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16th May '13 2:16:22 AM Folamh3

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12th May '13 9:18:32 AM Serocco

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** The Vandenreich provide a ''massive'' departure from the villains seen in most Shonen. Most characters tend to follow HonorBeforeReason during fights, preferring one-on-one combat, CallingOutYourAttacks and TalkingIsAFreeTendency. Previous antagonists would invert the usage of the OneWingedAngel by transforming into their more creature-esque forms without real provocation to do so. Not so with the Vandenreich. They give Soul Society five days to prepare for the war and invade ''later that same day as the war declaration''. Within minutes of the invasion, the 3,000 strong Gotei 13 has ''just under 2,500 casualties''. The Vandenreich don't even give their opponents a chance to talk before they attack. The penchant for Shonen heroes to [[UnstoppableRage bust out their greatest ability when they're enraged]]? It just leaves you open for a MegatonPunch. Hell, the entire basis of the Vandenreich's strategy is to ''strip you of said greatest ability'', leaving you as largely helpless to their onslaught. The smoke that Shonen villains like waiting out before attacking? The Vanderneich use it as cover for an ambush. The SortingAlgorithmOfEvil is consciously inverted; they send their elites ''first'', to hammer the heroes before sending the footsoldiers to ZergRush the survivors. The science, research and technical facilities are assaulted just as they gain useful information on the Vandenreich. Established characters, like Kira, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia and Kenpachi are utterly trashed, some of which occurred ''off-screen''. The sheer brutality of Byakuya's defeat and the suddenness of Kenpachi's loss are Gut Punches alone, as both were seen as nigh-unto unstoppable due to their lack of losses to anyone other than TheHero.

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** The Vandenreich provide a ''massive'' departure from the villains seen in most Shonen. Most characters tend to follow HonorBeforeReason during fights, preferring one-on-one combat, calling out their attacks without any interruption whatesoever. Previous antagonists would invert the usage of the OneWingedAngel by transforming into their more creature-esque forms without real provocation to do so. Not so with the Vandenreich. They give Soul Society five days to prepare for the war and invade ''later that same day as the war declaration''. Within minutes of the invasion, the 3,000 strong Gotei 13 has ''just under 2,500 casualties''. The Vandenreich don't even give their opponents a chance to talk before they attack. The penchant for Shonen heroes to [[UnstoppableRage bust out their greatest ability when they're enraged]]? It just leaves you open for a MegatonPunch. Hell, the entire basis of the Vandenreich's strategy is to ''strip you of said greatest ability'', leaving you as largely helpless to their onslaught. The smoke that Shonen villains like waiting out before attacking? The Vanderneich use it as cover for an ambush. The SortingAlgorithmOfEvil is consciously inverted; they send their elites ''first'', to hammer the heroes before sending the footsoldiers to ZergRush the survivors. The science, research and technical facilities are assaulted just as they gain useful information on the Vandenreich. Established characters, like Kira, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia and Kenpachi are utterly trashed, some of which occurred ''off-screen''. The sheer brutality of Byakuya's defeat and the suddenness of Kenpachi's loss are Gut Punches alone, as both were seen as nigh-unto unstoppable due to their lack of losses to anyone other than TheHero.

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** Ivan is introduced as an arc rival to Ichigo and Luders is introduced as that underling he doesn't get along with. [[spoiler: Their boss kills both of them off for incredibly minor infringements- Luders for talking about things his boss isn't interested in and Ivan for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness serving his purpose]]- before they can do anything else.]] 
** [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Characters who leave are never mentioned again?]] [[spoiler: Nel and Pesche show up in the human world and report that Dondochakka has been captured, Hueco Mundo has been conquered by the new villains, and Harribel, the Espada that captains struggled to fight, was easily defeated and captured.]]
** The entire Vandenreich is also a massive departure from the villains seen in ''Bleach.'' Almost all of them before had been either Shinigami, and thus working on the same feudal rules we're used to, or not and still working on similar principles. The Vandenreich has ''modernised''. They give Soul Society five days to prepare for the war [[spoiler: and then invade ''later that same day''. Within minutes of the invasion, the 3,000 strong Gotei 13 has ''just under 2,500 casualties''. Significant characters such as Kira, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia and Kenpachi are utterly trashed. The sheer brutality of Byakuya's defeat is a Gut Punch all by itself. Until that point even villain deaths had never involved such brutality.]]
** And the Knockout punch has finally been landed, with [[spoiler: Yamaji's death, Bach annihilating the corpse, Shunsui being gunned down like a dog when he drops his guard, the invasion of the Reich's Soldats and the shot of Soul Society reduced to complete rubble... in the rain.]]
** The practical upshot of all this: Kubo wants you to know that this is a war and ''lots and lots of people are going to die.''

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** The general rule was that the villains would confront and defeat Ichigo in a fight, to establish them as TheRival for that particular arc. It happened with [[SixthRanger Renji Abarai]] and [[AloofOlderBrother Byakuya Kuchiki]] in the Soul Society arc, along with [[BloodKnight Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]] and [[ManipulativeBastard Ulquiorra Cifer]] for the Arrancar arc. Enter Asguiaro Ebern, who attacks Ichigo near his house and escapes after failing to steal his Bankai. Elsewhere, we're introduced to Luders Friegen, the MouthofSauron who declares war on the Soul Society by murdering a lieutenant (the same one mentioned above). He himself was TheRival to Ebern, which fits the [[TeethClenchedTeamwork general dynamic]] of the aforementioned pairs as well. Given their set-up, it seemed like Luders and Ebern would be major antagonists for the duration of the StoryArc. Before they can do anything else, [[TheEmperor their boss]] [[spoiler: murders both of them for incredibly minor infringements]].
** [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Characters who leave are never mentioned again?]] [[spoiler: Nel and Pesche show up in the human world and report that Dondochakka has been captured. Harribel has been captured by the Vandenreich. Apacci, Sung-Sun and Mila Rose return to fight a guy who looks like Heinrich Himmler. Loly and Menoly show up to confront the resident DrillSergeantNasty. Even ''Kukaku and Ganju'' return to deal help with the current situation. ]]
** The Vandenreich provide a ''massive'' departure from the villains seen in most Shonen. Most characters tend to follow HonorBeforeReason during fights, preferring one-on-one combat, CallingOutYourAttacks and TalkingIsAFreeTendency. Previous antagonists would invert the usage of the OneWingedAngel by transforming into their more creature-esque forms without real provocation to do so. Not so with the Vandenreich. They give Soul Society five days to prepare for the war and invade ''later that same day as the war declaration''. Within minutes of the invasion, the 3,000 strong Gotei 13 has ''just under 2,500 casualties''. The Vandenreich don't even give their opponents a chance to talk before they attack. The penchant for Shonen heroes to [[UnstoppableRage bust out their greatest ability when they're enraged]]? It just leaves you open for a MegatonPunch. Hell, the entire basis of the Vandenreich's strategy is to ''strip you of said greatest ability'', leaving you as largely helpless to their onslaught. The smoke that Shonen villains like waiting out before attacking? The Vanderneich use it as cover for an ambush. The SortingAlgorithmOfEvil is consciously inverted; they send their elites ''first'', to hammer the heroes before sending the footsoldiers to ZergRush the survivors. The science, research and technical facilities are assaulted just as they gain useful information on the Vandenreich. Established characters, like Kira, Byakuya, Renji, Rukia and Kenpachi are utterly trashed, some of which occurred ''off-screen''. The sheer brutality of Byakuya's defeat and the suddenness of Kenpachi's loss are Gut Punches alone, as both were seen as nigh-unto unstoppable due to their lack of losses to anyone other than TheHero. 
** And the Knockout punch has finally been landed, with [[spoiler: Yamaji's death, Shunsui being gunned down like a dog when he drops his guard, the massacre of the un-ranked Shinigami grunts and the shot of the Soul Society reduced to complete rubble... in the rain.]]
** You know the whole tirade of the ShonenUpgrade, right? How TheHero gradually gains more abilities as the plot progresses? That was Ichigo Kurosaki's MO. His SixthRanger, Renji, was often saddled with TheWorfEffect. When the two are given a chance at real training, Ichigo ''fails to pass'', and it's ''Renji'' who succeeds. To

5th May '13 9:13:33 AM nombretomado

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25th Apr '13 5:51:09 AM SRWFan

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* The ''{{Mazinger}}'' series:
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'': The last third of the anime series was getting increasingly darker due to the new enemies: Professor Morimori was murdered, [[FemBot Aphrodite A]] was definitely destroyed -which, believe it or not, was a great deal and Sayaka got an HeroicBSOD cause it-, Kouji and Shiro's mother returned only to be revealed she was an imposter -poor Shiro was forced to shoot her in spite of he was not sure of she was not his real mother-... and then you have the final episode: the heroes have triumphed over Dr. Hell and return to his HomeBase... only to find out one of the CoDragons was secretely working for a BiggerBad. Two unknown {{Robeast}}s appear, easily destroy the Institute, Diana-A and Boss Borot, and when Kouji goes to fight them, they easily and mercilessly trash the erstwhile apparently invincible Mazinger-Z.
*** This episode was better developed in the''Mazinger-Z vs Great General of Darkness'' feature. Several Mykene [[{{Robeast}} War Beasts]] laid waste to New York, Moscow, London and Paris in one single day before heading towards Tokyo. Kouji sortied to fight them and was completely trounced as they burnt Tokyo to ashes. Meanwhile back in the Institute another War Beast strikes, bringing down the place. Shiro gets badly wounded when a ceiling crumbles down on him, and falls into a coma. At the next morning, another squad of War Beasts attacks, and Kouji deploys Mazinger-Z in spite of he is badly injured and weakened and his robot is unrepaired and power-depleted. He gets outnumbered and is being easily defeated. However, [[ButtMonkey Boss]] manages to destroy one of the Beasts out of sheer luck, and the cast breathes relieved for a second... before the Beasts easily get rid of Boss and return to trash around a helpless, powerless Kouji.
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'': In the GosakuOta manga the punches started when the Mykene blew up a coast city after Great Marshall of Darkness replaced the former [[spoiler:deceased]] DragonInChief. In a few episodes the Japanese army threw an attack against the heroes and their HomeBase, [[TheProfessor Prof. Kabuto]] went through a DespairEventHorizon, the Fortress of the Science got destroyed, forcing the heroes to run away and lie low, the Mykene burnt Tokyo to ashes, conquered Japan and crafted a KillSat, obliterating whole cities. Then you have the FinalBattle. The heroes were busy building a new HomeBase when the Mykene army launch an attack. Misato [[spoiler:gets sliced in half]] in front of Tetsuya as he is unable to do anything, Mazinger-Z and Great Mazinger are trashed, Prof. Kabuto [[spoiler:dies to save Tetsuya,]] and in reaction Tetsuya, realizing it was his blame [[spoiler:commits a TakingYouWithMe HeroicSacrifice.]] The FinalBattle in the anime version was ''not quite'' so brutal, but in exchange you had [[spoiler:a scene where Prof. Kabuto dies in arms of his son Kouji.]]
** ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': In the Ota chapters both sides loses the war. The Vegan invaders are destroyed, but [[spoiler:Duke, Maria and Sayaka die]] and TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt happens. Only [[spoiler:Kouji and Hikaru]] are left alive. It was lucky ''Grendizer'' was the last series in the original saga, because you get to wonder how the creators could have gone one.
** ''ShinMazingerZero'': This series is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' orginal manga -that was pretty darker than the series and posterior SuperRobot shows- Meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. So, what you have when you blend an UnbuiltTrope with a {{Deconstruction}}? In the first arc, Kouji and Sayaka go to meet Kouji's grandfather. Hey, that is Kouji's father! Scratch that, it is Kouji's father head! Dr. Kabuto has turned mad(der) and has beheaded his own son? And now he is trying to offing his grandson? He has just raped and murdered Sayaka impaling her with a dozen of metal rods? And Kouji has killed him in turn, losing one arm? And now Mazinger has absorbed Kouji? Wait, that is not a "normal" HumongousMecha, that is a EldritchAbomination... that has just destroyed the world. Then again, it had been completely overrun by Dr. Hell's armies, so there were little left to save. Let's reiterate this is the ''first'' arc.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':

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23rd Apr '13 12:43:29 AM Valiona

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*** That's NOTHING compared to the last book, which started LighterAndSofter, only to shock even more with [[spoiler:Samantha's sacrifice, killing off one of the most beloved and sweet characters in the story, and it ended up being useless, as instead of preventing the onther's deaths, most of them actually die before the final battle, and then, ALL of them, save for Luke, die at some point during the final confrontation.]].
* In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', 
** Chapter 4: Hitomi, having gotten her first taste of using MindControl to make her victims kill other people and [[PsychicAssistedSuicide themselves]], uses her powers to cause a massacre at a diner, resulting in the deaths of 20 innocent people, and showcasing that the [[ParodySue SUEs]] mutual (if varying) lack of regard for human life.
** Chapter 18 and 19: While previous SUE attacks had interfered with the canon villains' plans, [[spoiler:Bachiko and Meiko]]'s plan provides [[spoiler:Ishigami and Nagi]] the opportunities they need to put their plans into motion; the former results in [[spoiler:his and Yukariko's deaths]], while the latter results in [[spoiler:Shiho and Mai being forced to fight like in canon, with Yukino barely managing to defuse the situation by arriving before Mikoto and knocking out Shiho]].
** Chapter 21: [[spoiler:the Obsidian Lord, possessed by the Usurper, kills off the entire First District and destroys Miyu, the latter action sealing off the possibility of pushing the ResetButton and undoing any of the deaths]].
* In ''Fanfic/MarieDSuesseAndTheMysteryNewPirateAge'', the first indication of just how dark the story will be is when Mar, having arrived in the OnePiece world, encounters a ParodySue who reveals that [[spoiler:Luffy has been executed 20 years ago]].

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20th Apr '13 8:40:19 AM DocLoki

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