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* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the dozens of soldiers who get [[PGExplosives blown up and sent flying]] and the numerous tanks and mechs being destroyed, there has yet to be a drop of blood seen in the show.
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: The proto-Argevollen research project ended up causing severe brain damage and loss of identity to its test pilot, who then went insane and caused the drones to destroy the whole testing grounds before committing suicide.]]
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* AceCustom: Richtofen's trail krieger, which has noticeably more thrusters attached to it, but is otherwise identical to a normal Ingelmian mass produced unit.
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* AceCustom: Richtofen's trail krieger, Trail Krieger, which has noticeably more thrusters attached to it, but is otherwise identical to a normal Ingelmian mass produced unit.
* ExactEavesdropping: Jamie was on her way to the brig to give Susumu a piece of her mind after his actions at the restaurant party. She arrives just in time to hear [[spoiler: Suzushiro telling Susumu the true story of his sister's death.]]
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* UptightLovesWild: [[spoiler: Samonji and Reika before her death. In the present, Suzushiro even notes that the only times she had ever seen Samonji relax was when he was around Reika.]]
* WarForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler:It turns out that many of the current conflicts affecting''Argevollen's'' the world were started by Kybernes with the express purpose of profiting from the arms sales that would result.result. So far, we've seen they are interfering in two different wars and supplying four countries on opposing sides with arms.]]
* WarForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler:It turns out that many of the current conflicts affecting
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* {{Jerkass}}: Brigadier General Cowen of the Arandas military. He suddenly summons Samonji to his office back at headquarters for the sole reason of [[spoiler: disclosing to him that Susumu is Reika's brother.]] This summons is the reason why Samonji and Suzushiro were unavailable to command the defense of Whispe. But when Samonji arrives, he jerks him around and wastes his time with meaningless small talk, even offering him wine to drink when it is clearly in violation of military regulations due to Samonji still being on duty. He only says what he has to say once it's clear Samonji has [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere had enough of his BS]] and was about to leave. Then he tops everything he just did by having the ''audacity'' to ask Samonji "By the way, that woman waiting for you outside... have you fucked her yet?" '''Wow.'''
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* CasanovaWannabe: Trail krieger pilot Lorenz Giuliano, who apparently hits on a different girl in the 8th Independent Corps before each mission.
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** Episode 12 reveals why: [[spoiler:It turns out he was involved with once the head of a guard detail for the test pilot of the initial tests research project that would eventually result in the Argevollen. Said tests ended disastrously, with and ended up getting the woman he loved, Reika, who's ''also'' Tokimune's older sister, killed.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing Reika Nanjou does is use her mech to ''interrupt a military briefing'' solely so she can run up to Saori Suzushiro and say hi, because she was just that glad to see another female soldier.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Ingelmian Major Conrad Daniels attempts to take on the Argevollen single-handedly, and very nearly manages to disable it, but is killed when the Susumu manages to grab the knife Daniels' Trail Krieger is holding and stabs him with it.
* LibationForTheDead: At the end of episode 9, Richthofen orders two glasses of wine, one for himself and the other for his deceased friend Conrad.
* NomDeMom: [[spoiler: Susumu's family name is from his mother's side, which is why Samonji did not realize that he was Reika Nanjou's brother.]]
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Bellhas is a beautiful island city renowned for its resorts and gorgeous beachfront property. [[spoiler: Years ago, it was the testing ground for the proto-Argevollen that resulted in the death of Reika Nanjou and the destruction of the entire testing facility.]] In the present day, the entire incident has been covered up by the Arandas military, and the former site is nothing more than an empty field.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Reika dreams of creating an army that will never suffer any deaths. Samonji immediately calls her out on how blatantly unrealistic this is. [[spoiler: What she actually means is that she hopes her role as a test pilot will eventually produce results in the form of a drone army for Arandas.]]
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* DuringTheWar: The series opens in the middle of the Ingelmian invasion of Arandas, with Arandas very much on the losing side.
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* GreyAndGreyMorality: The Arandas military leadership has an overly familiar relationship with the Kybernes Corporation and thinks nothing of [[WeHaveReserves sacrificing troops for short-sighted reasons.]] The Ingelmian government's justification of their invasion of Arandas sounds suspiciously close to authoritarian propaganda, with constant proclamations of their "glorious mission" and urging citizens to give everything they have to the war effort.
** On the other hand, the individual soldiers of the respective sides are more or less decent people caught up in a bad situation. Schlief Richthofen may be a ruthless AcePilot, but he [[AFatherToHisMen greatly values the lives of the soldiers]] he fights with, and he is shown to be [[DrowningMySorrows heavily affected]] when a friend of his dies in the war. Susumu meanwhile joined the army because he wanted to [[spoiler: find out why his sister, an army officer, died under suspicious circumstances.]]
** On the other hand, the individual soldiers of the respective sides are more or less decent people caught up in a bad situation. Schlief Richthofen may be a ruthless AcePilot, but he [[AFatherToHisMen greatly values the lives of the soldiers]] he fights with, and he is shown to be [[DrowningMySorrows heavily affected]] when a friend of his dies in the war. Susumu meanwhile joined the army because he wanted to [[spoiler: find out why his sister, an army officer, died under suspicious circumstances.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: In episode 11, the squad is relaxing at a restaurant to celebrate Okui's successful command of the Whispe evacuation. It's all fun and games, with even [[TheStoic Captain Samonji]] showing up to join in. Then he goes to speak to Tokimune in private and [[spoiler: tells him how his sister died, and that he could have prevented her death but didn't. Tokimune flips out and delivers a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to the captain until his squadmates pull him away.]] The episode ends with Tokimune locked up in the brig.
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* RealRobot: The Trail Kriegers, the most widespread war machine used by the two armies showcased in the series, are more or less walking tanks, and are treated as such.
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* RealRobot: RealRobotGenre: The Trail Kriegers, the most widespread war machine used by the two armies showcased in the series, are more or less walking tanks, and are treated as such.such. They also rely on heavy support from infantry, armored vehicles, and artillery.
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A 24-episode anime-first production by Studio XEBEC, ''Shirogane Ishi no Argevollen'' (literally Silver-Willed Argevollen) aired during the Summer2014Anime season.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: And combined with DyingDeclarationOfLove too! [[spoiler:Reika dies almost immediately after Samonji pulls her out of the test-type's cockpit, but not before she could whisper her feelings to him.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Reika turns the remote-controlled Trail Kriegers on her command unit, before they could do further damage to the Argent Point base and kill all her friends in the process]].
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* AttackDrone: As revealed by episode 12, at its inception, the Argevollen project aimed to produce these, with the test-type remotely controlling unmanned Trail Kriegers to fight for it. Indeed, they're similar to the G-Bits from Gundam-X, given how they're controlled by the brainwaves of the pilot of the main unit.
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* TheNeutralZone: Bellhas, an resort island part of the country of Wild Reveld (first part pronounced "willed"). It is actually not formally part of the country but is on lease to Wild Reveld from Arandas. The island's businesses are willing to service soldiers from both Arandas and Ingelmia so long as they are not in uniform.
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* RealRobot: The Trail Kreigers, Kriegers, the most widespread war machine used by the two armies showcased in the series, are more or less walking tanks, and are treated as such.such.
** The Argevollen itself, despite its initial look and performance of a SuperRobot, is actually one of these. It requires a lot of maintenance to stay in fighting shape, such as in Episode 7 when it needed to get an emergency firmware update. The Arandas military also does not really consider it of vital importance to the war effort, as they are more than willing to sacrifice it.
** The Argevollen itself, despite its initial look and performance of a SuperRobot, is actually one of these. It requires a lot of maintenance to stay in fighting shape, such as in Episode 7 when it needed to get an emergency firmware update. The Arandas military also does not really consider it of vital importance to the war effort, as they are more than willing to sacrifice it.
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* CassanovaWannabe: Trail krieger pilot Lorenz Giuliano, who apparently hits on a different girl in the 8th Independent Corps before each mission.
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* UnusualUserInterface: While the Argevollen still features the expected foot pedals and control sticks of a trail krieger, what ''really'' gets it to run is a system that scans the brainwave patterns of its pilot. When a pilot is under too much mental stress, the system literally shuts down, and locks the Argevollen into place.
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* CassanovaWannabe: Trail krieger pilot Lorenz Giuliano, who apparently hits on a different girl in the 8th Independent Corps before each mission.
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* HiddenDepths: Akino, the 8th Independent's resident communications officer, apparently used to be an idol singer, though she's a little embarrassed at this particular facet of her past.
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* SmallTownBoredom: One of the reasons Okui gives for not visiting Whispe, though it's obvious that it's more because he no longer has any family left to visit there, his parents having passed away years before.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The members of the 8th Independent Mechanized Corps]]
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* AceCustom: Richtofen's trail krieger, which has noticeably more thrusters attached to it, but is otherwise identical to a normal Ingelmian mass produced unit.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: What the rest of the male soldiers in the 8th Independent end up as, since what they do ultimately get secondary focus compared to Tokimune and the Argevollen.
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* BeautyMark: Suzushiro has one under her left eye.
* DoomedHometown: The 8th Independent Corps is forced to abandon Okui's hometown of Whispe when a large force of Ingelmian trail kriegers advance on it.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The chief mechanic is simply called "Hanchou", which is literally just "Chief" in Japanese.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The chief mechanic is simply called "Hanchou", which is literally just "Chief" in Japanese.
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* TheyCallHimBarkeep: The chief mechanic is simply called "Hanchou", which is literally just "Chief" in Japanese.
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* NumberTwo: Suzushiro, who makes sure that the unit is running smoothly when Samonji isn't around.
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* WrenchWench: The 8th Independent's maintenance corps, barring the chief mechanic, is made up of women.
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* MyGreatestFailure: For Commander Samonji, [[spoiler:not stopping the weapon tests that eventually got Reika killed, despite having the power to do so.]]
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* RealRobot: The Trail Kreigers, the most widespread war machine used by the two armies showcased in the series, are more or less walking tanks, and are treated as such.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Colonel Izumi, Samonji's old academy buddy, seems to be the only Arandas army official with a clear head over his shoulders.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: What the 8th Independent Mechanized Corps is, compared to the rest of the Arandas armed forces. Apparently it's where soldiers with authority issues eventually end up, and in episode 11 it is even noted that a high number of its members have had records of decking their superiors.
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** Episode 12 reveals why: [[spoiler:It turns out he was involved with the initial tests that would eventually result in the Argevollen. Said tests ended disastrously, with ended up getting the woman he loved, Reika, who's ''also'' Tokimune's older sister, killed.]]
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* GeneralRipper: A good deal of Arandas' generals simply don't care about what happens to the troops on the ground, and have even tried, on different occasions, to sacrifice Tokimune's unit to seize a (temporary) tactical advantage.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: [[spoiler:It turns out that many of the current conflicts affecting ''Argevollen's'' were started by Kybernes with the express purpose of profiting from the arms sales that would result.]]
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* ConstructedWorld: This is clearly a fictional world, as HumongousMecha exist but [[SchizoTech aircraft were never developed.]]
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The Kingdom of Arandas Alliance and the Countries Unification of Ingelmia have been at war for many years. The situation has been at a stalemate across the fortress of the Great Wall, which has never been penetrated since the foundation of Arandas--until now that is. Enter Susumu Tokimune, a rookie mecha pilot forced to fall back along with the rest of his squadron until Arnadas' reinforcements arrive at the border. Susumu finds himself plunged into the center of the war when he decides to dive in and save a civilian enclave from the attacking Ingelmian's. His actions force him to pilot the titular Argvollen, a powerful new SuperPrototype mecha.
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The Kingdom of Arandas Alliance and the Countries Unification of Ingelmia have been at war for many years. The situation has been at a stalemate across the fortress of the Great Wall, which has never been penetrated since the foundation of Arandas--until now that is. Enter Susumu Tokimune, a rookie mecha pilot forced to fall back along with the rest of his squadron until Arnadas' reinforcements arrive at the border. Susumu finds himself plunged into the center of the war when he decides to dive in and save a civilian enclave from the attacking Ingelmian's. His actions force him to pilot the titular Argvollen, Argevollen, a powerful new SuperPrototype mecha.
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* ClingyMacGuffin: The Argevollen is controlled by thought, and locks onto the brainwave patterns and vital signatures of the first person to pilot it. This means that Susumu can't leave the ''extremely'' physically and mentally taxing task of piloting it to a more experienced member of his squadron.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ukyou's impressive strategic skills are implied to have come from being forced to make a lot of tough decisions in the past.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ingelmian leadership justifies their invasion as a war for liberation.
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: The sequence is played pretty straight, except Susumu is already a trained soldier and pilot.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ukyou's impressive strategic skills are implied to have come from being forced to make a lot of tough decisions in the past.
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* AcePilot: Richthofen is clearly better than all the other pilots seen in the first 5 episodes. His superiors trust him enough to let him fight the Argevollen on his own.
* BreatherEpisode: After all the fighting in the first three episodes everyone gets a break in episode 4. The next episode slowly gets back to the action and fighting.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Argevollen is controlled by thought, and locks onto the brainwave patterns and vital signatures of the first person to pilot it. This means that Susumu can't leave the ''extremely'' physically and mentally taxing task of piloting it to a more experienced member of hissquadron.
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* CurbStompBattle: In episode 3 Richthofen effortlessly destroys all of the regular enemy units that get in his way, and even the titular manages to only slow him down. Fortunately for Susumu the battle gets interrupted.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ukyou's impressive strategic skills are implied to have come from being forced to make a lot of tough decisions in thepast.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ingelmian leadership justifies their invasion as a war forliberation.
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* FallingIntoTheCockpit: The sequence is played pretty straight, except Susumu is already a trained soldier and pilot.
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* MsFanservice: Downplayed with Silfy, who's skintight piloting suit is nearly identical to Susumu's male one. That doesn't change the fact that it leaves little to the imagination, however.
* TheStoic: Ukyou hardly ever emotes.
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* MsFanservice: Downplayed with Silfy, who's skintight piloting suit is nearly identical to Susumu's male one. That doesn't change the fact that it leaves little to the imagination, however.
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* OneManArmy: The title of episode 3, and with good reason: It introduces Richthofen, who effortlessly destroys all of the regular enemy units that get in his way and likely would have won against the Argevollen too if the battle had not been interrupted.
* TheStoic: Ukyou hardly everemotes.emotes.
* StunnedSilence: In episode 5, as he's about to head out to the battlefield, Susumu asks Jamie if she's in love with him. Cue everyone that heard him just standing there doing nothing for a few seconds, unable to believe he just did that.
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* OneManArmy: The title of episode 3, and with good reason: It introduces Richthofen, who effortlessly destroys all of the regular enemy units that get in his way and likely would have won against the Argevollen too if the battle had not been interrupted.
* TheStoic: Ukyou hardly ever
* StunnedSilence: In episode 5, as he's about to head out to the battlefield, Susumu asks Jamie if she's in love with him. Cue everyone that heard him just standing there doing nothing for a few seconds, unable to believe he just did that.
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* InterserviceRivalry: Army vs Intelligence Service.
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The Kingdom of Arandas Alliance and the Countries Unification of Ingelmia have been at war for many years. The situation has been at a stalemate across the fortress of the Great Wall, which has never been penetrated since the foundation of Arandas--until now that is. Enter Susumu Tokimune, a rookie mecha pilot forced to fall back along with the rest of his squadron until Arnadas' reinforcements arrive at the border. Susumu finds himself plunged into the center of the war when he decides to dive in and save a civilian enclave from the attacking Ingelmian's. His actions force him to pilot the titular Argvollen, a powerful new SuperPrototype mecha.
!!This work contains examples of:
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Argevollen is controlled by thought, and locks onto the brainwave patterns and vital signatures of the first person to pilot it. This means that Susumu can't leave the ''extremely'' physically and mentally taxing task of piloting it to a more experienced member of his squadron.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ukyou's impressive strategic skills is implied to have come from being forced to make a lot of tough decisions in the past.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ingelmian leadership justifies their invasion as a war for liberation.
* HotScientist: Jamie Hazaford, the only surviving engineer fammiliar with the Argevollen's operating system.
* MsFanservice: Downplayed with Silfy, who's skintight piloting suit is nearly identical to Susumu's male one. That doesn't change the fact that it leaves little to the imagination, however.
* TheStoic: Ukyou hardly ever emotes.
!!This work contains examples of:
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Argevollen is controlled by thought, and locks onto the brainwave patterns and vital signatures of the first person to pilot it. This means that Susumu can't leave the ''extremely'' physically and mentally taxing task of piloting it to a more experienced member of his squadron.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ukyou's impressive strategic skills is implied to have come from being forced to make a lot of tough decisions in the past.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Ingelmian leadership justifies their invasion as a war for liberation.
* HotScientist: Jamie Hazaford, the only surviving engineer fammiliar with the Argevollen's operating system.
* MsFanservice: Downplayed with Silfy, who's skintight piloting suit is nearly identical to Susumu's male one. That doesn't change the fact that it leaves little to the imagination, however.
* TheStoic: Ukyou hardly ever emotes.
