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Non-character trope listings '''A''' through '''M''' for the first season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. Please ensure that new additions are added to the correct sub-page. Tropes that are inherent spoilers should go in the DarkerThanBlack/SeasonOneSpoilers article. ---- * AbsurdlySharpBlade: Either Hei's knives are these, or crappy concrete is more of a threat to Japan than the Hell's Gate and everything that came from it put together. Sure, he's strong, but unless they have a ludicrously sharp edge, throwing a knife into a concrete wall should just break the knife. It's probably best to just blame ImportedAlienPhlebotinum or [[AWizardDidIt someone with reality-warping superpowers]]. ** Subverted somewhat as he frequently breaks his knife mid-mission. * ACupAngst: Kurosawa frequently makes jibes about Kiko's lack of cleavage. Furthering the parody of private detective tropes, she threatens to sue him for sexual harassment, something which never happened to Sam Spade. * AddictionPowered: Inverted with April. The cost of her powers is to drink, and she likes alcohol [[TheAlcoholic a lot]]. * {{Adorkable}}: The defining characteristic of Hei's "Li" persona. Works pretty well, since nobody is likely to suspect that [[http://i49.tinypic.com/fp5lyw.png this guy]] (who has just tripped over his own feet), is able to kill you 27 different ways without really trying. * AffablyEvil: Most contractors other than Hei. * AffectionateParody: The episodes with the CluelessDetective are an amusing parody of your usual private eye plot, including the idea (particularly associated with Creator/RaymondChandler) of the detective essentially stumbling into solving the crime after being hired for a completely different reason. * AlienSky: On Earth, no less. The moon is gone, the night sky is purple when clear and green when overcast. The daytime sky is seen less often, but the sun behaves strangely. ** Also, rockets launched into the upper atmosphere disappear without a trace. Somehow, NASA (and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_agencies most space agencies]]) [[{{Fridge/DarkerThanBlack}} still manages to stay intact.]] ** This comes up regularly because every star in the sky corresponds to a contractor. If a contractor uses his powers, his star shines brightly. When a contractor dies, his star falls from the sky. Government intelligence agencies have entire branches devoted to analysis of the AlienSky. * AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Invoked -- according to Kenji witnessing Hei in action the first time, [[AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu all Chinese do]]. * AluminumChristmasTrees: At one point, April tells someone to call the organization she works for the "Secret Intelligence Service," not "MI6." It sounds made-up, but ''that's the actual name of the organization''. ** Also, November 11's cigarettes. The brand he prefers comes in a black pack with a white skull and the word DEATH on the front. You might think the show's creators are trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} point about smoking[[note]]Which, admittedly, they probably are; see WriterOnBoard[[/note]], but that's an actual British brand of cigarettes. * AmplifierArtifact: Several organizations [[MacGuffin hunt for the damn thing]], and not just because it's [[MineralMacGuffin shiny]]. * AnimeChineseGirl: Alice, though she gives her qipao to a childhood friend instead of wearing it herself. [[spoiler:She's also completely psycho.]] * AnimeFirst * AntiHero (type IV)/ AntiVillain: What with the GreyAndGrayMorality, a huge number of characters, to the point where it can be tricky to say which is which. * ArcNumber: 201, Hei's Messier Code. It crops up ''all over the place'' [[EasterEgg if you look hard enough]]. * ArcWords: "Hell's Gate" "BK-201" "PANDORA" "Evening Primrose" etc. ** "A rational decision, befitting of a contractor" is an odd phrase. It can be equally insulting or complimentary in any situation. * ArtificialRiverbank: In Tokyo. Hei does his StealthHiBye shtick with Kirihara there once. * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Contractors tend to have these, in addition to astonishingly appropriate ''powers''. * AutobotsRockOut: When you hear the palm-muted guitar riff start going, get ready to see Hei do something balls-out [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome AWESOME.]] ** I believe that November 11 has his own signature music for when he's pulling something. * AwesomeMcCoolname: Guy Kurosawa isn't the real name of the detective; rather, he changed his name to something "cooler" sounding. * {{Badass}}: Lots of em, but Hei takes the cake. He kicks more ass in 26 episodes than most {{Anime}} badasses do in 100. * BadassAdorable: Amber, DeliberatelyCuteChild that she is. * BadassBiker: Hitotsubashi apparently was one, Kenji tries to be. * BadassInANiceSuit: November 11 ([[{{Fanservice}} almost]]) always wears a very stylish suit. * BadassLongcoat: Hei's default mission garb consists of a long black coat that's only bullet proof when he wears it -- because no one else is badass enough, apparently. ** Thanks to the cold weather, practically everyone who lives in Russia. * BadassNormal: Most of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, especially Kirihara, ''especially'' considering that she's up against super powered people. Even more so, Huang, who helps out Hei himself on several occasions, even sniping other Contractors. [[spoiler:Also, Hei, before he got his powers -- fighting a Contractor head-on with choke wire is pretty badass.]] * BadPowersBadPeople: Or in this case, ''all'' powers bad people. Havoc is probably the best fit though as her power is so great it kills tons of people when deployed and her Remuneration is drinking the blood of children -- it's definitely an understatement to say there is ''no'' possible way in which she could use her powers for good. ** Though implications at the end of the first season are that the Contractors as a group/race are growing out of their amorality. * BatmanColdOpen: The series begins with the police chasing a rogue Contractor and Hei showing up [[StealthHiBye out of nowhere]] to [[CurbStompBattle kick his ass]]. However, unlike most openings like this, it was actually plot-relevant. * BattleInTheRain: Several times, usually justified by it being April's doing. Plus, of course, it's just [[RuleOfCool cooler]] when Hei can electrocute someone or November can freeze someone because the ground's wet. * BeatStillMyHeart: A contractor with teleportation powers tended to do this. * BeautifulDreamer: Invoked, when Amber deemed the scene of Hei watching his sleeping sister romantic-looking. Then again, for Amber he looks as romantic as possible in any situation. * BerserkButton: Anything involving mention of Amber or the whereabouts of his sister makes Hei a very dangerous person to be around. * BigEater: Hei, with a RunningGag of onlookers commenting that he'll be fat when he's thirty. To a lesser extent Kirihara is known for eating very high fat foods, but she claims that she doesn't get fat because her job requires her to move around a lot. ** How Hei eats so fast is a mystery. It was never shown how fast the food went down as the camera usually shifts into something else. * BilingualBonus: Hei used the cover identity of "Li Shenshun," an exchange student from China. Since "Shenshun" means student, he is essentially calling himself "Student Li," making this a rather obvious pseudonym as well. ** Not quite. The pinyin for "student" (學生/学生) is ''xuéshēng'', and his name (舜生) is ''shùnshēng'', which means his name is actually a mispronunciation and a bit of GratuitousForeignLanguage. Nevertheless it still makes for an interesting BilingualBonus since the two characters in his name are the name of one of the mythological first kings of China and the character for life/birth respectively. ** Another interpretation would be xiānshēng (先生), which is essentially "Mister", making his name "Mister Li". Li being such a common last name, his name becomes a "John Doe" equivalent. * BirdsOfAFeather: There's great similarity between [[spoiler: Hei and Nick]], they get along ''very'' well and apparently feel sort of kinship, but there's also some... unfortunate circumstances. ** Another example is Hei and Kirihara, both of whom have stoic personalities and are big eaters. Too bad about that whole "cop/criminal" thing. * {{Bishonen}}: The manga's art style sometimes turns Hei into one. He's always [[MrFanservice really good-looking]], but generally in a more masculine way. * BlackBox: A lot of strange {{magitek}} came from the gates, such as the method of memories [[LaserGuidedAmnesia wiping]]/[[NeuroVault implanting]], flowers from which sort of recreation drug is derived in a weird way, a plant which can be used to temporarily suppress Contractor traits, and in the OVA [[spoiler: a substance which cures human allergies but also causes extreme drowsiness and short-term memory loss.]] * BlandNameProduct: [[{{Sony}} Somie]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa Liftranser]], [[McDonalds McDoness Burger]]. ** Averted with a Pizza Hut neon lights logo, probably because the animé is sponsored by them or something. * BlindSeer: Yin, sort of. She was blind as a normal human, but has no trouble seeing as a doll, whether as a result of her powers as a medium or something else. * BlindWithoutEm: Kirihara * BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: The main curse of being a Contractor is losing one's emotions and moral constraints, but most of those encountered retain enough emotion to be fairly pleasant (if amoral), and have gained cool powers. Their obeisance is an important determinant of whether the Contractor has a BlessedWithSuck or CursedWithAwesome. Some of the former include having to [[{{Fingore}} break one's fingers]], needing to cut oneself, and drinking children's blood (although the Contractors with the last two were mass murderers). On the other hand, other obeisances include needing to drink beer or write poetry. Then again, the guy who merely had to arrange pebbles was annoyed by the fact it's apparently meaningless compulsion. ** It is the compulsory nature that can make ''any'' obeisance CursedWithAwesome, as Contractors are forced to do it when their contract compels it and effectively helpless and powerless until they've completed it -- As Hei proved when he interrupted said pebble guy in the middle of his relatively harmless obeisance and killed him easily. ** Wei may actually be CursedWithAwesome. His power is exploding his blood, and his price is bleeding. Whereas most Contractors need to go out of their way to pay the price after using their power, Wei pays the price in the process of using his power. He might get light-headed if he overdoes it, but it's not like he'll need to run away in the middle of a violent altercation in order to find a safe place to arrange pebbles. * BlondGuysAreEvil: About half of the Contractors are blond. * BloodyMurder: Wei's power. * BodyguardBetrayal: Wei * BodyguardCrush: Saito, to Kirihara. * BodySurf: [[spoiler:A contractor was using this ability to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide make murders look like suicides]].]] And Mao is a Contractor who can BodySurf between animals, but his real body was killed. He stays in a cat's body mostly out of convenience. * BookEnds: The first episode begins with the police trying and failing to catch Louis, who has "gravity cancellation" powers. The epilogue of the last episode shows a very similar chase, but when the Contractor uses the same gravity-based powers to fly, the police easily catch him with some sort of GrapplingHookPistol, suggesting that the rest of the world is getting used to the supernatural. * BreatherEpisode: Episode 23 is a lot less action-heavy than the GrandFinale that immediately followed it. * BuildingSwing: Hei does this regularly. * BullyingADragon: Some people apparently like to tell Contractors things to the effect of "you're less than humans and no more than killing robots". Of course, a TinMan isn't supposed to give a damn about such prattle, but... ** Particularly hilarious is Huang's habit of getting pissed off at Hei and picking him up by his shirt. Hei [[TheStoic never reacts]], but one has to wonder what would happen if someone pointed out to Huang that he's trying to intimidate someone who could kill him if he so much as touched him. * CaptainErsatz: Maki looks like a white haired version of Souseiseki from ''RozenMaiden'', Amber looks identical to C.C. of ''CodeGeass'', and the doll from episodes 17 and 18 strongly resembles fellow EmotionlessGirl Eureka from ''EurekaSeven''. November 11 is very Film/JamesBond-ish, although that might be simply NationalStereotypes of what a British spy is like. ** Also, kind of an odd one overlapping with ActorAllusion: April has a low level version of Storm's powers in ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' and even looks slightly similar to her. The actress who voices her has also voiced many dubs of Halle Berry's movies, including her role as Storm in the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films. *** For that matter, November 11 is a blond ice-user, making him similar to another X-Men character. *** Also possible as a white suit wearing cyropath with realistic limitations on his power November 11 might be based on [[{{Planetary}} Elijah Snow]]. * CardCarryingVillain: The card is "I'm an inherently heartless bastard and don't give a damn. No, really. Believe me. I can repeat." Most Contractors adopt such a [[strike:secure]] convenient pose. Those who live on-screen long enough to fall out of "Bad TinMan" role and turn out to be [[spoiler:vengeful, cowardly, proud, affectionate, caring and so on, only more withdrawn than most]]. [[spoiler:Huang]] turns out to be like that too, and manages to get along with Contractors [[VitriolicBestBuds better than either side would care to admit]]. * CastFromLifespan: One Contractor's remuneration is that she ages every time she uses her power. Another inverts the trope by ''de''-aging for every use of her powers; although limited use could have prolonged her life indefinitely, circumstances force her to [[spoiler:overuse them until she de-ages herself out of existence]]. * CatapultNightmare: In the {{Interquel}} manga. Particularly interesting given Hei's repeated assertion that contractors don't dream. Although [[spoiler: it may be due to the fact that he isn't a true Contractor]]. ** ''Huang'', of all people, also does this at one point. * CatchPhrase: November 11, worst comedian ''ever''. This catchphrase, "[[IWasJustJoking Just joking]]" (immediately after a somewhat disturbing comment) is sufficiently annoying to other characters that it gets several {{Ironic Echo}}es throughout the series. ** There are also several occasions in which Hei's BerserkButton has been triggered and he gets angry enough to kill someone, leading Mao to cry out "Hei, no!" Significantly, Hei ignores this in the first episode but shows more restraint as the series progresses. *** It's [[PhraseCatcher not just Mao who says that]]. [[spoiler:Kirihara tries to stop Hei from killing her treacherous boss]] in the last episode. [[spoiler:He listens. Awwww. If you need proof that he's not all [[AntiHero bad]], that's it.]] * CatScare: Played around with in the first episode. Louis clearly hears someone talking to him, and looks toward where the sound came from- and all he sees is a cat. Then he turns back around and Hei is ''[[StealthHiBye right there]]''. But, as we shortly find out, the cat actually ''was'' the culprit behind the suspicious noise. And it was intentional. And in the second season, Mao tried this again on April. [[spoiler:He failed, got shot and hanged the rest of the season in the body of the squirrel.]] Or it could be an actual cat just passing by. It was never stated directly. ** He does it again shortly afterward to help cover for Hei when he has to sneak out with police investigating in the next room. * CeilingCling: Sort of; when Hei was helping [[spoiler:Kenji try to escape from {{Yakuza}} goons]], he decided to help buy him some time. The method? Yin waits at the end of the hall. {{Mooks}} come to a screeching halt and ask where the guy they were chasing went. Yin just points up. [[DynamicEntry Cue Hei dropping from overhead]] and hitting the nearest guy with a trash can, then kicking him into the rest of the group and knocking some shelves full of boxes over on them. * CharacterFilibuster: November 11's memorable speech on the dangers of second-hand smoke which gets an IronicEcho later in the series when he's taken prisoner and needs a cigarette for his Remuneration. ** It gets quoted again at the beginning of the second season, but the recipient just says it's useless trying to get a Russian to stop smoking. * TheCharmer: November 11, in between being a {{Jerkass}}. * ChekhovsGunman: The first shot of the first episode, before the BatmanColdOpen, is [[spoiler:Hei's sister Bai.]] We have no clues explaining this until eleven episodes in. * TheChessmaster: Amber, * ChickMagnet: Hei's magnetism is so great, even ''{{Emotionless Girl}}s'' crush on him. ** And the FairCop trying to catch him. ** And [[LackOfEmpathy sociopaths]]. ** And [[MrFanservice probably]] [[MemeticSexGod a few]] [[PerverseSexualLust of the viewers]]. ** And schoolgirls with [[TheCorruption plants growing out of their backs.]] ** In fact, the only female character we see talk to him for any length of time who ''doesn't'' fall for him or decide to adopt him is [[PsychoLesbian Mina Hazuki]]. *** [[spoiler:And even she kissed him.]] Though it probably doesn't count. ** Mao is no exception either. Spring-time means mating season for cats. Despite his best attempts to avoid getting pounced on by female cats, he ends up being a [[IncrediblyLamePun pussy magnet]] without wanting to be. * ChildSoldiers: Kid gets Contractor powers? Well, will you look at that, [[TheCorpsIsMother we have a new operative]]. For instance, adolescent [[spoiler:Mai]] immediately gets snapped up [[spoiler:once her powers stabilize]], Maki is acting as Amber's bodyguard, and one of the flashbacks shows that Hei can't have been much more than 16 when he and Bai joined the fighting in South America, and he was the ''older'' sibling. And in Ryusei no Gemini, [[spoiler:two girls in middle school are picked up to be Contractor assassins after their powers manifest.]] * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: this series has quite a few rare ''sympathetic'' examples. * ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: [[spoiler:Kirihara's boss and Nishijima both do this occasionally; they're both high-ranking Syndicate members.]] * CodeName: Widely used by Contractors and Dolls in lieu of their "human" names; interestingly, Amber's favored name matches the code naming theme of Hei's group, but formerly had the code name of February when working for British intelligence. * CombatPragmatist: Hei is many things; "honorable" is not one of them. * TheCorpsIsMother: Or, in this case, PANDORA, TheSyndicate, [=MI6=], the CIA, and pretty much everyone else who employs Contractors. * CosplayOtakuGirl: Kiko * CoverBlowingSuperpower: The "Who, me? Incredibly BadAss martial arts master?" sequence in episode 17. Hei is really quite bad at hiding his ninja skills. * CovertPervert: Turns out that one of Kirihara's coworkers, Mayu, writes smutty fanfic for {{Yaoi}} anime... and ''Yin'' reads it. You can blame Kiko for that. * TheCowl: Other than the little issue that Hei tends to commit crimes rather than solve them and the closest he gets to superheroics is fighting superpowered people worse than himself, Hei fits this ''perfectly'', what with the [[StealthHiBye ninja-antics]] and sinister reputation. * CrackFic: A [[CrowningMomentOfFunny glorious]] in-universe example - Mayu's [[InterspeciesRomance human-on-elephant]] SlashFic. Which she writes ''Hei'' into. * CreepyChild: Of the EmotionlessGirl kind when it comes to dolls. (Provided the dolls are in a young person's body, otherwise the "child" part doesn't really work out.) This is essentially their premise, and dolls have no control over this aspect of the way they act. ** For a straight example, Maki would be the prime source. * CryonicsFailure: November 11 does this intentionally. * CrystalDragonJesus: The Friends of the Gate is a bizarre mix of Catholicism and Jehovah's Witnesses, except they worship Hell's Gate. They even have confessionals! * CurbStompBattle: First, Hei stomping all over Louis in the first episode. Somewhat later, he and Kenji took out eight or nine {{Yakuza}} goons, and Kenji's only contribution was distracting their leader enough to make his shot miss. ** Also, [[MuggingTheMonster don't try to steal November 11's money]]. Seriously. It's a bad idea. * DeadlyHug: Attempted by [[spoiler: Mai's father]] but failed. * DeathEqualsRedemption: Some of the acts that some of the contractors have done weighs heavily upon them. They may not be a DeathSeeker, but some of them take solace during their dying moments because they can finally forgive themselves for what they've done. [[spoiler: Bertha in particular, seems happy to die, because she can finally redeem herself for the death of her child, who choked to death when she carelessly left her cigarettes on a table.]] * DeconstructorFleet: This series loves playing with tropes (usually for extra realism), especially those related to superpowers, and ''especially'' [[LethalHarmlessPowers how dangerous they would actually be]]. * DePower: Havoc somehow lost her power; it's unknown whether it was a side effect of Heaven Gate's accident, as a result of Gates' chaotic nature, from a strain or whatever. Because she also somehow [[LaserGuidedAmnesia lost her memory]] in the process -- again, it's unknown whether it was for the same reason or she was mind-wiped. * DidTheyOrDidntThey: Hei and Chiaki, in episode 2, during the scene where they're shown lying side-by-side in his apartment. Also Hei and Yin in the OVAS. * DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals: Contractors. * DisabilitySuperpower: Yin was blind when human but her abilities as a Doll basically allow her to walk around without any problem. * DivingSave: [[strike:Subverted]] [[strike:Double-subverted]] [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the second episode. ** Also dramatically executed by [[spoiler: Yin's mother, in episode 14]]. * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A white man tells a black man that his kind are less then human, not fit to live, etc. [[spoiler: [[FantasticRacism He's talking about the fact that the man is a Contractor.]]]] May count as LampshadeHanging. * DramaticChaseOpening * DrivenByEnvy: Maki ''hates'' the fact that Amber wants to recruit anyone who isn't him, and is even more incensed by the fact that she's in love with Hei. He responds by trying to kill his "rival," against direct orders and despite the fact that if he'd succeeded, Amber's plan would have been rendered impossible. * DudeShesLikeInAComa: Weird variation: Amber takes advantage of [[TimeStandsStill stopped time]] to kiss Hei without him objecting. * TheDulcineaEffect: Episodes 17/18 revolve partly around this. * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Hei, perpetually. You can see the pupils of his eyes in maybe three shots in the entire series, one of which is due to weird lighting, and even then light never reflects off them. * DynamicEntry: An incredibly BadAss one -- [[spoiler:after [[LeftForDead convincing Wei that he was dead]],]] Hei took this opportunity to crash in through a window and ''kick him in the face'', saving Kirihara and Saito in the process. Then he zapped the hell out of him [[spoiler:through the blood Wei had gotten all over the floor]]. * {{Eagleland}}: Kirihara and November 11 are shown struggling against CIA agents who are presented as obstructive jerks. ** Probably the winners in the ObstructiveBureaucrat category are the guys at the American embassy. When the police are dead sure they're going to get bombed, they refuse to let them help with security because they increased patrols, and ''obviously'' that's all that's necessary to cope with [[spoiler:a supremely pissed-off superpowered ninja who's already bombed several other important buildings]]. Their suggestion for letting the police into their embassy is to tell Washington and hope that they work out an answer first. Then, once the attack has already started, we have frigging brilliant moments like saying that an explosion right in front of their building doesn't matter because it's on Japanese territory. * EarCleaning: Played with in an InnocentInnuendo situation. * EasilyForgiven: Towards the end of the series, Hei encounters Wei again [[spoiler:(now a follower of Amber)]], who is under orders not to harm Hei. Despite the fact that the first time they met, Wei was gleefully murdering tons of people and Hei recently saw him doing more of the same in his new allegiance, Hei and friends join him in a car with relatively little hesitation [[spoiler:(granted, they were being hunted at the time by The Syndicate and needed his help to get into the Gate)]]. During the ride, Wei is surprisingly affable, even getting along well with Huang. He then takes Hei to the desired location [[spoiler:and immediately starts attacking him out of a very un-Contractorish personal vendetta.]] * EasterEgg: In his Li identity, Hei (who has the Contractor designation BK-201) lives in Apartment 201. Also, [[http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s240/brian_blogger/black1103.jpg in his documents]]: [=No 018-00201, AR201=]. * EatsBabies: Havoc's Remuneration is one step away from this. * EldritchLocation: Hell's Gate, and presumably Heaven's Gate as well. * ElementalBaggage: Averted with November 11. He's not much use if he can't get close enough to touch someone and there's no liquid around. However, he's very resourceful about getting around it, and his partnership with April helps a lot as well. * EmotionlessGirl: All Dolls are like this. * EmptyPilesOfClothing: The only thing left behind after a certain Contractor teleports herself or others. * EmptyShell: Dolls effectively have to be programmed to perform functions as basic as sleeping or dressing themselves. ** On the one end of the scale are Dolls who were "programmed" to act human, spent enough time without mindwipes having human experiences, little shocks included, and began to show free will and act more human-like -- like Yin, July, [[spoiler:pseudo-Chiaki, or Champ]]. On the other -- human vegetables [[PeopleJars in jars]]. ** [[spoiler:Hitotsubashi]] transported [[spoiler:Kenji's NoNameGiven girl]] sitting in a car next to him. She sat quietly, saw where they are moving... and immediately communicated this to another party using her observer apparition. It didn't even occur to him he creates a security hole the size of a whole Titanic. It's just a Doll! ** In ''Shikkoku no Hana'' Meena Khandar Swami heard Yin dropping a phrase that in normal circumstances would be an expected common courtesy. Cue a [[BeatPanel speechless]], shaken, "maybe I'm still [[RealityIsOutToLunch at the Gate]] and hallucinating?" face, then stuttering out that it's the first time she saw even this much of free will from a Doll. Mina was a scientist in PANDORA whom her chief considers more brilliant than himself, so... yes, it's ''that'' bad. * {{Engrish}}: In episode 15, when Hei meets Huang to get a mission briefing, Huang hands him a short dossier on April [[spoiler: who had been involved in what looks like a car bombing, but was really Maki's doing.]] The writing is in English--rather, it would be, if not for the fact that April apparently has a 'Cordname' and she's from 'rondon.' And 'obeisance' was mistranslated as 'value.' ** Also the Evening Primrose's ultimatum- "Acknowledge existence of we contractor", indeed. * MrFanservice: Hei and, to a much lesser degree, November 11. * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: November 11, worst comedian ever. * EvilSoundsDeep: Not really ''evil'' per se, but Hei's voice drops quite a bit when he switches out of his [[ObfuscatingStupidity Li act]]. ** In the [[PsychoForHire actually evil]] department, we have Wei's very deep voice in the dub. * ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Wei uses his own blood as a medium to destroy his opponents. Despite him having every reason to suspect that Hei is also a very dangerous contractor, the contractor quickly explains how his powers work before getting into a fight. ** But then, he was a BloodKnight ([[IncrediblyLamePun sorry]]) PsychoForHire who was absolutely convinced of his own invincibility and probably thought it wasn't any fun unless he could play with his opponent first. [[UnderestimatingBadassery Which turned out to be a bad idea]]. * {{Expospeak}}: A good part of Episodes 1 and 2. [[UnreliableExpositor Should be taken with a grain of salt, though.]] * ExtremeDoormat: Dolls. Even ones that grow beyond their EmptyShell persona have elements of this. * ExtremeOmnivore: One Contractor has to chew up and spit out something as her Remuneration. [[NauseaFuel It's not food.]] (though it could be if they wanted.) * [[EyesAlwaysShut Eye Always Shut]]: Amigiri is usually shown with his left eye closed. He is shown with both eyes open, but most of the time his left eye is closed. * EyeTake: Often when "Li" is making some innocuous comment, the camera will cut to his eyes to show that [[SecretIdentityIdentity it's Hei talking, not Li.]] * FacePalmOfDoom: Hei does this a lot, usually before some poor schmuck [[ShockAndAwe gets their brain fried]]. * FairCop: Kirihara. * FakeMemories: Not completely fake, but "[[LaserGuidedAmnesia M.E.]]" works [[NeuroVault both ways]]. At least with Dolls. * FakeOutMakeOut: Episode 1. It's part of a subverted MeetCute. * FanDisservice: The show has a very unsettling use of the SexBot idea in showing a Doll purchased by Yakuza to be reselled to Amber's group. There is nothing erotic at all about the way the boss examines her naked, treating her more like a piece of furniture than anything. * {{Fangirl}}: Kiko and Mayu, both of whom are anime fangirls, {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s, and [[ChickMagnet Hei fangirls]]. * FanNickname: [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Caution.gif Chinese Electric Batman]] has become one for both Hei and the series itself, for [[ShockAndAwe obvious]] [[CounterpartComparison reasons]]. * FanService: see InnocentFanserviceGirl and GoGoEnslavement. And "[[http://www.motivatedphotos.com/?id=30420 ...girls need it too]]" (yeah, it's November 11). * FantasticDrug: [[spoiler: Alice]] shoots up with [[MemeticMutation BEEEEEES!]]. Granted, they are [[spoiler: bees that have drunk the nectar of flowers from the Gate]], but that just makes them all the more fantastical. * FantasticRacism: As mentioned above, humans do not consider Contractors to be human, with one noticeable discussion between a white man and a black Contractor that has certain... [[UnfortunateImplications implications]]. Which might count as [[{{LampshadeHanging}} lampshading]], given the strong anti-racism message (especially present in the last few episodes). * FatalAttraction: Kirihara to Hei. [[spoiler:Given that she first connected "Li" to BK-201 in episode 18 and had, in fact, been [[ShipTease hanging out with him]] not eight hours before she revealed that she'd figured it out, it's likely that she'd subconsciously known for a while and just didn't want to admit it.]] * FemmeFatale: Amber. [[spoiler:Subverted. While Hei clearly thinks of her this way, she actually still loves him and wants him to be happy. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Awwww.]]]] * FictionalCounterpart: "[=McDoness=] Burger"; November 11 flies into Japan on a "Lufanser" plane * FingerLickinEvil: Wei has been spotted licking [[BloodyMurder blood]] off his hand. * {{Fingore}}: Twice, for [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique different]] [[PowerAtAPrice reasons]]. * FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Actually, second. Li is a contractor assassin and the cat can talk. In a similar vein, exactly what Hei can do isn't really clear until November 11 figures it out, counteracts it, and explains it to us. * FiveManBand: ** TheHero: Hei. ** TheLancer: Huang. ** TheBigGuy: Hei again. ** TheSmartGuy: Yin. ** TheChick: Mao. Yin sometimes. * FountainOfYouth: [[spoiler:Amber]]'s remuneration is growing younger. * FourEyesZeroSoul: November 11, alternating with TheCharmer. * FrozenFace: Yin. The extent of which is uncertain (as she ''is'' an EmotionlessGirl), but she has shown extreme difficulty in the physical act of smiling. She got around it in episode 14 by using her fingers. ** July, who is also a doll and has the same problem complains in the second season when Hei forcibly tries to make him smile that smiling "isn't in my programming." * FunnyAnsweringMachine: November's, naturally. We don't get to hear the joke, but according to April, it sucked. * GangstaStyle: A {{Yakuza}} goon thinks this is good for impressing people. He shouldn't have bothered. * GasLeakCoverup: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Not a Contractor who lost control]]. And this even [[DeconstructedTrope aggravates the real problem]] when attempts to evacuate cause the real person responsible to panic. * GenkiGirl: Kiko. * GilliganCut: Variation: when Saito is telling Kirihara that they're keeping watch on the [=MI6=] agents in a hotel, November 11 comes up and interrupts him. Then Kirihara gets a call from Kano informing her that they lost track of them. [[CaptainObvious No kidding?]] ** And towards the end of the first season, when [[spoiler:Mao, narrating, says that anyone could see it's much smarter to abandon him in Amber's headquarters than to try to rescue him.]] Cut to Hei [[spoiler:breaking in to rescue him.]] Though it wasn't quite as dumb as it seemed; [[spoiler:he knew Amber had given orders that no one was allowed to kill him.]] * GirlInABox: [[spoiler:Poor, poor Havoc.]] Also, the smuggled Doll in [[spoiler:ep. 17]] - being a Doll, she was [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman treated more like a packed thing]] than a concealed girl. * GlamourFailure: Namely, GlowingEyesOfDoom. * TheGlassesGottaGo: In more {{fanservice}}y scenes with Kirihara. She looks good in any suit, but let's face it -- in uniform and glasses she resembles a hungry female mantis a bit too much. Subverted in that she spends most of her glasses-free time squinting like crazy because, like most glasses-wearers outside of fiction, she actually ''[[BlindWithoutEm needs]]'' them. * GlowingEyesOfDoom: It's generally a good idea to start running if you see this. Of course, it probably won't help you if the Contractor who just activated their powers is after ''you'', but you might at least not end up as collateral damage. * GoGoEnslavement: When Alice persuades Kirihara to come to her birthday party, she makes Kirihara wear a qipao which exposes a lot of flesh. [[spoiler:Alice then reveals she's crazy and tries to kill Kirihara, who spends the episode escaping in the outfit.]] * {{Gonk}}: Huang's lack of prettiness is [[LampshadeHanging acknowledged]] in-universe. * GoodEyesEvilEyes: As Li, Hei's eyes are either [[EyesAlwaysShut closed]] or very, very wide. They're narrower when he isn't acting, although, in a subversion, this is the case even when he's still being a NiceGuy. * GrandTheftMe: Mao is a possessor who eventually lost his own body and ended up in cat's. In [[spoiler:ep. 7]] they met another contractor with a similar power, and he had lost his original body too. * GrapplingHookPistol: Used by Hei in both the usual way and as a weapon - its cable gives a circuit to his electric powers. However, usually Hei either throws a knife or it's clearly visible ''snap hook'', not a grapple. When he fired some or other sort of grapple very far [[spoiler: (embassy, EPR hideout)]] he used a ''crossbow''. * GratuitousEnglish: "Hell's Gate" "BK-201" etc. And don't get us ''started'' on the written English. Regarding the BK-201 example, November 11 always speaks Japanese, both when it makes sense (talking to Japanese characters) and when it's just TranslationConvention. However, he always pronounces BK-201 in (Japanese accented) English. ** And the MemeticMutation-tastic first opening. "NOW I'VE LOST IT. I KNOW I CAN KILL." ** Quite a few background documents and suchlike are... well, [[{{Engrish}} supposedly]] in English. Don't look at them too hard if you actually speak the language. ** [[PrivateDefective Kurosawa]] spends two whole episodes under the mistaken impression that dropping dreadful English into his conversations will make him easier for a Scandinavian to understand. Kiko can be seen scowling or wincing behind him for most of it. He probably lost his license to speak English ever again after the ''painful'' [[IncrediblyLamePun pun]] he made on the last name "Kostinen." * GraveMarkingScene: [[spoiler:April, July, and Kirihara leave things at the place where November 11 died.]] * GravityMaster: At least two different kinds: one who could cancel the effects of gravity to float up into the air and one that could increase its force to immobilize or crush people. ** One particular user has the ability to envelop a [[SphereOfDestruction spherical area]] and condense everything inside it into a softball sized ball of dense matter. * GreyAndGrayMorality: From the first episode to the last, thanks to {{punchclock villain}}y. * GrievousBottleyHarm: November 11 does a variation on this. When cornered [[spoiler: by Syndicate agents employed by his boss]], he picks up a bottle of an alcoholic beverage and freezes it. When the aftermath of the fight is shown, there is a room full of corpses [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierced by these spikes]]. ** Someone also tried it on Hei (as Li) when he was infiltrating a {{Yakuza}}-owned restaurant. It... [[CoverBlowingSuperpower didn't really work]]. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Like, at all]]. * GunsAreWorthless: Played straight for most of the season, and even gets directly invoked, then gets subverted during last few episodes, starting with [[spoiler:November 11's death]]. ** Similarly, Hei is generally totally unconcerned with mere bullets- except that when [[spoiler:Huang]] shot him when he ''wasn't'' wearing his bulletproof BadassLongcoat, he spent the rest of the episode limping along, barely able to walk. * HalfArcSeason: Most of the two-episode arcs are only tangentially related to the conflict of the season finale. * HannibalLecture: Wei tells Kirihara she's to blame for [[spoiler:Alice's AxCrazy freakout and subsequent death by Wei's hand.]] Thankfully, Saito was paying enough attention to tackle her when Wei tried to take advantage of her brief HeroicBSOD. * HardDrinkingPartyGirl: ** British agent April has a Remuneration of drinking beer, and has apparently decided she might as well enjoy it. ** Perhaps the Contractor Shihoko who [[spoiler: while in a relationship with Huang]] was able to match some pretty hard core drinking. * HarmlessFreezing: Averted with November 11 who either cannot do this or chooses not to. ** Unless freezing their shoes to the ground counts. Maki established that this did not directly damage them. * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The smarter Contractors tend to figure this out. For instance, November manages to use "[[AnIcePerson freeze stuff]]" to immobilize people, make ranged weapons, shield himself, kill from a distance, or for a TouchOfDeath over the course of the series, with no ElementalBaggage involved, and the second season showed that April's fairly lame "make it rain" power [[InertiaIsACruelMistress can be plenty dangerous all by itself]]. * HeroWithBadPublicity: Hei is wanted by the police, and one episode has Kurosawa looking for Yin (in her human identity), and getting the impression that Hei is involved in child-trafficking. ** In the police's defense, Hei isn't exactly the most upstanding citizen. At his most heroic he's committing murder, breaking into maximum-security areas, and blowing up the American embassy. * HollywoodEvolution: The show doesn't practice this trope, but some of the crazier Contractors believe in it, referring to themselves as the next step in evolutionary progress. * HollywoodTactics: Played with. Some Contractors combine "WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer" approach with power-drunk individualism into shining tactical idiocy up to just standing in the open field or behind weak cover and randomly hurling damaging effects at heavily-armed troops. Martial artists and experienced operatives are immune to such failures. Lampshaded by Wei, who mocks a gravity-controller for paying no attention to his surroundings once he has Hei down. ** For a really good point of comparison, November 11 was the top British agent, and he had powers that were fairly weak when lacking a convenient source of water. On the other hand, second-season character August 7th has the power to do pretty much anything. [[spoiler: November 11 lasts almost the entire first season and goes out in a pretty awesome way; August 7th lasts about 5 minutes.]] ** Averted with PANDORA's security forces, who know that when there's somebody hiding behind a barrier that appears to be unpenetrable, you do not continue hammering away at the barrier, you flank them and blow their brains out. [[spoiler: Unnamed force-field generator, I'm looking at you for not moving.]] * HotSpringsEpisode: Invoked by Kiko (she's a CosplayOtakuGirl, after all). [[spoiler:And promptly averted by her own indulgence.]] ** The interquel manga contains an omake chapter set during the events of the first season. A hot spring has a rock supposedly from the Gate, so most of the cast goes to investigate. Thus, you have male-geared fanservice from the female cast as well as female-geared fanservice as a naked November 11 [[FoeYay flirts with Hei]]. * HowDoYouLikeThemApples: Amber declares they are her favorite fruit and is shown eating one before beginning her plan [[spoiler:to use the Gate to wipe out the human residents of Japan as opposed to all Contractors]]. * HugeGuyTinyGirl: Amber and her [[TheDragon minion]], Amagiri. * HumanWeapon: The Contractors. * HyperspaceArsenal: Where does Hei keep all those knives, anyway? He also somehow fits his BadassLongcoat into his pocket. * AnIcePerson: November 11 is a more lethal version, and his powers are complemented by April, who [[MakingASplash can create mini-hurricanes leading to rain]]. * IconicItem: Hei's mask, coat, and knives. * ImmuneToBullets: Explained in the 2nd episode, Hei's BadassLongcoat is quite handy. * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: A [[TearJerker tear shed]] for [[spoiler:Havok]]. Also [[spoiler:Maki]], except offscreen and without the tear shedding. * ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: ''Lots''. Mostly of a BlackBox nature. ** Luke managed to shatter an incoming knife-and-cable, but at least he swept it with a [[RazorFloss force whip]]. * IncrediblyLamePun: Committed by Kurosawa, in GratuitousEnglish, no less. Quoth Kiko, "That wasn't even funny." * InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:Kid!Hei in the Instrumentality-esque GainaxEnding.]] * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Kenji may be a Yakuza member, but his attempts to be badass lead to him getting beaten up or forced to fix the door he kicked down. Oh, and he gets picked for a mission specifically because the boss thinks he doesn't have the brains or guts to screw it up. * InnocentFanserviceGirl: The sexy secretary contractor referenced below has the power to teleport (clothing not included) and walks around naked without any suggestion of shame. November 11 acts in the same way when she phases him out of his clothing (although another male contractor is weirded out by her behavior and tells her to PleasePutSomeClothesOn). In both cases, this is less innocence than [[TinMan just not caring]]. ** Dolls should also count. Many of them have been naked in public, and they certainly don't mind it, all of them being [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless people]] by definition. Though it may be more FanDisservice in practice... * InnocentInnuendo: EarCleaning. * InstantKnots: The worst is averted for good, but Hei's snap-hooks are ridiculously well-balanced and efficient, ''always'' properly looping and locking on the cable. * IntellectualAnimal: Mao, a talking cat. [[{{JustifiedTrope}} Justified]] in that he used to be a human with the ability to possess animals who ended up losing his original body. * {{Interquel}}: The manga ''Darker Than Black - Shikkoku no Hana'', which is set between the end of the 1st anime and the beginning of the second season. Also, the four special episodes going to be included on the Blue Ray releases of the second season. * InterruptedCooldownHug: Mai's dad gives her a CooldownHug in the TearJerker that is episode 4... [[spoiler:but he was planning to use the opportunity to [[ShootTheDog kill her to prevent her from killing anyone else]] with her PowerIncontinence. Then someone attacks ''him'', and all hell breaks loose.]] * InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality: Averted. Almost ''all'' the contractors have purely offensive powers, and are employed accordingly as assassins or special operatives. They don't hold back on them, either. [[{{JustifiedTrope}} Justified]], as Contractors [[{{Masquerade}} don't flaunt their status]]. Those who got on screen participated in some action or other and there wasn't much place for anything less dangerous than teleportation or {{Doppelganger}} power. ** Still applies occasionally, though; while Hei can use [[ShockAndAwe cool zappy powers]] to pick electronic locks and fix broken [=TVs=], there's no way in heaven or hell that Havok could ''possibly'' use her powers for anything nonviolent. ''Especially'' when you consider [[EatsBabies her remuneration]]. * InvisibleToNormals: Observer apparitions are visible only to Contractors and Mediums. ** This once blew a contractor's cover, when [[spoiler:Alma]] noticed her staring at what to her should have been empty space. * IronicEcho: November 11 seems to be on the receiving end of this a lot. For instance, his "Smoking kills" speech gets parroted back at him [[spoiler:when he's tied up and needs a cigarette for his remuneration]], his "IWasJustJoking" non-jokes are made right back at him, and [[spoiler:Hei, completely on accident, repeated his last advice to Kirihara to her almost word-for-word.]] ** Also common with {{Bond One Liner}}s. For instance, November 11's "I knew we'd work well together" echoes what his victim said to him at the beginning of their meeting and was immediately followed by him freezing the guy to death. And when Hei fought Wei, Wei's response to the SingleStrokeBattle was, "Looks like I'm faster than you." Guess what Hei said after proving him wrong?[[note]]There is one important difference there; Wei used ''[[JapanesePronouns watashi]]'' while Hei used ''[[JapanesePronouns ore]]''.[[/note]] ** November 11 has an EPR agent telling him what he told to Hei before. He laughed and reminisced Hei's [[TalkToTheFist answer]]. ** "But why not?" said by Mai as a child when [[spoiler:first using her contract powers to burn a beetle]] and then again as a teenager [[spoiler:when burning her kidnapper alive.]] * ItsPersonal: Wei bears a grudge against Hei for defeating him in a fight; on the more heroic side, November 11 and July act contrary to their supposedly emotionless personalities and seek revenge on Maki for [[TrueCompanions injuring April]]. ** Hei's grudge against Amber is also personal, [[spoiler:if rather misplaced.]] * ItWasWithYouAllAlong: A SoulFragment, sort of. * IWasJustJoking: [[RunningGag November 11, worst comedian ever.]] * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: One of the first scenes. Also, when Hei encounters Havoc (and assumes her to be just as monstrous as she was previously), he slaps her and then [[{{Fingore}} breaks her fingers]] to elicit information on his sister. He does feel remorseful when he realizes that she is no longer a monster, but it's still pretty disturbing behavior on his part. * JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: The reason for some of Hei's jobs. * JerkJustifications: Usually along the lines of: "How could you murder in cold blood, [[YouMonster you monster]]?!" "I'm a contractor." * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Huang * KitchenChase: An early episode has Hei and Chiaki escaping from two hostile Contractors through the kitchen of the restaurant they were just eating at. * KnifeNut: Hei * KnockingOnHeathensDoor: The Friends of the Gate. * {{Kuudere}}: Hei may be a {{stoic}} BadassLongcoat who acts like a JerkAss sometimes, but he's actually [[NotSoStoic a lot more fragile]] than he lets on, and if you mess with his TrueCompanions, you're ''dead''. Misaki Kirihara generally prefers to act distant and professional, but she's cheerful and even makes jokes when she relaxes a bit. Yin might qualify as well, as the resident not-so-emotionless EmotionlessGirl. * LackOfEmpathy: Combined with TinMan, this pretty much sums up the contractor mindset. * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Memory erasing is rather widely used to maintain the {{Masquerade}}. Moreover, part of stolen memories can be "[[FakeMemories uploaded]]" (at least in a Doll's empty mind) to counterfeit an original person. ** It seems the ME actually USES Lasers (or another sort of red light Beam) for this. * LeftForDead: Bertha thought she'd managed to stop the heart of [[spoiler: Hei, who restarted it immediately using his electrical discharge]]. Hei ''almost'' fatally electrocuted [[spoiler: Wei, just after FakingTheDead]], but he didn't need to kill him, just get him out of the way. Still, everyone fell for it, including the police. * LeftHanging: How the Gates came into Earth, whether they are done due to aliens or due to man's work... * LethalHarmlessPowers: Freeze liquids. Temporarily cancel the effects of gravity. Teleport things. Summon bugs. Make things resonate with your voice. Make it rain. Every one of those can and has been used to kill someone on-screen; JustHitHim is ''not'' a problem in this show. * LickingTheBlade: Wei * LighterAndSofter: The first manga, up to and including its ''art style''. * LightningCanDoAnything: Mostly averted, with two exceptions: [[spoiler:since Hei's electricity powers are actually just a manifestation of an ability to manipulate reality on a quantum level, he can actually ''give humans Contractor powers'', if Dr. Schroeder is to be believed. He also uses it to change the makeup of a particle beam. When his abilities are combined with [[AmplifierArtifact the Meteor Shard]] and [[EldritchLocation the Gate]], he becomes an out-and-out RealityWarper.]] * LightningGun: Notably averted; this is one of the rare cases where a ShockAndAwe character can't throw lightning bolts and usually follows electricity physics, needing direct contact or conductive material like metal and water. ** Played straight with Pai at least once in a flashback in Black Flower manga. She electrocuted two guys that were in the air a couple of meters away from her. * LikesOlderWomen: Referenced: -->'''Kiko''': Li-kun! I never would have guessed you liked middle-aged women! -->'''Kirihara''': ''Middle-aged?'' * LookBehindYou: "The stars are pretty." "What? It's overcast." * [[StealthHiBye has vanished]]* * LoonyFan: Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny. If you want to know [[BrainBleach how it feels when yer brain implodes]], imagine the "[[CrackPairing pairing]]" of the all-stealthy ''Black [[{{Shinigami}} Angel of Death]]'' and loudmouthed ''Kiko''. And she ''tried''. [[StalkerWithACrush Enthusiastically]]. * LooseCanon: The OVA happens somewhere in the middle of the first season, but thanks to the ResetButton, could fit in just about anywhere and doesn't really affect the plot. * LovableTraitor: Technically, in his infiltrations Hei worked against Yakuza, PANDORA and (secondary to the target, but still) police. Now look at his interaction with Kenji, Nick and Kirihara in his undercover identity. He didn't even play with them, he's really like that. Much the same for Chiaki[[spoiler:'s doll replacement]]. ** Lampshaded in an {{omake}} to the first manga, where the heroine, who's mostly interacted with his "real" personality, sees him switch over to "Li" and start cheerfully chatting with Saitou, with great big labels on the scene reading "Police" and "Culprit." * MacGuffin: A number of Hei's missions involve him stealing crystals or other things which came from the gate and not only is that goal not revealed until he completes it, the significance of the products isn't either. * MafiaPrincess: A psychotic one who was the childhood friend of Kirihara and tries to kill her with the help of Wei, her [[TheKidWithTheLeash "pet Contractor"]]. * MagicByAnyOtherName * MagicPrerequisite: The basis of a Contractor's powers. * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: It's never directly stated, but there is arguably an implication that Contractors are fairly resistant to injury. Wei is always cutting himself and is never weakened by blood loss; November 11 pulls Hei's dagger out of his arm, and despite needing a bandage, doesn't have any permanent damage; April is caught in an explosion, and while covered in bandages afterward has no injuries or scars in her next appearance; Hei suffers some pretty serious damage in the course of the series, even having his heart stopped at least once, but is able to shrug it off and keep fighting. * MaleGaze: Kurosawa is quite prone to this. * MalevolentMaskedMan: Hei, from most characters' perspectives. [[MookHorrorShow He's a scary guy]]. * ManInWhite: November 11's snazzy white suit. * MaskPower: Hei. * {{Masquerade}}: Very few people know the truth about the Contractors, and one organization's goal is to reveal their existence to the public. [[spoiler:It works.]] * MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: The appearance of the Gates. * MeaningfulEcho: "I guess you can't help who you fall in love with," was touching enough when Kenji said it, but coming from [[spoiler: grumpy [[FantasticRacism Huang]] about a Contractor he was supposed to kill]] it's even more powerful. * MeaningfulName: The writers really did a number on this one. Hei, of course, has [[ShockAndAwe electric-based abilities]], which he acquired as a result of whatever transpired in South America when he was with Amber. The word "electric" is derived from a Latin term which roughly translates to "produce from amber by friction," as it was believed then that lightning was a product of amber. In reality amber is a conductor of static electricity, so it's only fitting that Amber [[IncrediblyLamePun rubs Hei the wrong way]], inevitably resulting in [[HurricaneOfPuns sparks flying.]] ''In addition'' to that, amber is fossilized resin, something kept in its natural state by time, which fits perfectly with Amber's ability. ** Also, the various {{Code Name}}s used by members of TheSyndicate are words for [[ColorfulThemeNaming colors]] in foreign languages, mostly Chinese and English, and a lot of them are clearly based on the person's appearance. Besides Amber and her gold eyes , there's Hei ("black" in Chinese, and black-haired, black-eyed, and prone to wearing black), Yin ("silver" in Chinese and has white hair), and red-headed Havoc's Syndicate codename "Carmine." Bai ("white") is probably meant to contrast with her brother. Huang is "yellow". Oh, and [[PunnyName "Mao" means "cat."]] ** The codenames of the British agents: April's power is to summon rain ("April showers"); November 11th is the birthday of [[Franchise/JamesBond a certain other British Spy]] * MeetCute: Deeply subverted with Hei and Chiaki. It's no coincidence they are neighbors or that he keeps bumping into her and saves her life. He is following her as part of a mission. His befriending and flirting is also to an extent just acting and [[spoiler:it turns out it wasn't the real Chiaki anyway, so no relationship actually occurs. With real Chiaki, anyway]]. ** Closer to normal with Hei and Kirihara. Their meetings are (mostly) coincidental, and setting aside certain impediments, they seem to get along really, ''really'' well. Sort of lampshaded when Kirihara comments during their first actual conversation (while hiding from an AxCrazy {{yandere}}) that "this is the first time I've introduced myself in a toilet stall." * {{Meganekko}}: Mina and Kirihara in season 1, and season 2 gives us Youko. * MeleeATrois: TheSyndicate, PANDORA, [=MI6=], the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Public Security Bureau, and [[WhatMeasureIsANonSuper Evening Primrose]], for starters. The second season takes this to headache-inducing levels. * MindControlEyes: Dolls have these. * TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Mao needs AppliedPhlebotinum to compensate for a cat brain. [[spoiler:When his link to PANDORA's database is cut, he rapidly reverts to acting like a cat.]] * MindRape: Hell's Gate can cause hallucinations, and it seems to go out of its way to dredge up Hei's lingering [[ShellShockedVeteran insecurities]]. This leaves our {{stoic}} {{badass}} staring off into space with a tortured and/or ''terrified'' expression on his face three or four times in the two episodes he spends in a research facility there. ** Dolls have basically been {{mind rape}}d into nearly {{Empty Shell}}s by the Gate. ** One Contractor in the {{Interquel}} manga has the ability to interfere with people's perceptions and thoughts to a frightening degree, and can pretty much completely incapacitate anyone she's focussing on. * MindScrew: This series is ''extraordinarily'' complicated and can be difficult to follow. Fortunately, the episodes are split into 2-episode mini arcs that all each help build up one aspect of a much greater storyline, making it easier to follow along. * MineralMacGuffin: The Meteor Fragment. * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Hei's landlady and the MadScientist from the later episodes. * MissionControl: Huang and Yin * MoodWhiplash: Often present, as an arc will start off with some humor, but become grim by the end. ** Alternately, whenever something {{Tear Jerker}}-y or violent has just happened at the end of the episode... [[SoundtrackDissonance and then the calm, peaceful first ending theme]] cuts in with a picture of a waving field of flowers. After some of the arcs, you start to wonder if it's actually a minefield. * MookHorrorShow: Considering the {{cat scare}}s and Hei's StealthHiBye abilities bordering on OffscreenTeleportation (Not to mention his [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique rather brutal information-gathering tactics]]), one could be forgiven for thinking he was the villain up until [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler the end of the second episode]]. * MoralityPet: Never, ''ever'' mess with Yin. The blind, {{moe}} EmotionlessGirl comes with a very protective badass ninja who will want to have a word with you if you so much as touch her. Overlaps with MoralityChain as well. * MotherlyScientist: Kanami cared a lot about [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DtB13_Kanami_and_Dolls_336x178_4178.png catatonic Dolls]] [[PeopleJars in jars]] in her observatory and learned their individual quirks, which became evident when CY-463 trapped them. They are more ''tools'' than ''subjects'', but it's not like she could do for them any more even if she had any real power. * MotiveRant: [[spoiler: The Director]] delivers one of these to Kirihara in the last episode; combined with VillainousBreakdown, since he starts strangling her in the middle of his rant. [[spoiler:Then Hei shows up and pwns him in a matter of about 3 seconds.]] * MsFanservice: Kirihara, who has fairly regular scenes where she's just gotten out of the pool. ** Don't forget Brita! She has to teleport naked, since she can't take any clothes or items with her. The same goes for any person she takes with her. Her remuneration? [[spoiler:She just has to kiss someone, and it can be just a peck on the cheek.]] * MuggingTheMonster: November 11's first appearance in Episode 5. * MultinationalTeam: Hei is Chinese, Huang is Japanese, and Yin is Finnish. Who knows where Mao is from. ** Season 2 reveals that Mao used to be called [[spoiler:Ricardo]], a name of Spanish/Portugese origin. * MundaneUtility: Electricity-based power can be used to fry someone, crack an electrical lock, [[spoiler:defibrillate a heart]] -- or to repair a TV. A [[RazorFloss telekinetic whip]] helps to [[CleanCut slice people and concrete alike into bouillon cubes]] -- or remove caps from bottles (along with half the neck). * MurderIsTheBestSolution: Most Contractors seem to think so. * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Shihoko's]] remuneration, oddly enough. After she uses her powers, her feelings and morals return to normal and she has [[VillainousBSOD a complete breakdown]]. Havoc is in this state pretty much permanently. * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Contractors are said to be cold-hearted, rational killers who don't dream, by characters who find them aberrant/abhorrent for these qualities. 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* CaptainErsatz: Maki looks like a white haired version of Souseiseki from ''RozenMaiden'', Amber looks identical to C.C. of ''CodeGeass'', and the doll from episodes 17 and 18 strongly resembles fellow EmotionlessGirl Eureka from ''EurekaSeven''. November 11 is very JamesBond-ish, although that might be simply NationalStereotypes of what a British spy is like.
* CaptainErsatz: Maki looks like a white haired version of Souseiseki from ''RozenMaiden'', Amber looks identical to C.C. of ''CodeGeass'', and the doll from episodes 17 and 18 strongly resembles fellow EmotionlessGirl Eureka from ''EurekaSeven''. November 11 is very Film/JamesBond-ish, although that might be simply NationalStereotypes of what a British spy is like.
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** The codenames of the British agents: April's power is to summon rain ("April showers"); November 11th is the birthday of [[JamesBond a certain other British Spy]]
** The codenames of the British agents: April's power is to summon rain ("April showers"); November 11th is the birthday of [[Franchise/JamesBond a certain other British Spy]]
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** Also, November 11's cigarettes. The brand he prefers comes in a black pack with a white skull and the word DEATH on the front. You might think the show's creators are trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} point about smoking[[note]]Which, admittedly, they probably are; see WriterOnBoard[[/note]], but that's an actual British brand of cigarettes.
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** Not quite. The pinyin for "student" (??) is ''xue2sheng1'', and his name (??) is ''shun2sheng1'', which means his name is actually a mispronunciation and a bit of GratuitousForeignLanguage. Nevertheless it still makes for an interesting BilingualBonus since the two characters in his name are the name of one of the mythological first kings of China and the character for life/birth respectively. ** Another interpretation would be xiansheng (??), which is essentially "Mister", making his name "Mister Li". Li being such a common last name, his name becomes a "John Doe" equivalent.
** Not quite. The pinyin for "student" (學生/学生) is ''xuéshēng'', and his name (舜生) is ''shùnshēng'', which means his name is actually a mispronunciation and a bit of GratuitousForeignLanguage. Nevertheless it still makes for an interesting BilingualBonus since the two characters in his name are the name of one of the mythological first kings of China and the character for life/birth respectively. ** Another interpretation would be xiānshēng (先生), which is essentially "Mister", making his name "Mister Li". Li being such a common last name, his name becomes a "John Doe" equivalent.
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* CaptainErsatz: Maki looks like a [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy white haired]] version of Souseiseki from ''RozenMaiden'', Amber looks identical to C.C. of ''CodeGeass'', and the doll from episodes 17 and 18 strongly resembles fellow EmotionlessGirl Eureka from ''EurekaSeven''. November 11 is very JamesBond-ish, although that might be simply NationalStereotypes of what a British spy is like.
* CaptainErsatz: Maki looks like a white haired version of Souseiseki from ''RozenMaiden'', Amber looks identical to C.C. of ''CodeGeass'', and the doll from episodes 17 and 18 strongly resembles fellow EmotionlessGirl Eureka from ''EurekaSeven''. November 11 is very JamesBond-ish, although that might be simply NationalStereotypes of what a British spy is like.
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** Also, November 11's cigarettes. The brand he prefers comes in a black pack with a white skull and the word DEATH on the front. You might think the show's creators are trying to make an {{Anvilicious}} point about smoking[[note]]Which, admittedly, they probably are; see WriterOnBoard][[/note]], but that's an actual British brand of cigarettes.
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** Also common with {{Bond One Liner}}s. For instance, November 11's "I knew we'd work well together" echoes what his victim said to him at the beginning of their meeting and was immediately followed by him freezing the guy to death. And when Hei fought Wei, Wei's response to the SingleStrokeBattle was, "Looks like I'm faster than you." Guess what Hei said after proving him wrong? [[hottip:*:There is one important difference there; Wei used ''[[JapanesePronouns watashi]]'' while Hei used ''[[JapanesePronouns ore]]''.]]
** Also common with {{Bond One Liner}}s. For instance, November 11's "I knew we'd work well together" echoes what his victim said to him at the beginning of their meeting and was immediately followed by him freezing the guy to death. And when Hei fought Wei, Wei's response to the SingleStrokeBattle was, "Looks like I'm faster than you." Guess what Hei said after proving him wrong?[[note]]There is one important difference there; Wei used ''[[JapanesePronouns watashi]]'' while Hei used ''[[JapanesePronouns ore]]''.[[/note]]
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Dear Dianne The William, that I am looking for, may have come from Scotland. He probably made what he had on the Clyde, then bought the farm in Antrim, I believe at Killade (Killaed). He was protestant, his wife Mary Jane Dane was RC. I believe that Mary probably came from Newtown, in Ards. As such, William may not have been of an established Finlay family in NI. There is no tradition in the family of relatives at his generation. I am more likely to find something of the Dane family, or of their son Alexander Finlay, born about 1847 I got a letter some years back: Letter 23 8 84 Dear Sir In reply to the letter you sent inquiring about W.J.Finlay, the only possible connection to this man might have been an Alexander Finlay. He lived near Benburb. There are a few people living in the Benburb area yet, who knew that man. If you�d send a copy of W.J Finlay�s photograph to me, I�ll show it to some of these people, and see if they recognize him. Oh, by the way, he came from abroad to the Benburb area around 1900, and at that time he was in his mid-fifties. Yours faithfully, William Finlay (no relation) There were a surprising number of Finlays in NI it seems. Best wishes to you from NSW Glen Notify Administrator about this message?
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Penang, 1939: Sixteen-year-old Philip Hutton is a loner. Half English, half Chinese and feeling neither, he discovers a sense of belonging in an unexpected friendship with Hayato Endo, a Japanese diplomat.
But when the Japanese invade Malaya, threatening to destroy Philip's family and everything he loves, he realises that his trusted friend has been harbouring a devastating secret.
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"The perfect novel"
A wonderful setting for a very compelling story about friendship and responsibility. I'm not a fan of war novels but this book won me over. The prose is superb, and both narrators are excellent. Certainly an audio book I will listen to again.
Such a poignant story beautifully read, I felt transported to another era, so descriptive of character, place and emotion - I don't think reading it would have made it so alive. Highly commended
"Beautiful novel about a dark part in history"
I absolutely loved this book and it got me hooked after the first 10 minutes. The story itself is in parts cruel and very sad but described in beautiful prose with gentle words. I never read anything about the Japanese occupation of Malaysia during the second World War. The idea to describe it as an account of his life an elderly half-English half-Chinese Gentlemen gives to a friend makes it easier to listen to all the cruelties. I also liked the fact that it was recorded by two different narrators. For me it was the best book I listened to this year and I would fully recommend it.
"Beautiful story - an unexpected gift"
The narrators were good and really brought the story alive. The voices seemed to fit their characters, both in gentleness and strength. I would definitely recommend the audio edition of the book.
The story was placed in a setting I knew very little about. The different elements of the Chinese, Japanese and British culture, way of thinking, beliefs and behaviour were fascinating. The story was deep and moving and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.
"A fine book"
This is a well written story about dark times in world history. While providing insights into the history of the Japanese occupation of Malaysia, it shows what can influence people, faced with disappointments, threats and dangers. It explores how reactions to such things can be driven by issues like friendship, love, duty and loyalties. It is gripping and is likely to provoke emotional reactions in the reader/listener.
The narration is, for the most part, very good, although some of the accents employed leave a little to be desired.
Thoroughly recommended.
"Truly great writing"
This book is not a book I would normally choose. No matter what your favourite genre, you should at least try this. The writing style makes for ease of understanding of an often difficult time and culture. Although, I initially found the time difference between the story being told and the story itself unfolding a little distracting, the brilliant reading soon made this irrelevant. You will find the story and events depicted fascinating but you will soon begin to appreciate and hopefully start to understand the various philosophies depicted in the book and how they collide. It was along time before I was persuaded to try this book. I beg you not to wait any longer.
"An absorbing story, very well told."
Having read the book a few years ago, this audio version fully lived up to my expectations. I thought the narration was excellent, and the two actors contrasted well and made the different time settings very clear.
"Simply beautiful"
An excellent book, beautifully written.
I loved the images and emotions portraid. I found the historical background very interesting and the realtionships between the different characters described in a very movign way.
Both persons made the book come alive
"Tragic story about friendship"
Yes because it is such a powerful and sad story well told
It made me cry
"Interesting story, setting and characters"
Interesting story, setting and characters
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I smiled at times and cried a little at the end
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James Wood boys turn to D to beat Hawks 63-44
WINCHESTER — The play-in game for the Northwestern District Boys Basketball Tournament was anything but a showcase of the district's offensive prowess.
In fact, both James Wood and Skyline had dismal nights from both the field and the line.
But the Colonels, thanks to several critical plays by Ryland Williams, were able to advance behind a 63-44 win and move on to Wednesday's semifinals where they will play regular-season champion Sherando at 6 p.m. at Millbrook High School.
"I was really proud of the guys and how they played tonight," said Wood coach Al Smith. "We had a really tough stretch there during the middle of the season. Sherando has gotten to us twice this year. We're really looking forward to getting another crack at them."
For the Hawks it was a disappointing night where multiple opportunities to move on the tournament were lost.
"When you don't shoot the basketball any better than we did tonight you're not going to win many games in a competitive district like this one," said Hawks coach Jacob Bates. "We were 18 for 56 as a team for the field."
With Wood leading 40-27 heading into the second half and seemingly in control of the game, the Colonels offense went into deep freeze.
Wood managed to hit just three of its 15 shots from the field and connected on just one of three free throw attempts during the period, but that doesn't give the real picture of how poorly Wood shot.
"They only scored seven points in the third quarter," Bates said. "There was definitely a window to get back into the game at that point but we just couldn't seem to get a basket."
Two of the Colonels three field goals came in the last 48 seconds of the period. For the first four minutes of the third quarter Wood missed all seven of their field goal attempts. Their first basket, though, was a big one when Williams scored on a 3-point play with 4:10 left in the period.
"It was a very exciting game to play in," Williams said. "That 3-point play was really important at that point in the game, but it was all about the pass from Nick Goode. All I did was the lay it in. I thought that we did what we needed to do to get the win. It's really a good feeling."
With the Colonels, who have been known to be streaky at times, struggling, it was a golden opportunity for Skyline to get back into the game. Instead, the Hawks nearly matched Wood in offensive futility, hitting only four of their 20 field-goal attempts during the period.
"We varied things on defense," Smith said. "Every two or three possessions we'd change defenses on them. I felt it was effective."
Although the Hawks did outscore the Colonels 8-7 in the period, it hardly mattered.
Wood finally found its touch midway through the fourth quarter and exploded for an 8-0 run over the final three-and-a-half minutes of play.
"We knew that we had to step up our play after the third quarter, and that's what we did," said Colonel senior Michael Carter.
The game, which proved to be the final one of the season for the Hawks, didn't begin that way.
Nick Goode and Williams nailed a pair of 3-pointers on the Colonels' first two shots of the game to stake them to a 6-0 lead in the first minute of the game.
But the Hawks responded immediately. Nick Helmick scored three straight buckets over the next minute to knot the score 6-6. Williams responded with a layup on Wood's next trip down the court, sparking a 11-2 run by the Colonels until the final seconds of the period.
Wood expanded its lead throughout the second quarter, thanks to timely 3-pointers by McCall Toler and Williams, who finished the night with a game-high 22 points, including three 3-pointers.
Although both team's offenses seemed to come and go during the contest, both performed brilliantly on defense throughout the game. Wood and Skyline combined for 23 turnovers in the first half as the speed of the game seemed to unnerve both teams.
Perhaps the most hurt by the strong defensive play was Hawk guard Kylmen Breeden. After scoring 18 points against Millbrook last Friday, Wood held the Skyline senior to just four points and completely shut him out in the critical second half.
"We like it to be an up and down the court game," Smith said. "Overall, I thought that it was one of our better defensive games. Considering how our offense was doing, it couldn't have come at a better time."
Besides Williams, Carter and Brett Lewin both scored in double figure with 10 points each for the Colonels.
Helmick led the Hawks with 11 points.
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I would like to personally send out a BIG THANK YOU to the following people;
First of all, to my best buddy, Tom Valenta for playing chauffeur and all of his driving from his home in Hendersonville, NC, up to my home in Cranberry Twp., PA (20 or so miles north of Pittsburgh), then to Wayne, NJ for our very excellent attendance at NNL EAST, and then back to Cranberry Twp. today. Tom took pictures for Model Cars Magazine coverage of the Show, and I was his "assistant" helping to place the papers by all of the cool models.
Next I would like to thank Tom Geiger and the members of the Tri State Model Car Club for putting on another spectacular event.
Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Art Anderson and Mr. Dave Metzner of Moebius Models for the entertaining, informative and very educational discussions about the model car industry and automobile racing history while enjoying dinner on Saturday evening at the Tilted Kilt. All of us trying to not drool too much over the very attractive young ladies in their extremely short kilts and push-up halter tops.
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78 Cow Hill Road
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78 Cow Hill Road has a Walk Score of 5 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
Nearby parks include River Road Park, Woodcrest Park and Mystic Ridge Subdivision Park.
The closest school is Northeast Academy Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are Extra Virgin & Semolina, Mc Quade's Marketplace and Munson's Chocolates.
Nearby coffee shops include Dunkin Donuts, Mystic Beanery and Starbucks. Nearby restaurants include Friendly's, Mystic Diner Restaurant and Latitude 41° Restaurant & Tavern.
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