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Utopia's End

Original trilogy

  • Ensemble Dark Horse: On a poll for favorite character, the military demons got six votes. Most of them have one-two.
    • Everyone loved Jaysen, even though he was a one-shot character. This includes the role-play owner.
    • The mouse that speaks to Neil.
  • Fridge Horror: Odin says to Neil, "Shut the hell up Neil! Mommy and Daddy are talking!" That seems normal by itself... Until you realize he's referring to Armageddon and Satan. Now let that sink in... Then again, he could just mean figuratively.
  • Fridge Logic: If Arkana is said to be the younger brother, why is he 23 while his brother's profile says he's 21?
  • Harsher in Hindsight:
    Hakumei: "Then the world will become a desert land and explode. Oh, what a happy ending." She‘s the one that has the least happy ending, and the world literally explodes.
  • Heartwarming Moments: How Keith turned into a demon. Also Tear Jerker:
    "I used to get visits from a demon. A girl actually. She was a shadow. She wanted to be human so bad. That’s the only thing she longed for. So I exchanged my human spirit for her shadow. Being human was the happiest thing of her life. And I’m glad I could help her with that."
    • "You're one of the first people to care about me, Neil."
    • Neil giving sympathy to Arkana and willing to bring his brother back to life.
    • Another Neil moment.
    "He's finally gone to be with her..."
    • High school friends Yoshida and Pike's reunion. Until Armageddon starts to choke someone.
    • Yoshida's and Miharu's reunion. Then Yoshida proposing to her in the afterlife.
    • Kasou and Willow.
    • Willow meeting with her friends in the afterlife.
  • Ho Yay: One-sided on Aka Chi's part, but he tends to flirt with Yoshida and Satan. Satan actually petted him back once and treats him nicely!
    • Miharu reviving Pike anyone?
  • Jerkass Woobie: Kasou. Although he's not exactly friendly, he's angst about his idol's death and still can't accept the demon apocalypse happened. It's hard not to feel bad about him during his breakdown.
  • Narm: When Pike finds out Laire is revived.
    Pike: La-Laire!
    Kasou: OH HELL NO!
    Pike: You killed him, didn't you?
    Willow: What the hell, man.
  • Moment of Awesome: All of Neil and Arkana vs.Jaxon. All of it.
    • Laire sums it up with, "Oh my god."
    • "I have no need for my rage and hate anymore."
    • Neil's speech before going against Satan's troops.
    • The whole battle against Satan may apply in general. Especially when the Big Bad goes against Michael and when Yoshida faces Amdusais.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Most of the cast is insane enough to belong to a mental institute. Schizophrenics and sociopaths are only some of them. They didn't mean for it to be that bad.
    • In the prelouge for Trilogy of Hell, "There's about only five hundred humans left." In the span of seven years, almost the whole population was killed. Think about that for a second.
    • Some of the fights are graphic and descriptive. Such as Arkana trying to kill someone with his smashed bones. Or Neil crushing someone's bones to death.
  • Shipping: Evangeline and Kaili hugged once.
    • Pike and Neil are part of the Official Couple, yet they still have moments with other characters.
    • Arkana and Pike. He is noticeably nicer to her and usually runs to her first. He thinks forlornly at the end of Scorched Earth, I wish I had someone waiting for me.'' when speaking to Neil. Then he (really his evil side) calls her "beautiful." and only spared her from something "he would regret" because she was with Neil.
    • Armageddon and Neil. He carries her in his arms to teleport in the human world. When she gets pissed at Arakana, he has to hug her to restrain her. Armageddon jokes "You always have me." when he becomes jealous of Pike. She kisses him before killing herself.
  • So Bad, It's Good: The whole thing. Although it's horribly cliche and has low-quality posts, it's either laughable or has redeemable parts about it.
  • Squick: "Jakob was the bastard offspring of a woman who was raped by a dragon."
    • Zonbi eats the meat of human women.
    • When Laire stabs himself to prove he can regenerate.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: For the military: Give us more Hakumei background info! Why is she so mad at Allison? Are any of them hiding something?
  • Tear Jerker: How Keith became a demon.
    • Evangeline's past love life and how she fell.
    • Neil thinking he killed Pike.
    I thought you were dead... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
    • Michael seeing his friends and subordinates die one by one.
    • Yoshida’s past life is this. Not because of his evil side, but how the forbidden love mirrors society perfectly. Being killed because you've been seeing a hybrid? Sadly, this is true in real life.
  • Viewer Gender Confusion: Armageddon is referred to as "god" and "he". When the readers first see her, she's an little girl.
  • What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?:
    • You need to kill six hundred sixty-six people to become the Angel of Death. And bow to her thirteen times.
    • The real Cleansing was supposed to be the revelation coming to life. Well... Until Satan ruined it and messed up all their lives.
  • The Woobie: Keith. See how he became a demon.


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