History Anime / Kuromukuro

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Well, Mom — Hiromi Shirahane, being a director of the whole affair, has little time to raise her daughters, especially when her husband [[MissingDad disappeared to parts unknown]], so she's effectively offloaded them [[ParentalSubstitute onto her brother]].

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:In Episode 20 Yukina encounters a partially "assembled" head identical to her own (as well as Muetta and Yukihime) in a strange machine aboard the Efidolg ship, to her great distress. This implies that there is actually a standard pattern of mass-produced Efidolg warriors.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Played with in the character of Sophie, an OccidentalOtaku and a great fan of ''Literature/TheHagakure'', the eighteenth-century moralistic tract often said to be the "Bible of Bushido". She's greatly perplexed why Kennosuke (who is from ''the sixteenth century'', and who was born at least 200 years before it was written) doesn't care for its values '''at all'''.
** To wit: ''The Hagakure'' was written in the entirely peaceful period as a moralistic reminder that WeHaveBecomeComplacent, and displayed a heavily idealized version of what its author ''believed'' the true ''bushi'' should be. It had very little to do with the real samurai both from the [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod Sengoku Jidai]] era and the times it was written, and was promptly forgotten, only being dug out during the "Kurai Tanima"[[note]]"Dark Valley"[[/note]] period of militaristic frenzy of Taisho and early Showa eras.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: When Ken killed [[spoiler: [[JerkAss Fusnarnie]]]], there was much rejoicing.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Mirasa and Muetta were punished for their failure by subjecting them [[YourWorstNightmare to their greatest fears]].

''Kuromukuro'' (クロムクロ, lit. Black Artifact) is a original {{mecha}} anime series produced by Creator/PAWorks, to celebrate the studio's [[MilestoneCelebration 15th anniversary]]. It was directed by Tensai Okamura (''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', ''Anime/ProjectBlueEarthSOS''), written by Ryou Higaki (''Literature/{{Another}}''), character designs by Yuriko Ishii (''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'') and music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi (''Manga/MonsterMusume''). It premiered in [[Spring2016Anime April 2016]]. The series was simulcast on Creator/{{Netflix}} in Japan, with a worldwide release of its first season (eps 1-13) on July 4, 2016 and its second season (eps 14-26) following on October 10, 2016.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Played with in the character of Sophie, an OccidentalOtaku and a great fan of ''Hagakure'', the eighteenth-century moralistic tract often said to be the "Bible of Bushido". She's greatly perplexed why Kennosuke (who is from ''the sixteenth century'', and who was born at least 200 years before it was written) doesn't care for its values '''at all'''.
** To wit: ''Hagakure'' was written in the entirely peaceful period as a moralistic reminder that WeHaveBecomeComplacent, and displayed a heavily idealized version of what its author ''believed'' the true ''bushi'' should be. It had very little to do with the real samurai both from the [[UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod Sengoku Jidai]] era and the times it was written, and was promptly forgotten, only being dug out during the "Kurai Tanima"[[note]]"Dark Valley"[[/note]] period of militaristic frenzy of Taisho and early Showa eras.

** The reverse is true for [[OccidentalOtaku his charge]], who is a diehard samurai buff and has basically raised herself on the ''Literature/{{Hagakure}}'''s values.

** Sophie Noelle was raised on ''Literature/{{Hagakure}}'' and is all about ''Japanese'' chivalry as advanced there as well. Kennosuke, a real-life (well, if he [[TomatoInTheMirror really is]]) {{samurai}} from the war-ravaged 16th century thinks it's [[CombatPragmatist more or less dumb]].

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The epilogue that takes place five years later. Yukina and Sophia are departing on a scout mission to where Oma is, Mika has become a reporter and is on scene for the launch of the aforementioned scout mission, Ryoto's joined the military, Jun is shown to be on an expedition somewhere in the Arctic or Antartica, Jose is shown in Tokyo and may have become a filmmaker, Graham appears to have been promoted, Tom Borden is training new GAUS pilots, Shenmei has returned to China, and Rita and Elizabeth are living together, with Rita starting to show signs of recovering from her brainwashing. What Oma is doing is unknown, but thanks to a device that Hausen gave to Yukina, it is known that he's still alive.

* WhereAreTheyNowEnding: The epilogue that takes place five years later. Yukina and Sophia are departing on a scout mission to where Oma is, Mika has become a reporter and is on scene for the launch of the aforementioned scout mission, Ryoto's joined the military, Jun is shown to be on an expedition somewhere in the Arctic or Antartica, Jose is shown in Tokyo and may have become a filmmaker, Graham appears to have been promoted, Tom Borden is training new GAUS pilots, Shenmei has returned to China, and Rita and Elizabeth are living together, with Rita starting to show signs of recovering from her brainwashing. What Oma is doing is unknown, but thanks to a device that Hausen gave to Yukina, it is known that he's still alive.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Over 30 characters who serve a purpose, not bad for a 26-episode anime.

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* MindControl: Efidolg utilize special miniature spider-like drones inserted into a person's ear to turn them into obedient slaves. [[spoiler:Zeringer, being apparently an Efidolg turncoat himself, uses one to interrogate wounded Lefil in the finale]].