History Tropers / Gaffel

* ladyInRed: Jo. She turned up to school one day with purple clothes one day. Everyone commented on how she was not wearing red.

* WomanInRed: Jo. She turned up at school dressed in purple one day. Everyone pointed out how she was not wearing red.

* ActionGirl: Kagami proves to be one when she helps kill Gato. [[DamselInDistress But then she gets stabbed...]]

* BastardBoyfriend: Itachi becomes this in the hypnofics. Some things he does are downright cruel, and, although probably unintentionally, pushes her to tears twice.

* InformedAbility: [[LieBackAndThinkOfEngland Kagami being great at sex.]] Itachi being TheStoic is another example, because he's really not that stoic. He just hides his feelings some of the time.

* LesYay: Jo tends to act very lovey-dovey around her best friend Lee.

* FreudianExcuse: Grew up in a loveless home, spent her teenage years with Akatsuki, fell in love with one of the members only to find out said member was going to die. She spent about a year with him, he died and she was pretty much kicked out.

* Ms.Fanservice: Katsuro's friends with a lipstick lesbian who once managed to quit eating candy for a year with the help of a hypnotherapist. We repeat: A hypnotized lesbian who did what the hypnotist had told her to for a year.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Jo and Katsuro agree that if an anime was made, Kagami's theme would be either Emilie Autumn's Shalott or Oshima Hiroyuki's why, or why not.

* {{Tsundere}}: Type A.

* NeverGetsDrunk: Could be a type 3a.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Was featured quite a lot during one arc.

* OfCorsetSexy: Jo owns a corset and is not afraid of using it.

* {{Qipao}}: Jo looks good in one.

* BrilliantButLazy: Both of them are very intelligent but lacks motivation. Jo has been told by her teacher she could easily get the highest grade in all subjects (except PE), but she only does what she has to do... Unless she's motivated.

** WordOfGod [[hottip*.*: (Jo: That's right, bitches. I'm God.)]] states that that's only what [[UnreliableNarrator Kagami herself]] is willing to believe and accept. Her real DespairEventHorizon was when she was told she'd better leave the Akatsuki HQ. That was a bigger hit than Itachi's death. Not so strange, considering she'd had a year to mentally prepare herself for that. The HQ, however, was the only place she'd ever thought of as a home and while still trying to adjust to Itachi's death, she had to cut off all bonds with that one place. In other words, there's a reason her favourite word is "place".

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Katsuro So much.

* {{Blackmail}}: When Jo wants to rp, she'll let nothing stop her. "''[[ItMakesSenseInContext You're not welcome to my planet anymore.]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotheinous Backa is now forever closed.]]''"

--> '''Jo:''' SHUDDUPSHUDDUPSHUDDUP OR I'LL BECOME MOE AND THAT'S FUCKIN' CREEPY D<

* HeyItsThatVoice: Jo "collects" seiyuus and has tracks of all of the Akatsuki's (except Kakuzu and Kisame)singing on her cellphone.

** WordOfGod [[hottip*:*: (Jo: That's right, bitches. I'm God.)]] states that that's only what [[UnreliableNarrator Kagami herself]] is willing to believe and accept. Her real DespairEventHorizon was when she was told she'd better leave the Akatsuki HQ. That was a bigger hit than Itachi's death. Not so strange, considering she'd had a year to mentally prepare herself for it. The HQ, however, was the only place she'd ever thought of as a home and while still trying to adjust to Itachi's death, she had to cut off all bonds with that place. In other words, there's a reason her favourite word is "place".

* TechnicolorEyes: Jo usually goes with green, but depending on the light her eyes can look either green, grey, blue or yellow.
** Actually, she checked. her eyes are green with golden spots.
* TheSouthpaw: Jo's a leftie.

* {{Dandere}}: Both Kagami and Itachi.

* TeacherStudentRomance: Averted. Deidara wonders if Kagami's hot for her teacher. He dismisses that idea, and he's absolutely right in doing so. Kagami does, however have some very grudging respect towards her teacher, although she'd rather [[GenerationXerox bite her tongue off]][[hottip:*:(Generation Xerox... Because Kisame bit his tongue off! Get it? Hahahaha! ...Yes, even we thought that joke was so awful we had to explain it.)]] than admit it.

* FreudianExcuse: Grew up in a loveless home, spent her teenage years with Akatsuki, fell in love with one of the members only to find out said member was going to die. She spent about a year with him, he died and she was pretty much kicked out. Then she returned to her loveless home, threatened to kill her mother and then left to work as an assassin.
* GenerationXerox: She states being trained by Kisame for five years is bound to make you sadistic.

* AcceptableFeminineGoals: The only thing about which Kagami feel enthusiastic is keeping her man. Nothing wrong with that, of course; [[SexAndTheCity she's choosing her choice, she's choosing her choice...]]

* Foreshadowing: Well, Itachi DID say Kagami wouldnät be able to get over his death...

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Itachi who tells Kagami to find someone else when he's died. Kagami too, at a much lesser degree when she tells him he has to battle Sasuke and die, because otherwise he's going to regret not doing it.

* TeacherStudentRomance: Deidara wonders if Kagami's hot for her teacher. He dismisses that idea, and he's absolutely right in doing so. Kagami does, however have some very grudging respect towards her teacher, although she'd rather [[GenerationXerox bite her tongue off]][[hottip:*:(Generation Xerox... Because Kisame bit his tongue off! Get it? Hahahaha! ...Yes, even we thought that joke was so awful we had to explain it.)]] than admit it.

* AcceptableFeminineGoals: Played straight. Kagami has no goal other than keeping her man, and when asked what she was going to do after Itachi's death, she replied she didn't make plans her life and if she had a goal, it would be to live.
** Hell, she even lampshades this herself:
-->"She [Kagami] hadn't cared about very many things before. Almost nothing. Why should she? Life went on whether she wanted it to or not. In that way, she'd managed to avoid a situation like this. She hadn't needed to feel such sorrow. That she couldn't feel genuine happiness either, she'd completely repressed."

** Actually, she looked it up. her eyes are green with golden spots.

* BlatantLies: Katsuro told Jo that Kagami, who at this point was the object of Itachis love and a vampire, wasn't a Mary Sue.

* BookDumb: Both averted and played straight with Jo. Some things, she just can't understand, no matter how many times it's explained to her. And some things makes her look like a genius.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Kagami is anything but dominant during sex. Possibly justified by her being under hypnosis or genjutsu at least half the times. Also, despite being S&M, the sex is vanilla and she's the one that takes the initiative to oral sex. And this trope may be subverted as it's been stated [[AllWomenAreLustful she enjoys sex.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Sometimes, she just makes instant ramen for lunch. If the members of Akatsuki are lucky, she'll pour hot water on it. No one calls her out on it.

* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: May be because of Itachi being rather dominant.

* TookALevelInBadass: If she ever was TheChick, she's not anymore....

* {{Leifmotif}}: Jo and katsuro agree that if an anime was made, Kagami's theme would be either Emilie Autumn's Shalott or Oshima Hiroyuki's why, or why not.

* TakingYouWithMe: her last words. ''"...If I die... You're dying with me..."

* Leifmotif: Jo and katsuro agree that if an anime was made, Kagami's theme would be either Emilie Autumn's Shalott or Oshima Hiroyuki's why, or why not.

* TakingyouWithMe: her last words. ''"...If I die... You're dying with me..."

* DownerEnding: How it ended.'

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: It is definately brighter at the start then at the ending. And by the sequel, we go into the territory of ParentalNeglect, alcoholism, Kagami's crappy childhood in general (which almost ends with her killing her mum) and how Kagami herself becomes much more cynical.

* HerHeartWillGoOn

* LuminescentBlush: Kagami is prone to this, and she doesn't like it one bit.