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* PetTheDog: Koryu's reaction to [[spoiler:Kohaku's punishment for defying God]]. He makes no effort at all to hide just how ''pissed off'' he is.
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* CaptainErsatz: It's widely speculated that Creator/{{Clamp}} adapted ''Wish'' from their ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan manga back when they drew {{doujinshi}}, since Shuichiro and Kohaku very strongly resemble Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin; Kohaku's hairstyle is almost identical to Kakyoin's. Other than those character designs, though, the two series couldn't have less in common.

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* CaptainErsatz: It's widely speculated that Creator/{{Clamp}} loosely adapted ''Wish'' from their ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan manga back when they drew {{doujinshi}}, since Shuichiro and Kohaku very strongly resemble Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin; Kakyoin, respectively; Kohaku's hairstyle is almost identical to Kakyoin's. Other than those character designs, though, the two series couldn't have less in common.
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* CaptainErsatz: It's widely speculated that Creator/{{Clamp}} adapted ''Wish'' from their ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan manga back when they drew {{doujinshi}}, since Shuichiro and Kohaku very strongly resemble Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin; Kohaku's hairstyle is almost identical to Kakyoin's. Other than those character designs, though, the two series couldn't have less in common.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Kohaku again. His role in Heaven ''requires'' this - he sings to the Tree of Life so that new angels may be born from it. He's the only angel with this power.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Kohaku again. His role in Heaven ''requires'' this - he sings to the Tree of Life so that new angels may be born from it. He's the only [[spoiler: current]] angel with this power.
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* BreakTheCutie: Kohaku gets hit ''hard'' with this one. [[spoiler:As punishment for abandoning heaven to return to Shuichiro, she loses all her spells and must remain in her SleepModeSize for ''the next hundred years.'']] And just when it seems she's about to accept this, [[spoiler:Shuichiro drops dead in the street, right in front of her.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: In the third volume Kohaku is forced to return to heaven, and Shuichiro is left behind with only one of the angel's earrings. He keeps it with him at all times after this[[spoiler:, and is buried with it after he dies...allowing for his reincarnated self to possess it in the DistantFinale.]]

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* TragicKeepsake: In the third volume Kohaku is forced to return to heaven, and Shuichiro is left behind with only one of the angel's earrings. He keeps it with him at all times after this[[spoiler:, and is buried with it after he dies...allowing for dies. [[DistantFinale Years later]], a very similar looking young man comes to the house...[[{{Reincarnation}} and the earring is pinned to his reincarnated self to possess it in the DistantFinale.]]tie.]]]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: We find out lots of interesting things about Shuichiro's past; he has no parents, the woman who acted as his mother was a wisteria fairy and his grandfather eventually reveals he "just showed up one day, out of the blue" as a baby. Then there's the fact he looks a LOT like Kokuyo, the son of ''Satan,'' as everyone's quick to point out when the two first meet. So what's the big secret about Shuichiro, and why's it so important that ''God'' prevents Kokuyo from telling anyone? It turns out that...Shuichiro is a normal human and is destined to an early death. That's it.]]

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* RedHerring: [[spoiler: We find out lots Most of interesting things he details about Shuichiro's past; he has no parents, the woman who acted as past, and in particular his mother was a wisteria fairy and his grandfather eventually reveals he "just showed up one day, out of the blue" as a baby. Then there's the fact he looks a LOT like uncanny resemblance to Kokuyo, turn out to mean nothing whatsoever to the son of ''Satan,'' as everyone's quick to point out when plot in the two first meet. So what's the big secret about Shuichiro, and why's it so important that ''God'' prevents Kokuyo from telling anyone? It turns out that...Shuichiro is a normal human and is destined to an early death. That's it.end.]]



* TheirFirstTime: Kokuyo and Hisui had sex at the TruceZone; which made them unable to return to Heaven or Hell.

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* TheirFirstTime: Kokuyo and Hisui had sex at the TruceZone; which TruceZone. This made them [[YouCantGoHomeAgain unable to return to Heaven or Hell.]]



** [[spoiler:KickTheDog:...and when she succeeds in getting the information she needs, he promptly [[TrappedInThePast abandons her there and dissipates the portal.]]]]

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** [[spoiler:KickTheDog:...and when she succeeds in getting the information she needs, he promptly [[TrappedInThePast abandons her there and dissipates the portal.]]]]]]



* WhatIsThisFeeling: Kohaku couldn't realize that she was feeling jealous for seeing Shuichiro's love for Hotaru since she never had felt jealous before.

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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Kohaku couldn't realize that she was feeling jealous for seeing Shuichiro's love for doesn't understand why it hurts to see Shuichiro and Hotaru since she never had felt jealous before.together, or why it hurts so much to be apart from Shuichiro.

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* FacePalm: Gee, Kokuyo, maybe you should have asked that pretty angel her name ''before'' sleeping with her.

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* FacePalm: Gee, Kokuyo, maybe you should have asked Kokuyo did this after learning that pretty the angel her name ''before'' sleeping he'd just slept with her.was in fact one of the Angel Masters. Oops.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Subtly done. Hotaru says that when she realized when her beloved Shusuke was going to die, she couldn't bring herself to smile and truly be happy even when she was by his side. [[spoiler:God prevents Kokuyo from telling Kohaku about Shuichiro's approaching death because He doesn't want her to lose her happiness any sooner.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Subtly done. Hotaru says that when she realized when her beloved Shusuke was going to die, she couldn't bring herself to smile and truly be happy even when she was by his side. [[spoiler:God prevents Kokuyo from telling Kohaku about Shuichiro's approaching death because He doesn't want her to lose her happiness any sooner.before the time comes.]]



* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Shuichiro, who is later reincarnated]]

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Shuichiro, who is later reincarnated]]Shuichiro.]]
** [[spoiler: It's a subversion, though...he does reincarnate, but it takes about a hundred years.]]


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* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The final two chapters of the third volume give more detail to the fateful first meeting between Kokuyo and Hisui.
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** In the sequel Legal Drug, Hisui is living life as a gay human man.

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** In the sequel Legal Drug, Hisui is living life as a gay human man. Could hint at the fact that, while not having a biological gender, Hisui views herself/himself as a man which would play this trope straight...in a way.

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* CreepyCrows: Koryu seems to have some control over them. He's the one responsible for sending that crow after Kohaku at the start of the story.



* RavensAndCrows: Koryu seems to have some control over them. He's the one responsible for sending that crow after Kohaku at the start of the story.
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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai as Koryuu, Creator/KikukoInoue as Hisui, Creator/JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .

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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi Creator/HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai Creator/YukaImai as Koryuu, Creator/KikukoInoue as Hisui, Creator/JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .
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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai as Koryuu, KikukoInoue as Hisui, Creator/JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .

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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai as Koryuu, KikukoInoue Creator/KikukoInoue as Hisui, Creator/JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .



* YamatoNadeshiko: Hisui. She wasn't voiced by KikukoInoue for nothing. [[spoiler:After awakening, Kohaku ''tries'' to become one to help Hisui in homemaking.]]

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* YamatoNadeshiko: Hisui. She wasn't voiced by KikukoInoue Creator/KikukoInoue for nothing. [[spoiler:After awakening, Kohaku ''tries'' to become one to help Hisui in homemaking.]]
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* LifeWillKillYou: [[spoiler: Shuichiro ends up collapsing and dying, presumably from a disease]].
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** In the sequel Legal Drug, Hisui is living life as a gay human man.

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Dr. Shuichiro Kudo is walking home one night when he saves a super-deformed angel named Kohaku caught in a tree by a crow. In return for its rescue, the angel offers to grant one wish. However, what does a man who has everything wish for? Thus, Kohaku decides to stay with Kudo until he decides on a wish, as well as complete its original mission of find the missing Angel Master of wind, Hisui.

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Dr. Shuichiro Kudo is walking home one night when he saves a super-deformed angel small, winged child named Kohaku caught in a tree by from a crow. In return for its rescue, the angel "child" reveals itself to be an angel, and offers to grant him one wish. However, what does a man who has everything wish for? Thus, Kohaku decides to stay with Kudo Shuichiro until he decides on a wish, as well as complete its original mission of find the missing Angel Master of wind, Wind, Hisui.


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* FacePalm: Gee, Kokuyo, maybe you should have asked that pretty angel her name ''before'' sleeping with her.


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* NaiveNewcomer: It's heavily implied that Hisui had only recently become an Angel Master when she met Kokuyo, and she didn't immediately see anything wrong with having slept with him.


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* RavensAndCrows: Koryu seems to have some control over them. He's the one responsible for sending that crow after Kohaku at the start of the story.
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* TimeTravel: There's a spell that allows for travel back into the past, but it's a complicated ritual that requires teamwork. In the second volume Koryu offers to help Kohaku with it so she can find what happened to Shuichiro's mom...
** [[spoiler:KickTheDog:...and when she succeeds in getting the information she needs, he promptly [[TrappedInThePast abandons her there and dissipates the portal.]]]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Subtly done. Hotaru says that when she realized when her beloved Shusuke was going to die, she couldn't bring herself to smile and truly be happy even when she was by his side. [[spoiler:God prevents Kokuyo from telling Kohaku about Shuichiro's approaching death because He doesn't want her to lose her happiness any sooner.]]

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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Even though Kokuyo is the son of Satan and the Prince of Hell, he's nowhere near as cruel and horrible as someone in that position might normally be depicted. His cousin Koryu is more like a typical {{Jerkass}} prankster who loves to target Kohaku, but as the story progresses his character develops to the point where he genuinely shows sympathy for her.

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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons get their energy by feeding on human souls, and because of this they can sense when a human is near death.
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Even though Kokuyo is the son of Satan and the Prince of Hell, he's nowhere near as cruel and horrible as someone in that position might normally be depicted. His cousin Koryu is more like a typical {{Jerkass}} prankster who loves to target Kohaku, but as the story progresses his character develops to the point where he genuinely shows sympathy for her.


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* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Demons feed on human souls, but they consider the soul of a human with a pure and kind heart to be particularly tasty. [[spoiler: This explains why Koryu, Ruri and Hari are so attached to Shuichiro - since he's unknowingly nearing death, they can feel his soul leaking from his body.]]

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* CannotSpitItOut: Though Kokuyo tries, he can't [[spoiler:reveal that Shuichiro is destined to die soon]] as God [[spoiler:continues to interrupt him.]]



* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver: In the last volume, Shuichiro literally drops dead in the middle of the street. While tying his shoe.]]

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* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver: In the last volume, Shuichiro literally abruptly and unceremoniously drops dead in the middle of the street. While tying his shoe.]]


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Played with. Though Kokuyo tries so hard to avert this by making repeat attempts to tell someone [[spoiler:that Shuichiro is destined to die very soon]], he's interrupted every time. [[spoiler: God was directly intervening in his attempts to reveal this information, [[YouCantFightFate which could not be reversed or changed,]] so that Kohaku could maintain her happiness for as long as possible.]]

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* MeaningfulName: Most characters' names mean various gemstones (Kohaku = amber, Hisui = jade, Koryu = garnet and so on.)

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* MeaningfulName: Most characters' The name Kohaku gives to Sango the cat's SplitPersonality is Shinju, because he's beautiful and white like a pearl. Both names mean various gemstones (Kohaku = amber, Hisui = jade, Koryu = garnet and so on.)qualify for the ThemeNaming listed below, as well, as Sango means "coral".


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* ThemeNaming: Many of the characters in the story are named after gemstones: Kohaku = amber, Hisui = jade, and Koryu = garnet, just to name a few.
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Hisui and Kohaku.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Kokuyo is the son of Satan and the Prince of Hell, but he's not a horrible villain. Koryu first appears as a JerkAss, but he gets CharacterDevelopment later.
* [[PerkyFemaleMinion Perky Female Minions]]: Koryu has [[CatGirl two of them.]]

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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Hisui The four Angel Masters are all higher-power angels who report directly to God, and Kohaku.
each one has control over one of the four elements of nature. Kohaku's role in heaven is basically that of a mother - nurturing the tree of life so that new angels may be born from it.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Even though Kokuyo is the son of Satan and the Prince of Hell, but he's not a nowhere near as cruel and horrible villain. as someone in that position might normally be depicted. His cousin Koryu first appears as is more like a JerkAss, typical {{Jerkass}} prankster who loves to target Kohaku, but as the story progresses his character develops to the point where he gets CharacterDevelopment later.
genuinely shows sympathy for her.
* [[PerkyFemaleMinion Perky Female Minions]]: Koryu has [[CatGirl two of them.]]them,]] and they completely adore him.
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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai as Koryuu, KikukoInoue as Hisui, JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .

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* NamesToKnowInAnime: From the Drama CD: HirokoKonishi as Kohaku, KazuyaIchijou as Kudo, YukaImai as Koryuu, KikukoInoue as Hisui, JurotaKosugi Creator/JurotaKosugi as Kokuyo. . .
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* {{Crossover}}: With fellow CLAMP manga, ''Manga/DrugAndDrop''

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* {{Crossover}}: With fellow CLAMP manga, ''Manga/DrugAndDrop''mangas, ''Manga/DrugAndDrop'' and ''Manga/{{Kobato}}''.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The angels. Also, Hotaru, a wisteria tree fairy who Kohaku marked as good for having a beautiful smile.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The angels. Also, Also Hotaru, a wisteria tree fairy who Kohaku marked as good for having a beautiful smile.



* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver: In the last volume, Shuichiro literally drops dead while in the middle of tying his shoe.]]

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* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver: In the last volume, Shuichiro literally drops dead while in the middle of the street. While tying his shoe.]]


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* KimonoIsTraditional: Hotaru. It's possibly meant to be a visual clue that she's [[spoiler:not human.]]
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** Kouryu also had this reaction when he evaluated his unbridled glee at seeing Kohaku cry from his teasing.
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* MismatchedEyes: Kokuyo, after he gives his right eye (along with half of his powers) to Hisui. It's a traditional practice among Hell's royal family, much like giving an engagement ring.
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* {{Crossover}}: With fellow CLAMP manga, ''Manga/DropAndDrug''

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* {{Crossover}}: With fellow CLAMP manga, ''Manga/DropAndDrug''''Manga/DrugAndDrop''

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* {{Crossover}}: With fellow CLAMP manga, ''Manga/DropAndDrug''



* Strangely enough, [[spoiler:Kohaku being stripped of all her powers turns out to be this as well - being powerless for the next hundred years means she will be able to spend that time sleeping, while waiting for Shuichiro's reincarnated soul to return.]]

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* ** Strangely enough, [[spoiler:Kohaku being stripped of all her powers turns out to be this as well - being powerless for the next hundred years means she will be able to spend that time sleeping, while waiting for Shuichiro's reincarnated soul to return.]]
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* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler: After Shuichiro dies, Kohaku decides to wait for his reincarnated soul to be reborn and return to her - even if it means she will have to wait a hundred years.]]


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* Strangely enough, [[spoiler:Kohaku being stripped of all her powers turns out to be this as well - being powerless for the next hundred years means she will be able to spend that time sleeping, while waiting for Shuichiro's reincarnated soul to return.]]
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* [[PerkyFemaleMinion Perky Female Minions]]: Koryu has [[CatGirl two of them.]]

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