History Manga / Gilgamesh

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Tatsuya and the three ORGA. And to an extent, Yuki.]]

Although it does bear something of a passing resemblance to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', which it may have been influenced by, the manga this series is based on dates from 1972 and drawn by Creator/ShotaroIshinomori (of Cyborg 009 and Kamen Rider fame).

* ShootTheShaggyDog: One of the most spiteful ever. [[spoiler:Kiyoko, having already lost everyone and everything she cared about, having been forced into debt, despair, and work as a call-girl by the very Countess supposedly trying to "save the world" whilst ruining the lives around her, and who in lonely desperation turned to a member of the opposing Gilgamesh who then impregnated her, dies after mutating into a birthing cocoon for the hybrid lifeform. In the climactic final battles against the twisted Enkidu, his cohorts, and the Gilgamesh forces, it's revealed that they're essentially unstoppable and un-killable. This leads to the KillEmAll deaths of pretty much everyone in the cast not already dead at this point. In the end, it's revealed that the [=TeaR=] organism responsible for the first near-apocalypse and which has instigated the horrible events of the story is actually a living manifestation of the Countess's own petty, dark, hateful, jealous, twisted heart, and that she's directly responsible for everything without realising it, despite ostensibly and ironically trying to fix it. Upon this revelation, she accepts the death of Humanity and allows [=TeaR=] to wipe out all life on Earth. To add insult to injury, in the odd, meta-void left behind, [=TeaR=] is then killed by the Gilgamesh spawn from the husk of what was left of Kiyoko, meaning that [=TeaR=] won't go on to recreate the planet in its image and it's all gone for good.]]

* EverybodyDiesEnding: [[spoiler: [[PyrrhicVillainy The unstoppable villainous goddess successfully destroys the world, and is finally killed]] [[AllForNothing just before she could have created a better one]]. Her killer is left to go completely insane in a white void or create another CrapsackWorld]].[[note]]And beginning. And middle. It's kind of a relief to see them all put out of their misery at the end.[[/note]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: One of the most spiteful ever. [[spoiler:Kiyoko, having already lost everyone and everything she cared about, having been forced into debt, despair, and work as a call-girl by the very Countess supposedly trying to "save the world" whilst ruining the lives around her, and who in lonely desperation turned to a member of the opposing Gilgamesh who then impregnated her, dies after mutating into a birthing cocoon for the hybrid lifeform. In the climactic final battles against the twisted Enkidu, his cohorts, and the Gilgamesh forces, it's revealed that they're essentially unstoppable and un-killable. This leads to the Kill 'em All deaths of pretty much everyone in the cast not already dead at this point. In the end, it's revealed that the [=TeaR=] organism responsible for the first near-apocalypse and which has instigated the horrible events of the story is actually a living manifestation of the Countess's own petty, dark, hateful, jealous, twisted heart, and that she's directly responsible for everything without realising it, despite ostensibly and ironically trying to fix it. Upon this revelation, she accepts the death of Humanity and allows [=TeaR=] to wipe out all life on Earth. To add insult to injury, in the odd, meta-void left behind, [=TeaR=] is then killed by the Gilgamesh spawn from the husk of what was left of Kiyoko, meaning that [=TeaR=] won't go on to recreate the planet in its image and it's all gone for good.]]