History DarthWiki / SpeedSounds

* WackyRacing

* ThePowerOfLove/ThePowerOfHate: His inner Primal Magic works on emotions, making it run on both tropes.

* DarkActionGirl: Notably stronger in hand-to-hand fighting than any other girl in the setting. And with magic in her arsenal, she's capable of quick kills on Mafia heads.

* TheStarscream: He has been this to three persons: the Downtown Commissary, the Burgmaster, and Rangiku.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the Star League is destroyed. Unlike Kasaru, Shiki and Juuki joining together, he just blasts his way out, proving that nothing was to punish him.

* OldMaster: Behaves like one despite being only 19.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Got at his place by beating his two brothers: the Downtown Commissary and Baron Sudou. [[spoiler:Bad news for him: Part 3 pits him against [[SuperpoweredAlterEgo Primal Ryoku]].]]

* {{Egopolis}}: The Imperator makes the city this progressively with time in the third season.

* TookALevelInBadass: Each part has him take one. In Season 1, Mei teaches him about some magic elements, LevelGrinding him up to par. In Season 2, he's able to rescue Yuuzou all by himself while previously he had to have Mei's support to get Yuuzou out of here at his own expense. And in Season 3, he gets his Primal Magic form.

* ShockAndAwe: Gets his inner magic, which is this, in season 2. {{Irony}} wanted his near-death-experience to be due to ElectricTorture.

* CurbStompBattle: Hands one of thoe to Ryoku, his Mafia boss, and outside karting she can pretty much beat almost everyone.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: She somewhat wishes her father would express pride over anything she does instead of wanting her dead for failing him even once.

--> Black Squadron leader, and one of the highest-rankers in the Downtown Police. He's often at odds with the Commissary due to his choice of companions. Tall and imposing, he tries to intimidate the Konvicts out of action while he investigates about the reasons the Konvicts get so much focus from the Downtown Police.

* AxCrazy: In the second part, where she's actually an antagonist.

--> A gung-ho Star League agent, he promptly reveals himself as the leader to the pillagers that used to ransack Downtown. Despite looking frail, his magic is brutal force. [[spoiler:In his tender youth, he used to survive with Ryoku in the No Man's Land until he eventually snatched a pillaging squad leader's quad and followed the others.]]

* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:On all of Shiki and Souki's sister-clones. While Shiki broke out by herself and Souki was snapped out of it by Mei, there were still about six of them murderously targeting the Imperator. He kills all six, and even takes the effort to add some more flashiness to his action, much like killing one with a SpinningPiledriver.]]

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It Yuuzou]]: If Yuuzou didn't note the physical resemblance between him and Ryoku, he wouldn't have wandered in the open.
* OffingTheOffspring [[spoiler: Victim of the [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of this trope.]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: Shiki mentions having gone through that at his hands to unlock her inner magic. She's scarred enough to remember it, and it did immediately following her birth.
* PsychicPowers: [[spoiler:Even beyond death, he has all his daughter-clones attempt assassination on the Imperator, though with his grip on life gone, screws progressively go loose.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:Bad news for him: he's pitted against [[SuperpoweredAlterEgo Primal Ryoku]].]]
* [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong]]

* BigBad
* MeaningfulRename: He legally changed his name.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: He ruled out family names so that his descendance and the rest of his family couldn't get anything from him.

* BlackSheep: Unlike Mei, she's the only person to not descend in a way from the Imperator's father.

* PsychoElectro

--> A young girl dumped by the Star League across the bridge that separates the two parts of the City. She was sent to be executed, but she was rescued by Mei.

--> A Downtown Police captain, and the Commissary's daughter. One of Downtown's most trained fighters, she excels at identifying and manipulating BattleAura. She is the one to identify Ryoku and get the huge bounty he had on his head, but as she didn't manage to keep him jailed, she's threatened of execution by her father.

* DarkActionGirl

* AxCrazy

* {{Expy}}: To [[RurouniKenshin Himura Kenshin]]. Same ponytail, NiceGuy who you shouldn't piss[[spoiler:, and even the orange hair when Under the influence of his Primal Magic]].

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: His Primal Magic-influenced self is cold and murderous, a persona which Ryoku constantly repressed during his childhood or with the Mafia.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Story-wise, he isn't that powerful [[spoiler:He can't even handle normal Ryoku without Primal Magic]].
* EvilOverlord: Concerning Downtown. He's actually just a SinisterMinister under the Imperator, and only the DiscOneFinalBoss regarding the whole story.

* CompleteMonster

!!Shisui [[note]](僊 月彗 ''sen shisui'', Shisui the Hermit)[[/note]]

* IneffectualLoner

--> Leader to an underground [[LaResistance resistance]], he was supposed deceased for 16 years. Only Yuuzou gets to meet him, because the moment he hears one hint about his abandoned twins son and daughter, he wanders the street to meet them, meeting his untimely end at the hands of Juuki [[spoiler:who was his daughter]].

* TheDragon

--> A young hermit, renowned for defending the Imperator against a planned coup two years ago. He lives within a cave hidden in the sole lake the city has.

Then, the Imperator gets active in reaffirming his control over the City, using the Tops Police to wipe out any remains of the Star League, recruiting the Black Squadron's remaining members into them as well. Archmage-in-training Ban steps up to the menace the Magister posed after his death, as Shiki and Souki's sister-clones are driven crazy and try public attempts at killing the Imperator, and even the fugitives. On orders and being supervised by his cousin, Princess Rangiku, Ban eliminates most of them successfully. Ban eventually gets all the credit, leaving the Burgmaster (the leader of the Tops Police) wide open to a frontal assault as the fugitives took an opportunity to attack him. When Ryoku kills him, Ban and Rangiku eventually find out about his true plans, having a "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" reaction to their doing. They soon are back to action regarding Joudan (the former Star League pillager leader), eventually blasts his way out of the city from the Big Mall, causing massive property damage. Yuuzou and Mei, as well as Gouhei from the Black Squadron, follow before hermit Shisu resurfaces and takes over as Burgmaster, instilling order into the City again. Ryoku and Souki eventually join forces with now-fellow-fugitives Kasaru and Shiki (resurfacing from apparent death) to fight the Imperator's soldiers. Eventually, plans collide as Ryoku, finding the Imperator, also finds Shisu near-death at his feet. Ryoku fights the Imperator to a draw, but in the aftermath, he discovers the Black Squadron's leader Kugaju's return as the latter murders the Imperator. Though, he has no time to establish a fairer order as the Imperator's DeathActivatedSuperpower destroys the whole city, leading everyone to leave before it falls to its doom like Downtown did.

* FlowerInHerHair

* WhiteMage: With GreenThumb instead of light magic, but it is her main function. She even provides food for the four.

* {{Expy}}: To [[RurouniKenshin Himura Kenshin]]. Same ponytail, NiceGuy who you shouldn't piss, [[spoiler:and even the orange hair in his angrier form]].

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: If he gets too angry
* TeenGenius: As a mechanic. He just manages as a fighter, a racer, and a magician. [[spoiler:Until you manage to get him angry.]]

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--> TheHero. A Downtowner ever since he was conscious, he was abandoned at the age of one. His difficult life left him to handle himself from a very young age, working within the Mafia network to ensure himself an outcome. His craftiness and magical power left him with great success in infiltration as well as force deployments, leaving him with an incredible reputation.

* {{Ninja}}: As "the One with the Mask". He drops the mask very early.
* TeenGenius: As a mechanic. He just manages as a fighter, a racer, and a magician.

* JusticeWillPrevail: Despite his cynicism, he's determined to make things right.

* LimitedWardrobe: Same as Yuuzou, she hasn't changed since she was thrown Downtown to not forget about what she was, and what she wants to reclaim.

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:The "ki" in her name is a counter for objects, and "sou" is her "number", as in: the way to determine that [[YouAreNumberSix she's the twin of the first]].]]

* WhiteMage: With GreenThumb instead of light magic, but it is her main function.

An original fiction by @/{{Wax}}.\\

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!!Juuki (十基 ''juuki'')
!!Joudan (上段 ''Joudan'')
!!Kasaru (火猿 ''Kasaru'')
!!Shiki (四基 ''shiki'')

!!Hijiri Kitamori (聖 ''Hijiri'')

!!Ban (晩 ''Ban'')
!!Rangiku (乱菊 ''Rangiku'')

!!The Downtown Commissary (下市 保安官''shimoichi no hoankan'', Sheriff of Downtown)

!!Baron Sudou (男爵 角藤 ''danshaku Sudou'', Baron Sudou)

--> The self-glorified major figure of the City. He legally changed his name to Imperator to signify his status.

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!!Hijiri

!!Ban
!!Rangiku

!!The Downtown Commissary
--> The Imperator's youngest son, left to manage the entire Downtown. Since he doesn't care about his territory, he does almost nothing for the people, leaving the Police out of most things. [[spoiler:Though, it's matters from above that eventually claim his life, with Yuuzou and Mei's attacks leaving him open to be assaulted and killed by Ryoku.]]
!!Baron Sudou

* MrFixit: He built a kart himself with stolen spare pieces and metal he melted himself. And he's 17.

The story is that of Downtown assassin mechanic {{Ninja}} Ryoku. He lives alone since he remembers, and is known as "The Man with the Mask" through Downtown Police and Mafia alike. Despite two years of action without getting recognized, he gets captured while rescuing high-profile criminal Yozabu [[FriendToAllLivingThings for no apparent reason]]. Yozabu then proceeds to liberate him along with a mysterious girl named Mei in the process, getting captured in the process. Ryoku gets entangled in their struggle against the Downtown Police, specifically the Black Squadron, a team that seems devoted to keeping Yozabu and Mei in check. Ryoku discovers the involvement of the Star League (the Upper-City's magician class). Their run is stopped when the band saves a girl dumped from the Upper-City from the Downtown Police's custody. The team of four escapees manages to put out the Black Squadron before attacking the Downtown Commissary to end their captivity in Downtown and allow the team a quick way up to the Upper-City. Ryoku eventually kills the Commissary, and Downtown entirely goes down in an earthquake due to the man's DeathActivatedSuperpower. The incident costs a lot of Downtown lives, and causes an influx of Downtown people forcing their way to the Upper-City in the dozen of minutes Downtown takes to entirely fall.\\
After the panic in the Upper-City has settled down (and many Downtown intruders killed), Yozabu, Mei and Souki immediately strike back at the Star League while Ryoku's laying low. Though, hiding in the mines leaves him open to a mass-murdering poison-wielder called the Steel Serpent due to the person's disguise. After a second meeting, Ryoku manages to shatter the snake mask, revealing a female face that seems too familiar. The Serpent eventually escapes and Ryoku understands from her way of escaping that the Star League has a hand in that, so he takes his friends' path of war against the Star League. Through the course of several fights, he discovers the Star League's involvement with the pillagers who ransacked Downtown, as well as re-meeting the Serpent as Juuki, a psychologically-unstable agent. He soon attracts the attention of elite mage Kasaru, eventually allowing Yozabu to break free. They quickly rescue Mei and Souki to evade the League's clutches, freeing the latter from {{brainwashing}} in the process. The Star League has to unveil Shiki (Souki's strongest "sister"-clone) to stop the Downtown fugitives, though Shiki eventually fails, leaving the Magister open to attack right at the Wand Tower. Following the incident, the Wand Tower crumples as the Star League is destroyed.\\
Then, the Imperator gets active in reaffirming his control over the City, using the Tops Police to wipe out any remains of the Star League, recruiting the Black Squadron's remaining members into them as well. Archmage-in-training Ban steps up to the menace the Magister posed after his death, as Shiki and Souki's sister-clones are driven crazy and try public attempts at killing the Imperator, and even the fugitives. On orders and being supervised by his cousin, Princess Rangiku, Ban eliminates most of them successfully. Ban eventually gets all the credit, leaving the Burgmaster (the leader of the Tops Police) wide open to a frontal assault as the fugitives took an opportunity to attack him. When Ryoku kills him, Ban and Rangiku eventually find out about his true plans, having a "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" reaction to their doing. They soon are back to action regarding Joudan (the former Star League pillager leader), eventually blasts his way out of the city from the Big Mall, causing massive property damage. Yozabu and Mei, as well as Gouhei from the Black Squadron, follow before hermit Shisu resurfaces and takes over as Burgmaster, instilling order into the City again. Ryoku and Souki eventually join forces with now-fellow-fugitives Kasaru and Shiki (resurfacing from apparent death) to fight the Imperator's soldiers. Eventually, plans collide as Ryoku, finding the Imperator, also finds Shisu near-death at his feet. Ryoku fights the Imperator to a draw, but in the aftermath, he discovers the Black Squadron's leader Kugaju's return as the latter murders the Imperator. Though, he has no time to establish a fairer order as the Imperator's DeathActivatedSuperpower destroys the whole city, leading everyone to leave before it falls to its doom like Downtown did.

* RotatingProtagonist: In the first part, Ryoku and Yozabu switch main protagonist status. Every time one rescues the other, he gets captured for his trouble.

!!Ryoku [[spoiler:Sudou]] [[note]]力[[/note]]

!!Yozabu

!!Mei
--> A mysterious but benevolent and very powerful magician, released by Ryoku and Yozabu from the Police's grasp at episode 2. She backs Ryoku and Yozabu up until she regains her strength, at which point she enters their struggles and starts joining the fights.
* LimitedWardrobe: Same as Yozabu, she hasn't changed since she was thrown Downtown.

* PsychicPowers: She uses them to track Ryoku and Yozabu, teach the former about magic, and when she recovers she uses them ForMassiveDamage.

!!Souki

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* WackyRacing

After the panic in the Upper-City has settled down (and many Downtown intruders killed), Yozabu, Mei and Souki immediately strike back at the Star League while Ryoku's laying low. Though, hiding in the mines leaves him open to a mass-murdering poison-wielder called the Steel Serpent due to the person's disguise. After a second meeting, Ryoku manages to shatter the snake mask, revealing a female face that seems too familiar. The Serpent eventually escapes and Ryoku understands from her way of escaping that the Star League has a hand in that, so he takes his friends' path of war against the Star League. Through the course of several fights, he discovers the Star League's involvement with the pillagers who ransacked Downtown, as well as re-meeting the Serpent as Juuki, a psychologically-unstable agent. He soon attracts the attention of elite mage Kasaru, eventually allowing Yozabu. They quickly rescue Mei and Souki to evade the League's clutches, freeing the latter from {{brainwashing}} in the process. The Star League has to unveil Shiki (Souki's strongest "sister"-clone) to stop the Downtown fugitives, though Shiki eventually fails, leaving the Magister open to attack right at the Wand Tower. Following the incident, the Wand Tower crumples as the Star League is destroyed.\\

* RotatingProtagonist: In the first part, Ryoku and Yozabu switch main protagonist status. Every time one rescues the other, he gets captured for his trouble.

An original fiction by @/{{Wax}}.
It happens in an isolated city, surrounded by a forest at the north and a gaping hole in the bottom. The city itself is cut in half by a landslide-caused fissure, now literally separating Downtown from the Upper-City.
The story is that of Downtown assassin mechanic {{Ninja}} Ryoku. He lives alone since he remembers, and is known as "The Man with the Mask" through Downtown Police and Mafia alike. Despite two years of action without getting recognized, he gets captured while rescuing high-profile criminal Yozabu [[FriendToAllLivingThings for no apparent reason]]. Yozabu then proceeds to liberate him along with a mysterious girl named Mei in the process, getting captured in the process. Ryoku gets entangled in their struggle against the Downtown Police, specifically the Black Squadron, a team that seems devoted to keeping Yozabu and Mei in check. Ryoku discovers the involvement of the Star League (the Upper-City's magician class). Their run is stopped when the band saves a girl dumped from the Upper-City from the Downtown Police's custody. The team of four escapees manages to put out the Black Squadron before attacking the Downtown Commissary to end the captivity in Downtown and allow the team a quick way up to the Upper-City. Ryoku eventually kills the Commissary, and Downtown entirely goes down in an earthquake due to the man's DeathActivatedSuperpower. The incident costs a lot of Downtown lives, and causes an influx of Downtown people forcing their way to the Upper-City in the dozen of minutes Downtown takes to entirely fall.\\
After the panic in the Upper-City has settled down (and many Downtown intruders killed), Yozabu, Mei and Souki immediately strike back at the Star League while Ryoku's laying low. Though, hiding in the mines leaves him open to a mass-murdering poison-wielder called the Steel Serpent do to the person's disguise. After a second meeting, Ryoku manages to shatter the snake mask, revealing a female face that seems too familiar. The Serpent eventually escapes and Ryoku understands from her power that the Star League has a hand in that, so he takes his friends' path of war against the Star League. Through the course of several fights, he discovers the Star League's involvement with the pillagers who ransacked Downtown, as well as re-meeting the Serpent as Juuki, a psychologically-unstable agent. He soon attracts the attention of elite mage Kasaru, eventually allowing Yozabu They quickly rescue Mei and Souki to evade the League's clutches, freeing the latter from {{brainwashing}} in the process. The Star League has to unveil Shiki (Souki's strongest "sister"-clone) to stop the Downtown fugitives, though they eventually fail, leaving the Magister open to attack right at the Wand Tower. Following the incident, the Wand Tower crumples as the Star League is destroyed.\\
Then, the Imperator gets active in reaffirming his control over the City, using the Tops Police to wipe out any remains of the Star League, recruiting the Black Squadron's remaining members into them as well. Archmage-in-training Ban steps up to the menace the Magister posed after his death, as Shiki and Souki's sister-clones are driven crazy and try public attempts at killing the Imperator, and even the fugitives. On orders and being supervised by his cousin, Princess Rangiku, Ban eliminates most of them successfully. Ban eventually gets all the credit, leaving the Burgmaster (the leader of the Tops Police) wide open to a frontal assault as the fugitives took an opportunity to attack him. When Ryoku kills him, Ban and Rangiku eventually find out about his true plans, having a "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" reaction to their doing. They soon are back to action regarding Joudan (the former Star League pillager leader), eventually blasts his way out of the city from the Big Mall, causing massive property damage. Yozabu and Mei, as well as Gouhei from the Black Squadron, eventually follow before hermit Shisu resurfaces and takes over as Burgmaster, instilling order into the City again. Ryoku and Souki eventually join forces with now-fellow-fugitives Kasaru and Shiki (resurfacing from apparent death) to fight the Imperator's soldiers. Eventually, plans collide as Ryoku, finding the Imperator, also finds Shisu near-death at his feet. Ryoku fights the Imperator to a draw, but in the aftermath, he discovers the Black Squadron's leader Kugaju's return as he murders the Imperator. Though, he has no time to establish a fairer order as the Imperator's DeathActivatedSuperpower destroys the whole city, leading everyone to leave before it falls to its doom like Downtown did.

Then, the Imperator gets active in reaffirming his control over the City, using the Tops Police to wipe out any remains of the Star League, recruiting the Black Squadron's remaining members into them as well. Archmage-in-training Ban steps up to the menace the Magister posed after his death, as Shiki and Souki's sister-clones are driven crazy and try public attempts at killing the Imperator, and even the fugitives. On orders and being supervised by his cousin, Princess Rangiku, Ban eliminates most of them successfully. Ban eventually gets all the credit, leaving the Burgmaster (the leader of the Tops Police) wide open to a frontal assault as the fugitives took an opportunity to attack him. When Ryoku kills him, Ban and Rangiku eventually find out about his true plans, having a "MyGodWhatHaveIDone" reaction to their doing. They soon are back to action regarding Joudan (the former Star League pillager leader), eventually blasts his way out of the city from the Big Mall, causing massive property damage. Yozabu and Mei, as well as Gouhei from the Black Squadron, eventually follow before hermit Shisu resurfaces and takes over as Burgmaster, instilling order into the City again. Ryoku and Souki eventually join forces with now-fellow-fugitives Kasaru and Shiki (resurfacing from apparent death) to fight the Imperator's soldiers. Eventually, plans collide as Ryoku, finding the Imperator, also finds Shisu near-death at his feet. Ryoku fights the Imperator to a draw, but in the aftermath, he discovers the Black Squadron's leader Kugaju's return as he murders the Imperator. Though, he has no time to establish a fairer order as the Imperator's DeathActivatedSuperpower destroys the whole city, leading everyone to leave before it falls to its doom like Downtown did.