Line #188 Manga/PleaseSaveMyEarth


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3	Alice is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent and FriendToAllLivingThings. One day, as she's serving as the BadlyBatteredBabysitter to the neighbor's trip-and-a-half of a boy, she has a chance encounter with two guys from her school class, and in the course of the discussion, it comes out that they've all been having dreams about being alien scientists on the moon studying earth, all in precisely the same continuity.
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5	Eventually, all seven of the scientists at the base are found to have been [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]] as Japanese teenagers. Their base -- and all its weapons -- is still operational, and the seven of them must find a way to balance their obligations from past lives with their new lives on Earth...
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7	''Please Save My Earth'' is a {{Shoujo}} manga by Saki Hiwatari, published in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'' from 1986 to 1994. It has two sequels: ''Boku o Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari'' (''The Moonlight That Surrounds Me''), which ran in ''Bessatsu Hana to Yume'' from 2003 to 2014, and ''Boku wa Chikyuu to Utau'' (''I Sing with the Earth''), which began in 2015; both sequels are focused around the original cast's children and adult lives. The original manga has 21 volumes, while the sequels have 15 and 4 volumes, respectively (the second one is still being published).
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9	There is also a six-episode {{OVA}} adapting the first few volumes.
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12	!!This show provides examples of:
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14	%%* AdrenalineMakeover: Alice.
15	* AdultsAreUseless: On Earth, there is just Tamura knowing what's going on and helping the kids.
16	%%* AfterActionVillainAnalysis
17	* AgeGapRomance: Alice is nine years older than Rin.
18	* AllForNothing: We discover that Rin actually was trying to destroy the moonbase all along, not use its power to take over the Earth. What's more, we discover that he wants to destroy it because he remembers that Shion built some device on the moonbase and left it running. However, Rin can't remember what the device does, because Shion had already gone insane by the time he built it. Rin suspects it is some sort of doomsday device, and he wants to destroy the base to get rid of it. However in the end it turns out that [[spoiler: the device was essentially a tape-recorder, playing an eternal loop of Mokuren's song, causing all the plants in the base to grow erratically and essentially destroy everything in the base]].
19	%%* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike
20	%%* AndThenWhat: Tried with Rin, in order to show him the insanity of his plan.
21	%%* AngstComa: Rin and Alice have one.
22	%%* ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Class X-2, for the aliens.]]
23	%%* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: Subverted.
24	%%* ArcWords
25	%%* ArtEvolution:
26	%%* AspectMontage
27	%%* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Shion says this to Gyokuran. And to everyone else.
28	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: The manga ends with Tamura and Ayako with a toddler boy and a baby girl, and with Rin's mother pregnant. In the sequel the main characters are Ren (son of Rin and Alice) and Kachiko (Mikuro's daughter), plus Sakura is finally pregnant.]]
29	%%* {{Backstory}}
30	* BadassNormal: Tamura is not the only one without ESP, but he's the most useful.
31	%%* BadassPacifist: Alice.
32	* TheBadGuyWins: No matter who tries to oppose [[InvincibleVillain Rin]], he always has the upperhand and soundly defeats them. He wanted to seduce Moukuren away from Gyokuran and does it by blackmailing Moukuren's reincarnation (Alice) into being his girlfriend, then manipulates her. Haruhiko's attempt at revenge against Shion fails and comes back to haunt him in his next life when Shion finds him. Not even M could stop him, providing little more than [[DavidVsGoliath a minor challenge]], at best. In the end, Shion accomplishes everything he set out to do, despite the heroes best efforts.
33	* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Alice starts as this. Turns out Rin is, well, NOT really special in the way she expected.
34	* BelligerentSexualTension: Shion and Mokuren. And when they admit to themselves their feelings, they just CannotSpitItOut.
35	* BerserkButton: Don't hurt Alice in front of Jinpachi. Also don't disparage Shion's past in front of Rin. And if you're Haruhiko, a.k.a. Shukaido, you basically ''are'' Rin's BerserkButton.
36	%%* BetaCouple: Tamura and Ayako.
37	* BigBrotherInstinct: Tamura feels this way regarding Haruhiko. Hajime, despite being the younger sibling, is very protective of Alice.
38	* BigDamnHeroes: How Mikuro saves Tamura and Haruhiko from Majima.
39	* BisexualLoveTriangle: Combined with ReincarnationRomance- in their original incarnation, Issei and Alice were both female, and were both potential love interests for Jinpachi. Things become more complicated when Issei is [[ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex reincarnated in a male body]]. Jinpachi is straight, but [[IfItsYouItsOk has lingering feelings for Issei anyway]].
40	%%* BreakTheCutie: Alice, but she gets better.
41	%%** Mokuren and Enju.
42	%%*** KillTheCutie
43	%%* BreakTheHaughty: Shion.
44	* BrilliantButLazy: Apparently both Shion and Rin. Shion has top grades without even trying, and while Rin is confirmed to be a ChildProdigy, he's a normal kid (until Shion's memories awake).
45	* BrokenAce: Shion: he's good-looking, a genius, and has a incredibly powerful sources. He's also so broken that he believes himself unable to love or care for anyone, and that he will never be able to be part of a family or happy because of his issues.
46	* BrokenPedestal: Alice seems to idealize Shion, then it becomes clear that he's up to no good and the others tell her what a jerk he was.
47	* TheChainsOfCommanding: Hiiragi, to the point that even his reincarnation (Daisuke) feels bad for the choices made on the Moon.
48	%%* CharacterFocus: Especially Mokuren, Shion, Rin and Alice.
49	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The videotape with Mokuren singing is crucial in the end as Shion made it play over and over again, leading the plants to destroy everything in the moon's base]].
50	* CherryBlossoms: Their appearance out of season is a plot point.
51	%%* TheChessmaster: Rin/Shion.
52	%%* ChildrenForcedToKill: Shion during his childhood on Tess.
53	* CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Shion, but the constant conflict with authority doesn't end well: [[spoiler: first he was selected (exiled) to go to study Earth by the government; then the other scientists isolate him]]. Mokuren has shades too.
54	%%* CorruptionByAMinor
55	%%* CostumePorn: Kiches' official outfits ''definitely'' qualify.
56	%%* CrazyJealousGuy: Rin.
57	%%* CreepyChild: Rin, after awaking from his coma.
58	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Shion: he was born on a battlefield, was forced to kill in self defence and ''everyone'' he loves dies.
59	%%* DeathIsASadThing
60	%%* DebutQueue
61	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Mokuren's parents, especially her father, qualify. [[spoiler: La Zlo too, as Shion (and Rin) is strongly influenced by his words, despite La Zlo only being Shion's adoptive father and they lived together for a mere 78 days]].
62	%%* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Rin.
63	* DespairEventHorizon: Shukaido reaches his when he discovers he's already ill and can't take the vaccine.
64	** Apparently Rin reaches his [[spoiler: when his mother finally broke and told him he is not her son]].
65	** The scientists manage to have ''two'' of them: first their planet is destroyed, then a lethal virus appears on the base and kill them all.
66	%%* {{Determinator}}: Mokuren.
67	* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Alice gets together with Rin, not Jinpachi]].
68	* DieOrFly: Jinpachi when he falls from Tokyo Tower with an unconscious Rin, and Alice too when she has to destroy a psychic barrier.
69	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Mokuren dies in Shion's arms.]]
70	* DontYouDarePityMe: Shion can hold grudge ''forever'' if he thinks you're pitying him. Just ask Gyokuran.
71	%%* DoomedHometown: more like ''doomed homeplanet''...
72	* DoubleConsciousness: All the reincarnated characters have problems putting a line between the present and the past: Issei falls in love with Jinpachi due to Enju's feelings for Gyokuran; Alice is so scared by the possibility that she ends up blocking the memories; and Rin, being only eight, is slowly being absorbed by Shion's personality.
73	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: Alice, Rin and the other five teenagers recall their past lives as alien scientists living on the moon by dreaming about the events while sleeping.
74	%%* DrivenToSuicide: Haruhiko.
75	* DrivenToVillainy: Rin and Shion couldn't control the chain of events which led them to became the villains.
76	* DyingAlone: Shion's fate.
77	%%* DysfunctionJunction
78	%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
79	* EasilyForgiven: Rin gets a pass since he really is a 8 year old boy [[spoiler: who is a victim himself - his personality was almost subsumed by Shion's. ]]
80	%%* EnergyBall: Every fight with ESP seems to involve this.
81	* EnfanteTerrible: A key element of the work is the dissonance between the cute little grade-schooler Rin and the heinous things does. The protagonists find it difficult to thwart him because they don't want to harm a child. But the child in no way holds back against them.
82	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Rin tries really hard to shield his mother from what's goingo on. It doesn't work.
83	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Shion: stuck on the Moon, ''completely'' alone, surrounded by the corpses of his coworkers and the woman he loves, for ''nine years''. No wonder he ends up insane. Oh, and it was someone he ''trusted'' that inflicted this on him.]]
84	* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: Rin find himself with the desires, personality, and memories of a fully grown man in his head, and considering that his and Shion's goals are opposites, here we go.]]
85	%%* FreudianExcuse
86	%%* FriendToAllChildren: Tamura.
87	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Alice's affinity with plants is plot-significant, but she also has an ability to understand and be understood by animals.
88	* FriendshipMoment: Shion cries alone in front of Gyokuran's coffin.
89	* FromBadToWorse: For the the scientists on the Moon. And for the kids on Earth too.
90	* {{Futureshadowing}}: It's very, very confusing: Mokuren faints on the Moon and sees Rin falling from the balcony. And she somehow manages to save him.
91	%%* GirlNextDoor: Every female character except Mokuren.
92	%%* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Shion.
93	%%* GodivaHair: Mokuren.
94	* GoryDiscretionShot: We never see how Shion kills those soldiers that tried to kill him on Tes.
95	* GreenAesop: The title and overall plot refers to this. The Moral goes something like this - "Take care of your planet while you have it, cause you Earth-people still have a chance at redemption. [[spoiler: Unlike us, Space Scientists whose home space-faring civilization self-destructed in war.]]"
96	* GreenThumb: Mokuren can make plants grow or wither faster than normal with her singing. Not as lame as it sounds. See LethalHarmlessPowers entry below.
97	* HappilyAdopted: Shion was healing, after being adopted by La Zlo. Unfortunately [[spoiler: La Zlo died after 78 days in a car accident while Shion was at school]]. Mikuro too is adopted.
98	* HeroicBSOD: Alice has one when she remembers that Shion didn't love Mokuren (not true, but Mokuren believed that). All the scientists have one when their ''whole solar system'' gets destroyed in the war.
99	* HeterosexualLifePartners:
100	** Enju and Shusuran, to the point that they became PlatonicLifePartners on Earth ([[spoiler:until Issei and Sakura fall in love and start dating]]).
101	** Issei and Jinpachi, especially [[spoiler:after Issei manages to let go of Enju's love for Gyokuran]].
102	%%* HiddenAgendaVillain
103	* HumanAliens: The aliens look exactly like humans. They're just really small.
104	%%* IAmWho
105	* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Basically Mokuren's thought when she declares herself to be engaged to Shion, and that she consented when they had sex.
106	* IGaveMyWord: Why Shion didn't kill himself on the Moon after Mokuren's death.
107	* IJustWantToBeLoved: In the end, this was Shion greatest desire. Then [[FromBadToWorse it]] [[GoMadFromTheIsolation got]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds worse]].
108	%%* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Mokuren and Alice.
109	%%* InnocenceLost: Shion and Rin.
110	%%* IntergenerationalFriendship: Tamura and Haruhiko. Everyone and Rin.
111	%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
112	* InvisibleParents: We just see Alice's family and Rin, Haruhiko and Mikuro's mothers. Oh, and Mokuren's parents.
113	%%* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind
114	* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: With TokyoTower as the remote!
115	* LethalHarmlessPowers: The [[GreenThumb kiches]] make plants grow by singing. They can also kill them. ''All'' of them, and they actually ''did'', in the past. The [[GreenAesop effects]] were so devasting that they [[DrivenToSuicide killed themeself out of shame]] (which is [[SpaceWhaleAesop why kiches are so rare]]).
116	** Not to mention that plants growing out of control overnight is pretty scary too. And if you live in a space station with nothin' but vacuum outside...
117	* LiteralCliffhanger: At the Tokyo Tower. Rin and Jinpachi are ''very'' lucky that Jinpachi managed to teleport.
118	%%* LongHairIsFeminine
119	%%* LoudspeakerTruck
120	* LoveEpiphany: The ones we see: Issei realizes his love for Jinpachi, and Mokuren realizes she's fallen in love with Shion.
121	%%* LoveHurts
122	* LoveTriangle: Issei-Jinpachi-Alice (Type 5); Enju-Gyokuran-Mokuren (Type 5); Shion-Mokuren-Gyokuran (initially sort of 7 'cause Mokuren is unsure of her feelings, then type 4)
123	* MamaBear: Mrs. Yakushimaru is a nice woman, but if she suspects you're a menace to her son Mikuro, she will tear you apart ''with words''.
124	* ManipulativeBastard: Rin/Shion, however he starts to relies more and more on his powers as he became more unstable due to the struggle between Rin's and Shion's egos.
125	* ManlyTears: Haruhiko cries quite a lot. Takashi too, but [[TearsOfFear out of fear]], which makes him unmanly.
126	* MegaNeko: PlayedWith in the case of Kyaa. Although he is large in comparison to the scientist's species, to a human he'd be the size of a house cat.
127	* MercyKill: Subverted: Mokuren tries to kill Shion so he will not be alone in the universe, but she can not do it.
128	%%* MonumentalBattle
129	* MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad: Sev Oru thinks this about his father and Mokuren's father. After the discussion, Mokuren resolves to not speak of her father so nobody will make fun of him.
130	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Haruhiko when he remembers what Shukaido had done to Shion.
131	** Shion while confronting [[spoiler:Mokuren]] about [[spoiler:the rape]].
132	%%* MyOwnGrandpa: [[spoiler:A variation occurs in the sequel. Alice and Rin’s son, Ren, is revealed to be a {{Reincarnation}} of Mokuren’s father Rojion.]]
133	%%* NowItsMyTurn: Mikuro during his battle with Rin.
134	%%* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Rin is eight years old.
135	%%* OracularUrchin
136	%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent
137	* ParentalAbandonment: Especially for the aliens: all the Kiches are given up by their parents to the Government (Mokuren's father also died); Shion is a war orphan and [[spoiler: his adoptive father died in an accident]]. Rin's mother [[spoiler: freaks out about Rin's personality changes and tells him he's not her son, leading him to run away]]. Mikuro's biological mother refused him because of his powers when he was five years old.
138	%%* ParentalSubstitute: Lian Mode to Mokuren.
139	* ThePlague: It kills the seven scientists on the Moon.
140	%% * PleaseDontLeaveMe
141	* PsychicPowers: The sarches and kiches. Sarches is like ESP, while kiches makes it possible to talk with plants and make them grow.
142	%%* PutOnABus: Takashi.
143	%%* RecurringDreams
144	* ReincarnatedAsTheOppositeSex: Enju, a woman, wished to be reborn a male, so that she could stay close to Gyokuran in the next life without messy romance stuff getting in the way. It didn't work - although both of them were reborn as males, Enju/Issei's feelings for Gyokuran/Jinpachi stayed the same.
145	* {{Reincarnation}}: All the moon characters died and reincarnated.
146	%%* RefusalOfTheCall
147	%%* ReincarnationRomance
148	* TheResenter: Shion is this regarding everyone, but especially Gyokuran and Mokuren.
149	%%* RivalTurnedEvil
150	* RomanticizedAbuse: Rin/Shion does nothing but mistreat and manipulate Alice/Mokuren, blackmail her into doing what he says, dictates who she can speak with and when, and even [[spoiler:''raped her'' in his past life]]. Despite this, she eventually falls for him and it's supposed to be seen as romantic, and [[spoiler:them getting together and having children]] is supposed to be seen as a happy ending.
151	%%* TheRunaway: Rin and Alice.
152	* SadisticChoice: Rin/Shion does this to Daisuke: if Daisuke doesn't give him the code, he will drown Daisuke's brother.
153	* SaintlyChurch: We don't know about the rules of the aliens' church, but the representatives we see are kind and lovely people.
154	* SaveTheVillain: Basically they end having to save Rin from Shion's influence and Shion from himself.
155	* ShoutOut: Saki Hiwatari was a huge fan of ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', and it shows.
156	** If you look closely, you can see the main five appearing in the background several times.
157	** Rin is watching the anime at one point.
158	** When Issei is panicking about "being a pervert", he imagines Shun and Hyouga.
159	* ShowerOfAngst: Mokuren [[spoiler: after Shino rapes her.]]
160	* ShrinkingViolet: Alice was one in the first volume. She remains a shy and quiet girl, but she get better.
161	* SmallRoleBigImpact: La Zlo: his words and presence influenced greatly both Shion ''and'' Rin, even in the sequel [[spoiler: one of the reasons behind Rin's desire to make Shion happy is ''La Zlo'']].
162	* SympathyForTheDevil: There's a reason everyone wants to save both Rin and Shion.
163	* TakeOverTheWorld: To Shion this is the only way to stop humans from destroying the Earth.
164	* TalkingToPlants: The kiches have this as their secondary power.
165	%%* TearsOfRemorse: Almost everyone.
166	* ThemeNaming: All the moon characters have names that mean plants or flowers:
167	** Shion=aster, Shukaido=begonia, Enju=pagoda tree, Hiiragi=false holly, Gyokuran and Mokuren=types of magnolia.
168	*** The names are also {{Meaningful Name}}s, since the symbols match their personalities.
169	*** Also FloralThemeNaming
170	%%* TogetherInDeath
171	%%* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse
172	%%* TokyoTower
173	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shusuran (tomboy) and Enju (girly girl); Alice (girly girl) and Sakura (tomboy).
174	%%* TraumaCongaLine: Shion's whole life.
175	* UnreliableNarrator: Everyone has unclear memories heavily influenced by emotions. They also often state things as fact when they don't actually know the full story, while believing their own statement. (Y'know, like Real People do) Biggest Example: [[spoiler: "Shion raped Mokuren" turns out to be way more complicated than those 3 words]], Also Mega Spoiler: [[spoiler: "Shion wants to destroy the Earth" turns out to be completely off the mark. Especially interesting because Rin also believes this. You would think that would be reliable since he shares Shion's memories, but no]].
176	%%* VillainousBSOD
177	%%* VirginPower: The Kiches.
178	%%* VisionsOfAnotherSelf
179	* WarIsHell: The main reason behind Shion's emotional problems, and the reason of his whole plan.
180	* WarriorTherapist: Subverted, as Tamura, Haruhiko and Mikuro try with Rin and fail.
181	%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: Rin.
182	* WhatTheHellHero: Haruhiko gets a big one from Jinpachi, when he reveals that [[spoiler:Shukaido only inoculated Shion against the virus that was killing them, forcing him to live alone for nine years]].
183	%%* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
184	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: All the aliens' story is in flashbacks.
185	* WillfullyWeak: Gyokuran wears a device that suppress part of his powers.
186	* WouldntHurtAChild: The heroes biggest problem? Rin is ''eight years old''. They ''don't'' want to hurt him and when they do, they feel horrible.
187	* WoundedGazelleGambit: Haruhiko pretends to faint while chasing Alice so she will stops running away. Considering that he has a really weak heart it works.
188	* {{Yakuza}}: Rin manipulates Majima (yakuza) to render Tamura (former yakuza) harmless, and to kidnap Alice. Dr. Mori also has connections with the yakuza.
189	%%* YouCantGoHomeAgain: It's been destroyed.

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