''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7082084/1/The_Fools_Tournament The Fools' Tournament]]'' is a ''VideoGame/Persona3'' fanfiction by Tropers/{{Shenjay}}[[note]]beta read by Evilshroom, who later becomes co-writer for the final chapters[[/note]]. It's a novelization of ''Persona 3'', with a twist. Both the male protagonist ([[FanNickname Minato]]) and the female protagonist ([[FanNickname Hamuko]]) partake in this adventure.[[note]]whereas you can only play as one or the other in the game itself and the other protagonist is nonexistent.[[/note]] It's pretty straightforward... until the two learn about social links and then compete for them, causing them to try to ruin each others' social lives.

[[http://sandramj.deviantart.com/art/The-Fools-Tournament-Cover-376393461 Cover page can be seen here.]]

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!!This work contains examples of:
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[[folder:A - B]]
* AWizardDidIt: Whenever they're asked, Hamuko and Minato's answer for how they knew about the full moon attacks, the barriers on Tartarus and their fusion attacks is that a Persona told them. This makes revealing the truth of it so much more difficult and painful for the two.
* AccidentalMisnaming: [[spoiler:Akihiko keeps accidentally calling Hamuko "Miki".]] [[spoiler: He has a right to, since she ''is'' Miki.]]
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Played with, [[spoiler:when Hamuko first gets rejected by Minato. PlayedForLaughs with her and Aigis.]]
* AlignmentBasedEndings: Hamuko prefers Chaos, and Minato prefers Law.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Hamuko]] when she kisses [[spoiler:Minato, she's left in tears after he rejects her. And Minato during the Shirikawa Blvd. incident, where he tells her he loves her...kinda...]]
* AttentionWhore: Hamuko, even calls herself one.
** Minato calls her one in chapter 15.
* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Happens a few times with Minato and Hamuko (both flip-flop being the rapist and victim), [[AWizardDidIt not their fault though.]]]]
%%* AtomicFBomb: Hamuko drops one in chapter 12.
* BadEnd: Chapter 93 gives us a brief look at a hypothetical one where [[spoiler: they kill Ryoji]].
* BalancedHarem: [[spoiler:Sort of, more of an UnWantedHarem if any.]]
%%* BashBrothers: Or Persona Bros, as it were.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Hamuko said this to...well...Minato, in chapter 24.
* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: You can say it's been played with. Though Hamuko always acts slutty, it does get Minato's attention.
** Or you can say it's inverted, because Hamuko already has his attention, still doesn't stop her though.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Lampshaded by Hamuko in chapter 12.
** It's pretty evident it's there nonetheless.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Akihiko and Shinjiro to Hamuko, which gets worse where Minato's involved, enough for him to compare them to bears.
** [[spoiler: Lampshaded by Hamuko in chapter 80, says that just about every guy she meets wants to act like her brother.]]
* BigEater:
** Hamuko is more of one than even Minato, and of course, there are Elizabeth and Theodore.
** Minato mentions Yuko is one as well.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:As of the "Final" and "True" chapter, 102, but we shall see.]]
* BodyguardCrush: Aigis to Hamuko and Minato.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:The Q and A chapter, it's not so much as "breaking" the fourth wall, as Hamuko Armageddoned it to oblivion and then [[ToiletHumour shat]] all over it. Aigis helped her by giving her the hammer and Minato just stood there confused, all this to the tropers' and audiences' amusement.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Hamuko got good grades in the midterms despite not studying for them at all, much to Minato and Junpei's dismay. According to her it's because she made sure to stay awake during the lectures that Minato slept through. Also because [[MythologyGag she ate sushi]] [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum and played video games]].
* BrickJoke:
** Chapter 44 and 11.
** Happens again in chapter 47 and 53, Hamuko says something is ironic in 47 and Minato corrects her that it's actually sarcasm, in chapter 53 she does the opposite. She says something is sarcastic and Minato corrects her saying she ment ironic.
** [[spoiler: Remember Hamuko eating the popsicle? Keep that in mind when she's drinking her soda in the movie theater with Minato in chapter 55.]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: [[spoiler:Hamuko and Akihiko fight together...why not?]]
* BrutalHonesty: Aigis has a way of just speaking out her opinions and relaying exactly what was told to her, such as when she directly calls Junpei pathetic when he compares himself to a samurai or when she tells Naoto and Ken that Mitsuru called the second year protagonists a 'pack of imbeciles.'
* ButtMonkey: Minato. He just can't catch a break. [[ShrugOfGod May be]] [[CallItKarma karma.]]
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[[folder:C - D]]
* CallBack:
** When fighting the Lovers Shadow, a charmed Minato attacks Hamuko, and then in a much later chapter, a charmed Hamuko attacks Minato. She even asks to make sure he was the one she went for.
** "Talk or taaaalk?"
** When they quote each other.
** [[spoiler: Sort of this, the way Hamuko as Mimi-senpai for advice to make Minato do what she wants is similar to when Minato ask Junpei advice about Hamuko.]]
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Hamuko and Minato, though the former is worse.
* CatapultNightmare: Akihiko constantly dreams of the orphanage fire of his past, enough that he no longer screams out when exercising this trope.
* CerebusRollercoaster: The story starts out lighthearted and comedic, and then goes into darker territory. It snaps back to lighthearted once the author realized her story was getting affected by CerebusSyndrome. [[spoiler: [[{{Foreshadowing}} Or did it?]]]]
* CharacterDevelopment: One of the goals of this story is to make Minato and Hamuko better people.
* CharmPerson: Ryoji charms the hell out of the Fools with his class introduction.
* ChekhovsArmoury: [[spoiler:The Orb.]]
* ChekhovsClassroom: [[spoiler:Slight in-game example/shout-out, Minato not paying attention to the gossipers, especially when regarding Fuuka.]]
* ChekhovsGift: [[spoiler:The Orb can fall under this as well, since Igor gives it to them.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The Tournament. Igor mentioned early on that this will be a source of conflict between the the two Fools, which is why their relationship is never stable and goes through the CerebusRollercoaster. [[spoiler:This may or may not be caused by that entity in Minato's dream from chapter 64.]] [[WordOfGod Shenjay even says]] that the tournament, which nearly became an ArtifactTitle after months of not being mentioned, will begin from that point onward.
* ChildhoodFriends: Akihiko and Shinjiro [[spoiler:and Hamuko as well, who is really Miki]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Hamuko, who is actually Miki, hooks up with her childhood crush Shinjiro.]]
* ChivalrousPervert: Hamuko namedrops the trope when referring to Ryoji.
* CliffHanger:
** Lampshaded by author in Chapter 71.
** Chapter 77, [[spoiler:[[ItWasHisSled Shinji gets shot.]]]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** [[spoiler:When Minato and Hamuko find that they're in the same Velvet Room as the other, at first they conclude that Igor sold the mirror that connected their Velvet Rooms together. After he cryptically tells them about things that change within themselves, they (including Elizabeth and Theo) immediately jump to the conclusion that Hamuko is pregnant.]]
** Usual for Hamuko.
** Hamuko does this at the end of chapter 29, it's also lampshaded.
* ControlFreak: A short POV section from Mitsuru's end showed that she's [[strike:a bit of]] one.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Akihiko calls this trope out on the fanfic/game.
* CoolBigSis: Elizabeth is this to Theodore, and Hamuko wants to be this for Ken.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Hamuko is afraid she is/was this to Minato, which led to him almost raping her.]]
* CovertPervert: Hamuko calls Minato this in chapter 15.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Hamuko threatens to do this to Ryoji if he lays a finger on Aigis.]]
* CrackPairing: Uhhhh does [[http://sandramj.deviantart.com/art/They-call-it-Persona-Love-262368544 this]] count?
* CryingWolf: Due to their evasiveness and deception all throughout before when it concerned their odd behaviours, the truth of what Minato and Hamuko reveal to Mitsuru and Akihiko are met with scepticism. And blackmail.
* CutenessProximity: Hamuko to Koromaru, Aigis, and Ken.
* DateRapeAverted: [[spoiler:Happens with Minato and Hamuko on the July full moon mission. Hamuko was very upset about this.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: What Hamuko and Minato are doing with Mitsuru's Social Link.
* DistractedByTheSexy:
** [[spoiler:Hamuko uses boobs, it's super-effective against Minato! Hamuko wins poker game!]]
** [[spoiler: Hamuko teases Minato that he was distracted by the Priestess shadow.]]
* DoesThisMakeMeLookFat: When Minato asks this about a new suit he has on, Hamuko recognizes it for the trap that it is.
--> "If I say 'yes', you'll say that I only say that to make you feel well, and if I say 'no' you'll throw a fit and go look for another suit."
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:What it looks like when Minato rejects Hamuko's advances when she's not in her right mind.]]
* DoorStopper: Completed at 104 Chapters and ''507,382 words'', it takes a long time to read through, but is well worth it.
* DoubleDate: With Minato, Elizabeth, Hamuko and Theodore. HilarityEnsues.
* DoubleStandard:
** Addressed by the author after [[WhamEpisode Chapter 39]].
--->''"Also, just a little comment here, but... Hamuko acted just how Minato is acting now for like twenty chapters at own will. Her actions were pretty much harassment –some almost sexual harassment-, yet you guys found it funny. I find it jarring how much it changes when the one crossing the line is the guy (even if he almost crossed the line twice, did a mortal flip over it and shouted 'hey, I crossed the line!')."''
** A reversed example than the one shown up top, it is also apparent, to some extent, in the first chapter, where Minato arrives at school with both Yukari and Hamuko.
--->''Hamuko: He comes to school with the most popular girl and he's Mr. Charm and I arrive a bit later and I'm the new slut.
** Minato calls Hamuko out on this in chapter 7.
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[[folder:E - H]]
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, as of chapter 57, Hamuko still hasn't quite forgiven Minato for [[spoiler:trying to rape her, long after they've somewhat reconciled and have gotten back together. This leads to her running away in fear (although that's not the only reason) as they're about to have sex that night.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Hamuko lampshades this in chapter 67.
* EmotionlessGirl: Aigis [[spoiler: At first.]]
* EnemyMine: Despite the two main characters competing for social links, [[spoiler:they work on the Maiko social link together.]]
* EpicFail:
** Minato and Hamuko just cannot catch a break when it comes to sex, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and it gets worse for them in chapter 62]].
** Neither of them have particularly good track records when it comes to relationships. [[spoiler:This comes to a head in chapter 64 when they break up, end their truce and are back to being at each others' throats with the Social Links.]] [[spoiler:Then, they had sex and made up.]]
* EthicalSlut: Hamuko is a strange example, her questionable and strange ethics and morals raise eyebrows sometimes.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Quoth Hamuko.
--> "I'd fuck everyone.".
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ryoji made Minato have a nosebleed.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone can see Hamuko and Minato like each other even before the admit it themselves.
* FacePalm:
** Minato's face and palm are VERY close friends.
** Hamuko has done this on three(?) occasions (much to Minato's amusement), once when talking to Minato's Hermit Social Link, and the other with Maiko [[spoiler: when she was getting ready to run away, and also in chapter 56.]]
** Junpei does this because of Hamuko in chapter 58.
* FanGirl: Hamuko is one for [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Risette and Naoto]].
** Minato got himself a horde of them after he did that shampoo commercial for Tanaka.
** Let's not forget Aki's.
** Mitsuru has one.
** [[spoiler: Ryoji has a few too.]]
* FanNickname: Minato and Hamuko aren't the [[NoNameGiven canon names of the protagonists.]] [[spoiler:In story, Minato and Hamuko aren't their real names either.]]
* FanServiceWithASmile: Hamuko and Minato both work part-time at Chagall Cafe, in {{Meido}} and butler garb respectively. The latter does it temporarily just to raise money for the Devil Social Link.
* TheFettered: Igor. As much as he'd like to help, there are things he's not allowed to tell The Fools.
* FireForgedFriends: The members of the group didn't really like each other at first, or even in the middle of things, but in Chapter 79, the second years believe that they're all closer. Minus some jesting, they've even cut back on the bickering.
* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Hamuko to Minato.]]
* FlippingTheTable: [[spoiler: Chihiro is able to pick up a table two times her size and throw it in chapter 82. Luckily it didn't hit it's target, Mitsuru]]
* ForScience:
** Hamuko claims this is her motivation for doing some questionable things[[spoiler:like teasing Yukari into thinking Hamuko and Minato are dating, or flirting with Aigis.]]
** There's also when Mitsuru runs the Fools ragged doing fusion attacks. They also attack each other when Minato taunts Hamuko over who has what Social Links and Personas.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[Foreshadowing/TheFoolsTournament Has its own page now.]]
* TheFourLoves: Show this to Hamuko, because she literally can't tell these apart. No, seriously. [[spoiler: She gets better though.]]
* FriendsWithBenefits: [[spoiler:Hamuko and Minato at the beginning of their relationship...kinda, just kissing though.]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The story takes note of things such as the stats of certain items, hence why Mitsuru was slightly less peeved about Hamuko and the Battle Panties compared to everyone else.
* GladToBeAliveSex: Hamuko and Minato after fighting the Mythical Gigas. Or perhaps it was because she summoned Odin and nearly blinded everyone.
* GoodBadGirl: Hamuko.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Hamuko.....once. Akihiko's glare made her censor her words.
* GratuitousNinja: Aigis has a really odd fixation on ninjas. After some events involving Naoto hiding under Minato's bed, she becomes convinced that Hamuko, Minato and Naoto are all ninjas
* HaremSeeker: Junpei and Ryoji, sort of, [[spoiler: Ryoji kinda has one.]] In all actuality, they just want a girl.
* {{Headdesk}}:
** Hamuko does this in chapter 86.
** Minato does this too in chapter 87 [[spoiler: because he was trying to hid his nose bleed that Ryoji gave him.]]
* HeyThatsMyLine: Implied, Junpei steals Akihiko's line in chapter 86, Akihiko glares at him in response.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Chapter 89.
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[[folder:I - L]]
* IUhYouToo: A variation:
-->'''Naoto:''' (After being hugged by Minato) I'll um...\\
'''Minato:''' I'll um you too.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Fuuka reflects on this chapter 80. Seems to have a hard time making them.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
** Junpei says this to Minato because he wants him and Hamuko to stop fighting.
** [[spoiler: Minato says to Shinjiro that if he can't make Hamuko happy, he says the only person he'd allow to have her instead is him. Much to the chagrin of the two boys.]]
* IdenticalStranger:
** Hamuko and Minato (strangers at first), sort of, their powers, the wild card, are identical.
** [[spoiler:Played Straight with Ryoji looking like Minato, even the other characters recognize the similarities.]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Aigis' response to Junpei asking her to give him some awesome new Personas, [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm her not understanding sarcasm]].
--> '''Aigis:''' "Junpei-san, I'm a robot, not a wizard. I cannot give abilities to ninjas."
* IncestSubtext: Played with, [[spoiler:with Hamuko and Akihiko....]]kinda...
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Shinjiro. "The medical Chekhov's Gun. If you coughed in the first act, you can bet that you'll be dead by third."[[note]]quote taken from main page.[[/note]] Shinji literally coughs during TFT, and almost dies, what do we find out later? He's been dead and that world was just a vision.]]
* InnocentInnuendo: Mitsuru tells Minato to come to her room to discuss an issue of theft and that he should stay after to discuss a ''private'' matter. She tells him this in front of [[{{Yandere}} Chihiro]].
* InsaneTrollLogic: How Hamuko's thoughts work.
** Aigis as well. When we get to see things from her POV, there comes a point where she thinks Minato to be readying shurikens when he and Hamuko hesitate around each other in the apartment. She also thinks that FaceDesk-ing is legitimate resistance training and wonders if Fuuka is a secretly stove when her compliments on his cooking make Shinjiro's temperature increase. Also, she likes ninjas.
* {{Irony}}:
-->[[spoiler: '''Hamuko:''' "I'm not his shadow."]]
* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: [[spoiler:The Orb.]]
* KarmaHoudini: During the hot springs, [[spoiler:Minato is bailed out by Hamuko so they can see each other later. The other girls are none the wiser, while Junpei's a bit peeved.]] [[spoiler: Well, he does get slightly punished, by Aigis, but all she does is go into ignore mode, which isn't much of a punishment.]]
* KillItWithFire: Hamuko says she'll do this to the ghost in the school. And she says this to the Magical Magus as well.
%%* LargeHam:
%%** Tanaka.
%%** Hamuko, also a pun off her name.
* LaserBlade: Hamuko gets the Beam Naginata and annoys everyone by constantly making [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber sounds]] when using it.
* LastNameBasis: Employed by either of the Fools after particularly serious fights.
%%* LeeroyJenkins: Shinjiro.
* LeetLingo: The Hermit social link, of course.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Minato tells this to Hamuko, about Ken's power and such and how light doesn't mean it's "innocent".]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Hamuko and Junpei, to an extent.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Minato to Naoto and Johei, and Hamuko to Akihiko.]] [[spoiler: The latter has been hinted that Hamuko may or may not be blood-related.]]
%%* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Hamuko.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Hamuko, kinda, when she first kisses Minato.]]
* LoveDodecahedron: ''[[http://sandramj.deviantart.com/art/Love-tetradecagon-259040547 As seen here.]]
* LoveHurts:
** [[spoiler: Minato and Hamuko can't catch a break.]]
** [[spoiler: Hamuko and Shinjiro can't either.]]
** [[spoiler: Junpei and Chidori, Chidori outright says she's hurting.]]
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[[folder:M - P]]
* MaleGaze: [[spoiler:Hamuko takes advantage of Minato staring at her boobs, for her to win the poker game.]]
%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Hamuko.
** Shinji outright calls her the latter when she comes to him [[spoiler:with her memories of the past as Miki.]]
** Yukari thinks this about Hamuko in chapter 73.
* ManipulativeBastard: How Minato was first characterized by Hamuko.
%%* MasterOfTheMixedMessage
* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler:Minato sees Hamuko's eyes are slightly different, before she tries to rape him.]]
%%* MoneySpider
* MoodSwinger: Hamuko and Minato, the former much, '''much''' more so than the latter.
* {{Mooks}}: Hamuko calls the Tiara Shadows that the Shadow Priestess summons this, in chapter 12.
* MookHorrorShow: Hamuko was chased by Mitsuru. The only reason she wasn't executed was, the day after, she apologized and redid the task of writing letters rather than photocopying them. Mitsuru's POV section revealed that she actually enjoys scaring people like that.
* MoreThanMindControl:
** May be the cause of The Fools' attempts to [[spoiler:rape each other, as well as Minato's rather out-of-character interactions with Yuko.]] Minato confided as much to Shinjiro and even asked Igor if it was the Personas doing that to him and Hamuko. So far, the answers are inconclusive.
** [[spoiler: Later Hamuko goes and kisses Hidetoshi, albeit on the cheek.]]
** Chapter 67 shows that it might have something to do with the Dark Hour, as Hamuko attacks Minato again, but comes to her senses once the Dark Hour ends.
%%* MyEyesAreUpHere: Hamuko has to keep remind Minato this from time to time.
%%* MyGirlIsASlut: Hamuko.
* MyGreatestFailure: Hamuko considers Shinji's [[spoiler:comatose state]] her fault.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Charmed though she may have been by Ryoji, Hamuko goes ape when he starts flirting with Aigis.
* NoJustNoReaction: Minato's reaction to [[spoiler:finding out Maya is his composition teacher.]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler:Hamuko is found unconscious after telling Aigis how much she loved her, with Aigis stating it was "unrequited".]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Joked with Hamuko to Minato in chapter 83.
-->'''Minato:''' It came early this month.\\
'''Hamuko:''' And no pad will save you from that.
* NoSocialSkills: Hamuko seems more and more like this the more she confides in Minato. The part where she explains to Minato why she's so affectionate to everyone all the time strikes out in particular.
* NoYou: "Your brother would make a great policeman." Huh?
* {{Nosebleed}}:
** Minato's reaction to seeing Hamuko in [[ChainmailBikini Battle Panties]]. Also happens when she accidentally does some EroticEating with a popsicle.
** Minato's reaction to Ryoji.
* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler:Possibly Hamuko and Akihiko.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Mitsuru fawns over Koromaru just like everyone else. The second years are either in disbelief or think that it's simply because she didn't know Koromaru's surname.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Minato and Hamuko get caught in compromising situations many times. One time it happens even ends with them getting [[MythologyGag Executed by Mitsuru]].
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Hamuko and Minato.]]
* OneOfTheBoys: Hamuko at times.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. When someone gets hurt, they really get hurt, such that it'll feel and show for a while even if Dia is cast on it.
%%zce* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Said by Minato to The Reaper. This is about Hamuko, of course.
* OnlySaneMan:
** Shinjiro has claim to be the most level-headed person of SEES.
** Igor feels like this after the whole commotion in the Velvet Room in chapter 87, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext after his cryptic words led to another double date with the attendants because everyone jumped to the conclusion that Hamuko is pregnant.]]
* OutOfFocus:
** The rest of SEES tends to lose focus when the fic focuses on Hamuko and Minato's relationship. When Strega starts getting involved, Junpei gets a bit of focus back.
** There's also some more focus on Shinjiro and Akihiko after the former joins and the latter makes it clear how he sees Hamuko.
* PassingNotesInClass: Hamuko does this a lot with both Junpei and Minato.
* PiratesVersusNinjas:
** Aigis asserts that ninjas are cool, and thinks that Hamuko, Minato and Naoto are ninjas after an incident. Overhearing bits of the conversation, Ken says that pirates are cooler.
** The movie Aigis, Junpei and Hamuko see in cha 58 had a fight scene with this.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe:
** Said by Hamuko to Shinji, with the latter remarking that that's the second time he's been told that.
** Also said by Hamuko to Minato earlier in the story.
* {{Polyamory}}: Part of why Shinji deflects Hamuko's advances early on is that he feels like it would be getting into this kind of relationship [[spoiler:aside from trying to recognize how Hamuko is with how he remembered Miki]]. Given Hamuko's views on her relationships and her feelings towards Minato and Shinji (and the others) and the following interactions of the other persons involved in the relationship, he seems to be right.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: Inverted.
** [[spoiler:Naoto makes an appearance in this story.]]
** [[spoiler:Let's not forget the constant mentioning of Risette, and the time Souji/Yu got interviewed on TV, despite his name not being given.]]
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[[folder:Q - T]]
%% * RacialFaceBlindness: What Americans are regarded as to Hamuko.
* ReallyGetsAround: Hamuko has a reputation for this. She even proclaims herself to be 'The biggest slut of Gekkoukan High' to Shinji as she's trying to get him to sleep with her, [[spoiler:despite the fact that he's only the second guy she's slept with thus far. The first guy being Minato.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish:
** It turns out that [[spoiler:Akihiko sees Hamuko as one for Miki, to the point where he accidentally calls her by that name when they get into a heated argument about her trouble magnet tendencies.]]
** [[spoiler:Shinji also sees Hamuko as Miki, which is why he's such a jerk to her in the first place, because she reminds him of things he'd rather forget.]]
** [[spoiler:And it turns out, she IS Miki, with amnesia following the fire.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Earlier in the story, it is revealed that Minato is Kitaro Shirogane. Later, it is hinted that Hamuko might be Miki, which is confirmed in chapter 74. Shinji knew all along, but didn't want to confuse Hamuko (who has amnesia) or hurt Akihiko (who believes that the Miki he knew is already dead).]]
* TheRival: The Fools should be somewhat like this, what with constantly being at odds with each other with the Social Links, but what comes closer to this trope are Hamuko and Yukari, and Minato and Akihiko.
** And in the more recent chapters, they've become this straight, with a lot more vitriol.
** Their lack of competitiveness is actually somewhat justified. After the first mad scramble for Social Links, they continue to compete for new Links when they find them (usually by keeping them secret until Level 1) but the majority of the time there aren't any Links to fight over, and therefore no reason to compete. Sabotaging Links is also counter productive to the overall goal of exploring Tartarus. Its only with [[spoiler: Hamuko lashing out at Minato via his S.Links and Minato counter attacking in the same way they realize that even after the bonds are initially formed, there is still something to fight for.]]
* RunningGag:
** Hamuko's name being punned on, i.e. Hamtaro.
** Hamuko punning other people's names.
** Hamuko looking like a rodent.
** [[spoiler: Hamuko being pregnant.]]
** Almost ANYTHING involving Hamuko.
** Lampshaded by Minato in chapter 88 about Chihiro always coming back.
** Talk or taaaaalk?
** When Minato or Hamuko quote each other.
** Charming/being chamred....it comes up A LOT.
* {{Samurai}}: According to Aigis, Koromaru is descended from samurai.
* SecretKeeper: Aigis and Shinjiro, the former more so than the latter, are privy to most of the Fools' secrets, more so with the ones they chose not to give up to the rest of SEES.
* SecretTest: [[spoiler:Johei Shirogane does this to Minato.]]
* ShapedLikeItself: Aigis wonders if toast tastes like toast[[note]]That was the third choice. The first two were that the toast tasted like diabetes, or spring[[/note]].
* ShowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Played with Minato and Hamuko in the bonus "gag" chapter of the Love Hotel.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Hamuko [[spoiler: ships Rise with Naoto.]]
* ShipTease:
** Minato is shown to have a crush on Yukari, mainly early on. Yukari seems to have a crush on Minato (and is a jealous of Hamuko we find out later).
** Hamuko and Shinji get a good chunk of time together [[spoiler:(even get married in one of the "vision worlds", should be noted Minato died in that world.]]
** Hamuko seems to be flirty with Akihiko as first, and Akihiko checks out Hamuko at one point.
* ShownTheirWork: Author does a great job with being accurate to the game along with throwing in her own spice. A nice example is when Minato says that light isn't always good, light is white and white has death in it. This is coming from the Japanese meaning "shiro" for white and "shi" in Japanese means death.
* SlapSlapKiss: Hoo boy! Minato and Hamuko often get into fights with each other and then make up sometime later. Then rinse and repeat. This means that their social link constantly reverses and goes back to normal '''a lot'''. [[spoiler:Played for drama when Minato tries to rape Hamuko, and again much later, when Hamuko tries to rape Minato.]]
* SomedayThisWillComeInHandy: [[spoiler:Orb.]]
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: We understand Koromaru mostly through Aigis' translations.
* {{Squee}}:
** Hamuko is absolutely delighted when she meets Naoto.
** Hamuko is completely euphoric about the fact of [[spoiler: almost]] meeting Rise/seeing Rise's concert.
* StagesOfMonsterGrief: [[spoiler:Minato says Hamuko is going through this.]]
* StepfordSmiler: Hamuko. In chapter 73, Yukari is caught off guard when she sees Hamuko being melancholic rather than her usual genki self.
%%* StripPoker: [[spoiler:Chapter 89.]]
%%* StupidSexyFriend: Hamuko to Minato.
%%* SupremeChef: Shinjiro, of course.
* SwitchingPOV: Every so often, the perspective switches to that of another character. Junpei was given point for a portion of the chapter where Strega gets introduced into the plot, we got to see an average day at home and at school from Aigis' point of view and Akihiko's view on Minato and Hamuko.
* SwordOfDamocles: Mentioned in chapter 92.
* TagalongKid: Yukari calls Junpei this in chapter 76, which offends Ken.
* TakeThat: Also a ShoutOut to 50 Shade's of Grey and Twilight. Twilight being the Magical Witch Detective and 50 Shade's of Grey being the "new stupidly popular saga which was a copy of the stupidly popular Witch Detective saga! Less witches, more sex."
* [[CutenessEqualsForgiveness Tears Equals Forgiveness]]: Averted[[note]]for those thinking tears/crying equals cute/moe[[/note]], Minato tells Hamuko that crying won't solve everything.
* TheTease: '''Hamuko.''' She does this all the time, hell, she reveals that was like that in all her previous relationships, and it's not reduced much as after 73 chapters in, her friends are still annoyed by her carefree and slutty behaviour.
** it must be noticed though that at that point she was only acting like that around Shinjiro.
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Averted, Akihiko was right when he thought Hamuko was Miki.]]
* TinMan: Aigis can become this when she shuts down her emotion-display subroutines. She does this when the SEES members play poker in chapter 81.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Actually it's not just [[spoiler: Ryoji]] but also [[spoiler: Hamuko who isn't exactly Miki as much as some mix of Miki and Minato's Shadow]].
* {{Troll}}:
** Hamuko...oh god...is she ever. Says "You mad?" in chapter 15 as well.
** The author herself is one, even states how she loves trolling her own readers in the beginning of chapter 20.
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* TheUnfairSex: Aigis is pretty much the only one who believes that [[spoiler:Minato did not try to rape Hamuko. He really didn't, but no one's sure exactly what happened.]]
** Later, Hamuko comes to admit that [[spoiler:he wasn't a rapist and that there might be strange happenings about that caused that as well as the incident before it.]]
* UnwantedHarem: Minato attracts women, in part thanks to the Social Links mechanic and also because he smells sexy. He's narrates that he's a fan of monogamy, so he's in distress about this.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: [[spoiler:If Hamuko and Minato aren't dating, one of them is friendzoned.]]
* TheVamp: Hamuko, well, lampshaded by Minato in describing her.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Hamuko and Minato early on, and they never fully grow out of it.
%%* WhamEpisode:
%%** Chapter [[spoiler: 39.]]
%%** [[spoiler: The Bad End.]]
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Poor Hamuko....she's VERY confused about this.
%%* WhenSheSmiles: Hamuko and Shinji.
%%* WouldHitAGirl: Minato. Not without good reason, though.
%%* {{Yandere}}: Chihiro.
%%* YaoiFangirl: Chihiro, as it turns out.
* YouMonster: Akihiko doesn't say it, but witnessing Minato and Hamuko go through one of their macabre Dark Hour displays in Tartarus makes him reconsider his decide that Hamuko can't be [[spoiler: Miki]] because she's too much a monster.
%%* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: [[spoiler:Orb.]]
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