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* CrazyWorkplace: The bar Amaterasu is a front organization for the eponymous group of superhero [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game LARPers]] (and their monkey mascot), most of whom [[TrumanShowPlot don't]] ''know'' they're [=LARPing=].
-->'''Policeman:''' Any reason why you have a CLOSED sign hanging on the door?
-->'''Sato:'''...The more curious customers like it that way.
-->'''Policeman:''' Any reason why you have a CLOSED sign hanging on the door?
-->'''Sato:'''...The more curious customers like it that way.
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''Sekai no Yami to Tatakau Himitsu Kessha ga nai kara Tsukutta (Hangire)'' (translated in English as ''There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting Organization (srsly?!) So I Made One MYSELF!'') is a comedy series written by Hagane Kurodome. [[WebNovel Originally released online]], it received a LightNovel adaptation that was CutShort after two volumes. [[https://taishitranslations.com/secret-org/ The official English translation]] covers both published novels (released commercially through J-Novel) and then continues into web material (released for free on the translator's personal blog). A separate FanTranslation of the start of the WebNovel and some sidestories [[https://rosietranslates.home.blog/secret-organization-toc/ also exists]].
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Then...nothing happens. No AncientConspiracy steps out of the shadows to recruit him. No aliens invade Earth. No lovely MagicalGirlfriend shows up to give him the CallToAdventure. Not even levitating 7-ton buses breaks the monotony of Sago's utterly adequate, ordinary life.
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Then... nothing happens. No AncientConspiracy steps out of the shadows to recruit him. No aliens invade Earth. No lovely MagicalGirlfriend shows up to give him the CallToAdventure. Not even levitating 7-ton buses breaks the monotony of Sago's utterly adequate, ordinary life.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sago and Kaburagi aren't sadists, but...magic is '''everything''' to them. If they have to kill or torture animals to understand it better, they will.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sago and Kaburagi aren't sadists, but... magic is '''everything''' to them. If they have to kill or torture animals to understand it better, they will.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to Amaterasu.]]
[[ClicheStorm You know this story.]] One day, out of the blue, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Kinemitsu Sago develops telekinesis. It is an incredible power, a power out of the LightNovel[=s=] he loves so much, a power sure to sweep him into a life of heroism and intrigue.
Then...nothing happens. No AncientConspiracy steps out of the shadows to recruit him. No aliens invade Earth. No lovely MagicalGirlfriend shows up to give him the CallToAdventure. Not even levitating 7-ton buses breaks the monotony of Sago's utterly adequate, ordinary life.
So he waits. He trains. Not wanting to out himself to the media, he graduates school and takes up a mundane white-collar job.
But the old obsession still burns in his heart. Frustrated beyond endurance, Sago vows to himself: [[StartMyOwn "I will be the supernatural organization!"]]
''Sekai no Yami to Tatakau Himitsu Kessha ga nai kara Tsukutta (Hangire)'' (translated in English as ''There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting Organization (srsly?!) So I Made One MYSELF!'') is a comedy series written by Hagane Kurodome. [[WebNovel Originally released online]], it received a LightNovel adaptation that was CutShort after two volumes. [[https://taishitranslations.com/secret-org/ The official English translation]] covers both published novels (released commercially through J-Novel) and then continues into web material (released for free on the translator's personal blog). A separate FanTranslation of the start of the WebNovel and some sidestories [[https://rosietranslates.home.blog/secret-organization-toc/ also exists]].
This series was among several light novels [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-15/publishers-comment-on-amazon-kindle-delisting-of-at-least-15-light-novels-manga/.161872 cut]] from Amazon.com, but has now been restored.
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!!This series has been forced to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] the following tropes:
%%* TheAntiNihilist:
* BecomingTheMask: At first, Sago only recruited teenagers into Amaterasu so he could live vicariously through them, but he quickly came to care about them as people.
%%* BirdsOfAFeather:
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sago and Kaburagi aren't sadists, but...magic is '''everything''' to them. If they have to kill or torture animals to understand it better, they will.
%%* ElementalPowers:
%%* ComplexityAddiction:
* {{Determinator}}: The main criteria for Amaterasu membership is not just that you have outlandish dreams, but that you are willing to work hard to manifest them- neither ignoring or succumbing to reality. Its founder began by [[MindOverMatter lifting cookie crumbs]] and trained to become a PhysicalGod. The NumberTwo is a polymath who made herself millions off the stock exchange. Neither are willing to share their clubhouse with anyone but kindred spirits.
%%* DontThinkFeel:
%%* FalseFlagOperation
%%* ForHappiness:
%%* MagicAIsMagicA:
* PersonalityPowers: Played straight with most characters.
** Sago feels so driven to make something, ''anything'', interesting happen that he [[TheChessmaster manipulates teenagers into believing their lives are at stake]]. Naturally, his esper ability manifests as telekinesis.
** Kaburagi is a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]]-esque intellectual who conquers all challenges in her life with preparation and a strict schedule. Now, [[TimeStandsStill she has extra time]] for her high-powered lifestyle.
%%* ReedRichardsIsUseless:
* SuperEmpowering: Esper power can be grafted onto someone who doesn't have it. This is how everyone other than Sago got their powers- he ripped bits off of his own [[InsistentTerminology telekimuscle]] and attached it to their souls. After a few days, it grows in naturally, and the person instinctively understands that they have it. Unusually for the trope, magic does ''not'' remain the same throughout transferral: when Sago gives magic to Kaburagi, she gets a different ability from his.
* IceQueen: The longer Sago is around Shiori Kaburagi, the less sexually attracted he feels to her. Her aura of confidence is so intimidating that respect for her overrides everything else.
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to Amaterasu.]]
[[ClicheStorm You know this story.]] One day, out of the blue, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Kinemitsu Sago develops telekinesis. It is an incredible power, a power out of the LightNovel[=s=] he loves so much, a power sure to sweep him into a life of heroism and intrigue.
Then...nothing happens. No AncientConspiracy steps out of the shadows to recruit him. No aliens invade Earth. No lovely MagicalGirlfriend shows up to give him the CallToAdventure. Not even levitating 7-ton buses breaks the monotony of Sago's utterly adequate, ordinary life.
So he waits. He trains. Not wanting to out himself to the media, he graduates school and takes up a mundane white-collar job.
But the old obsession still burns in his heart. Frustrated beyond endurance, Sago vows to himself: [[StartMyOwn "I will be the supernatural organization!"]]
''Sekai no Yami to Tatakau Himitsu Kessha ga nai kara Tsukutta (Hangire)'' (translated in English as ''There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting Organization (srsly?!) So I Made One MYSELF!'') is a comedy series written by Hagane Kurodome. [[WebNovel Originally released online]], it received a LightNovel adaptation that was CutShort after two volumes. [[https://taishitranslations.com/secret-org/ The official English translation]] covers both published novels (released commercially through J-Novel) and then continues into web material (released for free on the translator's personal blog). A separate FanTranslation of the start of the WebNovel and some sidestories [[https://rosietranslates.home.blog/secret-organization-toc/ also exists]].
This series was among several light novels [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-15/publishers-comment-on-amazon-kindle-delisting-of-at-least-15-light-novels-manga/.161872 cut]] from Amazon.com, but has now been restored.
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!!This series has been forced to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] the following tropes:
%%* TheAntiNihilist:
* BecomingTheMask: At first, Sago only recruited teenagers into Amaterasu so he could live vicariously through them, but he quickly came to care about them as people.
%%* BirdsOfAFeather:
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sago and Kaburagi aren't sadists, but...magic is '''everything''' to them. If they have to kill or torture animals to understand it better, they will.
%%* ElementalPowers:
%%* ComplexityAddiction:
* {{Determinator}}: The main criteria for Amaterasu membership is not just that you have outlandish dreams, but that you are willing to work hard to manifest them- neither ignoring or succumbing to reality. Its founder began by [[MindOverMatter lifting cookie crumbs]] and trained to become a PhysicalGod. The NumberTwo is a polymath who made herself millions off the stock exchange. Neither are willing to share their clubhouse with anyone but kindred spirits.
%%* DontThinkFeel:
%%* FalseFlagOperation
%%* ForHappiness:
%%* MagicAIsMagicA:
* PersonalityPowers: Played straight with most characters.
** Sago feels so driven to make something, ''anything'', interesting happen that he [[TheChessmaster manipulates teenagers into believing their lives are at stake]]. Naturally, his esper ability manifests as telekinesis.
** Kaburagi is a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]]-esque intellectual who conquers all challenges in her life with preparation and a strict schedule. Now, [[TimeStandsStill she has extra time]] for her high-powered lifestyle.
%%* ReedRichardsIsUseless:
* SuperEmpowering: Esper power can be grafted onto someone who doesn't have it. This is how everyone other than Sago got their powers- he ripped bits off of his own [[InsistentTerminology telekimuscle]] and attached it to their souls. After a few days, it grows in naturally, and the person instinctively understands that they have it. Unusually for the trope, magic does ''not'' remain the same throughout transferral: when Sago gives magic to Kaburagi, she gets a different ability from his.
* IceQueen: The longer Sago is around Shiori Kaburagi, the less sexually attracted he feels to her. Her aura of confidence is so intimidating that respect for her overrides everything else.
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
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