Shout Out / Murciélago

• The first chapter involves a drug which causes hallucinations and violence while sleepwalking. It's called Cesare.
• The second chapter opens with a line-for-line homage to the diner-robbery scene in Pulp Fiction.
• During the first chapter of Murder Party, one of the criminals asks "This wasn't a Hunter exam?"
• Chapter 12, "DK: Domestic Killing", has a cover page featuring Kuroko, Hinako, Rinko, Ukino, and Yatsuha all wearing Guy Fawkes Masks.
• Tons toward the Cthulhu Mythos:
  • The story takes place in R'Lyeh City.
  • Kuroko's name means "black lake", which is apparently meant to reference the Lake of Hali.
  • There is an amusement park called Tekeli-li Land featuring "Shogo-tans" (i.e. Shoggoths) as mascots; a Spinning Cthulhus ride (instead of spinning cups), a Daoloth stage and a Deep Ones ride instead of a Merry-Go-Round.
  • Before she was abducted by the Rainy Day Killer, Sora was buying things at Dunwich Market.
  • The license plates of Kuroko's cars include Kadasu 500 Mi 00-005 (Kadath and Mi-Go) and Eibon 500 Sa 22-00 (the Book of Eibon and Shub Nigurath).
  • The arc of Volumes 10 and 11 is called "The Deep One", and takes place in the town of Innsmouth.
  • Others include Nkai riverbed (N'kai), Baiakuhe newspaper (Byakhee), Kutaato Elementary school (Cthaat), Itaka Studio Park (Ithaqua), Munagara Station (M'nagalah), Mubai River (M'bwa), Bugg-Shash Circus, and Nakoto Bridge (the Pnakotic manuscripts).
  • Rinko used to attend Cthulhu Elementary School.
• In chapter 63, Hinako makes a face akin to Joey Wheeler's Creepy Chin.
• In the volume 10 bonus content, Hinako makes the 'salt bae' meme pose.

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