History Manga / PureTrance

Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. The underground citizens live on "Pure Trance", a life-sustaining pill. A serious social problem has emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the pill.

The story follows Kaori Suzuki, a nurse working at Overeaters Treatment Center 102, a hospital which has been ruined by a tyrannical director, Keiko Yamazaki.

Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. A serious social problem has emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the "Pure Trance" life-sustaining pill. The story begins in the hospital which has been ruined by a tyrannical director, Keiko Yamazaki...

''Pure Trance'' is a 1998 {{Shoujo}} {{Horror}} manga written by Mizuno Junko. In this dreamy science fiction fantasy, Junko Mizuno illustrates a story full of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experiments, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol singer.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Keiko gets hit HARD with this.[[spoiler: She has dreams of someone killing her. The daughters of the women she [[EpicFail spectacularly failed to save]] escape to the surface world along with one of the many nurses she's been abusing under her employ. She manages to recapture and murder the nurse [[YouKilledMyFather which earns the wrath of the young girls the nurse had raised.]] Three of the girls die but not before one of them gives birth to a fifth girl and the twins give their powers and spirit to the fourth so she can raise the baby. While this is going on, Keiko has hired another nurse who, unfortunately for her, [[ActionGirl is not as easily intimidated.]] With the help of a surface animal, a long-term patient and the other nurses, the new nurse gets Keiko put in jail, where she finally meets her end [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome when the surface girls pass by and put an arrow through her heart]].]]

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''Pure Trance'' is a 1998 {{Shoujo}} {{Horror}} manga written by Mizuno Junko. In this dreamy science fiction fantasy, Junko Mizuno illustrates a story full of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experiments, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol signer.

* BloodyHilarious: YMMV.

* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman, SpannerInTheWorks: The three pregnant women, Hitomi Yokoyama and Nurse Masako.]]

* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: The governor has this.

* TheAce: Yuriko.
* ActionGirl: Yuriko, Masako, Yuka and [[spoiler:Seiko]].
* ArtificialHuman: The two assassins.

* BadassBookworm: Masako, Kajiwara and Momoyama.

* BigEater: Apparently the whole population of the world by this world.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nurse Masako.

* BloodMagic: Of the benign sort, used by Yuki and Miki.

* TheBrute: Kimiko. She's also Keiko's [[TheDragon Dragon.]]
* ChainsawGood: The Director, [[AxCrazy to absolutely nobody's surprise.]]

* ChildHater: See DarkActionGirl.
* ColdBloodedTorture: That eventually ends the life of Nurse Kaori.

* CuteMonsterGirl, HalfHumanHybrid: Yuka.
* CuteWitch: Yuki and Miki.
* TheCutie: Rika.
* DarkActionGirl: Keiko, Kimiko and the twin nurses.
* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Rika.]]
* DirtyOldMan: The Mayor.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The whole gang on the surface world.

** DreamingOfThingsToCome: And the future doesn't look pretty.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: For the nurses, Kimiko and the surface girls.

* GirlishPigtails: Many females, to go with the GrotesqueCute look.
** MegaTwintails

* HotScientist: Kajiwara and Momoyama.
* HumiliationConga: The Director gets a particularly epic one.
* IdolSinger: Seiko. Kimiko is a [[LesYay BIG]] fan.

* KarmicDeath:[[spoiler:The Director gets one, thanks to LaserGuidedKarma.]]

* MadDoctor: Keiko.
** MadScientist: Keiko, when she's in the mood or high off her gourd. And she usually is.

* {{Meganekko}}: Masako.

* NippleAndDimed

* PointyHairedBoss: The Mayor to Kajiwara.
* PsychoLesbian: The Director.

* {{Revenge}}: Yuriko has happy dreams of [[spoiler:killing Keiko.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
* RobotBuddy: Nursing Robots Kiyomi and Azami.
* RobotMaid: B-ko.
* SacrificialLion: Kaori, Aiko and Rika.
* {{Shojo}}
* SpecsOfAwesome: Masako.
* StupidEvil: The Director. Justified by her being literally crazy and often high.

* TimeSkip

* TheVoiceless: Rika and Yuka.

* WhiteMagic: Usually employed by Yuki and Miki.
* YouGoGirl: Kajiwara.

* {{Badass}}: See ActionGirl.
** BadassBookworm: Masako, Kajiwara and Momoyama.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: When [[spoiler:Kaori, Yuriko, Rika, Miki and Yuki]] escape to the surface, no one expects to see them ever again. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Nonetheless,]] Keiko sends assassins anyway.

* GrotesqueCute: For a story with a fairly cutesy art style, Pure Trance is incredibly disturbing, what with all the eating disorders, drug abuse, corporate corruption and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking odd fascination with porn.]]

* RapunzelHair: Again, thanks to the art style, a lot of characters have that it's often easier to count who ''doesn't'' have hair to their knees. Keiko, one of the clone assassin nurses, the twins Yuki and Miki and Yuka. That's it.

* GenderEqualsBreed

* GrotesqueCute

* MagicPlasticSurgery
* TheMagicTouch

* MushroomSamba

* RaisedByNatives

* RapunzelHair

* TragicDream

* AlienAnimals
* AnimalTesting

* BestServedCold

* BloodMagic

* TheDogBitesBack

* {{Fanservice}}

* GirlishPigtails

* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals

A 1998 {{Shoujo}} {{Horror}} manga written by Mizuno Junko. In this dreamy science fiction fantasy, Junko Mizuno illustrates a story full of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experiments, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol signer. Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. A serious social problem has emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the "Pure Trance" life-sustaining pill. The story begins in the hospital which has been ruined by a tyrannical director, Keiko Yamazaki...

* FurryFandom: The governor has this.

A 1998 {{Shojo}} {{Horror}} manga written by Mizuno Junko. In this dreamy science fiction fantasy, Junko Mizuno illustrates a story full of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experiments, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol signer. Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. A serious social problem has emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the "Pure Trance" life-sustaining pill. The story begins in the hospital which has been ruined by a tyrannical director, Keiko Yamazaki...

* HotMom: Kaori as the 4 girls' surrogate mother. [[spoiler:Rika, too but she doesn't live very long after giving birth.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The whole premise of this story is about hyperexia induced by drugs that replace food.

* LesYay: Lots of it, everywhere.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: On several occasions, [[NippledAndDimed the Director, strippers and the surface girls.]]

* TheArcher: Yuriko and Yuka.

* HairOfGold: Professor Kajiwara. Makes sense, [[ForeignFanservice she's half American.]]

* HotAmazon: Yuriko.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Keiko gets hit HARD with this.[[spoiler: She has dreams of someone killing her. The daughters of the women she [[EpicFail spectacularly failed to save]] escape to the surface world along one of the many nurses she's been abusing under her employ. She manages to recapture and murder the nurse [[YouKilledMyFather which earns the wrath of the young girls the nurse had raised.]] Three of the girls die but not before one of them gives birth to a fifth girl and the twins give their powers and spirit to the fourth so she can raise the baby. While this is going on, Keiko has hired another nurse who, unfortunately for her, [[ActionGirl is not as easily intimidated.]] With the help of a surface animal, a long-term patient and the other nurses, the new nurse gets Keiko put in jail, where she finally meets her end [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome when the surface girls pass by and put an arrow through her heart]].]]