History Manga / Judge

** Rabbit: Envy. [[spoiler: Of the seven sins in this story, {{Envy}} has the most importance. Hiro changed the time of Atsuya's date with Hikari, purely because he was jealous of their relationship, which lead not only to Atsuya's death but also to the creation of the game ''Judge''.]]

** Horse: Wrath. [[spoiler: Ryuhei was the vocalist of a boys' band who [[{{Wrath}} hates]] being looked down upon.]]

* BigBad: The titular DeadlyGame is overseen by what appears to be a talking doll resembling some sort of fox-like animal. It calls itself the Judge, and it becomes clear that it’s a proxy for [[TheMole someone amongst the participants]]. In the end, the mastermind behind the ''Judge'' game is [[spoiler:actually ''[[TwoDunIt two]] [[BigBadDuumvirate people]]'', Hikari and ''[[VillainProtagonist Hiro]]'', as RevengeByProxy for a court case in which Hiro’s brother, who was Hikari’s lover, died and the perpetrator got off scot-free]]. Though [[spoiler:of the two, Hikari’s more dominant, as seen when she kills Hiro in the end for being indirectly responsible for Atsuya’s death]].

%%* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', anyone?
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[BigBad The Judge]], the mastermind behind the deadly game, is [[spoiler:''[[VillainProtagonist the protagonist Hiro]]'', who showed no signs that he knew what was going on, [[TwoDunIt and]] Hikari, who was mostly featured in flashbacks until the reveal]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The unknown man found in Chapter 16 [[spoiler: shows that Hiro ''might'' not be as good as the reader is supposed to believe. When he sees Hiro, he begins to scream in horror and blame himself for everything. And as it turns out, Hiro is actually ''not'' a hero, he's a VillainProtagonist who likely caused the injuries to this man]].

* KarmaHoudini: Hikari gets off scot-free for masterminding the Judge games. Averted with Hiro, her partner and fellow mastermind, whom she kills.

* TwoDunIt: Just like in ''Manga/{{Doubt}}'', there’s two culprits, but [[spoiler:Hikari and [[VillainProtagonst Hiro]] are working together rather than one being subordinate to the other.]]

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Hiro, the main character]], is one of the two masterminds behind the game.

Is unrelated to the 1991 OVA of the [[NamesTheSame same name]], based on the 1989 manga.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Likely one to ''Manga/{{Doubt}}''. Both involve a group suddenly awakening in an unknown area, with animal headmasks on and in mortal danger.

* CluelessMystery: Big time. Over the course of the entire series only one very subtle moment hints that [[spoiler: Hiro is the culprit]]. The rest of the manga actually does little but point ''away'' from this idea, since [[spoiler: the reader is shown Hiro's thoughts and actions, [[UndercoverWhileAlone much of which contradicts him being the culprit]]]]. Many other important points to the mystery are also never once hinted at before the final volume.

* CluelessMystery: Big time. Over the course of the entire series only one very subtle moment hints that [[spoiler: Hiro is the culprit]]. The rest of the manga actually does little but point ''away'' from this idea, since [[spoiler: the reader is shown Hiro's thoughts and actions, much of which contradicts him being the culprit]]. Many other important points to the mystery are also never once hinted at before the final volume.

* {{Meganekko}}: Miku Sanada wears square-framed glasses.

Following the same principles as ''Manga/{{Doubt}}'', ''Judge'' is a horror manga written by Tonogai Yoshiki.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Miku Sanada.

%%* MsFanservice: Asami.

%%* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Hayato.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Hiro and Hikari have finished their master revenge plan, got the sinners, ranging from the drunk driver who ran over Atsuya to the offspring of the paid-off jury to lessen his sentence ''and'' the corrupt judge, their just dessert, they talk about how they are now free and can start a new life... cue Hiro falling ill, with Hikari admitting that she poisoned him because she found out he's indirectly responsible for Atsuya's death.]]

%%* EducationPapa: Hayato Takizawa has one of these.

%%* HairRaisingHare: Hiro's mask.
%%* {{Hikikomori}}: Nobuyuki.
%%* KarmaHoudini: Hikari. Averted with Hiro, whom she kills.

%%* MalevolentMaskedMen: See the picture above.

%%* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Kazu.]]

%%* AxCrazy: Ryuhei. At first he just seems to be a jerk, but as time goes on he becomes more and more malicious.

%%* CreepyDoll

* TheBadGuyWins: Hikari’s plan (get revenge on the guy who killed Atsuya) succeeds without a hitch. Hiro is [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness not so lucky]].

%%* AssholeVictims: Of all the victims that died, most of them deserved it. [[spoiler: With Ryuhei and Hiro being the most blatant two.]]

%%* TheBadGuyWins: Hikari’s plan succeeds without a hitch. Hiro is [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness not so lucky]].

%%* WideEyedIdealist: Hiro.

* RevengeByProxy: Aside from [[spoiler: Kazu (as he's TheMole), Rina and her mother (She was the only one who refused the bribe) who are most likely only there to complete the 9.]], this turns out to be [[spoiler:the reason behind the ''Judge'' game. It's not the group themselves who have committed huge sins that are being judged, but their parents are punished for ''their'' sins by having to see their children dying]].

** In the first chapter [[spoiler: Hiro reacts with shock at the rabbit mask (even though he would have been the one who put it on), mentions being knocked out by someone on the way from school (which never happened) and reacts in horror when he sees the Pig Guys corpse (even though he orchestrated his death, has killed a man and is planning to kill several more).]]