Line #15 Webcomic/Pause


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2	[[caption-width-right:260:Not your typical nice girl...]]
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4	''[[http://tapastic.com/series/PAUSE PAUSE]]'' is a webcomic by KJ-Tower, hosted on Tapastic, which tells the story of a boy, [[TimeMaster Yoshiro Koizumi]] who can apparently [[TimeStandsStill freeze time at will]], and a girl who is immune to his time control. When the girl finds out about his power, his normal high school life is thrown into turmoil. While it seems like the perfect premise for an epic sci-fi action story it is in fact a high school love story with elements of the coming of age story. Despite the premise, the plot focuses very little on the idea of time control and more on how human relationships are affected by time control. It could be taken as a deconstruction of the whole TimeMaster genre.
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6	Written in KJ-Tower's distinct style, The story has lot's of comedic and serious moments and plenty of very memorable characters.
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9	!!''PAUSE'' provides us examples of:
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11	* AllWomenAreLustful: Tanaka.
12	* CloudCuckooLander: Akechi, who has a habit of referring to people by the color of their hair.
13	* ContentWarning: In the [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-9-Beginning-of-Resolutions/4095/8/1?lang=en beginning of Chapter 8]], which has a massive GenreShift.
14	* CovertPervert: Tanaka is a good example of this, from [[UnfortunateImplications playing H-games with her younger]] brother to [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/15?lang=en having the libido of a rabbit on viagra]], if her inner thoughts are to be taken seriously.
15	* EccentricMentor: Akechi, to Yoshiro.
16	* GenreShift: The final chapter's mood and pacing is significantly darker than the other chapters. It abandons the high school romance feel of the earlier chapters,[[spoiler: instead going for a very tense and violent mood]]. It even comes with a ContentWarning.
17	* GreenEyedMonster: Yoshiro's classmates are all very [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/13?lang=en jealous]] that he gets to talk to Tanaka and hang out with her....
18	* FreudianSlip: Tanaka accidentally says "sexcuse me" after [[spoiler: [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/15?lang=en she bombards Yoshiro with her increasingly perverse thoughts]] ]].
19	* InnocentInnuendo: Tanaka refers to the moments when Yoshiro accidentally freezes time for her in a way that [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-2-Phenomena/4095/1/4?lang=en makes it seem like they had wild sex in an interesting variety of locations]], and even resorting to a [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-2-Phenomena/4095/1/3?lang=en pregnancy scare]].
20	* LoveConfession: The reply to the confession is actually quite funny...
21	* MediumAwareness: Tanaka was actually quite aware of how much she ruined Yoshiro's reputation,[[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/13?lang=en "Especially back in Chapter 3"]].
22	* PsychicLink: [[spoiler:between Tanaka and Yoshiro, allowing them to hear each other's thoughts without a filter. HilarityEnsues as they think of the most perverted thoughts while the link is active with no way to control them]].
23	* StalkerWithACrush: Watanabe, in [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/26?lang=en Chapter 8]], though he does apologise for finding another girl to stalk though.
24	* SurveillanceStationSlacker: How [[spoiler: Akechi]] found out about Yoshiro's time powers.
25	* TimeMaster: Yoshiro and [[spoiler: Akechi]].
26	* WhamLine: Towards the end of [[http://www.inkblazers.com/read-manga/Pause-Chapter-8-Connection/4095/7/29?lang=en Chapter 8]].

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