History Anime / BusouShinki

** AdventuresInComaland[=/=]FeverDreamEpisode: Ann gets to spend the day as a human, and with Master to boot. [[spoiler: In reality, she has been infected with a crippling virus that could shut her down permanently.]]

* PunnyName: Maochao refers to her drones as "Nekomachines."

* ManOnFire: Ach becomes this after drinking a Nitro-flavoured jelly can, until she fell into the pond.
-->'''Ach:''' I'm goin' berserk!

* GirlInABox: Hina the Strarf is introduced to our heroines this way via delivery.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Lene. Especially in the opening theme. [[note]]This may be a reference to some of the customisable MMS breastplates that exist, that will give any Shinki that use them 'lifelike texture'.[[/note]]

* DarkIsEvil: Both a strarf model [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils (MMS Devil)]] and a Valona model [[HornyDevils (MMS Succubus)]] are used as villains in the 11th and 12th episodes. [[DarkIsNotEvil The exact opposite]] remains true for Hina, of course, seeing as how she's also a Strarf model.

* AdultFear: Episode 11's premise - [[spoiler:Hina being conned by the Valona and the other Strarf and then getting "reset"]] smacks of someone abducting your loved one not by force, but by tricking them into following the abductors into a situation where they only realise their mistake right before they're captured. Worse, it happens on her birthday, too, and the others begin to worry when she doesn't come back, or seem to be anywhere.
** Episode 8 does it sooner - [[spoiler:it covers the fear watching a loved one in a coma from a deadly disease, not knowing if they'll die or survive.]]
** Episode 2 has one of a simpler scale, the fear that your children could make mistakes and get badly hurt while trying to cook.

* UnitsNotToScale: The Micro SD cards seen in episode 6, while certainly convincingly small, appear to be out-of-scale proportionately to the Shinki portrayl in the show, as in real life, they are comparable in size to the full MMS chestplate, whereas the micro SD cards seen in episode 6 appear to be small enough to fit into an Arnval MKII's chest cavity with room to spare. It's a little jarring, since the Shinki themselves appear to be sized exactly to their real-life toy counterparts.

Compare ''Anime/HandMaidMay'', where the title robot girl maid is decidedly a non-combat model unlike the Shinki; ''Manga/IchigekiSacchuHoihoiSan'', where Hoihoi-san is another 1:1 scale robot doll that battles cockroaches immune to common pesticides; ''Anime/KidouTenshiAngelicLayer'', where the little fighting robot girls are not the focus, but their Masters are instead; and SpiritualSuccessor ''Anime/FrameArmsGirls'', which started a few years later and features a female OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent as the toys' owner.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Many Shinki beam weapons.

* DarkIsEvil: Both a strarf model[[DemonLordsAndArchDevils (MMS Devil)]] and a Valona model[[HornyDevils (MMS Succubus)]] are used as villains in the 11th and 12th episodes. [[DarkIsNotEvil The exact opposite]] remains true for Hina, of course, seeing as how she's also a Strarf model.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers (or rather, Her): Ann and her 'sister' Shinki sometimes forget that they have flight-capable armor parts and/or weapons. [[JustifiedTrope Justifiable]], since they spend most of their days living a peaceful existence with their Master and never enroll in Shinki combat tournaments, as he keeps them with him as companions, not fighters. Hina, on the other hand, is very quick to resort to her weaponry, as being the most recent addition to the family, as well as having a more combat-oriented personality, she's far more willing to draw her sword when trouble comes up. Episode Five also provides another justification for the girls being less willing to use their flight packs and weaponry, as both combat and flight can drain their energy reserves very quickly.

* [[ManOnFire Shinki on Fire]]: Ach became this after drinking a Nitro-flavoured jelly can, until she fell into the pond.
-->'''Ach:''' I'm goin' berserk!

* (Not) ThreeLawsCompliant: The Busou Shinki appear to have a Master-centric behavioural pattern as a safeguard instead of Asimovian Laws, which generally gives them UndyingLoyalty to their registered or accepted Masters. This can result in Shinki willing to go to self-destructive extremes for their Master's sake.

* CreepyPhysical: In Episode 13, Ann undergoes a maintenance checkup at a Shinki facility, which includes electrical testing of her power systems that produces an interesting reaction from her. She also gets felt up by the Shinki nurse (a Brightfeather MMS 1 Type-Nurse), who comments that her Master treats her body extremely well with a suggestive expression while running her hands all over Ann's body. The whole ordeal leaves Ann feeling exhausted.

* CreepyPhysical: In Episode 13, Ann undergoes a maintenance checkup at a Shinki facility, which includes electrical testing of her power systems that produces an interesting reaction from her. She also gets felt up by the Shinki nurse (a Brightfeather MMS1 Type-Nurse), who comments that her Master treats her body extremely well with a suggestive expression while running her hands all over Ann's body. The whole ordeal leaves Ann feeling exhausted.

The ''Busou Shinki'' TV series is a TwelveEpisodeAnime based on the [[Toys/BusouShinki toyline of the same name]], which aired from October to December 2012. There was also a Thirteenth Episode released as an OVA that revealed some more backstory.