History Manga / Arisa

* {{Amnesia}}: Tsubasa fakes amnesia while pretending to be Arisa. [[spoiler: Arisa wakes up from her coma with amnesia.]]

* HimeCut: Shizuka.

Tsubasa is known as the ''Demon Princess'' of her school, because she is a {{Delinquent}} who always gets into fights, and her [[OneOfTheBoys only friends are boys]] because the girls are dead scared of her. Also, [[BookDumb she's got really bad grades]].

* CreepyDoll: The King's messenger doll in chapter 7 is both a [[MonsterClown clown]] AND a CreepyDoll that speaks its threatening message and then laughs maniacally. [[AccidentalNightmareFuel Then it explodes]].

* AdultsAreUseless: You'd think that when two girls in the same class [[spoiler: try to off themselves]] in the same year and one of them is the [[ClassRepresentative Class Rep.]] the faculty/administration/clergy ''might'' be looking into it or launching some sort of investigation...instead class 2-B continues to participate in King Time every Music/{{Friday}} without any adults coming in to check on them or [[TwoTeacherSchool ever getting suspicious of the drawn curtains and closed doors]] or [[spoiler: that fire or the dead body or the missing student..]].

* [[spoiler: {{Amnesia}}: Arisa wakes up from her coma with amnesia.]]

However, there are things about Arisa and her school that she hasn't mentioned to Tsubasa -- dangerous things. And when Arisa [[InterruptedSuicide tries to suicide herself]] in front of Tsubasa and [[AngstComa falls into a coma]], Tsubasa decides that she must know the truth about Arisa in order to save her.

* AmbiguousGender: The title of the King can refer to a girl, due to the Japanese word for the title not having a gender phrase.

[[SiblingYinYang Tsubasa and Arisa]] [[DifferentAsNightAndDay are ''really'' different]].

* AmbiguousGender: The title of the King can refer to a girl.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Sure seems like it, with [[spoiler: Arisa flatlining and Tsubasa seemingly pushed down the stairs/beaten to death after her identity is exposed.]] They got better, though [[spoiler: Arisa got amnesia and Tsubasa still doesn't suspect Midori]].

* AdultsAreUseless: You'd think that when two girls in the same class [[spoiler: try to off themselves]] in the same year and one of them is the [[ClassRepresentative Class Rep.]], the faculty/administration/clergy ''might'' be looking into it or launching some sort of investigation...instead class 2-B continues to participate in King Time every Music/{{Friday}} without any adults coming in to check on them or [[TwoTeacherSchool ever getting suspicious of the drawn curtains and closed doors]].

* OnlySaneMan: Tsubasa and Midori, the only people not being manipulated/hypnotized by the King. [[spoiler:

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Sure seems like it, with [[spoiler: Arisa flatlining and Tsubasa seemingly pushed down the stairs/beaten to death after her identity is exposed.]]

* RedHerring: There are quite a lot of suspects for the King's identity. Namely, Arisa [[spoiler: who in fact was the King, but ''not'' the current, corrupt King]], Manabe, Shizuka, Midori and Kudou. [[spoiler:But not all of them are really RedHerring.]]

* BlondeGuysAreEvil: The current favourite suspect for the identity of the King is this trope to a T. [[spoiler: He's apparently been "doing this for Arisa", though it's not clear what that means.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Manabe qualifies, though me might be equally classifiable as Tsundere as well.

** Evil blonde guy, able to [[spoiler: turn a whole classroom into a vigilante mob and use them to get away with arson and possibly murder]].
* NiceGuy: Midori-kun[[spoiler: ...for now]].

* OnlySaneMan: Tsubasa (and Midori), the only people not being manipulated/hypnotized by the King.
* RedHerring: Arisa [[spoiler: was the King, but ''not'' the current, corrupt King]].

* [[spoiler: Evil Twin: Heavily implied with Arisa, but not proven.]]

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Mariko.

* {{Yandere}}: Mariko for Arisa. [[IGotBetter She gets better]].

* OrIsIt: Every time it seems the King's finally been revealed it turns out s/he's either being manipulated or their suspicious behavior is just a coincedence.