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''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Lily Hoshino. It started running monthly in the seinen manga magazine ''Comic Birz'' in November 2006.
Spirits and humans have long had a grudge against each other, but that's about to change. During the Meiji Era, Japan has now established the Department of Spirit Affairs to handle relations between humans and youkai. Three new recruits - Kei Agemaki, Hanakiri Ganryu and Riken Yoshinokazura, are going to team up with four half-spirit girls - Zakuro, Susukihotaru and the twins, Bonbori and Houzuki. The relationships are tense, but relations between humans and spirits - and, perhaps, romance? - are about to begin.
''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' was adapted into an anime in the fall of 2010 by Creator/JCStaff.
US viewers may watch this anime legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/otome-yokai-zakuro Crunchyroll.]]
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''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Lily Hoshino. It started running monthly in the seinen manga magazine ''Comic Birz'' in November 2006.
Spirits and humans have long had a grudge against each other, but that's about to change. During the Meiji Era, Japan has now established the Department of Spirit Affairs to handle relations between humans and youkai. Three new recruits - Kei Agemaki, Hanakiri Ganryu and Riken Yoshinokazura, are going to team up with four half-spirit girls - Zakuro, Susukihotaru and the twins, Bonbori and Houzuki. The relationships are tense, but relations between humans and spirits - and, perhaps, romance? - are about to begin.
''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' was adapted into an anime in the fall of 2010 by Creator/JCStaff.
US viewers may watch this anime legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/otome-yokai-zakuro Crunchyroll.]]
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''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' is a manga
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Games in the series:
* ''Fossil Fighters'' (''Bokura wa Kaseki Horider'', or "We Are Fossil Hunters", in Japan), 2008 JP/2009 US Nintendo DS
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!!''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Zakuro is the tip of the spear for Spirit Affairs. She's the one to bring down the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as their plaything because he's younger and smaller than Riken and Kei.
* AlternateUniverse: Although it's hard to pinpoint when it happened, it's the Meiji Era with {{Youkai}} integrated into society.
* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Zakuro's mother and the Oracles chief.]] He arranged it to obtain her spiritual power.
* ArtShift: Whenever the spirits are using their power, everything becomes otherworldly.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured during the festival and spends several episodes as a captive. Once freed, she deals the killing blow to the final boss.]]
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Lieutenant Hanadate, Spirit Affair's ally in the regular millitary, is truly Lord Omodaka, TheLeader of the Village of Oracles hunting Zakuro.]]
* BishieSparkle: Used very sarcastically with Kei, when he's trying to appear cool.
* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the males are beautiful.
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this every time he's around spirits when he first starts working with Zakuro and the others.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this to obtain Zakuro's power. Her friends stop him.]]
* BrokenBird: Half-spirits in general become this way due to their origins and the view society (that of humans and demons) have of them.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane was repeatedly broken by the Elder of the Village of Oracles, then broken ''by her own son''. By the time she returned to the Village of Oracles she was a shell of her former self.]]
* CatGirl: Itsue in episode 7, though unlike most she's more of a CuteMonsterGirl than sexy woman with cat ears.
* CherryBlossom: In the first episode, which is about flower-viewing.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Rangui begins as this by clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others and transitions into {{Yandere}} after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment:
** When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
** In episode 8 Kushimatsu uses the more usual StandingInTheHall punishment on Houzuki, Bonbori and Hanakiri with the addition of a third bucket on their heads as well as in each hand,
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Agemaki's [[{{Mukokuseki}} blond]] and he has [[TechnicolorEyes yellow eyes]].
* CuteLittleFangs: All those half-spirits, plus Mugi, have these as part of their half-demon nature
* CuteMonsterGirl:
** Mugi, the demon girl in ep 4, is adorable and has been adopted by a human.
** [[spoiler: When it comes to half spirits, the issue of gender comes up. Female half-spirits can pass for human if they hide their ears, but male half spirits are black ghost-like things.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: In chapter 3 of the manga, Zakuro [[DraggedIntoDrag convinces]] Agemaki to crossdress in order to find a creep targeting girls in the restroom.
* TheEmpath: Susukihotaru can sense the emotions, thoughts, and the memories connected to them through physical contact.
* EmpathyPet: Mamezou, Zakuro's BondCreature, is more affectionate with Kei than Zakuro herself.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas[[spoiler: Omodaka loved his mother but it's complicated . Let's just say EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas ''After All''...]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Omodaka desires Zakuro (both her power and her body) so he pushed for the creation of Spirit Affairs under the guise of Hanadake in order to draw her out.]] Until this comes to light, there are episodic, MonsterOfTheWeek, style plots.
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into a killer, up to and including [[spoiler: demure Susukihotaru.]]
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at best. [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse. They kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou which they treat like dirt and use as slaves.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]] [[spoiler: Omodaka was isolated from his mother for years so he ran away from home to find her. When he does, he sees her in the arms of a human so he tells his father (her husband) who orders the human killed.]]
* {{Kitsune}}: Kushimatsu is a fox spirit that can take a humanoid form but she never looks human aside from that. The four heroines are too human to count because they only have ears.
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and Houzuki are full of energy and cheer. Hanakiri is often exhausted keeping up with them.
* GentleGiant: Riken. At first Susukihotaru was scared of him because of his great height and stocism. By the end of the first episode, she sees his great kindness and the fear disappears.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: Lady Rangui is The Black Widow; a demon bigger than cars.]]
* GreenThumb: The girls use cherry blossom branches and flower petals as part of their special powers.
* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri are adorable little munchins despite looking like mal-formed vegtables on legs.
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the heroines and two of the villains are half-spirits.
* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive the fire.]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Empathy and petal power doesn't seem impressive but the girls find good uses for them.
** Susukihotaru uses empathy to find memories, and thus intel, connected to emotions.
** Bonbori and Houzuki use their petals for a wide range of purposes from long-distance communication to lock picking to burning enemies like acid.
* HellishPupils: The girls gain them when they use their powers.
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Zakuro is the child of an affair; her mother with a local human man.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Riken towers over Susukihotaru. In one episode, he offers to hide her when they walk down the street,
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In Japanese the second word of each chapter/episode title is made of a single syllable repeated twice followed by "to". The first part is "Iza yoyo to" the second is "Aka koko to.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler: Once he captures Zakuro, Omodaka enjoys carrying her bridal style and other such intimate gestures.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka when he chooses Zakuro over her.]]
* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned into a cat spirit due to ThePowerOfLove, can't be seen by his parents.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: The three Spirit Affairs teams are composed of a half-spirit girl and a human boy. All of them are an OfficialCouple.
* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]].
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles; [[spoiler: both of them.]] Amoung the Elder's activities are racism, child abuse, and generally acting like an asshole.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillainousBSOD becaue of a FreudianExcuse. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: Eventually Omodaka takes it and RedemptionEarnsLife because he is seen in the epilogue going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
* LetsDuet: The trio of alternating ending songs featuring Kei/Zakuro, Riken/Susukihotaru, and Bonbori/Ganryu/Houzuki.
* LittleBitBeastly: The four heroines could pass for human if they hide their ears. This is a plot point; they are chosen for Spirit Affairs because a half-spirit can serve as the bridge between humans and spirits.
* LovableCoward: Kei, as Zakuro likes to point out, is a wuss. However, he is also a NiceGuy and tries to fight his fear
* LoveConfession:
** [[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the final episode. He does it twice and the second time is followed by [[FirstKiss a little more]]]].
** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Invoked OT3]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui]] all commit evil out of love but the second one in the list is not romantic love.
* LoveTriangle:
** [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate. Much of it is the former's UST and Zakuro fawning over Hanadate.]]
** [[spoiler:Rangui sees this between herself, Zakuro, and Omodaka but he was never interested in her]].
* LoveDodecahedron: In Episode 9 the Raccoon maids think the {{Official Couple}}s (except the OT3) have partner-swapped. [[spoiler:They did not.]]
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane in a non-violent example. Her resistance against the Village of Oracles is inspired by her love for her daughter.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
* MagicMusic: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKz5SzJfyxE song]] the girls sing in order to power up.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The female side of each Spirit Affairs team possess supernatural powers, are physically stronger, have a greater range of senses, possess greater knowledge about mythical creatures, and are more agile than their male partners.
* MindControlEyes: This happens to [[spoiler: Susukihotaru]] when she's possessed by an evil sword.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about the Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond, but this is forgivable because she is not human.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Rangui tries this on Zakuro and inadverently frees her in the process.]]
* NonLethalKO: In episode one, [[spoiler:Zakuro stabbed Raiju in the top of it's head and it's seen moments later unharmed.]]
* NonMaliciousMonster: The little shadow that Zakuro and the crew dealt with in Episode 2. Driving it out of its home is a justifiable cause for retaliation.
* {{Odango Hair}}: Zakuro used this to bind her ears so Kei's racists father wouldn't see them.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls on par with [[LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]], but they are not TheOjou.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: The jade pendant Zakuro wears was given to her by her mother, whom she hasn't seen since she was a child]].
* PetalPower: The twins can use petals for offense and defense, long distance communication, and tracking people. However, one of them has to sing in order for any of them to work.
* PictureDrama: There are a couple on the [=DVDs=].
* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki and Bonbori simlutaneously; one takes the left and the other takes the right. The promise? That he would 'come for them' after Spirit Affairs is terminated.]]
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro's necklace is a seal on her power so the Village of Oracles would have a harder time finding her.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hanadate ''claims'' to have done so. Eventually it is revealed he didn't.]]
* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stunned by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm, Riken only needs a look and a chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing "jesuit clothing" in the first place, this marks another step in their {{UST}}.
* ShockAndAwe: Raiju is a lightening beast.
* ShrinkingViolet: Susukihotaru is shy, unsure of herself and scared of her partner, Riken. These attributes are highlighted because her co-workers are the GenkiGirl twins and tsundere Zakuro.
* ShirtlessScene: Beginning of episode 4 has the boys training in the courtyard and an opportunity for shiptease. Zakuro pointedly refuses to bring Kei a towel because everyone thinks she will.
* SilkHidingSteel: Riken ponders how someone as soft and delicate as Susukihotaru can wield a weapon.
* SingleMindedTwins: Played straight and a deconstruction. Houzuki and Bonbori have many single minded twin traits, such as speaking in unison and sharing the same interests, but they become evermore devoted to Ganryu because he can identify their differences when no one else can. The fact few creatures can tell Houzuki and Bonbori apart, is a huge source of unhappiness. In a strange conundrum: they want to be seen as separate entities, but also acknowledged as identical.
* SingleTargetSexuality:
** Susukihotaru's power makes it discomforting for her to touch or be touched by any man except Riken.
** Houzuki and Bonbori consider Ganryu to be one third of their shared soul. Other men are boring distractions that delay time from bonding with him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: All four heroine [[spoiler: plus Tsukuhane]].
** Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs; Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
** Susukihotaru senses the tremendously kind heart within Riken with her powers.
** Houzuki and Bonbori adore Hanakiri because he's a NiceGuy and a flatterer and because he can tell them apart.
** [[spoiler: Tsukuhane's official husband is a jerkass and her true love is a warm and friendly fellow who doesn't care that she's a spirit. Indeed, the only thing that worries him about that is that she might disappear like in the legend.]]
* SkinshipGrope: Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
* SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler:It's fairly easy to tell that Hanadate is the masked man in the OP and ED long before the official reveal in episode 9. Having the same hairstyle aside, when was the last time you trusted the seemingly perfect bishie that was a rival to the OfficialCouple?]]
* StandingInTheHall: Kushimatsu employs this kind of punishment with the traditional carrying buckets.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The OP, "MOON SIGNAL", starts playing when Zakuro awakens to her full power for the final battle.
* ThemeNaming
** FloralThemeNaming: The hanyou and youjin with some exceptions. Zakuro: pomegranate, ''Susuki''hotaru: Miscanthus sinensis, Houzuki: winter cherry, Kushi''matsu'': pine tree, Sakura: cherry blossom, Kiri: paulownia.
** ColorfulThemeNaming: Byakuroku: patina green, Daidai: orange.
* TheStoic: Riken never smiles or raises his voice. He communicates his emotions to Susukihotaru through HoldingHands because she's TheEmpath and because it's a standard form of non-verbal affection.
* TheTease: Houzuki and Bonbori, to the extent they could be seen as being {{Loveable Sex Maniac}}s, too.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a jesuit wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's favorite pastime is teasing this for Hanakiri. It's later revealed the twins felt an "emptiness" in their souls, despite having each other. They see Hanakiri as that missing part. Therefore the twins consider him as much apart of them, as they are with each other.
* TwinSwitch: Houzuki and Bonbori are amazed that Hanakiri can tell them apart even when they deliberately try to confuse him.
* UnusualEars: Remove these and you wouldn't know the girls are half-spirit.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode 10. [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured to be used as the means to create super powered half-spirits which, like those already living, will be used as slaves.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits. CharacterDevelopment shows him overcoming this little by little until he can play with Sakura and Kiri without blue streaks.
* YamatoNadeshiko: In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
** Susukihotaru is shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff.
** Houzuki and Bonbori are slavishly devoted to Hanakiri, have every intention to see him succeed at his goals, and place his wellbeing before their own. Houzuki and Bonbori are willing to sacrifice themselves for Hanakiri, though reaching such a decision is incredibly painful for the sister designated to survive.
** Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken but is no pushover in terms of policy. She also has a giant fox true form for situations that might get messy.
* {{Youkai}} All manner of demons co-exist with humans. In the second episode, one guy delivers milk to a demon and regards it with the same strangeness as he would a european; odd and new but nothing scary.
* ActionGirl: Zakuro is the tip of the spear for Spirit Affairs. She's the one to bring down the MonsterOfTheWeek.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as their plaything because he's younger and smaller than Riken and Kei.
* AlternateUniverse: Although it's hard to pinpoint when it happened, it's the Meiji Era with {{Youkai}} integrated into society.
* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Zakuro's mother and the Oracles chief.]] He arranged it to obtain her spiritual power.
* ArtShift: Whenever the spirits are using their power, everything becomes otherworldly.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured during the festival and spends several episodes as a captive. Once freed, she deals the killing blow to the final boss.]]
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Lieutenant Hanadate, Spirit Affair's ally in the regular millitary, is truly Lord Omodaka, TheLeader of the Village of Oracles hunting Zakuro.]]
* BishieSparkle: Used very sarcastically with Kei, when he's trying to appear cool.
* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the males are beautiful.
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this every time he's around spirits when he first starts working with Zakuro and the others.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this to obtain Zakuro's power. Her friends stop him.]]
* BrokenBird: Half-spirits in general become this way due to their origins and the view society (that of humans and demons) have of them.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane was repeatedly broken by the Elder of the Village of Oracles, then broken ''by her own son''. By the time she returned to the Village of Oracles she was a shell of her former self.]]
* CatGirl: Itsue in episode 7, though unlike most she's more of a CuteMonsterGirl than sexy woman with cat ears.
* CherryBlossom: In the first episode, which is about flower-viewing.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Rangui begins as this by clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others and transitions into {{Yandere}} after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment:
** When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
** In episode 8 Kushimatsu uses the more usual StandingInTheHall punishment on Houzuki, Bonbori and Hanakiri with the addition of a third bucket on their heads as well as in each hand,
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Agemaki's [[{{Mukokuseki}} blond]] and he has [[TechnicolorEyes yellow eyes]].
* CuteLittleFangs: All those half-spirits, plus Mugi, have these as part of their half-demon nature
* CuteMonsterGirl:
** Mugi, the demon girl in ep 4, is adorable and has been adopted by a human.
** [[spoiler: When it comes to half spirits, the issue of gender comes up. Female half-spirits can pass for human if they hide their ears, but male half spirits are black ghost-like things.]]
* DisguisedInDrag: In chapter 3 of the manga, Zakuro [[DraggedIntoDrag convinces]] Agemaki to crossdress in order to find a creep targeting girls in the restroom.
* TheEmpath: Susukihotaru can sense the emotions, thoughts, and the memories connected to them through physical contact.
* EmpathyPet: Mamezou, Zakuro's BondCreature, is more affectionate with Kei than Zakuro herself.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas[[spoiler: Omodaka loved his mother but it's complicated . Let's just say EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas ''After All''...]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Omodaka desires Zakuro (both her power and her body) so he pushed for the creation of Spirit Affairs under the guise of Hanadake in order to draw her out.]] Until this comes to light, there are episodic, MonsterOfTheWeek, style plots.
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into a killer, up to and including [[spoiler: demure Susukihotaru.]]
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at best. [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse. They kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou which they treat like dirt and use as slaves.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]] [[spoiler: Omodaka was isolated from his mother for years so he ran away from home to find her. When he does, he sees her in the arms of a human so he tells his father (her husband) who orders the human killed.]]
* {{Kitsune}}: Kushimatsu is a fox spirit that can take a humanoid form but she never looks human aside from that. The four heroines are too human to count because they only have ears.
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and Houzuki are full of energy and cheer. Hanakiri is often exhausted keeping up with them.
* GentleGiant: Riken. At first Susukihotaru was scared of him because of his great height and stocism. By the end of the first episode, she sees his great kindness and the fear disappears.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: Lady Rangui is The Black Widow; a demon bigger than cars.]]
* GreenThumb: The girls use cherry blossom branches and flower petals as part of their special powers.
* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri are adorable little munchins despite looking like mal-formed vegtables on legs.
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the heroines and two of the villains are half-spirits.
* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive the fire.]]
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Empathy and petal power doesn't seem impressive but the girls find good uses for them.
** Susukihotaru uses empathy to find memories, and thus intel, connected to emotions.
** Bonbori and Houzuki use their petals for a wide range of purposes from long-distance communication to lock picking to burning enemies like acid.
* HellishPupils: The girls gain them when they use their powers.
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Zakuro is the child of an affair; her mother with a local human man.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Riken towers over Susukihotaru. In one episode, he offers to hide her when they walk down the street,
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In Japanese the second word of each chapter/episode title is made of a single syllable repeated twice followed by "to". The first part is "Iza yoyo to" the second is "Aka koko to.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler: Once he captures Zakuro, Omodaka enjoys carrying her bridal style and other such intimate gestures.]]
* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka when he chooses Zakuro over her.]]
* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned into a cat spirit due to ThePowerOfLove, can't be seen by his parents.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: The three Spirit Affairs teams are composed of a half-spirit girl and a human boy. All of them are an OfficialCouple.
* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]].
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles; [[spoiler: both of them.]] Amoung the Elder's activities are racism, child abuse, and generally acting like an asshole.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillainousBSOD becaue of a FreudianExcuse. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: Eventually Omodaka takes it and RedemptionEarnsLife because he is seen in the epilogue going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
* LetsDuet: The trio of alternating ending songs featuring Kei/Zakuro, Riken/Susukihotaru, and Bonbori/Ganryu/Houzuki.
* LittleBitBeastly: The four heroines could pass for human if they hide their ears. This is a plot point; they are chosen for Spirit Affairs because a half-spirit can serve as the bridge between humans and spirits.
* LovableCoward: Kei, as Zakuro likes to point out, is a wuss. However, he is also a NiceGuy and tries to fight his fear
* LoveConfession:
** [[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the final episode. He does it twice and the second time is followed by [[FirstKiss a little more]]]].
** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Invoked OT3]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui]] all commit evil out of love but the second one in the list is not romantic love.
* LoveTriangle:
** [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate. Much of it is the former's UST and Zakuro fawning over Hanadate.]]
** [[spoiler:Rangui sees this between herself, Zakuro, and Omodaka but he was never interested in her]].
* LoveDodecahedron: In Episode 9 the Raccoon maids think the {{Official Couple}}s (except the OT3) have partner-swapped. [[spoiler:They did not.]]
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane in a non-violent example. Her resistance against the Village of Oracles is inspired by her love for her daughter.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
* MagicMusic: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKz5SzJfyxE song]] the girls sing in order to power up.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: The female side of each Spirit Affairs team possess supernatural powers, are physically stronger, have a greater range of senses, possess greater knowledge about mythical creatures, and are more agile than their male partners.
* MindControlEyes: This happens to [[spoiler: Susukihotaru]] when she's possessed by an evil sword.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about the Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond, but this is forgivable because she is not human.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Rangui tries this on Zakuro and inadverently frees her in the process.]]
* NonLethalKO: In episode one, [[spoiler:Zakuro stabbed Raiju in the top of it's head and it's seen moments later unharmed.]]
* NonMaliciousMonster: The little shadow that Zakuro and the crew dealt with in Episode 2. Driving it out of its home is a justifiable cause for retaliation.
* {{Odango Hair}}: Zakuro used this to bind her ears so Kei's racists father wouldn't see them.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls on par with [[LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]], but they are not TheOjou.
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: The jade pendant Zakuro wears was given to her by her mother, whom she hasn't seen since she was a child]].
* PetalPower: The twins can use petals for offense and defense, long distance communication, and tracking people. However, one of them has to sing in order for any of them to work.
* PictureDrama: There are a couple on the [=DVDs=].
* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki and Bonbori simlutaneously; one takes the left and the other takes the right. The promise? That he would 'come for them' after Spirit Affairs is terminated.]]
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro's necklace is a seal on her power so the Village of Oracles would have a harder time finding her.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hanadate ''claims'' to have done so. Eventually it is revealed he didn't.]]
* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stunned by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm, Riken only needs a look and a chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing "jesuit clothing" in the first place, this marks another step in their {{UST}}.
* ShockAndAwe: Raiju is a lightening beast.
* ShrinkingViolet: Susukihotaru is shy, unsure of herself and scared of her partner, Riken. These attributes are highlighted because her co-workers are the GenkiGirl twins and tsundere Zakuro.
* ShirtlessScene: Beginning of episode 4 has the boys training in the courtyard and an opportunity for shiptease. Zakuro pointedly refuses to bring Kei a towel because everyone thinks she will.
* SilkHidingSteel: Riken ponders how someone as soft and delicate as Susukihotaru can wield a weapon.
* SingleMindedTwins: Played straight and a deconstruction. Houzuki and Bonbori have many single minded twin traits, such as speaking in unison and sharing the same interests, but they become evermore devoted to Ganryu because he can identify their differences when no one else can. The fact few creatures can tell Houzuki and Bonbori apart, is a huge source of unhappiness. In a strange conundrum: they want to be seen as separate entities, but also acknowledged as identical.
* SingleTargetSexuality:
** Susukihotaru's power makes it discomforting for her to touch or be touched by any man except Riken.
** Houzuki and Bonbori consider Ganryu to be one third of their shared soul. Other men are boring distractions that delay time from bonding with him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: All four heroine [[spoiler: plus Tsukuhane]].
** Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs; Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
** Susukihotaru senses the tremendously kind heart within Riken with her powers.
** Houzuki and Bonbori adore Hanakiri because he's a NiceGuy and a flatterer and because he can tell them apart.
** [[spoiler: Tsukuhane's official husband is a jerkass and her true love is a warm and friendly fellow who doesn't care that she's a spirit. Indeed, the only thing that worries him about that is that she might disappear like in the legend.]]
* SkinshipGrope: Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
* SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler:It's fairly easy to tell that Hanadate is the masked man in the OP and ED long before the official reveal in episode 9. Having the same hairstyle aside, when was the last time you trusted the seemingly perfect bishie that was a rival to the OfficialCouple?]]
* StandingInTheHall: Kushimatsu employs this kind of punishment with the traditional carrying buckets.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The OP, "MOON SIGNAL", starts playing when Zakuro awakens to her full power for the final battle.
* ThemeNaming
** FloralThemeNaming: The hanyou and youjin with some exceptions. Zakuro: pomegranate, ''Susuki''hotaru: Miscanthus sinensis, Houzuki: winter cherry, Kushi''matsu'': pine tree, Sakura: cherry blossom, Kiri: paulownia.
** ColorfulThemeNaming: Byakuroku: patina green, Daidai: orange.
* TheStoic: Riken never smiles or raises his voice. He communicates his emotions to Susukihotaru through HoldingHands because she's TheEmpath and because it's a standard form of non-verbal affection.
* TheTease: Houzuki and Bonbori, to the extent they could be seen as being {{Loveable Sex Maniac}}s, too.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a jesuit wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's favorite pastime is teasing this for Hanakiri. It's later revealed the twins felt an "emptiness" in their souls, despite having each other. They see Hanakiri as that missing part. Therefore the twins consider him as much apart of them, as they are with each other.
* TwinSwitch: Houzuki and Bonbori are amazed that Hanakiri can tell them apart even when they deliberately try to confuse him.
* UnusualEars: Remove these and you wouldn't know the girls are half-spirit.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode 10. [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured to be used as the means to create super powered half-spirits which, like those already living, will be used as slaves.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits. CharacterDevelopment shows him overcoming this little by little until he can play with Sakura and Kiri without blue streaks.
* YamatoNadeshiko: In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
** Susukihotaru is shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff.
** Houzuki and Bonbori are slavishly devoted to Hanakiri, have every intention to see him succeed at his goals, and place his wellbeing before their own. Houzuki and Bonbori are willing to sacrifice themselves for Hanakiri, though reaching such a decision is incredibly painful for the sister designated to survive.
** Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken but is no pushover in terms of policy. She also has a giant fox true form for situations that might get messy.
* {{Youkai}} All manner of demons co-exist with humans. In the second episode, one guy delivers milk to a demon and regards it with the same strangeness as he would a european; odd and new but nothing scary.
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* AbsurdlyLowLevelCap: In the
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* AlternateUniverse: Although
* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: Zakuro's mother and the Oracles chief.]] He arranged it to obtain her spiritual power.
* ArtShift: Whenever the spirits are using their power, everything becomes otherworldly.
* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured during the festival and spends several episodes as a captive. Once freed, she deals the killing blow to the final boss.]]
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Lieutenant Hanadate, Spirit Affair's ally in the regular millitary, is truly Lord Omodaka, TheLeader of the Village of Oracles hunting Zakuro.]]
* BishieSparkle: Used very sarcastically with Kei, when he's trying to appear cool.
* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the males are beautiful.
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this every time he's around spirits when he first starts working with Zakuro and the others.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this to obtain Zakuro's power. Her friends stop him.]]
* BrokenBird: Half-spirits in general become this way due to their origins and the view society (that of humans and demons) have of them.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane
* CatGirl: Itsue in episode 7, though unlike most she's more of a CuteMonsterGirl than sexy woman with cat ears.
* CherryBlossom: In the first episode, which is about flower-viewing.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Rangui begins as this by clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others and transitions into {{Yandere}} after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment:
** When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
** In episode 8 Kushimatsu uses the more usual StandingInTheHall punishment on Houzuki, Bonbori and Hanakiri with the addition of a third bucket on their heads as well as in each hand,
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Agemaki's [[{{Mukokuseki}} blond]] and he has [[TechnicolorEyes yellow eyes]].
* CuteLittleFangs: All those half-spirits, plus Mugi, have these as part of their half-demon nature
* CuteMonsterGirl:
** Mugi, the demon girl in ep 4, is adorable and has been adopted by a human.
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* DisguisedInDrag: In chapter 3 of
* TheEmpath: Susukihotaru can sense the emotions, thoughts, and the memories connected
* EmpathyPet: Mamezou, Zakuro's BondCreature, is more affectionate with Kei than Zakuro herself.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas[[spoiler: Omodaka loved his mother but
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Omodaka desires Zakuro (both her power and her body) so he pushed for
* EvilWeapon: The katana
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at best. [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse. They kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou which
* FreudianExcuse: [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]] [[spoiler: Omodaka was isolated from his mother for years so he ran away from home to find her. When he does, he sees her in the arms of a human so he tells his father (her husband) who orders the human killed.]]
* {{Kitsune}}: Kushimatsu is a fox spirit
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and Houzuki are full of energy and cheer. Hanakiri is often exhausted keeping up with them.
* GentleGiant: Riken. At first Susukihotaru was scared of him because of his great height and stocism. By the end of the first episode, she sees his great
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: Lady Rangui is The Black Widow; a demon bigger than cars.]]
* GreenThumb: The girls use cherry blossom branches and flower petals as part of their special powers.
* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri are adorable little munchins despite looking like mal-formed vegtables on legs.
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the heroines and two of the villains are half-spirits.
* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive the fire.
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** ''Champions'' has an even more direct CaptainErsatz of Franchise/IndianaJones called Joe Wildwest.
* AllNaturalGemPolish: Everything you find
** Bonbori and Houzuki use their petals for a wide range of purposes from long-distance communication to lock picking to burning enemies like acid.
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Zakuro is the child of an affair; her mother with a local human man.
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* AgentPeacock: Ryne from the ''Champions'' DLC. He wears the only pink Brigade suit in the game and draws attention to himself because of it. But he is also the first character in the franchise to actually make his own Vivosaur, discounting [[spoiler: Zongazonga and his [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple evil]] zombiesaurs. [[WordSchmord Magic shmagic.]] [[MemeticMutation Booo!]]]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: Cole in ''Champions''. It's hard to tell which parts of his campness just come from his obsession with fashion, and which parts come from... somewhere else.
* AnnouncerChatter: In
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: ''Frontier'' cleans up some of the issues with finding fossils in the field; identifying fossils on sight and allowing immediate excavations, rather than requiring the player to haul an entire inventory back to base before they
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** ArtShift: [[spoiler: Rosie's icon in ''Champions'' is in the same style as the first game, making her stand out next to the anime-style characters from the second
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler: Once he captures Zakuro, Omodaka enjoys carrying her bridal style and other such intimate gestures.
** ''Fossil Fighters: Frontier'' seems to have significant change in the design of... just about everything, really.
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* AuthorAvatar: The first game's announcers are the game's two creators, and the idea of
* AwesomeButImpractical: Many high-level vivosaurs with really high Attack or LP are devastating from the Attack Zone... but if they end up in the Support Zone somehow, they'll turn your attacker into a quivering pile of useless mush. T-Rex is a perfect example--he has the highest attack in the game and can attack all of your enemies at once, but, if he ends up in the support zone, he reduces all your attacker's stats by ''30%!''
** Zino and Centro. Every hit from them will be a critical-but their accuracy is so terrible that the rest of the team needs to
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Joe Wildwest in ''Champions'' and Captain Stryker in ''Frontier''.
* [[BadJobWorseUniform Bad Sidequest, Worse Costume]]: So... how 'bout that Hare Club? Y'know, the one where you have to wear a bunny mask, then clean 100 fossils to 80 points or higher?
* BagOfHolding: We really have ''no'' idea how a twelve-year-old can lug around up to ''64'' fossils as long as his entire body and not get sore, esecially when
* BigOlEyebrows: The samurai, with a BigOlUnibrow chaser.
* BittersweetEnding: Subverted in the first game. [[spoiler:Guhnash]] is defeated, but your partner didn't quite make it out of [[spoiler:stone sleep]]. You've saved the world, at a cost, and that's how it has to be... [[spoiler:and then the Digadig chieftain shows up and tells you to use the hip-shaker dance!!]]
* BlackAndNerdy: Dr. Diggins in the first game is a professional-grade [[Series/{{Scrubs}} blerd]]. Who's dorky enough to wear shorts and a Hawaiian shirt beneath his lab coat, no less.
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: It's no wonder Nick Nack mangles foreign languages so bad--he barely gets ''English!'' "I can have my snacks and feet them too!"
* BodySurf: This is how [[spoiler:Zongazonga's immortality spell]] works in ''Champions''. His latest victim is actually [[spoiler:the owner of the Fossil Park, Joe Wildwest.]]
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** There's also an {{Early Bird|Boss}} BonusBoss named Petey, who
* ABoyAndHisX: Thanks to the player getting a sidekick, ''Frontier'' is a "Boy/Girl and his/her dinosaur" story.
* ButtBiter: A RunningGag in ''Frontier'' involves your little vivosaur sidekick chomping down on Nate's butt. In the little guy's defense, Nate is usually literally asking for it by sticking his
* ButtMonkey: Rosie.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: The names have been changed to emphasize that Vivosaurs aren't really dinosaurs, and to trim down the {{Overly Long Name}}s that real dinos often have. There's a mode that gives detailed information on the animals that inspired each dinosaur.
* CanonName: The main character of the first doesn't really have one, but Nintendo's guide suggests "Buckland", after an early paleontologist. The official mini-manga gives his name as "Hunter." The second game's protagonists, though, are [[AnimalThemeNaming Dino and Dina]].
** ''Frontier'' has nameable protagonists "Jura" and "Tria". The puns just don't stop. The canonical name for their little dino sidekick is "Nibbles".
* CardboardPrison: Only in the first game, but it's exaggerated. [[PoliceAreUseless What happens in that police station is anybody's guess.]]
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* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]].
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles; [[spoiler: both of them.]] Amoung the Elder's activities are racism, child abuse, and generally acting like an asshole.
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* LittleBitBeastly: The four heroines could pass for human if they hide their ears. This is a plot point; they are chosen for Spirit Affairs because a half-spirit can serve as
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Since you can't use them to
** John Guano replaces him in the sequel. John's even ''weirder,'' if that's possible. He's standing not three feet away from a lady who offers dropping fossils in exchange for fossil cleaning. The only catch is, he'd have to wear the Hare Mask to join the club to do so. EveryoneHasStandards?
* CombatCommentator: In ''Fossil Fighters'', they're {{Author Avatar}}s. In ''Champions'' we have a two talking Vivosaurs. ''Frontier'' doesn't have any announcers.
* ContinuityNod:
** In ''Champions'', Pauleen is a
* LoveConfession:
** [[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro
** In ''Frontier'', the
** [[spoiler:Ganryu
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui]] all commit evil out of love but the second
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Mt. Lavaflow in the
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** [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro,
* CrooksAreBetterArmed: Wanted vivosaur thief Blambeau carries around a shotgun. The [[PoliceAreUseless unarmed and
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Nevada Montecarlo, who also likes to WhipItGood.
* {{Deconstruction}}: Rosie can be seen as a deconstruction of
* DefiedTrope: The final boss of ''Fossil Fighters Champions'':
-->''"Yes, well, [[BondVillainStupidity let's not waste any more time with empty threats]] or [[JustBetweenYouAndMe the revealing of plans]], mmm?"''
* DemBones: The [=BareBones=] Brigade's boneysaurs in ''Champions''.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Averted. When the bad guy pulls out an {{Olympus Mon|s}}, you need to get your own before you can properly challenge him. (Unfortunately, you can't keep it - see NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup below)
** However, it's later played straight with [[spoiler:Guhnash--apparently, all you have to do is destroy his brains. Easy-peasy.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron:
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** In ''Champions'', the
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Frigisaur, and the leader of the BB Bandits with him.
* DiscOneFinalDungeon: Boy, isn't Mt. Lavaflow climactic! The lava! The HeelFaceTurn! The impending epic battle between the opposing forces of Frigisaur and Ignosaur! ...Wait, whaddiya ''mean'' half the plot threads still haven't been followed up on?
* DiscOneNuke: The Spinax you're given at the beginning of the first game is
** In ''Champions'' the starters are powerful enough to last you the entire game, particularly Dimetro.
** The 'Donation Point' dinosaurs also count, particularly Compso in the
** Giga Raja in Champions, which is created by evolving Raja (available in the first area) with a gold fossil (can be found early with some dedication). Giga Raja's already powerful attacks can be bolstered by his ability to Charge-Up for a turn, causing him to hit like a meteor and deal damage exceeding the highest possible Life Points for anything in the game!
* DoWellButNotPerfect: In ''Champions,'' there's a man who wants your help making hard-boiled eggs in the hot springs. They need to be in there for 10 seconds ''exactly,'' and hardly a millisecond longer. However, boiling the eggs for ''9.9 seconds exactly'' is the only way to get the [[spoiler: elemental chick]] fossils. Better bring a stopwatch. Or learn how to count to 7-1.
* DownloadableContent:
** The original game briefly featured four of the five Mysterious Egg fossils available for download on the Nintendo Channel, but they were taken down eventually. (They're still available in-game, though; it just takes longer.)
** ''Champions'' features [[OlympusMons Frigisaur and Ignosaur]] from the first game, along with sidequests from a... ''strange'' character named Ryne, and downloadable fights with [[spoiler: Duna, Raptin, and Dynal.]]
** ''Frontier'' distributed its bonus content through AR cards rather than actual downloads; including some Bone Buggys, versions of Yutie in all four elements, the villains' dark vivosaurs, and some ''actual'' dinosaurs.
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* ElementalPowers: It turns out that the cloning process gives these to animals as a [[CursedWithAwesome side-effect]].
** BlowYouAway
** DishingOutDirt
** MakingASplash
** PlayingWithFire
** NonElemental
** InfinityPlusOneElement: "Legendary" in the first two games, though in practice these vivosaurs are
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Fire beats Air, which beats Earth, which beats Water, which beats Fire. Neutral has no advantages or disadvantages.
* ElvisImpersonator: Rockin' Billy from ''Champions.'' Did you catch the PunnyName?
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Duh!
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princessaurs]]: Maia (Maiasaurus) is a pink dinosaur with a feminine face and a princess-crown. She's also a support-skill powerhouse, the only one in the game to have both healing and anti-status-ailment skills.
* EvolutionaryLevels: [[spoiler:The Dinaurians have a
* MindControlEyes: This happens to [[spoiler: Susukihotaru]] when she's possessed by an evil sword.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about the Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond, but this is forgivable because she is not human.
** In ''Champions'', some vivosaurs can "Super Evolve" into stronger forms.
* {{Expy}}: Pauleen in ''Champions'' has a lot in common with Rosie from the
* FeatheredFiend: Aopteryx. It can semi-reliably steal FP with Thieving Talons, recover LP with Life Drain and as mentioned above, transform into any Neutral vivosaur. [[JokeCharacter Unfortunately, it needs significant support to dish out and/or take damage...]]
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* FireWaterJuxtaposition: Frigisaur and Ignosaur in the
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: And [[WaterIsAir inverted]] when fighting in [[UnderTheSea Bottomsup Bay]].
* FossilRevival: ...It's the backbone of the series.
* GeniusSweetTooth: Dr. Diggins has a weakness for Dino Cakes.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Professor Scatterly in the second game manages to slip a [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch "Sod it"]] past the radar. Similarly, the game goes to absolutely ''zero'' lengths to disguise the fact that Pauleen has a [[HoYay girl crush]] on the female protagonist. She grabs the female PC's hands, stares deeply into her eyes, and then admits she has no idea why she's blushing.
* GlobalCurrencyException: Redundant fossils are donated to the museum, which gives you donation points based on how good they are. These points are the only currency the cleaning station store accepts. Averted in ''Frontier'', where you just get cash for extra fossils.
* {{Gonk}}: Baron von Blackraven, especially compared to his two PrettyBoy associates.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Don Boneyard and the [=BareBones=] Brigade, trying to stop the Caliosteo Cup in order to stop Zongazonga's scheme. Well, the Brigade didn't know Don Boneyard was a good guy, but they don't have a problem with it when they find out.]]
* GottaCatchEmAll
* GreenHillZone: Greenhorn Plains in the first game, Treasure Lake in ''Champions'', and Paradise Beach in ''Frontier''.
* HarmlessFreezing: Frigisaur freezes you and Rosie completely after your first fight with it. But you're still OK.
* HarmlessVillain: The Barebones Brigade aren't exactly what you'd call menacing at first. Their eeeeevil plans involve such plots as "Pampering girls so they forget to participate in a tournament," and "Fill the hot springs up with powdered gelatin so people get stuck and can't participate."
** NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: Their fourth plan, the one Don comes up with, is to destroy the ''entire Caliosteo island system''. Egads.]]
** [[spoiler: It's later {{justified|Trope}} when you learn that Don Boneyard is, in fact, the real Joe Wildwest in disguise. He didn't want to hurt anybody. When he [=OKed=] the third plan, things were getting ''extremely'' desperate, and it went slowly enough to give the people plenty of time to evacuate.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The BB Bandits - well, the TerribleTrio team, anyway; the {{Mooks}} don't seem to turn.]]
** [[spoiler: The entire [=BareBones=] Brigade.]]
* HelloInsertNameHere: All games actually allow you to change your main character's name at any time! The first game doesn't allow you to name your {{Mon}}s, strangely, though this was changed in the second.
* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler: Round one against Frigisaurus.]]
* HotSpringsEpisode: In the second game, there's a hot spring-themed dig site called Hot Spring Heights. Not surprisingly, most of the plot in that area revolves around the hot springs.
* HumansAreSpecial [[spoiler: Not only do they have the sci-fi standard "pluck," but the dinaurians are impressed by their capacity for both compassion and forgiveness.]]
* HypnotizeThePrincess: Comes into play late in Champions. [[spoiler: It's Todd.]]
* InconsistentDub: ''Frontier'' changes a couple names from previous games. The coin-like items vivosaurs are stored in were "Dino Medals" but are now "Dino Gears", and Becklespinax's vivosaur name goes from "Spinax" to "Beckles" - of course, the first two games identified it as an Altispinax, and its Japanese name was "Altis", which would explain the change.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: T-Rex in the first game, natch. Also, [[KillerRabbit Compso, who debuffs the enemy's attack power by 90%]]. Even moreso are [[spoiler:Duna, Dynal, and Raptin]], with their ridiculous support effects, and crazy abilities.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Before the final battle with Guhnash, you can choose to bring either Rosie or Duna with you. Choosing Duna leads to this. And considering that little mishap with the devolution ray, Rosie technically counts for this too.]]
* ItemGet: Every last fossil is one of these in the first two games. The hero bends over, picks up the rock, faces the camera and thrusts it above his/her head triumphantly. The fanfare plays, and a blurb appears stating the nature of the rock found. It's a thing of beauty.
* JokeCharacter: In the first game, Anato. Its expression can only be described as "derpy," and even the ''game'' goes out of its way to point out how stupid it looks. It's a vivosaur who tries to sell itself based ''solely on'' the fact that it looks ridiculous. From a gameplay perspective, it also tries to lay claim to having a 100% effective [[StandardStatusEffects Confusion skill]], but said skill also does no damage and costs ''240 FP.'' Similar skills on other vivosaurs not only do damage, they also cost ''over 100 FP less.''
** LethalJokeCharacter in ''Champions '' It gets an [[TookALevelInBadass upgrade]] to gold confusion which means that the vivosaur inflicted has a chance of attacking itself or any of its allies. In addition its super evolver form Papygon, is widely accepted as one of the best in the game.[[note]]However, it's
* JustifiedTrope: The game goes out of their way to emphasize that Dinosaurs didn't really have superpowers, and a great deal of the Vivosaurs aren't even really revived from Dinosaurs, per se, but are rather other forms of prehistoric life.
** Driven home in ''Frontier'', where [[spoiler:you travel back in time and encounter ''real'' dinosaurs. Unlike vivosaurs, dinosaurs are all Neutral-type, [[RealIsBrown have brown skin]], and are identified by their full names (like "Triceratops" instead of "Tricera")]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Mihu, a ceratopsian found in Japan, has ''katanas for horns.''
* KidHero: The main characters.
* KingIncognito: During ''Champions'', you're tasked with finding the Princess of Nomadistan, who has quietly entered the tournament; and are shown a picture of a girl and her dog that you ran into earlier. [[spoiler:The Princess turns out to be ''the dog''; the girl's her retainer. Both the fact that this would have been good to know earlier and the absurdity of [[CaligulasHorse appointing dogs as royalty]] is lampshaded.]]
* LampshadeHanging: The {{Combat Commentator}}s sometimes do this.
-->'''P.A. Leon''': I was wondering, why do we talk through every fight?
-->'''Slate Johnson''': I'm wondering how we can ''see'' every fight happening!
-->'''P.A. Leon''': Excellent point, Slate.
* LargeHamAnnouncer: All the announcers, but special mention must be given to Trip Cera. A couple choice quotes:
-->Not as excited as me! BOOYAH, GRANDMA!
-->'''Trip:''' Just like my wife with a credit card! Zing!\\
'''Ty:''' You're not married, Trip.\\
'''Trip:''' I'M SO LONELY!
-->There is a literal river of sweat running over my laptop! Seriously, I may electrocute myself before the day is over!
* LastLousyPoint: The five elemental [[spoiler:baby birds]] in the first game, who can only be obtained by getting every other vivosaur in the game and then ''maxing their levels.'' Yikes! They used to be downloadable from the Nintendo Channel on the Wii, but have since disappeared, as the aforementioned channel is no longer supported.
** More generally, you may find yourself gritting your teeth over the last lousy point of every single fossil you can clean. Properly-cleaned fossils are worth a ton of experience points, way more than you can reasonably give any specific vivosaur through combat. It's not ''mandatory'' to get everything perfect, but for perfectionists...
* LeakedExperience: Three vivosaurs participate in each fight, but all five that you're carrying (including defeated ones) get the experience. Averted in ''Frontier'', where all vivosaurs are available to use at all times but only the one used in battle gets experience.
* LizardFolk: In the second half of the game [[spoiler:a race of dromaeosauridae that evolved into hyper intelligent humanoids become the main antagonists after the BB Bandits are defeated. They want to KillAllHumans, naturally.]]
* [[GratuitousForeignLanguage Gratuitous Foreign]] {{Malaproper}}: Nick Nack does this. Airy cat oh! Donkey shine!
* MaskedLuchador: There seems to be a thriving masked-battler community, since each game involves some:
** Saurhead in the first game, who wears [[RefugeInAudacity no less than]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity thirty]]'' full-head dinosaur masks at any given time. [[TheUnreveal Can't risk]] [[DramaticUnmask being unmasked]], after all.
** Pauleen from ''Champions'' also wears a mask. [[spoiler: She wears it because it's
* {{Odango Hair}}: Zakuro used this
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: The jade pendant Zakuro wears was given to her by her mother, whom she hasn't seen since she was a child]].
* PetalPower: The twins can use petals for offense and defense, long distance communication, and tracking people. However, one of them has to sing
* MetalDetectorPuzzle: This is your entire means of finding {{Mons}}--you have sonar and need to search the ground for
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* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki
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* MythologyGag: Many visual details of the
** Some are [[PunnyName name puns]] (Krona is covered in clock-like Roman numerals, and Coatlus was made to look like its namesake, Quetzalcoatl.)
** Others are based on the location of
*** The fact that Breme (''Bradycneme draculae'') is vampiric is both a name and location reference, as it was discovered in Transylvania and and consequently named after {{Dracula}}.
** And more have their own fun facts (M-Raptor was exceptionally bird-like and so resembles a parrot; Megalo was one of the first discoveries ever, so according to the graphic designer "[[http://www.fossilfighters.com/html/making-of/5/ I deliberately used the design of a dinosaur as it was conceived by people long ago.]]")
* {{Nerf}}: Support effects were nerfed quite heavily in ''Champions.'' In the first game, vivosaurs had their full support effects regardless of their level, making things like [[GameBreaker Compso]] incredibly dangerous. In the sequel, support effects grow when your levels do... meaning the game gives you a Compso in the ''very beginning of the game,'' and feels no remorse.
** But there's also an inversion, as some game mechanics got stronger in the transition from the original game to ''Champions''. In the original game, only the vivosaur in the Attack Zone could have a
** A similar inversion applies to counterattacks. In the first game, counterattacks only had a 40% chance of working, making them a rather weak and luck-based strategy. In the sequel, counterattacks were upped to a 70% success rate, making them far more dangerous.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The Dinomatons are robot dinosaurs, and the aforementioned Breme is a vampire dinosaur.
** And the sequel brings us skeleton [[spoiler:and zombie]] dinosaurs.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: A rare living example in [[OlympusMons Frigi(saur) and Igno(saur)]]. As soon as you defeat the former, the latter vanishes as well due to them cancelling each other's powers out. Still, it removes a god-like power from your party to prevent a Game Breaker. [[spoiler:Until you can win them from post-game {{Bonus Boss}}es, anyway.]]
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: Poor Rosie. The other girl's ending shows she hasn't fully thrown off the effects of the Digadig charm ''or'' the [[spoiler: deevolution ray]].
* OddNameOut: Three of Holt's V-Raptors in the mini-manga are Odin, Thor, and Steve.
* OlympusMons: Frigisaur and Ignosaur.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The main villains of both ''Champions'' and ''Frontier'' turn themselves into monstrous dino-beasts for the final battle.]]
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* ShirtlessScene: Beginning of episode 4 has the boys training in the courtyard and an opportunity for shiptease. Zakuro pointedly refuses to bring Kei a towel because everyone thinks she will.
* SilkHidingSteel: Riken ponders how someone as soft and delicate as Susukihotaru can wield a weapon.
* SingleMindedTwins: Played straight and a deconstruction. Houzuki and Bonbori have many single minded twin traits, such as speaking in unison and sharing the same interests, but they become evermore devoted to Ganryu because he can identify their differences when no one else can. The fact few creatures can tell Houzuki and Bonbori apart, is a huge source of unhappiness. In a strange conundrum: they want to be seen as separate entities, but also acknowledged as identical.
* SingleTargetSexuality:
** Susukihotaru's power makes it discomforting for her to touch or be touched by any man except Riken.
** Houzuki and Bonbori consider Ganryu to be one third of their shared soul. Other men are boring distractions that delay time from bonding with him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: All four heroine
** Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also
** Susukihotaru senses the tremendously kind heart within Riken with her powers.
** Houzuki and Bonbori adore Hanakiri because he's a NiceGuy and a flatterer and because he can tell them apart.
** [[spoiler: Tsukuhane's official husband is a jerkass and her true love is a warm and friendly fellow who doesn't care that she's a spirit. Indeed, the only thing that worries him about that is that she might disappear like in the legend.]]
* SkinshipGrope: Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
* SpoilerOpening: [[spoiler:It's fairly easy to tell that Hanadate is the masked man in the OP and ED long before the official reveal in episode 9. Having the same hairstyle aside, when was the last time you trusted the seemingly perfect bishie that was a rival to the OfficialCouple?]]
* StandingInTheHall: Kushimatsu employs this kind of punishment with the traditional carrying buckets.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The OP, "MOON SIGNAL", starts playing when Zakuro awakens to her full power for the final battle.
* ThemeNaming
** FloralThemeNaming: The hanyou and youjin with some exceptions. Zakuro: pomegranate, ''Susuki''hotaru: Miscanthus sinensis, Houzuki: winter cherry, Kushi''matsu'': pine tree, Sakura: cherry blossom, Kiri: paulownia.
** ColorfulThemeNaming: Byakuroku: patina green, Daidai: orange.
* TheStoic: Riken never smiles or raises his voice. He communicates his emotions to Susukihotaru through HoldingHands because she's TheEmpath and because it's a standard form of non-verbal affection.
* TheTease: Houzuki and Bonbori, to the extent they could be seen as being {{Loveable Sex Maniac}}s, too.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a jesuit wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's favorite pastime is teasing this for Hanakiri. It's later revealed the twins felt an "emptiness" in their souls, despite having each other. They see Hanakiri as that missing part. Therefore the twins consider him as much apart of them, as they are with each other.
* TwinSwitch: Houzuki and Bonbori are amazed that Hanakiri can tell them apart even when they deliberately try to confuse him.
* UnusualEars: Remove these and you wouldn't know the girls are half-spirit.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode 10. [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured to be used as the means to create super powered half-spirits which, like those already living, will be used as slaves.
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** In the second game, there's the three Barebones Brigade officials. They use teams made up entirely of Boneysaurs; although Boneys have powerful support effects, they're also extreme {{Glass Cannon}}s, meaning vivosaurs several levels lower of them can take them out with some decent planning. They grant a full 30 points (in a game where level-ups come every 50 points) on defeat, making them great for grinding.
** Also in the second game, after you beat the game, you can talk to Prof. Scatterly to "reenact" the final battle with Zongazonga. By thee end of the game your vivosaurs will probably be strong enough to take him out no problem, and he gives you 50 points, so any dinosaurs can be leveled up just by being put in the support group.
* PlanetEater: [[spoiler:Guhnash.]]
* PlayableEpilogue: A whole crop of stuff opens up after you beat the game. UnusableEnemyEquipment becomes [[InfinityPlusOneSword usable]], new areas open up, everyone becomes a BonusBoss, you get ''both'' the OlympusMons...
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler:Inverted; Dinosaurs were introduced on Earth by the Dinaurians.]]
* PopQuiz: The second go through the Secret Tunnels has you correctly answering dinosaur trivia to advance in the maze.
** In ''Champions'' there's a roaming quiz show sidequest run by Tess Score.
* PowerTrio: Hunter, Rosie, and Holt become one of these in the mini-manga. In ''Champions'', it's the player, Todd, and Pauleen; with Rupert as SixthRanger.
* PowerupLetdown: Getting the upgrade for Dark Fossils lets you find red fossils, which you could already find anyway, jewels, which you could find anyway, and dino droppings, which you ''couldn't''. Also, dark fossils have an outer shell that can only be broken with a hammer. If there's a speck of outer shell covering that perfect red fossil, expect to lose some points smashing it.
** Yes, but you don't get challenged for finding Dark Fossils in the original. Meaning you don't have to fight tooth-and-nail for every [[VendorTrash Emerald and Diamond]] that you dig up. In addition, the best jewels are available in Dark Fossils, meaning you can now get those all-important case, sonar, and cleaning tool upgrades without
* PunnyName / MeaningfulName: Where to start? We've got name changer Ty Tull, advice giver Tipper, Sam Inaro who teaches seminars... And these are just from the ''first'' game.
** Gets lampshaded:
--->'''Rosie:''' Oh, I can't believe I didn't make the connection before... Knickknacks... ''Nick Nack''. Ugh. Waa ha ha! To think we're out looking for knickknacks for a guy named Nick Nack... It's like some awful joke!
** NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Even the [=NPC=]s warn you that "We've heard all the jokes" about Bea Ginner (who teaches novices).
* PurelyAestheticGender: Your gender has no effect on the plot in ''Champions'' or ''Frontier''.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: In ''Champions,'' both Professor Scatterly and Rupert show signs of it. Rupert is more of a nascent one, though he certainly shows signs of Britishness.
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* TheReptilians: [[spoiler:The dinaurians in the original game.]]
* RibcageRidge: Treasure Lake in the second game has a gigantic skull of some variety, smack dab in the middle of the lake.
** Could also be a parody DesertSkull. Food for thought.
* RichBitch: Bling sisters Ruby and Sapphire, aka "the Posh Pair", in ''Frontier'''s postgame; who consider the player a commoner and recruit him/her in a few schemes to get rare jewels. Averted with [[spoiler:Penny]], who is only revealed to come from a rich family in the postgame and is SpoiledSweet.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: A great deal of the Fossil Fighters are implied to be
* RoadApples: Yes, you can dig up fossilized dino dung. Nick Nack and John Guano are the only ones who want it for whatever reason (the shop will ''accept'' it, but will pay next to nothing).
* RobotBuddy: [=KL-33N=], the cleaning robot. Rupert has a prototype digging robot called [=Di66-R=]. In ''Frontier'', the Bone Buggies have an onboard AI called [=VR-00M=] (whose picture looks like the robots from the prior games).
* RoseHairedSweetie: Nate from ''Frontier'' is a RareMaleExample, in {{Adorkable}} flavor.
* RuleOfCool: Dinosaurs battling it out is cool enough, but the sequels give them even more powerful, awesome-looking forms.
* RunningGag: In ''Champions'', every time [[spoiler: someone's skull jumps into your pocket]], it is always described as "lumpy."
* SamusIsAGirl: In ''Frontier,'' it's revealed that the MascotMook T-Rex--the big red, yellow, and black one that appears on the box art of every game--is specifically a female version (named [[GeniusBonus Sue]]). The male version is a [[RealMenWearPink purple]] variant named [[FluffyTheTerrible Stan.]]
* SaveScumming: If you save before you talk to the cleaning robot, you can reload the save until he gives satisfactory results. No longer the case in ''Frontier'', where you do all the cleaning out in the field where you ''can't'' save.
* SchmuckBait: The Secret Tunnels of the Mole Brothers contain several treasure chests, but a nearby plaque warns you that "greed is its own setback." Opening them keeps you from advancing in the maze. It's later confirmed that opening these chests is why Lemo and O'Mel got separated in the first place.
* SetBonus: Putting three vivosaurs with something in common on the field can unlock a special attack for each.
* ShoutOut:
** One poor nameless NPC is tasked with standing guard over a warehouse, and nothing else. Keep talking to him, and he'll eventually reveal the "deep, philosophical" thoughts he's been having: "'''What is a man''''s life worth? Nothing but guarding '''a miserable pile of secrets?'''"
** The cleaning robots resemble Japanese emoticons.
** A cinematic from the sequel shows [[Film/JurassicPark a helicopter transporting new people to the island.]]
** In ''Champions'', one park staffer is trying to come up with new ideas:
-->Fast cars are exciting, right? Maybe we could [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds have people battle while driving around a racetrack]]! [[TakeThat No, you're right. That's a dumb idea.]]
** Stella, Staff leader of Ribular Island informs the Hero(ine) that "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Your dig site is on another island!]]" once they progress past Round 2 of the Cup. She then wonders why that sounds familiar.
** ''Champions'' also features a fisherman who became lost at sea. His name is [[Literature/RobinsonCrusoe Robinson,]] and he also talks to [[Film/CastAway a ball, whom he calls his best friend]].
** When its programming goes haywire, Rupert's robot says things such as "[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda I AM ERROR.]]" and "[[Videogame/ProWrestling A WINNER IS YOU.]]"
** In ''Frontier'', if you talk to a shopkeeper about cleaning a daily random fossil, they'll say [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda "It's a secret to everybody."]] During a tournament during one of the postgame quests, one character will also reference [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem "playing with power"]].
* ShownTheirWork: The information on the extinct animals, also see MythologyGag above.
* SignificantAnagram: The Mole Brothers' names are Lemo and O'Mel. Hm. I wonder what ''those'' [[SarcasmMode are anagrams of]]?
* SinisterSchnoz: Snivels, no question.
* SkullForAHead: Don Boneyard [[spoiler:and anyone else who became a victim of Zongazonga]].
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: Guhweep]] has one, but it's not immediately obvious until it [[spoiler: uses Tears of Dark Light... and turns upside down]].
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The Glacier dig site from the first game, though it doesn't open up until the endgame.
** All of the Ilium Island digsites in ''Champions'' apply. Ilium isn't called "The island where warmth goes to die" for nothing!
* TheSlowPath:
** In the first game, [[spoiler:Dr. Diggins after he's sent back to the Jurassic. Thank goodness he manages to find the Stone Sleep device!]]
** Also seen in ''Frontier''. [[spoiler:While time-traveling, your vivosaur partner gets left behind in the late Cretaceous in order to make sure you get home safely. Eventually, you realize that a fossilized Dino Gear-like artifact you'd found earlier in the game really ''is'' your partner's Dino Gear.]]
* StanceSystem: Used in ''Frontier''. While previous games had tactical systems based on a vivosaur's placement on the field, ''Frontier'' instead focuses on how your vivosaur is standing: straight ahead, rearing up, ducking down, or turned around and baring its tail. Each vivosaur has a different set of strong and weak stances, and different attacks can change your or your opponents' stances (though a vivosaur's stance is always reset when it takes its turn).
* StarterMon: Each game in the series does it differently:
** ''Fossil Fighters:'' You start the game with a Spinax who, while common, is decently powerful. However, at the game start, you also get a free bonus fossil of a dinosaur based on how you answer some questions about what you like in your dinos.
** ''Champions:'' Joe Wildwest lets you pick between dinos of the four basic elements, which are hard to get until late game. All can [[MagikarpPower Super Evolve.]] Plus, boys get a T-rex and girls get a Tricera.
** ''Frontier:'' You befriend Chomp, the most traditionally mons-like dino in the series. He's no recognizable dinosaur species, he's quite powerful, and he evolves at certain points in the game. Plus, he's your TeamPet and your close friend.
* StatGrinding: A mild case in the first game; most stat gains are at levelups but vivosaurs also gain HP gradually between levels. ''Champions'' removes this.
* StockDinosaurs: But also includes any new prehistoric mammals and dinosaurs discovered during the creation of the game.
** The sequel appears to be continuing this, including many other prehistoric creatures from before and after the age of dinosaurs.
* StopHavingFunGuys: [[{{In-Universe}} Rupert]] in ''Champions''. After witnessing Todd take his loss to you in stride, he's baffled as to why Todd's not upset about losing. Though it turns out it's less arrogance that his way is the right one and more ignorance that there are other ways in the first place.
** Turns out it comes from his dad, who
** Susukihotaru is shy
** Houzuki
* StrangelyEffectiveDisguise: [[spoiler: Somehow, the majority of the Dinaurians are fooled by yours and
** See also ''Champions'', where the hero(ine) receives a Ty Ranno mask for disguise purposes. No other mask keeps [=NPC=]s from immediately knowing who he/she is; how is this mask different?
* SummonBiggerFish: Calling up Ignosaur to
* TakeThat: After completing the main quest and all the sidequests of ''Frontier'', you'll take a group photo with the main cast; to which Dahlia comments "And it's a PICTURE, got it? Not a selfie. That word is so overused these days."
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:The [[LizardFolk dinaurians]] have
* ATasteOfPower: Do you go straight to the confrontation with [[spoiler: Ignosaur]] in your party... or do you have some fun with the [[OlympusMons godlike beast]] beforehand?
* TerribleTrio: The BB Gang. Also counts as the GoldfishPoopGang for the first half of the game. In the sequel, it's the Barebones Brigade. ''Frontier'' has Baron von Blackraven and his gang.
* TheTetrisEffect: Expect to see
* TyrannosaurusRex: The game's mascot, and
* TheUnintelligible: Rex of the BB Bandits.
** EloquentInMyNativeTongue: [[spoiler:His true speech patterns tend toward SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Those kooky English bulldogs...]]
* UnknownItemIdentification: In the first two games, fossils had to be brought back to base and excavated before
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Boy, the Dinatomatons sure are cool, aren't they? Who wouldn't want a [[VideoGame/RobotDinosaursThatShootBeamsWhenTheyRoar Robot Dinosaur That Shoots Beams When It Roars?]] Well, sorry, but ''you don't get none.'' And you'll have to keep your paws off [[spoiler:Duna, Dynal, and
* VendorTrash: Digging up and cleaning gemstones is the only way to make money. The better the gem, the more money.
* VerbalTic: The Digadigs, including Pauleen in ''Champions''. Rosie [[GotMeDoingIt picks it up]] when she is mystically made part of the tribe, and she is very ''diga-''displeased.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Roise asks "you probably hate me now, don't you?". You actually are
** In ''Frontier,'' when you [[spoiler: travel back in time]], you can encounter dino nests. You can cheerfully drive your Bone Buggy over them and shatter them to pieces, for no other reason than they're there. (Though they magically reform themselves
** Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken
* XMeetsY: ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' meets {{Mon}}s. (''Magazine/NintendoPower'' said "meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''", but "meets ''VideoGame/{{Spectrobes}}''" is
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Rupert's father is... difficult to
* {{Whateversaurus}}: Along with the
* WindIsGreen: Air-type Viviosaurs are revived from green fossils.
* WombLevel: The Bonehemoth in ''Champions.''
* WordSaladTitle: In ''Champions,'' all the songs in the sound test have silly and
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Rosie's pink hair could be passed off as an [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis artistic rendtion]] of a strawberry blonde, but
** Siamo actually has blue hair, despite being a dinosaur.
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* ImperialJapan: The story takes place in the Meiji Era. Zakuro loves to call anything Western "jesuit".
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** Susukihotaru's power makes it discomforting for her to touch or be touched by any man except Riken.
** Houzuki and Bonbori consider Ganryu to be one third of their shared soul. Other men are boring distractions that delay time from bonding with him.
** Susukihotaru's power makes it discomforting for her to touch or be touched by any man except Riken.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's favorite pastime is teasing this for Hanakiri. Whether or not they're serious is another matter. [[spoiler:They are.]]It's later revealed the twins felt an "emptiness" in their souls, despite having each other. They see Hanakiri as that missing part. Therefore the twins consider him as much apart of them, as they are with each other.
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* SingleMindedTwins: Played straight and a deconstruction. Houzuki and Bonbori speak have many single minded twin traits, such as speaking in unison. unison and sharing the same interests, but they become evermore devoted to Ganryu because he can identify their differences when no one else can. The fact few creatures can tell Houzuki and Bonbori apart, is a huge source of unhappiness. In a strange conundrum: they want to be seen as separate entities, but also acknowledged as identical.
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* {{Expy}}: Riken is like a Meiji, military version of Ryu from ''KimiNiTodoke''.''Manga/KimiNiTodoke''. Put Agemaki in a modern suit and you could never tell him apart from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s Tamaki.
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* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls on par with [[LadiesVersusButlers [[LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]], but they are not TheOjou.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillainousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillainousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues.a FreudianExcuse. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
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* {{Bishonen}}: Many of the males here qualify, just look at the page image.are beautiful.
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* ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}}: Lady Rangui begins as the former (clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others) and transitions into the later after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
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* ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}}: ClingyJealousGirl: Lady Rangui begins as the former (clinging this by clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others) others and transitions into the later {{Yandere}} after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
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** Mugi the demon girl in ep 4 is adorable and has been adopted by a human.
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* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive the fire.]]
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* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive the fire.]]
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* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned into a cat spirit due to ThePowerOfLove.]]
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* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka when he chooses Zakuro over her.]]
* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned into a cat spirit due toThePowerOfLove.ThePowerOfLove, can't be seen by his parents.]]
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* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]]...
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillainousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
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** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Canon OT3]]
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** [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
** [[spoiler:Rangui sees this between herself, Zakuro, and Omodaka.]].
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** [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
Hanadate. Much of it is the former's UST and Zakuro fawning over Hanadate.]]
** [[spoiler:Rangui sees this between herself, Zakuro, andOmodaka.]].Omodaka but he was never interested in her]].
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* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
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*[[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: MalevolentMaskedMen: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
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''Otome Youkai Zakuro'' was adapted into an anime in the fall of 2010 by JCStaff.
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* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki and Bonbori simlutaneously; one takes the left and the other takes the right. The promise? That he would 'come for them' after Spirits is terminated.]]
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* PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki and Bonbori simlutaneously; one takes the left and the other takes the right. The promise? That he would 'come for them' after Spirits Spirit Affairs is terminated.]]
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stunned by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm, Riken only needs a look and a chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing 'jesuit clothing' in the first place, this marks another step in their {{UST}}.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stunned by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm, Riken only needs a look and a chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing 'jesuit clothing' "jesuit clothing" in the first place, this marks another step in their {{UST}}.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/SatoshiHino is credited as the voice of Riken Yoshinokazura. He barely sounds like him and instead sounds like Creator/TomokazuSugita.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:[[strike:Lieutenant Hanadate]] / [[spoiler: Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this to obtain Zakuro's power. Her friends stop him.]]
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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NobuhikoOkamoto Mamezo]], a fanged, bipedal, rabbit thing that functions as a BagOfHolding for Zakuro, is [[ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Accelerator]], [[AsuNoYoichi Yoichi Karasuga]], [[TheSacredBlacksmith Luke Ainsworth]], and the perverted space alien from ''Manga/MaidSama''.
** [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Kei]] used to be [[CodeGeass a Knight]], not a Lieutenant. Coincidentally, both seem to have trouble with certain creatures... Also he's [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] in [[CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII every]] [[DirgeOfCerberus game]] [[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren (and movie)]] [[DissidiaFinalFantasy where]] [[KingdomHearts he's]] [[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories been]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII voiced]].
** [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Susukihotaru]] is [[Anime/AngelBeats Kanade]], {{Kobato}}, and [[AsuNoYoichi Kagome]].
** [[Creator/MaiNakahara Zakuro]] is [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Nagisa]], [[Manga/FairyTail Juvia]], [[LightNovel/StrawberryPanic Nagisa]], [[MaiHiME Mai]], and [[LadiesVersusButlers Serina Iori Flameheart]]
** [[Creator/YuiHorie Houzuki]] is [[LoveHina Naru]], [[SchoolRumble Eri]], [[{{Persona4}} Chie]], [[DeadOrAlive Hitomi]], and so many more...
** [[SayakaOhara Tsukuhane]] is [[Manga/FairyTail Erza]], [[XXXHolic Yuuko]], and [[CodeGeass Milly]]
** [[Creator/TakahiroSakurai Kei]] used to be [[CodeGeass a Knight]], not a Lieutenant. Coincidentally, both seem to have trouble with certain creatures... Also he's [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] in [[CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII every]] [[DirgeOfCerberus game]] [[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren (and movie)]] [[DissidiaFinalFantasy where]] [[KingdomHearts he's]] [[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories been]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII voiced]].
** [[Creator/KanaHanazawa Susukihotaru]] is [[Anime/AngelBeats Kanade]], {{Kobato}}, and [[AsuNoYoichi Kagome]].
** [[Creator/MaiNakahara Zakuro]] is [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Nagisa]], [[Manga/FairyTail Juvia]], [[LightNovel/StrawberryPanic Nagisa]], [[MaiHiME Mai]], and [[LadiesVersusButlers Serina Iori Flameheart]]
** [[Creator/YuiHorie Houzuki]] is [[LoveHina Naru]], [[SchoolRumble Eri]], [[{{Persona4}} Chie]], [[DeadOrAlive Hitomi]], and so many more...
** [[SayakaOhara Tsukuhane]] is [[Manga/FairyTail Erza]], [[XXXHolic Yuuko]], and [[CodeGeass Milly]]
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** [[KanaHanazawa Susukihotaru]] is [[Anime/AngelBeats Kanade]], {{Kobato}}, and [[AsuNoYoichi Kagome]].
** [[MaiNakahara Zakuro]] is [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Nagisa]], [[Manga/FairyTail Juvia]], [[LightNovel/StrawberryPanic Nagisa]], [[MaiHiME Mai]], and [[LadiesVersusButlers Serina Iori Flameheart]]
** [[KanaHanazawa Susukihotaru]] is [[Anime/AngelBeats Kanade]], {{Kobato}}, and [[AsuNoYoichi Kagome]].
** [[MaiNakahara Zakuro]] is [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Nagisa]], [[Manga/FairyTail Juvia]], [[LightNovel/StrawberryPanic Nagisa]], [[MaiHiME Mai]], and [[LadiesVersusButlers Serina Iori Flameheart]]
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* HeyItsThatVoice: [[NobuhikoOkamoto Mamezo]], a fanged, bipedal, rabbit thing that functions as a BagOfHolding for Zakuro, is [[ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Accelerator]], [[AsuNoYoichi Yoichi Karasuga]], [[TheSacredBlacksmith Luke Ainsworth]], and the perverted space alien from KaichouWaMaidSama.''Manga/MaidSama''.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stun by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm Riken only needs a look and chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing 'jesuit clothing' in the first place, this marks another step in their UST.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stun stunned by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm charm, Riken only needs a look and a chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing 'jesuit clothing' in the first place, this marks another step in their UST.{{UST}}.
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** Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs;Zakuro needs; Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
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** landlady Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken but is no pushover in terms of policy. She also has a giant fox true form for situations that might get messy.
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*HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Empathy and petal power doesn't seem impressive but the girls find good uses for them.
**Susukihotaru uses empathy to find memories, and thus intel, connected to emotions
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**Susukihotaru uses empathy to find memories, and thus intel, connected to emotions
**Bonbori and Houzuki use their petals for a wide range of purposes from long-distance communication to lock picking to burning enemies like acid.
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* ActionGirl: Zakuro is the tip of the spear for Spirit Affairs. She's the one to bring down TheMonsterOfTheWeek.
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillaniousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
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* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things he does, the heroes leave Omodaka unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillaniousBSOD VillainousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
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* ActionGirl: Zakuro.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as their plaything, sort of.
* AlternateUniverse: Although it's hard to pinpoint when does it exactly happen, it's the Meiji Era with {{Youkai}} integrated into society.
* ArrangedMarriage: It's for the power.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as their plaything, sort of.
* AlternateUniverse: Although it's hard to pinpoint when does it exactly happen, it's the Meiji Era with {{Youkai}} integrated into society.
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* ActionGirl: Zakuro.Zakuro is the tip of the spear for Spirit Affairs. She's the one to bring down TheMonsterOfTheWeek.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as theirplaything, sort of.
plaything because he's younger and smaller than Riken and Kei.
* AlternateUniverse: Although it's hard to pinpoint whendoes it exactly happen, happened, it's the Meiji Era with {{Youkai}} integrated into society.
* ArrangedMarriage:It's for [[spoiler: Zakuro's mother and the power.Oracles chief.]] He arranged it to obtain her spiritual power.
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* TheAtoner: Tsukuhane. [[spoiler: It's nearly too late for Omodaka to realize this.]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Lieutenant Hanadate/Omodaka.]]
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* TheAtoner: Tsukuhane. BadassInDistress: [[spoiler: It's nearly too late for Omodaka Zakuro is captured during the festival and spends several episodes as a captive. Once freed, she deals the killing blow to realize this.the final boss.]]
* BadassInDistress
* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Lieutenant Hanadate/Omodaka.Hanadate, Spirit Affair's ally in the regular millitary, is truly Lord Omodaka, TheLeader of the Village of Oracles hunting Zakuro.]]
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* {{Bishonen}}
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this almost every time he's around spirits when he first starts working with Zakuro and the others.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:[[strike:Lieutenant Hanadate]] / Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this. Averted.]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Zakuro]], though she keeps it together better than most examples of this trope.
** [[spoiler: Her mother can be seen as this, too.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane was repeatedly broken by the Elder of the Village of Oracles, then broken ''by her own son''.]]
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this almost every time he's around spirits when he first starts working with Zakuro and the others.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:[[strike:Lieutenant Hanadate]] / Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do this. Averted.]]
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Zakuro]], though she keeps it together better than most examples of this trope.
** [[spoiler: Her mother can be seen as this, too.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane was repeatedly broken by the Elder of the Village of Oracles, then broken ''by her own son''.]]
to:
* BlueWithShock: Kei pulls this
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler:[[strike:Lieutenant Hanadate]] / Omodaka is Zakuro's half-brother and he wants to do
* BrokenBird:
** [[spoiler: Her mother can be seen as this, too.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Tsukuhane was repeatedly broken by the Elder of the Village of Oracles, then broken ''by her own son''. By the time she returned to the Village of Oracles she was a shell of her former self.]]
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* ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}}: The Black Widow.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
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* ClingyJealousGirl[=/=]{{Yandere}}: The Black Widow.
Lady Rangui begins as the former (clinging to Omodaka and shooing away others) and transitions into the later after [[spoiler: he spurns her as a 'filthy demon'. Then she sets fire to his home and declares that she loves him so much she's going to eat him.]]
*CoolAndUnusualPunishment: CoolAndUnusualPunishment:
** When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
*
** When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.
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* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Demon Girl]]: All four heroines.
** Mugi the child demon in ep.4, too.
* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: Daidai.]]
** Mugi the child demon in ep.4, too.
* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: Daidai.]]
to:
* [[CuteMonsterGirl Cute Demon Girl]]: All four heroines.
** MugiGirl]]:
**Mugi thechild demon girl in ep.4, too.
* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: Daidai.ep 4 is adorable and has been adopted by a human.
**[[spoiler: When it comes to half spirits, the issue of gender comes up. Female half-spirits can pass for human if they hide their ears, but male half spirits are black ghost-like things.]]
** Mugi
**Mugi the
* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption: Daidai.
**[[spoiler: When it comes to half spirits, the issue of gender comes up. Female half-spirits can pass for human if they hide their ears, but male half spirits are black ghost-like things.]]
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* TheEmpath: Susukihotaru.
* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Omodaka loved his mother. It's rather complicated though. Let's just say EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas ''After All''...]]
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into a killer. [[spoiler: Even demure Susukihotaru.]]
* {{Expy}}: Riken is like a Meiji, military version of Ryu from ''KimiNiTodoke''. And put Agemaki in a modern suit and you could never tell him apart from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s Tamaki.
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at best.
** [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse, seeing as they kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou, then treat them like dirt.]]
* FreudianExcuse: And [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]].
* [[{{Kitsune}} Fox Girl]]
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and Houzuki.
* GentleGiant: Riken.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: The Black Widow.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Omodaka loved his mother. It's rather complicated though. Let's just say EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas ''After All''...]]
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into a killer. [[spoiler: Even demure Susukihotaru.]]
* {{Expy}}: Riken is like a Meiji, military version of Ryu from ''KimiNiTodoke''. And put Agemaki in a modern suit and you could never tell him apart from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s Tamaki.
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at best.
** [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse, seeing as they kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou, then treat them like dirt.]]
* FreudianExcuse: And [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]].
* [[{{Kitsune}} Fox Girl]]
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and Houzuki.
* GentleGiant: Riken.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: The Black Widow.]]
to:
* TheEmpath: Susukihotaru.
Susukihotaru can sense the emotions, thoughts, and the memories connected to them through physical contact.
*EmpathyPet: Mamezou, Zakuro's BondCreature, is more affectionate with Kei than Zakuro herself.
* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Omodaka loved hismother. It's rather complicated though.mother but it's complicated . Let's just say EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas ''After All''...]]
*EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Omodaka desires Zakuro (both her power and her body) so he pushed for the creation of Spirit Affairs under the guise of Hanadake in order to draw her out.]] Until this comes to light, there are episodic, MonsterOfTheWeek, style plots.
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into akiller. killer, up to and including [[spoiler: Even demure Susukihotaru.]]
* {{Expy}}: Riken is like a Meiji, military version of Ryu from ''KimiNiTodoke''.And put Put Agemaki in a modern suit and you could never tell him apart from ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s Tamaki.
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, atbest.
**best. [[spoiler: The Village of Oracles are far worse, seeing as they worse. They kidnapped pregnant women just to create hanyou, then hanyou which they treat them like dirt.dirt and use as slaves.]]
* FreudianExcuse:And [[OedipusComplex one of the classics]].
classics]] [[spoiler: Omodaka was isolated from his mother for years so he ran away from home to find her. When he does, he sees her in the arms of a human so he tells his father (her husband) who orders the human killed.]]
*[[{{Kitsune}} Fox Girl]]
{{Kitsune}}: Kushimatsu is a fox spirit that can take a humanoid form but she never looks human aside from that. The four heroines are too human to count because they only have ears.
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori andHouzuki.
Houzuki are full of energy and cheer. Hanakiri is often exhausted keeping up with them.
* GentleGiant:Riken.
Riken. At first Susukihotaru was scared of him because of his great height and stocism. By the end of the first episode, she sees his great kindness and the fear disappears.
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: Lady Rangui is The BlackWidow.Widow; a demon bigger than cars.]]
*EmpathyPet: Mamezou, Zakuro's BondCreature, is more affectionate with Kei than Zakuro herself.
* [[spoiler:EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Omodaka loved his
*EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Omodaka desires Zakuro (both her power and her body) so he pushed for the creation of Spirit Affairs under the guise of Hanadake in order to draw her out.]] Until this comes to light, there are episodic, MonsterOfTheWeek, style plots.
* EvilWeapon: The katana that turns anyone into a
* {{Expy}}: Riken is like a Meiji, military version of Ryu from ''KimiNiTodoke''.
* FantasticRacism: While spirits are considered citizens, they're treated as second-class citizens by the humans, at
**
* FreudianExcuse:
*
* GenkiGirl: Bonbori and
* GentleGiant:
* GiantSpider: [[spoiler: Lady Rangui is The Black
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* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri, the spirit-children who store the girls' weapons [[{{Hammerspace}} in their body]]. But when they pull those weapons out from the inside, it's just plain grotesque...
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the girls.
* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: Byakuroku decides that there is no point to finally having freedom, since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister and her sister already died, so she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and they survive together in the end.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the girls.
* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: Byakuroku decides that there is no point to finally having freedom, since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister and her sister already died, so she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and they survive together in the end.]]
to:
* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri, the spirit-children who store the girls' weapons [[{{Hammerspace}} in their body]]. But when they pull those weapons out from the inside, it's just plain grotesque...
Kiri are adorable little munchins despite looking like mal-formed vegtables on legs.
* HalfHumanHybrid: All thegirls.
heroines and two of the villains are half-spirits.
* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point tofinally having freedom, freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister and her sister already died, so who by that point was dead. So she ''offers herself'' to Omodaka as his PropertyOfLove. ''He accepts'' and the ending shows they survive together in the end.fire.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: All the
* [[spoiler:HappinessInSlavery: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to
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* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Zakuro]]
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* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Zakuro]][[spoiler:Zakuro is the child of an affair; her mother with a local human man.]]
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** [[TakahiroSakurai Kei]] used to be [[CodeGeass a Knight]], not a Lieutenant. Coincidentally, both seem to have trouble with certain creatures...
*** Not to mention he's [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] in [[CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII every]] [[DirgeOfCerberus game]] [[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren (and movie)]] [[DissidiaFinalFantasy where]] [[KingdomHearts he's]] [[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories been]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII voiced]].
*** Not to mention he's [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] in [[CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII every]] [[DirgeOfCerberus game]] [[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren (and movie)]] [[DissidiaFinalFantasy where]] [[KingdomHearts he's]] [[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories been]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII voiced]].
to:
** [[TakahiroSakurai Kei]] used to be [[CodeGeass a Knight]], not a Lieutenant. Coincidentally, both seem to have trouble with certain creatures...
*** Not to mentioncreatures... Also he's [[FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]] in [[CrisisCoreFinalFantasyVII every]] [[DirgeOfCerberus game]] [[FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren (and movie)]] [[DissidiaFinalFantasy where]] [[KingdomHearts he's]] [[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories been]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII voiced]].
*** Not to mention
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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Riken towers over Susukihotaru. Kei is also noticbly bigger than Zakuro.
* IAmAHumanitarian
* IAmAHumanitarian
to:
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Riken towers over Susukihotaru. Kei is also noticbly bigger than Zakuro.
* IAmAHumanitarianIn one episode, he offers to hide her when they walk down the street,
* IAmAHumanitarian
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* [[spoiler: [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka.]]
* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned out to be a cat spirit.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: Duh, obviously.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: When they're about to enter a fight which then leads to..
* IronicNurseryTune: Played straight and subverted. The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls very well, but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought, as it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles. [[spoiler: Both of them.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things he did, Omodaka sure got away nearly unscathed.]]
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: And eventually Omodaka takes it. RedemptionEarnsLife]]
* [[spoiler: [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka.]]
* InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned out to be a cat spirit.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: Duh, obviously.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: When they're about to enter a fight which then leads to..
* IronicNurseryTune: Played straight and subverted. The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls very well, but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought, as it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles. [[spoiler: Both of them.]]
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things he did, Omodaka sure got away nearly unscathed.]]
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: And eventually Omodaka takes it. RedemptionEarnsLife]]
to:
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
*IHaveYouNowMyPretty: [[spoiler: [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka.Once he captures Zakuro, Omodaka enjoys carrying her bridal style and other such intimate gestures.]]
*InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned out [[IfICantHaveYou If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to be a cat spirit.Omodaka when he chooses Zakuro over her.]]
*InterspeciesRomance: Duh, obviously.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: When they're about to enter a fight which then leads to..
* IronicNurseryTune: Played straight and subverted. The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls very well, but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought, as it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles.InvisibleToAdults: [[spoiler: Both of them.Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned into a cat spirit due to ThePowerOfLove.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: The three Spirit Affairs teams are composed of a half-spirit girl and a human boy. All of them are an OfficialCouple.
* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles; [[spoiler: both of them.]] Amoung the Elder's activities are racism, child abuse, and generally acting like an asshole.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things hedid, does, the heroes leave Omodaka sure got away nearly unscathed.unharmed in his palace. This because the palace is burning and he's in the midst of a VillaniousBSOD becaue of MommyIssues. They think he died in the fire because he refused to leave but the ending reveals that he's going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler:And eventually Eventually Omodaka takes it. RedemptionEarnsLife]]it and RedemptionEarnsLife because he is seen in the epilogue going somewhere with Byakuroku.]]
*
*
*
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: When they're about to enter a fight which then leads to..
* IronicNurseryTune: Played straight and subverted. The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls very well, but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought, as it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles.
* InterspeciesRomance: The three Spirit Affairs teams are composed of a half-spirit girl and a human boy. All of them are an OfficialCouple.
* IronicNurseryTune: The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls but they only sing it [[SoundtrackDissonance when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought because it's part of their power-up]]...
* {{Jerkass}}: The Elder of the Village of Oracles; [[spoiler: both of them.]] Amoung the Elder's activities are racism, child abuse, and generally acting like an asshole.
* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini: For all horrible, horrible things he
* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler:
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* LittleBitBeastly: The four heroines.
* LovableCoward: Kei.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the final episode (he does it twice), the second time is followed by [[FirstKiss a little more]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Canon OT3]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui]].
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
* LovableCoward: Kei.
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the final episode (he does it twice), the second time is followed by [[FirstKiss a little more]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Canon OT3]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui]].
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
to:
* LittleBitBeastly: The four heroines.
heroines could pass for human if they hide their ears. This is a plot point; they are chosen for Spirit Affairs because a half-spirit can serve as the bridge between humans and spirits.
* LovableCoward:Kei.
Kei, as Zakuro likes to point out, is a wuss. However, he is also a NiceGuy and tries to fight his fear
*LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Between LoveConfession:
**[[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the finalepisode (he episode. He does it twice), twice and the second time is followed by [[FirstKiss a little more]]]].
*** ** [[spoiler:Ganryu and ''both'' Bonbori and Hazuki in the final episode. Canon OT3]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku,Rangui]].
Rangui]] all commit evil out of love but the second one in the list is not romantic love.
*LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Kei, LoveTriangle:
**[[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
* LovableCoward:
*
**[[spoiler:Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming makes the moment even sweeter]]]].
** [[spoiler:Kei and Zakuro in the final
* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Hanadate, Byakuroku,
*
**[[spoiler:Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate]].
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* LoveDodecahedron: Subverted in Episode 9 when the Raccoon maids think the {{Official Couple}}s (except the OT3) have partner-swapped. [[spoiler:They did not.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear: Tsukuhane.]]
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear: Tsukuhane.]]
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka.]]
to:
* LoveDodecahedron: Subverted in In Episode 9 when the Raccoon maids think the {{Official Couple}}s (except the OT3) have partner-swapped. [[spoiler:They did not.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear:Tsukuhane.Tsukuhane in a non-violent example. Her resistance against the Village of Oracles is inspired by her love for her daughter.]]
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
* [[spoiler:MamaBear:
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Man]]: [[spoiler:Hanadate/Omodaka. Wearing one is his own decision because his father did not. Oddly enough, he wears it in the Village of Oracles where he grew up and thus everyone knows what he looks like.]]
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* MindControlEyes
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond.]]
* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse: Rangui tries this on Zakuro.]]
* NonLethalKO: In episode one, despite the fact [[spoiler:Raiju is stabbed in the top of it's head it's seen moments later apparently unharmed.]]
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond.]]
* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse: Rangui tries this on Zakuro.]]
* NonLethalKO: In episode one, despite the fact [[spoiler:Raiju is stabbed in the top of it's head it's seen moments later apparently unharmed.]]
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* MindControlEyes
MindControlEyes: This happens to [[spoiler: Susukihotaru]] when she's possessed by an evil sword.
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about the Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is alsoblond.blond, but this is forgivable because she is not human.]]
* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse: Rangui tries this onZakuro.Zakuro and inadverently frees her in the process.]]
* NonLethalKO: In episode one,despite the fact [[spoiler:Raiju is [[spoiler:Zakuro stabbed Raiju in the top of it's head and it's seen moments later apparently unharmed.]]
* {{Mukokuseki}}: For something about the Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". [[spoiler: Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also
* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse: Rangui tries this on
* NonLethalKO: In episode one,
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* {{Odango Hair}}: Zakuro used this to bind her ears.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls, almost on par with [[LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: Although Zakuro doesn't know it]].
* PetalPower: The twins, but to a limited extent. They can use petals for offense and defense, but only while they're singing.
** They can also be used to track people, but again, only while one of them is singing.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls, almost on par with [[LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler: Although Zakuro doesn't know it]].
* PetalPower: The twins, but to a limited extent. They can use petals for offense and defense, but only while they're singing.
** They can also be used to track people, but again, only while one of them is singing.
to:
* {{Odango Hair}}: Zakuro used this to bind her ears.
ears so Kei's racists father wouldn't see them.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate haircurls, almost curls on par with [[LadiesVersusButlers Sernia Flameheart]].
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler:Although The jade pendant Zakuro doesn't know it]].
wears was given to her by her mother, whom she hasn't seen since she was a child]].
* PetalPower: Thetwins, but to a limited extent. They twins can use petals for offense and defense, but only while they're singing.
** They can also be used to track people, but again, only whilelong distance communication, and tracking people. However, one of them is singing.has to sing in order for any of them to work.
* OjouRinglets: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair
* OrphansPlotTrinket: [[spoiler:
* PetalPower: The
** They can also be used to track people, but again, only while
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* PinkySwear
* PlayingAgainstType: SatoshiHino is credited as the voice of Riken Yoshinokazura. He barely sounds like him, almost emulating TomokazuSugita if anything.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro's necklace]]
* SaveThePrincess
* PlayingAgainstType: SatoshiHino is credited as the voice of Riken Yoshinokazura. He barely sounds like him, almost emulating TomokazuSugita if anything.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro's necklace]]
* SaveThePrincess
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* PinkySwear
PinkySwear: [[spoiler: In the final episode Hanakiri makes one with Houzuki and Bonbori simlutaneously; one takes the left and the other takes the right. The promise? That he would 'come for them' after Spirits is terminated.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: SatoshiHino is credited as the voice of Riken Yoshinokazura. He barely sounds likehim, almost emulating TomokazuSugita if anything.him and instead sounds like TomokazuSugita.
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro'snecklace]]
* SaveThePrincessnecklace is a seal on her power so the Village of Oracles would have a harder time finding her.]]
* PlayingAgainstType: SatoshiHino is credited as the voice of Riken Yoshinokazura. He barely sounds like
* PowerLimiter: [[spoiler:Zakuro's
* SaveThePrincess
*SheCleansUpNicely: Spirit Affairs has a received a mission that involves military galas so they dress the part to blend in. All the boys are stun by how beautiful the girls look in european style ball gowns. Hanakiri uses his usual charm Riken only needs a look and chaste touch, but Kei has difficulty expressing his admiration. Considering Zakuro can't stand wearing 'jesuit clothing' in the first place, this marks another step in their UST.
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* ShirtlessScene: Beginning of episode 4.
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* ShirtlessScene: Beginning of episode 4.4 has the boys training in the courtyard and an opportunity for shiptease. Zakuro pointedly refuses to bring Kei a towel because everyone thinks she will.
*SilkHidingSteel: Riken ponders how someone as soft and delicate as Susukihotaru can wield a weapon.
*SilkHidingSteel: Riken ponders how someone as soft and delicate as Susukihotaru can wield a weapon.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs;Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
* SkinshipGrope: Not quite a straight example of the trope, but Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
* SkinshipGrope: Not quite a straight example of the trope, but Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei All four heroine [[spoiler: plus Tsukuhane]].
**Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs;Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
**Susukihotaru senses the tremendously kind heart within Riken with her powers.
**Houzuki and Bonbori adore Hanakiri because he's a NiceGuy and a flatterer and because he can tell them apart.
**[[spoiler: Tsukuhane's official husband is a jerkass and her true love is a warm and friendly fellow who doesn't care that she's a spirit. Indeed, the only thing that worries him about that is that she might disappear like in the legend.]]
* SkinshipGrope:Not quite a straight example of the trope, but Houzuki and Bonbori love to cling to Hanakiri, and ''personally'' wipe the sweat off his body after his training.
**Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs;Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
**Susukihotaru senses the tremendously kind heart within Riken with her powers.
**Houzuki and Bonbori adore Hanakiri because he's a NiceGuy and a flatterer and because he can tell them apart.
**[[spoiler: Tsukuhane's official husband is a jerkass and her true love is a warm and friendly fellow who doesn't care that she's a spirit. Indeed, the only thing that worries him about that is that she might disappear like in the legend.]]
* SkinshipGrope:
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* StandingInTheHall
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* StandingInTheHallStandingInTheHall: Kushimatsu employs this kind of punishment with the traditional carrying buckets.
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* TheStoic: Riken.
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* TheStoic: Riken.Riken never smiles or raises his voice. He communicates his emotions to Susukihotaru through HoldingHands because she's TheEmpath and because it's a standard form of non-verbal affection.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro. She alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro. She Zakuro alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a jesuit wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
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* UnusualEars: Remove these and you wouldn't even know they're half-spirit.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode 10.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spirits]] -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits...
* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru (shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff) and the landlady Kushimatsu (polite and willing to use her giant fox true form). In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
* {{Youkai}}
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode 10.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spirits]] -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits...
* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru (shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff) and the landlady Kushimatsu (polite and willing to use her giant fox true form). In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
* {{Youkai}}
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* UnusualEars: Remove these and you wouldn't even know they're the girls are half-spirit.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode10.
10. [[spoiler: Zakuro is captured to be used as the means to create super powered half-spirits which, like those already living, will be used as slaves.]]
*[[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spirits]] WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits...
spirits. CharacterDevelopment shows him overcoming this little by little until he can play with Sakura and Kiri without blue streaks.
* YamatoNadeshiko:Susukihotaru (shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff) and the landlady Kushimatsu (polite and willing to use her giant fox true form). In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
** Susukihotaru is shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff.
** landlady Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken but is no pushover in terms of policy. She also has a giant fox true form for situations that might get messy.
*{{Youkai}}{{Youkai}} All manner of demons co-exist with humans. In the second episode, one guy delivers milk to a demon and regards it with the same strangeness as he would a european; odd and new but nothing scary.
* WhamEpisode: One could think it's a nice and fluffy romance series... until the end of episode
*
* YamatoNadeshiko:
** Susukihotaru is shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff.
** landlady Kushimatsu is polite and soft-spoken but is no pushover in terms of policy. She also has a giant fox true form for situations that might get messy.
*
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed. This is also the case with Hanadate, a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that balances human and spirit needs;Zakuro straight up says he's wonderful.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro. She alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Zakuro. She alternates between a LuminescentBlush and yelling at Kei.Kei because while he's a NiceGuy he's also a wuss and she doesn't want to admit that she likes him. Apparently, she got it from her mother.
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spirits]] -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man. But deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. And now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits...
* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru, and the landlady Kushimatsu. In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru, and the landlady Kushimatsu. In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Spirits]] -- Kei is supposed to be a fearless military man. But man but deep inside, he's deathly afraid of spirits. And now Now he is on a mission to bridge the people and the spirits...
* YamatoNadeshiko:Susukihotaru, Susukihotaru (shy and gentle yet made of stern stuff) and the landlady Kushimatsu.Kushimatsu (polite and willing to use her giant fox true form). In this era women are supposed to be Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
* YamatoNadeshiko:
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* ShockAndAwe: Raiju.
* ShrinkingViolet: Susukihotaru.
* ShrinkingViolet: Susukihotaru.
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* ShockAndAwe: Raiju.
Raiju is a lightening beast.
* ShrinkingViolet:Susukihotaru.Susukihotaru is shy, unsure of herself and scared of her partner, Riken. These attributes are highlighted because her co-workers are the GenkiGirl twins and tsundere Zakuro.
* ShrinkingViolet:
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* SingleMindedTwins: Houzuki and Bonbori.
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* SingleMindedTwins: Houzuki and Bonbori.Bonbori speak in unison.
*SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed.
*SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kei introduces himself to Zakuro like a gentleman and addresses her respectfully. She is instantly charmed.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's entire existence seems to be [[FetishFuel teasing this]] for Hanakiri. Whether or not they're serious is another matter.
** [[spoiler:They are.]]
** [[spoiler:They are.]]
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy: Houzuki and Bonbori's entire existence seems to be [[FetishFuel favorite pastime is teasing this]] this for Hanakiri. Whether or not they're serious is another matter.
**matter. [[spoiler:They are.]]
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru, and the landlady Kushimatsu. In this era women are supposed to be YamatoNadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Susukihotaru, and the landlady Kushimatsu. In this era women are supposed to be YamatoNadeshiko, Yamato Nadeshiko, so Zakuro is the one who stands out.
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Removing Nightmare Fuel potholes. NF should be on YMMV only.
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* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri, the spirit-children who store the girls' weapons [[{{Hammerspace}} in their body]]. [[NightmareFuel But when they pull those weapons out from the inside, it's just plain grotesque]]...
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* GrotesqueCute: Sakura and Kiri, the spirit-children who store the girls' weapons [[{{Hammerspace}} in their body]]. [[NightmareFuel But when they pull those weapons out from the inside, it's just plain grotesque]]...grotesque...