History Manga / DarwinsGame

A shounen manga drawn and written by the two-man team [[PenName FLIPFLOPs]], the manga ran in ''[[Magazine/ShonenChampion Bessatsu Shonen Champion]]'' from December 12, 2012 to November 12, 2023, and was collected in 29 volumes.

** The initial highest authority of the Greed is implied to be [[spoiler:a pet rat of Shigeo that indirectly got a Darwin's Game invite from him in the past]].

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: The anime had characters give GlowingRedEyesOfDoom whenever they used their Sigil a la ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''; in the manga, no such detail happens when Sigils are used. It should be noted that no character explicitly points it out, implying it's solely for RuleOfCool.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The end of the Greed is caused by Kaname completely removing Shirogane (the mastermind behind the Darwin's Game server, the Greed, and Shigeo's StartOfDarkness who also stole Snow/Jitter's World Class Hub powers) from existence. With the collapse of the Greed's existence, Kaname becomes a wandering spirit without a physical body as he observes a World Line where everyone is happy (since Shion never dies to a Greed, the Darwin's Game server never comes to exist), but the price was the pruning of all World Lines affected by the Greed, including his native World Line where Rein became its Guardian. Though he's invited by the First Guardian to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, Kaname refuses the invite and just wants to return to his native World Line and the friends he fought alongside. As thanks, the First Guardian restores Kaname's pruned native World Line and sends him home. Even if the world of the surviving Sunset Ravens is heavily scarred by the Greed, the Greed are no more and the Ravens are finally together for good.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Terada, the police officer who initially doesn't believe Kaname. When the panda man breaks into the police box, Terada winds up getting stabbed, but still uses his last moments to help Kaname get away.
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** Executioners, subordinates of the Game Master of Darwin's Game, are sent out to deal with law enforcement personnel that have either become aware of the game or end up participating in it.
** Trinity agents attempt to pull this trope on Ayanokouji when they catch him communicating with a detective that got caught up in the Treasure Hunt event, though he wipes their memories so that they report back to their leader that they got nothing.

** [[spoiler:After Kaname wins the Treasure Hunt event, there is a one-month time skip]].
** [[spoiler:After Sunset Ravens defeats Eighth in a clan war, there is another one-month time skip]].
** [[spoiler:After the Sailors vs Pirates event, the surviving D-Game players spend some time in the onis' World Line, but by the time Kaname gets back, ''five years'' had passed in his own world]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The end of the Greed is caused by Kaname completely stopping their ability to loop the World Line, and this happens when he both destroys the Darwin's Game server (the original source of their Sigils) and kills Shirogane (the mastermind behind the server, the Greed, and Shigeo's StartOfDarkness who also stole Snow/Jitter's World Class Hub powers). With the collapse of the Greed's existence, Kaname becomes a wandering spirit without a physical body as he observes a World Line where everyone is happy (since Shion never dies to a Greed, the Darwin's Game server never comes to exist), but the price was the pruning of all World Lines affected by the Greed, including his native World Line where Rein became its Guardian. Though he's invited by the First Guardian to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, Kaname refuses the invite and just wants to return to his native World Line and the friends he fought alongside. As thanks, the First Guardian restores Kaname's pruned native World Line and sends him home. Even if the world of the surviving Sunset Ravens is heavily scarred by the Greed, the Greed are no more and the Ravens are finally together for good.]]

* PointOfDivergence: A significant "Turning Point of Fate" leads to the creation of a new World Line. One such moment was thirty-five years before Chapter 1, when [[spoiler:Shion Takanashi, Shidou Izaya's wife, was mysteriously murdered by a Greed]]. Notably, [[spoiler:when Kaname makes the Greed's existence collapse in the climax, the World Line where Shion is never murdered asserts itself, whereas Kaname's native World Line is pruned]].

** In Chapter 97, Seigen reveals that [[spoiler:in his native World Line he met the Darwin's Game GM for the first time a few days after surviving the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event]]; however, Chapter 109 reveals that [[spoiler:the young Seigen was already working for the GM ''days before that event'']].

* {{Retcon}}: In Chapter 97, Seigen reveals that [[spoiler:in his native World Line he met the Darwin's Game GM for the first time a few days after surviving the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event]]; however, Chapter 109 reveals that [[spoiler:the young Seigen was already working for the GM ''days before that event'']].

* Retcon: In Chapter 97, Seigen reveals that [[spoiler:in his native World Line he met the Darwin's Game GM for the first time a few days after surviving the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event]]; however, Chapter 109 reveals that [[spoiler:the young Seigen was already working for the GM ''days before that event'']].

* SeriesContinuityError: In Chapter 97, Seigen reveals that [[spoiler:in his native World Line he met the Darwin's Game GM for the first time a few days after surviving the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event]]; however, Chapter 109 reveals that [[spoiler:the young Seigen was already working for the GM ''days before that event'']].

* SeriesContinuityError: In Chapter 97, Seigen reveals that [[spoiler:in his native World Line he met the Darwin's Game GM for the first time a few days after surviving the Shibuya Treasure Hunt event]]; however, Chapter 108 reveals that [[spoiler:the young Seigen was already an Executioner a few days before that event]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The end of the Greed is caused by Kaname completely stopping their ability to loop the World Line, and this happens when he both destroys the Darwin's Game server (the original source of their Sigils) and kills Shirogane (the mastermind behind the server, the Greed, and Shigeo's StartOfDarkness who also stole Snow/Jitter's World Class Hub powers). With the collapse of the Greed's existence, Kaname becomes a wandering spirit without a physical body as he observes a World Line where everyone is happy (where Shion never dies to a Greed, ensuring that the Darwin's Game server never comes to exist), but the price was the pruning of all World Lines affected by the Greed, including his native World Line where Rein became its Guardian. Though he's invited by the First Guardian to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, Kaname refuses the invite and just wants to return to his native World Line and the friends he fought alongside. As thanks, the First Guardian restores Kaname's pruned native World Line and sends him home. Even if the world of the surviving Sunset Ravens is heavily scarred by the Greed, the Greed are no more and the Ravens are finally together for good.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The end of the Greed is caused by Kaname both destroying the Darwin's Game server and killing Shirogane (the mastermind behind the server, the Greed, and Shigeo's StartOfDarkness who also stole the source of the Greed's power from Snow/Jitter), after which Kaname observes a World Line where everyone is happy (since the Greed's existence collapses, Shion never dies to a Greed and the Darwin's Game server never comes to exist), at the cost of '''''all the Greed's World Lines''''' being pruned (not only the one of the past where he became its Guardian, but also his native World Line where Rein became its Guardian) and him becoming a wandering spirit without a physical body. Though he's invited by the First Guardian to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, Kaname refuses the invite and just wants to return to his native World Line and the friends he fought alongside. As thanks, the First Guardian restores Kaname's pruned native World Line and sends him home. Even if the world of the surviving Sunset Ravens is heavily scarred by the Greed, the Greed are no more and the Ravens are finally together for good.]]

A shounen manga drawn and written by the two-man team [[PenName FLIPFLOPs]], the manga ran in ''[[Magazine/ShonenChampion Bessatsu Shonen Champion]]'' from December 12, 2012 to October 12, 2023, and was collected in 29 volumes.

The 25th volume also announced an unnamed manga spinoff centered on Rein.