Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Literature / WarAndSnowflakes

Go To

1%%
2%%
3%% Administrivia.ZeroContextExample entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.
4%%
5%%
6[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/War_and_Snowflakes_Cover_8738.jpg]]
7
8->"Your attention, please: as of 4:45 p.m. today, the Self-Defense Force Regional Command in Sendai has declared a Class 5B special state of emergency for the coastal areas of the Aomori and Iwate prefectures."
9
10''War and Snowflakes: A Mecha Monogatari Novella'' is a SliceOfLife science-fiction [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin novella]] written by Tropers/SDouglasJohnson, set in the same world as ''Literature/StoneKing''. On a winter day, OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Tsuruhara Iori must deal with a region-wide evacuation order and find shelter in an underground bunker. She finds herself in the company of one of her schoolmates, Aragaki Koji, who has a secret connection to one of the legendary titan pilots who have been deployed to defend their hometown.
11
12A sequel, ''War and Cherry Blossoms'', picks up a few months later, with Iori staying overnight at a remote vacation house with some friends, when she is awakened in the middle of the night to the sound of a battle nearby. A mecha crashes outside the house, and Iori, thinking it is a Japanese titan, goes out to see if its pilot needs any assistance. But it isn't a Japanese titan...
13
14!!''War and Snowflakes'' and ''War and Cherry Blossoms'' provide examples of the following tropes:
15
16%%* AcademicAthlete: Iori
17%%* AccidentalPervert: Aragaki Koji
18* DeerInTheHeadlights: [[spoiler: Aragaki Koji, when the titan suddenly opens fire with its 58mm cannon]]
19* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: [[spoiler: in a running gag, Iori utters variations of this phrase many times, along with a few instances of Aragaki Koji using the "she is not my girlfriend" variant.]]
20%%* HumongousMecha
21* InformedAbility: Iori is a practitioner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} kendo]], but does not actually use this skill set during ''War and Snowflakes''. However, in ''War and Cherry Blossoms'', we finally get to see her participating in her kendo club, sparring with her teammates.
22%%* NiceGuy: Aragaki Koji
23%%* NonActionGuy: Aragaki Koji and Aramiya.
24* RedBaron: the titled pilots Tetsuro and Kodora [[spoiler: and Kadenokoji Soichiro, otherwise known as the Wolf of Calabarzon.]]
25%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Iori, Koji, Yuta, and Natsuki.
26%%* ShrinkingViolet: Iori.
27%%* SkirtsAndLadders
28%%* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Aragaki Koji

Top