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''Strange Dawn'' (''ストレンジドーン'') is a 13-episode anime TV series created by Hal Film Maker for Pioneer LDC in 2000.

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''Strange Dawn'' (''ストレンジドーン'') is a 13-episode anime TV series created by Creator/JunichiSato and Hal Film Maker for Pioneer LDC in 2000.

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Removed complaining, fixed up some examples.


Two teenage girls (Yuko Miyabe and Eri Natsuno) are transported to a magical planet which is dominated by [[{{Lilliputians}} small semi-humans]]. To the girls surprise, they are treated as Gods by the little creatures. They learn that Princess Alia used her magic-powers to transport them to their world, because [[TheChosenOne they believe Yuko and Eri are the 'protectors']] and will end the horrible war that has been going on for years on their planet. They befriend Shall who comes to the decision to protect Yuko and Eri he tells them that Princess Alia was captured right after she summoned them.

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Two teenage girls (Yuko girls, the aloof Yuko Miyabe and softy Eri Natsuno) Natsuno, are transported to a magical planet which is dominated by [[{{Lilliputians}} small semi-humans]]. To the girls surprise, they are treated as Gods by the little creatures. They learn that Princess Alia used her magic-powers to transport them to their world, because [[TheChosenOne they believe Yuko and Eri are the 'protectors']] and will end the horrible war that has been going on for years on their planet. They befriend Shall who comes to the decision to protect Yuko and Eri he tells them that Princess Alia was captured right after she summoned them.



!!Tropes:
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko makes the Chibis give her what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately, she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them in return.

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!!Tropes:
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko makes
!!''Strange Dawn'' provides examples of the Chibis give her what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately, she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them in return.following tropes:



* BerserkerTears: Eri in Episode 13. Though it's hard to take seriously since it comes off as more of an immature temper tantrum in her case.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Eri.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Eri.

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* BerserkerTears: After everything she's been through, always trying to be empathetic and reasonable and getting very little support, Eri in Episode 13. Though it's hard to take seriously since it comes off as more of an immature temper tantrum in realizes that despite her case.
valuable status as a protector, she has no power whatsoever. The few companions she's made in this world are to be executed on flimsy charges of espionage and the general ordering this has the nerve to shout at her when she pleads for their lives. It is at this point that Eri snaps and tearfully unleashes her anger over everything.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Eri.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Eri.
ChastityDagger: When the armies arrive, Mani gives her friend Reca, a beauty with many suitors, a hairpin to defend herself with if ever such would be necessary. Reca hesitantly accepts and ends up using it against a creepy general who sets his sights on her.



* {{Jerkass}}: '''Yuko''', full stop. She's rude, [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], disrespectful, obnoxious, and even when the villagers are being killed, she [[LackOfEmpathy doesn't express any empathy]], and spends most of the story [[{{Wangst}} whining]] about wanting to get back to her own world, and even when the other characters are trying to help her (finding her food, etc), [[EntitledBitch she rarely does anything in return]] and is [[UngratefulBastard constantly nasty to them]]. The worst part? [[DesignatedHero She's supposed to be one of the heroes]].



* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted; one of the girls worries about her period coming while in another world.
* PinballProtagonist: Eri and Yuko don't really do much throughout the story, except for just communicating with the other characters. This is one of the main criticisms the anime received from reviewers.

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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted; one of While stuck in the girls other world, Eri worries about that she won't have anything when her period coming while in another world.
comes. She shares this concern with Yuko who answers she can help her out once. When Yuko later goes off on her own to find a way home, she makes good on her promise and gives Eri her one emergency menstrual pad.
* PinballProtagonist: Eri and Yuko don't really do much throughout the story, except for just communicating with the other characters. This is one of the main criticisms the anime received from reviewers.
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* OffModel: Some scenes has the protagonists looking like NoodlePeople.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko makes the Chibis give her what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them in return.

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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko makes the Chibis give her what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately Unfortunately, she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them in return.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The story does try to Paint Yuko as this, by showing her saving one of the characters and giving another character a sticker as a way of kindness.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The story does try to Paint paint Yuko as this, by showing her saving one of the characters and giving another character a sticker as a way of kindness.
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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko demands the Chibis to give what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them.

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* AllTakeAndNoGive: Yuko demands makes the Chibis to give her what she wants, including food, shelter, etc. Unfortunately she repays them by constantly being rude and disrespectful, while rarely doing anything to help them.them in return.

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