History Anime / DarlingInTheFranxx

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: After a seemingly endless struggle, the threat of Virm has finally been extinguished, with the Klaxosaurs returning to the Earth to pass it on to humanity. Though Hiro and Zero Two gave their lives to ensure their friends will live on to building a better world than the one they lived in before. Though it's shown years later after the epilogue that Hiro and Zero Two have reincarnated on Earth, with the two of them meeting once again.]]

* ReincarnationRomance: Episode 24 ends with [[spoiler:Hiro and Zero Two, who sacrifice themselves to stop VIRM, being reborn years later and meeting each other again as kids with the strong implication they will restart their romance]].

* NeverWasThisUniverse: Like ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and its Sakuradite, here there are [[spoiler: {{Ultraterrestrials}} that have been living underground since before the modern day and "magma energy" derived from them]].

* TheSeriesHasLeftReality: After Episode 19 establishes HowWeGotHere starting TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, Episode 20 [[spoiler: establishes an ancient war between {{Ultraterrestrials}} and an AlienInvasion, as well as showing that "magma energy" is HumanResources instead of a "mere" currently-undiscovered fuel]].

** In Episode 23 [[spoiler:Nine Alpha, who's piloting with Hiro, tells him he puts too much strain on his partner and no ordinary Pistil could handle him. The same thing Code:081 had told Hiro back in Episode 1 when he met Zero Two at the lake]].

* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: '''And how'''. [[spoiler:Not long after Hiro made a ChildhoodMarriagePromise with Zero Two, APE soldiers capture the two. Hiro gets hit with LaserGuidedAmnesia as punishment for their escape attempt, while Zero Two once again becomes a subject of ColdbloodedTorture to study her Klaxosaur physiology. Because of Hiro's tampered memories, Zero Two has no idea he was her original Darling when they meet in Episode 1. Then, when they finally recover their memories in Episode 13, Zero Two gets reassigned to the Nines and Ichigo stops Hiro from chasing her. It's not until Episode 15 when they ''at long last'' reunite and make up for lost time.]]

** In episode 14, both Hiro and Zero-Two want to talk after [[spoiler:the former almost kill the latter and the two learned they met before]]. However, they are both stopped by Ichigo and the Plantation 13 Squad. After Ichigo and others finally decided to let Zero-Two see Hiro, [[spoiler: he isn't in the hospital room and Zero-Two assume they tricked her and attacks them]].

* AdvancedAncientHumans: [[spoiler:''The klaxosaurs!'' Late in the series it's revealed that they're the remnants of an ancient race of HumanAliens, ''Klaxo sapiens'', who won a PyrrhicVictory against an AlienInvasion millions of years ago, and retreated underground in anticipation of VIRM's return. Some became {{Energy Being}}s (and are being harvested as magma energy), while others became the klaxosaurs. Only their leader, the Klaxosaur Princess, remains humanoid.]]

* OneTrueLove: The main symbol of the series is the ''Jian'', a one-winged bird from Chinese mythology. In Chinese myths, ''Jian'' pairs represent marriage since the two are inseparable and co-dependent on one another. Much like a ''Jian'' pair, [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] are inseparable and serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, [[RescueRomance Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured]]. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro became the only boy who admired and loved her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions up to that point before the two make up in Episode 15.]] Since then, the two have shown unconditional love for one another and know that their bond will help them overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.

* OneTrueLove: The main symbol of the series is the ''Jian'', a one-winged bird from Chinese mythology. In Chinese myths, ''Jian'' pairs represent marriage since the two are inseparable and co-dependent on one another. Much like the ''Jian'', [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] are inseparable and serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, [[RescueRomance Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured]]. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro became the only boy who admired and loved her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions up to that point before the two make up in Episode 15.]] Since then, the two have shown unconditional love for one another and know that their bond will help them overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.

* OneTrueLove: True to the series' Jian symbolism, [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, [[RescueRomance Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured]]. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro became the only boy who admired and loved her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions up to that point before the two make up in Episode 15.]] Since then, the two have shown unconditional love for one another and know that their bond will help them overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.

* OneTrueLove: True to the series' Jian symbolism, [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro became the only boy who admired and loved her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions up to that point before the two make up in Episode 15. Since then, the two show unconditional love for one another and know that their bond will help them overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.]]

** The final shot of episode 21 [[spoiler:shows Zero Two as a lifeless husk after using Strelizia Apath to repel VIRM.]]

* OneTrueLove: True to the series' Jian symbolism, [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro grew to admire and love her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions up to that point before the two make up in Episode 15. Since then, the two show unconditional love for one another and know that their bond will help them overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.]]

* OneTrueLove: True to the series' Jian symbolism, [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Hiro and Zero Two]]]] serve as each other's wings. [[spoiler:Back when they were children, Hiro tried to help Zero Two escape the APE facility where she was being tested on and tortured. [[BeastAndBeauty Looking past Zero Two's inhuman appearance]], Hiro grew to admire and love her for who she was WartsAndAll, and [[ChildhoodMarriagePromise even promised to marry her]] while they were on the run. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Their short time together as children made an impact on Zero Two]] and, as Episode 12 reveals, she spent much of her life looking to reunite with her original "darling", the boy she loved and missed. When she finds out Hiro was her "darling" all along in Episode 13, she becomes distraught over her actions before the two make up for their mistakes in Episode 15. Since then, the two have shown unconditional love for one another and know that their bond can overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them.]]