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* ATragedyOfImpulsivenes: Sayaka [[spoiler: freaks out when she's asked by Pencil to come back to help with her father's old research, running right into traffic and falling into a coma.]]
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Sayaka and Shyamalan debuted in the first episode of ''Decode,'' whereas here they first appear in volume twenty two and twenty six respectively.
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* AllLovingHero: In a story where even most of the heroes are gruff or not-so-nice, Sayaka is unapologetically good and only desires to help everyone with her research.
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* AntiVillain: It's easier to name which villains aren't WellIntentionedExtremists at worst. Most antagonists in the story are misguided or noble in their intentions, with a few standout exceptions of pure evil being Hikawa and [[spoiler: Satyajit Shyamalan.]]
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* AntiVillain: It's easier to name which villains aren't WellIntentionedExtremists well intentioned extremists at worst. Most antagonists in the story are misguided or noble in their intentions, with a few standout exceptions of pure evil being Hikawa and [[spoiler: Satyajit Shyamalan.]]
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* MalevolentMaskedMan: Chigira often wears a sinister-looking white mask after the timeskip. When Tsutomu inquires about it, he says [[NoodleIncident he received a nasty injury in a training exercise.]]
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* NervesOfSteel: In the Spring Festival arc, when facing the threat of force by Neith's thugs, Ryota boldly stands up to them to prevent them from hurting his friends any further.
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* SuperSoldier: Hikawa's motivation with his inhumane research is to create an army of super soldiers, and it's for this end Revi and her affiliates support him so much. As we see in the timeskip, he succeeded in laying the foundation for a successful super soldier program.
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* TheWorfEffect:
** Birdy, who was portrayed as unstoppable up to that point, is completely humiliated in her first confrontation with Gomez.
** Chigira's attempts to restrain Undine see him floored with his intestines ripped out, and he proves to be able to do little to nothing against Nechla later on.
** Nechla is worfed by Gomez as well, after having just incapacitated Birdy, although she comparitively puts up a much better fight.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears:
** Chigira after the time skip. Justified from his traumatic experiences.
** Sayaka is dorky and shy, but is of prodigious intellect and skill in scientice fields.
** Birdy, who was portrayed as unstoppable up to that point, is completely humiliated in her first confrontation with Gomez.
** Chigira's attempts to restrain Undine see him floored with his intestines ripped out, and he proves to be able to do little to nothing against Nechla later on.
** Nechla is worfed by Gomez as well, after having just incapacitated Birdy, although she comparitively puts up a much better fight.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears:
** Chigira after the time skip. Justified from his traumatic experiences.
** Sayaka is dorky and shy, but is of prodigious intellect and skill in scientice fields.
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* ApologeticAttacker: During Tsutomu's raid on the hospital a comatose Sayaka is being held at, Chigira does halfheartedly block their path and makes it clear he doesn't want to fight, but restrains Tsutomu regardless.
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* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler: Chigira largely forgoes his loyalty to Revi in volume nine after learning of her plans for Birdy, but his loyalty to Gomez remains undying.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: Greatly downplayed and subverted with Chigira. After the time skip, he is now on the side of Christella Revi and, as a member of a special forces unit, oversees the shadier aspects of her operations. Not only does he still retain his morals, his true loyalty is to Gomez. [[spoiler: He helps Birdy escape captivity in volume nine at the cost of returning to Revi's side.]]
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* IOweYouMyLife: When Revi asks Chigira why he doesn't flee when Nechla has them dead to rights, reminding him she was indirectly behind many of his misfortunes, Chigira states he owes a debt to Revi for healing him when he was an infant, as well as giving him a firm purpose on life now. This reveals despite everything, Chigira does not have any regrets or doubts about the path he has taken.
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* LikeASonToMe: Gomez eventually sees Chigira as his surrogate son, and the latter views him as his father figure. Their loyalty to one another is so great [[spoiler: Gomez is willing to compromise his allegiances to Revi solely to make Chigira happy. By the end of the story, Gomez entrusts him to protect his family as he serves his prison sentence.]]
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* PrettyBoy:
** Compared to Tsutomu and Ryota, Chigira has a very feminine face and slender build.
** Gomez also had a pretty, boyish face in his youth, [[{{Hunk}} but was comparitively ripped during his days as a federal agent.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal:
** In the Millennium Beats arc, it's revealed the Chigira family were Altan royalty that descended to Earth with the Arita dynasty. They broke off from the Aritas due to a disagreement over their agendas.
** Birdy [[spoiler: is directly descended from Etania's bloodline, hence her unnatural strength even by Ixorian standards. Her distinct slitted pupils are also proof of it, and it's one of the first things her captors in Volume 9 check on to verify.]]
** Compared to Tsutomu and Ryota, Chigira has a very feminine face and slender build.
** Gomez also had a pretty, boyish face in his youth, [[{{Hunk}} but was comparitively ripped during his days as a federal agent.]]
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal:
** In the Millennium Beats arc, it's revealed the Chigira family were Altan royalty that descended to Earth with the Arita dynasty. They broke off from the Aritas due to a disagreement over their agendas.
** Birdy [[spoiler: is directly descended from Etania's bloodline, hence her unnatural strength even by Ixorian standards. Her distinct slitted pupils are also proof of it, and it's one of the first things her captors in Volume 9 check on to verify.]]
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* VigilanteMan: Chigira has a brief stint of this, feeling he must make amends by hunting down the monsters Hikawa unleashes upon Japan. Gomez pulls him out of it, explaining he can't do everything on his own and Birdy is soon to take care of Hikawa for good anyway.
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* IChooseToStay: Gomez makes it clear he isn't holding Chigira prisoner and allows him to leave his estate should he desire, only warning him of the realistic consequences of him doing so. Chigira chooses to stay with Gomez of his own will despite Birdy's insistence on returning him to his old life.
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* CosmicPlaything: Due to the importance of his genes, Chigira spends most of the first half of the manga being jerked around by one organization after another, from Hikawa Chemistry to the Federation and then some. [[spoiler: He settles with Revi after Hikawa is slain.]]
* ADateWithRosiePalms
** Due to Hikawa's experiments on him, Chigira initially cannot control his monstrously increased libido and fantasizes over Birdy while masturbating to her. He immediately expresses fear of what he's becoming after the deed.
** Subverted with Tsutomu in a way that's quite tragic. Late into the first half of the manga, Tsutomu contemplates masturbating as Birdy is asleep but stops himself realizing that it's not even his body, let alone how Birdy would easily notice and react to what he's doing. He then slumps into depressive contemplation over his circumstances, recognizing he has no genuine freedom or privacy in his current state.
** Due to Hikawa's experiments on him, Chigira initially cannot control his monstrously increased libido and fantasizes over Birdy while masturbating to her. He immediately expresses fear of what he's becoming after the deed.
** Subverted with Tsutomu in a way that's quite tragic. Late into the first half of the manga, Tsutomu contemplates masturbating as Birdy is asleep but stops himself realizing that it's not even his body, let alone how Birdy would easily notice and react to what he's doing. He then slumps into depressive contemplation over his circumstances, recognizing he has no genuine freedom or privacy in his current state.
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** Chigira suffers from depression and an identity crisis after escaping Hikawa, citing himself as a monster without anywhere to go. Gomez helps him get back on his feet.
** [[spoiler: Killing Nechla and remembering her unconscious rampage of Agni's lab causes Birdy to slip into deep depression of her identity, fearing she could wind up eventually becoming a monster that has to similarly be put down.]]
** Chigira suffers from depression and an identity crisis after escaping Hikawa, citing himself as a monster without anywhere to go. Gomez helps him get back on his feet.
** [[spoiler: Killing Nechla and remembering her unconscious rampage of Agni's lab causes Birdy to slip into deep depression of her identity, fearing she could wind up eventually becoming a monster that has to similarly be put down.]]
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* AdultFear: Chigira's whole situation in the first half of the story is rife with this.
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* BodyHorror: The fruits of [[EvilutionaryBiologist Hikawa's]] labor are not pretty, to say the least.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Chigira [[spoiler: chooses to leave his friends and old life behind to follow Gomez, and by extension Christella Revi, having found a new place to be after Hikawa's death.]] Ryota is left in anguish over being unable to do anything to make him reconsider.]]
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* OutOfFocus:
** After the timeskip, Natsumi along with Ryota are notably out of focus with the stakes becoming much higher and focusing on Christella Revi and galactic politics.
** Despite being the most prominent Marionettes in the first half, Sylph and Salamander are notably out of the spotlight post-timeskip while Undine and Gnome gain more limelight. Although Sylph returns in the last volumes, Salamander eregiously suffers ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
* RedOniBlueOni: Hayamiya is the blue to Sudou's red, although she is capable of having a temper. Interestingly, the dynamic of this goes back and forth between Birdy and Tsutomu throughout the story.
** After the timeskip, Natsumi along with Ryota are notably out of focus with the stakes becoming much higher and focusing on Christella Revi and galactic politics.
** Despite being the most prominent Marionettes in the first half, Sylph and Salamander are notably out of the spotlight post-timeskip while Undine and Gnome gain more limelight. Although Sylph returns in the last volumes, Salamander eregiously suffers ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
* RedOniBlueOni: Hayamiya is the blue to Sudou's red, although she is capable of having a temper. Interestingly, the dynamic of this goes back and forth between Birdy and Tsutomu throughout the story.
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* AwesomeByAnalysis:
** Hayamiya [[spoiler: deduces Tsutomu's secret through analyzing everything from the Bacillus incident to some mismatching details about his body, namely his lack of cavities and the notable scar on his ass she saw when younger.]]
** Revi and effectively Gomez piece together what's going on with the Sanctum Sanctorum and the origins of the star systems long before unsealing Peridan's forbidden book.
** Hayamiya [[spoiler: deduces Tsutomu's secret through analyzing everything from the Bacillus incident to some mismatching details about his body, namely his lack of cavities and the notable scar on his ass she saw when younger.]]
** Revi and effectively Gomez piece together what's going on with the Sanctum Sanctorum and the origins of the star systems long before unsealing Peridan's forbidden book.
* CryCute: Hayamiya breaks down in quiet tears after Bacillus' rampage on her school.
* FanserviceModel: What Hayamiya aspired to be before getting a nasty appendicitis scar.
* NoSympathy: [[spoiler: While she does acknowledge the truth in her whole story, Birdy flat out says she has no sympathy for Revi herself after everything she's done in her life as a terrorist.]]
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* AllMenArePerverts: Tsutomu is a teenage boy whose natural sexual urges are being repressed by virtue of his mind inhabiting a sexy female alien's body. The more the story goes on, the more vivid Tsutomu's erotic fantasies of girls he finds attractive become. Downplayed by the time skip, where Tsutomu grows out of that phase but still keeps a mild lecherous streak in regards to Sayaka.
* MoralityPet: Besides Tsutomu being one to Birdy over time, there's Towa to Revi, her son. [[spoiler: Notable in that while her love for Towa isn't enough to dissuade Revi from evil or her ultimate goals, she does acknowledge Towa as one of humanity's potential champions for the future in the epilogue.]]
** Gomez's love for his Earth family is a core part of what keeps his heart together admist his sinister occupation, and [[BerserkButton lord help anyone that threatens them.]]
** Gomez's love for his Earth family is a core part of what keeps his heart together admist his sinister occupation, and [[BerserkButton lord help anyone that threatens them.]]
* NonActionGuy: Completely justified in Tsutomu's case, as he's an ordinary high school boy who is inhabitating a badass alien warrior's body. He has no reason to fight or know how to.
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** Birdy actually considered trying to cover up what happened to Tsutomu before Tuto pointed out that he was recording what happened and hence it was impossible, so Birdy decides to help Tsutomu after all. How serious she was is questionable, but she's reprimanded by her superiorsnonetheless.nonetheless.
** While going through Birdy's memories after she goes comatose following her battle with Undine, Tsutomu calls out Megius on his segregation of Ixorians from the general populace and inaction against the discrimination Altans endure under the Federation.
** Birdy actually considered trying to cover up what happened to Tsutomu before Tuto pointed out that he was recording what happened and hence it was impossible, so Birdy decides to help Tsutomu after all. How serious she was is questionable, but she's reprimanded by her superiors
** While going through Birdy's memories after she goes comatose following her battle with Undine, Tsutomu calls out Megius on his segregation of Ixorians from the general populace and inaction against the discrimination Altans endure under the Federation.
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* BookDumb: Tsutomu. He flunked his initial college entrance exams, something Hazumi constantly berates him for. In a study party with his old friends, Sayaka also notes he's...bad at pretty much every subject. [[spoiler: When they become romantically involved, Sayaka also says she'd like most if he studied harder, something that exasparates him.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Birdy destroys the Sanctum Sanctorum, freeing the galaxy from their sinister control just as Revi envisioned. Unfortunately, their destruction comes at the cost of stranding the star systems from one another, as the Sanctum's grip on galatic politics was revealed to be so great they were managing interstellar travel itself from El Kazan's network. As a result, the Federation and Empire remnants are stranded on Earth with no hopeful way of returning home, forcing them to make uneasy peace. However, all blame is shifted towards Revi and Gomez from Birdy in court and the two face a life sentence, but they take it in stride. The epilogue also illustrates that the world still faces many challenges from newfound racial tensions, and the conspirators from Agni and the Federal Army are still at large or in hiding. On the sweeter side of it, although the scientists on Earth could not find a way to separate Birdy and Tsutomu, they naturally adapted to co-existing and resolved their mental fusion crisis. Sayaka is determined to find a way to separate them and hooks up with Tsutomu for good. The series closes illustrating that Birdy is still determined to make the new world a better place.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Birdy destroys the Sanctum Sanctorum, freeing the galaxy from their sinister control just as Revi envisioned. Unfortunately, their destruction comes at the cost of stranding the star systems from one another, as the Sanctum's grip on galatic politics was revealed to be so great they were managing interstellar travel itself from El Kazan's network. As a result, the Federation and Empire remnants are stranded on Earth with no hopeful way of returning home, forcing them to make uneasy peace. However, all blame is shifted towards Revi and Gomez from Birdy in court and the two face a life sentence, but they take it in stride. The epilogue also illustrates that the world still faces many challenges from newfound racial tensions, and the conspirators from Agni and the Federal Army are still at large or in hiding. On the sweeter side of it, although the scientists on Earth could not find a way to separate Birdy and Tsutomu, they naturally adapted to co-existing and resolved their mental fusion crisis. Sayaka is determined to find a way to separate them and hooks up with Tsutomu for good. The series closes illustrating that Birdy is still determined to make the new world a better place.place, and Revi is confident in the new generation of youth to make the right choices on where humanity previously failed in the other universe.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Birdy destroys the Sanctum Sanctorum, freeing the galaxy from their sinister control just as Revi envisioned. Unfortunately, their destruction comes at the cost of stranding the star systems from one another, as the Sanctum's grip on galatic politics was revealed to be so great they were managing interstellar travel itself from El Kazan's network. As a result, the Federation and Empire remnants are stranded on Earth with no hopeful way of returning home, forcing them to make uneasy peace. However, all blame is shifted towards Revi and Gomez from Birdy in court and the two face a life sentence, but they take it in stride. The epilogue also illustrates that the world still faces many challenges from newfound racial tensions, and the conspirators from Agni and the Federal Army are still at large or in hiding. On the sweeter side of it, although the scientists on Earth could not find a way to separate Birdy and Tsutomu, they naturally adapted to co-existing and resolved their mental fusion crisis. Sayaka is determined to find a way to separate them and hooks up with Tsutomu for good. The series closes illustrating that Birdy is still determined to make the new world a better place.]]
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* BadLiar: [[spoiler: When Natsumi eventually deduces the Tsutomu she's seeing may be an alien, possibly even Bacillus from before, he makes some absolutely feeble attempts at lying that fall flat. It doesn't matter much since soon after, Tsutomu and his friends are abducted by Neith Washgam and the truth is all revealed.]]
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* GoodIsNotSoft: Birdy might be a good cop who prefers diplomacy, but she isn't above often using extreme force to make her enemies submit.
** Tsutomu, in contrast to Birdy, is less idealistic and forgiving.
** Applies to most federal agents actually working under the law, such as Megius, Kidel, and Kashu.
** [[spoiler: While Gomez is revealed to be an all-around good guy, he has no reservations of killing if push comes to shove. There's also the fact his undercover work as Revi's enforcer forces him to oversee and carry out many nasty crimes.]]
** Tsutomu, in contrast to Birdy, is less idealistic and forgiving.
** Applies to most federal agents actually working under the law, such as Megius, Kidel, and Kashu.
** [[spoiler: While Gomez is revealed to be an all-around good guy, he has no reservations of killing if push comes to shove. There's also the fact his undercover work as Revi's enforcer forces him to oversee and carry out many nasty crimes.]]
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* SoreLoser: Birdy has this in regards to her [[CurbStompBattle first fight]] with Gomez, eager to pick up where they left off last the next time they meet. Although that rematch never comes to pass, she develops a one-sided rivarly with him for the rest of the series.
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* SoreLoser: Birdy has this in regards to her [[CurbStompBattle first fight]] with Gomez, eager to pick up where they left off last the next time they meet. Although that rematch never comes to pass, she develops a one-sided rivarly rivalry with him for the rest of the series.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Ixorians can fall into this when enraged enough, although as Birdy learns by the very end, it can be controlled to simply be a SuperMode with training.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Over the course of the story, Birdy frequently finds herself cooperating with the enigmatic Gomez, whom she frankly detests for a variety of reasons. Late into the story, Birdy forms an extremely tenuous partnership with [[spoiler: Revi herself.]]
* ThouShallNotKill: Birdy abhors the idea of killing in the line of duty and makes it a point to always arrest her targets; this puts her at odds with many every other Federation agents that have no qualms of killing. When faced with the dilemma of putting down Hikawa for the sake of humanity, she still tries to only detain him until he nearly kills her. In the few instances since where Birdy has killed sentient beings, she was left with absolutely no choice due to the threat her enemies posed.
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: The last words of the manga are Birdy proclaiming herself as "Birdy the mighty" to newfound adversaries.
* TrainingFromHell: What all Ixorians, and especially those set to be indoctrinated into the department of worship, go through.
* UnskilledButStrong: Birdy often gets by throwing her freakish strength and endurance around, but when faced with Gomez he criticizes her lack of real finesse and discipline. Much later into Evolution, she also fares poorly against Nechla, an Ixorian who is comparatively not as strong or durable as her, but a trained assassin who incapacitates her with precise attacks on her non-vitals. Even up to the FinalBattle, Gomez scolds her for her lack of finesse.
* UnstoppableRage
** Birdy and Hikawa both through phases of this in their absolutely brutal last battl
** [[spoiler: Nechla while brainwashed by the Sanctum Sanctorum, in her single-minded pursuit of killing Revi.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Ixorians can fall into this when enraged enough, although as Birdy learns by the very end, it can be controlled to simply be a SuperMode with training.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Over the course of the story, Birdy frequently finds herself cooperating with the enigmatic Gomez, whom she frankly detests for a variety of reasons. Late into the story, Birdy forms an extremely tenuous partnership with [[spoiler: Revi herself.]]
* ThouShallNotKill: Birdy abhors the idea of killing in the line of duty and makes it a point to always arrest her targets; this puts her at odds with many every other Federation agents that have no qualms of killing. When faced with the dilemma of putting down Hikawa for the sake of humanity, she still tries to only detain him until he nearly kills her. In the few instances since where Birdy has killed sentient beings, she was left with absolutely no choice due to the threat her enemies posed.
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: The last words of the manga are Birdy proclaiming herself as "Birdy the mighty" to newfound adversaries.
* TrainingFromHell: What all Ixorians, and especially those set to be indoctrinated into the department of worship, go through.
* UnskilledButStrong: Birdy often gets by throwing her freakish strength and endurance around, but when faced with Gomez he criticizes her lack of real finesse and discipline. Much later into Evolution, she also fares poorly against Nechla, an Ixorian who is comparatively not as strong or durable as her, but a trained assassin who incapacitates her with precise attacks on her non-vitals. Even up to the FinalBattle, Gomez scolds her for her lack of finesse.
* UnstoppableRage
** Birdy and Hikawa both through phases of this in their absolutely brutal last battl
** [[spoiler: Nechla while brainwashed by the Sanctum Sanctorum, in her single-minded pursuit of killing Revi.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When Birdy snaps out of her crazed state and realizing she nearly killed Hikawa in their battle.]] It sticks long after he bites it as well.
* MsFanservice: The looks of the women in this series are often emphasized for {{Fanservice}}, much more than the other continuities.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness
** [[TheStoic Gomez]] breaks a sweat and panics when Nechla [[spoiler: ridicules him in captivity, dangling the probability of tattling to Revi about his deception if he doesn't kill her.]]
** [[DissonantSerenity Revi]] abruptly yells in a rage while [[spoiler: interrogating a brain damaged Nechla.]] She quickly goes back to her usual self, however, and never loses her cool again for the remainder of the series.
** After Capella [[spoiler: takes shelter in Tsutomu's house once the war between the Federation and Earth kicks off, she starts causing environmental damage that leads to the deaths of several people. When she rubs this into Birdy's face and how she does not have the legal authority to control her, Birdy later contemplates killing Capella in her sleep. Fortunately, she reminds herself she is not a murderer, and finds a peaceful alternative to detaining Capella with Gomez's aid.]]
* NoSympathy: [[spoiler: While she does acknowledge the truth in her whole story, Birdy flat out says she has no sympathy for Revi herself after everything she's done in her life as a terrorist.]]
* MsFanservice: The looks of the women in this series are often emphasized for {{Fanservice}}, much more than the other continuities.
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** [[TheStoic Gomez]] breaks a sweat and panics when Nechla [[spoiler: ridicules him in captivity, dangling the probability of tattling to Revi about his deception if he doesn't kill her.]]
** [[DissonantSerenity Revi]] abruptly yells in a rage while [[spoiler: interrogating a brain damaged Nechla.]] She quickly goes back to her usual self, however, and never loses her cool again for the remainder of the series.
** After Capella [[spoiler: takes shelter in Tsutomu's house once the war between the Federation and Earth kicks off, she starts causing environmental damage that leads to the deaths of several people. When she rubs this into Birdy's face and how she does not have the legal authority to control her, Birdy later contemplates killing Capella in her sleep. Fortunately, she reminds herself she is not a murderer, and finds a peaceful alternative to detaining Capella with Gomez's aid.]]
* NoSympathy: [[spoiler: While she does acknowledge the truth in her whole story, Birdy flat out says she has no sympathy for Revi herself after everything she's done in her life as a terrorist.]]
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* IAmAMonster: [[spoiler: Killing Nechla and remembering her unconscious rampage of Agni's lab causes Birdy to slip into deep depression of her identity, fearing she could wind up eventually becoming a monster that has to similarly be put down.]]
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* AdaptationalBadass: Not by much, but here, Bacillus actually fights Birdy back when cornered.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Not by much, but here, Bacillus Geega actually fights Birdy back when cornered.
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* DeathGlare: When forcing an Agni scientist to reveal what they're doing behind the scenes, at the sight of the laboratory, the man snaps and goes into a massive Motive Rant, tearing down Birdy for simply thinking she can do whatever she wants and justifying himself and the research. When he finishes by callously revealing the beast-man intentionally let loose into the city was Hinako's father, Birdy under the influence of Tsutomu's emotions let out an expression of bestial fury moments before hell itself is unleashed on the facility.
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* DeathGlare: When forcing an Agni scientist to reveal what they're doing behind the scenes, at the sight of the laboratory, the man snaps and goes into a massiveMotive Rant, MotiveRant, tearing down Birdy for simply thinking she can do whatever she wants and justifying himself and the research. When he finishes by callously revealing the beast-man intentionally let loose into the city was Hinako's father, Birdy under the influence of Tsutomu's emotions let out an expression of bestial fury moments before hell itself is unleashed on the facility.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Eventually comes to a head in the manga where she is torn between her loyalty to the Federation and Earth. Despite the danger Hikawa poses to Japan, the Federation has no interest in intervening in human affairs. Birdy chooses to disobey her superiors and forms an alliance with Gomez to take Hikawa down for good.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Eventually comes to a head in the manga where with Birdy when she is torn between her loyalty to the Federation and Earth. Despite the danger Hikawa poses to Japan, the Federation has no interest in intervening in human affairs. Birdy chooses to disobey her superiors and forms an alliance with Gomez to take Hikawa down for good.
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* BloodierandGorier: As a hardcore {{Seinen}} series, this series is much, much more violent and gruesome than any other entry in the franchise, most of which are in the {{Shonen}} demographic.
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* BloodierandGorier: BloodierAndGorier: As a hardcore {{Seinen}} series, this series is much, much more violent and gruesome than any other entry in the franchise, most of which are in the {{Shonen}} demographic.
