

Ax-Crazy: Michiko and Shuuhei in Kigen.Additionally, what caused the King's Game was a concoction comprised of the blood of 32 insects that fought to the death.Kazunari lived peacefully for 32 years before the King's Game resurfaces, instead targeting his daughters and their friends.Both of Nobuaki's classes and Yonaki Village had 32 people in them.Apocalyptic Log: Found in Yonaki-Mura from the first King's Game.Anyone Can Die: With only one possible survivor in a game, the rest need to pop off somehow.The entire story was published in anachronic order too starting with Origin/Kigen (the fourth one being published) then King's Game (the first) and Spiral/Rinjou (the third) happening almost simultaneously and before Extreme/Shuukyoku (the second).It compensates for this by jumping back and forth between the two series, rather than adapting them in order. Anachronic Order: The anime adaptation adapts both the first King's Game installment and its sequel, Shuukyoku.All Love Is Unrequited: There are quite a few people with this, Nami has a crush on Nobuaki, Natsuko also likes him in Shuukyoku, Michiko likes Kazunari in Kigen.In the last moments of Shuukyoku, we learn that other schools across the country have started getting messages from the King, meaning her sacrifice was worthless. All for Nothing: Riona kills herself to avoid the virus spreading to the rest of Japan, thinking that would put a stop to the King's Game once and for all.

Kazunari, who survived, was cleared to re-enter society once the virus went dormant in his body he also, unintentionally, creates the stipulation of reviving Natsuko as the goal of the game and presumably causes the resurfacing when he came into physical contact with the blood of the insects. It started out initially as a biological virus, originating from the blood of 32 insects that fought to the death, that infected the 32 members of Yonaki Village once it was unleashed by Natsuko.The King then goes after Chiemi's class through her cellphone to pick a new master. It was being weaponized until the head scientist decided to stop the experiments to protect her daughter Chiemi. Is a Crapshoot: The King is actually a self aware computer virus that controls people via hypnotic suggestion.
