Line #124 Series/GaroKamiNoKibaJinga


1	! Spoilers for preceding entries in the Ryuga-verse continuity of the ''Franchise/{{GARO}}'' series, including ''Film/GAROKamiNoKiba'' will be left unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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4	''GARO: Kami no Kiba ~Jinga~'' (Can be translated as '''GARO: Fang of God: JINGA''') is a series set in the Ryuga-Verse of the ''Series/{{GARO}}'' franchise and a continuation of the events of the very similarly named ''Film/GAROKamiNoKiba''.
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6	After the events of ''GARO: Kami no Kiba'', [[spoiler: Jinga was soundly defeated by the Horror progenitor Messiah]]. His memories purged and his soul reincarnated, Jinga is now a member of the Mikage Family and is now one of his sworn enemies: a Makai Knight. Together with the aloof Makai Priestess Fuusa, his Madou Tool Alva and his younger brother Touma, Jinga executes his sworn duty to defend Japan from monsters known as Horrors; human-eating, body-snatching beings that prey on the malcontent and the desperate. However, despite his incredible combat skills, Jinga suffers from the trauma of a family incident that impedes his ability to fight. Questioning his own future, the dark seeds of the past have yet to wither away.
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8	''JINGA'' began airing on October 4th, 2018 and lasted for 13 episodes. It debuted with the bonus [[EpisodeZeroTheBeginning Episode 00]], fittingly titled "JINGA."
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10	Beware that potential spoiler elements for the ''Garo: Kami no Kiba'' film may remain unmarked. '''Read at your own risk'''.
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12	!!This series includes examples of:
13	* AbortedArc: PlayedWith. What initially seemed like the abrupt removal of characters and plot-points throughout the season resulted in [[spoiler: Rozan's case against Jinga during the RecapEpisode]].
14	** Played straight with [[spoiler: The spell that would analyze Touma's humanity]]. It never comes up again after Fuusa is interrupted by Jinga's return home in #10.
15	* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: Deconstructed, then Inverted. [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] plants seeds of doubt concerning the validity of Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset in #6. Jinga's response is not to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility investigate or analyze his ability]], but to instead double-down on using it, SlowlySlippingIntoEvil as his crusade to exorcise as many Horrors as he can causes him to [[spoiler: lash out and murder people trying to calm him down; turning him into a WellIntentionedExtremist]] by the end of #11.
16	* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s taunting of his reincarnated self in Episode 6 rose doubts as to whether [[spoiler: Touma's been completely liberated of his Horror-dom]] and [[spoiler: Whether Jinga's reincarnated self also has the dormant memories of his life pre-reincarnation]]. The latter point is [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse never quite addressed completely]], but the former was the emotional foundation of #12.
17	** Speaking of Jinga, the Watchdog's stance on Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset is left vague; [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagging]] between BadPowersGoodPeople and GameChanger depending on the episode.
18	* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Subverted. The opening-scene in #0 and [[spoiler: Rozan's recognition of Amily]] in Episode 11 make it clear that ''Jinga'' takes place some time after ''Film/GAROKamiNoKiba'', though just how far into the future remains murky.
19	* AmnesiacHero: PlayedWith. See HeelFaceBrainwashing below.
20	* AntiVillain:
21	** Jinga hopes that his father Mizuto was this. He was. [[spoiler: Amily ambushed him in his own home and [[FaceMonsterTurn forcibly converted him into a Horror]], kick-starting the tragedy that would define Mikage's life]].
22	** Subverted with Nonloso, the Horror of Episode 00. Their host [[spoiler: was betrayed by her husband, who conspired with his new lover to kill off both her and [[WouldHurtAChild her children]]. Nonloso meanwhile continues to protect and nurture the children even after taking the woman over. [[AmbiguousSituation It's ambiguous as to whether it did it out of kindness or just needed convenient cover]]; [[MoralSociopathy It's stated by Alva that said Horror worms their way into desperate mothers' hearts]]]].
23	** Jinga himself, ultimately. [[spoiler: Desperate to run from the EnemyWithin attempting to corrupt him and for personal validation, he put his entire soul into his UniqueProtagonistAsset; SlowlySlippingIntoEvil as he shunned (and murdered) everyone that attempted to help him. His Asset was fake, he saved nobody and his actions removed every possible obstacle to Horror!Jinga's resurrection]].
24	* AssholeVictim: Nobody will miss [[WouldHurtAChild the cheating lovebirds]] from Episode 00.
25	* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] tries to convince Jinga that his attempts to help people are his way of running from his own degeneracy.
26	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s back and out for blood.
27	** [[spoiler: Jinga's wife Amily]] reveals herself to be very much alive and [[ManBehindTheMan the source of much of the chaos]], challenging Rozan at the end of #11.
28	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: With the help of his wife Amily, Horror!Jinga's plan to revive himself in Jinga Mikage's body ultimately succeeds, killing off the main cast and creating a huge influx of Horrors, once thought exorcised, to wreak havoc across the city.]]
29	* BadPowersGoodPeople: Fuusa and Yoya (and for a brief moment potentially [[spoiler: Rozan]] ) attempt to prove to The Watchdog that Jinga's recent actions are the result of this. [[spoiler: Then he resists arrest, kills two Knights and murders the only woman that cared about him in front of Touma and Rozan]]...
30	* BaitAndSwitch: Meta-example. When the season was initially revealed, it was assumed that JINGA was a {{Prequel}} that would further detail Jinga's StartOfDarkness. It wasn't until the plot synopsis and side-cast were revealed in full that it was outed as a continuation of the preceding ''Kami No Kiba'' film's [[TheStinger Stinger]].
31	** The facial features and initial disdain [[spoiler: Subaru]] shows for Touma when they reach the village in Episode 7 implies he'll be TheBully. He is, in fact, very polite (If somewhat excessive) during [[spoiler: his eventual spar]] with Touma.
32	** After [[spoiler: receiving a BreakingSpeech from Horror!Jinga on how his UniqueProtagonistAsset was merely part of the Horror's plans, [[HopeSpot Mikage readies his weapon]] as though he's about to attain HeroicSecondWind and fight back...only to try and lop his own head off]].
33	* BattleDiscretionShot: At the end of Episode 5, Jinga goes off to slay the Horror. By the time Fuusa ends up outside to observe, Jinga's already won. [[spoiler: And the host isn't saved this time]]...
34	** Happens again in Episode 6. The possessed jewel-thief is liberated off-screen after being cornered by Jinga at a warehouse.
35	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Revealed to be the explanation for Jinga's strange behavior. [[spoiler: Jinga's Horror side wants him to fall again and it's all he can do to fight back]].
36	** By the time of #11, this occurs again. [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga invades his Human side's mind after he kills Fuusa]]. Though this time, it's a case of EvilVersusEvil.
37	* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] is still as sadistic as he ever was.
38	--> '''[[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]''': It's more fun to kill than it is to help, right?
39	* BringHimToMe: TheStinger for Episode 3 has [[spoiler: one of the many High Priestessess order another Knight to capture Jinga]] so she can learn more about his UniqueProtagonistAsset. (See Below)
40	* BrokenPedestal: Fuusa's faith in Jinga waivers throughout the show as his behavior becomes increasingly sinister. This tropes plays itself straight when Jinga [[spoiler: defies attempts by everyone around him to relax and speak to the Watchdogs, murdering two Knights in cold-blood before her eyes. She's so incensed, she's unable to confront him properly and ends up killed herself]].
41	* CallBack: Episode 4 sees the return of a butterfly familiar [[spoiler: eerily similar to the one used by a [[Series/GAROGoldStormSho certain Fallen Makai Priestess]]]]....
42	* CanNotSpitItOut: Fuusa is visibly distraught at Jinga's sudden personality-change [[spoiler: due to the butterfly familiars only he could perceive]], but for whatever reason doesn't bring any of it up. This inability to vocalize her concerns nearly gets her cut down by Rozan before she's able to explain herself.
43	** Fuusa [[SarcasmMode finally decides]] to go to someone about Jinga's behavioral issues in Episode 7, receiving a spell that will [[spoiler: allow her to DetectEvil if she uses it during one of Jinga's mood-swings]]. Moot as of #8 due to RetCon.
44	* CentralTheme: The reliance of memory, one's inner evil, the durability of ThePowerOfTrust and the validity of ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
45	* CliffhangerCopout: In Episode #7, Fuusa receives a spell that allows her to check Jinga for impurities. Episode #8 changes this into a spell that can [[spoiler: check Touma for Horror possession instead]]. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse She never ends up using it anyway]].
46	* CradlingYourKill: As [[spoiler: Jinga guts Shijo with his Makai Blade, he brings him in for a hug as he sinks it in deeper, sadistically echoing sentiments of working together as Shijo expires]].
47	** Does this with the young [[spoiler: Subaru]] as well, gutting him with his sword after having [[spoiler: already fatally wounded the boy's father]].
48	** Jinga embraces [[spoiler: Fuusa]] in #11 when she [[spoiler: attempts to reason with him]], and gets [[spoiler: gutted with the sword of the man she valued most]].
49	* CurbStompBattle: Touma stands zero chance against Subaru during their sparring match in Episode 7, but he's a {{Determinator}} and refuses to admit defeat until the coach steps in and forces him to. Luckily, he's a GracefulLoser and the two kids shake hands peacefully.
50	** [[spoiler: The possessed Touma is no match for his brother's evil doppelganger in the Finale and is defeated effortlessly]].
51	* DangerousDeserter: Jinga Mikage from #10 onward. Having decided [[TautologicalTemplar his own brand of justice supersedes that of the Makai Order]], he gets fed up with everyone trying to rein him in and goes rogue, taking Touma with him. [[ProperlyParanoid The Orders suspicion of Jinga's ability to cure Horrors]], Fuusa's inaction, the Knight's unwillingness to explain his issue, his willingness to cut former allies down and his [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithin Horror side's growing influence over him]]]] becomes [[PoorCommunicationKills the cocktail recipe for the mother of all miscommunications]] that [[spoiler: gets more than half the cast killed and allows Jinga's Horror side to come BackFromTheDead]].
52	* DarkIsNotEvil: Roze's splash-screen and combat-movements are associated with black and purple colors typically seen in villains, yet he fights to protect others instead.
53	** ItMakesSenseInContext given Jinga's forgotten past as [[spoiler: a Horror]] himself.
54	* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 5 focuses on Fuusa and her attempts to [[TheInfiltration infiltrate a hostess club]].
55	** Episode 7 is this for Touma.
56	* DeathOfAChild: Episode 7 [[spoiler: sees the young Knight trainee Subaru and his father brutally murdered by Horror!Jinga]].
57	** This is one of the potential outcomes of Rozan's [[spoiler: Jinga-retrieval mission]], should [[spoiler: Touma]] not submit to authority. Thankfully, it doesn't come to that.
58	** [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga destroys the Horror-possessed Touma in the Finale, making good on his veiled threats to the boy's life earlier]].
59	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jinga witnessed [[spoiler: his fallen father stab his mother through the chest point-blank. She dies in his arms after uttering his name one last time]].
60	** Shijo [[spoiler: expires as Jinga simultaneously guts him and embraces him]].
61	* DeadpanSnarker: Fuusa.
62	* DeathMontage: Reversed. After Ugai reveals his own DetectEvil ability, he and Jinga go on a Horror-curing spree via this trope.
63	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: All the victims that Jinga has used his UniqueProtagonistAsset on throughout the entire series were not saved whatsoever, turning back into Horrors as they kill friends and family en-masse. This includes Touma, whose depair from Fuusa's death and anger toward Jinga return him to a Horror state. Jinga meanwhile [[HeroicBSOD loses his will to fight]] and is [[DespairEventHorizon left broken]] from these events, allowing Horror!Jinga to absorb him and revive himself fully. Rozan arrives too late to stop Horror!Jinga's resurrection and is killed by the latter after a fight. After fulfilling his threat to Mikage and eating Touma, Horror!Jinga and Amily reunite and take off for parts unknown. The Watchdogs meanwhile are left completely unprepared for the immediate spike in Horrors and scramble into action. While otherwise a [[DarkestHour Complete Downer]], Fuusa's mentor and Mikage family friend Yoyuu shows up during the credits sequence and picks up Fuusa's Madou brush and Jinga's ring Alva that were left in the cave. The end shot pans to a [[HopeSpringsEternal golden glow]] emanating in a corner of the cave, [[SequelHook leaving some questions unanswered.]]]]
64	* DrivenToSuicide: A classmate in Episode 1's clique of high-school girls was subject to this in a NoodleIncident. The bully-victim is blamed for the matter, making her the target of hazing.
65	** Mikage is so shell-shocked by [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga's thorough manipulation of his life and actions that he allows himself to be destroyed in the finale]].
66	* DrunkWithPower: As of Episode #10, Jinga has put his entire being into his UniqueProtagonistAsset and has placed it above his duties as a Knight, seeing anyone that doesn't agree with him as a liability.
67	* EasilyForgiven: After [[spoiler: Jinga's new ability]] allows Touma to be exorcised from Faunce's possession, he shows remarkably little anger toward Jinga for [[spoiler: killing his father]] after receiving his dads pendant and a confession about his father's possession.
68	** Rozan and Shijo are quite satisfied with Jinga after he passes a verbal SecretTestOfCharacter. [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong He faked it]]]].
69	* EliteMook: Many of the Horrors this season have rather simplistic intent and seem to exist solely to be cut down. [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] and [[spoiler: his wife Amily]] are the bigger threats.
70	* EnemyWithin: Jinga's [[spoiler: Horror side]] survived his reincarnation and is trying to get himself to fall once more. To this end, he [[spoiler: takes control of Mikage's mind at certain points throughout the story and commits various murders to sabotage the Knight's relationships]].
71	* EvilVersusEvil:
72	** Jinga Mikage and [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s dynamic as of #10.
73	** The show's final battle, between [[spoiler: Jinga and Touma's respective Horrors]].
74	* FaceMonsterTurn:
75	** Jinga's father Mizuto was [[spoiler: forcibly converted into a Horror by Amily to instill into Mikage trauma that would stay with him]].
76	** During #12, every victim Jinga had saved from Horror-possession up to this point is reverted VIA [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga disabling Mikage's UniqueProtagonistAsset. Mikage [[ForcedToWatch gets to watch in real-time]] as these liberated people eat their friends and family once more]].
77	* FallenHero: The Makai Order sees Jinga as a deluded TautologicalTemplar DrunkWithPower as of #10 due to increasingly non-traditional actions, them [[spoiler: sending Rozan to arrest him or cut him down]].
78	* FelonyMisdemeanor: Justified. Jinga [[spoiler: curing Humans of their Horror-dom without regulation is seen as a slight worthy of an arrest]], despite slaying Horrors being the mission of the Makai Order. Touma, who is very innocent in this situation, is also given this treatment when he [[spoiler: flees with Jinga]]. However, due to Jinga's [[PoorCommunicationKills complete un-willingness to communicate]] and [[spoiler: the murders of Shijo, Kaname and Subaru resultant of his EnemyWithin status]], it makes sense that his UniqueProtagonistAsset would arouse suspicion.
79	* FightingFromTheInside: Jinga is trying his best to [[spoiler: resist his Horror side's influence, culminating in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind]].
80	* {{Flanderization}}: Jinga's transition from shy, traumatized hero to [[spoiler: a WellIntentionedExtremist TautologicalTemplar]] in #10 is instantaneous and abrupt with no inciting factor.
81	* FlatCharacter: Due to a complete lack of character introspection, the entire cast (sans [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]) ends up as a set of this.
82	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] making himself known to Mikage from Kaname's mirror acts as a precursor to [[spoiler: his brutal murder of the Master and his young son during TheStinger]].
83	* ForcedToWatch:
84	** In Episode #10, Fuusa finds Jinga [[spoiler: after their argument]] tracking a Horror that targets a group of extortioners led by a teenage girl. Jinga pins Fuusa down and forces her to witness [[spoiler: the Horror eat each of the teens one-by-one]].
85	** During #12, Mikage is made to see [[spoiler: the people he thought he'd saved revert back into monsters and eat their immediate acquaintances all at once when Horror!Jinga disables his new ability]]. It drives him past the DespairEventHorizon.
86	* FramingDevice: Rozan's [[spoiler: report on Jinga Mikage and actions surrounding him]] is used to set up the RecapEpisode.
87	* GameBreakingInjury: The cheating fighter in Episode 3 attempts this on the possessed pro-wrestler prior to their match, even [[KickTheDog burning the mask his son made for him to taunt him]]. Of course, since [[spoiler: Horror]]s have unnatural durability, the wrestler arrives on the day of the match unscratched and [[TranquilFury seething with rage]]. Cue OhCrap.
88	* GoodCostumeSwitch: The Roze Armor is essentially a shinier, less-organic version of Jinga's Demon Beast Armor from his Horror days.
89	* GoryDiscretionShot: Shortly after [[spoiler: Rika]] is possessed by the Horror in Episode 5, we're treated to eating sounds as she devours [[spoiler: her would-be rapist]].
90	* GreasySpoon: The Horror of Episode 00 works (and feeds) at one.
91	* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] guts the very young Subaru in front of his dying dad and tried (and failed) to get Jinga Mikage to [[spoiler: consume the very young Touma]] only one episode prior.
92	* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Jinga's memories of [[spoiler: his Horror days were purged during his reincarnation into what starts off as a good person]]. Now that [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s back in the picture, it's wearing off...
93	* HeelFaceTurn: Episode 3 details the turn of an amoral underground fighter who gains a newfound appreciation for fighting fair after being [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown royally thrashed]] by a Horror-possessed pro-wrestler Jinga liberates. [[spoiler: The latter is now implied to be training the former, Rocky-style]].
94	* [[HeroicSelfdeprecation Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: The Horror Faunce forces Jinga and Fuusa to confront this side of their hearts, revealing that neither of them think they're good enough for what they do.
95	* HeroWorshipper: Priest Ugai practically treats Jinga like the SecondComing from the moment he hears about his UniqueProtagonistAsset. He gets [[spoiler: eaten by the brick-laying Horror screaming desperately for Jinga to save him]].
96	* HiddenElfVillage: The village in Episode 7 is an area where Knights and Priests are trained from childhood to become Horror-hunters.
97	* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga's wife Amily]] has been orchestrating much of the show's events in secret: [[spoiler: forcing Jinga's father to fall]], the creation of [[spoiler: the new Horror type]] and spreading about [[spoiler: the butterfly familiars stimulating Jinga Mikage's Horror side]]. [[TheReveal She is revealed to the audience very early on]], but only makes her in-show presence known at [[spoiler: the end of #11]].
98	* HopeSpot: After the revelation that his UniqueProtagonistAsset was useless and [[spoiler: merely a tool for Horror!Jinga to gather Inga]], Mikage [[HeroicSecondWind grips his sword with a look of determination on his face]]...[[spoiler: [[BaitAndSwitch and presses the blade to his throat in a half-hearted attempt to commit suicide]]]]. Disgusted by Mikage's [[DespairEventHorizon loss of drive]], Horror!Jinga [[spoiler: saves him the trouble and absorbs him outright]].
99	* HypocriteHasAPoint: Near the end of #11, Jinga [[spoiler: kills Fuusa for "not believing in his power]]." When [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga invades his mind after Touma's reaction]], he (a sadistic BloodKnight with a LackOfEmpathy that enjoys murder) points out how weird it is that Mikage [[spoiler: killing someone he cared about was a sacrifice for the greater good]].
100	* IdiotBall: Everybody important grips it at some point this season.
101	** The Watchdogs have a direct line of communication with Jinga through which he receives his orders....and never think to use it to actually [[spoiler: issue him the Summons Rozan accuses him of ignoring in #10]].
102	** Jinga takes Touma to an isolated Makai village in #7 to protect him from [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s machinations. Seeing Touma cry after a {{Determinator}} demonstration is [[spoiler: enough to convince him to change his mind and bring him back home]]; ''returning him to the danger he was trying to save him from''.
103	** Fuusa, a Makai Priestess whose job it is to notice the development of sinister behavior and act on signs of possession in no way, shape or form acts on Jinga's [[NotHimself development of sinister behavior]] or [[BigBadSlippage signs of possession]] until Rozan [[InterrogatedForNothing railroads her into doing so]].
104	** Jinga Mikage never thinks to tell the Order about [[spoiler: the machinations of his Horror-half despite Horror-possession being what forced him to cut his father down]].
105	* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] makes his presence known to Jinga Mikage during his conversation with Kaname in Episode 7, sporting [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]] to him from a mirror nearby. Jinga keeps the encounter to himself. Then TheStinger occurs...
106	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All Episodes after 00 use contrasting themes in their names. #8 for example is subtitled "Faith/Doubt."
107	* IncitingIncident:
108	** The fall of Jinga's father kick-starts Jinga's decline into weakness and [[spoiler: the eventual return of his Horror side]].
109	** Jinga's [[spoiler: murder of Shijo]] cause Fuusa's (and eventually [[spoiler: the Order's]]) faith in him to start waivering.
110	** Fuusa's [[spoiler: secret meeting with the Watchdogs at the end of #9]] causes Jinga to lose all faith in her and flee from his post, [[spoiler: sending Rozan after him and Touma]].
111	* IneffectualLoner: Deconstructed. Jinga becomes more independent and less-willing to work with others as times goes on; a mixture of [[spoiler: Amily's tampering]] and Fuusa's inability to act. At first, it seems like Jinga is actually doing some good; demonstrating how stifling the Makai Order's doctrines and rules can be. Then during the last three episodes, Jinga becomes DrunkOnPower and starts attacking a lot of the people he cares about; eventually rushing off on his own to deal with his EnemyWithin. The final nail in the coffin? [[spoiler: Jinga's unique power was fake and simply a vehicle meant to ResurrectTheVillain. The Order was ProperlyParanoid ''the whole time'' and all Mikage did was aid the enemy in un-doing an entire season's worth of good]]...all because he insisted on going it alone.
112	* InformedFlaw: Jinga's [[spoiler: lowered fighting ability due to his family-related trauma]] is used to call Jinga "[[spoiler: A Makai Knight that cannot kill Horrors]]"...as the re-capped first fight of the show ''depicts him [[spoiler: killing Nonloso]].''
113	* InterrogatedForNothing: Rozan confronts Fuusa about his apprentice Shijo's whereabouts. He nearly cuts her down, only relenting once he realizes she actually knows nothing and was convinced he had left entirely. This lessens Fuusa's [[CanNotSpitItOut caught tongue]] somewhat and gets her to ask Jinga if she can trust him.
114	* IronicEcho:
115	** TheStinger of Episode 7 parallels Touma's view of the [[spoiler: death of his possessed father at Jinga's hands]] prior to the latter's confession. In this case though, [[spoiler: Jinga [[EnemyWithin actually IS possessed]] and [[DeathOfAChild nobody]] [[LeaveNoWitnesses is spared this time]]]].
116	** TheStinger of Episode 8 sees the return of the OutlawCouple from Episode 6....[[SwappedRoles Except now the woman is the Horror]].
117	** The season's final battle is a meta-example. Whereas GARO shows typically end with [[spoiler: the noble protagonist Makai Knight defeating a monstrous Horror as they fight to [[SavingTheWorld save the world]]]], ''Jinga'''s last fight is between [[spoiler: a child forced into becoming a monster]] and the show's BloodKnight BigBad [[spoiler: [[TheBadGuyWins who has won completely and utterly]]]] so he can [[MookMaker spread man-eating monsters ForTheEvulz]].
118	* TheInfiltration: Fuusa disguises herself as a new hostess to flush out a Horror feeding at one of the local clubs.
119	* ISurrenderSuckers: Jinga submits to his arrest in #11 after everyone he knows tells him to calm down. Until their backs are turned, whereupon he [[spoiler: murders the Knights keeping him chained, abandons his Madou Tool and goes on to kill Fuusa]].
120	* KillTheHostBody: The host of Episode 5 isn't spared this time around. [[spoiler: It's implied Jinga ate the Horror this time]].
121	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Invoked frequently.
122	** Rozan [[spoiler: sealed away Touma's memories of the battle between Jinga and his father to protect him]]. Rendered moot as of Episode 2.
123	** [[MemoryWipingCrew Fuusa]] also removes the memories those associated with eventual Horror hosts.
124	** It's implied that those freed of their Horror possession via Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset forget the issues that got them possessed.
125	* LeaveMeAlone: When Fuusa begs Jinga to [[spoiler: submit to the Watchdogs so they may investigate his UniqueProtagonistAsset]], he claims she "no longer understands him" and sullenly abandons their base.
126	* LivingRelic: Subverted. The Horror Faunce poses as a dark object to lure in onlookers. It then [[AnthropomorphicPersonification forces those that view them to directly interact with their doubts and fears]], reinforcing their negative feelings so they generate enough Inga for Horrors to possess.
127	* TheLoad: Subverted with Priest Ugai. He has a DetectEvil spell that makes finding Horrors faster and seems like a BarrierWarrior. He also cannot fight and sits back while Jinga does all the work. The one time he attempts to be proactive, he [[spoiler: gets himself eaten very unceremoniously by the possessed brick-worker]].
128	* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Jinga's wife Amily has been doing much of her husband's field-work; introducing Jinga to the butterfly that alters his behavior in Episode 4 and monitoring the Knight the rest of the show]].
129	* MaskedLuchador: Subverted. While not a luchador in style, the host of Episode 3's Horror was once a pro-wrestler. After [[spoiler: his family was killed by a crook]], he fell out of the pubic eye and now participates in an underground fighting-ring, wearing [[spoiler: the mask his son made for him]].
130	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Rozan reveals that the outlaw couple Jinga saved back in #6 [[spoiler: retreated back into their murderous thieving ways after being liberated, causing the woman to become the new Horror host]]. This event is used to [[RightForTheWrongReasons convince Jinga that his power is bad...somehow]].
131	* MonsterOfTheWeek: While Horrors have always been GARO's MOTW, JINGA's Horrors have simplistic-enough motivations and are frivolously used enough to warrant this entry.
132	* MythologyGag: The face of Episode 5's Horror vaguely resembles a Hannya.
133	* NoodleIncident: An unknown situation in Episode 1 somehow resulted in DrivenToSuicide above. [[spoiler: The bullied girl Kanae is blamed, turning her entire clique on her]].
134	* NotHimself:
135	** Jinga becomes increasingly distant toward Fuusa throughout all of Episode 4, only to get better once [[spoiler: Rozan and Shijo]] make their intent known and Jinga passes a SecretTestOfCharacter. [[spoiler: Then he murders Shijo in cold blood while sporting a very familiar SlasherSmile]].
136	** Episode 5 doesn't get any better. Whether it's borderline-flirting with Fuusa in the morning ForTheEvulz or taunting her after [[spoiler: killing the host he was going to save]], things are not alright in Jinga-town; especially now that SplitPersonality and EnemyWithin are at play. See EnemyWithin above.
137	* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset is a potential GameChanger for the Makai Order at-large. It also seems to have instilled within him [[WellIntentionedExtremist quite the]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight god complex]] and [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan may be fueling the return of a major threat to just about everybody]].
138	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Jinga's Horror side invokes this for Horrors and humans.
139	--> [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]: What exactly ''is'' a Horror? How are they any different from Humans? Are Humans who kill Humans still Human? What gives you people the right to exterminate Horrors?
140	* ParentalAbandonment: The DarkAndTroubledPast of Episode 5's horror-host Rika begins with her mother running out on her; leaving her to [[spoiler: face [[RapeIsASpecialKindofEvil a lecherous debt-collector on her own]]]].
141	* PlotHole: Even at its most straightforward, ''Jinga'''s narrative has numerous gaps. The RecapEpisode gives most of these a HandWave.
142	** The spell Fuusa was given during #7 was originally meant to [[spoiler: cast DetectEvil on Jinga and assess his mental/physical state]], not [[spoiler: check on Touma's humanity]]; which was a concern of ''Jinga's, not hers''.
143	** #8 introduces Ugai, a Priest that can detect Horrors faster than the Watchdogs....except Knights [[spoiler: usually only discover Horrors via said Watchdogs]].
144	** In #10, Jinga learns for the first time that it was [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s influence that made him [[spoiler: murder Shijo in #4 and the Master-son duo in the village during #7]]....except that Rozan asks him about it point-blank a minute prior and [[YouCanAlwaysTellALiar his eyes imply he already knew]].
145	* PoorCommunicationKills: A lot of the tragic events that happened in the series would've been averted or at least mitigated had Jinga told someone exactly what was [[DemonicPossession happening to him]], took the time to investigate his new but unknown ability to [[spoiler: exorcise Horrors]], or submitted to investigation by the Watchdogs. However, Jinga's bizarre stubbornness and insistence on [[IWorkAlone skirting the rules]] turns everyone against him and keeps them oblivious to [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga's plan]].
146	** Fuusa also applies, as she could have at least confided in Rozan earlier about her suspicions on Jinga's recent odd behavior, only to keep her issues to herself for no logical reason other than loyalty, [[MurderByInaction causing a lot of deaths simply by saying nothing]].
147	* ThePowerOfTrust: Averted. The host of Episode 5 was possessed by a Horror after suffering a number of betrayals in rapid succession.
148	** Becoming a CentralTheme for the season, as Jinga's bizarre behavior puts Fuusa's faith in him to the test.
149	* ProperlyParanoid: The Watchdog is immediately suspicious of Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset and assigns the Order to spy on (and eventually apprehend) him. Despite the occasional logic-loop, they ultimately made the right call: Jinga eventually [[spoiler: gets DrunkOnPower and goes rogue; inadvertently contributing to [[TheConspiracy a decades-long agenda to revive Garo's old Horror foe]]]]. Unfortunately, the Order ends up acting on this just a little too late; those not directly dealt with [[spoiler: ending the show mobilizing for a massive Horror infestation]].
150	* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The entire show is a 12-episode case of a Makai Knight [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis becoming the very thing he fights against]]. [[spoiler: Mikage's given a [[UniqueProtagonistAsset special power to finally save people]] from DemonicPossession just as his darker side begins exerting its influence to force him into committing acts of evil; [[TheCorrupter all the while trying to goad the Knight into embracing it]]. The mixture of personal pride and scrutiny from understandably-suspicious superiors [[PoorCommunicationKills alienates him from his colleagues]] and [[WhatTheHellHero eventually his loved ones]]. This [[SanitySlippage convinces the Knight that 'they're to blame]],'' and he strikes out on his own as a TautologicalTemplar that thinks he's above the rules, cutting down many of the heroes sent to stop him (including LoveInterest Fuusa). It's only the peak of Mikage's newfound extremism that Horror!Jinga and [[TheDragon his wife]] expose themselves and their plans; revealing that Mikage's special power was AllForNothing and that he didn't change anything. The [[UnwittingPawn shock of having sacrificed everything and everyone he loved to become the villain of his own story at the behest of another]] breaks the Makai Knight completely. [[DrivenToSuicide Robbed of hope and powerless, Mikage allows his Horror-half to consume him]] and [[TheBadGuyWins return to the mortal coil]]]].
151	* RapeDiscretionShot: The camera pans away to Fuusa's horrified face shortly after the Debt collector in Episode 5's flashback [[spoiler: forces himself on Rika]].
152	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Episode 5's TroubledBackstoryFlashback culminates in [[spoiler: the debt-collector forcing himself on the host-to-be]].
153	* RecapEpisode: Episode #9.
154	* RedemptionRejection: In #11, it seems as though Touma and Fuusa briefly convince Jinga to [[spoiler: yield to Rozan's enforcement team and turn himself in for questioning and arrest]]. The moment Rozan's back is turned, he [[spoiler: kills his way over the point of redemption]] at the cost of two Knights, Alva and [[spoiler: Fuusa]].
155	* ReformedBully: The bullied girl in Episode 1 is subtly implied to be this, assuming her [[spoiler: [[DrivenToSuicide driving a classmate to suicide]] wasn't just justification on the hazers' part]].
156	* {{Reincarnation}}: After his defeat at Messiah's hands, Jinga's soul [[spoiler: gets reborn into the Makai Knight we know now]].
157	** Eventually revealed to be a bit more complicated than that. While Jinga himself was reincarnated, [[spoiler: his Horror-self survived the transfer and now wants its body back]].
158	* ResurrectTheVillain: The motive behind the bizarre circumstances Jinga Mikage encounters throughout the show. [[spoiler: Amily and the original Horror Jinga are sabotaging Mikage's life and mental state in the hopes of using the Knight as a medium to bring said Horror back to life. [[TheBadGuyWins It works]]]].
159	* RetCon:
160	** From Episode 8 onwards, the spell given to Fuusa by the village Priest in Episode 7 is changed from [[spoiler: being a spell that could detect the source of Jinga's behavioral issues]] to [[spoiler: one that could see if Touma was still Human or not]].
161	** The Watchdogs' order for Rozan to [[spoiler: [[BringHimToMe bring Jinga to them]]]] was changed into [[spoiler: spying on Jinga and assessing his UniqueProtagonistAsset]].
162	** Related to the above, Rozan claims Jinga has been refusing official summons in #10....except [[spoiler: he's never received one before this point]].
163	* SacrificialLamb: Shijo is the main focus of Episode 4 and looks like he's going to join the main cast. [[spoiler: Jinga then decides to take him by the lakeside and....stab him brutally through the chest]].
164	** Poor Priest Ugai. Wanted to save Horrors with Jinga's UniqueProtagonistAsset so much he [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight was willing to defy Watchdog borders and subvert the rules]]. [[spoiler: Instead, he ended up food]].
165	* ScareEmStraight: Jinga and Fuusa take Touma to Faunce's lair in Episode 2 to instill within him just how terrifying Horrors actually are. When a pack ambushes them inside, Touma's nothing short of a desperate, fearful mess.
166	* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Averted. Episode 1 is nothing but a demonstration of why this is untrue.
167	* SealedEvilInACan: PlayedWith. [[spoiler: After his defeat at the hands of Messiah, Jinga is reincarnated into a human Makai Knight. However, his original self is hiding within the depths of said reincarnation; the tragedy this season being an elaborate ploy by Amily to bring the original back to life]].
168	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: As the show goes on, Jinga increasingly prioritizes his own moral compass over that of the Makai Order's. It gets worse in #8 when Priest Ugai peer-pressures Jinga into going rogue and "cure" Horrors en-masse unauthorized. By #11, it's devolved into a full-blown messiah complex; Jinga perfectly willing to slaughter fellow Knights and even [[spoiler: Fuusa]] to enforce his own idea of justice.
169	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]]'s current situation, confined [[spoiler: inside the body of his current Human iteration]], who may be the same.
170	* SequelEpisode: ''Jinga'' as a whole serves as one to the [[Film/GAROKamiNoKiba film that immediately precedes it]], continuing from that film's [[TheStinger post-credits scene]].
171	* ShowDontTell: Subverted. Jinga's InformedFlaw according to [[spoiler: Rozan]]'s report during the RecapEpisode is his inability to cut Horrors down due to [[spoiler:his family trauma]]. While we see Jinga ''hesitate'' to kill Nonloso in #00, he [[spoiler: actually sees it through]] and has yet to ever actually let a Horror go scot-free during the show's run.
172	* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: Jinga]]'s actions at the end of Episode 4 have him sporting one akin to [[spoiler: his old self]].
173	* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Alva.
174	* SplitPersonality: While it was teased during the promotional trailers, Episode 6 outright confirms that [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga isn't entirely gone and is taking shelter inside of his reincarnated self]].
175	* StatusQuoIsGod:
176	** Episode 7 saw Jinga and Fuusa relocate Touma to a village to protect him from Horrors and [[spoiler: Jinga's evil side]]. They stay there less than a day before Jinga changes his mind [[spoiler: After see Touma be a {{Determinator}} during a spar]] and takes the boy back with them, rendering the whole affair completely pointless.
177	** The finale of the show enforces this. Due to [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga using his good self as a springboard to return to the mortal realm]], nearly all events post-''Gold Storm Sho'' are rendered moot.
178	* SuddenDownerEnding: Episode 7 ends with Jinga accepting Touma back into his fold after trying to get him to settle in the village and protect him [[spoiler: from his Horror side]]. Said side then [[spoiler: re-visits the village in secret and murders the Master he'd interacted with earlier and his prepubescent son]].
179	* SympathyForTheDevil: Jinga's fatal flaw as a Makai Knight is his soft heart, which caused him to [[spoiler: briefly hesitate in cutting down his father when he fell]]. It lingers within him to his day, even affecting his battle against Nonloso once he [[spoiler: discovered the fate of their host]].
180	** The friend of the bullied girl in Episode 1 develops a friendship for someone that [[AmbiguousSituation may or may not have]] [[spoiler: driven a classmate to suicide]].
181	* TalkingToThemself: Jinga and his [[spoiler: Horror side]] have extensive morality debates within the confines of Jinga's mind.
182	* TautologicalTemplar: Mikage [[spoiler: as of #10]]. He's deluded himself into thinking he can save people more efficiently than the Watchdogs can to justify [[spoiler: [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight skirting the rules]] and murdering Fuusa]].
183	* TransformationOfThePossessed: Many of the Horrors this season grow an unnatural amount of muscle-mass, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and fanged teeth instead of having inhuman forms. The amount of monsters with battle-forms can be counted on one hand.
184	* TraumaCongaLine: How the host of Episode 5 ended up possessed.
185	** #12 is a massive one for Jinga Mikage. In order: [[spoiler: He is unable to hide his recent murder of Fuusa, forcing his little brother into turmoil. Then, Horror!Jinga reveals that Mikage's UniqueProtagonistAsset, the ''one thing he'd put his heart into due to his crumbling self-worth,'' nothing more than a whimsy created by him to get Mikage to gather Inga for him. After that, Mikage is ForcedToWatch as those he thought he saved kill everyone they know one-by-one. The shock [[DespairEventHorizon removes him of all drive and hope to live]], allowing his darker half to absorb him and revive once more]].
186	* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: The Horror of Episode 5 allows Fuusa to see the circumstances that got its host possessed.
187	* UndignifiedDeath: See HeroWorshipper and TheLoad above.
188	* UniqueProtagonistAsset: Jinga's bite-wound allows him to [[spoiler: un-do Horror possession of a Host if they're cut down with a slash from the infected arm]], something only he can apparently do.
189	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Fuusa, due to [[spoiler: keeping Jinga's odd behavior from just about everyone]] until Episode 7 and [[spoiler: putting forth too little effort to see Jinga contained afterward]]; preventing anyone from noticing him SlowlySlippingIntoEvil or preparing themselves for [[spoiler: what would be Horror!Jinga]]'s return.
190	* VariableLengthChain: The Horror Padeena uses these against its foes.
191	* VigilanteExecution: The Horror from Episode 3 attacks and feeds on criminals, disrupting narcotics rings and killing many untouched by the law.
192	* WeCanRuleTogether: PlayedWith. Jinga attempts to convince Fuusa to join him in his crusade in #11. [[spoiler: He only said this so she would let her guard down and allow him to get close enough to gut her with his blade]].
193	* WeUsedToBeFriends: When Fuusa [[spoiler: begs Jinga to answer the Watchdogs' summons in #10]], he outright rejects her and leaves their household to go on-the-run.
194	* WhamLine: Fed up with Jinga's odd behavior and complete disregard for [[spoiler: Priest Ugais]]'s death, Fuusa finally asks an important question that she [[CanNotSpitItOut probably should've asked earlier on]].
195	--> '''Fuusa''': Are you really Jinga?
196	* WhamShot: After Jinga cuts Padeena down, [[spoiler: not only does it's host survive, (First time in series' history) but it's as though she'd never been possessed at all]].
197	--> '''Fuusa''': Did you miss her?
198	--> '''Jinga''': No, I definitely cut her.
199	** At the end of Episode 4, Jinga and [[spoiler: Rozan's apprentice Shijo]] track a Horror to the lakeside. [[spoiler: They don't find a Horror. Shijo however finds a sword inside of his chest, courtesy of Jinga]].
200	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: At the start of Episode 6, Fuusa asks Jinga if he remembers the events of the day before. ( [[spoiler: In which he had cut down a Horror, only to devour them instead of liberate them due to Horror!Jinga's influence]] ) His response is murky at best.
201	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Fuusa [[spoiler: knocks Touma out in #10]] to cast the spell that would [[spoiler: determine his humanity]]. Jinga enters the room before she can cast it. It's never seen or mentioned again after that point.
202	** Speaking of Jinga, cryptic reactions on Jinga's end in #6 imply that [[spoiler: Mikage has regained the memories of his Horror life]], but that point is never expanded upon.
203	** How [[spoiler: Amily returned from the Makai Realm with her memories intact]] is never explained in any form.
204	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] invokes this.
205	* WhatTheHellHero: Fuusa is appalled at [[spoiler: Jinga's [[ForgottenFallenFriend lack of reaction]] to [[HeHadAName Priest Ugai's death]]]] and calls him out on it, delivering the WhamLine above.
206	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] thinks that Humans seek to achieve their own desires at the end of day, whether they profess good intent or not.
207	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] apparently thinks kid horrors "are fantastic" and attempts to get Jinga to devour his brother Touma. It doesn't work.
208	** [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] kills both [[spoiler: Master Kaname]] and his son [[spoiler: Subaru]] during TheStinger of Episode 7.
209	** Rozan and his group of enforcers are ordered by the Watchdog to apprehend Jinga and his little brother....[[spoiler: or cut them down]]. One of said enforcers attempts to MercyKill Touma in #11, only to be subdued by Fuusa.
210	** [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga murders the possessed Touma in the Finale]].
211	* WretchedHive: The hostesses of the club in Episode 5 [[WeAreStrugglingTogether are constantly jockeying for the number one spot]], one's implied to be a SerialRapist and one of them caused two suicides. No wonder it took Fuusa six months to [[spoiler: deduce which one was possessed]].
212	* YouKilledMyFather: Touma (pre-[[spoiler: memory wipe]]) believes Jinga to be guilty of this. [[spoiler: [[FaceHeelTurn The truth]] [[DemonicPossession is considerably]] [[ReluctantHero more complicated]]]].
213	** Episode 2 removes the seal on [[spoiler: his memories]], bringing this out in full force and getting the poor kid [[spoiler: possessed by a Horror spawned from the grief of losing his father]]. Thanks to Jinga's wound, [[ItGetsBetter He gets better]].
214	** Subaru witnesses [[spoiler: Horror!Jinga]] slash his dads throat open. Unlike Touma however, [[spoiler: he isn't spared either]] and gets brutally gutted; bleeding out as his dying dad watches in despair.

Context Series / GaroKamiNoKibaJinga