Should not be confused with the anime MegaMan NT Warrior, and should definitely not be confused with Ryo Takamisaki's manga.
Battle Story contains examples of...
- Adaptational Badass: Most navis, but special mention goes to Gospel, which Megaman has to beat three times over the second to the third volumes to take that dog down for good. Even then, he got a Super Mode on top of his near defeat by the third battle.
- After the End: After the latest battle against Proto, the Densan City (and perhaps other cities around the world) took a heavy damage they hardly recovered. Unlike the other manga where the city is to flourish back and invent a new advanced technology and internet, the Battle Story actually ends up where the citizens have to survive without them, barely connected the internet somehow. It doesn't stop the villain from Nebula to terrorize the town and the internet through Shademan.EXE. While MegaMan and ProtoMan.EXE find their new Soul Unison, the story is cut short right there, thus ending the Battle Story manga.
- Avenging the Villain: Dr. Regal shows up at the end of the series after his father’s death.
- Bash Brothers: Not as often in the other works, but Megaman and Protoman still shows up from time to time.
- Battle Couple: Megaman and Roll, even going to think of better combos in some fights.
- Beam Spam: The battle against the Zero Virus is this.
- Berserk Button: This time, its increased to curbstomp levels when anyone hurts any of Megaman’s friends. Just ask Metalman.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Downplayed for Lan here. He’s still the same, but he will jump to the call.
- Brown Note: ShadeMan's screech has the power to wreck havoc to nearby buildings.
- Blob Monster: Alpha.
- Bystander Syndrome: Explores the 'seeing your child hurt' and 'what if they didn't come home' variants. One that takes the cake is Lan, a ten-year old child, almost got hit by a truck by crossing a (supposedly empty) street. Also, lots of bystanders were watching the event.
- Canine Companion: Averted, Gospel isn’t a partner of Bass this time.
- Cerebus Syndrome: Downplayed. Alternates between serious and comedic chapters.
- Chest Burster: Bass GS leaves his host, the real Bass, from his back. GS then proceeds to blast him (and an alarmed yet confused Shadowman) without hesitation all the while stealing his likeness (with a darker palette for the viewers to tell the difference).
- Co-Dragons: ShadeMan and Bass GS to Dr. Wily, through the latter doesn’t join the reins until after Wily’s death. Which, he shows his true loyalty against Wily’s ‘weaker’ subordinates- any navi who shows the slightest hint of leaving or betraying gets killed right then and there. No question asked, no hesitation.
- Detachment Combat: Gospel can only pull this off with his head.
- Family-Unfriendly Death: While it doesn’t take the fights from Ryo Takamisaki's manga more brutal, Battle Story doesn’t hold back on the deaths. And the deaths are permanent. (Most of them, anyway. The few are only implied).
- As to hammer the final note near the ending,Dr. Wily dies by being crushed under the rubble of his laboratory!
- Faux Affably Evil: Bass GS, being a parasite, picked up his formal way of speaking from the real deal. He completely drops the manners later, though.
- For the Evulz: On the special chapters, Dark Megaman appears as this on a whole 'nother level- going so far as to torture the completely amnesic Bass just because he could. It was so bad and traumatic that Bass panics and fled because he mistook the original Megaman for the Dark version after he was rescued.
- Fusion Dance: Not really a fusion, since an unconscious Bass GS and the real Bass fused as Bass doesn’t want to wreak havoc again, but as the real Bass warned Megaman before, it creates complete amnesia for Bass after and he flees.
- Flunky Boss: Gospel, with the clones of the decreased navis which Megaman killed before.
- Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: Lan gives a punch of this to Sean after the battle of Gospel. It works.
- Heroic BSoD: Lan suffers this greatly when Megaman dies under Alpha. Megaman comes back later, though.
- High-Voltage Death: Implied. Gauss Magnus does this to himself and an unwilling Princess Pride via wires to powerup Gospel. They were never shown again after that and only guessed of their well-being by the heroes.
- Ignored Enemy: When Megaman gets the Muramasa from Shadowman, Bass GS patiently waits but when the conversation drags on, GS proceeds to blast him down without warning, which Megaman narrowly avoids at the last second.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: CutMan and AirMan dies by being wholly impaled through the same sword.
- It's All About Me: BubbleMan , full stop. He captures hostages inside his bubbles for himself.
- Late to the Tragedy: Serenade scolds themself after Alpha already took over a majority of the internet and navis.
- Limited Wardrobe: Downplayed. While Lan normally wears his iconic outfit, he can wear different outfits on special occasions or for safety reasons in his battles.
- Manipulative Bastard: Bass GS taunts Megaman on the ‘deaths’ of the real Bass and Shadowman. Megaman almost lost it right then and there, even attacking GS without Lan’s consent, which Lan has to yell his name to bring him back to his senses.
- Martial Pacifist: Bass, of all navis. All he (and ShadowMan) just want to do is to look over his own part of Undernet from away the chaos. This makes him all the available for him to be brainwashed. He stays always reserved and polite and bears Megaman no malice until the end after being rescued.
- Non-Malicious Monster: Alpha, but revved up to be easily mistaken for an Omnicidal Maniac.
- Puppeteer Parasite: Bass GS to the real Bass. Unlike the games where Gospel is a failed clone, this is one that lives off the real deal to watch over the chaos without Bass knowing of him.
- Surprisingly Creepy Moment: On some arcs, there will be a subtle Art Shift.
- Recurring Extra: Expect lots of familiar faces on the background. Even Lan openly talks to a Servbot in the first volume.
- The Speechless: The amnesic Bass is this in his debut and the special chapters. His 'speech' bubbles consist of emotions, usually a question mark or an exclamation mark.
