History Manga / Kokkoku

* AbusiveParents: It's implied [[spoiler: through a flashback of Shouko's that her father may not have been the best parent. When her older brother, Yousuke, is misbehaving in the car, he hits him and tells him he's walking home.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Juri's grandfather is retired, and is one of the few who knows anything about the Stalled World. He's also a pretty upstanding guy.

Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew. One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with a knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time.

* KillingIntent: What summons the Heralds to dispose of whoever emits this towards the Stalled.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Heralds [[spoiler:bar Yousuke, for some reason]] are ''huge'' and easily tower over most buildings. [[spoiler:However, with each moment they are summoned to perform their duties, they gradually get smaller.]]

* RequiredSecondaryPower: Those who roam around Stasis acquire a secondary power, but it seems that it has to be unlocked. [[spoiler:Volume 4 of the manga reveals that being able to control part the Spectre[[note]]the jellyfish-like spirits that enter a non-Stalled's body while in Stasis[[/note]] inside of them is only hereditary among the Yukawa, who have been travelling to and from Stasis for generations. If someone who wasn't a Yukawa were to unlock their power, such a feat would not pass down to their children.]]

* RequiredSecondaryPower: Those who roam around Stasis acquire a secondary power, but it seems that it has to be unlocked.

* AbusiveParents: It's implied [[spoiler: through a flashback of Shouko's that her father may not have been the best parent. When her older brother, Yousuke, is misbehaving in the car, he hits him and tell him he's walking home.]]

* YourHeadAsplode: One of the thugs that had taken Makoto hostage [[spoiler:gets his head crushed by the Herald. It happens to others working under the Genuine Love Society, though for some, the Heralds either rip off their head or break their necks.]]

* YourDaysAreNumbered: The Heralds [[spoiler:are humans who decide that they want to become permanent residents of Stasis, and are then transformed into spirits that protect the Stalled. However, it comes at a price: every time they emerge in a Stasis session to perform their duties, they use up some of their life energy and gradually become smaller and smaller. It gets to a point where, instead of just disappearing, they collapse and die.]]
* YourHeadAsplode: One of the thugs that had taken Makoto hostage [[spoiler:gets his head crushed by the Herald.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Shouko's family crossed it when they found themselves trapped in the Yukawa's spell by accident, quickly becoming Heralds and would have happened the same to her had Juri not de-stalled her.]]

* WasOnceAMan: Shouko reveals [[spoiler:the Herald were once humans who chose to become permanent inhabitants of Stasis. Episode 5 also reveals that weak-willed people become Heralds the moment they enter Stasis, hypnotized by the allure of time stopping.]]

* WasOnceAMan: Shouko reveals [[spoiler:the Herald were once humans who chose to become permanent inhabitants of Stasis.]]

* ReligionOfEvil: Most of the antagonists are part of this as the "Genuine Love Society"; others are just mooks hired by them. They seek the stone for nefarious purposes and commit any atrocity to get it, such as kidnapping and murder.

Juri Yukawa lives with her NEET father and brother, her retired grandfather, her sister (a single mother) and her young nephew.
One day, her nephew and brother are kidnapped for ransom. Having only 30 minutes to meet the demands of the kidnappers, Juri, who realizes there is not enough time to prepare the money, decides to head for their rescue by herself with a knife in hand when her grandfather uses a mysterious stone passed on in the Yukawa family to stop time.

* AffectionateNickname: Tsubasa calls Makoto Ma-tan.

In a world where everyone and everything is inert, Juri and her father and grandfather run to rescue the two. But at the kidnappers' hideout, they soon realize they are not the only ones who can move about in this still world...

* CoolOldGuy: Juri's grandfather is retired, and is one of the few who knows anything about the Stalled World.

* DistressedDude: Tsubasa and Makoto are kidnapped at the beginning of the story, although they escape thanks to be de-stalled.
** Later Takafumi is taken hostage by the cult.

* EldritchAbomination: The Herald is a huge tree-like creature that appears whenever someone is about to harm a Stalled.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Juri realizes she met Majima years ago when they entered the Stalled World.

* WasOnceAMan: Shouko reveals the Herald were once humans who chose to become permanent inhabitants of the Stalled World.

* YourHeadAsplode: One of the thugs that had taken Makoto hostage gets his head crushed by the Herald.

* WiseBeyondHisYears: Makoto may be young but he comes as more mature than his 30 year old uncle.

* CoolOldGuy: Juri's grandfather is retired, and is one of the few who knows anything of the Stalled World.