Line #36 Manga/MarchStory


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2	[[caption-width-right:225:This is March. Guess which pronoun you're supposed to use.]]
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4	-> ''"You must never heed the sweet whisperings of the Ill... and never touch something if you don't know what it is! For the Ill know what your heart desires!"''
5	-->-- '''March'''
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7	In 18th century Europe the demons known as Ill can be found in some of the most unlikely of places. Born of the torment of the creators of the objects they inhabit, they seek a new human body to inhabit. Thus why you must never touch something, if you don't know where it's been.
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9	March is a hunter of these monsters known as Ill, a member of the Ciste Vihad, but March has another burden on top of the usual risks. March is already possessed, and in order to keep the demon within from emerging March may never fall in love with anyone. With this fact in mind, March must now travel the countryside, saving what people she can from the Ill, collecting the objects they were born from to send to Rodin, the humble owner of an antique shop.
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11	March is sent on her missions by the fortuneteller, Jake, who demands that she be treated like a princess. She is later joined by another hunter, Belma, whose methods are not to March's liking.
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13	''March Story'' is a manga written by Kim Hyung-min and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il, who would both go on to create ''Manga/DefenseDevil''. The manga ran in ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' from 2007 to 2013, and it's available in English from Creator/VizMedia under their Viz Sig label.
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15	!! This show provides examples of:
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17	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Played with and subverted:
18	** The people Heuller kills were planning to kill Rodin, and she was just trying to protect him. [[spoiler: Too bad he never found out about her reasons]]
19	** The beaver woman was misguided, but she is shown to genuinely care for her (adopted)son.
20	** The possessed doll in chapter 13 never harms anyone, was only trying to entertain his owner, and [[spoiler: killed himself]] so that the UnluckyChildhoodFriend could get lucky and get the girl.
21	* AntiHero:
22	** Nellon and Linuette are type [=IVs=], murdering the nobles all over town to [[spoiler: get revenge for the nobles gouging out Nellon's eyes and cutting off her arms.]]
23	** Rodin and Belma seem to be type [=IIIs=], both are willing to ShootTheDog if it means others will be safe.
24	* AntiVillain: The naval captain-turned-skeleton-ghost in chapter 11 was hunting down pirates, just like he did when he was alive. [[spoiler: It was only because the ship our heroes was on was having a pirate masquerade at the time that he attacked the ship.]] He was essentially policing the seas.
25	* BeautyEqualsGoodness:
26	** Both played and averted. Lets just say the heros are usually much prettier than the bad guys. The big exception to this rule is Jake how is an Expy of the Duchess from ''Literature/AliceinWonderland'' dressed in goth lolita fashion.
27	** Averted with Lady Jajanghee.
28	* BerserkerTears: They show up quite a lot in this manga
29	* BodySnatcher: Via DemonicPossession
30	* BoomerangBigot: Because the ill that possesses March came about from suffering caused by another ill, it possesses an insatiable thirst for the blood of ills, wanting to rid the world of them.
31	* {{CrossDresser}}: [[spoiler: March, but we don't find out till chapter 3]].
32	* DemonSlaying: March's job.
33	* FanDisservice: In chapter 4 Lady Janjaghee, the MonsterOfTheWeek, is seen nude on panel... covered in blood and surrounded by corpses impaled on hooks while laughing about how the protagonists sister is going to be next.
34	* FlowerMotifs: Because flowers are a common detail placed into artwork, beings that originate from artwork like the ils would often have motifs associated with flowers.
35	** Because the barbed hook the il that possesses March possesses rose-like thorns, March has powers associated with thorns and rose petals.
36	** Because Lady Jangjaghee is possessed by the il of a claw covered in marigold patterns, her powers possess a marigold motif to them.
37	* GenderBlenderName: March Story is rife with this: March, Belma, Jake, Rodin, and that's just the main characters!
38	* HornedHumanoid: Humans get them when they are possessed. They're clear at first but turn blood red when the Ill has killed someone.
39	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Belma fights demons with a scarecrow.
40	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're called Ill, possess objects, and once they kill someone with your body they will never let you go. [[spoiler: This is March's backstory. She got (slightly) better]]
41	* SamusIsAGirl: And fairly well endowed as well.
42	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:Rodin and Belma are like this when they are together.
43	* ShoutOut: The beginning of chapter 8 is very reminiscent of the beginning of Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/SleepyHollow1999''.
44	%%** Scythes for March
45	%%** Belma uses a scarecrow and a lance
46	%%** Rodin once killed a man with poison he'd slipped into his tea.
47	%%** Jake has the Hammer of Destruction
48	%%** Orche uses a BFG

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