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6	->''"You shouldn't rely on others to help you determine what's ''good'' or what's ''bad''. In no time at all, you'll simply be under someone else's control."''
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8	In 12th Century Japan, a man named Roger Dunstan unleashed his curse on the world with his creations. He created two Karakuridoji, 'mechanical boys', one representing pure good and the other representing pure evil. The two were to make contracts with human masters, learn about the world, and grow stronger... until one day, they would battle to the death, all for no other reason than to find out which of the two were stronger. In time, he also created others that represented the gaps of good and evil. Yamato, a bandit who fights an oppressive government, opened the boxes in which these two robots were contained and made a pact with Ultimo, the 'Ultimate Good'. The two fought together for some time, until Yamato's eventual death.
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10	Cut to the present day, where Yamato's reincarnation stumbles into an old antique shop trying to find a birthday present for his crush. And of course, chaos erupts once again like centuries ago with Vice, the evil karakuridoji, already chasing Yamato's tail. The highly confused Yamato begins his struggle to survive and re-connect with his former partner, even as other Douji, both good and evil, begin to set their own plans into motion. And throughout it all, Dunstan continues to watch from the shadows, observing the ensuing chaos for his own enigmatic purposes...
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12	''Karakuridoji Ultimo'' ("Mechanical Boy Ultimo") is a manga created by Creator/HiroyukiTakei (creator of ''Manga/ShamanKing'') and Creator/StanLee of Creator/MarvelComics fame. The manga ran in ''Jump Square'' from 2009 to 2015, and was compiled into 12 volumes.
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14	Takei's other series ''Manga/JumborBarutronica'' is arguably its SpiritualSuccessor.
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16	Has a [[http://ultimo.wikia.com/wiki/Ultimo_Wiki wiki]]. The forum thread is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12943576140A11380100&page=1 here]].
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18	Not related to ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'', although the main character do look and act very similar. It's not related to ''Manga/KarakuriOdette'' either.
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21	!!Provides examples of:
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23	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The story takes place in 2012, though nothing has changed. However, according to the memories Ultimo gives Yamato, there will later be some {{time travel}}ing into the 30th Century.
24	* AfterTheEnd: What the future would have been if the events in chapter 12 were come to pass.
25	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Akitsu loves Rune, who loves Yamato, who loves Sayama, [[spoiler:who loves the Evil Pro Golfer]]. ''Much'' of this is the result of IncompatibleOrientation.
26	* AlreadyMetEveryone: Only Yamato and Murayama returned to the day before the Hundred Machine Funeral with memories of everyone.
27	* AlternateTimeline: Not just different from the real world, there are ''three different timelines'' shown in the manga.
28	%%* AnyoneCanDie: As proved in Chapter 12.
29	* ArtEvolution: Every character starting around chapter 25, possibly because the inker was changed from "DAIGO" to "HIRO". Examples would be that the characters look skinnier and have more exaggerated face expressions (Especially K's).
30	* ArtisticAge: Yoichi is supposed to be in his 40's. He looks much older and Service even calls him "old man."
31	* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In chapter 21, Regula gives Sayama, Akitsu, Kiyose,and Oume their memories of their past and possibly future lives. Looks like Yamato might possibly need them later chapters...]]
32	* AuthorAvatar: Particularly blatant as Dunstan looks almost exactly like Creator/StanLee, which is strange, considering he also seems to be the BigBad. Hell, he even said [[{{Catchphrase}} "Excelsior!"]] once.
33	* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: Pretty important in this series, since you know, the world blows up without it.
34	%%* BarbieDollAnatomy: Played straight with the humans.
35	%%* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ''No kidding.''
36	* BerserkButton: Almost ''everyone'' seems to have a berserk button.
37	** Don't touch Yamato. Unless you want to deal with Ultimo.
38	** Even mention destroying anywhere remotely close to where Sayama is, and Yamato will lose it.
39	** If anything should happen to Rune, Akitsu will kick your ass.
40	** Rune didn't seem to like Yamato rejecting him.
41	** Don't make Jealousy.... well, [[JustifiedTrope jealous.]]
42	** ''Ultimo Ulate'' shows us that calling Akitsu "brawny" and Oume "puny" aren't good ideas.
43	** [[spoiler: Murayama's is bringing up his mysterious "older sister".]]
44	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Because even "nice" incarnate is pretty off his rocker.
45	* BigFancyHouse: All of Yamato's featured classmates live in one.
46	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Out of 12th century Yamato's group, the first person Vice kills is the black samuri.
47	* BorrowedCatchphrase: In the beginning of Chapter 8, Ultimo says to Yamato, "Your wish is my command!". At the end of the chapter, Jealousy says the exact same phrase to Rune.
48	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Although the English Translation is rated 13+ , it is still VERY censored. Even "crap" was changed to "oh no". The original versions shown in Shonen Jump Magazine often censored out some of the violence as well. (The cut Yamato got from Jealous was made to look a lot less serious for example.) The volumes thankfully leave the scenes intact.
49	** This may be Stan Lee's involvement speaking; he's not really much for cursing in his own work.
50	%%* CainAndAbel: Vice and Ultimo.
51	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: So. Damn. Many. Though there are [[{{Gonk}} exceptions]]. And the girls are pretty cute too.
52	* CatchPhrase:
53	** K: "God Dammit"
54	** "So Crazy" in the English translation.
55	** Murayama: "Call me Musashi."
56	** Jealousy: [[BilingualBonus "Shit!"]] "Grrr!" in the English translation, [[{{Bowdlerise}} which completely destroyed]] the meaning of his original catch phrase.
57	** Ultimo: "Yes Master/Yamato-sama."
58	%%* CerebusRollercoaster
59	* CensorSteam: The English translation uses this for Yamato's shower scene.
60	* ChasteHero: Ultimo is implied to be this. He never picked up on the awkward atmosphere after the [[NotWhatItLooksLike chapter 3 incident]], nor does he seem to realize what kind of [[MistakenForGay implications]] he is causing with how friendly he is with Yamato. Makes a lot of sense though, since he is the embodiment of pure good.
61	* ClothingDamage: Everybody in their mecha forms.
62	** Yamato {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this in chapter 16.
63	--->"I have to find out if I can do anything about my clothes shredding when I combine with Ultimo."
64	%%* CoolOldGuy: The owner of the Antique Shop, who provided the page quote.
65	%%* CovertPervert: [[YaoiFanGirl Kiyose.]]
66	* CurbstompBattle:
67	** Chapter 12, The Six Perfections vs. the Seven Deadly Sins. It doesn't go well for the good guys. At all.
68	** Presumably what happened when [[spoiler:Vice picks a fight with Dunstan and Mileu. By the time Yamato arrives on the scene, Vice is almost completely broken in Mileu's grasp.]]
69	* CutLexLuthorACheck: Subverted by K, who only agrees to become Vice's master so he can quit his job. Played straight by the other evil douji masters, who all keep their day jobs even after becoming villains.
70	** It's implied that Dunstan ''has'' been cut several checks in the past, and that he was actually a very well-respected genius before he went batshit insane and started destabilizing all of space-time with super robots.
71	* CuteMachines:
72	** Some of the good doji. Ultimo, Sopia, and Service especially.
73	** Some of the Evil doji are cute, such as Desir.
74	* DigitalBikini: The English version has this for everyone's mecha forms.
75	** Except K's speedo actually made it ''worse.''
76	** Lately, however, (probably due to protests of fans) the English translation has stopped doing this, starting with Murayama in chapter 18.
77	** But two chapters later, Machi has a digital bra. Understandable that ''very'' thin GodivaHair was the only thing covering her breasts in the Japanese versions. But still, considering that ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is in the same magazine...
78	%%* DissonantSerenity: Some of the doji, both good and evil, such as Pardonne and Desir.
79	%%* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The vow. You'd have to see it to believe it.
80	* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Averted in chapter 12 with Service and Avaro. [[spoiler: Averted again in Chapter 21 with Rune and Yamato.]]
81	* DynamicEntry: Villanous Example in Chapter 11 courtesy of Vice. Averted by K. It's still awesome though.
82	** Chapter 12 gives us the other five Deadly Sins one-by-one in a series of these.
83	* EarthShatteringKaboom: What will happen if the Hundred Machine Funeral comes to pass, though it's not specified how.
84	* EmbodimentOfVice: The strongest under Vice are the Seven Deadly Sins. They oppose those based on the Six Perfections.
85	* EmbodimentOfVirtue: The strongest under Ultimo are the Six Perfections. They oppose those based on the Seven Deadly Sins.
86	%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: The Hundred Machine Funeral
87	* {{Expy}}:
88	** MANY of the characters look like characters from ''Manga/ShamanKing''. The most well known would be Manta and Rune.
89	** Machi looks like Yuuko from ''Manga/XxxHolic''. Not to mention the [[HotWitch similarities]] between their [[FortuneTeller professions...]]
90	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Although the ResetButton was hit, the whole manga has only covered ''a day'' so far.
91	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Sushi sparkled. Yes. ''Sushi.'' Don't even get us started on ''Ultimo Ulate.''
92	* FakeMemories: It is implied that Ultimo gave Yamato these to cover up for something that he did wrong in the past.
93	** Regula's Noh power is this.
94	%%* FemaleGaze: The series is basically on ''permanent'' Female Gaze.
95	* FlashForward: Contains a lot of these, mostly shown through Yamato’s nightmares.
96	%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble:
97	%%** Yamato and Dunstan as The Conflicted.
98	%%** Yoichi as The Optimist.
99	%%** Eco as The Realist.
100	%%** Musashi as The Cynic.
101	* ForcedToWatch: Vice was going to make 12th century Yamato watch his comrades be killed.
102	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: The Good doji, such as Sophia, have wide, child-like eyes in contrast to some of the evil doji's narrowed eyes.
103	** Jealousy has black marks under his eyes, giving him a [[MrFanservice shadowy look.]]
104	** Seems to be the oppisite for the masters though. Most if not all of The Good Doji Club members have narrow eyes, while quite a few of the evil ones(Rune, Mizho, Akira, Hana), have large eyes.
105	* GoodHairEvilHair: Most Good Doji have finer and fluffier looking hair, compared to the more rugged and spiked hairstyles of the Evil Doji.
106	* GoodIsNotNice: The "good" Karakuridouji are just as cold and menacing as the evil ones.
107	* GoodNeedsEvil: If good doesn't have evil, then ''the world blows up.''
108	* GoodPowersBadPeople: Some of the evil doji's powers, you'd think, can be used more for good than for evil.
109	* HartmanHips: Getting to be a theme in the girls' designs.
110	* HighPressureBlood: On a couple of occasions.
111	** After Jealous slices Yamato's arm, it causes an eruption of blood massive enough to cover all the walls.
112	** When Sophia's head is crushed. (Technically oil not blood, but it looked the same.)
113	** Implied in [[spoiler: Rune's past life's death,]] considering how much blood was splattered on the floor, walls, and [[spoiler: ''Ultimo.'']]
114	** The recent chapter with Vice beating up Jun. ''Good lord'' [[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dikunlun%2Bultimo%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1211%26bih%3D652%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.ca&sl=zh-TW&u=http://c.ikunlun.net/leaf.php%3Faction%3Dview_files%26leaf_id%3D3662%26page%3D31&usg=ALkJrhiuRh7JucQWA3aYHSPpQ5spZcR74g how]] [[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dikunlun%2Bultimo%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1211%26bih%3D652%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.ca&sl=zh-TW&u=http://c.ikunlun.net/leaf.php%3Faction%3Dview_files%26leaf_id%3D3863%26page%3D9&usg=ALkJrhhzDqprTcgXwOiktg5ahxfuL7sKMg does]] [[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dikunlun%2Bultimo%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1211%26bih%3D652%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.ca&sl=zh-TW&u=http://c.ikunlun.net/leaf.php%3Faction%3Dview_files%26leaf_id%3D3863%26page%3D13&usg=ALkJrhhn3C95Bd3u2tkNy7f_nVqsLfTGnA that]] [[CreepyChild kid]] [[OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank hold all that blood?]]
115	%%* HumongousMecha: The doji in Icon form.
116	* {{Hypocrite}}: Ultimo represents "Good"... but destroys a lot of neighborhood property and threatens to roast Jealousy ''alive with his rocket boosters'' while holding very [[SlasherSmile disturbing expressions]]...
117	** Though this does earn him a WhatTheHellHero. From Jealousy.
118	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Iruma by Jealousy, and later Eco by Rage [[spoiler:and again by Vice.]]
119	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Yamato and Rune have this fight in chapter 11.
120	* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha
121	* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Just ask Yamato. Thanks a lot Dustan.
122	* TheJuggernaut: Vice. ''[[NightmareFuel Holy shit]]''. At one point he explains that he's immune to Slow's powers of luck and fate manipulation. How? [[spoiler: Because luck implies that there is a possibility of the situation ending in any other way than him killing you. [[OhCrap There isn't]].]]
123	* JustBeforeTheEnd: ''Karakuridoji Ultimo'' starts on the day before The Hundred Machine Funeral.
124	* LastNameBasis: Yamato Agari calls Makoto Sayama by her last name, but she uses his first name. He lampshades it once when he starts thinking about what his future life with her would be like, but notes that if that happened, her name wouldn't be Sayama.
125	** Almost ''every'' character calls Musashi Murayama by his last name, much to [[TheStoic his]] [[InsistentTerminology protest]].
126	* LightIsNotGood: The Perfects can be quite extreme that they start to subvert from 'good'. And don't forget all the cruel faces Ultimo has.
127	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Someone ''needs'' to tell Yamato (and the audience) what the fuck Ultimo actually did in the past that made him [[WhatTheHellHero so dangerous]].
128	%%* MistakenForGay: Yamato and Ultimo, by Sayama in Chapter 3.
129	* MoralityKitchenSink: Naturally, as the series is about the different kinds of good and evil.
130	* MultipleDemographicAppeal: The little boys like it for the action, the older boys for the action and the storyline, and [[YaoiFangirl the girls]] [[MrFanservice like it]] for many more reasons than that.
131	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Eco's legendary sushi, which he uses as a metaphor.
132	* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters / {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler: In chapter 24 we found out that the reincarnations of Yamato's bandit gang, are part of a mafia. Yamato becomes their new leader.]]
133	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Subverted, as everything was already screwed up, but after Yamato hits the ResetButton, he attempts to prevent everything from happening again. But, [[spoiler: Iruma still dies, and Murayama is hurt as well. Ultimo is also suffering injuries, right before he's needed for The Hundred Machine Funeral. Since Yamato waited to find Ultimo, Vice never got hurt in a battle, and went and attacked the Good Doji Club, killing Eco and Koun. Hiroshi also seems to be (possibly temporarily) disabled from his fight with Vice. Plus, Jealous partners up with Rune again, and Rune's gone from murder, to rape attempts to get Yamato. Sayama also seems to be in an argument with Yamato, and crushing on Akira.]] It's arguable if it's almost as bad, as bad, or worse.
134	* NoBiologicalSex: Given that Karakuri Douji are actually advance robots from the future/past/it's complicated.
135	* NonHumanSideKick: Subverted, as many believe Ultimo, not Yamato, is the main character.
136	** Averted with Vice and K. If anything, K is Vice's pet.
137	** Played straight with the rest of the doji and their masters.
138	* NoSympathy: Pardonne and Regula seem to have this problem, deconstructing the idea of GoodIsNotNice.
139	* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
140	** He might be built like a stick and look like a geek, and he's unemployed, but K wasn't chosen by Vice for nothing. K's shortcomings make him the ideal master for the douji of ultimate evil, because he's emblematic of everything that is wrong with humanity. Since he is so easy to push over, Vice can literally do whatever he wants. That includes slicing his own teammates in half.
141	** All of the Evil Douji Masters. You'd never know just by looking at them. For example, Desir the Lustful's Master, she's an Elementary School teacher.
142	%%* NotWhatItLooksLike: Happens with Yamato and Ultimo in Chapter 3.
143	* ObliviousToLove: Yamato on Rune's crush on him, up to Chapter 10.
144	** [[spoiler:"'''ALL THAT MATTERS IS THAT I'VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU FOR 900 YEARS!!!'''"]]
145	%%* OrangeBlueContrast: [[http://www.dm5.com/m107289/ here]]
146	* OrcusOnHisThrone: Vice spends the first twenty or so chapters sitting around in K's apartment scheming. Of course once he ''does'' get up to do something, we see that he [[ImplacableMan fully]] [[HeroKiller deserves]] to sit around...
147	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Yamato used to be this... until he found out that he was the master of the most powerful doji of Good for 900 years and that he now has to fight with him against Evil in the Hundred Machine Funeral.
148	* OneLetterName: K.
149	* ThePsychoRangers: The masters of the Seven Deadly Sins.
150	* PowerPerversionPotential: Jealous' webbing abilities. [[http://manga.animea.net/karakuridouji-ultimo-chapter-9-page-35.html Just see for yourself.]]
151	* PrettyBoy: Murayama is so bishonen that school girls literally run and push desks over to see him.
152	* PullingThemselvesTogether: The doji can do this [[HealingFactor pretty quickly]], as long as they have a master.
153	* RefusalOfTheCall: Yamato doesn't want anything to do with Ultimo and the doji's battle until Vice shows up to get rid of him.
154	* {{Reincarnation}}: This manga is full of it. Apparently, it seems that all the masters of the doji in present time are a reincarnation of a past self. They also seem to be coming from the same time period and roughly around the same location...now and then.
155	** Justified in that Dunstan's Karakuridouji, Milieu, has the power to manipulate reincarnation.
156	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming:
157	** [[SevenDeadlySins The Seven Deadly Sins]]:
158	*** [[GreenEyedMonster Jealousy]]
159	*** [[{{Greed}} Avaro]] from "avarice"
160	*** [[FatBastard Edile]] from "edible". The English translation makes it more literal by changing his name to "Eater".
161	*** [[{{Lust}} Desir]] from "desire"
162	*** [[{{Pride}} Orgulho]] from [[http://www.dm5.com/m80517-p13/ Portuguese]] for Pride. The English translation changes it to "Orgullo", Spanish for "pride".
163	*** [[LazyBum Paresseux]], from [[http://www.dm5.com/m80517-p13/ French]]. The English translation changed the name to "Paresse".
164	*** [[UnstoppableRage Rage]]
165	** ''Some'' of the Six Perfections have ThemeNaming relating to their virtue too:
166	*** [[RulesLawyer Regula]] from "regulating" the law.
167	*** [[TurnTheOtherCheek Pardonner]] from "pardon"
168	*** [[EccentricMentor Sophia]] from the greek word for "wisdom"
169	*** [[AFriendInNeed Service]] from "servicing", or helping, others. Duh.
170	* ResetButton: [[spoiler: Yamato manages to hit it just as the villains are gaining the upper hand and winds up back in the day he suppose to find Ultimo. Only now he has knowledge of what going to happen.]]
171	* RevisitingTheRoots / ContinuityNod: Sayama should learn to [[http://www.dm5.com/m119818-p13/ knock]].
172	* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Why does Vice have to eat and drink? Why does Ultimo sleep?
173	* RoboFamily: Some of the doji have refered to Dunstan as their father. Jealous has also called Ultimo his brother.
174	** Which causes some amount of {{Squick}} when you remember Chapter 12. Avaro molesting/raping Service would be considered VillainousIncest.
175	* RoboticPsychopath: Vice. And then there's ''Ultimo.''
176	* RunningGag: Anytime Ultimo rushes to see Yamato, he breaks glass. Pieces of the glass always fly into Yamato. Usually his face.
177	** Oume puching Yamato in the crotch. She's been doing it since the day they met.
178	* SaveTheVillain: In Chapter 14, Yamato saves Iruma from a repeat of what happened in Chapter 8.
179	* SceneryCensor: When the masters are in Icon mode. Averted in the English translation, where they fully cover the area below the waistline with underwear.
180	** Makes you wonder how the English translation will censor the ladies' areas when they go into Icon mode.
181	*** GodivaHair, though that will be hard for Desir's master, Miyoshi.
182	*** Turns out that in Machi's case, [[spoiler:[[http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH77/Comics-77321_e7771fa0_page-41.htm Takei barely showed anything]].]]
183	*** In chapter 20, the GodivaHair was used everytime she was shown. None the less, the english version will probably use the DigitalBikini method for them.
184	* SelectiveObliviousness: Yamato, about Rune's crush on him.
185	* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Averted with Machi and Miyoshi. Machi wears a tight, gothic dress which shows off a lot of cleavage, where Miyoshi (who's even the ''lust'' doji master) is quite modest.
186	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Ultimo and Yamato play this straight with their apperances, and their personalities in general. But, they also subvert it with the fact that Ultimo is a fighting robot, and obviously a lot stronger.
187	** Rune and Yamato could count as well.
188	* SevenDeadlySins: There is a set of mechanical boys based on the Sins. They are the strongest under Vice.
189	* ShapeshifterWeapon: The Karakkuridouji are capable of transforming their gauntlets into various oversize weapons. They can even transform their entire bodies.
190	%%* SlasherSmile: ''Ultimo'' does this as much as his brother.
191	%%** Hell, about 80% of the cast has sported at ''least'' one. Most of which, have been good guys.
192	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: It's really hard to tell where the series sits. On one hand, ThePowerOfFriendship / ThePowerOfLove have been played up quite a bit. The good guys have had some inspiring and rather idealistic speeches, but, let's face it, [[{{Jerkass}} they can be assholes.]] They range from being rude, to threatning each other. The embodiment of good is a prime example of SociopathicHero, who may suffer from BlackAndWhiteInsanity. They've even talked about how [[ChildrenAreInnocent childlike innocence]] is scary and troubling for adults. As for the bad guys, some have shown some soft spots, (or at least, [[HarmlessVillain aren't all that evil]]), but others are. The series has some serious mood swings to say the least.
193	** Dunstan must be pretty cynical to believe that the only way to determine if Good or Evil is stronger is to have them fight each other.
194	* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Subverted with Vice, the strongest Evil robot, who tries to kill both Ultimo and Yamato near the beginning of the manga...and gets cut in half for his troubles.
195	* SpeedStripes: Yamato has these whenever he's running.
196	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While Rune ''is'' the official name of the character according to the English translation, many [[FanGirl fans]] and [[ThereShouldBeALaw manga translators]] either spell his name as "Lune" or "Rene".
197	** Hell, this pretty much goes for ''every'' douji (except Ultimo and Vice). Look at the various permutations used in this article alone. It doesn't help that Viz changed some of their names.
198	* SpiderTank: One of Jealousy's Karakuri Henge is this.
199	* SpinOffBabies: Ultimo Ulate features Yamato and his friends as fifth graders.
200	* StalkerWithACrush: Rune has a huge framed picture of Yamato in his room.
201	* TheStoic: Some of the doji, especially Pardonne/Pardonner and Jealous.
202	* {{Stripperific}}: Ultimo and Vice are pretty bad. Jealous is even ''worse''.
203	** Might as well not have them wear any clothes. It could help dispell the painful ViewerGenderConfusion.
204	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[{{Irony}} Ultimo has one]], complete with the SlasherSmile and GlowingEyesOfDoom.
205	* SuperRobot: This manga is ''made'' of it.
206	%%* SuperSpeed: Implied to be an ability that Rage, the Douji of Wrath, has.
207	* SupervillainLair: Subverted by K and Vice: K bought a crappy apartment [[VillainsOutShopping for them]].
208	* TakeAThirdOption: Musashi tells Yamato he has to choose between [[spoiler:showing him where Ultimo is or being killed by him right there]], and explicitly says "There's a third option, but I don't think it's realistic." Eco says the third option is [[spoiler:befriending or fighting all the Douji masters before the Hundred Machine Funeral]].
209	* TenderTears: Ultimo has these a lot.
210	* TelescopingRobot: Vice has this ability in the Prologue. It is not yet known if other doji can do it too.
211	* ThereIsAnother: Turns out that Ultimo and Vice weren't the only Mechanical Boys Dunstan made. By the dozens.
212	* TimeParadox: Paraphrased quote from Yamato, "So let me see...I met you in the past but you were created in the future..."
213	* TimeTravel: As mentioned above, the doji were created by Dustan, and he then transported them to different times in history. The only reason Murayama escaped from the destruction of his future was by following him into the past.
214	** Yamato also does quite a bit of this, as Ultimo's Noh Power is time traveling.
215	* TinMan: Subverted with the doji, as they have no human emotions but embody the characteristics of their particular virtue/sin.
216	* TokenMiniMoe: Oume for Yamato's group of friends. Hana or Mizho for the Evil Doji Branch, although you may have a different opnion on that...
217	* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Even several characters have commented that even though Dunstan created 100 karakuridoji, he seems to have sent them around the area now known as Tokyo.
218	* TooDumbToFool: Yamato immediately thinks there something fishy about Iruma's offer, though knowing him from his past life does help.
219	* TooDumbToLive: Iruma. Not a good idea [[InnerMonologue thinking]] about how Ultimo is way more powerful than your own doji, when he himself knows how to read minds.
220	** [[spoiler:What's sad is that he makes the same mistake twice.]]
221	* TransformationSequence: The doji masters have this when they go into Icon mode.
222	* TricksterMentor: Eco was a Buddhist monk in a past life. These days he teaches lessons using things like sushi or manga.
223	* TrueCompanions: Past Yamato's bandit gang has members who are willing to lay down their lives for each other. This inspires Ultimo to come to their defense, as while he objects to their being bandits, regardless of their motives he considers their companionship essentially good.
224	** To a lesser extent, the Club of Good Doji. They often bicker among themselves, and their doji are very rude and aloof, but they are all working together to capture Dunstan.
225	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Subverted by Iruma Tomomitsu who, while he is running for City Council, isn't very known, [[VillainousBreakdown as he points out.]]
226	%%* VillainousGlutton: Edile.
227	* VisualInnuendo: Vice's mecha form has a large spike that curves upward, ''between his legs.''
228	* VitriolicBestBuds: Oh, ''Akitsu'' and ''Yamato''. They clearly hate each other, and Akitsu goes out of her way to make Yamato's life miserable, but they have been friends for ''seven'' years. Surely something is keeping them together. They have shown at least one sign of concern for each other as well. (Akitsu panicing when Yamato jumped out of the school window, and Yamato did think about her alongside his other friends when he was worried about not seeing everyone again.)
229	%%* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most of the Doji.
230	* WeWillMeetAgain: Subverted by K: Look Forward to the day we meet again! Though I really don't want to see you again!
231	%%* WhamEpisode:
232	%%** Chapter 12. You can practically hear the fandom scream in agony as you turn the pages.
233	%%** Chapter 21. Do NOT read this chapter if you already have a problem with Rune's crush on Yamato....
234	* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Ultimo can manipulate time and space, Jealous can read human emotions; Guess who gets the upper hand in Chapter 11?
235	** Yamato could have stopped time and won easily, [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight but didn't]] because he wanted to save Rune.
236	%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Bought up a couple times.
237	%%* WorldOfHam: This is lampshaded a lot.
238	* YouCantFightFate: Murayama comes from the future, and his goal is to stop the Hundred Machine Funeral from happening. He fails the first time, and considering how Dunstan is always meddling with events, he probably can't stop it from happening.
239	** [[spoiler:Rune becoming Jealousy's master.]]
240	** [[spoiler:Eco getting stabbed in the stomach by one of the evil doji.]]
241	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Jealous pretty much says this to Iruma. [[spoiler:''Twice.'']]

Context Manga / KarakuridoujiUltimo