History Webcomic / Marionetta

''[[https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/marionetta/list?title_no=4425 Marionetta]]'' is a {{Fantasy}} {{Webcomic}} by Creator/MiriamBonastreTur, hosted on Website/{{Webtoon}} as a Webtoon Original.

* ForegoneConclusion: As the first episode shows, it is inevitable that Julia will kill Tonny.

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* GovernmentConspiracy: The fascist nation of Kalgarett has lied through their teeth about the true source of their power [[RefugeInAudacity because the truth happens to be insane]]; they simply claim that magic is not real and that [[FantasticRacism Ak'hon mutants who once claimed to be magicians should be rounded up in camps]]. In truth, [[spoiler: Kalgarett's military focus ''is'' the study of magic, learned by experimenting on Ah'kons, and they're willing to kill anyone to keep their monopoly on the supernatural a secret.]]

-->Julia, what have you done? Did you ... Did you just kill him?

* TeamMom: Dotty. She basically is a surrogate parent for Kamille and Julia, trying to help them adjust to life in the circus. She also is one of the oldest of the circus members. She also literally calls herself "Mama Dotty".

* PatrioticFervor: Exaggerated with Julia at the beginning of the comic. As a sergeant's daughter, she lives and breathes for Kalgratt, until she is disillusioned after learning that [[spoiler: Kalgratt uses magic to maintaiin the status-quo and hides it from the peasantry and that they basically enslave Ah'kon to do this]].

* GovernmentConspiracy: Kalgratt is lying through their teeth about magic; the government knows it's real, [[spoiler:and the main reason they oppress the Ah'kon is so they can enslave them for magic.]]

* FantasticRacism: The country Kalgratt discriminates against ''three-eyes'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people with three eyes]]) or Ah'kon. Any discovered Ah'kon will be detained and [[spoiler: used in experiments]]. The entire country is taught from their childhoods that Ah'kon are extremely dangerous and to report them to the police.

Julia, a young woman from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But when her best friend Kamille is kidnapped by a travelling circus, Julia races on an adventure to rescue her, only to find her story cut brutally short. Now trapped by an eldritch castle masquerading as a traveling troupe, Julia must confront the horrifying secrets of the circus and Kalgratt itself, and become a traitor to both to survive.

* FantasticSlurs: People in Kalgratt call Ah'kon, ''three eyes'', because they have, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people with three eyes]]. Ah'kon consider the use of ''three-eyes'' to be highly offensive.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Tony, Bob, Dotty, and Rainah are senior members who were alive when women wore ballgowns.]]

Julia, a young woman from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But when her best friend Kamille is kidnapped by a travelling circus, Julia races on an adventure to rescue her, only to find her story cut brutally short. Now trapped by an eldritch castle masquerading as a traveling troupe, Julia must confront the horrifying secrets of the circus and Kalgratt itself, and become a traitor to both just to survive.

Julia, a young woman from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But after being convinced to visit the circus by her friend Kamille, Julia must confront dark secrets and do the unimaginable to survive.

* CrapsackWorld: Kalgratt is definitely this. All women must be married by the age of twenty to a government approved suitor and men need to be married by twenty-one. Both genders can marry younger or older by joining the army. The government arrests Ah'kon on sight and essentially enslaves them because they need to [[spoiler: use their magic to win wars and keep the nation running]].

* SlaveRace: The Ah'kon, after being arrested, are forced to do the army's wishes.

* CrapsackWorld: Kalgratt is definitely this. All women must be married by the age of twenty to a government approved suitor and men need to be married by twenty-one. Both genders can marry younger or older by joining the army. The government arrests Ah'Kon on sight and essentially enslaves them because they need to [[spoiler: use their magic to win wars and keep the nation running]].

* FantasticRacism: The country Kalgratt discriminates against ''three-eyes'' ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people with three eyes]]) or Ah'Kon. Any discovered Ah'Kon will be detained and [[spoiler: used in experiments]]. The entire country is taught from their childhoods that Ah'Kon are extremely dangerous and to report them to the police.
* FantasticSlurs: People in Kalgratt call Ah'Kon, ''three eyes'', because they have, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin people with three eyes]]. Ah'Kon consider the use of ''three-eyes'' to be highly offensive.

* HideYourOtherness: Two Ah'Kon, Sahed and Rainah, use masks to hide their third eye while performing.

* PatrioticFervor: Exaggerated with Julia at the beginning of the comic. As a sergeant's daughter, she lives and breathes for Kalgratt, until she is disillusioned after learning that [[spoiler: Kalgratt uses magic to maintaiin the status-quo and hides it from the peasantry and that they basically enslave Ah'Kon to do this]].

* SlaveRace: The Ah'Kon, after being arrested, are forced to do the army's wishes.

* ThirdEye: Ah'Kon have three eyes, though the third on their forehead can only see spirits; it can't be used like a regular eye.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Kamille gets the choice between going the circus or being killed. Downplayed, as she gets killed anyways to bind her to the circus.

* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Exaggerated. All women in Kalgratt must be married by the age of twenty, unless they are in the army. The government approves a list of locale suitors and sends them to the woman's home along with ''soldiers'' until she makes a decision. If you try to evade this, or if you cheat on your husband and her reports you, you are going to be hunted for the rest of your life.

* TheStrongman: Bob is this. He is able to lift a bench with five people on it in a circus act.

* CircusOfMagic: Anthonin Gremminger Traveling Troupe is this. It is powered by people who signed contracts with Anthonin to become immortal in exchange for joining the circus.

* DeviousDaggers: Julia uses knives and is seen killing her boss, Tonny, at the start of the first episode. Downplayed, as while she is willing to do some horrific things to further her goals, [[EveryoneHasStandards she does have standards]].

-->'''Julia''': ''[the flag of Kalgratt is flying about her]'' Now we must be responsible adults! And fulfill our obligations to the great nation of Kalgratt.

* HideYourOtherness: Two Ah'Kon, Sahed and Raina, use masks to hide their third eye while performing.

* ThirdEye: Ah'Kon have three eyes, though the third on their forehead can only see spirits; it can't be used like a regular eye.

Julia, a woman from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But after being convinced to visit the circus by her friend Kamille, Julia must confront dark secrets and do the unimaginable to survive.

Julia, a girl from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But after being convinced to visit the circus by her friend Kamille, Julia must confront dark secrets and do the unimaginable to survive.

Julia, a girl from a small hamlet in the nation of Kalgratt, is happy with her rather boring life. But after being convinced to visit the circus by her friend Kamille, Julia must confront the unimaginable to survive.

* HowWeGotHere: The first episode shows the aftermath of Julia killing Tonny with a knife, and it then cuts to her several months earlier.
* MissedTheBus: Julia and Kamille nearly miss the bus to work at the beginning of the story.