History Manga / FutureDiary

* DieHardOnAnX: Each certain arc of the anime and manga is set in this scenario whenever the protagonists are pitted against an antagonist with the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent as the John [=McClane=]. For the amount of borderline-NC-17-leveled {{Gorn}} and intense violence, it's up to par with Creator/RennyHarlin's approach to this trope, ''Film/DieHard2'' and ''Film/{{Cliffhanger}}:

* DieHardOnAnX: Each certain arc of the anime and manga is set in this scenario whenever the protagonists are pitted against an antagonist with the OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent as the John [=McClane=]:

* {{Deconstruction}}: Who wouldn't want the smartest, coolest, most beautiful girl in town to be [[{{Yandere}} madly, unconditionally in love]] with them? Right? Right...?

** For Fourth, it's ''Die Hard'' in a police station and hospital.

** For Eleventh, it's ''Die Hard'' in a bank

* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:There's the BigBadDuumvirate Yuno and Mur Mur and all the other Diary Holders including [[VillainProtagonist Yuki]] himself]].

* BigBadWannabe: All the other Diary Holders who are not [[spoiler:Yuno and Mur Mur]] are [[SmugSnake in other their head if they're confident on winning the game]].

Compare and contrast ''Manga/DeathNote'', which also features a "notebook" as a centerpiece, although in that case the diary ''[[RewritingReality controls]]'' the future rather than predicts it. Also compare and contrast ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', and to a lesser extent, ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', which also features a "ThereCanBeOnlyOne" style royale amongst 13 individuals; also compare ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'', which features a similar Battle Royale setup. See also ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', for the counterpart "[[MeaningfulName Laplace Mail]]".

Compare and contrast ''Manga/DeathNote'', which also features a "notebook" as a centerpiece, although in that case the diary ''[[RewritingReality controls]]'' the future rather than predicts it. Also compare and contrast ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', and to a lesser extent ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'', which also features a "ThereCanBeOnlyOne" style royale amongst 13 individuals; also compare ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'', which features a similar Battle Royale setup. See also ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', for the counterpart "[[MeaningfulName Laplace Mail]]".

Compare and contrast ''Manga/DeathNote'', which also features a "notebook" as a centerpiece, although in that case the diary ''[[RewritingReality controls]]'' the future rather than predicts it. Also compare and contrast ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' which also features a "ThereCanBeOnlyOne" style royale amongst 13 individuals; also compare ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'', which features a similar Battle Royale setup. See also ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', for the counterpart "[[MeaningfulName Laplace Mail]]".

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon:

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* ConspicuousCG:
** A two-second appearance in the first opening is pretty much the only time Deus is hand-drawn. There are some bits of architecture and a few objects in the opening credits as well.
** The ferris wheel scene in Episode 3 switches jarringly from CGI to traditional animation depending on whether the audience is viewing the car from the outside or inside.
** Tenth's dogs are CG in several shots.
** Episode 19 also has CG cars.

* NayTheist: Minene. Until she became a diary holder she only attacked religious targets, due to losing her parents in a religious struggle as a child. Her attitude comes off as justified, in a StrawmanHasAPoint kind of way, when you think about it. Her beliefs are basically that if there is a God, he is unworthy of reverence because he is clearly indifferent to human suffering -- if not outright malevolent. The whole backstory behind ''Future Diary'' is that Deus, who to all practical purposes ''is'' God, considers the best solution to the problem "[[spoiler:I'm dying and]] I need to choose a replacement" to be "pick a dozen deeply deranged and often violent individuals and incite them to kill each other until only one survives, and never mind how many innocent bystanders die along the way!"

** Later on, Yukiteru gets one towards Yuno in the English dub, when [[spoiler:he's trying to stop First Yuno from killing Third Yuno and repeating the cycle. She asks him why he keeps [[SpannerInTheWorks interfering with her plan,]] to which]] he yells [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU,]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments YOU CRAZY]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH!"]]

* AGodIAm: Deus.

* DragonInChief: Yuno is this for Yuki.
** [[spoiler: TheStarscream: In the last few chapters, Yuno becomes Yukiteru's final enemy after he refuses to kill her and he discovers she is actually the Yuno from an AlternateTimeline.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Subverted at the very end of the manga.]] The series ends with [[spoiler:Yuno dead and Yukiteru moping about it for 10,000 years, not even bothering trying to recreate his own world]]. Then you reach the epilogue which [[spoiler:goes full reverse into an EarnYourHappyEnding. The anime plays it straight until TheStinger and ''Redial'' OVA]].

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Minene]] gets a dart through the eye [[EyePatchOfPower and then receives a cool eyepatch!]]

Compare and contrast ''Manga/DeathNote'', which also features a "notebook" as a centerpiece, although in that case the diary ''[[RewritingReality controls]]'' the future rather than predicts it. Also compare and contrast ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' which also features a "ThereCanBeOnlyOne" style royale amongst 13 individuals; also compare ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa'', which features a similar Battle Royale setup. See also ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', for the counterpart "[[MeaningfulName Laplace Mail]]".

-->'''Yukiteru''': ''(monotone to himself observing a sudden drop ride) "Waah, help. The parachute won't open. I think the string is stuck. Splat."''

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: All the diary holders prior to participating in the game end living their lives happily in the new timeline.]] [[spoiler: stick around for the post credits scene in the final episode, and 2nd universe god-Yuno respawns. She and Yuki begin working together to build a new universe. At the very end, everyone has their happy ending.]]
* EasilyForgiven: Yuki forgives people a little too easily, especially his crazy girlfriend.
** Taken up to eleven when he forgives his own scumbag father for [[spoiler: killing his mom]] in the span of one episode.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Yuki and his darts.
** Possible justification. He /was/ a social outcast who had nothing better to do, and owned at least four dart boards which can be seen hanging on his wall. Practice makes perfect.
** Yuno was also ridiculously accurate, managing to shoot six policemen in the neck while running with a revolver.

** Not to mention Juno "the goddess of marrige" which according to [[{{Wiki/Wikipedia}} the Master Wiki]] is pronounced "Yuno". Coincidence?

* NayTheist: Minene. Until she became a diary holder she only attacked religious targets, due to losing her parents in a religious struggle as a child. Her attitude comes off as justified, in a StrawmanHasAPoint kind of way, when you think about it. Her beliefs are basically that if there is a God, he is unworthy of reverence because he is clearly indifferent to human suffering -- if not outright malevolent. The whole backstory bekind ''Mirai Nikki'' is that Deus, who to all practical purposes ''is'' God, considers the best solution to the problem "[[spoiler:I'm dying and]] I need to choose a replacement" to be "pick a dozen deeply deranged and often violent individuals and incite them to kill each other until only one survives, and never mind how many innocent bystanders die along the way!"

* NonActionGuy: Until he TookALevelInBadass, Yuki didn't do much fighting. Yuno was usually the one to kill their enemies. The Seventh diary holders eventually [[WhatTheHellHero called him on it]].

** The Third's diary (Murder) refects his [[SerialKiller murderous tendencies]].

-->'''Yuno:''' [[spoiler: What we did… was pretend love. Both of us were only using each other. You were using me to survive. And I was content letting myself being used… [[{{Yandere}} I would’ve been fine with anyone as long as I could emotionally depend on them]]. [[UselessProtagonist And you were fine with anyone as long as he or she would protect you]].]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath:
** [[spoiler:Yuki believes so, and as he asks Yuno to kill him and become God he thinks to himself that it's his atonement for killing all those people. In response, Yuno from the first world stabs herself and dies. Her memories are transferred to the third world Yuno.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Yuno's nickname for Yuki should be written as "Yukii" if you go off the katakana for it, though Tokyopop writes it as "Yuki" instead. Most scanlations stick to the former.

** {{Subverted}} later in the twin towers when [[spoiler:Minene]] points her gun at Yuki. Turns out there was just a mook behind him. She then explains that she ''will'' kill him if the plan fails, and nearly does. Ends up truly being double {{Subverted}} once she doesn't go through with shooting him and instead helps him to reach Eleventh.

* SuicidePact: [[spoiler:[[TimeyWimeyBall 1st-world Yuki and Yuno]] decide to do this, as neither could stand the thought of killing the other to become god. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Yuno [[FakingTheDead fakes her death]], attempting to [[ResetButton bring Yuki back to life]] by becoming god. Unfortunately, in the ''Future Diary'' universe, it is possible to bring a person back from death but the god's power can only bring back the body, [[AllDeathsFinal not the soul of the person]]. [[SoullessShell All the god gets is an empty shell should they attempt it.]] Yuno is not pleased at this last bit of news, [[StartOfDarkness to say the least]].]]

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Oh, so much. "Yuki! There's a mine one meter in front of you! Go to the left!" Doesn't sound ridiculous, until you realize that he's sprinting forward, and Yuno's shouting directions to him. And it's commented that he's a good runner, too.
** The anime makes this more believable: "Yuki! To the left! ... Now the right!"

* TookALevelInBadass: After [[spoiler:his father is killed]], Yuki retaliated against his would-be assassins [[spoiler:using the knife which took his father's life, his darts, and blocking gunfire directed at him by using one of the assassins as a [[BulletProofHumanShield meat shield]]]].

* CensorShadow: A fairly obvious one once Yuno starts smashing heads in Episode 4.

* ConspicuousCG: A two-second appearance in the first opening is pretty much the only time Deus is hand-drawn. There are some bits of architecture and a few objects in the opening credits as well.

* SmurfettePrinciple: When [[spoiler:the five Twelfths]] are shown, there is only one female -- who wears [[PinkMeansFeminine pink.]] She also happens to be the most muscularly built, for some odd reason.

* SpoilerOpening: Strongly so, but at the same time it's very vague and you might only see the importance on hindsight. [[spoiler:Yuno killing a copy of herself and then the two joining hints at her origin in this world.]] The first opening also foreshadows every diary owner, shown in shadow with a sequence of items relating to each one.
** The second opening is also very much a SpoilerOpening, but for a slightly different reason: [[spoiler:Faylan's lyrics are absolutely filled with huge spoilers of the story.]]
** [[spoiler: And anything colored blue (after the title card) in the second opening is destined to die/cease to exist. It includes most of the diary owners (except First, Second, and Ninth), Yukiteru's four friends, explosion flames that represent Ninth's terrorism, and the candle flames that represent the Eighth's foster children. By contrast, Ninth is grey-colored, Yuno has her hair tinted with real color, and Yukiteru who is the nominal winner, is the only fully colored one at all.]]

* AltumVidetur: The first opening features a rapid firing-off of the names of the Dii Consentes, the twelve Roman gods and goddesses that were considered to be the highest deities. In the manga, the twelve diary holders (each already a potential god) are named and themed after one of the gods with Bacchus added and Neptune replaced with Pluto (then again, Minene Uryuu also references Neptune).

* BlackComedy: All over the place, but the opening of episode 3 where Yukiteru is waiting for Yuno at an amusement park shows [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior has a morbid sense of humor]].
-->'''Yukiteru''': ''(monotone to himself observing a sudden drop ride) "Waah, the parachute won't open. I think it's stuck. Splat."''

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Minene]] [[HeroicSacrifice blows herself up]] to open an armored door. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]] It's not all bad though, since [[spoiler:she secretly survives thanks to [[MeaningfulName Deus Ex Machina]]]].

** Also, in the first episode, Yuki is wrapped up in his blanket, back when he was still a loner, looking at his cellphone diary. [[spoiler: In the very end, once he becomes a god, he's seen [[LonelyAtTheTop sulking in the void that the 2nd world has become]], [[FateWorseThanDeath staring his last diary entry]], [[TearJerker which reads that Yuno committed suicide]]. The cloak he wears as God is draped about him in much the same way as the blanket from the beginning.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: All the diary holders prior to participating in the game end living their lives happily in the new timeline.]]

* DeadManSwitch: Minene rigs one of these up to herself when she holds the school hostage, so the entire school will explode if her heart stops. This prevents the police from sniping her, as she knows one of the detectives is a diary holder. Later, during the final confrontation with the Eleventh, it's revealed that she's wearing another bomb rigged to go off if she dies. [[spoiler: After being shot, she tries to use this bomb to penetrate the bank vault where the Eleventh is hiding.]]