History Manga / PandoraHearts

** In French, "Sablier" means "hourglass," "Ébauche" ([[spoiler:Lily's hometown]]) means "rough/first draft," "Reveil" means "alarm clock," and "Lunettes" ([[{{Megane}} Reim's]] last name) means "glasses." Break lampshades the latter in Retrace XLIX while attempting to change the subject.

** When [[spoiler:Break]] dies, [[spoiler:Sharon]] lets out an anguished scream. All the more heartbreaking due to how [[TheChick calm, composed]] and [[TheOjou ladylike]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she generally is]].

** [[CheshireCatGrin Break]] towards [[TheOjou Sharon]] and her family.

* TheOjou: Sharon is a prime example of this, along with her mother and grandmother.

* BrutalHonesty: The manga towards the readers in Retrace 60. [[spoiler:Instead of a recap page, there was a black page with one simple statement written in white: "Elliot... [[KilledOffForReal he died.]]"]]

* DancesAndBalls: Oz's Second Coming of Age ceremony. [[spoiler:Turns out, it was a ploy to get several people in one place for a plot to repeat the Tragedy of Sablier. The plot failed, [[KillEmAll but that doesn't]] [[KilledOffForReal stop it from]] [[BreakTheCutie not ending well]].]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Lacie, Levi/Humpty Dumpty, the Sinclair Family, William West/Grim, Rytas, Marie, Isla Yura, Elliot, the entire Nightray clan aside from the adopted kids, Fang, Uncle Oscar, Xai, Break, Echo, Noise, Oswald, both Alice twins, Cheshire, Jack, and Oz. And Rufus and Vincent die in the epilogue from natural causes.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Elliot and Leo start out as this, with their usually being in the same place at the same time justified by Leo being Elliot's servant. In later chapters, they completely break out of it by 1) gaining large scenaristic importance, and 2) [[spoiler:one of them getting KilledOffForReal and the other pulling a [[FaceHeelDoubleTurn sort-of]] FaceHeelTurn as a result]].

* BerserkButton:
** Break, normally ObfuscatingInsanity, gets very serious very quickly if one of the few people close to him is in danger. Namely, Sharon and Reim.
** Try hurting or even insulting Oz Vessalius in front of Gilbert Nightray. ''We dare you.''
** If Vincent thinks Gilbert is in danger, even if there's absolutely no proof he'll actually get hurt, he ''does not'' just sit around...
** Saying Jack's name around Intention of the Abyss induces this, too, depending on the situation. Also, [[DisproportionateRetribution don't interrupt her when she is talking.]] [[spoiler: [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath The White Knight found out the hard way...]] ]]
** Before his CharacterDevelopment allows him to grow out of this, hurting Alice or making her sad will provoke [[spoiler:Oz]] in the worst of ways.

* ShipperOnDeck: Sharon eagerly supports Oz/Alice. She attempts to teach the ChasteHeroine (or possibly even {{Asexual}}) Alice about romance in hopes that this will inspire her to get together with Oz. Unfortunately, WordOfGod has proved her efforts to be in vain (see ShipSinking below), although she seems to realize that Oz and Alice don't like each other this way eventually. She chills out during the second half of the series.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Vincent does this to Cheshire to torment Alice]].

** People who get lost in the illusions in that hole in Sablier for too long [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-24666-18/pandora-hearts/chapter-37.html tend to have this happen to them]] because of the power of the Abyss.

* LargeHam: Uncle Oscar has shades of this. [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-24653-7/pandora-hearts/chapter-24.html He even overshadows Alice sometimes...]]
** Alice is {{Chewing the Scenery}} [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-24658-28/pandora-hearts/chapter-29.html like it's going out of style.]]

** Vincent, during Retrace XLVI, as can be seen [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-47596-25/pandora-hearts/chapter-46.html here.]]
** Happens again in [[http://www.mangareader.net/pandora-hearts/61/34 Retrace LXI]]. He even comments that "It's not like me... to get carried away like this."

* RedStringOfFate: Parodied in [[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/25247/pandora-hearts_v1_ch1_by_manga-abyss/53 this]] omake, where Oz follows his to find out who his soul mate is.

* VoicesAreMental: [[spoiler:When Jack is in control of his and Oz's body, he speaks with an adult voice. This seems to be something exclusive to the anime, because Jack mentions in the manga that there were actually many instances prior to Retrace 80 [[ParanoialFuel when Jack was the one in control and nobody noticed]]]].

* TwoGirlsToAGuy: Oz, Alice, and Gilbert. [[spoiler:Jack, Alice (or Lacie), and Glen/Oswald. Glen/Levi, Lacie, and Oswald]]. Break, Sharon and Reim seem to be this in their off-screen escapades. Oz, Elliot and Leo also counts as one.

* PowerTrio: Oz, Alice, and Gilbert. [[spoiler:Jack, Alice (or Lacie), and Glen/Oswald. Glen/Levi, Lacie, and Oswald]]. Break, Sharon and Reim seem to be this in their off-screen escapades. Oz, Elliot and Leo also counts as one.

* TakeAThirdOption: Chapter 82 has the main PowerTrio of Oz, Alice, and Gil essentially represent the third option to [[spoiler: Jack's insane desire to unite the real world and the abyss, and his horrible crimes]] to the [[spoiler: Baskervilles and Pandora, who at this point are working together to stop Jack by going back in time and trying to RetCon away the Tragedy of Sablier, along with the events of the series.]]

->"''Someone once said it was a dark place that swallowed everything up. [[HopeSpringsEternal Even if that were true, an enveloping darkness like that also contains the light of hope.]]''"

''[=PandoraHearts=]'' is a DarkFantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki [[GenreMashup (although it is considered an amalgamation of many, many different genres)]], which was serialized in Creator/SquareEnix's ''Monthly G Fantasy'' magazine from 2006 t0 2015. It was made into an anime series airing in 2009. Yen Press has published the English-language version of the manga for North America, and [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] has announced their intent to localize the anime in a bid for new ground.

''[=PandoraHearts=]'' is a DarkFantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki [[GenreMashup (although it is considered an amalgamation of many, many different genres),]] sponsored by Creator/SquareEnix. It was made into an anime series airing in 2009. Yen Press has published the English-language version of the manga for North America, and [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] has announced their intent to localize the anime in a bid for new ground. The manga stands completed at 104 chapters.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: You're not allowed to show minors drinking alcohol on Japanese TV, so they got around this by cheekily pointing out that, due to messed up aging and so forth, all of the are old enough to drink [[OlderThanTheyLook even though they don't look it]]. Or not human in the case of Alice and the doll.

The answer...[[JigsawPuzzlePlot might be]] [[DysfunctionJunction more complicated]] [[MoralityKitchenSink than you]] [[MindScrew expect.]]

* ZettaiRyouiki:
** Echo and Lotti.
** Also Gil in one of the anime {{Omake}}s.
** The Lutwidge uniform for girls have these. [[{{Tsundere}} Alice]], wearing the uniform in the Lutwidge episode, along with matching pigtails, reached Grade S.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Alice and [[spoiler:the Will of Abyss, which makes the latter's white hair all the more striking]].

* GothicHorror: The series has a good many tropes representative of the genre, including [[BigFancyHouse old castles and mansions]], [[MadwomanInTheAttic crazy ladies in towers]] ([[spoiler:Lacie and later Alice/the Intention of the Abyss initially appear to play this straight before subverting it, as none of them are actually crazy and are only locked up because of their connection with the Abyss]]), [[GirlInTheTower confinement]] and [[LockedInTheDungeon imprisonment]], {{Evil Twin}}s and [[EvilDoppelganger doubles]] ([[spoiler:Alice and the Will and Jack and Oz, respectively, play with these concepts]]), [[MalevolentMutilation mutilation]] and torture of [[ColdBloodedTorture multiple]] [[MindRape varieties]], otherworldly [[EldritchLocation places]] (the Abyss) and [[EldritchAbomination creatures]] (chains), and [[MadnessTropes insanity]], among others.

** [[spoiler:Given the choice between allowing Jack to end the world or allowing Oswald to retcon him and everyone he loves out of existence, Oz chooses to die separating the Will of the Abyss and the Core so that stability to the Abyss will return and reality won't collapse. In doing so he both saves the world and overcomes his lack of self-worth, because Oz's [[TakeAThirdOption alternative]] to Jack's and Oswald's plans ensures that their story has an ending ''Oz'' chooses, and that the impact of his life and those of the people he loved cannot be erased from the world. Still, Oz breaks down in tears mourning the life he'll never get to lead from here on out--culmination of his character arc or not, it's still every bit the sacrifice. And though technically already dead, helping Oz to separate the Will from the Core means that both Alice twins actively sacrificed themselves here as well.]]

* LittleMissBadass: Alice, Echo, The Will of Abyss, Sharon (biologically 23, but physically 13), Lily...

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Chains are from the [[TheUnderworld Abyss.]] However, while during the series most are dangerous and human-devouring, this is said to be because the Abyss was corrupted by the Will, turning the Abyss black and driving most of the Chains to madness. Operating under normal conditions, the Abyss is a golden paradise under the command of a semi-conscious [[SentientCosmicForce deity]] known as [[TheMaker the Core]], who rules over the Chains and the souls of the dead, making this more a case of OurAngelsAreDifferent.

** All Illegal Contractors bare a clock symbol on their body that counts down in correlation with the amount of power they've used through their Chain. When the clock face reaches where the 12 would be, the contractor (and anyone too near them) is dragged by that Chain into the deepest parts of the Abyss, doomed to either be eaten by a Chain or become one themselves if they cannot get the Will of the Abyss to grant them an alternative.

** When [[Break]] dies, [[spoiler:Sharon]] lets out an anguished scream. All the more heartbreaking due to how [[TheChick calm, composed]] and [[TheOjou ladylike]] [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness she generally is]].

** In an interview, Jun Mochizuki claimed that Oz and Alice were not and would not be romantically attracted/involved with one another because their relationship is on a different, platonic level.

* WildCard: Rufus Barma, full stop, although he ''does'' seem to have a [[TheChessMaster master plan coming along]] that's known only to himself. Even [[spoiler:Oswald]] is struggling to uncover his true motives.

%%* WellDoneSonGuy: Oz.

* ArtifactTitle: The series is named after the pilot chapter, Creator/MochiJun's [[OldShame debut manga]], in which contractors had boxes called "Pandoras" in their chests where their hearts should be. These boxes were, quite literally, "Pandora hearts."

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''Pandora Hearts'' is a DarkFantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki [[GenreBusting (although it is considered an amalgamation of many, many different genres),]] sponsored by Creator/SquareEnix. It was made into an anime series airing in 2009. Yen Press has published the English-language version of the manga for North America, and [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] has announced their intent to localize the anime in a bid for new ground. The manga stands completed at 104 chapters.

'''WARNING:''' To repeat a point mentioned previously, this manga is based (extremely loosely) on ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland.'' And it's filled with allusions to other children's tales. Ye with sanity be warned.

!!''Pandora Hearts'' provides examples of:

[[folder:Tropes A to C]]

* ArtifactTitle: The series is named after the pilot chapter, MochiJun's [[OldShame debut manga]], in which contractors had boxes called "Pandoras" in their chests where their hearts should be. These boxes were, quite literally, "Pandora hearts."

[[folder:Tropes D to F]]

[[folder:Tropes G to I]]
* GaslampFantasy

[[folder:Tropes J to L]]

[[folder:Tropes M to O]]
* TheMadHatter

[[folder:Tropes P to R]]

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Lottie, Fang and Dug.

[[folder:Tropes S to U]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: But it's a DysfunctionJunction cast and most are still scarred from [[CataclysmBackstory Sablier]] in some way or another, so they all really need one. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as the setting of Pandora Hearts is based off late 19th century Europe, a time when therapy was in its earliest stages and mental health treatments were, for the most part, hardly better than ColdBloodedTorture--so as a whole, no one in 19th century Europe every really willingly sought or considered psychological help.

[[folder:Tropes V to Z]]

* WellDoneSonGuy: Oz.

** Retrace XC: Jurors. [[spoiler:Turns out Jury aka the woman who brainwashed Gil into loyalty to his master and supposedly watched over Glen was [[HiddenDepths waaay more than we thought]]. She's actually just one of many Jurors, beings that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm transcend human understanding]] that, basically, edit stories aka worlds around until they reach a satisfactory ending, after which they place it in an archive of sorts. Also, the whole world of Pandora Hearts as we know it is one of those stories, and the Jurors saw it fit to end it soon, to Glenwald's great disapproval. Also, about the Children of Ill Omen? It was all a lie by the Jurors as they were a threat to their plans not to the worlds and all of the Baskervilles goals were lies as they only wanted to see how far they would break the Abyss.G]]

* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', although Pandora Hearts is pretty unique among others of its kind.

''PandoraHearts'' is a DarkFantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki [[GenreBusting (although it is considered an amalgamation of many, many different genres),]] sponsored by Creator/SquareEnix. It was made into an anime series airing in 2009. Yen Press has published the English-language version of the manga for North America, and [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] has announced their intent to localize the anime in a bid for new ground. The manga stands completed at 104 chapters.

!!''PandoraHearts'' provides examples of:

* CoversAlwaysLie: In a minor, subtle way. The cover of the first volume is Oz posing heroically, giving off the distinct impression that ''PandoraHearts'' is an action manga or...literally every other shonen manga. Which is...[[DysfunctionJunction not]] [[CastFullOfCrazy exactly]] [[MoralityKitchenSink accurate,]] [[JigsawPuzzlePlot to]] [[PsychologicalThriller say]] [[PsychologicalHorror the]] [[MindScrew least.]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: But it's a DysfunctionJunction cast and most are still scarred from [[CataclysmBackstory Sablier]] in some way or another, so they all really need one. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as the setting of PandoraHearts is based off late 19th century Europe, a time when therapy was in its earliest stages and mental health treatments were, for the most part, hardly better than ColdBloodedTorture--so as a whole, no one in 19th century Europe every really willingly sought or considered psychological help.

** Retrace XC: Jurors. [[spoiler:Turns out Jury aka the woman who brainwashed Gil into loyalty to his master and supposedly watched over Glen was [[HiddenDepths waaay more than we thought]]. She's actually just one of many Jurors, beings that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm transcend human understanding]] that, basically, edit stories aka worlds around until they reach a satisfactory ending, after which they place it in an archive of sorts. Also, the whole world of PandoraHearts as we know it is one of those stories, and the Jurors saw it fit to end it soon, to Glenwald's great disapproval. Also, about the Children of Ill Omen? It was all a lie by the Jurors as they were a threat to their plans not to the worlds and all of the Baskervilles goals were lies as they only wanted to see how far they would break the Abyss.G]]

* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', although PandoraHearts is pretty unique among others of its kind.

''Pandora Hearts'' is a DarkFantasy manga by Jun Mochizuki [[GenreBusting (although it is considered an amalgamation of many, many different genres),]] sponsored by Creator/SquareEnix. It was made into an anime series airing in 2009. Yen Press has published the English-language version of the manga for North America, and [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] has announced their intent to localize the anime in a bid for new ground. The manga stands completed at 104 chapters.

!!''Pandora Hearts'' provides examples of:

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Pretty much every family in Pandora Hearts has some element of this, apart from (perhaps) the Rainsworths.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Pandora Hearts is a textbook example of this.

* CoversAlwaysLie: In a minor, subtle way. The cover of the first volume is Oz posing heroically, giving off the distinct impression that ''Pandora Hearts'' is an action manga or...literally every other shonen manga. Which is...[[DysfunctionJunction not]] [[CastFullOfCrazy exactly]] [[MoralityKitchenSink accurate,]] [[JigsawPuzzlePlot to]] [[PsychologicalThriller say]] [[PsychologicalHorror the]] [[MindScrew least.]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: But it's a DysfunctionJunction cast and most are still scarred from [[CataclysmBackstory Sablier]] in some way or another, so they all really need one. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as the setting of Pandora Hearts is based off late 19th century Europe, a time when therapy was in its earliest stages and mental health treatments were, for the most part, hardly better than ColdBloodedTorture--so as a whole, no one in 19th century Europe every really willingly sought or considered psychological help.

** Retrace XC: Jurors. [[spoiler:Turns out Jury aka the woman who brainwashed Gil into loyalty to his master and supposedly watched over Glen was [[HiddenDepths waaay more than we thought]]. She's actually just one of many Jurors, beings that [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm transcend human understanding]] that, basically, edit stories aka worlds around until they reach a satisfactory ending, after which they place it in an archive of sorts. Also, the whole world of Pandora Hearts as we know it is one of those stories, and the Jurors saw it fit to end it soon, to Glenwald's great disapproval. Also, about the Children of Ill Omen? It was all a lie by the Jurors as they were a threat to their plans not to the worlds and all of the Baskervilles goals were lies as they only wanted to see how far they would break the Abyss.G]]

* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', although Pandora Hearts is pretty unique among others of its kind.

** PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:In dress style, at least - ColorCodedForYourConvenience. In earlier chapters it seemed to apply to their personalities as well, but they actually have things in common, such as a HairTriggerTemper.]]
** TwoSiblingsInOne: In chapter 76, [[spoiler:Alice is still alive although she does not have a physical form in any realm. Therefore, she resides in the crossroads of her soul and her sister's. In their pre-Tragedy of Sablier days it was averted, as the two could swap bodies but were not shown to share bodies until Alice was DrivenToSuicide.]]