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4	[[caption-width-right:294:Our intrepid heroes.]]
5	->'''Rath:''' Hey, ugly! We are the slayers of the unholy, the keepers of justice, the guardians of truth!\
6	'''Thatz:''' We cannot be defeated! We are the Dragon Knights, scourge of demonkind! And, uh... we're kinda lost.
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8	A manga series by Mineko Ohkami, ''Dragon Knights'' tells the tale of the war between the Dragon tribe led by [[BigGood Lykouleon]], who seeks to protect the world, and the Demon tribe led by [[BigBad Nadil]], who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld take it over]]. To help save the day Lykouleon sends out his best fighters, the Dragon Knights. Traveling to Nadil's dark castle they cut of his head, ending his reign of terror.
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10	And all of this happens before the first chapter.
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12	Now that the heroes have [[MacGuffin the head of the Demon Lord]], they must protect it from everybody else who might seek to bring Nadil BackFromTheDead, or simply claim his power as their own. Of course things are never easy, and with evil plots, foul monsters, and [[DistractedByTheShiny shiny distractions]] around every corner, the Knights will have their hands full trying to keep their victory as such.
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14	The manga was serialized in the {{shoujo\|Demographic}} magazine ''Wings'' from 1990 to 2007, and compiled into 26 volumes. It was licensed in English by Creator/{{Tokyopop}}.
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16	''Not to be confused with the trope, DragonKnight.''
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18	!!''Dragon Knights'' provides examples of:
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20	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Kharl might be a brilliant MadScientist alchemist, but he cannot remember anything else and his home is a disaster.
21	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Kitchel refuses to talk to a "ghost", so the spectre takes the form of a Sacred (a small, squirrel-like creature) to get her to listen.
22	* AffablyEvil: Can apply to Kharl, he even unknowingly buys flowers from one of the heroes and accepts his invite to lunch. Also Sabel.
23	* TheAgeless: Most of the characters in this series seem to stop aging around their 20s or so, except the humans, for whom Time Marches On.
24	* AlchemyIsMagic: Kharl the Alchemist creates demons from scratch and demon seeds that turn ''other'' species into demons. He has a fondness for some of his creations, especially [[spoiler:Rath]]. He also made a pill to keep his assistant Garfaxy eternally young.
25	* AlienSky: In the Demon World, the sky's a shade of purple.
26	* AllEncompassingMantle: The preferred attire of Shydeman, Shyrendora, and Kharl.
27	* AllJustADream: When Rune wakes up from his crossdressing contest nightmare in the Gaiden.
28	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Dragon Lord's castle is where all the knights (and most of their allies) live and plan.
29	* AllYourColorsCombined: Not used in battle, but the five Dragon Officers (represented by different colors) were suppose to use their powers together to seal away Nadil's head.
30	* AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler: Alfeegi, Kaistern, and Lykouleon are all able to do a few final tasks or past some last words before expiring.]]
31	* AmplifierArtifact: The Wind Staff allows Cesia more control over her already potent powers.
32	%%* AnimalMotifs
33	* AnimateDead: Sabel's primary power as a puppet string master.
34	* AnimeHair:
35	** Kharl's odd, winged bird hair style. Other than that, most of the hairstyles are quite tame.
36	** The women (and [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Gil]]) often have impossibly long hair.
37	* {{Animorphism}}: Cesia spends some time cursed to look like a Sacred before Rath can undo it completely.
38	** Gil turns into a demon wolf. It's a whole thing.
39	** Inverted with Crewger and Illuser, since [[spoiler:despite being dogs, Rath is using their bodies and definitely looks humanoid.]]
40	%%* AntiClimax
41	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Alfeegi, Lykouleon, Kaistern. Even Rath dies, although he comes back.]]
42	* ArtEvolution: Ohkami changed her style practically from book to book until the later half of the series when it stabilized a little...
43	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: There's Varawoo, the fish, and then the giant one-eye monster. [[spoiler: And then Diamond Clover and Yusurugi]]
44	* AttractiveBentGender: Rune, when he's mistaken women, is mistaken for a very attractive one.
45	%%* AwfulTruth
46	* BackFromTheDead: Happens quite a lot, most especially with Rath and Nadil.
47	* BadassLongcoat: Worn by Tetheus for most of the series while he kicks ass in combat.
48	* BattleCouple: Rune and Tintlet to a certain extent, along with [[spoiler: Rath and Cesia.]]
49	* TheBartender: Thatz and Kitchel have a barkeep friend that pops up on occasion to give them advice.
50	%%* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: How [[spoiler: Nadil decides to welcome Cesia back to his castle.]]
51	* BewareTheNiceOnes: While he's the most polite and courteous of the knights, Rune's got the worst temper.
52	* BigBad: Nadil, of course. And he also doubles as the EvilOverlord.
53	* BigEater: Thatz. Food is one of his two great obsessions, the other of course being money.
54	* BigGood: Lykouleon, the Dragon Lord. He is literally the ''knight of the Light Dragon''.
55	* BlindIdiotTranslation: Tokyopop's translation work is... less then consistent at times.
56	* BlackMagic: Pretty much anything Nadil casts...or any of the villains, really. Kharl can ''turn faries into demons'' and nearly wiped out the species that way.
57	* BondOneLiner: From Tetheus, talking about Varawoo, a giant demon fish:
58	-->'''Tetheus:''' Just a thought... but you may want to throw this fish back.
59	* BoundAndGagged: Happens a few times to Rath when the other two knights don't want to deal with him.
60	* BreakingOutTheBoss: Nadil's resurrection was a long process set up meticulously by his minions.
61	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Happens in the first book when Rune explains to the readers where the Knights are and how they got there. Pops again a few times later on in the series, but not too often.
62	* BrokenTreasure: Whoops, there goes the Wind Staff. The replica just is not as powerful.
63	* BusFullOfInnocents: "Like kidnapping a Kindergarten bus!"
64	* CanineCompanion: Crewger and Illuser, Lykouleon's dragon dogs. Of course, Crewger is also quite fond of Rath.
65	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Rath gets drunk ''very'' easily.
66	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Of course, it doesn't hurt that the author started out drawing {{Yaoi}} comics.
67	* ChekhovsArmoury: Dragon Knights has tons of [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's guns]] everywhere. Sometimes, they only show up in illustrations or page splashes.
68	* CoDragons: Both Shydeman and Shyrendora act as dragons for Nadil's army, with Shydeman having the power to manipulate bodies while Shyrendora has the power to manipulate minds. Even though it's implied that the two should have the same amount of power, Shydeman tends to act as the leader of the two.
69	* CombatStilettos: High heels are all the rage in Draqueen. Even the guys wear them, even to the final battle.
70	* CombatTentacles: Used by Shydeman and Shyrendora in battle. Eventually results in BodyHorror.
71	* ComfortingTheWidow: Raseleane, in the last volume.
72	%%* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
73	* ConvenientTerminalIllness: Kaistern, when Rath is dead and needs a new life force to be resurrected. Kaistern had already been corrupted by contact with demon water and his body was rotting anyway, giving him limited time left. So he offered his lifeforce up to Cesia to give Rath.
74	* CoolSword: We've got your [[InfinityPlusOneSword rare, ultimate sword]], [[FlamingSword swords on fire]], and [[TakeUpMySword your successor's sword]].
75	* CrazyPrepared: Thatz ends up having a butterfly net just when he needs one.
76	* CreepyTwins: Shydeman and Shyrendora certainly qualify. [[spoiler: As well as Rim Kanna and her sister.]]
77	* {{Curse}}: Poor Cesia suffers from these all the time, as a literal curse magnet.
78	* DarkActionGirl: [[spoiler: Cesia, when she's in evil mode, is badass as hell.]]
79	* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Sabel converses with the Death Faerie, Alfeegi, after Alfeegi dies.]]
80	* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: When Cesia exchanges herself for Nadil to call off the siege on the Dragon Palace.]]
81	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Rath ''desperately'' wants to die, as revealed in volume 5]]. Unfortunately, he's simply not allowed to, and the one time he manages it, they just bring him back to life.
82	* DeathGlare: A favorite of Rune and Alfeegi. Not that it seems to work at keeping any of their coworkers in line.
83	* DemonHead: Not quite so extreme, but Rune and Alfeegi pull this face a lot when lecturing their coworkers.
84	* DemonSlaying: A favorite past time of Rath's, although the others wish to keep him on mission more often. Angst points for [[spoiler:the fact that he himself is a demon.]]
85	* DemonicPossession: Nadil manages this on Rath.
86	%%* DidTheyOrDidntThey
87	%%* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler: That Diamond Clover thing was NEVER mentioned before!]]
88	* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: When Kharl invites Nohiro out for a short bite to eat at a cafe. However, it's not clear if Kharl realizes who (or what) Nohiro is.
89	* DisguisedInDrag: All three dragon knights do this in the first book.
90	* DistressedDamsel: Not so much with Cesia as a DarkActionGirl, but Raseleane tends not to do much when she gets kidnapped. Again.
91	* DontFearTheReaper: The Death Faeries are pretty comforting, all things considered. Alfeegi even thinks one's kinda cute.
92	* DragonRider: What else did you expect of a manga titled Dragon Knights?
93	* TheDragon: Both Shydeman and Shyrendora take on this role. ''Not'' the literal dragons this series is full of.
94	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Rune is quite possibly the king of this trope and is mistaken for a women even when ''not'' in drag.
95	%%* DuelToTheDeath
96	* EasyAmnesia: [[spoiler: Cesia loses her memory, which then leads to IdentityAmnesia. Also applies to Nohiro, who remembers nothing about his past.]]
97	* EightiesHair: Mullets! Which eventually [[ArtEvolution go away over time.]]
98	* EldritchAbomination: Gil's lover comes back as one at the end.
99	* ElegantGothicLolita: In later volumes, Ohkami begins to incorporate this fashion into her character designs and illustrations.
100	* ElementalBaggage: The dragons seem to conjure their elements out of nothing when necessary.
101	* ElementalPowers: All the Knights are based on elements, resulting in DishingOutDirt, PlayingWithFire, and MakingASplash with Thatz, Rath, and Rune respectively. Additionally, Cesia adds in [[BlowYouAway wind]] to the ensemble.
102	%%* TheEmpath: The Star Heaven Princess
103	* EmptyShell: The basis of Sabel's powers. He finds dead bodies of people, takes their souls, and then creates puppets from the corpses.
104	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Much to Rune's dismay. Of course, once they realize he's actually a boy, they usually back off.
105	* EvilMinions: Like any good EvilOverlord, Nadil has about a bajillion of these.
106	* EvilTwin: Rim Kana uses this to trick the Dragon Knights during their first encounter, leading to SpotTheImposter. [[spoiler: And then ironically, she has her own evil twin.]]
107	* EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler: Gil's sporting an eye patch once he comes back!]]
108	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Most of the good guys that die permanently do so pretty calmly and courageously, especially [[spoiler:Ruwalk and Alfeegi, who refuse to allow the villains to win, and Lykouleon, who spends several volumes dying.]]
109	* FacialMarkings: Shydeman and Shyrendora can really only be told apart by the colored shapes on their faces.
110	* FairyCompanion: Ringleys, Meteaura, as well as Nohiro's little entourage.
111	* FantasyWorldMap: Thankfully, Draqueen is always illustrated in each volume.
112	* FisherKing: Without a proper Dragon Lord healthy and in good condition, Draqueen suffers terribly.
113	* {{Flashback}}: Happens in both WholeEpisodeFlashback and FlashbackCut forms.
114	* FlippingTheTable: Done by Thatz when he's frustrated that the crew can't find a way to get across the dead soul moat to Nadil's castle.
115	* FlungClothing: As Rath changes out of his dress disguise to do battle.
116	* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Varawoo and Garaba, the latter of which is actually used for flying transportation.
117	* FogOfDoom: Nadil has a giant ocean of souls protecting his castle.
118	* FortuneTeller: Quite a few of these, including Cesia, Salazar, and Delte.
119	* GambitRoulette: When the first step in your plan is [[spoiler:your own decapitation]], you have got to be really confident in the other steps.
120	%%* GenkiGirl: Kitchel
121	* GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: Fiji doesn't remember Rath, Thatz, Zoma, or Ringleys when they run into her as a ghost in Nadil's creepy ocean.]]
122	* TheGlassesComeOff: Kaistern battles without his glasses... [[RuleOfCool it's never explained why]].
123	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Interestingly enough, it's only the heroes who have scars. Thatz has his from his former street days. Gil's scars mostly come from[[spoiler: torture and self-infliction. Ruwalk has some across his chest from his encounter with the "terrible demon". And Rath has a scar across his neck after his first suicide attempt in volume 6 to replace the one on his face he lost.]]
124	* GoryDiscretionShot: volume twelve neatly cuts away just before Rath [[spoiler:loses his head, literally]] and provides reaction shots until the mess is cleaned up.
125	%%* HalfIdenticalTwins
126	%%* HarmlessFreezing
127	* HealingHands: Fairies have powerful natural healing abilities they can use on others.
128	* HeelFaceTurn: Cesia and Zoma make theirs by the end of the first volume, but other notable examples are [[spoiler: Gil, Bierrez, and Sabel.]]
129	* HellishPupils: Sabel's eyes are shaped like this, [[spoiler: as well as Gil's in his demon form.]]
130	%%* HeroicBSOD
131	%%* HeroicSacrifice
132	* HorseOfADifferentColor: The darnas.
133	* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Cesia makes a promise [[spoiler: to never let Rath get himself killed by his own suicidal tendencies. She does mess up once, but then all she's got to do is [[UnwantedRevival bring him back.]]]]
134	* HyperAwareness: It's mentioned that Alfeegi's got keen observation skills.
135	* IHaveYourWife: Nadil kidnaps Raseleane more than once. It always works.
136	* ImHavingSoulPains: Rath, at least in part due to the necessity of him wearing a light dragon amulet at all times.
137	* InconsistentColoring: If only because Ohkami can't ever stay consistent with a character design.
138	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Queen Raseleane is basically immune to anything Nadil tries to coerce her into. She loves Lykouleon and that's it.
139	* InterspeciesRomance: Downplayed. Most of the fantasy races in Draqueen all look humanoid with fangs and funny ears, even when fae and the dragon tribe and humans and demons date.
140	* InverseDialogueDeathRule: In ''spades''. Mooks get offed fairly easily. Any of the dragon tribe allies who die? They'll talk ''forever''.
141	* InvisibleToNormals: [[spoiler: The death faeries are almost exclusively seen by those dying.]]
142	* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Gil and his inability to control when he turns into his cat demon form. And Cesia when she turns into a Sacred because of a curse.]]
143	* InTheHood: Shydeman and Shyrendora spy on the knights while wearing hooded cloaks.
144	%%* ISenseADisturbanceInTheForce
145	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alfeegi is rough to live with, being ''very'' type A, but it's always for a good cause.
146	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Kharl]], despite the many problems he causes for both sides and [[spoiler:being the direct cause of the near extinction of the Fairy tribe]], ends the series in pretty much the same position he was in at the start of it.
147	* KillItWithFire: Several people in the series use this as their preferred method, such as Gil, Fedelta, and of course Rath, who leaps straight into PyroManiac levels at times.
148	* KillItWithIce: Rath oddly enough can also do this, despite being the Dragon Knight of ''Fire'' and his own [[PlayingWithFire normal tendencies]].
149	* KillItWithWater: Rune does this as the Dragon Knight of Water.
150	* KingIncognito: Hugh, Lykouleon's alias. It doesn't fool Alfeegi.
151	%%* KissKissSlap
152	* LethalChef: Both Rath and Kharl are abysmal at cooking. Rath somehow manages to put sand into porridge and Kharl managed to make a mandrake out of a salad!
153	* LanguageOfMagic: Whenever Nadil casts the spell on Lykouleon that curses him to bleed to death, he speaks it in a strange language made up of square shaped characters. Quite possibly BlackSpeech but it's never clarified.
154	%%* LastKiss: [[spoiler: Lykouleon and Raseleane. Cesia and Rath, too,]] though he gets better.
155	* LickingTheBlade: Garfacky does this at least once.
156	* LifeEnergy: When Rath needs to be resurrected (at least ''one'' of the times), he takes Kaistern's, as it's a requirement once he lost his own.
157	%%* LifeOrLimbDecision
158	* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: Tetheus turns out to be related Shydeman and Shyrendora, just defected to the side of good.]]
159	* LoveTriangle: Tintlet and Rune, with Lim Kana in love with Rune.
160	* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Several of these. First we've got the dragons and their knights. Then Lykouleon used to have a pair of demon dogs, Illuser and Crewgar, and Kharl had a pair of birds that helped him with his alchemy.
161	%%* LuminescentBlush
162	* MadScientist: Kharl, the demon alchemist, and of course, he's got his [[MadScientistLaboratory Alchemy lab]] as well.
163	* MagicalEye: [[spoiler: The source of Gil's demon powers is the demon seed planted in his right eye.]]
164	* MagicKnight: All of the dragon knights, predictably.
165	* MagicMusic: A flute is needed to open the gates of the Water Realm.
166	* MagicWand: The Wind Staff, used especially by Cesia.
167	* ManOnFire: Done subtly with Fedelta. He's always got a poof of smoke floating away from him. Sometimes Rath engulfs himself in flames too.
168	* MarionetteMaster: Both Sabel and Rim Kana have the ability to create PeoplePuppets.
169	%%* MeaningfulFuneral
170	* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Ohkami was a fan of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and it ''shows''. Even though it's a Japanese series, none of the names adapt well to the Japanese language, there are European-style castles, and European-style dragons.
171	%%* MindControl: The main power of Shyrendora.
172	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rath is an angst ''machine''. He wasn't even at fault for most of the things he blames himself for!
173	* MysteriousPast: Along with some DarkAndTroubledPast,[[spoiler: Rath's IAmWho? moment revealing that even ''he'' didn't know who he was or how he came to be.]]
174	* NeatFreak: Garfaxy, which is helpful since Kharl can't clean anything at all.
175	%%* NoblewomansLaugh: Done once when Jilge thought her plan to be successful.
176	%%* NonChalantDodge
177	* OffWithHisHead: Nadil's head is being carried around by the knights for the first few volumes until they can safely inter it in Draqueen's vault.
178	** And then [[spoiler:Nadil takes Rath's head off to place his own on the body--welp.]]
179	* OlderThanTheyLook: Really all of the cast except the humans, of which there are few. Making for a confusing timeline. Most of them are quite possibly ReallySevenHundredYearsOld, but it's even mentioned that most members of the Dragon Tribe don't remember their age. At least ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty.
180	* OneHeadTaller: Not that Kitchel's too tiny, but Tetheus is certainly very huge. [[spoiler: And then you've got the HugeGuyTinyGirl with Alfeegi and Reema.]]
181	* TheOnlyOne: [[spoiler: Poor Rath, everyone's depending on him, as Lykouleon's only heir. Even the villians.]]
182	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: First you've got the elemental duel dragons, who chose their Dragon Knights and then aid them on their adventures. Then you've got the Dragon Tribe, which is the governing family of their country, Draqueen, and characterized by immortality, eternal youth, CuteLittleFangs and PointyEars.
183	* OurElvesAreDifferent: Elves in this series serve as the egulators of [[FriendToAllLivingThings nature]], have the longest life spans of all four species, and the ability to [[HealingHands heal]].
184	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: They've got four ears.
185	%%* OverlyLongName: Kuon Sheena, it's actually just her first name.
186	* PillarOfLight: Three of these mark the boundaries between the Eastern and Western worlds.
187	%%* PoisonedWeapons: How Kaistern goes about most of his battles.
188	* PortalPool: Sabel teleports through water to get around places.
189	* PowerLimiter: The blood crystal that Lykouleon gives to Cesia is meant to seal both her demon personality and powers.
190	* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Cesia's hair changes color and length frequently based on how dominant her demon side is and what curse has been laid on her.
191	%%* PrehensileHair: [[spoiler: Kuon Sheena as she's possessed by Meteaura]]
192	%%* PutOnABus: Happens to quite a few characters, most notably Nohiro.
193	%%* ThePromise
194	%%* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler: Alfeegi, seriously, it took him forever to bleed to death!]]
195	* QuestForIdentity: Nohiro, who has amnesia.
196	%%* QuiveringEyes
197	* RagsToRiches: Thatz used to be a common thief before taking on knighthood.
198	* RazorFloss: Rim Kana's main weapon. Even allows her to have PeoplePuppets.
199	%%* RazorWind: It was a bit more like a razor tornado when [[spoiler: Black Cesia]] did it.
200	* RecurringDreams: Rath has the same dream about a battle a couple of times. It's never fully revealed what the dream was suppose to have meant.
201	* RedBaron: Bierrez calls Kharl "The Master of the Macabre."
202	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Tetheus's eyes turn red whenever he senses a demon near by.
203	%%* RedOniBlueOni
204	* RedSkyTakeWarning: When Nadil first curses the Dragon Lord, the sky turns red back in Draqueen.
205	* ReluctantWarrior: Rune's really not much of a fighter.
206	* ResurrectionGambit: The story opens with Nadil's head already in custody with the Dragon Knights Rath, Rune, and Thatz. Problem is, that's exactly what Nadil hoped would happen when he ''lost'' his head, and it ends well for none of the good guys.
207	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Sacreds are meant to be unreasonably adorable. Even Rath thinks they're cute.
208	* RoyalBlood: Pretty important in Dragon Knights, since most of the plot revolves around how the Dragon Lord [[SuccessionCrisis lacks an heir to the throne]] and the crazy measures they have to take to circumnavigate [[RoyallyScrewedUp this problem]]. Members of the royal family are subjected to BloodMagic too. For the Dragon Lord, his blood is like a powerful, super condensed form of light magic, too potent for anyone but the Queen or blood relatives to touch it.
209	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Lykouleon is killed by Nadil's curse in the end.]]
210	* SapientSteed: The dragons are quite intelligent and communicate with their knights (especially Fire!). They also get ridden.
211	* SavingTheWorld: Dragon Knights is solidly epic fantasy and the entire plot revolves around saving the world from Nadil's machinations.
212	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler: Varawoo, a giant demon fish, is sealed away by the Water dragon so that he doesn't flood the world. Of course, this makes things a little tricky when Rune comes to unseal the Water dragon. But it turns out Varawoo can be sealed by multiple things. After Rune releases the Water dragon, Tinlett seals the demon fish instead, until finally Rune returns with enough power to seal Varawoo within himself.]]
213	* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: [[spoiler: Sinistora]], who looks just like [[spoiler: the then dead Crewger,]] sending Rath spiralling since [[spoiler:Rath is currently possessing Crewger's body]].
214	* {{Shinigami}}: [[spoiler: Shinigami in the Dragon Knights world take the form of Death Fairies, and turn out to be what Reema and Duma truly are. Little is shown about them except that they are [[InvisibleToNormals visible only to those near death]] and their job is to lead noble souls to the afterlife after granting them [[LastRequest one wish]]. Interestingly, they are the only characters in the series to wear Eastern styled clothing except for when they decide to done the BlackCloak. Later on, Alfeegi comes back as a Death Fairy.]]
215	* ShesAManInJapan: Meteaura was mistaken as male in the book she first appears in.
216	* SiblingYinYang: Shydeman is always shown to be the calmer brother, while Shyrendora is more of the hot-headed sister.
217	* SleepModeSize: The Duel Dragons can shrink down into smaller versions when their knights don't need them. It also seems to be implied that a Duel Dragon can only reach its full size when its knight is present.
218	* SnowMeansLove: Subverted. Rath really loathes snow. [[spoiler:Especially since it reminds him of his hatred of Kharl.]]
219	* SomeKindOfForceField: The barrier around the Dragon Palace that keeps demons from entering.
220	* SoulJar: Oddly enough, Rath is a ''living'' version of this trope; it's basically his role in the plot and why the villains want him so badly. He gets most of the extra souls extracted from him eventually and they're resurrected.
221	* SpeechImpairedAnimal: The duel dragons, but most noticeably Fire. Not that he lets this stop him from communicating!
222	* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler: Cesia, who actually manages to have three distinct personalities, and arguably Gil with his demon form.]]
223	* StandardFantasySetting: See above regarding the MedievalEuropeanFantasy setting. There are four races: humans, dragons, faeries, and demons, everyone important seems to carry swords, and most of them have magic. Also, dragons.
224	* StormingTheCastle: What the Dragon Knights did just before the series starts, [[spoiler: And then later again, when Nadil has to be killed a second time.]]
225	* TheStoic: Tetheus is almost never seen expressing emotion, even when Draqueen is in deepest peril.
226	%%* SummonMagic: Becomes a major plot point near the end of the series.
227	%%* SuperDeformed
228	* SuperEmpowering: Cesia has the latent power to exponentially increase anyone else's power with just proximity, she doesn't even have to will it.
229	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Of course, Cesia's evil side claims to be far more powerful than her true self. She even insists that she's the "real" Cesia and is shown to have much greater control over her powers. The same could also be said of Gil, who is more powerful in his demon cat form, but he has no control over his actions. Then arguably Rune, after he's gained the power of Varawoo.]]
230	* SwordFight: Plenty of those. Rath even spends a bunch of time in Draqueen's vault replacing broken ones and arguing over which he's allowed to take.
231	* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler: Rath, being UnableToCry, actually cries tears of blood instead when Kharl first tries to revert him back into a demon.]]
232	* ThemeTwinNaming: Shydeman and Shyrendora.
233	* TimeDelayedDeath: Nadil's curse on [[spoiler:Lykouleon]], causes a slow, but inevitable bleed out.
234	%%* TomatoInTheMirror: Quite a few characters, namely [[spoiler: Rath, Cesia, Gil, and Sabel.]]
235	* TouchedByVorlons: Garfaxy is immortal only because of a pill Kharl makes up for him once every hundred years. Despite Kharl's absent-mindedness, he does always remember this. Garfaxy insists he should be turned into a demon, but Kharl finds his humanness entertaining.
236	%%* TransformationSequence
237	* TreasureRoom: In the first volume, the knights cross-dress their way into a huge treasure vault guarded by a monster terrorizing a town to find a magic phoenix feather.
238	%%* TheTrickster: Sabel
239	* {{Tykebomb}}: Garfakcy is a human whose been serving Kharl for literal centuries and is deeply loyal to Kharl. In fact, he wishes Kharl would just turn him into a demon already, but Kharl finds his humanness endearing.
240	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Ohkami actually does a good job of keeping the characters outfits different. There's even a chapter where the characters spontaneously decide to change their clothes after being in the same outfits for a few volumes.
241	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Bierrez never gets Cesia.]]
242	* UnwantedRevival: Oh, Rath, a black hole of angst. His only wish really seems to be that people would just let him ''stay'' dead.
243	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Lykouleon and Raseleane are revealed to have met when they were children in the Gaiden chapters.
244	* VillainsNeverLie: Nadil seems to find that the truth hurts people far more than a lie would ever have to--after all, he commits some terrible atrocities to brag about.
245	%%* VisibleSigh
246	%%* WackyMarriageProposal
247	* WalkingTheEarth: Kaistern started out as a wanderer before he met Lykouleon and became a Dragon Officer. Of course, he still continues this mentality though, much to Alfeegi's dismay.
248	* WhipOfDominance: [[spoiler: Cesia's evil side summons a whip, to complement her new domineering personality and [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains skimpy outfit]].]]
249	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Rune, though to be fair to him it's never ''willingly''. Of course, when you're as feminine looking as he is even "normal" clothing can end up looking like drag.
250	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sabel is terrified of fairies.
251	* WigDressAccent: Happens a lot more often during the beginning of the series. The Dragon Knights had to do this a comple of times in drag, then you've got Hugh, and even Cesia's disguise as an innkeeper. Fedelta does a disguise later on in volume 6.
252	* WingedHumanoid: Several of the characters appear with wings in illustrations or covers, including Rath, Cesia, Rune, Thatz, Zoma, Kharl, and Alfeegi. Then all of the little water light fairies have insect type wings. [[spoiler: Rath]] actually does gain wings for a [[PowerGivesYouWings brief period]], [[spoiler: and it's implied that in the old days when he lived together with Kharl, they both had feathery wings on their backs.]] [[spoiler: Zoma appears with wings for a fleeting second as well, seen only by the fortuneteller, Delte, foreshadowing his true identity later on.]]
253	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Tetheus. When told by Kitchel that he can't use his sword on the monsters, he decides to suplex them instead.
254	* YouCanSeeMe: Reema the Death Faerie to Alfeegi when they first meet. See InvisibleToNormals.
255	* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Not only is practically every color of the rainbow featured throughout the entire cast, Ohkami doesn't even bother to be consistent.
256	%%* YouHaveFailedMe: Poor Jilge.

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