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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The whole struggle in the Carnival of the Human Spirit revolves around this. [[spoiler: Haruto, Eiji and Shotaro are transformed into dolls and killed off in pretty gruesome ways. Jun calls Akiko out of this after she places a cap on Shotaro stating that even though the three were transformed into dolls, they're ''still'' the same people they knew and love and asks how they're gonna react if they ever returned human.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The whole struggle in the Carnival of the Human Spirit revolves around this. [[spoiler: Haruto, Eiji and Shotaro are transformed into dolls and killed off in pretty gruesome ways. Jun calls Akiko out of this after she places a cap on Shotaro stating that even though the three were transformed into dolls, they're ''still'' the same people they knew and love and asks how they're gonna react if they ever returned human.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 12 reveals [[spoiler: why Mei's parents were being such jerks--because apparently, Mei has some sort of psychokinesis which only works when she's under pressure and was needed for Mei's parents to inherit the family fortune. She asked Renenutet to erase herself from her grandfather's memory, no longer wanting to do anything with her family, and has decided to live alone. Oh, and she's also cousins to Yayoi Tokuda.]]
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The story is currently being written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/702830/Green-Phantom-Queen Green Phantom Queen]] with 22 chapters (plus three intermissions) written so far. The story's biggest strengths with the story is the CharacterDevelopment with the Kamen Rider Club (including Ohsugi), the action and emotion placed into the stories, and the use of characters that only had plot relevance for one arc. Moreover, the author has also added the combined strength of [[KamenRiderAmazon three]] [[KamenRiderV3 different]] [[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Riders]] (three more have been added in the other stories) to even the playing field and more are destined to come as the story unravels.
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The story is currently being written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/702830/Green-Phantom-Queen Green Phantom Queen]] with 22 chapters (plus three intermissions) written so far. The story's biggest strengths with the story is the CharacterDevelopment with the Kamen Rider Club (including Ohsugi), the action and emotion placed into the stories, and the use of characters that only had plot relevance for one arc. Moreover, the author has also added the combined strength of [[KamenRiderAmazon [[Series/KamenRiderAmazon three]] [[KamenRiderV3 [[Series/KamenRiderV3 different]] [[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Riders]] (three more have been added in the other stories) to even the playing field and more are destined to come as the story unravels.
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* {{Crossover}}: Three different Kamen Riders--[[KamenRiderAmazon Riders--[[Series/KamenRiderAmazon Amazon]], [[KamenRiderV3 [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Riderman]], and [[KamenRiderDenO Den-O]]--get involved in the events and decide to help out. The end of XIV "Shadows of the Damned" reveals that [[spoiler: [[KamenRiderDouble [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Gentaro is heading off to Futo in the future.]]]] In Intermission 2 "Voodoo Child", [[KamenRiderDragonKnight Kit and Maya]] find someone talking about the 'War of the Stars'.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Tears-8 has Gentaro pass by the [[KamenRiderWizard [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Donut Shop Hungry food truck]] and accidentally mistaken for Haruto (due to him using the Pictor spell to hide his identity). Just after Gentaro leaves, Haruto himself appears.
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* ExactWords: In the first episode of Fourze, Gentaro made a thousand friends in ten years. [[spoiler: As Yayoi finds out, he never stated if most of them were ''alive''.]]
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* BigWordShout: "GRANDPA?!" regarding [[spoiler: Damballa being Quetzie's grandfather.]]
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* BystanderStandrome: Deconstructed. The Kamen Rider Club blame themselves on having this when Gentaro died, stating that that they shouldn't have just stood there while Meteor killed Fourze and the repercussions it had. Yuki has it the most, as the antagonists will never let her live the fact that all she yelled was "STOP!" just as Meteor hesitated to kill Fourze because it was the last thing that was heard before the one-inch punch was afflicted.
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* BystanderStandrome: BystanderSyndrome: Deconstructed. The Kamen Rider Club blame themselves on having this when Gentaro died, stating that that they shouldn't have just stood there while Meteor killed Fourze and the repercussions it had. Yuki has it the most, as the antagonists will never let her live the fact that all she yelled was "STOP!" just as Meteor hesitated to kill Fourze because it was the last thing that was heard before the one-inch punch was afflicted.
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* BystanderStandrome: Deconstructed. The Kamen Rider Club blame themselves on having this when Gentaro died, stating that that they shouldn't have just stood there while Meteor killed Fourze and the repercussions it had. Yuki has it the most, as the antagonists will never let her live the fact that all she yelled was "STOP!" just as Meteor hesitated to kill Fourze because it was the last thing that was heard before the one-inch punch was afflicted.
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* WhamLine: In-universe for Mei, considering that she hasn't caught up to the events in ''Horseshoes''.
-->'''Renenutet:''' That boy? I think you know his name, Serpent-bearer. The boy is simply known as Gentaro Kisaragi.
-->'''Renenutet:''' That boy? I think you know his name, Serpent-bearer. The boy is simply known as Gentaro Kisaragi.
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* ChekhovsGun: The camera Santa-chan gives Akiko in ''2.5'' [[spoiler: has a photo of Shotaro with a specific book--that holds a Skull Gaia Memory in it.]]
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* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Mari Yamamoto
** TheLancer: Junta Abe and Teruhiko Satake
** TheBigGuy: Rumi Egawa and Taira Katagiri
** TheSmartGuy: Ibuki Watanabe
** TheChick and TheHeart: Jun Shigeno
** TheMentor: Takashi Satake
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Toshiya Miura]]
** TheLeader: Mari Yamamoto
** TheLancer: Junta Abe and Teruhiko Satake
** TheBigGuy: Rumi Egawa and Taira Katagiri
** TheSmartGuy: Ibuki Watanabe
** TheChick and TheHeart: Jun Shigeno
** TheMentor: Takashi Satake
** SixthRanger: [[spoiler:Toshiya Miura]]
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* CircusOfFear: Damballa transforms the ''Narumi Detective Agency'' into this, calling it the "Carnival of the Human Spirit".
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** XIII Web of Sin has [[spoiler: Shun saving JK from being killed by Ryusei...except since Shun was killed two chapters earlier, he's back as a ''Serpent-bearer!'']]
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* NoodleIncident: "That incident" which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place.
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* LadyAndNight: Yayoi and Haruto.
* NoodleIncident: "That incident" which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place. [[spoiler: Horseshoes XXIV suggests that it has to do with JK's little sister.]]
* NoodleIncident: "That incident" which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place. [[spoiler: Horseshoes XXIV suggests that it has to do with JK's little sister.]]
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* ThemeNaming: Kisaragi means "February", and Yayoi means "March" representing how Yayoi is chasing after Gentaro's past.
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* FighterMageThief: The first set of Kamen Rider Club Girls has Yuki's Hayabusa plushie PowerFist (Fighter), Erin's ability as the Aquarius Zodiarts (Mage) and Tomoko's WhipItGood snake skin (Thief)
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* FighterMageThief: The Glee Club of Abe being the sword wielder (Thief), Ibuki the {{Ninja}} with a large arsenal that fights at a distance (Wizard) and Taira with his axe that does the most damage to opponents (Fighter)
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** VI Master Hand has [[spoiler: Jiro Inseki resurrected and now serving Gentaro.]]
** XI Team Spirit has [[spoiler: Ryusei kill Shun and Misa Torizaki already dead to cement the DarkerAndEdgier atmosphere of the story.]]
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* AmazonBrigade: Pun aside, this is the Kamen Rider Club Girls in a nutshell.
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* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Depending on how you view him, but Reverie is so far the only personality of Gentaro to not die and to actually achieve in getting Gentaro to--momentarily--see the light.]]
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** Nonce is an antiquated word for the present.
** Reverie means to be lost in one's thoughts.
** Reverie means to be lost in one's thoughts.
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-->'''Rainbow Serpent:''' [[spoilers: [[spoiler: ''My healing spells don't work on Serpent-bearers. Your spell didn't free him (Shotaro) from Damballa's influence.'']]
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* CentralTheme: Victories and shortcomings: Aries almost had Gentaro killed (until Ophiuchus resurrected him), Norio almost defeated Gentaro and was almost killed himself.
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* RousingSpeech: Ohsugi gives this to the Kamen Rider Club in order to give them hope.
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* PowerFist: Yuki's Hayabusa Plushie now works as one due to [[spoiler: Nadeshiko applying SOLU on it.{{Ouroboros}}: Ophiuchus' prime objective is to resurrect King Ouroboros from his slumber.]]
* RousingSpeech: Ohsugi gives this to the Kamen Rider Club in order to give them hope. Chosuke gives one to his gang to convince them to help fight against Ophiuchus.
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** ''Sagitta'': Attacks enemies with [[RainOfArrows a multitude of arrows]].
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* WhamLine: Dropped by the Rainbow Serpent in ''Sundays-6''.
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** The third Intermission for "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" states that [[spoiler: Haruto saved her from those men in white coats and she's acquainted with Koyomi and Wajima.]]
* NoodleIncident: "That incident", which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place.
* SadClown[=/=]StepfordSmiler: Yayoi's observations of JK.
-->''It must be hard for him, having to put on a happy smile on his face while subsequently breaking down inside.''
** The third Intermission for "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" states that [[spoiler: Haruto saved her from those men in white coats and she's acquainted with Koyomi and Wajima.]]
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* NoodleIncident: "That incident", incident" which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place. \n* SadClown[=/=]StepfordSmiler: Yayoi's observations of JK.\n-->''It must be hard for him, having to put on a happy smile on his face while subsequently breaking down inside.''
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->''"You know what they say, 'Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades'.''
-->Gentaro Kisaragi, providing the story's TitleDrop
"Horseshoes and Hand Grenades" is a KamenRiderFourze {{Alternate Universe Fic}}. Taking place near the climax of the Aries Zodiarts arc, it starts with one simple idea. What would've happened if Gentaro wasn't revived by the Cosmic Switch? What if something else revived him, and what if said something was evil? From [[ForWantOfANail this]], the world of Fourze has gone downhill. With a being known as Ophiuchus involved in Gentaro's resurrection and FaceHeelTurn, all factions involved in the plot change, and some not for the better. In other words, if you thought the CerebusRollercoaster in Fourze was bad, this fic has taken one of the most optimistic Kamen Rider series and made it {{Darker and Edgier}}.
The story is currently being written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/702830/Green-Phantom-Queen Green Phantom Queen]] with 22 chapters (plus three intermissions) written so far. The story's biggest strengths with the story is the CharacterDevelopment with the Kamen Rider Club (including Ohsugi), the action and emotion placed into the stories, and the use of characters that only had plot relevance for one arc. Moreover, the author has also added the combined strength of [[KamenRiderAmazon three]] [[KamenRiderV3 different]] [[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Riders]] (three more have been added in the other stories) to even the playing field and more are destined to come as the story unravels.
The author is also working on many other works that are in the same universe. They are: a collection of short stories that deal with Gentaro and his relationship with Ophiuchus known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8846020/1/Tears-to-Shed Tears to Shed]], a prequel to Horseshoes and Hand-grenades known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8969170/1/Who-Decides Who Decides]] which focuses on Ryusei prior to his decision to kill Gentaro, a sidestory known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9005292/1/A-Month-of-Sundays A Month of Sundays]] which tells of another group of characters in the story fighting off Foundation X in the works and other works including [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9036604/1/Wheel-of-Fortune Wheel of Fortune]] which takes place sometime after Tears to Shed and stars Mei Shirakawa trying to figure out what happened to Ryusei in "Who Decides?", [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9101029/1/Birthday-Massacre Birthday Massacre]] which tells of Gentaro encountering different aspects of himself struggling to fight off against Ophiuchus. And [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9142839/1/SplitxEnd SplitxEnd]] which deals with Yayoi Tokuda doing investigations of her own.
Due to the stories involved, it is vitally important that you read through one work until the end due to the stories being intertwined with one another. Also expect lots of spoilers.
Oh, and it's also worth mentioning that the author is a [[AuthorAppeal fan]] of Masterdramon's [[Fanfic/MyDarkKing My Dark King]], which she notes was what inspired her writing style for the story.
A character sheet is in the works. All tropes regarding characters will be moved there.
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!!Horseshoes and Hand-grenades Provides Examples Of:
* AdaptationalBadass: ''Everyone'' in the Fourze universe gets a level in badass in this fic.
* AnimalMotif: Ophiuchus, and by extension Gentaro, is represented by snakes.
* ArcWords: "Death shouldn't be the answer." or variations of it. "Who are you? No, what are you?" is also common place.
* AsYouKnow: XV The Damned Don't Dance gives the audience the entire backstory of Fourze with OSTO and the Cosmic Energy involved.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler: Ryusei, Jiro, and Kengo as of the Kyoto Arc.]]
* UsefulNotes/AztecMythology: Tomoko's group is doing a play between Quetzalcoatl and Mictlantecuhtli in the Kyoto Arc in an attempt to lure Ryusei out in the open. There's also the "Serpent of Obsidian Knives", a.k.a [[spoiler: Jiro Inseki]], which is a symbol of sacrifice.
* {{Badass}}: Many of the characters.
** BadassAdorable: Yuki Jojima
** BadassNormal: Riderman
** BadassTeacher: Chuta Ohsugi and Haruka Utsugi
* BerserkButton: Several. Hayami hates it when one calls him weak, (or in the case of Ophiuchus, calling him a "Master of One".). [[spoiler: Brainwashed!Kengo hates it when anyone mentions his father, the same with Emoto.]] Gentaro is angry when anyone reminds him of his friendship and his human life. Yukina gets pissed over any mention of a girl related to Gentaro.
* BigBad: It's split between Ophiuchus and Gamou.
* CameBackWrong: Gentaro, thanks to Ophiuchus. [[spoiler: Ryusei, Shun, Shotaro and Haruto also count.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Prominent throughout the story.
* CreepyDoll: [[spoiler: Shotaro ''becomes one'' as per payment for being a Serpent-bearer to Damballa in the second Intermission and Damballa does it again to Haruto in the third.]]
* {{Crossover}}: Three different Kamen Riders--[[KamenRiderAmazon Amazon]], [[KamenRiderV3 Riderman]], and [[KamenRiderDenO Den-O]]--get involved in the events and decide to help out. The end of XIV "Shadows of the Damned" reveals that [[spoiler: [[KamenRiderDouble Gentaro is heading off to Futo in the future.]]]] In Intermission 2 "Voodoo Child", [[KamenRiderDragonKnight Kit and Maya]] find someone talking about the 'War of the Stars'.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Fourze was more of a VileVillainSaccharineShow with a healthy dose of CerebusRollercoaster at the most, but this fic pushes Fourze into areas that it usually wouldn't go. [[spoiler: The ending of XI Team Spirit, for example, implies that a minor character was ''forced into suicide.'']]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Ryusei's IDidWhatIHadToDo mentality to kill Gentaro affects ''everyone'' and it's shown that it was stupid to begin with. Likewise Gentaro's sacrifice to Ryusei has become essentially [[SenselessSacrifice useless]] because it now means that he could be used for something even worse.
* DemonicPossession: The Imagins appear once more to help out with the plot and bond to different characters to access Den-O's different forms. They are:
** Momotaros/Sword Form -> Soushi Motoyama
** Urataros/Rod Form -> Shun Daimonji
** Kintaros/Axe Form -> Ban Chosuke
** Ryutaros/Gun Form -> JK
** Sieg/Wing Form -> Norio Eguchi
** All Together/Super Climax Form -> [[spoiler: Haruka Utsugi]]
*** As of XIII, [[spoiler: Shun's being possessed by another being that calls himself Vasuki]].
* DualWielding: Gentaro gains two blades with the Circinus Spell. Shun gets two ''patas'' (a pair of gauntlet with sword blades) [[spoiler: when he makes his contract with Vasuki.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Yuta Suguira (Taurus Zodiarts) gets name-dropped during the first Intermission.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Meteor Impact Switch for Meteor Storm and Void States for Cosmic States.]]
* EvilVsEvil: Ophiuchus and Gentaro vs Gamou and his Zodiarts.
* FiveBadBand: For Ophiuchus and Gentaro
** BigBad: Ophiuchus
** TheDragon: Gentaro
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler: Kengo, Hayami and Philip]]
** TheBrute: [[spoiler: Jiro]]
** TheDarkChick: Yuri Kuramochi
* FiveManBand:
** The Kamen Rider Club [[spoiler: minus Kengo]].
*** TheLeader: Miu
*** TheLancer: Ohsugi
*** TheBigGuy: Shun
*** TheSmartGuy: JK
*** TheHeart: Yuki
*** TheChick: Tomoko
** The Kamen Rider Club Girls
*** TheLeader and TheSmartGuy: Miu
*** TheLancer: Yuki
*** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Erin
*** TheChick: Tomoko
** Kamen Rider Den-O
*** TheLeader: Motoyama (Sword Form)
*** TheLancer: Shun (Rod Form)
*** TheBigGuy: Chosuke (Axe Form)
*** TheSmartGuy: JK (Gun Form)
*** TheChick: Norio (Wing Form)
*** TheSixthRanger: Haruka Utsugi ([[spoiler: Super Climax Form]])
** The Kamen Riders [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Ohsugi]]
*** TheLeader and TheSmartGuy: Riderman
*** TheLancer: Ohsugi
*** TheBigGuy: Amazon
*** TheChick: [[spoiler: Nadeshiko]]
* ForWantOfANail: The story's plot comes from Kengo not reviving Gentaro with the Cosmic Switch, but rather has Ophiuchus do it instead.
** Moreover, this story comes to fruition due to Ryusei's DealWithTheDevil. The prequel "Who Decides?" states that he was trying to follow the fortune-reading laid out for him.
* ILetGwenStacyDie[=/=]ItsAllMyFault: The Kamen Rider Club blame themselves for Gentaro's death since none of them realized that Ryusei was Kamen Rider Meteor and the fact that they stood there to let Gentaro die.
* InelegantBlubbering: Kintaros does this twice, one when he gives Yukina an ArmorPiercingSlap and the second when he starts crying at [[spoiler: seeing Hana's wounds from fighting Yuri.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Yukina dies by the very same man that she's been so obsessive over in XIII-2 "Of Sins and Shadows"]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Fourze's boasted a ''huge'' amount of named characters in the Kamen Rider universe, so it's no exception that many of them will come up sooner or later. Plus we also have two Showa Riders, five Imagins and the [=DenLiner=] crew making appearances. There is already ''50'' characters as of the first Intermission.
** And in the other fics below, more and ''more'' characters are named and introduced. We're gonna need a character sheet in the near future...
* LoveMakesYouStupid: Ohsugi has this epiphany about him falling in love with Sonada, realizing that he was an utter fool. Yukina realizes this too late [[spoiler: and she dies at the end of XIII-2 "Of Sins and Shadows"]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Norio goes into this when he learns Misa's backstory.
* NamesTheSame: Yuki Jojima and Yuki Joji. Justified due to Jojima's ShoutOutThemeNaming. For convenience, Yuki refers to Jojima, Joji refers to Riderman.
* PowerFist: Yuki's Hayabusa Plushie now works as one due to [[spoiler: Nadeshiko applying SOLU on it.]]
* RousingSpeech: Ohsugi gives this to the Kamen Rider Club in order to give them hope.
* SanitySlippage: Ryusei, [[spoiler: post Cosmic Energy injections]]
* StellarThemeNaming: Gentaro has access to abilities that are named after constellations. These include:
** ''Serpens'': Summons a snake that acts like a MindControlDevice to whomever it decides to clamp around a person's neck.
** ''Pictor'': Lets him disguise his appearance. "Tears to Shed" reveals that with enough concentration, Gentaro can transform into a snake.
** ''Serpens Caput/Cauda'': Summons two halves of a snake used for resurrection. ''Caput'' summons that lower half that crawls into the deceased person's throat, and ''Cauda'' summons the head that resurrects the body after Gentaro says the magic words.
** ''Horologium'': Makes the sound of a pendulum clock ring in a person's head.
** ''Pyxis'': Similar to Pyxis Zodiarts' ability in the show.
** ''Scutum'': Creates a shield to protect him from attacks.
** ''Hercules'': Gives Gentaro temporary SuperStrength.
** ''Circinus'': Wields [[DualWielding two blades]] on his wrists. The one on his right (King snake) creates {{Fireballs}}, while the one on his left (Coral Snake) can extend to farther distances.
** ''Gemini'': Can create [[MesACrowd another copy of himself.]]
* ThemeNaming: The chapter titles are based on either the last syllable/word of the previous chapter before it.
** Gentaro's worshipers are named after snake deities or related to them. We so far have Apep ([[spoiler:Kengo]]),Serpent of the Obsidian Knives ([[spoiler:Jiro Inseki]]), Neroda ([[spoiler:Yuri Kuramochi]]), Kukulkan ([[spoiler:Misa Torizaki]]), Ecydsis ([[spoiler:Kouhei Hayami]]) and Leviathan ([[spoiler:Philip]])
** And as of #13, we have another serpent based deity by the name of Vasuki, [[spoiler: who is currently fused with an Urataros-possessed Shun.]] In the first intermission, we also have the Rainbow Serpent whose current avatar is [[spoiler: Mari Yamamoto]] while the second has King Damballa possessing [[spoiler: Shotaro.]]
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Where it's headed. The story can basically be summed up to: "Thanks to Ryusei killing off TheHero, he gets resurrected and hell breaks loose."
* WesternZodiac: Gentaro's born on November 30th which in some circles, means he's an Ophiuchus.
* WhamEpisode: III [[MeaningfulName System Shock]] has this in twofold where the audience first sees how Gentaro became possessed by Ophiuchus, and then the audience learns that [[spoiler: Ryusei is a Core Child.]]
!!Who Decides Provides Examples Of
* ArcWords: Combined with TitleDrop.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's commonly noted that there are ''13'' Astronomical signs as opposed to twelve. Plus, Ryusei doesn't have recollection on a family or birthdays [[spoiler: foreshadowing that he's not actually human.]]
* FortuneTeller: Madame Pollux
* MeaningfulName: Madame Pollux is named after Pollux from the myth of Castor and Pollux. Coincidentally, Pollux is also the brightest star in Gemini's constellation, relating to below.
* TarotMotifs: The cards drawn by Ryusei are all of the Minor Arcana. His first card is the Inverted Six of Cups, the second is the upright Four of Coins and the last is the upright Nine of Rods.
* WesternZodiac: Ryusei is a Gemini in this story.
* WhamEpisode: When Ryusei leaves the tent, it's revealed that Madame Pollux is [[spoiler: his best friend Mei Shirawkawa whose shift was supposed to end prior to his fortune reading. She was presumably possessed by a serpent.]]
!!Wheel of Fortune Provides Examples Of
* ADayInTheLimelight: Mei Shirakawa is the main focus of the story.
* TarotMotifs: Each chapter is named after a different tarot card along with their position, and Mei draws fortunes for different people involved. For example, Ryusei's future card was the upward Nine of Rods, while Gentaro had the inverted The Emperor. This represents Ryusei trying to defeat the obstacle in his way (Gentaro) and Gentaro following his heart to make Ryusei happy, rather than do something for his own benefit, causing [[ForWantOfANail everything that happens in the story.]]
!!Split x End Provides Examples Of
* ADayInTheLimelight: Yayoi Tokuda stars in this one. She was in the original version of Horseshoes, but is now referenced by JK.
* CallForward: Yayoi's pal on the forums goes by the name of [=KRSwan=]. In the 2nd Intermission [[spoiler: we meet up with Kit and Maya looking up a website regarding the War of the Stars]].
* ChildhoodFriends: With JK. Their friendship is so close that Yayoi is bunking with him while her parents are off on important business.
* CryIntoChest: Yayoi references that she did this once JK forgave her for her Coma Zodiarts business.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Like Tears to Shed, Yayoi meets up with [[KamenRiderWizard Haruto]], but he's being accompanied by Koyomi this time.
* EasilyForgiven: JK forgave Yayoi for her stint as Coma Zodiarts and had no hard feelings.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Koyomi's warnings for Yayoi were probably for [[spoiler: the Foundation X members kidnapping former Switchers in "A Month of Sundays", although we don't know where Yayoi is at the time of that story.]]
** The third Intermission for "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" states that [[spoiler: Haruto saved her from those men in white coats and she's acquainted with Koyomi and Wajima.]]
* NoodleIncident: "That incident", which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place.
* SadClown[=/=]StepfordSmiler: Yayoi's observations of JK.
-->''It must be hard for him, having to put on a happy smile on his face while subsequently breaking down inside.''
* TitleDrop: The title comes from Yayoi's username on the forums.
!!Tears to Shed Provides Examples Of
* EarlyBirdCameo: Tears-8 has Gentaro pass by the [[KamenRiderWizard Donut Shop Hungry food truck]] and accidentally mistaken for Haruto (due to him using the Pictor spell to hide his identity). Just after Gentaro leaves, Haruto himself appears.
* PerspectiveFlip: Some of the chapters takes place in Gentaro's perspective of the story. Notably, Tears-5 reveals that [[spoiler: ''he'' was the serpent that sent Kengo to the hospital way back in II Genesis of the original story.]]
* TakeThat: When Gentaro meets up with the Donut Shop Hungry Manager, being mistaken for Haruto, the manager asks why 'Haruto' always gets the sugar donuts. Gentaro gives a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky reply]] in his mind suggesting that Haruto doesn't really have that much character depth.
!!Birthday Massacre Provides Examples Of
* FlowerMotif: Each of Gentaro's personalities holds different flowers on them. This include:
** Anamnesis has a poppy tattoo, with poppies representing "death". Anamnesis also states a line from "In Flander's Fields", representing how poppies are the symbol for Remembrance Day.
** Yen tosses Nadeshiko flowers (Scientific name: Dianthus Superbus) which in Greek means "divine flower."
* MeaningfulName:
** Anamnesis is a name of a Greek Philosophy where one tries to obtain the knowledge of their past lives.
** Yen is a word that represents yearning.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Each chapter is named after a song from the band TheBirthdayMassacre.
!!A Month Of Sundays Provides Examples Of
* BigBad: Neon Ulsland [[spoiler: and Gamou]] (regarding the Zodiarts situation) and Damballa (regarding the [[spoiler: Shotaro's Serpemt-bearer situation]])
* {{Crossover}}: Aside from the list of Kamen Riders above, [[KamenRiderOOO Ankh, Eiji, Satonaka and Kougami]] have made appearances.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Amanogawa Glee Club makes a comment that Shotaro doesn't look like he came from ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned Village of the Damned]]'' as a way to cheer themselves up. [[spoiler: Come next chapter and they're right--it's ''Damballa'' who has that appearance.]]
* HeroesOfAnotherStory: Takes place during the second half of the Kyoto Arc in "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" starting around its second Intermission.
* IronicName: The title refers to an idiom that means "a significantly long time". The story takes place within a 48-hour time frame.
* {{Ryokan}}: The group rests in one, courtesy of Satake-sensei's mother.
* TheUnreveal: Rumi and Ibuki are spying on [[spoiler: Ophiuchus and Philip about the War of the Stars. Just as it reveals the enemy of the serpents, Philip shuts the book.]]
** Split x End has the possibility that [[spoiler: the war was based off of Ophiuchus's invitation to become the 13th Symbol and the other Horoscope constellations' hatred for him.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Abe's is a ''tanto'' blade, Ibuki has a ''kursarigama'' and Taira has an axe.
-->Gentaro Kisaragi, providing the story's TitleDrop
"Horseshoes and Hand Grenades" is a KamenRiderFourze {{Alternate Universe Fic}}. Taking place near the climax of the Aries Zodiarts arc, it starts with one simple idea. What would've happened if Gentaro wasn't revived by the Cosmic Switch? What if something else revived him, and what if said something was evil? From [[ForWantOfANail this]], the world of Fourze has gone downhill. With a being known as Ophiuchus involved in Gentaro's resurrection and FaceHeelTurn, all factions involved in the plot change, and some not for the better. In other words, if you thought the CerebusRollercoaster in Fourze was bad, this fic has taken one of the most optimistic Kamen Rider series and made it {{Darker and Edgier}}.
The story is currently being written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/702830/Green-Phantom-Queen Green Phantom Queen]] with 22 chapters (plus three intermissions) written so far. The story's biggest strengths with the story is the CharacterDevelopment with the Kamen Rider Club (including Ohsugi), the action and emotion placed into the stories, and the use of characters that only had plot relevance for one arc. Moreover, the author has also added the combined strength of [[KamenRiderAmazon three]] [[KamenRiderV3 different]] [[KamenRiderDenO Kamen Riders]] (three more have been added in the other stories) to even the playing field and more are destined to come as the story unravels.
The author is also working on many other works that are in the same universe. They are: a collection of short stories that deal with Gentaro and his relationship with Ophiuchus known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8846020/1/Tears-to-Shed Tears to Shed]], a prequel to Horseshoes and Hand-grenades known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8969170/1/Who-Decides Who Decides]] which focuses on Ryusei prior to his decision to kill Gentaro, a sidestory known as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9005292/1/A-Month-of-Sundays A Month of Sundays]] which tells of another group of characters in the story fighting off Foundation X in the works and other works including [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9036604/1/Wheel-of-Fortune Wheel of Fortune]] which takes place sometime after Tears to Shed and stars Mei Shirakawa trying to figure out what happened to Ryusei in "Who Decides?", [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9101029/1/Birthday-Massacre Birthday Massacre]] which tells of Gentaro encountering different aspects of himself struggling to fight off against Ophiuchus. And [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9142839/1/SplitxEnd SplitxEnd]] which deals with Yayoi Tokuda doing investigations of her own.
Due to the stories involved, it is vitally important that you read through one work until the end due to the stories being intertwined with one another. Also expect lots of spoilers.
Oh, and it's also worth mentioning that the author is a [[AuthorAppeal fan]] of Masterdramon's [[Fanfic/MyDarkKing My Dark King]], which she notes was what inspired her writing style for the story.
A character sheet is in the works. All tropes regarding characters will be moved there.
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!!Horseshoes and Hand-grenades Provides Examples Of:
* AdaptationalBadass: ''Everyone'' in the Fourze universe gets a level in badass in this fic.
* AnimalMotif: Ophiuchus, and by extension Gentaro, is represented by snakes.
* ArcWords: "Death shouldn't be the answer." or variations of it. "Who are you? No, what are you?" is also common place.
* AsYouKnow: XV The Damned Don't Dance gives the audience the entire backstory of Fourze with OSTO and the Cosmic Energy involved.
* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler: Ryusei, Jiro, and Kengo as of the Kyoto Arc.]]
* UsefulNotes/AztecMythology: Tomoko's group is doing a play between Quetzalcoatl and Mictlantecuhtli in the Kyoto Arc in an attempt to lure Ryusei out in the open. There's also the "Serpent of Obsidian Knives", a.k.a [[spoiler: Jiro Inseki]], which is a symbol of sacrifice.
* {{Badass}}: Many of the characters.
** BadassAdorable: Yuki Jojima
** BadassNormal: Riderman
** BadassTeacher: Chuta Ohsugi and Haruka Utsugi
* BerserkButton: Several. Hayami hates it when one calls him weak, (or in the case of Ophiuchus, calling him a "Master of One".). [[spoiler: Brainwashed!Kengo hates it when anyone mentions his father, the same with Emoto.]] Gentaro is angry when anyone reminds him of his friendship and his human life. Yukina gets pissed over any mention of a girl related to Gentaro.
* BigBad: It's split between Ophiuchus and Gamou.
* CameBackWrong: Gentaro, thanks to Ophiuchus. [[spoiler: Ryusei, Shun, Shotaro and Haruto also count.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Prominent throughout the story.
* CreepyDoll: [[spoiler: Shotaro ''becomes one'' as per payment for being a Serpent-bearer to Damballa in the second Intermission and Damballa does it again to Haruto in the third.]]
* {{Crossover}}: Three different Kamen Riders--[[KamenRiderAmazon Amazon]], [[KamenRiderV3 Riderman]], and [[KamenRiderDenO Den-O]]--get involved in the events and decide to help out. The end of XIV "Shadows of the Damned" reveals that [[spoiler: [[KamenRiderDouble Gentaro is heading off to Futo in the future.]]]] In Intermission 2 "Voodoo Child", [[KamenRiderDragonKnight Kit and Maya]] find someone talking about the 'War of the Stars'.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Fourze was more of a VileVillainSaccharineShow with a healthy dose of CerebusRollercoaster at the most, but this fic pushes Fourze into areas that it usually wouldn't go. [[spoiler: The ending of XI Team Spirit, for example, implies that a minor character was ''forced into suicide.'']]
* {{Deconstruction}}: Ryusei's IDidWhatIHadToDo mentality to kill Gentaro affects ''everyone'' and it's shown that it was stupid to begin with. Likewise Gentaro's sacrifice to Ryusei has become essentially [[SenselessSacrifice useless]] because it now means that he could be used for something even worse.
* DemonicPossession: The Imagins appear once more to help out with the plot and bond to different characters to access Den-O's different forms. They are:
** Momotaros/Sword Form -> Soushi Motoyama
** Urataros/Rod Form -> Shun Daimonji
** Kintaros/Axe Form -> Ban Chosuke
** Ryutaros/Gun Form -> JK
** Sieg/Wing Form -> Norio Eguchi
** All Together/Super Climax Form -> [[spoiler: Haruka Utsugi]]
*** As of XIII, [[spoiler: Shun's being possessed by another being that calls himself Vasuki]].
* DualWielding: Gentaro gains two blades with the Circinus Spell. Shun gets two ''patas'' (a pair of gauntlet with sword blades) [[spoiler: when he makes his contract with Vasuki.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Yuta Suguira (Taurus Zodiarts) gets name-dropped during the first Intermission.
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Meteor Impact Switch for Meteor Storm and Void States for Cosmic States.]]
* EvilVsEvil: Ophiuchus and Gentaro vs Gamou and his Zodiarts.
* FiveBadBand: For Ophiuchus and Gentaro
** BigBad: Ophiuchus
** TheDragon: Gentaro
** TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler: Kengo, Hayami and Philip]]
** TheBrute: [[spoiler: Jiro]]
** TheDarkChick: Yuri Kuramochi
* FiveManBand:
** The Kamen Rider Club [[spoiler: minus Kengo]].
*** TheLeader: Miu
*** TheLancer: Ohsugi
*** TheBigGuy: Shun
*** TheSmartGuy: JK
*** TheHeart: Yuki
*** TheChick: Tomoko
** The Kamen Rider Club Girls
*** TheLeader and TheSmartGuy: Miu
*** TheLancer: Yuki
*** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Erin
*** TheChick: Tomoko
** Kamen Rider Den-O
*** TheLeader: Motoyama (Sword Form)
*** TheLancer: Shun (Rod Form)
*** TheBigGuy: Chosuke (Axe Form)
*** TheSmartGuy: JK (Gun Form)
*** TheChick: Norio (Wing Form)
*** TheSixthRanger: Haruka Utsugi ([[spoiler: Super Climax Form]])
** The Kamen Riders [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Ohsugi]]
*** TheLeader and TheSmartGuy: Riderman
*** TheLancer: Ohsugi
*** TheBigGuy: Amazon
*** TheChick: [[spoiler: Nadeshiko]]
* ForWantOfANail: The story's plot comes from Kengo not reviving Gentaro with the Cosmic Switch, but rather has Ophiuchus do it instead.
** Moreover, this story comes to fruition due to Ryusei's DealWithTheDevil. The prequel "Who Decides?" states that he was trying to follow the fortune-reading laid out for him.
* ILetGwenStacyDie[=/=]ItsAllMyFault: The Kamen Rider Club blame themselves for Gentaro's death since none of them realized that Ryusei was Kamen Rider Meteor and the fact that they stood there to let Gentaro die.
* InelegantBlubbering: Kintaros does this twice, one when he gives Yukina an ArmorPiercingSlap and the second when he starts crying at [[spoiler: seeing Hana's wounds from fighting Yuri.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Yukina dies by the very same man that she's been so obsessive over in XIII-2 "Of Sins and Shadows"]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Fourze's boasted a ''huge'' amount of named characters in the Kamen Rider universe, so it's no exception that many of them will come up sooner or later. Plus we also have two Showa Riders, five Imagins and the [=DenLiner=] crew making appearances. There is already ''50'' characters as of the first Intermission.
** And in the other fics below, more and ''more'' characters are named and introduced. We're gonna need a character sheet in the near future...
* LoveMakesYouStupid: Ohsugi has this epiphany about him falling in love with Sonada, realizing that he was an utter fool. Yukina realizes this too late [[spoiler: and she dies at the end of XIII-2 "Of Sins and Shadows"]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Norio goes into this when he learns Misa's backstory.
* NamesTheSame: Yuki Jojima and Yuki Joji. Justified due to Jojima's ShoutOutThemeNaming. For convenience, Yuki refers to Jojima, Joji refers to Riderman.
* PowerFist: Yuki's Hayabusa Plushie now works as one due to [[spoiler: Nadeshiko applying SOLU on it.]]
* RousingSpeech: Ohsugi gives this to the Kamen Rider Club in order to give them hope.
* SanitySlippage: Ryusei, [[spoiler: post Cosmic Energy injections]]
* StellarThemeNaming: Gentaro has access to abilities that are named after constellations. These include:
** ''Serpens'': Summons a snake that acts like a MindControlDevice to whomever it decides to clamp around a person's neck.
** ''Pictor'': Lets him disguise his appearance. "Tears to Shed" reveals that with enough concentration, Gentaro can transform into a snake.
** ''Serpens Caput/Cauda'': Summons two halves of a snake used for resurrection. ''Caput'' summons that lower half that crawls into the deceased person's throat, and ''Cauda'' summons the head that resurrects the body after Gentaro says the magic words.
** ''Horologium'': Makes the sound of a pendulum clock ring in a person's head.
** ''Pyxis'': Similar to Pyxis Zodiarts' ability in the show.
** ''Scutum'': Creates a shield to protect him from attacks.
** ''Hercules'': Gives Gentaro temporary SuperStrength.
** ''Circinus'': Wields [[DualWielding two blades]] on his wrists. The one on his right (King snake) creates {{Fireballs}}, while the one on his left (Coral Snake) can extend to farther distances.
** ''Gemini'': Can create [[MesACrowd another copy of himself.]]
* ThemeNaming: The chapter titles are based on either the last syllable/word of the previous chapter before it.
** Gentaro's worshipers are named after snake deities or related to them. We so far have Apep ([[spoiler:Kengo]]),Serpent of the Obsidian Knives ([[spoiler:Jiro Inseki]]), Neroda ([[spoiler:Yuri Kuramochi]]), Kukulkan ([[spoiler:Misa Torizaki]]), Ecydsis ([[spoiler:Kouhei Hayami]]) and Leviathan ([[spoiler:Philip]])
** And as of #13, we have another serpent based deity by the name of Vasuki, [[spoiler: who is currently fused with an Urataros-possessed Shun.]] In the first intermission, we also have the Rainbow Serpent whose current avatar is [[spoiler: Mari Yamamoto]] while the second has King Damballa possessing [[spoiler: Shotaro.]]
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Where it's headed. The story can basically be summed up to: "Thanks to Ryusei killing off TheHero, he gets resurrected and hell breaks loose."
* WesternZodiac: Gentaro's born on November 30th which in some circles, means he's an Ophiuchus.
* WhamEpisode: III [[MeaningfulName System Shock]] has this in twofold where the audience first sees how Gentaro became possessed by Ophiuchus, and then the audience learns that [[spoiler: Ryusei is a Core Child.]]
!!Who Decides Provides Examples Of
* ArcWords: Combined with TitleDrop.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's commonly noted that there are ''13'' Astronomical signs as opposed to twelve. Plus, Ryusei doesn't have recollection on a family or birthdays [[spoiler: foreshadowing that he's not actually human.]]
* FortuneTeller: Madame Pollux
* MeaningfulName: Madame Pollux is named after Pollux from the myth of Castor and Pollux. Coincidentally, Pollux is also the brightest star in Gemini's constellation, relating to below.
* TarotMotifs: The cards drawn by Ryusei are all of the Minor Arcana. His first card is the Inverted Six of Cups, the second is the upright Four of Coins and the last is the upright Nine of Rods.
* WesternZodiac: Ryusei is a Gemini in this story.
* WhamEpisode: When Ryusei leaves the tent, it's revealed that Madame Pollux is [[spoiler: his best friend Mei Shirawkawa whose shift was supposed to end prior to his fortune reading. She was presumably possessed by a serpent.]]
!!Wheel of Fortune Provides Examples Of
* ADayInTheLimelight: Mei Shirakawa is the main focus of the story.
* TarotMotifs: Each chapter is named after a different tarot card along with their position, and Mei draws fortunes for different people involved. For example, Ryusei's future card was the upward Nine of Rods, while Gentaro had the inverted The Emperor. This represents Ryusei trying to defeat the obstacle in his way (Gentaro) and Gentaro following his heart to make Ryusei happy, rather than do something for his own benefit, causing [[ForWantOfANail everything that happens in the story.]]
!!Split x End Provides Examples Of
* ADayInTheLimelight: Yayoi Tokuda stars in this one. She was in the original version of Horseshoes, but is now referenced by JK.
* CallForward: Yayoi's pal on the forums goes by the name of [=KRSwan=]. In the 2nd Intermission [[spoiler: we meet up with Kit and Maya looking up a website regarding the War of the Stars]].
* ChildhoodFriends: With JK. Their friendship is so close that Yayoi is bunking with him while her parents are off on important business.
* CryIntoChest: Yayoi references that she did this once JK forgave her for her Coma Zodiarts business.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Like Tears to Shed, Yayoi meets up with [[KamenRiderWizard Haruto]], but he's being accompanied by Koyomi this time.
* EasilyForgiven: JK forgave Yayoi for her stint as Coma Zodiarts and had no hard feelings.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Koyomi's warnings for Yayoi were probably for [[spoiler: the Foundation X members kidnapping former Switchers in "A Month of Sundays", although we don't know where Yayoi is at the time of that story.]]
** The third Intermission for "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" states that [[spoiler: Haruto saved her from those men in white coats and she's acquainted with Koyomi and Wajima.]]
* NoodleIncident: "That incident", which is something that no one (Yayoi, JK and JK's father) talks about. It presumably relates to why JK's father ultimately gave up his rock-star career and as to why JK became such a KnowledgeBroker in the first place.
* SadClown[=/=]StepfordSmiler: Yayoi's observations of JK.
-->''It must be hard for him, having to put on a happy smile on his face while subsequently breaking down inside.''
* TitleDrop: The title comes from Yayoi's username on the forums.
!!Tears to Shed Provides Examples Of
* EarlyBirdCameo: Tears-8 has Gentaro pass by the [[KamenRiderWizard Donut Shop Hungry food truck]] and accidentally mistaken for Haruto (due to him using the Pictor spell to hide his identity). Just after Gentaro leaves, Haruto himself appears.
* PerspectiveFlip: Some of the chapters takes place in Gentaro's perspective of the story. Notably, Tears-5 reveals that [[spoiler: ''he'' was the serpent that sent Kengo to the hospital way back in II Genesis of the original story.]]
* TakeThat: When Gentaro meets up with the Donut Shop Hungry Manager, being mistaken for Haruto, the manager asks why 'Haruto' always gets the sugar donuts. Gentaro gives a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky reply]] in his mind suggesting that Haruto doesn't really have that much character depth.
!!Birthday Massacre Provides Examples Of
* FlowerMotif: Each of Gentaro's personalities holds different flowers on them. This include:
** Anamnesis has a poppy tattoo, with poppies representing "death". Anamnesis also states a line from "In Flander's Fields", representing how poppies are the symbol for Remembrance Day.
** Yen tosses Nadeshiko flowers (Scientific name: Dianthus Superbus) which in Greek means "divine flower."
* MeaningfulName:
** Anamnesis is a name of a Greek Philosophy where one tries to obtain the knowledge of their past lives.
** Yen is a word that represents yearning.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Each chapter is named after a song from the band TheBirthdayMassacre.
!!A Month Of Sundays Provides Examples Of
* BigBad: Neon Ulsland [[spoiler: and Gamou]] (regarding the Zodiarts situation) and Damballa (regarding the [[spoiler: Shotaro's Serpemt-bearer situation]])
* {{Crossover}}: Aside from the list of Kamen Riders above, [[KamenRiderOOO Ankh, Eiji, Satonaka and Kougami]] have made appearances.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Amanogawa Glee Club makes a comment that Shotaro doesn't look like he came from ''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned Village of the Damned]]'' as a way to cheer themselves up. [[spoiler: Come next chapter and they're right--it's ''Damballa'' who has that appearance.]]
* HeroesOfAnotherStory: Takes place during the second half of the Kyoto Arc in "Horseshoes and Hand-grenades" starting around its second Intermission.
* IronicName: The title refers to an idiom that means "a significantly long time". The story takes place within a 48-hour time frame.
* {{Ryokan}}: The group rests in one, courtesy of Satake-sensei's mother.
* TheUnreveal: Rumi and Ibuki are spying on [[spoiler: Ophiuchus and Philip about the War of the Stars. Just as it reveals the enemy of the serpents, Philip shuts the book.]]
** Split x End has the possibility that [[spoiler: the war was based off of Ophiuchus's invitation to become the 13th Symbol and the other Horoscope constellations' hatred for him.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: Abe's is a ''tanto'' blade, Ibuki has a ''kursarigama'' and Taira has an axe.
