History Anime / Fractale

* CommonEyeColors:
** GreenEyes: Phryne and Nessa.
** PurpleEyes: Moeran.
** RedEyesTakeWarning: Dias.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Phryne and Nessa in the manga and promotional posters have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] and matching {{purple eyes}}. Enri and her older brother Sunda had orange hair and matching orange eyes in their character designs, but the anime changed to Enri having blond hair and Sunda having brown hair and matching {{brown eyes}}.

** BrownEyes: Sunda and Barrot.

* WomanInBlack: In her original character design, Phryne's Temple priestess clothing was black instead of blue. Subverted in that her personality is neither dangerous nor menacing.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Enri (blonde), Phryne ([[RavenHairIvorySkin brunette]]), and Nessa ([[RedHeadedHeroine redhead]]) respectively.

*** [[spoiler: That being said, grammar was actually perfect and the wording was believable.]]

*** It's interesting to note that whenever Enri and Sunda kick Clain, Nessa gives no reaction to it.

*** Dias sides with Sunda in the argument with other Lost Millennium factions to attack the Temple, only so [[spoiler:his forces can gain entry to destroy the place/find and kill Phryne]].

*** In Episode 10, [[spoiler:Dias helps Clain by helping Nessa and him reunite with Phryne, but he really planned for his underlings to kill Phryne after she is reunited with Nessa in order to destroy the body of the "key" so the Fractale System cannot be restarted.]]

*** Episode 9 finally plays a longer version of the "day star" song.

*** Which took its toll as an OverlyLongGag.

'''''Fractale''''' is an 11-episode {{shounen}} anime series directed by Yutaka Yamamoto (series production director of ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' and director of ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'') and produced by Creator/A1Pictures and Ordet.

* FugitiveArc: The series begins with [[MysteriousWaif Phryne]] fleeing from Enri, and the rest of [[LaResistance Lost Millennium.]] But she's fleeing from [[ReligionOfEvil The Temple]], as well. Both factions are after her [[spoiler: and [[MacGuffinGirl Nessa]]]] for their own agendas. The Temple needs her to [[spoiler: merge with Nessa, in order to reboot the Fractale System.]] For Lost Millennium, she's the key to [[spoiler: destroying it.]]

** ThePresidentsDaughter: Phryne and Nessa. Both are [[{{MacGuffin}} [=MacGuffins=]]] that are actively being hunted down. In Episode 3, Sunda tells Clain that Phryne is "the key to the world," [[spoiler:but in Episode 7, Colin also refers to Nessa as the "key."]]

* GoldfishPoopGang: Classic ''[[NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater Nadia]]'' flavor too -- [[TerribleTrio one girl and two bumbling henchmen]] [[BigThinShortTrio of the extreme ends of body proportion]].

* BigBrotherWorship: Enri towards her older brother Sunda. She's fairly affectionate towards him and refers to him respectfully as ''[[JapaneseSiblingTerminology nii]][[JapaneseHonorifics sama]]'', and he seems to be the only one who can silence her.

* {{Scandalgate}}: The series will not be seen in whole until all unauthorized copies of the series are taken down. This could be a new version of [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]]gate. To coin a phrase: "Fractalegate."

[[http://www.funimation.com/fractale Simulcast by FUNimation]] in North America (and now licensed), with a brief interruption caused by a "[[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]][[ScandalGate gate]]" variation in which the simulcast was halted until unauthorized copies were removed from the Internet.

** Lost Millenium, who have chosen to live without the Fractale System to achieve "true freedom" from the Fractale System's apparent {{utopia}} (advanced medical services, easy-going way of life, and especially [[spoiler:{{brainwashing}}.]]

*** Dias sides with Sunda in the argument with other Lost Millenium factions to attack the Temple, only so [[spoiler:his forces can gain entry to destroy the place/find and kill Phryne]].

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Clain
*** Arguably. By default, Clain is this because he is the series' main protagonist, but he is not [[SupportingProtagonist the focus or drive of the story]]--Phryne and Nessa are. Phryne would have been qualified for this role as the main heroine, but she doesn't fit the trope [[TheLancer personality-wise]].
** TheLancer[=/=]CoolBigSis: Phryne
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]BigBrotherMentor: Sunda
** TheBigGuy: Enri
** TheChick[=/=]TagalongKid: Nessa

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:To protect Clain in Episode 7, Nessa unleashes a power that "destroys" the virtual city Xanadu.]]

* NoExportForYou: ... For a few days.

* AnimeFirst: Though technically a manga adaptation was released before the anime (but it is based on the anime).

* FoeYay: Either obvious or played with between Dias and Moeran [spoiler:moments before he detonates the explosives his last two friends planted in the room].

* StrangeGirl: Clain's opinion of Phryne and Nessa. To be fair, both female leads are far from "normal."

''Fractale'' is an 11-episode {{shounen}} anime series directed by Yutaka Yamamoto (series production director of ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' and director of ''{{Kannagi}}'') and produced by Creator/A1Pictures and Ordet.

[[http://www.funimation.com/fractale Simulcast by Funimation]] in North America (and now licensed), with a brief interruption caused by a "[[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Oreimo]][[ScandalGate gate]]" variation in which the simulcast was halted until unauthorized copies were removed from the Internet.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dias.

''Fractale'' is an 11-episode {{shounen}} anime series directed by Yutaka Yamamoto (series production director of ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' and director of ''{{Kannagi}}'') and produced by A1Pictures and Ordet.

''Fractale'' is an 11-episode {{shounen}} anime series directed by Yutaka Yamamoto (series production director of ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'' and director of ''{{Kannagi}}'') and produced by A-1 Pictures and Ordet.

Revolving around a futuristic era in Ireland where the world's source of order--the "Fractale System"--has begun to fall, a fourteen-year-old boy named Clain [[BoyMeetsGirl meets]] the [[MysteriousWaif mysterious]] temple priestess Phryne being pursued by chance and rescues her. He takes Phryne back to his home and tends to her injuries, but as quickly as Clain [[TheDulcineaEffect begins to bond]] with the girl, Phryne disappears the next day, leaving behind a brooch for Clain. A female [[ArtificialHuman doppel]] named Nessa appears from the brooch, and Clain and Nessa both go in [[IWillFindYou search of Phryne]] while uncovering the secret of the Fractale System.

In doing so, Clain is forced into the [[GreyAndGrayMorality conflict]] between the rebel organization [[LaResistance Lost Millennium]] and the Fractale System's temple [[ChurchMilitant priests and priestesses]]--both of whom are pursing Phryne--and it grows difficult for Clain to distinguish [[FriendOrFoe friend from foe]].

** Lost Millenium, who have chosen to live without the Fractale System to achieve "true freedom" without the Fractale System's seeming {{utopia}}: their advanced medical, their easy way of life, and especially [[spoiler:their {{brainwashing}}.]]
** Villagers that Phryne, Enri, and Takamii meet while looking for Clain and Nessa in Episode 7 are similar in that they live in a nomadic fashion of herding and seem to basically be Lost Millennium without their "terrorism." [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out the villagers really use their doppels to work in Xanadu while they pretend to be nomads.]]

* BadassInDistress[=/=]DistressedDamsel: Phryne isn't necessarily a damsel in distress, but she is constantly pursued by both the temple priests/priestesses and Lost Millennium. She is quite capable in [[BadassInDistress protecting herself and fending off against her pursuers]], but she gets captured by Lost Millennium in Episode 4, [[spoiler:is nearly raped by Gail]] in Episode 7, and [[spoiler:is captured by Barrot]] in Episode 8.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Phyne and Nessa becomes the "key," the temple is destroyed and can never produce the "key" again, and Sunda is implied to have died in the final battle. A year has passed. Lost Millennium live in peace growing their crops and living their natural way while Clain stays at home watching over Phryne, who's been asleep ever since. She finally awakens, only to have Nessa's personality mixed in. In spite of this, Phryne still contains her original memories as she tells Clain that she's always liked him too. Clain hugs her and cries as the series ends panning over the photo of the trio.]]
* BlatantLies[=/=]FromACertainPointOfView: Whenever Dias gives a helping hand, he'll always mask his true agenda--from giving civilians a cure that really removes their Fractale terminals, rendering them "cured" and unable to connect to the Fractale System to helping Clain rescue [[spoiler:Phryne]] in Episode 10 while secretly [[spoiler:planning on having Phryne killed once she is found.]]

* BraidsOfAction: While Enri appears incompetent and purely there for [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]], she ''does'' manage to capture Clain and Nessa in Episode 2, and she certainly knows how to use a gun in Episode 3 onwards.
* {{Brainwashing}}: [[spoiler:Implicated with "offering prayers," the Fractale System uses its "stars"/"balloons" and the Star Festival to control the humans and wipe out any thoughts or questions that go against the Fractale System, in order to [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood maintain the world's order]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist as they see fit.]]]]

* CallingTheOldManOut: Clain calls out his doppel parents on leaving him alone in Episode 2, not because families separate to display trust and freedom as they claim, but so they can do whatever they want.

** In Episode 8, Clain bandages the injured hand of [[spoiler:one of Phryne's clones]], commenting that it'll also be easier to find her this way. [[spoiler:Clain ends up recognizing her among the labeled "useless" clones that are going to be destroyed.]]
* [[ChekhovsHobby Chekhov's Hobby]]: Clain's hacking skills that is brought to good use in Episode 5 was hinted at in the first two episodes.
* ChurchMilitant: The Fractale System's temple priests and priestesses.

** Temple priestesses wear purple cloaks, and the temple's militia wears green clothing. The Archpriestess and Barrot wear [[ColorCodedPatrician more distinct]] red and blue capes/mantles respectively.

* {{Crossdresser}}: In Episode 7, Clain is forced into this while at Xanadu so he won't stand out in a city full of doppels.

** Phryne's relationship with [[spoiler:Barrot]] has implications of rape. [[spoiler:Phryne claims she doesn't deserve love and constantly refers to Nessa (who resembles Phryne from her childhood) as when she was "beautiful." She comments about how Barrot has been "defiling" her and the rest of the Phryne clones over and over, and Barrot mentions that their history--or them being "bound by abundant love"--is something Clain should know about.]]
* {{Doppelganger}}: "Doppels" are robot-like virtual beings that humans use to avoid physical interaction and out of convenience, so that they have travel easily without being tied down. Clain has doppels for parents and can send them away at will.

* TheDulcineaEffect: When Clain first meets Phryne, he instinctively wants to help her, and she is probably the first, real human he's seen in a while since most humans use doppels. It really kicks in [[spoiler:when Clain is really only concerned about Phryne during the temple's attack on Granites Village, and he chooses to rescue Phryne, leaving Nessa behind when she refuses to follow him in Episode 4.]]

* EmotionlessGirl[=/=]EmptyShell: [[spoiler:The "Phryne" clone]] who helps Clain look for Phryne.

* FalseFriend: Megan is more than friendly towards Clain and helps him find Nessa in Xanadu, [[spoiler:but she really planned to sell them out to the temple all along to get more money.]]

* FoeYay: Very, ''very'' [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty one]]-[[TermsOfEndangerment sided]] on Barrot's part towards Phryne.

* {{GIRL}}: Though not technically an online example, [[spoiler:Megan turns out to be the doppel of Gail.]]

** The ending song. Episode 5 onward averts it by having same ending theme in Japanese (with slightly different lyrics) instead.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The Fractale System and Lost Millennium. The Fractale System is an easier way of life, medically and luxury-wise, but [[spoiler:is really brainwashing humans and removing their individuality]]; Lost Millennium lives life normally without the Fractale System, growing their own crops and having their children learn from books instead of data, but [[spoiler:are not above shooting down the temple priestesses and innocent civilians.]]

* HeroesWantRedheads: Inverted and averted. Nessa is obviously attached to Clain, but Clain is far into TheDulcineaEffect for Phryne to notice.

** In Episode 4, Nessa hits Phryne while saying, "Nessa hates it when people hit others!" Of course, since she's a doppel, her punches go right through her.

* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Megan. {{Justified|Trope}} in that she is a doppel and her human creator can make her appear in any shape or form.

* InvisibleToNormals: Without relying on the Fractale System and the Fractale Terminals, members of Lost Millennium can only see doppels through [[SeeThruSpecs special eye monitors.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Dias. Other than removing innocent peoples' Terminals, [[spoiler:he attacks and bombs the temple's underground base knowing that Clain and Phryne are still inside, and planned to kill Phryne so the Fractale System cannot be restored.]]

* KickTheDog:
** Dias, who takes out civilians' Fractale Terminals while masking it as a cure and forces them to either join his faction of L.M. or get killed in Episode 6 [[spoiler:and bombs the temple's underground base with Clain and Phryne still inside in Episode 8.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Phryne is a little cold to Clain after seeing him easily send away his doppel parents. She realizes this [[HiddenDepths wasn't the case]] when she sees a video of an infant Clain smiling with his parents together.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Clain assumes that she is Phryne's doppel, but she has no recollection of Phryne. [[spoiler:In Episode 3, Nessa appears to be the doppel of an actual priestess at the Star Festival, who calls Phryne "[[OneeSama nee-sama]]." However, Episode 8 reveals that the priestess "Nessa" is one of many clones of Phryne from her childhood. Episode 9 has Phryne tell Clain that Nessa and she are two halves of the "key"--Nessa as the mind and Phryne as the body to host it--and when they are one, they will be able to restore the Fractale System.]]

** [[MementoMacGuffin Memento MacGuffin]]: The brooch Phryne left with Clain, which is where Nessa appears from. It seems that Phryne got in trouble for taking the "doppel information" (AKA Nessa).
** ThePresidentsDaughter: Phryne and Nessa. Both are [[{{MacGuffin}} [=MacGuffin=]]] that are actively being hunted down. In Episode 3, Sunda tells Clain that Phryne is "the key to the world," [[spoiler:but in Episode 7, Colin also refers to Nessa as the "key."]]

* MakeAWish: Wishing to the "day star" works in this fashion Clain used to wish on the "day star," but after a while assumes it must be "laughing" at him. In the same episode, Phryne wishes for Clain's smile to last forever. It remains to be seen if her "wish" will come true.

** [[spoiler:When Phryne leaves Clain and Nessa to return to the temple in Episode 9, it pans out to her walking along a long, unwinding road, the scene almost replicating when she first leaves Clain in Episode 1.]]

** The ending credits are this. A melancholy song plays mourning lost love and at the very end, Nessa clumsily falls off a rock.
** Episode 3, surprisingly, takes a turn for the worse. For an episode that starts off so light-hearted, it ends with [[spoiler:the Lost Millennium revealing the Star Festival is a branwashing scheme of the Fractale System... and the shooting of L.M.s, temple priestesses, and innocent people.]]
** Likewise with Episode 4, as everyone is dealing with the aftermath of the [[WhamEpisode previous episode]]. Nessa (and Sanko) sings the rather lighthearted "day star" song during Butcher's funeral, and when the temple's airship attacks Granites Village and then chase down Clain and Phryne, Phryne bluntly asks Clain if he's in love with her (which is probably not the best time in the world to ask).
** Episode 7. An amusing discussion between Enri and Phryne over the latter's relationship with Clain is soon followed by [[spoiler:Gail attacking and almost ''[[AttemptedRape raping]]'' Phryne when she innocently insults his sculpture.]] After Clain and Nessa are relieved that they escaped their pursuers, [[spoiler:Colin shoots Clain and Phryne arrives to witness this only for Barrot to find her.]]
** Episode 9. [[spoiler:A heartwarming discussion between Clain, Phryne, and Nessa leads to Lost Millennium getting called out on their actions by townspeople. The Lost Millennium preparing for battle against the temple cuts to Clain, Phryne, and Nessa having another heartwarming moment, only for Phryne to later leave the two in an attempt to stop the temple.]]

** Lost Millennium and the temple priests/priestesses.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Clain bringing two girls home [[AccidentalPervert carries]] [[InnocentInnuendo implications]] to Enri and his doppel parents.

* OffScreenTeleportation: As a doppel, Nessa can disappear or teleport to any given place.

* OneWomanWail: Several of the background music.

* PantyShot: A blink-and-you'll-miss it shot of ''Clain's'' underwear during his {{crossdressing}} scene.

** When Enri notices how left out Nessa feels in Episode 3 as the residents of Granites Village who are welcoming them cannot see doppels without the Fractale Terminals, Enri gets them to use their eye monitors, allowing the group to see Nessa. One of the residents, a child named Sanko, becomes fast friends with her.

* PlotArmor: Who seriously think Clain is gonna die from a gunshot at the end of episode 7?

* ThePromise: Clain, Phryne, and Nessa promised to stay together forever in Episode 9.

* RapeAsBackstory: Possibly [[spoiler:Phryne]], as she seemed to go through some PTSD during her AttemptedRape in Episode 7. [[WildMassGuessing The leading theory]] is that [[spoiler:the [[SinisterMinister creepy high priest]] [[PedophilePriest did it]].]]

** [[spoiler:In episode 11, it is made apparent that the priest did do... something to Phryne, as the original Phryne's father did to her, thus ensuring that the current Phryne would "match", and could become the key. It seems that that makes RapeAsBackstory true for the entire world of Fractale.]]

* RedHerring: Played with. [[spoiler:Clain initially believes that Nessa is Phryne's doppel, but Episode 3 shows a temple priestess who looks exactly like Nessa and refers to Phryne as [[OneeSama "nee-sama"]], indicating that Nessa is this priestess's doppel instead. However, in Episode 8, the priestess "Nessa" turns out to be one of many of Phryne's clones that resemble Phryne from her childhood. It turns out that Phryne herself is a Phryne clone too.]]

* RubberFace: After seeing a video of an infant Clain with his real, non-doppel parents, Phryne notices Clain doesn't smile the same way he used to. She is noticeably dismayed by this and attempts to reproduce his former smile this way. When that fails (but does make her laugh), she makes a wish on "the day star" for Clain's smile to persist forever.

** Clain appears to listening to an iPod-like music device in Episode 1.

** In episode 10, [[spoiler:the entire Lost Millennium attacks the temple.]]
* TheStoic: Phryne.
** NotSoStoic:
*** Phryne has a moment when she slaps Clain in anger of him awakening Nessa from her brooch, and it only increases when she learns that he analyzed the brooch's data.
*** [[spoiler:When Gail attempts to rape her]] in Episode 7.
*** [[spoiler:Seeing her clones that have been labeled useless getting destroyed]] in Episode 8.

* TookAThirdOption: Barrot gives Phryne ''three'' options when he corners Clain and her in Episode 4:

-->'''Barrot:''' A: Go back to the temple happily, holding hands. B: Go to the temple while bickering. C: Go back to the temple for the time being since they're hungry. Now, which one?

** Clain eventually realizes this towards Nessa, who was more of a "family" to him than his own parents. While he still thinks Lost Millennium is are murderers, he also has grown think of them as his friends.
** Lost Millennium. Interestingly enough, a portion of the rebel organization ''are'' actually a family.

* VirginPower: [[spoiler:According to Barrot, Phryne needs to be a virgin to become the "key."]]
** VirginTension: [[spoiler:Barrot forces Phryne to let him check to see if she is still "qualified" to be the "key" or not, but before he can, Nessa invades the underground system and prevents it while on her UnstoppableRage search for Clain.]]

** [[spoiler:Barrot survived the temple underground base explosion, though not without injuries.]]

* UnwantedHarem: Phryne, Nessa, and Enri seem to have some sort of feeling for Clain.
* UnwantedRescue: Twice in Episode 4. Clain attempts to escape with a captured Phryne on board the Lost Millennium's airship, but she refuses his help and [[ArmorPiercingSlap outright slaps]] him, angered that he awakened Nessa from her brooch. When the temple attacks Granites Village, Clain hurries to help Phryne, who again rejects his help, but this time Clain refuses to be a pushover.

** [[spoiler:The Phryne clone in Episode 8. She, as well as the rest of the Phryne clones, did not survive the temple underground base explosion.]]

** Lost Millennium and the temple. See GreyAndGrayMorality.

** [[spoiler: Episode 7]]. Not only is Phryne almost raped by Gail, the episode ends with Nessa unleashing a devastating power that reveals Xanadu's true nature to protect Clain, Clain getting shot by Colin, and Phryne arriving to Clain only for Barrot to find her.]]
** [[spoiler:And the whams continue in Episode 8. Barrot is revealed to be the person who raised Phryne to be the "key" and attempts to see if she's still a virgin. Clain learns that there are dozens of clones that resemble Nessa (but are really clones of Phryne from her childhood) sealed away because Phryne is the "key" and [[ExpendableClone the useless replicas are destroyed]]. The Phryne clone who helps Clain rescue Phryne is nearly killed herself and points Clain and Phryne to the direction of the underground base's shelter, but the underground base explodes with Enri screaming out Clain's name.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Doppels.

* WildCard: Dias. His motives are to ensure the Fractale System will not be restored, but his way of accomplishing said goal is morally ambiguous, and he leans more on being an [[WellIntentionedExtremist extremist than well-intentioned]]. His schemes include removing civilians' Fractale terminals, [[spoiler:bombing a temple underground base knowing that Clain and Phryne were still inside]], and [[spoiler:planning on having Phryne killed so the Fractale System cannot be restarted.]]
* WomanInBlack: In her original character design, Phryne's temple priestess clothing was black instead of blue. Subverted in that her personality is neither dangerous nor menacing.

* CerebusSyndrome: In spite of its happier moments every now and then, the series takes a darker turn following [[SeventhEpisodeTwist Episodes 7 and 8]].

* SeventhEpisodeTwist: Episode 7 ends with [[spoiler:Nessa unleashing a devestating power that destroys Xanadu, Colin shooting Clain, and Phryne arriving to the scene just as Barrot finds her.]]