Line #338 Manga/Psyren


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2	[[caption-width-right:327:From left to right: Oboro, Sakurako, Ageha, Hiryuu, and Kabuto]]
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4	->''"Please save me..."''
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6	->''"TO THOSE WHO SEEK PSYREN, DESPAIR AND POWER!"''
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8	''Psyren'' begins with a focus on [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent highschooler]] Ageha Yoshina, who runs a service where he will help anybody with their problems for the flat rate of 10,000 yen. One day, he answers a pay phone ringing by itself, and receives a red calling card with the word "Psyren" on it. After filling out a questionnaire over the phone, he receives another call that transports him to another world.
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10	Here he encounters Sakurako Amamiya, a girl in his class who often misses class for very long periods of time, and Hiryuu Asaga, an old friend of his from middle school who went to another high school. Sakurako explains that this world is Psyren, and as part of a game they must traverse the perilous landscape, avoid the monstrous creatures called Tavoo, and reach the nearest pay phone to return home.
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12	After their first hellish trip through Psyren, Hiryuu and Ageha develop abilities called PSI from being exposed to Psyren's atmosphere. They also learn that they will have to constantly go back to Psyren until the number on their calling cards reduces to zero. From there the series escalates fast.
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14	It was published in Weekly Shounen Jump from December 2007 to November 2010 and has been licensed by Creator/VizMedia. It was written and drawn by Toshiaki Iwashiro. Volume 1 appeared State-side December 2010. Also it has two light novels written for it.
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17	!!Tropes:
18	%%* ActionBomb: [[spoiler:Yusaka]].
19	%%* ActionGirl: Sakurako, and so naturally [[spoiler:Abyss]].
20	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Amagi Miroku... ''shall become the center of the universe'']]
21	** [[spoiler:Usui as well]]
22	** And Oboro [[spoiler:This world exists solely for the purpose of entertaining me!]]
23	* AfterTheEnd: Psyren is [[spoiler:Japan in the future]] after it is destroyed by the W.I.S.E.
24	* AllJustADream: Kabuto keeps telling himself that what's happening to him is this.
25	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Attempted in [[spoiler:the invasion of Root.]] The attack got repelled, but the base was still abandoned afterwards.
26	* AlmostKiss: Ageha and Sakurako. Thanks, Elmore kids.
27	* AlternateContinuity: Every time Ageha and co. cause a significant change in the timeline, they see the results next time they enter Psyren or view the 12/2 DVD.
28	** [[spoiler:After the destruction of Mithra and the Promised Tear, the Psyren-future was not changed but completely seperated from the main timeline, just like #07 explained before.]]
29	* AmbiguouslyBrown: Kyle, Yusaka and [[spoiler:Abyss.]]
30	* AmbiguousGender: The W.I.S.E member Mithra. [[spoiler:It's a [[strike:she]] genderless cosmic abomination.]]
31	* AndIMustScream: The fate of Eiji Kise's victims.
32	* AndTheAdventureContinues: The ending of the Manga heavily implies that the fight isn't quite over yet. [[spoiler:Yes, the future has changed, but all of W.I.S.E. are probably still alive by having been teleported out of the military carpet bombing. Ageha and Sakurako save #07 and the Elmore are getting hard looks from the government. Other characters like Oboro are also far from done causing trouble and he's not beyond using his career to tell everyone about Psyren. Finally, Ageha and Amagi and their teams are probably destined to have a final battle for the fate of the world. Plus small stuff like Ian and Fubiki aren't shown as having gotten together yet.]]
33	%%* AnIcePerson: #03.
34	* AnimeHair: Ageha and Hiryuu have mild forms of it, whereas Kyle looks like he's a [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super-Saiyan]].
35	* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:Ageha and Miroku's fight, considering Amagi Miroku is one of the most powerful PSI-users, with the power to manipulate life energy, and is the leader of W.I.S.E and BigBad of the manga ([[UnwittingPawn kind of]]). It takes all but one chapter for Ageha to beat and fatally wound him (in ironically enough the exact time frame his [[OneWingedAngel Raging King]] last).]]
36	** [[spoiler:Miroku still lived for several chapters after the attack.]] Also taking the FridgeBrilliance entry below into account, [[spoiler:Miroku's body was made of souls/PSI energy and Ageha's abilities are anathema to that.]]
37	** A more extreme example would be [[spoiler:Amagi and Ageha's final battle with [[HumanoidAbomination Mithra]]. The fight lasts all of one page, and Amagi does nothing besides give a small opening.]] Again justified as [[spoiler:Mithra]] had just gained its power and was unused to them [[spoiler:and even the full power Ouroboros was no match for Amagi in the distant future so it stood no chance against the guy who defeated Amagi.]] Out-of-universe, this was because the Manga was being canceled so the ending was a bit rushed.
38	* AntiMagic: Shao can flat-out nullify PSI as well as redirect it to his will. Usui's "Irregular Left" causes PSI to go haywire when contact is made.
39	** Ageha's Melschee's Door ''eats'' PSI.
40	*** Melschee's Door eats '''EVERYTHING'''.
41	* AntiVillain: Many of the minor villains are these. They also usually lose their status as villains shortly afterward.
42	* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Using PSI to yank a passing meteor and pull it down onto Earth.]]
43	** [[spoiler:Or maybe the meteor just decided to do that on its own. Its unclear at this point.]]
44	*** Seems like [[spoiler:the meteor ''wants'' to do that on its own, but can't. The "Promised Tears" that Mithra used supposedly acted as a homing beacon for the meteor.]]
45	* ApocalypseWow: [[spoiler:The energy from Amagi's "Sephiroth Tree," which had blanketed the entire world in his power and was on the brink of [[PlayingGod starting a new race]], is all absorbed when [[CosmicHorror Quat Nevas]] [[DiabolusExNihilo arrived]], which used it to start drilling to the Earth's core in order to [[PlanetEater consume the planet]]]]. Played with in that [[spoiler:it is [[AlternateContinuity ultimately prevented]]]].
46	* ArtInitiatesLife: Caprico's "Creator" ability.
47	* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Grana]]
48	* ArrowCatch: In the first volume Sakurako catches several fired by the Tavoo Alfred, and throws them back with near equal force.
49	* AssholeVictim: No tears were shed when Junas killed [[spoiler:Usui]].
50	** [[spoiler:Semitani Kouji]] is killed for revealing facts about Psyren to outsiders. Given he abandoned other Drifters to die during his first jump, no tears were shed.
51	* AttackItsWeakPoint: The Tavoo have quite visible cores called Illuminas that stop their aging, increase their psychic power, allow them to draw psychic energy from the atmosphere, increase their healing rates, and make eating, drinking, and breathing unnecessary. So due to being pretty much the only thing keeping its body alive at this point, having the Illumina destroyed means death for the Tavoo.
52	* TheAtoner: Iba seems to be going down this route.
53	* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Yusuka, ''dear god'' Yusuka.]]
54	** [[spoiler:Abyss]], though less so. While she is a representation of Sakurako's negative emotions like her love of battle, she won't kill innocent people because she doesn't want Ageha to hate her.
55	** Eiji Kise.
56	* BadassBookworm: Yoshina Asuka, Ageha's dad. Professional astronomer, can punch his son across the yard of Elmore Wood without blinking.
57	* BadassLongcoat: Shao and Shiner.
58	* BadFuture: Psyren is [[spoiler:Japan]] after getting destroyed by the W.I.S.E.
59	* BattleAura: PSI. Ageha and Fredrica's Burst Stream is an advanced version of this. Shao's Shinra Banshou technique focuses entirely on this, allowing him to manipulate the Burst techniques of others.
60	** Not to mention Matsuri's [[spoiler:Requiem...]]
61	* BattleCouple:
62	** Ageha and Sakurako, as shown in the cover art for Chapter 112.
63	** [[spoiler:Matsuri and Kagetora]] were made official as well.
64	* BarehandedBladeBlock:
65	** A variant, but Grana grabs a spire of the Tree of Life barehanded, and just seems mildly annoyed doing so.
66	** Another variant: Kagetora blocks a knife attack from Junas with his head.
67	* BarrierWarrior: Kyle and Miyake.
68	* BeamSpam: Ageha is able to BeamSpam [[spoiler:Melchesse's Lance when using [[SuperMode Nova]]]].
69	* BeefGate: A rare non-videogame example. The first trip to Psyren is usually the hardest because not only are you disoriented and going through a trial by fire, [[spoiler:you don't have any powers yet. You gain powers after the first trip and can start working on making them stronger.]] So unless you attract something really nasty, the trips will actually get easier for you. Though, as with Amaniya, the SurvivorsGuilt and PTSD may not be doing wonders for your sanity.
70	* BewareTheNiceOnes:
71	** Marie, big-time.
72	** Oboro and Kabuto can also fall under this.
73	* {{BFG}}: Tatsuo can conjure up an anti-tank WaveMotionGun bigger than he is.
74	* BigDamnHeroes:
75	** [[spoiler:The Elmore kids save Ageha and co. when they are cornered by Shiner and Dholaki and are about to all die. Tatsuo does this for Hiryuu as well.]]
76	** Sakurako uses a well-placed knife to save [[spoiler:Nemesis Q]]
77	** [[spoiler:Tatsuo]] is good at these, and later gets help from the rest of [[spoiler:Team Dragon]] to save Root.
78	** Grana tries to pull a YouShallNotPass to stop Ageha from getting near Miroku? [[spoiler:Matsuri's card received one more point, and Kagetora received a card as well]].
79	* BladeRun: [[spoiler:Asuka]] manages to pull one off, triggering a fight against Junas.
80	* BloodKnight: Junas, hence his quote on the Character Sheet. [[spoiler:Future!Kyle]] has shades of this.
81	%%* BodyHorror: The process in which Tavoo are born, [[spoiler:as well as Oboro's Biological Ruin technique.]]
82	* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler:[=Misura/Mithra=] needs to borrow bodies as they keep breaking down on her.]]
83	* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Inui was brainwashed by Amagi, who posed as the former's brother to get him to advance the W.I.S.E's goals.]]
84	* BridalCarry:
85	** Ageha has done this to Amamiya a couple of times. He also holds [[spoiler:#07]] this way very briefly.
86	** In the Invasion arc, [[spoiler:Kabuto]] does this to [[spoiler:Future!Fredrica]].
87	* BringHimToMe: In chapter 61, Grana arranges to have Ageha brought to the W.I.S.E. headquarters, because he's interested in his unique PSI power.
88	* BullyHunter: Ageha and Hiryuu when going to school.
89	* CartesianKarma: Tatsuo refuses to return to the past even after being freed from the mind-control induced on him. It's probably a factor that the artifact that was controlling him is still embedded into his body, and he'll die if it runs out of energy.
90	** [[spoiler:He'll actually die if touched by direct sunlight while the artifact still has that energy.]]
91	* CastFromHitPoints: Overusing PSI and/or using emotions to fuel it instead of concentration can cause brain damage for the user. The raw Melchesse's Door, Frederica's [[PlayingWithFire Pyrokinesis]] and Nova are especially prone to this.
92	* ChekhovsGun: the Siren Towers [[spoiler:keep the sky from letting in sunlight]]. The phone booth Quiz [[spoiler:establishes the control program that prevents Drifters from talking about Psyren]]. The list goes on.
93	* ChekhovsGunman: Every character plays an important role in the future, even [[spoiler:Usui, the fake cop from Chapter 1]].
94	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: The plot rarely reminds you that Ageha and Sakurako are childhood friends. It still happened between them nonetheless.
95	* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler:Yusaka blows up the Grigori research facility with his last breath]]
96	* CombatClairvoyance: One aspect of the "Menace" ability.
97	* CombatTentacles: Miyake's "Octopus" burst.
98	* CombatPragmatist: Amagi Miroku.
99	* CombatSadomasochist: Kyotada Inui
100	* ConvectionSchmonvection: Managed to almost be subverted when Miroku [[spoiler:is "carbonized"- he obviously should be very much dead right now, but he's still standing and his eyes and brain are still intact. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics That's not how being carbonized works]].]]
101	** Justified in that Miroku is already basically a humanoid shell composed of pure life energy thanks to his Sephirot abilities.
102	* CoolBigSis: Ageha's sister Fubuki. Matsuri plays this role for Sakurako.
103	* CooldownHug: Ageha does this to [[spoiler:Abyss]] when she goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] after he tells her he wants [[spoiler:the other Sakurako]] back. Knowing [[UnstoppableRage she wants to kill him]], he knocks her out and uses Melchsee's [[spoiler:Vortex]] to continue is ''other'' fight.
104	* [[spoiler:CosmicHorror: Named Quat Nevas.]]
105	** Of the [[spoiler:PlanetEater variety.]]
106	* CrazyPrepared: Dholaki and Shiner's ambush.
107	* CreepyChild: Riko. Somebody get this girl to a shrink, stat. Sakurako has some issues, but wasn't like this in the past.
108	* CurbStompBattle:
109	** Dholaki vs [[spoiler:Kyle]].
110	** Right before that was Dholaki and Shiner vs the Drifters, [[spoiler:if it wasn't for Root the Drifters would've have been crushed.]]
111	** Also [[spoiler:the Elmore kids vs the W.I.S.E. in the first 2 timelines]] and [[spoiler:Ash vs Kabuto]].
112	** Chapter 121 has [[spoiler:Ageha and Shao vs Junas, the latter being the one doing the curbstomping.]]
113	** [[spoiler:Mithra]] delivers one to Vigo.
114	** Sakurako delivers a very satisfying one to [[spoiler:Shiner.]] Might be unfair since [[spoiler:[[LiteralSplitPersonality she had help.]]]]
115	* CutShort: The manga had to end much sooner than expected due to low ratings in WSJ. It managed to finish its main storyline [[spoiler:in that the heroes were able to change their future and dispatch the main threat, but many sideplots were either handwaved or completely ignored and most characters had almost no resolution to their motivations and backstories.]] It is very obvious that much had to be left out to somehow reach the ending on time.
116	* DarkIsNotEvil:
117	** [[spoiler:Abyss]]. Crazy? Yes. Violent? Also yes. Homicidal? Well, her [[{{Yandere}} obsession/love]] of Ageha holds her back from killing.
118	** Ageha's Black Burst. [[spoiler:Constrasting with Miroku's white bursts.]] This aspect is taken to an extreme with Ageha's [[spoiler:Raging King Nova]]. [[SuperPoweredEvilSide At least we hope not]].
119	* DeadlyUpgrade:
120	** [[spoiler:In order to preserve his rank, Dholaki embeds a second Tavoo Core in his body. Shiner comments that this has a 100% chance of rejection and that if Dholaki survives for another year that will be lucky.]]
121	** [[spoiler:Oboro does the same. Except replace two with two-hundred]]
122	* DebutQueue: [[spoiler:After returning to the present after meeting Q, Amagi Miroku starts taking a front-seat role, and we see him actually forming the W.I.S.E. member by member. He even grabs several that weren't seen previously.]]
123	* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Grana to Miroku.]]
124	* DefrostingIceQueen: This was Sakurako's nickname back in High School when she was traveling to Psyren on her own. Ever since Ageha and the others joined her, she has slowly been melting.
125	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: You often have weaker characters tearing more powerful people new ones. Sakurako managed to cause some actual damage to Shiner and force him to retreat at one point. Haruhiko is a Heavyweight Champion Eldritch Boxer, having inflicted major blows against Kagetora as well as [[spoiler:Junas]].
126	* DisappearedDad: Ageha's situation seemed this way for the longest time, but he appears eventually.
127	* DistressBall: [[spoiler:Marie, a very powerful psychicer, gets knocked out and captured with one punch by an injured Kise in the invasion of the Root (to be fair, he held [[TheMedic Van]] hostage). He hopes to provoke a RescueArc.]]
128	** Also when considering [[spoiler:Shao, who was better suited to fighting Vigo, almost had his heart torn out and then narrowly escaped being sealed in concrete during that short time. It is not difficult to imagine Vigo accomplishing his objective. The [[NonLethalKO one hit knockout]] is still an eyebrow raiser though.]]
129	* TheDragon: Junas to Miroku and Miyake to Usui.
130	* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Miroku to Mithra]], but the latter only served as a guide for the most part, whereas the former was more of an active leader... until their goals conflicted.
131	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: The first set of Drifters that Ageha meets up with is horribly killed except for two along with himself and Sakurako to really show the stakes of the "game". [[spoiler:Then one of the survivors, Semitani Kouji, is also killed to show why you don't tell outsiders about Psyren.]] The second, larger group is also decimated during the second jump by both monsters [[spoiler:and Tatsuo Mana to show that there's more than just inhuman monsters infesting the world.]]
132	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Several times over. Poor kids just can't get a break...
133	* EarthAllAlong: The Drifters are well aware that Psyren is still on Earth, but it isn't until Ageha sees [[spoiler:Mount Fiji covered in huge craters]] that he realizes how bad everything is. [[spoiler:Then it is revealed to be Earth's future.]]
134	* EldritchAbomination:
135	** Don't let Oboro near any Tavoo.
136	** [[spoiler:As of chapter 138, it is confirmed that Ouroborous/Mithra is this. Even revealing its own true name as Quat Nevas, or as it titles itself "The One That Devours Stars.]]
137	* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Oboro grabs a Tavoo core and does... stuff with it. Then he starts grabbing several more cores currently being used.]]
138	* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:Sakurako]] has one of these, seeking to [[SplitPersonalityTakeover take control of the body]] after their memories disappear forever.
139	* [[spoiler:EnemyMine[=/=]RivalsTeamUp: [[TheHero Ageha]] and [[BigBad Miroku]] team up to take down Mithra at the end of the Manga.]]
140	* EnergyBeings: [[spoiler:Asuka says that one becomes this when they master Nova]].
141	* EpicFlail: The Scourge Nekka fights with a chain weapon.
142	* [[spoiler:EverybodysDeadDave]]: The final trip to Psyren concludes with [[spoiler:The world ending, having been eaten by an EldritchAbomination]].
143	* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Oboro looks like some necromancer when he transforms into a Tavoo.]]
144	* ExtranormalInstitute: Elmore Tenjiun's home is an orphange specifically for Psychicer children to help them harness their powers.
145	* EverythingFades: Anything that dies in Psyren dissolves into dust afterwards. So do Drifters whom Nemesis Q kills outside of Psyren for trying to divulge its secrets.
146	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Yusuka as of chapter 101.]]
147	* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Amagi Miroku to Nemesis Q.]]
148	* EyepatchOfPower: Star Commander No. 1 Grana as well as Amagi Miroku when first seen. The latter abandons the patch later on.
149	* EyeScream: Why Grana has the EyepatchOfPower. [[spoiler:Miroku gouged it out in their fight as his finishing move]].
150	* TheFaceless: Odo of the scourge wears a face concealing mask.
151	* {{Fanservice}}: Very rarely, but can there be any other reason to have a cover with Sakurako, Marie, and Fredrica wearing what is arguably lingerie, but is certainly enticing nonetheless.
152	* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Played with. The various players are brought to the future, but the goal ''isn't'' to save the future. [[spoiler:Ultimately, it's to prod things until 07 can fully understand what happened, wherein she flings a light into the ''past''.]]
153	* FriendshipMoment: Haruhiko and Lan. [[spoiler:They were assisting Inui in stealing cash to fund medical costs for Chika, the sister of Lan]].
154	* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:Elmore's Kids.]]
155	* GambitRoulette:
156	** [[spoiler:As it turns out, Mithra is actually an incarnate of Ouroboros, who, after possessing the girl and landing on Earth, began giving Miroku dreams and emotions that would cause him to have a desire for destroying the world and rebuilding it anew, and to gather energy by blocking the sun's rays in a specific way that would allow Ouroboros to gather enough energy to devour Earth.]]
157	** Nemesis Q tops this. The entire goal of Psyren? [[spoiler:To deliver a single message from future!#07 to present-day Miroku]]. Although, granted, all the different iterations of Psyren were needed to [[spoiler:complete that message—namely, #07 figuring out ThePlan directly above.]]
158	* GenderBlenderName: Ageha's dad's name is Asuka.
159	* GiantFlyer: Hiryuu's complete Dragon.
160	* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Mind Jack: Insanity Size.
161	* GodGuise: One of the remaining groups of humans in Psyren worships [[spoiler:Usui]], who they believe to be the reincarnation of the Emperor.
162	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Subverted. Characters with HealingHands can only use the power on other people.
163	** Played straight with any Tavoo and then exaggerated with Amagi Miroku, who survives [[spoiler:a telekinetic sunlight beam that nearly killed him and reduced his body to coal.]]
164	* GovernmentConspiracy: [[spoiler:The present-day government is well aware of the existence of Psychicers, and imprisoned them on Mukuro Island. Usui was a member of this agency, trying to investigate the Psyren disappearances. He realized what was happening, and decided to twist the scenario to benefit himself. Prior to that, the Grigori facility experimented on them and created Grana.]]
165	* GravityMaster: Asuka's power, Astral Space
166	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: We first see Matsuri arriving on a motorcycle drunk.
167	* HarmfulHealing: Oboro uses his healing ability to inflict BodyHorror on his enemies as readily as he heals his allies.
168	* HealingFactor: One part of the "Rise" power increases regeneration. Kagetora is an extreme example.
169	* HealingHands: Oboro, Van, Ian. Direct contact makes it stronger, making it closer to IntimateHealing.
170	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Tatsuo, Haruhiko, Lan]]
171	* HeroicSacrifice:
172	** [[spoiler:Matsuri and Kagetora taking on Grana and Shiner in order to make sure Haruhiko, Lan, and Chika get out alive, despite both being seriously injured.]]
173	** [[spoiler:Ian, [[HeroicRROD overtaxing his PSI energy and destroying his brain]] by continuously healing people nonstop for 48 hours. Although this does give off shades of a heroic suicide, seeing that that the war had already taken everything else (read: the love of his life) from him.]]
174	** [[spoiler:#07 does this to save the Drifters at the last second while Quat Nevas eats everything.]]
175	*** [[spoiler:Or at least that is what she planned. Instead Grana and Miroku, of all people, sacrifice themselves to save the planet.]]
176	* HesBack: [[spoiler:Tatsuo]]
177	* HighTechHexagons: Shiner's Hexagonal Transfer System PSI, which carves out hexagonal pieces of pretty much anything and teleports them wherever he wants.
178	* HopeSpot: There are many in the invasion on the [[spoiler:W.I.S.E. capital]]: [[spoiler:Most W.I.S.E. members, including Miroku, get defeated. Frederica gets healed. Marie is rescued. The other prisoners free themselves with Marco's newfound power. Lan teleports off to rescue them all. Grana [[strike: kills]] destroys Mithra and tries to stop her plan together with Miroku. Then the world gets completely eaten anyway, with only the drifters surviving through TimeTravel.]]
179	** Or not. [[spoiler:The ending reveals that the future got saved by Miroku and Grana, who destroyed Quat Nevas by sacrificing themselves. Also Miroku's Tree of Life helped the planet's vegetation to regrow.]]
180	* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Mithra was revealed as ''something'' in chapter 131.]]
181	* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Iba's justification for [[spoiler:letting Miroku escape]] was he couldn't bear seeing him in pain so much day to day, and he didn't realize what was going to happen as a result.
182	* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Hiryuu's reason for being in Psyren is to find his friend Tatsuo, whom he believes vanished there. They eventually encounter him, but he has been turned into a Tavoo and is hunting down the Drifters.]]
183	* HypocriticalHeartwarming:
184	** [[VitriolicBestBuds Fredrica]] invokes this when she [[UnstoppableRage goes]] [[BerserkButton berserk]] when someone other than herself makes [[LesYay Marie]] cry.
185	** Inui claims he's the only one allowed to hurt his brother Saburou.
186	* IKnowYourTrueName: Shao's Trance-aligned abilities take a form of this, where he's able to see who a person really is on the inside, whether it be a starry sky (that is, Ageha) or something far more terrifying.
187	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Ch. 82 - "I'll talk with you later, you bald idiot." "WHO'S BALD?!!"
188	* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In an early chapter a pair of goons show up at Ageha's school trying to get his Psyren card. They flash fake police badges, but luckily for Ageha one of his classmates, Hiroki, is the son of the local police chief and can tell the difference.
189	* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Scourge Ash appears to use coins.
190	* InconvenientSummons
191	* IntimateHealing: Cure users are more effective with physical contact, and according to Ian they have to be able to open up to people.
192	* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: First with Ageha getting involved with Psyren when Sakurako was already a contender, then later when he finds out another of their old classmates (Hiryuu, who was also one of the few survivors of the "first" round) also made it to Psyren at the same time.
193	* ItsPersonal: Dholaki with Ageha [[spoiler:to the point he gets a DeadlyUpgrade to try and kill him]]
194	* UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}: Miroku's powers appear to have been named after the ten Sephirots of the Tree of Life.
195	* KatanasAreJustBetter: being stronger with Rise and Trance as opposed to Burst, Sakurako keeps a katana with her whenever she enters Psyren.
196	* KickTheDog:
197	** The DVD found in Psyren [[spoiler:that shows Elmore's kids getting violently killed by the W.I.S.E.]] and the end of the Rescue Kagetora mini-arc [[spoiler:when it turns out Inui's memories were altered and the eventual founder of W.I.S.E. murders him and inflicts possibly mortal damage on Kyle]]
198	** Whenever Usui steals a card, he uses his Trance power to render them braindead.
199	** Upon being discovered by Lan, Junas simply says, "the normal act is over," and proceeds to kill the volunteers who were helping move out the Harukaze orphanage.
200	** To get Grana's attention, Amagi Miroku decides to sprout a Tree of Life in the middle of a highway, killing several people.
201	** [[spoiler:Iba]] asks TheMole to give his dying message to Amagi Miroku and is given the answer post-mortem, basically being told "Fuck that".
202	* KillItWithFire: Fredrica's power. At her strongest she can create a blast of fire so large it is mistaken for a tsunami by the person being targeted. Kill it with fire indeed.
203	* KillSat: "Nichirin Tentsui." Ouch.
204	* LaResistance: the Psyren Drifters [[spoiler:and Elmore's Root]], the latter probably fitting better.
205	* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Kagetora and Matsuri before fighting Shiner and Grana]]
206	* LightningBruiser: Kyle and Kagetora. When they fight, most people can't see what's going on.
207	* LightIsNotGood: Grana, whose nickname is Ashura of the Heavens. He's one of the bad guys. [[AntiVillain Kind of.]]
208	** Amagi is a much straighter example; his Bursts all glow white, and his Tree of Life is not nearly as benign as it sounds.
209	* LoveTriangle: Both Kagetora and Ian have proposed to Matsuri several times and been turned down.
210	** LoveDodecahedron: Sakurako and Marie love Ageha, who [[spoiler:confesses to the former]] and is [[ObliviousToLove oblivious]] to the latter. Shao loves Marie, who is also unaware, while Frederica and [[spoiler:Misura]] have some LesYay tendencies toward Marie (who even has her own StalkerWithACrush, Vigo). On top of that, Kabuto has a thing for both Frederica and Sakurako, and Oboro is ''really'' HoYay for Ageha. Did I miss anyone?
211	* LudicrousGibs: Most "psycho" villains, like Eiji Kise/Vigo, and [[spoiler:Yusaka]] have a fascination with this. Crosses with BloodyHilarious.
212	* LuminescentBlush: Sakurako upon realizing she spilled out all of her feelings to Ageha, despite the facade she's built up for so long of [[SugarAndIcePersonality imperviousness]]. Ageha gets one too upon remembering his response, both of which become full red faces.
213	* MadArtist: Eiji Kise sees himself as an artist. Everyone else sees him as an insane killer.
214	* MadeOfIron: Kagetora. Oh God, Kagetora. He gets struck by lighting point-blank twice, is tortured, has a building fall on him, and still makes it out rather fine. He even gets stabbed in the forehead, and stops it from penetrating his skull with Rise against another Rise specialist. Hiryuu gains this title as well after [[spoiler:falling from the stratosphere and surviving]].
215	* [[MagneticHero Magnetic Villain]]: Amagi Miroku, with him putting the W.I.S.E. together. Shao's description of Ageha as "a starry sky, with the stars getting more and more numerous" could imply how he pulls allies left and right, making him a played-straight MagneticHero.
216	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [[spoiler:Mithra]], courtesy of [[spoiler:Vigo]], is stabbed through the chest and abdomen. She[[spoiler:/It]] doesn't even flinch.
217	** #03/Uranus gets one arm completely blown off by Frederica and calmly compliments the strength of her attack.
218	* MarshmallowHell: [[spoiler:Adult Marie's response to seeing Ageha again]].
219	* MasterOfIllusion: Sakurako's Insanity Size mindjack allows her to trap whoever breaks it in the illusion.
220	* MassTeleportation: Shiner's Hexagonal Transfer System and Lan's Trick Room.
221	* MeaningfulName: Ageha is Japanese for a type of butterfly. This is most likely a reference to the ButterflyOfDoom effect. Additionally you have Hiryuu, with his dragon-related attacks. [[spoiler:Abyss is a reference to Nietzsche's famous quote "And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."]]
222	* TheMedic: Oboro, Van, and Ian. Hugging makes everything better.
223	* MentalWorld: [[spoiler:Kabuto]] has one, where a strange creature named "Yoyo" resides that claims to be the source of his powers.
224	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Elmore Tenjiun
225	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Yusaka]].
226	* MomentKiller: The Elmore Kids spying on Ageha and Sakurako when they're [[AlmostKiss about to kiss]].
227	* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Ageha kills Miroku in Psyren, while standing over a massive pit of souls. The souls that make up his body acted as a catalyst to trigger Mithra's ultimate goal.]]
228	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Koichi Iba's regrets over the experiments carried out at Grigori. Mainly because his ass is on the line, but also out of sympathy for the kids.
229	* NakedFirstImpression: Amagi Miroku, to [[spoiler:all of Japan as he makes his Declaration way ahead of schedule in Chapter 96]].
230	** [[spoiler:His sister to Ageha and Sakurako as well, but she was trapped in a [[PeopleJars People Jar]], so she has an excuse.]]
231	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nemesis Q.
232	* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Shao]] does this to [[spoiler:Vigo]]
233	* NeuralImplanting: Mundanes who work with Psychicers (namely Grigori researchers) have these, making them immune to Trance. [[spoiler:Also the secret to the Grigori's power]].
234	* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: Kagetora demonstrates this trope to Junas, who uses his PSI powers in combination with a knife.
235	* NextSundayAD: The storyline takes place around 2008-2009. Psyren however, is located AfterTheEnd.
236	* NewspaperDating: [[spoiler:How Ageha and the others find out when the Day of Revolution will be.]]
237	* NiceGirl: Marie
238	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Villainous version [[spoiler:Through Miroku's efforts to create a new world he inadvertantly offered the world on a platter to a CosmicHorror. [[PlanetEater Literally]].]]
239	** [[spoiler:In fact everyone's fights in the arc basically lead to this, so [[SarcasmMode nice job everyone!]]]]
240	* NonActionGuy: Kabuto [[spoiler:before he properly trained his unique power and Rise]].
241	* NoOntologicalInertia: One of the key tools for determining how much the Drifters changed the future was a DVD of Miroku's Declaration. Once they start making serious timeline changes, the DVD's contents vanish entirely.
242	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:As of chapter 121, Vigo]].
243	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Yusaka sees incredible similarities between Ageha and Miroku.
244	* OfficialCouple:
245	** Ageha and Sakurako.
246	** [[spoiler:Fubuki and Ian in the future]].
247	** [[spoiler:Yep, Kagetora and Matsuri are seen living together in the end]].
248	* OhCrap:
249	** The reaction to [[spoiler:Shiner and Dholaki ambushing the Drifters at their checkpoint and ganging up on them.]]
250	** Also [[spoiler:Fredrica and Kyle's]] reaction to [[spoiler:Grana's solar beam.]]
251	* OlderThanTheyLook: Ageha's Dad Asuka looks maybe a year or two older than Ageha himself.
252	** Even [[spoiler:''ten years in the future'']].
253	** This is [invoked]FridgeBrilliance in that [[spoiler:one of his innate PSI powers is slowing down time.]]
254	* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:Kyle]] does this to [[spoiler:Dholaki]]
255	* OnlyAFleshWound: At first this trope appears averted when Sakurako gets shot, but then it's played straight when [[spoiler:Abyss takes over]].
256	* OnlySixFaces
257	* OrganicTechnology: In the future the W.I.S.E. use living machinery powered by Illumina. How it came about is the subject of some wild mass guessing.
258	** Straight away described in the last arc as being [[spoiler:extraterrestrial]]
259	* {{Otaku}}: Kasukabe
260	* OutOfFocus: Understandable with such a huge cast, but 3 of the [[FiveManBand 5 main drifters]] suffer from pretty severe cases of this. The arcs in the present focus almost entirely on Ageha and Non-Drifters, and in the beginning of the fourth drift everyone except Ageha and Sakurako was put out of action for a varying amount of time.
261	** The most glaring example has to be Hiryu: He was introduced early on as a childhood friend of the two main characters and was easily a main character himself in the first two drifts, but he only played relatively minor roles after that, was completely absent after the beginning of fourth drift, and only plays a supporting role after returning in the fifth.
262	** Any friends or classmates not directly involved with Psyren also disappear despite there being a perfect opportunity to have them as survivors in the BadFuture. Volume 1 had a bonus page of Hiroki and Sakaguchi wondering when they would get in on the action. Over time, they just slowly evaporated from the story.
263	* PeopleJars: [[spoiler:In the Mukurojima facility Nemesis Q's creator resides in one. Presumably she's too weak to get out.]]
264	* PersonalityPowers: An aspect of [[strike:several]] every character's PSI powers, but seen most in the Elmore Kids, Kabuto, and Sakurako.
265	* PlaceOfPower: Psyren's atmosphere grants psychic powers to those who breathe it in, and amplifies the powers of those with powers in it. The Tavoo cores take advantage of this and can actually use the psychic energy in the air as nourishment.
266	* ThePlague: [[spoiler:Yusaka's weapon of choice is a sort of PSI-virus that leaves the nastiest rash and either kills you or puts you out of business for a long time]].
267	* {{Power Of Love}}: Chapters 121 and 122 reveal [[spoiler:Asuka]] to be a firm believer in this.
268	* PowerUpgradingDeformation: The Illuminas cause this in most Tavoo.
269	* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Ageha delivers an absolutely beautiful one to Miroku as they face down in Psyren.
270	--> [[spoiler:"Hindrance, you say? Fine, she said. You were trying to kill her... and you call me "despicable?" You snatched away the lives of how many billions of people, and I'M the despicable one? What the fuck are you saying!? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?"]]
271	* PromotionToParent: Fubuki, mainly because their father is a workaholic.
272	* PsychicNosebleed: the first thing that happens when a Drifter's powers activate.
273	* PsychicPowers: The main weapon of the Drifters of Psyren. Is very well-organized, and all abilities are divided into three categories. Burst is the manipulation of the environment and objects. Rise is the manipulation of the body to raise speed, senses, healing rate, and physical strength. Trance is the manipulation of the mind, like telepathy and illusion. Healing (known as "Cure") is done by combining Burst and Rise, and Visions occur by combining Rise (Sense) and Trance. The latter two are only usable by a small amount of people, with Kabuto being the only Visions user. [[spoiler:And since chapter 122 there is said to be another category, Nova.]]
274	* PowerIncontinence: Ageha, until he learns how to better harness it from Elmore's Kids. Fredrica has fits of it every now and then when she loses her temper.
275	* PowerLimiter: Burst Stream is a PSI technique that distributes the pressure of using Psychic abilities around the Psychicer. It weakens the PSI technique significantly, but allows for better control. Ageha, Shao, and Fredrica need to use this in order to control their emotion-based powers that would otherwise work hell on their brains and probably kill them.
276	* PowerNullifier: Haruhiko's ''Shotgun Bolt'' and ''White Shock'' will temporarily prevent a person from using PSI.
277	* PowerPerversionPotential: Amamiya's new ability to [[spoiler:make [[LiteralSplitPersonality Abyss]] manifest in reality just screams {{twin threesome fantasy}}, if only [[{{Yandere}} Abyss]] could share.]]
278	* PsychicStatic: It is possible through surgery to make oneself immune to Trance. This is essential for people who work with Psychicers who aren't empowered themselves, so they can't get mind-jacked or probed.
279	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Amakusa's Brain Beasts. Possibly the W.I.S.E. themselves.
280	** Junas' underlings, The Scourge, definitely qualify for this.
281	* RageAgainstTheMentor: [[spoiler:Taiga and Okugou]]
282	* RainOfBlood: [[spoiler:Yusaka]]. Crowbar. {{Mooks}}. Not pretty.
283	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Yusaka, [[spoiler:trope played straight after the reveal.]]
284	* RedShirt: Most of each new crop of Drifters, especially those who ignore Sakurako.
285	* ReluctantMadScientist: Kasukabe
286	* RescueArc: The Kagetora rescue mission and the Usui arc.
287	* RippleEffectProofMemory: Averted. The second time that Ageha and co. meet [[spoiler:The Elmore Kids]] in the future, they remember everything differently from what the audience saw. They note that it's weird that Ageha doesn't remember [[spoiler:his nephew Marco]].
288	* SatelliteCharacter: A lot of people introduced at the beginning of the story have no part in later chapters. For example, Hiroki and Sakaguchi are introduced as two of Ageha's friends. As soon as Ageha starts working as a Drifter, both of them disappear entirely from the story. In fact, anyone who doesn't have some kind of power or who aren't directly related to someone who does disappear. Okumura, president of the school's Occult Research Club, gets to provide crucial plot details once before he is rendered completely useless.
289	* ScaryShinyGlasses: Yoshina Asuka, though possibly more realistically it was only one lens, meaning the light came from an angle.
290	* ScrewDestiny: The whole point of the manga. They're screwing it bit by bit.
291	* SerialEscalation: To the point that you can predict it. [[spoiler:Ageha can beat up a bully? He gets tracked down by a pair of hitmen. He beats them too (temporarily)? He gets called to Psyren, where monsters try to kill and eat him, '''and''' learns that barren wasteland is actually the future. Ageha and Hiryuu finish learning the basics of psi? They're immediately called back to Psyren, and this time there's an intelligent superhuman gunning them down with the equivalent of a bazooka. They beat him up? Next time they find out their world turns into Psyren only 2 years from the present, '''and''' they have to fight one of the bosses of that world. They start trying to change the present to prevent that bad future? They meet the big bad and find out he's too strong for them to beat anyway. Ageha starts helping some kids get strong enough to save the world? He finds out they all die unless they save the life of someone who's going to die that day. They save her? They get called back to Psyren and have to save their time travel coordinator's life or be trapped in the bad future. They succeed? Their efforts also alerted the bosses of Psyren to where their friends' secret base is that's been keeping them incognito for 10 years. Ageha becomes strong enough to stop the big bad? The next time they visit Psyren, ''the end of the world occurs and their time travel coordinator screws up and sends them back a year after they left, only a week before the bigger bad lands on Earth''?]] Whenever the protagonists manage to get their heads above water, something worse is about to happen.
292	* SerialKiller: Eiji Kise.
293	* SexySilhouette: Sakurako gets one in the fourth trip to Psyren when she needed to change clothes and talk to Ageha at the same time. Well, at least she decided to do that all at once.
294	* ShaggyDogStory: No, not the series itself. Yet. [[spoiler:The recent Infiltration arc has Ageha save Sakurako and Matsuri from Yusaka's virus after failing to save Iba in time, and going to activate the device that will cancel out Miroku's powers. Turns out Yusaka is still alive, and takes the entire facility out with him, making everything they went through for nothing.]]
295	* ShipSinking: Ian marrying [[spoiler:Fubuki]] smashed the love triangle between Matsuri, Ian, and Kagetora with a nuke. It could be argued that Matsuri and Kagetora kissing before [[spoiler:fighting Shiner and Grana]] sunk it far earlier.
296	** There is a lot of development for Ageha/Sakurako in later chapters, including a mutual declaration of love. There goes Ageha/Marie, Ageha/Oboro and Kabuto/Sakurako, though neither stood much of a chance.
297	* ShockAndAwe: Haruhiko's aptly named "Shocker" and "Shotgun bolt" attacks.
298	* ShoutOut: In chapter 1, when presented with the opportunity to win 5.000.000 Yen, Ageha shouts [[Film/JerryMaguire "Show me the money!"]]
299	* ShutUpHannibal: Ageha does one to Inui, dismissing his whole "Pain"-philosophy, and later to Miroku, basically saying that if Miroku is following the path he thinks is right, Ageha will follow his own path he thinks is right, so just shut up and fight.
300	* SignatureMove: This being shonen action, a lot of characters have this.
301	** Let's make a list: Melchesse's Lance (Ageha), Wired Mind Jack (Amamiya), Dragon's Tail (Hiryu), Pyro Queen (Frederica), Material High (Kyle), Sepiroth "Gevurah" (Miroku), Nichirin "Tentsui" (Grana), Explosia (Dholaki), Shotgun Bolt (Haruhiko), Trick Room (Lan)...
302	* SpiderSense: Kabuto's power "Menace".
303	** To a lesser degree the whole "Sense" power in general.
304	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: When Amamiya is shot [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Abyss]] takes over momentarily. And Matsuri has implied that it's happened before.]]
305	* SpyCatsuit: Matsuri dons one in Chapter 100, with generous cleavage showing. Ageha wears one too, but that was really Matsuri's chapter.
306	* StalkerWithACrush: Vigo during the invasion arc.
307	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Miroku]] tried being this to [[spoiler:Mithra]], but died before getting the chance.
308	* StepfordSmiler: Shiner. He gets a bit scary when he stops smiling.
309	* StormingTheCastle: The Grigori Facility mini-arc and the Rescue Marie arc.
310	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sakurako. She hardened herself so much when she started going to Psyren, [[spoiler:it created a schism in her mind, and all of her stronger emotions took the form of Abyss]]. Ever since Ageha answered her plea to save her, she's been opening up more and more.
311	* SunglassesAtNight: Matsuri and Ageha again, in their {{Spy Catsuit}}s.
312	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Sakurako]].
313	* SuperSpeed: "Rise" uses PSI to physically boost the body's strength, speed, and endurance. Almost all PSI users have some elements of this, but Oboro can move so fast that on his first try with Rise, Kagetora couldn't see him move. Arguably Kyle and Kagetora are the greatest example of this, though.
314	* SuperSenses - The "Sense" category of "Rise", naturally. Kabuto seems to be especially adept in this, even before his powers awakened.
315	* SuperStrength - "Rise" also boosts raw physical power. The greatest examples are arguably Kagetora, Grana and Hiryu.
316	* SuperpowerLottery - Training plays an important role, but some people's natural inclinations make them overall stronger than others. You generally have three categories of Lottery Winners. People capable of using Nova ([[spoiler:Asuka, Sakurako, Ageha]]), which is obtained through serious training, but even some very strong characters can't use it; anybody who is a Grigori (Most of the W.I.S.E. and Nemesis Q, though getting that power [[PowerAtAPrice wasn't pretty]]); and those who just have insane power combinations or are proficient with all types of PSI (Shao, Matsuri, Kabuto, Sakurako again, Nemesis Q again).
317	* SuperMode: [[spoiler:Nova, the PSI power Asuka discovered, is this. His hair turns a lighter color, and he then lays a beat down on Junas, but then it runs out quickly. May cross over with {{One Winged Angel}}]].
318	** [[spoiler:And now Ageha and Amamiya have learned it too. In Amamiya's case it lets her fight together with her [[LiteralSplitPersonality other half, "Abyss"]], while enhancing the abilities of both. Ageha surrounds himself with Melchesse's Door to manifest a OneWingedAngel form called "Raging King".]]
319	* SweetTooth: Van. In the [[AllThereInTheManual Tankoubon notes]], Sakurako has a mild one, especially with strawberries.
320	* SwordBeam: Junas, though he's able to do so with any bladed weapon really.
321	* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler:Vigo does this to Marie.]]
322	* {{Technopath}}: Kasukabe's ability.
323	* {{Teleportation}}: Again, Lan and Shiner, though Lan's is better suited for this.
324	* TeleportSpam: Shiner's favored method of combat. He uses it to dodge attacks, [[spoiler:separate Sakurako, Oboro, and Hiryuu from their strongest psychicer and the guy who can predict attacks]], and [[spoiler:send Hiryuu 4,000 meters in the air to fall to his apparent death]]. Later on he uses Teleportation to rip out a chunk of space from this dimension, attempting to leave everybody else in it stranded.
325	* ThanatosGambit: Several are pulled at the end. [[spoiler:Miroku and Grana]] attempt one to thwart Mithra. [[spoiler:It (appears to) fail, but the rather rushed ending shows that it actually succeeded, after that timeline's No. 7 had hit the DespairEventHorizon, sending everyone back.]] A second one has [[spoiler:07 embedding a phone card inside Ageha with all of his and her memories of Psyren, in hopes that Miroku would pierce Ageha with his Sephiroth, and all of it would be transferred to him. It succeeds.]]
326	* TheGlassesComeOff: When Kagetora fights Junas, his trademark sunglasses come off, showing he's absolutely serious and, in his own words, "killing may be a necessity now"
327	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: 07 delivers two to Miroku: once when she refused to join him after their escape from Grigori, and once when they meet again in Psyren.
328	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Fredrica operates on this philosophy. It won't burn? MAKE MORE FIRE! Still not burning? MAKE IT HOTTER! Still won't burn? Repeat steps 1 and 2 as needed.
329	* ThisIsMyStory: Ageha does this upon meeting Miroku in the present after [[spoiler:Psyren is destroyed]].
330	* TimeTravel: One of Nemesis Q's PSI abilities. [[spoiler:Upgraded to dimension travel in the ending, where #07/Q reaches across the multiverse to deliver one last, psychic BrightSlap.]]
331	* TinMan: All Grigori subjects are supposedly unable to feel emotion. However, from their actions you wouldn't be able to tell. Grana seems to have fully developed them, or at least can emulate emotions perfectly.
332	* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: It also seems to be the center of W.I.S.E. attacks.
333	* TooDumbToLive: If somebody says they have been here before, ''listen to them''.
334	* TookALevelInBadass:
335	** As of chapter 118, [[spoiler:Kabuto]].
336	** [[spoiler:Also the children after 10 years, naturally.]]
337	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Asuka]] displays this when he [[spoiler:confronts Junas who had just impaled his son through the abdomen]].
338	* UnflinchingWalk - [[spoiler:Kabuto]] does during their fight with Ash. Inverted slightly due to walking through/past the explosions rather than from them.
339	* VampireDetectiveSeries: In-universe example, according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Tankoubon notes]] Oboro starred in "Vampire Detective Cross Ice", a television series.
340	* TheVoiceless:
341	** Van only says a few things in French [[spoiler:until he breaks out of his shell]].
342	** Nemesis Q is also not very talkative [[spoiler:- at least, until she needs help.]]
343	* UnlikelyHero: Before he was first called by Nemesis Q, Ageha was simply an athletic high school student that was willing to help people in need (for the right price.)
344	* WaifProphet: Mithra.
345	* WallSlump
346	* WaxMuseumMorgue: It's revealed in a flashback that Eiji Kise had a sculpture variant of this.
347	* WeHardlyKnewYe: Nozomi Sugita from Ageha's first jump is killed despite all his [[ShaggyDogStory effort to save him.]]
348	* WhamEpisode: The three biggest so far would probably be [[spoiler:when they watch the DVD from the future]], Chapter 64 [[spoiler:with its BigDamnHeroes by the Elmore Kids]], and Chapter 140, where [[spoiler:Psyren is destroyed and all of its residents die]].
349	* WorfBarrage: Ageha's main power "Melchesse's Door" and specifically the "Lance" version of it are described as an almost unstoppable power that homes in on PSI and just devours it (and everything nearby). Though it really serves as a OneHitKill early on, starting with [[spoiler:the second encounter with Dholaki]] it just gets overpowered or deflected by most of its targets. The same is true for the "Sphere," which was an effective shield on its first use but later got easily shattered by [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Junas]]]].
350	* TheWorfEffect:
351	** Grana gets Worfed by Grigori 03 after just losing a fight to Miroku. The latter doesn't really apply since Miroku was solidly established as the BigBad before. A later example has [[spoiler:both [[GameBreaker Shao]] and Ageha]] losing to [[TheDragon Junas]] in one chapter.
352	** Hiryu's main contribution to most major battles seems to be taking hits and getting almost killed, despite him being very strong and talented with PSI.
353	* {{Yandere}}:
354	** [[spoiler:Sakurako´s dark inner self is AxCrazy and [[strike:pretty]] '''really''' obsessed with Ageha.]]
355	** Miroku has these tendencies towards [[spoiler:his sister, Grigori 07]].
356	* YearInsideHourOutside: An application of Yoshina Asuka's [[TimeDilation gravity powers]].
357	* YouAreNumberSix: The Grigori research facility, rather than name their subjects, dehumanizes them by giving them numbers. So far the following have been accounted for: Grigori 01 [[spoiler:a.k.a. Grana]], Grigori 03 [[spoiler:a.k.a. Uranus]], Grigori 05 [[spoiler:a.k.a. Junas]], Grigori 06 [[spoiler:a.k.a. Amagi Miroku]], and Grigori 07 [[spoiler:a.k.a. Nemesis Q]].
358	* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler:The Elmore kids and Tenjuin Elmore die in the future, but Ageha and co. changed that by saving Kagetora. Not.]]
359	** [[spoiler:Subverted. Evidently Ageha and Co. have done enough to fight fate, and the Elmore kids are still alive in the future.]]
360	** [[spoiler:Double Subverted. Even if Ageha stops Miroku, the timeline he just left where the kids survived is still a doomed hellhole.]]
361	** [[spoiler:Finally subverted in the final chapter with both timelines getting a happy ending.]]
362	* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:Matsuri and Kagetora sacrifice their lives taking on Grana and Shiner to save Haruhiko, Lan, and Chika]]

Context Manga / Psyren