Line #54 Manga/Gamma


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3	Also known as ''Y-Ganma''.
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5	On August 10, 2014, Earth was visited by not one but two warring alien races, who turned our planet into a [[WarFromAnotherWorld giant battlefield]]. Humanity emerged victorious, but huge quantities of the alien "[[GreenRocks Lambda energy]]" were released onto Earth in the conflict, [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent giving some humans superpowers]] and turning animals into [[{{Kaiju}} giant monsters]]. To combat the emerging monsters and [[{{Supervillain}} humans who use their superpowers for evil]], humanity created the Earth Defense Force, which unites the precious few {{superhero}}es and scores of {{muggle}} support personnel to defend the planet against all manner of threats.
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7	In the year 2075, two [[IncestSubtext very affectionate]] sisters, Miyuki and Yuri Kitajishi run the EDF Counseling Service in the Japanese town of Kataoka, helping superheroes and EDF employees alike deal with the psychological strain of their line of work. In between that, they help EDF in their battles against monsters and supervillains, which seem to be getting more and more frequent in the region. And on top of everything, Yuri is actually the ex-MagicalGirl Lily Cure -- the greatest hero the world has ever seen, who has lost most of her powers but can use them briefly in the time of dire need, at a [[CastFromHitpoints heavy cost to her health]].
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9	''Gamma'' is an ActionAdventure manga by Ogino Jun that borrows heavily from all manner of SuperHero and YuriGenre stories. It was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Jump Square]]'' from March 2013 to October 2014.
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11	!!The manga provides examples of following tropes:
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13	* TheAgeless: [[spoiler:Sakaki hasn't aged a day since his time as a sidekick to Mr. Lostman (he also has an impressive HealingFactor). Yuri, meanwhile, also hasn't aged at all since gaining Lily Cure's powers, although the characters only figure it out in the epilogue, after many years have passed.]]
14	* AllLovingHero: The official profile for Mika lists her "Top 5 Least Favorite Things" as "N/A".
15	* AluminumChristmasTrees: [[InvertedTrope Inverted, in an odd way,]] InUniverse; the Kitajishi sisters are shocked at the idea that there was once a time when superheroes, mecha, and giant monsters only existed in movies and TV shows; upon seeing some for the first time, they briefly assume that they're documentaries. In particular, Miyuki finds the idea of movies featuring giant monsters being made for entertainment to be "sick," since the world regularly has to deal with the actual consequences of such creatures existing. [[spoiler:Mr. Lostman, who's showing the sisters his old movie collection, explains that said films are from a time before giant monsters actually existed]].
16	* AmalgamatedIndividual: The MagicalGirlWarrior Lily Cure a.k.a. Yuri Kitajishi (her uncostumed persona) is believed to have been the single strongest SuperHero to ever live. Later in the story, it is revealed that Lily Cure was actually a team of ''two'' exceptionally strong superheroines who were weaker than some of their peers individually, but unbeatable as a duo. Unfortunately, in the same battle that Yuri had [[DePower lost her powers]], her partner Midori sacrificed not just her life but [[RetGone all records and memories of herself]] to save Yuri's life, who then went on to be remembered as the ultimate MagicalGirl.
17	* AntiHero: Zen Fujiwara/Flame Bane.
18	* AnyoneCanDie: It's best if you don't grow too attached to any character whose surname isn't "Kitajishi".
19	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Flame Bane's backstory revealed that he first used his powers to brutally murder any villain he came across. He's outraged when he finds out that the public sees him as a villain as well until [[MoralityPet EDF agent Rei Nicole]] outright asks him how many people he's actually killed. He's notably taken aback as he admits that he hasn't been keeping track.
20	* AscendedFanboy:
21	** [[spoiler:Mr. Lostman, who idolized fictional superheroes before acquiring superpowers for real. This is what motivated him to use his powers to become Earth's first real-life superhero.]]
22	** [[spoiler:Marina Lednev, too. A total Lily Cure fangirl, she gets to be in a relationship and to live with Yuri in the epilogue.]]
23	* AwesomeButImpractical: Cannonball, a hero whose punch would give [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan Saitama a run for his money]], but who can only use it once a day and passes out for several hours afterwards.
24	* BadassCrew: Nano Mugen, a team comprised of the most powerful of Japan's superheroes.
25	* BadassNormal:
26	** Miyuki and Captain Marian have never had powers, but both are extremely skilled swords-women.
27	** Ironically, Discharge was one before getting powers. He was already a trained martial artist in excellent shape, but gaining superpowers led him to try taking on villains far more powerful than he was. It's noted that his prior fighting skills and strength are the only reason he hasn't gotten more hurt.
28	* BashBrothers: Blue Train and Hornetman when they team up.
29	* BattleCouple: In the last few chapters, [[spoiler:Miyuki[=/=]Hikari and Yuri[=/=]Marina.]]
30	* BestFriend: The story features a surprising number of very close non-romantic relationships, the most prominent being the BashBrothers Hornetman and Blue Train, as well as Miyuki and [[spoiler:Midori (a.k.a. the RetGone ''other'' Lily Cure)]] in the back-story.
31	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Kyosuke Sakaki/Mr. Cell]].
32	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:For Yuri, at least. She helps defeat the BigBad and save Earth one final time, but her overuse of Lily Cure powers finally catches up with her, leaving her unable to use her legs and forcing her to quit EDF. Still, she thinks it's all WorthIt and considers it a happy ending herself.]]
33	* BrickJoke: Presidentman is the focus of chapter one and never appears once in the rest of the series... until the final chapter, where [[spoiler:he becomes Unit Six's commander after Captain Lednev resigns]].
34	* BondageIsBad: {{Inverted}}. If the author's Pixiv account is to be taken as canon, the physical aspect of [[spoiler: Yuri]] and Captain Marina's relationship involves ''a lot'' of hardcore BDSM play, but it's not portrayed in a bad light.
35	* BroughtDownToNormal:
36	** Being a superhero is a time-limited deal, so they only get to use their powers for five years, tops. Most end up burning through their powers in a year or two. [[spoiler:Averted with Mr. Lostman, the first superhero, who soaked up so much Lambda energy that he kept his powers until his death at the ripe age of 75, as well as his sidekick, Mr. Cell, whose justification is never stated outright, but probably goes along the same lines.]]
37	** [[spoiler:Both Puella Magi Mika and Hikari/Lightbright lose their powers by the end of the series; the former uses the last of her power defeating the Emperor of Darkness and the latter has her power-granting bracelet destroyed in her final battle with The Steel. [[BroughtDownToBadass Both join the EDF afterwards]].]]
38	** [[spoiler:Flame Bane is relieved of his powers by Sakaki ''in the middle of their confrontation''. However, in the manga's most spectacular show of BroughtDownToBadass, he goes on to tear Sakaki a new one ''twice'', anyway. And then he enlists in EDF (probably in memory of Rei) and becomes one of the top operatives of its most prestigious unit.]]
39	** [[spoiler:This ultimately happens to Earth itself. The heroes are unable to prevent Sakaki's Lambda energy antennae from activating, so they instead reprogram them to bombard the Earth with natural energy instead. As such, no lives are lost and, while anyone or anything already with superpowers retain them for the time being, [[TheMagicGoesAway new superhumans and monsters stop appearing]]]].
40	* CastFullOfGay: Being a YuriGenre work there are very few females that are not obviously a lesbian. If one were to take the authors very NSFW [[http://touch.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=11960702 pixiv account]] as canon there are in fact no straight females, besides the ones specifically shown otherwise.
41	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Discussed and partly deconstructed in the very first chapter, which concerns the mentality and difficulties of a ''former'' superhero trying to adjust back to civilian life. Both Presidentman and Yuri/Lily have the CHS bad, so after losing their powers, they can't help but enlist in EDF.
42	* ClearMyName: [[spoiler: Hornetman]] is framed for attacking EDF bases.
43	* ClingyJealousGirl: Yuri, in a Tsundereish way, for her sister and as she gets closer to Marina she doesn't like that so many people have AffectionateNickname[=s=] for her.
44	* CoDragons: Dr. Woe and The Steel [[spoiler:to Sakaki]].
45	* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Oddly enough, this is only played straight for the villains: Dr. Woe, The Steel, and [[spoiler: Mr. Cell]] are only ever referred to by their real names in-story; their aliases are only provided as chapter titles. It's completely [[AvertedTrope averted]] for the heroes.
46	* DeathByDepower: Subverted in the final battle-the BigBad takes Flamebane's power to kill him, but he survivors [[{{Determinator}} through sheer force of will]] long enough to finish him off.
47	* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the SuperHero genre, ultimately. [[spoiler:By the end, the main cast of superheroes realizes that if no superpowers were easily available, the Earth would be a much safer and more peaceful place. They then take steps to ensure no more humans are born with superpowers, even disregarding the danger of being attacked by aliens and not being able to defend themselves again.]]
48	* DefrostingIceQueen: Hikari/Light Bright quit being a hero and avoided all human contact after a villain killed her best friend just to make her suffer. Miyuki forces her way into Hikari's life, helping her thaw out. [[spoiler: They eventually become lovers.]]
49	* DevilInPlainSight: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]; [[spoiler:when [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Sakaki announces his new leadership of the EDF]], he brings Dr. Woe onstage and introduces him to the audience. [[ObviouslyEvil Since he's obviously a villain]], the EDF members who aren't aware of Sakaki's villainy are baffled. The heroes immediately figure out that Sakaki's sending them a message, since they realize that the half of the audience that wasn't surprised by this are on Sakaki's side.]]
50	* DisabilityNegatingSuperpower: [[spoiler:Yuri Kitajishi]] is eventually revealed to be paraplegic as a result of the injuries she sustained during her tenure as a MagicalGirl, but since even residual traces of her old power were enough to keep her legs operational, she had never realized that--[[spoiler:until she uses up the remainder of her powers completely in the ending]].
51	* EvilutionaryBiologist: [[spoiler:Sakaki. He justifies his actions with his claims that he's beginning Earth's evolution, though it's obvious he doesn't care one whit about the people that he's hurt.]]
52	* {{Expy}}:
53	** Lily Cure's name is one syllable away from ''[[Anime/PrettyCure Precure]]''. Unusually, she's based on the RetiredBadass solo warrior [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Cure Moonlight]] (whose civilian name was also Yuri) rather than one of the more iconic two-girl teams. [[spoiler:This turns out to be {{Foreshadowing}} for the reveal that "Lily Cure" ''was'' in fact a duo, but [[RetGone its other member was erased from existence and Yuri is the only one who remembers her]].]]
54	** Mika is a pretty obvious one of Madoka Kaname from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', between holding the title of "Puella Magi" and wielding a bow with heart-shaped arrows as her weapon. A more direct one is [[spoiler:Yuri's {{Retgone}} friend and teammate Midori, who was erased from the memories of everyone in the world]].
55	** The Rock Rangers are a musically-themed take on Franchise/{{Super Sentai}} and Franchise/{{Power Rangers}}. When seen out of costume, the team members all heavily resemble the main cast of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
56	** Mighty Blow is an odd case, being an expy of the relatively obscure version of [[ComicBook/JustImagineStanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse the Stan Lee Superman]], as well as being an expy of the MCU Thor.
57	** Hornetman's costume is heavily modeled after ComicBook/SpiderMan. Or possibly [[Series/SpiderManJapan Supaidaman]], given his gadgets.
58	** Mr. Lostman of Franchise/{{Superman}}, being the first superhero, the paragon whom others followed, wearing a [[SuperheroesWearCapes heroic cape]] (also [[TheCape metaphorically]]), and [[spoiler:growing StrongerWithAge, unlike other superheroes]].
59	** Arturoman is Series/{{Ultraman}}, right down to a nearly-identical origin story.
60	** Bulldramo is a walking ShoutOut to the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. Chapter 17 even has a scene that copies Cap and Hulk's scene in the [[Film/TheAvengers2012 2012 Avengers movie]], right down to the gestures. The 'Cap' in this instance is Captain Japan, who is essentially Captain America recolored white with a red disk on his chest, with a huge boomerang instead of a shield.
61	** Nano Mugen is essentially the [[Film/TheAvengers2012 MCU Avengers team]]
62	** Rider Mask Stag is a Franchise/{{Kamen Rider}}; in particular, his design is heavily based on Film/{{Kamen Rider ZO}} and Film/{{Kamen Rider J}}.
63	** Nina Goto/Night Diver for [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark/Iron Man]], between owning a high-tech tower complex larger than the government, and actually lacking any superpowers except AwesomenessByAnalysis and a suit of PowerArmor she built for herself. While her initial armors look more like the Iron Man suits and hide her gender, Night Driver's suit in the final arc looks a lot like ComicBook/TheWasp.
64	** Light Bright finds some [[ComicBook/GreenLantern alien jewelry that gives her light-based powers.]]
65	* ExtremityExtremist: Most of Hornetman's power is focused on his left arm, so he uses it almost exclusively to attack. Blue Train fights entirely with kicks.
66	* ForcedToWatch: Hikari/Lightbright quit superheroics after a villain [[spoiler:murdered her best friend in front of her]] for no other reason than to make her watch him do it.
67	* ForgottenFallenFriend: Very much [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Most main superheroes are driven or at least motivated by the death of a close friend at the hands of the villains, and carry the burden of remembering them stoically. Hornetman seeks to avenge [[spoiler:his (in and out of costume) best friend Blue Train]], Flame Bane wants revenge for the murder of his MoralityPet Rei Nicole, Lightbright watched her best friend die because of her own incompetence and is ''definitely'' not letting [[spoiler:Miyuki share her fate]], Yuri takes [[spoiler:Discharge]]'s death very hard. And, perhaps, the ultimate example: even though it [[RetGone should not be possible]], [[spoiler:both Yuri and Miyuki (who doesn't even have the justification of superpowers!) remember Midori, the ''other'' Lily Cure, a little and resolve to live for her sake, as well]].
68	** [[spoiler:Miyuki doesn't actually remember Midori, she knows she misses someone and knows who it is thanks to Yuri. But the entire rest of the planet has been forced to forget that Midori ever existed, as a cost of overusing her powers. Miyuki is afraid the same thing will happen to Yuri.]]
69	* GenkiGirl: Mika is probably the most ridiculously well-adjusted superhero in the series. She has cheerfully JumpedAtTheCall when her powers awakened, and just as cheerfully [[spoiler:goes back to a (semi-)civilian life after using up her powers to defeat her ArchNemesis, before enlisting in the EDF]]. She is the only modern superhero we never see in need of any therapy whatsoever.
70	* HeroicBSOD: Hikari/Lightbright has one upon seeing The Steel, [[spoiler:since he's the villain who murdered her best friend]].
71	* HeroInsurance: The EDF ponies up the dough for the collateral damage caused by the superheroes' fights.
72	* HeroKiller: The PlotArmor that protects characters against MonsterOfTheWeek threats is instantly disabled the moment [[spoiler:Sakaki and his gang]] enter the fray. Specifically, [[spoiler:Sakaki kills Mr. Lostman, Dr. Woe kills Blue Train, and their forces kill several other heroes during the "Hero Hunt" over the course of the four month TimeSkip in Chapter 17.]]
73	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Almost the basis for the series. A large number of heroes are introduced but they all have off-screen relationships, back stories, and battles and most of what's shown is just their interaction with the main characters and their story. Plays with AnyoneCanDie a bit in that several of these heroes have tragic backstories or have lost friends and the world in general is shown to be very lethal. [[spoiler: Also Sakaki is shown to have killed off a large number of other heroes before implementing his final plan. Thankfully he seems to have missed a few more than he thought.]]
74	* HotterAndSexier: Volume five, containing the MythArc conclusion, really ups the ante in yuri fanservice right into the NSFW territory.
75	* ImportantHaircut: While it happens off-screen, during the time-skip before the finale, Hikari chops off her HimeCut in favor of a shorter style, symbolizing her resolve and training.
76	* IncestSubtext: {{Subverted}}, the incestuous tones of Yuri and Miyuki's relationship are anything ''but'' subtle.
77	* ItRunsInTheFamily: [[spoiler:Marina is Mr. Lostman's granddaughter.]]
78	* JokeCharacter: InUniverse, Discharge is referred to as "The Weakest Hero" due to his electricity-based powers being ''painfully'' underwhelming.
79	* JustInTime: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] [[PlayedForLaughs for comedy]]: when the protagonists arrive at Night Diver's laboratory, they find the hero in a heated battle with a monster that's managed to steal one of her suits of PowerArmor. After assisting in the monster's defeat, Mika comments that it's a good thing they arrived when they did. Night Diver then comments that they could have arrived whenever, since A) she had been fighting said monster for ''six straight hours'' and B) it had been the ''fifth'' monster attack she'd dealt with that week.
80	* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Sakaki's introduction pushes the series into a much darker tone.]]
81	* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Even post-retirement, Lily Cure serves as an inspiration for many heroes, including Mika and [[spoiler:Marina]]. Yuri herself is a huge {{Fangirl}} of HumongousMecha in general and Rock Rangers in particular.
82	* LampshadeHanging: Happens frequently, but is especially notable in the chapter featuring Synth Silver and the Rock Rangers. ''All'' of the sources of Synth Silver's insecurities are traits very common to [[SixthRanger sixth rangers]] in general (joining the team after the others have already been working together for a significant amount of time, having a different costume style than the rest of the team, piloting a GiantMecha that works separately from the other, etc...).
83	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Sakaki gets a very satisfying dose at the end in the form of Zen Fujiwara aka Flame Bane, who wouldn't have existed as a hero if not for Sakaki nor been involved in the final battle at all if Sakaki hadn't killed Rei. Even after all of Sakaki's plans including a failsafe in the power he gave Fujiwara he's almost won and then Flame Bane [[DynamicEntry breaks through a freaking wall]] and slices off his arm, causing him to fall into the antenna and directly power the heros' victory.]]
84	* LipstickLesbian: Hikari and Miyuki for sure, Yuri and Marina are not really girly in action but are so in looks at least.
85	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Miyuki serves as one for Yuri, whenever the latter's survivor/hero guilt complex acts up.
86	* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent:
87	** The war between two alien races that flooded the planet with Lambda energy, which has been [[SuperpowerLottery randomly augmenting]] the life energy of all living beings on Earth. This empowerment is temporary, however, kicking in at different ages in different people and lasting them for a few years, at most.
88	** [[spoiler:This is Sakaki's ultimate goal: to bombard the Earth with Lambda energy to grant superpowers to anyone and anything that doesn't already have them, and increase the power of those who do. Unfortunately, this will also kill anyone who isn't compatible with Lambda energy.]]
89	* MeaningfulName: Yuri's secret identity is named Lily Cure, "Lily" being the English translation of her given name (not to mention that she is about [[YuriGenre as straight as a rainbow]]). Similarly, the given name of Lightbright's civilian identity is Hikari, meaning "light" in Japanese. Marina Lednev's surname can be read as Russian for "icy", fitting her IceQueen facade.
90	* ModernStasis: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Yuri when she wonders why they still use [=DVDs=] in the year 2075. Her sister explains that after the hostile aliens and empowered supervillains started showing up, pretty much all technological progress became devoted to the military.
91	* MoralityPet: EDF agent Rei Nicole to Flame Bane. [[spoiler:After she's killed by Sakaki, Flame Bane admits to himself that he never really cared about being seen as a hero, but that he worked at it because it made her happy]].
92	* MsFanservice: Hard to choose any one girl as they all get a chance to show off their bodies, but Hikari, a.k.a. Light Bright, with her form-fitting VaporWear outfit probably takes the most amount of {{Fanservice}}.
93	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Sakaki, who hasn't aged at all in roughly sixty years (presumably due to his control over his own cells). Also Yuri, whose Lily Cure powers caused her to stop visibly aging when she was twelve.]]
94	* PaperThinDisguise: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]; when Hikari first became Lightbright, she didn't wear an actual costume and just covered her face when fighting villains. As a result, [[spoiler:The Steel figured out her identity and murdered her best friend just to break her spirit]].
95	* TheParagon: Mr. Lostman, the first superhero, is essentially this world's Franchise/{{Superman}}. When his superpower (simple SuperStrength in his case) awakened, he said bollocks to the temptation to abuse it for his own profit, and instead began fighting those who gave in to it, eventually inspiring dozens of others to follow his lead.
96	** To put this into perspective: there were already plenty of superhumans around before Mr. Lostman got his powers. He was just the very first to decide not to use them for selfish purposes and became a hero instead.
97	* PersonOfMassDestruction: Several, in fact. Notably, Cannonball is capable of destroying a small mountain with a single punch and Flame Bane destroyed an entire city of ruins in one blast.
98	* PetitePride: Not Yuri herself, but Miyuki is very fond of Yuri's A-cup, claiming it makes her even cuter. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a foreshadowing for the reveal that Yuri is forever stuck at the physical age of 12, as a side effect of gaining Lily Cure's powers.]]
99	* PlayingWithFire: Flame Bane.
100	* PoweredArmor: Nina Goto, known as the hero Night Diver, uses a very [[Comicbook/IronMan Iron Man]]-like powered suit. She is one of the few hero's whose abilities don't come from Lambda Energy, but from her own intelligence.
101	* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: [[spoiler:Sakaki began his career as Mr. Lostman's sidekick, though it's left ambiguous if he became evil later on or was EvilAllAlong.]]
102	* TheRealHeroes: The Aesop of the first chapter is that the muggle employees of EDF do just as much, if not more good for the communities they defend as the masked superheroes.
103	* RelationshipReveal: [[spoiler:Chapter 16 reveals that, after much [[ShipTease teasing]], Miyuki and Hikari are romantically involved]].
104	* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Averted with Blue Train, who actually needs a mask and a special suit to be able to ''breathe'' while moving at his inherent SuperSpeed.
105	* RespectedByTheRespected: The world's current top superheroine, Puella Magi Mika, comes running when Yuri Kitajishi--ostensibly a muggle--gives her a call, and she even salutes her--because Yuri is actually Lily Cure, the retired top superheroine of ''all times'' and Mika's former mentor. Later on, the alien hero Mighty Blow's strength is hinted at when the freaking zoo ''lions'' bow to him out of their own volition.
106	* RetGone: [[spoiler:Midori, Miyuki's best friend and one of the two superheroes that made up the original Lily Cure duo along with Yuri. She sacrificed herself to save Yuri (presumably in the same incident that took the latter's powers), giving up not just her life, but her entire existence ''retroactively'' (the price for using her Lily Cure powers). Yuri is the only person who still remembers her, because she still holds a small portion of her own Lily Cure powers.]]
107	* RetiredBadass: Half a year ago, Yuri was the mightiest superhero in history. Now she is a struggling high school student part-timing for the EDF because she can't let go of the saving-people shtick. And she's got the grumpy KnightInSourArmor part down to the T.
108	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Mr. Lostman is killed by Sakaki, and Blue Train is killed by Dr. Woe]].
109	* SensualSpandex: Lightbright's costume doesn't do much to hide her assets, if anything it only augments them.
110	* ShipTease: Quite and bit between Miyuki and Yuri- see IncestSubtext- but also a lot between [[spoiler: Miyuki and Hikari as well as Yuri and Marina, which are the {{Official Couple}}s at the series' end.]]
111	* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Discharge's story. He resolves to become a superhero for his unborn son, fosters his minuscule superpower, undergoes CharacterDevelopment... and then he is tricked by the villains, who steal his power and turn him into a monster that has to be put down by other heroes, leaving his son to grow up without a father.]]
112	* SixthRanger: InUniverse, Synth Silver is this to the Rock Rangers. [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]], since all of the reasons he feels insecure with his team are traits common to almost all sixth rangers from Franchise/{{Super Sentai}}, the TropeNamer.
113	* SpiderManSendUp: Hornetman's costume is a clear reference to Spider-Man,[[note]]And possibly to his one-time disguise as "The Hornet", though it's unclear if this was intentional.[[/note]]. He is also known as "The Hero of This Town" (a play on Friendly Neighborhood). WordOfGod his relationship with the speedster Blue Train was written as a {{Homage}} to Peter's friendship with Harry Osborn in ''Film/SpiderMan3''. His actual powers are very different though, consisting of a "Hornet Sting" that lets him punch incredibly hard with his left arm.
114	* SuperSpeed: Blue Train's superpower.
115	* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Blue Train dies shielding his best friend Hornetman from Dr. Woe's bullets]].
116	* TargetedToHurtTheHero: The Steel murdered Hikari/Lightbright's best friend in front of her eyes for no reason other than to hurt her. This failure prompted Lightbright to retire from superheroics for years.
117	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Downplayed. The EDF makes an honest effort to give the superheroes and their own employees ''some'' kind of psychological support for confronting the horrors they fight every day, but because EDF is so short on hands, said effort basically boils down having two high school students (one of whom is a burnt-out superhero herself) talk with them whenever said girls are not busy with other duties.
118	* ThouShaltNotKill: Blue Train cannot bring himself to kill the villains, even if the situation demands it. Although Yuri advises him to grow that spine, she is happy when he eventually finds a middle way between being effective and being lethal.
119	* TimeSkip: Two separate ones take place in the final volume. [[spoiler:Chapter 17 jumps ahead four months, during which Sakaki readies his plan to saturate the Earth with Lambda energy and the heroes plan their counterattack. Chapter 20 then jumps ahead two years for the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.]]
120	* TwoDunIt: Kind of. [[spoiler:Everyone ''assumes'' that Yuri was ''the'' Lily Cure, when, in fact, Lily Cure was a two-girl team (which probably explains how "she" was the strongest superhero ever) consisting Yuri and her best friend Midori, who sacrificed and [[RetGone retroactively erased herself from everyone's memories]] to save Yuri's life.]]
121	* VampireHunter: It's mentioned that Presidentman specialized in fighting vampires, since his ability to harden his skin while increasing his density meant they couldn't bite him.
122	* VerbalTic: Miyuki keeps calling her sister "Yuri-Pie". [[spoiler:It is eventually revealed to have actually been Midori's thing, which Miyuki appropriated as part of her efforts to protect Yuri for Midori's sake. In the final chapter, Yuri asks Miyuki to stop using it, as she has already made peace with Midori's death, and Miyuki agrees.]]
123	* VictoryIsBoring: PlayedForLaughs; [[spoiler:after the final battle, the heroes who retained their powers continue to protect Earth but have a ''lot'' more free time since there are no new villains or monsters appearing. Rider Mask Stag laments how he doesn't have anyone to actually fight; Yuri points out that he's basically complaining about the Earth being at peace.]]
124	* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:As Sakaki falls into the pit of his Lambda energy antennae (which will help the heroes not only prevent but completely invert his EvilPlan), all he can do is stare blankly ahead as he seems to fully realize how badly he's failed.]]
125	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Sakaki's ultimate goal is to empower all lifeforms on Earth with Lambda energy so Earth will never have to worry about being invaded by aliens again. However, he's a ''very'' nasty piece of work who has no problem murdering anyone who gets in his way, uses innocent people as test subjects, and whose plan will kill a massive amount of people. He also doesn't seem to realize that human weaponry is far more advanced then what it use to be at the first invasion.]]
126	* WhamShot:
127	** The end of Chapter 7, when it's revealed that [[spoiler:the mysterious man responsible for both the recent string of monster attacks and Discharge's death is Kyosuke Sakaki, a highly-respected captain in the EDF.]]
128	** A more heartwarming one comes near the end of Chapter 16, when [[spoiler:Hikari takes Miyuki's hand and the two lean in to kiss one another [[SexyDiscretionShot before the art cuts to an exterior of their hotel]], revealing that the two are officially romantically involved.]]
129	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The final chapter shows what became of the surviving heroines and heroes after the FinalBattle.
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