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* AdaptationalHeroism: In light novel of the the engagement with the Parpaldia ground army on Fenn, [[spoiler:the Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers recognize that the Parpaldia soldiers were attempting to surrender, even if their method was unconventional to the Japanese, due to the troops dropping their arms and hoisting a flag. The Japanese commander however, whose relatives were killed by Parpaldia's troops during their campaign, decides to declare the Parpaldia practice an attempt to conduct a magical attack and obliterates them with artillery.]] In the manga, [[spoiler:no such internal conflict occur on the Self-Defense Force end and it is portrayed moreso as a miscommunication of intent rather than a malicious interpretation to satiate one's revenge.]]
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* TitleDrop: This occurs in the light novel during an anonymous Japanese forum conversation about their situation of Japan transported to a new world.
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* GameChanger: Basically Japan. The common motif would be for Japan to go to war alongside a side considered weaker and less developed than the antagonist, and single-handedly help them turn the situation from a hopeless odds into an overwhelming and outstanding victory.
* GunshipRescue: Several attack helicopters manages to repel an Lourian Calvary from the eleven refugees.
* GunshipRescue: Several attack helicopters manages to repel an Lourian Calvary from the eleven refugees.
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* GameChanger: Basically Japan. The common motif would be for Japan to go to war alongside a side considered weaker and less developed than the antagonist, and single-handedly help them turn the situation from a hopeless odds odd into an overwhelming and outstanding victory.
* GunshipRescue: Several attack helicoptersmanages manage to repel an Lourian Calvary from the eleven refugees.
* GunshipRescue: Several attack helicopters
* MacrossMissileMassacre: [[spoiler:The mighty Gra Valkas naval fleet is subjected to this by the JSDF by a large-scale barrage of ASM-2 anti-ship missiles fired by F-2s, P-3s, and submarines, which effortlessly decimates the fleet with no real countermeasures against them.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:Many of Japan's opponents in the new world [[PacifismIsCowardice mistake Japan's diplomatic methods as pacifistic and interpret the country as militarily weak]], and so Japan's opponents often start hostile measures to subjugate Japan and their allies. Unfortunately for Japan's opponents, the military technology of the 21st century prove easy to hide and devastating when unleashed.]]
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* PacifismIsCowardice: Several empires in the world interpret Japan's attempt to establish diplomatic relations and avoiding warfare as a sign of weakness, causing them to start hostile activities to subjugate Japan. [[MuggingTheMonster They would be proven wrong when the JSDF gets deployed and encounter the enemies guns blazing]].
* ItsRainingMen: [[spoiler:To attack and seize the Gra Valkas' Valkyrie forward operating base, Japan and Mu coordinated forces to send in their paratroopers to land and overrun the base.]]
* RapePillageAndBurn: What the Lourian army does to the Qua-Toyne border town of Gim. Only 100 people are left as survivors. [[spoiler:This is also what happens to Alune, the border city in Mu that Gra Valkas seizes during their invasion]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Several cases, especially with royals that become involved with Japan.
** Princess Lumines of the Altaras kingdom, after escaping the Parpaldia's invasion to Japan, [[spoiler:establish her legitimacy by setting up a government-in-exile in Japan, establishing diplomatic relations with Japan, and sending broadcasts to her conquered kingdom and neighboring ones to prepare to rebel against the Parpaldia empire.]]
** [[spoiler:Gar Cabal, prince and heir of the Gar Valkas empire, was this when he first insisted on visiting the frontlines in order to bolster troop morale. However, after being captured and held in Japan, he takes the initiative to try and sue for peace in order to save his empire from Japan's might]].
* ItsRainingMen: [[spoiler:To attack and seize the Gra Valkas' Valkyrie forward operating base, Japan and Mu coordinated forces to send in their paratroopers to land and overrun the base.]]
* RapePillageAndBurn: What the Lourian army does to the Qua-Toyne border town of Gim. Only 100 people are left as survivors. [[spoiler:This is also what happens to Alune, the border city in Mu that Gra Valkas seizes during their invasion]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Several cases, especially with royals that become involved with Japan.
** Princess Lumines of the Altaras kingdom, after escaping the Parpaldia's invasion to Japan, [[spoiler:establish her legitimacy by setting up a government-in-exile in Japan, establishing diplomatic relations with Japan, and sending broadcasts to her conquered kingdom and neighboring ones to prepare to rebel against the Parpaldia empire.]]
** [[spoiler:Gar Cabal, prince and heir of the Gar Valkas empire, was this when he first insisted on visiting the frontlines in order to bolster troop morale. However, after being captured and held in Japan, he takes the initiative to try and sue for peace in order to save his empire from Japan's might]].
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In the opening days of [[spoiler:Gra Valkas' invasion of Japan's ally Mu, a F-2 pilot decides to disregard rules to withhold demonstrating their capabilities against Gra Valkas' forces and shoot down three enemy fighters attempting to strafe evacuating civilians.]]
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: When pushed, Japan leverages the full might of their military to punish empires that try to provoke them, and considering their first few opponents range from medieval-era to Napoleonic-era technologies, this is the [[CurbStompBattle default scenario even when they attempt to hold back.]]
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* GameChanger: Basically Japan. The common motif would be for Japan to go to war alongside a side considered weaker and less developed than the antagonist, and single-handedly help them turn the situation from a hopeless odds into an overwhelming and outstanding victory.
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* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: Downplayed. Although Japan, the main character nation, is a science-based nation, its enemies are not entirely magic-based: they are using Magitek which combines both elements to varying degrees - although their underestimation/misunderstanding of the role of science means they rely more on magic.
** The only exception so far is the Gra Valkas Empire, Japan's only opponent so far that is a science-based nation like them.
** The only exception so far is the Gra Valkas Empire, Japan's only opponent so far that is a science-based nation like them.
