History VisualNovel / AoNoKanataFourRhythm

The visual novel was published by Sprite, the same company that brought you ''VisualNovel/KoiToSenkyouNoChocolate'' in November 2015 and the anime began airing as a part of the Winter2016Anime season.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Episode 9 all but states that [[spoiler:Masaya befriended Asuka when they were kids, and that he inspired her to fly. It's also hinted that Misaki was the newbie who beat him at the last game of his career.]]

** Shindou's match against Inui ends in one. [[spoiler:Inui's unconventional tactics, such as flying extremely high and maneuvering a lot to force the other player to follow them and prevent them from doing anything aside from chasing after her, completely shatters the playstyle he's used to.]]
** [[spoiler: Asuka's match with Inui in episode 8 also ends in one against Asuka's favor.]]

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Inui's playstyle can be interpreted as this. In episode seven she draws on a style used by Kagami-sensei once where a player uses very unconventional tactics such as flying extremely high in the air and then forcing the other player to chase after them rather than attempting to fight or simply speed past them. While effective, it's not very sporting, and defeats the purpose of Flying Circus, as one player is essentially dominating and forcing the other player to do whatever they want, rather than simply attempting to fight or get past them as was the usual playstyles. [[spoiler:Shindou is caught off-guard completely by this in his match against Inui as a result.]]

** '''Speeders''' are {{FragileSpeedster}}s; they're the fastest of the three, who focus on scoring points by striking buoys, as exemplified by Reiko, Asuka, and Mashiro.

The visual novel was published in November 2015 and the anime began airing as a part of the Winter2016Anime season.

* BoobsOfSteel: Asuka and Misaki, both of whom are considered the most talented athletes in the game with regards to FC, are also two of the bustiest girls in the visual novel and anime.

A sequel to the visual novel entitled ''Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm: Zwei'' has been announced in AnimeJapan on March 2016.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime merges together Asuka's and Misaki's routes (though Asuka's route remains as the anime's main focus), trims down certain scenarios to make sure their character arcs and events don't conflict with one another's so the narrative doesn't wind up as a mess, demotes Masaya's role in favor of relocating Asuka as ''the'' main character of the anime, and completely removed the romance so the anime can focus more on the Flying Circus sport instead.

** Played straight with Shindou towards Asuka. Despite only learning how to fly and play the Flying Circus game recently, she manages to give him a run for his money. Though she ultimately loses, both of them had a lot of fun playing against each other, as Asuka's random tactics catches him off-guard a few times, which then forced him to go all out, something he's never done before due to playing against lesser skilled opponents.

* DemotedToExtra: Masaya in the anime adaptation, thanks to Asuka being relocated as the main character there instead of him. To a certain extent, Rika too since the anime doesn't adapt her route and because she's not a student of Kunahama High, unlike the other three heroines. It's also because of this that Kasumi, the antagonist of Rika's route, gets this treatment too, being reduced to merely CannonFodder, who doesn't even have more than a few minutes of screentime, for Asuka to show how much she's improved in the summer tournament.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Episode 9 all but states that [[spoiler:Masaya befriended Asuka when they were kids, and that he inspired her to fly. It's also hinted at that Misaki was the newbie that beat him at the last game of his career.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Masaya in the anime adaptation, thanks to Asuka being relegated as the main character there instead of him. To a certain extent, Rika too since the anime doesn't adapt her route and because she's not a student of Kunahama High, unlike the other three heroines. It's also because of this that Kasumi, the antagonist of Rika's route, gets this treatment too, being reduced to merely CannonFodder, who doesn't even have more than a few minutes of screentime, for Asuka to show how much she's improved in the summer tournament.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime merges together Asuka's and Misaki's routes (though Asuka's route remains as the anime's main focus), trims down certain scenarios to make sure their character arcs and events don't conflict with one another's so the narrative doesn't wind up as a mess, demotes Masaya's role in favor of relegating Asuka as ''the'' main character of the anime, and completely removed the romance so the anime can focus more on the Flying Circus sport instead.

* TheWatson: Kurashina, who has dreamt for years of flying, enrolled at a school where everyone has flying shoes, yet has never heard of them before. This is graduate-level cluelessness, so everything gets explained to the audience through her.

* InstantWinCondition: Reiko says that if Asuka can score one point against her in their FC match during the first episode, she would win. She does this because Reiko is an absolute beginner at flying, so was providing some handicaps for her. Despite Reiko's lead in the score, Asuka manages to score one point, thus winning said match.

* AirJousting: Taken UpToEleven, especially during FC (Flying Circus) matches. In the Visual Novel, there are many scenes (not seen in the gallery) like for example a battle of [[https://bananashiki.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/ss-2015-04-06-at-05-27-15.jpg Asuka vs Misaki]]

* ChildhoodFriends: Hinata and Tobisawa.

* PantyShot: Deliberately averted from the first episode, as Hinata deliberately looks away a classmate's skirt. Despite the fact that there are four islands worth of schoolgirls in skirts, the camera never seems to take this liberty.

** Surprisingly minimal considering the anime's [[{{Eroge}}roots]], but the girls' FC suits sure are a [[SensualSpandex tight fit]]...

* FanService: A blatant one is done in episode six, when Misaki unzips Asuka's suit to help her cool off after the latter appears to be suffering from heat exhaustion. The camera then does a MaleGaze focus on Asuka with her suit hanging slightly off her body for a few moments.

* AudienceSurrogate: Asuka generally fills this role, as she's completely a FishOutOfWater, and has no idea about the concepts introduced in the show such as the grav shoes and the Flying Circus tournament. Thus this provides a handy excuse for the other characters to then do an InfoDump to introduce the concepts to the audience.

* BigEater: Tobisawa loves her Udon!
* BrokenAce: The male lead, Hinata Masaya, suffered a devastating defeat and retired from the game.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The same day she learns to fly, Kurashina Asuka performs an expert-level maneuver, the air kick turn. In standard issue school shoes.

* CuteLittleFangs: Madoka

* TheDitz: Kurashina Asuka
* DramaQueen: Shion Aoyagi is one of the rare male practitioners.

* FashionableAsymmetry: Kagami-sensei sports the look with a sock and stocking.

* GamerChick: Arisaka plays [[BlandNameProduct the PSQ, the 4DS,]] and even mobile phone games.

* NewTransferStudent: Kurashina Asuka.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Vice Captain Satouin Reiko of Takafuji Academy is actually introduced to the viewer with a full-on laugh.
* NotAMorningPerson: Tobisawa Misaki suffers from low blood pressure, probably so she'll have cat naps to go with her CatSmile and [[VerbalTic meow puns.]] She is quite active once fully awakened in the afternoon however.
* PantyShot: Averted in the first episode, but we are talking about four islands worth of schoolgirls in skirts. Time will tell.
* SadistTeacher: Kagami-sensei's cruelty is legendary. However, this is largely an InformedAttribute since virtually every time she's seen, it's with concern for helping Hinata to recover.

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Arisaka Mashiro feels quite strongly about Tobisawa.
* SuperDeformed: Like you wouldn't believe, since it was part of the game play.

* VerbalTic: Tobisawa has a feline theme and will often purrfectly insert cat-talk into her speech.

* CurbStompBattle: The students at Takafuji generally win their matches against Funahama, the school the main characters attend, since have a full fledged team with some elite players. Meanwhile Kunahama's team mostly devolved into a fan club until Mashiro, Misaki, and Asuka join.

* HaremGenre: True to the genre, the game lets you couple the male lead with one of the girls.

* NotAMorningPerson: Tobisawa Misaki suffers from low blood pressure, probably so she'll have cat naps to go with her CatSmile and [[VerbalTic meow puns.]]

* NoblewomansLaugh: Vice Captain Satouin Reiko of Takafuji Academy is actually introduce to the viewer with a full-on laugh.

* TheWatson: Kurashina, who has dreamt for years of flying, enrolled at a school where everyone has flying shoes, yet has never heard of them before. This is graduate-level cluelessness, so everything gets explained to the audience through her.

''aka'' '''Four Rhythm Across The Blue'''
->''True Battle Comes After Losing''

The visual novel was published in November 2015 and the anime began airing as a part of the Winter 2016 Anime season.

* ChildhoodFriends: Hinata and Tobisawa

* NewTransferStudent: Kurashina

The anime currently can be viewed for free at Crunchyroll.