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* EvilIsSexy: Ryo does work as a ''gigolo'' throughout the series and gets paid very well.
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** Ryuichi Yamazaki is this too-his FreudianExcuse for turning to crime is that an umpire at a ball game he was playing in at the age of 16 made a call he didn't like.

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** Ryuichi Yamazaki is this too-his too -- his FreudianExcuse for turning to crime is that an umpire at a ball game he was playing in at the age of 16 made a call he didn't like.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Ryo crosses this when he [[spoiler: rapes Sugawara's girlfriend]] for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he [[spoiler: calls Sugawara and makes him listen to her being raped.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: Ryo crosses this in Chapters 65 and 66 when he [[spoiler: rapes Moeni Funato, Sugawara's girlfriend]] for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he [[spoiler: calls Sugawara and makes him listen to her being raped.]]raped]]. While prior fights were ''maybe'' examples of him being a victim of circumstance, Ryo outright plans on [[spoiler:flying to the island she was doing a photo shoot at for the expressed purpose of raping her]], making it entirely on him.



* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ryo is supposed to represent how far society can push an individual, but honestly, he is a nasty piece of work who comes off as being closer to a VillainProtagonist than a ByronicHero.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
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Ryo is supposed to represent how far society can push an individual, but honestly, he is a nasty piece of work who comes off as being closer to a VillainProtagonist than a ByronicHero.ByronicHero. Made especially apparent at his MoralEventHorizon, which was entirely his own decision.

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%%* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevalent among readers due to its dark tone.
%%* DesignatedHero: If by hero, you mean Lord Byron or the old Roman definition, sure.



* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The series is unrelentingly bleak and gritty, with the number of characters who aren't psychopathic or otherwise mentally damaged being small enough to count on one hand.



** Ryuichi Yamazaki is this in a similar vein as his FreudianExcuse for turning to crime is that when he was 16 the Umpire made a call he didn’t like.

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** Ryuichi Yamazaki is this in a similar vein as his too-his FreudianExcuse for turning to crime is that when an umpire at a ball game he was 16 playing in at the Umpire age of 16 made a call he didn’t like. didn't like.
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* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type in Ryo. He is almost every type of Woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least, however, he never ever complains about his life, he simply rages against it and just to complete the list, his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now, ''that's'' a lot of woobie.

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* {{Woobie}}: TheWoobie: A very dark type in Ryo. He is almost every type of Woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least, however, he never ever complains about his life, he simply rages against it and just to complete the list, his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now, ''that's'' a lot of woobie.
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* DesignatedVillain: Sakiko’s father is a villain because Ryo needed a love interest

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* DesignatedVillain: Sakiko’s father is a villain because Ryo needed a love interestinterest.



* MoralEventHorizon: Ryo crosses this when he rapes Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he calls Sugawara to make him listen to her being raped.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Ryo crosses this when he [[spoiler: rapes Sugawara's girlfriend girlfriend]] for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he [[spoiler: calls Sugawara to make and makes him listen to her being raped. raped.]]



** This is taken even further for after the introductions of Sakiko. She and Ryo are meant to be BirdsOfAFeather given she has a crippling fear of her father. Her father is shown to loving and caring man who was willing to spend every dime had when he thought that Ryo had kidnapped her. Unfortunately, the people he hired turned out to be psychopaths. Yet Sakiko has an unexplained fear that he will kill her, to the point that she stabs him.
*** Also, for all her talk about wanting freedom she just latched on to the first person who like her art. Making her come across more like a EntitledBastard angry at her father for not understanding that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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** This is taken even further for after the introductions of Sakiko. She and Ryo are meant to be BirdsOfAFeather given she has a crippling fear of her father. Her father is shown to be a loving and caring man who was willing to spend every dime had when he thought that Ryo had kidnapped her. Unfortunately, the people he hired turned out to be psychopaths. Yet Sakiko has an unexplained fear that he will kill her, to the point that she stabs him.
*** Also, for all her talk about wanting freedom she just latched on to the first person who like likes her art. Making her come across more like a an EntitledBastard angry at her father for not understanding that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
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* DesignatedVillain: Sakiko’s father is a villain because Ryo needed a love interest


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** This is taken even further for after the introductions of Sakiko. She and Ryo are meant to be BirdsOfAFeather given she has a crippling fear of her father. Her father is shown to loving and caring man who was willing to spend every dime had when he thought that Ryo had kidnapped her. Unfortunately, the people he hired turned out to be psychopaths. Yet Sakiko has an unexplained fear that he will kill her, to the point that she stabs him.
*** Also, for all her talk about wanting freedom she just latched on to the first person who like her art. Making her come across more like a EntitledBastard angry at her father for not understanding that TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Quite a few.
** Ryo crushing Sugawara's fist with his skull.
** Ryo after his fight with Black Monkey where you see him in one scene after he completed his ki training.
** Ryo defeating the Thai boxer.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevalent among readers due to its dark tone.
* DesignatedHero: If by hero, you mean Lord Byron or the old Roman definition, sure.
* EvilIsCool

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Quite a few.
** Ryo crushing Sugawara's fist with his skull.
** Ryo after his fight with Black Monkey where you see him in one scene after he completed his ki training.
** Ryo defeating
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DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevalent among readers due to its dark tone.
* %%* DesignatedHero: If by hero, you mean Lord Byron or the old Roman definition, sure.
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%%* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Quite a few.
%%** Ryo crushing Sugawara's fist with his skull.
%%** Ryo after his fight with Black Monkey where you see him in one scene after he completed his ki training.
%%** Ryo defeating the Thai boxer.



* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type in Ryo.
** Actually, when you think about it, he is almost every type of Woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least, however, he never ever complains about his life, he simply rages against it and just to complete the list, his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now, ''that's'' a lot of woobie.

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* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type in Ryo.
** Actually, when you think about it, he
Ryo. He is almost every type of Woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least, however, he never ever complains about his life, he simply rages against it and just to complete the list, his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now, ''that's'' a lot of woobie.woobie.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The Ryo crosses this when he rapes Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he calls Sugawara to make him listen to her being raped.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The Ryo crosses this when he rapes Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worse, he calls Sugawara to make him listen to her being raped.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The Ryo crosses this when he rapes Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, to make matters worst, he calls Sugawara and makes him listen to her being raped.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The Ryo crosses this when he rapes Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, and to make matters worst, worse, he calls Sugawara and makes to make him listen to her being raped.
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Incorrect use of the trope


* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Subverted. It has taken a long LONG time. The series has been canceled twice. Sometimes goes 2 years between chapters, but apparently now, it will have an ending. But then again, who knows.
** It finally ended in 2015.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevalent among readers.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevalent among readers.readers due to its dark tone.



* MoralEventHorizon: The titular character crosses this when he rapes his foils girl friend completely unprovoked and then makes him listen in on it.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The titular character Ryo crosses this when he rapes his foils girl friend completely unprovoked Sugawara's girlfriend for the purpose of trying to set up a match between them, to make matters worst, he calls Sugawara and then makes him listen in on it.to her being raped.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Subverted. It has taken a long LONG time. The series has been canceled twice. Sometimes goes 2 years between chapters, but apparently now, it will have an ending. But then again, who knows.
** It finally ended in 2015.
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** Ryo crushing Sugarawa's fist with his skull.

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** Ryo crushing Sugarawa's Sugawara's fist with his skull.
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** Ryo crushing Sugarawas fist with his skull.
** Ryo after his fight with Black monkey where you see him in one scene after he completed his ki training.

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** Ryo crushing Sugarawas Sugarawa's fist with his skull.
** Ryo after his fight with Black monkey Monkey where you see him in one scene after he completed his ki training.



* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevelant among readers.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Quite prevelant prevalent among readers.



* MoralEventHorizon: The titular character crosses this when he rapes his foils girl friend completly unprovoked and then makes him listen in on it.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The titular character crosses this when he rapes his foils girl friend completly completely unprovoked and then makes him listen in on it.



* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type
** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now that's a lot of woobie.

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* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type
type in Ryo.
** Actually Actually, when you think about it it, he is almost every type of woobie Woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however least, however, he never ever complains about his life life, he simply rages against it and just to complete the list list, his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now that's Now, ''that's'' a lot of woobie.
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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now thats a lot of woobie.

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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are {{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now thats that's a lot of woobie.
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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are [[WoobieInAWheelChair Woobies in Wheelchairs]]. Now thats a lot of woobie.

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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are [[WoobieInAWheelChair Woobies in Wheelchairs]].{{Wheelchair Woobie}}s. Now thats a lot of woobie.
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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Now thats a lot of woobie.

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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair.[[WoobieInAWheelChair Woobies in Wheelchairs]]. Now thats a lot of woobie.
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Bad wick.


* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ryo is supposed to represent how far society can push an individual, but honestly, he is a nasty piece of work who comes off as being closer to a CompleteMonster than a ByronicHero.

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ryo is supposed to represent how far society can push an individual, but honestly, he is a nasty piece of work who comes off as being closer to a CompleteMonster VillainProtagonist than a ByronicHero.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Ryo is supposed to represent how far society can push an individual, but honestly, he is a nasty piece of work who comes off as being closer to a CompleteMonster than a ByronicHero.
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* JumpedTheShark: The series after the Black Monkey Arc.

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* CreepySexy



* EvilIsCool: ''And how''.

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* EvilIsCool: ''And how''.EvilIsCool



** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Damn now thats a lot of woobie.

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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Damn now Now thats a lot of woobie.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This trope is present in full force for many readers - this troper came away with a severe case of nausea just from reading it, but couldn't stop because of how skillful the author was.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This trope is present in full force for many readers - this troper came away with a severe case of nausea just from reading it, but couldn't stop because of how skillful the author was.Quite prevelant among readers.
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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it WorldofWoobie and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Damn now thats a lot of woobie.

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** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it WorldofWoobie and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Damn now thats a lot of woobie.
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Nightmare Fuel Unleaded is going to be cut


* NightmareFuelUnleaded: Ryo tries to cremate [[spoiler: Rangah]] on a funeral pyre after the latter apparently dies from injuries. Turns out he wasn't quite so dead.

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* NightmareFuelUnleaded: NightmareFuel: Ryo tries to cremate [[spoiler: Rangah]] on a funeral pyre after the latter apparently dies from injuries. Turns out he wasn't quite so dead.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This trope is present in full force for many readers - this troper came away with a severe case of nausea just from reading it, but couldn't stop because of how skillful the author was.
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* NightmareFuelUnleaded: Ryo tries to cremate [[spoiler: Rangah]] on a funeral pyre after the latter apparently dies from injuries. Turns out he wasn't quite so dead.

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* NightmareFuelUnleaded: Ryo tries to cremate [[spoiler: Rangah]] on a funeral pyre after the latter apparently dies from injuries. Turns out he wasn't quite so dead.dead.
* {{Woobie}}: A very dark type
** Actually when you think about it he is almost every type of woobie on the list. Including JerkAssWoobie, IronWoobie, WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds and StoicWoobie (not to say he is stoic in the least however he never ever complains about his life he simply rages against it WorldofWoobie and just to complete the list his manager and sister are WoobiesInAWheelChair. Damn now thats a lot of woobie.
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Placing YMMV entry.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The titular character crosses this when he rapes his foils girl friend completly unprovoked and then makes him listen in on it.
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* DesignatedHero: If by hero, you mean Lord Byron or the old Roman definition, sure.


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* EvilIsSexy: Ryo does work as a ''gigolo'' throughout the series and gets paid very well.
* JumpedTheShark: The series after the Black Monkey Arc.
* NightmareFuelUnleaded: Ryo tries to cremate [[spoiler: Rangah]] on a funeral pyre after the latter apparently dies from injuries. Turns out he wasn't quite so dead.

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