History Manga / MonochromeFactor

An {{Anime}} adaptation produced by GENCO, and animated by studio {{Creator/ACGT}}[[note]]with assistance from AsahiProduction and StudioComet[[/note]], premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2008. It later aired on other networks such as AT-X and TV Osaka. The anime has shōnen-ai themes which are almost completely absent from the manga. Originally running from April 7th, 2008 to September 29th, 2008, the anime consists of 24 episodes.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Daisuke Ono as Akira in the drama [=CDs=] and anime adaptation.

* AllThereInTheManual: Though MonochromeFactor is more or less free of this for the most part, Sorano does from time to time include little character profiles in the manga detailing things that don't generally come up in the main narrative--like their favorite food, favorite video games, favorite TV shows, the creator's impressions of their personality, et cetera.

[[quoteright:175:Hey, why is this picture in color?]]

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Kou. Troubled past? Check. Emotional and physical scars? Check. Sexy voice? Check. Looks great with his shirt off? Check. Comfortable with man-on-man scenes? [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/monochrome_factor/v05/c022/19.html Check.]] Akira and Shirogane are also great examples.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Akira
** TheLancer: Kengo (the more laid-back variety anyway, as a contrast to Akira's JerkWithAHeartOfGold status)
** TheChick: Aya
** BigBrotherMentor: Kou (could also qualify as TheLancer)
** TheMedic: Master
** {{Mentor}}: Shirogane
** TheSixthRanger: [[spoiler: Lulu]]

* RoseHairedGirl: Lulu.

An {{Anime}} adaptation produced by GENCO, and animated by studio A.C.G.T., premiered on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2008. It later aired on other networks such as AT-X and TV Osaka. The anime has shōnen-ai themes which are almost completely absent from the manga. Originally running from April 7th, 2008 to September 29th, 2008, the anime consists of 24 episodes.

** Then there's Akira, who [[spoiler: is mere seconds too late to save Kengo from having his dark inshi ripped from his chest by Homurabi, effectively killing him. After Kengo's big [=TearJerker=] death scene, Akira breaks up the fight between Shirogane and Hommurabi, dramatically screaming ''GIVE KENGO BACK!'' at the very end of the chapter. It looks like it's going to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Akira. Then Homurabi spends the next two chapters kicking his ass.]]

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Shirogane.

* BigBreastsBigDeal: Lulu is a type 4.

* EyesOfGold: Nanaya.

* BottleFairy: Mayu.

''Monochrome Factor'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaili Sorano. First serialized in Mag Garden's bi-monthly {{Manga}} magazine ''Comic Blade Masamune'' in May 2004. When the magazine ceased publication, the manga began serialization in the new and revamped magazine, ''Comic Blade Avarus'', in September 2007. The series is now completed.

The story follows the exploits of Akira Nikaido, a lazy high school student. His life changes when he meets Shirogane, a man who suddenly appears and tells him that they share a fate, though Akira is understandably skeptical. Later while Akira is helping a friend Aya she is kidnapped by a shadow monster. This event forces Akira to recognize his role in restoring the balance between the human and shadow worlds.

* IGotBetter: [[spoiler: Nanaya, who somehow managed to survive getting his ''skull crushed'' by Homurabi early on in the series. It's insinuated that Homurabi revived him by using a bastardized version of the same technique that Ryuuko used to create Kou. It just didn't work very well.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: By the end of the manga, Akira has fully awakened as king alongside Shirogane, and Homurabi has redeemed himself and earned the forgiveness of his Children. That doesn't change the fact that Kengo's still dead, and the only person who remembers that either him or Akira ever existed is Aya, who had to return to the human world alone. (And that means Kengo's sister forgot about him too. Ouch.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: By the end of the manga, Akira has fully awakened as king alongside Shirogane, and Homurabi has redeemed himself and earned the forgiveness of his Children. That doesn't change the fact that Kengo's still dead, and the only person who remembers that either him or Akira ever existed is Aya, who had to return to the human world alone.]]

[[quoteleft:175:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MFAkira2Shirogane_9512.gif]]
[[quoteleft:175:Hey, why is this picture in color?]]

** Then there's Akira, who [[spoiler: is mere seconds too late to save Kengo from having his dark inshi ripped from his chest by Homurabi, effectively killing him. After Kengo's big TearJerker death scene, Akira breaks up the fight between Shirogane and Hommurabi, dramatically screaming ''GIVE KENGO BACK!'' at the very end of the chapter. It looks like it's going to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for Akira. Then Homurabi spends the next two chapters kicking his ass.]]

* GreeneyedRedhead: Homurabi

* FemmeFatalons: Homurabi has very, very, ''very'' sharp nails. [[spoiler: Nanaya and Kengo found this out the hard way.]]

* HoYay: [[HoYay/MonochromeFactor Has its own page]].