| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/UndeadUnluck'' '''[[Characters/UndeadUnluck Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/UndeadUnluckNegators Negators]] ([[Characters/UndeadUnluckUndeadAndUnluck Undead and Unluck]], [[Characters/UndeadUnluckTheUnion The Union]], [[Characters/UndeadUnluckUnder Under]])\ |
| 3 | '''The Rules''' ([[Characters/UndeadUnluckGodAndTheSuperiorRules God and the Superior Rules]])\ |
| 4 | [[Characters/UndeadUnluckOthers Others]]]]-]]] |
| 5 | !The Rules |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/umas.png]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | The rules that govern Earth, embodied by otherworldly creatures known as [=UMA=]. These rules are imposed by the God that created Earth in order to make the humans inhabiting it suffer. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | '''Beware of unmarked spoilers''' |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[folder:Apocalypse]] |
| 16 | !!Apocalypse |
| 17 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (JP), Creator/MickLauer (EN) |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f05d6a8b_a1fa_473f_9ec3_e9242ee420d6.png]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ->''"Let the quest begin."'' |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The first artifact discovered by humans, a sentient, talking book who gives missions to the Union. |
| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | * BooksThatBite: Bites off Andy's hands when he tries to forcibly open Apocalypse for some reason. |
| 26 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Apocalypse gets pissed at UMA Move for interfering in a quest the Union was about to complete because [[spoiler:it felt Andy vs UMA Sick was too lopsided in Andy's favor to be interesting. It even counts the quest as completed and gives the Union the quest's reward, grumbling it's not rotten enough to penalize them over it since Move teleported Sick back to the Master Room and made it impossible to complete the quest.]] |
| 27 | * IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: He refuses to tell the Union how to beat Summer once it goes stage two... and then tells them anyway [[spoiler:when Mui unintentionally uses Untruth on it.]] |
| 28 | * MouthOfSauron: The god responsible for creating the world lies on the other side of Apocalypse, the book simply being its mouthpiece. |
| 29 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler:As noted above, Apocalypse still counted the Sick quest as completed and gave them the reward despite the fact the Union wasn't able to complete the quest because of Move's interference. It's heavily implied he could have just as easily penalized the Union over the failure, since he heavily insists that he was simply making a fair judgement considering the circumstances and that the choice was made not because he's trying to join their side.]] |
| 30 | * QuestGiver: Requires the Union to complete a series of quests, usually involving the capture or death of an [=UMA=] or another Negator. Failing to clear all of the given quests in the allotted time results in more rules being added to the world and more [=UMAs=] being released. It's also happy to give out additional information like the relative difficulty of each quest. [[spoiler:Chapter 138 reveals the quests and their rewards are randomized, as the quests shown are much different from the previous loop's quests.]] |
| 31 | * RealityWarper: Can do things like retroactively change all languages to English with no issue [[spoiler:and move time forward]]. |
| 32 | * SensoryOverload: He can do this to those who are touching him by funneling visions of the past into their mind. Since he's older than any other artifact, the sheer volume of the visions he can bestow is enough to almost drive someone crazy and only Phil can safely grab it. |
| 33 | * TomeOfEldritchLore: An otherworldly book that can summon monsters from another dimension. |
| 34 | * {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler:He's implied to be a non-romantic one toward Juiz as she reveals she often had conversations with him throughout the loops to where she considered him a friend of sorts. Despite Apocalypse's insistence otherwise, Fuuko suspects forcing her to choose between neutralizing two Master Rules or the Revolution penalty is as much invoking God's will as it is his own way of preventing Juiz from fighting, which is made more conspicuous by him giving these quests right after learning the Union has a new lead on her reincarnated self's whereabouts.]] |
| 35 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:It's left frustrated as Fuuko keeps passing the quests for her gambit to have Nico, Gina, and Ichico safe for the 2000s by abusing the passing penalty to move time forward by 26 years, cursing when Fuuko finally accepts the quests for the rewards (a third seat and the artifact Remember) in her favor.]] |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!UMA |
| 39 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 40 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: Ziggzagged. The only childhood memory all [=UMAs=] share is God ordering them to make humans suffer by reinforcing their rule, a command the vast majority of UMA are happy to oblige. However, UMA can grow out of this mindset with time and some even develop their own goals and interests separate of what God intended for them. Some, like Move and Burn, can be even wrangled into helping humans instead of hurting them with the right motivation in place. Meanwhile, Spring despite being a quest [=UMA=] turns people into cherry blossom trees but otherwise doesn't go out of its way to torment humans and seems to want friends. [[spoiler:God ends up forcing the [=UMA=] to transform into a state more willing to attack humans.]] |
| 41 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: [=UMAs=] are physical representations of the world's rules, such as decay (Spoil), movement (Move), race, sickness, and sex, to name a few. |
| 42 | * EldritchAbomination: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]]. While they are bizarre, otherworldly creatures, they don't defy the rules of reality. Rather, they ''are'' those rules. |
| 43 | * {{Geas}}: Being the AnthropomorphicPersonification of universal laws (and being essentially enemy pieces crafted in a divine game played by JerkassGods), people who find themselves within their vicinity are subjected to a form of affliction related to their concept, an affliction that can either be activated or negated depending on the person's mindset or actions. |
| 44 | * MookMaker: UMA can create offspring, dubbed "Juniors" by the Union, when they enforce their rule, though these creatures aren't always loyal to their UMA creator. Examples include Spoil's zombies and Autumn's spiders. |
| 45 | * OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: |
| 46 | ** Each UMA is an otherworldly being that represents a specific "law" that it adds to the world. For example, UMA Spoil has various decay-based powers, and, according to him at least, things didn't start to decay at all until he appeared. |
| 47 | ** UMA's also come in two different classes; Phenomenon-types like Spoil and Burn, and Concept-types like the Season [=UMAs=]. Concept UMA are implied to be more powerful then Phenomenon UMA, as Concept UMA represent wider ideas while Phenomenon UMA represent a single thing. Concept UMA are also said to be God's favorites. |
| 48 | ** A third class of UMA’s called Master Rules are revealed in later chapters. Master Rules UMA are UMA that are added to the world automatically from the beginning, [[spoiler:such as Sickness and in the last loop, Galaxy.]] Master Rule UMA are the strongest of the UMA, with even a whole team of Negators having trouble fighting just one. |
| 49 | * PoorMansSubstitute: An InUniverse case. Some of the UMA overlap in their abilities or concepts to an extent so that when [[spoiler: killing 3 of the 4 season [=UMA=]s result in the Earth floating towards the sun, the Union seek out various UMA to fulfill the same roles. What truly makes it this trope is that despite fully accomplishing their goal in capturing the necessary UMA, this only slows the worst case scenario by five percent showing despite the greater number of UMA, they can't fill the same roles.]] |
| 50 | * SequentialBoss: All [=UMA=] are said to have 3 total forms, starting off in a weak core form upon their creation, advancing to significantly stronger and larger form known as their first phase, and then peaking with an even stronger and larger second phase as their final form, the evolution triggering as they reinforce their rule on the world. [[spoiler:Spring seemingly breaks this rule when it evolves into a third phase during its conversation with Fuuko, shocking the Union's scientists. However, Clothes reveals this phase was forced upon it by God because Spring wasn't using its full power.]] [[spoiler:The 101st loop reveals that the seated Master Rules are capable of achieving a third phase voluntarily, which is first demonstrated with Beast.]] |
| 51 | * SleepModeSize: UMA that get defeated but not killed are reduced to a powerless "core", a small sphere with their facial features on it. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Clothes]] |
| 55 | !!UMA Clothes (Clothy) |
| 56 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukushima (JP), Creator/DerekStephenPrince (EN) |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/clothy_anime.png]] |
| 59 | [[caption-width-right:200:Clothy as Andy's tie]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | ->''"Geez, that Undead sure can work a UMA to the freakin' bone.'' |
| 62 | |
| 63 | An UMA that represents the concept of clothing. It was captured by the Union a long time ago but escaped its cell, eventually ending up as Andy's Union uniform. |
| 64 | ---- |
| 65 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Gleefully helps Fuuko afflict Andy with Unluck by opening a hole in Andy's suit during their trip to Rio de Janeiro, only realizing that it would be affected as well simply by being Andy's clothing seconds before both are [[RasputinianDeath hit by a truck, launched into the ocean, and chowed down on by a nearby shark.]] |
| 66 | * ExactWords: By its rules, Clothes can turn into any outfit the user desires. This means it can turn to things such as a life jacket, a watch, a Union emblem, and a climbing harness since they all technically are wearable items. |
| 67 | * InSeriesNickname: Fuuko calls it "Clothy", which Andy also later uses. |
| 68 | * LivingClothes: It's a living garment that takes the form of the wearer's desired clothing. It ends up becoming Andy's uniform because it's the only clothing that can survive everything Andy goes through. |
| 69 | * LogicalWeakness: It can only take control of someone after it has satisfied their desire. Since Andy's desire is so insatiable, it can't actually take control of him. [[spoiler:He's even able to get Clothes to go with Fuuko without possessing her by saying it's how it can be clothes that benefit him.]] |
| 70 | * MadeOfIron: As a consequence of Andy's desire for clothes that regenerate with him, Clothes goes through just about everything Andy goes through and comes out no worse for wear. |
| 71 | * PuppeteerParasite: Latches onto humans to take control of their bodies. |
| 72 | * TookALevelInKindness: Early on it only acted as Andy's suit out of its desire to eventually take control of him and greatly enjoyed watching him struggle against other UMA like Spoil. By the time of the Spring Arc however, it becomes a lot more cooperative and helpful, even separating from Andy [[spoiler:to help Fuuko after she goes to Under as a willing hostage]], though it claims to be doing this simply to please Andy and become his desired clothing. However, Clothes does seem happy about Fuuko loving it and also refers to her by name afterwards, which it doesn't do with Andy. [[spoiler:It even explains to Fuuko why Spring gained a third form.]] |
| 73 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: According to chapter 21, its favorite food is balls of yarn. |
| 74 | * YourHeartsDesire: Creates the clothing that the host desires most. Once the host is bewitched by the garments, it takes control of their body. It can't control Andy because Andy's demands are too high. |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Move]] |
| 78 | !!UMA Move |
| 79 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Shota Yamamoto (JP), Creator/BillButts (EN) |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_move_anime_2.png]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | ->''"Juiz... I've done my part in transporting you all. Now I expect to see quite the show..."'' |
| 84 | |
| 85 | An UMA that represents the concept of movement. It's been tamed by the Union and acts as their transportation. |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | * ChessMotifs: Less chess and more a general board game motif. Its head is shaped like a ten-sided die and its body is covered in what appears to be board game spaces and pieces. |
| 88 | * MonsterAllies: It's been tamed by the Union and seems to be loyal to Juiz in particular. [[spoiler:Interestingly, it also seems to follow Fuuko's orders as well by the 101st loop after she becomes the new leader of the Union.]] |
| 89 | * InLoveWithYourCarnage: His reason for assisting the Union seems to be steeped in this. For example, after warping the Union members to the surface after UMA Galaxy's release, it tells Juiz that it expects to see "quite the show" as payment for doing so, implying that it enjoys watching Juiz use her power on others. [[spoiler:It's implied a similar case is why it also follows Fuuko's orders, since her powers can cause massive damage.]] |
| 90 | * ItAmusedMe: It's revealed the whole reason it helps the Union is because it enjoys watching people with only one life to live fight to survive. [[spoiler:Which is why it helps out UMA Sick when Andy fights it, as Andy is too overpowered against Sick's powerset.]] |
| 91 | * SweetTooth: Implied. [[spoiler:The 101st loop shows Move drinking soda twice, which implies the UMA enjoys doing so and it is even enjoying soda and popcorn while watching Andy and Sick fight.]] |
| 92 | * ThinkingUpPortals: It can warp anyone anywhere by creating cracks in reality that it can move through. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Spoil]] |
| 96 | !!UMA Spoil |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_spoil_reveal_anime.png]] |
| 99 | [[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see his second phase]]\ |
| 100 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spoil_phase_2_anime.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 101 | [[caption-width-right:1000:[[labelnote:Click here to see his core]]\ |
| 102 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spoil_core_anime.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | ->''"Why do you oppose me? To be born... to spoil... to return to the earth... it is a thing of beauty. How can you not see that?!"'' |
| 105 | |
| 106 | An UMA that represents the concept of spoiling and decay. Andy, Fuuko, and Shen are sent to capture him as part of one of Apocalypse's quests. |
| 107 | ---- |
| 108 | * ArcVillain: The titular antagonist of the Spoil Arc, [[spoiler:though he gets usurped by Victor in the last few chapters.]] |
| 109 | * BishonenLine: Goes from a hulking beats with an EyelessFace and gaping maw in his first form to a more humanoid figure with a smaller mouth, an actual eye, and hair-like sludge in his second form. |
| 110 | * BoxedCrook: Juiz forces him to battle Burn when she confronts Under's Leader in the arctic, lest he wish to die by her hands . |
| 111 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 112 | ** Once Shen starts using his negation and breaks out the Nyoi-Kinko Staff, Spoil can do little more than take hits and whine about Shen's power. |
| 113 | ** He's also no match for [[spoiler:Victor]], who absolutely brutalizes Spoil in a matter of seconds with little thought. |
| 114 | * {{Cyclops}}: In his core and second form, he only has one eye. |
| 115 | * DeathsHourglass: Humans affected by Spoil have a series of numbers appear on their abdomen that slowly goes down. Once the number reaches zero, they turn into zombies. |
| 116 | * DevourTheDragon: He inhales and devours several of his zombies in order to transform into his second form. |
| 117 | * DisintegratorRay: In his second form, he can shoot a "Disintegration Beam" from his finger that disintegrates whatever it hits instantly. |
| 118 | * EyelessFace: Has this in his first form. |
| 119 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Visions reveal Spoil killed members of the Union in previous loops' version of the Spoil quest, which is likely why Juiz planned to skip doing the Spoil quest in the 100th loop.]] |
| 120 | * ImmunityAttrition: His Spoil Field can decay faster than Andy can regenerate, making it difficult for Andy to fight him. [[spoiler:Victor on the other hand...]] |
| 121 | * InstantDeathRadius: As an UMA, he has a natural range in which he can impose his rule. Anyone who enters Spoil's range is at risk of being cursed to rot into a zombie. In his second form, he has a Spoil Field that surrounds his body that causes any human who enters to instantly begin decaying, with no time to ward off the curse. |
| 122 | * LivingStatue: Spoil took the form of an angel statue in Longing's cathedral to hide his presence, with the statue becoming part of his face when he did finally emerge. |
| 123 | * LogicalWeakness: |
| 124 | ** Spoiling occurs due to bacteria in the air, and the bacteria need moisture to fuel the process. This means that in an environment without moisture he's almost completely powerless. |
| 125 | ** His deadly disintegration beam is completely ineffective against things that just can't spoil, like fire as seen in his fight with UMA Burn. |
| 126 | * MakeThemRot: His main power is causing things to rot away into nothing. He can do this to non-living things in an instant, but its a bit harder to do for humans. |
| 127 | * MookMaker: He turns people into zombies, though they aren't particularly loyal to him. |
| 128 | * NecessarilyEvil: He gives Fuuko a lengthy speech about how before he came to be, the world was stagnant and ugly. His birth brought a change in the form of decay, which made humans stop taking their lives for granted. He argues that he's ultimately this trope and that humans are the only creatures who reject him. |
| 129 | * SequentialBoss: He's fought in two forms. His first is a giant, hulking monster that attacked mainly with swipes and slaps. His second form is a bit more humanoid, possesses large wings, and gave him access to a ranged attack. |
| 130 | * VillainousBreakdown: As Shen begins to overpower him with his MagicStaff and Untruth ability, Spoil grows more and more frustrated until he eventually devolves into angrily shouting about how he refuses to believe that a mere "glitch in the system" could possibly be so powerful. |
| 131 | * WingedHumanoid: He grows wings in his second form, which is much more humanoid than the first. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Galaxy]] |
| 135 | !!UMA Galaxy |
| 136 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_galaxy_anime.png]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | An UMA that represents the concept of the galaxy, including stars, planets, and even aliens. It was added to the world as a penalty due to the Union failing to capture Unseen. |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * CelestialBody: It's body is like a window into space itself, with various celestial bodies and phenomena visible throughout its form. |
| 141 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: As a character, Galaxy is extremely minimal, never speaking or interacting with any other character in the story. However, it's addition inunverse leads to Earth nearly being destroyed by Aliens while also bringing it one step closer to Ragnarøk. |
| 142 | * TookALevelInBadass: Downplayed. [[spoiler:After being a simple penalty UMA in the 100th loop, it's upgraded to a Master Rule for the 101st, though it hasn't had a chance to flex its heightened power due to being off-planet.]] |
| 143 | * TheUnfought: It's one of the few UMA in the series that's never directly faced as it resides somewhere out in space rather than on Earth like most UMA. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Burn]] |
| 148 | !!UMA Burn |
| 149 | [[quoteright:600:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burn_anime.png]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | An UMA that represents the concept of burning. It was captured by the Union as a part of Apocalypse's quest, but later escaped due to Under's interference. |
| 152 | ---- |
| 153 | * ChekhovsGunman: It was first teased in Chapter 9 where its capture was one of the six quests given to the Union, and it was later confirmed in Chapter 19 that the Union had successfully succeeded in capturing it offscreen. It ends up becoming a major character in Chapter 32, where it breaks free from it's containment and assists Under in their attempt at stealing the roundtable. |
| 154 | * DynamicEntry: Pulls one off at the end of Chapter 31, where it suddenly bursts from beneath the roundtable meeting room, sending the roundtable members backwards to avoid its flames as it picks up the table itself to take with it. |
| 155 | * FlamingHair: It has a ferocious mane of fire. |
| 156 | * HiddenDepths: While it looks like nothing more than a roaring brute, its motive for assisting Under, being its desire to meet its creator at least once, shows that it's an introspective being as well. |
| 157 | * IntelligibleUnintelligible: It speaks solely in roars and in growls that only other UMA can seem to understand, such as Spoil. |
| 158 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In order to halt his escape in chapter 33, Mico and the other Union scientists fire a giant unbreakable pillar through its chest. |
| 159 | * LivingLava: As the representation of the concept of burning, it's a giant beast made of lava that is constantly engulfed in flames. |
| 160 | * MonsterAllies: Has allied itself with Under after being freed from the Union's holding by them. |
| 161 | * MundaneUtility: [[spoiler:Billy]] uses Burn's core as a campfire while keeping watch on UMA Winter. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:Autumn]] |
| 165 | !!UMA Autumn |
| 166 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_autumn_anime_8.png]] |
| 167 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her second form]]\ |
| 168 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/autumn_second_form.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | ->''"Keh keh. Boring. Give me. Give me. Give me a story that's truly interesting. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me a story no one knows. Show me. Show me. Show me a story... That's yours alone!!"'' |
| 171 | |
| 172 | An UMA that represents the concept of the Autumn season. She resides near Stanley Park, Vancouver, where she hunts down humans in her search for a good story to read. |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: She's a giant insectoid creature with pincers and an exoskeleton. |
| 175 | * BishonenLine: Her first form is an insectoid monster with her six eyes visible and a large gaping mouth, while her stronger second form looks like a shapely armored humanoid female with the eyes closed and a human-like mouth |
| 176 | * DevourTheDragon: She absorbs her army of Spiderlings in order to transform into her second form. |
| 177 | * ExtraEyes: Has six eyes in total, which she can cover with bone to protect them. |
| 178 | * GiantSpider: Her Juniors are giant, skeletal spiders that collect humans for her. |
| 179 | * HealingFactor: She possesses an incredibly strong regeneration ability that makes it difficult to sustain meaningful damage on her. [[spoiler:This necessitates Rip and the rest of Under to assist Fuuko and Andy in order to beat it and Fuuko decides Gina is their best chance of slaying Autumn in one shot with Unchange.]] |
| 180 | * LifeDrinker: An UMA that feeds on human life by turning humans into books, reading them and then consuming them whole. |
| 181 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: While she already towered over the protagonists initially, she grows even larger during her battle with the Union and Under. |
| 182 | * NightmareFace: In her first form, her head is shaped like a human skull, she lacks lips which makes her monstrously wide jaw all the more noticeable, and she has three pairs of eyes that can move independently of each other. She's definitely not a pretty sight to see, though her face in her second form is much less disturbing. |
| 183 | * NoSell: Her exoskeleton is so sturdy that it tanks Andy's strongest attack, "Crimson Bullet," with ease. Even Anno's stronger "Volcano Bullet," which managed to at least crack her armor, left her unfazed overall. |
| 184 | * SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:On the receiving end once the 101st loop Gina learns the secret to Unchange from her past self, where she channels Unchange with her weaponized beret to create a huge invisible sword that cleaves the UMA in half.]] |
| 185 | * StealthPun: Her abilities are based on the Japanese concept that autumn is the season for reading, popularized by Natsume Souseki's ''Sanshiro''. |
| 186 | * TransformationRay: Anything stabbed with her pincer turns into a book for her to read and also turn into Juniors. [[spoiler:It's implied because of the latter that Fuuko can't use Unluck on Autumn without the risk of killing bystanders as collateral damage.]] |
| 187 | * VerbalTic: Repeats the beginning of all of her sentences three times. |
| 188 | * VisualPun: An almost literal "book worm". |
| 189 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Serves as this to Andy and Fuuko early in the Autumn Arc. None of their tricks can touch her and their inability to properly hurt her leads to them retreating and training with Anno to broaden their abilities. |
| 190 | ** Interestingly serves as this twice due to [[spoiler: reappearing in the 101st loop in a random quest without the other 3 seasons. Fuuko is uncertain that they would win in the Union's current state with her abilities and taking six negators to defeat her last time, so she has the current Gina learn the secret to using Unchange at its full potential by having her enter her book and interacting with the memory 100th loop Gina. Gina then proceeds to neutralize Autumn with one strike.]] |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Winter]] |
| 194 | !!UMA Winter |
| 195 | [[quoteright:305:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_winter.png]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | An UMA that represents the concept of the Winter season. It resides at Mount Ararat in Turkey. |
| 198 | ---- |
| 199 | * AnIcePerson: Fittingly exaggerated as the representation of the concept of Winter and all things cold; it's literally a giant chunk of floating ice. |
| 200 | * ElementalRockPaperScissors: Being a being made of ice, fire is an obvious weakness for it, which is why Under have Burn by their side when facing it. [[spoiler:Indeed, Burn makes short work of Winter after Fuuko hands herself over to get Under to stop the EnlessWinter caused by Summer's death.]] |
| 201 | * EndlessWinter: After [[spoiler:Summer is killed,]] the lack of a counter balance allows Winter to throw the world into an endless ice age. |
| 202 | * HostageSituation: Is put in one by Under as a ploy to barter with the Union. Their leader and Tella posted up near Winter with Burn by their side, planning to wait until all the other Season UMA were neutralized/caught and then threaten to kill it themselves lest Union comply with their demands. [[spoiler:They end up using it to get Fuuko to come with them to their base willingly.]] |
| 203 | * SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:Burn rips it in half immediately after Billy tells him to.]] |
| 204 | * SinisterGeometry: It's a giant polygonal creature that floats silently in the skies of Mount Ararat. Even when Under and the Union are battling near it, it does nothing but continue floating in ominous silence. |
| 205 | * WeHardlyKnewYa: Unlike the other three seasons, Winter only gets a few pages of appearance at most before being promptly [[spoiler:killed by Burn to keep Earth from freezing over.]] |
| 206 | [[/folder]] |
| 207 | |
| 208 | [[folder:Summer]] |
| 209 | !!UMA Summer |
| 210 | |
| 211 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_core.png]] |
| 212 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see its first form]]\ |
| 213 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_first_form.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 214 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see its second form]]\ |
| 215 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/summer_second_form_0.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | A miniature, spherical UMA that represents the concept of the Summer season. It and its junior subbodies appears in places that have a surplus of gunpowder and fuel, such as gas stations and firework sellers, which they seeks to consume and grow stronger. The Union discover it in Taiwan. |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: The subbodies are shown to be very bug-like in design, with early forms looking like beetles that are about the size of a person's head and subsequent forms that look like giant centipedes. |
| 220 | * {{Cyclops}}: Summer in its core form is shown to have one EyeOnAStalk that peaks out if its shell, and, in their earlier forms, the subbodies have also only have one eye. Both can gain a few more as they grow, however. |
| 221 | * DefeatEqualsExplosion: Justified given its diet. Upon their death, Summer's subbodies explode into a giant display of fireworks, [[spoiler:and the same happens to Summer itself when it's finally killed.]] |
| 222 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: In some of their later forms, the subbodies have {{Eyeless Face}}s and instead have multiple eyes across their arms and legs. |
| 223 | * FatalFireworks: It and its subbodies designs are themed around fireworks, with Summer's core being shaped like a Japanese firework shell for example. |
| 224 | * FlamingHair: The subodies, and even Summer itself in its higher forms, have whiskers are lit like a firework's fuse. |
| 225 | * FromASingleCell: In its second phase, its core becomes the many shells lining its stomach, so unless all of them are destroyed at once, it can easily regenerate back to full health. |
| 226 | * MiracleGroMonster: It and it's subbodies grows larger by consuming chemical explosives such as gunpowder and gasoline. |
| 227 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Befitting its theming, Summer's higher forms resembles Chinese-styled dragons, with its second phase greatly resembling a giant dancing dragon seen performing at various festivals in China. |
| 228 | [[/folder]] |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Spring]] |
| 231 | !!UMA Spring |
| 232 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spring_0.jpg]] |
| 233 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see its core form]]\ |
| 234 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uu_uma_spring_core.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | ->''"Ha! Of course, Jackpot! Luck shines upon me, indeed! Oh yes! For nothing beats Spring!"'' |
| 237 | |
| 238 | An oni-like UMA that represents the concept of the Spring season. It sits atop a tower in Tokyo watching cherry blossoms bloom. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * AffablyEvil: Unlike past UMA, especially the other season UMA, Spring is significantly calmer and more approachable, content to simply watch its cherry blossoms bloom around Tokyo while having a drink. While other UMA revel in the mayhem they cause humans, Spring finds humans interesting and even participates in aspects of human culture, like wearing clothes, gambling, and drinking. While it does knowingly transform humans into cherry blossom trees, its reasons are more personal than just random carnage and even when faced with enemies or attacks it keeps a relaxed attitude. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Spring doesn't want to hurt humans deep down, but God will force it to regardless and ultimately forces it into an aggressive third phase to do just that]]. |
| 241 | * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:In the end, Spring is only a villain because of circumstances beyond its control, lacking the malicious traits normally associated with UMA and only wishing to be friends with humans.]] |
| 242 | * TheAlcoholic: Spring is satisfied by simply drinking from its enormous sake cup as it watches the cherry blossoms fall. |
| 243 | * ArcVillain: Spring is the main foe the Union and Under are gunning for in the titular Spring Arc. |
| 244 | * BeyondTheImpossible: By the time of its titular arc, it'd been long established that UMA come in 3 total forms, being their core, first phase, and second phase, that they progress through as the reinforce their rule, and Spring itself is already in its second phase at peak power during the arc itself. [[spoiler:After Fuuko reaches Spring late into the arc however, it undergoes an out of nowhere transformation into a third phase, shocking the Union scientist who have never seen such a thing before.]] |
| 245 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: When Fuuko's kind words begin to to reach it, [[spoiler:God intervenes and forces Spring to transform and become more aggressive, a process Clothy straight up calls brainwashing. Its backstory reveals this wasn't the first time God forced Spring to attack humans either.]] |
| 246 | * ExactWords: [[spoiler:By the rules stipulated of its rounds, it cannot be attacked directly. However, strokes of Unluck during the second round are able to hit it, making Fuuko and Andy realize attacks not directly aimed at Spring don't count, giving them the opportunity to get to Spring's core while it's trapped within its fully awakened third phase.]] |
| 247 | * ExposedExtraterrestrials: Spring notably averts this trope unlike Spoil, as it wears both pants and ''geta''. This aversion Fuuko notes is a contradiction to Spring's claims it harms humans since as an UMA, it has no reason to follow rules imposed on humans. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the reason Spring wears them was because they were gifts from its human friend.]] |
| 248 | * ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:Spring is overall pretty friendly and doesn't have an innate desire to harm humans, but does so due to that being what UMA are meant to do. When it tries to go against the grain in the Spring Arc, God steps in and brainwashes it into doing so anyway. This also turns to not have been the first time God has done so.]] |
| 249 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Spring tries to threaten Fuuko by showing her a list of people it turned into cherry blossoms. However, the presence of the list alone on an UMA already creates a contradiction because this proves Spring is literate in Japanese and language is a rule imposed on humans. An UMA would have no reason to adhere to rules, plus UMA Language has already been neutralized and all languages converted into English. The only way Spring would know Japanese would be being taught by a human in the past. |
| 250 | * TheGambler: It enjoys playing Chō-Han with its dice artifact, getting very excited when it comes up in its favor. [[spoiler:Its third phase takes this even further by making Fuuko participate in a three round betting game using lives as the bets.]] |
| 251 | * HornsOfVillainy: Downplayed. While Spring is an UMA and an antagonist with prominent horns, its also AffablyEvil and much calmer than most other UMA. Played straighter [[spoiler:in its third form, where its small white horns grow out into longer, more devil-like black horns as its personality also shifts to being more aggressive, thanks to God forcing it into said form.]] |
| 252 | * ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:After managing to briefly break free from God's control from a stroke of Unluck, it apologizes for attacking Fuuko and screams at God its refusal to hurt anymore humans as it loses control over itself. Before being overwhelmed, it begs for Fuuko to win the last round with its dice Artifact to stop it, which she ultimately does.]] |
| 253 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Fuuko noted from observing footage that Spring seems extremely lonely at night while sitting on its tower and thinks what it really wants is someone to talk to. While it does laugh at Fuuko's observation and subsequent desire to chat with it, it also goes along with her wish and even seems to be touched by Fuuko's declaration of love to its cherry blossoms, so much so that [[spoiler:when it's seemingly forced to transform into its third phase, it briefly tries to warn to Fuuko to run before fully succumbing to the transformation]]. It's also shown to have many objects collected from over the years and when Fuuko sees some of its memories after touching an artifact, its shown to have enjoyed interacting with humans in the past before being driven away, sadly spinning tops by itself before meeting [[spoiler:the first Isshin]] and again happily enjoying the company. [[spoiler:It's made apparent Spring treasured this friendship with the first Isshin as it's left in tears remembering him before finally outright defying God's will for it.]] |
| 254 | * IntriguedByHumanity: Unusually, Spring has a strong fascination for humans and their culture despite being created to cause them misery. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Spring, this also caused God to force it into a malicious form because Spring didn't want to harm humans.]] |
| 255 | * ItWasAGift: While not stated outright, Spring's pants and geta were made and gifted to it by [[spoiler:its friend the first Isshin, who Spring still misses in present day.]] |
| 256 | * LuckBasedMission: Spring's dice Artifact works like this. If it can correctly guess whether the dice's sum is even or odd, it can then steal away what the target cherishes most. |
| 257 | * {{Oni}}: Its appearance is very reminiscent of the Japanese ogre and it was viewed as a demon in the Edo period. |
| 258 | * MarkedChange: As part of its [[spoiler:third phase, it gains numerous red marks upon it's body to signify its more aggressive state.]] |
| 259 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Spring is horrified discovering it took humans lives and even attacked its friend Isshin while brainwashed by God to where it begs for Isshin to kill it before it loses control again.]] |
| 260 | * OddFriendship: [[spoiler:During the Edo period, it would often play games with the first Isshin, despite [[=UMAs=]] and humans being enemies by nature, the latter going to war hoping to change the perception of cherry blossoms that caused Spring to be regarded as a monster.]] |
| 261 | * PainfulTransformation: Its sudden transformation into its [[spoiler:third phase]] is quite painful, with it holding it's head in agony until the transformation ends. |
| 262 | * PetalPower: Has the ability to spontaneously generate cherry blossom petals that turn anybody who touches them into a cherry blossom tree. |
| 263 | * ReluctantMonster: [[spoiler: Spring is an [=UMA=] who has not only no interest in hurting humans but would rather befriend them. But being an [=UMA=], God forces it to hurt humans anyway.]] |
| 264 | * StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Spring's dialogue is structured like a Japanese tanka poem, meaning it follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern for each speech bubble. [[spoiler:It originated from the first Isshin teaching him language with karuta games. It dropping it when reaching its true final phase shows how deep the brainwashing has gone.]] |
| 265 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: During Japan's Edo period, cherry blossoms were reviled and seen as omens of death and bad luck, leading to Spring being reviled and hated in turn due to being the blossom's representation. People would chase and even attack Spring's core despite it being rather weak and ultimately harmless. Eventually, Spring grew tired of the abuse and began to use its powers to turn its weaker attackers into cherry trees as retribution. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope In reality]], Spring never hurt any humans willingly despite this and the last time it did was another instance of being forced by God, which it was horrified by enough to want to die by Isshin's hands.]] |
| 266 | * WeatherManipulation: As the embodiment of the spring season, it can control the weather and create summon spring showers and spring winds at its whim. However, it normally doesn't use them [[spoiler:until God forced it into a brainwashed third phase.]] |
| 267 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: In its calm and affable second phase, Spring has a mane of pink hair, but when [[spoiler:forced into its aggressive and cruel third phase, its hair turns pure white as a part of its transformation.]] |
| 268 | * WillfullyWeak: Being a quest [=UMA=], it is as strong as the other season [=UMAs=], but aside from turning everyone in Tokyo into cherry blossoms, Spring just observed the scenery and drank alcohol prior to the raid. [[spoiler:Clothy reveals God brainwashed Spring because the [[=UMA=]] wasn't using its full power and coupled with its backstory, heavily implying it was trying to do the bare minimum to 'harm' humans to keep it from being forced into its malicious third form, which would have caused more damage.]] |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Revolution]] |
| 272 | !!UMA Revolution |
| 273 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_revolution_anime.png]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | An [=UMA=] that embodies the idea of planets revolving around the sun. |
| 276 | ---- |
| 277 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: As Fuuko notes [[spoiler:when Apocalypse threatens it as a penalty in the 101st loop, its addition effectively jumpstarts Ragnarok early by sending the Earth hurtling toward the sun, where the Union will be forced to face God in a final battle.]] |
| 278 | * TheGhost: They're teased as a major penalty for failing the quests [[spoiler:in both the 100th and 101st loops]], yet hasn't been added to the world yet, and therefore have yet to physically appear. |
| 279 | * HurlItIntoTheSun: While on its face their rule seems harmless in concept, the real source of them being a penalty is that it's actually this trope in practice. Instead of just revolving the Earth around the sun, their rule makes the Earth revolve ''into'' the sun over the course of a few months, setting the Earth on a collision course to a fiery demise . |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Ghost]] |
| 283 | !!UMA Ghost |
| 284 | [[quoteright:718:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_ghost_manga.png]] |
| 285 | [[caption-width-right:718:[[labelnote:Click here to see its second phase]]\ |
| 286 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_phase_2_manga.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | An [=UMA=] that represents the concepts of ghosts and supernatural apparitions. It was added to the world as a reward for Autumn's capture. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AstralProjection: As it's rule deals in ghost and souls as concepts separate from the body, it's introduction to the world makes it possible for souls to separate from their body,. |
| 291 | * BedsheetGhost: Its design invokes this, with it's ghostly form covered by a raggedy sheet-like tarp held down by nails. |
| 292 | * DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Ghost's second phase involves doing this, specifically to Nico after Andy wrecks his lab and leaves him totally despondent. |
| 293 | * GhastlyGhost: Has a ragged appearance that shows its malevolent nature. |
| 294 | * GhostlyGlide: It has a ghostly tail instead of legs, and simply floats as a result. |
| 295 | * {{Intangibility}}: As one would expect from a ghost, physical attacks can't hurt it and phase right through its body. [[spoiler:In it's second phase, it can make any part of it's body physical OR astral depending on which is more beneficial.]] |
| 296 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Its inclusion in the 100th loop as a reward is a major part of Nico's FaceHeelTurn in his attempt to see the deceased Ichico again. When Fuuko's skipping causes Ghost to be introduced in the 101st loop as a penalty when Ichico is still alive, it's what ends up being the way to prevent her death from the complications of not sleeping via the AstralProjection its inclusion allowed. It even ends up saving Ichico from certain death when Language stabs her for Nico to get Unforgettable, since it changed the rules of death to be a person will die only once their soul is destroyed rather than when their body ceases to function.]] |
| 297 | * SinisterScythe: Gains one as [[spoiler:part of its second form, which it can use to sever parts of people's soul from their body.]] |
| 298 | * SoulEating: How it sustains itself, devouring the souls of the dead. [[spoiler:Ruin kills an entire town of people to befriend Ghost by giving it a feast.]] |
| 299 | * SoulPower: As the concept of ghosts itself, Ghost has the power to grab the souls of others and use them to sustain itself. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Blood and Shadow ('''Major Spoliers''')]] |
| 303 | !!UMA Blood and UMA Shadow |
| 304 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blood_and_shadow_9.png]] |
| 305 | [[caption-width-right:1000:Blood (as a parasol) and Shadow with Ruin]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | Two [=UMA=] that represent the concepts blood and shadow respectively, both of whom work in tandem to aid Ruin in enforcing God's will. |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * BloodyMurder: Fittingly for the physical embodiment of blood, UMA Blood of is capable of manipulating and generating blood to an even greater extent than Andy. |
| 310 | * EvilCounterpart: Both are this to Clothy, as they act as UMA allies to their chosen Negator, Ruin, the same way Clothy becomes one to Andy and Fuuko. They even both form his jacket, the same way Clothy forms Andy's Union uniform. |
| 311 | * FusionDance: Similar to Ghost having merged with Nico, Ruin implies Blood and Shadow have become extensions of himself, allowing not only for him to use their abilities, but for Unruin to protect them from harm the same way it does him. |
| 312 | --> '''Ruin''': Blood, Shadow'', and I are of one body and mind. Neither will die unless '''''I''''' die. |
| 313 | * PuppeteerParasite: Blood's Juniors are these, being giant worm like creatures that infect humans by biting them, turning them into mindless God worshipers who do whatever they're ordered. |
| 314 | * ShadowWalker: Shadow has the ability to traverse through shadows, which Ruin uses to great effect to launch surprise. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Colour]] |
| 318 | !!UMA Colour |
| 319 | [[quoteright:916:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uma_colour_reveal_manga.png]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | A flamboyant, witchlike [=UMA=] that manifests the concept of pigmentation. Though obviously having been present for a long time and made a brief appearance in the 100th loop, it only formally appears in [[spoiler: the 101st loop, crashing Chikara's graduation.]] |
| 322 | ---- |
| 323 | * ArtAttacker: Uses its brush-shaped braids and generated paint as both a method of attack and a mobile, slippery transformation. |
| 324 | * ColourCodedEmotions: Repeatedly makes these kinds of metaphors in its’ dialogue, naturally. |
| 325 | * ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Takes on the appearance of others to avoid attacks. [[spoiler: Feng, the ''last'' person you’d expect this to work on, finds himself hesitating when faced with the appearance of Ryo, suggesting his growing attachment to others’ over the school year.]] |
| 326 | * SuspiciouslySpecificSermon: The specific wording of the [[spoiler: principal’s commencement speech at Chikara’s graduation rather neatly lines up simultaneously with the details of Colour’s fight with the Union.]] |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | !!Juniors |
| 330 | [[folder:Spoil's Zombies]] |
| 331 | !!Spoil's Zombies |
| 332 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spoil_zombie.png]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | UMA Spoil's Juniors, the zombified citizens of Longing created when Spoil invaded the town. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * TheDogBitesBack: They do this to UMA Spoil, the one responsible for their zombification, by assisting the heroes in their battle with him by protecting Andy from Spoil's attacks and later sacrificing themselves to damage Spoil with Unluck. |
| 337 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Instead of being mindless drones, those who are zombified by Spoil retain a semblance of their humanity, though they're all miserable in their rotting form. Also, instead of being spread via a bite, zombification happens to anyone within Spoil's effect range once their number reaches zero. |
| 338 | * SuicideAttack: They fight back against UMA Spoil by touching Fuuko and then running toward the monster, becoming, Andy puts it, "bipedal bombs" of bad luck. This results in their deaths, but the bad luck that kills them ends up hindering Spoil as well. |
| 339 | [[/folder]] |
| 340 | |
| 341 | [[folder:The Acks]] |
| 342 | !!The Acks |
| 343 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/acks_anime.png]] |
| 344 | [[caption-width-right:1000:The Acks' leader with their fleet behind him]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | UMA Galaxy's Juniors created after its release, an alien species that attempted to invade Earth. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * BigBadWannabe: The Acks are presented as a genuine threat to the human race due to their many powerful ships, and the leader is fully ready to cull and enslave the human race. In the end, though, they're unable to handle Juiz's power and end up as nothing more than a footnote in the story at best. |
| 349 | * CaughtMonologuing: Their leader is more than happy to ramble on about the specific details of their plan and motivation, which proves a remarkably poor call in the face of [[TheCorruptor Juiz’s Unjustice]]. |
| 350 | * FakeMemories: They believe that their species has existed for millennia and have trained their whole lives to be soldiers, but were really born only a few seconds ago after UMA Galaxy's release. |
| 351 | * {{Hypocrite}}: The leader claims that his vision of justice, that every human on earth must die in order for the entire Acks species to survive, is infallible. Yet, when Juiz uses her power to negate that justice, he doesn't kill himself along with the rest of his species, revealing that his "infallible vision" was just talk. |
| 352 | * PunnyName: The Acks' bodies are covered in...axe blades. |
| 353 | * SoleSurvivor: The leader is the only one who isn't killed when Juiz uses her power. |
| 354 | * TheWorfEffect: They're shown to be plenty powerful, packing several giant ships that could easily overpower Earth's forces. Juiz defeats them in a matter of seconds, a perfect showcase as to why she is the Union's leader. |
| 355 | [[/folder]] |
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