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* [[ChestBurster Arm Burster]]: ''Murasame'' (the crow, not the sword) ''tears out of Shino's arm.'' Specifically, his arm's ''skin.'' Shino seems to feel no pain from it (or has NervesOfSteel), but it's easier to watch his sword transformation than watch Murasame (the crow) show up. It's implied that Murasame is a part of his arm now, until he becomes the crow/sword.
* [[spoiler:TheAssimilator: Sousuke's "shadow", and among the body parts he had taken were Keno's heart and Kohaku's left eye. The lingering spirit of Daikaku's adoptive father is also implied to be one, although we never see it in action.]]
* BadassPreacher: Rio
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A girl weeps for her friend...
Five years ago, Shino Inuzuka was given the choice not to die. This choice, however, came with a price: taking on Murasame, the blade of life. He, Sosuke Inukawa and Hamaji were the only people to survive the plague and subsequent torching of their village, and from that day on the three childhood friends shared a burden on their shoulders.
Now they live secluded in another village, away from those who seek to claim Murasame's power for their own gains--until one day the Imperial Church sends word to their estate, making it known that their amicable lifestyle isn't likely to last much longer. As anticipated, soon an escort arrives at their door, insisting that they come along to the city.
A {{shoujo}} manga adapted from the classic samurai tale ''Literature/NansouSatomiHakkenden'', set in the Taisho Era (i.e. the early 1900s), and interwoven with fantasy and supernatural elements, ''Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' is written and illustrated by Abe Miyuki, with more than a dozen volumes published under Tosuisha (vol.1-13) and Kadokawa Shoten (reprint of vol.1-13 and 14 onward) since 2005.
A 13-episode anime began airing on January 5th during the Winter2013Anime season, and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-28/hakkenden/eight-dogs-of-the-east-anime-gets-2nd-season the second season]] began airing on July 7th of the same year.
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!!Tropes:
* AbsoluteCleavage and BoobsOfSteel: Lilith, who wields a huge poleaxe and managed to go toe-to-toe with Shino.
* AbusiveParents: Daikaku's real father is shown to be one, and it is implied that [[spoiler:he was the one who [[OffingTheOffspring killed Daikaku]] in the flashback.]]
* AnimalMotifs
* AnimalsNotToScale: Rio's wolf is introduced in his more humongous size, and then we learn Murasame (the crow) can actually grow to that size as well. Until Sousuke interrupts them from mauling each other.
* AndTheAdventureContinues / SequelHook: How the anime series ended, with [[spoiler:Ao stealing Sousuke's bead ''again'', and Shino is determined to take it back from him.]]
* [[ChestBurster Arm Burster]]: ''Murasame'' (the crow, not the sword) ''tears out of Shino's arm.'' Specifically, his arm's ''skin.'' Shino seems to feel no pain from it (or has NervesOfSteel), but it's easier to watch his sword transformation than watch Murasame (the crow) show up. It's implied that Murasame is a part of his arm now, until he becomes the crow/sword.
* [[spoiler:TheAssimilator: Sousuke's "shadow", and among the body parts he had taken were Keno's heart and Kohaku's left eye. The lingering spirit of Daikaku's adoptive father is also implied to be one, although we never see it in action.]]
* BadassPreacher: Rio
* BelligerentSexualTension: It's the insults-hidden-as-compliments and LadyKillerInLove / {{Tsundere}}-ish type, but by the third episode, as Shino says, Hamaji and Kaname are essentially just dragging him and Sousuke along on their date (although Hamaji might not admit to it).
* BerserkButton: Although it doesn't show up often, Hamaji is this for both Shino and, to a lesser extent, Sousuke.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kaname and his fox retainers may tend to serve as comic relief, but he is part of the Four Families for a reason. Just look at what happened to [[spoiler:Seiran]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Sousuke and Shino have this trait. Also Daikaku, whose one of first thoughts after [[spoiler:stabbed and nearly died in the flashback]] was to get Hinaginu's medicine.
* BigBrotherMentor: Sousuke acts like one to their younger friend in the first episode, as befitting of his nature. Then later in the episode, both he and Shino act on BigBrotherInstinct.
* BigEater: Shino.
* BishieSparkle: A few times, the most notable one done by Megu when Genpachi first saw it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Shino, occasionally.
* BrickJoke: Back in the first season, Kobungo panicked upon seeing Shino's incredibly feminine [[spoiler:adult]] figure out of fear of how Genpachi will react should he ever caught wind of it. Cue the [[DraggedIntoDrag first episode]] of second season, and Genpachi more or less reacted as Kobungo had feared.
* CampGay: Sakuraba Jouji.
* CantCatchUp: Seiran to his brother, [[spoiler:Kaname]], although a villainous version.
* TheCasanova: Kaname acts like one.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Based off a Shoujo manga, this is epxected.
** LongHairedPrettyBoy: Inusaka Keno. Also, Shino in his past [[spoiler:and his adult form.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: Sousuke is prone to this.
* CatsAreMagic: A Bakeneko called Noru watches over Daikaku.
* CloudCuckooLander: Genpachi has shades of this, if his action of feeding Megu (that black eyeball) says anything.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Kobungo for Genpachi on occasions, especially when the latter's fawning over Shino kicks in.
* ColdBloodedTorture / DeniedFoodAsPunishment: What the monk Seiran forces Genpachi to go through while he gloats on about it, until, as he says, the demon in him shows. It's more implied by his whipped and bruised body, and the fact that Seiran says he hasn't eaten or drunk anything for a week, until...
** ScreamDiscretionShot: Seiran sics his strange-looking green insects ''that he allows to enter his ear'' on Genpachi, the scene of which, when we come back to them in the next episode, isn't left to discretion.
* TheComicallySerious: Sousuke has shades of this. Especially apparent in Episode 8 concerning Megu.
* CuteMute: Yukihime.
* DeadAllAlong: A few of the side characters in certain episodes, such as [[spoiler:the owner of the steamed bun shop and Akihiko.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Shino seems to be shaping into this. Case in point in episode 14, following the DraggedIntoDrag below:
--> '''Genpachi:''' Shino, so you really are a girl...
--> '''Shino:''' Just quit your job already.
** Sousuke is even more so than Shino, given his sense of humor. For example, casually calling Shino as "young master" to play along with their cover-up story in episode 21.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:The Mountain Monkey Deity, Shinonome, at least until Akane returned to fulfill her promise.]]
* DisappearedDad: Daikaku and Hinaginu's father disappeared six months before the story, and Daikaku suspected his real father has something to do with it. [[spoiler:It turns out to be more complicated than that; their father is ''already'' dead without intervention from Daikaku's real father, and the former's lingering spirit is implied to be the one who killed the latter.]]
* DraggedIntoDrag: In episode 14, Shino dressed in woman's clothes per Daikaku's request as his doll model. Genpachi's reaction is, well...
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inusaka Keno, to the point Kobungo mistakes him for a woman. And as of Episode 20, Dousetsu falls victim to his beauty as well.
** Shino, especially during his earlier years. Since he was very sickly as a child, he was raised as if he were a girl by his village's tradition that doing so until he was 15 would make him healthy. Therefore, his hair was much longer, his clothes were different, and his mannerisms were delicate. Many characters lament over his old appearance.
* {{Familiar}}: Those who aren't shapeshifters seem to be bound in relationships closer to this, or something like it.
** Rio's wolf companion. He lets Sousuke pet him, to Rio's surprise (and Shino's tears).
* FantasticRacism: Seiran repeatedly insists that what they have locked away (and are secretly torturing) is a "demon," not a man named Genpachi.
* FeelNoPain: [[spoiler:Sousuke turns out not to be able to feel pain at all, even as he is suffering severe injuries.]]
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The chiming that proceeds the arrival of the school's guardian in Episode 9. It acts as the enforcer of the school's rules... by using magic lightning.
* FriendToAllChildren: The Monkey Deity in the Perquisite Mountain is said to devour all but children, whom it favors. Shino's appearance is thought to be the reason that he and his friends were allowed to leave alive.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sousuke and dogs, to both Shino's and sometimes his own chargin.
** Also Genpachi somehow manages to strike up a beautiful bond with Megu until Shino and Sousuke put an adamant stop to it.
* TheGadfly: Sousuke, surprisingly, turns out to be one as exemplified in episode 21.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Kohaku.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Seiran to his brother, [[spoiler:Kaname]].
* HappilyAdopted: Hamaji. Also, Inumura Daikaku.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: Kaname reveals to Shino that despite their good intentions, Genpachi and Kobungo's attempts in ending the drought for the villagers were circumvented by their demon sides not really being able to distinguish between "rain" and "raging storms," or at least their inability to hold back their powers (which inevitably destroyed a few properties).
* TheHyena: Kokonoe, at least in the previews.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Kohaku and her friend Chitose [[spoiler:until Kohaku begins to turn into a demonic/chaotic spirit-like creature through Shino's will for her to live despite her dying of TB]].
* AnIcePerson: Yukihime is an ice spirit.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Although unnamed, [[spoiler:Kohaku's]] illness strongly resembles late-stage tuberculosis.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Demon!Genpachi
* IllGirl: Ayane Mizuki, as well as Inumura Hinaginu who suffers from asthma. [[spoiler:Shino was an IllBoy in the past.]]
* KidnappedByAnAlly: Technically, as we learn by the second and third episodes. Hamaji bosses the allies around from the irritation. Those poor foxes.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kaname's loyal retainers, who are easily bossed around.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Seiran has done much to earn the contempt of the characters and the audience, but the reason above all that finally makes Kaname go up against him is...[[spoiler:one of his creepy insects cuts Hamaji in the face; Kaname states that doing such to a lady's face was inexcusable]]. Very much a SkewedPriorities deal. Could hint to an [[AntiHero apathetic personality]], considering that he seemed to know what Seiran was doing to Genpachi, but never did anything about it.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Sosuke's "shadow"]], whose arrival is to blame for the show turning very dark very quickly near the end of the 12-episode season.
* LiteralSplitPersonality / EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Sousuke and his "shadow", Ao.]]
* LivingShadow:[[spoiler: Ao, Sousuke's missing half. Some scenes imply that ''he'' is the original one, however.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Satomi]] is apparently inflicting this on Shino so he can't remember who destroyed his village.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Possibly what happened to Inumura Hinaginu, as in the flashbacks, her hair was black instead of white as it is now.
* LongLostRelative: Dousetsu and Mutsuki,[[spoiler: or better known as Hamaji.]]
** [[spoiler: Implied with Shino and Satomi. As of the most recent episode they are now both aware of it.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: The son of the manager of the brothel that Kohaku worked at wanted Kohaku to love him, so he kidnapped Shino with the intention of letting her kill him to avenge her family against his guardian, Satomi. [[spoiler:The moment he shoots Shino, Murasame devours him to patch the wound.]]
* MakeThemRot: An illness in that five villagers supposedly caught in the Perquisite Mountain left them to rot alive.
* MeaningfulName: Most of the men who bear the "gift" seem to have the word (or a word that sounds like) "dog" in their name; e.g., Inukawa, Inuzuka, Inuta, Inukai...
* {{Megane}}: Dousetsu.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Shino did this to Kohaku in episode 12.]]
* NapoleonComplex: Shino is ''very'' aware of his size, and doesn't like people pointing it out. This is lampshaded in episode 7 when Sousuke comments that Shino is more irritated at Keno just called him small rather than the fact that [[spoiler:he previously stabbed Sousuke out of misunderstanding]].
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Church intends to erect a new barrier over the Capital using spirts. However, in doing so the spirits are killing countless people. They cite this as their excuse.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Murasame the crow is a somewhat literal example of this. During the Shinonome episode, it crashed on the barrier Shinonome created, causing a sudden heavy downpour in the mountains. In the final episode of the first season, it crashed on ''another'' barrier surrounding the Church, causing Lilith to come out and chase after Shino.
* TheNoseKnows: Skilled monks and others with strong sensitivity appear to be able to smell spirits and demons.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:All of the "Inu-"-named characters had been ''very'' close to the brink of death at some point.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Shino, a bit. [[spoiler:He actually knows more than Sousuke and Hamaji about what's going on considering their foggy recollection of certain past events, and even though he divulges some of it to Sousuke it's likely that there are still things he hasn't said. He has a tendency to suddenly grow serious as well.]]
* OhCrap: A PlayedForLaughs case when Kobungo [[spoiler:saw Shino's adult form - the first thing that crossed his mind was what Genpachi would do if he ever caught wind of this.]]
** Seiran [[spoiler:after Genpachi's demon form decimates the monks he arrived with, and again when Kaname shows up... and he's pissed.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Shino
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: And are more like baiting illusions. And look like a waifish female version of Shino. Shino and Sousuke are unsure who it is that sent the monster that tries to bait them, though the opening might have a clue.
* PapaWolf: Possibly a rather tragic case with Daikaku's adoptive father, as [[spoiler:after Daikaku's real father attempted to kill his own son, he was later found dead mysteriously, probably done by the former's lingering spirit.]]
* PluckyGirl: Hamaji
* RealMenCook / TeamChef: Kobungo is apparently a good cook.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Genpachi discovered this the hard way; so did Kobungo, who tested it out on himself [[spoiler:after Genpachi's many suicide attempts]].
* RoofHopping: Kind of drives home how much of a badass Shino is (despite his looks) the moment he decides that it's needed.
* SayMyName: [[spoiler: Ao after Shino is injured and force fed sacred water by Tamazusa.]]
* SexyPriest: Rio. It's even made clear he's the Church's golden boy because of his looks.
* SingleTargetSexuality: A mostly PlayedForLaughs case. It seems that apart from Shino, Genpachi barely has anything else in his mind.
* SinisterMinister: Seiran
* TheStoic: Daikaku has comparably narrower range of expression compared to other characters.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Originally an aversion (yet regarded as a beautiful and rare eye coloring), [[spoiler:Kohaku's golden eyes become this when she begins to morph into a demonic/chaotic spirit-like creature inside]].
* TeamMom: Sousuke seems the type to take people under his wing and try to diffuse any volatile situations he comes across, but he's especially this to Shino. Might also have traits of TheCaretaker.
* TheSwarm: Seiran's insects
* TheStoic: Rio
* TalkingAnimal: Murasame
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Kaname's reaction to [[spoiler:one of Seiran's insects cutting Hamaji's cheek]] amounts to this.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Kohaku. Daikaku and Hinaginu's father's lingering spirit also counts.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Kohaku, who, as she's dying of a lung-affecting disease that has her coughing up blood, begins to finally remember how her father sold her off to be raised to become a prostitute when her family was at their most destitute, despite her brothers trying to pull her back, and how said family was massacred along with the rest of her former village three years ago when a princess of the royal family had been held for ransom there, to be rescued by Rio; when she'd heard about the massacre then, she'd felt nothing. She's given up on life by the time she meets Shino, who through his strong will and accidental supernatural influence, is the reason she's unable to die peacefully even then, and is forced to go through even more traumatizing events before she can finally pass away, taking at least one person along with her.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia:
** Possibly, for [[spoiler: Sosuke and Hamaji]]. It could have otherwise been done by supernatural means, as Rio says they've "already forgotten". This is somewhat subverted in episode 13 when Sousuke stated that he clearly remembers his childhood time with Shino in the mountains. [[spoiler:Although, with his "shadow" is around at that time, we don't know for sure whether he genuinely remembers it beforehand or not.]]
** Played straight with Daikaku who, [[spoiler:after his resurrection, doesn't remember that his adoptive father had died instead of gone missing.]] As for his sister, it is unknown whether she also forgets or she remembers but doesn't tell him.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sousuke towards Shino.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Although Keno never tries to hide his gender, his [[DudeLooksLikeALady ridiculously pretty]] appearance has managed to fool Kobungo for ''several episodes''. Until this happens in Episode 11.
* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler:When Murasame is kept from devouring any more human flesh he has Shino turn to this, which causes Rio to laugh darkly about how this must be one of his duties, too.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sousuke. Genpachi and Kobungo too, in a way.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 11 has [[spoiler:Murasame goes out of control after Shino was shot and proceeds to devour a man, as well as the implication that Kohaku is no longer be human at all. Shino's body also now fits his age instead of his 11-years-old appearance.]]
%%** Season Two, Episode 12. [[spoiler: [[DemonicPossession Holy.]] Freaking. [[HeroKiller Crap.]]]]
* WhatBeautifulEyes: People take strong liking to Kohaku's eyes, Shino included. [[spoiler:She later lost one of them thanks to Sousuke's "shadow."]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Brought up a number of times. You can usually tell who the antagonists are by how they treat non-humans.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: When Hamaji is first brought to his mansion Kaname comments on how he'd been told that there was someone who'd looked like a doll amongst the trio, but he can see that this wasn't true at all (as a jab at Hamaji's brash personality). Hamaji says that it's true that they had someone who looked like a doll amongst the trio--but that "someone" referred to was ''Shino'', who, by the traditions of their village, was a male required to wear female garb until the age of fifteen, and looked more of a beauty than Hamaji did.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Apparently, this is what caused Shinonome, the monkey deity, to snap before Akane finally comes to fulfill her promise.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Episode 19 reveals that both Sousuke and Keno are underage. Genpachi and Kobungo's reactions have to be seen to be believed.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Kohaku. Also, the illness that Shino used to have caused this. Of course, now with Murasame in his body...]]
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A girl weeps for her friend...
Five years ago, Shino Inuzuka was given the choice not to die. This choice, however, came with a price: taking on Murasame, the blade of life. He, Sosuke Inukawa and Hamaji were the only people to survive the plague and subsequent torching of their village, and from that day on the three childhood friends shared a burden on their shoulders.
Now they live secluded in another village, away from those who seek to claim Murasame's power for their own gains--until one day the Imperial Church sends word to their estate, making it known that their amicable lifestyle isn't likely to last much longer. As anticipated, soon an escort arrives at their door, insisting that they come along to the city.
A {{shoujo}} manga adapted from the classic samurai tale ''Literature/NansouSatomiHakkenden'', set in the Taisho Era (i.e. the early 1900s), and interwoven with fantasy and supernatural elements, ''Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East'' is written and illustrated by Abe Miyuki, with more than a dozen volumes published under Tosuisha (vol.1-13) and Kadokawa Shoten (reprint of vol.1-13 and 14 onward) since 2005.
A 13-episode anime began airing on January 5th during the Winter2013Anime season, and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-28/hakkenden/eight-dogs-of-the-east-anime-gets-2nd-season the second season]] began airing on July 7th of the same year.
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!!Tropes:
* AbsoluteCleavage and BoobsOfSteel: Lilith, who wields a huge poleaxe and managed to go toe-to-toe with Shino.
* AbusiveParents: Daikaku's real father is shown to be one, and it is implied that [[spoiler:he was the one who [[OffingTheOffspring killed Daikaku]] in the flashback.]]
* AnimalMotifs
* AnimalsNotToScale: Rio's wolf is introduced in his more humongous size, and then we learn Murasame (the crow) can actually grow to that size as well. Until Sousuke interrupts them from mauling each other.
* AndTheAdventureContinues / SequelHook: How the anime series ended, with [[spoiler:Ao stealing Sousuke's bead ''again'', and Shino is determined to take it back from him.]]
* [[ChestBurster Arm Burster]]: ''Murasame'' (the crow, not the sword) ''tears out of Shino's arm.'' Specifically, his arm's ''skin.'' Shino seems to feel no pain from it (or has NervesOfSteel), but it's easier to watch his sword transformation than watch Murasame (the crow) show up. It's implied that Murasame is a part of his arm now, until he becomes the crow/sword.
* [[spoiler:TheAssimilator: Sousuke's "shadow", and among the body parts he had taken were Keno's heart and Kohaku's left eye. The lingering spirit of Daikaku's adoptive father is also implied to be one, although we never see it in action.]]
* BadassPreacher: Rio
* BelligerentSexualTension: It's the insults-hidden-as-compliments and LadyKillerInLove / {{Tsundere}}-ish type, but by the third episode, as Shino says, Hamaji and Kaname are essentially just dragging him and Sousuke along on their date (although Hamaji might not admit to it).
* BerserkButton: Although it doesn't show up often, Hamaji is this for both Shino and, to a lesser extent, Sousuke.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Kaname and his fox retainers may tend to serve as comic relief, but he is part of the Four Families for a reason. Just look at what happened to [[spoiler:Seiran]].
* BigBrotherInstinct: Sousuke and Shino have this trait. Also Daikaku, whose one of first thoughts after [[spoiler:stabbed and nearly died in the flashback]] was to get Hinaginu's medicine.
* BigBrotherMentor: Sousuke acts like one to their younger friend in the first episode, as befitting of his nature. Then later in the episode, both he and Shino act on BigBrotherInstinct.
* BigEater: Shino.
* BishieSparkle: A few times, the most notable one done by Megu when Genpachi first saw it.
* BrattyHalfPint: Shino, occasionally.
* BrickJoke: Back in the first season, Kobungo panicked upon seeing Shino's incredibly feminine [[spoiler:adult]] figure out of fear of how Genpachi will react should he ever caught wind of it. Cue the [[DraggedIntoDrag first episode]] of second season, and Genpachi more or less reacted as Kobungo had feared.
* CampGay: Sakuraba Jouji.
* CantCatchUp: Seiran to his brother, [[spoiler:Kaname]], although a villainous version.
* TheCasanova: Kaname acts like one.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Based off a Shoujo manga, this is epxected.
** LongHairedPrettyBoy: Inusaka Keno. Also, Shino in his past [[spoiler:and his adult form.]]
* CasualDangerDialogue: Sousuke is prone to this.
* CatsAreMagic: A Bakeneko called Noru watches over Daikaku.
* CloudCuckooLander: Genpachi has shades of this, if his action of feeding Megu (that black eyeball) says anything.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Kobungo for Genpachi on occasions, especially when the latter's fawning over Shino kicks in.
* ColdBloodedTorture / DeniedFoodAsPunishment: What the monk Seiran forces Genpachi to go through while he gloats on about it, until, as he says, the demon in him shows. It's more implied by his whipped and bruised body, and the fact that Seiran says he hasn't eaten or drunk anything for a week, until...
** ScreamDiscretionShot: Seiran sics his strange-looking green insects ''that he allows to enter his ear'' on Genpachi, the scene of which, when we come back to them in the next episode, isn't left to discretion.
* TheComicallySerious: Sousuke has shades of this. Especially apparent in Episode 8 concerning Megu.
* CuteMute: Yukihime.
* DeadAllAlong: A few of the side characters in certain episodes, such as [[spoiler:the owner of the steamed bun shop and Akihiko.]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** Shino seems to be shaping into this. Case in point in episode 14, following the DraggedIntoDrag below:
--> '''Genpachi:''' Shino, so you really are a girl...
--> '''Shino:''' Just quit your job already.
** Sousuke is even more so than Shino, given his sense of humor. For example, casually calling Shino as "young master" to play along with their cover-up story in episode 21.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:The Mountain Monkey Deity, Shinonome, at least until Akane returned to fulfill her promise.]]
* DisappearedDad: Daikaku and Hinaginu's father disappeared six months before the story, and Daikaku suspected his real father has something to do with it. [[spoiler:It turns out to be more complicated than that; their father is ''already'' dead without intervention from Daikaku's real father, and the former's lingering spirit is implied to be the one who killed the latter.]]
* DraggedIntoDrag: In episode 14, Shino dressed in woman's clothes per Daikaku's request as his doll model. Genpachi's reaction is, well...
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inusaka Keno, to the point Kobungo mistakes him for a woman. And as of Episode 20, Dousetsu falls victim to his beauty as well.
** Shino, especially during his earlier years. Since he was very sickly as a child, he was raised as if he were a girl by his village's tradition that doing so until he was 15 would make him healthy. Therefore, his hair was much longer, his clothes were different, and his mannerisms were delicate. Many characters lament over his old appearance.
* {{Familiar}}: Those who aren't shapeshifters seem to be bound in relationships closer to this, or something like it.
** Rio's wolf companion. He lets Sousuke pet him, to Rio's surprise (and Shino's tears).
* FantasticRacism: Seiran repeatedly insists that what they have locked away (and are secretly torturing) is a "demon," not a man named Genpachi.
* FeelNoPain: [[spoiler:Sousuke turns out not to be able to feel pain at all, even as he is suffering severe injuries.]]
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The chiming that proceeds the arrival of the school's guardian in Episode 9. It acts as the enforcer of the school's rules... by using magic lightning.
* FriendToAllChildren: The Monkey Deity in the Perquisite Mountain is said to devour all but children, whom it favors. Shino's appearance is thought to be the reason that he and his friends were allowed to leave alive.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Sousuke and dogs, to both Shino's and sometimes his own chargin.
** Also Genpachi somehow manages to strike up a beautiful bond with Megu until Shino and Sousuke put an adamant stop to it.
* TheGadfly: Sousuke, surprisingly, turns out to be one as exemplified in episode 21.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Kohaku.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Seiran to his brother, [[spoiler:Kaname]].
* HappilyAdopted: Hamaji. Also, Inumura Daikaku.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: Kaname reveals to Shino that despite their good intentions, Genpachi and Kobungo's attempts in ending the drought for the villagers were circumvented by their demon sides not really being able to distinguish between "rain" and "raging storms," or at least their inability to hold back their powers (which inevitably destroyed a few properties).
* TheHyena: Kokonoe, at least in the previews.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Kohaku and her friend Chitose [[spoiler:until Kohaku begins to turn into a demonic/chaotic spirit-like creature through Shino's will for her to live despite her dying of TB]].
* AnIcePerson: Yukihime is an ice spirit.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Although unnamed, [[spoiler:Kohaku's]] illness strongly resembles late-stage tuberculosis.
* IHaveTheHighGround: Demon!Genpachi
* IllGirl: Ayane Mizuki, as well as Inumura Hinaginu who suffers from asthma. [[spoiler:Shino was an IllBoy in the past.]]
* KidnappedByAnAlly: Technically, as we learn by the second and third episodes. Hamaji bosses the allies around from the irritation. Those poor foxes.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kaname's loyal retainers, who are easily bossed around.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Seiran has done much to earn the contempt of the characters and the audience, but the reason above all that finally makes Kaname go up against him is...[[spoiler:one of his creepy insects cuts Hamaji in the face; Kaname states that doing such to a lady's face was inexcusable]]. Very much a SkewedPriorities deal. Could hint to an [[AntiHero apathetic personality]], considering that he seemed to know what Seiran was doing to Genpachi, but never did anything about it.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Sosuke's "shadow"]], whose arrival is to blame for the show turning very dark very quickly near the end of the 12-episode season.
* LiteralSplitPersonality / EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Sousuke and his "shadow", Ao.]]
* LivingShadow:[[spoiler: Ao, Sousuke's missing half. Some scenes imply that ''he'' is the original one, however.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Satomi]] is apparently inflicting this on Shino so he can't remember who destroyed his village.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Possibly what happened to Inumura Hinaginu, as in the flashbacks, her hair was black instead of white as it is now.
* LongLostRelative: Dousetsu and Mutsuki,[[spoiler: or better known as Hamaji.]]
** [[spoiler: Implied with Shino and Satomi. As of the most recent episode they are now both aware of it.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: The son of the manager of the brothel that Kohaku worked at wanted Kohaku to love him, so he kidnapped Shino with the intention of letting her kill him to avenge her family against his guardian, Satomi. [[spoiler:The moment he shoots Shino, Murasame devours him to patch the wound.]]
* MakeThemRot: An illness in that five villagers supposedly caught in the Perquisite Mountain left them to rot alive.
* MeaningfulName: Most of the men who bear the "gift" seem to have the word (or a word that sounds like) "dog" in their name; e.g., Inukawa, Inuzuka, Inuta, Inukai...
* {{Megane}}: Dousetsu.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Shino did this to Kohaku in episode 12.]]
* NapoleonComplex: Shino is ''very'' aware of his size, and doesn't like people pointing it out. This is lampshaded in episode 7 when Sousuke comments that Shino is more irritated at Keno just called him small rather than the fact that [[spoiler:he previously stabbed Sousuke out of misunderstanding]].
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: The Church intends to erect a new barrier over the Capital using spirts. However, in doing so the spirits are killing countless people. They cite this as their excuse.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Murasame the crow is a somewhat literal example of this. During the Shinonome episode, it crashed on the barrier Shinonome created, causing a sudden heavy downpour in the mountains. In the final episode of the first season, it crashed on ''another'' barrier surrounding the Church, causing Lilith to come out and chase after Shino.
* TheNoseKnows: Skilled monks and others with strong sensitivity appear to be able to smell spirits and demons.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:All of the "Inu-"-named characters had been ''very'' close to the brink of death at some point.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Shino, a bit. [[spoiler:He actually knows more than Sousuke and Hamaji about what's going on considering their foggy recollection of certain past events, and even though he divulges some of it to Sousuke it's likely that there are still things he hasn't said. He has a tendency to suddenly grow serious as well.]]
* OhCrap: A PlayedForLaughs case when Kobungo [[spoiler:saw Shino's adult form - the first thing that crossed his mind was what Genpachi would do if he ever caught wind of this.]]
** Seiran [[spoiler:after Genpachi's demon form decimates the monks he arrived with, and again when Kaname shows up... and he's pissed.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Shino
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: And are more like baiting illusions. And look like a waifish female version of Shino. Shino and Sousuke are unsure who it is that sent the monster that tries to bait them, though the opening might have a clue.
* PapaWolf: Possibly a rather tragic case with Daikaku's adoptive father, as [[spoiler:after Daikaku's real father attempted to kill his own son, he was later found dead mysteriously, probably done by the former's lingering spirit.]]
* PluckyGirl: Hamaji
* RealMenCook / TeamChef: Kobungo is apparently a good cook.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Genpachi discovered this the hard way; so did Kobungo, who tested it out on himself [[spoiler:after Genpachi's many suicide attempts]].
* RoofHopping: Kind of drives home how much of a badass Shino is (despite his looks) the moment he decides that it's needed.
* SayMyName: [[spoiler: Ao after Shino is injured and force fed sacred water by Tamazusa.]]
* SexyPriest: Rio. It's even made clear he's the Church's golden boy because of his looks.
* SingleTargetSexuality: A mostly PlayedForLaughs case. It seems that apart from Shino, Genpachi barely has anything else in his mind.
* SinisterMinister: Seiran
* TheStoic: Daikaku has comparably narrower range of expression compared to other characters.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Originally an aversion (yet regarded as a beautiful and rare eye coloring), [[spoiler:Kohaku's golden eyes become this when she begins to morph into a demonic/chaotic spirit-like creature inside]].
* TeamMom: Sousuke seems the type to take people under his wing and try to diffuse any volatile situations he comes across, but he's especially this to Shino. Might also have traits of TheCaretaker.
* TheSwarm: Seiran's insects
* TheStoic: Rio
* TalkingAnimal: Murasame
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Kaname's reaction to [[spoiler:one of Seiran's insects cutting Hamaji's cheek]] amounts to this.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:Kohaku. Daikaku and Hinaginu's father's lingering spirit also counts.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Kohaku, who, as she's dying of a lung-affecting disease that has her coughing up blood, begins to finally remember how her father sold her off to be raised to become a prostitute when her family was at their most destitute, despite her brothers trying to pull her back, and how said family was massacred along with the rest of her former village three years ago when a princess of the royal family had been held for ransom there, to be rescued by Rio; when she'd heard about the massacre then, she'd felt nothing. She's given up on life by the time she meets Shino, who through his strong will and accidental supernatural influence, is the reason she's unable to die peacefully even then, and is forced to go through even more traumatizing events before she can finally pass away, taking at least one person along with her.]]
* TraumaInducedAmnesia:
** Possibly, for [[spoiler: Sosuke and Hamaji]]. It could have otherwise been done by supernatural means, as Rio says they've "already forgotten". This is somewhat subverted in episode 13 when Sousuke stated that he clearly remembers his childhood time with Shino in the mountains. [[spoiler:Although, with his "shadow" is around at that time, we don't know for sure whether he genuinely remembers it beforehand or not.]]
** Played straight with Daikaku who, [[spoiler:after his resurrection, doesn't remember that his adoptive father had died instead of gone missing.]] As for his sister, it is unknown whether she also forgets or she remembers but doesn't tell him.
* UndyingLoyalty: Sousuke towards Shino.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Although Keno never tries to hide his gender, his [[DudeLooksLikeALady ridiculously pretty]] appearance has managed to fool Kobungo for ''several episodes''. Until this happens in Episode 11.
* VampireBitesSuck: [[spoiler:When Murasame is kept from devouring any more human flesh he has Shino turn to this, which causes Rio to laugh darkly about how this must be one of his duties, too.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sousuke. Genpachi and Kobungo too, in a way.
* WhamEpisode: Episode 11 has [[spoiler:Murasame goes out of control after Shino was shot and proceeds to devour a man, as well as the implication that Kohaku is no longer be human at all. Shino's body also now fits his age instead of his 11-years-old appearance.]]
%%** Season Two, Episode 12. [[spoiler: [[DemonicPossession Holy.]] Freaking. [[HeroKiller Crap.]]]]
* WhatBeautifulEyes: People take strong liking to Kohaku's eyes, Shino included. [[spoiler:She later lost one of them thanks to Sousuke's "shadow."]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Brought up a number of times. You can usually tell who the antagonists are by how they treat non-humans.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: When Hamaji is first brought to his mansion Kaname comments on how he'd been told that there was someone who'd looked like a doll amongst the trio, but he can see that this wasn't true at all (as a jab at Hamaji's brash personality). Hamaji says that it's true that they had someone who looked like a doll amongst the trio--but that "someone" referred to was ''Shino'', who, by the traditions of their village, was a male required to wear female garb until the age of fifteen, and looked more of a beauty than Hamaji did.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Apparently, this is what caused Shinonome, the monkey deity, to snap before Akane finally comes to fulfill her promise.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Episode 19 reveals that both Sousuke and Keno are underage. Genpachi and Kobungo's reactions have to be seen to be believed.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Kohaku. Also, the illness that Shino used to have caused this. Of course, now with Murasame in his body...]]
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