Line #91 Manga/Enigme


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3	''Enigme'' is a short-lived {{manga}} series by Kenji Sakaki, who was previously an assistant to Akira Amano (the creator of ''[[Manga/Reborn2004 Reborn!]]''). It was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' from September 2010 to October 2011.
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5	Haiba Sumio is a student at a Tokyo High School with an interesting ability. He occasionally falls asleep and wakes up with premonitions of the future written out on his "Dream Diary". With this ability, Sumio helps out people in trouble before anything bad happens, until one day when his peaceful life completely changes. His mother is kidnapped and he and his friend Shigeru end up trapped in a game known as the "e-test" along with five other people who also possess special powers. Winning the game will allow him to save his mother, but as he progress through the test, the mysteries grow deeper...
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7	The series has some similarities to ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''Manga/FutureDiary''.
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9	!!''Enigme'' provides examples of:
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11	* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: Kijima's computer is the source of his power.]]
12	* AmbiguouslyEvil: The Masked Gentleman, [[spoiler:aka Gido Imizuka]]. He doesn't act antagonistically towards Sumio and actually compliments him after [[spoiler:losing in the coin toss for the last ticket]]. [[spoiler:However, when everyone gets brought back to life in the last chapters, he's revealed to have been on the good guys' side all along.]]
13	* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler: The "enemy", aka Cannibal/Shimei Kouda.]]
14	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Moto.
15	* ArcWords: Enigma.
16	* ArtEvolution: Subtle, but it's there. Just look at Sumio's hair: at the beginning it's just a big un-detailed poof of an afro, but in the last ~10 chapters it becomes more detailed and clean.
17	* AxCrazy: Akame. He's introduced as being a murderer who kidnapped a five year old and killed him after receiving the ransom for the hell of it. It just goes downhill from there.
18	* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Aru and his police mascot costume.]]
19	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Enigma has the power to grant its holder three wishes, but it does so by twisting the fates of people so that misfortune befalls them.]]
20	* [[spoiler: BigBadFriend]]
21	* BigBrotherIsWatching
22	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mao from the train arc. She acts all cutesy to try to get the other passengers on her side, and [[spoiler:pushes Sumio down a flight of stairs to steal his ticket and the skull. Doesn't stop her from getting eaten, though.]]
23	* BodyHorror:
24	** [[spoiler: Being caught by a Shadow and turned into one doesn't seem very comfortable.]]
25	** [[spoiler:Cannibal has the ability to make all the bones in a human body disappear. He also has a big glass window in his stomach where all the people who he's eaten are kept.]]
26	* BodySnatcher:
27	** [[spoiler: Matsurigi gets posessed when he's caught by the shadows. He gets better though...at least that's what he told them.]]
28	** [[spoiler:Cannibal can assume the appearances of anyone he consumes.]]
29	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Pretty much anyone turned into a shadow]]
30	* ChairReveal: [[spoiler: When Enigma's true identity is revealed.]]
31	* ChivalrousPervert: Sumio is a good guy, but hits on every girl he sees, except for [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Shigeru]].
32	* ClearTheirName: [[spoiler: Kirio is a bit of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] since he's not so much obsessed with having his name cleared, so much as taking vengeance on the guy who got him locked up in the first place.]]
33	* ClosedCircle: Yuyami High School.
34	* CursedWithAwesome: Moto initially, but he gets over it.
35	* CutShort: Judging by the length of the first arc compared to the second (the former is over four times the length of the latter), it's likely that the writer had to rush to avoid this.
36	* EvilPlan: Enigma [[spoiler:aka Kirio]]. He [[spoiler:sets up the [[PlotTailoredToTheParty e-test]] in order to find the person capable of becoming the next Enigma so that he can use this person as a decoy for the "enemy" who's after whoever has the Enigma skull, which will bide him time so that he can escape from prison and exact his revenge on the "enemy". This also allows him to be able to reuse the skull's ability to grant three wishes once he retrieves it, since he used them up previously After the e-test is done and finished he initially chooses Shigeru to become Enigma, [[MessianicArchetype Sumio]] decides to take it up instead. However, [[BatmanGambit Kirio reveals that he expected Sumio to take up the position anyway]].]]
37	* EyepatchOfPower: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Moto: he's one of the more cowardly participants in the test.
38	* FinalGirl: [[spoiler: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]]] in the train arc. [[spoiler: Mao is the first to be attacked by Cannibal.]]
39	* GambitPileup: The Gaikotsu Express turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler:Sumio wished for the skull to disappear, but the skull [[ICannotSelfTerminate cannot self terminate]], so it created the express to give Sumio a way to do so while simultaneously hindering him. Cannibal coming aboard only further muddled this up, but if he killed Sumio then everything would work out.]]
40	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Sumio's borderline, as he just isn't fond of having his destiny controlled by the dream diary, and [[spoiler:Moto views his power as a curse]].
41	* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: [[spoiler:The much sought-after seventh password ended up being Sumio's name.]]
42	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Matsurigi seems to be a bit of a jerk, but [[spoiler:as revealed in his backstory, he genuinely wants to help others, even to the point where he'll risk being possessed by a shadow to save someone else from that fate]].
43	* JigsawPuzzlePlot
44	* KidsAreCruel: Both Hiina and Moto have been victims of bullying. In addition, Sumio saves a girl from being bullied in the first chapter.
45	** [[spoiler:Enigma ("both" of them) turns out to be teenagers.]]
46	* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Sumio's {{Telepathy}}]] allows [[spoiler:him]] to sync with other people's thoughts, but it won't work if the person refuses or closes themselves off.
47	* LoveAtFirstSight: Sumio's mum and dad apparently. Sumio tries to emulate this. [[ChivalrousPervert Repeatedly]].
48	* LoveTriangle: There appears to be one developing between Sumio, Shigeru and Hiina.
49	** Looks likes there's one between Sumio, Shigeru, and [[spoiler: Kirio]].
50	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Kurisu fits this pretty well, taking advantage of Sumio's kindness to get his hands on the password and then proceeding to kidnap Shigeru so that he can test whether or not the exit is a trap.]]
51	** [[spoiler:Additionally, Enigma appears to have set up the [[PlotTailoredToTheParty E-Test]] in order to test everyone's talents and fufill his goal.]]
52	* MeaningfulName: [[ImAHumanitarian Cannibal]]. Furthermore, [[spoiler:the first character of his surname (Kouda) means "to chew."]]
53	* MysteriousParent: Sumio [[spoiler:and Kirio]].
54	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:Cannibal.]]
55	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
56	** [[spoiler:Sumio's Dream Diary seems to get more powerful when he needs it to.]]
57	** It's later revealed that [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard Engima]] has been manipulating Sumio's powers throughout the test.]]
58	** [[spoiler:The revelation of Takemaru's talent can also count as this.]]
59	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Kijima burning the Dream Diary actually ended up cutting off the restrictions of Sumio and Shigeru's true talents, allowing for them to awaken. Of course, given the nature of the [[PlotTailoredToTheParty e-test]], this was probably intentional]].
60	* NightmareFace: Happens a lot.
61	* NightmareFetishist: Suuki.
62	* NoIndoorVoice: Enigma
63	* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Sumio doesn't seem to notice Shigeru's feelings for him.]]
64	** He seems to think she likes [[spoiler: Kirio]].
65	* PlotTailoredToTheParty: The whole point of the e-test.
66	* PortalPicture: [[spoiler: Kurisu's 'Flat' ability turns all pictures into this.]]
67	* PowerPerversionPotential: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] but averted since [[spoiler: Sumio notes that Moto could use his Disappear ability to make clothes disappear, but Moto is against the idea]].
68	* RaceAgainstTheClock: The e-test.
69	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Kurisu, when he's using his Flat ability.]]
70	** And [[spoiler: Kijima]] too.
71	* [[spoiler:ResetButtonEnding]]
72	* SadisticChoice: Sumio and co. had to choose between letting [[spoiler:Matsurigi be burnt to death or give up a password meaning that one person will be left behind]].
73	* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:Takemaru has a giant scar on his back from when his stepfather slashed him... and blood still oozes out from it from time to time.]]
74	* SchoolForScheming
75	* ScrewDestiny: Sumio's attitude toward the predictions in his Dream Journal. In chapter 35, we learn why. [[spoiler:The very first prediction written in the Dream Journal involved a friend of his being stabbed in the throat. He wasn't able to stop the stabbing, but was able to get there in time to save his friend's life.]]
76	* SkullForAHead: Enigma's avatar is a skull with a back-to-front jaw.
77	* SlidingScaleOfFreeWillVsFate: Sumio's Dream Diary puts him solidly under Type 3.
78	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The title itself. While the original title has two upside down 'e's, this is usually simplified to either 'Enigme' or 'Enigma'.
79	* StudentCouncilPresident: Matsurigi, and before that [[spoiler: Kurisu]]. [[spoiler:They end up sharing the role in the ResetButtonEnding.]]
80	* SuperpowerLottery:
81	** While Matsurigi's Cubic Subtraction is a pretty cool ability, [[spoiler:Ryou's 'Flat' ability takes the prize, since he can enter pictures and control them as his own world.]]
82	** [[spoiler:Cannibal currently wins the lottery, since he [[AllYourPowersCombined can steal the talents of others]], though he does it in a [[IamAHumanitarian rather disturbing]] way...]]
83	* TakingUpTheMantle: [[spoiler:Sumio for Kirio/Enigma in the train arc.]]
84	* TheTeamNormal: Suuki could count as this, considering he has no powers and yet hangs out with Sumio and the rest of the e-test participants. Additionally, [[spoiler:when Sumio uses his telepathy to contact those who have been eaten by Cannibal, Suuki is among those who have been consumed.]]
85	* {{Telepathy}}: This is revealed to be [[spoiler:Sumio's real talent]].
86	* TemptingFate: A short bonus story taking place before the E-Test has Shigeru thinking of Kirio and wishing they could meet up again. [[spoiler:We already know how that turned out.]]
87	* TheBigBadShuffle
88	* TheManBehindTheMan
89	* TheOjou: Hiina. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in that her distant attitude [[spoiler:and her parents' company's connection to the plane crash]] makes her a [[LonelyRichKid social outcast]]. [[spoiler:Her reward for winning the game is to have bonds with others.]]
90	* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: The challenge on the train runs on this setup.
91	* TheReveal: The end of Chapter 35 reveals that [[spoiler:the ability to predict the future was actually Shigeru's ability, and Sumio's real ability is {{Telepathy}}]].
92	* TheSpeechless: Kirio in Shigeru's flashbacks.
93	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:It turns out that everything Kijima did was to protect people from the "enemy" (Cannibal) who was after the power of Enigma, but his methods involved framing another teacher for a violent crime and trapping students with powers in the copy school, intentionally getting them turned into shadows.]]
94	* WhamEpisode: Chapter 32. [[spoiler:Everyone except Sumio gets caught by the shadows.]]
95	** Chapter 51. [[spoiler:All of Sumio's old allies except for Shigeru get eaten by Cannibal and their abilities stolen.]]
96	* YouWakeUpInARoom
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