History Manga / FutureDiary

** Played straight [[spoiler:when she finds out that she still loves him. [[UpToEleven She goes even crazier than before.]]]]

''Future Diary'' (known as ''Mirai Nikki'' in UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}) is a dark {{manga}} about the asocial [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yukiteru Amano]], who obsessively keeps journals. One day, he finds that his imaginary friend [[MeaningfulName Deus Ex Machina]], the lord of time and space, has made his cell phone diary able to predict the future. After getting over the initial shock of having a supernatural cell phone, Yuki enjoys his newfound powers until he comes across a diary entry stating his exact time of death...

{{Mangaka}} Creator/SakaeEsuno also draws the manga adaptation of Creator/BokutoUno's ''LightNovel/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades''.

* AkashicRecords: One of the tools used by Deus.

* ArtEvolution
* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Akise.]]

* AxCrazy:
** Yuno, literally.
** This pretty much sums up the majority of the cast, really.
** In Chapter 57, there is [[spoiler:Mur Mur's]] true form.

* BewareTheNiceOnes

* {{Bishonen}}: Yuki and Akise.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Yuno towards Yuki.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Akise towards Yuki.

* DysfunctionJunction: The whole cast.

* TheFaceless: Twelfth.

* GambitPileup: ScryVsScry [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] IKnowYouKnowIKnow meets ''Manga/DeathNote''.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Mur Mur]] has this complex.

* GodivaHair: Minene.
* GratuitousEnglish: Akise agrees to give Hinata his diary provided she can guess which hand he's holding a coin in. LEFT OR RIGHT?

* HeroicBSOD: Yuki suffers a pretty nasty one complete with paranoia fuel, [[spoiler:of the KillThemAll variety]].

* HiddenEyes

* KarmaHoudini: Several throughout the series.

* LamarckWasRight: [[spoiler:Minene's children can fly.]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Yuno.
* MadBomber: Minene.

* MasterOfDisguise

* MomentKiller: Nothing gets in the way of a [[spoiler:marriage proposal]] like learning that the BigBad has succeeded in his plan when you thought you'd foiled it.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:It's how Akise dies.]]

* POVBoyPosterGirl
* PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler:Yuno and Yuki.]]

* PsychoticLoveTriangle

* RedShirt: The policemen [[spoiler:and the orphans]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Minene near the end of the manga, by Deus's own intervention.]]

* TearsOfFear: Yuki, especially in the beginning.
* TeensAreMonsters: The protagonists, hands down.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: The Seventh.]]

** According to Mur Mur, Third is seen as this.

* {{Yandere}}: Yuno is the TropeCodifier.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Deus.]]

* ActionPrologue: Kinda. "Horror Prologue" would be more accurate.

* AllThereInTheManual: Mur Mur's [[TheStinger extra segments]].

* BareYourMidriff: Hinata.

* GratuitousEnglish: Pretty much all of the second opening is this.

* TeensAreMonsters: Apart from the already messed-up protagonists, there is [[spoiler:Ai's [[RapeAsBackstory backstory]]: some of her female classmates set her up to be gang-raped. For no real reason other than the fact that they didn't like her]].

* SurrealThemeTune
* TearsOfBlood: The first visual of the opening credits.

* AGodAmI: Deus.
* AlternateUniverse: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hence the title.]]
* AllDeathsFinal
* AxCrazy: The new Yuno, although not as much as her other self. That could change, though.

* CreepyBasement: Yuno has one in her house. [[spoiler:She keeps someone trapped there.]]

* KnifeNut: Yuno prefers the [[AnAxeToGrind ax]], but she knows her way around knives too.
** Yuno wanted to meet Yuki's mother, but she was worried that him mom wouldn't like her. So she brought some tools with her just in case, and by tools she meant a duffel bag filled with knives.

%%* MoralDissonance: In the later chapters, [[spoiler:Yuki's plans to win the game involve having Yuno murder the Eighth's children so they can seize her diary, and later, ''murder innocent bystanders'' in order to cause a huge stir and put the Eleventh and his diary at a disadvantage. Somewhat justified by Yuki's desire to become a god at all costs after having had his parents killed.]] In his defense, [[spoiler:he did keep a list of the people he killed so that he could remember to resurrect them all later. Of course, that would only work if he was truly able to bring them back.]]

* AdultFear: Yuno, who [[StalkerWithACrush stalks]] and [[{{Yandere}} obsesses over]] Yukiteru to the point of creeping him out. Mind you, real-life stalking and possessive lovers are NOT fun things to deal with. It gets worse when she [[spoiler:drugs and kidnaps Yuki in the middle of the story]] when they seemed to be in a somewhat stable relationship.

* PragmaticAdaptation

* ClingyJealousGirl: Yuno.

* LazyBum: Arata.

* StalkerWithACrush: Yuno, as expected.

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: At the [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-26042-34/mirai-nikki/chapter-23.html end of Chapter 23]] when Yuki asks Yuno why she can't leave some luggage. She says she can't because of important things like "underwear, towels, meds, and a bunch of other stuff". The "other stuff" is shown to the viewer as [[spoiler: her parents' skulls]].

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Akise texts a message to Yuki ''even though Yuno just cut off his head.'']] [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-51161-25/mirai-nikki/chapter-51.html See]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-51161-26/mirai-nikki/chapter-51.html the]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-51161-27/mirai-nikki/chapter-51.html whole]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-51161-28/mirai-nikki/chapter-51.html scene]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-51161-29/mirai-nikki/chapter-51.html here.]]

** The kanji for "Gasai" (seen [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mirai_nikki/v08/c034/4.html here]]) means "my wife".

*** Later on, Yuno [[ChainsOfLove chains Yukiteru]] to a chair so [[IfICantHaveYou he can't leave her]]. This requires her to attend to all his, ahem, "duties", including [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-26044-6/mirai-nikki/chapter-25.html feeding him]] and [[http://www.mangareader.net/384-26044-10/mirai-nikki/chapter-25.html letting him pee]]. And on top of all that, she spends the entire time in nothing but a bra and panties.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Eighth. She is a gigantic, Pillsbury Doughboy-like woman roughly three times the size of the children she takes care of. No one seems to notice this, [[http://www.mangareader.net/mirai-nikki-mosaic/5/11 beyond a one-shot joke]].

** It's revealed later on however that her mother was the abusive one while her father wasn't around to stop it making it ParentalNeglect in his case. The anime also [[spoiler:portrays her mom as being not all there and mentally unstable like [[NotSoDifferent Yuno]] as well]].

* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Reisuke Houjou, [[{{Tykebomb}} the four-year-old fifth diary holder]], dies horribly.]]

* HeroicResolve: [[spoiler:Yuki demonstrates via a speech to Yuno, telling her [[ThePowerOfLove he loves her]] and that she is irreplaceable to him. He vows to save her, all while climbing up a sheer cliff with his bare hands.]]
%% zce* {{Yandere}}: Yuno is the TropeCodifier.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Actually an in-universe example: since the diaries all give the DEAD END of the user, it forces the user to change tactics in order to avoid it. However, there are ''unwritten'' portions that are found within the diary, and, when given the option, the user can take that hidden option, such as when Yukiteru decides to [[spoiler: open a suspicious door in Yuno's house that causes ''every Diary to be rewritten'']] and even surprises Deus.

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 ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' which features a similar style as ''Ryuki'' where winner would potentially become god''; 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]]".

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: [[spoiler:Yuki gives one of these speeches to Yuno, telling her [[ThePowerOfLove he loves her]] and that she is irreplaceable to him. He vows to save her, all while climbing up a sheer cliff with his bare hands.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Yuno is the TropeCodifier.
** It's a rather large trend to copy other characters, Yandere or not, onto Yuno's face from the first episode in the anime. You probably know it as 'The Yandere Face.' meme. They sell posters of her making said face at some Hot Topics, even though the anime had just finished airing in Japan.
** People love Yuno because of this. [[PerverseSexualLust Really]], [[NightmareFetishist really]] [[DracoInLeatherPants love]] her. There are people that read this manga [[JustHereForGodzilla solely for this reason]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Rui's sister.

* Evolvingcredits: Combined with FreezeFrameBonus, the end of the first opening with all the diary users rotated will show Dead End labels for those that recieved them at that point.

* AdultFear: Yuno, who [[StalkerWithACrush stalks]] and [[{{Yandere}} obsesses over]] Yukiteru to the point of creeping him out. Mind you, real-life stalking and possessive lovers are NOT fun things to deal with.

* AllDeathsFinal: However, this can still be worked around [[spoiler:-- and eventually is -- by going to an AlternateTimeline where they are still alive]].

* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Yuno is impersonating ''herself''. As if that isn't strange enough, when some people start getting uncomfortably close to the truth, she actually goes out of her way to hide the fact that she's the real Yuno.]]

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality

* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: [[spoiler:After being unable to revive Yukiteru when she wins the Survival Game, Yuno travels back in time and kills the current timeline's version of herself so she can be with Yukiteru.]]

* AGodAmI:
** Played with -- despite all appearances, none of the characters believe themselves to be God or have Godlike powers. They are competing for his position, but each has their own, unique, reason for wanting the position and power, very little to do with their ego. Not to say the reasons are good...
** [[spoiler:Mur Mur]] however plays it straight.

** From the Apprentice Diary Holders' perspective, it's ''Die Hard'' in an abandoned hotel with with a {{Yandere}} holding her love hostage.