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* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother presumes one is going on between Dawitsu, Yutaka, and Sakuya, as she seems unable to accept Yutaka is TheNotLoveInterest. She doesn't approve.]]
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* TriangRelations: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother presumes a type 7 is going on between Dawitsu, Yutaka, and Sakuya, as she seems unable to accept Yutaka is TheNotLoveInterest. She doesn't approve.]]
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* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Spectacularly {{Averted|Trope}}. Yutaka even goes out of her way in the museum containing the Bayeux Tapestry to talk of France's war-waging history.
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* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Spectacularly {{Averted|Trope}}. Yutaka even goes out of her way in the museum containing the Bayeux Tapestry Art/TheBayeuxTapestry to talk of France's war-waging history.
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* MeddlingParents: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother is concerned and well-meaning, but also somewhat pushy. Dawitsu's father is [[InvertedTrope the exact opposite,]] and doesn't seem to treat Dawitsu as anything more than a good friend.]]
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* MyBelovedSmother: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother is concerned and well-meaning, but also somewhat pushy. Dawitsu's father is [[InvertedTrope the exact opposite,]] and doesn't seem to treat Dawitsu as anything more than a good friend.]]
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* {{Glomp}}: Once again, Sakuya's all over this trope. [[spoiler:Dawitsu even does it to Reimu as he discovers that she [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love]] Suika and Aya.]]
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* {{Glomp}}: TheGlomp: Once again, Sakuya's all over this trope. [[spoiler:Dawitsu even does it to Reimu as he discovers that she [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love]] Suika and Aya.]]
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* [[spoiler: AloofBigBrother:]] {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Tomasu is certainly aloof, having a great disdain for his older brother for his Otakuism. He almost slips out, "I can't go out with a bunch of geeks..." upon suggesting that he, Yutaka, and Dawitsu go out and take Ran and Chen along with them. He stops himself, though, and actually loves his brother very much, though.]]
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* [[spoiler: AloofBigBrother:]] AloofBigBrother: {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Tomasu is certainly aloof, having a great disdain for his older brother for his Otakuism. He almost slips out, "I can't go out with a bunch of geeks..." upon suggesting that he, Yutaka, and Dawitsu go out and take Ran and Chen along with them. He stops himself, though, and actually loves his brother very much, though.]]
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* [[AmicableExes Amicably Divorced]]: Dawitsu's parents.
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* [[spoiler:FriendsWithBenefits:]] The name of the final chapter. [[spoiler:Referring to Sakuya and Dawitsu's relationship by the end. It doesn't last into the next book.]]
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* PapaWolf: Surprisingly, the {{Adorkable}} Dawitsu has his moment protecting Chen from what [[MistakenForPedophile he thought was a pervert]]. Somewhat subverted in the fact that Chen, being a Youkai, was probably more than capable of defending herself. Dawitsu was invoking this trope to stop Chen from nearly giving away the fact that she is, indeed, a [[CatGirl nekomata]], and not just a [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplayer]].
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* PapaWolf: Surprisingly, the {{Adorkable}} Dawitsu has his moment protecting Chen from what [[MistakenForPedophile he thought was a pervert]]. Somewhat subverted in the fact that Chen, being a Youkai, was probably more than capable of defending herself. Dawitsu was invoking this trope to stop Chen from nearly giving away the fact that she is, indeed, a [[CatGirl nekomata]], and not just a [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplayer]].
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: A notable case in which the narration states that 'even the narration got bored, and moved to a different scene.' Pretty {{Anvilicious}}, [[CaptainObvious obviously.]]
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* ChristmasEpisode: Well, [[CaptainObvious somewhat obvious]]. The whole story kind of revolves around the main characters going on Holiday to the Outside World to celebrate Christmas.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Enforced|Trope}} -- the narration has been referring to Dawitsu as... just that, Dawitsu. [[spoiler:So, upon meeting Dawitsu's brother Tomasu, who in turn, [[CaptainObvious also has the surname Dawitsu]], quite often the narration will refer to Dawitsu as "Mateyuu" Dawitsu, or at the very least consistently refer to Tomasu as "Tomasu", not "Dawitsu" also.]]
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Enforced|Trope}} -- the narration has been referring to Dawitsu as... just that, Dawitsu. [[spoiler:So, upon meeting Dawitsu's brother Tomasu, who in turn, [[CaptainObvious also has the surname Dawitsu]], Dawitsu, quite often the narration will refer to Dawitsu as "Mateyuu" Dawitsu, or at the very least consistently refer to Tomasu as "Tomasu", not "Dawitsu" also.]]
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* ThisAndThat: Dawitsu tries his very best to avoid actively saying the word "sex", and Sakuya {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this.
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Tropes which appear in ''Holiday Edition'', the third story in the ''Fanfic/TouhouDoujinDawitsusFolly'' fanfic series.
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* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:Suika comes along for the ride.]]
* AllWorkVsAllPlay : An expansion on the theme brought up in Grimoire, once gain relating to Ran's hard working nature and Dawitsu trying to get her to chill out.
* [[spoiler: AloofBigBrother:]] {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Tomasu is certainly aloof, having a great disdain for his older brother for his Otakuism. He almost slips out, "I can't go out with a bunch of geeks..." upon suggesting that he, Yutaka, and Dawitsu go out and take Ran and Chen along with them. He stops himself, though, and actually loves his brother very much, though.]]
* AlwaysSecondBest: Dawitsu does a 'See, this is why Yutaka's an awesome Shikigami' type dialogue to Ran more than once...
* [[AmicableExes Amicably Divorced]]: Dawitsu's parents.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Sakuya slaps Dawitsu in the face for [[spoiler:pretending to be hurt by crossing the border,]] even saying the Trope Page Quote.
* AppealToFlattery: Dawitsu tries this on Yukari, and ''succeeds'' in stalling her for a while by complimenting how good-looking she is.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The gang [[spoiler:almost revealed Youkai-kind to the outside world]], [[spoiler:blew up a restaurant]], and took the Eurostar, in Dawitsu's words.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[spoiler:Dawitsu ''wishes'' this was the case with Sakuya and his father as he digs himself deeper and deeper into an awkward conversation, the narration saying he wants to jingle some keys at them and keep them distracted.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Reimu becomes concerned about [[spoiler:Suika]] and [[spoiler:Aya]] when Yukari mentions [[spoiler:locking the border so the Holiday-goers can never return to Gensokyo,]] causing her to mentally [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it by thinking it's strange that she'd actually show concern for others. Also, later on, in the same instance as But Now I Must Go, [[spoiler:Tomasu shows his true colors by wanting to go with Dawitsu to Gensokyo... [[SubvertedTrope or so it seems, but he just meant for the journey.]]]]
* BadassBoast: Yukari's threats to Dawitsu- 'There are a million ways I can kill you right now, using only this Parasol. I don't have to do this, of course. There are a million more ways that I can kill you with my bare hands, and a number bordering a billion other ways I can kill you. I've been nice to you up until now, so tell me one good reason why I should let you live if you won't give me what's rightfully mine?'.
* BadDate: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the meal at the restaurant in chapter five was never a date from the beginning, [[spoiler:Sakuya]] was only trying to make it that way to call [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] out on [[spoiler:calling her his wife [[ItMakesSenseInContext to protect her from rabid Otaku.]]]] Needless to say the effort fails miserably. A closer to straight example in the last chapter, in which [[spoiler:Yutaka tries the moves on Patchouli, and in confessing to her, sets off her asthma. It didn't go quite as planned, but they ultimately hook up anyways.]]
* BeginnersLuck: Sakuya seems to have this in her gaming ability, but in actual fact, it's because she's a [[TheScrub n00b.]]
* BeQuietNudge: Yutaka kicks Dawitsu from under the table at a restaurant for being a {{Jerkass}} to the waiter.
* BerserkButton: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:French Bar Staff implying Suika cannot take her drink does have disastrous results, but it's not because she's angry; it's merely to prove she is a real Oni.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Sakuya to Dawitsu, after she finds out that she was saved by his surgery.]]
* BigEater: If there's one thing Dawitsu [[spoiler:and his brother]] have in common, it's their appetite, as shown when they get a Subway. Yutaka and Ran {{Invert|edTrope}}s this with their modest appetites (Ran only has ''salad'' in her sub), while Sakuya, [[spoiler:Aya]], Chen, and Patchouli simply {{Avert|edTrope}} with normal appetites. [[spoiler:Suika has [[TheAlcoholic no appetite for food at all]], and prefers to just drink alcohol.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: A notable case in which the narration states that 'even the narration got bored, and moved to a different scene.' Pretty {{Anvilicious}}, [[CaptainObvious obviously.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Suika shrugs off [[spoiler:the fact Dawitsu's car crash ''with her in it'']] as merely a "twitch".
* ButNowIMustGo: When Dawitsu [[spoiler:is saying his final goodbyes to Tomasu, the whole scene has a general air of this, even though it's only to return home.]]
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Dawitsu and co bluff this is the case to explain why [[spoiler:Suika]] is so drunk in a ''museum'', although they know this is anything but true.
* CasualKink: Once again, Dawitsu seems to enjoy being slapped... also, [[spoiler:Dawitsu's father begins to think his son has joined some kind of fetish club relating to animé girls... however, he is mistaken.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The secret entrance used by Yutaka and Chen [[spoiler:is only next referenced all the way into Jean's Magical Education, and is used by Medicine Melancholy in a murder attempt.]]
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Spectacularly {{Averted|Trope}}. Yutaka even goes out of her way in the museum containing the Bayeux Tapestry to talk of France's war-waging history.
* TheChessmaster: Not as pronounced as her later appearances, but Yutaka certainly thought ahead by bringing a copy of [[ContinuityPorn the Grimoire]] [[CallBack of Dawitsu]] with her to [[spoiler:show Sakuya that Dawitsu [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love Sakuya.]]]]
* ChristmasEpisode: Well, [[CaptainObvious somewhat obvious]]. The whole story kind of revolves around the main characters going on Holiday to the Outside World to celebrate Christmas.
* ClingyJealousGirl: While not showing much of the latter, [[spoiler:Sakuya certainly is one clingy girlfriend (both physically and figuratively) and almost instantly causes Dawitsu to have doubts upon asking her out.]]
* ConstantlyCurious: Pretty much every Gensokyo Dweller to the outside world, especially [[spoiler:the stowaway, Aya.]]
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: [[spoiler:After the car crash, Sakuya is severely injured and the only one seriously affected by the impact.]] Patchouli runs over to where [[spoiler:her]] unconscious body is and keeps asking her to wake up.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Dawitsu gets the idea on how to make the Gensokyo Girls' weird outfits seem ''comparatively'' inconspicuous in the outside world... by pretending they're cosplayers, of course!
* CovertPervert: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] is only a tad more covert than Dawitsu is, so once again is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]] Also, Yukari off-handedly mentions to Reimu that 'It's not like I haven't seen you half-naked before...' when she warps to her house in the middle of her washing her top.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Really, who expected Dawitsu of all people to be the one protecting his peers whenever they came into trouble due to their ineptitude regarding the outside world.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris post HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris, before his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Chen of all people manages to [[spoiler:knock Yukari out. With a ''frying pan.'']] Needless to say everyone's a little surprised [[spoiler:Yukari]] was actually hurt by it.
* DivorceIsTemporary: {{Averted|Trope}}, thankfully. [[spoiler:Dawitsu's parents are implied to be divorced, and he even implies to Tomasu that it could be awkward inviting both parents to the Christmas party. Turns out Dawitsu's father has a new wife, and Dawitsu mother actually gets on ''well'' with this new wife, so the situation seems pretty much permanent.]]
* DopeSlap: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Dawitsu is tempted to do it to [[spoiler:Suika]], but in the end doesn't.
* DoubleStandard: The tone of the book {{Avert|edTrope}}s this, but [[spoiler:Dawitsu's mother certainly believes in TheUnfairSex, and believes men should give up what they want for their beloved.]]
* EveryCarIsAPinto: {{Averted|Trope}} in favor of realism. [[spoiler:After Aya randomly pops out of the boot of his Cadillac, Dawitsu loses control and crashes the car on the motorway, causing the car to be damaged beyond repair, but not exploded. The injuries are the greater concern...]]
* FacePalm: Or ''Face Sleeve'' in Yutaka's case...
* FeigningIntelligence: Dawitsu does it quite a bit in Holiday Edition...
* FirstGrayHair: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] winds up Dawitsu by pretending [[spoiler:he]] can see one shortly after [[spoiler:they reunite.]]
* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: [[PlayingWithTropes Played With.]] While the restaurant the main cast go to is certainly intended to be high-class, there doesn't seem to be any more emphasis placed on the Ecargot and Cuisses de Grenouilles ordered by Yutaka and Patchouli than on Dawitsu's steak and Sakuya's Carbonara.
* FridgeLogic: In-universe example. It's only after getting to the outside world Ran considers how on earth she's going to hide her fox tails in order to make herself blend in with humans.
* [[spoiler:FriendsWithBenefits:]] The name of the final chapter. [[spoiler:Referring to Sakuya and Dawitsu's relationship by the end. It doesn't last into the next book.]]
* FryingPanOfDoom
* GamerChick: Sakuya briefly becomes this, getting addicted to ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''. She's also quite good, but only via [[TheScrub cheap tactics]], so is actually a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion.]]
* GayParee: The first location in the Outside World visited by the gang is Paris.
* GenkiGirl: Whenever Chen is asking about Father Christmas, she becomes this, and is very enthusiastic about finding out more about the figurehead of Christmas.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris. Just Chuck Norris.]]
* {{Glomp}}: Once again, Sakuya's all over this trope. [[spoiler:Dawitsu even does it to Reimu as he discovers that she [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love]] Suika and Aya.]]
* TheHeart: Yutaka very briefly is this, helping to [[spoiler:stop arguments between [[SiblingRivalry Tomasu and Mateyuu Dawitsu]].]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[spoiler:Tomasu, Mateyuu Dawitsu's brother, has the somewhat lame-sounding power [[{{ComicBook/Aquaman}} to control fish.]] How does he use it? Not to save the world, oh no... only to keep an aquarium of ''all the world's rarest fish and make a killing from marine researchers and fish collectors''. Needless to say he's doing pretty well for himself.]]
* HiddenDepths: Dawitsu may be silly and wacky most of the time, but when life or death is involved, he's focused, serious, and highly efficient.
* HollywoodHealing: [[AvertedTrope Triumphantly Averted]] in Chapter Three, in which mentions of body parts and surgical procedures are fairly close to the real thing.
* HypocriticalHumor: Dawitsu complains about Tesco establishing a monopoly, and muses 'Damn fat cats' while Yutaka thinks about, but ultimately fails to [[LampshadeHanging point out]] that he owns a mansion.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: One of [[spoiler:Dawitsu's ''many'' excuses not to get with Sakuya.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Dawitsu rants to Sakuya about why it's best they shouldn't be together, one reason being 'I once wanted Yutaka in that exact same way... but in the end the forged relationship I've had with her hasn't been a romantic one. Do you know why that is?' to which Sakuya responds with, 'Because she's a lesbian and you're not a girl?'. Dawitsu tries his best to laugh it off.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Dawitsu]]... ''and how!''
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Related to above. [[spoiler:Dawitsu attempts to break it off with Sakuya, this being one of the reasons.]]
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Yutaka and Patchouli.]]
* LargeHam: Dawitsu is still hammy, though not quite as much as in the first book. [[spoiler:He's particularly hammy when he's acting as Father Christmas.]]
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: {{Averted|Trope}}. An X-box 360 is mentioned in name.
* LikesOlderWomen: {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Sakuya like older ''men''. After Tomasu's 'gray hair' remark, Dawitsu whispers to Sakuya, "I don't look old, do I?", and Sakuya replies with, "Not in a bad way...", prompting him to ask, "What the hell does that mean?"]]
* LittleStowaway: If you count [[spoiler:Suika]] as little...
* LoveAtFirstSight: {{Discussed|Trope}} between Yutaka and Ran, both of which consider it contrived and not at all realistic.
* MailOrderBride: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] taunts Dawitsu by joking that the only reason he has all these women surrounding him is because he's ordered them all as Mail-Order Brides...
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Somewhat [[PlayingWithTropes Played With]]. [[spoiler:Dawitsu usually tries not to show his feelings for Sakuya due to the {{Unfortunate|Implications}} [[MayflyDecemberRomance Implications]], but lets slip twice -- once by calling her his wife to protect her from perverted {{Otaku}}, the other time saying he'll go out with her if she comes off his brother's X-box 360.]]
* TheMatchmaker: [[spoiler:Initially Yutaka to Sakuya and Dawitsu, and in the final chapter, Dawitsu to Yutaka and Patchouli.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:One of the reasons Dawitsu doesn't want to get with Sakuya is the significant age gap (nineteen to three-hundred and eighteen) as well as her comparatively short life span...]]
* MeddlingParents: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother is concerned and well-meaning, but also somewhat pushy. Dawitsu's father is [[InvertedTrope the exact opposite,]] and doesn't seem to treat Dawitsu as anything more than a good friend.]]
* MistakenForPedophile: A random man within the Bayeux Tapestry's museum tries to feel both Ran and Chen's tails to see if they're real or cosplay, and Dawitsu notices this and briefly becomes a PapaWolf to Chen, until the man explains his motivations...
* MomentKiller: Of the Fatal Fumble sort. [[spoiler:Sakuya]] awkwardly tries to start up conversations with [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] but keeps saying dialogue which is somewhat difficult to keep a conversation going from. Fortunately, [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] is prepared to throw in Conversation Fuel to the fire.
* MoodWhiplash: The end of chapter two, and how!
* MostGamersAreMale: Considering Sakuya's the only female in an eighteen player game of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'', this is certainly the case here. The author even slips in an obvious TakeThat to misogynistic online gamers.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dawitsu, [[spoiler:almost the moment he accepts going out with Sakuya ''just to get her off his brother's X-box''.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: Yutaka, Ran, and Patchouli play this straight. Dawitsu, however, {{invert|edTrope}}s this and is somewhat a {{Jerkass}}, though at times, he doesn't know it. Suika,on the other hand, [[spoiler:frackin' ''destroys the restaurant'']] and thus is ''not'' the best of customers.
* {{Nosebleed}}: The Otaku mentioned below. One of them gets increasingly violent nosebleeds the more Sakuya reveals about herself. In the end Dawitsu has to [[spoiler:pretend to be her husband just to get them to back off.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Yuyuko has a bit of fun doing this to mess with Youmu and Yukari, [[StealthInsult stealth mocking]] Yukari for being [[spoiler:knocked out by a stage two boss [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a frying pan.]]]]
* ObliviousToLove: Dawitsu {{avert|edTrope}}s this, [[spoiler:at least in this book.]] He actually [[spoiler:plays on Sakuya's crush on him to attempt to get her off Tomasu's X-box.]]
* OccidentalOtaku: More noteably than the rest of the series, as there are others to Dawitsu here (as the Holiday is to the outside world). They are far worse than Dawitsu in terms of their perversion and social awkwardness, making Dawitsu look plain {{downplayed|Trope}}.
* OneThingLedToAnother: [[spoiler:Out-and-out named by Dawitsu... one moment gaming with Sakuya, next in bed with her... [[SarcasmMode what's the difference?]]]]
* OneSteveLimit: {{Enforced|Trope}} -- the narration has been referring to Dawitsu as... just that, Dawitsu. [[spoiler:So, upon meeting Dawitsu's brother Tomasu, who in turn, [[CaptainObvious also has the surname Dawitsu]], quite often the narration will refer to Dawitsu as "Mateyuu" Dawitsu, or at the very least consistently refer to Tomasu as "Tomasu", not "Dawitsu" also.]]
* OpenHeartDentistry: [[spoiler:Dawitsu, a qualified [[NotThatKindOfDoctor veterinarian]], has to work on Sakuya's head injury.]]
* OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding: {{Justified|Trope}} -- thanks to Yutaka's matter-altering abilities, all of the holiday-goers are this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by a security guard, who's surprised at the main cast paying for ''a trip on the Eurostar'' in ''cash.''
* OverlyPrePreparedGag: The story starts off with one in a shout out to the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "Chocolate Pudding" scene from ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}''.
* PairTheSmartOnes: [[spoiler:Patchouli and Yutaka. It may seem to come out of nowhere, but a reread actually shows subtext [[FridgeBrilliance that one will miss first time round]]...]]
* PapaWolf: Surprisingly, the {{Adorkable}} Dawitsu has his moment protecting Chen from what [[MistakenForPedophile he thought was a pervert]]. Somewhat subverted in the fact that Chen, being a Youkai, was probably more than capable of defending herself. Dawitsu was invoking this trope to stop Chen from nearly giving away the fact that she is, indeed, a [[CatGirl nekomata]], and not just a [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplayer]].
* TheParalyzer: A CallBack to the first book's paralyzer.
* PlotArmor: Reimu has it and [[LampshadeHanging knows]] [[GenreSavvy it.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Tomasu]] tries to be this, but often his humor slips towards {{Jerkass}} territory.
* PrideBeforeAFall: {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{Parodied|Trope}}. Dawitsu lets his pride get the better of him by trying to prove Patchouli wrong by going through the border of Gensokyo (to show it's safe). He then feigns being hurt, and cries for help, but [[spoiler:it turns out he was kidding around, much to Yutaka and Sakuya's chagrin.]]
* QueerAsTropes: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Dawitsu gets rather defensive about Yutaka's choice of car upon its formation... it's a Pink Cadillac. Yutaka seems to be GenreSavvy enough to know that people would give Dawitsu weird looks for travelling around with a bunch of young-looking girls unless there's a glaringly obvious hint that Dawitsu is gay (even though he isn't). He also plays thumping techno in said Pink Cadillac to enforce the image.
* RedOniBlueOni: Yutaka is Blue to Dawitsu's Red, Ran is Blue to Dawitsu's Red, [[spoiler:Dawitsu is ''Blue'' to Tomasu's Red.]]
* SantasExistenceClause: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Santa really isn't real, but Dawitsu still dresses up as the guy to keep Chen's dreams alive (he is a mimicker, after all, he can do a convincing act.).]]
* SarcasmMode: Once again, Reimu is particularly sarcastic despite her brief role in this story.
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Dawitsu is ''very'' good at this trope, coming up with at least three spontaneous lies, all of which are believed.
* ShoppingMontage: [[SubvertedTrope While not a Montage,]] one of Dawitsu's attempts to get Ran to relax is to go down to the Human Village and do some shopping with Yutaka to get herself a new outfit. [[spoiler:She ends up finding it too difficult to choose an outfit, leaving her more tense than before.]]
* [[spoiler:SiblingRivalry: The reason Dawitsu's reluctant to go to his birth town despite being fine with going to his ex-hometown.]]
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Dawitsu slides all the way from silly to serious [[spoiler:when he discovers Sakuya is injured by the car crash, and keeps that way until he succeeds in sealing her hemorrhage.]] It seems even the [[PluckyComicRelief Comic Relief]] has a serious side...
* SmashCut: Of a sort. Dawitsu ends chapter four by saying [[spoiler:they ''have'' to find the two British Tourists with Aya's camera or the reality of Gensokyo could be revealed to all.]] Chapter five begins with the main characters [[spoiler:in a restaurant, with Dawitsu still apparently angry about the fact two tourists have Aya's camera, but Yutaka's forcing him to forget about it for now.]]
* SomeKindOfForcefield: The Border of Gensokyo is described as being bluish, and like water, to the point that it ripples when touched.
* SpitTake: {{Parodied|Trope}}. To quote: "Dawitsu spat... a non-existent drink in disbelief."
* StageMagician: Yutaka pretends to be this as part of Dawitsu's SeamlessSpontaneousLie.
* StrawFeminist: [[spoiler:The Narration claims Dawitsu's mother is almost anti-male enough to be one, but just avoids being so.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:Suika only goes and blows up an entire restaurant ''to prove she can handle her drink.'' Almost blows up a club as well, after buying [[DrugsAreBad ecstacy]], but fortunately passed out before doing so.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A sign that's intended to be a ''triple bluff'' -- a sign saying 'This is not a secret entrance' is meant to seem like such an obvious bluff that it could be a double bluff. [[MindScrew Of course, it's only bluffing that it's a double bluff.]]
* TakeThat: To teenage drinking culture. To quote: 'He whispered, "She's a Youkai that really likes to drink alcohol, so don't listen to anything that she says, okay?" "More than a human teenager?" "Surprisingly, yes." he replied.'
* TalkingInYourSleep: Dawitsu at one point.
* ThisAndThat: Dawitsu tries his very best to avoid actively saying the word "sex", and Sakuya {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this.
* TokenRomance: [[spoiler:Dawitsu {{discusse|dTrope}}s this with Sakuya, asking her what they've done as a couple since getting together as a gentle way of dumping her.]]
* TranslationConvention: Thoroughly {{Averted|Trope}} with the speech of any of the [[spoiler:French]] people in [[spoiler:Bayeux and Paris.]] Some of the [[spoiler:French]] people working in tourism-based places speak Broken English, but most of them prefer to speak their original language.
* TriangRelations: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother presumes a type 7 is going on between Dawitsu, Yutaka, and Sakuya, as she seems unable to accept Yutaka is TheNotLoveInterest. She doesn't approve.]]
* TheUnfairSex: See Double Standard above.
* WeirdnessCensor: [[spoiler:Dawitsu and Yukari have a Danmaku fight above a crowd of outside-worlders.]] They think it's a magic show. [[SarcasmMode Riiiiiiiight...]]
* WilliamTelling: Sakuya does this to a British Tourist, impaling a Snickers Bar from on top of his head while leaving the man unharmed, so as to back up Dawitsu's lie that [[spoiler:they are a bunch of illusionist film-makers.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler:Sakuya and Dawitsu, not exactly well done. In the end, they... [[FriendsWithBenefits kinda do.]]]]
* XtremeKoolLetterz: [[spoiler:Aya]] certainly thinks "X" is cool, what with starting her spelling game round with the letter "X".
* {{Yandere}}: Sakuya has shades of this, [[DownplayedTrope but nothing too extreme.]] The Narration even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this.
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* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler:Suika comes along for the ride.]]
* AllWorkVsAllPlay : An expansion on the theme brought up in Grimoire, once gain relating to Ran's hard working nature and Dawitsu trying to get her to chill out.
* [[spoiler: AloofBigBrother:]] {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Tomasu is certainly aloof, having a great disdain for his older brother for his Otakuism. He almost slips out, "I can't go out with a bunch of geeks..." upon suggesting that he, Yutaka, and Dawitsu go out and take Ran and Chen along with them. He stops himself, though, and actually loves his brother very much, though.]]
* AlwaysSecondBest: Dawitsu does a 'See, this is why Yutaka's an awesome Shikigami' type dialogue to Ran more than once...
* [[AmicableExes Amicably Divorced]]: Dawitsu's parents.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Sakuya slaps Dawitsu in the face for [[spoiler:pretending to be hurt by crossing the border,]] even saying the Trope Page Quote.
* AppealToFlattery: Dawitsu tries this on Yukari, and ''succeeds'' in stalling her for a while by complimenting how good-looking she is.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The gang [[spoiler:almost revealed Youkai-kind to the outside world]], [[spoiler:blew up a restaurant]], and took the Eurostar, in Dawitsu's words.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[spoiler:Dawitsu ''wishes'' this was the case with Sakuya and his father as he digs himself deeper and deeper into an awkward conversation, the narration saying he wants to jingle some keys at them and keep them distracted.]]
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Reimu becomes concerned about [[spoiler:Suika]] and [[spoiler:Aya]] when Yukari mentions [[spoiler:locking the border so the Holiday-goers can never return to Gensokyo,]] causing her to mentally [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] it by thinking it's strange that she'd actually show concern for others. Also, later on, in the same instance as But Now I Must Go, [[spoiler:Tomasu shows his true colors by wanting to go with Dawitsu to Gensokyo... [[SubvertedTrope or so it seems, but he just meant for the journey.]]]]
* BadassBoast: Yukari's threats to Dawitsu- 'There are a million ways I can kill you right now, using only this Parasol. I don't have to do this, of course. There are a million more ways that I can kill you with my bare hands, and a number bordering a billion other ways I can kill you. I've been nice to you up until now, so tell me one good reason why I should let you live if you won't give me what's rightfully mine?'.
* BadDate: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the meal at the restaurant in chapter five was never a date from the beginning, [[spoiler:Sakuya]] was only trying to make it that way to call [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] out on [[spoiler:calling her his wife [[ItMakesSenseInContext to protect her from rabid Otaku.]]]] Needless to say the effort fails miserably. A closer to straight example in the last chapter, in which [[spoiler:Yutaka tries the moves on Patchouli, and in confessing to her, sets off her asthma. It didn't go quite as planned, but they ultimately hook up anyways.]]
* BeginnersLuck: Sakuya seems to have this in her gaming ability, but in actual fact, it's because she's a [[TheScrub n00b.]]
* BeQuietNudge: Yutaka kicks Dawitsu from under the table at a restaurant for being a {{Jerkass}} to the waiter.
* BerserkButton: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:French Bar Staff implying Suika cannot take her drink does have disastrous results, but it's not because she's angry; it's merely to prove she is a real Oni.]]
* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Sakuya to Dawitsu, after she finds out that she was saved by his surgery.]]
* BigEater: If there's one thing Dawitsu [[spoiler:and his brother]] have in common, it's their appetite, as shown when they get a Subway. Yutaka and Ran {{Invert|edTrope}}s this with their modest appetites (Ran only has ''salad'' in her sub), while Sakuya, [[spoiler:Aya]], Chen, and Patchouli simply {{Avert|edTrope}} with normal appetites. [[spoiler:Suika has [[TheAlcoholic no appetite for food at all]], and prefers to just drink alcohol.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: A notable case in which the narration states that 'even the narration got bored, and moved to a different scene.' Pretty {{Anvilicious}}, [[CaptainObvious obviously.]]
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Suika shrugs off [[spoiler:the fact Dawitsu's car crash ''with her in it'']] as merely a "twitch".
* ButNowIMustGo: When Dawitsu [[spoiler:is saying his final goodbyes to Tomasu, the whole scene has a general air of this, even though it's only to return home.]]
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Dawitsu and co bluff this is the case to explain why [[spoiler:Suika]] is so drunk in a ''museum'', although they know this is anything but true.
* CasualKink: Once again, Dawitsu seems to enjoy being slapped... also, [[spoiler:Dawitsu's father begins to think his son has joined some kind of fetish club relating to animé girls... however, he is mistaken.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The secret entrance used by Yutaka and Chen [[spoiler:is only next referenced all the way into Jean's Magical Education, and is used by Medicine Melancholy in a murder attempt.]]
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Spectacularly {{Averted|Trope}}. Yutaka even goes out of her way in the museum containing the Bayeux Tapestry to talk of France's war-waging history.
* TheChessmaster: Not as pronounced as her later appearances, but Yutaka certainly thought ahead by bringing a copy of [[ContinuityPorn the Grimoire]] [[CallBack of Dawitsu]] with her to [[spoiler:show Sakuya that Dawitsu [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love Sakuya.]]]]
* ChristmasEpisode: Well, [[CaptainObvious somewhat obvious]]. The whole story kind of revolves around the main characters going on Holiday to the Outside World to celebrate Christmas.
* ClingyJealousGirl: While not showing much of the latter, [[spoiler:Sakuya certainly is one clingy girlfriend (both physically and figuratively) and almost instantly causes Dawitsu to have doubts upon asking her out.]]
* ConstantlyCurious: Pretty much every Gensokyo Dweller to the outside world, especially [[spoiler:the stowaway, Aya.]]
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: [[spoiler:After the car crash, Sakuya is severely injured and the only one seriously affected by the impact.]] Patchouli runs over to where [[spoiler:her]] unconscious body is and keeps asking her to wake up.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Dawitsu gets the idea on how to make the Gensokyo Girls' weird outfits seem ''comparatively'' inconspicuous in the outside world... by pretending they're cosplayers, of course!
* CovertPervert: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] is only a tad more covert than Dawitsu is, so once again is a [[SubvertedTrope subversion.]] Also, Yukari off-handedly mentions to Reimu that 'It's not like I haven't seen you half-naked before...' when she warps to her house in the middle of her washing her top.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Really, who expected Dawitsu of all people to be the one protecting his peers whenever they came into trouble due to their ineptitude regarding the outside world.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris post HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris, before his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Chen of all people manages to [[spoiler:knock Yukari out. With a ''frying pan.'']] Needless to say everyone's a little surprised [[spoiler:Yukari]] was actually hurt by it.
* DivorceIsTemporary: {{Averted|Trope}}, thankfully. [[spoiler:Dawitsu's parents are implied to be divorced, and he even implies to Tomasu that it could be awkward inviting both parents to the Christmas party. Turns out Dawitsu's father has a new wife, and Dawitsu mother actually gets on ''well'' with this new wife, so the situation seems pretty much permanent.]]
* DopeSlap: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Dawitsu is tempted to do it to [[spoiler:Suika]], but in the end doesn't.
* DoubleStandard: The tone of the book {{Avert|edTrope}}s this, but [[spoiler:Dawitsu's mother certainly believes in TheUnfairSex, and believes men should give up what they want for their beloved.]]
* EveryCarIsAPinto: {{Averted|Trope}} in favor of realism. [[spoiler:After Aya randomly pops out of the boot of his Cadillac, Dawitsu loses control and crashes the car on the motorway, causing the car to be damaged beyond repair, but not exploded. The injuries are the greater concern...]]
* FacePalm: Or ''Face Sleeve'' in Yutaka's case...
* FeigningIntelligence: Dawitsu does it quite a bit in Holiday Edition...
* FirstGrayHair: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] winds up Dawitsu by pretending [[spoiler:he]] can see one shortly after [[spoiler:they reunite.]]
* FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: [[PlayingWithTropes Played With.]] While the restaurant the main cast go to is certainly intended to be high-class, there doesn't seem to be any more emphasis placed on the Ecargot and Cuisses de Grenouilles ordered by Yutaka and Patchouli than on Dawitsu's steak and Sakuya's Carbonara.
* FridgeLogic: In-universe example. It's only after getting to the outside world Ran considers how on earth she's going to hide her fox tails in order to make herself blend in with humans.
* [[spoiler:FriendsWithBenefits:]] The name of the final chapter. [[spoiler:Referring to Sakuya and Dawitsu's relationship by the end. It doesn't last into the next book.]]
* FryingPanOfDoom
* GamerChick: Sakuya briefly becomes this, getting addicted to ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2''. She's also quite good, but only via [[TheScrub cheap tactics]], so is actually a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion.]]
* GayParee: The first location in the Outside World visited by the gang is Paris.
* GenkiGirl: Whenever Chen is asking about Father Christmas, she becomes this, and is very enthusiastic about finding out more about the figurehead of Christmas.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:Chuck Norris. Just Chuck Norris.]]
* {{Glomp}}: Once again, Sakuya's all over this trope. [[spoiler:Dawitsu even does it to Reimu as he discovers that she [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther really does love]] Suika and Aya.]]
* TheHeart: Yutaka very briefly is this, helping to [[spoiler:stop arguments between [[SiblingRivalry Tomasu and Mateyuu Dawitsu]].]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: [[spoiler:Tomasu, Mateyuu Dawitsu's brother, has the somewhat lame-sounding power [[{{ComicBook/Aquaman}} to control fish.]] How does he use it? Not to save the world, oh no... only to keep an aquarium of ''all the world's rarest fish and make a killing from marine researchers and fish collectors''. Needless to say he's doing pretty well for himself.]]
* HiddenDepths: Dawitsu may be silly and wacky most of the time, but when life or death is involved, he's focused, serious, and highly efficient.
* HollywoodHealing: [[AvertedTrope Triumphantly Averted]] in Chapter Three, in which mentions of body parts and surgical procedures are fairly close to the real thing.
* HypocriticalHumor: Dawitsu complains about Tesco establishing a monopoly, and muses 'Damn fat cats' while Yutaka thinks about, but ultimately fails to [[LampshadeHanging point out]] that he owns a mansion.
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: One of [[spoiler:Dawitsu's ''many'' excuses not to get with Sakuya.]]
* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Dawitsu rants to Sakuya about why it's best they shouldn't be together, one reason being 'I once wanted Yutaka in that exact same way... but in the end the forged relationship I've had with her hasn't been a romantic one. Do you know why that is?' to which Sakuya responds with, 'Because she's a lesbian and you're not a girl?'. Dawitsu tries his best to laugh it off.]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Dawitsu]]... ''and how!''
* ItsNotYouItsMe: Related to above. [[spoiler:Dawitsu attempts to break it off with Sakuya, this being one of the reasons.]]
* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Yutaka and Patchouli.]]
* LargeHam: Dawitsu is still hammy, though not quite as much as in the first book. [[spoiler:He's particularly hammy when he's acting as Father Christmas.]]
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: {{Averted|Trope}}. An X-box 360 is mentioned in name.
* LikesOlderWomen: {{Inverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Sakuya like older ''men''. After Tomasu's 'gray hair' remark, Dawitsu whispers to Sakuya, "I don't look old, do I?", and Sakuya replies with, "Not in a bad way...", prompting him to ask, "What the hell does that mean?"]]
* LittleStowaway: If you count [[spoiler:Suika]] as little...
* LoveAtFirstSight: {{Discussed|Trope}} between Yutaka and Ran, both of which consider it contrived and not at all realistic.
* MailOrderBride: [[spoiler:Tomasu]] taunts Dawitsu by joking that the only reason he has all these women surrounding him is because he's ordered them all as Mail-Order Brides...
* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Somewhat [[PlayingWithTropes Played With]]. [[spoiler:Dawitsu usually tries not to show his feelings for Sakuya due to the {{Unfortunate|Implications}} [[MayflyDecemberRomance Implications]], but lets slip twice -- once by calling her his wife to protect her from perverted {{Otaku}}, the other time saying he'll go out with her if she comes off his brother's X-box 360.]]
* TheMatchmaker: [[spoiler:Initially Yutaka to Sakuya and Dawitsu, and in the final chapter, Dawitsu to Yutaka and Patchouli.]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:One of the reasons Dawitsu doesn't want to get with Sakuya is the significant age gap (nineteen to three-hundred and eighteen) as well as her comparatively short life span...]]
* MeddlingParents: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother is concerned and well-meaning, but also somewhat pushy. Dawitsu's father is [[InvertedTrope the exact opposite,]] and doesn't seem to treat Dawitsu as anything more than a good friend.]]
* MistakenForPedophile: A random man within the Bayeux Tapestry's museum tries to feel both Ran and Chen's tails to see if they're real or cosplay, and Dawitsu notices this and briefly becomes a PapaWolf to Chen, until the man explains his motivations...
* MomentKiller: Of the Fatal Fumble sort. [[spoiler:Sakuya]] awkwardly tries to start up conversations with [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] but keeps saying dialogue which is somewhat difficult to keep a conversation going from. Fortunately, [[spoiler:Dawitsu]] is prepared to throw in Conversation Fuel to the fire.
* MoodWhiplash: The end of chapter two, and how!
* MostGamersAreMale: Considering Sakuya's the only female in an eighteen player game of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'', this is certainly the case here. The author even slips in an obvious TakeThat to misogynistic online gamers.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dawitsu, [[spoiler:almost the moment he accepts going out with Sakuya ''just to get her off his brother's X-box''.]]
* NiceToTheWaiter: Yutaka, Ran, and Patchouli play this straight. Dawitsu, however, {{invert|edTrope}}s this and is somewhat a {{Jerkass}}, though at times, he doesn't know it. Suika,on the other hand, [[spoiler:frackin' ''destroys the restaurant'']] and thus is ''not'' the best of customers.
* {{Nosebleed}}: The Otaku mentioned below. One of them gets increasingly violent nosebleeds the more Sakuya reveals about herself. In the end Dawitsu has to [[spoiler:pretend to be her husband just to get them to back off.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Yuyuko has a bit of fun doing this to mess with Youmu and Yukari, [[StealthInsult stealth mocking]] Yukari for being [[spoiler:knocked out by a stage two boss [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a frying pan.]]]]
* ObliviousToLove: Dawitsu {{avert|edTrope}}s this, [[spoiler:at least in this book.]] He actually [[spoiler:plays on Sakuya's crush on him to attempt to get her off Tomasu's X-box.]]
* OccidentalOtaku: More noteably than the rest of the series, as there are others to Dawitsu here (as the Holiday is to the outside world). They are far worse than Dawitsu in terms of their perversion and social awkwardness, making Dawitsu look plain {{downplayed|Trope}}.
* OneThingLedToAnother: [[spoiler:Out-and-out named by Dawitsu... one moment gaming with Sakuya, next in bed with her... [[SarcasmMode what's the difference?]]]]
* OneSteveLimit: {{Enforced|Trope}} -- the narration has been referring to Dawitsu as... just that, Dawitsu. [[spoiler:So, upon meeting Dawitsu's brother Tomasu, who in turn, [[CaptainObvious also has the surname Dawitsu]], quite often the narration will refer to Dawitsu as "Mateyuu" Dawitsu, or at the very least consistently refer to Tomasu as "Tomasu", not "Dawitsu" also.]]
* OpenHeartDentistry: [[spoiler:Dawitsu, a qualified [[NotThatKindOfDoctor veterinarian]], has to work on Sakuya's head injury.]]
* OrganizationWithUnlimitedFunding: {{Justified|Trope}} -- thanks to Yutaka's matter-altering abilities, all of the holiday-goers are this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by a security guard, who's surprised at the main cast paying for ''a trip on the Eurostar'' in ''cash.''
* OverlyPrePreparedGag: The story starts off with one in a shout out to the [[MemeticMutation infamous]] "Chocolate Pudding" scene from ''{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}}''.
* PairTheSmartOnes: [[spoiler:Patchouli and Yutaka. It may seem to come out of nowhere, but a reread actually shows subtext [[FridgeBrilliance that one will miss first time round]]...]]
* PapaWolf: Surprisingly, the {{Adorkable}} Dawitsu has his moment protecting Chen from what [[MistakenForPedophile he thought was a pervert]]. Somewhat subverted in the fact that Chen, being a Youkai, was probably more than capable of defending herself. Dawitsu was invoking this trope to stop Chen from nearly giving away the fact that she is, indeed, a [[CatGirl nekomata]], and not just a [[CosplayOtakuGirl cosplayer]].
* TheParalyzer: A CallBack to the first book's paralyzer.
* PlotArmor: Reimu has it and [[LampshadeHanging knows]] [[GenreSavvy it.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Tomasu]] tries to be this, but often his humor slips towards {{Jerkass}} territory.
* PrideBeforeAFall: {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{Parodied|Trope}}. Dawitsu lets his pride get the better of him by trying to prove Patchouli wrong by going through the border of Gensokyo (to show it's safe). He then feigns being hurt, and cries for help, but [[spoiler:it turns out he was kidding around, much to Yutaka and Sakuya's chagrin.]]
* QueerAsTropes: {{Parodied|Trope}}. Dawitsu gets rather defensive about Yutaka's choice of car upon its formation... it's a Pink Cadillac. Yutaka seems to be GenreSavvy enough to know that people would give Dawitsu weird looks for travelling around with a bunch of young-looking girls unless there's a glaringly obvious hint that Dawitsu is gay (even though he isn't). He also plays thumping techno in said Pink Cadillac to enforce the image.
* RedOniBlueOni: Yutaka is Blue to Dawitsu's Red, Ran is Blue to Dawitsu's Red, [[spoiler:Dawitsu is ''Blue'' to Tomasu's Red.]]
* SantasExistenceClause: {{Subverted|Trope}}. [[spoiler:Santa really isn't real, but Dawitsu still dresses up as the guy to keep Chen's dreams alive (he is a mimicker, after all, he can do a convincing act.).]]
* SarcasmMode: Once again, Reimu is particularly sarcastic despite her brief role in this story.
* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Dawitsu is ''very'' good at this trope, coming up with at least three spontaneous lies, all of which are believed.
* ShoppingMontage: [[SubvertedTrope While not a Montage,]] one of Dawitsu's attempts to get Ran to relax is to go down to the Human Village and do some shopping with Yutaka to get herself a new outfit. [[spoiler:She ends up finding it too difficult to choose an outfit, leaving her more tense than before.]]
* [[spoiler:SiblingRivalry: The reason Dawitsu's reluctant to go to his birth town despite being fine with going to his ex-hometown.]]
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Dawitsu slides all the way from silly to serious [[spoiler:when he discovers Sakuya is injured by the car crash, and keeps that way until he succeeds in sealing her hemorrhage.]] It seems even the [[PluckyComicRelief Comic Relief]] has a serious side...
* SmashCut: Of a sort. Dawitsu ends chapter four by saying [[spoiler:they ''have'' to find the two British Tourists with Aya's camera or the reality of Gensokyo could be revealed to all.]] Chapter five begins with the main characters [[spoiler:in a restaurant, with Dawitsu still apparently angry about the fact two tourists have Aya's camera, but Yutaka's forcing him to forget about it for now.]]
* SomeKindOfForcefield: The Border of Gensokyo is described as being bluish, and like water, to the point that it ripples when touched.
* SpitTake: {{Parodied|Trope}}. To quote: "Dawitsu spat... a non-existent drink in disbelief."
* StageMagician: Yutaka pretends to be this as part of Dawitsu's SeamlessSpontaneousLie.
* StrawFeminist: [[spoiler:The Narration claims Dawitsu's mother is almost anti-male enough to be one, but just avoids being so.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler:Suika only goes and blows up an entire restaurant ''to prove she can handle her drink.'' Almost blows up a club as well, after buying [[DrugsAreBad ecstacy]], but fortunately passed out before doing so.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: A sign that's intended to be a ''triple bluff'' -- a sign saying 'This is not a secret entrance' is meant to seem like such an obvious bluff that it could be a double bluff. [[MindScrew Of course, it's only bluffing that it's a double bluff.]]
* TakeThat: To teenage drinking culture. To quote: 'He whispered, "She's a Youkai that really likes to drink alcohol, so don't listen to anything that she says, okay?" "More than a human teenager?" "Surprisingly, yes." he replied.'
* TalkingInYourSleep: Dawitsu at one point.
* ThisAndThat: Dawitsu tries his very best to avoid actively saying the word "sex", and Sakuya {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this.
* TokenRomance: [[spoiler:Dawitsu {{discusse|dTrope}}s this with Sakuya, asking her what they've done as a couple since getting together as a gentle way of dumping her.]]
* TranslationConvention: Thoroughly {{Averted|Trope}} with the speech of any of the [[spoiler:French]] people in [[spoiler:Bayeux and Paris.]] Some of the [[spoiler:French]] people working in tourism-based places speak Broken English, but most of them prefer to speak their original language.
* TriangRelations: [[spoiler:Dawitsu's Mother presumes a type 7 is going on between Dawitsu, Yutaka, and Sakuya, as she seems unable to accept Yutaka is TheNotLoveInterest. She doesn't approve.]]
* TheUnfairSex: See Double Standard above.
* WeirdnessCensor: [[spoiler:Dawitsu and Yukari have a Danmaku fight above a crowd of outside-worlders.]] They think it's a magic show. [[SarcasmMode Riiiiiiiight...]]
* WilliamTelling: Sakuya does this to a British Tourist, impaling a Snickers Bar from on top of his head while leaving the man unharmed, so as to back up Dawitsu's lie that [[spoiler:they are a bunch of illusionist film-makers.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler:Sakuya and Dawitsu, not exactly well done. In the end, they... [[FriendsWithBenefits kinda do.]]]]
* XtremeKoolLetterz: [[spoiler:Aya]] certainly thinks "X" is cool, what with starting her spelling game round with the letter "X".
* {{Yandere}}: Sakuya has shades of this, [[DownplayedTrope but nothing too extreme.]] The Narration even {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this.
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