1 | ''[[https://www.smackjeeves.com/discover/articleList?titleNo=130181 Haru-Sari]]'' is a {{webcomic}} (though the first two chapters have been printed in ''The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga'') by Min Kwon. The story starts when the terminally ill patient June Delias becomes a patient of the Elf Doctor Chi-Min Huang, and who then is drawn into the web of intrigue surrounding the doctor. |
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3 | In the world of ''Haru-Sari'' magic can only really be used by "elves", people born with a mutation, either naturally or more commonly artificially induced. Elves physically stay prepubescent children forever, at least until their thirties -- when their magic has poisoned their bodies enough to kill them. |
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6 | !!This webcomic provides examples of: |
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8 | * BarefootCartoonAnimal: June never wears shoes, probably because her feet are paws. |
9 | * BeastMan: The world ''Haru-Sari'' is set in has a lot of them. June is of the cat variety ([[HalfHumanHybrid though only half]]), while Dr. Cortinon is of the dog.[[note]]According to the author, this is done to represent racial diversity, although most of the anthropomorphic races do not actually have a specific real-world counterpart.[[/note]] |
10 | * BlessedWithSuck: Elves have far greater aptitude for magic than the other races -- but this also causes many of them to go insane, and causes them remain forever prepubescent and die when they are around 30 years old. |
11 | * BloodFromTheMouth: June in page 627. |
12 | * BookcasePassage: Alberich has one of these, seemingly to [[spoiler:hide Phoenix]], though since [[spoiler:you can see the passageway to where she resides from the outside of the building]]... we'll get his reasoning eventually. |
13 | * BreakTheCutie: Oh, [[spoiler: ''Mana'']]... and possibly [[spoiler: June]] too, for that matter. |
14 | * ChekhovsGun: Dr. Chi-Min's (unpublished) research might end up as this, or a MacGuffin. |
15 | * ChessMaster: Alberich seems to be one of the more realistic of the type (or is he more of a [[https://www.smackjeeves.com/discover/detail?titleNo=130181&articleNo=473 Domino master]]?). |
16 | * ChildMage: Physically, elves stay prepubescent until their death. |
17 | * ExtraEyes: All Thestalians have 4 eyes in their face. Of the main cast Alberich is a Thestalian. |
18 | * FantasticRacism: Against elves. |
19 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: In the prologue there is a foreshadowing from June that something bad is going to happen 3 years down the line; the next chapter takes place 3 years after the prologue... |
20 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Chi-Min could've healed June's Calphanika's all the time. He didn't, because he wanted her to need him. But at least he's honest about it.]] |
21 | * MeaningfulName: |
22 | ** The webcomic is named after the a insect that only lives for one day. |
23 | ** Also, someone on the forums noticed that: |
24 | *** Cygnet was a bit of an "ugly duckling" but then became a "beautiful swan" [[spoiler:by becoming the head of ECA]]; and that |
25 | *** Francis Alberich means "free man" and [[spoiler:"King of Elves"]]. |
26 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: Alberich stated that the Cygnet Effect was named after an elf who exhibited this phenomenon quite often when he was alive. Unfortunately, said elf is dead. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Alberich is Cygnet, but is no longer an elf. So Cygnet is dead, from a certain point of view.]] |
27 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Cortinon, and perhaps Dr. Chi-Min. |
28 | * {{Omake}}: There has been a few, unfortunately most of them are now offline. |
29 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Elves, since they never have puberty. |
30 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: Elves are second-class citizens who have a tendency to go mad and kill the people around them with their magical power. Oh, and they only live for about 30 years, while being stuck in prepubescent bodies. |
31 | * OutOfFocus: June has become the victim of this, since she is LockedOutOfTheLoop of all the scheming going on around her. |
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33 | * PointedEars: The Elves have pointed ears. [[spoiler:If Alberich was Cygnet, this would explain the unusual straight-sided, almost ''cut-off'' shape of his ear.]] |
34 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Mana might be this for Dr. Cortinon's dead daughter. |
35 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Dr. Cortinon. |
36 | * ScheduleSlip: Has not been updated since 2014, the author's last known activity was in January of 2016 and the original website has been taken down. |
37 | * SdrawkcabName: Noel. |
38 | * TinyGuyHugeGirl: Chi-Min is short due to his elfishness and June is fairly tall for a human. |
39 | * TitleDrop: Done in chapter 9, 18 and 26 (the chapter names, not the name of the comic itself). |
40 | * WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame: June works at a lesbian nightclub. |
41 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Elves can perform magic - but many of them are also driven insane. |
42 | * YourHeadASplode: A rogue elf made this happen to [[spoiler:Alberich's]] father. |
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