Line #21 Literature/ThereWasNoSecretEvilFightingOrganization


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_5_808.jpeg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to Amaterasu.]]
3	[[ClicheStorm You know this story.]] One day, out of the blue, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent named Kinemitsu Sago develops telekinesis. It is an incredible power, a power out of the LightNovel[=s=] he loves so much, a power sure to sweep him into a life of heroism and intrigue.
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5	Then... nothing happens. No AncientConspiracy steps out of the shadows to recruit him. No aliens invade Earth. No lovely MagicalGirlfriend shows up to give him the CallToAdventure. Not even levitating 7-ton buses breaks the monotony of Sago's utterly adequate, ordinary life.
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7	So he waits. He trains. Not wanting to out himself to the media, he graduates school and takes up a mundane white-collar job.
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9	But the old obsession still burns in his heart. Frustrated beyond endurance, Sago vows to himself: [[StartMyOwn "I will be the supernatural organization!"]]
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11	''There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting Organization (srsly?!) So I Made One MYSELF!'' (''Sekai no Yami to Tatakau Himitsu Kessha ga nai kara Tsukutta (Hangire)'') is a comedy novel series written by Hagane Kurodome. [[WebSerialNovel Originally released online]], it received a LightNovel adaptation that was CutShort after two volumes. [[https://taishitranslations.com/secret-org/ The official English translation]] covers both published novels (released commercially through Creator/JNovelClub) and then continues into web material (released for free on the translator's personal blog). A separate FanTranslation of the start of the WebSerialNovel and some sidestories [[https://rosietranslates.home.blog/secret-organization-toc/ also exists]].
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13	This series was among several light novels [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-07-15/publishers-comment-on-amazon-kindle-delisting-of-at-least-15-light-novels-manga/.161872 cut]] from Amazon.com, but has now been restored.
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16	!!This series has been forced to [[InvokedTrope invoke]] the following tropes:
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18	%%* TheAntiNihilist:
19	* BecomingTheMask: At first, Sago only recruited teenagers into Amaterasu so he could live vicariously through them, but he quickly came to care about them as people.
20	%%* BirdsOfAFeather:
21	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sago and Kaburagi aren't sadists, but... magic is '''everything''' to them. If they have to kill or torture animals to understand it better, they will.
22	%%* ElementalPowers:
23	%%* ComplexityAddiction:
24	* CrazyWorkplace: The bar Amaterasu is a front organization for the eponymous group of superhero [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game LARPers]] (and their monkey mascot), most of whom [[TrumanShowPlot don't]] ''know'' they're [=LARPing=].
25	-->'''Policeman:''' Any reason why you have a CLOSED sign hanging on the door?
26	-->'''Sato:'''...The more curious customers like it that way.
27	* {{Determinator}}: The main criteria for Amaterasu membership is not just that you have outlandish dreams, but that you are willing to work hard to manifest them- neither ignoring or succumbing to reality. Its founder began by [[MindOverMatter lifting cookie crumbs]] and trained to become a PhysicalGod. The NumberTwo is a polymath who made herself millions off the stock exchange. Neither are willing to share their clubhouse with anyone but kindred spirits.
28	%%* DontThinkFeel:
29	%%* FalseFlagOperation
30	%%* ForHappiness:
31	%%* MagicAIsMagicA:
32	* PersonalityPowers: Played straight with most characters.
33	** Sago feels so driven to make something, ''anything'', interesting happen that he [[TheChessmaster manipulates teenagers into believing their lives are at stake]]. Naturally, his esper ability manifests as telekinesis.
34	** Kaburagi is a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]]-esque intellectual who conquers all challenges in her life with preparation and a strict schedule. Now, [[TimeStandsStill she has extra time]] for her high-powered lifestyle.
35	%%* ReedRichardsIsUseless:
36	* SuperEmpowering: Esper power can be grafted onto someone who doesn't have it. This is how everyone other than Sago got their powers- he ripped bits off of his own [[InsistentTerminology telekimuscle]] and attached it to their souls. After a few days, it grows in naturally, and the person instinctively understands that they have it. Unusually for the trope, magic does ''not'' remain the same throughout transferral: when Sago gives magic to Kaburagi, she gets a different ability from his.
37	* IceQueen: The longer Sago is around Shiori Kaburagi, the less sexually attracted he feels to her. Her aura of confidence is so intimidating that respect for her overrides everything else.
38	%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:

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