History Anime / Charlotte

** Episode 6. Nao suspects that Ayumi may be the latest person with an ability, but they don't have enough clues to verify it. Though she is still sick and told to stay in bed for one more day, Ayumi decides to sneak out and go to school anyway. [[spoiler:She is then assaulted by a {{Yandere}} who likes a boy in their class who is now trying to get a little more friendly with Ayumi.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: [[OnlySaneMan Yuu Otosaka]], [[IronButtMonkey Joujirou Takajou]], [[IdolSinger Yusa Nishimori]], and [[CameraFiend Nao Tomori]].[[note]]Not pictured: [[NeverTrustATitle Charlotte]][[/note]]]]

->''From when I was little, I had a question in my mind.''\\
'' "Why am I myself, and not someone else?"''

* {{Bishounen}}: Yuu Otosaka. He's considered as a handsome and cool guy by many of girls on the series.

Now has a [[Characters/{{Charlotte}} Characters Page]] in need of additional information.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Even before the start of the series, ''Charlotte'' is boasted by many sources as this towards ''Anime/AngelBeats'', mainly because the staff that made ''Charlotte'' are the same staff that made ''Angel Beats!'', with Jun Maeda being the most mentioned person among them.

''Charlotte'' is an original {{Seinen}} anime written by Jun Maeda, created by [[Creator/KeyVisualArts Key]] and animated by Creator/PAWorks, all of whom are from ''Anime/AngelBeats'' tenure. Airing as part of the Summer2015Anime lineup, it can be [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/charlotte viewed here]] on Crunchyroll for people in North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Creator/AniplexUSA has acquired this anime's license and it was announced with an English dub, making Charlotte the first Creator/KeyVisualArts anime title to get a dub from Creator/BangZoomEntertainment.

* PerfectHealth: Subverted. A lot of viewers thought Ayumi was deathflagging when she was sent home from school with a cold. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It's actually a perfectly normal, nonlethal cold.]] [[spoiler:She ''was'' deathflagging, but she dies from something completely unrelated.]]

* RealPlaceBackground: One scene in episode 13 takes place in the Philippines. For instance, the [[http://imgur.com/13WdvBW "Walking Street" arch]] is actually found in Balibago, Angeles City, in the province of Pampanga.

* BlindingBangs: Kumagami (the Hoshinoumi student with ability locator ability) has them.

* KnifeNut: The girl who attacks Yuu in episode 11 uses one of these against him. [[spoiler:She first slashes his eye after blinding him, then later stabs him in the shoulder, causing him to trigger the "collapse" ability due to the trauma he was going through.]]

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[[caption-width-right:320:Left to right: [[OnlySaneMan Yuu Otosaka]], [[IronButtMonkey Joujirou Takajou]], [[IdolSinger Yusa Nishimori]], and [[CameraFiend Nao Tomori]].[[note]]Not pictured: [[NeverTrustATitle Charlotte]][[/note]]]]