* HilariousInHindsight: Let's see: an anime (co-)produced by Creator/StudioShaft that features magical girls and is often compared to with Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion. [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sounds awfully familiar, doesn't it?]]
* LesYay: Between ThoseTwoGirls during the BeachEpisode. The AccidentalKiss mentioned on the main page.
* {{Moe}}: Hikari & to a lesser extent Akari [[spoiler: until the [[TheReveal Big Reveal]] that is.]].
* TearJerker: There are moments where the series comes darn close by any criteria. For example: [[spoiler: Takeru's childhood abandonment, the sheer desperation of Akira and Hikari in the final episodes, and the quasi DownerEnding]].
* TheWoobie: Both Hikari & Akari when they are tortured by the reality of their true mission on Earth [[spoiler:(to decide whether or not to destroy the planet)]].
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