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** In a more conventional sense, the gender of Hotaru's real-world player, one of the characters of ''.hack//Legend of The Twilight Bracelet'', is ''very'' fiercely debated due to several conflicting pieces of information across the medium. Specifically, while many have said that Hotaru is a female, she is revealed to be male in the non-canon ''Let's Meet Offline'' and in a throwaway, hard-to-translate line in ''A.I. Buster 2'', which ''is'' canon. It doesn't help that real-world Hotaru is shown at the end of Volume 3 (along with the other real-world versions of the cast), and looks VERY [[AmbiguousGender gender-ambiguous.]]
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** In a more conventional sense, the gender of Hotaru's real-world player, one of the characters of ''.hack//Legend of The Twilight Bracelet'', is ''very'' fiercely debated due to several conflicting pieces of information across the medium. Specifically, while many have said that Hotaru is a female, she is revealed to be male in the non-canon ''Let's Meet Offline'' and in a throwaway, hard-to-translate line in ''A.I. Buster 2'', which ''is'' canon. It doesn't help that real-world Hotaru is shown at the end of Volume 3 (along with the other real-world versions of the cast), and looks VERY [[AmbiguousGender gender-ambiguous.]]]].
*** The infobook "Epithet of the Old Testament" apparently clears this up... but the lack of a readily available English translation makes it difficult to figure out. Fans seem to agree it confirms Hotaru is a boy in one continuity and a girl in another, though which is which seems to switch. Worse yet, some sources say it sidesteps the issue entirely and only refers to Hotaru's player character.
*** The infobook "Epithet of the Old Testament" apparently clears this up... but the lack of a readily available English translation makes it difficult to figure out. Fans seem to agree it confirms Hotaru is a boy in one continuity and a girl in another, though which is which seems to switch. Worse yet, some sources say it sidesteps the issue entirely and only refers to Hotaru's player character.
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The ''.hack'' (pronounced "dot hack") series is a conglomeration of {{light novel}}s, {{video games}}, {{manga}}, {{OVA}}, and {{anime}} TV series that started with the games by Creator/CyberConnect2. Most of these are character dramas told from the perspective of online gamers playing an {{MMORPG}} called "The World," which displays the disturbing tendency to affect the minds of its players, calling into question the nature of human consciousness.
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The ''.hack'' (pronounced "dot hack") series is a conglomeration of {{light novel}}s, {{video games}}, {{manga}}, {{OVA}}, and {{anime}} TV series that started with the games by Creator/CyberConnect2.Creator/CyberConnect2 and is owned by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment. Most of these are character dramas told from the perspective of online gamers playing an {{MMORPG}} called "The World," which displays the disturbing tendency to affect the minds of its players, calling into question the nature of human consciousness.
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Characters in the series also appear in both VideoGame/ProjectXZone games. Kite and Black Rose are playable as a pair in the first game, while it is Haseo who pairs up with Kite in the second. Other characters who appear include Aura, Sheith in both games, while Tri-Edge only appears in the second.
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* AkashicRecords: The MacGuffin in ''.hack//LINK''.
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* BlackBox: The technology of The World, and to some extent, ALTIMIT itself.
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* ButtMonkey: Elk to a T. However, completely Justified. Why? See LoveHurts below.
* CallingYourAttacks: They're in a video game!
* CityOfCanals: Mac Anu.
* CollectibleCardGame: Both in real life, as well as one within the G.U. generation games.
* CallingYourAttacks: They're in a video game!
* CityOfCanals: Mac Anu.
* CollectibleCardGame: Both in real life, as well as one within the G.U. generation games.
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* DualBoss: Gorre
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* FanService: All parts of the franchise have some, but the biggest offender is definitely the ''Legend of the Twilight'' manga.
** .hack//GIFT probably has the best example: After the cartoony silly parody of the series is done, it goes to a silly cartoony parody of the .hack//sign credits, before suddenly inexplicably cutting to a photo of Mimiru, BT, and Subaru completely nude bathing in a sauna. BarbieDollAnatomy took a step back for that scene.
* FinalFirstHug: [[spoiler: Ovan gives Haseo one of these when he's finally defeated in the manga.]]
** .hack//GIFT probably has the best example: After the cartoony silly parody of the series is done, it goes to a silly cartoony parody of the .hack//sign credits, before suddenly inexplicably cutting to a photo of Mimiru, BT, and Subaru completely nude bathing in a sauna. BarbieDollAnatomy took a step back for that scene.
* FinalFirstHug: [[spoiler: Ovan gives Haseo one of these when he's finally defeated in the manga.]]
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* FanService: {{Fanservice}}: All parts of the franchise have some, but the biggest offender is definitely the ''Legend of the Twilight'' manga.
** .hack//GIFTmanga. ''.hack//GIFT'' probably has the best example: After the cartoony silly parody of the series is done, it goes to a silly cartoony parody of the .hack//sign credits, before suddenly inexplicably cutting to a photo of Mimiru, BT, and Subaru completely nude bathing in a sauna. BarbieDollAnatomy took a step back for that scene.
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* HermeticMagic: In the online videogame version.
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* RolePlayingGameVerse: Literally.
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* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Part of the reason for the denial about [[spoiler:Tsukasa]].
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* UndergroundMonkey: Many of them are in the video games.
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!!''[[Franchise/DotHack .hack]]'' has examples of:
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** [[FridgeLogic Wait, does that mean nothing The Dot Hackers or Haseo did actually helped people escape their comas? This also puts Tsukasa's existence into question.]]
** Except that's likely from the anime, which is a different continuity.
** Except that's likely from the anime, which is a different continuity.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Look at the "Pluto's Kiss" backstory above and laugh at how implausible that is. Even moreso that it is said to be made by a preteen as a prank. Even [[TabletopGame/CyberPunk DataKrash]] has a far more plausible explanation, being it's written by an expert.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Look at the "Pluto's Kiss" backstory above and laugh at how implausible that is. Even moreso that it is said to be made by a preteen as a prank. Even [[TabletopGame/CyberPunk DataKrash]] has a far more plausible explanation, being it's written by an expert.
