History Manga / Murcielago

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** Koumori is this as well. She's repeatedly proven to be exceptionally skilled at psychoanalyzing other criminals and manages to learn how to [[spoiler:control a room full of traps via motion sensors just by watching someone else do it a few times]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kuroko and Hinako live together, eat together, work together, and hang out together, but despite some {{UST}} between them, Kuroko prefers to sleep with other girls, and Hinako seems oblivious to romance in general.

* RRatedOpening: Chapter 1 opens up with Kuroko having sex with Chiyo (who has yet to be properly introduced) towards the beginning.

* WouldHurtAChild: Children are no safer than anyone else. The "Gap Between the Sky and I" arc has this as a focal point, as the antagonist is an insane homeless man targeting young girls; the arc's first chapter opens on aftermath of one victim and murder of another, both 8 year old girls.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Emphasis on ''extreme prejudice'.' Kuroko makes sure the murderer of the "Gap between the sky and I" arc suffered both physically and mentally before she rammed a steel girder through his back.
* WouldHurtAChild: Children are no safer than anyone else. The "Gap Between the Sky and I" arc has this as a focal point, as the antagonist is an insane homeless man targeting young girls; the arc's first chapter opens on aftermath of one victim and murder of another, both 8 year old girls.

** Koumori is this as well. She's repeatedly proven to be exceptionally skilled at psychoanalyzing other criminals and manages to learn how to [[spoiler: control a room full of traps via motion sensors just by watching someone else do it a few times.]]

* CarFu: Hinako is a very skilled driver, almost supernaturally skilled, and she wont hesitate to use them as a weapon. If you are so unlucky to waken her other side headlights will be the last thing you ever see, no matter where you are.

* InfantImmortality: {{Averted}} sadly in the "Gap between the sky and I" arc when we see the aftermath of one victim and murder of another, both 8 year old girls.

* RazorWire: The antagonist of the pilot chapter uses this as his WeaponOfChoice.

** [[spoiler:Rinka]], when in her [[spoiler:bunny-masked alternate personality]], [[DualWielding dual-wields]] knives and is very good with them.

!! ''Murcielago'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Terumi Momoyama, the martial artist that first appeared in the Murderer Party arc, is presumed killed by a trap set up by Miyuki]]. He is later revealed to have survived [[spoiler: but has lost his right arm, his memories, and [[FeelsNoPain his ability to feel pain]]]] and is now working with Reiko.
* OverlyLongTongue: As if Kuroko wasn't unnerving enough. [[PowerPerversionPotential (Her girlfriends seem to enjoy it, however...)]]
* PsychoSerum: Cesare, a performance enhancer that heightens physical strength and concentration, with the side-effects of causing hallucinations and inability to feel pain.

** The second chapter opens with a line-for-line homage to the diner-robbery scene in PulpFiction.
** During the first chapter of Murder Party, one of the criminals asks "This wasn't a [[HunterXHunter Hunter]] exam?"
** Chapter 12, DK: Domestic Killing, has a cover page featuring Kuoroko, Hinako, and three other women all wearing [[VForVendetta Guy Fawkes Masks]].
** There is an amusement park called [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Tekeli-li Land]].
*** Mascots in the park are "Shogo-tans", i.e. [[EldritchAbomination Shoggoths]].
*** Instead of spinning cups, the park has Spinning Cthulhus.
*** And a [[TheShadowOverInnsmouth Deep Ones]] ride instead of a Merry-Go-Round.
** When Kuroko [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer pretends to be a cop]], she says she's from the [[CthulhuMythos R'Lyeh]] [[OverlyLongName Special Cases and Extremely Violent Crime First Response Division]].
** Before she was abducted by the Rainy Day Killer, Sora was buying things at [[Literature/TheDunwichHorror Dunwich Market]].
** Rinko used to attend [[Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu Cthulhu Elementary School]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Sora's mother gave candy to a down-on-his-luck man when she was a young girl. However, that act of kindness turned that man into the The Rainy Day Killer, who in his insane quest to find and thank the one girl who was kind to him, kidnapped and murder hundreds of girls throughout the years until the present.]]

* VomitingCop: Mukoujima empties his stomach after witnessing the handiwork of the Domestic Killer arc's villain is discovered.

* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: Of the five initial Murderer Party survivors, [[spoiler:the loud-mouthed martial artist]] is the only one to die by the end of the arc.

** Chapter 12, DK: Domestic Killing, has a cover page featuring Kuoroko, Hinako, and three other women all wearing [[VForVendetta Guy Fawkes Mask]].

** During the "Murder Party," one of the criminals asks "This wasn't a [[HunterXHunter Hunter]] exam?"

* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Kuroko doesn't seem interested in relationships, just lots of sex. As such she has many partners to choose from.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The five Murderer Party survivors include a mass murderer, a serial killer, a killer-for-hire, a probable high-functioning psychopath, and one repentant shoplifter (though it's implied that there's more to her than she appears, to this may be a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]].
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Conrad is a physics professor which comes in handy quite a lot when it comes to laser array death traps.

** BilingualBonus: Koumori and Murcielago both mean "bat" in their respective languages.

* [[HeterosexualLifePartners Homosexual Life Partners]]: Kuroko and Hinako live together, eat together, work together, and hang out together, but despite some {{UST}} between them, Kuroko prefers to sleep with other girls, and Hinako seems oblivious to romance in general.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Emphasis on ''extreme prejudice'' Kuroko makes sure the murderer of the "Gap between the sky and I" arc suffered both physically and mentally before she rammed a steel girder through his back.
* InfantImmortality: {{Averted}} sadly in the "Gap between the sky and I" arc when we see the after math of one victim and murder of another, both 8 year old girls.

* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective "Girlfriend"]]: Point a gun at Hinako, have your arm sawed off by Kuroko.

** [[MafiaPrincess Chiyo]] as well towards Kuroko. When Kuroko infiltrated the Virginal Rose cult during the Rose Colored Prison arc and forgot to contact Chiyo for a week, the latter decided to visit the cult in order to confront her. Chiyo's sheer anger when she sees Kuroko "brainwashed" is what made her decide to stop playing nice and pull out the sword she brought with her.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Terumi Momoyama, the martial artist that first appeared in the Murder Mansion arc, is presumed killed by a trap set up by Miyuki]]. He is later revealed to have survived [[spoiler: but has lost his right arm, his memories, and [[FeelsNoPain his ability to feel pain]]]] and is now working with Reiko.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Sora's mother gave candy to a down of luck man when she was a young girl. However, that act of kindness turned that man into the The Rainy Day Killer, who in his insane quest to find and thank the one girl who was kind to him, kidnapped and murder hundreds of girls throughout the years until the present.]]

** Rinko used to go to an elementary school called [[Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu Cthulhu Elementary School]].

* ShoutOut: There is an amusement park called [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness Tekeli-li Land]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[Spoiler:Sora's mother gave candy to a down of luck man when she was a young girl. However, that act of kindness turned that man into the The Rainy Day Killer, who in his insane quest to find and thank the one girl who was kind to him, kidnapped and murder hundreds of girls throughout the years until the present.]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Emphasis on ''extreme prejudice'' Kuroko makes sure the murderer of the "Gap between the sky and I" arc suffered both physically and mentally before he she rammed a steel girder through his back.

* KnifeNut: Conrad is scarily proficient with his knives.