Line #34 Manga/CynthiaTheMission


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2	[[caption-width-right:225:She wasn't bald after all]]
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4	Cynthia comes from a family of assassins. She acts as a part-time student who's [[RunningGag BALD]] (she only appears that way), and she continuously receives orders from the organization to assassinate people. The story opens with her and 2 friends going shopping for hair growth solution, when a new mission comes up. Her master, who taught her everything she knew 3 years back, was hired as the target's bodyguard. The two must fight, but what will the outcome be? Read on!
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6	Cynthia the Mission is a Manga series created by Takatou Rui in 2003 and concluded after 9 volumes.
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9	!! This series provides examples of:
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11	* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Kanae]]'s [[DarkAndTroubledPast mother didn't care about her, and her stepfather sexually abused her pretty much every day]]. [[spoiler: [[SelfMadeOrphan No wonder she killed them both.]]]]
12	* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: The Rou sisters.
13	* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Bridget]]'s left arm is a prosthesis, complete with [[BladeBelowTheShoulder hidden drill]] and SelfDestructMechanism.
14	* AxCrazy: Yumiko, who uses not one, but two {{katanas\|AreJustBetter}} [[RuleOfCool at the same time]].
15	* BattleStrip: The TournamentArc has a few examples:
16	** [[spoiler:Hypnotized]] Araya [[FlungClothing throws off her school uniform]] shortly into the fight, [[DressedInLayers revealing]] a skimpier and frillier outfit.
17	** Padre Phantom enters the ring in a Baron Samedi-inspired outfit, then slips it off and fights wearing only trunks.
18	** Lingyu Bao enters the ring by doing a flip off of the school roof, [[ShirtlessScene slipping out of his jacket long the way]].
19	* BloodKnight: One might wonder why the prince aka Yomogi Shii choose to work as hitman for hire when his purpose in life is to protect Kanae.
20	* ButtMonkey: Cynthia, who can't win a fight without being hospitalized, gets regular beatings from what seems to be her best friend, was abused by her sister her whole life, is everyone's laughing stock [[RunningGag (coughbaldcough)]] and is forced by her family to kill people as a job.
21	** Also, Chou.
22	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
23	* ChildProdigy: Cybele when she was still a child, Lingyu Bao when he was still a child, and Yumiko, who has an [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale IQ of 300]].
24	* ColdBloodedTorture: Yomogi Shii (aka the prince)'s favourite hobby.
25	* CombatCommentator: Most of the main charachters do this at least once, but Rin Gotou takes up the role of official commentator during the TournamentArc. She manages to make it funny, [[LargeHam somehow]].
26	* CombatPragmatist: All the main villains, but Yomogi Shii more than anyone else.
27	* CreepyCrossdresser: The Thai woman is... not a woman.
28	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Cybele almost killed all of her three now loyal subordinates. And apparently, there's more of them...
29	** Cynthia seems to get along pretty well with [[spoiler: Takaya/The prince]] from even before being trashed by her.
30	* EyepatchOfPower: Averted. Rin Gotou has a rather cool eyepatch, but is just an otaku who likes Kung-fu movies.
31	* EyeScream: Rin Gotou when [[spoiler: Yumiko]] stabbed her eye; Lingyu Bao during his first fight with [[spoiler: Cybele]].
32	* FanDisservice
33	* {{Fanservice}}
34	* FeelNoPain: [[spoiler: Yumiko]] suffers from type 5 HSAN, which means [[CursedWithAwesome no pain nor fatigue]], along with SuperStrength.
35	* GroinAttack: Done by Kanae to [[spoiler:Bridget in Chapter 15. Kanae pops a toe blade out of her shoe and kicks Bridget in between her legs, slamming the blade directly into Bridget's crotch.]]. This is ''not'' played for comedy. At all.
36	* [[ImplacableMan Implacable Woman]]: [[spoiler: Yumiko]], [[FeelNoPain justified]].
37	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Kanae cuts a mook's throat with the temple of her eyeglasses.
38	* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[RuleOfCool And using two at the same time is way cooler]].
39	* LargeHam: Rin Gotou. Especially during the TournamentArc, when she becomes the official CombatCommentator.
40	* LookBehindYou: Look, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot flying cat mummy]]!
41	** Double subverted: not only it works every time, but saying this will really bring forth a flying cat mummy; which will curse the summoner for borrowing its power.
42	* [[spoiler: MindRape: One possible use of the "Wicked Eye", as Hotaru demonstrates on Cybele.]]
43	* MsFanservice: Cybele. She shows up to her fight in the TournamentArc wearing a ''bunny suit'', for crying out loud.
44	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Padre Phantom, a {{Necromancer}} jujitsuka from Brazil.
45	** [[RunningGag The flying cat mummy.]]
46	* [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]]: [[BigBad Cybele]] wiped out a whole shaolin temple overnight when she was ten.
47	** Ran Gotou , when surrounded by a 10m radius circle of thugs, floored them in one minute. She was sixteen.
48	* ParentalAbandonment: [[WildChild Noel Hyoundou]] was raised by wild cats.
49	** After losing both her parents, Ran Gotou was [[PromotionToParent promoted to parent]] and started earning money to pay her little sister's school fees.
50	* RazorFloss: [[BloodKnight The prince]]'s weapon of choice.
51	* RunningGag: Cynthia is bald!
52	** His ([[spoiler:Padre Phantom's]]) face is scaaary!
53	** Look, a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot flying cat mummy]]!
54	* ScarsAreForever
55	* ShoutOut: The Rou sisters' names, both in Kanji and English pronunciation, are references to Cynthia Khan and Sibelle Hu, two 80's Hong Kong actresses most well-known for martial arts action films
56	* SlipknotPonytail: Cynthia's hair comes out of her ox horns during her fight with Starling [[spoiler:and again when her seal is broken]].
57	* [[spoiler: SplitPersonality: Kanae Takaya IS her prince!]]
58	* TournamentArc: To decide Cynthia's future.
59	* [[spoiler: TrueLovesKiss: Breaks Araya out of her hypnosis.]]
60	* WildChild: Noel Hyoundou was raised by wild cats.
61	* WriterOnBoard: The plot just stops until the political commentary is done.
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