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[[caption-width-right:218: "[[{{Foreshadowing}} The Fate of those who fight is to die.]]"]]

->''"It all began with a phone call."''
-->--''[[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Tohno Shiki]]''

One day, a random Mugenite was bored and lacked ideas for creative videos. Then a friend of his linked him to a friend who's doing a ''{{VideoGame/MUGEN}}'' series. Inspiration struck and he made one himself. [=HvH=] MUGEN was born.

[=HvH=] (It's suppose to mean something, but that is up to the viewer to know) was a MUGEN series created by solkenneth003 (aka sol003) that originally started out with the name New Age MUGEN, and acts as a crossover between ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' and ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' with his {{Original Character}}s as the focus. Interspersing MUGEN battles with VisualNovel styling, the series has since then expanded to have six chapters (with an additional PerspectiveFlip chapter), which also caused New Age MUGEN to eventually enter CanonDiscontinuity. It was currently on its 5th Chapter Run, with the plot being written by [[ChildhoodFriend malice600]].

The series focused on different themes with each chapter and always contained different protagonists, allowing for different focus each time.

The current list of chapters:
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL87A9C9A5DBEA9697&feature=view_all Eve's Duet MUGEN (EDM)]] - ''"The 1st Chapter of [=HvH=]. This is where it all began."'' (Dec 16, 2010 - April 22, 2011)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2B20825CA150E84A&feature=view_all Azure Fang MUGEN (AFM)]] - ''"The 2nd Chapter of [=HvH=]. Continues the conflict between Rebellion's Heart and The Faction."'' (May 1, 2011 - December 4, 2011)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2C7979529B6F9A0E&feature=view_all Void Quest MUGEN (VQM)]] - ''"The 3rd Chapter of [=HvH=]. Cases of disappearances has occurred in both the Outside World and in Gensokyo."'' (January 1, 2012 - August 19, 2012)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1B999A8F4E817252&feature=view_all Phantasm Hope MUGEN (PHM)]] - ''"The 4th Chapter of [=HvH=]. Certain people become mysteriously connected with an unreal world."'' (September 3, 2012 - December 24, 2012)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8855AE5A807C053B&feature=view_all Destiny's Choice MUGEN (DCM)]] - ''"The 5th Chapter of [=HvH=] A three-sided war begins for the great Land of the Rising Sun. Caught in the middle, are the foreigners from another world."'' (Was the current arc up until the Youtube ban in 2014.)

* New Age MUGEN (NAM) - Currently in CanonDiscontinuity. WordOfGod states it will be remade to better fit the first five chapters. (The original can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL992CCD5790041397&feature=view_all here]]. Alongside this [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8CD90D27F2749425&feature=view_all one]].)
* New Age MUGEN Ambition (NAMA) - Same with NAM. (The original can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAD1E7C1C306CD75E&feature=view_all here]].)

Since both solkenneth003 and [=AzulInfinitum=] creator pages were banned from Youtube in 2014, the series has become lost media.

It was done with collaboration with his [[ChildhoodFriends Childhood Friend]], [[https://www.youtube.com/user/malice600 malice600]],[[https://www.youtube.com/user/herashinanaya444 HerashiNanaya444]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/user/grinnrhipper GrinnRhipper]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/angeldagdag angeldagdag]].

A few notable friends who helped him include [[https://www.youtube.com/user/FateofTime FateofTime]],[[https://www.youtube.com/user/Karasunagi Karasunagi]],[[https://www.youtube.com/user/MUGENBaseG MUGENBaseG]],[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9iLKAGFX7hnVl2Gs2HcCgw risenz08]] (now DT Koichi), [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Rever900 Rever900]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterZaikoMatsuri MasterZaikoMatsuri]].

He also had help from [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DevilRaptorB DevilRaptorB]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Kasenfanboy24000 Kasenfanboy24000]] (They are also doing their own series which can be found here: [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOfficialFallen]]). Also has a page [[Literature/TheErraticalSaga here]].

Also has a site with some snippets of backstory regarding each of the characters [[http://infinity15600.webs.com here.]]

'''Warning''': The series itself has a tendency to perform [[PlotTwist Plot Twists]] so there's most likely spoilers when going through here.

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!![=HvH=] MUGEN provides some examples of:
%%* AccidentalPervert: VQM EP 15 has this happen to Reaverance as he attempts to discover what Maki is really doing.
* TheAce: Bounty Hunter's Guild has a crew of seven skilled individuals dubbed The Seven Ace Mercenaries of the Guild. Most of them has showed up by the time of DCM.
* ACupAngst: [[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Akiha]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Sakuya]]... got along rather well.
-->'''Akiha''': We share similar problems.
-->'''Sakuya''': You wouldn't understand. I've had it harder compared to your sister.
%%* ActionGirl: ''Any'' female character who can be in combat.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** A few of characters not known for their fighting prowess turns rather badass in [=HvH=]. [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} Makoto's]] combat skills are explained that she's been trained by [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante himself!]]]]
** Amasawa Ikumi went from an ordinary girl into one of the biggest badass of the entire series almost on par with [[OldSoldier Ishima Kaigen]] by the time of PHM. She receives alot of psychological issues though.
* AffablyEvil: [[Franchise/TouhouProject Kazami Yuuka]] shows signs of this. She's rather nice while talking about killing stuff.
* AllLovingHero: Elena is the epitome of goodness and hope as shown by her actions in PHM EP 15.
* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory for The Faction is this. Most of them can be found in sol003's site.
%%* AloofAlly: Max has shades of this early on.
%%* AlternateDimension: Parallel Dimension 008 from VQM.
* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:Satuzinki]] is apparently from one of these, being an [[spoiler:alternate Sakuya who accepted Remilia's offer to become a vampire and is traveling through dimensions to avenge her mistress and has gone quite AxCrazy through the centuries]].
** Revealed in DCM, there's two main 'verses. TERA-A, where the main story takes place, and GAIA-A, where some of the more recent characters are from. Both TERA and GAIA are sol003 and malice600's 'verse respectively, with the originals being TERA-0 and GAIA-0
** [[ConstructedWorld Yggdrasil]] (A world, not the Myth/NorseMythology version), which is in another universe called GAIA-A, is said to be the world where the real Maki Kuronami came from.
%%* AntiHero: A couple of characters are Type II. Type IIIs seem to be cropping up lately though.
%%* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:[[Franchise/StreetFighter Vega]]]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation acts]] as one as revealed at the end of EDM.
* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler: The Kamishura]] is empowered by this.
--->"I am an entity of chaos... I cannot be destroyed. As long as a single human in this universe desires evil... I will live! You cannot destroy me!"
* BadassNormal:
** Kung Fu Man is undeniably the ultimate badass normal. In a world filled with guys who has supernatural abilities and the like, he's the only one who fights with sheer fighting abilities alone. He's also the world's greatest martial artist.
** Max Reco sorta counts. Among the OriginalGeneration characters, he's one of the few pure humans who just happens to be skilled in kicking ass using only a [[SwissArmyWeapon shapeshifting]] {{BFS}} and [[GunsAkimbo a pair of pistols]]. His only advantage is his TechnicolorFire which he doesn't really need much.
%%* BadassCrew: Rebellion's Heart becomes one by the end of EDM.
* BadMoonRising: The Crimson Moon in NAM. It heavily amplifies any vampire's ability. (not counting TATARI)
* BerserkButton: Max and his hat are ''very'' close. Don't mess with it. Or ''die trying''.
** [[spoiler: Agito doesn't like being called a shabazo. He becomes rather dangerous if you do call him that.]]
** [[spoiler: The fastest way to bring down the wrath of Melira is to hurt or try to kill Yukari. Considering she's one of the few true goddesses of the [=HvH=] MUGEN universe, pissing her off like this is very much a Bad Move.]]
%%* BigBad
%%** EDM features [[spoiler: Vega]].
%%** AFM features [[spoiler: Vega's former ally, Zao Mai/Zaiko Matsuri.]] and before the end, [[spoiler: Orochi takes Zaiko's [[TheManBehindTheMan position]] and becomes the final boss]].
%%** VQM has [[spoiler: Roreto Naia, who it's revealed is working for Nyarlathotep, who is probably working for ∞ [[SerialEscalation (Infinity)]]]].
%%** PHM originally started with [[spoiler: [[AGodAmI Yumeka]] presented as an antagonist in the first half. Then [[WellIntentionedExtremist Madotsuki]], before settling with the Kamishura.]]
%%** NAM has [[spoiler: Viper Delacroix, though it's revealed at the end it's actually ∞ (Infinity) who's the BigBad]]
* BigDamnHeroes: A common event.
** One prominent moment is when Shiki helps Max [[spoiler:and Saber]] fend off the Living Armor, with heroic music playing and all.
** [[spoiler: Maki]] pulls one at VQM EP 20. To an EldritchAbomination.
** Subverted with PHM EP 15 when Herashi attempted to help Elena but instead got chewed on for getting in her way.
* BigGood: Yakumo Yukari is one. She only cares about making sure peace and order comes to Gensokyo. Her methods tend to not be good [[WellIntentionedExtremist though]]. The only reason she's treated as a BigGood is because she's the one leading the good guys.
* BilingualBonus: '''Several.''' From Viper's Latin, to Ruby Heart's French and to the Village of Isda's Tagalog.
** [[spoiler:Isda also means fish in Tagalog. Basically, [[MeaningfulName Village of Fish]].]]
** A portion of a conversation between Elena and Viper in PHM was entirely in Latin.
* BittersweetEnding:
** AFM. [[spoiler: Rebellion's Heart managed to defeat Orochi, preventing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt but Chris and Kaigen end up trapped in Hell. Afterwards, Rebellion's Heart is disbanded and Ikumi gains SurvivorGuilt.]]
** The same happens in PHM wherein [[spoiler: Madotsuki dies, but this time, without regrets, stopping it from going into full-blown DownerEnding.]]
%%* BishounenLine: Sort of. [[spoiler: After Queen Nila's OneWingedAngel form was defeated, Nyarlathotep possesses her.]]
%%* BlackCloak: Reaverance sports one. It's still remained to be seen if he's actually evil or not.
%%* {{BloodMagic}}/{{BloodyMurder}}: Ikumi specializes in this.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The ending for AFM. [[spoiler:It ends with Kaigen locked in Hell with... well, demons.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The 2nd season of VQM started with Maki lost in a desert, and ends with Max lost in a forest.]]
* TheBusCameBack: It took three chapters, but Ryougi finally shows herself in PHM EP 2.
** Similarly with Ein in the same episode, after being absent for a whole chapter.
* ButtMonkey: '''Yamazaki Agito.''' This transcends to even his ''VideoGame/{{Resident Evil 3|Nemesis}}'' LetsPlay, where the zombies are given voices, Agito is almost always the first one to get shot.
** Gilgamesh is also showing signs of this. But he's slowly growing out of it ever since VQM.
* CallBack: PHM is one gigantic call back to the previous three chapters. Ranging from having cameos of characters that are dead, to the usage of throwaway scenes from earlier chapters.
* TheCameo: Nezayu Herashi and Yamazaki Rojin both created by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/herashinanaya444 HerashiNanaya444]]/[[https://www.youtube.com/user/grinnrhipper GrinnRhipper]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/angeldagdag angeldagdag]] respectively.
** Similarly, Zaiko Matsuri and B both created by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterZaikoMatsuri MasterZaikoMatsuri]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DevilRaptorB DevilRaptorB]]
* CerebusSyndrome: As the chapter progresses, things get progressively [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]].
* CharacterFocus: Amasawa Ikumi has the most amount of screentime in the entire series so far.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by the time of DCM, she hasn't showed up for a while now.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Anyone from Kaio that comes to our world has this. In their respective world, they're just regular BadassNormal.
* ChaseScene: AFM EP 25. {{Lampshaded}} in the title of the episode.
* ChessMotifs: The strongest chess piece is The Queen. In VQM, Queen [[spoiler: Nila]] demonstrates just how powerful she is. Even Gill is afraid of her.
* CombinationAttack: With the appearance of [[SummonMagic Summon Programs]], this has become possible for Max and Viper. Max's assist is [[spoiler:Maki Kuronami, his [[OppositeSexClone opposite-sex alternate self]]]], while Viper's assist is [[spoiler:Lady Giselle Delacroix, his deceased sister]].
* CrapsackWorld: According to Max and Elena, this is what [[ConstructedWorld Kaio]] is, a world always riddled with war.
* [[ClusterFBomb Cluster G-Bomb]]
--> '''Maki''': Sheesh, I really should've brought pants instead of a goddamn skirt. That goddamn vendor suggesting a goddamn shitty attire... Argh, goddamnit!
** Exaggerated in PHM, where the real Maki is shown to swear quite a lot that SymbolSwearing was required.
--->'''Maki''': It was nice meeting you, [[DistaffCounterpart male me]].
--->'''Max''': Yeah. Not quite as bad as I thought it'll be. Tone down the swearin' though.
--->'''Maki''': Ah, shut up. I'll swear how much I want.
* ContinuityNod: Shiki [[spoiler: graduates]] at the end of AFM considering it's been two years since ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' occurred. Each game of Franchise/TouhouProject also happens, albeit much faster. (The only exception would be Phantasmagoria of Flower View, which happened between AFM and VQM.)
* CoolCar: Chris apparently owns one.
* CurbStompBattle: Happens a lot to poor Agito.
** One occurs at VQM EP 20. Not played for laughs.
* DareToBeBadass: EDM EP 1 has Chris ask Shiki to lend a hand in a tournament. He accepts.
* DarkIsNotEvil: During Maki's childhood [[spoiler: she was given a portion of the Kamishura's power, which allowed her to see spirits and use a magic that allows her to TeleportSpam.]] Despite that, she's still a mostly good person at heart.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sol turns into one with Shiki and Jin, there's also DeadpanSnarker incarnate, Max Reco
-->'''Max Reco''': Uh, no. I'm just a jerkass.
** Most of the cast are this to an extent. This leads to quite a few SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* DemotedToExtra: '''Arcueid''' of all people got struck by this. She's barely featured in EDM and in AFM, ''she's not even considered a major character!'' Thankfully, by the time VQM rolls around, she becomes a [[AscendedExtra major character again.]]
** Dr. Wily got DemotedToExtra in AFM. By that point, he's no longer in any fight.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Punch Out Nyarlathotep?]]: Yukari single-handedly defeats former friend, Nyarlathotep in VQM EP 1.
** And as of VQM EP 20, [[spoiler:Sol and Dante have joined the ranks]].
** [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed in VQM EP 22 that all her defeats so far are nothing permanent, since she cannot die as long as she uses a [[FightingAShadow mask to take form.]] She also always [[CameBackStrong becomes stronger after each death.]]]]
** To an extent this was what happened in PHM when Remilia [[spoiler: alongside Yumeka, defeated [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Walpurgisnacht]].]]
* DivineRanks: It's been cropping up lately with the emergence of the more powerful characters. They're categorized by the Greek Alphabet, with the weakest being Alpha-class and the strongest being Omega-class. Then above all of them are the [[PhysicalGod Origin Concepts]]
* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler: Queen Nila can be considered one, since she only fought to protect her people. Except she's fighting against the [[DesignatedHero 'good guys']]]]
* {{Doppelganger}}: VQM EP 14 has Youmu's group fight some.
* DrivingQuestion: [[spoiler: Who's the mysterious person that killed Melira and Zaiko?]] As of the present, it's still not revealed.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Chris]] got hit by one at the end of AFM. [[spoiler: Kaigen]] did so too, but it was more of a StupidSacrifice.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: ∞]] is heavily implied to be something like this. There's also Nyarlathotep [[GenderBender herself.]]
** [[BigGood Kthanid]] appeared for a short moment to [[spoiler: [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomp]] Nyarlathotep in VQM EP 21]].
* EmotionlessGirl: Ein is a notable example.
* EmpathicWeapon: Viper's Obsidian Nightmare (his black sword) was revealed to be one [[spoiler: housing the spirit of his sister, Giselle.]]
* [[TheEmperor The Empress]]: A [[AlternateTimeline possible]] future for [[spoiler:the real Maki Kuronami.]]
* EnemyMine: Max and Viper join forces near the end of NAM in order to battle [[spoiler:the true form of Orochi]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Several.
** In EDM EP 2, Makoto introduces herself by jumping from top of a building to confront Shiki. [[spoiler: Alot like what Dante frequently does in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', {{Foreshadowing}} Dante being Makoto's teacher.]]
** In AFM EP 11, Hisei demonstrates his {{Jerkass}} tendencies and bluntly shows he has a minor case of MediumAwareness
** In AFM EP 16, Ikumi starts to show her [[TheLeader leadership]] skills [[spoiler: and her [[CanNotSpitItOut hidden]] feelings for Chris]]. The episode ended with her finally [[spoiler: becoming the leader of Rebellion's Heart]].
** In VQM EP 9, Viper makes his appearance by wiping out an entire gang. Establishing that he's a [[PsychoForHire ruthless warrior]]. [[spoiler:(Averted in EP 11 where it's revealed that he didn't kill anyone, showing that he's still ruthless, but [[NobleDemon merciful]].]]
** In VQM EP 11, [[spoiler: Melira manifests a [[FightingAShadow portion]] of herself on Earth (complete with DramaticThunder)]], before declaring her desire to see humanity's potential.
* ExpendableClone: Majority of the later battles in PHM are against memories of previous opponents.
** The [[VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf Elektrosoldats]] are these as well.
* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod sol003]] himself said that all his characters are based on a couple of characters in ''VideoGame/WildArms''.
** Max has [[VideoGame/WildArms3 Jet Enduro's scarf]], [[VideoGame/WildArms4 Jude Maverick's weapon]](It's even named similarly! [[note]]"[=XERD_003SS=]" compare to "[=SS003_SW=]"[[/note]]),and through sheer coincidence, resembles ''VideoGame/WildArms5'' protagonist, Dean Stark. The basic appearance of his sword resembles the [[VideoGame/MegaManX Soul Saber]].
** Viper is named after [[VideoGame/ChaosLegion Victor Delacroix]] and generally based on the white-haired, LongHairedPrettyBoy [[BigBad Antagonist]] Archetype. Thanks to coincidence too, he has alot of similarities with the VideoGame/WildArms5 BigBad, Volsung. He uses [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Vergil's]] voice. Though it's now been changed to Volsung's voice.
** Elena is a straight TomboyPrincess.
** [[spoiler: Melira]] is a [[SiblingYinYang counterpart]] to [[spoiler:Yukari]].
* [[spoiler: FalseFriend: Zao Mai. TheReveal episode is even called Traitor of Humanity to hammer this point home.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: To an extent, Max's {{Jerkass}} status can be considered as one, since he wasn't much of a {{Jerkass}} in NAM.
* GigglingVillain: Not actually a villain, but [[spoiler: Melira tends to giggle randomly.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Melira''': Fufu... hahaha...]]
* GenkiGirl: Sawatari Makoto. She livens up Rebellion's Heart nicely.
* GenderBender: It's heavily implied in VQM EP 19-20 that Maki is actually Max, who turned into a girl thanks to the thing he drank at EP 8.
** Turns out there's a '''[[DistaffCounterpart real]]''' Maki Kuronami, but in an alternate universe.
-->'''Max''': Geez. I think I'm about to see how others see me. In [[FanService fanservice]] form no less!
* GenreSavvy: Max is a full-blown professional. Shiki and Sol are starting to show signs of this too.
* GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: Madotsuki has one, she forgot the details of what happened during her last moments and didn't even realize she was DeadAllAlong]]
* GratuitousLatin: Viper is rather fond of breaking into Latin.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Most of the antagonists shown are not pure evil. Not counting [[spoiler: Zaiko]], most have valid reasons for what they're doing. [[spoiler: Vega wants to rule the world to unite it and bring equality. Orochi hates mankind for being a threat to Gaia, Mother Nature.]] The good guys themselves are not any nicer either. [[spoiler: Subverted for VQM and PHM. It's the conflict that's Grey and Gray, but the main antagonist is only having fun and completely evil respectively.]]
** VQM slowly turned into this [[spoiler: after EP 20.]]
* GunpointBanter: Makoto, and Ein usually pulls this off.
* TheGunslinger: [[VideoGame/DungeonFighterOnline Bloodia]] is the best gunslinger in the entire series, followed closely by Makoto and Dante.
* HeroKiller: In EDM, The Phantom of Inferno is this. [[spoiler: In an April Fool's special, she does exactly that.]]
** In VQM, The Queen is revealed to be one.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Ikumi]] suffered this after [[spoiler:Chris]] becomes possessed by [[spoiler: Orochi]]. Cue [[spoiler: her [[AxCrazy going]] [[UnstoppableRage absolutely]] [[TheJuggernaut batshit]] '''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown crazy.]]''']]
* HeroicSecondWind: Happens during EP 7 of NAM.
-->'''Max''': You`ve got to be kidding me. I told you this before, [[{{Determinator}} I`m not a guy to die without trying.]]
* HiddenDepths: VQM EP 18 [[spoiler:shows a completely different side of Viper with his interactions with Maki.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Ishima Kaigen follows this belief. This is also what caused her [[spoiler: StupidSacrifice in Hell]] at the end of AFM.
** As of PHM, it is shown that the [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Guildmaster]] is following this belief.
* HumanoidAbomination: Nyarlathotep appears as a woman in a [[{{Fanservice}} revealing]] nun's outfit carrying a [[{{BFS}} massive blade]].
** Queen [[spoiler:Nila]] can turn into one according to VQM EP 14.
* INeedYouStronger: A common excuse used by enemies during VQM as to why they let the good guys go.
* InterfaceScrew: The upside-down world Reisen and Max land on in PHM Episode 9. [[BlatantLies It's totally normal.]]
* ImmuneToFate: According to [[spoiler: Melira]], this is one of Max's in-born traits. The consequence seems to be his [[BornUnlucky massive bad luck]].
-->'''Max''': I ''hate'' my luck.
* JerkAss: Max is generally considered one. [[spoiler: But it's taken up to eleven once he [[GenderBender Genderswaps]] into Maki.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sol is shown to have one for Makoto. Max is generally nicer against the ladies.
* JustAKid: Don't call Makoto [[BerserkButton a kid.]]
* JustToyingWithThem: During PHM EP 12. Melira managed to trump herself by limiting her power from 80% to [[spoiler: ''98%''.]] And she ''still managed to give Herashi a hard time''.
* KillSat: Perfecti apparently has one. Recently, it was rendered useless by Yukari deploying a massive [[DeflectorShields barrier]] across Japan, preventing further attacks.
* LastNameBasis: Japanese characters tend to go by this. Any non-Japanese characters go by FirstNameBasis instead.
** Certain exceptions tend to pass like Zaiko Matsuri and Maki Kuronami, most likely because they're not Japanese in the first place.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "Skip Cutscene?"
* LethalJokeCharacter: VQM EP 10 proves what happens when the two [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]] of [=HvH=] join forces. While competent though, they're still [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]]
** [[spoiler: Agito by himself counts if you call him a shabazo. He effortlessly takes down [[{{BigBad}} Zaiko]]! Complete with '''[[CounterAttack RETALIATION]]'''.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Any major character tends to get their own theme. Some tends to use their original theme from their original series. Others get entirely new ones. Some examples include:
** Ishima Kaigen uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfu0XBf8kmk Blinded by Light]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''.
** Amasawa Ikumi uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ3WEX1T6_w The War is Begin]] from Valkyrie Sky, followed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_7XTALrIDY Nefertiti]] from ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'' when [[spoiler: she's in [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Genocide mode]]]]
** [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Orochi]] uses... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmyanvPY3zQ Theme of Orochi -Rebirth Mix-]] from VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi.
** [[VisualNovel/{{Kanon}} Sawatari Makoto]] uses the Manga/CaseClosed[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dIM2d_ZWVk main theme]]
** [[TheEmpire The Imperial]] uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfvpkgoXHwQ Bushido No Honkai]] from Literature/SamuraiGirls as their leitmotif.
** [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Kung Fu Man's group]] uses the first half of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLcQty1-k0 Infrared Threat]] from VideoGame/WildArms4.
** The Queen has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbq6toi2jBE Elysium - Residential Zone]] from ''VideoGame/MegamanLegends'' as her leitmotif whenever she's in her castle.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Max consider his relationship with Maki as this and FireForgedFriends. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since he's already engaged to Elena.
--->'''Maki''': Welp, is this considered a date then?
--->'''Max''': Bullshit. I think this is more like a sibling-like relationship.
* LivingRelic: According to NAMA, [[spoiler: Yukari and Melira]] are the last of their kind, being from a powerful race called [[spoiler: [[PhysicalGod Divine Beings]].]]
** Possibly rectonned. There's now a bunch of new Divinities showing up.
* MadScientist: Dr. Wily still hasn't lost his touch. Though he did have a [[VillainDecay few]] [[ReluctantMadScientist changes.]]
* {{Miko}}: Hakurei Reimu. There's also Kochiya Sanae.
* MindScrew: WordOfGod says this will be the basic premise of PHM.
* MultiMookMelee: Happens frequently. Usually with Agito's gang backing him up.
** Also, whenever the [[Franchise/ResidentEvil zombies]] and the [[{{Franchise/Alien}} aliens]] are faught.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: This is Kung Fu Man's reaction [[spoiler: at the massacre on VQM EP 20.]]
--->'''Kung Fu Man''': Our hands and weapons are stained with the blood of the sinless. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope We can no longer turn back from that truth.]]
* MysteriousBacker: [[spoiler: Melira]] can be considered one during NAM.
** Roreto Naia fulfills a role like this. She's [[TrueNeutral neutral]] to the conflict but offers insight to a chosen few. But it's likely that she has goals of her own.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Shimmering Dawn from DCM, composed of the bad guys from ''VideoGame/AkatsukiBlitzkampf''.
* NobleDemon: Viper Delacroix. Bonus points for being an actual demon (although [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]) too.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After [[spoiler:Queen Nila's massacre]] in the [[spoiler:Village of Isda]], Roreto Naia tells Kung Fu Man that there are no corpses left behind.
* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: VQM EP 16 [[spoiler: Ikumi finally lets go of her guilt and defeats her own Id to contain her own insanity, which was preceded by one of these.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Ikumi]]''': After all this time... I've realized it now. My sanity was slipping because I held myself back. I let my guilt hamper my judgment. My guilt for [[spoiler:letting him die in Hell itself]]. He had no regrets... So should I! I will let you know! Today, I will no longer let my desires get the better of me! Revenge, Hatred, Regret, Guilt, all of them are things of the past! The past shall remain in the past... forever! Now, I walk to the future, and you are the one in my way. Prepare yourself. I shall show you just what I'm truly capable of once my burdens are released. No more running away... Today... All the sins of the past... will be '''FORGIVEN!!!!'''
* NoNameGiven: Kung Fu Man is never referred to by any name. Not even by "Kung Fu Man"
** Bloodia never reveals her name. She's refers to herself as Codename: Bloodia
** Following the theory that Madotsuki is not Madotsuki's true name, her name is never revealed. The same goes for Poniko.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: In VQM EP 15, [[spoiler: Maki]] had her period while staying in an inn.
--->[[spoiler:'''Maki''']]: ...SHIT! I'm bleeding in my [[SymbolSwearing @*$&!]] Help!!
* NoodleIncident: In VQM EP 15, Nanaya said they pulled an IndyEscape from a '''black hole.'''
* OnceASeason
** The usage of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_CWMEIrs2U Beauty and the Shining Sword]].
** Max saying "Uh, no. I'm just a jerkass" word-by-word.
** Someone pulling a PrecisionFStrike.
* OneSteveLimit: Sorta. There's three Maki Kuronamis. [[spoiler: The original, the temporary Max Reco genderswap and the Summon Program]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Queen Nila in VQM EP 20]].
* OutOfFocus: A sort of gag in the series is the tendency to focus on the supporting cast instead of the protagonist. The tendency to focus on the protagonist is proportional to how close the chapter is to the beginning and the end.
** A major problem during VQM. By the last 5 episodes, half of the cast barely talked.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Several characters has at least one.
-->'''Hisei''': *to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Nrvnqsr]]* What the hell? A cannibal? Eat my sword then!
-->'''Akiha''': You dare to set foot on my home only to bark profanities? [[WhoDares How dare you!]] [[ThisIsUnforgivable I will never forgive such atrocity!]]
-->'''Ein''': All hope is lost amidst disaster. How would you like to be eliminated?
-->'''Kaigen''': It's you and me now... [[spoiler: Amasawa Ikumi]]. How powerful did you get... After [[spoiler: insanity]] has taken claim of your mind?
-->'''Mokou''': Will it really matter, when I'll just be burning down everything in my path?
-->'''Satuzinki''': Let me... taste your blood. Hahaha...
-->[[spoiler:'''Ryoko''']]: Oh well. Another corpse is another corpse. Let's [[VideoGame/CorpseParty party]].
-->'''[[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Citan]]''': [[BlatantLies I'm not that great of a fighter]]. I'm more better with practicing medicine. [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 So let's]] ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 practice]]'' [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 medicine]].
-->'''Ikumi''': [[WhamLine Get out of my way...]]
-->'''[[VideoGame/TheLastBlade Kagami]]''': Words of a 'trespasser', filled with lies and deceit... That's what you all say. I won't reason with you. Speak the truth with your weapons!
-->'''[[spoiler:Queen Nila]]''': For your crimes in my world...you shall suffer a fate worse than death.
-->'''Sol''': Hope you're prepared then, 'cuz I'm gonna send you straight back to hell, you immortal [[PrecisionFStrike shitbag!]]
* PrecisionFStrike: Despite everyone constantly swearing. The F-word is rarely dropped except near the end of a chapter.
-->[[spoiler:'''Chris''': *In response to seeing [[HumongousMecha BUTA]]* You gotta be '''FUCKING''' kidding me!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Chris''': *In response to Max turning his sword into a rifle* '''FUCK!''' Is that a rifle?!]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Henri''': *In response to losing the war* '''Fuck''', I can't let it end like this...]]
** Probably the biggest one is in PHM.
--->[[spoiler:'''Maki''': *In response to Madotsuki's suicide* You '''FUCKING CUNT!!!!!''']]
** [[spoiler:Remilia's moment of UnstoppableRage during NAM EP 47 after Sakuya [[TakingTheBullet takes Slayer's blade for her]] is kicked off with one of these]].
--->[[spoiler:'''Remilia''': I will kill you... I will '''FUCKING''' kill you...!!!]]
* PutOnABus: ''Ryougi Shiki'' early on in Eve's Duet, following the second chapter of ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners''. Oddly enough, she's been featured in both the opening and credits in all three chapters but '''never''' made an appearance yet. {{Foreshadowing}}?
** [[spoiler: Tohno Shiki]] is placed on one after [[spoiler: a fatal attack from [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Testament]]]].
** Max has been missing since VQM EP 8. [[spoiler: He makes a return at the end of VQM EP 20.]]
** At around VQM EP 18, Youmu's group went missing [[spoiler:due to a storm that also caused Maki to separate from them, ending up on the western continent, dying.]]
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Queen employs this trope [[spoiler: as she proceeds to curbstomp everything in the vicinity of the Village of Isda]]. Unfortunately [[spoiler:she is currently out of action due to overdoing things just a bit]].
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Anyone that's not human is at least a couple of centuries old. Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Melira. Who's really '''[[TimeAbyss 500,000 years old]].''']]
* RealityWarper:
** Yakumo Yukari, Nyarlathotep, Shinki, Orochi, [[spoiler: Melira]] or anyone in general who's at least god-like.
** In the mysterious [[spoiler: Dream]] World, Madotsuki and Yumeka are this.
* RedBaron: Each character has one in their character list. Some are their original nickname. Others are exclusive in [=HvH=]. Examples include: The Blue-eyed [[VideoGame/SoulCalibur Azure Knight]] (Max Reco), [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear The Immoral Flame]] (Sol Badguy), '''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Demon God]]''' (Viper Delacroix), [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters The Crimson]] [[FanNickname Meteor]] (Chris), The Eighth Cloud at the Edge of the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Inverted Rainbow]] (Yakumo Yukari).
* TheRival: Viper is one of these to Max.
** VQM presents rivals for some of the main characters.
*** Mai and Sakuya for Youmu
*** Ikumi for Akiha
*** Dante for Sol
* SadBattleMusic:
** [[spoiler: The supposedly 'ending' during DCM Ep 5 has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4Di2orahA People Seized with Life]] playing during the battle with Citan. This is followed up by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnBWY7D_X7Q Life - A Distant Promise]] when Melira confronts him next.]]
** [[spoiler: The LastStand of the Queen's elite warriors against the protagonists in VQM Episode 20 plays out to none other than ''Manga/ElfenLied'''s "Lilium."]]
* SanitySlippage: Ikumi thinks she's starting to suffer from one after her FreakOut that nearly killed Akiha.
** [[spoiler: Madotsuki]] slowly goes off the deep end as PHM progresses.
* ShownTheirWork: [=HvH=] is decent at staying true to the canon of non-original characters. Though, there are [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation some exemptions]].
* SirSwearsAlot: Maki Kuronami and to an extent, her [[SummonMagic Summon Program]] copy.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Ikumi is starting to become one starting from AFM.
* TheStoic: Kawasumi Mai, Kung Fu Man and Hisui
* StoryBreakerPower: The ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' cast and the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' cast can single-handedly break the entire series without trying. They're either [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]] or their enemies are generally stronger.
** '''Melira.''' She's already powerful enough when she's using only '''20%''' of her full power. [[spoiler: VQM finally demonstrates just how godlike she is once she gets serious...]]
** Melira is apparently not close to being freakishly powerful. Goddess Meiyrranvhell is far more powerful than her, that even if Melira's full power is multiplied by 100, ''it barely reaches Meiyrranvhell's.''
* SummonMagic: Summon Programs, which are similar to [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Summon Stones]] in usage. Except it's a requirement that the one being summoned is dead. [[spoiler: Somehow, Maki is exempted from that rule, as Melira managed to create a Summon Program from the time she spent with Max.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The characters who can enter Inversion Impulse in VideoGame/MeltyBlood would count. Then there's [[spoiler: Chris in Flames of Destiny mode and Amasawa Ikumi's Genocide mode.]]
** In VQM, Rumia goes EX.
** At some point in PHM, Max and Shiki encounter their own evil sides.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Max's sword, The [=SS003_SW=].
* SymbioticPossession: [[spoiler: Melira seems to be possessed by her grandfather, Deus.]]
* ThatsAnOrder: A trademark of [[OldSoldier Ishima]] [[OlderThanTheyLook Kaigen]]. After Ikumi [[spoiler: becomes the leader of Rebellion's Heart]], she starts pulling this off too.
-->'''Kaigen''': Roger. Stay alive, no matter what. That's an order!
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Mostly averted. Though a few moments do pop up.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sawatari Makoto. She drops it near the end of EDM.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Whenever someone's {{Leitmotif}} plays, that generally means it's time for an asskicking.
* ThereWasADoor: AFM EP 21. [[spoiler:Rojin ''breaks'' the door on the apartment where Rebellion's Heart was staying.]] HilarityEnsues
* TitleDrop
** In EDM, The name of the arena is revealed to be Eve's Duet.
** AFM uses one once the main cast is in Europe.
--->'''Ikumi''': I suppose we're all set, then? Operation [[TitleDrop Azure Fang]] begins.
** VQM almost pulls one.
--->'''Yukari''': The Quest for the Void.
** A unique one is done for PHM.
--->'''Remilia''': Your illusionary hope ends here!
* TookALevelInBadass: Gilgamesh no longer screws around by the time of VQM.
** He took another one in VQM EP 19, [[spoiler: where he leads The Imperial alongside Gill.]]
** ''Another'' happened during PHM where [[spoiler: he begins wearing his armor]].
* TournamentArc: The entirety of Eve's Duet is this. Of course, [[spoiler: it's NotJustATournament]]
* UltimateLifeForm: [[spoiler: Divine Beings]] are treated like these.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: The storyline is pretty decent for a MUGEN series, but the fights are usually the highlight.
* TheUnpronounceable: Goddess Meiyrranvhell, the Goddess of Yggdrasil. Apparently, there's multiple ways to say her name.
--->'''Maki''': Actually, it's pronounced "Maribel". At least, that's how I always said Meiyrranvhell. Others say it differently as well. I've heart some "Meiranvell", "Meiyavel", "Mearyavan", "Maerilven", and even "Merry Bell". It's the first time I've heard "Mariaven".
* VillainProtagonist: Viper Delacroix in NAMA.
* WalkingTheEarth: Majority of the cast in VQM pulls this off.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Faction has disappeared entirely from the plot after AFM EP 25.
** They got one last reference from Shiki at the end of AFM, but that's it. They haven't appeared since then.
* WhiteAndGreyMorality: To an extent, VQM is almost like this, compared to the rest of the chapters.
** To elaborate, Yukari sends people to the Parallel Dimension 008 to help bring back those that were lost in said dimension. Within said dimension, there's [[TheEmpire The Imperial]], which are people from our world that looked evil at the start but are actually looking for a way to get out of the AlternateDimension. Next, there's [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Kung Fu Man's group]] which, while finding information about Roreto Naia, are actively lending a hand to those in need, even if they're from the Parallel Dimension and they'll fight [[TheEmpire The Imperial]] if they have to. Then there's [[TheHighQueen The Queen]]([[spoiler:[[TheHighQueen Nila]]]]), who only protects her subjects from 'trespassers'. [[spoiler: Though for unknown reasons, she's also trying to bring [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The End of This Dimension As Know It]].]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Ein is a really bad assassin.
* WillingChanneler: Nyarlathotep's hosts [[spoiler: Nila and Naia]] allow themselves to be possessed by her, to give her physical form.
* WistfulAmnesia: When Melira 'created' the [[SummonMagic Summon Program]] version of Maki Kuronami [[spoiler:, she has removed some details of her past, which is somehow important to prevent the real Maki Kuronami from causing a [[TimeCrash paradox.]]]]

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"And about damn fucking time you finished this. Now go make another one!" -malice600
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