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Evil Is Sexy TRS; this has become an objective, in-universe trope.
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* EvilIsSexy: Marou before his transformation. Being voiced by the late Creator/KanetoShiozawa helps.
** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree before they show their true colors.
** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree before they show their true colors.
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* SoOkayItsAverage: It's certainly no Anime/NinjaScroll but it's got some interesting ideas and more than a few decent action scenes. People who like the premise and don't mind it's somewhat slow pacing will probably find themselves enjoying this one.
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* AssPull: The OVA has gotten quite a reputation for this due to the many randomly convenient plot events and total lack of explanation for some of the more outlandish moments that occur. What is that weird fairy dust firecracker technique Hikage uses to blast away the yoma trapping him with its hair and why does he never use it again? How does he survive a shrine collapsing on top of him and then exploding? Why was the spirit(?) of that dead woman able to possess the snake demon yoma and why did they both just... sort of fade away afterwards? If you're looking for answers to any of these questions then too bad, the writers just don't feel like bothering with them!
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* CrazyAwesome: For those who don't find it {{Narm}}, the Wolf Centaur falls into this category.
** Hikage counts too with all the weapons he keeps at his disposal.
** Hikage counts too with all the weapons he keeps at his disposal.
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* NightmareFuel: '''Tons.'''
* TearJerker: Has plenty of this too.
* TearJerker: Has plenty of this too.
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* MagnificentBastard: Marou, upon becoming the demonic "Kikuga no Miko", tries to save his loved ones from his cursed rampage and takes control of the Yoma to lead them on a conquest of the world. Manipulating the backstabbing Takeda ninja to their deaths, when Marou confronts his best friend Hikage, he tries to [[TheCorrupter corrupt him]] though respects his convictions when rebuked and even as he dies, Marou gracefully accepts his rebirth as a human free of the Yoma curse.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Marou, despite having been born a demon, was raised lovingly by the Takeda clan beside Hikage and the two grew to be like brothers. Eventually, his true nature as Kikuga no Miko came to the forefront and caused him to attack his friend and eventually lost control after slaying the woman he loved. When he finally regains some of his humanity after losing the final battle, he falls into hell before his hand can reach Hikage. Thankfully, Kotone, his dead lover, sacrifices her existence so he can be reborn as a human, giving him a second chance.
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf10yCUCq88 The ending theme, Prologue for Tomorrow.]]
--> "Nothing in the future, choosing is the answer, we are really so happy!"
--> "Nothing in the future, choosing is the answer, we are really so happy!"
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Marou, despite having been born a demon, was raised lovingly by the Takeda clan beside Hikage and the two grew to be like brothers. Eventually, his true nature as Kikuga no Miko came to the forefront and caused him to attack his friend and eventually lost control after slaying the woman he loved. When he finally regains some of his humanity after losing the final battle, he falls into hell before his hand can reach Hikage. Thankfully, Kotone, his dead lover, sacrifices her existence so he can be reborn as a human, giving him a second chance.
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** Hikage counts too with all the weapons he keeps at his disposal.
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* CrazyAwesome: For those who don't find it {{Narm}}, the Wolf Centaur falls into this category.
* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf10yCUCq88 The ending theme, Prologue for Tomorrow.]]
--> "Nothing in the future, choosing is the answer, we are really so happy!"
--> "Nothing in the future, choosing is the answer, we are really so happy!"
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** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree, before they show their true colors.
* IronWoobie: Hikage is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
* {{Narm}}: The most fearsome demon of all time is...[[spoiler:a werewolf centaur! Boogedy-Boo!]]
* IronWoobie: Hikage is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
* {{Narm}}: The most fearsome demon of all time is...[[spoiler:a werewolf centaur! Boogedy-Boo!]]
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** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree, degree before they show their true colors.
* IronWoobie: Hikage is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparednessends end up saving her.
* {{Narm}}: The most fearsome demon of all time is...[[spoiler:a [[spoiler: a werewolf centaur! Boogedy-Boo!]]
* IronWoobie: Hikage is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness
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* {{Narm}}: The most fearsome demon of all time is...[[spoiler:a werewolf centaur! Boogedy-Boo!]]
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* IronWoobie: Hikage is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
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* TheWoobie: The entire main cast, really.
** [[IronWoobie Hikage]] is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
** [[IronWoobie Hikage]] is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
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* MagnificentBastard: Marou shows shades of this; he sends Kazami after Hikage in order to kill him, since that was the condition for him agreeing to let the Takeda clan borrow the yōma's power, only for him to let the Oda utterly annihilate the Takeda just to create more hatred for the yōma to feed off of. To top it off, Kazami allowed himself to die at Hikage's hands, and the latter's survival was what Marou wanted, as he later explains that he deliberately missed with his poisoned shuriken so that he could later invite Hikage to "transcend humanity" with him. He places his old friend in a trance and is about to convert Hikage into a yōma, but only fails because Aya calls for Hikage.
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* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3P3D-TzKmA&list=PL0xfqOr60Fq_Y5yzDdWICsnUlzITSDrWM&index=2&t=0s The hauntingly beautiful song called Yoma Kazoe Uta (Yoma Counting Song)]]
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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3P3D-TzKmA&list=PL0xfqOr60Fq_Y5yzDdWICsnUlzITSDrWM&index=2&t=0s The hauntingly beautiful song called Yoma Kazoe Uta (Yoma Counting Song)]]
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** [[IronWoobie Hikage]] is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.her.
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* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3P3D-TzKmA&list=PL0xfqOr60Fq_Y5yzDdWICsnUlzITSDrWM&index=2&t=0s The hauntingly beautiful song called Yoma Kazoe Uta (Yoma Counting Song]]Song)]]
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* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3P3D-TzKmA&list=PL0xfqOr60Fq_Y5yzDdWICsnUlzITSDrWM&index=2&t=0s The hauntingly beautiful song called Yoma Kazoe Uta (Yoma Counting Song]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: More like What Do You Mean It's for Girls. This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: More like What Do You Mean It's for Girls.Girls?. This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: More like What Do You Mean It's for Girls. This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Many don't even know that there was a manga version at all.
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* AdaptationDistillation: AdaptationDisplacement Many don't even know that there was a manga version at all.
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* EvilIsSexy: Marou before his transformation. Being voiced by the late KanetoShiozawa helps.
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* EvilIsSexy: Marou. Being voiced by the late KanetoShiozawa helps.
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* EvilIsSexy: Marou.Marou before his transformation. Being voiced by the late KanetoShiozawa helps.
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* MagnificentBastard: Marou shows shades of this; he sends Kazami after Hikage in order to kill him, since that was the condition for him agreeing to let the Takeda clan borrow the yōma's power, only for him to let the Oda utterly annihilate the Takeda just to create more hatred for the yōma to feed off of.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
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* MagnificentBastard: Marou shows shades of this; he sends Kazami after Hikage in order to kill him, since that was the condition for him agreeing to let the Takeda clan borrow the yōma's power, only for him to let the Oda utterly annihilate the Takeda just to create more hatred for the yōma to feed off of. \n To top it off, Kazami allowed himself to die at Hikage's hands, and the latter's survival was what Marou wanted, as he later explains that he deliberately missed with his poisoned shuriken so that he could later invite Hikage to "transcend humanity" with him. He places his old friend in a trance and is about to convert Hikage into a yōma, but only fails because Aya calls for Hikage.
* NightmareFuel: '''Tons.'''
* TearJerker: Has plenty of this too.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demonslaying.slaying.
* TheWoobie: The entire main cast, really.
** [[IronWoobie Hikage]] is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
* NightmareFuel: '''Tons.'''
* TearJerker: Has plenty of this too.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon
* TheWoobie: The entire main cast, really.
** [[IronWoobie Hikage]] is ordered to kill his best friend whom he cared for as a brother, and is horrified [[spoiler: upon seeing him emerge as Kikuga no Miko]]. Upon finishing the final battle, he offers his hand to Marou, only for him to die and fall into Hell. He falls in love with a lovely village girl with amnesia, only to lose her once [[spoiler: she drowns herself]]. Though he finds a second love, she comes close to death three times at the hands of the yōma and only his quick thinking and crazy-preparedness ends up saving her.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Many don't even know that there was a manga version at all.
* CultClassic: It has its fans, despite being more obscure than most others.
* EvilIsSexy: Marou. Being voiced by the late KanetoShiozawa helps.
** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree, before they show their true colors.
* MagnificentBastard: Marou shows shades of this; he sends Kazami after Hikage in order to kill him, since that was the condition for him agreeing to let the Takeda clan borrow the yōma's power, only for him to let the Oda utterly annihilate the Takeda just to create more hatred for the yōma to feed off of.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
* CultClassic: It has its fans, despite being more obscure than most others.
* EvilIsSexy: Marou. Being voiced by the late KanetoShiozawa helps.
** [[BlackWidow Ito]] and [[MacabreMothMotif Mai]] to a degree, before they show their true colors.
* MagnificentBastard: Marou shows shades of this; he sends Kazami after Hikage in order to kill him, since that was the condition for him agreeing to let the Takeda clan borrow the yōma's power, only for him to let the Oda utterly annihilate the Takeda just to create more hatred for the yōma to feed off of.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: This is a ''Shojo'', ladies and gentlemen. That's right; ''Shojo''. Girls were ''supposed'' to read this dark and tragic tale about a ninja seeking out his former friend to kill him, along with all the blood and demon slaying.
