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5'''''Hana Ki Sou''''' (花帰葬), sometimes translated as "Flower Funeral", is a doujin PC BoysLoveGame released by Haccaworks in 2003. A voiced Playstation 2 port with new content was released in 2006; a PSP port followed in 2010. There is also a two-volume manga adaptation.
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7Kuroto was born to destroy the world; and so Hanashiro was born to save it. The only way Hanashiro can do that is by killing Kuroto. However, they one day meet and become very close, and Hanashiro becomes completely unwilling to fulfill his duty as the Savior. With conflict rising among the nations, the fate of the world has become unclear...
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9!Note that the mere presence of some tropes on this page can reveal some spoilers.
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12!!This game features examples of:
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14%%* {{Angst}}: Kuroto suffers this a little.
15%%* AnimalMotifs
16%%* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: No matter what ending you get, someone is going to die.]]
17%%* AllOfTheOtherReindeer
18%%* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Hanashiro does this right before he kills Kuroto in one of the bad endings.]]
19%%* AntiHero: Hanashiro is a type IV example.
20%%* ApocalypseHow: Class 3.
21%%* BlessedWithSuck: Poor Hanashiro.
22%%* BookEnds: In the true ending.
23%%* BoysLove
24%%* BungledSuicide: Part of the reason [[spoiler:Kuroto lost his memories.]]
25%%* {{Curse}}
26* DarkIsNotEvil: Kuroto is dressed up in dark clothes and even his name has "kuro" (black) in it but he is the nicest person in the game who is kind to other people, truly cherishes Hanashiro and doesn't want to cause pain to anyone in the world.
27%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
28* EmbarrassingNickname: Kurotaka likes to call Hanashiro "Chibikko", which usually translates to "little kid", "squirt", etc.
29%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
30* FateWorseThanDeath: In one of the bad endings [[spoiler:Kuroto chooses to destroy the world. He and Hanashiro are the only ones left and there's nothing around them except the snow. Hanashiro dies and Kuroto can only walk through the snow alone for eternity.]]
31* GenerationXerox: Previous incarnations of Kuroto and the Savior look identical to the main characters.
32%%* GratuitousEnglish
33%%* GratuitousItalian: Features some vocals which are in Italian.
34%%* HeroicSacrifice
35%%* IJustWantToBeNormal
36%%* {{Immortality}}: You could do lots of horrible things to Kuroto and you still couldn't kill him. Unless you're Hanashiro, that is.
37%%* KillTheOnesYouLove
38%%* MeaningfulName
39* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Shirofukurou expresses interest in physically torturing Kuroto to the point where Hanashiro is forced kill him, to put him out of his misery. Thankfully, it doesn't go through.]]
40%%* MultipleEndings
41%%* NighInvulnerability: Kuroto.
42%%* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Kuroto tries to do it to himself. It doesn't work.]]
43%%* OneHeadTaller
44%%* ParentalSubstitute
45* PintsizedPowerhouse: Hanashiro. Even though he's technically still a child, he is incredibly strong because of his role as the Savior.
46* PsychoSupporter: Hanashiro is willing to kill anyone who poses a threat to Kuroto's safety. [[spoiler: Even if it's just a harmless little girl.]]
47%%* QuestForIdentity: At the very beginning, Kuroto wakes up with no recollection of who he is.
48* RedOniBlueOni: Hanashiro is defiant, passionate and sometimes hot tempered; Kuroto is calm and is more likely to think things through.
49%%* TheRunaway
50%%* ScrewDestiny: Achieved in the true ending.
51%%* SnowMeansDeath
52%%* SpringIsLate
53* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kuroto is snarky and can be rude at times, but he's a pretty decent guy.
54* ThemeNaming: Kuroto and Kurotaka (black); Hanashiro and Shirofukurou (white). Shirofukurou (owl) and Kurotaka (hawk)
55%%* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Sort of.]]
56%%* ViciousCycle
57%%* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler: Oh, Hanashiro. On multiple occasions, too.]]
58%%* WouldHurtAChild: See above.
59%%* {{Yandere}}: Hanashiro for Kuroto, big time.
60%%* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre
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