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[[File:Dorothy_of_Oz.jpg|frame|Follow the Yellow Brick Road]]
'''''Dorothy
The story is about an ordinary 16 year old girl named Mara Shin who follows her dog Toto into a science-fantasy realm called "Oz". During her journey to return to her world, she meets up with Abee (Codename: Scarecrow), Namu (Codename: Tin Woodsman), and Tail (Codename: Cowardly Lion), and follows a mysterious Yellow Brick Road (Only she can see it) that may hold the key to the path home.
If you can't tell already, it is a Korean take on the classic tale of ''[[
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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: More specifically, the East now belongs to the West.
* [[Alternate Realm Boon]]: Mara Shin came to Oz when she was a child and came home with a glove with an "O-Z" emblem on it. After a few years, she returns to Oz as a teen with her dog, Toto. The glove is the magic staff, Thyrsos, which is the same weapon used by the Wizard of Oz. Mara also obtains magic boots from the Witch of the East that transforms her outfit to resemble a witch and give her magic powers.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Pillanin. He plans on taking over Oz by experimenting on his own soldiers and innocent townsfolk. Unfortunately for him, Mara and Shine put a cap on that idea.
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: What Namu fears will happen to him if he ever recovers the data he lost when Mara zapped him. Was his job to find her, or... to eliminate her?
* [[Anatomy Arsenal]]: Namu and Tick Tock both have blades concealed in their arms. Tick Tock also has a screw concealed inside of her foot. Word of God has stated that her whole body is a weapon, and it’s implied that both of them have much more than just what’s been shown so far.
* [[Awesome By Analysis]]: Abee, surprisingly. He's able to copy extremely high-level telekinetic techniques after seeing them in practice a single time, and even manages to surpass the original user.
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* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Selluriah.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: This seems to be Shine's plot for Mara.
* [[Brought to You
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Tail seems to be this at times.
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]: Even though Mara has already had one adventure in Oz, Oz is apparently not finished with her yet and kept showing her the Yellow Brick Road until she finally was forced to follow it.
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* [[Conditioned to Accept Horror]]: Tick Tock, and it's implied that all the androids are like this. Namu ''not'' being this is yet another indicator that he’s not what he seems, as all robots are programmed to mindlessly obey their master’s orders, no matter how horrific they may be.
** The clones all seem to be like this, too.
* [[Contract
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Tail isn't afraid of too much...just rats.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Abee has a horrible case of amnesia, is naive to the nth degree, and is quite cheerful, and usually mixes up his words. He's also the most powerful telekinetic in the land and learns new techniques after seeing them in practice ''one time'', which doesn't even mention his willingness to get rid of anyone he sees as a threat to Mara's safety. Tail is a [[Big Eater]] with [[No Indoor Voice]] and a horrible sense of direction, and is capable of punching a huge, muscle-bound werewolf so hard that he flies back over twenty feet.
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* [[Dead Star Walking]]: Selluriah and Indigo could both have been major characters... {{spoiler|if only they weren’t killed a few chapters after their introduction}}.
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: The Witch's outfit underneath the jacket.
* [[Did You Get a
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Averted with Abee, who loves his shoes. Mara gave him her old pair shortly after meeting him, and [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensued]] when they actually fit ''perfectly''.
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]: Or you'll be ambushed and eaten by crazy monkeys.
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* [[Dystopia]]: Oz is very much one of these.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: More or less played straight, though in the case of Namu, at least, it's justified. Being hit with Mara's lightning bolt caused his hard drive to crash and break down, and being hit ''again'' caused it to force-reboot itself. Understandably, a good chunk of data was destroyed.
* [[Eek!
* [[Electronic Eyes]]: Namu and Tick Tock, complete with a headlight-like feature!
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Played for laughs in a humorous omake at the back of the first volume. Abee demands that Mara choose which one of her three companions she likes, and she responds with, "Well...I really like...the nice lady from Oz!" and grabs onto Selluriah, who is understandably weirded out. Cue Abee having a BSOD and Indigo performing a [[Big No]].
* [[Exiled to
* [[Expendable Clone]]: Apparently to the point of killing a team commander when a rescue is also entirely possible.
* [[Face Fault]]: Tail and Mara both come close to this at some points, but the farthest either one goes is Mara falling to her knees and shaking her fist after trying to converse with Abee for the first time.
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* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]: Mara and Selluriah both seem to like these three elements best when performing magic.
* [[Flashback Cut]]: Tail gets one of these while being told just why Namu and Abee refuse to allow him to choose where they will go next.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Sepia and Selluriah, though this is done intentionally. She asks if he enjoyed her transformation sequence, and he responds with a very enthusiastic, "Yeah!" before remembering he's supposed to be trying to kill her and denying it...all the while surrounded by his still [[Distracted
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: The Witches of the West and South, and now the North as well (though she just has a monocle). Also [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].
* [[Fumbling the Gauntlet]]: It turns out that wandering around without a traveling pass in Oz is most definitely not OK. And knowing about guns is a death sentence by way of Tick Tock.
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* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Tail is a lion chimera. Also included are the Hungry Tiger (obviously a tiger chimera), the aptly named Wolf, and two more seemingly unnamed wolf chimeras in the fifth volume.
** Namu is at first believed to be an android, but is actually a cyborg- half man, half robot.
* [[Hero
* [[Hidden Depths]]: At first seeming like a typical robot who unquestioningly follows orders, Namu turns right around and starts a battle with Tick Tock because she mentioned killing his mission target and cutting off people's arms.
** Tail at first seems like a frightened young [[Catgirl]], but then shows himself as a young man capable of mass destruction when he gets ''really'' worked up.
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: Abee, who has literally no memory of his life up until just a few hours before meeting Mara.
* [[No Export for You]]: The licensed translations stopped at volume 5.
** The raw of the fifth book recently became available for download, however. [http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1WWJDDSG Link]{{Dead link}}.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The final fight between Namu and Tick Tock, in which Namu activates his Combat Mode and punches Tick Tock so hard that she is literally ripped in half.
** As well as the final fight between Tail and the Hungry Tiger. Tail nearly murders the guy and would have kept going if Mara hadn't stopped him.
* [[Nosebleed]]: The Devil Tribe’s reaction to Selluriah’s transformation. The facial expressions on the cyclops and one of the [[Mooks]], for instance, are nothing short of hilarious.
* [[Not Distracted
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Somehow Abee manages to not realize that Mara likes him, despite her practically swooning over him while drunk.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Compared to her three faithful companions, Mara is actually pretty normal.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Mara tries her darnedest to avoid being seen while transforming, but inevitably, someone will walk in just as the magic strips her clothes off. It gets worse in the fifth book where she trips, goes flying into the middle of the action where everyone can see her, and lands right on top of Abee.
* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: All three of Mara's loyal three companions get at least some of this at certain points. Tail especially, though.
* [[Saw It in
* [[Science vs. Magic]]: Averted; the Witches' "magic" is actually just a supernatural level of science. The Wizard is the only true confirmed magician.
* [[Shipper
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Number Fifty gets one in the third volume. Unfortunately, he is also being ''tortured for information'' in that particular scene...
* [[The So-Called Coward]]: Tail. He's actually the opposite of cowardly, if anything.
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* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]: Abee to Number Three, being able to figure out that Three has been planning to kill Fifty for a long time due to simply not understanding why Three was watching Fifty for so long. He's also the only one to not trust Shine immediately and knows he's up to no good, but also states he didn't try to stop him because he knew it would only end badly.
* [[Toplessness From the Back]]: Selluriah during her [[Transformation Sequence]]. Mara gets a minor one right before she hands the Dwarfs' asses to them on a platter.
* [[Town
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Mara gets one when she uses the witch boots. But everyone can see her naked when she changes. Much to her embarrassment.
* [[Transformation Trinket]]: Selluriah's boots.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Abee's wrath usually manifests as this.
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* [[We Can Rebuild Him|We Can Rebuild Her]]: Dr. Nedbar’s rebuilds Tick Tock after she’s smashed to pieces, rewires her memory, and sends her back to the Witch of the South with false information. Too bad the Witch and her assistant figure out that something's not quite right here.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: One of the more implied themes of the series. Human experimentation not withstanding, Mara is the only one who automatically treats everyone as being an equal to her.
* [[Where's the
** Same as when she first tried to use magic in general. Unless she's drunk or very angry, she seems to need Thyrsos to help her focus the energy properly.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Tick Tock.
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