Line #23 Anime/M3TheDarkMetal


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3	''M3: The Dark Metal'' is an anime from studio {{Creator/Satelight}}, written by Mari Okada (the same from [[Anime/SelectorInfectedWixoss Wixoss]]). It tells the story of a group of children who met each other when they were lost in an EldritchLocation. Years later they meet again, having forgotten their time together, as they are recruited by a MadScientist to fight EldritchAbomination.
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5	!!Tropes:
6	* ActionGirl: Raika. [[spoiler:Mahmu has ActionGirl moments too later in the series]].
7	* AssimilationPlot: What [[spoiler:Minashi]] plans to do in the series finale.
8	* AxCrazy: Heito Isaku and the scientist Natsuiri.
9	* {{Brainwashed}}: The main characters forgot everything that happend to them in the few months around the time of the Lightless Realm's creation.
10	* EarnYourHappyEnding / EveryoneLives: [[spoiler: Most of the Necrometal infection victims get restored to their normal state at the end of the series, thanks to Natsuiri's Linker technology.]]
11	* EldritchAbomination: The Admonitions which get created when people get consumed by Necrometal and their negative emotions create monsters. Also, the Corpse that is the Lightless Realm's core.
12	* EldritchLocation: The Lightless Realm, areas consumed by the Necrometal.
13	* GrimReaper: Argent's nickname.
14	* GuiltComplex: [[spoiler:Akashi, for leaving Tsugume behind in the Lightless Realm]].
15	* HumongousMecha[=/=]TransformingMecha: The MA-Vess: Argent, [[spoiler: Sable and Gueules]] can change between an egg-like storage mode, tank mode and robot mode.
16	* LimitedWardrobe: An important aversion is Sasame [[spoiler: who starts wearing long sleeved clothes to hide her Necrometal infection]].
17	* LovableAlphaBitch: Emiru.
18	* MadScientist: Natsuiri, for whom [[spoiler:turning people into living mech parts]] is not a difficult moral dilemma, but an opportunity to further his reserch. [[spoiler:The same research caused the events of the series in the first place.]]
19	* AMechByAnyOtherName: MA-Vess.
20	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Aoshi, who supposedly died during an attempt to research the Lightless Realm, has actually been turned into Argent's Linker Interface Module.]]
21	** [[spoiler: Later, Emiru and Sasame share the same fate. They get better though]].
22	* MindRape: What the Lightless Realm does to your psyche.
23	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Admonitions are people's souls consumed or infected by the Necrometal.
24	* RealRobotGenre
25	* RedOniBlueOni: '''Aka'''shi and '''Ao'''shi.
26	* SealedGoodInACan: [[spoiler: The LIM (Linker Interface Modules), which are a part of every MA-Vess, are actually people consumed by the Necrometal, turned into a system that protects the pilot from the Lightless Realm's effects by synchronising with their mind]].
27	* SlasherSmile: Akashi [[spoiler: after he learns that Aoshi has died]].
28	** Heito has one most of the time.
29	* StressVomit
30	* TheBigDamnKiss: Iwato and Raika in Episode 21.
31	* ThemeNaming: The MA-Vess are all named after heraldic tinctures: Argent (silver), Sable (black) and [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Gules]] (red).
32	** The videogame-exclusive MA-Vess is named Vert, which is the heraldic tincture equivalent to green.
33	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Raika Kasumi fits the tomboy role, while the other girls are more of the girly type.
34	* TronLines: Argent, [[spoiler: Sable and Gueules]] have these appear on them from time to time.
35	* WhamLine
36	--> Takashi! Open your eyes and take a good hard look! '''We''' are right here.
37	* WhenItAllBegan: The time of the Lightless Realm's creation is very important. Flashbacks to this time happen in almost every episode.
38	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Akashi's attempt to destroy the Corpse causes the rapid expansion of the Lightless Realm, which threathens to encompass the entire world]].
39	** [[spoiler: Tsugumi, Sasame and Minashi have created the Lightless Realm when they were kids]].
40	* YourDaysAreNumbered: After hearing the Corpse's song, you have 9 days left before Necrometal consumes you.

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