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2[[caption-width-right:280:[[RageAgainstTheHeavens The divines all will know his wrath.]]]]
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4->''"Rage never dies."''
5-->-- '''{{Tagline}}'''
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7''Asura's Wrath'' is an ActionGame published by Creator/{{Capcom}} and developed by Creator/CyberConnect2, released February 21st, 2012 in the US, February 23rd, 2012 in Japan, February 24th, 2012 in Europe, and March 9, 2012 in the UK.
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9In a story that draws heavily from Myth/HinduMythology and UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, Asura is one of the eight Guardian Generals, demigods assigned to protect the world of Gaea and its inhabitants from the [[TheHeartless Gohma]]. After their latest victory, the other seven demigod generals kill his wife, kidnap his daughter, and frame him for murdering the emperor, all in an attempt to destroy the Gohma once and for all. When Asura confronts them, he is killed and cast down to [[TheUnderworld Naraka]]. But a mere thing like death cannot keep a demigod like Asura down for long, and quite understandably, he is pissed. After spending several millennia climbing out of Naraka and emerging into a very changed mortal world, Asura sets out to rescue his daughter and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge get his revenge]] on his fellow Guardian Generals, who now call themselves the Seven Deities.
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11While very much a revenge story through and through, it explores a surprising variety of themes, ranging from familial love (particularly between father and daughter and brotherly love) to showing, [[{{Irony}} ironically enough]] the true consequences of being an embodiment of UnstoppableRage, just how far someone would have to go to save the world, and above all else, the [[DeconstructedTrope consequences]] of a MartyrdomCulture worshiping some of the most horrific JerkassGods ever found in fictionland. This does not distract from the awesome visuals, spectacular fight scenes and just plain over-the-topness.
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13Asura gets his [[VideoGame/CapcomVs first crossover appearance]] in the [[https://www.siliconera.com/capcom-and-gree-partner-up-for-capcom-all-stars-and-other-social-games/ crossover social game]] ''Minna to Capcom All Stars''.
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15On September 26, 2011, a manga adaptation called ''Asura's Wrath: Kai'' began. It serves as a retelling of the game's events, albeit more compressed and introduces a new character called Upara, a "godsperson" tasked by the Deities to supervise and lead the people before meeting Asura and discovering how callous the gods of her world really are. The manga ended on July 26, 2012 with two volumes.
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17Not to be confused with ''Literature/AsuraCryin'' and definitely not with ''Manga/{{Asura}}''.
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20!!Tropes featured include:
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26* HundredPercentCompletion: Collecting all the Artwork, CG Art, Interludes, Trophies/Achievements (including DLC), and Gauges.
27* AchievementMockery: The "View of the Valley" achievement is awarded for staring too long at a girl's bust.
28* ActionCommands:
29** Gameplay revolves around timed button presses, stick movements, and button mashing to perform ''awesome'' attacks.
30** At the end of Episode 22, the final boss gets his own.
31* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Durga's death scene, [[spoiler:Yasha resurrecting Asura using the mantra accumulated by the Seven Deities for millennia]].
32* AdaptedOut: Neither the Golden Spider nor Naraka make any appearance in the manga adaptation. Similarly, the girl Asura meets when he resurrects a second time is also absent, with her role largely being replaced by Upara. [[spoiler:The manga also ends with Asura and Yasha defeating Vlitra, albeit at the cost of their lives and there's no mention of Chakravartin appearing anywhere.]]
33* AdvancedAncientAcropolis: {{Inverted|Trope}} with the City of Shinto.
34* AerithAndBob: Along with the conventionally Hindu-sounding Asura, Mithra, and Yasha, you have gods named Olga, Sergei, and Deus. It's a bit baffling.
35* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of story elements that aren't shown explicitly in the game are shown in the extras section, and in the PreOrderBonus art book from Gamestop.
36** The Official Complete works, for example, has a couple of Asura's forms have different names from what is given in the game. Mantra Asura is referred to as Prajna (Wisdom in Buddhism) Asura, and Mantra Reactor Asura is just plain old Mantra Asura.
37* AlternateUniverse: The story takes place in a setting where humanity discovered a powerful source of energy called Mantra. [[{{Transhuman}} Modified humans]] called Demigods could control this mantra, and it was able to propel technology to unimaginable levels; real ClarkesThirdLaw kind of stuff. Unfortunately, due to pollution and overpopulation, [[spoiler:the Will of the Planet, Gohma Vlitra, sent the Gohma to kill all humans on the planet out of anger, thus starting the War of Creation]]. Said universe [[spoiler:also manages to be the same one as ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', just ''millions'' of years ago]].
38* AlwaysOverTheShoulder: When using a certain projectile outside of huge boss fights (one of them being a rapid-fire barrage of bullets that are shaped like Asura's fists), the camera focuses on his shoulder.
39* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: [[spoiler:Naraka and the Event Horizon.]]
40* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted, believe it or not. The American cover has Asura trying to smash your face in, true, but the Japanese cover has Six armed Vajra Asura screaming in rage at you with his arms raised, instead.
41* AncientAstronauts: Sources differ on whether the game is set in the extremely distant past or the future. [[spoiler:The modern setting at the end and a Chun-Li cameo could confirm this as a distant past.]]
42* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Yasha, Asura's brother-in-law is playable. In contrast to his brother-in-law, his fighting style consists of very speedy multi-hit combos and projectiles used for higher-yet-slower damage. Unlike Asura, who becomes tougher during Unlimited Mode, Yasha becomes faster and hits faster, and his dodge moves are faster, short-ranged teleports instead of simply rolling aside.
43* AngerIsNotEnough: Asura's rage at being betrayed, as well as having his wife killed and daughter kidnapped, makes him powerful enough to come BackFromTheDead, and rampage through the Seven Dieties and their forces. But [[spoiler: Vlitra proves too much for him, and it is only once his daughter]] channels the remaining SoulPower [[spoiler: into him that he is able to defeat it]].
44** It is subverted in his fight against the TrueFinalBoss, [[spoiler: [[{{God}} Chakravatin]] - while his newfound SoulPower-fueled anger gets him a lot of the way, allowing him to blow up planets, stars, and make {{God}} go OneWingedAngel on him, it is eventually his raw anger at how GodIsEvil that allows him to persevere after Chakravatin [[BroughtDownToBadass takes away]] his SoulPower]].
45* AngstNuke: Asura literally explodes with anger when Olga destroys a village [[spoiler:and kills Ahria, the little girl that looked like Mithra]] right before his eyes. [[UnstoppableRage Cue]] [[BeamSpam epic]] [[SuperMode beatdown.]]
46* {{Animesque}}: Not just design-wise, but the story progression is literally like an episodic anime or Japanese Tv Drama, and is even referred to by many critics as an "Interactive Anime".
47* AnnoyingArrows: Asura treats being impaled with a dozen ''spears'' on his back with one of then poking through his chest as simply an annoyance.
48* ArrogantGodVsRagingMonster: Essentially what the whole plot boils down to, with the twist that the 'monster' is a god as well.
49* ArtificialHuman: The demigods are descendants of these.
50* ArtShift:
51** The art in the various scenes between episodes are all done by different artists and differ greatly in style.
52** Episode 11.5 and 15.5. Unlike the rest of the game's style, these episodes look as if they were lifted straight out of an anime.
53** At some moments of the fight against Ryu, the art style becomes closer to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
54* AstralFinale: As well as an Astral Beginning.
55* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Ahria, the girl who [[IdenticalStranger looks like Mithra]], as well as all of the other humans in this game, speak Gibberish. This is actually why they don't bother with different voice actors for humans in the English dub.
56* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The crown king of this trope. Just the ''first boss'' is big enough to stick itself out of Gaea and try to eat an entire fleet of spaceships. [[spoiler:And it gets even ''bigger'' later on. And this is to say nothing about the TrueFinalBoss, which is quite literally the biggest in videogame history.]]
57* AwardBaitSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2yh2KgLgSg In Your Belief]]" by Tomoyo Mitani, the same singer of [[Franchise/DotHack Aura's theme]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loTcZHoIYfQ Now with readable lyrics]].
58* BadassArmfold: Many characters do this. Asura even does it on the tip of his personal flagship in outer space similar to a [[Anime/{{Gunbuster}} Certain Trope Codifying Mecha]].
59* BaitAndSwitch: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Chakravartin returns Mithra to Asura and extends his hand to him as a kind gesture.]] Asura's smile and the ActionCommand "Extend arm" makes it appear like Asura has finally reached his happy ending. [[spoiler:Then, upon following the prompt, Asura extends his arm...''[[ExactWords with his fist balled up right into Chakravartin's face]]''.]]
60* BarehandedBladeBlock:
61** Said blade is [[{{BFS}} about three times as big as Asura is]].
62** And even more impressive is the extendo-sword long enough to launch him from the moon to the Earth.
63*** Bonus points as it eventually goes though the earth itself.
64* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace:
65** One of the main powers that the deities in the game have.
66** In the DLC "Lost Episodes," [[spoiler:both Ryu and Akuma]] have been given this power [[PowerCreepPowerSeep just to fight Asura]].
67* BattleAura: After knocking Vajira Wyzen off him after he gains six arms, Asura unleashes a massive one that looks like a cross between [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan Goku's]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kyuubi Naruto's]]. The other Deities are seen having them as well.
68* BeamSpam:
69** Standard Shinkoku space battleship tactics, apparently.
70** [[spoiler:Asura's berserker form.]]
71* BeamOWar: [[spoiler:[[SuperMode Berserker Asura]] vs. [[WaveMotionGun the Brahmastra]]. The Brahmastra wins, but Asura is able to hold it back with his own ki attack for a few seconds -- that is, his anger is rival to trillions of souls' worth of power.]]
72* BehindTheBlack: A lot of the intermission slideshow images have things hidden outside the immediately visible area which can be viewed by panning the images.
73* BeingGodIsHard: Asura has this opinion, as he calls bullshit on his fellow demigods slaying their own followers to power themselves up. Considering that Asura managed to become more powerful than even them by sheer wrath alone, he might have a point.
74* BerserkButton: Don't even try to mention Mithra to Asura in any way that suggests that you want her suffering to continue. You will be brutally crushed.
75* TheBerserker: Asura fights with the grace and power of a monster truck fueled by pure, distilled ''rage''. [[spoiler:His berserker form is even worse.]]
76* BeyondTheImpossible:
77** At one point, Asura becomes so mad, he gains the level of power it took his fellow Deities '''12000 YEARS''' to accumulate. Yasha [[DiscussedTrope states that this is impossible by the standards they were using.]]
78** Similarly, killing [[spoiler:[[{{God}} Chakravartin]] was said by Chakravartin himself to be an impossibility]].
79** Deus uses this trope as his motto:
80-->'''Deus''': "Power without a purpose is meaningless and worthless. A purpose that is firm can change the impossible to the possible."
81** This trope also appears in the preview for episode 11:
82-->'''Narrator''': "Asura and Augus' duel to the death begins. Their battle breaches the limits of possibilty and breaks into the heavens."
83* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yasha. On the outside, the guy's a BadassPacifist who [[spoiler:along with Deus]] wants nothing more than to exterminate the Gohma from threatening the world. Just don't waste countless lives on something pointless if you don't want a ki slash through your torso.
84* {{BFG}}: Many of the Taison mooks (the big gold buddhas) wield these. Taison Nyudo (the ''really'' big gold buddhas) {{dual wield|ing}} them.
85* {{BFS}}:
86** Augus' sword grows ''300,000 miles long,'' more than long enough for the other end of the blade to come poking out on the other side of the ''moon''.
87** Rasho-class mooks will frequently come equipped with these. They seem to have thrusters on the back for extra oomph.
88* BigBad: Deus. Driven to extreme lengths to destroy the Gohma at all costs, he orders Durga's death and kidnaps Mithra before killing Asura and demonizing him for future generations. [[spoiler:Then there's [[GodIsEvil Chakravartin]], who is responsible for the creation of the Gohma and the overall GreaterScopeVillain of ''Asura's Wrath''.]]
89* BigBadassBattleSequence: The game opens with one, with Asura immediately leaping into the thick of battle and going straight for Vlitra while the rest of the generals' forces combat the Gohma.
90* BigBadEnsemble: The Gohma and the Seven Deities, who oppose each other. [[spoiler:Then Chakravartin, who is manipulating ''everyone'' for his own ends.]]
91* BigFancyHouse: Asura's residence.
92* BigNo: Wyzen in Episode 5, and Asura in episode 12. Being [[WorldOfHam the setting that it is]], this is a rare case where the BigNo ''works''.
93* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The pointless cycle of destruction is finally broken with Chakravartin's death, humanity finally is freed from the shackles of its various godlike tyrants, but no one in the cast survives save Mithra, who spends her mortal life retelling the events of the story.]]
94* BloodKnight: Augus. By his own admission, he doesn't give a damn about Deus' plans or the mission of the deities. He lives to fight and ''only'' to fight. He even goes out of his way to get Asura to a healing spring where he can mend his injuries, if only so that the two can have a thrilling fight to the death.
95* BloodierAndGorier: The earlier trailers were shown like this, in that all the minions of the demi-gods had regular blood come out of them instead of orange blood and Asura was also shown being much more brutal towards enemies. Why this was changed in the final product is unknown, but it seemed likely that it was the result of thematic reasons and to probably not seem like a ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' rip-off like some people were making it out to be.
96* BookEnds:
97** The game starts with Vlitra's appearance, a Title-Screen like moment complete with press start, and Asura jumping off of Shinto towards Gaea. The last episode starts with Vlitra's reappearance, a Title-Screen like moment complete with press start, and Asura jumping off of [[spoiler:the Karma Fortress]] towards Gaea.
98** The last DLC episode starts with [[spoiler:Asura awakening from meditation, [[RuleOfThree a Title-Screen like moment complete with press start,]] and Asura riding a Shinkoku ship off of Gaea into space]].
99* BossOnlyLevel: Quite a few of these. Specifically, the final fight against Wyzen, the first Yasha battle, Augus, [[spoiler:Wrath Asura]], the final Deus Battle, [[spoiler:the final Gohma Vlitra Battle, The FinalBossPreview battle against Chakravartin, the final Yasha battle, and finally, the last Chakravartin battle]].
100* BossSubtitles: Starting with Gohma Vlitra, each boss has these, as well as different ones for each form they have. They even have them for their weapons, as well.
101* BreatherEpisode: "Episode 10: Words of Wisdom," in which Augus helps Asura recuperate after [[spoiler:his fight with Kalrow]] with the help of some scantily-dressed maidens.
102* BreathWeapon: Gohma Vlitra's specialty.
103* BrickJoke: The rock shelf on the moon that was raised up during the Augus fight is pushed back down during the fight with [[spoiler:Ryu]] in Lost Episode 1, only to be ''brought back up again'' during the fight with [[spoiler:Akuma]] in Lost Episode 2. Also in Lost Episode 1, [[spoiler:Augus' discarded scabbard can be seen]].
104* BroughtDownToBadass: The creators have mentioned that Asura has lost some of his godly power while being exiled. Looking at all the footage before that, how that stops him from doing ''anything'' seems to be anyone's guess.
105* BullyingADragon: Really, everything the Seven Deities do just succeeds at pissing Asura off ''even more''.
106* ButtMonkey: Wyzen, in story and out. The ''Asura's Wrath'' Facebook page even has a Wyzen Diet.
107* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "I CALL UPON THE POWER OF THE MANTRA!!!"
108* CallBack:
109** In Episode 5, Gongen Wyzen calls our protagonist "Asura the traitor, Asura the destructor." Seventeen episodes later, "Asura the Destructor" appears again with [[SuperMode a great deal more significance]].
110** [[spoiler:The very final scene of TheStinger to the [[WhereItAllBegan very first trailer]].]]
111** In the "Lost Episode 1" DLC, where Asura fights [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], he Shoryukens him all the way to the moon... particularly the area where he fought Augus earlier. You can tell because of the giant slanted cleaved area from when he used Wailing Dark, as well as the sword sheath sticking out to the side. [[spoiler:Bonus points for Evil Ryu's Ultra II having enough force to slam the cleaved area back in place.]]
112*** [[spoiler:And Oni then proceeds to use Misogi at the beginning of the battle, which Asura deflects to the side in the same manner as Wailing Dark to cleave it right back up.]]
113* CallingYourAttacks: Mostly averted with the exception of Wyzen, humorously enough.
114* TheCameo:
115** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/{{Okami}} Amaterasu]] and Franchise/{{S|treetFighter}}agat appear in the interlude for Episode 10.]]
116** [[spoiler:The PTX-40A Vital Suit from the first ''VideoGame/LostPlanet'' can be spotted in the interlude for Episode 1.]]
117** [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] appears as a cop in TheStinger.]]
118* CanonDiscontinuity: Both [[{{Crossover}} Lost Episodes]] are officially said to have no canonical bearing on either the ''Asura's Wrath'' or ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universes.
119* CasualInterstellarTravel: In the finale episode of Part IV: Nirvana, Asura achieves this [[spoiler:in his destructor form by simply flying fast enough. As in, flying by solar systems in mere seconds fast enough]].
120* CensorSteam: During the hotsprings scene.
121* TheChosenPeople: The Demigods of Shinkoku were originally a civilization of regular humans that were chosen by [[TopGod Chakravartin]] to wield the esoteric power known as mantra [[spoiler:as a part of a long-term plot to choose his successor as Gaia's divine ruler]]. They would use this power to advance their civilizations, becoming so physically and technologically superior to the rest of mankind that they were worshiped as gods.
122* ChunkyUpdraft: Common when Asura and Augus power up.
123* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Before realizing they could just siphon Mantra out of Mithra by force ([[spoiler:and out of mortal humans by ''killing them'']]), the Deities used this method to power themselves and their weapons up, with Mithra being the main priestess that preached about the Shinkoku faith.
124* CliffHanger: The ending to True Episode 18, with the true ending of the game being DLC.
125* ClimaxBoss: Every single boss fight. The DLC trailer reveals [[spoiler:that even Gohma Vlitra was one of these]].
126* ColonyDrop: The head of the Karma Fortress crashes down on [[spoiler:Gaea at the end of Episode 19]].
127* CombatBreakdown: The last battle of the game begins with [[spoiler:two gods capable of becoming planet sized, throwing and destroying planets, meteors, and small stars, causing supernova, warping reality, firing laser beams at each other, and stopping time, and ends with them grappling and punching each other to death after all their godly strength has been exhausted]].
128* ComboBreaker: The initial burst from entering Unlimited mode can be used as this.
129* ConductingTheCarnage: Sergei is introduced waving his arms as if conducting an orchestra of death as Asura, three other guardian generals, and the other demigod troops are fighting in an intense battle with the Gohma, ecstatically remarking how life is at its most beautiful when it ends in death.
130* CoolOldGuy: Asura's OldMaster, Augus. Though he is completely amoral.
131* TheCorruption: The Gohma, which are stated as being corrupt, impure beings that take the form of rocky and [[MagmaMan lava-esue]] animals. The strongest of them all are planet-sized, and can easily destroy planets casually, and nearly destroyed mankind. It took the combined power of Asura and the other Demigods to defeat them the first time around, but they make a comeback. This cycle has been going on for some time even before the game's story begins.
132* CrapsackWorld: The world where Asura awakens after being exiled is most definitely this.
133-->'''Golden Spider:''' [[SleptThroughTheApocalypse Twelve thousand years have passed since you were here last]], [[DeadpanSnarker but that's nothing to a Demigod like yourself, now is it?]]
134--> '''Asura:''' Is this how you save the world? This place looks like hell.
135* CrossCounter: Asura and Augus.
136** Also happens [[spoiler:against Chakravartin the Creator]].
137* CrossOver: {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC allows Asura to fight against [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu and, afterward, Akuma]]. The first rounds of their battles go with ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' rules... Mostly.
138* CurbStompBattle: Quite a few major ones and countless minor ones
139** The first is when Asura is curb-stomped by Deus when on his [[RoaringRampageofRevenge streak of anger.]] Deus then sends him to Naraka.
140** The next is his first battle with Yasha. Yasha dodges most of his attacks effortlessly and when he does get hit, [[NoSell he just brushes it right off.]] Eventually, he cleaves Asura in two, sending him back to Naraka. This is minutes after Asura destroyed a ''planet-sized'' Wyzen, [[WorfHadTheFlu his arms are broken, and he is hopelessly drained]].
141** After Asura goes into the [[SuperMode Berseker Form]] after [[spoiler:the girl that looks like his daughter gets killed]] he curbstomps ''the entire fleet of the Seven Deities!'' It takes [[WaveMotionGun the Brahmastra itself]] to defeat him, and it has the power of ''trillions of human souls!''
142** [[spoiler:Asura's first fight with [[BigBad Chakravartin]] is this. Chakravartin defeats both Asura and Yasha before the captured Mithra sends them away for their safety]]
143* DamselInDistress: Asura's daughter Mithra gets kidnapped by the other gods.
144* DarkerAndEdgier: Episode 11.5 is notably darker than the rest of the game. Not that the game is all that happy to begin with.
145** As is Part IV: Nirvana. The game is also darker as a whole compared to most other Capcom IP's, despite being amongst their rated T games. It does so rather well, too.
146* DarkIsNotEvil: Technically, the Gohma are natural, being Gaea's defense mechanism as the balance was disrupted by the removal of souls. Unfortunately, this puts them at conflict with humanity.
147* DarkReprise: [[spoiler:"One Who Spins Samsara", a darker version of "In Your Belief".]]
148* DeadlyEuphemism: "Saving souls" means killing people for their lifeforce. "Exorcism" means destroying one of your own ships because there's an enemy on board. "Purification" just means killing.
149* DeadlyUpgrade: Asura's black-skinned 'Wrath Asura' form. The extra materials states that, while he's more powerful than even his six-armed form in this state (though still not nearly as unstoppably devastating as his Berserk Form), his attacks do more damage to his own body than to others. The black color is due to the fire of his wrath burning so hot it scorched his skin...
150* DeathEqualsRedemption: None of the reincarnated characters in TheStinger of Episode 22 have any of the evil traits they had as Demi-gods.
151* DefaceOfTheMoon: Augus slices the moon deep enough in Episode 11 to make the sliced chunk rise high. [[spoiler:Evil Ryu punches the sliced chunk back into place in Lost Episode 1, and Oni not only does the same damage in Lost Episode 2 that Augus did, but Asura's fight with him ends up epically destroying the moon.]]
152* DerangedAnimation: Episode 11.5. That is all. The fact that the person who directed it worked on ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' should tell you this.
153* DestroyerDeity: Asura becomes this by the end of the game, "Asura the Destructor". He's gigantic enough to crush planets.
154* {{Determinator}}:
155** Even without his own arms, Asura still fights on and actually headbutts Yasha, a being who calls himself {{God}}, in the face.
156** Better yet: Armless Asura is playable, fighting only with kicks and headbutts.
157* DetonationMoon: [[spoiler:Oni and Mantra Asura start fighting so hard the moon starts crumbling just by their fighting. Not to mention Oni split the moon in half with a single punch to start the moon's destruction.]]
158* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Several times.
159* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Done to Chakravartin after refusing to take over his role as the watcher and guide of the world of Gaea.
160-->'''Chakravartin:''' If you will not inherit this world...Return to nothing!
161* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Durga.
162* DiedStandingUp:
163** [[spoiler:How Yasha dies.]]
164** [[spoiler:Same with Asura.]]
165** [[spoiler:Subverted in Lost Episode 2, however, as when Asura and Akuma fought each other, they eventually turned into stone. The subversion is that they start moving again and fight once more, still looking like stone statues!]]
166* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the ''Kai'' manga adaptation, some characters meet die differently in comparison to how they bite it in the game. [[spoiler:Sergei, for example, is killed by Yasha as his mech explodes and Deus is cut in half right down the middle.]]
167* DimensionLord: [[spoiler:The Golden Spider[=/=]Chakravartin rules the dimension between life and death, Naraka.]]
168* DirtyOldMan: During his speech to Asura in the hot springs, one of the things Augus says along with fighting is sleeping with beautiful women. [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Fighting with them, too.]]
169* DisappearsIntoLight: Every demigod does this when they die, from common {{Mooks}} to the great guardian generals.
170* DisposableWoman: Asura's wife.
171* DistantFinale: The True Ending in Episode 22 takes place 870 million years in the future in modern New York City.
172* DivingKick: Yasha's Specialty.
173* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:The nasally, obnoxious golden spider Asura meets during his trips to Naraka turns out to be a disguise for Chakravartin, the nigh-omnipotent deity manipulating the entire planet for his own benefit.]]
174* DownloadableContent:
175** Episodes 11.5 and 15.5, done in a literal anime style, are downloadable. There is also Part IV: Nirvana, which consists of four episodes, and the game's '''true ending'''. The true reason for this, as data miners discovered, is that they literally ''ran out of disc space to contain it!''
176** There's also Lost Episode 1 and Lost Episode 2, both of which crossover with ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', right down to using the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' HUD and battle system. The first lost episode has Asura fighting Ryu, and the second one has Asura fighting Akuma. Both episodes switch to ''Asura's Wrath''-styled gameplay in the second halves of both fights upon Ryu and Akuma [[spoiler:turning into Evil Ryu and Oni respectively,]] and the many cinematic cutscenes and animesque [=QTEs=] are put in between and near the end of both battles.
177* DudeWheresMyRespect: The Generals knows for a fact that Asura is innocent of the Emperor's murder (having committed the crime themselves), yet every single one of them repeatedly and, seemingly, with absolute sincerity calls him a traitor.
178* DuelingPlayerCharacters: Asura and Yasha repeatedly.
179* EarthShatteringKaboom: Happens multiple times throughout the game.
180* EldritchLocation:
181** Naraka. A vast brown abyss with no visible bottom, punctuated with ludicrously tall towers.
182** [[spoiler:The Event Horizon]] is ''weird''.
183* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler:How Deus incapacitates Asura before throwing him down to earth.]]
184* EleventhHourSuperPower:
185** [[spoiler:Mantra Asura.]]
186** [[spoiler:[[HumongousMecha Destructor Asura]] is an even better example.]]
187* EscapedFromHell: Asura claws himself out of Naraka when he was banished to it. When he ends up there again, he goes out of it faster.
188* EternalRecurrence: [[spoiler: [[GodIsEvil Chakravartin]] implies on a few occasions that the events of the games Narrative (Chakravartin gives humanity the gift of Mantra, allowing the Shinkoku rise to power, Chakravartin creates the Gohma rise up to kill humanity, leading to the eventual successful defeat of the Gohma thanks to Shinkoku's increasing technological prowess and fighting power, only to for the world to be destroyed by him when he feels they aren't worthy of being his successor and recreated to start the process all over again) have occured seemingly countless times in the past.]]
189* EverybodyDiesEnding: In the end, the only named character that is still alive is [[spoiler:Mithra.]]
190* EvilOldFolks: Kalrow fits the look. Technically, all the evil deities are, as 12,000 years to them as far as aging goes is only a few months to us.
191* EvolvingAttack: As Asura gets angrier and changes forms, his fighting style changes accordingly, allowing him to have more attacks open to him. This also applies to situations in which he is armless.
192* ExcusePlot: Intentionally avoided, unlike most other action games. The developers even stated that they conceived the story first and adapted the gameplay to it.
193* {{Eyecatch}}: Put in to make it look even more like the anime shows this game emulates as well as also filling the function of a loading screen.
194* {{Fanservice}}: The entire hot springs sequence, such as the girls' JigglePhysics.
195* FantasyKitchenSink: A Myth/HinduMythology / {{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}} equivalent of this.
196* FasterThanLightTravel: Asura [[spoiler:in his Destructor form]] can fly at a rate in which he passes by entire solar systems worth of planets in mere seconds just to fight the final boss in the last episode.
197* FathersQuest: The game is about a very angry demigod dad going on a RoaringRampageOfRescue to find his missing daughter and make the world a better one for her to live in.
198* FinalBattle: A truly epic one in episode 22. See SerialEscalation for a few more details.
199* FinalBossNewDimension: [[TrueFinalBoss Chakravartin]]. You fight him in both Naraka and its Event Horizon.
200* {{Fictionary}}: The humans speak a language that generally goes untranslated during cutscenes. The demigods are capable of understanding and communicating with them, however.
201* FinalBossPreview: Done twice. [[spoiler:First with Yasha, who you fight early in the game, and then much later as the penultimate boss. And then with Chakravartin, who you fight in Episode 19, and then as the TrueFinalBoss.]]
202* FingerPokeOfDoom: A ''country-sized finger poke''.
203* FlashStep: Displayed by many of the demigods.
204* ForTheCelOfIt: In traditional Creator/CyberConnect2 style, although not quite as pronounced as it usually is, possibly due to using the Unreal Engine instead of their own Sensible Arts Innovation engine.
205* FreeFallFight: Episode 21 has a flashback battle where Asura and Yasha beat the crap out of each other while plummeting toward the surface.
206* GaiasVengeance: The true nature of the Gohma. Vlitra embodies the planet's very will.
207** Subverted since [[spoiler:Gaia was manipulated by Chakravartin. The planet was also just one of its pawns.]]
208* GainaxEnding: The True Ending.
209* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Happens all throughout the game justifying the scenarios and conditions (armless Asura, [[spoiler:fighting Wrath Asura]], and the like), but a subtle one occurs in DLC Episode 22: [[spoiler:Asura, upon taking his Destructor form, permanently has the Destructor gauge equipped.]]
210* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Mostly avoided, thanks to the the above details.
211* GameplayRoulette: Stated to be one of the main selling points of the game.
212* GenreBusting:
213** Along with traditional BeatEmUp gameplay, there are RailShooter elements as well.
214** Other elements of this include that there are no ActionRPG elements like ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' or ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' have, (like getting new weapons or collecting stuff like a HeartContainer), nor is there a upgrade of stats. Asura's stats instead change depending on the episode.
215** One can also add in FightingGame thanks to the DLC that pits Asura against [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], complete with the health bar, Super Combo Gauge and Revenge Gauge [[note]]for Ultra Combos[[/note]] from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' (although in Asura's case, the latter two are replaced by his Burst and Unlimited Mode Gauges).
216** A review has pointed out that while this might not really be considered a "game," but as a multimedia experience, it is a memorable one.
217* GiantEqualsInvincible : Subverted. Wyzen turns himself into a planet-sized being to literally crush Asura, and gets his ass kicked. Immediately afterward, the rest of the Seven Deities are shown scorning Wyzen for his mistake of thinking being bigger equates to being more powerful.
218* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Asura, constantly. Probably because his wrath never ends.
219* AGodAmI: The shtick of all of the Seven Deities, though none more than Deus.
220* AGodIAmNot: Asura's view.
221--> ''"That's why...I pray to '''no one'''! Nor will I be '''prayed to!'''"''
222* GodIsEvil: The Seven Deities aren't all bad, and some of them even maintain good intentions. The problem is that they've spent 12,000 years committing genocide.
223** [[spoiler:Chakravartin probably considers itself AboveGoodAndEvil, but it has ended the world, possibly the entire universe, who knows how many times without remorse because it couldn't find an appropriate heir. It also [[BerserkButton made Mithra cry]]. If you still have doubts, check out its second form.]]
224%%* GodsNeedPrayerBadly
225* {{Gotterdammerung}}: The Seven Deities all die one by one, but the ultimate end happens in [[spoiler:the double knockout of Chakravartin and Asura. Technically, Asura kills Chakravartin, but since he's the god of Mantra and Life, [[TheMagicGoesAway he dies too]].]]
226* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Gohma Vlitra, who is also the game's first boss. Then Chakravartin turns up as the Even Bigger Bad.]]
227* GreenAesop: The Gohma are [[spoiler:the will of the planet seeking to wipe out threats to its survival]]. Ultimately, however, [[spoiler:subverted. The Gohma were really just a tool created by Chakravartin to determine whoever would be powerful and decisive enough to become his successor; the "will of the planet" was just the lie used to explain what the Shinkoku/Seven Deities were fighting.]]
228* GrievousHarmWithABody: Several counters and specials involve picking up a mook and smashing him into his buddies.
229* GroinAttack: Done by Asura to [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]] via a Kinniku Buster in the DLC Lost Episode 1.
230** For those unfamiliar with ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', what Asura does is throw [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]] high into the air, leap up after him, and grab him from behind with his normal pair of arms. He then holds [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]]'s wrists with his upper pair of arms while using his lower pair to lift and spread his opponent's legs before dropping him nads-first onto his knee. Oh, and the actual impact happens after Asura and [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]] fell over a kilometre just to build up more force behind the drop.
231* GroundPunch: Asura, who punches the ground a few times. In an interesting take on this, Asura doesn't use it as an attack, but rather to ''launch himself into the sky.''
232* GuestFighter:
233** Technically, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] in the special DLC for this game counts as this. Played around with in that he isn't actually playable, but an A.I. opponent only.
234** [[spoiler:And Akuma, Oni, and Evil Ryu, as well.]]
235* HamToHamCombat:
236** Asura vs any Demigod.
237** Interestingly averted with [[spoiler:Chakravartin. For most of the fight, while Asura is as loud and shouty as ever, Chakravartin speaks softly and in a kind of dull monotone. At least until he [[VillainousBreakdown starts losing]].]]
238* HandshakeSubstitute: [[spoiler:Just before Yasha dissolves, he and Asura share one of the most touching fist bumps you'll ever see]].
239* HeelFaceReincarnation: [[spoiler:The Seven Deities are the main villains of the game and all die, most of them by Asura's hand. The epilogue which takes place 870 million years later shows them reincarnated as humans with none of the evil traits they displayed in their past lives.]]
240* TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess: [[spoiler:Although she does suffer his eponymous wrath in spades when he wipes out her entire fleet as revenge for killing a girl that reminded him of his daughter, Olga is the only villain who Asura doesn't kill. Instead, she's sliced up by the Golden Spider.]]
241* HolyHalo:
242** Most of the demi-gods have these, including Asura's daughter Mithra. Curiously, Yasha doesn't seem to have one. [[spoiler:Until he fights Wrath Asura.]]
243** You only see Asura's when he first assumes his [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Vajra Asura]] form. [[spoiler:Then at the end upon the assumption of Mantra Asura form. Then he turns it into a jetpack while in his Destructor form.]]
244* HotBlooded: Asura.
245* HotSpringsEpisode: Asura talks with his master in one.
246* HopelessBossFight: In what can be described as inversion of this trope, this happens not to the player, but [[spoiler:the TrueFinalBoss, Chakravartin. It is ''glorious''.]]
247* HopelessWar: The Shinkoku have been fighting the Gohma for as long as they can remember, and have never been able to do anything more than force Vlitra into hibernation. Deus intends to end the war, which actually kicks off the game's plot, as he determines the only way to destroy Vlitra is to [[spoiler:actively harvest souls from humanity to power the Brahmastra, and to use Asura's daughter to control said Mantra. Considering that Asura will object violently to either of those eventualities, he's got to go.]]
248** Made even more pronounced with [[spoiler:Chakravartin stating that even if Vlitra, the source of all Gohma, were to be destroyed, he can bring them back as much as he wants. It's even implied that he can make Gohma in a level of power that would make Vlitra seem like a bug in comparison.]]
249* HumanPinCushion: Asura is first seen in the first trailer skewered by several spears. [[{{Determinator}} Doesn't stop him, though]]. He was later seen fighting against Wyzen as this via having multiple spears sticking in his back when he was first betrayed.
250* HumanResources
251** [[spoiler:Mantra is artificially produced by processing human souls. It's even more horrifying than it sounds, since the people whose souls are harvested believe they're being taken to paradise, and actually beg to be killed.]]
252** According to Yasha, in 12,500 years [[spoiler:they've harvested seven ''trillion'' human souls.]] That comes out to about [[spoiler:five hundred and sixty ''million'' people per year that the Deities have killed, either personally or by their soldiers, plus or minus whatever Wyzen wasted against Asura.]]
253* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Near the last leg of the final battle, Chakravartin the Creator sports his own Sanskrit lettered Action Commands. But after getting hit repeatedly by Asura's barrage, he physically staggers and the action commands start to fail. Asura is just casually pummeling him and countering his attempts to fight back at this point, giving a rather epic and angry speech how he's not going to take anymore shit from anyone that calls himself a god and never forgive him for making his daughter cry. He takes quite a beating before finally dying.]]
254* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Olga to Deus, who (wo)manhandles her roughly despite her obvious worship.
255* InjuredPlayerCharacterStage: The game features several segments wherein Asura ends up [[AnArmAndALeg breaking all of his arms]]. These instances don't deter him (and the player) from trying to kick and/or headbutt everything that pisses him off, even if it's less convenient.
256* InteractiveMovie:
257** ''Asura's Wrath'' is something of a unique example. While there is actual gameplay in it like most other {{Beat Em Up}}s and {{Action Game}}s, a lot of the gameplay focuses on cutscene based QTE's, but usually each one synchronizes with every action taken on screen, and some of the presses synchronize with attacks similar to a RhythmGame. Episodes 11.5 and 15.5 are even straighter examples that still use the same synchronic attack principles, as it's based on button inputs that mimic all the hits on the screen of an Anime-like stage that acts as a stand in for Full Motion Video, and they are arguably even better examples of this than the main game.
258** Also, unlike other examples, there's no actual FullMotionVideo involved, but it instead uses the main graphics engine to simulate FullMotionVideo, and instead of being more of an interactive movie, its plot structure, episodic nature, and the running time of most of the episodes, it's more of an Interactive {{Anime}}.
259* InterfaceScrew:
260** [[spoiler:During the final fight against Chakravartin's last form, "the Creator," he starts doing his own QTE's that have a unique design to them that make you think you have to press them, except it's him who's pressing them, and you have to counter them with your own [=QTEs=] (protip: Chakravartin's buttons have an "om" design rather than your console's usual buttons).]]
261** [[spoiler:That's nothing. The entire Part 4 is an exercise in screwing with the predictable button prompts of before. Prompts appear all over the screen, multiple prompts may appear at once, and one prompt even goes in extreme slow motion before getting cancelled out!]]
262* IronicEcho: "Let us decide!" "Decide what?" (face-punch) "Who is stronger!" ([[spoiler:Asura says this to Yasha when looking for a fight 12,000 years ago, and Yasha says this later to get him to activate the Mantra Reactor inside him.]]
263** This example is unique in that we hear the echo ''before'' the original time the line was spoken.
264* ItsAllAboutMe: The Seven Deities. [[spoiler:With the exception of Yasha and Deus.]]
265** [[spoiler:Even moreso with Chakravartin, who implies that the only reason he's trying to find an heir is so it can benefit him to go to other worlds and "help" them]].
266* JerkassGods: Played around with quite interestingly. The Demi-gods treat humans as a lower class, but most of them didn't act like jerks towards humans (with the possible exception of Wyzen post becoming a guardian general). This changes after Asura is betrayed by his fellow guardian generals, who act like this to a degree even by {{Jerkass God|s}} Standards. [[spoiler:They turn humanity into a MartyrdomCulture by having them pray to them before they get killed and have their souls taken any to be converted into mantra, specifically used to power the Brahmastra. Only Yasha and Deus have regrets for what they do. Augus just doesn't care any more, and he's certainly not rude to the three humans he knows.]] [[spoiler:Chakravartin, who is this from the start, goes beyond even them by proxy of being the reason why the Guardian generals turned into JerkassGods in the first place, and is even more arrogant than them.]]
267* JigglePhysics: The servant girls in the hot springs.
268* KillTheGod: Asura's plan for the Seven Deities. Well, less plan and more objective. Asura seems incapable of planning.
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271[[folder: L-Z]]
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273* LauncherMove: Asura can perform one by doing a pause in his combo. This can be followed up by an air combo.
274* LagCancel: Jump cancels which can be done the moment you do a launch attack and then follow up with a an air combo, and a Homing cancel that can be done immediately after an air combo to home in on a locked on opponent to keep doing more damage.
275* LastChanceToQuit: At the end of the DLC chapters, Asura is offered one last chance by [[spoiler:[[{{God}} Chakravartin]] to accept his offer to become Gaea's new god after ascending to levels of power none before him had and thus allow Chakravartin to leave Gaea and spread his "guidance" to other worlds.]] Just to drive it home, he even returns Mithra, [[PapaWolf the main reason Asura began this quest]], to him and lets them hug. All he asks in return is for Asura to accept the offer and take his hand. [[spoiler:Despite [[TheManBehindTheMan everything]] Chakravartin has done to [[CrapsackWorld Gaea]] and the [[ForeverWar suffering its people have endured]], Asura ''does'' look sorely tempted at least for a moment. He then [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu "extends his arm" right into Chakravartin's face]] before angrily refusing and affirming his intent to make the deity pay for all he's done.]]
276* LevitatingLotusPosition: [[spoiler:Chakravartin does this in space, sitting on a nebula, surrounded by galaxies while casually throwing planets and stars as Asura approches him.]]
277* LimitBreak: The Burst mechanic; when the rage meter is filled, Asura can perform powerful moves in cutscenes that move him along to the next section of the episode, along with doing immense damage to the enemies. As the game goes on, the effects of Burst grow even greater.
278* LittleBrotherIsWatching: In Episode 8, after beating Kalrow's minions, Asura mercilessly beats on a surviving Doji, his Burst Gauge filling with every punch. But when he sees Ahria beating the corpse of another Doji with a rock and crying, his Burst gauge empties.
279* LuckBasedMission: The missions in the 2 Lost Episodes. It starts off simple, but in one mission, you have to beat them under 40 seconds (which is a very strict limit), and in another, you have to beat them without [[OneHitPointWonder taking a single hit!]] Also, the last mission against Akuma is to beat 10 consecutive matches against him, slightly recharging your health with each victory.
280* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Mithra can freely manipulate Mantra to a point where she can be used as a power source to increase the power of the deities. [[spoiler: And is apparently the perfect vessel for [[{{God}} The Golden Spider]] to regain his full power.]]
281* MacrossMissileMassacre:
282** Asura is attacked by one of these in the first trailer. [[TheJuggernaut He doesn't care.]].
283** Happens later in Episode 22, [[spoiler:where Chakravartin tries to do this with ''planets'' and ''stars''.]]
284* TheMagicGoesAway: With Chakravartin dead, [[spoiler:Mantra no longer exists, and now all the former Demi-gods that haven't died now age like regular people.]] TheStinger, however, [[TheEndOrIsIt hints that it might've come back.]]
285* {{Magitek}}: All of the technology used by the Shinkoku and Seven Deities runs on Mantra, which is mystical power supplied by either prayer or processing human souls. All of the Seven Deities possess a "Mantra reactor" in their bodies that supplies them with the Mantra needed to do their various insane feats of superhuman power, save for Augus (never needed the stuff) and Asura (who was "killed" before he could get one when the Seven rose to power). Pretty much all of the "magic" that the Seven and the other demigods use comes from this source, though Asura doesn't need a reactor because his Mantra Affinity for Wrath lets him tap into Mantra directly as he gets more and more pissed.
286* MaleGaze: Rewarded with an achievement.
287* TheManBehindTheCurtain: [[spoiler:Chakravartin. The episode where he formally introduces himself has this trope as the title, almost word for word (The ''One'' Behind the Curtain), though the trope isn't actually used, since he is in no way feeble.]]
288* MartyrdomCulture: The Seven Deities have cruelly managed to transform their followers into this [[spoiler:with villagers begging for the chance to die at their leaders' hands and become Mantra]]. Asura and Ahria are utterly disgusted by this.
289* MeditatingUnderAWaterfall: Asura does this right before heading off to face the FinalBoss.
290* MightMakesRight:
291-->'''Augus:''' The one who stands in the end is righteous.
292* MookHorrorShow: The soliders that were witnessing [[spoiler:Wrath Asura]] destroy their armies were absolutely terrified of him, and could only watch in horror as he ripped through everything in his way.
293* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Asura grows hundreds of arms and merges them all together into a pair of gigantic arms with built-in rockets.
294* MundaneMadeAwesome:
295** Gongen Wyzen, now bigger than all of Gaea, tries to kill Asura by [[FingerPokeOfDoom poking him to death]]!
296** Followed by Asura lifting up said finger and punching it repeatedly. He destroys it, ''causing Wyzen to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up.]]'' Yes, ladies and gentlemen. He is THAT awesome.
297* NamedWeapons: Augus's blade is called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Wailing Dark]].
298** Deus' nunchucks are known as the Sakras.
299* NatureSpirit: [[spoiler:The Gohma are a twisted version of this, being the embodiments of the planet's anger.]]
300* NeckLift: Deus to Asura.
301* NextTierPowerUp: Being the Video Game equivalent of an interactive FightingSeries, Asura himself under goes a few transformations of this nature. The best examples are [[spoiler:Berserker Asura (he's shown after being knocked out of this form to be able to use the form's arms, but nothing ever comes out of it), Mantra Asura (initially gained with all the mantra Deus gained over 12,500 years of killing 7 trillion humans being given to him by Mithra's prayers, later shown to be utilized at will), and the implantation of the Karma Fortress Mantra Reactor, which allows him to use his anger without damaging his own body, increasing his overall stats at least a hundred times over and allowing him to unlock the ability to turn into a Planet sized {{Humongous|Mecha}} {{Cyborg}} known as Asura The Destructor.]]
302* NintendoHard: Not usually, but equipping the mortal gauge onto Asura turns the game into this, even on Easy Mode.
303* NoEndorHolocaust: You will lose count of how many times the planet should have been knocked out of orbit or just outright destroyed.
304* NonDubbedGrunts: The people of Gaea use the same voice clips (Japanese [=VAs=] speaking a made-up language) in both English and Japanese. The Lost Episodes are also only done in Japanese with reused audio clips; Asura's are taken from different cutscenes in the same game while Ryu and Akuma's are taken directly from ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
305* NoSell: Yasha and Augus are capable of taking Asura's normal attacks to the face with little effect. Deus takes a punch Yasha used to knock [[spoiler:Wrath Asura back to his normal state, just to show how powerful Deus is.]]
306* OhCrap:
307** When Wyzen realizes that turning into a planet-sized Buddha and crushing Asura with a country-sized index finger not only ''didn't'' work, but that it just made Asura ''angrier''.
308** [[spoiler:Chakravartin]] gets this when his attempt to NoSell Asura's punch is failing.
309* OlderThanTheyLook: Much older, in fact. Despite being countless millennia old, certain demi-gods besides Kalrow look to be only in their twenties or thirties. Even Kalrow, despite looking about seventy, is even older than all the other Guardian Generals put together at least.
310* OminousLatinChanting: True to form of taking influence from these particular mythologies, Ominous Buddhist / Hindu Chanting is all over the place in the soundtrack.
311* TheOmnipotent: Played around with. [[spoiler:Chakravartin is described in the extras as the Omnipotent ruler of Gaea, but Asura eventually defeats him, which shouldn't happen to an omnipotent ruler.]]
312** [[spoiler:It should be noted that he's merely an Omnipotent [[ExactWords Creator]], not a destructor. He's merely more akin to Hindu God, Brahman the creator, while Asura is essentially Shiva, the destroyer.]]
313** [[spoiler:Furthermore, Chakravartin's dialogue suggests that he didn't actually create humanity or the universe. He talks about other worlds he needs to visit and 'help' in the same way he helped Gaea, implying that he might merely be a powerful cosmic being with delusions of godhood that wanders from planet to planet 'fixing' what he sees as wrong. In spite of this, he is shown to have a form bigger than multiple galaxies, so he is still pretty damn powerful reguardless.]]
314* OnTheNext: Each episode shows a preview for the next one, except episode 18.
315* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Just the sight of Yasha [[spoiler:starting to smile even a little bit]] is instantly enough for Asura to break off an attack and investigate more closely.
316* OrangeBlueContrast: Both the above image and the English Box-art use this.
317* {{Orochi}}: Gohma Vlitra's True form is this, and is probably the biggest depiction of an Orochi to date.
318* OurGiantsAreBigger: Much, much bigger.
319** To the point where [[spoiler:Chakravartin's Giant form is so gigantic it sits on its own Nebula / Galaxy, and a now planet-sized Asura, who is even bigger than Gongen Wyzen or Sakra Devanam Indra Deus, seems like just a tick or a flea trying to punch into Chakravartin's forehead.]]
320* PapaWolf: Aside from getting back at the gods that cast him down, Asura wants to save his daughter. [[OneManArmy And Hell to anyone who tries to stop him]].
321* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: All the ToBeContinued screens are animated this way.
322* PillarOfLight: Happens when Asura first reawakens. [[spoiler:Also happens during Asura's transformation into his Berserker form. It also happens when Yasha finishes implanting the Karma Fortress's Mantra Reactor into Asura.]]
323* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Considering just how strong Asura is in his game, the Crossover DLC with ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' is full of this. Both Ryu and [[spoiler:Akuma]] are able to breathe in space, survive being punched to the moon, and [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]] closes up the [[CallBack cut out trench Augus made in the moon]]. With his foot. [[spoiler:And Oni can split the moon in half with a single punch even when Mantra Asura is blocking said punch]].
324%%* PowerFloats
325* PowerGlows: All deities have these, and is ColorCodedForYourConvenience
326* PowerLevels: Impurity Levels for Gohma. Most of the big ones, especially ones seen in the first episode, were huge and Vlitra was simply [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale "Immeasurable"]].
327* ThePowerOfHate:
328** Asura's sheer rage and hatred can keep him going for quite a while.
329** [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]] is referred to as '''Hatred Incarnate''', making him strong enough to tangle with Six armed Vajra Asura.
330* PreAsskickingOneLiner: The ''game itself'' delivers one in Episode Twelve:
331-->'''Achievement Unlocked:''' "Heads Will Roll"
332* PressXToNotDie: 1/3 of the game is made up of quicktime events, but usually for a better [[RankInflation rating]] instead of death.
333* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The usage of New World Symphony in the fight between Asura and Augus.
334* PummelDuel:
335** Asura gets into one with Augus when they fight on the moon. [[http://gelbooru.com//images/1164/71f0349d8e58e358a8a52d168211a4b8.gif?1375239 Here's a GIF of it.]]
336** Happens a few other times, but it's very apparent in the final fight against [[spoiler:Chakravartin]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c29CGDbYOYw Best seen from 19:55 onward here.]]
337** Done again at the end of the fight between Asura and [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Oni]]]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3KE-4KHrms See 13:32 onward.]]
338* PunchParry: Augus counters two of Asura's blows by simply punching them with his own. They PummelDuel after Augus runs out of hands to do this with. [[spoiler:Asura also does this to counter Chakravartin the Creator's punch after he stops time (Which initiates a QTE).]]
339* PunchCatch: Asura does it early on to a Taison. [[spoiler:Chakravartin later does it to Asura.]]
340* QuickTimeEvent:
341** Used in a way to convey the scale of the game, rather similar in usage to ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm2'', a previous game made by [=CyberConnect2=]. They are also a part of the scoring system, and unlike most examples are not a case of PressXToNotDie for the most part.
342** There's also a unique example in a version called "Synchronic Impacts". Usually, whenever a quick time event appears on a video game screen, you need to press it immediately in order to succeed. These particular versions, however, act more like RhythmGame inputs where you wait for a circle to shrink around a Y or Triangle button command and time your button press to them, and it usually occurs whenever Asura does a big attack on an opponent after pressing the burst button to initiate. This is one of the skippable examples, but doing so costs you End of level points that give High rankings. Depending on how well you time the button press, you even get a Good, Great, or Excellent ranking, just like a RhythmGame.
343** Another unique example is that [[spoiler:Chakravartin "The Creator" gets his own. They are activated by the AI, implying his stature as a true God. And as you fight on, he starts messing them up.]]
344* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Asura. [[TheBerserker May god have mercy on their foolish souls.]]
345* RailShooter: Switches to this occasionally during certain moments in the game.
346* RapidFireFisticuffs: Asura's checklist is basically Step 1: Find guy I hate. Step 2: Punch the shit out of him as fast as Asuraly possible. Step 3: Repeat.
347* RatedMForManly: Nearly all males involved are (very) Badass, muscled, and shirtless, and the whole point of the game is '''punching through a whole godly pantheon, including some giant planet monster and the most powerful creature in the universe''' to save your daughter. To sum it up, it's pretty manly.
348* RazorSharpHand: Yasha's speciality, opposed to Asura's fists.
349* RealityHasNoSubtitles: The humans speak a different language from the Demigods with no subtitles. This is used to show how out of touch they have become over the millennia.
350* ReallyDeadMontage: [[spoiler:Yasha's death.]]
351* Really700YearsOld: The demi-gods of ''Asura's Wrath' take this to really ridiculous extents, in that despite some of them looking around certain ages as described in their profiles, they are actually countless millennia in age. In fact, the entire civilization they come from takes this trope to new heights, in that the demi-gods are descendants of previous demi-gods that protected the Shinkoku Civilization, and there are at least over 100 generations of demi-gods that have protected their home.
352* RecurringRiff: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDwSsb48gM In your Belief]] can be heard all of the place, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnJtXsTrEs the ethnic version of the theme]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy_msenGEMQ The Reprise of the theme]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRkDs0xxYtM&feature=channel Vajra Asura vs. Vajra Deus]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryv-fb_Fcz4 Bonds]].
353* RedEyesTakeWarning: Chakravartin's final form has blood-red glowing eyes.
354%%* RedOniBlueOni: Asura and Yasha, respectively. The energy they release when attacking is ColorCodedForYourConvenience.
355* RedSkyTakeWarning: Whenever there are Gohma around, the sky and the lightning will get red.
356* RedemptionEqualsLife: For Yasha. He's the only one of the Seven Deities to survive [[{{Pun}} Asura's wrath]] ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse aside from Olga]]... [[spoiler:[[TheStinger until the true ending]]]]).
357* ReferenceOverdosed: It sure is, both in visual shout outs and in story-based ones, while still giving a unique story all on its own.
358* {{Reincarnation}}: Asura is heavily implied to have been reincarnated in TheStinger, along with his family and the other Deities.
359* RepeatCut: Common, but the most epic one is [[spoiler:Asura's second to last punch to Chakravartin's face, before killing him with a final punch.]]
360* TheRival: Yasha in the main story, and [[spoiler:Akuma / Oni in Lost Episode 2, as Asura and Akuma are so determined to defeat each other, they turn into statues after 500 years. And then move again and fight some more!]]
361* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His wife was killed, his daughter was kidnapped and he was framed for a murder he didn't commit. He murders his way through his former comrades to get his revenge.
362%%* RuleOfCool
363* SadBattleMusic: A very distinct trait of the game is that many battle themes are very mellow and sad.
364* SceneryGorn: All over the place. [[spoiler:Episode 21 mixes this with SceneryPorn for the final battle with Yasha]].
365%%* SceneryPorn
366* ScienceFantasy: It's a combination of Eastern Mythology and SpaceOpera. And pure, unadulterated awesome, if it were a genre.
367* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale:
368** Scale in general is all over the place, and it's not surprising the game struggles to be consistent, especially when the scale is "holy-shit huge." Often objects are in entirely different scale depending on the scene. One such example is when a planet-sized Wyzen uses his index finger to crush a human-sized Asura. His finger in the shot from outer space is the size of a ''country'', but when it lands to crush Asura in the shot on Earth it's merely the size of a large mountain. If the two were to scale, Asura would not only be a microscopic dot - he wouldn't be visible at that scale ''at all''.
369** According to the CG Art gallery, the Gohma Carriers are supposed to be roughly 800 kilometers long and 200 kilometers wide. For reference, the Kármán line (a proprosed boundry between Earth's atmosphere and outer space) is 100 kilometers above sea level. Not surprsingly, they aren't depicted as being anywhere near this size in the actual game.
370%%* SeanConneryIsAboutToShootYou
371* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:EVERYTHING has been a ploy by Chakravartin to find a successor who will lead the world; yes, that includes the Gohma and the Gohma Vlitra. It's also a deconstruction by its amorality, as Chakravartin can easily revive Vlitra back to life should he wants to, and remarked that he has ended and restarted the world many times before. Asura wasn't happy when he found out, and he was rightly pissed that The Almighty would sacrifice countless human lives just for said test.]]
372* SerialEscalation:
373** Just how much more powerful (and in some cases, bigger) can the bosses get, and how much more insane will the fights themselves be? To put this in perspective, the very first boss in the game is as big as a continent and can wipe a battalion of Shinkoku Trastrium ships with ease. And it just gets more insane from there on out.
374** It all culminates in the final battle with [[spoiler:Chakravartin.]] [[spoiler:His giant form is many, many times bigger than any other character in the game, to the point where he's still visible from Gaea even when he's outside of the galaxy. Even after Asura grows to planet-size, he still looks like an ant next to this thing. Chakravartin can casually fire really strong, really fast laser beams that cross the solar system at several times faster than light, throw entire planets and even '''STARS at you,''' and even tries to make the sun go super nova '''JUST TO TRY AND KILL YOU!''']] The kicker? [[spoiler:This is only the first half of the fight. And Chakravartin hasn't even tried using his full power or his next form after this one out, trying to merely "test" Asura.]]
375** [[spoiler:And finally done with Asura's last bursts, with each subsequent burst symbol getting bigger and bigger untill the very last one where it covers almost the entire screen.]]
376** The overall idea of the trope (and one of Deus's mottos, no less) is deconstructed in the actions of the Seven Deites. Just how far can an entire civilization go in order to compete against the will of the entire world, that with each awakening, grows more and more powerful everytime? Deus's plan is [[spoiler:harvesting over 7 '''TRILLION''' souls and fusing with the well-above-planet-sized Karma fortress to destroy Vlitra, risking the destruction of the planet and its inhabitants in the process, just to defeat said will once and for all.]] Also Deconstructs LensmanArmsRace at the same time.
377* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The last shot of Episode 22's recap, which shows a now reincarnated Asura [[HereWeGoAgain spreads his arms to stop a massive meteor.]]]]
378* SequentialBoss: Almost all the Boss fights are like this, especially the ones that take an entire episode to fight against.
379* SevenDeadlySins: Five of the Eight Guardian Generals have a sin as their Mantra, the driving force of their power. Asura is Wrath, Deus is Pride, Olga is Lust, Kalrow is Sloth, and Augus is Greed. Wyzen is Violence. Sergei is Vanity, a sub class to Pride. The only real odd man out is Yasha, whose Mantra is Melancholy.
380** [[AC:FridgeBrilliance]] sets in once one realizes Acedia (Melancholy) was part of the precursor list of the Seven Deadly Sins.
381* ShoutOut: Several of them, not to just video games, but due to being made by a Creator/{{c|yberConnect2}}ompany well known for using anime and manga as main influences, along with being major fans of big name Japanese developers, there are so many that the game [[ShoutOut/AsurasWrath has its own page]].
382** The game is given a shout out to back in the newest Movie version of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' by Creator/StephenChow in the final climatic battle between Sun Wukong and Buddha. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jBrcVawcsw Guess which scene it shouted out to.]]
383* ShownTheirWork:
384** [[http://art-eater.com/2012/01/a-buddhists-guide-to-asuras-wrath/ This page]] describes the extensive amounts of Buddhist symbolism in the game, and inspirations for its visuals. Just for example, the way the Demigods are injured is made to resemble the damage done to old Buddhist gilt lacquer statues.
385** [[http://art-eater.com/2012/02/a-buddhists-guide-to-asuras-wrath-part-2-weapons-the-bishops-staff-and-hungry-ghosts/ The Second]] and [[http://art-eater.com/2012/03/a-buddhists-guide-to-asuras-wrath-part-3-weapons-the-vajra/ the third]] parts get even more specific.
386* ShutUpHannibal: Why skip through the cutscene when you can just punch the guy doing the BreakingSpeech instead? There are three achievements for doing this to Wyzen, Kalrow, and Augus.
387* SkywardScream: Asura when Durga dies.
388* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: Definitely Fantastic, especially when it shows ridiculous feats of power and strength, weaponry capable of rearranging continents, and Asura coming back from the dead multiple times (and exponentially faster each time) just because he's angry enough.
389* SmiteMeOMightySmiter: When [[AGodAmI Wyzen]] gives TheReasonYouSuckSpeech followed by a [[OneWingedAngel planet-sized growth]], having nothing to lose, Asura challenges him. [[spoiler:And manages to beat him.]]
390* SocialDarwinist: Augus, who shouts "Survival of the Fittest, that is the Law of Nature!" to Asura.
391* SoulPower: How the Seven Deities power up their wave motion gun, the Brahmastra, either through human prayer, [[spoiler:or killing the humans and harvesting their souls.]]
392* SoundtrackDissonance: On occasion.
393** Perhaps one of the most memorable ones is [[spoiler:when Berserker Asura tears Olga's army a new ass while the game's main theme, "In your Belief", is playing.]]
394*** "In Your Belief" tends to cause some dissonance in general; it's incredibly beautiful and melancholy, and it tends to play when Asura is performing his greatest feats of destruction. [[FridgeBrilliance Almost as if the planet is lamenting his rageā€¦]]
395*** [[spoiler: Given he'd just watched Olga kill the one human he'd made a connection with, one that happened to look a lot like his daughter, the mixture of sorrow and rage is actually quite fitting.]]
396** One of the game's most prevelant traits is that in the really big fights, it plays very slow and sad or serious themes as opposed to bloodpumping themes.
397* SpaceBase: The Karma Fortress.
398* SpaceBattle: Several occur throughout the game. The most epic one of all is in the DLC Part IV, Nirvana. [[spoiler:During the final fight with Chakravartin, Asura becomes the extremely huge planet-sized Destructor Asura, and starts flying towards Chakravartin as he throws planets and stars at you like they are basketballs, and causes a star to supernova just to kill you!]]
399* SpaceOpera: Has some elements of this. [[spoiler:Played much more straight later when Chakravartin hints at protecting other worlds throughout the universe]].
400* SpeakingSimlish: The humans speak in untranslated gibberish.
401* SpellMyNameWithAnS: With such a heavy emphasis on Buddhist mythology, you'd think they would've bothered to check that Vritra is spelled with 2 Rs.
402* SphereOfDestruction: [[spoiler:Berserker Asura uses these in episode 12 whenever you use the Burst command.]]
403* SpinAttack: Asura's heavy attack involves a 720 spin that blows nearly every enemy away from him.
404* SpiritualAntithesis: There are many reasons why many refer to it as the Japanese ''VideoGame/GodOfWar''. That said, [[NeverHurtAnInnocent Asura]], to his credit, is much nicer than [[VillainProtagonist Kratos]] is for the most part in the pre-[=PS4=] ''God of War'' games.
405* SpiritualSuccessor:
406** The creator of the game stated that the over-the-topness of the action will be like ''VideoGame/GodHand'', acknowledging how Creator/CloverStudio was a very innovative group and that they hoped they will give the same feel for ''Asura's Wrath''.
407** The Rail Shooter Segments are probably this to games like ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'', ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'', and ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon''.
408** The Game is very much one of these to many SuperRobot and FightingSeries anime as well, in story and scope.
409** The concept of the game itself (an interactive Anime series) can be seen as this to the likes of ''VideoGame/TimeGal'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', which do something similar. Episodes 11.5 and 15.5 are even closer to this than the main game is.
410* StandardPowerupPose: Asura adopts this pose when entering Unlimited form and other forms.
411* SteppingStonesInTheSky: The first phase of the fight against Wyzen's second form has this.
412* StoryToGameplayRatio: Favors the story end of the spectrum.
413* {{Sufficiently Advanced|Alien}} {{Cyborg}}: All of the demigods are Mantra-powered cyborgs. This isn't stated openly, and you'd be forgiven for thinking Asura and the other demigods were human at first glance, at least until they start getting really mangled. At this point you can see sparks flying from their damaged bodies (and clearly visible machinery in the case of Asura when his arms are destroyed) and they "bleed" a glowing orange liquid. Also, all of the demigods have skin that looks like the enamel on Buddhist statues, though it is more obvious on Asura and Yasha than it is on Olga or Mithra. In the DLC, Yasha also "opens" both his chest and Asura's, revealing the machinery underneath and the slot for Mantra reactors to be placed in their chests. There's still some clear biological elements to their bodies, as characters are shown eating a couple of times, and Yasha explicitly tells Asura that Durga "is about to give birth" in Chapter 21, and characters are shown getting tired, feeling physical pain, and in Kalrow's case, getting old, albeit at a ''MUCH'' slower rate than regular humans do.
414* SuperHeroGods: All the Guardian Generals / Deities in the game. [[spoiler:Plus Chakravartin.]] Subverted with most of your former allies now being enemies. [[spoiler:Chakravartin averts the hero part entirely, though.]]
415* SuperMode:
416** In gameplay-terms, there's Unlimited Mode, activated by hitting people (or getting hit) enough, although it seems to go up the fastest by shooting at enemies that don't block your shots. When activated, Asura doesn't take any damage, recovers from knockback and knockdowns automatically, and can spam his heavy attacks without cooldown, although every one decreases the Unlimited mode time limit. [[spoiler:Yasha, on the other hand, trades the invincibility for a major speed boost, but the other properties are the same.]]
417** In story-terms, there's even more fun. Technically, Asura's 'normal', metal-armed form is a Super Mode, referred to as 'Vajra Asura' -- his 'normal' form only has metallic gloves. Then there's his rage-fueled 'Six-Armed Vajra Asura' form, and - when his anger peaks -- the uncontrollably powerful Berserk Asura. Finally, at the very end, we get Mantra Asura, who combines the power of a thousand arms into one burly set of punching-tools.
418** [[spoiler:[[HumongousMecha Destructor Asura]] goes even further, now becoming bigger than Gongen Wyzen and Sakra Devanam Indra Deus put together.]]
419** [[spoiler:Then thrown all over the place during the final final final boss, in which Asura manages to defeat the single most powerful thing in the game [[{{Determinator}} in his base form]]]].
420* SuperStrength: Another basic power that the deities have, though it varies in level depending on the deity.
421* TagLine: "Rage never dies."
422* TalkingIsAFreeAction:
423** Characters manage to make extensive monologues, no matter how dire a situation. Perhaps most notably, how [[spoiler:Sergei]] managed to give a mocking farewell speech while being held up by his throat by Asura and with everything except one of his arms hanging limply below him.
424** At one point, Yasha almost got hit by [[spoiler:Asura]] in the middle of his speech, and if you screw up one of the inputs, which is easy to do, he does.
425** Several points in the game allow you to interrupt a monologue by hitting [[TalkToTheFist the punch button]], but you can totally just let them talk and have the cutscene progress normally. [[spoiler: The final episode lets you do this to Mithra begging you not to sacrifice yourself, but you don't punch her, obviously]]
426* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:What Gohma Vlitra tries to do to Asura before disintegrating into tiny pieces. It doesn't work.]]
427* TalkToTheFist: When the deities try to BreakingLecture Asura, you can choose to interrupt them this way!
428* TennisBoss: Wyzen and a giant ship he brings with him, in which you reflect missiles back at either of them.
429* ThatsNoMoon: That's a planet sized ''deity''.
430* ThemeSongPowerUp:
431** Whenever you hear Wild West-style whistling, it's about time for Yasha to kick some ass.
432** Similarly, when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4CpOUndnfs Surge of Mantra]] plays, in both a heartwarming and awesome way ala {{VideoGame/Okami}}; [[spoiler:the moment it gives Asura his penultimate form]], you know he cannot lose at all in this form.
433* ThirdPersonShooter: Has a few elements of this, like when not in the RailShooter segments, when you use your main projectile, the camera focuses on Asura in a very similar way to one.
434* TimeAbyss: The Demi-gods are an entire race of this. 12,000 years of time is barely a few months worth of aging to them. [[spoiler:Chakravartin, who is as old as, if not older than, the universe itself counts as well.]]
435* TheTimeOfMyths: Subverted. It actually takes place in the far future, but many of the elements of this trope are mixed with science fiction. [[spoiler:Zig-Zagged in reality, as the setting is revealed in the Stinger to be the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' universe (or something like it) ''870 million years'' in the past.]]
436* TimeSkip: Two of them. The first at 12000 years and the second 500. [[spoiler:And another 500 years at the end of the non-canonical Lost Episode 2. And another at 870 Million Years in the finale.]]
437* TitleDrop: In episode 12, "Gods of Death":
438-->'''Asura''': Is this what Gods do!?...There is no need...For Gods that only take...'''FOR GODS OF DEATH'''!!
439* ToBeContinued: At the end of each episode except at the last episode of each of the 4 acts.
440* TouchedByVorlons: [[spoiler:The entire Shinkoku Tratrium race is this, as revealed by Chakravartin, the one who did the touching in the first place.]]
441* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The launch trailer used almost exclusively footage from the third act and spoils several important plot points, including [[spoiler:Asura's wrath form, Yasha's HeelFaceTurn, and the [[GaiasVengeance Gohmas' true nature]].]]
442* TransformationSequence: Supplemental materials mention how Asura is unusual among demi-gods in that he has multiple transformation stages.
443* TrashTalk: It's particularly vicious in the case of Asura and Augus, where it's not so much trash talking as much as Augus saying how he's having fun hunting and Asura yelling death threats back at him.
444--> '''Augus''': You need to enjoy this a bit more!\
445'''Asura''': ''You need to shut up and die!''
446%%* TronLines
447* TutorialLevel: Episode 3, for ground combat.
448* ATwinkleInTheSky: Variation. [[spoiler:Akuma sends Ryu flying, who then disappears in the same kind of portal he initially appeared from.]]
449* UnconsciousObjector: During the final fight between Yasha and Asura, Yasha pushes his body to the absolute limit without his Mantra Reactor in his body to ensure Asura is ready to fight Chakravartin and dies with a smile in the middle of their fight before managing one last fist bump.
450* UnexpectedCharacter: The ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' DLC "Lost Episodes."
451* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The DLC "lost episodes" start with two rounds of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''-style gameplay, with a few modifications on Asura's part, such as single-button projectiles, automatic single-button combos, evasive rolling which doesn't exist as a mechanic in Street Fighter 4, the inability to block attacks outside of ActionCommands and the fact that the fights go on even if you win 2 rounds out of 3 with your opponent simply choosing to use a continue, meaning you won't progress until you use your Burst which carries over between fights. After those rounds, it goes with the standard gameplay the rest of the game uses.
452* TheUnfought: Two of the Seven Deities die before we get to see them in action.
453** And a third doesn't really get a proper boss fight, though the player at least gets to finish him off via {{Action Command}}s.
454* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: The only way to describe the [[spoiler:Asura vs Akuma]] battle where both sides refuse to fold.
455* '''''UnstoppableRage''''': The game's plot is centered around Asura's RoaringRampageOfRevenge and his power only grows the more angry he becomes.
456* UseYourHead: A necessity when Asura loses his arms, which he does with regularity, [[TheBerserker the way]] [[HeroicRROD he fights.]]
457* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans:
458** Technically, this is what drives the 7 Deities to betray mankind, their kingdom, and their comrades, as well as enslaving and harvesting mortal souls as a power source while wiping out most life on Gaea and destroying chunks of the planet itself. For five of them, it's just a flimsy excuse to seize unlimited ultimate power to fuel and cement their already enormous [[AGodAmI god]] complexes.
459** This also drives [[spoiler:Chakravartin's creation of the Gohma so he can find someone who can become his heir as the protector of Gaea so he can go out into the rest of the universe to "help" other worlds. And who's to say he hadn't already done so? Or that some of his "heirs" didn't choose to continue the cycle on their own?]]
460* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Chakravartin immediately loses his calm demeanor once Asura begins to pummels him.]]
461* VolleyingInsults: During Asura and Yasha's [[spoiler:last]] battle in episode 21, the amount of insults that get thrown around almost rivals the amount of punches. For example:
462-->'''Yasha''': OVERGROWN APE!
463-->'''Asura''': STUBBORN BASTARD!
464* ViciousCycle:
465** No matter how many times Vlitra's been beaten, the Gohma have always returned.
466** [[spoiler:According to Chakravartin, he has destroyed and recreated the world god knows how many times in the past. Asura finally ends the cycle.]]
467*** [[spoiler:Going farther than that, his original plan after giving the role of the planet's God to Asura was to do the same to other worlds that needed his 'guidance'. It's also possible this cycle has happened to other worlds before he came to Asura's.]]
468* WalkingShirtlessScene: Asura, aside from a robe he wears after his first resurrection, is always shirtless when fighting enemies. [[spoiler:There is an exception in the flashback fight in Chapter 21.]]
469* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Dear lord, '''''Chakravartin.''''' This is to the point where the entire character sheet had to be completely rid of spoilers due to sheer usage, which is ''very uncommon'' for this site.]]
470* WarWasBeginning: Episode 1.
471* WaveMotionGun:
472** Used in the prologue/Episode 1 to provoke Gohma Vlitra, called the Brahmastra.
473** And Gohma Vlitra unleashes one of its own after Asura pummels it.
474** [[spoiler:Chakravartin has his own, which practically rivals the [[Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon Ideon Gun]] in raw size and length of the laser.]]
475* WhamEpisode:
476** Episode 6: [[spoiler:Asura, having lost his arms in the previous episode, is easily beaten by Yasha, who then splits him in half and throws him into a pool of lava, leading to a five-hundred year TimeSkip before he is revived.]]
477** [[spoiler:Episode 12]]
478** True Episode 18 and Episode 19 (Via DLC) following it are even bigger examples of this.
479* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Olga flat-out disappears from the plot after the Brahmastra Cannon misfires. [[spoiler:Until the True Ending, at least.]]
480* WhiteVoidRoom: [[spoiler:What Chakratarvin's final form does to the Event Horizon stage in the final battle.]]
481* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Asura becomes this in Episode 12.]]
482* WorldOfBadass
483* WorldOfHam
484* WrittenByTheWinners: After the Seven Deities kill Asura (the first time), they would go on to rule of Gaea, depicting themselves to Shinkoku and humanity as benevolent saviors and Asura as a traitor that was righteously banished from paradise.
485* WrestlerInAllOfUs:
486** Surprisingly averted. Early trailers showed Asura using numerous wrestling-moves against his foes, but other than the basic Spinning Lariat and an occasional Flying Dropkick, none of it is present in the finished game. Whether this was done to make the combat flow better or for thematic reasons is uncertain.
487** Played straight in Lost episode 1, where Asura does the equivalent of a [[Manga/{{Kinnikuman}} Kinniku Buster]] to [[spoiler:Evil Ryu]].
488* YinYangClash: [[spoiler:Asura the Destructor VS Chakravartin the Creator.]]
489[[/folder]]
490
491----
492-> [[spoiler:'''[[SheIsAllGrownUp Mithra]]''': [[NarratorAllAlong And that...was how my father lived.]]]]
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