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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the manga, [[spoiler:Moji]] qualifies for sure, planning to use Zearth to [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon kill his suffering due to a heart disease best friend, so he could get the girl]]]]. Fortunately, he changes his mind. Being a Mohiro Kitoh work, though, this is subverted for other characters, particularly in the cases of Kodama who shamelessly revels in violence, as well as [[spoiler:Kako, and Chizu]].
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the manga, [[spoiler:Moji]] qualifies for sure, planning to use Zearth to [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon [[spoiler:[[MurderTheHypotenuse kill his suffering due to a heart disease best friend, so he could get the girl]]]]. Fortunately, he changes his mind. Being a Mohiro Kitoh work, though, this is subverted for other characters, particularly in the cases of Kodama who shamelessly revels in violence, as well as [[spoiler:Kako, and Chizu]].
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the manga, [[spoiler:Moji]] qualifies for sure, planning to use Zearth to [[spoiler:''[[MoralEventHorizon kill his suffering due to a heart disease best friend, so he could get the girl]]'']]. Fortunately, he changes his mind. Being a Mohiro Kitoh work, though, this is subverted for other characters, particularly in the cases of Kodama who shamelessly revels in violence, as well as [[spoiler:Kako, and Chizu]].
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the manga, [[spoiler:Moji]] qualifies for sure, planning to use Zearth to [[spoiler:''[[MoralEventHorizon [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon kill his suffering due to a heart disease best friend, so he could get the girl]]'']].girl]]]]. Fortunately, he changes his mind. Being a Mohiro Kitoh work, though, this is subverted for other characters, particularly in the cases of Kodama who shamelessly revels in violence, as well as [[spoiler:Kako, and Chizu]].
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''Bokurano'' (literally, "''Ours''") is a {{seinen}} mecha manga written by Creator/MohiroKitoh, the creator of the infamous {{Mons}} {{Deconstruction}} ''Manga/ShadowStar'', which was serialized in ''Monthly Ikki'' from 2003 to 2009. It is essentially about a group of middle-school children who are contracted into a "game" where they pilot a HumongousMecha which they call Zearth in order to save their world from destruction. The anime adaptation began airing in the spring season of 2007 and ran for 24 episodes. There is also a five-volume light novel series called ''Bokurano: Alternative'', which, as its title suggests, is an AlternateContinuity take on the manga's storyline that places the characters in somewhat different circumstances. This series as been described as "like ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'', but even more depressing", so enter at your own risk.
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''Bokurano'' (literally, "''Ours''") is a {{seinen}} mecha manga written by Creator/MohiroKitoh, the creator of the infamous {{Mons}} {{Deconstruction}} ''Manga/ShadowStar'', which was serialized in ''Monthly Ikki'' from 2003 to 2009. It is essentially about a group of middle-school children who are contracted into a "game" where they pilot a HumongousMecha which they call Zearth in order to save their world from destruction. The anime adaptation began airing in the spring season of 2007 and ran for 24 episodes. There is also a five-volume light novel series called ''Bokurano: Alternative'', which, as its title suggests, is an AlternateContinuity take on the manga's storyline that places the characters in somewhat different circumstances. This series as has been described as "like ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'', but even more depressing", so enter at your own risk.
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* AnAesop: Everyone is the star of their own story, which is why it's important to have empathy for others.
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* AdultsAreUseless:
** Averted in both the anime and manga, and lampshaded as well; initially the kids don't want to tell the adults, police, or government about their involvement with Zearth because they would just ground them or keep them from piloting the mecha. Once people start ''dying'', however, they change their minds ...
** In both versions, the two Self-Defence Force officers working with the children agree to join the contract to pilot Zearth when it becomes necessary. They work with the children as liasons for the government and military. [[spoiler: The manga takes it even farther, as both of them ''and over twenty other soldiers'' deliberately sacrifice themselves for Zearth's victory on two different occasions.]]
** The anime has another aversion; Takami Komoda's father Kouichi is a member of the Diet (Japan's version of Parliament or Congress), and works with the two Self-Defence Force officers as well as Anko's IntrepidReporter dad Akira to try and reveal to the world the truth behind Zearth and the children, and force the Japanese government to admit that they knew about Zearth. [[spoiler: Congressman Komoda dies for it, though, shortly before Komo's battle.]]
** Played straight in Kako's turn to pilot (manga only): [[spoiler: Tanaka does nothing to prevent Kako's beating to Kirie, or his death at the hands of Chizuru. When Chizu starts killing the men who raped her, and many innocent people in the process, Tanaka's attempt to talk her down fails, and neither she nor Seki are armed, prompting Chizu to tell them that they can't threaten her.]]
** Averted in both the anime and manga, and lampshaded as well; initially the kids don't want to tell the adults, police, or government about their involvement with Zearth because they would just ground them or keep them from piloting the mecha. Once people start ''dying'', however, they change their minds ...
** In both versions, the two Self-Defence Force officers working with the children agree to join the contract to pilot Zearth when it becomes necessary. They work with the children as liasons for the government and military. [[spoiler: The manga takes it even farther, as both of them ''and over twenty other soldiers'' deliberately sacrifice themselves for Zearth's victory on two different occasions.]]
** The anime has another aversion; Takami Komoda's father Kouichi is a member of the Diet (Japan's version of Parliament or Congress), and works with the two Self-Defence Force officers as well as Anko's IntrepidReporter dad Akira to try and reveal to the world the truth behind Zearth and the children, and force the Japanese government to admit that they knew about Zearth. [[spoiler: Congressman Komoda dies for it, though, shortly before Komo's battle.]]
** Played straight in Kako's turn to pilot (manga only): [[spoiler: Tanaka does nothing to prevent Kako's beating to Kirie, or his death at the hands of Chizuru. When Chizu starts killing the men who raped her, and many innocent people in the process, Tanaka's attempt to talk her down fails, and neither she nor Seki are armed, prompting Chizu to tell them that they can't threaten her.]]
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* AdultsAreUseless:
** Averted in both the anime and manga, and lampshaded as well; initially the kids don't want to tell the adults, police, or government about their involvement with Zearth because they would just ground them or keep them from piloting the mecha. Once people start ''dying'', however, they change their minds ...
** In both versions, the two Self-Defence Force officers working with the children agree to join the contract to pilot Zearth when it becomes necessary. They work with the children as liasons for the government and military. [[spoiler: The manga takes it even farther, as both of them ''and over twenty other soldiers'' deliberately sacrifice themselves for Zearth's victory on two different occasions.]]
** The anime has another aversion; Takami Komoda's father Kouichi is a member of the Diet (Japan's version of Parliament or Congress), and works with the two Self-Defence Force officers as well as Anko's IntrepidReporter dad Akira to try and reveal to the world the truth behind Zearth and the children, and force the Japanese government to admit that they knew about Zearth. [[spoiler: Congressman Komoda dies for it, though, shortly before Komo's battle.]]
** Played straight inAdultsAreUseless: Kako's turn to pilot (manga only): [[spoiler: Tanaka does nothing to prevent Kako's beating to Kirie, or his death at the hands of Chizuru. When Chizu starts killing the men who raped her, and many innocent people in the process, Tanaka's attempt to talk her down fails, and neither she nor Seki are armed, prompting Chizu to tell them that they can't threaten her.]]
** Averted in both the anime and manga, and lampshaded as well; initially the kids don't want to tell the adults, police, or government about their involvement with Zearth because they would just ground them or keep them from piloting the mecha. Once people start ''dying'', however, they change their minds ...
** In both versions, the two Self-Defence Force officers working with the children agree to join the contract to pilot Zearth when it becomes necessary. They work with the children as liasons for the government and military. [[spoiler: The manga takes it even farther, as both of them ''and over twenty other soldiers'' deliberately sacrifice themselves for Zearth's victory on two different occasions.]]
** The anime has another aversion; Takami Komoda's father Kouichi is a member of the Diet (Japan's version of Parliament or Congress), and works with the two Self-Defence Force officers as well as Anko's IntrepidReporter dad Akira to try and reveal to the world the truth behind Zearth and the children, and force the Japanese government to admit that they knew about Zearth. [[spoiler: Congressman Komoda dies for it, though, shortly before Komo's battle.]]
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** Averted Subverted with [[spoiler:Kana]] in the manga. While she'd reasoned that her death wouldn't be any more tragic in the grand scheme of things than that of one of the many children who die every day, she has an emotional breakdown in her final moments.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Anko's burned off legs, Machi's face when she's shot, the scene of Tanaka's suicide]], well, dying in an other manner than [[spoiler:due to the loss of life energy]] is rarely shown. Averted with [[spoiler:Kako's death, where we see him get knifed by Chizu]]. [[spoiler: Kako's death in the anime. Instead of being killed by Chizu, he was crushed by the debris of the aquarium's wreckage caused by a missile, and when he's transported into Zearth, you only see a bloody arm sticking out of the wreckage that came with it. Also, you never actually see his body get crushed, though you see the wreckage fall on him.]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Anko's burned off legs, Machi's face when she's shot, the scene of Tanaka's suicide]], well, dying in an other manner than [[spoiler:due to the loss of life energy]] is rarely shown. Averted with [[spoiler:Kako's death, where we see him get knifed by Chizu]]. [[spoiler: Kako's death in the anime. Instead of being killed by Chizu, he was crushed by the debris of the aquarium's wreckage caused by a missile, and when he's transported into Zearth, you only see a bloody arm sticking out of the wreckage that came with it. Also, you never actually see his body get crushed, though you see the wreckage fall on him.]].
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Played straight, averted, discussed, deconstructed, and used as a major source of drama, particularly in the manga. Tens of thousands of people die as collateral damage from Zearth's battles [[spoiler:and tens of billions as enemy casualties]], and every character has their own take on it. Some pilots ignore civilian casualties and only pay attention to their own plight, some stall the battle and risk losing to give civilians time to evacuate, some get [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSODs]]... it goes on. Especially heartbreaking in the last battle in the manga: [[spoiler:Jun has to murder the population of an entire planet in order to win. He insists on killing each person individually, to make it as painless as possible, but that doesn't make it any easier for him.]]
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Played straight, averted, discussed, Discussed, deconstructed, and used as a major source of drama, particularly in the manga. Tens of thousands of people die as collateral damage from Zearth's battles [[spoiler:and tens of billions as enemy casualties]], and every character has their own take on it. Some pilots ignore civilian casualties and only pay attention to their own plight, some stall the battle and risk losing to give civilians time to evacuate, some get [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSODs]]... it goes on. Especially heartbreaking in the last battle in the manga: [[spoiler:Jun has to murder the population of an entire planet in order to win. He insists on killing each person individually, to make it as painless as possible, but that doesn't make it any easier for him.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[MentorArchetype Kokopelli]] whispers "I'm sorry" just after the true game begins. He had every reason to. Averted in the last chapter in the manga when [[spoiler:[[{{Jerkass}} the former Koyemshi]], after taking the previous "Kokopelli's" role and tricking a new group of people into the same fate, asks them "Happy, right?"]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[MentorArchetype Kokopelli]] whispers "I'm sorry" just after the true game begins. He had every reason to. Averted [[DefiedTrope Defied]] in the last chapter in the manga when [[spoiler:[[{{Jerkass}} the former Koyemshi]], after taking the previous "Kokopelli's" role and tricking a new group of people into the same fate, asks them "Happy, right?"]].
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* NoEndorHolocaust: Averted by a country mile! Cities are flattened and trashed with every battle that happens, even when the pilots are trying to be conscious of limiting collateral damage, to the point that the entire Kanto region has been evacuated for fear of civilian casualties by the end.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Played straight, averted, discussed, deconstructed, and used as a major source of drama, particularly in the manga. Tens of thousands of people die as collateral damage from Zearth's battles [[spoiler:and tens of billions as enemy casualties]], and every character has their own take on it. Some pilots ignore civilian casualties and only pay attention to their own plight, some stall the battle and risk losing to give civilians time to evacuate, some get [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSODs]]... it goes on. Especially heartbreaking in the last battle in the manga: [[spoiler:Jun has to murder the population of an entire planet in order to win. He insists on killing each person individually, to make it as painless as possible, but that doesn't make it any easier for him.]]
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* AuthorTract:
** In the manga, Kana Ushiro, Jun Ushiro, and Yousuke Kirie each spend time lecturing the reader that people should care more about everyone else in the world, even if they aren't the "main characters" of a story.
** Several characters spend time away from the plot condemning the United States, portraying it as a country that only cares about being powerful. It's noted in Kanji's arc of the manga that they're one of the only countries that isn't cooperating with Japan.
** In the manga, Kana Ushiro, Jun Ushiro, and Yousuke Kirie each spend time lecturing the reader that people should care more about everyone else in the world, even if they aren't the "main characters" of a story.
** Several characters spend time away from the plot condemning the United States, portraying it as a country that only cares about being powerful. It's noted in Kanji's arc of the manga that they're one of the only countries that isn't cooperating with Japan.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Played straight, averted, discussed, deconstructed, and used as a major source of drama, particularly in the manga. Tens of thousands of people die as collateral damage from Zearth's battles [[spoiler:and tens of billions as enemy casualties]], and every character has their own take on it. Some pilots ignore civilian casualties and only pay attention to their own plight, some stall the battle and risk losing to give civilians time to evacuate, some get [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSODs]]... it goes on. Especially heartbreaking in the last battle in the manga: [[spoiler:Jun has to murder the population of an entire planet in order to win. He insists on killing each person individually, to make it as painless as possible, but that doesn't make it any easier for him.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: One particular AlphaBitch bullied Mako at any given opportunity, because she hates Mako for her mother’s past profession as a hooker. To her, this automatically made Mako a whore and constantly ridicule her with SlutShaming by insinuating she must sleep around a lot. Right before a battle, Mako discovers that same bully in the middle of love-making. Mako is rightfully furious and reveals her bully and her lover out in the open.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: One particular AlphaBitch bullied Mako at any given opportunity, because she hates Mako for her mother’s past profession as a hooker. To her, this automatically made Mako a whore and constantly ridicule her with SlutShaming by insinuating she must sleep around a lot. Right before a battle, Mako discovers that same bully in the middle of love-making. Mako is rightfully furious and reveals her bully and her lover out in the open.open. So for the bully, it’s justified to hate Mako because she assumed Mako had experience with sleeping around, but it’s justified for her to enjoy sex? Small wonder Mako gives the bully a BitchSlap.
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** [[spoiler: Ushiro]] has another in the manga, to the point of throwing up. [[spoiler: He]] gets better, though.
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** [[spoiler: Ushiro]] has another in the manga, to the point of throwing up. [[spoiler: He]] gets They get better, though.
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[[caption-width-right:273: Saving the world is hard. Saving yourself is even harder. (Top: [[JerkAss Dung Beetle]]. Bottom row, left to right: [[AchillesInHisTent Kirie]], [[BrokenBird Chizu]], [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Moji]], [[MustNotDieAVirgin Kako]], [[NietzscheWannabe Kodama]], [[VitriolicBestBuds Kanji]], [[WrongGenreSavvy Waku]], [[TheAtoner Yoko]], [[LoveMartyr Kana]], [[SourOutsideSadInside Jun]], [[YamatoNadeshiko Komoda]], [[PluckyGirl Anko]], [[IJustWantToBeLoved Nakama]], [[PromotionToParent Daichi]], and [[MamaBear Maki]].)]]
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[[caption-width-right:273: Saving the world is hard. Saving yourself is even harder. (Top: [[JerkAss Dung Beetle]].Koyemshi]]. Bottom row, left to right: [[AchillesInHisTent Kirie]], [[BrokenBird Chizu]], [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Moji]], [[MustNotDieAVirgin Kako]], [[NietzscheWannabe Kodama]], [[VitriolicBestBuds Kanji]], [[WrongGenreSavvy Waku]], [[TheAtoner Yoko]], [[LoveMartyr Kana]], [[SourOutsideSadInside Jun]], [[YamatoNadeshiko Komoda]], [[PluckyGirl Anko]], [[IJustWantToBeLoved Nakama]], [[PromotionToParent Daichi]], and [[MamaBear Maki]].)]]
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* PageTurnSurprise: Near the end of the eighth volume, Kanji, [[spoiler:having just fought and died]], wonders which of the three possible candidates will be next to pilot. He's fairly certain it can't be any of those three, but then is horrified as the realization hits him. On the next page, [[spoiler:Kana Ushiro]] says "I've been called."
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Creator/VizMedia has published an English translation of the manga as ''Bokurano: Ours'' on its defunct IKKI website, as well the entire series in print from 2010 to 2014. For the anime, Creator/DiscotekMedia released a subtitle-only complete series DVD on March 23, 2015. An American LiveActionAdaptation was announced in May 2019, with Charlie Craig (writer of ''Series/The100'') set to executive produce.
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Creator/VizMedia has published an English translation of the manga as ''Bokurano: Ours'' on its defunct IKKI website, as well the entire series in print from 2010 to 2014. For the anime, Creator/DiscotekMedia released a subtitle-only complete series DVD on March 23, 2015. An American LiveActionAdaptation was announced in May 2019, with Charlie Craig (writer of ''Series/The100'') set to executive produce.
produce. However, nothing has been heard of it since, and it may have been cancelled.
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* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Ushiro in the anime.]] [[KillEmAll Someone has to die last, after all.]] [[spoiler:Machi]] also qualifies after saying goodbye to [[spoiler:Ushiro and Kana]] before teleporting out, doubling as [[spoiler: SnowMeansDeath]].
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* DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Ushiro in the anime.]] [[KillEmAll Someone has to die last, after all.]] all. [[spoiler:Machi]] also qualifies after saying goodbye to [[spoiler:Ushiro and Kana]] before teleporting out, doubling as [[spoiler: SnowMeansDeath]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite [[KillEmAll the anime's general mood]], some characters manage to pull off a BittersweetEnding to their arcs.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite [[KillEmAll the anime's general mood]], mood, some characters manage to pull off a BittersweetEnding to their arcs.
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* {{Expy}}: A minor character Oda bears strong resemblance to [[Manga/ShadowStar another Kitoh's character]] [[AlphaBitch Aki Honda]], though is nowhere as cruel. Also, one of her 'underlings' seems to be just a clone of Hiroka from Aki's GirlPosse.
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* {{Expy}}: A minor character Oda bears strong resemblance EverybodyDiesEnding: To the point where it feels like Kitoh has managed to [[Manga/ShadowStar another Kitoh's character]] [[AlphaBitch Aki Honda]], though out-Tomino [[Creator/YoshiyukiTomino Tomino]] himself. The estimated death count at the series conclusion is nowhere as cruel. Also, one about [[spoiler:328 trillion human lives. Of course, being that an entire Universe is destroyed each time, it's actually higher if you consider the possibility of her 'underlings' seems to be just a clone of Hiroka from Aki's GirlPosse. life on other planets.]] Which puts the overall death count higher than that in Tomino's notorious ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon''.
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** Heartbreakingly averted with [[spoiler:Kana]] in the manga. While she'd reasoned that her death wouldn't be any more tragic in the grand scheme of things than that of one of the many children who die every day, she has an emotional breakdown in her final moments.
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** Heartbreakingly averted Averted with [[spoiler:Kana]] in the manga. While she'd reasoned that her death wouldn't be any more tragic in the grand scheme of things than that of one of the many children who die every day, she has an emotional breakdown in her final moments.
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* KillEmAll: To the point where it feels like Kitoh has managed to out-Tomino [[Creator/YoshiyukiTomino Tomino]] himself. The estimated death count at the series conclusion is about [[spoiler:328 trillion human lives. Of course, being that an entire Universe is destroyed each time, it's actually higher if you consider the possibility of life on other planets.]] Which puts the overall death count higher than that in Tomino's notorious ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon''.
** Every volume of the manga begins with a list of the characters, with the dead ones having a slightly shaded box, and a "DECEASED" stamp on them. The last volume has this for everyone besides Jun and Koyemshi.
** Every volume of the manga begins with a list of the characters, with the dead ones having a slightly shaded box, and a "DECEASED" stamp on them. The last volume has this for everyone besides Jun and Koyemshi.
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** In the manga, several people compare the plot to that of an in-universe manga which is also about kids piloting a giant robot. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll At the end of that manga, the kids all die and Earth is destroyed.]]]]
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