History Literature / DarkHeartHigh

As the series progresses, Yuri must make friends and allies in order to have any hope of surviving until graduation - especially since [[spoiler: it's looking more and more like Principal Amakusa has tapped ''her'' as his preferred successor!]] Throw in a LoveTriangle - not to mention enemies she starts picking up on her first day! - and civilian friends that Yuri still wants to keep contact with, and things quickly start getting complicated.

* PoisonousFriend: [[spoiler: Amy]], at the start. She gets better - a little, anyways.

* DarkMagicalGirl: At least three so far. [[spoiler: Ingram-sempai]] and [[spoiler: Amy]], both of whom used to be regular MagicalGirls before switching alignments. [[spoiler: Yuri has been hinted at being a "natural" Dark Magical Girl - one who ''starts out'' that way, which is supposed to be rare.]]

* [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Boy]]: Ki ''and'' Balabalalde both fall into this. Ki, because he [[spoiler: literally has no heart]] and Bala because of his bindings. Given that Bala's only other option appears to be [[spoiler: HomicidalRage towards anything that isn't Yuri]], the wrappings are the best option. (Or at least the best one anyone's come up with so far.)

* YouKilledMyFather: Craig to one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]], in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome that sees him ''lobotomising'' the villain in question.

-> ''"Principal Amakusa awaits no one."''

* AffablyEvil - Amakusa. Also Troi Mikagami, a lot of the time; he's quite fond of his daughter.
* AltarTheSpeed - [[spoiler: Bala]] tries for this. [[spoiler: He fails.]]

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl - Ki [[spoiler: tries to set things up so that it looks like this. [[ImplausibleDeniability Purely so]] that Yuri will fall in love with him and become the perfect Dark Queen, of course.]]
* AntiChrist - Almost certainly [[spoiler: Balabalalde]]. [[spoiler: Yuri]] probably qualifies as well, [[spoiler: since she's the result of a union that's supposed to be completely impossible, alignment-wise]]. Dark Heart High being what it is, there are probably several others who also qualify, within the student body.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant - Go ahead. Tell [[spoiler: Balabalalde]], after you've stabbed him, [[spoiler: that you're going to ''rape'' Yuri.]] The truly terrifying thing is that [[spoiler: Bala]] realizes that he doesn't take umbrage to this because of how badly it [[EvenEvilHasStandards crosses the line]] - rather he objects because [[spoiler: the reincarnated god that he's very slowly assimilating ''doesn't want to share her'' with anyone.]] It disturbs him even a little [[spoiler: because this is the first time he's been conciously aware of such emotions]]. [[spoiler: Thankfully, Yuri isn't aware of this at ''all'' - or she'd probably break off all contact with Bala right then and there!]]
* AxesAtSchool - Subverted. The [[TrainingFromHell nature]] of Dark Heart High is such that nearly all students have a weapon of some sort. If they don't, expect them to be relying on magic of some sort or physical prowess.
* [[BadassTeacher Badass Evil Teacher]] - most of the teachers shown in Dark Heart High. Amakusa actually encourages both this and [[SadistTeacher Sadist Teachers]].
* BadassFamily - [[spoiler: You do ''not'' mess with the Mikagami family. Not if you want to live.]]
* BattleCouple - Several cases. [[spoiler: Yuri's parents]] would be the most obvious one, [[spoiler: once you find out that they did fight against pretty much the whole world, shortly after they got married, and haven't lost their touch]] but [[spoiler: Ingram-chan]] and [[spoiler: Kashin]] also qualify. There are probably several sets on the side of Good; the ''mahou shojo''/''kamen'' pairings seem to attract it.
* [[BecauseImGoodAtIt Because I'm Good At It]] - [[spoiler: Amakusa]], when it comes up. [[spoiler: He's the principal because he really is the best candidate.]]
* BewareTheHonestOnes - Yuri may be this, due to her tendency to not be aware that she shouldn't have been able to do something until well after she's already done it [[spoiler: which may be due to her MagicalGirl traits]]. It does save Ki's life at one point, though.

--> '''Yuri''': *thoughtfully* ...oh. I suppose I would have had to disarm her.
-->The very casualness of her tone chilled him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes - ''Mahou shojo'' try to be this. Yuri actually is. [[spoiler: So are her mother and grandmother.]]
* {{BFS}} - Kashin goes in for this. His favoured weapons are two huge tower swords that [[RuleOfCool drag around behind him, hooked to his belt by chains]]. Since things tend to be at least semi-realistic, he probably either spends a ''lot'' of time sharpening them or they're enchanted to keep from getting blunted by all that abuse.
* BroughtDownToNormal - [[spoiler: Amy, for a while]], due to Alignment Shock.
* BrotherSisterIncest - Implied and combined with what may be {{Twincest}}, with one of the ''mahou shojo''/''kamen'' pairs. Combined with their ''parents'' being implied to have done this, too! The villains who find out find it hilarious. The ''mahou shojo'' in question insists that it's a case of ReincarnationRomance; the ''kamen'' just wants to hush it up.

* CMOTDibbler - Ramidra the Unscrupulous, also known as [[SomeCallMeTim Liza]]. Willing to sell just about anything to her classmates - no mater what that 'anything' might be. Most commonly sells devises she's created and, for various reasons, abandoned. These things ''always'' have a side effect she doesn't mention.
* CuteMute - Yuri's opinion of Balabalalde. He ''can'' talk, when he's unwrapped - although he's kind of monosyllabic.
* CycleOfRevenge - [[spoiler: Yuri]] captures and kills [[spoiler: Laughing Lilly Lightning]] about half-way through the series. Even though the capture was a genuine mistake ([[spoiler: Yuri]] thought she was grabbing [[spoiler: Amy]], when it turned out to be [[spoiler: Lilly]] hanging around [[spoiler: Yuri]]'s house on patrol) by the time [[spoiler: Yuri]] realized what had happened, it was far far too late to fix it. So [[spoiler: Lilly]] got used as part of [[spoiler: Yuri's]] school project - and died in the process, because [[spoiler: she]] couldn't escape. (To be fair, it ''was'' supposed to be an inescapable death trap.) [[spoiler: Lilly]]'s mother goes mad from grief and ends up siccing all the mahou shojo ''and'' the kamen on [[spoiler: Yuri]] in an effort to get revenge. It [[spoiler: very nearly]] works and [[spoiler: Lilly]]'s mother is deposed and arrested for her actions because the mahou shojo are not supposed to be used as tools of revenge.
* DarkMagicalGirl - At least three so far. [[spoiler: Ingram-sempai]] and [[spoiler: Amy]], both of whom used to be regular MagicalGirls before switching alignments. [[spoiler: Yuri has been hinted at being a "natural" Dark Magical Girl - one who ''starts out'' that way, which is supposed to be rare.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection - [[spoiler: Ki and Amy]], after the Love Triangle gets resolved. They might not be able to have her the way they want - but they can at least stand by her side and give her aid.
* {{Dojikko}} - The average MagicalGirl, outside of combat. [[spoiler: Or at least, the young ones.]]
* DoWrongRight - The whole reason for Dark Heart High. The reasoning goes, the kids attending are going to be evil ''anyways'' - they might as well learn how to do it properly.
* [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Boy]] - Ki ''and'' Balabalalde both fall into this. Ki, because he [[spoiler: literally has no heart]] and Bala because of his bindings. Given that Bala's only other option appears to be [[spoiler: HomicidalRage towards anything that isn't Yuri]], the wrappings are the best option. (Or at least the best one anyone's come up with so far.)
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes - Yuri realizes this, because she ''is'' one of evil's loved ones. The mahou shojo, as a rule...don't; some of them seem incapable of getting it, actually.

* EvilSoundsDeep - Amakusa and Troi have deep, resonant voices. Akurei has a scratchy, siblant voice. The Eldritch Horror [[VoiceOfTheLegion sounds like he should be speaking *backwards*.]] One of the instructors at Knight School has a truly terrifying voice, in a[[spoiler:n apparent]] subversion. [[spoiler: Yuri finds out that the instructor is trying to blackmail Amakusa, and it's implied that the guy had a StartOfDarkness after he tried and failed to assassinate Amakusa and ended up [[HesNotSoPrettyNow Not So Pretty]] in the aftermath.]]

* EverybodyHatesMathematics - Yuri is considered weird for not only ''liking'' math, but for joining the Future Accountants Club. She seems to get it from her mother, too, and she mentions that she used to help her father with the accounts for pocket money when she was younger. Her father agrees that it's quite evil, but doesn't really see the allure.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood - Principal Amakusa [[spoiler: really doesn't seem to understand that, at least starting out, Yuri doesn't ''have'' any plans - she's just going along for the ride and trying not to get killed.]]
* EvilOverlord - Yuri's father and Principal Amakusa.
* ExtranormalInstitute - Dark Heart High, of course, along with its counterparts, Sakura Arts and Knight School. Plus, there's Zero Academy, for those who want to go True Neutral. Evil Tech, the Academy of Light, Black Soul High and Sugar Valley are also mentioned as lesser alternatives, with Evil Tech students considering Dark Heart's as rivals; Dark Heart students, on the whole, seem to consider Evil Tech students as being barely capable of being bumbling minions.
* [[FirstGirlWins First Guy Wins]] - [[spoiler: Balabalalde]]. And he's the first guy [[spoiler: Yuri]] even properly notices walking in the classroom, too!
* FriendsWithBenefits - [[spoiler: Yasuko]] and [[spoiler: Ki]]. It's implied that [[spoiler: Ingram-chan and Kaishin]] may be this way as well. [[spoiler: At least on Kashin's side of things, anyways. Ingram-chan may not feel the same way.]]
* FrillsOfJustice - The mahou shojo in general.
* ForTheEvulz - A lot of things that the students of Dark Heart High do or attempt to do. Of course, the point of attending Dark Heart is to learn that ''good'' villains should have a reason for doing anything, rather than just doing things for the hell of it.
* [[spoiler: GalacticConqueror]]: [[spoiler:Amakusa, possibly. He's said to have conquered his entire home dimension, but we're never told how big it is. He's got a whole planet to himself, at the least.]]
* GoodIsNotNice - The mahou shojo. They're Warriors of Light. They're the epitome of what Good should be. This does ''not'' make them nice people. [[spoiler: Especially not when they've been [[BigEater promised]] all the [[SweetTooth ice cream]] they can eat...]]
* GoodHurtsEvil - Troi Mikagami does ''not'' like sunshine. Or happiness. Or having his daughter tell him just how much she loves him - even if he ''does'' return the emotion. This appears to apply to [[spoiler: nearly]] all the evil characters we see, too. [[spoiler: Yuri is an exception, because she's a DarkMagicalGirl rather than just pure evil.]]
* GrowingUpSucks - Between Alignment Shock and VirginPower, most mahou shojo don't become adult Magical Girls. On the other hand, those who ''do'' make it through to adulthood with their powers intact tend to be really powerful.
* HumanoidAbomination - One of Yuri's friends. He/she posseses recently deceased corpses in order to interact with this dimension without hurting him/herself. It's hard on the corpse, though, and tends to speed up the process of decay. This comes into play later [[spoiler: when Yuri is briefly killed; he possesses her corpse and shunts her soul into a back-up body he had on-hand, to keep Amakusa's sword from eating her soul.]]
* HappilyMarried - Yuri's parents. (Craig's parents may have been this way as well, but we have no way of knowing for sure; we hardly see his mother, and his father is dead well before the story starts.)
* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing - The reason why Troi Mikagami doesn't just teach his daughter the ropes himself.
* HumanSacrifice - Craig tries a virgin sacrifice, early on. Bala thwarts him, and he gets the crap beated out of him by the seniors for being in their gym. It's implied later that this happens to a few students. And it's implied to be the reason why [[spoiler:Lilly Lightning]] ends up trapped in Dark Heart High's workshop as a ghost. To make matters worse for poor [[spoiler: Lilly]], the only thing that can free [[spoiler: her]] is the blessing of a truly pure and good person - ''made in person''. Since [[spoiler: Lilly]] is trapped in the bowels of one of the most evil buildings in the world, this is [[FateWorseThanDeath unlikely to *ever* happen.]] It's implied that [[spoiler: Lilly's]] only other option is to hang around long enough that [[spoiler: she]] loses [[spoiler: her]] sense of self and fades away.
* IAmWho - When the series begins, Yuri's been kept out of the loop a little; she doesn't actively realize that her father is ''evil'', and certainly doesn't seem to have any powers. [[spoiler: And she's ''definitely'' not aware that her father was a famous general who aided in the conquest of whole dimensions.]] She knows he was in the military, though.

* IncompatibleOrientation - [[spoiler: Yuri]] for [[spoiler: Amy]]. [[spoiler: Yuri]] just doesn't like other girls that way, and is ''really'' creeped out by the idea that [[spoiler: Amy]] likes her That Way after having known her for all of a few weeks. They do try dating, once [[spoiler: Yuri]] becomes aware of the LoveTriangle, but it doesn't work out.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness - The ''mahou shojo'' like to believe this about themselves. [[spoiler: It's not always true. Amy proves it.]] [[spoiler: It may actually be true for Yuri, though; apparently looking at her incredibly pure soul was what caused Amy to fall in love with Yuri.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage - [[spoiler: Ki]] for [[spoiler: Yuri]], long before he even ''sees'' her do anything. He's in love with her ''potential'' carnage.
* IUhYouToo - Parodied with Amy.
--> "I -- *thump*"

* KendoTeamCaptain - Kashin-sempai is captain of the school fencing team. He considers it SeriousBusiness - and for good reason; those who can't, or won't, fight don't usually last long and the forces of Good are no more merciful than the forces of Evil.
* JustFriends - [[spoiler: Yuri]] to [[spoiler: all of her would-be consorts]] since she doesn't even ''notice'' their feelings for a long while. It's implied, though, that she was probably [[spoiler: in denial about how Amy felt, due to Amy's StalkerWithACrush tendencies.]]
* LaughablyEvil - The harmless variant: Minions in general. The students from Evil Tech. [[spoiler: Craig and Yasuko are warned that this is what they're becoming. Craig takes it seriously; Yasuko takes offense.]]
* [[LetsWaitAwhile Let's Wait Awhile]] - [[spoiler: Yuri to Bala]], after things get cleared up. She's got too much she wants to do first, before she marries anyone.
* LoveMakesYouEvil - [[spoiler: It's implied that this is kind of the whole reason why Amy fell and became a DarkMagicalGirl at all. Too bad that Yuri doesn't return the feeling.]]
* LoveTriangle - Comes close to verging on a LoveDodecahedron, really, before it's resolved. [[spoiler: Ami,]] [[spoiler: Ki Tamaida]] and [[spoiler: Balabalalde]] all love - or at least ''want'' - [[spoiler: Yuri]]. But [[spoiler: Ki]] is, at least for a time, in a sexual relationship with [[spoiler: Yasuko]] (who is one of [[spoiler: Yuri's]] enemies).) To make matters more complex, [[spoiler: Yuri]] isn't even ''aware'' of the triangle for a very long while. [[spoiler: Amy]] eventually partially resolves it herself, stepping aside in favor of [[spoiler: Bala]] since [[spoiler: she]] would rather see [[spoiler: Bala]] with [[spoiler: Yuri]] than [[spoiler: Ki]]; she also acts as a semi-Shipper On Board later, when things get complicated after [[spoiler: Bala]] proposes to [[spoiler: Yuri]] (sort of) and [[spoiler: she]] doesn't take it well, helping soothe [[spoiler: Bala's]] hurt feelings.
* MagicalGirl - A multitude. [[spoiler: Yuri]], Amy, and [[spoiler: Ingram-chan]] - not to mention anyone enrolled at Sakura Arts.
* MaliciousSlander - You'd think that, being filled with evil students, Dark Heart High would run on this. Ironically, the majority of the rumors are usually ''true''. [[spoiler: This proves to be a problem when Yuri is accused of, ahem, getting around.]]
* MaximumFunChamber / RoboticTortureDevice - Appears to have been [[spoiler: Yuri]] and her group's project, for Workshop class. They got a very good grade on it, with bonus points for [[spoiler: providing their own 'test subject']].
* MoralMyopia - [[spoiler: Kashin-sempai]] shows [[spoiler: Yuri]] that, while some of Dark Heart High may not consider civilians or the Warriors of Light to be anything like as good as them, the reverse applies, too; the mahou shojo really don't see villains as ''people'' and he doesn't think most of them ever will. He doesn't discuss whether or not it's a bad thing over all; he's just warning [[spoiler: Yuri]] that the mahou shojo and kamen ''will not show mercy'' if [[spoiler: Yuri]] is caught [[spoiler: on the mission she's being sent out on the next day]]. And since [[spoiler: Yuri]] isn't the sort of person to believe it just because [[spoiler: she]] was ''told'' [[ForcedToWatch it was so...]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse - [[spoiler: Amy]] considers trying this on [[spoiler: Ki]] ''and'' [[spoiler: Bala]]. [[spoiler: She]] abandons the idea, since [[spoiler: Bala]] is ''way'' out of [[spoiler: her]] league and [[spoiler: Ki]] doesn't die that easy. Plus, there's the fact that [[spoiler: Yuri would never forgive Amy, if she found out.]]
* MyGirlIsNotASlut - Subverted. [[spoiler: Troi Mikagami]] ''absolutely believes'' that [[spoiler: Yuri]] has been sleeping around, when he hears that there's a rumour to this effect. This is because he's been conditioned by his years at Dark Heart to believe that all rumours are at least partially true. He's still not happy about her reputation, though.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - A lot of the other students, especially ones who just show up for one scene and then are never mentioned again.

* NoPointsForNeutrality - Subverted. It doesn't look like being neutral makes you inherently weaker than being good ''or'' evil; it's just a lifestyle choice. Of course, both sides consider the neutral schools to be more than a little crazy, but they acknowledge that the neutrals ''are'' needed - it's not like either good ''or'' evil can be trusted to judge inter-school competitions fairly, after all!
* ObfuscatingStupidity - Yuri, to her classmates. In reality, she falls more into BewareTheNiceOnes.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent - Yuri, at least to start with.
* PoisonousFriend - [[spoiler: Amy]], at the start. She gets better - a little, anyways.
* PostRapeTaunt - One of [[spoiler: Bala's]] rivals threatens to do this to [[spoiler: Yuri]]. All it ends up doing is pissing [[spoiler: Bala]] off enough that he stops holding back - which isn't good for the rival...
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: [[CaptainObvious Yuri]] gradually becomes darker as the series goes on, partly as a means of survival. [[spoiler: It's implied, in flash-forwards, that she will eventually succeed Amakusa as principal of Dark Heart High.]]
* RealMenWearPink - Balabalalde wears a pair of silver cat-charm earrings [[spoiler: that Yuri gave him]]. The other students quickly learn not to comment on their presence [[spoiler: or absence]].
* ReincarnationRomance - [[spoiler: Yuri]] and [[spoiler: Bala]]. Maybe. [[spoiler: Bala]] certainly seems to believe so.]] And one of the ''mahou shojo''/''kamen'' pairs ''says'' they're this. And the ''mahou shojo'' half doesn't seem quite smart enough to pull off a lie like that, considering that she keeps blurting out all sorts of stuff her ''kamen really'' wants her to keep quiet about...
* SchoolNurse - Varies between 'chibi', 'sultry', 'body builder' and 'feeble old lady'. [[MakesSenseInContext They're all the same person, though.]]
* SealedEvilInACan - [[spoiler: Balabalalde]] has the majority of his powers sealed so that he can mature into them without destroying the world in the process. [[spoiler: He gets unsealed for school tournaments, but that's it - and even then, he isn't ''fully'' unsealed. There's one last seal tattooed over his chest.]] [[spoiler: Amakusa and several other teachers]] also have their powers sealed - like [[spoiler: Bala]], this doesn't make them ''any'' less dangerous. Later, [[spoiler: Amy]] gets her powers sealed to keep from overloading herself. In-universe, the need for such seals seems to be seen as a sign of being an ''extreme'' Badass.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan - [[spoiler: Balabalalde is supposed to be a god reborn, heir to the power of both the Wargamere and the Aghërúkk clans.]] He's powerful when he's sealed. He's ''terrifying'' when he's partially unsealed. No one knows for sure what will happen if he's ever fully unsealed, but everyone's positive that it's ''way'' too early for that to happen.
* SecretLegacy - Several. [[spoiler: Yuri's mother]] is [[spoiler: a retired MagicalGirl. Her ''grandmother'' is a ''still active'' Magical Lady.]] [[spoiler: Yuri's father may also count, considering that she was only vaguely aware of his activities when she was younger.]] Craig [[spoiler: looks like he]] subverts this [[spoiler: until he's told that his father was actually a rather poor minion to Yuri's father. He then becomes much more serious, researches his family line, and discovers that his grandfather (great-grandfather?) was actually someone who was feared and respected the way he ''thought'' his father was, and the way he wants to be.]]
* ShoutOut - So many. One of the most memorable is a scene where Principal Amakusa is on the phone with a parent who wants to transfer their child to Dark Heart High...

* SmallGirlBigGun - Ingram-chan.
* {{Subject101}} - Basic Villany 101. Among others.
* SunnydaleSyndrome - The {{Muggle}} world isn't covered much, but the fact that Yuri - [[spoiler: who is a dormant DarkMagicalGirl in her own right]] - never noticed that there were schools for [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] (never mind schools for evil) implies that there's either this or an ExtraStrengthMasquerade in place, considering that the students of Dark Heart High are required to perform one act of unquestionable evil, either solo or as a group, to prove that they're worthy of being admitted for the next year of classes every summer. No explanation, as yet, as for why; possibly, it's just traditional for the magic-side of the Masquerade not to involve the Muggles, and the Muggles just don't think too hard about these things.

* TellMeAboutMyFather - Kurosawa-sensei tells Craig the truth about his father. He's not happy to find out that, rather than being the well-respected villain he ''thought'' his dad was, his father was [[spoiler: actually a minion for Yuri's father - and so bad at it that he got ''fired''.]] Of course, his father did die [[spoiler: in the process of trying to capture or kill the BigBad that did him in - so presumably he redeemed himself a little.]]
* TransferStudentUniforms - Yuri, for the first day. Her father soon amends this.
--> '''Troi Mikagami''': "I figured since you insist on wearing a fuku to school, you might as well wear the right one."

* TransformationSequence - ''Mahou shojo'' in general. [[spoiler: Yuri]] is ''very'' embarrassed by hers - but hers does involve [[spoiler: what are implied to be tentacles for naughty purposes.]]
* TrainingFromHell - Many of the classes Yuri and the other Dark Heart students participate in. The PE classes are especially prone to this, although the teacher isn't allowed to ''actually'' kill the students (usually). Dark Heart High itself qualifies as this, too.

* TortureCellar - The Workshop class. Also, detention.
* TrueCompanions - Yuri gathers these. It works, because she's just so earnest about it that those she pulls in are too bewildered to argue.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather - Craig is warned about this. [[spoiler: It's not a good thing, since his father was a second-rate minion who died ingloriously. Hearing this is enough of a shock to turn him around and start him on the road to becoming a serious villain.]]
* UnholyMatrimony - Well, the kids at Dark Heart High had to come from ''somewhere''... Yuri's parents don't really qualify [[spoiler: since Yuri's mother was a MagicalGirl when she and Troi Mikagami met and it's never stated when - or ''if'' - she stopped being one or if she just retired. On top of that, it's implied rather heavily that she never did switch alignments - the banns for the Mikagamis' marriage isn't posted in ''any'' of the evil/evil or evil/neutral registries; presumably there is no evil/good registry.]]
* WeirdnessCensor - Most of the Muggles appear to have one. Yuri's friends try ''really hard'' to keep theirs intact. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
--> '''Reika''': "Look, dark shadowy nightmare beasts from beyond the fields we ken just don't exist. And even if they did, they wouldn't settle down in Japan and raise middle-class families. Demons aren't real, magic's not real, giant two headed dogs that crash into children's birthday parties aren't real..."
--> '''Yuri''': "Actually, Cerebus-chan had three heads, remember? And Dad was just looking after him for a friend. He was really sorry he'd chased us afterwards."
--> '''Reika''': "Right. Fine. And he wasn't real."
* WithThisRing - Subverted. [[spoiler: It's a big deal to ''Balabalalde'', but his presentation...could use some work. Yuri ''does'' keep the ring after she says 'not yet' though...]]
* WhatTheHellHero - Yuri, to Bala after he kicks a cat. Amy to Bala ''again'', after he [[spoiler: proposes - well, more demands that Yuri marry him - and she refuses]]; Amy points out that up until that point, [[spoiler: Bala had barely done ''anything'' to indicate to Yuri that he was interested in her, which meant that the marriage proposal came literally out of nowhere.]] He's semi-repentant in both cases, but doesn't seem to quite understand ''why'' Yuri's mad, the first time; after all, he's ''evil''. Kicking cats is what he ''does'' - isn't it?

* WritingLines - Can be a form of punishment. Kurosawa-sensei appears to prefer essays. Probably because writing lines doesn't make you think; she wants her students to ''learn'' from their mistakes.
* {{Yandere}} - Amy. Dear ''god'', Amy. Barely worth spoilering, too, since it's an obvious trait from the moment she meets Yuri.
* YouAreWorthHell - Implied for [[spoiler: Yuri's parents]] considering that they are stated to have had to fight off whole armies shortly after they got married. May apply to [[spoiler: Amy]] as well, since she's willing to plunge into an alien environment [[spoiler: just to be with a girl she's only just met.]]
* YouKilledMyFather - Craig to one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]], in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome that sees him ''lobotomising'' the villain in question.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm - Pulled by the Eldritch Abomination that controls the Future Accountants Club, to explain why he appears to be a few tentacles, inside a ''very'' tiny gold box. Turns out [[spoiler: the box is the only means he has to actually work with the dimension Dark Heart is located in, without breaking things. Like the dimension itself]]. This becomes a plot point (of course) when Kashin and the Eldritch Abomination duke it out [[spoiler: over who gets to have Yuri in their club]]. [[spoiler: Kashin-sempai wins, first by negating the Eldritch Abomination's combat powers (temporarily) and then by trashing the box and closing off access to this dimension.]]

* TransformationSequence - ''Mahou shojo'' in general. [[spoiler: Yuri]] is ''very'' embarrassed by hers - but hers does involve [[spoiler: what are implied to be NaughtyTentacles.]]

* GrowingUpSucks - Between Alignment Shock, VirginPower, and just plain DyingLikeAnimals, most mahou shojo don't become adult Magical Girls. On the other hand, those who ''do'' make it through to adulthood with their powers intact tend to be really powerful.

* VictimFallsForRapist - It's implied that if [[spoiler:Amakusa]] hadn't acted when he did, [[spoiler:Balabalalde]] might have dragged [[spoiler:Yuri]] off for this, [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] anyone who tried to stop him.

* IWillProtectHer - [[spoiler: Ki and Amy]], after the Love Triangle gets resolved. They might not be able to have her the way they want - but they can at least stand by her side and give her aid.

--> '''Amakusa''': I don't ''care'' if your son is being bullied by this [[HarryPotter Plotter boy]]. He would be treated just as badly, if not worse, here. Further, your son is already attending one of the finest wizarding schools in Europe; we cannot teach him anything here that he would not already be learning there.

* HumanSacrifice - Craig tries a virgin sacrifice, early on. Bala thwarts him, and he gets the crap beated out of him by the seniors for being in their gym. It's implied later that this happens to a few students. And it's implied to be the reason why [[spoiler:Lilly Lightning]] ends up trapped in Dark Heart High's workshop as a ghost. [[ItGotWorse To make matters worse]] for poor [[spoiler: Lilly]], the only thing that can free [[spoiler: her]] is the blessing of a truly pure and good person - ''made in person''. Since [[spoiler: Lilly]] is trapped in the bowels of one of the most evil buildings in the world, this is [[FateWorseThanDeath unlikely to *ever* happen.]] It's implied that [[spoiler: Lilly's]] only other option is to hang around long enough that [[spoiler: she]] loses [[spoiler: her]] sense of self and fades away.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl - Ki [[spoiler: tries to set things up so that it looks like this. [[ProtestingTooMuch Purely so]] that Yuri will fall in love with him and become the perfect Dark Queen, of course.]]

* RapeIsLove - It's implied that if [[spoiler: Amakusa]] hadn't acted when he did, [[spoiler: Balabalalde]] might have dragged [[spoiler: Yuri]] off for this, [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] anyone who tried to stop him.

* BroughtDownToNormal - [[spoiler: Amy, for a while]], due to Alignment Shock. [[IGotBetter She Gets Better.]]

* IShowedHerWhatARealManIs - One of [[spoiler: Bala's]] rivals threatens to do this to [[spoiler: Yuri]]. All it ends up doing is pissing [[spoiler: Bala]] off enough that he stops holding back - which isn't good for the rival...

[[http://www.improfanfic.com/dhh/ Dark Heart High]] is (or was) a RoundRobin story hosted on Improfanfic. ''Dark Heart High'' is a mangaka-esque story that primarily focuses on the protagonist [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yuri]] [[MagicalGirl Mikagami]], who has been sent to Dark Heart High by her [[EvilOverlord father]] who hopes that she'll learn how to be [[IAmWho properly evil]] during the next four years.

--> ''Principal Amakusa awaits no one.''

* {{Nakama}} - Yuri builds one, of sorts. It works, because she's just so earnest about it that those she pulls in are too bewildered to argue.

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* GoodIsNotNice - [[spoiler: The mahou shojo. They're Warriors of Light. They're the epitome of what Good should be. This does ''not'' make them nice people. Especially not when they've been [[BigEater promised]] all the [[SweetTooth ice cream]] they can eat...]]

* BewareTheHonestOnes - Yuri may be this, due to her tendency to not be aware that she shouldn't have been able to do something until well after she's already done it [[spoiler: which may be due to her MagicalGirl traits]]. [[spoiler: It does save Ki's life at one point, though.]]
-->[[spoiler: Ki]]: What would you have done if she didn't surrender?
-->[[spoiler: Yuri]]: *thoughtfully* ...oh. I suppose I would have had to disarm her.

* CycleOfRevenge - [[spoiler: Yuri]] captures and kills [[spoiler: Laughing Lilly Lightning]] about half-way through the series. [[spoiler: Even though the capture was a genuine mistake (Yuri thought she was grabbing Amy, when it turned out to be Lilly hanging around Yuri's house on patrol) by the time Yuri realized what had happened, it was far far too late to fix it.]] So [[spoiler: Lilly]] got used as part of [[spoiler: Yuri's]] school project - and died in the process, because [[spoiler: she]] couldn't escape. (To be fair, it ''was'' supposed to be an inescapable death trap.) [[spoiler: Lilly's mother goes mad from grief and ends up siccing all the mahou shojo ''and'' the kamen on Yuri in an effort to get revenge.]] It doesn't work [[spoiler: and Lilly's mother is deposed and arrested for her actions because the mahou shojo are not supposed to be used as tools of revenge]].
* DarkMagicalGirl - At least three so far. [[spoiler: Ingram-sempai and Amy, both of whom used to be regular MagicalGirls before switching alignments. Yuri has been hinted at being a "natural" Dark Magical Girl - one who ''starts out'' that way, which is supposed to be rare.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes - Yuri realizes this, because she ''is'' one of evil's loved ones. [[spoiler: The mahou shojo, as a rule...don't; some of them seem incapable of getting it, actually.]]

Yuri, of course, objects to this idea [[spoiler: at least initially, but doesn't become much more comfortable as the series progresses]].

* EvilCannotComprehendGood - Principal Amakusa [[spoiler: really doesn't seem to understand that, at least starting out, Yuri doesn't ''have'' any plans - she's just going along for the ride and trying not to get killed.]]
* EvilCorrupts - [[spoiler: Yuri gradually becomes darker as the series goes on, partly as a means of survival. It's implied, in flash-forwards, that she will eventually succeed Amakusa as principal of Dark Heart High.]]

* GrowingUpSucks - Between Alignment Shock, VirginPower, and just plain Dying Like Animals, most mahou shojo don't become adult Magical Girls. On the other hand, those who ''do'' make it through to adulthood with their powers intact tend to be really powerful.

* HumanSacrifice - Craig tries a virgin sacrifice, early on. [[spoiler: Ki thwarts him, and he gets the crap beated out of him by the seniors for being in their gym.]] It's implied later that this happens to a few students. [[spoiler: And it's implied to be the reason why Laughing Lilly Lightning ends up trapped in Dark Heart High's workshop as a ghost. [[ItGotWorse To make matters worse]] for poor Lilly, the only thing that can free her is the blessing of a truly pure and good person - ''made in person''. Since Lilly is trapped in the bowels of one of the most evil buildings in the world, this is [[FateWorseThanDeath unlikely to *ever* happen.]] It's implied that Lilly's only other option is to hang around long enough that she loses her sense of self and fades away.]]

* LoveTriangle - Comes close to verging on a LoveDodecahedron, really, before it's resolved. [[spoiler: Ami,]] [[spoiler: Ki Tamaida]] and [[spoiler: Balabalalde]] all love - or at least ''want'' - [[spoiler: Yuri]]. But [[spoiler: Ki]] is, at least for a time, in a sexual relationship with [[spoiler: Yasuko]] (who is one of Yuri's enemies).) To make matters more complex, [[spoiler: Yuri]] isn't even ''aware'' of the triangle for a very long while. [[spoiler: Amy]] eventually partially resolves it herself, stepping aside in favor of [[spoiler: Bala]] since [[spoiler: she]] would rather see [[spoiler: Bala]] with [[spoiler: Yuri]] than [[spoiler: Ki]]; she also acts as a semi-Shipper On Board later, when things get complicated after [[spoiler: Bala]] proposes to [[spoiler: Yuri]] (sort of) and [[spoiler: she]] doesn't take it well, helping soothe [[spoiler: Bala's]] hurt feelings.
* MagicalGirl - A multitude. [[spoiler: Yuri, Amy, and Ingram-chan - not to mention anyone enrolled at Sakura Arts.]]

* MoralMyopia - [[spoiler: Kashin-sempai]] shows [[spoiler: Yuri]] that, while some of Dark Heart High may not consider civilians or the Warriors of Light to be anything like as good as them, [[spoiler: the reverse applies, too; the mahou shojo really don't see villains as ''people'' and he doesn't think most of them ever will]]. He doesn't discuss whether or not it's a bad thing over all; he's just warning [[spoiler: Yuri]] that the [[spoiler: mahou shojo and kamen]] ''will not show mercy'' if [[spoiler: Yuri]] is caught [[spoiler: on the mission she's being sent out on the next day]]. And since [[spoiler: Yuri]] isn't the sort of person to believe it just because [[spoiler: she]] was ''told'' [[ForcedToWatch it was so...]]

* ReincarnationRomance - [[spoiler: Yuri and Balabalalde. Maybe. Bala certainly seems to believe so.]] And one of the ''mahou shojo''/''kamen'' pairs ''says'' they're this. [[spoiler: And the ''mahou shojo'' half doesn't seem quite smart enough to pull off a lie like that, considering that she keeps blurting out all sorts of stuff her ''kamen really'' wants her to keep quiet about...]]

* SealedEvilInACan - [[spoiler: Balabalalde]] has the majority of his powers sealed so that he can mature into them without destroying the world in the process. [[spoiler: He gets unsealed for school tournaments, but that's it - and even then, he isn't ''fully'' unsealed. There's one last seal tattooed over his chest.]] [[spoiler: Amakusa and several other teachers]] also have their powers sealed - like [[spoiler: Bala]], this doesn't make them ''any'' less dangerous. Later, [[spoiler: Ami]] gets her powers sealed to keep from overloading herself. In-universe, the need for such seals seems to be seen as a sign of being an extreme Badass.

--> '''Amakusa''': I don't ''care'' if your son is being bullied by this [[Harry Potter Plotter boy]]. He would be treated just as badly, if not worse, here. Further, your son is already attending one of the finest wizarding schools in Europe; we cannot teach him anything here that he would not already be learning there.

* SunnydaleSyndrome - The {{Muggle}} world isn't covered much, but the fact that Yuri - [[spoiler: who is a dormant DarkMagicalGirl in her own right]] - never noticed that there were schools for [[MagicalGirl Magical Girls]] (never mind schools for evil) implies that there's either this or an ExtraStrengthMasquerade in place, considering that the students of Dark Heart High are required to [[spoiler: perform one act of unquestionable evil, either solo or as a group, to prove that they're worthy of being admitted for the next year of classes]] every summer. No explanation, as yet, as for why; possibly, it's just traditional for the magic-side of the Masquerade not to involve the Muggles, and the Muggles just don't think too hard about these things.

* WhatTheHellHero - Yuri, to Bala after he [[spoiler: kicks a cat]]. Amy to Bala ''again'', after he [[spoiler: proposes - well, more demands that Yuri marry him - and she refuses]]; Amy points out that up until that point, [[spoiler: Bala had barely done ''anything'' to indicate to Yuri that he was interested in her, which meant that the marriage proposal came literally out of nowhere.]] He's semi-repentant in both cases, but doesn't seem to quite understand ''why'' Yuri's mad, the first time; after all, he's ''evil''. [[spoiler: Kicking cats is what he ''does'' - isn't it?]]
** Ki gets one of his own, from Yuri, [[spoiler: after he nearly kills her two best friends when [[MakesSenseInContext they temporarily turn into werewolves]] and start attacking Yuri.]] He's surprised that she even objects, then realizes that [[spoiler: as far as being emotionally prepared to deal with evil, Yuri's where he might have been back in kindergarten.]]
* WritingLines - Can be a form of punishment. Kurosawa-sensei appears to prefer essays. [[spoiler: Probably because writing lines doesn't make you think; she wants her students to ''learn'' from their mistakes.]]

* YouAreWorthHell - Potentially implied for [[spoiler: Yuri's parents]] considering that they are stated to have had to fight off whole armies shortly after they got married. May apply to [[spoiler: Amy]] as well, since she's willing to plunge into an alien environment [[spoiler: just to be with a girl she's only just met.]]

* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm - Pulled by the Eldritch Abomination that controls the Future Accountants Club, to explain why he appears to be a few tentacles, inside a ''very'' tiny gold box. Turns out [[spoiler: the box is the only means he has to actually work with the dimension Dark Heart is located in, without breaking things. Like the dimension itself]]. This becomes a plot point (of course) when Kashin and the Eldritch Abomination [[spoiler: duke it out over who gets to have Yuri in their club]].

* TheyAllSaidWeNeverCouldBeHappy - [[spoiler: Yuri's parents. For good reason - an EvilOverlord and a MagicalGirl aren't supposed to get married! And never mind having a *kid* on top of that!]]

* MoralMyopia - [[spoiler: Kashin-sempai]] shows [[spoiler: Yuri]] that, while some of Dark Heart High may not consider civilians or the Warriors of Light to be anything like as good as them, [[spoiler: the reverse applies, too; the mahou shojo really don't see villains as ''people'' and he doesn't think most of them ever will]]. He doesn't discuss whether or not it's a bad thing over all; he's just warning [[spoiler: Yuri]] that the [[spoiler: mahou shojo and kamen]] ''will not show mercy'' if [[spoiler: Yuri]] is caught [[spoiler: on the mission she's being sent out on the next day]]. And since [[spoiler: Yuri]] isn't the sort of person to believe it just because [[spoiler: she]] was ''told'' [[MakeYouWatch it was so...]]

[[http://www.improfanfic.com/dhh/ Dark Heart High]] is (or was) a round-robin story hosted on Improfanfic. ''Dark Heart High'' is a mangaka-esque story that primarily focuses on the protagonist [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yuri]] [[MagicalGirl Mikagami]], who has been sent to Dark Heart High by her [[EvilOverlord father]] who hopes that she'll learn how to be [[IAmWho properly evil]] during the next four years.