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9	->''"Next time, you're not allowed to stare at me like that with your back to the sunset."''
10	-->-- '''Sami''', ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer''
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12	A common usage in sports/competition shows, and occasionally parodied in other genres, the hero, team, or group in question will swear allegiance to fulfilling their dream while facing the setting sun (often while standing on a cliff or beach overlooking the ocean, but not always).
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14	A SubTrope of WatchingTheSunset.
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16	See also: BattleAgainstTheSunset, CueTheSun, and RidingIntoTheSunset.
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18	!!Examples:
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22	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
23	%% * ''Kodomo No Jikan'''s anime has this in the episode "Memories".
24	%%* Used in an episode of ''Anime/MyOtome''.
25	* Parodied at the end of the first episode of ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan''. After Melan rescues Marin, they face each other against the sunset. He's worried about whether she was injured. ''She's'' just worried about whether he saw her patched underwear.
26	* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' had Tomoya confess to Nagisa in the Theater Club's room with the setting sun's beams shining through the partially open door ''exactly between the two of them''. D'AWW...
27	** In the same vein, ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' had Rin confess to [[spoiler:Asa]] at a lookout point above their town, with the kiss scene ensuing right there and then.
28	* Parodied in ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys''. Instead of celebrating Motoharu's feat of successfully riding a bike, aren't they supposed to do something else? [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Like, chasing the guy who snatched your wallet?]]
29	* Episode 11 of ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has one of these scenes, and is actually called "Oath Beneath the Setting Sun".
30	* Parodied in ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' ("Let's run towards that setting sun!").
31	** And similarly in ''Anime/ExcelSaga''.
32	* ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' opens with a HowWeGotHere classroom scene lit by this trope that is repeated three times.
33	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': After Ryuko airs her grievances against [[StudentCouncilPresident Satsuki]] (and is prevented by the Elite Four from [[MyFistForgivesYou punching her]]), [[HeartfeltApology she apologizes for manipulating Ryuko]], admits that she has been as bad as [[BigBad Ragyo]] by using the same methods she did and asks Ryuko to lend everyone her strength in the coming fight against Ragyo. All of this with the setting sun in the background.
34	* ''Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer'': At one point, Yuuhi affirms his absolute loyalty to Sami and ends with a resolute stare. Sami [[BodyguardCrush blushes heavily]] and forbids him from staring at her like that again with his back against the setting sun.
35	* In ''Anime/Macross7'', Basara [[SittingOnTheRoof sits on the roof]] and writes a song against the red setting sun -- only the red setting sun is a fake projection against a humongous screen, designed to make the interstellar colony ship that's his home seem more Earth-like. In the song, he refers to a red sunset projected on a screen....
36	* Parodied in the SchoolFestival episode of ''Manga/{{Mahoraba}}'', where the Symphony Club (all three of them) swear to become a true symphony instead of an appreciation club, despite lacking both the number of members necessary and the talents required.
37	* ''Anime/MonColleKnights''' Show Within A Show sees this happen with Sergeant Bunchou and an ally, which later tops off a delusion by Count Collection where he sees Mondo against such a sunset, and believes it to be proof of his newly formed bond with Mondo, complete with hallucination of Mondo wearing the clothes of the sergeant. Mondo for his part is actually thinking about Rokuna.
38	* Used in ''Anime/MyHime'' [[spoiler: when Tate dies]]. In a slight twist, it's not [[spoiler: Tate]] who is framed against the setting sun, its [[spoiler: Mai's face as she desperately tries to tell him she loves him before he disappears]]
39	* Parodied frequently by [[HotBlooded Rock Lee and Might Guy]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', where an inspiring speech is enough to cause a beach to appear out of nowhere.
40	** In ''Naruto'' fanfictions, the response of people seeing the moment is usually a combination of awe (because they can't break the genjutsu or... ''whatever'' it is) and sheer, unadulterated horror (they want to look away... but they ''can't'').
41	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
42	** Sogeking's personal introduction ends with him staring out from a cliff at the setting sun. Fitting, since the whole sequence was a massive parody of the opening sequences of Japanese hero shows.
43	** The [[BadassCrew Nine Red Scabbards]] gained their epithet after being seen marching to battle with Kozuki Oden against Kaido to the backdrop of the setting sun, which made their katanas shine burning red.
44	* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a scene where Tamaki is carrying Haruhi out of the ocean after having saved her from drowning. There's a beautiful sunset behind him as he walks onto shore.
45	** The last episode of the anime also has Tamaki and Haruhi falling from the bridge with this kind of sky, toward the water below holding onto one another.
46	* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
47	** The third episode ends with Kunou confessing his love to [[SexShifter girl-type]] Ranma in this setting.
48	** In TheMovie, ''Big Trouble in Nekonron, China'', the cast address their resolve to rescue Akane from Kirin and the Seven Lucky Gods against an image of the setting sun with the word "youth" stamped on it.
49	** In a story where [[CloudCuckooLander Principal Kuno]] vows to teach [[SuperDrowningSkills Akane how to swim]], she has all but given up (and has a [[RuleOfFunny mild neurotic breakdown]]) when Ranma, the Principal, and all her classmates encourage her to try again, with the setting sun framing them. She tries again. And fails.
50	* In ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast'', Judas and Luca repeatedly end promises or finish important conversations by staring off at the setting sun. ''Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan'' finishes with all six main characters deciding to rebel together before gazing at the sunset.
51	* In ''[[Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Gensomaden Saiyuki]]'', the four heroes regularly pose on cliffs facing the setting sun, dwelling on their journey West and how nothing is going to stop them.
52	* The second episode of ''Venus Five'' briefly features a movie shoot with a man in Speedos (and director coaching him to do it more [[LargeHam over the top]]) dramaticly cursing the setting sun.
53	* The final scene of episode 18 of ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5 [=GoGo=]'' had Syrup and Urara having a meaningful conversation in this setting, and then he gave her an "air ticket" as a gift for her, in case she wants to ride him (not that way) to feel the wind on her face.
54	** And all of that just held [[ShipTease even more evidence]] that they were eventually going to become the [[BetaCouple Gamma Couple]], with Nuts/Komachi as the Beta and Coco/Nozomi as the Alpha.
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57	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
58	* The TropeCodifier is the famous ending scene of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
59	-->"After all, tomorrow is another day!"
60	* Creator/StevenSpielberg is particularly fond of this trope.
61	* Creator/MichaelBay ''loves'' this trope, especially if a chase scene is involved. Even his music video for Music/MeatLoaf's "I Would Do Anything For Love" makes use of it.
62	** The [[Website/TFWikiDotNet Transformers Wiki]] even includes among its goofs for [[Film/Transformers2007 the first movie]]: "[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_%282007%29#Errors Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes.]]"
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65	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
66	* Early in ''Series/{{Angel}}'', he made a speech reaffirming his commitment to protecting people while watching the sun set, and as it went down smashed the magical ring that made him invulnerable so he could see it.
67	* In the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', whenever vows are made involving the Ultra's human forms.
68	** ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'' have Dan confronting the fake Dorothy Anderson at the end of a cliffhanger during a two-parter. Dan then runs towards the camera with the sun in the background.
69	** The pilot of ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', where Hideki - as Ultraman Jack, having killed his first monster, Earthron, and made a vow to the MAT crew, then faces the setting sun as the credits roll.
70	** ''Series/UltramanLeo'' have the returning hero, Ultraseven, and the show's new hero Ultraman Leo as they made a pact to fight any and all alien threats against Earth. Dan even compares himself to the setting sun and Leo to the rising sun.
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73	[[folder:Video Games]]
74	* After navigating through [[TimeCrash the Dead Sea]] in ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', Serge and his party find Miguel, the area's guardian, in the ruins of Leene's Bell from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', frozen against an endless sunset. After a long bit of exposition, their fight occurs with said sunset prominently featured.
75	* One level in ''VideoGame/OsuTatakaeOuendan'' involves a teacher trying to inspire his female students -- one segment has them going jogging, and if the segment is failed, the students pass the teacher on scooters, laughing at him, as he laments "The setting sun is crying!"
76	* In the true ending of ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', Crocodile Isle sinks away into the ocean against a setting sun.
77	* Done in ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' near the start of the game, as Lyon vows to protect the Prince no matter what as the two watch the sunset.
78	* An iconic backdrop in the ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'' games. The first stage of the [=PS2=] version uses this as a homage to the original arcade game.
79	* Anor Londo in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' is sitting under an eternal sunset, [[spoiler: which is actually an illusion covering TheNightThatNeverEnds]].
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82	[[folder:Western Animation]]
83	* Franchise/GreenLantern and Hawkgirl say their goodbyes at the end of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague: [[TheMovie Starcrossed]]'' against such a backdrop, complete with Hawkgirl flying towards the horizon.
84	[[/folder]]

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