History Anime / ThisUglyYetBeautifulWorld

* AffablyEvil[=/=]PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:Ionoious]]. He behaves exactly the same both before and after his mission [[spoiler: to aid Hikari in her destruction of the world]]: polite, friendly, accomodating, even apologetic about the job he has to do.

* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Hikari and Takeru watch a vision of themselves as the loving domestic couple they might have been. They watch Takeru driving off to work on his delivery bike while Hikari and their baby wave goodbye.]]

* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Hikari and Takeru watch a vision of themselves as the loving domestic couple they might have been. They watch Takeru driving off to work on his delivery bike while Hikari and their baby wave goodbye.]]

* {{Motifs}}: As well as the insects, DNA-type patterns show up quit a bit

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Mari slaps Hikari because the former is unable to confess her feelings for him. Unfortunately, this ends up causing Hikari to nearly destroy the Earth.

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[[ParentalAbandonment Orphans]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Takeru Takemoto and Ryo Ninomiya]] are [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students]] who witness a strange light descend from the skies and then split into two. Upon investigating it, [[NakedFirstImpression they find]] a [[{{Moe}} 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.

It also contains more than its share of FanService.

* AffablyEvil / PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler: Ionoious]]. He behaves exactly the same both before and after his mission [[spoiler: to aid Hikari in her destruction of the world]]: polite, friendly, accomodating, even apologetic about the job he has to do.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mari slapping Hikari causes the latter to activate her OneWingedAngel form and start destroying the Earth. Nice job indeed, Mari.

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Hikari is a CosmicEntity tasked with causing the extinction of all life on Earth.

* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Hikari's lighter-haired [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed]], much more forward alternate personality, tasked with causing mass extinctions, is far more powerful than her appearance lets on.

* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:Hikari]] almost destroys Earth after getting slapped by Mari.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Mari hadn't bitch slapped Hikari, the whole [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt End Of The World As We Know It]] situation would never have come up.

* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:Hikari]] nearly causes the complete destruction of all life on Earth.

* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: Towards the end of the series, [[spoiler:Hikari]] nearly causes the complete destruction of all life on Earth thanks to Mari.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: 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!

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

* ShoutOut: ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'', ''{{Ikkitousen}}'', ''UruseiYatsura'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''{{Mahoromatic}}'' and in the English dub, ''TheSimpsons''.
** Like Takeru's transformation is not a shout out to Devilman...

[[ParentalAbandonment Orphans]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Takeru Takemoto and Ryo Ninomiya]] are [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ordinary high school students]] who 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.

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

* AmnesiacDissonance: Hikari's true self is very different from the sweet, cheerful gill who falls in love with Takeru.

* AmnesiacDissonance: Hikari's true self is very different fom the sweet, cheerful gill who falls in love with Takeru.

* AccidentalKiss: Between ThoseTwoGirls during the BeachEpisode.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler: Hikari and Akari are anthropomorphic personifications of extinction and survival respectively... they just don't know it.]]
** MoeAnthropomorphism at that!

* BeachEpisode: Episode 7.

* [[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.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: [[ParentalAbandonment Takeru's mother abandoned him as a child, leaving him with his Aunt, Uncle, and a whole lot of issues.]] Ryo and Kimi's parents died in an accident, and they've been taking care of each other ever since]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: 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.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Takeru ''will'' protect Hikari. [[spoiler:Even if it goes against his Extended Definition instincts]]

* [[spoiler: EvolutionaryLevels: Of a sort. Extended Definition is essentially instant evolution to one's maximum physical (and metaphysical) limits]]
* {{Fanservice}}: The series even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]]: in one scene, Jennifer gets kinda cozy with Takeru, and a guy screaming "Aww yeah!!" can be heard in the background.

* HotScientist: Jennifer to a tee.
* HotSpringsEpisode: Episode 6.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Akari & Hikari (pictured above left to right).

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Hikari is the personification of destruction]].
* MadScientist
* MaleGaze: "Yep, ''definitely'' a girl."

* MarkedChange
* MarshmallowHell
* MeaningfulName: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: Hikari and Akari have no names at first, so Takeru and Ryo give them descriptive names

* MindScrew
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Extended Definitions, which are monstrous versions of creatures made extinct [[spoiler: by Hikari]], resembling an ''Anomalocaris'', a prehistoric fish, a theropod dinosaur, and [[spoiler: Takeru,]] a ''Homo sapians''.
* MoodWhiplash: The tone of what begins as a silly Fanservice anime turns *very* serious starting about episode 8.
* {{Motifs}}: as well as the insects, DNA-type patterns show up quit a bit

** [[spoiler: Ioneous transforms into [[{{Kaiju}} Anastatious]] to bring about the end of the world at Evil Hikari's bidding.]]
* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment: [[FreudianExcuse Having his mother abandon him out of the blue didnt exactly leave poor Takeru with the happiest outlook on life.]]]]

* RobotBuddy: Both Ioneous and Kuon.

** Like Takeru's transformation is not a shout out to Devilman... Sheesh...

* SkepticismFailure
* SqueakyEyes
* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler: Hikari]] {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s a theropod Extended Definition by doing this to it.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Hikari's lighter-haired [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyed]], much more forward alternate personality tasked with causing mass extinctions.]]

* TalkingToThemself: [[spoiler: Hikari.]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

* {{Tsundere}}: Mari is a Type A. Played with [[spoiler:when her [[CannotSpitItOut inability to spit it out]] finally results in her screaming at and slapping Hikari and breaking out her SuperPoweredEvilSide to bring the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[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!

* WindsOfDestinyChange: [[spoiler: Ryo somehow gains the power to alter probability, likely from exposure to Hikari or Akari]]

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

* HeyItsThatVoice: Quite a few:
** Hikari - CynthiaMartinez (credited as Goldie Fawn) - also played Mikako from VoicesOfADistantStar (a MakotoShinkai piece)
** Akari - Jessica Boone - also played Sayuri Sawatari in ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays (another MakotoShinkai piece)
** Mari - Luci Christian - also played Deunan Knute in Appleseed and Mikura Suzuki in MezzoForte

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

* StopHelpingMe: Hikari gets a big one of these from Mari during the beach episode.

[[ParentalAbandonment Orphans]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Takeru 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.

* BestBeerEver: In one case, as a shoutout to the [[NeonGenesisEvangelion page image.]]