History Manga / CrimsonShell

''Crimson Shell'' was a one-shot manga by Mochizuki Jun, author of ''Manga/PandoraHearts''.

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''Crimson Shell'' was a one-shot manga by Mochizuki Jun, author of ''PandoraHearts''.

* BerserkButton: Shion's is when [[spoiler: Claudia calls him out on being a failure]]. Les' is when [[spoiler: Ruskin is ever in any danger]].

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Shion.

* TrueColors: [[spoiler: Shion, Victoria, and Executive Bathler]] are all revealed to be in league with the Black Roses. In fact, [[spoiler: Shion]] is their leader.

''Crimson Shell'' is a one-shot manga by Mochizuki Jun.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Shion]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Claudia, Melissa.

The story begins with an invasion of [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Sacrifices]], monsters created by a Black Rose's poison. After Claudia deals with them, she is introduced to a [[ChekhovsGunman boy named Shion]] by Ruskin. Shion is told by him that Claudia is currently waiting for her [[EveryoneCanSeeIt beloved]], [[MysteriousProtector Xeno]]. Shortly after he returns (In a [[DramaticEntrance dramatic entrance]], [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl saving Claudia]]), he tells Claudia that he is on a [[PlotDrivingSecret secret mission]]. Later that night, he is caught on security camera footage stealing what appears to be sensitive organization information. He is heard on tape declaring that he is finished with [[CrypticConversation 'this friendship game']], causing Claudia to become ill. She is soon after confronted and comforted by [[TokenTrio Robin, Melissa, and Les]], the latter telling her to listen to her heart, because 'it will never betray you'. Now, Claudia is left to decide whether or not she should keep believing in the man who has her heart.

* HarmfulToTouch: A Black Rose's poison will kill anyone that comes in contact with it. But not before the agonizing transformation into a Sacrifice.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: Claudia]] has this with [[spoiler: Xeno]] when she and Robin discover that [[spoiler: Xeno has become a Sacrifice]]. [[spoiler: It works]].

* JustInTime: Xeno's first appearance involves killing a Sacrifice that was seconds away from attacking Claudia.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: Sacrifices are monsters created with a Black Rose's poison, made by a Black Rose infecting a human before they die.

* ThereAreNoCoincidences: Shion started his first day at Crimson Bullet on the same day of a massive Sacrifice invasion? How could that possibly be suspicious?
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Xeno]] is revealed to have been turned into a Sacrifice by [[spoiler: Shion]] at the end of the book.

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* ICanStillFight: Even after Claudia [[spoiler: was shot by the Reaper's Scythe]], she still stands back up like it was [[OnlyAFleshWound nothing]].

* ImmortalityInducer: Inverted with the Reaper's Scythe, a special poison that functions to [[spoiler: effectively end Claudia's immortality by extracting her Premiere Seed]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: All of the Black Roses are sentenced to dying from the Black Spot. It is seemingly inevitable, which is why [[spoiler: Shion is trying to acquire Claudia's Premiere Seed]], in an effort to hold off the disease.

* Tsundere: Claudia.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Xeno.
* TearJerker: The ending is nothing if not this trope.

* ICanStillFight: Even after Claudia [[spoiler: was shot by the Death Scythe]], she still stands back up like it was [[OnlyAFleshWound nothing]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: All of the Black Roses are sentenced to dying from the Black Spot. It is seemingly inevitable, which is why [[spoiler: Shion is tryig to acquire Claudia's Premiere Seed]], in an effort to hold off the disease.