History Anime / LycorisRecoil

** An unexpected shout out to the film ''Film/StandByMe''of all things where [[https://twitter.com/Ahmedmedhat000/status/1546087492880850946?s=20&t=hYV0BBcF2USrbqocQbwGBQ two characters walking away and one kicks the other and the recipient retaliates]]

* ShoutOut: The words around the hacker Walnut's logo read ''[[Literature/{{Dubliners}} I have you properly taped, my lad]]''. Walnut's logo and slogan are a ShoutOut to Laughing Man from ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.

* ColorCodedCharacters: As part of their job at the [=LycoReco=] cafe, Chisato wears a red kimono, Takina a blue one, Mizuki wears green, and Mika wears purple.

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* LovelyAngels: Chisato and Takina, following in the footsteps of [[LightNovel/DirtyPair The Originals]], right down to one is a genki, light-colored short hair and one ismore demure with long dark haione os

* ShootTheHostageTaker: In the first episode, when a Lycoris has been taken at gunpoint by arms dealers, Takina does this. [[MoreDakka With a belt-feed machine gun.]] She didn't particularly care if she had hit the Lycoris, though.

* MonumentalDamage: The Tokyo Tower ended up being destroyed in [[NoodleIncident in a past incident]], and its partially standing wreckage still remains as a monument to peace.

* ChildSoldiers: The Lycoris are trauned as assassins from a very young age - Chisato stopped a terrorist attack 10 years ago...and she's still ''only 17'' now.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Tokyo and Japan are touted as being the safest places to live in the world, but that comes at the cost of DA pre-emptively assassinating anybody that is a potential threat. And their agents? Orphaned girls trained and indoctrinated from childhood to be government sanctioned assassins.

* NeverTrustATrailer: Early trailers focused entirely on the cafe and slice of life elements, ''entirely'' omitting the whole "SecretPolice pre-emptively killing potential threats" aspect, only for the first episode to immediately open with the premise.

* ChildSoldiers: The Lycoris are trauned as assassins from a very young age - Chiaato stopped a terrorist attack 10 years ago...and she's still ''only 17'' now.

* ChildSoldiers: The Lycoris are trauned as assassins from a very young age - Chiaato stoppedva terrorist attack 10 years ago...and she's still ''only 17'' now.

* ShoutOut: The words around the hacker Walnut's logo read ''[[Literature/{{Dubliners}} I have you properly taped, my lad]]''. Walnut's logo and slogan are a ShoutOut to Laughing Man from ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Orphan girls trained as assassins with guns. Sounds like ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', though so far ''Lycoris Recoil'' is not as openly tragic.
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* ShoutOut: The words around the hacker Walnut's logo read ''[[Literature/{{Dubliners}} I have you properly taped, my lad]]''.

That's what I was told!"''

* ChristmasCake: Mizuki is worried about being unmarried to the point of reading wedding magazines as a regular activity.

* BadassAdorable: Chisato is peppy, always on the go, and a top-tier Lycoris, able to take down four grown men by herself in seconds.
* BadassPacifist: Chisato prefers to take her enemies in alive, which is why she carries non-lethal rounds in her guns.

* ShoutOut: The words around the hacker's logo read ''[[Literature/{{Dubliners}} I have you properly taped, my lad]]''.

DA: Direct Attack, a secret organization dedicated to maintaining the public safety of Japan through any means necessarily. DA utilizes "Lycoris," young woman trained as spies and assassins, to assist in this process. Takina Inoue was a member of DA's headquarters before being transfered to the cafe [="LycoReco"=] due to a mission where she disobeyed orders. She is partnered with Chisato Nishikigi, considered a top-tier Lycoris by many. Chisato doesn't appear to be the ideal Lycoris, though - but nothing is as it appears in the world of Lycoris.

* RedOniBlueOni: Chisato (red) and Takina (blue)
* ShoutOut: The words around the hacker's logo read ''[[Literature/{{Dubliners}} I have you properly taped, my lad]]''.

DA: Direct Attack, a secret organization dedicated to maintaining the public safety of Japan through any means necessarily. DA utilizes "Lycoris," young woman trained as spies and assassins, to assist in this process. Takina Inoue was a member of DA's headquarters before being transfered to the cafe LycoReco due to a mission where she disobeyed orders. She is partnered with Chisato Nishikigi, considered a top-tier Lycoris by many. Chisato doesn't appear to be the ideal Lycoris, though - but nothing is as it appears in the world of Lycoris.

* RedOniBlueOni: Chisato (red) and Takina (blue)

DA: Direct Attack, a secret organization dedicated to maintaining the public safety of Japan through any means necessarily. DA utilizes "Lycoris," young woman trained as spies and assassins, to assist in this process. Takina Inoue was a member of DA's headquarters before being transfered to the cafe LycoReco due to a mission where she disobeyed orders. She is partnered with Chisato Nishikigi, considered a top-tier Lycoris by many. Chisato doesn't appear to be the ideal Lycoris, though - but not is as it appears in the world of Lycoris.