Line #24 Literature/KAZe


1	[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3188589/1/KAZe KAZe]] is an internet supernatural horror story that deals with the subjects of fear, paranoia, and helplessness. It was [[SleeperHit a surprise success]] and the author has announced a [[{{Prequel}} prequel]] and, possibly, a franchise.
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3	The main characters of the story are [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Jane Kami]] and [[WeUsedToBeFriends Xavier Kessho]], who both soon meet and catch on to the idea of Jane slowly being [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by an entity, the embodiment of fear itself, which is possibly the spirit of deceased mental patient [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Mai Takeo]].
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5	!!Tropes appearing in Kaze
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7	* AbandonedArea: Jane's high school and the local hospital quickly become this in Chapters 5 and 9.
8	* AccidentalMurder: Luke accidentally runs over Becky with his out of control car in Chapter 8
9	* ActionGirl: Jane gets a few good hits on the possessed!mannequin in Chapter 5 and easily beats Xavier in a brief sparring match in Chapter 8.
10	* AdultsAreUseless: Averted with Xavier and Fred, who both save Jane's life plenty of times. Excused with the Kami family, who are unsure of what to do and spend the rest of the story at a parenting seminar in another town until the ending.
11	* AndIMustScream: Jane is often depicted as going through at lot of physical and mental pain throughout the story. [[spoiler:In fact, Lucifer seems to love doing this; psychologically torturing Mai into suicide,]] brutally torturing Kendra to near death before killing her, leaving Lily alive to bleed out from her injuries...
12	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted. While Peggy is shown at times to get on Jane's nerves, she still loves and cares deeply for her younger sister.
13	* ArcWords: [[spoiler:At least [[IDieFree I can die free]]...]]
14	* BadassBoast:
15	--> '''Kendra''': What have you become?
16	--> [[spoiler:'''Lucifer'']]: ''Eternal''.
17	* BadassLongcoat: Jane, Xavier (although his isn't ''nearly'' as long), and Mai. The author seems to ''love'' this trope.
18	* BerserkButton: Don't speak ill of Mai in front of Xavier. Just ''don't''.
19	* BigBad: It's believed to be Mai, [[spoiler:but it's really Lucifer, Mai's former entity that drove her to suicide in the first chapter]].
20	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Sue, Jane, and Becky, respectively.
21	* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:After finding out that there is nothing more Mai can do to help her, Jane completely breaks down into tears]].
22	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Kendra.]]
23	* CloudCuckoolander: Peggy, although it seems to be just an act.
24	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Lily and [[spoiler:Kendra]] has their chests literally torn open. Becky is squashed flat by an out-of-control car. [[{{Squick}} That woman in the closet...]]
25	%%* DangerTakesABackseat: [[spoiler:The ending.]]
26	* DeadpanSnarker: The narrator at times. Jane and Xavier also shows signs of this.
27	** [[spoiler:Mai]] as well, revealed in Chapter 11.
28	--> '''Jane''': ''Is this heaven?''
29	--> [[spoiler:'''Mai''']]: ''No genius, it's your mindscape''.
30	%%* DeathGlare: Jane and [[spoiler:especially Lucifer]] own this look to a T.
31	* DownerEnding: Although it's not as bad as you'd expect, it's still pretty bad: [[spoiler:Lucifer is revealed to be still inside Jane and possesses her as Xavier finds her on an abandoned road he was driving down. As they arrive in the driveway of Jane's house, Lucifer then places a knife on his throat and seemingly kills him as Jane remains helpless to stop him.]]
32	%%* DrivenToSuicide: Mai. Sue, as believed by everyone in the story.
33	%%** Bobby soon after killing Mai.
34	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Mai, even when she was alive.
35	* FedoraOfAsskicking: Xavier wears a fedora at times throughout the story. Averted since we haven't actually seen him in combat yet.
36	%%* FinalGirl: Jane.
37	%%** Natalie in the opening as well.
38	* {{Fingore}}: Mai, Jane, and [[spoiler:Kendra]] all have their fingernails ripped off, although Jane's seem to be just a hallucination.
39	* ForTheEvulz: We aren't exactly given a reason as to why [[spoiler:Lucifer]] does what [[spoiler:he]] does. It's implied to be just for sick pleasure.
40	* GunsAreUseless: Averted at the end of Chapter 5.
41	** Xavier fires two bullets at [[spoiler:Lucifer]] after he hits his BerserkButton, only for the entity to throw them right back at him with telekinesis.
42	* MindScrew: Purposely invoked to the readers, as of revealed by WordOfGod.
43	* NothingIsScarier: [[CreepyMonotone ''Come on, Xavier. Let's paint the walls in red...'']]
44	** At lot of what happens in that chapter qualifies; Jane sitting in front of a blan TV with no expression or dialogue, Xavier finding a trail of dry blood running from where they're standing to up the stairs, Mai's drawings, [[spoiler:and Jane overdosing on sleeping pills.]]
45	* PapaWolf: Harold is very protective of his daughters and hates Xavier right from the start.
46	** Xavier could also be considered one for Jane.
47	* PoliceAreUseless: Averted with Xavier, but played straight with Blarke and Michaels.
48	* LemonyNarrator: Shown more noticeably in later chapters.
49	* RedHerring: Mai is purposing being [[spoiler:exploited by Lucifer to trick and confuse Xavier enough to throw him off his goal.]]
50	* TheReveal: [[spoiler:No, the real entity isn't Mai. It is really Lucifer, Mai's former entity that drove her insane and forced her to kill people until her eventual suicide at the beginning. Mai now serves as a "[[OurAngelsAreDifferent guardian angel]]" to Jane and is trying to prevent her from following in her footsteps.]]
51	* SexSignalsDeath: Becky and Luke have clearly had sex a lot, according to Jane. Then they die soon after this is revealed.
52	* ShipTease: Jane and Xavier. It gets to the point where the author actually has to remind the audience that they're just friends.
53	%%* ShipperOnDeck: Peggy and Philip.
54	* ShoutOut:
55	** More noticeably, the opening quote is from ''Film/FinalDestination'', and there are references to ''Film/TheExorcist'' and ''Film/{{Poltergeist\|1982}}''.
56	** Also, Mai's drawings contain some [[Franchise/TheSlendermanMythos familiar]] [[Literature/JeffTheKiller faces]].
57	** Peggy's [[Literature/SherlockHolmes nickname]] for Xavier.
58	* [[SlasherMovie Slasher Fic]]: A rather interesting and supernatural take on the genre, it isn't presented as such with characters or scenes, but instead uses the classic tropes and clichés.
59	* StalkerWithACrush: Kendra to Jane. It gets to the creepy point where Kendra actually ''licks'' and strokes Jane's face, much to her disgust.
60	* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[spoiler:Lucifer.]]
61	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Mai [[spoiler:although she isn't the evil, vengeful stereotype and actually wants to help Jane]].
62	** [[spoiler:Lucifer plays this straight in his disguise of Mai that you see throughout the story]].
63	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While we are aware of Bobby's fate, we have yet to hear of Natalie's.
64	** The possessed!mannequin in Chapters 4 through 5. It's never mentioned or seen again after Xavier "kills" it.
65	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Xavier and Mai.
66	* WhamLine:
67	--> [[spoiler:Lucifer: (To Xavier) ''Silly detective, I am NOT Mai!'']]

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