History Manga / GaRei

* InactionSequence: Chapter 45, which is more or less an {{Infodump}} [[spoiler:about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].

%%* DecoyProtagonist: Kensuke

* DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:''Kensuke'' of all people gets this treatment once Kagura forgets about him.]]

* EyeScream: Kensuke's eye gets slashed open when he tries to protect Izumi from Kirin. Since he no longer has a Sesshouseki inside him, he never fully recovers, and it leaves a huge scar.

* BlindingBangs: Izumi/Yomi, though not consistently.

'''''Ga-Rei''''' is a 2005 manga series by Hajime Segawa, about mostly-OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Kensuke Nimura and ''definitely'' not ordinary high school girl named Kagura Tsuchimiya. After an incident involving a giant monster ghost baby Kensuke follows Kagura into her world of supernatural peril.

* KnifeNut: Shizuru needs hers to summon Kurofoudo.

* {{Kitsune}}: The Nine-Tailed Demon-Fox is a fox-shaped AnimalisticAbomination formed when the ten Bane Stones are gathered together. [[spoiler:It's initially stated to be a spirit-beast controlled by an Exorcist named Lady Tamamo, but is later revealed to be part of a cycle of creation and destruction.]]

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* SchoolgirlLesbians: [[spoiler:Izumi has a one-sided crush on Kagura.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Replace "black/white priestess" with "lunar/solar priestess", and you start getting ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'' vibes.

* DamselInDistress: [[DistressedDude Inverted]] with Kensuke. While he's lamenting about having to be rescued, a picture of an actual damsel in distress even shows up in the panel.

* BadassGay:
** Koji Iwahata. The big badass ex-mercenary.
** Izumi is in love with Kagura, though she excuses this as Yomi's "sisterly" feelings for Kagura bleeding over into her.

* [[MafiaPrincess Yakuza Princess]]: Shizuru is the daughter of a branch of a clan of onmyōji that relocated overseas and became involved in organized crime, and have returned to Japan to take over the criminal underworld.

* CoolSword: Kagura's appears to be a [[LaserBlade laser]]; one of Yomi's is made out of several smaller blades attached to a [[{{BFS}} single one in the center]]. Kensuke's Michael Revolution is capable of channeling ThePowerOfLove to cut through dimensions.

* DistressedDamsel: [[JamesBondage Inverted]] with Kensuke. While he's lamenting about having to be rescued, a picture of an actual distressed damsel even shows up in the panel.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: It look a lot of [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifices]], but they earned it!]]

* BadassGay:
** Koji Iwahata. The big badass ex-mercenary.
** Izumi is in love with Kagura, though she excuses this as Yomi's "sisterly" feelings for Kagura bleeding over into her.

* HeroicSacrifice: Who else but [[spoiler:Yomi. At least she gets her break.]]

* TheMentor: Yomi to Kagura; Noriyuki to Tsuina...and possibly to Shizuru.

** The evil spirit in Chapter 37 is a crew of undead bikers led by a flaming skeleton who wields demonic chains. Their name? The [[ComicBook/GhostRider Ghost Riders]].

* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Izumi and Yomi share the former's body, alternating control over it. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Yomi herself when Kagura isn't sure who she's talking to.]]

* VillainousCrossdresser: Okama Zankurou. [[MeaningfulName Okama]] is slang for "drag queen" in Japan.

* YakuzaPrincess: Shizuru is the daughter of a branch of a clan of onmyōji that relocated overseas and became involved in organized crime, and have returned to Japan to take over the criminal underworld.

** The ''Sesshōseki'' is translated as the Bane Stones in the ''Anime/GaReiZero'' and Death Stones in the manga's English translation.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: The source of the Sesshouseki's power.

* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Anyone taken over by a Sesshouseki has black sclera, and either HellishPupils or no pupils at all.

** The Sesshoseki -- translated as the Bane Stones in the ''Anime/GaReiZero'' and Death Stones in the manga's English version -- is said to be the spiritual power of a malevolent nine-tailed fox that was the spirit-beast of an evil onmyoji named Tamamo-no-Mae. This is later revealed to be untrue, but the ten stones corrupt whoever uses them into onryō.
** Yomi struggles with it whenever she has screen time.
* CreatureHunterOrganization: The Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Department -- also translated as the Supernatural Disaster Task Force -- is a government organization that uses UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} and mystically-augmented weapons to hunt down malevolent yōkai, onryō, and other supernatural creatures.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[KillTheOnesYouLove Kagura killed Yomi]] while Yomi was being controlled by the Sesshouseki (see Anime/GaReiZero). It doesn't seem to bother her at first, but it eventually takes its toll.
* DarkActionGirl: Yomi, Shizuru.

* DemonicPossession: Izumi [[spoiler: turns into a giant demon spider before Yomi takes over her body.]]

* GottaCatchThemAll: The [[PowerCrystal Sesshouseki]], in order to summon the Kyuubi.

** Izumi is in love with Kagura.
* HealingFactor: One of the benefits of having a Sesshouseki embedded within you.

* InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:Yomi, whose suicide is interrupted by Okama.]]
** In the same chapter, Izumi's dad, now undead, shapeshifts into his own monster of sorts.

* {{Kitsune}}: The Kyuubi is a fox-shaped AnimalisticAbomination formed when the Sesshouseki was put together. [[spoiler:It's initially stated to be a spirit-beast controlled by an Onmyodo named Tamamo-no-Mae, but is later revealed to be part of a cycle of creation and destruction.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Arguably Kensuke and Kagura, after tons of ShipTease and the culmination of Kagura actively using ThePowerOfLove near the finale, with their relationship... doing something.]]

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Yomi]] is named after the Shinto underworld. The Kyuubi, the Sesshouseki, and Lord Tamamo are references to the legend of Tamamo-no-Mae.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Kyouko, Shizuru, and Noriyuki all leave at the end of the Kyuubi arc. Fujiko retires, and the entire Countermeasures Department dissolves. It's not long before the action gets going again.]]

* SpiritWorld: Lord Tamamo's Garden.
* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler: Izumi and Yomi. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Yomi herself when Kagura isn't sure who she's talking to.]]
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Anyone using an unsealed Sesshouseki will ultimately turn into an onryo, even in their human body.
** As an onryo and when fulfilling her ApocalypseMaiden role, Yomi has lank black hair and HellishPupils, and gains BlackEyesOfCrazy when she taps into her Sesshoseki fragment.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 33, [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Kagura lost her memories, and to a certain extent that Yomi's come back from the dead.]]
* WorthyOpponent: Shizuru, to Kagura.

** The Kyubey is a nine-tailed kitsune.
** Byakuei is mistaken for a dragon, but is actually an ''inugami'' corrupted by the Sesshouseki. This becomes more apparent when the Sesshoseki fragment inside him is removed, returning him to his true form.

** A jorogumo is fought as one of the evil monsters.
** A tanuki who can shapeshift into a nurikabe joins the Kensuke's team.
** Kirin, Byakuei's EvilCounterpart, is named after the ''kirin'' but is actually an incomplete manifestation of the Kyubey.

''Anime/GaReiZero'' is a {{Prequel}} anime series that acts as Yomi (the first BigBad)'s StartOfDarkness. It is also much DarkerAndEdgier, ''Ga-Rei'' is quite [[LighterAndSofter light]] in comparison.

* CreatureHunterOrganization: The Countermeasures Department is a government organization that uses UsefulNotes/{{Onmyodo}} and mystically-augmented weapons to hunt down malevolent yōkai, onryō, and other supernatural creatures. but mostly by Kyouko and Souzaemon.

* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Yomi. She just can't catch a break.]]

** Yomi actually shows a few glimpses of these when it comes to Kagura or Noriyuki. While it may not be clingy, it's definitely a scary jealousy.

** The Sesshoseki -- translated as the Bane Stone in the English version -- is said to be the spiritual power of a malevolent nine-tailed fox that was the spirit-beast of an evil onmyodo named Tamamo-no-Mae. This is later revealed to be untrue, but the fragments of it corrupt whoever uses them into onryō.

** The evil spirit in Chapter 37 is a crew of bikers led by a skeleton with a flaming skull for a head, and who wields demonic chains. Their name? The [[ComicBook/GhostRider Ghost Riders]].

** Another Juugondō member is a vampire with a tall M-shaped hairdo inspired by Dracula from Film/BramStokersDracula.