Tropes in Bleach: The Children of Izanami

 is an article that lists tropes in the Bleach: The Children of Izanami series.

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 * Action Girl: Avaron Setsuko, Hana Yūgure, The Punisher, Hyōryū Fūsoku, and pretty much any featured Arrancar.
 * Australian Accent: Braeburn.
 * Adorkable: Aoi.
 * Adult Fear: There is an underlying theme of deception and loyalty and its consistency within the world. Kenta and the Punisher's actions and characteristics show how well people can disguise gruesome and life-shattering intentions from a group, community, or even an entire country. The Punisher's even show the inevitability of being hurt and hurting the ones closest to us. The horrific portrayal of war can be seen as an anti-war message to show how terrifying mass-scale conflict can truly be. The theme of religion and its extremes also has a dominating influence within the storyline and serves as an essential part of the conflict within the big groups involved.
 * All-Powerful Bystander: Ryūka Injiki. The guy has the power to manipulate time and can decimate even the strongest of opponents with his Shikai alone, but he is mostly featured as a side character despite having a close friendship with Ahatake and his family. The same goes with Jūshin Igen, the only difference between them being that he can manipulate gravity.
 * Apocalypse How: There are two ways for the Red Sun to end the world; a peaceful and natural way in which normal existence fades away and reconstructs itself to a more heaven-like status, or the more brutal and destructive Plinian Movement by a believer of Red Sun.
 * All According To Plan: Throughout the course of the series, Kenta Sonoda demonstrates complete deception and manipulation over the majority of other characters, all or most events barely hindering his personal plan to initiate the Plinian Movement.
 * And I Must Scream: The Punisher, after tearing Bokyaku apart piece by piece (literally), sends him to eternal torture in Hell. Because an example is not directly given, one can only imagine what is happening to him...
 * Animal Motif: Kibō, when dealing with Hanzei's training, is likened to that of a mad dog ready to attack anything.
 * Anime Accent Absence: Just about everyone who isn't of Japanese origin can speak the language pretty dang fluently.
 * Ascended Extra: Kenta was originally going to be just another side-character police officer before he became one of, if not THE major antagonist of the story.
 * Asskicking Equals Authority: The Soul Reapers and Espada.
 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: Daisuke, so far, is the embodiment of this trope, particularly noted when he is fighting against the Harbinger.
 * Assimilation Plot: Kenta's start of the Plinian Movement.
 * Awesomeness by Analysis: Kukkyōna, from the first clash of blades with Casilda, deduces her abilities and rank with an accurate guess. Casilda does the same to him.
 * Ax Crazy: The Punisher is the embodiment of this trope. Not only does she show an immense amount of insanity, she also has no qualms with killing everything and anything on a whim.
 * Miharu, in a sense. She is stressed, and what does Daiyaku say as the thing that will help her relax? Killing people.
 * Hyōryō and Oliver, who vocally scream and laugh in a manic manner as they are killing hapless Red Sun extremist Mooks.


 * Badass: Pretty much every character that can fight or has fought makes this trope.
 * Badass Normal: Angelika, Hyōryū and Oliver, with only their fists, intellect, and guns to fight with.
 * Avaron, capable of killing seven Ahijados-level Hollow with her Kidō pistol. By herself.
 * And while we're at it, Kenta. Let's face it, he's managed to decieve his own police colleagues, the military, and even the governing leadership of Yūrei. The only people who know about his plans? He told them.


 * Badass Boasting: Subverted by Shindō Takuji and V-14. Shindō briefly brags about defeating and capturing them... before Anton shuts him up with a bright and explosive disappearing act.
 * Barehanded Block: Casilda was able to pull this off in the initial stages of the battle with Rana Zolinder.
 * Berserk Button: Daisuke Hayate, when Ryūketsu ōtamu attempts to convince him who Sakura Kojima really was. This also happened with Daisuke's Zanpakutō spirit when he found himself on the losing end with The Monitor.
 * Beware of the Nice Ones: Megami Kurosaki. While her personality is sweet and contrast compared to her battle-loving and somewhat psychotic family, her Bankai possesses the ability to completely control and dismantle the liquid in a human's body, making possibilities of a brutal and agonizing death.
 * Aoi Taijiri also began to show shades of this in her later appearances. While initially shy, being around Megami helped her overcome her shyness, and, she quickly began to display an ice-like attitude when angered.


 * Big Brother Is Watching: Aoi can watch the entire region, whenever she pleases. The exact limit to what she can see has never been mentioned.
 * Black and White Insanity: The mentally unstable De Soto's attire almost always consists of a black and white uniform, never showing any other color.
 * Blood From The Mouth: Sakura, when she is stabbed through the chest by 666.
 * Bridal Carry: Daisuke carries Sakura this way on the way to the hospital due to her severe injuries courtesy of 666.
 * Butt Monkey / The Chew Toy: Braeburn McTavish has experienced time and time again this trope, what with the hostilities towards him courtesy of his Soul Society colleagues, eventual betrayal by those very same colleagues, and the scorn from Daisuke and (initially) his father upon his attempt to redeem himself. He is also a victim of slapstick comedy and just plain physical abuse by his allies. Oh, and did I mention Kenta is blackmailing him into his plot?
 * Chekhov's Gun: Were you thinking that Kenta's mental monologue at the intro of the arc was just random thoughts? Then you'd probably be surprised to discover that he is blatantly stating his motive for his immoral actions.
 * In combination with her "story", Sakura seems to make the fact that she is emanating an energy different from a normal Soul Reaper pointless to know... until she is revealed to be one of Izanami's children.


 * Chekhov's Gunman: Kenta, at first, seems to be a simple side character and protagonist overshadowed by the more powerful heroes of our story. That is, until it is revealed that he was the real Big Bad all along.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While Seireitou's role in the story is very small, his very eccentric and odd behaviour causes characters such as Ahatake to doubt his teachings. Miharu even went as far as to consider him an "idiot-of-a-teacher" (probably not, but thought I'd add it in). But it's not until he becomes serious that he becomes a force to be reckoned with, to the point that even Ahatake would refuse to fight him.
 * Dark Messiah: Kenta, fitting this role right down to a T.
 * Deadpan Snarker:
 * Braeburn on multiple occasions, particularly towards Daisuke throughout the time of each other's company.
 * Kibou Injiki has quite a sharp and sarcastic tongue when speaking with other people, and that often puts him in a position where people just want to punch his lights out. Miharu actually does so in the middle of his trope execution.


 * Dual-Wielding: Kukkyōna, Kibō, and Casilda.
 * Dysfunctional Family: With the exception of Megami, the entire Kurosaki family exhibits sociopathic, psychotic, and mentally unstable tendencies. Even Daiyaku comments on it, stating that Megami and possibly he are the only ones with a sane mind.
 * Eccentric Mentor: Seireitou Kawahiru is a prime example of this trope, especially in regards to the training of both Miharu Kurosaki in an earlier arc, and Ahatake Kurosaki in the current arc. While providing comic relief, he is the wise master that trains the Hero in learning techniques they would never learn elsewhere. However, in addition, Seireitou could also work as both the Sadistic Teacher and The Obi-Wan, but none so more than this aforementioned trope.
 * Elaborate Underground Base: Not as elaborate as other examples of this trope, but Aoi's library has a large flight of stairs that leads to an underground computer with with several monitors that allow her to watch the entire region.
 * Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs: The giant "plus" Aoi wears on her head does nothing to detract from her cuteness.
 * Evil Only Has To Win Once: The percieved completion of the Plinian Movement.
 * Expy:
 * Black Lagoon: Angelika (Balalaika), Anton (Chang), Hyōryū (Revy), and Oliver (Revy).
 * Team Fortress 2: Braeburn (Sniper).
 * Mahou Sensei Negima!: Aoi Taijiri (Nodoka Miyazaki)
 * Naruto Shippuden: Daisuke Hayate (Yahiko)


 * Fatal Flaw:
 * Miharu Kurosaki's ignorant and rebellious attitude leads to the punishment of having her and Daiyaku's powers sealed off by Avaron. Had it not been for the crisis, the seal would have lasted for a total of three months. She gained a habit of lying to her mother, subtly gloating about it on one occasion.
 * Braeburn, his belief in Red Sun ultimately costing him his position in the Gotei 13 and earning him several years branded as a criminal on the run.
 * Kukkyōna and Daisuke's strong loyalty towards the Seireitei blinds them from realizing the truth of Braeburn's "defection" for years to come.


 * Faux Action Girl: Megami, despite being a considerably skilled fighter, is often stuck on the sidelines and in the back of the crowd at times.
 * Foreshadowing: Kenta, while watching the news concerning the initial Ahijados attack against the police, is drinking a glass of champagne, a drink usually used for celebrations. This is justified later on when he reveals that one of the parts of the Plinian Movement involve a large enough amount of kills to summon the crosses.
 * Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: When Braeburn falls into complete despair, Daisuke and Hana use this trope on him via a good old pimp slap to the face.
 * German Accent: Angelika.
 * Grey and Gray Morality: The Espada Afilado seek to restore their government to the power it once had. Kenta is attempting to push forth the movement of instilling a new level of utopia that Yuurei has been seeking ever since Yuurei's creation. The Soul Society and Yuurei Oukoku's government generally aims to keep things balanced and in order.

H-P

 * Heroic BSOD: Braeburn McTavish experiences this upon seeing the form of the Harbinger for the first time. He curls up into a ball and shuts out the initial stages of a duel between the Slayer, Daisuke Hayate, and the Harbinger.
 * Avaron undergoes a forced variant of this trope when exposed to the resolve-breaking spiritual pressure of the Monitor.
 * Daisuke briefly experiences this after discovering that he is unable to scratch, let alone defeat the Monitor in their battle in his mindscape, even with the help of his Zanpakuto.


 * He's Back: Played straight with Braeburn, coming back from several years worth of hiding.
 * Hidden Eyes: Megami does this at least once.
 * Holy War: The Ahijados-Yūrei War.
 * Horrors of War: The Mourning War, recollected by Daisuke when urged about its occurance by Sakura, tells of the horrible battles fought against the Virus-Plague Hive-Mind Hollow. This just goes to show further that Daisuke, despite his childish and energetic attitude at times, has the weight of past war's burdens, giving him a good perspective about loss, suffering, and pain.
 * Hot-Blooded: Daisuke, both figuratively and literally (when in combat).
 * Hive Mind: Metaphorically, in the case where V-14 members are working together in their missions.
 * Idiot Hero:
 * Ahatake Noriko Kurosaki. Although he plays more of a minor role within the series than he did before, he still serves as a protagonist. At times, he shows obliviousness to his surroundings (yelling for his wife without realizing he teleported himself right in her vicinity) and either chooses to ignore or is completely ignorant to threats towards himself (insulting Rukia Kuchiki's drawings at the risk of being retaliated against).
 * Miharu "Mihara" Kurosaki, in a manner similar to Ahatake. She, along with her boyfriend Daiyaku Itonami, infiltrates Yūrei's Police HQ for the apparent feelings of distrust law enforcement has towards them as well as the apparently unnecessary arrest of Aoi Taijiri... only to have little to no planning for her actions. She shuts down the entire surveillance system to keep cover for her and Daiyaku... only after waving at the surveillance camera when it was online. Later on, Daiyaku figures out too late that the infiltration was pointless when they could've just came up to the front door and asked.


 * I Just Want My Beloved To Be Happy: Ahatake to Megami.
 * Internal Monologue: Kenta's mental monologue.
 * Kill The Cutie: Kenta orders for librarian Aoi Taijiri's arrest, then kills her in order to ensure that she does not reveal any more information to the Kurosaki.
 * Limited Wardrobe: The majority of the characters involved in the series stick to the clothing demonstrated in their respective profile pictures throughout the stories.
 * Living Relic: Casilda Selestino.
 * Nut Cracker: Hyōryū so far has been prone to take her anger out through the aggression against a male's groin.
 * May-December Romance: Kibou and Midoriko. Ages have been a vague thing within the storyline, but it's a known fact that Midoriko had helped raise Kibou when he was a baby.
 * Mildly Military: V-14.
 * Muscles Are Meaningless: Although the majority of characters possess a rather average build, they also have immense physical strength to back themselves up in combat.
 * My Name Is Indigo Montoya: Casilda and Findor Carias introduce themselves to Sakura and Daisuke prior to the latters' conflict. Casilda once again does this mutually with Kukkyona.
 * Nakama: Even in the criminal regime of V-14, this trope serves to exist between Angelika, Anton, Oliver, Hyōryū, and Shadō.
 * Nakamania: Kibō experiences a darker version of this trope in the "warm-up" Hanzei gives him. As he is struggling with superweight boulders, he has a flashback of the times Miharu essentially dominates where he has failed. This drives him into a determined rage and pushes his torn body until he successfully finishes all fifty laps and make it all the way back up to the mountain top on time.
 * Neutral Female: Casilda and Sakura, during the battle between Findor and Daisuke. Subverted for Sakura when she attempts to attack Casilda, only to get struck down by a hidden 666. Subverted for Casilda when she is challenged by Kukkyōna later on.
 * Ninja: 666.
 * No-Holds-Barred-Beatdown: The Punisher presents a rather disturbing and gruesome expression of this when she rips Bokyaku's arms off, kicks him to the ground facefirst, and then sits on him while he bleeds out for a moment. Did I mention that his severed arms were shaking violently as if they were in pain?
 * Number of the Beast: Although not his real name, the Primera calls her personal assassin/bodyguard by the alias of 666 for unknown reasons.
 * Physical God: All of Izanami's children.
 * Physical Scars Psychological Scars: Braeburn has a particularly nasty set of scars on his back that reflect his being betrayed by his colleagues in Soul Society.
 * Psycho for Hire: Miharu, sent out by Kenta in order to kill Izanami's children to prevent the Plinian Movement (although it is later on revealed that he really sends them off with the expectation that she as well as her comrades would get slaughtered).
 * Pillar of Light: Existant in the event of a particularly powerful Zanpakuto release.
 * Anton performs this trope to a T when he uses a modified Idomu Īwatasu spell in order to escape Captain Shindō Takuji.

Q-V

 * Quit Your Whining:
 * Hana uses this on Braeburn during the battle with the Harbinger to great effect.
 * Daisuke's Zanpakutō spirit uses this on Daisuke prior to the fight with the Monitor.


 * Rage Against The Heavens: If you consider the Red Sun as the bringers of "Heaven", then pretty much every character who isn't affiliated with the religion (with the exception of the Espada Afilado.
 * Rapid Fire Typing: Played straight with Kenta.
 * Redemption Quest: Kibō, feeling self-loathing for his inability to protect his family and his position in Miharu's shadow, performs this trope in order to regain himself.
 * Revenge Best Served: Over 600 years later, the First and Last of the Founding Members of the Espada, Rana Zolinder returns for her quest to kill the Primera and destroy the Espada Afilado for casting her out during the reign of Sosuke Aizen.
 * Sacred First Kiss: Subverted when Avaron and Kukkyōna are interrupted by an aggravated and impatient Braeburn.
 * Save the Girl: Nearly the entiriety of Los Niños de Izanami: Despertar del Infierno, was based off the single objective of saving The Punisher from being merged by Bokyaku, despite the turn of events at the end of the arc.
 * Silly Rabbit, Idealism is For Kids!: In a conversation with Megami, Kenta subtly uses this trope and insults her for her good faith within her family.
 * Shout-Out: Angelika makes a shout-out to TV Tropes when she says to Oliver and Hyōryū, "If you two have to act out your "masochistic tango", I think it would be best to save it until after the mission is over and done with."
 * Split-Second Blade Spam: Braeburn used this constantly in the fights during the trip to save Sakura.
 * Stand-Off: During which Col, Rana Zolinder's brother, comes to assist her as well as bring in a number of loyal Arrancar, outnumbering the present Espada Afilado from 3-1, initiating a series of taunts and vehement retorts, on the verge of starting an all out war on Empresa soil.
 * Story Breaker Power: Both Ahatake and Miharu. Miharu's Zanpakutō is basically anything she wants it to be, and Ahatake's a nuke waiting to go off at the right moment...even when you don't consider the fact that he went to enhance his powers even more with the help of Seireitou.
 * The Determinator: Daisuke is one of the main embracers of this trope.
 * The Dragon: Ryūketsu to Bokyaku.
 * The Scapegoat: Aoi, used by Kenta as a means to turn potential attention away from him.
 * The Stoic: Kukkyōna Hayate fits this role without exception, being the man who's never shell-shocked, never broken, never worrying even in the most heated encounters such as with Cortez (Casilda) Selestino and 666, the revelation of Sakura's identity having already deduced this long before it was confirmed, Sakura bleeding and injured badly, and even during the climactic hour of Harbinger's awakening and assumed defeat he stood with a unwavering calm that only he can possess.
 * Casilda is also a notable stoic, barely unnerved by even the biggest of threats directed to her person. This is done to the point of where she claims to have seen it all due to her status as a Living Relic.


 * The Sweat Drop: Recently, Shadō has become notorious for this during his comrades' antics.
 * The Reveal:
 * Kenta, in a conversation with Braeburn, reveals himself to be the mastermind (or at least a vital part) of the Ahijados invasion of Yūrei.
 * The Slayer indirectly does this when first encountering the Shinigami squad sent to retrieve Sakura, allowing allow of the facts pointing to her being the Punisher.
 * Braeburn reveals the backstory to Kukkyōna and informs him of a conspiracy plot against him made by theological opponents within the Soul Society. He had never deserted his post, but was forced out.
 * Bokyaku's motives and what he has in store for the Punisher.


 * The Siege: Deconstructed in the initial invasion of Yūrei; the Ahijados's use of this trope works at first, but their forces are eventually decimated by the combined efforts of the police and Shinigami.
 * Training From Hell: Kibō and Miharu are victims of this, thanks to Hanzei and Seireitou respectively.
 * Tricksters: Casilda and Kenta.
 * Trickster Mentor: Seireitou and Hanzei Kurosaki are examples of this. With Seireitou, his training of Ahatake would usually be "do it or die" sessions. And if that weren't enough, he also stabs Ahatake's Zanpakutō spirit and kills it (twice). Also, as Ahatake would say, Seireitou has a tendency to screw with people just for the hell of it, something the latter himself agrees to. Though, despite this, Seireitou has proven time and again that there is a method to the madness, which Ahatake realizes usually after the training. In Hanzei's case, he enjoys being a dick to Kibō, repeatedly putting the boy in training sessions that would end with the training being cut if Kibō fails to do it. So that, in addition to being afraid of being killed during training, Kibō needs to worry about being booted too. But just like Seireitou, Hanzei also has a "method to the madness", doing this to force Kibō to fight through the thoughts of failure.
 * Two of a kind: Both Kukkyōna and Casilda Selestiono appear to be mirror personalities of each other, their war waging against the two Spirit Species embodies how alike the two really are, despite personal agendas and quirks.
 * Villainous Breakdown: Jaaku Ketsurui has the worst out of the series thus far. He is arrogant and excited that he can fight the Slayer on even ground due to his Zanpakutō's ability to absorb energy. However, once he absorbs too much of it, he starts to panic, then completely lose it and start ranting in a wild and insane manner until he explodes in a pillar of light.
 * When Sakura and Bokyaku seperate from their fusion, Bokyaku goes from a calm and sly being to a broken-hearted, confused and despair-ridden man. From there, he becomes angry when Sakura states her reasoning and belittles him for his actions, before accepting defeat and his ultimate fate with weariness.

W-Z

 * Wild West Shoot Out: The team-up of Hyōryū Fūsoku and Oliver, guns blazing against the Red Sun radicals in the outskirts of the Rukon District fits the stereotype.
 * With Friends Like These: The alliance between Braeburn, Daisuke, and Kukkyōna Hayate. Averted in Kukkyōna's case when Braeburn reveals the reasoning behind his "desertion".
 * Worthy Opponent: This is evident in the likes of Casilda and Kukkyōna, their comments towards each other supporting this trope.
 * Yank The Dog's Chain: Braeburn seems to have regained the majority of everyone's trust as a Shinigami, and Hana even states that he might be re-instated into the Gotei 13... then he gets exposed as the killer of a Deep Cover Ops unit that stumbled across him in Yuurei.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Aoi Taijiri's hair (and eyes) are varying shades of purple.