Line #28 Anime/InnocentVenus


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3	It's 2010 AD. [[GaiasVengeance Nature]] has [[AfterTheEnd destroyed a good portion of civilization as we know it]]. To maintain order, society is segregated into the rich Logos and the miserably poor Levinas, and the law is enforced by the militaristic upper class. The Logos enjoy easy life in relatively nice areas, while the impoverished masses of the Levinas struggle to survive in [[CrapsackWorld the slums, aka everywhere else.]]
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5	TheGovernment has [[StateSec Phantom, a special forces division]] that uses {{mecha}}s called Gladiators. They specialize in putting down [[LaResistance rebellions]] and generally being {{jerkass}}es.
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7	Two guys and a girl are on the run from the evil government, in the process participating in mecha battles and blowing stuff up. [[TheStoic Jo]] and [[KnightInShiningArmor Jin]] are former Phantom members who appear to be [[RedOniBlueOni polar opposites in personality]]. Sana, the mysterious pink-haired girl, is somehow linked to Phantom.
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10	!!This {{anime}} provides examples of:
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12	%% * AmazonianBeauty: Hijin
13	%% * AfterTheEnd
14	%% * BadassNormal: Toraji
15	%% * BerserkerTears: Jo after using his mecha. It's actually a plot point.
16	%% * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Jin.]]
17	%% * BrownNote: But it only works on Sana.
18	%% * ConvenientDecoyCat: The intro scene at the first episode.
19	%% * CheerfulChild: Sana is cute]] and innocent, traits that make her stand out in comparison to the dark and chaotic environment.
20	%% * CrapsackWorld
21	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A post-apocalyptic future in which geography and humanity have been reduced by some cataclysmic event. Brutal futuristic police states that put down the poor with mecha. Violent forces in pursuit of a young girl of unknown but obviously immense importance. [[spoiler: The mechas are [[PoweredByAForsakenChild powered by the souls of little children]].]]
22	%% * DramaticChaseOpening (executed as a textbook example)
23	* DuelToTheDeath: [[spoiler: Jin versus Jo, at the end - though like most fights in Innocent Venus, it's short, sharp, and very one sided.]]
24	%% * EtTuBrute
25	%% * EyelessFace: [[spoiler: The children's souls in the Gladiators.]]
26	%% * FanDisservice: Episode 11. 'Nuff said.
27	%% * HeroicRROD: Prolonged use of the mechas causes this.
28	%% * HiddenHeartOfGold: Jo
29	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Jin, whose death is apparently caused by pushing his mecha's power too far, which provokes the children's souls in his Gladiator. Similarly with Drake, whose own gladiators turn on him and kill him. This is something of a theme in the series, as a form of {{laser guided karma}} for those who have implanted children's brains to drive their war machines]].
30	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Jin managed to fool most people, including Jo, who seems to have been his friend for years. Though since he fools most the audience too (but for the obscure {{spoiler opening}} there would be no clue at all), Jo and Sana can probably be excused for thinking he was a nice guy.]]
31	%% * HumongousMecha
32	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Toraji takes out a bunch of mooks ''armed with assault rifles with a katana''. ''In approximately 3 seconds.''
33	%% * LargeHam: This is Toraji's hat, when he first appears. Also, [[spoiler: Jin in his last moments]]
34	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Jin and Drake, both killed by the war-machine project they caused so much suffering for]].
35	%% * TheLoad: Sana, predictably. Also the scraptastic [[TheChewToy chew toy]] Gora.
36	* NiceGuy: Subverted. [[spoiler: Jin]] acts really sweet to Sana, before [[spoiler: a complete FaceHeelTurn in which he appears to have been a bastard from the start]].
37	%% * PsychicLink
38	%% * Also PsychicNosebleed - [[DeadlyNosebleed lethally so.]]
39	%% * TheQuietOne: Jo
40	%% * QuirkyMinibossSquad: Phantom's special attack unit
41	%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Poor Steve.]]
42	%% * RedOniBlueOni: Jin and Jo.
43	%% * {{Revenge}}
44	%% * TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Toraji's rebellion is not neat or pretty, but he can get a job done.
45	* SpoilerOpening: Somewhat. [[spoiler: Jin's segment strongly suggests illusion and deception. [[FaceHeelTurn Hmm.]]]]
46	%% * StateSec: Phantom
47	%% * SupportingLeader: Toraji
48	* TarotMotifs: Qing Ling carries around a tarot deck, often used to foreshadow the episode's events [[spoiler: Death, The Moon, and The World]]. He also uses the cards themselves to [[DeathDealer kill people]].
49	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Jin, mostly as a result of getting his brain fried and realizing that all his efforts were for nothing.]]
50	%% * WasItAllALie: Shades of this.
51	%% * WeaponOfMassDestruction: Phantom's secret project
52	%% * [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: [[spoiler: Jo at the end.]]
53	%% * [[spoiler: WhiteHairBlackHeart: Jin]]
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Context Anime / InnocentVenus