Line #16 Manga/Gate7


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2	''Gate 7'' is the newest manga by the popular all-female manga-ka circle known as Creator/{{CLAMP}}. It was first published in 2011 in ''Jump SQ'' and went into a hiatus in 2014.
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4	When Chikahito Takamoto decides to finally take a trip to Kyoto he stumbles across three strangers. When he realizes things aren't quite what they seem, he is attacked by a faceless creature that is quickly slain by Hana. Chikahito wakes up in an apartment and is greeted and offered udon by Hana, Tachibana, and Sakura who have gone through his things, thinking him an assassin. For some reason, Chikahito is unaffected when Tachibana tries to remove his memory. Flashforward three months later and Chikahito has tranferred schools to Kyoto and is now involved with the trio. One thing is known: this wasn't the Kyoto he wanted to experience.
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6	!! This manga provides examples of:
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8	* ActionGirl: While Mikoto's specialty is divination, she can also use her [[WordsCanBreakMyBones kotodama]] for offense.
9	* AfterActionPatchup: Masamune get a cut on his nose; though he was expecting a SmoochOfVictory, a lick of Hana on his wound is good enough to him to proclaim that day as special for all eternity.
10	* TheBeautifulElite: Chikahito even lampshades how beautiful people seems to be gathering at Kyoto.
11	* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Subverted, since Iemitsu is an EvenTheGuysWantHim {{Bishounen}} and he's a villain.
12	* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: [[spoiler: Every big character from the Sengoku era was a Oni contractor, which allowed them the power to fight]].
13	* BigDamnHeroes: Masamune in chapter four.
14	* BigEater: Hana, especially where [[TrademarkFavoriteFood noodles]] are concerned.
15	* BloodOath: The blood contract with the Oni.
16	* BondCreatures: The Oni. They're bond to those that have the thicker bloodties with their original contractors.
17	* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 18. No big fights, no enemies introduced, just a normal morning for Chikahito and company.
18	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: It's Creator/{{CLAMP}}, what you did expect?
19	* ColorCodedCharacters: Tachibana belongs to the Yang kind but he dresses mostly in black, while Sakura is from the Yin kind but he dresses in white and light colors.
20	* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: Sugihime]].
21	* DeathGlare: Akechi attempts one in order to intimidate Hana; Hana gives one in return, creeping Akechi out.
22	* DeliciousDistraction: Hana can't go on errands on her own because the mere smell of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood noodles]] takes her out of the way.
23	* DelayedReaction: In his first mornin in the Urashichiken, Sakura informs to Chikahito that he tends to sleep light for certain reasons. Chikahito needs some time to put Sakura's "Can't sleep without human warmth" and "Companion" words in a way that makes sense. Cue LuminescentBlush.
24	* DopeSlap: Kojyuuroh's main method to keep Masamune in check.
25	* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Hana's Myouhou manifests in elemental attacks and uses them accordly to exploit the elemental weakness of her opponents. In a similar vein, enemies of the Yin genus can only be defeated with a Yang weapon and viseversa.
26	* EyepatchOfPower: Masamune. He is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_Masamune one-eyed dragon]] after all.
27	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Iemitsu. The Ten Braves seem to like Yukimura ''a lot'' too.
28	* FaceFramedInShadow/ InTheHood: [[spoiler: Sugihime's introduction]].
29	* {{Fainting}}: Chikahito somehow manages to faint twice in the first chapter.
30	* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Part of the ShipTease between Tachibana and Sakura.
31	* FloralThemeNaming: The three members of the Urashichiken. See MeaningfulName below.
32	* TheFourGods: On the covers of the compiled volumes.
33	* GenderBlenderName: The biggest guy is named Sakura.
34	* GISSyndrome: Many backgrounds are pictures of Kyoto locations.
35	* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:Chikahito puts himself between Masamune and Gracia to prevent the former from killing the latter.]] [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Chikahito]], up to this point, has been rather [[NonActionGuy non-aggressive]].
36	* GottaCatchThemAll: To obtain the Dairokuten Maou, one must subdue the greatest amount of Oni as possible in the world. [[spoiler: This can be accomplished by either making the Oni's owner a subordinate or killing the owner and stealing the Oni]].
37	* HoldingHands: Hana and Chikahito.
38	* [[{{Omochikaeri}} I'm Taking It Home With Me]]: Inverted, the RidiculouslyCuteCritter wants to go home with the protagonists.
39	%%* InvisibleToNormals: The Oni.
40	* LampshadedTrope: "Wait, isn't this like last time's development!?"
41	* LoveFlowers: These occur frequently, particularly whenever [[ShipTease Chikahito stares at Hana]].
42	* MeaningfulName: Mikoto's name is composed of the kanji for "god" and "word", which hints that she can use [[WordsCanBreakMyBones kotodama]]. Tachibana ("wild orange") and Sakura ("cherry tree") are named after the orange and cherry trees in front of the throne hall of Heian Palace.
43	* NoBiologicalSex: Hana, maybe.
44	* NoodlePeople
45	* OneHeadTaller: So far, Hana is dwarfed by all of the male characters except Masamune.
46	* OneSteveLimit: Now what other famous CLAMP series have [[Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle a character]] [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura named Sakura]]?
47	* OralFixation: Masamune and his lollipop.
48	%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Chikahito.
49	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Explanations are slow coming from the Urashichiken residents, leaving Chikahito (and the audience) in the dark about what is really going on with the oni and their masters. In Chapter 5, Sakura even asks to Chikahito to go buy some tofu to avoid him listening about the Tokugawa.
50	* PowerCopying: [[spoiler: Hana's ability.]]
51	* ThePowerOfLove: [[CrazyJealousGuy Masamune]] claims to Gracia that if her Oni's abillity is to control men's hearts, it wouldn't work on him because his heart is Hana's already. [[HilarityEnsues Cue]] ImagineSpot.
52	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Just look at this little boy, It's fricking adorable!
53	* RunningGag: Chikahito screaming and Tachibana saying him he's too loud. DopeSlap optional.
54	* SacredFirstKiss: It's implied that Chikahito's first kiss is taken by Hana when the latter [[MagicKiss performs a charm on him]] to make him return to Kyoto.
55	* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Now that the school year began, we can expect a lot of chapters with Chikahito in his uniform.
56	* {{Seers}}: Mikoto's forte. [[spoiler: Also, Sugihime's power.]]
57	* ShownTheirWork: In real life, Date Masamune is probably bi. In show he's obsessed with the one agendered character.
58	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Well, when it's about "Hana being cute", Chikahito ''and Tachibana'' of course think alike.
59	%%* SupremeChef: Chikahito.
60	* {{Synchronization}}: If the circles (the barriers where battles are fought) are pushed to far, the one that created it suffers the damage. The same happens with the weapons Tachibana and Sakura create and between Oni and contractor.
61	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hana''loves'' noodles.
62	%%* UnlimitedWardrobe: With Hana being the worse offender.
63	* UrbanFantasy: The story is set in modern day Kyoto.
64	* WildCard: Those with the ''Not'' genus (meaning they're neither Yin nor Yang) can't be predicted to be of fortune or misfortune by foreseeing and foretelling types of Oni; they also possess unpredictable abilities which can make them both valuable allies or dangeruos enemies.
65	%%* {{Yandere}}: Masamune to Hana.

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