensure that they have the choice of being reincarnated into either Azrael's or Devils if Si-un hands himself over willingly. He even adds that if Si-un chooses to be reincarnated as a devil, he'll take him on as his student because of how talented he is.

The demon claims to be ''the'' Mephistopholies, who wants Si-un Cha to teach him of the modern human world and bring him books about his exploits. He states that if Si-un Cha tries to run away, he's done for. Si-un Cha does have the common sense to consult his sister (without revealing that he's actually ''caught'' a powerful demon's attention), but he quickly learns that even his sister would be no match for Mephisto. After Mephisto finishes a copy of {{Faust}} he reveals that he came to earth because Faust has been reincarnated. The ''real'' story of Faust was that Faust was an arrogant human who'd claimed that he would not be corrupted by Mephisto's temptations, so they'd entered a contractual wager, with God acting as the judge. However, God had unfairly intervened at the last moment and cost Mephisto his victory.

* ShowTheirWork: Unlike most uses of Faust (which rely on the CommonKnowledge version), the author's description of what happened in the past between Faust and Mephisto is fairly accurate to Goethe's version; in particular, Mephisto's accusation that God 'cheated' in the contest reflects the way that Faust was saved at the end of Goethe's Faust despite Mephistopheles apparently winning the bet.