History Manga / TheVoynichHotel

* BalkingSummonedSpirit: [[SerialKiller Snark]] was given three wishes by the devil [[PunnyName Demona]] in exchange for her soul, two of which were spent prior to the start of the story. After killing a man who had confessed his love for her, and then realizing that she had feelings for him as well, she summons Demona and asks for him to be brought {{back from the dead}} as her last wish. Demona, however, becomes very agitated and balks at the request; the why isn't directly stated, but her reaction implies that it's either impossible or leads to very bad things if tried. Snark reluctantly accepts this...and asks to have [[BuxomBeautyStandard her boobs made a lot bigger]] instead.

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** Kikaida, unlike the police chief, starts puking like crazy when he's brought into the room where Snark's victims are. Turns out the spaghetti alle vongole he had for lunch didn't agree with him.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Carrie apparently gets horny when she's high. In the chapter that introduces them, she's utterly wasted and tells Tamara that [[IllBeInMyBunk she's going to be having some quality time in the bathroom]]. Tamara tells her to mop the floor this time.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. In the B/W artwork, the Mothers all have dark skin but Tenebrarum and Suspiriorum's hair is much lighter than Lachrymarum's. However, Suspiriorum's severed head is on the back of vol. 3 of the English translation, and her hair is a tealish-green instead of blond.

* PantyShot:
** When Leader talks about his facial scars with Berna, she says that she has scars too and pulls up her skirt, showing off both her stitched-together body and her underwear.
** During the mahjong game between Helena, Berna, and Taizou, one of the hands Helena plays [[InvokedTrope is apparently called]] "Nietzsche Panty Peek".

-->'''Helena''': [''to Berna''] He told me to go change.

* FunTShirt: When trying to help Helena on her date with Taizou, Berna picks out a shirt that reads "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" with an arrow pointing down. Taizou immediately makes her change out of it.

* RecursiveCanon: ''The Voynich Hotel'' manga [[RecursiveCanon appears in-universe]], being Haraki's masterpiece.

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: ''The Voynich Hotel'' manga [[RecursiveCanon appears in-universe]], being Haraki's masterpiece.

* AccidentalPervert: Ashkelon walks into the VIP suite and catches Demona fresh out of the shower. She screams...and covers [[{{Cyclops}} her eye]] instead of her body.
-->'''Demona''': EEEK! PERVERT!\\
'''Ashkelon''': Why are ''you'' shielding your face?! There's a vase right there, at least stand in front of it!

* NakedFreakOut: PlayedForLaughs, when Ashkelon walks into the hotel's VIP suite just after the female devil Demona [[ShowerOfAwkward has apparently come out of the shower]], wearing nothing but a ModestyTowel around her neck. Mortified, she screams and calls him a pervert, but instead of trying to cover her body, she covers her [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]].

* NakedFreakOut: PlayedForLaughs, when Ashkelon walks into the hotel's VIP suite just after the female devil Demona [[ShowerOfAwkward has apparently come out of the shower]], wearing nothing on but a ModestyTowel around her neck. Mortified, she screams and calls him a pervert, but instead of trying to cover her body, she covers her [[{{Cyclops}} single eye]].

* ManBitesMan: When one of the Yakuza gets too close to Taizou [[spoiler:after stabbing him]], Taizoyu bites his nose off.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Part of what happens to [[spoiler:Taizou's torturers]] is the same as what they did to [[spoiler:his brother, and threaten to do to him: their back tattoos are peeled off and pasted to the wall]].

* MakeAnExampleOfThem: Taizou learns part of what happened to his brother for betraying their clan: his back tattoo was flayed off and hung on the wall of the clan's headquarters. [[spoiler:Helena later does this to his torturers, although their tats are pasted to the wall by their blood.]]

* RPGElements: A few RPG references are scattered throughout the story. Some are simply used as one-time gags ("A cypress stick! [...] Just like in VideoGame/DragonQuest! They use these to kill Drackies!") and some are somewhat more serious (which isn't saying much, given the nature of the story), like the {{Yakuza}} having their attack and defense values tattooed on their bodies (with Taizou's brother also having a B+ magic resistance), and the existence of a tool called "the Demon's Claw +2".

** Taizou and his older brother, although his brother was killed at some point prior to the start of the story, which fueled his desire to leave that life behind.

** The most forward of the relationships, Taizou and Helena, is also a case of this due to [[spoiler:the condition that the Mothers' souls still inhabit their undead bodies]].

* {{Squick}}:[[invoked]]

%%* {{Bowdlerize}}: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in the official translation. In the FunTShirt scene with Helena, English scanlations usually have her shirt saying "FUCK ME", while the official translation uses the equally inappropriate but less vulgar "OPEN FOR BUSINESS". However, while the same scanlations give the female member of the Sleuth Brigade the code name "Vixen", the official translation calls her "Sexy" which is even more inappropriate given her age, although it highlights her failed FemmeFatale schtick even more.

* DualWielding: Mamiya's sister is armed with a pair of large knives and is quick to draw them if she even thinks someone's giving her guff.

%%* {{Bowdlerize}}: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in the official translation. In the FunTShirt scene below, English scanlations usually have the shirt saying "FUCK ME" while the official translation's take is just as inappropriate but less vulgar. However, while the same scanlations give the older female member of the Sleuth Bridage the code name "Vixen", the official translation calls her "Sexy" which is even more inappropriate given her age, although it highlights her failed FemmeFatale schtick even more.

* DrinkOrder:
** Kikaida has two espressos every morning.
** Holon is very fond of pure [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpis calpis]], but notes that it doesn't pair well with fish or meat.

* DontLookAtMe: Tenebrarum never says this outright to Professor, but she fears how he might react to [[spoiler:the advanced rotting of her body caused by her PowerIncontience healing his legs]] and begins to hide from him and have Berna make excuses for her not being able to see him.

** After Kurosawa snipes [[spoiler:Tamara]], [[spoiler:Carrie]] holds a note up to the window saying she and [[spoiler:Mischa]] will show the killer their boobs if they're spared. He shoots the note out of her hand.