History Manga / CeresCelestialLegend

* BigFancyHouse: Yuuhi and Suzumi's house, TheThingThatGoesDoink included.

%% * SexyDiscretionShot: Used in the anime oddly enough, despite the fact that they show full frontal nudity and such. [[CoitusEnsues The manga is entirely different.]]

* BareYourMidriff: An element of Touya's initial outfit.

* CoolBigSis: Suzumi to Yuuhi, and eventually to Aya.

* KiManipulation: or something close...

* LoveTriangle: Aya, Touya, and Yuuhi. We're talking about Creator/YuuWatase after all.
* MacGuffin: The celestial robe or ''hagoromo'' ([[spoiler:a.k.a. Mana]]).

* [[spoiler: {{Mana}}]]: Well, the [[spoiler: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin mana]]]], though it acts more as the generic form of LifeEnergy, since a tennyo's [[spoiler: mana]] won't "run out" unless she is separated from it, which if prolonged, will lead to the maiden's death and the disintegration of the [[spoiler: mana]].

* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate:
** [[spoiler: Was done to Chidori when she was captured by the Mikages.]]
** [[spoiler: And then it was subverted due to her untimely demise before they could implant the fertilized embryo back into her]].

* NothingUpMySleeve: Quite literally, as Touya's dagger isn't really in his sleeve...

* TheOjou: Aya

* PluckyComicRelief: Yuuhi, quite often.
* PluckyGirl: Aya. And how!
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: And darken.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "Let me bestow joyful bliss upon you."

* RealMenCook: Yuuhi, of course.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Aya, big time.

* SexForSolace: Subverted with [[spoiler: Aya and Yuuhi.]]
* SexyDiscretionShot: Used in the anime oddly enough, despite the fact that they show full frontal nudity and such. [[CoitusEnsues The manga is entirely different.]]

* ShutUpKiss: A lot.
* SickAndWrong: Aya thinks this as [[spoiler:the Ancestor, who has possessed Aki since volume 5, tries to rape her in Volume 10.]]

* SingleGenderRace: The ''tennyo''.

* SwirlingDust

* {{Twincest}}: When Mikagi is in control of Aki he frequently attempts this with Aya as she is the reincarnation of Ceres. He does not care that Aki and Aya are twin siblings.

* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:Kagami's backstory.]]

* WomanScorned: Ceres again.

%%%%%% Zero Context Example
%%%% YamatoNadeshiko: Aya evolves to this [[CharacterDevelopment throughout the story]].

* YourDaysAreNumbered: Touya, at the end.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Played completely seriously ''and'' creepily; suffice to say, Mikagi ''knows'' his physical vessel Aki is a fraternal twin to Ceres' physical vessel Aya... and doesn't ''care''. Of course, what sets up the whole plot is that after thousand of years, Aya is a near genetic duplicate of Ceres and Aki is one of Mikagi, which enables them to fully manifest themselves. Still, the twins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect grew up together]] meaning Mikagi's obsession with Ceres (in Aya's body) [[{{Squick}} squicks]] the ''Hell'' out of everyone else involved, ''especially'' Aki, who sometimes has difficulty distinguishing between Mikagi's feelings and his own, which Mikagi happily exploits [[spoiler:to corner Aki and take over his body]] (whereas Aya attributes it to Mikagi alone).

* TwinsAreSpecial: Subverted and deconstructed to [[{{Squick}} horrifying]] effect.

%%* IllGirl: Yuki Urakawa. Shōta, Chidori's brother, is a male example.

Subverted and deconstructed to [[{{Squick}} horrifying]] effect.

** At the start of the story, twin siblings Aki and Aya Mikage are revealed to be able to host the spirits of Mikage family progenitor Mikagi and his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe reluctant]] [[MaritalRapeLicense wife]]/powerful celestial maiden Ceres, respectively. But they learn it's not because they are twins, but because they are near genetic duplicates for the two, due to RoyalInbreeding, which is what allows the spirits to possess and take control of their bodies. Possession by Mikagi is considered an auspicious sign by the Mikage family, as he is prophesized to lead the family to continued prosperity, whereas possession by Ceres is viewed as a DoomMagnet, the family typically killing the host. Because Aya and Aki are twins, this creates an inadvertant OneTwinMustDie scenario.
** Before they realize they are hosts, Aki and Aya have a close, but very normal sibling relationship. However, Mikagi is still romantically and sexually obsessed with Ceres, does not care that his vessel is the brother of her vessel, and has no qualms of [[BrotherSisterIncest acting on]] [[{{Twincest}} his desires]]. While both Aki and Aya are disgusted by this, Aki in particular has a hard time keeping his normal sibling feelings for Aya separate and distinct from Mikagi's feelings for Ceres the more he gets possessed, showing just how awful feeling preternaturally strong feelings for one's own sibling would be.

* AdaptationDistillation

* BabiesEverAfter: Subverted, where Aya learns about being pregnant in volume 12 and is in her last month of pregnancy at the end of the series.
** A side-story in another one of Creator/YuuWatase's works showed on the last page, that Aya gave birth [[spoiler: to a daughter. And Touya, who had stated that due to having given up the Mana that he was made of he is slowly dying and might have a year or few more left, although still alive. Retains a {{bittersweet|Ending}} note as Toya is ''still'' slowly dying]].

* BettyAndVeronica: Yuuhi and Touya to Aya.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Played completely seriously ''and'' creepily; suffice to say, Mikagi ''knows'' his physical vessel Aki is a fraternal twin to Ceres' physical vessel Aya... and doesn't ''care''.
** Of course, what sets up the whole plot is that after thousand of years, Aya is a near genetic duplicate of Ceres and Aki is one of Mikagi, which enables them to fully manifest themselves. Still, the twins [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect grew up together]] meaning Mikagi's obsession with Ceres (in Aya's body) [[{{Squick}} squicks]] the ''Hell'' out of everyone else involved, ''especially'' Aki, who sometimes has difficulty distinguishing between Mikagi's feelings and his own, which Mikagi happily exploits [[spoiler:to corner Aki and take over his body]] (whereas Aya attributes it to Mikagi alone).

* CharacterDevelopment: Aya, from OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent to full-blown healthy YamatoNadeshiko who has to rebuild her life after all the crazy events piling on her.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Mikagi to Ceres -- stalking her across time, [[spoiler:raping her, and killing one of their own children due to jealousy]]. He actually was an UnderstandingBoyfriend [[spoiler:until he made the horrible mistake of asking Ceres to give him a parcel of her power]].

* DramaticWind: Quite a lot.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Suzumi]] attempted this in the past following [[spoiler:the death of her husband and her subsequent miscarriage, but was [[InterruptedSuicide stopped by Yuuhi]]]]. Later, in a much more malicious case, [[spoiler:Aya's cousin and fellow ''tennyo'' Miori]] kills herself in a ''very'' gruesome manner, [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning purposefully traumatizing Aya]] as revenge for [[spoiler:her mother's death at the hands of Ceres]].

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Kagami's only PetTheDog moment comes when he's shown visiting his insane, delirious mother (who turns out to have been abusive).

* FightingFromTheInside: Aki, without much success.
* FingerSuckHealing: Yuuhi to Aya.
* FirstGirlWins: [[GenderFlipped Male version]]: Touya was introduced before Yuuhi, during which time he had already [[ShutUpKiss stolen]] [[FirstKiss a]] [[SacredFirstKiss kiss]] and indefinitely her heart. First ''Guy'' Wins seems to be [[AuthorAppeal a recurring theme throughout Watase's works]].

* {{Gonk}}: Mrs. Q/Kyuu

* HeroicBSOD: Poor Aya gets this a ''lot.''
* HeroicBastard: Yuuhi.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[PapaWolf The fathers do this a lot.]] First Aya's father [[spoiler: [[TakingTheBullet took a bullet for her]] [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight when he defied his family]] instead of shooting her.]] Then, Yuuhi's estranged father [[spoiler: took a bullet for him when the Mikages were after them, [[SubvertedTrope but he survived]].]] Toward the finale, [[spoiler: Touya]] made the ultimate sacrifice of [[spoiler: giving the mana to the pregnant Aya when Mikagi fatally stabbed her, [[MortalityEnsues meaning that he sacrificed his own immortality in order to restore the lives of Aya and their unborn child]]]].

** When you really look at it, just about every meaningful death in this series constitutes as a heroic sacrifice.
* HiddenEyes: The Mikage family does this a fair bit.

* IllGirl: Yuki Urakawa. Shōta, Chidori's brother, is a male example.

* KissingCousins: Played darkly with Kagami and Aya, and in a more positive (albeit tragic) light with Shuro and Kei.

* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: [[spoiler: Was done to Chidori when she was captured by the Mikages.]]

* MysteriousProtector: Touya

** RapePillageAndBurn: Mikagi's ''modus operandi'' after he got powers from Ceres, as he began terrorizing nearby tribes and attaining followers who had a thirst for blood.

** RapeDiscretionShot: Used in both the anime AND the manga concerning [[spoiler:Mikagi]]'s [[MaritalRapeLicense marital rape]] of [[spoiler: Ceres]], in which both mediums more or less show [[spoiler: Mikagi]] [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kissing]] or [[ClothingDamage disrobing]] [[spoiler: Ceres]], with the next scene/panel showing [[spoiler: Ceres half-naked and crying on the floor.]]

** At the start of the story, twin siblings Aki and Aya Mikage are revealed to be able to host the spirits of Mikage family progenitor Mikagi and his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe reluctant]] [[MaritalRapeLicense wife]]/powerful celestial maiden Ceres, respectively. But they learn it's not because they are twins, but because they are near genetic duplicates for the two, by chance, which is what allows the spirits to possess and take control of their bodies. Possession by Mikagi is considered an auspicious sign by the Mikage family, as he is prophesized to lead the family to continued prosperity, whereas possession by Ceres is viewed as a DoomMagnet, the family typically killing the host. Because Aya and Aki are twins, this creates an inadvertant OneTwinMustDie scenario.

* TwinsAreSpecial: Subverted to [[{{Squick}} horrifying]] effect.

** Before they realize they are hosts, Aki and Aya have a close, but very normal sibling relationship. However, Mikagi is still romantically and sexually obsessed with Ceres, does not care that his vessel is the brother of her vessel, and has no qualms of [[BrotherSisterIncest acting on]] [[{{Twincest}} his desires]]. While both Aki and Aya are disgusted by this, Aki in particular has a hard time keeping his normal sibling feelings for Aya separate and distinct from Mikagi's feelings for Ceres the more he gets possessed.

* TwinsAreSpecial: Subverted to [[{{Squick}} horrifying]] effect. At the start of the story, twin siblings Aki and Aya Mikage are revealed to be able to host the spirits of Mikage family progenitor Mikagi and his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe reluctant]] [[MaritalRapeLicense wife]]/powerful celestial maiden Ceres, respectively. But they learn it's not because they are twins, but because they are near genetic duplicates for the two, by chance, which is what allows the spirits to possess and take control of their bodies. Possession by Mikagi is considered an auspicious sign by the Mikage family, as he is prophesized to lead the family to continued prosperity, whereas possession by Ceres is viewed as a DoomMagnet, and whoever can do so needs to be killed, leading to an inadvertant OneTwinMustDie scenario. On top of this, Mikagi is still romantically and sexually obsessed with Ceres, does not care that his vessel is the brother of her vessel, and has no qualms of [[BrotherSisterIncest acting on]] [[{{Twincest}} his desires]], much to the disgust of both Aki and Aya.

* TwinsAreSpecial: Subverted to [[{{Squick}} horrifying]] effect. Aki and Aya Mikage are special not because they are twins, but because they are near genetic duplicates for Mikage family progenitor Mikagi and his [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe reluctant]] [[MaritalRapeLicense wife]]/powerful celestial maiden Ceres, respectively. This allows the spirits of both ancestors to possess and take control of their bodies. The former is considered an auspicious sign as he will lead the family to continued prosperity whereas the latter is viewed as a DoomMagnet and needs to be killed. Mikagi is still obsessed with Ceres, does not care that his vessel is the brother of her vessel, and has no qualms of [[BrotherSisterIncest acting on]] [[{{Twincest}} his desires]], much to the disgust of both Aki and Aya.

* AdultFear: ''Ayashi no Ceres'' might be a dark fantasy drama, but what it all comes down to is a story of [[spoiler:a loving husband who went insane after receiving some of his otherworldy wife's powers in order to [[DeclarationOfProtection protect her]], to the point of [[StayInTheKitchen restricting her behavior]], [[{{Yandere}} locking her up in their house to keep her from talking to other men]], [[DomesticAbuse beating her up]], [[MaritalRapeLicense forcing sex on her]], and even [[OffingTheOffspring killing one of their daughters who he fears could take his wife away]]. Basically, a story of domestic violence.]]