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-> ''With courage to despise evil and a loving heart, I can save everyone!''
A fighting magical girl anime that [[FollowTheLeader debuted in the height]] of the mid-Ninties SailorMoon craze. Despite the very young age (10 years old) of the lead character, Ririka SOS courted the cross-demographic appeal of the genre through a down-to-earth atmosphere, a focus on drama, and a sense of [[DarkerAndEdgier dark-and-edginess]] that steadily built over its run. While great for audiences interested in a harder-hitting magical girl, it turned out to be not so great for the corporate sponsors and the show's longevity.
The story follows fouth-grader Ririka Moriya, whose life gets turned upside down when [[TheAce super-cool]] [[NewTransferStudent transfer student]] Nozomu Kanou (a.k.a. [[SempaiKohai Kanou-senpai]]) gives her a birthday present all out of the blue. The gift is a [[TransformationTrinket magical cap]] that allows Ririka to transform into the heavenly guardian, Nurse Angel. Ririka soon learns that Kanou is actually an alien whose home world, Queen Earth, has been overrun by the evil organization Dark Joker. With help from Kanou and her friend and neighbor Seiya Uzaki, she soon learns to fight as Nurse Angel to keep Earth from sharing Queen Earth's misfortune.
The franchise started out as a manga series by Koi Ikeno and Yasushi Akimoto; the anime, a 35 episode series directed by Akitaro Daichi, started airing about six months after the manga began and ran concurrently with it.
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!!Tropes used in this series:
* AfraidOfBlood: Despite his aspirations to become a doctor, Seiya all but passes out at the sight of a skinned knee early in the show. As the show progresses he learns not to let it slow him down.
* AliensAndMonsters: Bizarre, expendable [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]]. At least, at the beginning.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Perhaps it's better this way - Seiya never confesses his feelings to Ririka. None of the many [[PrecociousCrush precocious crushes]] amount to anything. While the manga settled the relationships in a DenouementEpisode, the anime is left vague.
* AlphaBitch: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
* AlternateContinuity: The anime seems to use the manga as a springboard more than a model.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shou.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the Black Vaccine, Kanou/Kanon goes from [[TheObiWan mentor]] to [[ManipulativeBastard tormentor]].]]
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Holy Power, Holy Prayer, be here!"
* CallMyName: This is one of those shows where names tend to double as sentences.
* CallingYourAttacks: Inevitable, right? "[[FinishingMove Angel Aid Bomb Beeeeeam!]]"
* CanonImmigrant: Dewey, the EnsembleDarkhorse of the TV series, got imported into the manga.
* ChekhovsGift: "Happy Birthday, Ririka Moriya. Here is my present to you."
* CouldHaveBeenMessy: The characters frequently get roughed up, but blood is very rare. In a few episodes where the heroes sustain what are clearly meant to be grievous wounds, this can become somewhat jarring.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Kanon features in one in episode 14. [[spoiler:The episode where he dies.]]
* {{Defictionalization}}: Toy shilling is unavoidable in the typical magical girl show, and Ririka SOS is no exception. The Nurse Cap and Angel Baton are obvious examples, but there are more peripheral gadgets as well, presented in awkward [[ProductPromotionParade parades of product placement]].
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: "Any Kingdom worth the name has a princess." Queen Earth has two, Pincess Helena and Princess Mimina.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Everything's Better With Spinning]]: And how! Nurse Angel's transformation is a pirouette extravaganza, and when your weapon is a baton, twirling is inevitable.
* FeelNoPain: Dewey gets a power-up, that, (unbeknownst to him,) prevents him from feeling pain. The results are unpleasant.
* HairOfGold: Ririka.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: EvillyAffable Dewey [[EtTuBrute gets set up by the Big Bad]], but [[RedemptionEarnsLife Nurse Angel takes pity on him]].]] After [[TheAtoner going to great lengths to repay her]], he becomes the team's SixthRanger.
* HeroWorshipper: Mimina to Nurse Angel. Toward ''Ririka'', she's condescending.
* HeroicBSOD: Ririka, after [[spoiler: Kanon's death]]. Ririka decides to [[TenMinuteRetirement give up on saving the world]]; that only lasts until the next time Seiya gets attacked.
* HumanAliens: People from Queen Earth and members of Dark Joker are more likely to have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unnatural hair colors]], but otherwise look just like everybody else.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Kanon has the ability to erase the memories of [[{{Muggles}} normals]] to spare them the burden of involvement in the secret conflict. This is not shown to have any harmful effects, is inferred to work on groups, and probably gets more use than is shown on screen.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ririka and Seiya.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Our heroine, of course.
* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:A [[ChosenOne Chosen Girl]] faces trials that she does not deserve, including betrayal by friends. She has to [[PassionPlay voluntarily give up her own life]] in order to save the world. And then, after her HeroicSacrifice, she comes back to life.]]
* TheMusical: Unlike fellow magical girl series SailorMoon, though, this musical is obscure. Footage from this production was cobbled into episodes that filled the show's time slot for three weeks, but no one has bothered to subtitle them.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Buros turns out to be a DiskOneFinalBoss, and the evil {{Phlebotinum}} itself is the BiggerBad.]] As promised, [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]].
* ObliviousToLove: All of Ririka's friends know that Seiya wants to be more than friends, but Ririka [[PlayedForLaughs never catches on to their hints]].
* OmnicidalManiac: Buros. What does want? Silence in the universe.
* PrecociousCrush: There are many, but the main plot-driving example is Ririka's initial motivation for being Nurse Angel. She just wants praise from her idol, Kanou-senpai.
* PowerSource: The Green Vaccine, which Nurse Angel slowly depletes as she uses attacks. She doesn't have a reserve of it, either, so obtaining more of it is a major plot point.
* PowerTrio: Ririka (people-oriented), Seiya (emotion-oriented), Kanou-senpai (goal-oriented). [[spoiler:Substitute Dewey for Kanou as required.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Kanon,]] though it might not seem like it at the time. [[spoiler:[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How did he come back after the vague death metaphor orange bubble]], you ask? [[HandWave Eh, don't sweat it]].]]
* RecklessSidekick: Seiya - [[HotBlooded perhaps the awesomest 10 year old boy ever]] - does not know the meaning of "in over your head" and has a penchant for attacking large monsters armed with conveniently placed mops and brooms.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: A common costume element. Kanon's got one that verges on BadassCape. Nurse Angel sports one, seemingly invoking wings and KamenRider at the same time. Dewey gets an outfit that has one.
* ShoutOut: Chacha of AkazukinChacha and Hime of HimechanNoRibon show up in the background in episode 31.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ririka/Lyrica/Lillica
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Villains often stand around very patiently while the protagonists reassure each other.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Frequently proceeds the transformation sequence. Or the final attack sequence.
* TookALevelInBadass: Hallelujah! After much mucking around, [[spoiler:Seiya joins the team]]! And gets super-powers!
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Features in a couple of episodes, but most significantly the complete solar eclipse in ep. 16 used symbolize Ririka's [[HeroicBSOD mental state]]. Incidentally, an partial solar eclipse occurred in Japan not long before the episode first aired.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dewey.
* WrapItUp: Despite a viewership of about 8%, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the show seems to have missed its target audience]], and thus displeased its main sponsor, toy-maker Takara. The BittersweetEnding was always part of the plan, though.
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-> ''With courage to despise evil and a loving heart, I can save everyone!''
A fighting magical girl anime that [[FollowTheLeader debuted in the height]] of the mid-Ninties SailorMoon craze. Despite the very young age (10 years old) of the lead character, Ririka SOS courted the cross-demographic appeal of the genre through a down-to-earth atmosphere, a focus on drama, and a sense of [[DarkerAndEdgier dark-and-edginess]] that steadily built over its run. While great for audiences interested in a harder-hitting magical girl, it turned out to be not so great for the corporate sponsors and the show's longevity.
The story follows fouth-grader Ririka Moriya, whose life gets turned upside down when [[TheAce super-cool]] [[NewTransferStudent transfer student]] Nozomu Kanou (a.k.a. [[SempaiKohai Kanou-senpai]]) gives her a birthday present all out of the blue. The gift is a [[TransformationTrinket magical cap]] that allows Ririka to transform into the heavenly guardian, Nurse Angel. Ririka soon learns that Kanou is actually an alien whose home world, Queen Earth, has been overrun by the evil organization Dark Joker. With help from Kanou and her friend and neighbor Seiya Uzaki, she soon learns to fight as Nurse Angel to keep Earth from sharing Queen Earth's misfortune.
The franchise started out as a manga series by Koi Ikeno and Yasushi Akimoto; the anime, a 35 episode series directed by Akitaro Daichi, started airing about six months after the manga began and ran concurrently with it.
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!!Tropes used in this series:
* AfraidOfBlood: Despite his aspirations to become a doctor, Seiya all but passes out at the sight of a skinned knee early in the show. As the show progresses he learns not to let it slow him down.
* AliensAndMonsters: Bizarre, expendable [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]]. At least, at the beginning.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Perhaps it's better this way - Seiya never confesses his feelings to Ririka. None of the many [[PrecociousCrush precocious crushes]] amount to anything. While the manga settled the relationships in a DenouementEpisode, the anime is left vague.
* AlphaBitch: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
* AlternateContinuity: The anime seems to use the manga as a springboard more than a model.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shou.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the Black Vaccine, Kanou/Kanon goes from [[TheObiWan mentor]] to [[ManipulativeBastard tormentor]].]]
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Holy Power, Holy Prayer, be here!"
* CallMyName: This is one of those shows where names tend to double as sentences.
* CallingYourAttacks: Inevitable, right? "[[FinishingMove Angel Aid Bomb Beeeeeam!]]"
* CanonImmigrant: Dewey, the EnsembleDarkhorse of the TV series, got imported into the manga.
* ChekhovsGift: "Happy Birthday, Ririka Moriya. Here is my present to you."
* CouldHaveBeenMessy: The characters frequently get roughed up, but blood is very rare. In a few episodes where the heroes sustain what are clearly meant to be grievous wounds, this can become somewhat jarring.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Kanon features in one in episode 14. [[spoiler:The episode where he dies.]]
* {{Defictionalization}}: Toy shilling is unavoidable in the typical magical girl show, and Ririka SOS is no exception. The Nurse Cap and Angel Baton are obvious examples, but there are more peripheral gadgets as well, presented in awkward [[ProductPromotionParade parades of product placement]].
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: "Any Kingdom worth the name has a princess." Queen Earth has two, Pincess Helena and Princess Mimina.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Everything's Better With Spinning]]: And how! Nurse Angel's transformation is a pirouette extravaganza, and when your weapon is a baton, twirling is inevitable.
* FeelNoPain: Dewey gets a power-up, that, (unbeknownst to him,) prevents him from feeling pain. The results are unpleasant.
* HairOfGold: Ririka.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: EvillyAffable Dewey [[EtTuBrute gets set up by the Big Bad]], but [[RedemptionEarnsLife Nurse Angel takes pity on him]].]] After [[TheAtoner going to great lengths to repay her]], he becomes the team's SixthRanger.
* HeroWorshipper: Mimina to Nurse Angel. Toward ''Ririka'', she's condescending.
* HeroicBSOD: Ririka, after [[spoiler: Kanon's death]]. Ririka decides to [[TenMinuteRetirement give up on saving the world]]; that only lasts until the next time Seiya gets attacked.
* HumanAliens: People from Queen Earth and members of Dark Joker are more likely to have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unnatural hair colors]], but otherwise look just like everybody else.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Kanon has the ability to erase the memories of [[{{Muggles}} normals]] to spare them the burden of involvement in the secret conflict. This is not shown to have any harmful effects, is inferred to work on groups, and probably gets more use than is shown on screen.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ririka and Seiya.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Our heroine, of course.
* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:A [[ChosenOne Chosen Girl]] faces trials that she does not deserve, including betrayal by friends. She has to [[PassionPlay voluntarily give up her own life]] in order to save the world. And then, after her HeroicSacrifice, she comes back to life.]]
* TheMusical: Unlike fellow magical girl series SailorMoon, though, this musical is obscure. Footage from this production was cobbled into episodes that filled the show's time slot for three weeks, but no one has bothered to subtitle them.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Buros turns out to be a DiskOneFinalBoss, and the evil {{Phlebotinum}} itself is the BiggerBad.]] As promised, [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]].
* ObliviousToLove: All of Ririka's friends know that Seiya wants to be more than friends, but Ririka [[PlayedForLaughs never catches on to their hints]].
* OmnicidalManiac: Buros. What does want? Silence in the universe.
* PrecociousCrush: There are many, but the main plot-driving example is Ririka's initial motivation for being Nurse Angel. She just wants praise from her idol, Kanou-senpai.
* PowerSource: The Green Vaccine, which Nurse Angel slowly depletes as she uses attacks. She doesn't have a reserve of it, either, so obtaining more of it is a major plot point.
* PowerTrio: Ririka (people-oriented), Seiya (emotion-oriented), Kanou-senpai (goal-oriented). [[spoiler:Substitute Dewey for Kanou as required.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Kanon,]] though it might not seem like it at the time. [[spoiler:[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How did he come back after the vague death metaphor orange bubble]], you ask? [[HandWave Eh, don't sweat it]].]]
* RecklessSidekick: Seiya - [[HotBlooded perhaps the awesomest 10 year old boy ever]] - does not know the meaning of "in over your head" and has a penchant for attacking large monsters armed with conveniently placed mops and brooms.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: A common costume element. Kanon's got one that verges on BadassCape. Nurse Angel sports one, seemingly invoking wings and KamenRider at the same time. Dewey gets an outfit that has one.
* ShoutOut: Chacha of AkazukinChacha and Hime of HimechanNoRibon show up in the background in episode 31.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ririka/Lyrica/Lillica
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Villains often stand around very patiently while the protagonists reassure each other.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Frequently proceeds the transformation sequence. Or the final attack sequence.
* TookALevelInBadass: Hallelujah! After much mucking around, [[spoiler:Seiya joins the team]]! And gets super-powers!
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Features in a couple of episodes, but most significantly the complete solar eclipse in ep. 16 used symbolize Ririka's [[HeroicBSOD mental state]]. Incidentally, an partial solar eclipse occurred in Japan not long before the episode first aired.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dewey.
* WrapItUp: Despite a viewership of about 8%, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the show seems to have missed its target audience]], and thus displeased its main sponsor, toy-maker Takara. The BittersweetEnding was always part of the plan, though.
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-> ''With courage to despise evil and a loving heart, I can save everyone!''
A fighting magical girl anime that [[FollowTheLeader debuted in the height]] of the mid-Ninties SailorMoon craze. Despite the very young age (10 years old) of the lead character, Ririka SOS courted the cross-demographic appeal of the genre through a down-to-earth atmosphere, a focus on drama, and a sense of [[DarkerAndEdgier dark-and-edginess]] that steadily built over its run. While great for audiences interested in a harder-hitting magical girl, it turned out to be not so great for the corporate sponsors and the show's longevity.
The story follows fouth-grader Ririka Moriya, whose life gets turned upside down when [[TheAce super-cool]] [[NewTransferStudent transfer student]] Nozomu Kanou (a.k.a. [[SempaiKohai Kanou-senpai]]) gives her a birthday present all out of the blue. The gift is a [[TransformationTrinket magical cap]] that allows Ririka to transform into the heavenly guardian, Nurse Angel. Ririka soon learns that Kanou is actually an alien whose home world, Queen Earth, has been overrun by the evil organization Dark Joker. With help from Kanou and her friend and neighbor Seiya Uzaki, she soon learns to fight as Nurse Angel to keep Earth from sharing Queen Earth's misfortune.
The franchise started out as a manga series by Koi Ikeno and Yasushi Akimoto; the anime, a 35 episode series directed by Akitaro Daichi, started airing about six months after the manga began and ran concurrently with it.
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!!Tropes used in this series:
* AfraidOfBlood: Despite his aspirations to become a doctor, Seiya all but passes out at the sight of a skinned knee early in the show. As the show progresses he learns not to let it slow him down.
* AliensAndMonsters: Bizarre, expendable [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]]. At least, at the beginning.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Perhaps it's better this way - Seiya never confesses his feelings to Ririka. None of the many [[PrecociousCrush precocious crushes]] amount to anything. While the manga settled the relationships in a DenouementEpisode, the anime is left vague.
* AlphaBitch: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
* AlternateContinuity: The anime seems to use the manga as a springboard more than a model.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shou.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Courtesy of the Black Vaccine, Kanou/Kanon goes from [[TheObiWan mentor]] to [[ManipulativeBastard tormentor]].]]
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Holy Power, Holy Prayer, be here!"
* CallMyName: This is one of those shows where names tend to double as sentences.
* CallingYourAttacks: Inevitable, right? "[[FinishingMove Angel Aid Bomb Beeeeeam!]]"
* CanonImmigrant: Dewey, the EnsembleDarkhorse of the TV series, got imported into the manga.
* ChekhovsGift: "Happy Birthday, Ririka Moriya. Here is my present to you."
* CouldHaveBeenMessy: The characters frequently get roughed up, but blood is very rare. In a few episodes where the heroes sustain what are clearly meant to be grievous wounds, this can become somewhat jarring.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Kanon features in one in episode 14. [[spoiler:The episode where he dies.]]
* {{Defictionalization}}: Toy shilling is unavoidable in the typical magical girl show, and Ririka SOS is no exception. The Nurse Cap and Angel Baton are obvious examples, but there are more peripheral gadgets as well, presented in awkward [[ProductPromotionParade parades of product placement]].
* [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Everything's Better With Princesses]]: "Any Kingdom worth the name has a princess." Queen Earth has two, Pincess Helena and Princess Mimina.
* [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning Everything's Better With Spinning]]: And how! Nurse Angel's transformation is a pirouette extravaganza, and when your weapon is a baton, twirling is inevitable.
* FeelNoPain: Dewey gets a power-up, that, (unbeknownst to him,) prevents him from feeling pain. The results are unpleasant.
* HairOfGold: Ririka.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: EvillyAffable Dewey [[EtTuBrute gets set up by the Big Bad]], but [[RedemptionEarnsLife Nurse Angel takes pity on him]].]] After [[TheAtoner going to great lengths to repay her]], he becomes the team's SixthRanger.
* HeroWorshipper: Mimina to Nurse Angel. Toward ''Ririka'', she's condescending.
* HeroicBSOD: Ririka, after [[spoiler: Kanon's death]]. Ririka decides to [[TenMinuteRetirement give up on saving the world]]; that only lasts until the next time Seiya gets attacked.
* HumanAliens: People from Queen Earth and members of Dark Joker are more likely to have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unnatural hair colors]], but otherwise look just like everybody else.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Kanon has the ability to erase the memories of [[{{Muggles}} normals]] to spare them the burden of involvement in the secret conflict. This is not shown to have any harmful effects, is inferred to work on groups, and probably gets more use than is shown on screen.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ririka and Seiya.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Our heroine, of course.
* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:A [[ChosenOne Chosen Girl]] faces trials that she does not deserve, including betrayal by friends. She has to [[PassionPlay voluntarily give up her own life]] in order to save the world. And then, after her HeroicSacrifice, she comes back to life.]]
* TheMusical: Unlike fellow magical girl series SailorMoon, though, this musical is obscure. Footage from this production was cobbled into episodes that filled the show's time slot for three weeks, but no one has bothered to subtitle them.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Buros turns out to be a DiskOneFinalBoss, and the evil {{Phlebotinum}} itself is the BiggerBad.]] As promised, [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]].
* ObliviousToLove: All of Ririka's friends know that Seiya wants to be more than friends, but Ririka [[PlayedForLaughs never catches on to their hints]].
* OmnicidalManiac: Buros. What does want? Silence in the universe.
* PrecociousCrush: There are many, but the main plot-driving example is Ririka's initial motivation for being Nurse Angel. She just wants praise from her idol, Kanou-senpai.
* PowerSource: The Green Vaccine, which Nurse Angel slowly depletes as she uses attacks. She doesn't have a reserve of it, either, so obtaining more of it is a major plot point.
* PowerTrio: Ririka (people-oriented), Seiya (emotion-oriented), Kanou-senpai (goal-oriented). [[spoiler:Substitute Dewey for Kanou as required.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Kanon,]] though it might not seem like it at the time. [[spoiler:[[NoOneCouldSurviveThat How did he come back after the vague death metaphor orange bubble]], you ask? [[HandWave Eh, don't sweat it]].]]
* RecklessSidekick: Seiya - [[HotBlooded perhaps the awesomest 10 year old boy ever]] - does not know the meaning of "in over your head" and has a penchant for attacking large monsters armed with conveniently placed mops and brooms.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: A common costume element. Kanon's got one that verges on BadassCape. Nurse Angel sports one, seemingly invoking wings and KamenRider at the same time. Dewey gets an outfit that has one.
* ShoutOut: Chacha of AkazukinChacha and Hime of HimechanNoRibon show up in the background in episode 31.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ririka/Lyrica/Lillica
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Villains often stand around very patiently while the protagonists reassure each other.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Frequently proceeds the transformation sequence. Or the final attack sequence.
* TookALevelInBadass: Hallelujah! After much mucking around, [[spoiler:Seiya joins the team]]! And gets super-powers!
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Features in a couple of episodes, but most significantly the complete solar eclipse in ep. 16 used symbolize Ririka's [[HeroicBSOD mental state]]. Incidentally, an partial solar eclipse occurred in Japan not long before the episode first aired.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Dewey.
* WrapItUp: Despite a viewership of about 8%, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the show seems to have missed its target audience]], and thus displeased its main sponsor, toy-maker Takara. The BittersweetEnding was always part of the plan, though.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[YourMilageMayVary Perhaps]] it's better this way - Seiya never confesses his feelings to Ririka. None of the many [[PrecociousCrush precocious crushes]] amount to anything. While the manga settled the relationships in a DenouementEpisode, the anime is left vague.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[YourMilageMayVary Perhaps]] Perhaps it's better this way - Seiya never confesses his feelings to Ririka. None of the many [[PrecociousCrush precocious crushes]] amount to anything. While the manga settled the relationships in a DenouementEpisode, the anime is left vague.vague.
* AlphaBitch: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
* AlphaBitch: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
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* TheLibby: Resident {{Ojou}} Miyuki, head of Kanou-senpai's InstantFanClub, the core members of which form her GirlPosse. Largely ineffectual and often PlayedForLaughs, she eventually [[spoiler: reveals a sympathetic side, gives up on Kanou, and makes peace with Ririka]].
