History Webcomic / KowaiBeachCity

Can be read on Website/TapasMedia [[https://tapas.io/series/Kowai-Beach-City here]].

** Rose was a human, then died and came back as a spirit after giving birth to Steven.

* MyBelovedSmother: When Garnet announces that Steven got hurt, Pearl and Amethyst wince as the latter moans "hoo boy". A now much more panicked Rose rushes to Steven's side, crying cup-fulls over the tiny scrape on his knee as Steven tries to calm her down.

* WhamShot: When Garnet asks if Lapis was killed by the onryo, Peridot takes off her jacket, [[spoiler:revealing [[TaintedVeins the dozens of black veins]] on her arms from Lapis' attachment to her]].

After her girlfriend becomes the latest victim in a string of unexplained deaths on her university campus, Peridot seeks out the help of famous exorcist Rose Quartz, believing the cause to be supernatural, only to find that Rose herself has died - though that doesn't mean she isn't any less willing to help.

** Peridot is human, and Steven is fully human instead of a hybrid.

** [[spoiler: Lapis was a normal human woman before she died and became an [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]].]]
* DeathByChildbirth: Rose Quartz was an exorcist before she died giving birth to Steven. Unlike in canon, she still exists, just as a disembodied spirit that only Greg, Steven, and other yokai can see.

* MyBelovedSmother: When Rose sees Steven hurt, she immediately goes into panic mode and starts crying, healing him with her tears. The wound? A scraped knee when he slipped on ice. Judging by Pearl and Amethyst's reactions, this is a recurring thing.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Something led to Lapis drowning, becoming an Onryo and latching herself onto Peridot, haunting her general facility and killing the people around her.]]

* WhamLine: When Garnet asks Peridot if Lapis was killed by the [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]].
-->'''Peridot''': [[spoiler:No. Lapis... ''is'' the Onryo.]]
* WhamShot: Delivered with the WhamLine: [[spoiler:Peridot's arms are covered in TaintedVeins.]]

** Peridot is [[spoiler: seemingly]] humans, and Steven is fully human instead of a hybrid.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Something led to Lapis drowning, becoming an Onryo and latching herself onto Peridot, haunting her general facility and killing the people around her.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Something led to Lapis drowning, becoming an Onryo and latching herself onto Peridot, haunting her general facility and killing them.

** Peridot and Lapis are [[spoiler: seemingly]] humans, and Steven is fully human instead of a hybrid.
** Pearl is a kuchisake-Onna (a woman with a slit mouth who will either maim or murder you depending on how you react), Amethyst is a futakuchi-onna (a woman with a mouth in the back of her head), and Garnet is a Tenome (her eyes are in her hands instead of on her face).

* WhamLine: When Garnet asks Peridot if Lapis was killed by the Onryo.

* WhamShot: Delivered with the WhamLine: [[spoiler:Peridot's arms are covered in black veins.]]

** Peridot and Lapis are humans, and Steven is fully human instead of a hybrid.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The plot starts when Lapis is found dead, spurring Peridot into an investigation attempt to find out how and why.

* MyBelovedSmother: When Rose sees Steven hurt, she immediately goes into panic mode and starts crying, healing him with her tears. The wound? A scraped knee when he slipped on ice.

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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The plot kicks off when Lapis is found dead, spurring Peridot into an investigation attempt to find out how and why.
* TemptingFate: In "[[https://tapas.io/episode/1437962 Dark Water 4]]":

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The plot kicks off when Lapis is found dead, spurring Peridot into an investigation attempt to find out how and why.

* BuryYourGays: The plot is kicked off when Lapis dies mysteriously, her girlfriend Peridot wanting Rose to help investigate.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Peridot manages to get a hold of Steven when looking for Rose Quartz, and gets caught off guard when she finds out that he's just a 13-year-old boy.

Peridot is investigating unexplained violent deaths happening on her university campus, believing it to be the work of something supernatural. She seeks out the help of Rose Quartz, a famous exorcist, only to learn that she died in child birth. But as it turns out, being dead hasn't stopped her from continuing her work...

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Whereas canon!Crystal Gems are aliens, here the gems are all portrayed as {{Yokai}}; Rose Quartz a former human exorcist before becoming a human exorcist, Pearl is a kuchisake-Onna ("Slit-Mouthed Woman"), Amethyst is a futakuchi-onna ("two-mouthed woman") and Garnet is a Tenome ("hand eyes").

* DeathByChildbirth: Rose Quartz was an exorcist before she died giving birth to Steven. Now she is a disembodied spirit that only Greg, Steven and the other yokai can see and she is intangible when outside certain areas.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Peridot manages to get ahold of Steven when looking for Rose Quartz, caught off-guard when she finds out that he is just a 13-year-old boy.