An Anime First series by Sunrise that premiered in the Summer 2011 season alongside the second half of Tiger & Bunny.Seventeen years ago, a meteor fell from space, scattering a bunch of rare jewels around Japan known as "Dark Stones." These stones provide tremendous power to whoever touches them, but also have a bad habit of driving the user insane. Fast-forward several years: a loner named Alma goes to school despite being accused of sending 19 kids to the hospital all at once. An amazingly rich woman named Ruri and her butler Makoto ask for his help. With the power from her "Soul Stone," he can wield the power of the "Sacred Seven" and destroy the Dark Stones.But of course, everyone has their own agenda involving the Dark Stones. Even Alma's newfound friend.
This series contains examples of:
All of the Other Reindeer: Alma, for the fact that he nearly killed eighteen other people in one of his rampages.
A God Am I: Kenmi goes full AGAI in episodes 11 and 12, after absorbing Hung's Darkstone powers
Big Bad: Kenmi is behind everything in the series. Alma losing his pendant, Ruri and Makoto losing their family, Naito and Fei's predicament...he's behind it all.
Did Not Do the Research: Air Force Instructions clearly state that hats are not to be worn on either the Flightline or the Active Runway, USAF cops are seen specifically ignoring this order in episode two.
Emoticon: Oni-gawara sometimes summons these in the air to express his emotions, since his own face is almost totally inexpressive.
Extremity Extremist: One of the two Darkstones from episode 9 only fought with it's legs, on account of its arms being locked in a Badass Arm Fold.
Gag Sub: One sub group jokingly calls Alma "Squall" due to his resemblance to the character from Final Fantasy VIII, both appearance and personality-wise.
Golem: The Dark Stones, the monsters that Alma must battle, appear to be these.
In a looser way, in the episode with two darkstones, where the Engagement Suit actually uses it's BFG, said BFG makes the Monster of the Weekstronger, rather than injuring it...
Only a Flesh Wound: During their second fight, Naito manages to lodge a sword into the Arachne-user's left forearm before fleeing. Her subsequent reaction is to rip it out and comment on what an annoyance Naito is.
Changes in Episode 12, where ALL FIVE KNUCKLES become barrels.
The beginning of the first episode seems to be a Shout Out to Mai-HiME, a series by the same company, which also started with a ship getting destroyed.
Kenmi is defeated by an attack that resembles a smaller version of the GIGA DRILL BREAKER... which is kinda ironic, when you consider that he was voiced by Great Kamina!
In Episode 4, Makoto has to bust out the Engagement Suit in the middle of a school festival...and paints it in Gundam colors so the students won't freak out.
Show Their Work: In episode two, while the uniforms themselves are outdated, the United States Air Force Security Forces are seen in berets baring the proper insigina,◊ and the ranks themselves are easily discernible to those with Air Force experience.
Spell My Name with an S: There is some debate on whether Tandoji's name is spelled "Alma" (the spelling used in the official subs), "Arma" (for the possible pun, mentioned under Meaningful Name), or "Aruma" (a flat transliteration of the characters used).
Spider-Sense: Alma can detect the presence of other Dark Stones, usually indicated by one of his eyes changing color.
Not so much a Spider-Sense, but his own Darkstone activating when another one gets close. The other one gets close enough, it'll provoke a transformation into his Dark Side, which without Ruri's abilities allowing him to keep his sanity, can turn VERY violent.
Strapped to an Operating Table: Ruri during episode 8. Thought they didn't operate on her, they just needed to make some serum from her blood
Happens to her once again in episode 11. And this time, there was a planned operation. By which we mean, Kenmi was going to cut her heart out. While she was awake.
Surprisingly Good English: Two of the American soldiers in episode 2. While it is quite obvious that these two are voiced by people whose first language is Japanese, the intonation, pronunciation, and grammatical structure is correct.
Even more so the announcer on the auction in the third episode. Perfect pronunciation, owing to his British voice actor.
Theme Naming: The Power Armor produced by Kenmi has thus far had a Greek mythology motif going, with the two models produced being "Cyclops" and "Arachne".
Verbal Tic: "Oni" for Oni-Gawara. It's even a thought-tic, as shown in Episode 4.
One sub group out there has "Oni" translated as "Hell", and has translated his name as "Hellbrick". This same sub group is rather notorious for altering the anime they translate for their own amusement.
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