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* {{Reincarnation}}

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* {{Reincarnation}}ReincarnationRomance

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* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: Eiri uses his own blood to paint a portrait of the real Cossette, driving Marcello's vision of her away.]]

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* BloodMagic: [[spoiler: Eiri is first bound to Cossette when he is made to drink a glass full of her blood.
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uses his own blood to paint a portrait of the real Cossette, driving Marcello's vision of her away.]]



** InnocentBlueEyes: While she was alive. She even retroactively laments her childish naivete at one point.

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** InnocentBlueEyes: While she was alive. She even retroactively laments her [[WideEyedIdealist childish naivete naivete]] at one point.



* SayMyName: A lot. Mostly Eiri for Cossette and Shoko for Eiri.

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* SayMyName: A lot. Mostly Eiri for Cossette and Shoko for Eiri.

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Removed Awesome But Impractical because it doesn\'t really fit.


* AwesomeButImpractical: Although [[spoiler:Eiri's creating a portrait of the real Cossette in his own blood is awesome.]]



** [[spoiler: SoBeautifulItsACurse: Marcello murdered her in order to keep her young and beautiful, the perfect model for his paintings.]]

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** [[spoiler: SoBeautifulItsACurse: Marcello murdered her in order to keep her young and beautiful, the perfect model for his paintings.]]



* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:In the manga, Eiri dies from a car accident. Cossette meanwhile somberly waits for another chance at redemption.]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: The blue dress Cossette was murdered in. She's seen in a few other outfits like this, though, as well as some not-so-gothic Lolita.

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:In the manga, Eiri dies from after being hit by a car accident. car. Cossette meanwhile is left behind to somberly waits wait for another chance at redemption.]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: The blue dress Cossette A few of Cossette's outfits, most notably the [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]] [[IconicOutfit dress]] she was murdered in. She's seen in a few other outfits like this, though, as well as some not-so-gothic Lolita.in.
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* OminousChanting: In [[ConLang 'Kajiuran']] language that is unique to YukiKajiura's music.

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* OminousChanting: OminousLatinChanting: In [[ConLang 'Kajiuran']] language that is unique to YukiKajiura's music.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:In the manga, Eiri dies from a car accident. Cossette meanwhile somberly waits for another chance at redemption.]]


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* GratuitousFrench

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* TheAtoner: Eiri is forced by Cossette to become this, bearing the punishment and pain for what Marcello did to her. He eventually grows to accept this [[spoiler:, at which point she begins to regret it due to seeing Eiri for who he really is]].

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* AngstComa: Happens to [[spoiler: Shoko]] in the third OVA.
* TheAtoner: Eiri is forced by Cossette to become this, bearing the punishment and pain for what Marcello did to her simply because he can see her spirit and, like Marcello, fell in love with her. He eventually grows to accept this [[spoiler:, at which point she begins to regret it due to seeing Eiri for who he really is]].



** MarinaInoue is the {{seiyuu}} who plays little Cosette in original.

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** MarinaInoue is the {{seiyuu}} who plays little Cosette Cossette in original.



* MadArtist: Marcello Orlando. He became obsessed with Cossette's beauty [[spoiler: and eventually murdered her in order to preserve it.]]

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* MadArtist: Marcello Orlando. He became obsessed with Cossette's beauty [[spoiler: and beauty, to the point of eventually murdered murdering her in order to preserve it.]]


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* SayMyName: A lot. Mostly Eiri for Cossette and Shoko for Eiri.

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I don\'t know where I got the idea that Eiri was a descendant of Marcello. I watched the OVA again and realized this wasn\'t quite the case.


* TheAtoner: Eiri is forced by Cossette to become this, bearing the punishment and pain for what his ancestor Marcello did to her. He eventually grows to accept this [[spoiler:, at which point she begins to regret it due to seeing Eiri for who he really is]].

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* TheAtoner: Eiri is forced by Cossette to become this, bearing the punishment and pain for what his ancestor Marcello did to her. He eventually grows to accept this [[spoiler:, at which point she begins to regret it due to seeing Eiri for who he really is]].



* FortuneTeller: Michiru frequently borrows space in Eiri's antique shop to do tarot card readings.

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** [[spoiler: EvilTwin: Close enough.]]
* FortuneTeller: Michiru frequently borrows space in Eiri's antique shop to do tarot card readings.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Cossette comes to greatly regret the pain she causes Eiri, and the third OVA begins with her farewell to him before she crosses over. Unfortunately, her departure only makes things worse...]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Cossette comes to greatly regret the pain she causes Eiri, and the third OVA begins with her farewell to him before she apparently crosses over. Unfortunately, her departure only makes things worse...]]



* [[spoiler: SinsOfOurFathers: Eiri was chosen to bear the punishment for Marcello's murder of Cossette because he is a descendant of Marcello.]]

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* CreepyBlueEyes: Cossette, again.
** InnocentBlueEyes: While she was alive. She even retroactively laments her childish naivete at one point.



* ElegantGothicLolita: The dress Cossette was murdered in. She's seen in a few others, though.

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* DiesWideOpen: Cossette, yet again.
* ElegantGothicLolita: The blue dress Cossette was murdered in. She's seen in a few others, though.other outfits like this, though, as well as some not-so-gothic Lolita.



* HeyItsThatVoice: ({{Michelle Ruff}}'s Cosette sounds like a really creepy [[Manga/AiYoriAoshi Aoi Sakuraba]].)

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* HeyItsThatVoice: ({{Michelle Ruff}}'s Cosette Cossette sounds like a really creepy [[Manga/AiYoriAoshi Aoi Sakuraba]].)



* InTheHood: Cosette shows up in this occasionally, carrying a candle with a [[TechnicolorFire blue flame]].

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* InTheHood: Cosette Cossette shows up in this occasionally, carrying a candle with a [[TechnicolorFire blue flame]].



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Cossette comes to greatly regret the pain she causes Eiri, and the third OVA begins with her farewell to him.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Cossette comes to greatly regret the pain she causes Eiri, and the third OVA begins with her farewell to him.him before she crosses over. Unfortunately, her departure only makes things worse...]]

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* CreepyChild: Cossette has her moments. [[spoiler: And her false doppelganger certainly counts.]]

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* CreepyChild: Cossette has her moments. [[spoiler: And her false doppelganger certainly counts.as well, once Eiri uncovers the truth.]]



* ElegantGothicLolita: Most of Cossette's outfits, though she does have a few that are considerably less Gothic. The outfit she was murdered in certainly counts, though.

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* ElegantGothicLolita: Most of Cossette's outfits, though she does have a few that are considerably less Gothic. The outfit she dress Cossette was murdered in. She's seen in certainly counts, though.a few others, though.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Cossette comes to greatly regret the pain she causes Eiri, and the third OVA begins with her farewell to him.]]
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** [[spoiler: NotAllowedToGrowUp: Marcello's justification for murdering her. He wanted to keep her young and beautiful in reality, not just in his paintings.]]

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** [[spoiler: NotAllowedToGrowUp: Marcello's justification for murdering her. He wanted SoBeautifulItsACurse: Marcello murdered her in order to keep her young and beautiful in reality, not just in beautiful, the perfect model for his paintings.]]
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* CreepyChild

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* CreepyChildCreepyChild: Cossette has her moments. [[spoiler: And her false doppelganger certainly counts.]]



* ElegantGothicLolita: Most of Cosette's outfits, though she does have a few that are considerably less Gothic.

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* ElegantGothicLolita: Most of Cosette's Cossette's outfits, though she does have a few that are considerably less Gothic.Gothic. The outfit she was murdered in certainly counts, though.



* MadArtist: Marcello Orlando. He became obsessed with Cossette's beauty [[spoiler: and murdered her so she'd stay that way.]]

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* MadArtist: Marcello Orlando. He became obsessed with Cossette's beauty [[spoiler: and eventually murdered her so she'd stay that way.in order to preserve it.]]



* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolicWhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: A man is effectively [[CrucifiedHeroShot crucified]] and made to bear the pain for the sins of another? [[{{Jesus}} That sounds familiar.]]
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* DarkReprise: Listen closely to ''Silent Ceremony'' it's a darker and creepier version of ''The Main Theme''.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Take a wild guess.

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* DarkReprise: Listen closely to ''Silent Ceremony'' it's Ceremony''. It's a darker and creepier version of ''The Main Theme''.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Take Most of Cosette's outfits, though she does have a wild guess.few that are considerably less Gothic.
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* BloodMagic: [[Eiri uses his own blood to paint a portrait of the real Cossette, driving Marcello's vision of her away.]]

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* BloodMagic: [[Eiri [[spoiler: Eiri uses his own blood to paint a portrait of the real Cossette, driving Marcello's vision of her away.]]

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* TheAtoner: Eiri is forced by Cossette to become this, bearing the punishment and pain for what his ancestor Marcello did to her. He eventually grows to accept this [[spoiler:, at which point she begins to regret it due to seeing Eiri for who he really is]].



* TheBeautifulElite: Cossette is quite a vision of loveliness, and the anime gladly shows this off whenever we see her.

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* TheBeautifulElite: Cossette is an aristocrat's daughter, and quite a vision of loveliness, and the anime gladly shows this off whenever we see her. loveliness.



* BloodMagic

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* BloodMagicBloodMagic: [[Eiri uses his own blood to paint a portrait of the real Cossette, driving Marcello's vision of her away.]]



* FortuneTeller: Michiru frequently borrows space in Eiri's antque shop to do tarot card readings.

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* FortuneTeller: Michiru frequently borrows space in Eiri's antque antique shop to do tarot card readings.



* MayDecemberRomance: Between Cossette and Eiri. Cossette and Marcello also had this, as he was presumably even older than Eiri is. [[spoiler:He was also her fiancé.]]

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* MayDecemberRomance: Between Cossette and Eiri. Cossette and Marcello also had this, as he was presumably even older than Eiri is. [[spoiler:He was also her fiancé.]][[{{Squick}} fiance.]]]]

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[[caption-width:280: The titular heroine.]]



!!LePortraitDePetiteCossette provides examples of:

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!!LePortraitDePetiteCossette !!''LePortraitDePetiteCossette'' provides examples of:
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* ElegantGothicLolita
* EnfantTerrible: Marcello Orlando's Cossette

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* ElegantGothicLolita
ElegantGothicLolita: Take a wild guess.
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler: The false Cossette, as envisioned by Marcello Orlando's Cossettepaintings]]



* InTheHood: Cosette shows up in this occasionally, carrying a candle with a [[TechnicolorFire blue flame]].)
* MadArtist
* MayDecemberRomance: Between Cossette and Eiri.

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* InTheHood: Cosette shows up in this occasionally, carrying a candle with a [[TechnicolorFire blue flame]].)
flame]].
* MadArtist
MadArtist: Marcello Orlando. He became obsessed with Cossette's beauty [[spoiler: and murdered her so she'd stay that way.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: Between Cossette and Eiri. Cossette and Marcello also had this, as he was presumably even older than Eiri is. [[spoiler:He was also her fiancé.]]

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* ClingyJealousGirl: A relatively mild example in Shoko, who has feelings for Eiri and shows shades of insecurity when she thinks that he may have a girlfriend.



* FortuneTeller

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* FortuneTellerFortuneTeller: Michiru frequently borrows space in Eiri's antque shop to do tarot card readings.

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* TheBeautifulElite

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* TheBeautifulEliteTheBeautifulElite: Cossette is quite a vision of loveliness, and the anime gladly shows this off whenever we see her.
**[[spoiler: NotAllowedToGrowUp: Marcello's justification for murdering her. He wanted to keep her young and beautiful in reality, not just in his paintings.]]



* CrucifiedHeroShot

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* CrucifiedHeroShotCrucifiedHeroShot: Happens to Eiri a few times during the scenes where he is forced to bear the pain for Marcello's crime.



* EnfantTerrible: Marchello Orlando's Cossette

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* EnfantTerrible: Marchello Marcello Orlando's Cossette



* MayDecemberRomance

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* MayDecemberRomanceMayDecemberRomance: Between Cossette and Eiri.


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* [[spoiler: SinsOfOurFathers: Eiri was chosen to bear the punishment for Marcello's murder of Cossette because he is a descendant of Marcello.]]
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* PsychologicalHorror
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: A few times, actually.

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* PaintingTheFourthWall: PaintingTheMedium: A few times, actually.
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Updated to meet new Nightmare Fuel criteria.


* MindScrew: filled with HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

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* MindScrew: filled Filled with HighOctaneNightmareFuel.nightmares.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome

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* AnimeAnatomy: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cosette_Eiri_290.jpg See for yourself.]] Makes the scene in which Cosette hugs naked Eiri while not wearing anything except for a cape a little bit less [[{{Squick}} squicky]].


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* BarbieDollAnatomy: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cosette_Eiri_290.jpg See for yourself.]] Makes the scene in which Cosette hugs naked Eiri while not wearing anything except for a cape a little bit less [[{{Squick}} squicky]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: ({{Michelle Ruff}}'s Cosette sounds like a really creepy [[AiYoriAoshi Aoi Sakuraba]].)

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* HeyItsThatVoice: ({{Michelle Ruff}}'s Cosette sounds like a really creepy [[AiYoriAoshi [[Manga/AiYoriAoshi Aoi Sakuraba]].)
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* DarkReprise: Listen closely to ''Silent Ceremony'' it's a darker and creepier version of ''The Main Theme'.'

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* DarkReprise: Listen closely to ''Silent Ceremony'' it's a darker and creepier version of ''The Main Theme'.'Theme''.
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This story is about a PhantomZonePicture of an ElegantGothicLolita, murdered by MadArtist Marchello Orlando to eternally preserve her youthful beauty, and Eiri Kurahashi, a young art student who becomes obsessed with her.

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This story is about a PhantomZonePicture of an ElegantGothicLolita, murdered by MadArtist Marchello Orlando to eternally preserve her youthful beauty, and Eiri Kurahashi, a young art student who becomes obsessed with her. The anime OVA was directed by AkiyukiShinbo and featured music by YukiKajiura.
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* DarkReprise: Listen closely to ''Silent Ceremony'' it's a darker and creepier version of ''The Main Theme'.'
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* TheBeautifulPeople

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* TheBeautifulPeopleTheBeautifulElite
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** Eiri himself is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch's [[CodeGeass Lelouch]].

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** Eiri himself is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch's JohnnyYongBosch's [[CodeGeass Lelouch]].

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