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* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: Mankai. Every activation requires the Heroes to sacrifice an aspect of themselves. The sacrifice can range from inconvenient to downright life altering, but multiple activations ''will'' severely cripple the user.]]
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* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: Mankai.[[spoiler:Mankai. Every activation requires the Heroes to sacrifice an aspect of themselves. The sacrifice can range from inconvenient to downright life altering, but multiple activations ''will'' severely cripple the user.]]
** SuperpowerRussianRoulette: [[spoiler:Yuna's first price is relatively mild compared to her friends, but her second price is much heavier, taking away both of her legs. Similarly, Karin's first two prices are an arm and leg, but her third and fourth prices leave her deaf and blind when Togo and Fu only lost a single ear and eye respectively.]]
** SuperpowerRussianRoulette: [[spoiler:Yuna's first price is relatively mild compared to her friends, but her second price is much heavier, taking away both of her legs. Similarly, Karin's first two prices are an arm and leg, but her third and fourth prices leave her deaf and blind when Togo and Fu only lost a single ear and eye respectively.]]
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* DisabilitySuperpower: The Hero System seems to compensate for severe disabilities, as shown with Togo's transformation mitigating her inability to walk by providing her a means to move around. ** Later, [[spoiler:each time Karen loses a body function from her Mankai, a brace appears as a part of her transformation, beginning with her arm, her leg, her ears, and finally her eyes.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The ''Nogi Wakaba'' novel looks to be heading this direction, starting off with [[spoiler:Wakaba and Hinata having to watch their friends and classmates being eaten alive by Stardust.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The series as a whole becomes this, but the ''Nogi Wakaba'' novel looks to be heading is this direction, from the beginning, starting off with [[spoiler:Wakaba Wakaba and Hinata having to watch their friends and classmates being eaten alive by Stardust.]]Stardust as well as Chikage's backstory.
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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Fu in episode 9 when she finds out Itsuki will be mute for the rest of her life. She attempts to destroy the Taisha for misleading them, and even after Itsuki calms her down she's still incapacitated for much of Episode 11.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: HeroicBSOD:
** [[spoiler: Fu in episode 9 when she finds out Itsuki will be mute for the rest of her life. She attempts to destroy the Taisha for misleading them, and even after Itsuki calms her down she's still incapacitated for much of Episode 11.]]
** [[spoiler: Fu in episode 9 when she finds out Itsuki will be mute for the rest of her life. She attempts to destroy the Taisha for misleading them, and even after Itsuki calms her down she's still incapacitated for much of Episode 11.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yuna has a brief one in episode 11 when she learns that Togo deliberately let thousands of Vertex in, and realizes that by fighting the Vertex she'll have to fight Togo too. She is actually unable to transform due to not knowing what to do.]]
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** [[spoiler:Yuna has a brief one in episode 11 when she learns that Togo deliberately let thousands of Vertex in, and realizes that by fighting the Vertex she'll have to fight Togo too. She is actually unable to transform due to not knowing what to do.]]]]''
** ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero'' introduces Uranophobia/Sky Fear Syndrome, which is this as a progressive mental disorder that affects people who witnessed the first Vertex attack and eventually leaves them as [[EmptyShell Empty Shells]]. [[BrokenBird Chikage's]] mother is in the later stages of the disease.
** ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero'' introduces Uranophobia/Sky Fear Syndrome, which is this as a progressive mental disorder that affects people who witnessed the first Vertex attack and eventually leaves them as [[EmptyShell Empty Shells]]. [[BrokenBird Chikage's]] mother is in the later stages of the disease.
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** The Heroes in ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero'' can't use Mankai because it wouldn't be invented until 297 years later, but they can access a spiritual database of various "concepts" across Japan. Yuna Takashima uses this to channel a storm god and use a RapidFireFisticuffs version of her Hero Punch. It's stated that this takes a toll on the body, however.
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** [[spoiler: Episode 10 reveals that in reality, the gods sent the Vertex to destroy humanity, while the remaining gods who sided with the human race joined together to become the Shinju and preserve what was left within a barrier; the Hero Club's island of Shikoku is ''all that remains of humanity'']]
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** [[spoiler: Episode 10 reveals that in reality, the gods sent the Vertex to destroy humanity, while the remaining gods who sided with the human race joined together to become the Shinju and preserve what was left within a barrier; the Hero Club's island of Shikoku is ''all all that remains of humanity'']]humanity, and the rest of the world is a blazing hellscape.]]
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Another prequel novel, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of July.
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Another prequel novel, novel which takes 300 years in the past, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of began serialization in July.
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* {{Miko}}: The Heroes' [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] have this appearance, with DetachedSleeves and all. In-universe, Miko are [[WaifProphet girls who are able to hear Shinju's voice directly,]] and the Taisha get their information through their interpretations.
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* {{Miko}}: The Heroes' [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] have this appearance, with DetachedSleeves detached sleeves and all. In-universe, Miko are [[WaifProphet girls who are able to hear Shinju's voice directly,]] and the Taisha get their information through their interpretations.
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* NighInvulnerability: The girls' fairies provide a barrier that protect them from significant damage, although if they take enough hits they can still de-transform due to exhaustion. [[spoiler:The fairies even protect the girls from harming themselves]]
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* NighInvulnerability: The girls' fairies provide a barrier that protect them from significant damage, although if they take enough hits they can still de-transform due to exhaustion. [[spoiler:The fairies even protect the girls from harming themselves]]themselves.]]
* NotDisabledInVR: ZigZaggingTrope. Togo is normally in need of a wheelchair. Then the Hero System comes and Togo's powered-up form is quite versatile, highly mobile and hardly hindered by her bad legs. Then more of Hero System comes into the light, starting the "[[spoiler:Free disabilities]] for everyone!" campaign. And even that is not enough by the time of story climax, [[spoiler:the wheelchair changes hands]].
* NotDisabledInVR: ZigZaggingTrope. Togo is normally in need of a wheelchair. Then the Hero System comes and Togo's powered-up form is quite versatile, highly mobile and hardly hindered by her bad legs. Then more of Hero System comes into the light, starting the "[[spoiler:Free disabilities]] for everyone!" campaign. And even that is not enough by the time of story climax, [[spoiler:the wheelchair changes hands]].
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Tougo vs Togo vs Tougou, Yuuki Yuuna vs Yuki Yuna, Fuu vs. Fu... [[note]]Yuki Yuna, Togo Mimori and Inubozaki Fu are the official romanizations, this is a common problem with Japanese names with repeated vowels[[/note]]
** The dub also translates "Yuushabu" as "Brave Hero Club," whereas the popular translation was simply "Hero Club."
** The dub also translates "Yuushabu" as "Brave Hero Club," whereas the popular translation was simply "Hero Club."
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** Episode8]]8. [[spoiler:Togo and Yuna learn that the Sange is permanent. They learn this by way of Sonoko, a former Hero who used Mankai so many times that she lost almost all of her bodily functions. [[FateWorseThanDeath But don't worry, at least they can't die!]]]]
** Episode 10. [[spoiler:Togo learns who she was in the past, and that outside the wall is an infernal hellscape that resembles the surface of the sun, and that the Vertexes will NEVER stop coming... And decides to destroy the world to release her friends from the pain.]]
** Chapter 4 of ''Washio Sumi,'' in which [[spoiler:Gin is killed in action.]]
* WhamLine:
** Episode 8 has one that precedes several more:
-->'''Sonoko''': "I've finally summoned you...[[spoiler:Wasshi.]]"
** Episode 9 also has a few of these:
--> '''Music Agency Representative''': "My name is Fujiwara and I'm with Iyono Music... Are you Inubozaki Itsuki's guardian?"
-->'''Karin''': "What do you think you're doing?"
-->'''Fu''': "[[spoiler:I'm going to wreck the Taisha!]]"
** Episode 10:
-->'''Togo''': "[[spoiler:I'll end this wretched world.]]"
** Episode
** Episode 10. [[spoiler:Togo learns who she was in the past, and that outside the wall is an infernal hellscape that resembles the surface of the sun, and that the Vertexes will NEVER stop coming... And decides to destroy the world to release her friends from the pain.]]
** Chapter 4 of ''Washio Sumi,'' in which [[spoiler:Gin is killed in action.]]
* WhamLine:
** Episode 8 has one that precedes several more:
-->'''Sonoko''': "I've finally summoned you...[[spoiler:Wasshi.]]"
** Episode 9 also has a few of these:
--> '''Music Agency Representative''': "My name is Fujiwara and I'm with Iyono Music... Are you Inubozaki Itsuki's guardian?"
-->'''Karin''': "What do you think you're doing?"
-->'''Fu''': "[[spoiler:I'm going to wreck the Taisha!]]"
** Episode 10:
-->'''Togo''': "[[spoiler:I'll end this wretched world.]]"
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''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, or [="YuYuYu"=] for short [[/note]] is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: It's probably so subtle it may not count, [[spoiler: but this [[http://yuyuyu.us/img/home/mainvisual_02.jpg promotional art]] hints what Yuna, Togo, Fu, and Itsuki lose when they go Mankai.]]
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Udon. It's the favorite food of every single named character (even Sonoko), with several scenes devoted to the girls enjoying udon after school. Udon was even served at the Mankai Matsuri, an official [=YuYuYu=] event.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Udon. It's the favorite food of every single named character (even Sonoko), with several scenes devoted to the girls enjoying udon after school. Udon was even served at the Mankai Matsuri, an official [=YuYuYu=] event. It should be noted that Shikoku Island, where the anime takes place, is famous for its udon.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The ''Nogi Wakaba'' novel looks to be heading this direction, starting off with [[spoiler:Wakaba and Hinata having to watch their friends and classmates being eaten alive by Stardust.]]
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** PlayedForLaughs with Karin, as she got sick gouging on health foods in front of her friends.
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** PlayedForLaughs with Karin, as she got sick gouging gorging on health foods in front of her friends.
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** A second VN, titled ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru S'' and containing 10 more SliceOfLife scenarios, was announced to be bundled with the sixth volume BD release.
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** A second VN, titled ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru S'' and containing 10 more SliceOfLife scenarios, was announced to be bundled with the sixth volume BD release.
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* {{Prequel}}: ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru'', following the adventures of the previous team of heroes, Gin Minowa, Sonoko Nogi and the titular Sumi Washio.
** [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Only two of said characters are accounted for in the show itself (though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity). And sure enough, Gin dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]
** [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Only two of said characters are accounted for in the show itself (though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity). And sure enough, Gin dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]
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* {{Prequel}}: {{Prequel}}:
** ''Washio SumiWa Yusha De Aru'', is a Hero'', following the adventures of the previous team of heroes, Gin Minowa, Sonoko Nogi and the titular Sumi Washio.
** *** [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Only two of said characters are accounted for in the show itself (though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity). And sure enough, Gin dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]]]
** ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero'' takes place 300 years in the past, in the first days of the Divine Era, and follows the very first team of Heroes (of which Sonoko's ancestor, Wakaba Nogi, is a member).
** ''Washio Sumi
** ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero'' takes place 300 years in the past, in the first days of the Divine Era, and follows the very first team of Heroes (of which Sonoko's ancestor, Wakaba Nogi, is a member).
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonoko After'' [[note]] Sonogo no Sonoko [[/note]], was released in January of 2015. Another prequel novel, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of July.
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonoko After'' [[note]] Sonogo no Sonoko [[/note]], was released in January of 2015.
Another prequel novel, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of July.
Another prequel novel, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of July.
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonoko After'' [[note]] Sonogo no Sonoko [[/note]], was released in January of 2015.
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonoko After'' [[note]] Sonogo no Sonoko [[/note]], was released in January of 2015.
2015. Another prequel novel, titled ''Nogi Wakaba is a Hero,''[[note]] Nogi Wakaba wa Yuusha de aru[[/note]], is slated for release at the end of July.
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* EvolvingMusic: The ending theme changes depending on the focus on the episode. In two instances, it changed entirely, but in other cases it is merely covered by a single character rather than the cast. However, the sections of the song used are also changed depending on the character.
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*** The second VN also has a "Blessing of Shinju-sama" mode, only this one puts the girls in outfits that could only be described as [[{{Stripperific}} half of a maid costume.]]
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonogo ''Sonoko After'' [[note]] Sonogo no Sonoko'' (''Sonoko After''), Sonoko [[/note]], was released in January of 2015.
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru'' (''Washio Sumi is a Hero'') and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Jukai no Kioku'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest''), released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonogo no Sonoko'' (''Sonoko After''), was released in January of 2015.
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The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru'' (''Washio Is A Hero'' [[note]] Washio Sumi is a Hero'') wa Yuusha de aru [[/note]] and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Jukai no Kioku'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest''), Forest'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Jukai no Kioku [[/note]], released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonogo no Sonoko'' (''Sonoko After''), was released in January of 2015.
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''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, or [[="YuYuYu"=]] for short [[/note]] is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, or [[="YuYuYu"=]] [="YuYuYu"=] for short [[/note]] is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, or "YuYuYu" [[="YuYuYu"=]] for short [[/note]] is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'') is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'') Hero'' [[note]] Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru, or "YuYuYu" for short [[/note]] is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Hero Club. [[SchmuckBait Everything will be fun from now on!]] [[note]]From right to left: Yuna Yuki, Mimori Togo, Fu and Itsuki Inubouzaki. Not pictured: Karin Miyoshi[[/note]]]]
->''"Give a good greeting."\\
"Try not to give up."\\
"Sleep well, eat well."\\
"If you're troubled, talk to someone!"\\
"You're likely to succeed if you try."''
-->--[[ArcWords The Five Tenets of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club]]
''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'') is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
Everything changes one day when the girls' cell phones abruptly start ringing in class. Before they can react to the "Forestize Warning" alert that their cell phone screens display, everyone and everything around them goes [[TimeStandsStill completely motionless]], followed by the sky splitting open and the world being overwritten by [[AcidTripDimension an unearthly forest]]. The girls gather in the forest, and Fu has to give the rest of the Hero Club the quick rundown on what's going on before the first [[{{Kaiju}} Vertex]] attacks. As it turns out, the Hero Club is quite literal, and the girls have to fight to save the world.
The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru'' (''Washio Sumi is a Hero'') and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Jukai no Kioku'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest''), released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonogo no Sonoko'' (''Sonoko After''), was released in January of 2015.
Compare ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', a similarly dark take on the MagicalGirl genre which has been argued by some to be the show's [[FollowTheLeader primary inspiration]]. Contrast ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' and ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear,'' works which themselves are dramatic at times but ultimately play the genre completely straight.
This series has been licensed by Pony Canyon USA for release in America, along with an English dub.
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* AcidTripDimension: The Jukai, the alternate world where the girls fight to stop the Vertex.
* AfterTheEnd: The story is said to take place 300 years after the "Anno Domini Era," during which a virus wiped out much of humanity until the Shinju appeared and saved what was left. Nevertheless, the world has returned to a peaceful, prosperous state not unlike modern-day Japan.
** [[spoiler: Episode 10 reveals that in reality, the gods sent the Vertex to destroy humanity, while the remaining gods who sided with the human race joined together to become the Shinju and preserve what was left within a barrier; the Hero Club's island of Shikoku is ''all that remains of humanity'']]
* AllDeathsFinal: ''Sonoko After'' states that while the Shinju can [[spoiler:return the sacrifices of the Heroes]] he can't bring back the dead, meaning that [[spoiler:Gin Minowa]] and Fu and Itsuki's parents aren't coming back.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The plot of ''Jukai no Kioku'' happens in a dream world Sonoko created using her one of her twenty-one fairies, which would explain why the girls can use Mankai without penalty in-game.]]
* AlternativeCalendar: The series takes place in Year of Shinju 300.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: While their attacks can injure a Vertex's body (and must do enough damage to immobilize them), they'll regenerate from it; in order to actually destroy a Vertex, the Heroes have to surround it and pray to make it expose its core. Subverted slightly in that merely exposing the core doesn't make it all '''that''' vulnerable - they have to do the [[ForMassiveDamage massive damage]] the hard way, and the cores don't make it easy for them at all.
** Togo's Mankai form in has enough [[BeamSpam raw firepower]] to expose a Vertex's core without the need for sealing. [[spoiler:Karin's Mankai form is so powerful that it can destroy Vertex in a single hit, core and all, [[GlassCannon at the cost of being extremely fragile.]]]]
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:The true purpose of being a Hero is to become a sacrifice to Shinju.]]
** [[spoiler:The truth about the outside world, which is an almost literal FireAndBrimstoneHell where the Vertex infinitely regenerate]].
* BattleAura: Whenever a Hero activates her [[SuperMode Mankai]], she initially emits a huge one in the shape and color of her respective flower.
** [[spoiler:When Yuna forcibly enters Mankai from her human form in Episode 12, her aura instead takes the form of a cherry tree, which then rapidly blossoms.]]
* BeachEpisode and HotSpringsEpisode: Episode 7.
* {{BFS}}: Fu's weapon, which she can make even larger as one of her attacks. It grows even larger in her Mankai form, with just the handle being as long as she is tall.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The main narrative of ''Washio Sumi'' ends with Sonoko facing down three Vertex alone and activating her Mankai. The anime reveals that she won, at the cost of activating Mankai ''twenty times.'']]
* BoobsOfSteel: Fu is the oldest girl, has the second biggest rack, and swings a {{BFS}} that puts the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]] to shame.
** Togo doesn't lose to Fu in the breast-size department, and carries [[MoreDakka enough]] [[FriendlySniper firepower]] to completely shift the tide of the battle in the second episode.
* BigEater: Fu, and Yuna to a lesser extent. This also extends to Yuna's fairy Gyuki, who tries to eat everything in sight... including the other fairies.
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Mankai gives them incredible amounts of power, but at the price of losing a bodily function, a sense, or maybe even limbs]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Fu at the end of episode 9.]]
* BreatherEpisode: [[BeachEpisode Episode 7]] is this, coming shortly after the climactic battle in Episode 5 and right before [[WhamEpisode Episode 8,]] which leads to the second half of the plot. It's even titled "Idyllic Happiness."
* BossWarningSiren: More like a MonsterOfTheWeek Warning Chime, but the "Forestize Warning" on their smartphones is rendered like it came out of a ShootEmUp and accompanied by a rather strident ringtone.
** The "Emergency Warning" ringtone that sounds when [[spoiler:Togo is blasting holes in the Shinju's barrier]] is downright alarming (which is probably the point).
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: In this case, a “bureaucratically arranged friendship” rather than a marriage. After Togo’s first tour of duty as a Hero ended and she was released from the hospital, the Taisha deliberately arranged to have her family move next door to Yuna’s family, because they knew Yuna had extremely high potential as another Hero and wanted the two girls to become friends.]]
* BuxomIsBetter: The subject of one of the VisualNovel scenarios (Fu's Determination) is Fu, Itsuki and Yuna trying to come up with ways to make their breasts bigger to compete with [[BoobsOfSteel Togo]]. This leads to some... interesting lines.
--> [[{{Determinator}} Yuna]]: '' '''"[[CrowningMomentOfFunny I WILL BECOME BIG-BREASTED!]]"''' ''
* CerebusSyndrome: The show presents itself as a MagicalGirlWarrior show with a [[SliceOfLife heavy emphasis on the girls' everyday lives,]] and even after the girls temporarily lose physical functions as a result of fighting, they manage to take it in stride. Then comes [[WhamEpisode Episode 8]], which reveals that [[spoiler:their disabilities are permanent, and they will continue to lose parts of their body as long as they continue to fight, with the bearer of bad news being a former Hero who used [[SuperMode Mankai]] so many times that she had essentially become a living log.]] After this, things get progressively worse until they reach [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] levels of dark and depressing.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Like most magical girl shows, each girl is represented by her respective color. Yuna is pink, Togo is blue, Fu is yellow, Itsuki is green and Karin is red.
** In ''Washio Sumi,'' Sumi is blue, Sonoko is purple and Gin is red.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The Vertex attack at the Great Seto Bridge which Fu and Itsuki's parents were killed is the same one in which [[spoiler: Sonoko used Mankai twenty times to drive the Vertex back.]]
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: [[spoiler:Togo constantly talks to an unresponsive Yuna in the final episode. It eventually helps Yuna to break out of her coma.]]
* CoolBigSis: Fu, as the oldest of the club, acts like a big sister that is responsible for everyone
* CooldownHug: Itsuki delivers one to [[spoiler:Fu]] in episode nine. Yuna delivers one to [[spoiler:Togo]] in episode twelve.
* CoolGuns: Togo's arsenal of sniper rifle and dual magical pistols.
* CosyCatastrophe: The series takes place on something of a post-apocalyptic Earth where the section of Japan the girls live on is the only surviving area. Aside from the Shinju-sama worship you wouldn't notice it as everyone and everything is pretty normal.
** Notably, they still code mobile websites in (English) HTML and ''Jquery''. Also, the mall offers Gelato.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Episode 5 sees four out of the five Heroes use their [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] after [[spoiler:the remaining Vertex attack all at once,]] the strain of which causes health problems in the girls who used it: Yuna loses her sense of taste, Togo loses hearing in her left ear, Fu loses vision in her left eye, and Itsuki loses her voice. However, the Taisha tell them that it's likely temporary and that they're actively looking for a cure.
** [[spoiler: Episode 8 reveals that it's permanent, and that each time they use Mankai they will lose something else, as a sacrifice for using the Shinju's power.]]
** [[spoiler: And downgraded back to Downplayed in Episode 12, where the girls eventually got all their health back. There was a bit of in-universe speculation on how they were fully restored, ranging from being a form of thanks from the Shinju for postponing Vertexes' attacks even further to sheer willpower from the girls' side.]]
* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:The end of Episode 10: the revelation that their disabilities are permanent and that continuing to fight will further destroy their bodies has left Fu a [[HeroicBSOD sobbing wreck.]] Furthermore, it drove Togo to let in thousands of Stardust and Vertex to destroy the Shinju in the hopes of delivering a MercyKill to her friends.]]
* DarkReprise: Episode 10's ED features a very quiet piano reprise of the ending theme with Togo as the sole singer, with much more somber lyrics driving home [[spoiler:her decision to destroy the Shinju.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: The "final" Vertexes in Episode 5.]]
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Both the opening, ''Hoshi to Hana'' (Stars and Flowers), and the ending, ''Aurora Days,'' are sung by the [=VAs=] of the main cast (minus Karin).
** ''Inori no Uta'' (Song of Prayer), which is used as the ED for Episodes 4 and 9, is Itsuki's ImageSong
** Togo is the sole singer of Episode 10's ED, while Yuna is the sole singer of Episode 11's ED.
* DontTryThisAtHome: Several of these disclaimers appear as Karin tries to demonstrate to Itsuki how safe popping multple supplements at once is. [[VomitDiscretionShot It isn't.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In Episode 9 Togo mentions that she attempted suicide over ten times between then and Episode 8, only to fail due to her fairies stopping her. We even see her first attempt in Episode 10.]]
* DualWielding: Karin's weapon of choice is dual wielding katanas.
** Similarly to Karin, Gin dual-wields axes in the Light Novel. [[spoiler:Since Karin is using Gin's terminal, it's only natural that she would emulate her fighting style.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: All Heroes recover from their wounds (even Nogi Sonoko) and lose contact with the Taisha, meaning they won't have to fight anymore.]]
** ''Sonoko After'' subverts this, although in a sense it played it straight. [[spoiler:The Hero Club's actions led the Shinju to believe that humanity could achieve this for themselves, and is now allowing the Hero System to go into mass-production. Although the original cast will likely be called again, the Sange and the fairy barriers have been removed.]] Whether this is a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
* {{Engrish}}: One of the posters in the club room rather notably says "Brave Clab." This is (unfortunately?) corrected to "Brave Club" in the Blu-Ray/DVD release.
* EvolvingCredits: Togo's MagicalGirl form appears in the OP after Episode 2. Karin appears in the ED after episode 3, and then in the OP starting in episode 5.
** Each character has a flower on her costume that gets filled in as she gets closer to using her Mankai, and these flowers are shown in the OP.
** [[spoiler: All the girls are healthy and walking in Episode 12's ending, after they recover from their wounds. It also features them all singing in harmony.]]
* ExperienceMeter: Every girl has a flower-shaped one on their Hero outfits (Yuna on her right hand, Togo on her left breast, Fu on her left thigh, Itsuki on her back and Karin on her left shoulder). Expending lots of magic causes one of the flower's five petals to light up, and when all five are lit up the user will be able to activate her [[SuperMode Mankai.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Prominently featured in the merchandise and bonus materials (including official ''dakis''), but the anime itself only has a relatively small amount. Several shots have an emphasis on the girls bosoms or bottoms, but many of them are very brief.
** The other transformation sequences are minimally fanservicey except for a couple of chaste panty shots, but Togo's involves rope bondage to go with her method of transportation being ribbon-tentacles (as well as a rather gratuitous shot of her bust).
** The VisualNovel included with preorders of the first BD volume cranks up the fanservice a few notches. For example:
*** One scenario (Skit's Practice) has Yuna and Togo practicing their roles for a play, and the script eventually calls for a kiss. Although Fu explains that they don't actually have to kiss, [[LesYay Togo really gets into it, even closing her eyes as if preparing for a real kiss.]] Afterward, Togo demands that they practice the scene ten more times.
*** Another scenario (Godhand Yuna) has Yuna give each member of the Hero Club a massage. She's really, ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm really]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything good at it.]] Many fans didn't believe at first that [[http://i.imgur.com/BuiKDFV.jpg this]] was a real CG and not an edit.
*** Beating the VN unlocks a mode called "Blessing of Shinju-sama," which put the girls in [[SchoolSwimsuit School Swimsuits]] in ''every'' scene and also removes some (although not all) of the CensorSteam in the onsen scene.
* FairyCompanion: They're cute representations of Japanese youkai and spirits, and are summoned from the girls' cellphones. The fairies grant the girls their weapons while they're in their Hero forms, and also can protect a Hero from significant damage. [[spoiler:They'll even protect a Hero from herself.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The girls gradually become more disabled with every use of Mankai. Sonoko has lost the use of one eye, one ear, her senses of smell, taste, and touch, and the use of all of her limbs. Karin arguably gets it even worse as she loses both her eyesight and her hearing after using Mankai just four times. If they decide they've had enough of being living vegetables, they cannot even kill themselves. The guilt over being responsible for exposing her friends to this future drives Fu nearly insane, and Togo decides she would rather end humanity's existence than accept that fate.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: [[spoiler:How Yuna defeats the final Vertex]]
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The fact that it's a MagicalGirl show at all isn't clear from the promo image, which looks like it's from a mundane SchoolgirlSeries. The first half of the pilot is pure SliceOfLife and indicates that Yuna is a "hero" because she's in a "Hero Club" that does volunteer/charity work. Then the Forestizing hits...
* {{Flanderization}}: The supplementary manga, ''Yuki Yuna wa Yushabu Shozoku'' (Yuki Yuna Is a Hero Club Member) exaggerates everyone's personalities. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as it's a [[GagSeries gag 4koma.]]
** Yuna is more of an IdiotHero obsessed with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood udon.]]
** Togo is even more lesbian for Yuna.
** Fu is [[CutenessProximity completely obsessed with Itsuki's cuteness.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Apart from her color, each girl has a flower that represents her. Yuna is a cherry blossom, Togo is a morning glory, Fu is a wood sorrel, Itsuki is a chain of Solomon's seal and Karin is an azalea.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The opening itself has this in its lyrics:
--->''Ah, though there is nothing that fascinates humans more than the truth,''
--->''Ah, [[AwfulTruth there is nothing that is more cruel to humans than the truth, right?]]''
** In Episode 2, Fu remarks that for someone who just became a Hero Togo acts surprisingly experienced. [[spoiler:[[ForgotTheCall She's more right than she knows.]]]]
** Taisha said the girls health issues have no neurological reason and they would get better. [[spoiler:They get better in the finale]].
** Yuna's and Togo's colors are [[RedOniBlueOni red/pink and blue]]. [[spoiler:Togo and Yuna duel in the last episode]].
** Togo refers to herself as a 'deserter' in episode 2.
** Fu's offhand joke about taking back offerings after a while turns out more important than one would think.
** In the VN, [[FortuneTeller Itsuki]] draws the Strength tarot when she does Yuna's fortune. She then explains that the Strength isn't represented by the lion depicted on the card, but by the woman gently taming it. [[spoiler:This foreshadows how Yuna defeats the Leo Vertex in Episode 12.]]
* FromBadToWorse: The eighth episode marked the appearance of [[spoiler: the thirteenth vertex]]. However, it was Gemini-type, known for being the symbol for twins, so that should be the end of it, right?[[spoiler: [[HopelessWar Nope.]]]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In the ''Jukai no Kioku'' Vita game, [[HandicappedBadass Togo]] can't move with left stick like the other girls; instead, she relies entirely on jumping with her ribbons.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Yuna does this to Togo in episode 12.
* GunsAkimbo: Togo is capable of dual wielding pistols... in reverse grip.
* HairDecorations: Yuna's peculiar hairclip becomes a notably prominent headpiece after she transforms.
* HandicappedBadass: Togo is confined to a wheelchair in her normal form. Her legs are still useless when she transforms. This does nothing to stop her.
** [[spoiler:The true nature of Mankai means every hero will become this given enough time fighting the Vertexes.]]
* HeadPet: Gyuki, Yuna's FairyCompanion, seems to spend a lot of time perched atop Yuna's head outside of combat.
* HeroesRUs: Taisha act as this, providing support and information to the Heroes while also ensuring that their families are granted special privileges. They even provide for Episode 7's BeachEpisode!
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Fu in episode 9 when she finds out Itsuki will be mute for the rest of her life. She attempts to destroy the Taisha for misleading them, and even after Itsuki calms her down she's still incapacitated for much of Episode 11.]]
** [[spoiler:Togo has one after she sees for herself the truth of what the world has become in episode 10.]]
** [[spoiler:Yuna has a brief one in episode 11 when she learns that Togo deliberately let thousands of Vertex in, and realizes that by fighting the Vertex she'll have to fight Togo too. She is actually unable to transform due to not knowing what to do.]]
* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: After defeating the final Vertex in Episode 12, Yuna is left in a comatose state for what is implied to be several weeks. She gets better.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: It's stated that Fu's and Itsuki's parents were Taisha workers who were killed while evacuating civilians during a Vertex attack.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Tomoyo Kurosawa has to deliberately sing badly in episode 4 during several scenes where Itsuki is struggling to sing in front of other people because of her shyness. The rest of Kurosawa’s vocal work for the series, especially in [[spoiler:episode 9]], shows that she’s actually a very good singer.
* HopelessWar: [[spoiler:The Vertex is unending in number, and the big ones are being continuously reconstructed outside Shinju's barrier. In ''Sonoko After,'' Sonoko states that even with the Hero System, humanity would eventually fall.]]
** [[spoiler:As of ''Sonoko After'' the Taisha have begun trying to avert this by mass-producing the Hero terminals and going on the offensive to reclaim the outside world.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: The Hero's faeries prevent any attempts at suicide. Considering the [[FateWorseThanDeath alternatives]], this is not a kindness.]]
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Lead writer Takahiro stated that he created the series with the intention of not showing any male characters. Later on it's revealed that only young girls can become Heroes because [[spoiler:young girls have always been human sacrifices]]
* InsertSong: ''Inori no Uta'' (Song of Prayer), sung by Itsuki, which serves as the ED song for Episodes 4 and 9. [[spoiler: It's the song that Itsuki recorded and submitted to an idol audition site.]]
** Yuna and Karin have a duet in ''Circle Triangle Square'' during the karaoke scene in Episode 4, while Togo sings ''Kokon Musou'' (The Unparalleled in History), a patriotic ballad.
* InvisibleParents: Yuna has family but they're never shown.
** According to the visual novel Karin has a brother that works at Taisha and her parents are alive, yet she lives alone. It's implied that they aren't very close.
** Togo's parents aren't mentioned until the final episodes of the anime, and even then only appear in a flashback. They didn't even appear to take their daughter from the hospital.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Vertex are huge, [[EldritchAbomination completely alien]] monsters. [[spoiler: With one [[FragileSpeedster exception]].]]
* KidHero: The Hero Club. [[spoiler:As the series goes on we learn they're more like [[ChildSoldier child soldiers]] though]].
* KillAllHumans: The Vertex seek to destroy the Shinju, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt which would have this exact effect.]] Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler:they were sent by the heavenly gods with the specific purpose of cleansing humanity.]]
* KingMook: The Leo Vertex appears to be this; it tends to hang back in battles and it has the ability to fuse with other Vertex.
** It's also the FinalBoss of ''Jukai no Kioku,'' only it has a purple and gray color scheme [[spoiler:[[ColorCodedCharacters to emphasize the fact that it's a part of Sonoko's dream.]]]]
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Yuna's attempt to raise Togo's spirits [[EpicFail falls]] [[{{Pun}} flat]].
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Sonoko's dream world in ''Jukai no Kioku,'' in which using Mankai has no consequence and the girls' lives as Heroes don't affect their everyday lives. At the end of the game, Sonoko even asks you if you want to stay or return to the real world]]
* LuckyCharmsTitle: On the OST CD, several of the track titles have only stars for titles (such as ☆☆☆☆ and ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆), with some also having five asterisks. They represent the Vertex (who are named after constellations) and the Heroes (the asterisks look like flowers) respectively.
* TheMasquerade: Most of the world isn't aware of the Vertex or of the Heroes who protect them, although ''Washio Sumi'' shows that cities with greater Taisha influence are aware of it to some degree. Meanwhile, nobody outside of the Taisha is aware of [[spoiler:the world outside the Shinju's barrier being a FireAndBrimstoneHell where Vertex reproduce infinitely.]]
** [[spoiler:''Sonoko After'' reveals that the Taisha eventually plan to break the masquerade, revealing the truth about the outside world and mass-producing terminals to open the Hero system to the general public.]]
* {{Miko}}: The Heroes' [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] have this appearance, with DetachedSleeves and all. In-universe, Miko are [[WaifProphet girls who are able to hear Shinju's voice directly,]] and the Taisha get their information through their interpretations.
** [[spoiler:Togo has the powers of both a Hero and a Miko. ''Sonoko After'' states that such people are called "Messiah."]]
* MinorLivingAlone: Karin. The sisters are orphans and live alone as well.
* MundaneUtility: In the VN, the girls end up using the Hero System for... a concert. Hey, it saves on costumes and special effects and that way Togo can move around the stage without her wheelchair.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler: Karin's Mankai form essentially has 4 external arms each armed with a large katana.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Fu has one of these moments in Episode 9 when she realizes that [[spoiler:Yuna had completely filled her Mankai gauge trying to stop her RoaringRampageOfRevenge]]
** [[spoiler:Togo]] has a similar moment in Episode 12 after [[spoiler:Yuna manages to change her mind about destroying the Shinju.]]
---> [[spoiler:'''Togo:''']] ''I started something awful.''
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Togo's plan to destroy the Shinju, and the ensuing battle, caused the Shinju to come to believe in human courage after seeing Yuna's determination. This led it to give back the sacrifices of the Heroes as well as allowing the Hero System to be upgraded to the next stage, allowing for mass production in exchange for the fairy barriers (and Sange as a result). If Togo hadn't forced the issue, Sonoko states that the Shinju would've been destroyed eventually.]]
* NighInvulnerability: The girls' fairies provide a barrier that protect them from significant damage, although if they take enough hits they can still de-transform due to exhaustion. [[spoiler:The fairies even protect the girls from harming themselves]]
* NotSoFastBucko: TheStinger of Episode 7. [[spoiler: Even with the Vertex dead, the battles aren't over.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Both played straight and averted, in different ways. [[spoiler: They became heroes and thwart the vertexes, at times for the price of their bodily functions. However, Taisha gave them luxuries (and eventually worship) as recompense.]]
* OffModel: Noticeable in episode 8; the way that Sonoko's lower body is drawn made many people believe that her legs had been amputated.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler: Togo]] basically becomes this in episode 2. The same can be said for [[spoiler: Karin]] in episode 3.
* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation: When Togo is about to get some important information from [[spoiler:Sonoko]] in episode 10, the audible part of the conversation is cut off by [[spoiler:Togo’s phone ringing and Yuki leaving a message. The only clue the audience has to what Togo is actually hearing is the expression on her face.]]
** However, the content of the cut-off conversation was quickly made apparent at a later point in the same episode, merging this trope with ShowDontTell.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The fourth of the Hero Club Tenets ("If you're troubled, talk to someone!") gets broken a lot. The conflict of the entire second half of the series can be chalked up to the Taisha being needlessly secretive to their Heroes, leading to some rather depressing turns of events. [[spoiler: In fact, when they ask Sonoko to stop Fu's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against them as well as Togo's SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, she outright blows them off as they brought that whole mess upon themselves by witholding extremely important information for no real reason and says that she'd rather trust her fellow heroes.]]
** As of ''Sonoko After'' the Taisha seem to have learned their lesson: [[spoiler:they plan on revealing the true nature of the world to the general public and making the Hero system available to the entire public.]] Togo worries that this may be taking it too far, especially considering [[spoiler:seeing the truth herself was enough to make her try to destroy the world out of despair.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: Mankai. Every activation requires the Heroes to sacrifice an aspect of themselves. The sacrifice can range from inconvenient to downright life altering, but multiple activations ''will'' severely cripple the user.]]
* PowerFist: Yuna's weapon of choice. Her Mankai are a pair of super powered fist on mechanical looking arms that act when she does.
* {{Prequel}}: ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru'', following the adventures of the previous team of heroes, Gin Minowa, Sonoko Nogi and the titular Sumi Washio.
** [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Only two of said characters are accounted for in the show itself (though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity). And sure enough, Gin dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]
* RedHeadedHero: The title character, though her hair looks pink when in MagicalGirl form.
* RedOniBlueOni: Yuki Yuna is cheerful, passionate, and outgoing girl who specializes in hand-to-hand combat. Her best friend in the Hero Club is Mimori Togo, a thoughtful, analytical history buff with a talent for computer coding who is a crack shot with a sniper rifle.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Fu sets out to destroy the Taisha after she learns that Itsuki's dream was to be a singer and that her voice wouldn't come back.]] It takes the combined efforts of Karin, Yuna and Itsuki to stop her.
* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler: Invoked in episode 5. The girls fight all the remaining seven Vertex at once, and the first four girls get their {{Next Tier Power Up}}s. The battle culminates in Yuna destroying a Vertex whose soul is so big that it's visible from space. Oh, and there's some romantic moments between Yuna and Togo. All of this adds up to an episode that feels like a series finale...even though the series is not even half over.]]
* ShoutOut: Yuna's first transformation involving the sequential appearance of partial armor parts while attacking is highly similar to KamenRiderKuuga's first transformation.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Little of the pre-air promotional material featured Karin or Togo, if they appear at all.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The show starts off very much on the idealistic side; even after the girls suffer health problems as a result of fighting, they find ways to take it in stride. However, in Episode 8 things begin to move rather quickly toward the cynical end when it's revealed that [[spoiler:their disabilities are permanent and that continuing to fight and protect the world means sacrificing more and more of their bodies.]] This leads to more than one of the girls deciding that the sacrifice isn't worth it as Yuna desperately tries to keep her friends together, and by the end of Episode 11 things seem to be firmly stuck far on the cynical end. However, the ending manages to smash right into the idealistic end of the scale and keeps going, with [[spoiler:Yuna convincing Togo that their [[YouAreWorthHell existence as Heroes is worth it if they have each other]], everyone uniting once more to save the day, and with the girls recovering from their disabilities.]]
** And yes, this story is coming from the same guy who gave us Manga/AkameGaKill, which falls right on the opposite end of the scale.
** More importantly, Yuna Yuki is compared to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica another magical girl protagonist]] who happens to be a WideEyedIdealist [[spoiler:and the embodiment of hope to her friends]].
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Averted with the Vertex. In episode 2 three of them attack at once. Then in episode 5 [[spoiler: all of the remaining Vertex attack at once.]]
* SpoilerOpening: Averted. The anime went through the trouble to keep Togo and Karin out of the OP until they officially joined the Vertex-fighting team.
** Also played straight in that the girls are fighting enemies who are clearly not Vertex. [[spoiler:Episode 10 reveals them to be Stardust, who combine in great numbers to form Vertex.]]
* SuperMode: Mankai, in which a Hero borrows power from the Shinju to vastly increase their power, combines this and LimitBreak. It can be activated when all of the [[ExperienceMeter petals on a Hero's outfit]] light up, which happens by fighting Vertexes. Karin likens it to leveling up after gaining enough experience, although as Sonoko explains in Episode 8, it's more akin to [[spoiler:becoming a human sacrifice.]]
* SuperWheelchair: [[spoiler:Togo's Mankai gives her a flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.]]
* StellarName: On Togo's tactical screen, each of the 12 Vertexes has a name corresponding to one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac.
* TarotTroubles: Itsuki does Tarot readings occasionally. In episode 4, before a test in music class that she's really nervous about, she gets Death [[FourIsDeath four times in a row.]] [[spoiler:And then a fifth time at the end of the episode.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Hero Team in ''Washio Sumi'' has some shades of this at first, and they struggle during their first fight due to their conflicting personalities. However, this fades very quickly as they become FireForgedFriends.
* TheFaceless: Most background characters don't get their faces shown.
* TheMagicGoesAway: By the end, [[spoiler:the girls have lost their Hero powers, seeing as how the Vertex attacks have been "postponed indefinitely" and so the Shinju no longer needs sacrifices.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted by ''Sonoko After,'' which reveals that soon ''any'' girl who wants to become a Hero will be able to when the Vertex attack again.]]
* TheStinger: After the end credits of a few episodes.
* TimeStandsStill: The girls' first warning when a Vertex is about to attack, even before the Forestize Warning.
* ToneShift: The series takes a very dramatic change in tone by the [[WhamEpisode wham episode]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Udon. It's the favorite food of every single named character (even Sonoko), with several scenes devoted to the girls enjoying udon after school. Udon was even served at the Mankai Matsuri, an official [=YuYuYu=] event.
** According to Sonoko, the Taisha originally tried fighting the Vertex by launching udon balls at them, taking NoodleIncident quite literally. She says that it may have been a joke, though.
* TransformationTrinket: The girls' smartphones serve this purpose, by means of a special app that Fu had everyone download when they joined the club.
* TragicDream: [[spoiler:Itsuki wishes to be a singer but loses her voice halfway through the anime]].
** [[spoiler:Subverted by the finale, when her voice returns.]]
* UnbrokenVigil: [[spoiler:When Yuna falls into a coma after the final battle, Togo is constantly by her side for what's implied to be ''weeks.'' Besides being her best friend, Togo also feels guilty about her actions directly leading to Yuna's coma.]]
* UnusualEuphemism: During Episode 7's FuroScene Fu asks Togo how she got so [[GagBoobs "megalopolis."]] Fans haven't let Togo forget about it.
* UnwantedFalseFaith: Girls chosen as heroes are treated like goddesses by the Taisha. The girls who are aware of this, [[spoiler:Togo and Sonoko]], are not very comfortable with it.
* VirginPower: It's stated that only "pure" girls can become Heroes, although what exactly "pure" means isn't elaborated on.
* VisualNovel: A bonus one bundled with the show's first Blu-Ray, made of ten SliceOfLife, mostly comedic short stories and some backstory fluff here and there. It's stated to take place between Episodes 4 and 5.
** A second VN, titled ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru S'' and containing 10 more SliceOfLife scenarios, was announced to be bundled with the sixth volume BD release.
* VomitDiscretionShot:
** PlayedForLaughs with Karin, as she got sick gouging on health foods in front of her friends.
** And then Togo is heard retching and is then shown wiping her mouth after [[spoiler: witnessing the true state of the world outside of the Shinju's barrier.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 8]]
* WorldTree: "Shinju-Sama" (the kanji translate as "God Tree") is stated to be this. The Vertex are trying to destroy it, which will destroy the girls' world as well.
** [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is played ''literally''. Episode 10 shows that the remaining gods siding with humanity has merged and erected a tree-shaped barrier the size of Shikoku Island, as a last desperate attempt to keep the remaining humans from the endless Vertex wave.]]
* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:After Togo claims that the Heroes' existence is a living hell, Yuna responds by saying that even if they're doomed to keep destroying their bodies, [[HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Hero Club. [[SchmuckBait Everything will be fun from now on!]] [[note]]From right to left: Yuna Yuki, Mimori Togo, Fu and Itsuki Inubouzaki. Not pictured: Karin Miyoshi[[/note]]]]
->''"Give a good greeting."\\
"Try not to give up."\\
"Sleep well, eat well."\\
"If you're troubled, talk to someone!"\\
"You're likely to succeed if you try."''
-->--[[ArcWords The Five Tenets of the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club]]
''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'') is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. The series focuses on a gang of average middle-school students, including the titular heroine Yuna Yuki and her friends Togo, Itsuki, and Itsuki's older sister Fu. All of them are members of the Hero Club, [[WeHelpTheHelpless which was formed to do good deeds and help people who need it]]...at least, that's what everyone but Fu thinks.
Everything changes one day when the girls' cell phones abruptly start ringing in class. Before they can react to the "Forestize Warning" alert that their cell phone screens display, everyone and everything around them goes [[TimeStandsStill completely motionless]], followed by the sky splitting open and the world being overwritten by [[AcidTripDimension an unearthly forest]]. The girls gather in the forest, and Fu has to give the rest of the Hero Club the quick rundown on what's going on before the first [[{{Kaiju}} Vertex]] attacks. As it turns out, the Hero Club is quite literal, and the girls have to fight to save the world.
The anime is part of an ExpandedUniverse developed by Studio Gokumi and main writer Takahiro (the same guy who wrote ''Manga/AkameGaKill'') from Minato Soft (the same company who wrote ''VisualNovel/MajiDeWatashiNiKoiShinasai'') Other elements of this universe are two manga adaptations (one closely following the events of the anime, the other being a comedy manga), a prequel novel called ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru'' (''Washio Sumi is a Hero'') and a game for the PlayStationVita called ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru: Jukai no Kioku'' (''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Memories of the Forest''), released in February 2015. In addition, a sequel novel titled ''Sonogo no Sonoko'' (''Sonoko After''), was released in January of 2015.
Compare ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', a similarly dark take on the MagicalGirl genre which has been argued by some to be the show's [[FollowTheLeader primary inspiration]]. Contrast ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' and ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear,'' works which themselves are dramatic at times but ultimately play the genre completely straight.
This series has been licensed by Pony Canyon USA for release in America, along with an English dub.
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!!FORESTIZE WARNING - Tropes are approaching. Please deploy to protect humanity.
* AcidTripDimension: The Jukai, the alternate world where the girls fight to stop the Vertex.
* AfterTheEnd: The story is said to take place 300 years after the "Anno Domini Era," during which a virus wiped out much of humanity until the Shinju appeared and saved what was left. Nevertheless, the world has returned to a peaceful, prosperous state not unlike modern-day Japan.
** [[spoiler: Episode 10 reveals that in reality, the gods sent the Vertex to destroy humanity, while the remaining gods who sided with the human race joined together to become the Shinju and preserve what was left within a barrier; the Hero Club's island of Shikoku is ''all that remains of humanity'']]
* AllDeathsFinal: ''Sonoko After'' states that while the Shinju can [[spoiler:return the sacrifices of the Heroes]] he can't bring back the dead, meaning that [[spoiler:Gin Minowa]] and Fu and Itsuki's parents aren't coming back.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:The plot of ''Jukai no Kioku'' happens in a dream world Sonoko created using her one of her twenty-one fairies, which would explain why the girls can use Mankai without penalty in-game.]]
* AlternativeCalendar: The series takes place in Year of Shinju 300.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: While their attacks can injure a Vertex's body (and must do enough damage to immobilize them), they'll regenerate from it; in order to actually destroy a Vertex, the Heroes have to surround it and pray to make it expose its core. Subverted slightly in that merely exposing the core doesn't make it all '''that''' vulnerable - they have to do the [[ForMassiveDamage massive damage]] the hard way, and the cores don't make it easy for them at all.
** Togo's Mankai form in has enough [[BeamSpam raw firepower]] to expose a Vertex's core without the need for sealing. [[spoiler:Karin's Mankai form is so powerful that it can destroy Vertex in a single hit, core and all, [[GlassCannon at the cost of being extremely fragile.]]]]
* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:The true purpose of being a Hero is to become a sacrifice to Shinju.]]
** [[spoiler:The truth about the outside world, which is an almost literal FireAndBrimstoneHell where the Vertex infinitely regenerate]].
* BattleAura: Whenever a Hero activates her [[SuperMode Mankai]], she initially emits a huge one in the shape and color of her respective flower.
** [[spoiler:When Yuna forcibly enters Mankai from her human form in Episode 12, her aura instead takes the form of a cherry tree, which then rapidly blossoms.]]
* BeachEpisode and HotSpringsEpisode: Episode 7.
* {{BFS}}: Fu's weapon, which she can make even larger as one of her attacks. It grows even larger in her Mankai form, with just the handle being as long as she is tall.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The main narrative of ''Washio Sumi'' ends with Sonoko facing down three Vertex alone and activating her Mankai. The anime reveals that she won, at the cost of activating Mankai ''twenty times.'']]
* BoobsOfSteel: Fu is the oldest girl, has the second biggest rack, and swings a {{BFS}} that puts the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Buster Sword]] to shame.
** Togo doesn't lose to Fu in the breast-size department, and carries [[MoreDakka enough]] [[FriendlySniper firepower]] to completely shift the tide of the battle in the second episode.
* BigEater: Fu, and Yuna to a lesser extent. This also extends to Yuna's fairy Gyuki, who tries to eat everything in sight... including the other fairies.
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Mankai gives them incredible amounts of power, but at the price of losing a bodily function, a sense, or maybe even limbs]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Fu at the end of episode 9.]]
* BreatherEpisode: [[BeachEpisode Episode 7]] is this, coming shortly after the climactic battle in Episode 5 and right before [[WhamEpisode Episode 8,]] which leads to the second half of the plot. It's even titled "Idyllic Happiness."
* BossWarningSiren: More like a MonsterOfTheWeek Warning Chime, but the "Forestize Warning" on their smartphones is rendered like it came out of a ShootEmUp and accompanied by a rather strident ringtone.
** The "Emergency Warning" ringtone that sounds when [[spoiler:Togo is blasting holes in the Shinju's barrier]] is downright alarming (which is probably the point).
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler: In this case, a “bureaucratically arranged friendship” rather than a marriage. After Togo’s first tour of duty as a Hero ended and she was released from the hospital, the Taisha deliberately arranged to have her family move next door to Yuna’s family, because they knew Yuna had extremely high potential as another Hero and wanted the two girls to become friends.]]
* BuxomIsBetter: The subject of one of the VisualNovel scenarios (Fu's Determination) is Fu, Itsuki and Yuna trying to come up with ways to make their breasts bigger to compete with [[BoobsOfSteel Togo]]. This leads to some... interesting lines.
--> [[{{Determinator}} Yuna]]: '' '''"[[CrowningMomentOfFunny I WILL BECOME BIG-BREASTED!]]"''' ''
* CerebusSyndrome: The show presents itself as a MagicalGirlWarrior show with a [[SliceOfLife heavy emphasis on the girls' everyday lives,]] and even after the girls temporarily lose physical functions as a result of fighting, they manage to take it in stride. Then comes [[WhamEpisode Episode 8]], which reveals that [[spoiler:their disabilities are permanent, and they will continue to lose parts of their body as long as they continue to fight, with the bearer of bad news being a former Hero who used [[SuperMode Mankai]] so many times that she had essentially become a living log.]] After this, things get progressively worse until they reach [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] levels of dark and depressing.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Like most magical girl shows, each girl is represented by her respective color. Yuna is pink, Togo is blue, Fu is yellow, Itsuki is green and Karin is red.
** In ''Washio Sumi,'' Sumi is blue, Sonoko is purple and Gin is red.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The Vertex attack at the Great Seto Bridge which Fu and Itsuki's parents were killed is the same one in which [[spoiler: Sonoko used Mankai twenty times to drive the Vertex back.]]
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: [[spoiler:Togo constantly talks to an unresponsive Yuna in the final episode. It eventually helps Yuna to break out of her coma.]]
* CoolBigSis: Fu, as the oldest of the club, acts like a big sister that is responsible for everyone
* CooldownHug: Itsuki delivers one to [[spoiler:Fu]] in episode nine. Yuna delivers one to [[spoiler:Togo]] in episode twelve.
* CoolGuns: Togo's arsenal of sniper rifle and dual magical pistols.
* CosyCatastrophe: The series takes place on something of a post-apocalyptic Earth where the section of Japan the girls live on is the only surviving area. Aside from the Shinju-sama worship you wouldn't notice it as everyone and everything is pretty normal.
** Notably, they still code mobile websites in (English) HTML and ''Jquery''. Also, the mall offers Gelato.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Episode 5 sees four out of the five Heroes use their [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] after [[spoiler:the remaining Vertex attack all at once,]] the strain of which causes health problems in the girls who used it: Yuna loses her sense of taste, Togo loses hearing in her left ear, Fu loses vision in her left eye, and Itsuki loses her voice. However, the Taisha tell them that it's likely temporary and that they're actively looking for a cure.
** [[spoiler: Episode 8 reveals that it's permanent, and that each time they use Mankai they will lose something else, as a sacrifice for using the Shinju's power.]]
** [[spoiler: And downgraded back to Downplayed in Episode 12, where the girls eventually got all their health back. There was a bit of in-universe speculation on how they were fully restored, ranging from being a form of thanks from the Shinju for postponing Vertexes' attacks even further to sheer willpower from the girls' side.]]
* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:The end of Episode 10: the revelation that their disabilities are permanent and that continuing to fight will further destroy their bodies has left Fu a [[HeroicBSOD sobbing wreck.]] Furthermore, it drove Togo to let in thousands of Stardust and Vertex to destroy the Shinju in the hopes of delivering a MercyKill to her friends.]]
* DarkReprise: Episode 10's ED features a very quiet piano reprise of the ending theme with Togo as the sole singer, with much more somber lyrics driving home [[spoiler:her decision to destroy the Shinju.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: The "final" Vertexes in Episode 5.]]
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Both the opening, ''Hoshi to Hana'' (Stars and Flowers), and the ending, ''Aurora Days,'' are sung by the [=VAs=] of the main cast (minus Karin).
** ''Inori no Uta'' (Song of Prayer), which is used as the ED for Episodes 4 and 9, is Itsuki's ImageSong
** Togo is the sole singer of Episode 10's ED, while Yuna is the sole singer of Episode 11's ED.
* DontTryThisAtHome: Several of these disclaimers appear as Karin tries to demonstrate to Itsuki how safe popping multple supplements at once is. [[VomitDiscretionShot It isn't.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In Episode 9 Togo mentions that she attempted suicide over ten times between then and Episode 8, only to fail due to her fairies stopping her. We even see her first attempt in Episode 10.]]
* DualWielding: Karin's weapon of choice is dual wielding katanas.
** Similarly to Karin, Gin dual-wields axes in the Light Novel. [[spoiler:Since Karin is using Gin's terminal, it's only natural that she would emulate her fighting style.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: All Heroes recover from their wounds (even Nogi Sonoko) and lose contact with the Taisha, meaning they won't have to fight anymore.]]
** ''Sonoko After'' subverts this, although in a sense it played it straight. [[spoiler:The Hero Club's actions led the Shinju to believe that humanity could achieve this for themselves, and is now allowing the Hero System to go into mass-production. Although the original cast will likely be called again, the Sange and the fairy barriers have been removed.]] Whether this is a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
* {{Engrish}}: One of the posters in the club room rather notably says "Brave Clab." This is (unfortunately?) corrected to "Brave Club" in the Blu-Ray/DVD release.
* EvolvingCredits: Togo's MagicalGirl form appears in the OP after Episode 2. Karin appears in the ED after episode 3, and then in the OP starting in episode 5.
** Each character has a flower on her costume that gets filled in as she gets closer to using her Mankai, and these flowers are shown in the OP.
** [[spoiler: All the girls are healthy and walking in Episode 12's ending, after they recover from their wounds. It also features them all singing in harmony.]]
* ExperienceMeter: Every girl has a flower-shaped one on their Hero outfits (Yuna on her right hand, Togo on her left breast, Fu on her left thigh, Itsuki on her back and Karin on her left shoulder). Expending lots of magic causes one of the flower's five petals to light up, and when all five are lit up the user will be able to activate her [[SuperMode Mankai.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Prominently featured in the merchandise and bonus materials (including official ''dakis''), but the anime itself only has a relatively small amount. Several shots have an emphasis on the girls bosoms or bottoms, but many of them are very brief.
** The other transformation sequences are minimally fanservicey except for a couple of chaste panty shots, but Togo's involves rope bondage to go with her method of transportation being ribbon-tentacles (as well as a rather gratuitous shot of her bust).
** The VisualNovel included with preorders of the first BD volume cranks up the fanservice a few notches. For example:
*** One scenario (Skit's Practice) has Yuna and Togo practicing their roles for a play, and the script eventually calls for a kiss. Although Fu explains that they don't actually have to kiss, [[LesYay Togo really gets into it, even closing her eyes as if preparing for a real kiss.]] Afterward, Togo demands that they practice the scene ten more times.
*** Another scenario (Godhand Yuna) has Yuna give each member of the Hero Club a massage. She's really, ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm really]]'' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything good at it.]] Many fans didn't believe at first that [[http://i.imgur.com/BuiKDFV.jpg this]] was a real CG and not an edit.
*** Beating the VN unlocks a mode called "Blessing of Shinju-sama," which put the girls in [[SchoolSwimsuit School Swimsuits]] in ''every'' scene and also removes some (although not all) of the CensorSteam in the onsen scene.
* FairyCompanion: They're cute representations of Japanese youkai and spirits, and are summoned from the girls' cellphones. The fairies grant the girls their weapons while they're in their Hero forms, and also can protect a Hero from significant damage. [[spoiler:They'll even protect a Hero from herself.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The girls gradually become more disabled with every use of Mankai. Sonoko has lost the use of one eye, one ear, her senses of smell, taste, and touch, and the use of all of her limbs. Karin arguably gets it even worse as she loses both her eyesight and her hearing after using Mankai just four times. If they decide they've had enough of being living vegetables, they cannot even kill themselves. The guilt over being responsible for exposing her friends to this future drives Fu nearly insane, and Togo decides she would rather end humanity's existence than accept that fate.]]
* FingerPokeOfDoom: [[spoiler:How Yuna defeats the final Vertex]]
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The fact that it's a MagicalGirl show at all isn't clear from the promo image, which looks like it's from a mundane SchoolgirlSeries. The first half of the pilot is pure SliceOfLife and indicates that Yuna is a "hero" because she's in a "Hero Club" that does volunteer/charity work. Then the Forestizing hits...
* {{Flanderization}}: The supplementary manga, ''Yuki Yuna wa Yushabu Shozoku'' (Yuki Yuna Is a Hero Club Member) exaggerates everyone's personalities. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as it's a [[GagSeries gag 4koma.]]
** Yuna is more of an IdiotHero obsessed with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood udon.]]
** Togo is even more lesbian for Yuna.
** Fu is [[CutenessProximity completely obsessed with Itsuki's cuteness.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Apart from her color, each girl has a flower that represents her. Yuna is a cherry blossom, Togo is a morning glory, Fu is a wood sorrel, Itsuki is a chain of Solomon's seal and Karin is an azalea.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The opening itself has this in its lyrics:
--->''Ah, though there is nothing that fascinates humans more than the truth,''
--->''Ah, [[AwfulTruth there is nothing that is more cruel to humans than the truth, right?]]''
** In Episode 2, Fu remarks that for someone who just became a Hero Togo acts surprisingly experienced. [[spoiler:[[ForgotTheCall She's more right than she knows.]]]]
** Taisha said the girls health issues have no neurological reason and they would get better. [[spoiler:They get better in the finale]].
** Yuna's and Togo's colors are [[RedOniBlueOni red/pink and blue]]. [[spoiler:Togo and Yuna duel in the last episode]].
** Togo refers to herself as a 'deserter' in episode 2.
** Fu's offhand joke about taking back offerings after a while turns out more important than one would think.
** In the VN, [[FortuneTeller Itsuki]] draws the Strength tarot when she does Yuna's fortune. She then explains that the Strength isn't represented by the lion depicted on the card, but by the woman gently taming it. [[spoiler:This foreshadows how Yuna defeats the Leo Vertex in Episode 12.]]
* FromBadToWorse: The eighth episode marked the appearance of [[spoiler: the thirteenth vertex]]. However, it was Gemini-type, known for being the symbol for twins, so that should be the end of it, right?[[spoiler: [[HopelessWar Nope.]]]]
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: In the ''Jukai no Kioku'' Vita game, [[HandicappedBadass Togo]] can't move with left stick like the other girls; instead, she relies entirely on jumping with her ribbons.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Yuna does this to Togo in episode 12.
* GunsAkimbo: Togo is capable of dual wielding pistols... in reverse grip.
* HairDecorations: Yuna's peculiar hairclip becomes a notably prominent headpiece after she transforms.
* HandicappedBadass: Togo is confined to a wheelchair in her normal form. Her legs are still useless when she transforms. This does nothing to stop her.
** [[spoiler:The true nature of Mankai means every hero will become this given enough time fighting the Vertexes.]]
* HeadPet: Gyuki, Yuna's FairyCompanion, seems to spend a lot of time perched atop Yuna's head outside of combat.
* HeroesRUs: Taisha act as this, providing support and information to the Heroes while also ensuring that their families are granted special privileges. They even provide for Episode 7's BeachEpisode!
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Fu in episode 9 when she finds out Itsuki will be mute for the rest of her life. She attempts to destroy the Taisha for misleading them, and even after Itsuki calms her down she's still incapacitated for much of Episode 11.]]
** [[spoiler:Togo has one after she sees for herself the truth of what the world has become in episode 10.]]
** [[spoiler:Yuna has a brief one in episode 11 when she learns that Togo deliberately let thousands of Vertex in, and realizes that by fighting the Vertex she'll have to fight Togo too. She is actually unable to transform due to not knowing what to do.]]
* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: After defeating the final Vertex in Episode 12, Yuna is left in a comatose state for what is implied to be several weeks. She gets better.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: It's stated that Fu's and Itsuki's parents were Taisha workers who were killed while evacuating civilians during a Vertex attack.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Tomoyo Kurosawa has to deliberately sing badly in episode 4 during several scenes where Itsuki is struggling to sing in front of other people because of her shyness. The rest of Kurosawa’s vocal work for the series, especially in [[spoiler:episode 9]], shows that she’s actually a very good singer.
* HopelessWar: [[spoiler:The Vertex is unending in number, and the big ones are being continuously reconstructed outside Shinju's barrier. In ''Sonoko After,'' Sonoko states that even with the Hero System, humanity would eventually fall.]]
** [[spoiler:As of ''Sonoko After'' the Taisha have begun trying to avert this by mass-producing the Hero terminals and going on the offensive to reclaim the outside world.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: The Hero's faeries prevent any attempts at suicide. Considering the [[FateWorseThanDeath alternatives]], this is not a kindness.]]
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Lead writer Takahiro stated that he created the series with the intention of not showing any male characters. Later on it's revealed that only young girls can become Heroes because [[spoiler:young girls have always been human sacrifices]]
* InsertSong: ''Inori no Uta'' (Song of Prayer), sung by Itsuki, which serves as the ED song for Episodes 4 and 9. [[spoiler: It's the song that Itsuki recorded and submitted to an idol audition site.]]
** Yuna and Karin have a duet in ''Circle Triangle Square'' during the karaoke scene in Episode 4, while Togo sings ''Kokon Musou'' (The Unparalleled in History), a patriotic ballad.
* InvisibleParents: Yuna has family but they're never shown.
** According to the visual novel Karin has a brother that works at Taisha and her parents are alive, yet she lives alone. It's implied that they aren't very close.
** Togo's parents aren't mentioned until the final episodes of the anime, and even then only appear in a flashback. They didn't even appear to take their daughter from the hospital.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Vertex are huge, [[EldritchAbomination completely alien]] monsters. [[spoiler: With one [[FragileSpeedster exception]].]]
* KidHero: The Hero Club. [[spoiler:As the series goes on we learn they're more like [[ChildSoldier child soldiers]] though]].
* KillAllHumans: The Vertex seek to destroy the Shinju, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt which would have this exact effect.]] Later, it's revealed that [[spoiler:they were sent by the heavenly gods with the specific purpose of cleansing humanity.]]
* KingMook: The Leo Vertex appears to be this; it tends to hang back in battles and it has the ability to fuse with other Vertex.
** It's also the FinalBoss of ''Jukai no Kioku,'' only it has a purple and gray color scheme [[spoiler:[[ColorCodedCharacters to emphasize the fact that it's a part of Sonoko's dream.]]]]
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Yuna's attempt to raise Togo's spirits [[EpicFail falls]] [[{{Pun}} flat]].
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Sonoko's dream world in ''Jukai no Kioku,'' in which using Mankai has no consequence and the girls' lives as Heroes don't affect their everyday lives. At the end of the game, Sonoko even asks you if you want to stay or return to the real world]]
* LuckyCharmsTitle: On the OST CD, several of the track titles have only stars for titles (such as ☆☆☆☆ and ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆), with some also having five asterisks. They represent the Vertex (who are named after constellations) and the Heroes (the asterisks look like flowers) respectively.
* TheMasquerade: Most of the world isn't aware of the Vertex or of the Heroes who protect them, although ''Washio Sumi'' shows that cities with greater Taisha influence are aware of it to some degree. Meanwhile, nobody outside of the Taisha is aware of [[spoiler:the world outside the Shinju's barrier being a FireAndBrimstoneHell where Vertex reproduce infinitely.]]
** [[spoiler:''Sonoko After'' reveals that the Taisha eventually plan to break the masquerade, revealing the truth about the outside world and mass-producing terminals to open the Hero system to the general public.]]
* {{Miko}}: The Heroes' [[SuperMode Mankai forms]] have this appearance, with DetachedSleeves and all. In-universe, Miko are [[WaifProphet girls who are able to hear Shinju's voice directly,]] and the Taisha get their information through their interpretations.
** [[spoiler:Togo has the powers of both a Hero and a Miko. ''Sonoko After'' states that such people are called "Messiah."]]
* MinorLivingAlone: Karin. The sisters are orphans and live alone as well.
* MundaneUtility: In the VN, the girls end up using the Hero System for... a concert. Hey, it saves on costumes and special effects and that way Togo can move around the stage without her wheelchair.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler: Karin's Mankai form essentially has 4 external arms each armed with a large katana.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Fu has one of these moments in Episode 9 when she realizes that [[spoiler:Yuna had completely filled her Mankai gauge trying to stop her RoaringRampageOfRevenge]]
** [[spoiler:Togo]] has a similar moment in Episode 12 after [[spoiler:Yuna manages to change her mind about destroying the Shinju.]]
---> [[spoiler:'''Togo:''']] ''I started something awful.''
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Togo's plan to destroy the Shinju, and the ensuing battle, caused the Shinju to come to believe in human courage after seeing Yuna's determination. This led it to give back the sacrifices of the Heroes as well as allowing the Hero System to be upgraded to the next stage, allowing for mass production in exchange for the fairy barriers (and Sange as a result). If Togo hadn't forced the issue, Sonoko states that the Shinju would've been destroyed eventually.]]
* NighInvulnerability: The girls' fairies provide a barrier that protect them from significant damage, although if they take enough hits they can still de-transform due to exhaustion. [[spoiler:The fairies even protect the girls from harming themselves]]
* NotSoFastBucko: TheStinger of Episode 7. [[spoiler: Even with the Vertex dead, the battles aren't over.]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Both played straight and averted, in different ways. [[spoiler: They became heroes and thwart the vertexes, at times for the price of their bodily functions. However, Taisha gave them luxuries (and eventually worship) as recompense.]]
* OffModel: Noticeable in episode 8; the way that Sonoko's lower body is drawn made many people believe that her legs had been amputated.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler: Togo]] basically becomes this in episode 2. The same can be said for [[spoiler: Karin]] in episode 3.
* PlotBasedVoiceCancellation: When Togo is about to get some important information from [[spoiler:Sonoko]] in episode 10, the audible part of the conversation is cut off by [[spoiler:Togo’s phone ringing and Yuki leaving a message. The only clue the audience has to what Togo is actually hearing is the expression on her face.]]
** However, the content of the cut-off conversation was quickly made apparent at a later point in the same episode, merging this trope with ShowDontTell.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The fourth of the Hero Club Tenets ("If you're troubled, talk to someone!") gets broken a lot. The conflict of the entire second half of the series can be chalked up to the Taisha being needlessly secretive to their Heroes, leading to some rather depressing turns of events. [[spoiler: In fact, when they ask Sonoko to stop Fu's RoaringRampageOfRevenge against them as well as Togo's SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, she outright blows them off as they brought that whole mess upon themselves by witholding extremely important information for no real reason and says that she'd rather trust her fellow heroes.]]
** As of ''Sonoko After'' the Taisha seem to have learned their lesson: [[spoiler:they plan on revealing the true nature of the world to the general public and making the Hero system available to the entire public.]] Togo worries that this may be taking it too far, especially considering [[spoiler:seeing the truth herself was enough to make her try to destroy the world out of despair.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler: Mankai. Every activation requires the Heroes to sacrifice an aspect of themselves. The sacrifice can range from inconvenient to downright life altering, but multiple activations ''will'' severely cripple the user.]]
* PowerFist: Yuna's weapon of choice. Her Mankai are a pair of super powered fist on mechanical looking arms that act when she does.
* {{Prequel}}: ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru'', following the adventures of the previous team of heroes, Gin Minowa, Sonoko Nogi and the titular Sumi Washio.
** [[spoiler: DoomedByCanon: Only two of said characters are accounted for in the show itself (though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity). And sure enough, Gin dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]
* RedHeadedHero: The title character, though her hair looks pink when in MagicalGirl form.
* RedOniBlueOni: Yuki Yuna is cheerful, passionate, and outgoing girl who specializes in hand-to-hand combat. Her best friend in the Hero Club is Mimori Togo, a thoughtful, analytical history buff with a talent for computer coding who is a crack shot with a sniper rifle.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Fu sets out to destroy the Taisha after she learns that Itsuki's dream was to be a singer and that her voice wouldn't come back.]] It takes the combined efforts of Karin, Yuna and Itsuki to stop her.
* SeriesFauxnale: [[spoiler: Invoked in episode 5. The girls fight all the remaining seven Vertex at once, and the first four girls get their {{Next Tier Power Up}}s. The battle culminates in Yuna destroying a Vertex whose soul is so big that it's visible from space. Oh, and there's some romantic moments between Yuna and Togo. All of this adds up to an episode that feels like a series finale...even though the series is not even half over.]]
* ShoutOut: Yuna's first transformation involving the sequential appearance of partial armor parts while attacking is highly similar to KamenRiderKuuga's first transformation.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Little of the pre-air promotional material featured Karin or Togo, if they appear at all.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The show starts off very much on the idealistic side; even after the girls suffer health problems as a result of fighting, they find ways to take it in stride. However, in Episode 8 things begin to move rather quickly toward the cynical end when it's revealed that [[spoiler:their disabilities are permanent and that continuing to fight and protect the world means sacrificing more and more of their bodies.]] This leads to more than one of the girls deciding that the sacrifice isn't worth it as Yuna desperately tries to keep her friends together, and by the end of Episode 11 things seem to be firmly stuck far on the cynical end. However, the ending manages to smash right into the idealistic end of the scale and keeps going, with [[spoiler:Yuna convincing Togo that their [[YouAreWorthHell existence as Heroes is worth it if they have each other]], everyone uniting once more to save the day, and with the girls recovering from their disabilities.]]
** And yes, this story is coming from the same guy who gave us Manga/AkameGaKill, which falls right on the opposite end of the scale.
** More importantly, Yuna Yuki is compared to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica another magical girl protagonist]] who happens to be a WideEyedIdealist [[spoiler:and the embodiment of hope to her friends]].
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Averted with the Vertex. In episode 2 three of them attack at once. Then in episode 5 [[spoiler: all of the remaining Vertex attack at once.]]
* SpoilerOpening: Averted. The anime went through the trouble to keep Togo and Karin out of the OP until they officially joined the Vertex-fighting team.
** Also played straight in that the girls are fighting enemies who are clearly not Vertex. [[spoiler:Episode 10 reveals them to be Stardust, who combine in great numbers to form Vertex.]]
* SuperMode: Mankai, in which a Hero borrows power from the Shinju to vastly increase their power, combines this and LimitBreak. It can be activated when all of the [[ExperienceMeter petals on a Hero's outfit]] light up, which happens by fighting Vertexes. Karin likens it to leveling up after gaining enough experience, although as Sonoko explains in Episode 8, it's more akin to [[spoiler:becoming a human sacrifice.]]
* SuperWheelchair: [[spoiler:Togo's Mankai gives her a flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.]]
* StellarName: On Togo's tactical screen, each of the 12 Vertexes has a name corresponding to one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac.
* TarotTroubles: Itsuki does Tarot readings occasionally. In episode 4, before a test in music class that she's really nervous about, she gets Death [[FourIsDeath four times in a row.]] [[spoiler:And then a fifth time at the end of the episode.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The Hero Team in ''Washio Sumi'' has some shades of this at first, and they struggle during their first fight due to their conflicting personalities. However, this fades very quickly as they become FireForgedFriends.
* TheFaceless: Most background characters don't get their faces shown.
* TheMagicGoesAway: By the end, [[spoiler:the girls have lost their Hero powers, seeing as how the Vertex attacks have been "postponed indefinitely" and so the Shinju no longer needs sacrifices.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted by ''Sonoko After,'' which reveals that soon ''any'' girl who wants to become a Hero will be able to when the Vertex attack again.]]
* TheStinger: After the end credits of a few episodes.
* TimeStandsStill: The girls' first warning when a Vertex is about to attack, even before the Forestize Warning.
* ToneShift: The series takes a very dramatic change in tone by the [[WhamEpisode wham episode]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Udon. It's the favorite food of every single named character (even Sonoko), with several scenes devoted to the girls enjoying udon after school. Udon was even served at the Mankai Matsuri, an official [=YuYuYu=] event.
** According to Sonoko, the Taisha originally tried fighting the Vertex by launching udon balls at them, taking NoodleIncident quite literally. She says that it may have been a joke, though.
* TransformationTrinket: The girls' smartphones serve this purpose, by means of a special app that Fu had everyone download when they joined the club.
* TragicDream: [[spoiler:Itsuki wishes to be a singer but loses her voice halfway through the anime]].
** [[spoiler:Subverted by the finale, when her voice returns.]]
* UnbrokenVigil: [[spoiler:When Yuna falls into a coma after the final battle, Togo is constantly by her side for what's implied to be ''weeks.'' Besides being her best friend, Togo also feels guilty about her actions directly leading to Yuna's coma.]]
* UnusualEuphemism: During Episode 7's FuroScene Fu asks Togo how she got so [[GagBoobs "megalopolis."]] Fans haven't let Togo forget about it.
* UnwantedFalseFaith: Girls chosen as heroes are treated like goddesses by the Taisha. The girls who are aware of this, [[spoiler:Togo and Sonoko]], are not very comfortable with it.
* VirginPower: It's stated that only "pure" girls can become Heroes, although what exactly "pure" means isn't elaborated on.
* VisualNovel: A bonus one bundled with the show's first Blu-Ray, made of ten SliceOfLife, mostly comedic short stories and some backstory fluff here and there. It's stated to take place between Episodes 4 and 5.
** A second VN, titled ''Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru S'' and containing 10 more SliceOfLife scenarios, was announced to be bundled with the sixth volume BD release.
* VomitDiscretionShot:
** PlayedForLaughs with Karin, as she got sick gouging on health foods in front of her friends.
** And then Togo is heard retching and is then shown wiping her mouth after [[spoiler: witnessing the true state of the world outside of the Shinju's barrier.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Episode 8]]
* WorldTree: "Shinju-Sama" (the kanji translate as "God Tree") is stated to be this. The Vertex are trying to destroy it, which will destroy the girls' world as well.
** [[spoiler: As it turns out, this trope is played ''literally''. Episode 10 shows that the remaining gods siding with humanity has merged and erected a tree-shaped barrier the size of Shikoku Island, as a last desperate attempt to keep the remaining humans from the endless Vertex wave.]]
* YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:After Togo claims that the Heroes' existence is a living hell, Yuna responds by saying that even if they're doomed to keep destroying their bodies, [[HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]
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