Line #62 Literature/PhantomsReckoning


1	''Phantom's Reckoning'' is a WebOriginal fiction series by troper Yuki-Akuma, who goes by author name Benny Jay. The titular first story begun in 2013 and kickstarted the series.
2	The ''Phantom's Reckoning'' series centres around the [[Main/AntagonistTitle eponymous Phantoms]], [[Main/SealedEvilInACan an ancient evil once sealed in a can]], ready to wreck havoc on the world and the heroes of the story have to stop them. Though ''Phantom's Reckoning'' was the first in the series, it was ''Phantom's Reckoning 2'' that would establish the "style" of the series, an {{Animesque}} shojo with focus on the protagonists and the story over the antagonists and the action.
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4	''Phantom's Reckoning 3'' was planned and came very close to being published, but due to a lack of interest it was cancelled, however at least two more works are in development for 2015. They are ''Fiction Academy'', and ''Time Fracture''.
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6	A list of current works in the series and the dates they were first originally published:
7	* ''Phantom's Reckoning'' (June 13, 2013 - February 9, 2014)
8	* ''Phantom's Reckoning 2'' (March 5, 2014 - July 4, 2014)
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10	You can look at the [=FictionPress=].Net version of the first story [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3132278/1/Phantom-s-Reckoning here]].
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12	!! This series provides examples of:
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16	[[folder:''Phantom's Reckoning'']]
17	%%* ActionGirl: Alice, Layla, Rachael, Wave and Gust.
18	%%* {{Backstory}}: Pretty much all the protagonists.
19	%%* BadassLongcoat: Dan wears one.
20	* BattleAura: The Phantoms have purple aura, which they actually use as a means to craft things such as weapons.
21	* ColorCodedCharacters / ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Draches. Blaze is red, Wave is blue, Volt is yellow and Gust is green. All of which match up with their respective ElementalPowers.
22	* DualWielding: Alice wields dual knives, while Rachael wields dual handguns.
23	%%* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]
24	* ElementalPowers
25	** Rain and Wave: MakingASplash
26	** Alice, Dan and Blaze: PlayingWithFire
27	** Shinji and Gust: BlowYouAway
28	** Layla and Volt: ShockAndAwe
29	** Phantoms: CastingAShadow
30	* FaceHeelTurn: The climax of the first part in the series sees [[spoiler:Rain combining with Seth to become Heartless and dethrone Black Death and take over the world for himself]].
31	* FictionalCountry: Acerus is a generic fantasy-like country, Shikashi is Japan and Meria (which isn't shown but mentioned in ''2'') is Spain.
32	%%* TheFuture
33	* HeroicBSOD: Rain has a ''big'' one at the end. [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn It doesn't get much better]]]].
34	* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Phantom Breaker, the sword that was what the Phantoms were sealed under, and the reason the Phantoms are after the Phantom Breaker Gems, Black Death needs them to be able to handle the sword.
35	* KidHero: The protagonists are in their late teen years.
36	%%* MacGuffin: The Phantom Breaker Gems.
37	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Dan]] is this to the main heroes.
38	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is Daniel, but in the story he's always referred to as Dan.
39	* PoorCommunicationKills: Alice seems to be more keen on rushing into a battle headfirst than actually taking the time to discuss the situation at hand with her opponent. Examples of this are when she first confronts Shinji, who was mistaken into thinking she and Rain were in on the Phantom's plan, and later with Layla, who was tricked into thinking they were her enemies.
40	* PurpleIsTheNewBlack: Purple is the colour associated with the Phantoms. The Phantom {{Mook}}s are purple, and the Phantoms have purple aura as well as blood.
41	%%* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The four Draches.
42	* SealedEvilInACan: The Phantoms were sealed deep in a cave within a Phantom Breaker, of which they can only awaken if said sword is pulled. [[spoiler:Which is exactly what Layla's brother Noah did prior to the events of the story]].
43	* TwentyFourHourArmor: Alice always wears her suit of armour in the story.
44	* WhatTheHellHero: Layla gives Rain a very short, but effective one towards the end.
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47	[[folder:''Phantom's Reckoning 2'']]
48	* {{Animesque}}: As opposed to the more fantasy vibe of part one. This one takes place in a setting [[Main/FictionalCountry based off]] Japan, for instance.
49	%%* BareYour Midriff: Kaori.
50	* BreakTheCutie:
51	** Kaori twice. The first time was prior to the events of the story when her father died, and the second time is in the present day when she finds out more about his death. The second time it requires Yuki to help comfort her.
52	** Makoto also prior to the events of the story, when her brother was killed by [[spoiler:Keiichii]].
53	* BrokenBird: All five protagonists have had something sad happen to them in their past which they must confront in the present.
54	* ConflictBall: Yuki and Shoji have one that dates back to four years before the events of this story, and has cumulated now. Shoji has sworn never to forgive Yuki after [[spoiler:(completely accidentally) killing Sora, who was his sister, and he wasn't entirely aware it was against Yuki's will either.]] They spend most of the story still hostile towards each other before they eventually have to patch things up between them.
55	* DemotedToExtra: Shinji and Layla, the two characters aside from [[Main/BigBad Heartless]] from part one who return here, were demoted to supporting characters to make way for the new protagonists. Which is justified, seeing as they're, well... [[spoiler:dead]].
56	* DreamLand: This is where Yuki and, soon later, the others get to interact with Shinji and Layla. It's where they go in their dreams for training and/or information on the Phantoms' next move.
57	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Definitely so for our five main heroes. They start out with a lot of obstacles to overcome emotionally, and have to learn to embrace their friendship with each other in order to help themselves out.
58	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Shoji earns this reputation among his peers just moments after they first meet him thanks to his intolerable SmallNameBigEgo, especially for Makoto.
59	* TheFuture: The year 2110.
60	%%* Handwraps OfAwesome: Shoji wears these.
61	%%* LongHair IsFeminine: Kaori.
62	* ResignedToTheCall: Yuki was less than enthusiastic about the idea of fighting Phantoms, something he would like not to do again, but did it because if he didn't, he'd let everyone down.
63	* SmallNameBigEgo: Shoji appears to have one at first, but after a while we find out he's just masking his sorrow, and deep down he's lost faith in himself.
64	* TimeSkip: The sequel is set nine years after the events of the first.
65	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Makoto's the tomboy and Kaori the girly girl.
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