History Anime / GundamBuildDiversReRise

* AnAesop: Even if you've experienced tragedy or done things that seem unforgivable, you still can't let those events take over your life. You can always start over, overcome, and become a better person in the end.

''Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE'' is an October 2019 anime series in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. It is served as the fourth installment in the ''Gundam Build'' series and the sequel to the 2018 series ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers''

* ForWantOfANail: Episode 10 makes it clear that [[spoiler:Hiroto could have shot down Riku and prevented him from saving Sarah.]]

It has been two years since the dramatic battle between Force Build Divers and the Coalition of Volunteers for the fate of the [[InstantAIJustAddWater EL-Diver]] known as Sarah. Since then, the virtual reality [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] game "Gunpla Battle Nexus Online" has only continued to grow in popularity, as new updates have brought all-new dimensions, missions and other content to enjoy. The story focuses on four Divers - Hiroto, a mercenary player who [[TheDrifter wanders through different GBN dimensions]] as he searches for something he lost; Kazami, a streamer trying to roleplay as a KnightInShiningArmor superhero; May, a skilled but [[NoSocialSkills anti-social]] player who has so far only ever done solo missions; and Parviz, an excellent builder who is having trouble finding a team due to his issues actually controlling his mech. After accidentally discovering a seemingly new prototype dimension called Eldora, these four join together to form an all-new team Build Divers! However, not all of Eldora is as it seems, and it soon becomes clear the new team has stumbled upon [[MidSeasonTwist something far bigger than they could have imagined]]...

* AdvancedAncientHumans: [[spoiler:Eldora used to be inhabited by a race called the "Ancients", who created Alus to protect Eldora from outside invaders, but the constant battle left the planet damaged. Some left for space while others digitized themselves in hopes of one day returning to see their planet reborn. Alus, who was damaged from battle, went into hibernation, leaving the sacred beast Cuadorn to look after the planet. When he woke up thousands of years later, however, he mistook Freddie's people--new lifeforms that evolved in the wake of the Ancients' disappearance--for invaders.]]

It has been two years since the dramatic battle between Force Build Divers and the Coalition of Volunteers for the fate of the [[InstantAIJustAddWater EL-Diver]] known as Sarah. Since then, the VirtualReality [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] game "Gunpla Battle Nexus Online" has only continued to grow in popularity, as new updates have brought all-new dimensions, missions and other content to enjoy. The story focuses on four Divers - Hiroto, a mercenary player who [[TheDrifter wanders through different GBN dimensions]] as he searches for something he lost; Kazami, a streamer trying to roleplay as a KnightInShiningArmor superhero; May, a skilled but [[NoSocialSkills anti-social]] player who has so far only ever done solo missions; and Parviz, an excellent builder who is having trouble finding a team due to his issues actually controlling his mech. After accidentally discovering a seemingly new prototype dimension called Eldora, these four join together to form an all-new team Build Divers! However, not all of Eldora is as it seems, and it soon becomes clear the new team has stumbled upon [[MidSeasonTwist something far bigger than they could have imagined]]...

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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: [[spoiler:When faced with the full One-Eye army, Hiroto's Gundam simply shows a "Display Limit" error as there are simply so many enemies that it can't keep track of them all.]]

* BatmanGambit: In episode 25, [[spoiler:after Masaki and Cuadorn confront the defeated Alus and tell him to stand down, despite having seemingly realized the New Eldorans are not his enemies, he continues insisting he has to fulfill his central detective "[[MadnessMantra My duty is to protect this planet.]]" So, in what seems at first like another NiceJobBreakingItHero, Masaki says the people of the Gunpla will always be there to stop Alus, which in turn causes Alus to decide as actual aliens coming to Eldora and constantly getting in his way, ''GBN'' must be what he has to eliminate to fulfill his directive... however as soon as Alus transfers to GBN, it turns out this is exactly what the heroes wanted to happen if Alus refused to stand down: The entire Coalition of Volunteers has been waiting in ambush for Alus's now woefully outnumbered army ever since Kazami's livestream made it clear Alus's moon KillSat was done for. Overlaps with XanatosGambit, because on the off chance that Alus was somehow pacified by his loss or Masaki's warning, then Eldora would have been saved without the need to trap him inside GBN.]]

* ExplosionPropulsion: The Build Diver's method of getting back into space relies on this: The team links hands with Hiroto's Nepteight Gundam, which absorbs a massive shot from Par's Rex Buster, which the team then rides into space. [[AluminumChristmasTrees This is an actual proposed method of getting things to space]], referred to as laser propulsion; in fact, the Nepteight's main inspiration, the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer Stargazer]], was designed to be launched into deep space that way.

** This is also true [[spoiler: for the greater GBN player base once Magee shares Kazami's streams of their battles to rally aid to train our heroes for the final battle against Alus. Beyond Magee himself, Kyoya, Sarah, and Riku are implied to know that Eldora is not part of GBN and very much real. By the final episode, the admins are fully in the loop, as are most of the other major characters from the previous series]]. In the epilogue, [[spoiler: while most still believe Alus' invasion of GBN was just an event, many suspect that it was all real]].

* BaitAndSwitch: Twofold. [[spoiler: The Nepeight Armor's place in the opening along with its late debut, and it being incomplete before that suggests that it will be the final weapon that beats Alus and the satellite cannon. It's then discarded after the team escapes the gravity well and Hiroto is forced to jettison it, switching to the Jupitive for actual combat. And THEN, he switches from that to the Re:Rising Gundam, a CombiningMecha with May's [=WoDom=] Pod and all but the core units of the Aegis Knight and EX Valkylander to deal the finishing blow]].

* BeamOWar: Alus's [[spoiler:satellite cannon]] versus [[spoiler:the Re:Rising Gundam]]. [[spoiler: Re:Rising Gundam wins.]]

** A prominent feature in Kazami's early portrayal is his [=VTube=] series, meant to accentuate his arrogance and desire for glory. As time goes on, however, it becomes less prominent and outright seems to be forgotten [[spoiler: after learning that Eldora is RealAfterAll and their failure cost them actual lives]]. It returns in episode 23 when Magee [[ColbertBump shares the videos]] [[spoiler:to rally as many divers as possible to help [=BUILD DiVERS=] train for the final battle.]]. [[ChekhovsBoomerang It also plays a role in the next episode]] [[spoiler: in helping convince Mizuki finally understand and accept her reawakened brother's passion and desire to return to the frontlines]]. [[RuleofThree And then yet again in the episode after]][[spoiler: when it turns out that he intentionally live-streamed the final assault on the satellite to keep the Coalition of Volunteers afloat of the battle and for them to know when to be ready for Alus' inevitable attempt to attack GBN itself]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: GBN drops a new update just as the show's events start with even more realistic sensory input, more complex personalities for [[NonPlayerCharacter NPDs]], and all new hidden missions. [[spoiler: This works to keep our heroes from realizing that Eldora is ''not'' part of GBN until it is far too late]].

* DecoyConvoy: When the Build Divers [[spoiler: need to get back up to space again]], the Resistance approaches the SpaceElevator with a convoy of barges. The One-Eyes see and intercept the barges, only to find they're shooting large wooden dummies, the barges being a distraction while the Build Divers [[spoiler:use the Nepteight armor to get to space instead.]]

* EvolvingCredits: Averted for Season 1, but Season 2's opening has two subtle changes over time. [[spoiler: Cuadorn]] is initially represented as a glowing silhouette (as seen in the page picture) before his debut. For the final episode, similar to those of the anime adaptations of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' onward, sound effects are added. Interestingly, for that final version, the brief appearance of the Nepteight Gundam remains shadowed despite already debuting in the prior episode.

* ExplosiveOverclocking: The Dubious Arche Gundam's Trans-Am removes the system's safety features in order to let it run indefinitely. [[spoiler: The show also points out exactly ''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome why]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this trope is a bad idea]], since using Trans-Am unrestrained for more than a few minutes overloads the GN Drive and leaves the Dubious Arche Gundam [[SelfDisposingVillain a sitting duck on the verge of self-destructing.]]]]

*** While shopping, Par and Kazami talk about how similar May and Hiroto are. In the last episode, [[spoiler: May is revealed to be Eve's reincarnation, having been made from the latter's leftover data and Eve and Hiroto's feelings.]]

** When we see the Ancients, [[spoiler: they are dead ringers for Sarah and Eve, confirming that they used to be the Ancient Eldorans, or at least got their consciousness and appearances from them]]. However, [[spoiler: while the Sarah-looking Ancient only has a different shade of near-white hair, the Eve-looking one has full-on black hair and similar bangs to May. This isn't a coincidence, as May is actually born from the remnants of Eve's data, effectively making her Eve's reincarnation]].

* FreezeFrameBonus: In the finale, while discussing the connection between [[spoiler: Alus, Eldora, and the EL-Divers]], Ms. Tori has a brief flashback of her avatar flying overhead a lake shore [[spoiler: with Hiroto in his Avalon uniform on it]], implying she was investigating [[spoiler: the rampaging effects of Eve harboring Sarah's bugs and at least saw the aftermath of her SuicideByCop]].

* GreatOffscreenWar: [[spoiler: Eldora had one of these long ago fighting off an unknown invader, and was the reason [[BigBad Alus]] was created. The damage sustained during the war caused his corruption.]]

* HomeFieldAdvantage: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in the final battle. [[spoiler: BUILD [=DiVERS=] and Masaki exploit this trope by tricking Alus into invading GBN, where an ambush awaits him, while Masaki and Cuadorn destroy his mainframe to trap him there. However, it's then initially subverted when Alus catches the defenders off-guard with unexpectedly potent firepower that can damage GBN's mainframe, thus putting them on the ropes for a bit. Ultimately, however, it becomes played straight when it [[TheCavalry turns out what Alus was initially fighting was just the advance line]], showing that he couldn't possibly hope to defeat an army made of potentially every diver available, many of whom are at bare minimum on par with the five he'd been regularly been facing. Furthermore, Alus is ultimately not as dangerous as either incident two years prior, so the two admins, [[TaughtByExperience with their experience from those incidents]], once given the space to act, easily repair the damage to the system and reinforce it from any more ''within mere minutes'']].

** [[spoiler: Hiroto, also a human, turned out to have one of these with Eve, an EL-Diver, before he was forced to delete her by her request. Naturally, it and the subsequent war over another EL-Diver broke him rather badly]]. Interestingly, [[spoiler: Eve's data and the feelings and bond she shared with Hiroto led to the creation of a new EL-Diver, May, effectively making her their figurative daughter]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Outside of Magee, thanks to May's updates, nobody else is really aware of what's going on in Eldora [[spoiler: and the truth about it]]. Eventually, [[spoiler: Hiroto spills the beans to Hinata. Even when much of GBN's major Forces are brought in to help train our heroes, it's under the impression that it's just a story mission, but there's an implication that even then, Kyoya, Riku, and Sarah have been made aware that they're not helping [=BUILD DiVERS=] train for a mere story mission. By the last episode, it's pretty clear that said characters, along with every major character from the last show, are fully aware that they're fighting a real alien threat attacking GBN, with only everyone else still under the impression it's an event, though the greater player base suspect it by the end.]]

* NotTheIntendedUse: The Build Divers were summoned to Eldora via the ruins, [[spoiler: which were actually intended to allow the [[BrainUploading data of the Ancients]] to return to Eldora.]]

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Episode 14 shows the summoning of BUILD [=DiVERS=] from Freddie's point of view. [[spoiler: He was looking for the original team and got these guys instead.]]
** The show flashes back to a previous dialogue point whenever important information or revelations come up, such as the One-Eyes deliberately missing their shots in the "start area" during their first battle [[spoiler: because they can't attack the means for [[BrainUploading the Ancients]] to return]] or Kazami talking about a "dragon-like NPD" when looking for the hidden mission [[spoiler: which was the sacred beast Cuadron seeking warriors to protect Eldora.]]

* RaceAgainstTheClock: The Build Divers's attack on [[spoiler:the moon]] has them out to destroy the massive weapon before it fires. It's a close fight, [[spoiler: but the Divers fail to stop the weapon from firing the first time.]] [[spoiler: The second attempt cuts it just as close, but the team succeeds.]]

** For a more comedic example, it turns out that [[spoiler: Captain Zeon being voiced by Creator/ShowHayami was not a coincidence if the fact that, in the afterparty in episode 24, Rommel is shamelessly basking in the praise Kazami is unwittingly heaping onto him is any indication]].

* TogetherInDeath: In a manner of speaking. [[spoiler: The last thing Alus sees before he's reduced to data are Shangra and Eruhave, the two Ancients he last saw before shutting off for repairs, who apologize for keeping him waiting and tell him its time to go.]]

* WeirdnessCensor: Considering that the first series showed everyone that GBN was capable of creating a self-aware artificial intelligence, nobody in the subsequent two years seems to care about it at all. That said, it has been two years, and [[spoiler:there are ''eighty-seven'' known EL-Divers in GBN now,]] so it's likely that a bit of the novelty has worn off. Only Kazami is a bit surprised [[spoiler: when May reveals herself to be one]], but even then, mostly because he's slow on the uptake and the fact that [[spoiler: he'd be teammates with one at all]].

** The credits and end of Episode 25: [[spoiler: Alus has invaded GBN, but that's not the WhamShot. No, it's when the moment he arrives, he immediately finds himself outnumbered by an army of potentially thousands of divers, many of whom we know are much stronger than the five who have been repeatedly thwarting him, that was [[LuredIntoATrap waiting for him]]]].

* YourMindMakesItReal: As {{Foreshadowing}} for the [[spoiler: RealAfterAll twist]], Hiroto gets his head slammed into his control console, actually knocking him out cold. He's later shown with an injury in the exact same place in the real world.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9ShDVJcCE PV 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQp-YIWjAg Season 2 Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci-N7iQqdEw Endgame PV]]

* ExplosiveOverclocking: The Dubious Arche Gundam's Trans-Am takes this trope UpToEleven, removing the system's safety features in order to let it run indefinitely. [[spoiler: The show also points out exactly ''[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome why]]'' [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this trope is a bad idea]], since using Trans-Am unrestrained for more than a few minutes overloads the GN Drive and leaves the Dubious Arche Gundam [[SelfDisposingVillain a sitting duck on the verge of self-destructing.]]]]

** The official English translation in merchandise for Koichi and Tsukasa's mobile suit is the "Load Astray Double Rebake", with "Load" being the phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ロード". But in the manga that the Load Astray Double Rebake's basis appears, ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray: Princess of the Sky'', [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1BojTCU8AA3kFy?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 it is specifically shown]] the "ロード" in the mobile suit's name is based on the ''English word'' "Lord", though it also serves as a {{pun}} of the "Lord's Road" its pilot plans to walk.

** The official English translation in merchandise for Koichi and Tsukasa's mobile suit is the "Load Astray Double Rebake", with "Load" being the phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ロード". But in the manga that the Load Astray Double Rebake's basis appears, ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray: Princess of the Sky'', it is specifically sown the "ロード" in the mobile suit's name is based on the ''English word'' "Lord", though it also serves as a {{pun}} of the "Lord's Road" its pilot plans to walk.

** The official English translation in merchandise for Koichi and Tsukasa's mobile suit is the "Load Astray Double Rebake", with "Load" being the phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ロード". But in the manga that the Load Astray Double Rebake's basis appears, ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray: Princess of the Sky'', it is specifically explained the "ロード" in the mobile suit's name is a combination of the ''English words'' "Lord" and "Road".

** The official English translation in merchandise for Koichi and Tsukasa's mobile suit is the "Load Astray Double Rebake", with "Load" being the phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ロード". But in the manga that the Load Astray Double Rebake's basis appears, ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray: Princess of the Sky'', it is specifically explained the "ロード" in the mobile suit's name is taken from the ''English word'' "Lord".

** The official English translation in merchandise for Koichi and Tsukasa's mobile suit is the "Load Astray Double Rebake"... with "Load" being the phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ロード"... which in ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamSEEDAstray: Princess of the Sky'' that the Load Astray Double Rebake's basis, the Load Astray, appears in it is specifically explained the mobile suit's name is taken from the ''English word'' "Lord".

* RecursiveTranslation: In the official English translation, the suit May pilots is called a "[=WoDom=]", Which is a {{Portmanteau}} of "Woking Dome", which is a phonetic transliteration of the Japanese "ウォーキングドム", which is itself a phonetic transliteration of the '''English''' "Walking Dome". In other words, in English, it should be a "[=WaDom=]", but the proper spelling got lost in the translation from English -> Japanese -> English.

* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:Eldora is not a new {{Video Game Setting|s}} for GBN, but an alien world 30 light-years away. Everyone on it is very much real, and despite being [[BrainUploading transferred consciousnesses]] in reconstructed bodies made of AppliedPhlebotinum, the protagonists will face very real capture, injury or death should they fail.]]

''Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE'' is an October 2019 anime series in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise. It is served ss the fourth installment in the ''Gundam Build'' series and the sequel to the 2018 series ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers''

''Gundam Build Divers Re:RISE'' is an October 2019 anime series in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise and the sequel to the 2018 series ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers''

* TimedMission: The Build Divers's attack on [[spoiler:the moon]] has them out to destroy the massive weapon before it fires. It's a close fight, [[spoiler: but the Divers fail to stop the weapon from firing the first time.]] [[spoiler: The second attempt cuts it just as close, but the team succeeds.]]

* BeamOWar: Alus's [[spoiler:satellite cannon]] versus [[spoiler:the Re:Rising Gundam]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: GBN drops a new update just as the show's events start with even more realistic sensory input, more complex personalities for NPDs, and all new hidden missions. [[spoiler: This works to keep our heroes from realizing that Eldora is ''not'' part of GBN until it is far too late]].

** Episode 18 - evacuating whole villages proves to be tricky when the old and particularly obstinate aren't willing to go anywhere else for whichever reason. [[NotSoDifferent Which is just as likely to happen with humans.]]

It has been two years since the dramatic battle between Force Build Divers and the Coalition of Volunteers for the fate of the [[InstantAIJustAddWater EL-Diver]] known as Sarah. Since then, the VirtualReality [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] game "Gunpla Battle Nexus Online" has only continued to grow in popularity, as new updates have brought all-new [[VideogameSettings dimensions]], missions and other content to enjoy. The story focuses on four Divers - Hiroto, a mercenary player who [[TheDrifter wanders through different GBN dimensions]] as he searches for something he lost; Kazami, a streamer trying to roleplay as a KnightInShiningArmor superhero; May, a skilled but [[NoSocialSkills anti-social]] player who has so far only ever done solo missions; and Parviz, an excellent builder who is having trouble finding a team due to his issues actually controlling his mech. After accidentally discovering a seemingly new prototype dimension called Eldora, these four join together to form an all-new team Build Divers! However, not all of Eldora is as it seems, and it soon becomes clear the new team has stumbled upon [[MidSeasonTwist something far bigger than they could have imagined]]...