History Manga / KannazukiNoMiko

* AbusiveParents: Himeko's foster parents, as well as Souma and Tsubasa's father.

* BoobsOfSteel: One of the reasons why Chikane [[spoiler:can trash Souma easily and steal his mecha, then takes it to the enemy base then slaughters the Orochi necks on foot.]] "Lunar Boobs" ''indeed''. Also applies to Sister Miyako, to a lesser extent.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Himeko and Souma have known each other since childhood. Souma is completely in love with her and Himeko has feelings for him too. However, her feelings for Chikane are stronger.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Who knew it involved breast fondling and works after two compressions?)

* [[DynamicEntry Dynamic entry]]: Episode 2, Souma, on a motorcycle.

* {{Expy}}: The series ''KyoshiroToTowaNoSora'' features expys of many of ''KannazukiNoMiko'''s characters, including Chikane, Himeko & Souma.

** While {{Freudian Excuse}}s like [[AbusiveParents parental abuse]] and [[RapeAsBackstory rape]] give relatively plausible motivations for wanting to destroy the world, Reiko's "my manga of my dreams isn't successful" thing comes across as overly {{wangst}}y.
*** I always thought Reiko's bitterness towards the world came from how her manga/anime got screwed by {{Executive Meddling}}.

* [[TheForeignSubtitle Foreign Subtitle]]: Under Geneon the full title was ''Kannazuki no Miko Destiny of the Shrine Maiden''. Sentai's release shortened it to ''Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.''
* FriendshipTrinket: The matching seashell halves start off as a Friendship Trinket but get upgraded to Love Trinket for Himeko and Chikane.

* GrandFinale: [[spoiler:The series ends with Orochi being destroyed permanently]].

* HumongousMecha: If they took the mecha part seriously, it'd fit right in GGundam for some weird reason.
** [[WordOfGod According to their creators,]] the series is an homage towards HadesProjectZeorymer.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Both Chikane and Souma exhibit this towards Himeko.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: An oddly recursive example. [[spoiler: When she joins the Orochi, Girochi reaffirms what a {{Jerkass}} he is by harassing Chikane, wrapping her up in chains and calling her a pervert. But since this was right after her heavily-implied rape of Himeko, well, dude kind of had a point. And then not long after, Chikane completely annihilated him, as well as the rest of the Orochi, to prove just how powerful and evil she had become post FaceHeelTurn. But since they were the priests of the BigBad, who had previously attacked the heroes, manipulated Chikane, and destroyed the town, they're far from blameless either.]]

* KnifeNut: Tsubasa. Chikane also uses knives a lot in the second half of the anime.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Himeko and Chikane.

* LoveTriangle: Chikane wants to protect Himeko, who only has eyes for Souma.
** Fourth side: [[spoiler: Otoha]] wants [[spoiler: Chikane]] all to herself.
* MayDecemberRomance: Implied in the epilogue: [[spoiler:Assuming that it happens during Himeko's current lifetime (rather than some future reincarnation) and that Chikane was reborn immediately after her death, they have at least 16 years' age gap between them.]]

* MeaningfulName: Himemiya Chikane and Kurusugawa Himeko, since Hime means princess. Additionally Oogami Souma, as Oogami meaning "great god".

* {{Mood Whiplash}}: It's a series about {{Schoolgirl Lesbians}} and [[CrazyAwesome giant mechs battling]]. It's obvious this would show up several times.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Tsubasa and Souma, as well as Himeko and Chikane, in a way.

* PromotionToParent: Kazuki to Souma, but [[spoiler: he's not Souma's biological brother]].

* RetGone: [[spoiler:After defeating Orochi and restoring the world, Chikane was apparently erased from existence. However, in TheStinger, we see her and Himeko reunited at some unspecified time in the future. Also see the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue]]

* ScrewDestiny

** Which makes her [[spoiler:raping of Himeko to ensure that she is the one that dies, thereby playing along with destiny, even worse.]]

* ShoutOut

* StarCrossedLovers: Himeko and Chikane ''never'' get to be together in any of their past lives [[spoiler:because the reincarnation loop requires one of them to kill the other]]. However, [[spoiler:they probably finally are able to be together after Chikane breaks the reincarnation loop and returns to Himeko]].

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Souma]], if only temporarily.
** Also [[spoiler: all of the Necks of Orochi]] except for [[spoiler: Souma and Tsubasa]], courtesy of Chikane.

* TouchedByVorlons: Ties in with the reincarnation aspect, the two priestesses being initially selected by the gods.

* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Himeko, Chikane and Souma.

* VirginPower: Chikane and Himeko are supposed to be virgins, which was more of a pre-requisite in the anime but a full on condition of retaining power in the mangas, leading to [[spoiler:the whole rape scenario]].

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Thanks to the RetGone that [[spoiler:removes Orochi altogether in the new timeline, the Orochi Necks were able to live as normal humans without falling to despair, events that would lead them to be disillusioned are removed, rather than having them becoming KarmaHoudini. To wit:]]
** [[spoiler:Tsubasa and Souma led a better, stable life, presumably because their parents aren't that abusive this time around. Tsubasa is still an antisocial loner, though, just not homicidal.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[BoysLove Sort of]]...or at least Reiko seems to think so.

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Chikane's birthday gift to Himeko is to kiss her while she is unconscious.

** Watching the show several times will induce cringing during some seemingly perfectly innocuous moments, such as Chikane commenting that [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic she likes the color of Himeko's robes better than her own]] or even just [[CatGirl Nekoko]] saying she doesn't like to get [[PlayingWithSyringes injections]]... Also the fact that on the painting-scroll-thing of the Orochi monster, seen in the very first episode, the eighth head is quite deliberately separated from the others and won't be seen at first glance, but that's less foreshadowing and more you-will-only-notice-it-when-knowing-to-look-for-it.

* NiceGuy: Souma is a genuinely nice guy who seems to want what's best for Himeko. [[GirlsLove He just picked the wrong type of series to show up in]].

* MomentKiller: The Orochi, Otoha, and Chiakne's GirlPosse all get moments like these, interrupting meaningful moments between Himeko, Chikane, and Souma.

* StrikeMeDown: Chikane's involves [[spoiler: joining the Orochi, slaughtering most of its members, take in its powers, and deliberately make Himeko angry so Himeko would hate her and kill her. This is because Chikane's previous incarnation killed Himeko's previous incarnation in order to seal the Orochi, and was unable to break the cycle due to an implanted hatred for the god she was to summon. Chikane believed that was unfair, and was determined to be the sacrifice this time around.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: Himeko and Chikane ''never'' get to be together in any of their past lives [[spoiler:because one of them needs to kill the other]]. However, [[spoiler:they probably finally are able to be together after Chikane breaks the reincarnation loop and returns to Himeko]].

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Souma.

* {{Kirk Thornton}}: Directed the voices, and also played Girochi in the dub.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Chikane

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Chikane

* TheArcher: Chikane.

* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:Souma, if only temporarily]].

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Most people who haven't seen the show already know it for the infamous [[spoiler: rape of Himeko during episode 8]] Even if they don't know that, people are well aware that Himeko and Chikane become romantically involved; for most of the first few episodes the series didn't seem rather GirlsLove but more RomanticTwoGirlFriendship driven.

* {{Bishonen}}

* {{BFS}}: Tsubasa's WeaponOfChoice. [[spoiler: Souma eventually gets it]].

* NobodyTouchesTheHair: Himeko, [[spoiler:as a result of DomesticAbuse in her childhood.]]

* ReincarnationRomance

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: Himeko's "Chikane, what am i supposed to do!?"

* StrikeMeDown: Chikane's involves [[spoiler: joining the Orochi, slaughtering most of its members, take in its powers, and deliberately make Himeko angry so Himeko would hate her and kill her. This is because Chikane's previous incarnation killed Himeko's previous incarnation in order to seal the Orochi. Chikane believed that was unfair, and was determined to be the sacrifice this time around.]]

* {{Miko}}

* {{Orochi}}