History Anime / ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld

While it starts out as a simple MagicalGirlfriend series, it ends up being more like a LighterAndSofter version of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

** Hell, even the theme song (performed by [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Yoko Takahashi]]) is called 'Metamorphose'.

* ShoutOut: ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'', ''{{Ikkitousen}}'', ''UruseiYatsura'', ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''{{Mahoromatic}}'' and in the English dub, ''TheSimpsons''.

Created by StudioGainax and animated by both StudioGainax and StudioShaft. This page [[NeedsMoreLove could use a little more love]].

* NamesTheSame - There's happens to be another anime with a young pair of romantically-linked teens that are also named [[DigimonAdventure Takeru and Hikari]].

* TwinTelepathy: Hikari and Akari hum the same songs and eat the same foods before meeting.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Mari, also a [[KissingCousins Kissing Cousin.]]

* IWillProtectHer: Takeru to Hikari. The twist in this case is that [[spoiler: Takeru is an Extended Definition Organism designed to prevent the Seventh Mass Extinction... that Hikari is here to cause.]]

[[ParentalAbandonment Orphans]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Takemoto and Ryo Ninomiya]] are [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students]] witness a strange light descend from the skies and then split into two. Upon investigating it, [[NakedFirstImpression they find]] a [[MoeMoe cute girl]] who [[IdentityAmnesia doesn't seem to know who she is]]. Her appearance, along with that of her "little sister" Akari, shake up the simple lives of the town with the joy of seeing the world for the first time. The story follows Hikari and Akari in their learning about humanity at its brightest and darkest, as well as their own mysterious origins.

* BeachEpisode

* HotSpringsEpisode

* BigEater: Akari.

* BottleFairy: Both Jennifer (who spends about 80% of her screentime drunk or drinking) and Ionious (who Jennifer is always forcing to drink).

* PhenotypeStereotype: Jennifer

* OneWingedAngel: The Extended Definitions are this for various species in danger of extinction, [[GlassCannon mutating gain overwhelming offence at the cost of their defensive capabilities]].

* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth

* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler: Hikari]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: Hikari is [[spoiler: a goddess of death come to exterminate humanity]] and Takeru is [[spoiler: an Extended Definition born to kill her]].

* AnimalMotifs: Metamorphic insects.

* IWillProtectHer: Takeru to Hikari. The twist in this case is that [[spoiler: Takeru an Extended Definition Organism designed to prevent the Seventh Mass Extinction... that Hikari is here to cause.]]

* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Extended Definitions, which are monstrous versions of creatures made extinct [[spoiler: by Hikari]], including an ''Anomalocaris'', a theropod dinosaur, and [[spoiler: Takeru,]] a ''Homo sapians''.

* ShipperOnDeck: Most of the supporting cast, but ThoseTwoGirls most vocally.

** Takeru's transformed ([[spoiler:Extended Definition]]) form comes with more feral instincts, leaving him to brutalize the various monsters he encounters. [[spoiler: It's also driven by the instinct to kill Hikari at the end of the series.]]

* TransformationSequence: Takeru provides a notably male-only version
* {{Tsundere}}: Mari is a Type A. Played With: [[spoiler:When her inability to [[CannotSpitItOut spit it out]] finally results in her screaming at Hikari and breaking out her SuperPoweredEvilSide to bring the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]

** Takeru's transformed ([[spoiler: Extended Definition]]) form comes with more feral instincts, leaving him to brutalize the various monsters he encounters. [[spoiler: It's also driven by the instinct to kill Hikari at the end of the series.]]

* [[DulcineaEffect It doesn't matter that he just met her five minutes ago]]

* LesYay: Between ThoseTwoGirls during the BeachEpisode. The AccidentalKiss mentioned above.

* BestBeerEver

* RuleOfThree: ThoseTwoGuys are convinced that a third girl will fall from the sky, solely because of this. It doesn't happen, of course. [[spoiler: Technically, there already ''are'' three girls: Hikari has a split personality]]
** [[spoiler: Actually the other personality you are referring to is Hikari and Akari combined not another personality.]]

* Determinator: Takeru ''will'' protect Hikari. [[spoiler:Even if it goes against his Extended Definition instincts]]

* [[spoiler: ButForMeItWasTuesday: The Real Hikari isn't actually all that evil, she's just doing her job. If it means psychologically breaking down the one thing that could actually kill you, then so be it.]]

* TheTalk: It's implied that Takeru got this from his parents, as well as ThoseTwoGuys. Of course, he ''did'' just bring home a girl who he found naked in the woods, and is blatantly infatuated with him.

* ShoutOut: ''OnegaiTeacher'', ''{{Ikkitousen}}'', ''UruseiYatsura'', ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''{{Mahoromatic}}'' and in the English dub, ''TheSimpsons''.

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[[caption-width:275:Akari and Hikari [[FanService wearing less than they probably should]].]]

* SwissMessenger: [[spoiler: If Mari hadn't bitch slapped Hikari, the whole [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt End Of The World As We Know It]] situation would never of come up.]] [[SarcasmMode Thanks for ruining]] WhatCouldHaveBeen!