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* BareYourMidriff: Suzune, Chisato [[spoiler:and Kagari]].
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* ScaryJackInTheBox: At one point, we see a Jack-in-the-box witch. It has eyes all over it’s body and a large serpentine body with more eyes comes out of it.

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Shes Got Legs is not longer a trope


* LegFocus: Pretty much all of the magical girls' outfits emphasize their legs. ZettaiRyouiki emphasizing the upper thighs is also rather common.



* ShesGotLegs: Pretty much all of the magical girls' outfits emphasize their legs. ZettaiRyouiki emphasizing the upper thighs is also rather common.
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* AnyoneCanDie: See DwindlingParty and KillEmAll below.

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* AnyoneCanDie: See DwindlingParty and KillEmAll below.%%* AnyoneCanDie



* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri]] and [[spoiler:Mika]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, with one of his bodies getting killed.



* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri]] and [[spoiler:Mika]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, with one of his bodies getting killed.
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Five Man Band has to include five.


* DecoyProtagonist: Both Suzune and Arisa are set up as the two protagonists -- with Suzune being the villain and Arisa the main hero -- but by the end it becomes clear that it's really [[spoiler:Matsuri]] who's the main hero and [[spoiler:Kagari]] who is the main villain.

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* DecoyProtagonist: Both Suzune and Arisa are set up as the two protagonists -- lead characters-- with Suzune being the villain and Arisa the main hero -- but by the end it becomes clear that it's really [[spoiler:Matsuri]] who's the main hero and [[spoiler:Kagari]] who is the main villain.



* FiveManBand: The team of four magical girls at the start of the story.
** TheLeader: Haruka.
** TheLancer[=/=]TheBigGuy: Arisa.
** TheSmartOne: Chisato.
** TheHeart[=/=]TheChick: Matsuri.
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well, that leaves only tamura left and considering april fools event, it's possible...

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Suzune, Arisa and Chisato have been featured as part of the 2017 smartphone game ''[[VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory Magia Record]]''.
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* {{Expy}}: Arisa, of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]]: abrasive personality, hairstyle, being negleted in the past, etc..

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* {{Expy}}: Arisa, of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]]: abrasive personality, hairstyle, being negleted neglected in the past, etc..
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* {{Expy}}: Arisa, of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]]: abrasive personality, hairstyle, being negleted in the past, etc..
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* BareYourMidriff: Suzune, Chisato [[spoiler:and Kagari]].


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* ManipulativeBastard: the whole gimmick with [[spoiler:Kagari]].


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* MotherlySidePlait: Tsubaki [[spoiler:("hairstyle of death" side of the trope in full effect)]].
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* FiveManBand: The team of four magical girls. It doesn't last long.

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* FiveManBand: The team of four magical girls. It doesn't last long.girls at the start of the story.



* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri]] and [[spoiler:Mika]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa at one point.

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* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri]] and [[spoiler:Mika]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting with one of his bodies smushed by Arisa at one point.getting killed.



** Play straight with Suzune; she and the magical girl team go to the same school.

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** Play Played straight with Suzune; she and the magical girl team go to the same school.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Subverted: the girls' magical outfits incorporate various fanservice elements (ex. lots of leg, Haruka's cleavage window, Arisa's emphasized chest) but none of it is explicitly focused on or played for fanservice.


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* ShesGotLegs: Pretty much all of the magical girls' outfits emphasize their legs. ZettaiRyouiki emphasizing the upper thighs is also rather common.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the anime, ''Suzune Magica'' has quite a lot of blood, explicit themes of abuse and torment, hatred and revenge, and a few instances of explicit mental torture/MindRape.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the anime, ''Suzune Magica'' has quite a lot of blood, explicit themes of abuse and torment, hatred and revenge, and a few instances of explicit mental torture/MindRape. The main villain is also portrayed as incredibly sadistic and irredeemably evil, in contrast to Kyubey and some of the other spin-off villains, who fall more into the category of AntiHero or AntiVillain and have morally ambiguous goals at best.
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* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to the anime; it's about the same level as some of the other spin-off manga.

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* BloodierAndGorier: Compared Has a lot more blood in it, compared to the anime; it's about the same level as some of the other spin-off manga.



* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the anime, ''Suzune Magica'' has quite a lot of blood, explicit themes of abuse and torment, and a few instances of explicit mental torture/MindRape.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the anime, ''Suzune Magica'' has quite a lot of blood, explicit themes of abuse and torment, hatred and revenge, and a few instances of explicit mental torture/MindRape.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the anime, ''Suzune Magica'' has quite a lot of blood, explicit themes of abuse and torment, and a few instances of explicit mental torture/MindRape.


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* MindRape
** [[spoiler:Haruka]], when a witch traps her and then forces her to relive her worst memories, when she made her incredibly selfish wish. The mental torture, on top of the emotional turmoil she'd been going through at the time, is enough to make her [[spoiler:turn into a witch]].
** [[spoiler:Kagari]] mentally tortures [[spoiler:Suzune]] to try and turn her into a witch as a part of her revenge.
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* FirstNameBasis: The magical girl team all refer to each other by their first names without any honorifics in the Japanese text.

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* CallBack: Suzune slashing [[spoiler:Kagari]]'s throat visually calls back to Suzune's killing of Kanami in the first chapter.



* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Arisa]] in the third half of the story following her death, and by extension [[spoiler:Chisato]] and [[spoiler:Haruka]], who were important vehicles to her character development, to make room for [[spoiler:Kagari]] and the new developments she brings with her. Made especially jarring by the fact that [[spoiler:Arisa]] was one of the main characters up until this point.

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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Arisa]] in the third half of the story story, following her death, and by extension [[spoiler:Chisato]] and [[spoiler:Haruka]], who were important vehicles to her character development, to make room for [[spoiler:Kagari]] and the new developments she brings with her. Made especially jarring by the fact that [[spoiler:Arisa]] was one of the three main characters up until this point.



* TheReveal
** Volume 2 reveals the reason why Suzune became a magical girl assassin: [[spoiler:witnessing her mentor Tsubaki becoming a witch]].
** Volume 3 then takes it in a new direction: [[spoiler:Suzune ''didn't'' actually become an assassin because of this; instead, it's because Kagari altered her memories to make her into one, out of revenge for Suzune killing Tsubaki]].

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* TheReveal
** Volume 2 reveals the reason why
TheReveal: [[spoiler:Kagari turned Suzune became into a magical girl assassin: [[spoiler:witnessing her mentor Tsubaki becoming a witch]].
** Volume 3 then takes it in a new direction: [[spoiler:Suzune ''didn't'' actually become an
assassin because of this; instead, it's because Kagari altered her memories to make her into one, out of revenge for Suzune killing Tsubaki]].via memory altering]].



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Suzune's reason for killing magical girls is [[spoiler:so that they won't become witches]].

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: WellIntentionedExtremist
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Suzune's reason for killing magical girls is [[spoiler:so that they won't become witches]].
** Arisa, when she decides to [[spoiler:kill Suzune]] in order to stop her killing.

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* AwfulTruth: The standard "soul gems contain actual souls" and "magical girls become witches" reveals come into play here, mainly the truth of witches. Both Suzune and [[spoiler:Arisa]] come to detest it, for different reasons; [[spoiler:Chisato]] and [[spoiler:Haruka]] never get a chance to, dying before they can properly learn; [[spoiler:Matsuri]] is initially horrified but manages to accept it and look past it; and [[spoiler:Kagari]] seems to just flat-out not care, though she's willing to use it for her own ends. The soul gem truth is given far less weight in comparison.



* DemotedToExtra: Compared to his role in other spin-offs, Kyubey is a rather minor character in ''Suzune''. All he really does is grant the wishes and exposit a little here and there.

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* DemotedToExtra: DemotedToExtra
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Compared to his role in other spin-offs, Kyubey is a rather minor character in ''Suzune''. All he really does is grant the wishes and exposit a little here and there.there.
** [[spoiler:Arisa]], come volume 3. The very first chapter of the volume involves her getting written out of the story.



* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri Hinata]] and [[spoiler:Mika Nishinaka]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa at one point.

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* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri Hinata]] [[spoiler:Matsuri]] and [[spoiler:Mika Nishinaka]].[[spoiler:Mika]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa at one point.



** Suzune and the magical girl team go to the same school.

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** Suzune Play straight with Suzune; she and the magical girl team go to the same school.



* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Arisa]] in the third half of the story following her death, and by extension [[spoiler:Chisato and Haruka]], who were important vehicles to her character development, to make room for [[spoiler:Kagari]] and the new developments she brings with her. Made especially jarring by the fact that [[spoiler:Arisa]] was one of the main characters up until this point.

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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Arisa]] in the third half of the story following her death, and by extension [[spoiler:Chisato [[spoiler:Chisato]] and Haruka]], [[spoiler:Haruka]], who were important vehicles to her character development, to make room for [[spoiler:Kagari]] and the new developments she brings with her. Made especially jarring by the fact that [[spoiler:Arisa]] was one of the main characters up until this point.



* TheReveal
** Volume 2 reveals the reason why Suzune became a magical girl assassin: [[spoiler:witnessing her mentor Tsubaki becoming a witch]].
** Volume 3 then takes it in a new direction: [[spoiler:Suzune ''didn't'' actually become an assassin because of this; instead, it's because Kagari altered her memories to make her into one, out of revenge for Suzune killing Tsubaki]].



** Tsubaki and both Hinata twins are named after flowers -- Tsubaki after the camellia (tsubaki), Matsuri after jasmine (marika), and Kagari after the cyclamen (kagaribibana).

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** Tsubaki and both Hinata twins are named after flowers -- Tsubaki after the camellia (tsubaki), (''tsubaki''), Matsuri after the jasmine (marika), (''mari''ka), and Kagari after the cyclamen (kagaribibana).(''kagari''bibana).
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* AnyoneCanDie: See DwindlingParty and KillEmAll below.


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* CerebusSyndrome: Briefly dips into it when Suzune kills Kanami, before going back to lighthearted territory until [[spoiler:Suzune kills Chisato]], where it fully settles into dark and dramatic. One can "tell" the different territories by the use of traditional anime expressions on the characters (sweatdrops, face lines, chibi-fied characters, etc.), which only really appear in volume 1, the "lightest" third of the story.


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* OutOfFocus: [[spoiler:Arisa]] in the third half of the story following her death, and by extension [[spoiler:Chisato and Haruka]], who were important vehicles to her character development, to make room for [[spoiler:Kagari]] and the new developments she brings with her. Made especially jarring by the fact that [[spoiler:Arisa]] was one of the main characters up until this point.
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* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri Hinata]] and [[spoiler:Mika Nishinaka]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa.

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* KillEmAll: Most of the characters seen or mentioned in the story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story's ending, the only named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri Hinata]] and [[spoiler:Mika Nishinaka]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa.Arisa at one point.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After rescuing a magical girl from a witch, Suzune politely introduces herself and asks for the magical girl's name. After the magical girl introduces herself, Suzune kills her with a surprise attack.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: DwindlingParty: All the main characters slowly drop off one by one over the course of the story. Out of all the main characters, only [[spoiler:Matsuri]] survives to the ending.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment
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After rescuing a magical girl girl, Kanami, from a witch, Suzune politely introduces herself and asks for the magical girl's Kanami's name. After the magical girl Kanami introduces herself, Suzune kills her with a surprise attack.attack.
** The following scenes introduce and establish Arisa as the laid-back, lazy schoolgirl; Chisato as the orderly, by-the-book student who doesn't tolerate Arisa's laziness; Matsuri as the sweet, all-loving heroine; and Haruka as the prim and proper senior student.
** Kagari's first few actions post-volume 2 introduction are to [[spoiler:knock Matsuri unconscious]] and then [[spoiler:stab Arisa in the back, killing her in one shot]], all to get them out of the way so she that can get to and deal with [[spoiler:Suzune]] alone. She does all this without showing so much as a trace of remorse or any emotion other than her sadistic cheerfulness.



* KillEmAll: All the main characters slowly drop off one by one over the course of the story. Out of all the main characters, only [[spoiler:Matsuri]] survives to the ending.

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* KillEmAll: All Most of the main characters slowly drop off one by one over seen or mentioned in the course of story die at some point; some don't even get seen without being dead already. By the story. Out of all story's ending, the main characters, only [[spoiler:Matsuri]] survives to the ending.named characters alive are [[spoiler:Matsuri Hinata]] and [[spoiler:Mika Nishinaka]]. Even Kyubey doesn't escape death, getting one of his bodies smushed by Arisa.

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* PolarOppositeTwins: The Hinata twins.
** Matsuri has a green colour scheme and light-themed magic. She is kind and forgiving and wants everyone to get along and be friends. She used to be blind, but then gained sight through her wish.
** Kagari has a purple colour scheme and "dark"-themed magic. In the past, she was serious and easily irritated; in the present, she is cruel, sadistic and unforgiving. She is obsessed with getting her revenge and cares nothing of other people, with the exception of [[spoiler:Tsubaki]]. She also essentially became blinded by her hatred and need for revenge that she's beyond reasoning with.
* ShoutOut: Suzune's magical girl outfit bears a striking resemblance to BlackRockShooter's outfit.

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* PolarOppositeTwins: The Hinata twins.
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twins. Matsuri has a green colour scheme and light-themed magic. She is kind and forgiving and wants everyone to get along and be friends. She used to be blind, but then gained sight through her wish.
** Kagari has a
magic, which contrasts with Kagari's purple colour scheme and "dark"-themed magic. In the past, she was serious magic (notably, green and easily irritated; in the present, she purple are contrasting colours). Matsuri is cruel, sadistic kind, friendly, and unforgiving. She forgiving, and wants everyone to get along and be friends; Kagari is obsessed with getting vengeful, sadistic, and quick to anger in comparison. Matsuri used to be blind, whereas Kagari always had sight; but then Matsuri gained sight through her revenge and cares nothing of other people, with the exception of [[spoiler:Tsubaki]]. She also essentially wish, whereas Kagari became blinded by her hatred and need for revenge that she's beyond reasoning with.
* ShoutOut: Suzune's magical girl outfit bears a striking resemblance
revenge. Matsuri also likes [[spoiler:Suzune]] and wants to BlackRockShooter's outfit.become/is friends with her, whereas Kagari hates her and wants to kill her.

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