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3	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baldrforceexe_7474.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:250:Mechas in cyberspace with Uzis. What more could one ask for?]]
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6	''Baldr Force EXE Resolution'' is a four-episode {{OVA}} sequel to a ([[AdaptationDisplacement comparatively less well-known]]) top-down shooter for the Dreamcast and [=PS2=] by the name of ''VideoGame/BaldrForce'' and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, part of the ''Baldr'' series. Creator/FUNimation Entertainment licensed the OVA for North American distribution on July 21, 2007 and was released on May 20, 2008 including all 4 episodes on one DVD. Creator/FUNimation released the OVA under the name ''Baldr Force EXE'', dropping "Resolution" from the title.
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8	Tohru Sohma is a member of a fearless gang of hackers calling themselves "Steppenwolf" - but when tragedy strikes and the group is disbanded, Tohru is forced into the ranks of FLAK, a military organization charged with protecting the hidden data paradise deep within the vast network of servers. Indentured into service and out for revenge, Tohru cannot let go of the dead of the past even as a ghost of the present takes shape.
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10	Faced with the loneliness and confusion of being trapped between two worlds, there is only one question... What is reality?
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12	Do not confuse this with ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Rockman.EXE]]''
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14	!! ''Baldr Force EXE Resolution'' contains examples of:
15	%%* AllJustADream: Another of Leviathan's powers.
16	%%* AMechByAnyOtherName: Simulacrums
17	%%* AntiHero: Ayane is an example of Type III
18	%%* AssimilationPlot: Ren/Leviathan gives the impression of one of these during episode 4, although formal observation indicates that Leviathan leans more towards PlanetEater tendencies.
19	%%* BattleDiscretionShot: '''''CHAAAAAAAARGE 'EMMMMMMMMMMMM!''''' cut to black
20	* BlandNameProduct: An example of this based around [=McDonald=]'s appears in the end credits.
21	* ButNotTooGay: Shidou Ayane is stated to be a lesbian in the first episode, but she's never shown to be. It is noteworthy that in the original game she's one of the main heroines, and is indeed attracted to Tohru.
22	%%* ClockPunk: Leviathan's interior.
23	%%* ContagiousAI: Leviathan
24	%%* CreepyChild: "[[VoiceOfTheLegion I want us to be friends...]]"
25	%%* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Ren/Leviathan are able to do this once they break free.
26	* {{Flatline}}: The FLAK terminology for death while connected to the wired.
27	%%* {{Gorn}}: Helloooo, first episode...
28	%%* HumongousMecha: Of the virtual variety, no less!
29	%%* InvertedPortrait: Some of the main female characters, alongside upright and sideways variations.
30	* KillTheOnesYouLove: Tohru must kill [[spoiler:Ren]] to keep her from destroying the Wired.
31	* LivingWithTheVillain:
32	** [[spoiler:Tohru's sister is a data-consuming virus that threatens all life as we know it.]]
33	** [[spoiler:Tohru's teammate Ayane is revealed to be Yuuya's killer.]]
34	* LockAndLoadMontage: The virtual equivalent of one of these (An obvious ShoutOut to ''Film/TheMatrix'') occurs preceding the final battle with Leviathan.
35	%%* LotusEaterMachine: See AllJustADream.
36	%%* MacrossMissileMassacre
37	* NeverSayDie: FLAK refers to deaths as "[[{{Flatline}} flatlining]]".
38	* NostalgicMusicBox: Ren[[spoiler:'s long-decayed corpse]] holds one of these.
39	* [[PlanetEater (Virtual) Planet Eater]]: Leviathan thrives completely off of consuming data, [[OhCrap right down to any living beings connected to the wired]].
40	%%* PlayfulHacker: Bachelor and each member of Steppenwolf comes across as these.
41	%%* PowersViaPossession: Leviathan
42	%%* RapeAsDrama: Episode 2.
43	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Genha cements how bad he is when he [[spoiler:rapes Ayane]].
44	%%* SoulJar: Ren/[[EldritchAbomination Leviathan]]
45	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In the final episode, Tohru begrudgingly fights alongside [[spoiler: Shidou Ayane]].
46	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The theme tune plays over the final battle.
47	* TheVirus: Leviathan is classed as one of these as it reaches the attention of more high-profile authorities.
48	* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Ren, the dead little sister Tohru forgot he had, exists in mind and spirit in the Wired, where she manifests as a PlanetEater.]]
49	%%* WinToExit: Happens in the first episode [[spoiler: to the misfortune of Yuya]].
50	%%* {{Yandere}}: Ren/Leviathan becomes this during the finale. [[spoiler: Tohru has a leg and two fingers bitten off]].
51	%%* YourHeadAsplode: Hellooooo, first episode...
52	%%* YourMindMakesItReal

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