History Anime / YukiYunaIsAHero

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The fact that it's a MagicalGirl series 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...

* HairDecorations: Yuna's peculiar hairclip becomes a notably prominent headpiece after she transforms.

A [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-23/yuki-yuna-is-a-hero-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2017/.107995 second season]] of the anime has been announced for March 2017, the first six episodes being an adaptation of ''Washio Sumi'' titled ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Washio Sumi Chapter'' and the second half being a proper sequel titled ''Yuki Yuna is a Hero: Hero Chapter''.

Several other aspects of the universe, collectively called the ''Yuusha de aru'' franchise, have been introduced:

* ''Washio Sumi is a Hero ([=WaSuYu=])'' [[note]]''Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de aru''[[/note]] -- A prequel novel taking place two years before the anime, centered on the previous Hero team: Sumi Washio, Sonoko Nogi and Gin Minowa (serialized from April - November 2014).

''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'', a.k.a. ''[=YuYuYu=]'', is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. It was 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''

--> [[{{Determinator}} Yuna]]: '' '''"[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments I WILL BECOME BIG-BREASTED!]]"''' ''

* 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, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]

* 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. However, merely exposing the core doesn't make it all ''that'' vulnerable - they have to do 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.]]]]

** 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.

* DisabilitySuperpower:
** The Hero System is shown to compensate for any of its users' disabilities in battle, demonstrated by Togo's Hero outfit which includes four ribbons which allow her to move around without using her legs. [[spoiler:When Karin performs her consecutive Mankais in Episode 11, she gains braces that support every part of her body that she loses, and when Sonoko loses her eye to the Sange in [[=WaSuYu=], a similar ribbon grows underneath it.]] The official website revealed that these supports are called "Gimmicks."

''Yuki Yuna is a Hero'', a.k.a. ''[=YuYuYu=]'', is a MagicalGirlWarrior series which aired during the Fall2014Anime season. It was 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''.

* ShoutOut: Yuna's first transformation involving the sequential appearance of partial armor parts while attacking is highly similar to ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'''s first transformation.

* 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]]

** In Season 2, [[spoiler:Episode 5 ends as Yuna is being prepared to be offered to the Shinju as a human sacrifice in an attempt to save it, even after her friends had all angrily protested against the ritual. Meanwhile, the rest of the Heroes are asked to HoldTheLine while their friend sacrifices herself while the sky burns with the approach of the forces of the heavenly gods, just to make it clear that they are absolutely out of time.]]

** 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 Karin 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. Her arm and leg braces appear to grant her limbs movement, as shown when she joins up with the other girls.]]

* DoomedByCanon: Only two of the characters in the prequel light novel ''Washio Sumi Is a Hero'' are accounted for in the show itself ([[spoiler:though crippled and in Sumi's case, amnesiac and under a new identity]]). And sure enough, [[spoiler:Gin]] dies over the course of the book, though it is heavily implied [[spoiler:her [[TransformationTrinket cellphone]] was upgraded and given to Karin.]]

* 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.]]

** The Washio Sumi chapter has noticeably more fanservice and focuses more on the girls' assets when they transform and showing them naked in an onsen (albeit with CensorSteam) in one episode. Considering they're still in grade school, it's pretty weird.

* 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, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]

** The Washio Sumi chapter has noticeably more fanservice and focuses more on the girls' assets when they transform. Considering they're still in grade school, it's pretty weird.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: The "final" Vertexes in episode 5.]]

* 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, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The Crunchyroll sub keeps using the word "Vertexes", rather than the correct "Vertices".

* 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, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it's not a hell because they have each other.]]]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: It's painfully obvious that the translators for Amazon's stream of ''Washio Sumi Chapter'' and ''Hero Chapter'' didn't bother to watch the first season. Various terms that should be translated liberally are translated literally and vice-versa, leading to conflicts in terminology not only with the fanbase, but with the original Crunchyroll stream. Examples include the Flower Calming Ceremony being called the "Ceremony of Chinka", the Seto Inland Bridge being the "Seto Long-Bridge", and strangest of all, Mankai being translated as "All-Out."

* NoEnding: The ''Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero'' series ends [[spoilers: just as the Sentinels have all been declared as official Heroes by the Taisha, some time before the events of the final battle of ''Hero Chapter'' take place.]] What happens to Mebuki and the rest of the characters during and after the series finale is unknown.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: The major conflict is still left unresolved after the ending of every works in the series so far.]]

* ''Kusunoki Mebuki is a Hero'' (''[=KuMeYu=]'') [[note]]''Kusunoki Mebuki wa Yuusha de aru''[[/note]] -- An upcoming light novel series taking place between season one and two of the anime, detailing the story of a group of Hero candidates being called by the Taisha to the Golden Tower for a special duty.