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* AnAxeToGrind: Dibi.



* FantasticRacism: Humans and demons generally don't get along well.



* HilariousInHindsight: The omake strip parodying ''Sassy Gay Friend'' featured ProductPlacement. A few months later, the actual show would start advertising [=MiO=] at the end of each episode.



* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Many real-world celebrities have expies in the Demon Blade universe, usually appearing as one-time cameos.



* ThreeFacesOfEve: Among the female characters are the intelligent and serious Hinako, the innocent and naive Michiko, and the vulgar and perverted Natsuki.




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* YowiesAndBunyipsAndDropBearsOhMy: A Yowie appears as a minor enemy, simply named "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yowie]]". The Yara-ma-yha-who also makes an appearance, and there is an area of the Demon Blade universe called Bunyip Desert.
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** Michiko has a poster in her room for a movie called "Dusk", obviously a parody of ''{{Twilight}}'', except the vampire looks more like, you know, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a vampire]].

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** Michiko has a poster in her room for a movie called "Dusk", obviously a parody of ''{{Twilight}}'', ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', except the vampire looks more like, you know, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a vampire]].

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* AprilFoolsDay: "Chapter 8.5", a five-page alternate version of the then-unreleased chapter 9, consisting of several video game and anime references and some FoeYay between Diablo and Loki.

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* AprilFoolsDay: AprilFoolsDay:
** In 2010, there was
"Chapter 8.5", a five-page alternate version of the then-unreleased chapter 9, consisting of several video game and anime references and some FoeYay between Diablo and Loki.Loki.
** In 2011, ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Demon Blade vs. Capcom]]'' was announced [[MegatonAnnouncement out of the blue]] as a joke.



* LiteralCliffhanger: [[Lampshaded]] with a ''[[TheLionKing Lion King]]'' reference.

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* LiteralCliffhanger: [[Lampshaded]] [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with a ''[[TheLionKing Lion King]]'' reference.


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* MegatonAnnouncement: Parodied on AprilFoolsDay 2011, with the announcement of ''[[CapcomVsWhatever Demon Blade vs. Capcom]]''.


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* ProductPlacement: In one omake strip, the author has a bottle of Dr Pepper and a bag of Doritos (referred to as "mind fuel") with him while he draws. In another, Ivory is seen with a can of Diet Dr Pepper.
* RapeAsComedy: Diablo's reaction to Michiko hugging his tail? "SHE'S TOUCHING ME INAPPROPRIATELY!"


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* UnsoundEffect: The sound of Dr. Suno pulling a bonesaw from under a table? "BONESAW!"
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* GeniusBonus: Diablo makes a pun about swordplay being his "forte" in an omake strip. The "forte" is the base of a blade in fencing terminology.


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* IncrediblyLamePun: Diablo makes a sword pun in an omake strip. Not even [[TheCutie Michiko]] is amused.
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* CompositeCharacter: Yara-ma-yha-who takes some elements from the Muldjewangk, another Australian myth.


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* LiteralCliffhanger: [[Lampshaded]] with a ''[[TheLionKing Lion King]]'' reference.


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* NeckLift: Loki does this to Jack.


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* OwMyBodyPart: Loki yells "Agh, my spleen!" after being kneed in the chest by Hinako.


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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:Carl leaves his post and takes [[HumongousMecha Kamaoh]] with him to save Michiko. He goes to jail for it.]]


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** Right before stomping Diablo's hand as he's hanging from a ledge, one of the Ibli says, "[[LampshadeHanging I think the appropriate response here is,]] [[TheLionKing 'Long live the king.']]"


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* UnderwaterBossBattle: Diablo vs. Yara-ma-yha-who.
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** Chapter 5 is titled "''TheFoxAndTheHound''".

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** Chapter 5 is titled "''TheFoxAndTheHound''"."''Literature/TheFoxAndTheHound''".

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* BattleInTheRain: Diablo's third fight with Heimdall.



* {{Foreshadowing}} / RelationshipVoiceActor: The [[StuntCasting joke cast list]] gives a meta example: JohnnyYongBosch is listed as Diablo, while StephanieSheh is listed as Michiko. [[{{Bleach}} H]][[{{Disgaea3}} m]][[TengenToppaGurrenLagann m]][[CodeGeass m]]...



** Chapter 20's splash panel pays tribute to the cover of TheBeatles' Abbey Road album.
** The "Dusk" poster in Michiko's room features a character making a [[MemeticMutation trollface]].



* SoBadItsHorrible / WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was originally a novel, because the author could neither draw it himself nor find anyone willing to draw for him. The original novel only exists in the archives of his private LiveJournal, but rewrites of the first two chapters could be found in [[http://awesomelord.livejournal.com his public journal]] until he made them private due to spam. Eventually he just sucked it up and [[ArtEvolution taught himself to draw better]].


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* StayInTheKitchen: [[spoiler:Dogma]] tries to convince Hinako not to join in the final battle against Dios. Although, it's slightly justified, since she had just recovered from a life-threatening injury.


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** Michiko has a poster in her room for a movie called "Dusk", obviously a parody of ''{{Twilight}}'', except the vampire looks more like, you know, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a vampire]].

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* AnachronismStew: The comic was originally supposed to take place in 1950, as shown by Jack's [[TheThirties 30's]]/[[TheFourties 40's]]-looking radio, but the author just threw that out the window later in the very same chapter, as shown by Dr. Suno's [[TheNineties 90's]]-looking computer.



* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Faustian Cult's ranking system is based on this.



* BigDamnVillains: [[spoiler:Just as Diablo is about to finish Loki off, [[KnightOfCerebus Zula]] comes and disposes of him instead.]]



* CaptainObvious: A bedridden [[spoiler:Dogma]] says he might not be able to defeat Heimdall alone. {{Beat}}. Diablo replies with, "Duh."



* LockAndLoadMontage: Diablo sees the Ibli marching past his house, triggering one of these. The chapter is even titled "Lock and Load".



* SoBadItsHorrible / WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was originally a novel, because the author could neither draw it himself nor find anyone willing to draw for him. The original novel only exists in the archives of his private LiveJournal, but rewrites of the first two chapters (that are still pretty bad) can be found in [[http://awesomelord.livejournal.com his public journal]]. Eventually he just sucked it up and [[ArtEvolution taught himself to draw better]].

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* SoBadItsHorrible / WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was originally a novel, because the author could neither draw it himself nor find anyone willing to draw for him. The original novel only exists in the archives of his private LiveJournal, but rewrites of the first two chapters (that are still pretty bad) can could be found in [[http://awesomelord.livejournal.com his public journal]].journal]] until he made them private due to spam. Eventually he just sucked it up and [[ArtEvolution taught himself to draw better]].
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->Many years ago, a war broke out between two empires. Shinigami, with their brave warriors and spiritual power, and Orochi, with their sneaky tactics and advanced machinery, made the entire world their battlefield. Chaos had erupted all across earth.

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->Many -->''"Many years ago, a war broke out between two empires. Shinigami, with their brave warriors and spiritual power, and Orochi, with their sneaky tactics and advanced machinery, made the entire world their battlefield. Chaos had erupted all across earth.
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** A ''literal'' [[NorseMythology mythology gag]] occurs in the AprilFoolsDay chapter, in which Loki makes a reference to his namesake's FateWorseThanDeath. (Specifically, how he'd actually ''prefer'' that over [[FoeYay what happened]] in [[spoiler:his DyingDream.]]

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** A ''literal'' [[NorseMythology mythology gag]] occurs in the AprilFoolsDay chapter, in which Loki makes a reference to his namesake's FateWorseThanDeath. (Specifically, how he'd actually ''prefer'' that over [[FoeYay what happened]] in [[spoiler:his DyingDream.]]]])


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* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:Hinako and Dogma]], after the latter makes it perfectly clear that he's either going to kill Dios or die trying.
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* CoDragons: [[spoiler:Heimdall and Zula after the rest of the Faustian Cult has either defected or wound up in jail.]]

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* CoDragons: [[spoiler:Heimdall and Zula after the rest of the Faustian Cult has either defected or wound up in jail.]]The Marino Siblings.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: The Ibli.


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* BreakTheHaughty: Are you an overly proud person in the Demon Blade universe? Watch that pride shatter within ten chapters of your first appearance.
* CoDragons: [[spoiler:Heimdall and Zula after the rest of the Faustian Cult has either defected or wound up in jail.]]


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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Although Dibi didn't place in the popularity poll, he has had the honor of spawning the comic's very first meme. (See MemeticMutation below)


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* MemeticMutation: A throwaway line from Dibi in a video announcing the dub became possibly the most quotable thing related to the comic. "My axe is huge", indeed.


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* RecoilBoost: Jay uses the recoil from his dark flames to dodge an attack.


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* RunningGag: Diablo tends to leaves things behind, but he's always interrupted by a shocking sight when he's about to say what he forgot.


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** Heimdall, appropriately enough, quotes ''ThePrincessBride'''s Count Rugen after he [[spoiler:has Dogma cornered]]. However, unlike Inigo, the latter does ''not'' receive a HeroicSecondWind.
** "This fate could have been avoided if he had a ''Sassy Gay Friend''."
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Diablo wakes Hinako up after freeing her. He later busts out, "Don't knock it 'til you try it, bitch!" in regard to the latter underestimating his speed.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Diablo wakes Hinako up after freeing her. He later busts out, "Don't knock it 'til you try it, bitch!" in regard to the latter Zula underestimating his speed.

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* AGlassInTheHand: [[spoiler:Zula breaks her own mask while feinting her VillainousBreakdown.]]



* {{Defictionalization}}: Dr. Suno's "A Doctor's Job is to Cure" shirt, Vlad's shirt with the red V on it, and Michiko's fox panties are all available as merchandise.



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Diablo wakes Hinako up after freeing her.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Diablo wakes Hinako up after freeing her. He later busts out, "Don't knock it 'til you try it, bitch!" in regard to the latter underestimating his speed.
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* DavidVersusGoliath: The first fight in the comic. Also doubles as Diablo's EstablishingCharacterMoment.


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** During a flashback, Ivory wears pants with "What What" printed on the seat, much like the ones Samwell wore in the "What What (In the Butt)" music video.
** The website's link to the official shop reads "[[Game/TheLegendOfZelda Buy Somethin' Will Ya!]]"
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* AdobeFlash: The program the comic is drawn in.
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* ColossusClimb: Ivory implies that Carl did this in order to {{Gundamjack}} Kamaoh.


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** "[[JojosBizarreAdventure I reject my humanity!]]"
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* GrossUpCloseUp: [[spoiler:Zula]] gets one while {{troll}}ing Baki.

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* GrossUpCloseUp: [[spoiler:Zula]] gets one while {{troll}}ing Baki.Carl.



* PrisonRape: Humorously subverted. Touya brings a pack of cards into his cell, and Baki insists on "making the game interesting" since he feels Touya owes him for his help. Touya is understandably horrified. Later, it turns out they're gambling for each other's food.

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* PrisonRape: Humorously subverted. Touya brings a pack of cards into his cell, and Baki Carl insists on "making the game interesting" since he feels Touya owes him for his help. Touya is understandably horrified. Later, it turns out they're gambling for each other's food.



* XanatosRoulette: The entire Yaibato Mansion mini-arc and the events leading up to it [[spoiler:were a Xanatos Roulette on Zula's part to eliminate Carl Baki as a threat to Dios.]]

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* XanatosRoulette: The entire Yaibato Mansion mini-arc and the events leading up to it [[spoiler:were a Xanatos Roulette on Zula's part to eliminate Carl Baki as a threat to Dios.]]
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* CreepyTwins: Although one is older than the other, the Marino Siblings fit this trope quite well.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The character sheet, linked above.

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* AllThereInTheManual: The character sheet, linked above.AFatherToHisMen: Don Falco.



* {{Animesque}}



** Diablo: [[color:orange:Choleric]]
** Dr. Suno: [[color:black:Melancholic]]
** Hinako: [[color:maroon:Sanguine]]
** Michiko: [[color:green:Phlegmatic]]
* FourthWallMailSlot: The semi-animated, "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKWYvfKGVg Ask Diablo!]]" which stars a [[{{Memes/Touhou}} yukkuri]] resembling Diablo answering viewer questions (about any of the author's works, not just Demon Blade) with a synthesized voice and DeadpanSnarker tendencies.

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** Diablo: [[color:orange:Choleric]]
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** Dr. Suno: [[color:black:Melancholic]]
Melancholic
** Hinako: [[color:maroon:Sanguine]]
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** Michiko: [[color:green:Phlegmatic]]
Phlegmatic
* FourthWallMailSlot: The semi-animated, semi-animated "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKWYvfKGVg Ask Diablo!]]" which stars a [[{{Memes/Touhou}} yukkuri]] resembling Diablo answering viewer questions (about any of the author's works, not just Demon Blade) with a synthesized voice and DeadpanSnarker tendencies.


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* {{Gundamjack}}: How Carl apparently obtained Kamaoh.


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* HorseOfADifferentColor: The uyagi. A fully-grown one can be ridden, as demonstrated by [[TerribleTrio Yaibato and his men]].


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* {{Mukokuseki}}: Less severe than in many anime and manga of this genre, as the Asian characters at least have dark skin and Asian facial features. Diablo and Michiko have light skin, but they're both only half-Asian.


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* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Hinako and Dogma.]]


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** During one conversation with Michiko, Natsuki makes a face resembling that of [[BlazBlue Arakune]].

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* AuthorAppeal: While there aren't that many ass shots, the few that exist make it clear that the author likes his female characters to have [[BabyGotBack big butts]].



* ElaborateUndergroundBase: While we haven't yet seen much of it, the entrance to the Faustian Cult's hideout is ''under a grave.''



* GlassesPull: Dogma keeps an extra pair of sunglasses for the sole purpose of invoking this trope.



* HandsOnApproach: Diablo corrects Michiko's stance while teaching her how to fence. The blushing that ensues is more because it causes Michiko to [[ShipperOnDeck remember something Natsuki said earlier]] than because of an actual crush though.



** A ''literal'' [[NorseMythology mythology gag]] occurs in the AprilFoolsDay chapter, in which Loki makes a reference to his namesake's FateWorseThanDeath. (Specifically, how he'd actually ''prefer'' that over [[FoeYay what happened]] in [[spoiler:his DyingDream.]]



* QuipToBlack: Dogma keeps an extra pair of sunglasses... for the sole purpose of this trope and imitating ''CSI''. ('''[[MemeticMutation YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHH!]]''')


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* TakeThat: It appears the mechanical half of Vlad's face is running on {{Windows}}...


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* {{Tuckerization}}: While Loki is posing as a cat, Jack names him "Sam", after the author, Sam Abramson.
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** The AprilFoolsDay short was full of references to ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', ''GGundam'', ''MegaMan'', and even ''SuperMarioBros''.

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** The AprilFoolsDay short was full of references to ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', ''GGundam'', ''MegaMan'', ''Game/MegaMan'', and even ''SuperMarioBros''.
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Also has [[Characters/DemonBlade a character sheet]], though it contains much information that hasn't been shown in the actual comic yet.

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Also has [[Characters/DemonBlade a character sheet]], though it contains much information that hasn't been shown in the actual comic yet.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Loki]] throws a wrench into Zula's plot, but that very same wrench is incorporated into it and used against the heroes.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Loki]] throws a A wrench is thrown into Zula's plot, but that very same wrench is incorporated into it and used against the heroes.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Diablo: [[color:orange:Choleric]]
** Dr. Suno: [[color:black:Melancholic]]
** Hinako: [[color:maroon:Sanguine]]
** Michiko: [[color:green:Phlegmatic]]



* JerkAss: Diablo.
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* ForScience: Dr. Suno offers to remove Diablo's tail for this reason. [[AxCrazy As he pulls out a bonesaw from under the table.]]


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* GenreRoulette: Demon Blade rotates between three different genres, each one with a different protagonist. The meat of the story is the action segments, which Diablo dominates. During the mecha parts, Dr. Suno takes the spotlight, and then the SliceOfLife chapters focus mainly on Michiko.


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* LegionOfDoom: A meta example. Several members of the Faustian Cult (namely Loki, Heimdall and Vlad) are updated versions of {{Big Bad}}s from the author's previous, unfinished works.


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* PrisonRape: Humorously subverted. Touya brings a pack of cards into his cell, and Baki insists on "making the game interesting" since he feels Touya owes him for his help. Touya is understandably horrified. Later, it turns out they're gambling for each other's food.


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** Natsuki's "I'm not trying to be disgusting, I'm trying to be realistic" speech is a reference to a rant about Fleshlights by a certain {{YouTube}} user.
* ShownTheirWork: Fencing is the author's favorite sport. It shows when Diablo teaches Michiko how to do it.
* SliceOfLife: There are short breaks from the action, in which the reader observes a slice of fantasy world life.


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* SpitTake: Ivory spits up his (very hot) tea this after finding out that Diablo's story, which sounds like something a child would make up, is in fact true.


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* TrainingFromHell: Diablo strongly implies that this is what Michiko will experience under him. As an example, before he could even ''begin'' to train her, he made her hit herself until it was made clear she could take pain.
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* * {{Fanservice}}: [[{{Lolicon}} Michiko wearing Hinako's pajamas which are a bit small for her.]]

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* * {{Fanservice}}: [[{{Lolicon}} Michiko wearing Hinako's pajamas which are a bit small for her.]]
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* * {{Fanservice}}: [[{{Lolicon}} Michiko wearing Hinako's pajamas which are a bit small for her.]]


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* GrossUpCloseUp: [[spoiler:Zula]] gets one while {{troll}}ing Baki.


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* PantyShot: See {{Fanservice}}. It's more of a plain [[BabyGotBack ass shot]] with panties happening to stick out, though.


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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Chapter 13 is when [[spoiler:Zula's XanatosRoulette finally falls into place.]]


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* XanatosRoulette: The entire Yaibato Mansion mini-arc and the events leading up to it [[spoiler:were a Xanatos Roulette on Zula's part to eliminate Carl Baki as a threat to Dios.]]
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* ArtEvolution: At an alarming rate. The art quality has improved a metric ton over the course of not even a year.

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* ArtEvolution: At an alarming rate. The art quality has improved a metric ton vastly over the course of not even a its first year.
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* SadisticChoice: The entire reason behind Dr. Suno and Carl Baki's duel. The Faustian Cult had [[LetsYouAndHimFight set it up]] so that no matter who wins, an innocent person dies.


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* SpannerInTheWorks: As soon as Diablo gets blown through the wall of Yaibato Mansion, that's when Vlad's plan [[HumiliationConga starts to go down the hole]].
* StuntCasting: Heavily parodied at the end of the first casting call for the dub, which lists the names of professional voice actors cast as all but one of the characters. (that one being listed as LittleKuriboh.)


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* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Loki]] throws a wrench into Zula's plot, but that very same wrench is incorporated into it and used against the heroes.

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