History Manga / ChildrenOfTheWhales

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The anime fails to mention how Liontari [[spoiler:survives falling into the sea of sand, which the manga states is due to Aima saving him.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Ouni develops the power to use Thymia in Nous passages when [[spoiler:Nibi dies]].

* FirstEpisodeTwist: The "outside world" comes to slaughter the Mud Whale.

* GeniusLoci: The Nous ships.

* OneCastMemberPerCover: Each volume features a different character on the cover. Only Volume 22's cover has multiple characters.

%%* SapientShip

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most of the names are transcribed from Greek, which can lead to some confusion depending on the conventions, notably regarding φ (PH/F). It doesn't help that the katakana transcription isn't always phonetically accurate.

* {{Telekinesis}}: Thymia.

* ColorfulThemeNaming: One that gets LostInTranslation, but the names of the Mud Whale's residents are derived from Japanese color terminology.[[note]]"Chakuro" = "blackish-brown", "Sami" = "light green", Suou = "raspberry red", "Ginshu" = "vermilion", etc.[[/note]] Ironically, these tend to not be the colors that feature heavily into their designs.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Has a very large cast of named characters, though the focus tends to fall on a select few. It doesn't help that even posthumous characters can still play a large role in the story.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** The anime fails to mention how Liontari [[spoiler:survives falling into the sea of sand, which the manga states is due to Aima saving him.]]

* RousseauWasRight: For all the atrocities committed, no one is doing it ForTheEvulz so much as their actions are born from ignorance or a desire to protect their own home. It's a sentiment Suou echoes near the start of the series--that as long as you're dealing with fellow human beings, you can find a way to resolve things peacefully--and while it doesn't often work out that way in practice, the heart of it always remains.
* SapientShip

* ArtMajorBiology:

* DeathSeeker: Shuan is the only one to support [[spoiler:the elders' plan to sink the Mud Whale]] even after learning that it would result in the deaths of everyone on board.
* DistressedDude: Suoh's propensity for throwing himself into trouble turns him into this quite often. He has, at various points, been saved by Nezu and Ro[[note]]when he's thrown into the bowels for protesting [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the elders' mass suicide plan]][[/note]] (although by the time they reached him the danger was already over), by Shuan[[note]]from Liontari[[/note]], by Shuan again[[note]]from Rochalizo[[/note]], by Shuan ''again''[[note]]from Duke Dachtlya's guards[[/note]], [[PetTheDog by Orca]][[note]]from imprisonment beneath Dachtlya's castle[[/note]], and by Ouni[[note]]from Orca[[/note]].

* GeniusLoci: [[spoiler:The Nous ships.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: It quickly hits the now not-so-emotionless Lykos that the people of Falaina may not be the barbaric monsters she was told they were.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: Everyone who knows the reason for the Marked's short lifespans wants the Mud Whale to reach Amonlogia as soon as possible in order to save a dying Masoh's life. [[spoiler:They don't make it in time.]]

* ArtMajorBiology: The skin color of all the people on the Mud Whale is pale despite living in a desert, not to mention that their ancestors from only a few generations back were considerably darker as well.

* DistressedDude: Suoh's propensity for throwing himself into trouble turns him into this quite often. He has, at various points, been saved by Nezu and Ro[[note]]when he's thrown into the bowels for protesting [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the elders' mass suicide plan]][[/note]] (although by the time they reach him the danger's already over), by Shuan[[note]]from Liontari[[/note]], by Shuan again[[note]]from Rochalizo[[/note]], by Shuan ''again''[[note]]from Duke Dachtlya's guards[[/note]], [[PetTheDog by Orca]][[note]]from imprisonment beneath Dachtlya's castle[[/note]], and by Ouni[[note]]from Orca[[/note]].

* EmotionalSuppression: The Empire considers emotions to be the evil that brought about the fall of the old world, so all of its nous-compatible citizens are required to sacrifice their emotions as sustenance to the nous they worship.

* ArtMajorBiology: The skin color of all the people on the Mud Whale is pale despite living in a desert. Their ancestors from only a few generations were considerably darker as well.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Deiktis initially mistakes Suoh for a woman and attempts to marry him. Even after being corrected, he still sometimes forgets that Suoh isn't a beautiful maiden.

* TheEmpire: Lykos's homeland, called such, and the main antagonist of the series.

* HopeSpot: The people of Falaina has a big one in volume 9 [[spoiler:when it seems like they'll be able to live in Amonlogia and escape the curse of their island. Alas, Rochalizo didn't intend to just let them live peacefully, and basically sells them to his empire to be used as soldiers. Needless to say, they aren't too happy with the deal.]]

* RousseauWasRight: For all the atrocities committed, no one is doing it ForTheEvulz, as so much as their actions are born from ignorance or a desire to protect their own home. It's a sentiment Suou echoes near the start of the series--that as long as you're dealing with fellow human beings, you can find a way to resolve things peacefully--and while it doesn't often work out that way in practice, the heart of it always remains.