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1->''"Red-Hooded Girl… Where are you going?"''
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314-year-old Maya survives a terrible train accident only to find herself in a strange world where people, places, and souls are made of paper. Now, hunted and alone, she has 11 days to find the bodies, reconstruct the accident, and return home.
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5At least that's how the comic is described on its archive page.
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7In reality, it's much more [[SurrealHorror surreal]], unsettling, and vague than this would make you think.
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9Created by [[http://manga.clone-army.org/ Clone.Army]], the authors of ''Webcomic/NanasEverydayLife''. The complete comic can be read or downloaded [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php here.]] If you'd like an interpretation, [[http://web.archive.org/web/20070409090058/boards.clone-army.org/index.php?topic=407.msg27478#msg27478 this one]] seems to be very accurate, though you should definitely read the comic first.
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12!!This comic provides examples of:
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14* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: The white-haired girl]] can actually be very pleasant.
15* AWolfInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Maya, very literally.]]
16* AmazonBrigade: The main cast spends a lot of time kicking ass.
17* AttemptedRape: Or whatever’s going on [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php?&page=&153lang= here]].
18* BadassBookworm: The white-haired girl spends a lot of time reading.
19* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php?&page=218&lang= Here]].
20* BodyHorror: [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php?&page=189&lang= Here.]] But really, it’s everywhere.
21* CosmicPlaything: Poor Maya...
22* CreepyChild: The white-haired girl.
23* CurbStompBattle: Maya attacks the white-haired girl with two javelins. [[spoiler: The white-haired girl makes Maya’s arms explode with the ''[[MindOverMatter power of her mind]].'']]
24* CuteMute: Maya [[spoiler: some of the time]].
25* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: [[spoiler: When Maya is captured by the Cloth Man, she’s not harmed at all, and she actually has a (relatively) normal conversation with him at one point.]]
26** Technically, any normal interaction Maya has with [[spoiler: the white-haired girl]] counts as this.
27* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Maya stabs the white-haired girl, who is in ''god mode'', through the eye with a javelin, after seeing several of her extras ''telepathically eviscerated''.]] Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
28* [[spoiler: Downer Ending]]
29* EldritchAbomination: The Cloth Man, and those giant worm things at the beginning.
30* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Tower 27
31* {{Grimmification}}: Of Literature/LittleRedRidingHood.
32* ImprobablyFemaleCast: There are no male cast members aside from the [[BodyHorror Cloth Man]] and a few one-offs.
33* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: The white-haired girl gets dangerously close.]]
34* SailorFuku: The white-haired girl wears it, as well as two other survivors.
35* SplashOfColor: The entire comic is in black and white, with occasional blood red, except [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php?&page=16&lang= this page]].
36* StayingAlive: [[spoiler: Maya is immortal due to the white-haired girl's constant rewrites.]]
37* SurrealHorror
38* TeenageWasteland
39* TheOmniscient: The white-haired girl knows exactly what’s going on, all the time.
40* TheUnintelligible: [[http://manga.clone-army.org/pxi.php?&page=239&lang= Here]].
41* TraumaInducedAmnesia: While never explicitly stated, Maya seems to have this regarding the train accident.
42* WiseBeyondTheirYears: The white-haired girl.
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