History Manga / ElementalGelade

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''Elemental Gelade'' (called ''Erementar Gerad'' [[InconsistentSpelling by some, including the US copyright holder]]) is a manga by Mayumi Azuma which ran in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' from 2002 to 2009. An anime adaptation aired in Japan in 2005.

Coud van Giruet is a brash and adventurous young rogue who dreams of becoming the greatest SkyPirate in history. One day, he stumbles upon a strange girl named Ren who turns out to be an Edel Raid: a special type of human able to form a contract with a "Pledger" and become a powerful weapon. Together, they embark on a quest to find the legendary "Edel Garden", which is supposedly the birthplace of all Edel Raids.

Joining them on their journey are members of Arc Aile, a military organisation seeking to put every Edel Raid under their protection. But a common enemy soon emerges in "Chaos Choir", a group of religious extremists that worships the power of Edel Raids and wishes to capture Ren for their own purposes.

* AdaptationalModesty: The anime takes away nearly all the {{Fanservice}} found in the manga.
* AffablyEvil:
** Orga Night executive Bienenritter is a manipulative, ambitious woman who is capable of anything to obtain what she wants. And she does her evil machinations with the grace of a ''Anime/LuckyStar'' character.
** Ronburet counts, as he actually paused his fight with Coud to give him a lecture on the ElementalRockPaperScissors of the setting.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Both the manga and anime have a version of this.
** In the manga, [[spoiler:Cisqua receives news that Cou and Ren are still alive, prompting her, Rowen and Kuea to set out in a new journey to find their missing friends.]]
** In the anime, the final episode ends with Cou and Ren flying in an aircraft towards the night sky as they promise to continue travelling together until they reach the stars. Cisqua, Rowen and Kuea also join them for new adventures.

%% * AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Parl returns in manga as this.]]
%% * BackToBackBadasses: Wolx and Rasati do this once.

%% ** Also, Mel in Blue. [[spoiler:Of course, she's Cisqua's older sister...]]
%% * {{Bifauxnen}}: Jean. Doesn't stop the guys from wanting her, though.
%% * BigBad: The head of Organight who appears to be [[spoiler: Keith.]]
* BigEater: Kuea. It becomes a plot point in the Milliard Trey arc, as Rowen points out that if Kuea is enters into the tournament, no matter how much money they win, it will all just go to feeding Kuea. The grand prize in ''one million gold''.

* {{Bookends}}: The anime starts with Cou setting out to raid an airship with the rest of the Red Lynx SkyPirate crew. The final episode ends the same way, but now Cou is working with Ren, his new friends and the Red Lynx crew to rescue kidnapped Edel Raids.

%% * CallingYourAttacks: The attack names had very bizarre GratuitousEnglish, sometimes to a ridiculous extent.
%% * ConspiracyRedemption

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: 24 of them. Each is good against one type and bad against another, and the last three haven't been discovered yet...
%% * EmotionlessGirl: Ren, for most of the series.

* {{Expy}}: Rowen looks a lot like [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky Kiske]]. Cisqua's design was also inspired by [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} BB Hood]], a character the author helped design.
* FlashbackEffects: Flashbacks are done in "limited palette" DeliberatelyMonochrome, with only red or a significant person/object colored.
* FloatingContinent: Edel Garden is a floating piece of land in the sky.

%% * HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: Cia]] was turned into one of these.
%% * HypocriticalHumour: Cisqa's bread and butter.

* InLoveWithTheMark: In the anime, Viro, a temporary character who joined up only to get near Coud and murder him, until she realizes that she fell in love with him.
* InconsistentSpelling: Has this problem with the show title and other plot elements; for example, Pledgers (initially introduced as either "Preja" or "Pleasure"), Sting Raids (misspelled as "Stream Raids" or "Sitting Raids"), or even the Eden Raid (called "Edil Raid" by the first fansubs of the series). NOT helped by the Geneon US release of the series, which has the series title ''both ways'', one in the English subs, the other in the title sequence itself. Official spelling in the Japanese versions is "adilraid."

* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: In the final volume, Ren starts regretting traveling to Edel Garden after all it got her was [[spoiler:seeing her CoolBigSis Cia turned into an AxCrazy monster and being forced to kill her with Cou's help]]. Cou, however, comforts her by telling her that even though what she found at Edel Garden made her sad, the time they spent together in their journey and the people they met are precious to him so he doesn't want Ren to think it was AllForNothing.
%% * KillTheCutie

%% * LightIsNotGood: Norma.
%% * LittleMissBadass:
%% ** Cisqua, who has enough firepower to bring down an army, if only she had enough ammo.
%% ** Achea can also hold her own with a sword.

* LoveTriangle: The anime has Viro falling in love with Cou, only to be forced to give up because he and Ren are mutually in love.
%% * MacrossMissileMassacre: Cisqa perhaps carries too many missiles.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Any romance between humans and Edel Raids falls into this, since Edel Raids have a lifespan much longer than humans. However, aside from a single-episode plot, this is mostly ignored.
%% * MindControlEyes
* NotWhatItLooksLike:
** In the anime, Cisqua finds Coud and Ren on a bed and draws the obvious conclusion.
** Rowen is a bit more easy-going when he walks into a scene where it looks like Coud is fondling Ren's breasts.

%% * ParentalAbandonment: Coud, Lilia.
%% * PerkyFemaleMinion: Cochinel, the singer Grayarts's Edel Raid.
%% * PluckyGirl: Achea.
* OutOfClothesExperience: Edel and Sting Raids who reacted are shown nude in their astral projections.
* PerpetualPoverty: The whole party, but particularly Cisqa, who keeps getting billed.

%% * ThePowerOfFriendship
%% * ThePowerOfLove
%% * PrincessInRags: Achea.
* RipVanWinkle:
** Ren spent centuries sealed until Cou woke her up.
** A very cruel version of this happens in the anime to one Eden Raid that escaped from Arc Aile's custody and puts the organization's MO into question.
%% * ReluctantMadScientist: [[spoiler: Keith]] seems to have been one of these.
%% * RolePlayingGameVerse: Lampshaded when Coud meets Anna. '''Coud Gained An Ally!'''
* SchizoTech: Airships, floating islands, guns and magic?
%% * SiblingYinYang: [[ActionGirl Rasati]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Lilia]].

* {{Stripperific}}:
** Kuea's attire. It's more evident in the manga. Her reasoning is that mobility is all-important, even trumping protection. Her outfit consists of a length of chain, a petticoat, a black leather G-string, and a curdoroy mini-tanktop, as well as a pair of long black gloves. When she gets Ren in a similar outfit, all Ren can say is "I'm cold..."
** For those of you with the Japanese version, see Range's outfit. She makes Kuea look modest!
* TemptingFate: Cisqua. During her training session with Cou and Ren, she states that she won't have to worry about an opponent on Cou's level. Thing is, what [[UnskilledButStrong Cou lacks in finesse Ren makes worse with sheer power]], and it is ''precisely'' that combo that saves Cisqua from having her head slashed to ribbons. Not as much can be said for the grove of trees the pair logged.
%% * TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
%% * TrainingFromHell:
%% ** The training Cisqua gave to Cou after he's brutally defeated in the arena.
%% ** Alright! Cisqua's Boulder-Style Stamina-Building Stamina Training starts now!
%% * TransformationSequence

* WrongGenreSavvy: At one point, Cou finds himself on the receiving end of Viro's affections; when he glances at Ren, he notices she has her cold eyes out and immediately assumes she's less than pleased with him (though she's actually only a little chilly). To compensate, he runs off with her to explore the ship everyone is on.

%% * YouHaveFailedMe: Extensively, but used very harshly with [[spoiler: Grayarts.]]

''Elemental Gelade'' (called ''Erementar Gerad'' [[SpellMyNameWithAnS by some, including the US copyright holder]]) is a manga by Mayumi Azuma which ran in ''Monthly Comic Blade'' from 2002 to 2009. An anime adaptation aired in Japan in 2005.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Has this problem with the show title and other plot elements; for example, Pledgers (initially introduced as either "Preja" or "Pleasure"), Sting Raids (misspelled as "Stream Raids" or "Sitting Raids"), or even the Eden Raid (called "Edil Raid" by the first fansubs of the series). NOT helped by the Geneon US release of the series, which has the series title ''both ways'', one in the English subs, the other in the title sequence itself. Official spelling in the Japanese versions is "adilraid."

* {{Bookends}}: The anime starts with Cou setting out to raid an airship with the rest of the Red Lynx SkyPirates crew. The final episode ends the same way, but now Cou is working with Ren to rescue kidnapped Edel Raids.

* MagicalGirlfriend: The series is about a SkyPirate boy who meets an Edel Raid girl named Ren who was stolen by his crew during a raid. Ren makes him her Pledger so he can wield her as his weapon and take her to Edel Garden, resulting in them falling in love.

%% * AccidentalPervert: Coud, many times.
%% * ActionGirl: Cisqua, Jean, Achea.

%% * BewareTheQuietOnes: Ren, in the final volume. Holy crap, she's scary.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Ren and Kuea's weapon forms. [[spoiler:In the manga, Greyarts has his arms severed, and is assigned a new Edel Raid that becomes a set of arm blades]].

%% * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Cia, the adilraid Ren promised to meet in Adil Garden. They broke her good.]]

%% * CoolBigSis: In the way that Kuea treats both Coud and Ren.
%% * DissonantSerenity: [[PlayedForLaughs Lethal Force]] [[SayItWithHearts <3]]!

%% * EquippableAlly: The Eddel Raids.

%% * FloatingContinent: [[spoiler:The Garden of Eden.]]
%% * GirlInABox: Ren.
%% * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Wolx]]
%% * HotSpringsEpisode

%% * LoveTriangle

%% * MagicContractRomance: Cou and Ren.

%% * MagicalGirlfriend

%% * MysticalWaif: Ren.

* OfficialCouple: Cou and Ren.

%% * PlatonicLifePartners: Rowen and Kuea.

%% * PromotionToParent: Rasati.

%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath

%% * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Rowen and Coud.
%% * SiblingTeam: Rasati and Lilia.

%% * SmallGirlBigGun: Cisqua.

%% * ThongOfShielding: Kuea.

%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Rasati and Lilia as well as Cisqua and Ren.
%% * TownGirls: Ren (Femme), Cisqua (Butch), and Kuea (Neither).