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** A crow [[TooDumbToLive immediately tries to start drinking the lava]]. Baizou and Akiko yell out "AHO GA!?" (YA DUMB!?) and "ANTA BAKA!?" (ARE YOU DUMB!?) respectively at the crow.
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* '''Exploited''':'''Exploited''': Akiko realizes that her suggestions summon crows, so she intentionally comes up with absurd ideas to distract enemies or create chaos when needed.
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* '''Deconstructed''':'''Deconstructed''': Akiko's constant exposure to the crow's taunting takes a toll on her self-esteem, leading to serious self-doubt and anxiety. She becomes increasingly paranoid and starts questioning her every decision, making her an easy target for manipulation.
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* '''Played for Laughs''': Akiko's interactions with the crow become a recurring comedic element in the anime, with each of her ludicrous suggestions followed by an increasingly exaggerated response from the crow, turning it into a running gag.
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'''Reconstructed''': The Crow is a StealthMentor, and [[RecurringCharacter Often Appears]] to help Akiko realise whenever an idea of hers needs more thought into it.
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* '''Played for Horror''': The crow is [[CreepyCrows demonic]].demonic]], and is actually the BigBad who has shapeshifted into another form to mock Akiko for her stupitidy.
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'''Basic Trope''': An anime gag where a crow flies past and calls a character an idiot for saying/doing something stupid.
* '''Straight''': Akiko and Baizou are wondering how they will cross a lake of lava. Akiko suggests that they just drink the lava, and a crow flies past, chanting, "Aho!" ("moron").
* '''Exaggerated''': Akiko suggests drinking the lake of lava, and a whole murder of crows flies past, giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on her idiocy.
* '''Downplayed''': The crow just looks at Akiko judgmentally.
* '''Justified''':
** The caw of a crow does sound like the Japanese terms "aho" and "baka", so Akiko, who had realised the stupidity of her suggestion, thinks the crow is judging her.
** The crow [[TalkingAnimal can actually talk]].
** Akiko is [[SanitySlippage starting to lose it]] from either stress or the heat of the lava, or she's already a bit nuts, causing her to both come up with stupid suggestions and hallucinate talking crows.
* '''Inverted''':
** Akiko comes up with some brilliant suggestion for crossing the lake of lava, prompting a passing crow to comment on how smart she is.
** Akiko and Baizou are surrounded by crows while they're wondering how to cross the lava. When Akiko suggests drinking the lava, the crows fly away.
* '''Subverted''': When Akiko sees the crow fly past after suggesting she drink the lava, she thinks it'll insult her, but it remains silent.
* '''Double Subverted''': It is then followed by a ''second'' crow, who does shout, "Aho!".
* '''Averted''':
** Akiko does not suggest anything particularly bone-headed.
** Akiko does suggest drinking the lava, but no crows fly by.
* '''Enforced''': "Add in that crow to make it clear that Akiko's suggestion is supposed to be dumb and it's not just bad writing."
* '''Lampshaded''': "That crow's smarter than you are, Aki."
* '''Invoked''': Akiko [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberately suggests stupid things]] to summon crows.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Akiko is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of crows]], so she avoids sounding too stupid lest they show up.
* '''Implied''': We see the crow chanting, "Aho!", and Baizou saying to Akiko, "Seriously?", but we never learn what Akiko suggested.
* '''Discussed''': "I made such a dumb suggestion that I could swear even that crow was judging me."
* '''Conversed''': "Where did that anime gag with the taunting crows come from?"
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': Akiko isn't usually this dumb, so [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her suggesting something so stupid and then insisting a crow is judging her for it]] is a sign something is seriously wrong with her.
* '''Played for Horror''': The crow is [[CreepyCrows demonic]].
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* '''Straight''': Akiko and Baizou are wondering how they will cross a lake of lava. Akiko suggests that they just drink the lava, and a crow flies past, chanting, "Aho!" ("moron").
* '''Exaggerated''': Akiko suggests drinking the lake of lava, and a whole murder of crows flies past, giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on her idiocy.
* '''Downplayed''': The crow just looks at Akiko judgmentally.
* '''Justified''':
** The caw of a crow does sound like the Japanese terms "aho" and "baka", so Akiko, who had realised the stupidity of her suggestion, thinks the crow is judging her.
** The crow [[TalkingAnimal can actually talk]].
** Akiko is [[SanitySlippage starting to lose it]] from either stress or the heat of the lava, or she's already a bit nuts, causing her to both come up with stupid suggestions and hallucinate talking crows.
* '''Inverted''':
** Akiko comes up with some brilliant suggestion for crossing the lake of lava, prompting a passing crow to comment on how smart she is.
** Akiko and Baizou are surrounded by crows while they're wondering how to cross the lava. When Akiko suggests drinking the lava, the crows fly away.
* '''Subverted''': When Akiko sees the crow fly past after suggesting she drink the lava, she thinks it'll insult her, but it remains silent.
* '''Double Subverted''': It is then followed by a ''second'' crow, who does shout, "Aho!".
* '''Averted''':
** Akiko does not suggest anything particularly bone-headed.
** Akiko does suggest drinking the lava, but no crows fly by.
* '''Enforced''': "Add in that crow to make it clear that Akiko's suggestion is supposed to be dumb and it's not just bad writing."
* '''Lampshaded''': "That crow's smarter than you are, Aki."
* '''Invoked''': Akiko [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberately suggests stupid things]] to summon crows.
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Akiko is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of crows]], so she avoids sounding too stupid lest they show up.
* '''Implied''': We see the crow chanting, "Aho!", and Baizou saying to Akiko, "Seriously?", but we never learn what Akiko suggested.
* '''Discussed''': "I made such a dumb suggestion that I could swear even that crow was judging me."
* '''Conversed''': "Where did that anime gag with the taunting crows come from?"
* '''Deconstructed''':
* '''Reconstructed''':
* '''Played for Laughs''':
* '''Played for Drama''': Akiko isn't usually this dumb, so [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness her suggesting something so stupid and then insisting a crow is judging her for it]] is a sign something is seriously wrong with her.
* '''Played for Horror''': The crow is [[CreepyCrows demonic]].
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