| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guilty_crown_poster.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:A young man involving in change...]] |
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| 4 | ->''"The right to use my friend as a weapon.\ |
| 5 | That is the sinful crown\ |
| 6 | I shall adorn.'' |
| 7 | ->''I accept this 'guilt.'"'' |
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| 9 | In the year [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2029]], the mysterious Apocalypse Virus spreads and plunges all of Japan into a state of emergency in a period of chaos known as Lost Christmas. Eventually, an international organization known as the GHQ intervenes with martial law and restores order to Japan at the expense of its independence. |
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| 11 | Ten years later in 2039, Shu Ouma, an asocial 17-year-old student at Tennouzu High School who often keeps to himself in school, meets Inori Yuzuriha, lead singer for Egoist, when visiting one of his favorite places on his way home from school. Shu is a big fan of Inori, who has taken the internet world by storm, and is surprised to meet her in person. However, he soon discovers the other side of her: Inori is a member of the [[LaResistance Funeral Parlor]], a resistance group that aims to liberate Japan from the clutches of the GHQ. |
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| 13 | From that point on, Shu takes part in the actions of Funeral Parlor and the "king's mark" appears on his right hand. This mark bestows upon him the "power of kings," the ability to reach inside someone else's body and extract and materialize a weapon, or "Void," from it. |
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| 15 | The first twelve episodes are more or less [[WholePlotReference roughly]] [[{{Deconstruction}} comparable]] to the likes of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. When Loop 7, the area where most of the events take place, gets locked down, comparisons to ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'' and ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' start to become common for a while and, in the end, the series goes right back to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva]]'' territory for its conclusion. |
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| 17 | Directed by [[Manga/DeathNote Tetsuro]] [[Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead Araki]], with a story written by [[Anime/MyHime Hiroyuki Yoshino]] (with the help of [[Anime/CodeGeass Ichiro Okouchi]]), music by Music/HiroyukiSawano, and character designs by redjuice and further music composed by Ryo, both of them members of the popular J-pop band Music/{{Supercell}}, ''Guilty Crown'' is a work by Creator/ProductionIG that aired on the Creator/{{Noitamina}} block. Creator/FUNimation simulcast the series, with a DVD and Blu-Ray release in August 2013. |
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| 19 | A manga adaptation based on only the first 12 episodes with elements of the later half is published by Creator/SquareEnix's Gangan Comics in their Monthly Shonen Gangan label (November 2011 - December 2013), and a Creator/{{Nitroplus}}[=-=]produced PC game {{spinoff}} titled ''Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas'', with a story written by [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Jin Haganeya]], who is also part of the show's writing team, and released in 2012. There is also another novel written in April 2012 called, ''Guilty Crown: Princess of Deadpool'', alongside a second manga from July 2012 - May 2014 focusing on Ayase Shinomiya called, ''Guilty Crown: Dancing Endlaves''. |
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| 21 | In December 2015, Carol from ''Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas'' appeared as a supporting character in a video game called ''VideoGame/NitroplusBlasterzHeroinesInfiniteDuel''. |
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| 23 | Around 2019, a mobile game based on the game is released in China. |
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| 25 | No relation to ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear''. Except that both series have an [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic awesome soundtrack]]. |
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| 27 | '''Please move any character tropes to the ''Guilty Crown'' [[Characters/GuiltyCrown character page]] and any tropes from specific episodes to the [[Recap/GuiltyCrown Recap page]]'''. |
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| 29 | ---- |
| 30 | !!''Guilty Crown'' provides examples of: |
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| 33 | [[folder:Tropes # to C]] |
| 34 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The Apocalypse Virus outbreak occurred in 2029, thus setting up the rest of the story. |
| 35 | * AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The Student Council basically becomes the de facto government for the school once it's quarantined from the rest of the city. As of Episode 14, [[spoiler:Shu is appointed their president.]] |
| 36 | * AccidentalPervert: Shu meant to only draw out Kanon's Void, but he was stalled halfway through with his hand on her chest, leaving him in a rather compromising position and destroying his reputation. |
| 37 | * AdoptivePeerParent: Shu's mother, [[http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/6/143671.jpg Haruka]] [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120225063906/guiltycrown/images/c/c6/Harukaouma.jpg Ouma]]. Justified, [[spoiler:as she's revealed to be his step-mother.]] |
| 38 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: |
| 39 | ** Shu and Souta have crushes on Inori, who is extremely vague on her feelings with the former but is eventually falling in love with him and is indifferent and oblivious to the latter. Hare is in love with Shu, who is conscious of her feelings but at the time was going through an epic HeroicBSOD that prevents him responding to this information in any sane or meaningful manner. Ayase and Arisa have crushes on Gai, who doesn't reciprocate the former's affections and is almost certainly playing the latter for her Void. |
| 40 | ** Gai, on the other hand, seems to be in love with the Inori-lookalike from Shu's past, who turns out to be [[spoiler:Shu's older sister]] Mana, but she's in love with [[spoiler:[[BrotherSisterIncest Shu]]]] (though this might have more to do with the Apocalypse Virus infecting her than this being what she actually feels). [[spoiler:They end up TogetherInDeath.]] |
| 41 | * AllLowercaseLetters: The episode titles are in lowercase. |
| 42 | * AmericaSavesTheDay: Averted in Episode 18. A US naval platoon is not only deployed to Tokyo in order to wipe out the virus [[spoiler: by destroying the city]] but [[spoiler: ''they're'' the ones that get wiped off the map by a Leukocyte blast.]] |
| 43 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: |
| 44 | ** Souta is about to declare his feelings to Inori in Episode 8 one for Shu to show up to extract his Void and all but says his own feelings towards her, causing the Funeral Parlor members that were watching from cover to feel a little awkward. |
| 45 | ** Hare to Shu in Episodes 10 and 15. |
| 46 | * AnyoneCanDie: No exceptions. Most people die from the Apocalypse Virus, which in itself isn't a pleasant way of dying. [[spoiler:Gai and Mana are {{Mercy Kill}}ed in Episode 12 by Shu, and Hare is killed in Episode 15.]] |
| 47 | * ApocalypseMaiden: Mana/Inori. |
| 48 | * AppliedPhlebotinum: A Void is Phlebotinum and it is the personality given form. This can range from Inori's {{BFS}} to [[RuleOfSymbolism shears that severs lives]] to a literal fridge. |
| 49 | * ArmourIsUseless: Inori takes on GHQ personnel in a {{Stripperific}} outfit with nothing but a 9mm pistol. She fights and kills countless GHQ grunts armed with assault rifles and full-body-armour. Then again, [[spoiler: she ''is'' an artificial human. Perhaps unnatural, bullets-between-eyes accuracy is all part of the package.]] |
| 50 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Since the series is part BioPunk this is to be expected. Vaccines don't have to be administered weekly. Biannually is just about the most extreme level within the realm of reality. Possibly justified by the Apocalypse Virus being very abnormal. |
| 51 | * ArtisticLicensePhysics: The Leukocyte KillSat at the end of Episode 5 is shown to have ''dented'' part of the ocean[[note]] In that the explosion on the coastal area was still shown to have a massive crater instead of being full of water[[/note]]. |
| 52 | * ATeamFiring: Every last one of GHQ's personnel. Also Daryl Yan, who missed two men from the firing range of less than ten meters in a room with limited space to move. |
| 53 | * BackToBackBadasses: Shu and Ayase work together to help stop the GHQ forces in Episode 13. |
| 54 | * BadassLongcoat: The second opening shows Shu wearing one. Gai wears one as well, most of the time he's with other Funeral Parlor members. |
| 55 | %%* BeachEpisode: Episode 8. |
| 56 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In the first episode, Inori is shot, caught in explosions, kicked in the face, and is shown to be bleeding on more than one occasion. Her [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes ridiculous]] [[{{Stripperific}} outfit]] doesn't get a single tear, her hair remains absolutely perfect, and being kicked in the face leaves not a single visible trace. |
| 57 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The once kind to a fault Shu finds himself devolving into this following [[spoiler: the death of Hare]] in episode 15, willing to hurt friends and classmates should he deem it necessary. |
| 58 | -->'''Shu:''' [[spoiler:All this time I’ve been such a fool. Kindness is just another word...for ''weakness''.]] |
| 59 | * BeehiveBarrier: Daryl's Void is a gun that creates one. |
| 60 | * {{BFG}}: Ogumo's gun, which is as big as a person and appears to be some sort of heavy machine-gun/missile launcher combination. |
| 61 | * BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mana and Keigo are dead and the GHQ is defeated, Haruka defects from the GHQ, the Apocalypse Virus is removed from existence, and Japan is liberated. However, hundreds have perished in the apocalypse; Inori, Gai, Ogumo, Kyo, Hare are dead; Shu is blinded in the eyes and has a robotic arm, and Funeral Parlor is dissolved]]. |
| 62 | * BlandNameProduct: Dr. Ginger. |
| 63 | * BodyHorror: The Apocalypse Virus involves large parts of your body turning to crystal. |
| 64 | * BolivianArmyEnding: While evacuating the GHQ, [[spoiler:Rowan performs a HeroicSacrifice by shoving Daryl into an elevator and staying behind to hold off the UN troops]]. The last we see of him is the elevator door closing and the sound of gunfire. |
| 65 | * BookEnds: Inori is the first character to appear in the anime, and the final scene in the final episode's epilogue shows her as the final character. |
| 66 | ** Shu's first void is Inori's sword, [[spoiler: and the last void he uses against Gai in the final episode is Inori's]]. |
| 67 | ** Mana's words when she [[spoiler:cause Lost Christmas]] was a BigNo. [[spoiler:These are the exact same words in the final episode upon her final death, signifying the end of the apocalypse]]. |
| 68 | * BoyMeetsGirl: There are hints, however, that Shu has already met Inori before. [[spoiler:It turns out to be his older sister, Mana.]] This also overlaps with MeetCute because it's not every day that you meet your favorite IdolSinger. |
| 69 | * BrokenMasquerade: [[spoiler:Breaks all over the place up to Episode 10, but breaks completely in Episode 13... and Episode 14 stomps on the remains.]] |
| 70 | * BrokenTears: Episode 15, [[spoiler: after the death of Hare]] Shu weeps over the loss of the one person who believed in him most and was willing to look past his many mistakes to see his nobler side. |
| 71 | * BrotherSisterIncest: One-sided. [[spoiler:Mana, the pink-haired girl in Shu's flashbacks, is actually his older sister. While shown to be a sweet elder sibling to Shu at first, it's quickly revealed that Mana wants her own little brother to look at her "with adult eyes." Still, possibly subverted, as this may be just be the worst effect of the virus on Mana's mind.]] |
| 72 | * CameBackWrong: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. After [[spoiler: Gai]] comes back in the bad guys's side, he continually claims that his evil actions are just an extension of the original plan, although his general demeanor is notably not-quite-as-sane as before. [[spoiler: It turns out that he was just trying to get Shu to stop him and, by extension, stop Mana and the Daath's plan.]] |
| 73 | * CannonFodder: The enemy Endlaves seem to serve no other purpose than to be blown up to show off a character's strength. |
| 74 | * CaptainErsatz: Noted InUniverse: Gai is relatable to Shu and Mana is relatable to Inori. The second opening takes this one step further--while their hands are reaching out in the church, Shu turns into Gai and Inori turns into Mana. |
| 75 | * CataclysmBackstory: Lost Christmas. |
| 76 | * CerebusRollercoaster: Beginning with Episode 9. |
| 77 | * TheChosenOne[=/=]TheUnchosenOne: Played with. At first it seems that Gai was supposed to get the Void Genome and Shu got it instead by accident. [[spoiler:Turns out that the Void Genome was intended for Shu all along.]] Also, Mana chose Shu over Gai, but Shu chooses Inori over Mana. |
| 78 | * ClarkKenting: Shu and Inori in the first arc. |
| 79 | * ClosedCircle: Loop 7 gets locked when contamination breaks out, due to an absurd amount of crystalline Apocalypse Virus contaminating the area. GHQ (and, later, the Japanese government) ''claims'' that all of the people within the circle are "contaminated", but that's not the real background. This "official word" is an entire fabrication of the events of Episodes 10-12, and the person in charge of the Japanese Government just so happens to be [[spoiler:the one who attempted to marry Inori in Episode 12]]. Episodes 13 and 14 make the situation worse: there are posts along the walls that will prevent anyone from passing through, and they are put on ''automated'' "kill on sight", even if there were "agreements" to pass through. |
| 80 | * CreditsRunningSequence: The ending has Inori walking in place as other characters move by. |
| 81 | * ColonyDrop: Leukocyte 1 threatens to crash into Tokyo in Episode 6. It's intercepted by a [[WaveMotionGun Wave Motion Sword]]. |
| 82 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Played with--after his first day with the Funeral Parlor, Shu decides that whilst they're cool, he's not, and [[RefusalOfTheCall he's pretty okay with that]]. |
| 83 | * CouchGag: The first ending credits always show the foreground characters in the actual outfits they wore during the episode, as well as reflecting their relationships. |
| 84 | * ConvictionByContradiction: Inori's Void is a sword. Hardly holds together as part of the Pacifist she is (her mellow temper and submissiveness, the lyrics in her songs, etc), foreshadowing her soul to be a replica of Mana's. Note, however, that her 'pacifism' does not extend to not shooting GHQ personnel in the face, or not beating up her schoolmates when they try to mess with her. |
| 85 | * CrapsackWorld: More or less like a [[Anime/CodeGeass certain show]] it seemed to be the SpiritualSuccessor to. Society on Japan ''really'' went to hell after the Apocalypse Virus invaded it. |
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| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Tropes D to G]] |
| 89 | * DarkReprise: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Np2oVN1io&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL kr0ne]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLQ_R3MMnQk&feature=related bios-delta]]'' are this to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9LxXsq0KQE&feature=related bios]]''. Also, PlayingTheHeartStrings. |
| 90 | * DarkerAndEdgier[=/=]CerebusSyndrome: After Episode 12... |
| 91 | * DeconReconSwitch: Initially seems to be a ''Anime/CodeGeass'' esque GreyAndGrayMorality world, but GHQ ends up actually being evil, and Shu decides his loyalty only six episodes in. |
| 92 | * DefectorFromDecadence: By the beginning of episode 23, [[spoiler:Haruka]] turns on the GHQ. |
| 93 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: Void usage involves ribbons of UnmovingPlaid flying all over the place, Inori's Void especially. |
| 94 | * {{Determinator}}: Gai, in spades. He has several disadvantages going for him [[spoiler: such as being previously injured from a mission gone wrong, the Apocalypse Virus taking its toll on his body, and being slashed across the torso due to protecting Shu.]] Despite all this, he pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment with Ayase to help Shu [[spoiler:defeat Shuichiro and rescue Inori, though it all just ends as him being TogetherInDeath with Mana, the love of his life.]] |
| 95 | * DespairEventHorizon: You know it's the end for her when [[spoiler: the ever proud, dignified Arisa finally becomes desperate enough to offer her body to a random goon who's been lusting after her for a chance to escape.]] |
| 96 | * DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Neither Shu or Daryl gets theirs, as Inori dies while Tsugumi becomes a teacher, with Daryl's survival being left ambiguous.]] |
| 97 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gai in Episode 5 after the GHQ attacks his location with their Leukocyte. The preview to Episode 6 shows that he's alive.]] |
| 98 | * DistantFinale: The very last few minutes of the final episode take place "a few years later". Considering the characters look the same, it can't be more than 2 or 3 years later. |
| 99 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: |
| 100 | ** Inori moaning whenever Shu pulls his BFS out of her. Awesome and funny at the same time. |
| 101 | ** Also, the expression on Inori's face while [[spoiler:a "wedding ring" is being put on her finger by Shuichiro]]. |
| 102 | ** Really, nearly everyone who gets a Void pulled out of them puts on a face that the viewer can easily put out of context. |
| 103 | ** Episode 14, when the student council decides to see what Tsugumi's Void is. They pin her down so she can't run away and Hare comforts her by saying that that "it only hurts for a second". |
| 104 | ** Episode 15 takes it even further [[spoiler:when Shu forcibly extracts Inori's Void after Hare dies. She tries to stop him but he pins her down and does it anyway.]] |
| 105 | ** Episode 18, when Inori pushes Shu to the ground and lays on top of him before silently sliding toward his beltline with a sinister look on her face. |
| 106 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Shu towards Inori. Ayase and Hare are gender-flipped versions towards Gai and Shu, respectively. |
| 107 | * DoomedByCanon: [[spoiler: Scrooge and Carol]], since ''Lost Christmas'' takes place 10 years before ''Guilty Crown''. |
| 108 | --> "But know this well, your story is one in the past. Its ending has already been decided. Tragedy is unavoidable. Lost Christmas will come to pass. Therefore -- your choice is meaningless." |
| 109 | * DramaticChaseOpening: The series starts off with Inori being pursued. |
| 110 | %%* DodgeTheBullet: Gai. |
| 111 | %%* DuelingHackers: Tsumugi vs Kenji. |
| 112 | * EagleLand: Dan Eagleman. Bonus points for actually having "eagle" in his family name. |
| 113 | * EmotionlessGirl: At first, Inori seems to be this, but she's starting to gain emotions due Shu's influence on her and her growing love for him. In Episode 15, she starts to show fear during Shu's RoaringRampageOfRevenge. [[spoiler:Then again, having your Void forcefully removed by one of your love interests should make anyone show at least traces of fear.]] |
| 114 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 115 | ** Once Keido [[spoiler:becomes President of Japan]], ''Daryl'', of all people, is shown to be more than a little uncomfortable with his policies. |
| 116 | ** In Episode 17, even Yahiro, the guy who came up with the Void ranking system, starts getting uncomfortable at how much of a {{Jerkass}} Shu is becoming. |
| 117 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: All over the place. Gai, Segai, and Ayase easily deduce that Shu has feelings for Inori with the first two using this fact against Shu, Tsugumi and Shu can tell Ayase's not-so-subtle feelings for Gai, and Ayase teases Shu that everyone in Funeral Parlor has noticed that Gai and Inori share a room together two or three times a month and assume that there's something between them. [[spoiler: In reality she's been giving him blood transfusions.]] |
| 118 | * EveryoneIsRelated: |
| 119 | ** Shu's flashbacks seem to hint that he knew Inori and Gai when they were children. [[spoiler:Turns out that the Inori look-alike is actually Shu's older sister Mana, who Inori was created to resemble and become Mana's host body, and Gai was his childhood best friend "Triton".]] |
| 120 | ** [[spoiler:In Episode 19, it's revealed that Haruka and Keido are siblings, thus making Keido Shu's step-uncle.]] |
| 121 | * EvolvingCredits |
| 122 | * FantasticDrug: [[MeaningfulName Norma Gene]]. The only details we have about it so far, though, are that it's genetic and that it's injected. |
| 123 | * FantasticRacism: Ironically inverted. When Souta and a few other students that have Voids with... [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway limited]] powers hear about a possible Void-ranking system that hadn't even been implemented, they become so offended and afraid that this would be invoked, they run off to prove their worth. When Shu tries to pull a WhatTheHellHero, Souta angrily accuses Shu of being guilty of this trope. It takes them being caught in the heat of battle to realize just how right Yahiro was about the limitations of their Voids. |
| 124 | * FilmingForEasyDub: Well, it's more like "Writing for Easy Dub": as the series goes on, it becomes increasingly apparent that the creators meant for the show to be easily dubbed into English. Most of the time whenever two characters meet for the first time, one of them will insist on being called by their first name. Even if this doesn't happen everyone calls everyone by their first name regardless. Another notable quirk of the Japanese dialogue is (barring a few exceptions) a distinct ''lack'' of UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics, which is doubly noticeable given that this show takes place in a near-future Japan instead of a fictional location or non-Japanese environment. |
| 125 | * FinalSolution: The United Nations [[spoiler:finally get tired of trying to fix Japan after finding out Keido has been covering things up and votes to save themselves the trouble by just exterminating everyone in the country.]] |
| 126 | * FirstNameBasis: Unusually for a Japanese-produced show, there's a lot of this. See FilmingForEasyDub above. |
| 127 | ** Shu calls his mother Haruka. [[spoiler: Partly justified since she isn't his biological mother.]] |
| 128 | ** GHQ's suspicions are partially reaffirmed (that Shu's more involved with Funeral Parlor than he claims) since they figure no OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent would address the [[RebelLeader leader]] of a [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorist group]] by his first name. |
| 129 | * FiveRoundsRapid: In the final episode, Arisa uses her Void to try and hold off a squad of UN soldiers, who just stand around and continue shooting her Void shield with assault rifles. The battle is taking place on a catwalk, so flanking is not an option, and it is also subverted in that their guns are actually doing damage to the shield, but it's very time consuming. They also did not appear to bring any heavier weaponry with them, relying only on Endlave support. |
| 130 | * ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's played ''Lost Christmas'' knows that [[spoiler:Scrooge and Carol will die and Segai will survive the events of the game]]. |
| 131 | * ForgottenPhlebotinum: Tsugumi's Void turns out to be exceptionally useful, but only in its debut episode. |
| 132 | ** It shows its use again in Episode 21 [[spoiler: when the Undertakers make their final assault against Gai and Mana]]. |
| 133 | * FourIsDeath A contrived example, 256 (Four to the Fourth Power) [[KillSat Leukocytes]]. |
| 134 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 135 | ** Watch the opening of Episode 6 onward carefully, particularly the part where Inori approaches her mirror image. |
| 136 | ** Not only that, if you freeze frame during the main opening where Shu is running through a crystal-filled space with his friends depicted in them, you'll see a waving Ayase STANDING UP. And the animators even showed her with a front and back shot, too (keep mashing that pause/play button). |
| 137 | ** Pay attention in Episode 20, as Haruka is running to get Kurosu. If you look carefully as she passes the park, you'll see Yahiro and Jun from ten years ago. |
| 138 | * FromBadToWorse: |
| 139 | ** Episode 9 onwards. Episode 11 serves as a brief HopeSpot before it gets even worse. |
| 140 | ** This seems to have become a recurring element in every episode after Episode 12. Especially Episodes 15 and 17. |
| 141 | * GainaxEnding: Pretty much all of the final episode is incredibly symbolic and bizarre, [[spoiler:but the actual ending, a TimeSkip to the protagonists celebrating Hare's birthday, leaves pretty much zero questions answered about what happened after the events of the story, save that Tsugumi became a teacher.]] |
| 142 | * GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Yeah, the Void Genome? That thing that can be used to pull a {{BFS}} out of a girl's chest and a magic [[SwissArmyWeapon shield/gun/kaleidoscope]] from an AxeCrazy brat's gut? That's been outright stated to be a ''genetic'' weapon. There's also apparently a recreational genetic drug called Norma Gene and the Apocalypse Virus is unlikely to be entirely natural. |
| 143 | ** [[spoiler:It's from space... [[MindScrew maybe.]]]] |
| 144 | * GottaCatchThemAll: Seems to be Gai's current goal. [[spoiler:The Voids are revealed to be various fragments of Mana that were scattered during the first Last Christmas, so bringing them all together is the only way to return her to full form.]] |
| 145 | * TheGovernment: GHQ. |
| 146 | * GratuitousEnglish: |
| 147 | ** The {{eyecatch}}es feature "The boy acquires a special ability fights with the enemy with the essence of the person made a material as the weapon." |
| 148 | ** The opening song, "My Dearest", rapidly switches between English and Japanese with the lines, "So everything that makes me whole, ''ima kimi ni sasageyou''. I'm yours." |
| 149 | ** Most of the songs in the OST, to the point of hilarity. |
| 150 | * GratuitousGerman: Believe or not, but some songs of the soundtrack are sung in ''German''. Most prominently "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF3dxVJPKV4 bios]]", which plays during Shu's asskicking moments in Episode 1 and 4. While the pronunciation is so bad that even ''native speakers'' didn't recognize their language without reading the lyrics written in the booklet, the grammar and spelling is almost perfect. The lyrics even allude to the relationship between Shu and his sister Mana, and also to the whole Lost Christmas incident. |
| 151 | * GravityMaster: Kenji Kido's Void is a gun that projects an anti-gravity field. |
| 152 | * TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: ''Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas'' revealed that the event was stopped by a couple similar to Shu and Inori. Unfortunately, the couple were secret failed experiments who [[spoiler:were heavily implied to have performed a HeroicSacrifice]]. The only character from the original series who had a chance to get to know them was [[spoiler:Kurosu Ouma, who was immediately assassinated by Da'ath before he got to meet with them again.]] |
| 153 | * TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: GHQ personnel are guilty, at one time or another, of at least ''half'' of the offences against common sense we have on this trope's list. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Tropes H to L]] |
| 157 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Weaponized for Voids are basically a person's heart in a form of a weapon. However... |
| 158 | ** WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: It may not always be something useful (e.g. a vase or fridge). |
| 159 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 160 | ** Shu in Episode 10, overlapping with AngstComa and triggering a case of ScrewThisImOuttaHere. |
| 161 | ** [[spoiler:He suffers a more extreme one after Hare's death in Episode 15.]] |
| 162 | * HesBack: [[spoiler:Gai]] returns in Episode 17, taking everyone by surprise, though mainly Shu and Inori. [[spoiler: Also doubles as an OhCrap moment when he reveals he's not on Shu's side and he's always been the "king". Even more of an Oh, Crap! moment when he subsequently proceeds to cut Shu's right arm off and takes the Void Genome for himself.]] |
| 163 | * HiddenDepths: A person's Void seems to allude to some not-readily-apparent character trait. |
| 164 | * HolographicTerminal: These seem pretty common in 2039, used for everything from military computers to personal cellphones. |
| 165 | * HopeSpot: The last few minutes of Episode 11. A lot of Episode 12, as well. |
| 166 | * HotForStudent: Shu's father was his stepmother's professor. |
| 167 | * HumongousMecha: The Endlaves. |
| 168 | * ImaginaryLoveTriangle: Zigzagged. Due to an implicated scene between Gai and Inori, as well as Ayase teasing the nature of their relationship to Shu, Shu is left under the impression that Gai and Inori are in a sexual relationship. [[NotWhatItLooksLike Turns out this isn't the case]], but the truth is a little more complicated. However, due to slight hints of Gai's jealousy towards Shu's and Inori's growing closeness, it may very well ''be'' a love triangle. In the end, the only girl Gai wants is Mana, [[spoiler:Shu's older sister and]] the girl who Inori resembles. Still, see LoveDodecahedron below. |
| 169 | * IncestSubtext: With all the references to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', this was probably inevitable. Our chief offenders are [[spoiler:Shu and Inori, as the latter is an ArtificialHuman based on the former's sister]]. |
| 170 | * InternalReveal: Shu does this with his friends in Episode 11. The ensuing montage of him using their Voids is completely epic. |
| 171 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 172 | ** Meta-usage. Episode 13 shapes up to be an epilogue, with Shu even saying in his internal monologue, "It's all over now isn't it." Then the second opening kicks in. |
| 173 | ** Hare believes that Shu will be a "kind king". [[spoiler:After her death, he deems that kindness is pointless.]] |
| 174 | *** Subverted in that case. He eventually ''does'' become the kind king that Hare wanted him to be. Albeit, his kindness is his will to do everything for his friends, no matter the cost to himself. [[spoiler: That includes absorbing Souta's virus, thus infecting himself.]] |
| 175 | ** Commented upon by the American forces dispatched to [[spoiler: wipe Loop Seven off the map in a UN effort to eliminate the Apocalypse Virus]]. Ten years ago, they had been dispatched to the very same area in order to provide relief. |
| 176 | * ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Had Shu gone straight home instead of to his usual hangout, he wouldn't have encountered Inori and set of the chain of events that would result in his gaining the incredibly powerful Void Genome. |
| 177 | * KickTheDog: Daryl Yan is a constant offender of this in earlier episodes. |
| 178 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Gai and Hare, though the former is brought BackFromTheDead by the end of Episode 16.]] |
| 179 | * KillSat: GHQ's "Leukocyte". In Episode 18, it's revealed that [[spoiler:GHQ has ''256 Leukocytes in orbit''. Although, it turns out that they were bluffing.]] |
| 180 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:For betraying Shu after he helped them escape the quarantine zone, the students are killed by Gai's Endlaves and the UN bombers.]] |
| 181 | * LoveDodecahedron: The audience is first introduced to the Shu/Inori/Gai ImaginaryLoveTriangle, where Shu is in love with Inori but thinks she's in a relationship with Gai. Things start to get complicated when it's shown that Shu's classmate Hare is in love with him, his other classmate Souta has unrequited feelings for Inori, and the StudentCouncilPresident Arisa and Funeral Parlor's Ayase both have a crush on Gai. It all goes to hell when it's shown that [[spoiler:Shu's older sister]] Mana is the girl Gai is doing everything for, but Mana herself is shown to have loved [[spoiler:[[BrotherSisterIncest Shu not-so-platonically]]]], though this could be just an effect of the Apocalypse Virus on her mind, [[spoiler:and Gai and Mana end up TogetherInDeath.]] As of Episode 13, Ayase is hinted to be Shu's ThirdOptionLoveInterest, but this is never explored past that point. There is also a clear crush from [[{{Meganekko}} Kanon]] on Yahiro (whose attitude or even knowledge of it is never even implied) and some ShipTease between Daryl and Tsugumi which also amounts to nothing. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Tropes M to O]] |
| 185 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson: Inori. At first, she's just the MysticalWaif, but she is later revealed to be the vessel for the Apocalypse Virus. [[spoiler:Which is intelligent, and ''angry'' that everyone is treating her vessel like an actual person]]. |
| 186 | * MadeOfExplodium: Relating the Cannon Fodder entry above, Endlaves have the tendency to explode if you so much as breathe on them too hard. |
| 187 | ** There's one scene in particular where two of them explode violently just by bumping into each other. |
| 188 | ** There's one strange example in Episode 19, where Segai drives a truck straight through a wall, only for it to spontaneously explode the moment it hits another wall. |
| 189 | * MagicMeteor: [[spoiler: The true origin of the Apocalypse Virus]]. |
| 190 | * MaleGaze: A generous amount is sprinkled in. |
| 191 | * AMechByAnyOtherName: Endlave. |
| 192 | * MementoMacguffin[=/=]TragicKeepsake: The cross necklace that Gai carries, [[spoiler:which belonged to Shu's older sister Mana]]. |
| 193 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Souta accepts blame for [[spoiler: the death of Hare]] that he directly caused and is horrified at Shu's uncharacteristically negative response. |
| 194 | * NoOneCouldHaveSurvivedThat: Gai has already managed to survive several attempts on his life. In Episode 5, Leukocyte 1 blasts down at Gai, and he survived with only moderate injuries. Again in Episode 12, at the end, where Gai rushes to kill Mana, only to be impaled with [[HumanPincushion several crystalline spikes, all going straight through him]]. [[spoiler:He did die from this, but not so much he couldn't be brought back to life later.]] |
| 195 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After [[spoiler: Hare's death]] in episode 15 Shu reacts by attacking Souta and blaming him for what had transpired. His allies can only watch on as Shu savages his friend, heartbroken and horrified of his pained reaction. |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder:Tropes P to S]] |
| 199 | * PetTheDog: In Episode 18, after Shu's gone through [[spoiler: his ''second'' DespairEventHorizon]], Shu gives up some of his food to a young child. |
| 200 | * PlotTailoredToTheParty: A rather unsubtle example in Episode 11. In order to get to Haneda Airport while under fire, Shu has to use the skills of all the other film club members' Voids once each. |
| 201 | * PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Last two minutes of the first episode, to be exact. Extra points for the ThemeMusicPowerUp. |
| 202 | * PropertyOfLove: Shortly after meeting him, Inori tells Shu she now belongs to him. She later admits she only said it because Gai ordered her to, but later the feeling becomes genuine. |
| 203 | * PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: Hare and Kanon's horoscopes are on the nose. Hare's says that a vase with tiger stripes is her lucky charm in love. Immediately, said object appears which leads to a train trip with Shu (with admittedly less than lucky results). Kanon's says what she is looking for can be found in an aquarium, and later in the episode, we find out Yahiro's hiding place is surrounded by fish tanks. |
| 204 | * QuarantineWithExtremePrejudice: During the second half of the series, the GHQ and Japanese government declare that everyone within Loop 7 have been contaminated by the Apocalypse Virus and set up a ClosedCircle consisting of massive walls that are slowly closing in and destroying all structures in the way. The enclosing walls are also lined with automated turrets that will kill anyone who steps into the projected red light zone by the walls that indicates the minimum distance they must stay away. The full intent was for everyone inside to die, regardless of fighting over what precious resources remained, trying to escape, or just letting the walls close in and crush them all. |
| 205 | * RedBaron: "Daryl TheButcher". |
| 206 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Inori is implied to be one for Shu's older sister Mana.]] |
| 207 | * LaResistance: Funeral Parlor. |
| 208 | * RobotBuddy: Funell, which follows Inori around and is capable of shooting out strings, much like a [[Manga/GhostInTheShell Tachikoma]]. |
| 209 | * RuleOfThree: There were three successfully created Genomes that hold the "Power of Kings", including the one that Shu possesses. [[spoiler:The first one was stolen by Gai, Yu/Daath possesses the second, and Shu used the third to replace his original.]] |
| 210 | * SacrificialLion: |
| 211 | ** [[spoiler:Gai in Episode 12. No wonder they had to keep him alive. Though it was pretty obvious from the beginning it was going to happen around midpoint due to TooCoolToLive[=/=]MentorOccupationalHazard.]] |
| 212 | ** [[spoiler:Hare]] obviously could be considered one. |
| 213 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: |
| 214 | ** Shu and Inori come off as this for the entirety of the anime due to TheDulcineaEffect. Subverted, as [[spoiler:Inori is implied to have been Shu's LivingEmotionalCrutch all along.]] |
| 215 | ** Kanon's crush on Yahiro is about the only characterization she gets. |
| 216 | * SayMyName: Shu to Gai in Episode 11, combined with SkywardScream. |
| 217 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Shu after [[spoiler:Hare's death]]. |
| 218 | * ShirtlessScene: Gai in Episode 5. |
| 219 | * ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: GHQ personnel apparently don't understand that they don't need to be close to melee-range to use their weapons... |
| 220 | * SceneryPorn: The backgrounds, scenery, and lighting are very beautiful and detailed. |
| 221 | * ShipTease: Tsugumi's encounter with Daryl is ''laden'' with this and continues on in following episodes. |
| 222 | * ShownTheirWork: The chess game between Shibungi and Segai is actually the [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044351 seventh game]] from the 1971 candidates final between Bobby Fischer and Tigran Petrosian. |
| 223 | * SiblingTriangle: [[spoiler:Gai/"Triton" is in love with Shu's older sister Mana, who in turn is in love with... ''Shu''. To be fair, Mana only started expressing "romantic" interest in Shu once she started getting infected by the Apocalypse Virus and this may not have been her true desires. Either way, Gai and the real, uninfected Mana end up TogetherInDeath.]] |
| 224 | * {{Spinoff}}: In the form of a PC game [[Creator/{{Nitroplus}} from the writer of]] VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}. |
| 225 | * SpiritualSuccessor: General consensus is this series was a partial one to ''Anime/CodeGeass'', particularly during the first few episodes before [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion other]] [[Anime/InfiniteRyvius influences]] became more apparent, given that it started with the same "resistance group taking on oppressive entity" setting. While Shu and Lelouch have very different personalities and interests, they are both 17-year old youths accompanied by mysterious girls (Inori and C.C. respectively, who also differ from each other) and capable of using mysterious powers. Curiously, both ''Geass'' and ''Crown'' share the same writing duo mentioned above (though their positions and responsibilities have been switched around), despite having different directors and production studios. |
| 226 | ** Most of the first episode felt like one massive ''Code Geass'' ShoutOut, from the massacre to gaining the new power at the very last minute. Gai's securing of funds plays out almost exactly like Lelouch's did. |
| 227 | ** Another reference to ''Code Geass'' would be Hare, since everything about her screams "Shirley 2.0." [[spoiler:She even dies in Shu's arms and triggers a massive HeroicBSOD.]] |
| 228 | ** Both of the powers the main characters get in ''Guilty Crown'' and ''Code Geass'' (the Void Genome and Geass, respectively) are described as the "power of the king", and both are introduced with a creed that sounds somewhat like a curse. |
| 229 | ** Both GHQ and Brittania operate under the same social philosophy; GHQ claims "natural selection" and Brittania claims "survival of the fittest," which are basically the same concept. |
| 230 | ** For more details of these references, [[ShoutOut/GuiltyCrown go here]]. |
| 231 | * StartOfDarkness: Episode 20 shows how Keido slowly becomes bitter over Kurosu's abilities to the point where he [[spoiler:murders him and aligns himself with Daath]]. |
| 232 | * SteelEarDrums: |
| 233 | ** In Episode 5, Inori, Shu, and Ayase are practicing on a firing range, and none of appear to be wearing any sort of hearing protection whatsoever, yet they don't seem to be adversely affected from the noise a rapidly firing handgun at close range makes. |
| 234 | ** Plus the multiple instances in which characters have fired guns indoors during a firefight etc, most notably [[spoiler:Keido when he shot Kurosu]] and when Segai shot the Undertaker member in a van. |
| 235 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: Inori's school uniform doesn't seem very odd, but the outfits she wears when singing and working for Funeral Parlor show a lot of skin. |
| 236 | * SuperpowerLottery: In full effect with the Voids that Shu extracts from people, which range from a HumongousMecha-slicing {{BFS}} to a particularly small and unremarkable pair of pliers to a ''walk-in refrigerator''. In fact, Voids that are actually usable as weapons appear to be a pretty bad sign, psychologically-speaking. |
| 237 | ** This is actually made a plot point when [[spoiler:Shu gets his BSOD after Hare's death and decides that less-powerful Voids are "trash". Shu's supporters even call a new girl "lucky" when they find out she has an 'A-rank' Void.]] |
| 238 | * SupportingHarem: A number of girls such as Inori, Hare, Ayase, [[spoiler:his {{Yandere}} sister Mana]] show interest in Shu, but the one he truly loves is clearly Inori. |
| 239 | * {{Synchronization}}: Between Endlaves and their pilots. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Tropes T to Z]] |
| 243 | * TakenForGranite: The Apocalypse Virus causes the gradual crystallization of the infected. |
| 244 | * TemptingFate: Happens a lot in this series, but in Episode 14 Shu clearly states, "It won't get any worse than this." Oh Shu, how wrong you were... |
| 245 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: Whenever Shu draws a Void and saves the day. |
| 246 | * ThereIsAnother: There are two Void Genomes floating around out there besides Shu's. [[spoiler:The holder of the second one finally appears in Episode 11.]] |
| 247 | * TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: |
| 248 | ** Episode 2 has Gai using beam reflectors to annihilate a rather pompous military coup, with the help of Shu using a beam cannon fired at the reflectors. The situation quickly ramps up to BeamSpam and turns everything into [[MadeOfExplodium Explodium]]. |
| 249 | ** Episode 5 has [[spoiler:the military using a satellite laser to fire down on Gai]]. It doesn't just take out the location they were firing at; it removed everything within at least a ''five-kilometer radius''. [[WhamEpisode Whoa]]. |
| 250 | ** Episode 12 has [[spoiler:Gai being impaled with several quite pointy crystalline spikes]]. |
| 251 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: While it wasn't enough to save him (or even accomplish what he was trying to), Arisa's grandfather manages to look ''unbelievably'' awesome after doing that to kill [[spoiler: one of her bodyguards after her FaceHeelTurn. He follows this by slashing up the rest of them and very nearly manages to kill her too before being shot dead at the last moment, inches away from her. Mind you, he appears to be around ''80 years old''. His only comment? "I seem to have grown soft."]] |
| 252 | * TitleDrop: |
| 253 | ** While the title is never used during the show, the tagline for the logo (which is the quote at the top of this page) does have the phrase "sinful crown". The title does, however, form part of the lyrics for the insert song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2bE2J6_uc Ready to Go]]". |
| 254 | ** The first episode of the English dub translates one of Inori's lines as "That is the power of the guilty crown released by the bond between two hearts." |
| 255 | * ToAbsentFriends: In the ending, [[spoiler:Shu and his friends gather to celebrate Hare's birthday despite the fact she is dead. They even have a cake with her name written on it, and leave one seat empty.]] |
| 256 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Gai and Mana. ''Twice''.]] |
| 257 | * TooDumbToLive: |
| 258 | ** Multiple counts, almost all of them on the part of GHQ's professional soldiers. The rifle-armed guards in Episode 6, for instance. They see one of their squad-mates being killed by a pistol-wielding rebel and despite being already within pistol range, ''they jog closer before returning fire''. |
| 259 | ** The Prison facility's security personnel in Episode 5. Despite being on high alert in anticipation of a rebel attack, they wait until ''after'' they are actually under (aerial) attack to activate their anti-air defences. |
| 260 | * TookALevelInBadass: Shu in almost every episode. |
| 261 | * TheTopicOfCancer: The symptoms of the Apocalypse Virus are explicitly referred to as "cancerous", and constant comparisons to cancer are made. Needless to say, it is quite horrible. |
| 262 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: Played with. Shu's first one took two minutes and everyone just stood there doing nothing, apparently out of sheer surprise, but a couple of episodes later, GHQ has factored him into their plans against the Funeral Parlour and [[VillainousRescue Major Segai]] has to kill a sniper trying to blast him mid-transformation because he wanted to watch it happen. |
| 263 | * UnreliableNarrator: Not in the series itself, but the insert song "Ready to Go" (the one that was playing during Gai's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the thug in Episode 1). The song is sung from the perspective of presumably a Japanese resistance member who believes that the Apocalypse Virus was a bioweapon deployed by an enemy nation in a surprise attack to cripple Japan and leave it ripe for foreign domination. The truth [[SentientPhlebotinum is]] [[TheCorruption far]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt worse]]. |
| 264 | * UnusualUserInterface: |
| 265 | ** The holographic interface Tsugumi uses. She controls it with her full body (including bumping stuff with her butt) and includes strange controls like something which looks like some kind of puzzle game (well, maybe it is a puzzle game she plays along the way while managing a combat operation). |
| 266 | ** It appears to track motion via the lights on the suit and includes force feedback--when she "bumps stuff with her butt" it bumps back. |
| 267 | * VariableTerminalVelocity: Final episode. Buildings collapse according to the RuleOfDrama and not gravity with some pieces that break off completely pretty much floating in mid air and falling at the same rate as other pieces supported by the foundation. |
| 268 | * TheVirus: The so-called Apocalypse Virus. |
| 269 | * WhamLine: |
| 270 | ** Episode 10: [[spoiler:''Congratulations, Gai Tsutsugami. You are in Heaven''.]] |
| 271 | ** Episode 15: |
| 272 | --->'''Shu:''' [[spoiler:(after Hare's death) No one else...believed in me like she did. She saw through all my mistakes. Hare!]] |
| 273 | --->'''Shu:''' [[spoiler:All this time I’ve been such a fool. Kindness is just another word...for ''weakness''. No more giving the students the ruler they want. I'll give them, the one they deserve.]] |
| 274 | ** Episode 17: |
| 275 | --->'''[[spoiler:Gai]]:''' [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Your king’s power? You were just a pretender to the throne, or have you forgotten? I am the king, and I have returned]]. |
| 276 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The epilogue of the series only focuses on [[spoiler:Shu and his friends]], leaving out the fates of many secondary characters, such as [[spoiler:Daryl]]. |
| 277 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 278 | ** Shu does this to Souta when [[spoiler:Souta and other "F"-ranked Void users go out on their own to find more vaccine and prove their worth. However, they get spotted by the Anti-Bodies and Hare is killed trying to save them.]] Shu basically tells Souta it's all his fault and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats the crap out of him]]. |
| 279 | ** Argo calls out Shu in Episode 16 when he realizes he's gone off the deep end. BeingEvilSucks, indeed. |
| 280 | ** Shu and Yahiro both call each other out in Episode 17 for different reasons; Yahiro feels that Shu is going to far with his treatment towards the student body and frowns upon Shu's "special treatment" towards Inori, as it would look badly by everyone else, while Shu calls out Yahiro on using him the entire time to fulfill his plans through him. |
| 281 | * VerticalMechaFins: Some Endlaves have these, particularly Steiner. |
| 282 | * XanatosGambit: Shu's running a simple one by the end of the Episode 4. He can gather intel and get his jollies by living the exciting and glamorous life of a terrorist with Gai. As soon as things go south, he can nigh instantly call in Government, who will presumably give him, or be bargained with to give him, the VIP treatment for handing them Funeral Parlor on a silver platter. [[OutGambitted Or so he thinks]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:the pen is a targeting beacon for the Leukocyte that would have have fried Shu along with everyone else within five kilometers had he actually used it.]] |
| 283 | * YourMindMakesItReal: Even though the Endlaves are basically remote controlled unmanned vehicles, when they get damaged or destroyed, the pilots connected to them either die or suffer severe injuries if they don't sever the link in time. |
| 284 | [[/folder]] |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | ->''“I have decided. I will get my hands as dirty as I have to. I shall gather your sins and assume their weight. Your strengths, your weaknesses, your light, your darkness. I'll let them all sink into my body... I'll bear the burden. Until the end. For this is my guilty crown.”'' |
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