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* {{Fingore)): [[spoiler:When Sagawa's vital organs flee his body after Juri expels his Spectres, it stops in mid-air and forms a cocoon held up by razor-thin threads. Takafumi loses his fingers trying to approach the cocoon, forcing Juri to expel him from Stasis so he could have them reattached later]].

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* {{Fingore)): {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:When Sagawa's vital organs flee his body after Juri expels his Spectres, it stops in mid-air and forms a cocoon held up by razor-thin threads. Takafumi loses his fingers trying to approach the cocoon, forcing Juri to expel him from Stasis so he could have them reattached later]].

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Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her working mother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with a knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time.

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Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her working mother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with a knife in hand when hand, but is stopped by her grandfather who uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time.



* AbusiveParents: It's implied [[spoiler:through a flashback of Shouko's that her father may not have been the best parent. When her older brother, Yousuke, is misbehaving in the car, he hits him and tells him he's walking home.]]

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* AbusiveParents: It's implied [[spoiler:through a flashback of Shouko's that her father may not have been the best parent. When her older brother, Yousuke, is misbehaving hitting his sister in the car, he hits him and tells him he's walking home.]]



* AppliedPhlebotinum: Spectres are the key to everything involving Stasis. They bond to a host's nervous system, allowing them to enter Stasis, and removing the Spectre Stalls the person. Powers such as Juri's ability to expel them and her grandfather's teleporting are the result of the host becoming more attuned to the Spectre. Heralds are the result of Spectres [[spoiler:consuming the host's body]] for a core and building a body using the airborne particles.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Sagawa's goal as he, [[spoiler:through the power of the spectres and Stasis, desires to explore the mysteries of the universe beyond time and space while unshackled from the limitations of a mortal shell and lifespan.]]

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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Spectres are the key to everything involving Stasis. They bond to a host's nervous system, allowing them to enter Stasis, and removing the Spectre Stalls the person. Powers such as Juri's ability to expel them and her grandfather's teleporting are the result of the host becoming more attuned to the Spectre.Spectre (aside from being part of the Yukawa bloodline). Heralds are the result of Spectres [[spoiler:consuming the host's body]] for a core and building a body using the airborne particles.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Sagawa's goal as he, [[spoiler:through the power of the spectres Spectres and Stasis, desires to explore the mysteries of the universe beyond time and space while unshackled from the limitations of a mortal shell and lifespan.]]



* BabiesEverAfter: A bizarre twist on the trope in that [[spoiler:no romantic couple is involved. When Juri expels the Spectre from Sagawa's cocoon, a newborn baby comes out of it. As Juri saw Sagawa's memories disappear, they conclude that the baby is not Sagawa but rather an entirely new human. Juri and her grandfather raise the baby inside stasis for 6 months before she decides to Stall it. After the True Founder frees her from Stasis, the boy is now with the Yukawa family and calls Juri his Mama]].



* {{Cliffhanger}}: Every episode so far has ended with one.



* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Juri's reaction when she learns that [[spoiler:Sagawa's true plan wouldn't have hurt her, her family, or the world]].

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Juri's reaction when she learns that [[spoiler:Sagawa's true plan wouldn't have hurt her, her family, or the world]].world. However, that contradicts the deceptions and murders he had committed in service to said goal]].



* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Juri realizes [[spoiler:she met Majima years ago when they entered the Stalled World.]]

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* {{Fingore)): [[spoiler:When Sagawa's vital organs flee his body after Juri expels his Spectres, it stops in mid-air and forms a cocoon held up by razor-thin threads. Takafumi loses his fingers trying to approach the cocoon, forcing Juri to expel him from Stasis so he could have them reattached later]].
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Juri realizes [[spoiler:she met Majima years ago when they entered the Stalled World.Stasis.]]



* MayflyDecemberRomance: The final episode reveals the Founder [[spoiler:was a mortal man who married an immortal woman. Her powers over Stasis allowed him to live two hundred years while researching it, creating the Society]].
* {{McGuffin}}: The time stopping stone, which the cult is after and the reason behind the kidnappings of the Yukawa family.
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Yukawa family stole the time-stopping stone for this reason, feeling nobody could be trusted with Stasis due to people abusing it for their own gain. (The Yukawas themselves are mostly lethargic, and therefore more trustworthy.)

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* MayflyDecemberRomance: The final episode reveals the Founder [[spoiler:was a mortal man (the ancestor of the Yukawa family) who married an immortal woman. Her powers over Stasis allowed him to live two hundred years while researching it, creating the Society]].
* {{McGuffin}}: {{MacGuffin}}: The time stopping stone, which the cult is after and the reason behind the kidnappings of the Yukawa family.
family. [[spoiler:Juri destroys the stone later, rendering her the only means of leaving Stasis... until she meets the True Founder]].
* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Yukawa family stole the time-stopping stone for this reason, feeling nobody could be trusted with Stasis due to people abusing it for their own gain. (The Yukawas themselves are mostly lethargic, unambitious, and therefore more trustworthy.)



* ProphetEyes: When using her power, Juri's eyes turn milky white. [[spoiler:This is characteristic of any person who gains a Spectre power, such as Makoto when controlling his familiar, Majima while ignoring gravity, and Sagawa when partially a Herald]].

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* ProphetEyes: When using her power, Juri's eyes turn milky white. [[spoiler:This is characteristic of any person who gains a Spectre power, such as Makoto when controlling his familiar, a Herald, Majima while ignoring gravity, and Sagawa when partially a Herald]].



* TheReveal: The final episode has a big reveal when Juri [[spoiler:meets the true Founder, a woman rendered immortal by Spectres. The man believed to be the Founder was her mortal husband who created the time stopping stones using the eye of a creature native to Stasis]].

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* TheReveal: The final episode has a big reveal when Juri [[spoiler:meets the true Founder, a woman rendered immortal by Spectres. The man believed to be the Founder was her mortal husband (the ancestor of the Yukawa family) who created the time stopping stones using the eye of a creature native to Stasis]].



* YourHeadAsplode: One of the thugs that had taken Makoto hostage [[spoiler:gets his head crushed by the Herald. It happens to others working under the Genuine Love Society, though for some, the Heralds either rip off their heads or break their necks.]]

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* YourHeadAsplode: One of the thugs that had taken Makoto hostage [[spoiler:gets his head crushed by the Herald. It happens to others working under the Genuine Love Society, though for some, the Heralds either rip off their heads or break their necks.]]]]
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''Kokkoku'' is a dark fantasy manga by Seita Horio, which was serialized in ''Monthly Morning Two'' from 2008 to 2014. It later received a TwelveEpisodeAnime adaptation in 2018.
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* NotSoDifferent: Juri eventually realizes that she's similar to Sagawa, both feeling trapped in a life they don't want. [[spoiler:She uses this to justify expelling Sagawa's Spectres even if it kills him as she would kill Sagawa if the positions were reversed]].

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Juri eventually realizes that she's similar to Sagawa, both feeling trapped in a life they don't want. [[spoiler:She uses this to justify expelling Sagawa's Spectres even if it kills him as she would kill Sagawa if the positions were reversed]].
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* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated ''Animated'' versions Optimus Prime and Megatron]] appear as toys in Chapter 38, Volume 6.

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* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated ''Animated'' versions Optimus Prime and Megatron]] Megatron]], along with [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Machalcon]] appear as toys in Chapter 38, Volume 6.
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* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated ''Animated'' versions Optimus Prime and Megatron]] appear as toys in Chapter 38, Volume 6.
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* KilledOffscreen: A unique variation. [[In the opening moments of episode 12, everybody is still in Stasis. After the opening, Shimio and Sako have already been expelled, with their frozen poses implying it was the result of a "surprise attack" from Juri.]]

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* KilledOffscreen: A unique variation. [[In [[spoiler:In the opening moments of episode 12, everybody is still in Stasis. After the opening, Shimio and Sako have already been expelled, with their frozen poses implying it was the result of a "surprise attack" from Juri.]]
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* KilledOffscreen: A unique variation. [[In the opening moments of episode 12, everybody is still in Stasis. After the opening, Shimio and Sako have already been expelled, with their frozen poses implying it was the result of a "surprise attack" from Juri.]]

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* CheerfulChild: Makoto. Very little gets the best of him, including being stuck in a world where time stands still, [[spoiler:his uncle being attacked, the Heralds in general, feeling his Herald familiar's ''stomach being eaten by Sagawa'' and witnessing his grandfather's finger being chopped out.]] Only being kidnapped seems to have phased him, but he gets over it quickly. It's also [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and PlayedForLaughs by Tsubasa.

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* CheerfulChild: Makoto. Very little gets the best of him, including being stuck in a world where time stands still, [[spoiler:his uncle being attacked, the Heralds in general, feeling his Herald familiar's ''stomach being eaten by Sagawa'' and witnessing his grandfather's finger being chopped out.]] Only being kidnapped seems to have phased fazed him, but he gets over it quickly. It's also This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] lampshaded]] and PlayedForLaughs by Tsubasa.



* DistressedDude: Tsubasa and Makoto are kidnapped at the beginning of the story, [[spoiler:although they escape thanks to be de-stalled.]]

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* DistressedDude: Tsubasa and Makoto are kidnapped at the beginning of the story, [[spoiler:although they escape thanks to be being de-stalled.]]



* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Yukawa family stole the time stopping stone for this reason, feeling nobody could be trusted with Stasis due to people abusing it for their own gain.

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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Yukawa family stole the time stopping time-stopping stone for this reason, feeling nobody could be trusted with Stasis due to people abusing it for their own gain.gain. (The Yukawas themselves are mostly lethargic, and therefore more trustworthy.)


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* PersonalityPowers: Juri is a driven, frustrated woman who spends most of her time trying to spark her family into ''doing something''. [[spoiler:In Stasis, this manifests as her ability to jolt people...an ability which, because it's being used in ''Stasis'', is fatal.]]
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* MayflyDecemberRomance: The final episode reveals the Founder [[spoiler:was a mortal man who married an immortal woman. Her powers over Stasis allowed him to live two hundred years while researching it, creating the Society]].


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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: The Yukawa family stole the time stopping stone for this reason, feeling nobody could be trusted with Stasis due to people abusing it for their own gain.


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* TheReveal: The final episode has a big reveal when Juri [[spoiler:meets the true Founder, a woman rendered immortal by Spectres. The man believed to be the Founder was her mortal husband who created the time stopping stones using the eye of a creature native to Stasis]].
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Heralds [[spoiler:bar Yousuke, for some reason]] are ''huge''; they easily tower over most buildings. [[spoiler:However, with each moment they are summoned to perform their duties, they gradually get smaller.]]

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Heralds [[spoiler:bar Yousuke, for some reason]] are ''huge''; they easily tower over most buildings. [[spoiler:However, with each moment they are summoned to perform their duties, they gradually get smaller.]]smaller as their host's body is consumed for energy]].
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* ReliableTraitor: Shiomi will always act in his own self-interest, so as long as your side is the one that will let him come out on top he'll stick with it. Sagawa knows this and so fully trusts Shiomi [[spoiler:until the Stone is destroyed. As Juri is now the only way to escape Stasis, Sagawa preemptively tries to kill Shiomi before he can defect]].
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Spectres are the key to everything involving Stasis. They bond to a host's nervous system, allowing them to enter Stasis, and removing the Spectre Stalls the person. Powers such as Juri's ability to expel them and her grandfather's teleporting are the result of the host becoming more attuned to the Spectre. Heralds are the result of Spectres [[spoiler:consuming the host's body]] for a core and building a body using the airborne particles.


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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Sagawa]] deeply admired his father, a religious leader who seemed to be a pillar of morality. Then he discovered his father and best friend's mother were having an affair, destroying his belief in both father and religion.


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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Juri's reaction when she learns that [[spoiler:Sagawa's true plan wouldn't have hurt her, her family, or the world]].


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* NotSoDifferent: Juri eventually realizes that she's similar to Sagawa, both feeling trapped in a life they don't want. [[spoiler:She uses this to justify expelling Sagawa's Spectres even if it kills him as she would kill Sagawa if the positions were reversed]].


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* ReliableTraitor: Shiomi will always act in his own self-interest, so as long as your side is the one that will let him come out on top he'll stick with it. Sagawa knows this and so fully trusts Shiomi [[spoiler:until the Stone is destroyed. As Juri is now the only way to escape Stasis, Sagawa preemptively tries to kill Shiomi before he can defect]].


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* VisionaryVillain: Sagawa is far more high-minded than his thug hires, claiming it is the duty of the Society to better the world using Stasis. [[spoiler:That's a lie, but the truth is visionary in its own way: He wishes to become an immortal observer of the universe]].

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* PowerPerversionPotential: When the various thugs and devotees start robbing a Stalled store, one of them... starts looking at a porno mag in public. His fellows immediately mock him and point he can see the real thing, which they prove by yanking down a Stalled woman's panties.



* RequiredSecondaryPower: Sagawa notes that Spectres have a number of side effects beyond placing a person in Stasis, such as ignoring the air friction one would ordinarily expect when moving at relatively high speeds.

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* BookEnds:
** The first scene of the anime is a woman being pulled into Stasis by a Herald. In the final episode the scene repeats and reveals [[spoiler:Juri had fallen into despair and transformed into the Herald from the first scene. She instinctively sought out the woman, who is revealed to be the true Founder]].
** In the first episode Juri is collapsed face down on the floor after another failed interview, with Makoto coming to fetch her. In the final episode the scene repeats only with [[spoiler:a reborn Sagawa]] instead of Makoto and Juri being much happier. Juri even notes how it feels like she's already lived this before.



* EvolvingCredits: The anime's opening has the same scenes throughout the series, but details are changed to reflect the current events. Changes include: [[spoiler:In the final shot, Juri gains white eyes after she unlocks her power; in the same shot, Juri's outfit is changed when she changes clothes; and the shot of Sagawa is split to show his normal and pseudo-Herald forms after he transforms]].



* ProphetEyes: When using her power, Juri's eyes turn milky white. [[spoiler:This is characteristic of any person who gains a Spectre power, such as Makoto when controlling his familiar, Majima while ignoring gravity, and Sagawa when partially a Herald]].



* RequiredSecondaryPower: Those who roam around Stasis acquire a secondary power, but it seems that it has to be unlocked. [[spoiler:Volume 4 of the manga reveals that being able to control part of the Spectre[[note]]the jellyfish-like spirits that enter a non-Stalled's body while in Stasis[[/note]] inside of them is only hereditary among the Yukawa, who have been travelling to and from Stasis for generations. If someone who wasn't a Yukawa were to unlock their power, such a feat would not pass down to their children.]]

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* RequiredSecondaryPower: Sagawa notes that Spectres have a number of side effects beyond placing a person in Stasis, such as ignoring the air friction one would ordinarily expect when moving at relatively high speeds.
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Those who roam around Stasis acquire a secondary power, but it seems that it has to be unlocked. [[spoiler:Volume 4 of the manga reveals that being able to control part of the Spectre[[note]]the jellyfish-like spirits that enter a non-Stalled's body while in Stasis[[/note]] inside of them is only hereditary among the Yukawa, who have been travelling to and from Stasis for generations. If someone who wasn't a Yukawa were to unlock their power, such a feat would not pass down to their children.]]]]
* TheShutIn: Tsubasa is extremely reluctant to leave the house and is exceedingly timid when he goes to fetch Makoto.
* TheSymbiote: Spectres fuse with a human's nervous system to bring them into Stasis. The relationship appears to be largely beneficial unless the host begins to lose hope, at which point [[spoiler:the host will transform into a Herald]].
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Sagawa's goal as he, thought the power of the spectres and Stasis, desires to explore the mysteries of the universe beyond time and space while unshackled from the limitations of a mortal shell and lifespan.

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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Sagawa's goal as he, thought [[spoiler:through the power of the spectres and Stasis, desires to explore the mysteries of the universe beyond time and space while unshackled from the limitations of a mortal shell and lifespan.]]

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* CheerfulChild: Makoto. Very little gets the best of him, including being stuck in a world where time stands still, [[spoiler:his uncle being attacked, the Heralds in general, feeling his Herald familiar's ''stomach being eaten by Sagawa'' and witnessing his grandfather's finger being chopped out.]] Only being kidnapped seems to have phased him, but he gets over it quickly. It's also [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and PlayedForLaughs by Tsubasa.



* WiseBeyondHisYears: Makoto may be young, but he comes as more mature than his 30 year old uncle.

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* WiseBeyondHisYears: Makoto may be young, but he comes as more mature than his 30 year old uncle.uncle and his grandfather.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Sagawa's goal as he, thought the power of the spectres and Stasis, desires to explore the mysteries of the universe beyond time and space while unshackled from the limitations of a mortal shell and lifespan.


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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire story takes place within the span of a single moment between two seconds. Just ''one''.

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