Line #64 Series/OrphanBlack7Genes


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:L-R: [[PsychopathicManchild Elena]], [[TheLancer Rika]], [[MauveShirt Young-ae]], [[TheHero Sara]], [[FairCop Maoko]], [[TheSmartGuy Izumi]], and [[RichBitch Hiroka]]]]
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4	''Orphan Black: Seven Genes'', or simply ''Orphan Black'', is a Japanese drama series and [[ForeignRemake remake]] of the original Canadian [[Series/OrphanBlack television series of the same name]]. It starts Kang Jiyoung as the clone sisters.
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6	While there are alterations, the premise is basically the same as the original; protagonist Sara Aoyama (Jiyoung), an orphan and a newly single mother, is living a tough life due to poverty, lack of understanding from society and other problems that led to her being separated from her daughter. She believes that if she has money, her life will change. One day, she sees a woman killing herself by jumping in front of a train, who happens to be her doppelganger. Initially stunned, Sara takes the woman's bag in hopes of improving her own life. However, her life instead takes an unpredictable turn...
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8	The remake was produced by Telepack for Tokai TV under licence from [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Worldwide]].
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11	!!''Orphan Black: 7 Genes'' provides examples of:
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13	* AbledInTheAdaptation:
14	** Unlike Vic, Nagase never loses his left [[{{Fingore}} pinky finger]] due to Pouchy, his gang, and the entire drug-dealing StoryArc being AdaptedOut.
15	** [[spoiler: In the original's Season 1 finale, Cosima develops the [[IncurableCoughOfDeath respiratory illness]] that plagued most of the clones. Here, the first season concludes with Izumi in good health.]]
16	* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:The involvement of Sara and Elena's biological mother with Dyard and the organization's role with her death is treated as a big deal by Sara until Makio is captured and her focus shifts on saving him and getting Moe away from the organization.]]
17	* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler: Rika confronts Ayano about whether she is her monitor and a fight ensues between the two women, which ends with both of them falling and Ayano hitting her head to a metal table stand. Subverted that she lives and is FakingTheDead.]]
18	* AdaptationDyeJob: Comes with being a ForeignRemake. The only character to retain her hair color is Young-ae, who much like her counterpart Katja dyes her hair anyway. Even the bleached Elena has silver hair here instead of the literal bleached blonde.
19	* AdaptationNameChange: Comes with being a ForeignRemake. Only the Dyard Institute and both Sara and Elena's names are carried from the source material, only having slightly altered spellings (and in Sara's case, a new surname). The corresponding characters are renamed into the following;
20	** Sarah Manning = Sara Aoyama
21	** Elizabeth "Beth" Childs = Maoko Shiina
22	** Katja Obinger = Young-ae Ok
23	** Alison Hendrix = Rika Yoshikawa
24	** Cosima Niehaus = Izumi Odagiri
25	** Helena = Elena
26	** Rachel Duncan = Hiroka Kurosaki
27	** Felix Dawkins = Kaoru Aoyama
28	** Siobhan Sadler = Saeko Aoyama
29	** Kira Manning = Moe Aoyama
30	** Paul Dierden = Makio Iwaki
31	** Athur "Art" Bell = Tsuyoshi Kinjyou
32	** Donnie Hendrix = Isamu Yoshikawa
33	** Delphine Cormiere = Aiko Arai
34	** Vic Schmidt = Nagase
35	** Aldous Leekie = Riki Wakita
36	** Aynsley Norris = Ayano Kimura
37	** Tomas = Ugajin
38	** Oscar Hendrix = Ryota Yoshikawa
39	** Gemma Hendrix = Rumi Yoshikawa
40	** Margaret "Maggie" Chen = Tomoko Takabata
41	** Angela Deangelis = Genki Tsuchiya
42	** Daniel Rosen = Fan
43	** Amelia = [[spoiler:Yukie Aoyama]]
44	** DYAD institute = Dyard institute
45	* AdaptationOriginConnection: Nagase grew up on the same orphanage Sara and Kaoru did, whereas Vic only met Sarah and Felix in their adulthood.
46	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: PlayedWith. [[spoiler: While technically still humans, Sara and Elena are now the originals instead of also being clones.]]
47	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: [[spoiler:While both this version and the original have the protagonist and her adoptive mother revealed to be related all along, the circumstances are different. Here Sara is actually the daughter of Saeko's late sister, making the latter her maternal aunt. In the original series Sarah is a clone of Siobhan's mother, making the latter her biological daughter instead.]]
48	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Ugajin has a fitter body and a good hairline compared to the pudgy and balding Tomas.
49	* AdaptationalBadass:
50	** Elena is already a badass in the source material, but here she's a OneManArmy and can do CombatParkour.
51	** In the original, Alison tells Sarah that she kicked Aynsley's ass during their CatFight (the scene cuts before it finishes). Here, Ayano has Rika on the ropes before [[spoiler:the supposed AccidentalMurder. Further, she actually ''is'' her monitor this time around]].
52	* AdaptationalComicRelief: In the original, Delphine is a serious character all throughout even when she's TheMole. Here, her counterpart Aiko's [[ObfuscatingStupidity cover]] is that of a GeniusDitz.
53	* AdaptationalCurves:
54	** Ugajin appears to be more physically fitter than than the pudgy Tomas.
55	** Nagase is TallDarkAndSnarky compared to Vic who is notably the shortest adult male character in the source material.
56	** Inverted by Makio. His counterpart Paul is ([[MrFanservice frequently]]) shown to have a HeroicBuild, whereas Makio is also fit but notably leaner.
57	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
58	** In the original's second scene, Sarah calls Siobhan to talk to Kira but the latter two didn't make an appearance until near the end of the episode and didn't have a proper dialogue until the following one. In this version, the phone conversation is shown in full detail.
59	** Elena gets a SecondEpisodeIntroduction by making an EarlyBirdCameo at the end of the episode. In the original, she makes her debut in the third.
60	** PlayedWith regarding Hiroka. Her introduction happens in the penultimate episode of Season 1, while her original counterpart Rachel only makes an EarlyBirdCameo in the same episode but is properly introduced in the first SeasonFinale.
61	** Daniel Rosen first appeared in the Season 1 finale when he takes Sarah away from police custody while pretending to be a lawyer. Here, that still happens but his counterpart also filled Leekie's (Wakita) role in an earlier scene as the one who gives TheLancer clone (Alison/Rika) the DYAD contract.
62	** In the original, Aynsley's children weren't introduced until midway through the first season. Here, they were introduced along with their mother.
63	* AdaptationalHeroism:
64	** Sara and Kaouru's criminal background from the original are either downplayed or completely removed (particularly their drug-smuggling and con-artist backgrounds).
65	** [[spoiler: Elena's more amoral actions from the original (such as initially enjoying killing the other clones, and murdering her and Sarah's birth mother for leaving them which led to her life of abuse) are removed and she's made into a textbook SympatheticMurderer.]]
66	** [[spoiler: Nagase (albeit begrudgingly) [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy lets Sara go]], something his counterpart Vic [[EntitledToHaveYou isn't capable of doing]]. He also helps Kaoru and Moe during the crisis with DYAD, whereas Vic planned on snitching Alison to the police just to fasten his parole.]]
67	** [[spoiler: Makio never betrays Sara upon learning the clone/DYAD conspiracy. In the original, this is the point where his counterpart Paul first showed his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, though he ultimately [[RedemptionEqualsDeath redeemed himself]].]]
68	** [[spoiler: Unlike the source material, Isamu was never Rika's monitor (though it should be mentioned that his counterpart was an UnwittingPawn who thought he was just taking notes for a socio-psychological study and immediately sided with his wife and her sisters upon discovering the truth).]]
69	* AdaptationalJerkass: While both mellowed out eventually, Rika started the series far more haughty than Alison.
70	* AdaptationalJobChange:
71	** Sara is working as a factory worker in the opening scene. In the original series she's a career con-artist.
72	** Paul Dierden is an Army Major in the original, but Makio isn't.
73	** [[spoiler:Instead of her husband, the NosyNeighbor of Alison Hendrix's counterpart is her monitor. Which in the original, Alison mistakenly suspected her of being]].
74	* AdaptationalModesty: The sex scenes and nudity are greatly reduced and toned down compared to the original. For context, the ToplessnessFromTheBack mentioned below showed Sarah butt naked in the original, while Kaoru doesn't paint in a NakedApron like his counterpart Felix.
75	* AdaptationalNationality: The characters are all Japanese except for one South Korean and a TokenWhite with unknown origins. The original characters are British, Canadians, Americans, a Ukranian, a Finnish, a German (the South Korean's counterpart to be precise), an Irish, a French, and an African.
76	* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
77	** Sara is more morally upstanding in contrast to her original counterpart who is a textbook AntiHero through and through.
78	** Kaoru is a lot more personable than the snarky Felix.
79	** Saeko is far less resentful than Siobhan.
80	* AdaptationalSexuality:
81	** Felix is a bonafide CampGay, while Kaoru appears to be straight or at least asexual with no AmbiguouslyGay traits.
82	** Given Daniel Rosen's GenderFlip into a woman, it's interesting to see how this plays out to Hiroka's character since her counterpart Rachel and the aforementioned Daniel are lovers.
83	* AdaptationalUgliness: Isamu Yoshikawa is a textbook {{Gonk}} (complete with a bald spot), whereas his original counterpart Donnie Hendrix is merely average-looking.
84	* AdaptationalVillainy:
85	** The bank executive Sara is speaking to in order to get Maoko's money is a sleazy adulterer who is having an affair with one of his staff. In the original, this character appears to be a stand-up individual if the charity runs he organizes are any indication.
86	** [[spoiler: Aside for being a NosyNeighbor, Aynsley genuinely wants what's best for Alison before the latter's paranoia gets her killed believing she's her monitor. Here, her counterpart Ayano ''is'' the monitor of Alison's counterpart Rika, and a willing one at that.]]
87	** [[spoiler: Already a despicable human being in the original, Ugajin is heavily implied to be sexually molesting Elena whereas Tomas is just physically abusive.]]
88	* AdaptationalWimp:
89	** Sara has trouble pulling off the TwinSwitch and is terrible at {{Indy Ploy}}s, whereas her original counterpart is a MasterActor and GuileHero.
90	** Izumi is meek and quite a pushover, in stark contrast to the also dorky but still very confident Cosima.
91	** Saeko never displays any of Siobhan's badass demeanor and credentials.
92	** Subverted by Makio. He doesn't have Paul Dierden's military [[HeroicBuild build]] and background, but he still possesses decent combat skills to beat Nagase in a CurbStompBattle.
93	* AdaptedOut: Olivier Duvall, Astrid, and Club Neolution are not present in the series.
94	* AgeLift:
95	** Downplayed. The clone sisters start off as twenty eight years old in the original series, here they're a year younger.
96	** TheCoroner in charge of Maoko's corpse is a DirtyOldWoman, whereas in the original she's [[GenderFlip a man]] in his twenties.
97	** Maggie Chen is a woman in her late forties-early fifties, while her counterpart here, Tomoko Takabata, appears to be a decade younger.
98	** Detective Kinjyou says his daughter is about to take the college entrance exams. Art Bell's daughter in the original series is still a child.
99	* AdvertisedExtra: Both Young-ae and Maoko are prominent in the promotional materials despite being dead by the end of the {{Pilot}}.
100	* AlliterativeFamily:
101	** Rika and her adopted children Ryota and Rumi.
102	** Sara and her adoptive mother Saeko. [[spoiler:Biologically, Saeko is also Sara's maternal aunt.]]
103	* AloneInACrowd: [[spoiler:TheReveal that Elena is actually not dead in the TheStinger of the Season 1 finale has walking in a crowded street with her back facing the camera.]]
104	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Elena, Wakita, Hiroka, and [[spoiler:Ayano]] are the only characters speaking in English. Their accents are noticeable, but Elena and Hiroka's attempts are at least more articulate.
105	* {{Blackmail}}: Sara does this to a bank teller, telling him to speed up her transactions or else she'll expose him for having an affair with one of his employees.
106	* BloodSplatteredInnocents:
107	** Sara [[spoiler: when Young-ae is shot]]. While she's not entirely innocent, the effect is still the same.
108	** A straighter example would be the little boy from Episode 4 whom [[spoiler: Elena covers in her blood]].
109	* BoundAndGagged: Isamu (along with a blindfold) before Rika starts torturing him.
110	* CanonForeigner:
111	** The {{Pilot}} shows Sara being belittled/bullied by her co-workers at a factory, with both setting and characters not present in the original.
112	** There's a TokenWhite in Izumi's lab, though it's still unclear if she's the {{Gender Flip}}ped Scott Smith.
113	** Makio has a younger brother. Paul Dierden doesn't have one in the original.
114	* ClonesArePeopleToo: The entire basis of the series.
115	* CompositeCharacter:
116	** [[spoiler:Sara and Elena take Kendall Malone's role as the original hosts of the clones.]]
117	** [[spoiler:Elena takes Mark Rolins' role as Ugajin's (Tomas) killer.]]
118	* ContrivedCoincidence: The clone [[HunterOfHisOwnKind killing the other clones]] turns out to be [[spoiler: TheHero's twin sister]].
119	* DangerTakesABackSeat: Young-ae approaches Sara/Maoko in this way. It doesn't [[BoomHeadshot end well]] for Young-ae.
120	* DeadPersonImpersonation: Sara impersonates Maoko after finding out about her sizable savings account. She also impersonates Young-ae to retrieve the briefcase from her hotel suite.
121	* DeathByAdaptation:
122	** WordOfGod is that Sara is a recent widow, making the counterpart of Cal Morrison (Kira's biological father, who is still alive but whom Sarah was never married to) a PosthumousCharacter.[[invoked]]
123	** [[spoiler: Elena kills Ugajin in the Season 1 finale. His original series counterpart Tomas was killed-off in the second episode of Season 2.]]
124	** [[spoiler: It's heavily implied that Hiroka [[YouHaveFailedMe ordered her men to have Wakita killed]] in the Season 1 finale. His original series counterpart Dr. Leekie was unceremoniously killed by Isamu's counterpart Donnie Hendrix near the end of Season 2.]]
125	** [[spoiler: Sara and Elena's birth mother is [[PosthumousCharacter long dead]] in the present. In the original, she meets both Sarah and Helena as adults before being killed by the latter in the Season 1 finale.]]
126	** [[spoiler: Subverted by Elena, who pleads ICannotSelfTerminate to Sara who in turn seemingly complies, only for her to be shown alive and well in TheStinger.]]
127	* DeathFakedForYou: Sara uses Maoko's suicide to fake her own death to start a new life for herself.
128	* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:During Wakita's [[UncertainDoom implied]] execution, he mocks Hiroka for her jealousy over Sara and Elena as well as her overall [[EvilisPetty pettiness]]. While laughing.]]
129	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation:
130	** [[spoiler:Elena kills Ugajin by stabbing him twice. His original series counterpart Tomas was killed-off via BoomHeadshot.]]
131	** [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that Hiroka [[YouHaveFailedMe ordered her men to have Wakita killed]]. His original series counterpart Dr. Leekie was unceremoniously killed by Isamu's counterpart Donnie Hendrix, also via ({{accidental\|Murder}}) BoomHeadshot.]]
132	** [[spoiler:Sara and Elena's birth mother is [[PosthumousCharacter long dead]] in the present, implied to be at Dyard's hands because [[HeKnowsTooMuch she knows too much]]. Her original counterpart Amelia is mortally stabbed by Helena and then dies via blood loss.]]
133	** [[spoiler:Aynsley dies via choking in the trash compactor, whereas Ayano does via DeathByFallingOver. Except this is a subversion, as Ayano is only FakingTheDead, which in turn actually makes her SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
134	* DisposingOfABody: Sara buries Young-ae in a gravel pit.
135	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Series lead Kang Jiyoung (a former member of the GirlGroup Music/{{Kara}}) sings the series' theme, "My ID".
136	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: ZigZagged. Sara is shocked when she finds out that Rika had been torturing Isamu for information. Ayano, however, finds it kinky despite her own shocked reaction.
137	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Sara commits [[BedTrick rape by fraud]] on Makio, since he thinks she's Maoko. While not portrayed as a good thing, it's not played as particularly heinous, either. Rika and Izumi both seem pretty shocked (especially the former) when they find out about it, probably because Sara did it primarily to keep Makio from finding out, not out of genuine sexual desire.
138	* EarlyBirdCameo: Elena appears at the very end of the {{second episode\|Introduction}}. Her original counterpart first appeared in the third.
139	* EvilAllALong: [[spoiler: Ayano, Rika's second suspect to be her monitor, turns out to be just that, but TheReveal doesn't happen until after Rika is plagued with guilt for her supposed AccidentalMurder.]]
140	* EvilInc: The Dyad Institute, [[spoiler: the corporation that created the clones]].
141	* EvilutionaryBiologist: Dr. Wakita. His Neolution movement is all about "self-directed evolution" and he sees no problem in [[spoiler:creating human clones or experimenting on them]] to advance this goal.
142	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: After seemingly being the victim of Rika's AccidentalMurder, it is immediately revealed that Ayano survived her supposedly fatal fall.]]
143	* GenderFlip:
144	** TheCoroner in-charge of Maoko's corpse is a woman. In the original, this character is a man named Colin.
145	** Det. Angela Deangelis' role in the story is given to male detective Genki Tsuchiya.
146	** Daniel Rosen's role in the story is given to a female aide named Fan.
147	** In Izumi's scenes while working at a lab, a female colleague is constantly featured. In the original this role belonged to Scott Smith, though there's no indication that she is the latter's counterpart.
148	* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Moe being hit by a car is only heard. This contrasts her counterpart Kira from the original series, which was visibly hit by a van.]]
149	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Episode 4 is when the series really starts taking more liberties from the source material.
150	* HighPressureBlood: [[spoiler: After TakingTheBullet for Sara, Elena coughs lots of blood.]]
151	* IdenticalStranger: This is what Sara originally believes to be the case after stealing Maoko's belongings and impersonating her.
152	* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Down on her luck single mother Sara witnesses the suicide of a woman who looks exactly like her - who ends up being a seemingly loaded police detective. Wanting the money for her daughter, Sara impersonates her and attempts to ingratiate herself into her life - it somehow works, until enters the picture. Of course, since she and the woman were clones, not like Sara had a particularly hard time of it.
153	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Young-ae's respiratory infection is treated as a possible genetic defect the clones may suffer.
154	* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler: Aiko]] and [[spoiler: Makio]] both fell for the people they were monitoring.
155	* ItsAllAboutMe: Much like her counterpart Rachel in the original, Hiroka only cares about her own ego. [[spoiler:The reason she wants to have Sara and Elena dead and to "trademark" the clones is because she wants to be deemed as the "original" and be the most superior clone.]]
156	* KissOfDistraction: Sara pulls this on Makio in the first episode. It then becomes a Shag of Distraction.
157	* LighterAndSofter: The BioPunk and PostCyberpunk elements of the original are greatly toned down in favor of extended character interactions. Likewise, the drug dealing StoryArc is completely removed from the story since Pouchy and his gang are AdaptedOut.
158	* MadeOfIron: Elena is able to engage in multiple fights against multiple opponents even while seriously wounded.
159	* MeaningfulName: Doubling as RealitySubtext, there's a reason why Sara's and Elena's names from the source material are kept nearly intact; [[spoiler:in this version, they are explicitly mentioned to be ''the'' originals.]]
160	* MsFanservice: Hiroka is a very beautiful woman whose outfit accentuates her figure, with a skirt that completely [[LegFocus highlights her legs]]. There's also her fellow clone Rika who always wears [[PaintedOnPants jeggings]].
161	* MythologyGag:
162	** Dyard's logo is a spinal cord with a tail, a physical trait that the AdaptedOut Olivier Duvall mutated himself with.
163	** Ayano's husband appears to be [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace too hands-on]] with Sara-as-Rika, with the other neighbors scolding him for being a chronic flirt. In the original, Alison (Rika) and the counterpart of said character [[AutoErotica infamously]] had a brief fling.
164	* NamedByTheAdaptation:
165	** Inverted with Nagase and Fan. They are OnlyOneName characters here, but their counterparts in the original series have full names (Victor Schmidt and Daniel Rosen, respectively).
166	** Also inverted with TheCoroner in charge of Maoko's corpse. She is a NoNameGiven characters here, but her counterpart in the original series at least has a first name; Colin.
167	** In the original, [[spoiler:Sara and Elena]]'s birth mother is only known as Amelia. Here, she's given a full name; [[spoiler: Yukie Aoyama]]. This in turn potentially [[spoiler:gives Elena a surname in this adaptation, as well]].
168	* {{Nephewism}}: [[spoiler:Sara is actually the daughter of Saeko's late sister.]]
169	* NotHisSled:
170	** In the original the CCTV on the train station where Beth committed suicide is what ultimately did Sarah as an impostor, which along with her unsent voicemail to Art before confronting Helena is a key element for making him the clone sisters' FriendOnTheForce. [[spoiler:Here it played out completely different. The CCTV becomes [[RedHerring a non-factor]], and Kinjyou uncovers the truth regarding the clones by sneaking into Kaouru's apartment after finding out that he was the one who identified the body of Maoko's lookalike.]]
171	** [[spoiler:A big twist in Alison's StoryArc in the original is that she initially suspected her husband Donnie to be her monitor before being convinced that it was actually her NosyNeighbor Aynsley, whom she then [[MurderByInaction allowed to choke to death in a freak accident]] ''before'' TheReveal that her monitor was Donnie (who didn't know the real reason Leekie was having him report information about her) all along. Here it plays nearly the same, except Ayano is actually Rika's monitor this time around instead of Isamu, she's in on the conspiracy, and ''[[SparedByTheAdaptation she lives]]''.]]
172	** Izumi is notably frail. In the original, her counterpart Cosima eventually develops the respiratory illness that plagued most of the clones in the first season finale. [[spoiler:She finishes the first season in good health in this version.]]
173	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Aiko's cover as Izumi's monitor is that of a GeniusDitz lab student.
174	* OddNameOut:
175	** The Yoshikawa family; '''R'''ika, '''R'''yota, '''R'''umi, and Isamu.
176	** The living clone sisters; Sar'''a''', Rik'''a''', Elen'''a''', Hirok'''a''', and Izumi.
177	* OneManArmy: Elena can hold her own against multiple opponents.
178	* OnlyOneName: Elena, Nagase, Fan, and Ugajin's surnames are never stated. [[spoiler:Elena's biological mother's surname is Aoyama, though.]]
179	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Jiyoung's South-Korean accent is noticeable in the first two episodes.
180	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Rika and Isamu always dress in clothes of the corresponding colors.
181	* PlotTriggeringDeath: Maoko's suicide enables Sara to take over her life, while Young-ae's murder is what thrusts Sara further in the clone conspiracy.
182	* ThePollyanna: Izumi never lets the bad things happening color her perception of life. [[spoiler:After discovering that Aiko is indeed her mole, she briefly vents but quickly rebounds. While working at Dyard, the other scientists sans Aiko mocks her for being a clone studying other clones. Aiko is clearly upset, while Izumi takes it in stride.]]
183	* PornStash: Rika suspects her husband of being in on TheConspiracy, so she starts going through his things. She keeps finding places where he's hiding stuff from her, but they all turn out to be porn [=DVDs=] instead of sinister conspiracy-related material. While it would look like he had already gotten rid of the incriminating files beforehand, we later find out that [[spoiler: he is absolutely innocent about everything conspiracy related and the stash is most likely real]].
184	* RaceLift: Inevitable since this is a Japanese remake of a Canadian series. As a result, all characters (with the possible exception of Izumi's TokenWhite colleague, see GenderFlip above) are re-imagined as Asians.
185	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Sara and Elena's late biological mother was Saeko's sister. In the original, Amelia and Siobhan are complete strangers.]]
186	* SecondEpisodeIntroduction:
187	** Much like in the original, Rika, Izumi, and the former's children make their debut in the second episode.
188	** Unlike the original, [[spoiler:Elena]] makes an EarlyBirdCameo at the very end of the episode, though her proper introduction still happens in the third.
189	* SequelHook: While the second season has been in limbo, the first season ends without any proper resolutions to the following arcs.
190	** [[spoiler:Hiroka and Dyard's retaliation.]]
191	** [[spoiler:Dyard's role in Yukie Aoyama's death.]]
192	** [[spoiler:The fallout of Rika's supposed murder of Ayano.]]
193	** [[spoiler:Elena's survival.]]
194	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Ayano [[FakingTheDead survives]] Rika's supposed AccidentalMurder. In the original, her counterpart Aynsley wasn't as lucky.]]
195	* StartsWithASuicide: The series' second scene shows Maoko jumping in front of a train.
196	* ThemeTwinNaming: [[spoiler:Sara and Elena, who are notably the only characters to retain their ([[AdaptationNameChange albeit slightly altered]]) names from the source material.]]
197	* ThirdPersonPerson: Elena begins most of her lines with her name.
198	* TokenMinority: There are only five non-Japanese characters in the series; Young-ae (South Korean), Fan (Chinese), Izumi's unnamed TokenWhite colleague, and Hiroka's two African-descent bodyguards.
199	* TokenMinorityCouple: Izumi and Aiko are the only LGBT characters here, and like the original, they ended up together much earlier.
200	* TokenWhite: A colleague of Izumi's is the only Caucasian character in the show.
201	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Sara before having sex with Makio.
202	* TruerToTheText: Aiko is the only character in the first season to faithfully follow her counterpart Delphine's character trajectory.
203	* {{Tykebomb}}: Ugajin has raised Elena to be a murderer.
204	* UglyGuyHotWife: Isamu is ''way'' out of Rika's league.
205	* UncertainDoom:
206	** [[spoiler:Wakita threatens Makio that his family would be endangered thanks to his injury shortly after Elena saves him and Sara. ]]
207	** [[spoiler:Wakita himself. His last scene is heavily implied to be a YouHaveFiledme scenario on Hiroka's part but is never outright confirmed.]]
208	* VillainsNeverLie: [[spoiler:Sara belies that Ugajin has been poisoning Elena's mind with the belief that Elena is the original to justify the disposing of the clones. Turns out Elena is indeed the original, or rather ''one of'' the two originals along with Sara herself.]]
209	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Like the original, the show revolves around the theme of ClonesArePeopleToo.
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