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8	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/forum/Battle-Royale-Pichi-Pichi-Pitch/193531/ Battle Royale Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' is a PlayByPost forum roleplay of ''[[Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', hosted on Website/FanfictionDotNet. Taking place an unspecified amount of time after canon ends, the mermaid kingdoms are recovering from a war that spanned all seven seas. Lucia is now the new Aqua Regina, and is trying to get the kingdoms back together.
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10	However, an ancient evil threatens to cut her long and (mostly) peaceful regime short. Unfortunately, the seven Mermaid Princesses and their kingdoms are in no state to save the world and are still on the verge of war with each other. The Fates instead appoint seven Saviours as their champions instead, to carry out the duty of the Mermaid Princesses and set the world back on track.
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12	In addition to having their new duty, the Saviours must struggle with fighting against prejudice left behind by the Ocean War, not to mention the problems that they themselves have…
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14	Also has a novelized version which can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12120040/1/Battle-Royale-Pichi-Pichi-Pitch here]].
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16	!!''Battle Royale Pichi Pichi Pitch'' contains examples of:
17	* ActionGirl: Jasmine is this, being the most physical fighter of the Saviours. Shelia is this too, to the point where she often forgets she has magical powers and fights with her claws instead.
18	* AerithAndBob: Justified. The characters come from different areas, and most do somewhat match up with their area of origin. The admin also makes it a point in the character submission profile to make sure the names make sense for the characters. Still, the names range from English (Jasmine, Helen, Luna), to Japanese (the human characters), to made up (Aren).
19	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Kazi ruffles Jasmine’s hair in Episode 7.
20	%%* AgeIsRelative: Jasmine gets hit with this hard, as elaborated below. Helen also looks a couple years younger than 17.
21	%%* AllLovingHero: Lila is this.
22	* AmnesiaEpisode: The early part of Episode 9 culminates in an amnesiac Jasmine after Kazi attempts to talk her out of her PTSD. Combined with TraumaInducedAmnesia down below until Episode 10, where she regains her memory in time to pull off a BigDamnHeroes moment.
23	* AnimatedActors: In one of the OOC topics, the characters are presented as actors for a television show.
24	%%* AnthropomorphicTransformation: Demons who are changed from animals to the Borderline LittleBitBeastly variant.
25	%%* AntiHero: Jasmine and Shelia are this with the Saviours.
26	%%* ApologeticAttacker: Jasmine is this to Kazi before delivering a GroinAttack in Episode 7.
27	* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: The Panthalassans, of course, who look completely human in and out of water, as pointed out by Jasmine in Episode 7.
28	* ArtisticAge: Like in canon, few of the characters actually look their age. Some of the most evident are teens who look like they’re adults, Jasmine in particular is around the fifteen-sixteen age group and looks like she’s already eighteen to twenty.
29	%%* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Somewhat justified as said guns are magical, with no safety, and Jasmine has no formal training.
30	* BigBad: Malus, the ancient evil referred to in the summary and by Lucia.
31	* BigDamnHeroes: Several instances, for example:
32	** Kazi's early aid when Jasmine tells the others to move on during Episode 2.
33	** Jasmine's return to the Saviours in Episode 6 against Serena.
34	** Mizmi's inteference in the battle against the Horsemen in Episode 11
35	%%* BigGood: At least, Lucia and the Fates seem to be this.
36	* BirthmarkOfDestiny: The Saviours aren’t actually ''born'' with their marks, but rather get them once they make physical contact with another Saviour of their own volition.
37	* BottomlessMagazines: Justified for Jasmine's weapons, as they're powered by her magic.
38	%% * BrilliantButLazy: Sloth, who is, well, ''[[Main/LazyBum sloth]]''.
39	* CallingYourAttacks: Kazi, while not in the manner of the show, does a more typical one of calling out spell names as he casts. The mermaids on the other hand tend to avert this.
40	%% * CoolChair: Sloth sits in one… at least up until he gets his hands on Maja’s pearl.
41	%% * CoolShades: Kazi has them after he gets blinded by Pestilence.
42	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: This applies for almost all the mermaids as well as some of the other characters. Also, despite her profile saying she has black hair, Jasmine is typically illustrated with a dark blue sheen in her hair as compared to Lila, who also has black hair but has grey highlights instead.
43	%% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Considering the premise of the RP, this happens for most of the characters. In fact, it would be easier to list the characters that ''don’t'' have this.
44	%% * DarkerAndEdgier: As compared to the anime and manga.
45	%% * DarkIsNotEvil: Played literally with the three Dark-aligned Saviours, Shelia, Mizmi, and Jasmine. Shelia and Jasmine also play this trope straight in the more conventional way.
46	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Jasmine is usually this most of the time in the early episodes. Kazi seems to have shades of this later on.
47	* DramaticWind: Justified in the scene when Jasmine takes down one of the Antarctic Palace’s walls with an explosive.
48	* {{Expy}}: Several of them:
49	** Jasmine ''almost'' crosses the line into being a straight-out expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]], but treads the line due to not starting as a full-on expy but rather deliberately emphasized to be one later on.
50	** Pearl and Serena Anarchy are expies of [[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty and Stocking Anarchy]] respectively.
51	** Similarly to Jasmine, Ira started out merely being inspired by [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Jasper]], but evolved into a full expy later on.
52	%% * FireIceLightning: The elements of choice for Kazi most of the time.
53	%% * FlashBack: Luna has repeated occurrences of this.
54	%% * FlashStep: Jasmine drops the trope by name as the name of an action in her moveset.
55	%% * GoodIsNotNice: Some of those against the Sins are “good”, but not exactly nice. And for some, “good” is stretching it.
56	* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Mermaids, Panthalassans, Demons, and Ancients are on both sides of the fights, and they even fight each other most of the time.
57	* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The four, Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death appear in Season One, Episode 11. Conquest is said to be locked away by what is presumed to be Hadrian's journal.
58	%% * IdolSinger: As in the show, any mermaid who can transform qualifies as this. Demons… not so much.
59	%% * ImageSong: The Princesses and demons who sing have this InUniverse, but out of universe, each character has a theme.
60	* InterspeciesRomance: Several couples display this, Helen and Lila's parents (Mermaid and Human and Human and Ancient respectively) among the Saviours. Kazi and Lizzy (Panthalassan and Earth Demon) are also this, as well as Lucian and his wife Cera (Water Demon and Mermaid)
61	%% * LethalChef: Jasmine is this — according to her, she burns water. Helen’s mother is also this.
62	%% * LovelyAngels: Shelia and Jasmine have a moment of this in Episode 2 and 3.
63	* MineralMacguffin: The Mermaid Princesses’ pearls are extraordinarily powerful and somehow manage to lend power to the Sins. Also, the pearls of mermaids in general are the source of their power — lose them and you basically lose yourself, like Luna is doing. The Princesses are exempt from this rule.
64	%% * MultinationalTeam: The Mermaid Princesses are obvious. The Sins are this too, as are the Saviours.
65	%% * MusicalAssassin: The Sins who sing have this, any demon who can sing qualifies, and any kind of Dark music is this.
66	* ObstructiveCodeOfConduct: Mermaids can’t expose themselves to humans. Also extends to half-mermaids too.
67	* OneGenderRace: Mermaids, being all-female.
68	* OrcusOnHisThrone: Sloth, well, somewhat after his introduction in Episode 1. He stops being this when he gets Maja’s pearl, but otherwise plays this relatively straight
69	%%* PillarOfLight: The Panthalassans have this sometimes, but they usually manifest in other forms too.
70	* PrincessesRule: The Mermaid Princesses are shown as having to deal with politics and paperwork, and are the rulers of their respective kingdoms.
71	%%* RainbowMotif: The Princesses play this straight.
72	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Kazi looks like he’s in his early twenties when he’s over 6,000. Lizzy is also this, looking around the same age while being over 5,000. The same applies to any of the other characters who are not mermaids.
73	%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: Several characters have this in spades, most noticeably [[Main/UnstoppableRage Ira]] and the doubles of the Saviours.
74	* RingOfPower: The Saviours each have one of these that can turn into weapons at their command.
75	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Princesses are juggling politics, paperwork, and fighting whatever evil that tries to get them.
76	%%* SevenDeadlySins: The villains are themed this way.
77	* StarCrossedLovers:
78	%% %% ** The mermaid and demon behind the creation of the Wishing Heart.
79	** Jasmine also brings up the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver-girl. Kazi provides the English story, Altair and Vega, both during Episode 7.
80	%% ** Hippo and Yuri’s romance is also made a point in the same episode, with Kazi pointing out how badly it’ll end.
81	%%* StrongerWithAge: The Panthalassa Clan is indicated to be this by Kazi, if anything.
82	%%* TheOneGuy: Applies twice. Kazi is this for the Saviours, and Sloth is this to the Sins.
83	%%* TransformationTrinket: The pearls of a mermaid are this, for all the mermaids, mind you.
84	* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Jasmine has a bout of this for most of Episode 9 and 10 after Kazi's double mentally breaks her down. She regains her memory when she gets her Symphony ring.
85	%%* TrueCompanions: The Saviours seem to be back to this as of Episode 8.
86	%%* VillainSong: The Sins and the canon villains.
87	* WaterIsAir: Big time. Running water at the bottom of the ocean seems to be nothing.
88	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Played straight with Gaito and Mikeru in Episode 7. Kazi and Luna, despite both having white, or close to white, in Luna’s case, are both undoubtedly the good guys. On the other hand, [[Main/UnstoppableRage Ira]] and Saphira play this trope straight.
89	* WizardsLiveLonger: The Panthalassa Clan are the strongest magic-users, and along with the demons, are noted to be very long-lived.
90	* YouCantFightFate: You can’t fight what the Fates tell you to do, nope. Lucia ascending to become Aqua Regina was their manipulation, and the Saviours, though initially reluctant, are subject to this before they accept their task.
91	* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: The mermaids, naturally, and their children have this too. On the other hand, demons, Panthalassans, and Ancients also display this trait.
92	* YoungAndInCharge: Four out of seven of the Mermaid Princesses are younger than 17 and are the ultimate authority.
93	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Jasmine has this. She looks to be at least eighteen, but she’s only fifteen-sixteenish.
94	* YoureInsane: Gaito utters this to Kazi, to which Kazi responds:
95	-->'''Kazi:''' All the best minds are crazy.

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