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[[caption-width-right:300:Now, Battle Spirits has become a legend]]

''Battle Spirits Sword Eyes'' is the fifth ''TabletopGame/BattleSpirits'' anime. It premiered on September 9, 2012, and airs at 7 a.m. Tokyo time during Sundays on Creator/TVAsahi. Somewhat departing from the [[LighterandSofter lighter]] take on the setting shown in the previous series, ''Anime/BattleSpiritsHeroes'', ''Sword Eyes'' returns to a fantasy world setting, not unlike that of the second series ''Anime/BattleSpiritsShonenGekihaDan''.

The land of Atlantia, the largest country of Legendia, is torn apart by riots. The young prince Yaiba, betrays his mother and ascends to the throne. Amidst the chaos, a newborn baby is taken away by a card battler droid known simply as Bringer. Now 14 years later, the skateboarding-loving boy named Tsurugi Tatewaki, finding the Sword Brave, awakens to his destiny as the Red Sword Eyes of Light. He must train to become a player of Battle Spirits and gather the remaining 5 wielders of the Sword Eyes of Light to face the Sword Eyes of Darkness who are hunting the 12 Sword Braves.
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!!Tropes include:

* ActionGirl: Kizakura, as usual for the girls in this franchise, is just as tough as the guys. Amarello is an even bigger one.
* AloofBigBrother: Yaiba to Tsurugi, [[spoiler:initially. He gets better. Tsurugi being an undaunted ball of optimism determined to [[DefrostingIceQueen get through to him]] helps too. ]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The spirits themselves, transformed into cards and forced to battle endlessly as punishment for trying to fight God.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Am I evil?" asked by Yaiba to Tsurugi. The fact that Tsurugi can't actually answer the question is what sets him off in the other direction to try and understand Yaiba better and [[TakeAThirdOption find another path]] besides just the predestined light versus dark battle.]]
* ArtificialHuman: Suou, who was created by alchemy
* ArtShift: As usual, regular animation to CG monsters during battles
* AudienceSurrogate: Tsurugi. He doesn't know the rules of Battle Spirits at first, thus giving the show an excuse to teach the viewers how to play.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: The original Suou, who was dead long before the series began, after doll Suou gives up his soul and dies.]]
* BigBrotherWorship: Sora's little brother Long adores him.
* ABoyAndHisX: In this case, his [[RobotBuddy Robot buddy]] and bodyguard Bringer. Meeting Bringer is what opens up Tsurugi's world, allowing him to leave his small town, start playing Battle Spirits, and become a hero. Bringer grows through the relationship as well, becoming more human-like. The two are partners throughout, and their bond is at least as important as that of Tsurugi and Yaiba's.
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: Both Sora and Haqua, who start to support the Sword Eyes of Darkness because of this]]
* CameBackWrong: Rirove claims that this happened to Suou.
* CannotTellALie: Bringer is unable to lie. However, he can bluff.
* ChildhoodFriends: Sora and Kizakura.
* CollectibleCardGame
* ColonyDrop: [[spoiler: Garudos tries to drop what he calls "the iron hammer of God" onto earth, which is essentially a giant moon.]]
* CoolBike: Bringer's
* DamselInDistress: Grenada, Tsurugi's mother. [[spoiler: Or so it seems, until the revelation that she's NotBrainwashed. And then, not even on Yaiba's side to begin with]].
** DistressedDude: That being said, [[spoiler: Sora spends a large chunk of the later part of the serious captured and then brainwashed.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:Tsurugi, once he obtains the Red Sword Eyes of Darkness. On a larger scale, the preconception that those on the side of the Sword Eyes of Darkness WERE evil actually hinders quite a few things. Tsurugi working past that and trying to understand the perspective of those on the other side ultimately brings them together in the end.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Interestingly, this is subverted with: [[spoiler: Gordy. After Tsurugi defeats him, it looks like Gordy is going to join up with the good side. However, Yaiba interferes, and the next time Gordy is seen, he's back to his old self. It works the second time, though.]]
* DisappearedDad: Tsurugi's father, Atlaios. Supposedly, he's dead.
** [[spoiler: Confirmed to be dead, as Garudos murdered him.]]
* DuelsDecideEverything: Of course.
* TheEvilPrince: Yaiba
** [[spoiler: He's actually a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]
* EvolvingCredits: Both OP themes were periodically modified to show spirits from the latest sets. Additionally, the 2nd OP gradually adds the Sword Braves once they're shown in the anime.
* EyeCatch: Changes depending on which characters are featured in the episode.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Episode 7, all six Sword Eyes of Darkness are shown, with the unrevealed ones at the time in silhouette form. [[spoiler: The Red Sword Eyes of Darkness' silhouette is clearly Tsurugi's.]]
* TheGlassesComeOff: Haqua's once he's revealed as a Sword Eyes. The OP made it obvious that they'd come off eventually.
* GodhoodSeeker: Yaiba actually wants to surpass God. [[spoiler: With somewhat justifiable reason. He plans to kill God with the Sword of Judgment and guide the humans in a world that they run.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, after getting the Sword of Judgment, Garudos believes himself to be God.]]
* GratuitousNinja: Hagakure, the green Sword Eyes of Light comes from a ninja village
* HiddenBackupPrince: Tsurugi.
* TheHighQueen: Grenada has this reputation.
* KidHero: All of the Sword Eyes of Light are teenagers (or look it, as they don't have canon ages aside from Tsurugi)
* KingIncognito: Megalla II, the King of Megallanion, disguises as a commoner.
* MarkOfShame: Brau's scar. [[spoiler: Because of it, he was no long able to be part of the royal guard, and it reminds him of his failure and need for revenge on Bringer.]]
* MeaningfulName: Both Tsurugi and Yaiba mean blade.
** And then there's Rebel. He's a rebel.
** Amarello and Brau, which can sound like amarillo (yellow) and blau (blue). Guess what colors they use?
** Possibly Grenada too. While she has nothing to do with the country, [[spoiler: when pronounced in Japanese, her name sounds like "guren" which means crimson. She's involved with the Red Army.]]
* MoneyFetish: Haqua. Somewhat justifiable since he owns a business, but he gets to the point of tricking Hagakure into buying useless junk, and trying to bribe Cornell to get out of prison.
* {{Narcissist}}: Rirove outright admits to being one.
* NinjaBrat: Hagakure, though he has his moments of awesome, is actually a pretty unskilled ninja.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Garudos [[spoiler: which actually becomes plot-significant.]]
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: [[spoiler: Brau almost seems to have a death wish, as whenever he loses a battle risking something important, he offers Yaiba the chance to behead him.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: While he does justify it, [[spoiler: Yaiba could've saved himself a lot of trouble by just telling the Sword Eyes of Light why he wanted the Sword of Judgment.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Tsurugi was raised by non-blood related grandparents, since his father was dead and mother missing.
* RedIsHeroic: Tsurugi, who wears red, uses red, and is the red Sword Eyes of Light.
* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Haqua tries this, going as far as using special glasses to hide the fact that he is a Sword Eyes.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: As of ep. 24, Grenada is revealed to be one, as she's actually working with the Red Army.]]
* TheRival: Tsurugi vs. Yaiba
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Tsurugi and Kizakura both adamantly deny it when Tsurugi's old friends think they're a couple.
* ShonenHair
* SiblingYinYang: Tsurugi and Yaiba, with a literal twist with Tsurugi as a Sword Eyes of Light and Yaiba as a Sword Eyes of Darkness. Their personalities are just as different. [[spoiler:The dynamics change a little once Tsurugi gets the Red Sword Eyes of Darkness because he wanted to be able to understand Yaiba's perspective better. Yaiba does his share of defrosting too towards the end.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The Sword Eyes of Light and Darkness appear to have one female member each.
* SpoilerOpening: It shows you who the majority of the Sword Eyes are, before they're introduced/revealed to be Sword Eyes in canon.
* SupremeChef: Kizakura. She seems to only make sweets, but they're high quality.
* SweetTooth: Kizakura. She's the head of an organization devoted to Sweets.
+ {{Tsundere}}: Haqua is a male version. He's a Type A, with a crush on Kizakura, and even voiced by Rie Kugimiya. He also plays this role in a platonic way with the other Sword Eyes of Light, trying really hard to not be friends with them.
* UndyingLoyalty: Serveal cases of this. Bringer to Tsurugi. Of course, he's a droid, so it's just in his programming. [[spoiler: Additionally, Amarello to Grenada, because she was told by her father to protect Grenada, and this gave her a purpose. Similarly, Brau dedicated himself to Yaiba for accepting him. Really, don't threaten Tsurugi or Grenada around Bringer or Amarello unless you're ready to take a beating.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Yaiba seems to think he's going to benefit the world in the long run. Everything has been part of his plan to save the people from destruction. Still, he's caused suffering for quite a lot of people in doing so, to the point that Tsurugi thought of him as evil at first.]]
* YinYangBomb: [[spoiler: Tsurugi becomes the Red Sword Eyes of both Light and Darkness. Exemplified when he Braves both of his Sword Braves to his ultimate ace card, Shining-Dragon-Overray.]]
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