Line #40 Series/ShougekiGouraigan


1	A "love comedy battle hero" {{tokusatsu}} show with original story by Creator/KeitaAmemiya of ''Series/{{Garo}}'' fame and written by Creator/ToshikiInoue.
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3	In another dimension, there exists a place called the World of Absolute Truth, or Chou Shinkai. In this world live (mostly) virtuous super beings called Hikaribito (People of Light). However, some of them fall from virtue and commit crimes. They are known as Kageribito (People of Shadow).
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5	There are monsters in Chou Shinkai called Magii (マギー). When Magii appear in the human world, they can be seen by people with strong spiritual senses. Since ancient times, Magii have been called mononoke or youkai.
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7	The hot-blooded Hikaribito Gou and his assistant Navi travel across Chou Shinkai in the prison transport ship Bunba to deliver a group of Kageribito to the land of exile. But when the transport mission goes wrong and the exceptionally powerful and wicked Kageribito Jin escapes to the world of humans, Gou must gather a team of five brave warriors before an army of 1000 Magii arrives in 100 days to siege the Earth.
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9	!!Tropes:
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11	* ActorAllusion: Is it really such a surprise that [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Black Condor Gai]] [[HandsomeLech can talk a woman out of her clothes?]]
12	** Shou turns into [[{{Series/Garo}} Mitsuki Kaoru, and waves a brush around for a few seconds.]]
13	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Kageribito, although some can be turned with trial by combat.
14	** MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Some of the Magii are actually this.
15	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: A ''huge'' Magii nearly sinks the PrisonShip in the first ep. In the second last episode, we learn that [[spoiler:the freaking FORWARD SCOUT for the army of 1000 is one.]]
16	* BaritoneOfStrength: Gan's voice is quite deep and he's even stronger than Gou.
17	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Wakabayashi Shinji, the man Jin killed in the first episode.
18	* BlessedWithSuck: Hitomi is born with the rare gift of being able to see... things. Which are ''everywhere''.
19	* BoisterousBruiser: Gou and Rai.
20	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The very first sentences Hitomi says are that she is the heroine "of this program".
21	** Akiko Tachibana realising she's really an AdvertisedExtra.
22	** Hitomi learns to her horror that [[spoiler:she's really a DecoyProtagonist when Rin appears on Earth.]]
23	* CatchPhrase: Gan has ''Zettai Seigi, sanjou!''[[note]]Absolute Justice is here![[/note]]
24	* ChasteHero: Gou ''really'' doesn't get Shou's attempt at a HighHeelFaceTurn. Actually it's because of TheLostLenore.
25	* ChekhovsGunman: In #4, Shou takes her face actor from a standee that's been in the show since #1.
26	* DefeatMeansFriendship: How Gou planned on gathering the four Kageribito into his side, the rules of the Hikaribito dictate that the loser of a fight between them would become the winner's underling. Subverted with Gan though, Gou actually loses against him, but he's impressed nonetheless with his fighting spirit and decide to join him.
27	* DesignStudentsOrgasm: Hikaribito duels involve hitting each other over the head ''with the backdrops'' as much as their weapons.
28	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: ED in this case, Yua Shinkawa (Hitomi) sings 'de-light'.
29	* EvilFormerFriend: [[BigBad Jin]] used to be Gou's best friend.
30	* EvolvingCredits: New character are added to the ending each episode with the cast doing something mundane.
31	* {{Fanservice}}: It's from the creator of ''{{Series/Garo}}'', folks...
32	** FanserviceExtra: Exaggerated as even ''the Hikaribito backdrops'' have naked women in them.
33	* FastballSpecial: Gou can ''ride a cannon blast'' to reach the enemy.
34	* FishOutOfWater: Gou and the other Hikaribito are pretty much unfamiliar with Earth's way of living, this is used as a source of comedy.
35	* FiveManBand: Invoked and enforced with the five Hikaribito.
36	** TheHero: Gou covers LawOfChromaticSuperiority and HeroesPreferSwords from the get-go.
37	** TheLancer: Rai, by way of being the first to join, but his aggressive approach is closer to TheBigGuy.
38	** TheBigGuy: Gan, although his stand on honor and acknowledging Gou's strength makes him more of TheLancer.
39	** TheSmartGuy: Geki, avid gamer and GadgeteerGenius. As the DanceBattler, he's far more useful in a pinch than the usual Smart Guy.
40	** TokenFemale: Shou.
41	* ForcedTransformation: Shou can turn people into butterflies and back.
42	* GadgeteerGenius: Geki.
43	* GoKartingWithBowser: Jin visits the same onsen as the Hikaribito in #7.
44	* GoThroughMe: Episode 12 has [[spoiler:Rin taking a fatal blow meant for Jin by Gou at the last second. The blow is fatal enough for Rin to utter both of their names before dying.]]
45	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Shou is TheTokenFemale and the FriendlySniper in one package.
46	* HeroicSacrifice / RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Jin in the finale. He uses his life force to power Gou's ball of light.]]
47	* HomelessHero: All five Hikaribito are basically ''freeloading'' at Hitomi's grandma's place.
48	* HotSpringsEpisode: #7.
49	* HenshinHero: Subverted - the face actors for Hikaribito merely act as a glamour, and can be swapped out at will. Thanks to RuleOfPerception, viewers see them as they really are. [[BlessedWithSuck Hitomi doesn't have that luxury...]]
50	** [[spoiler:Finally invoked in the Finale when the five unleash their ultimate power.]]
51	* HotBlooded: Gou, so very very much.
52	* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler:The ship's final transformation in the Finale. It reaches its true form when the five incant their names in this order: [[TitleDrop Shou Geki Gou Rai Gan.]]]]
53	* IdiosyncraticWipes: Played with anytime we switch between the "mundane" world of Hitomi to the Chou Shinkai world.
54	* InvincibleHero: Subverted, Gou actually loses against Gan in #5, but Gan still joins him because he's impressed with his spirit.
55	* KillAndReplace: Jin takes the identity of the man he killed from granting his wish.
56	** Shou doesn't kill the people she copies and replace but turn them into butterflies.
57	* LegCling: Sho does this to Gou when she became his "mistress".
58	* LightningBruiser: Gou, Geki and Gan. Between Geki and Gou, Gou is stronger but not as fast. Gan on the other hand, is stronger and faster (he's capable of using FlashStep) than Gou.
59	* TheLostLenore: Hikaribito Rin, who somehow disappeared from Gou's (and presumably Jin's) life long before he got on that ship.
60	* LoveTriangle: Rin, Gou & [[spoiler:Jin]].
61	* LuminescentBlush: Shou gets this when Gou protected her from her own arrows.
62	* MonkeyKingLite: Rai is primate-based, and wields a staff like [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]] to boot.
63	* OtakuOClock
64	* PetTheDog: Instead of turning Hitomi into a butterfly, Shou puts a flower in her hair and tells her not to be gloomy.
65	* ThePornomancer: #9. Jin gets a MacGuffin that gives him this power over women... right before consuming their souls.
66	* PrettyFreeloaders: The human guise of the five Hikaribito pretty much make them this, though unlike most examples, they actually help around the house to earn their living there.
67	* PrisonShip: The Bunba is a prison transport which Gou was in charge of. It was attacked in the first episode which released Jin and the other four onto Earth.
68	* RageQuit: While traveling on the Bunba, Gou keeps loosing to Navi a lot and breaks the games.
69	* RainOfArrows[=/=]SpamAttack: Shou can do this at close and long range with her bow.
70	* ScarfOfAsskicking: Gan wears one in his human disguise.
71	* SceneryPorn: The battlefield that the Hikaribito uses whenever they fight are exquisitely designed.
72	* SelfDuplication[=/=]DoppelgangerAttack: One of Geki's power.
73	* SelfServingMemory: Gou and Jin's flashbacks to their time with Rin ''never show any sign of the other guy''.
74	* ShipperOnDeck: Gai and Geki for "Shou[=/=]Gou", thought it's for their own amusement more than anything.
75	* ShoutOut:
76	** The show starts with some girl coming out of nowhere and nearly running over Hitomi on a [[Anime/{{FLCL}} moped.]]
77	** The PrisonShip [[Anime/UchuuSenkanYamato has anti-air batteries and a]] WaveMotionGun.
78	** One of the underground gamers goes by the handle Dr Kuroiro Jack, which can be translated as [[{{Manga/Blackjack}} Black Jack.]]
79	** The 99-second countdown needed for Gan to activate his WaveMotionGun may look familiar [[Series/{{Garo}} for other reasons.]]
80	** At the end of #5, a wedding photo [[SpookyPhotographs shows the five Hikaribito as they really are,]] in a nod to a famous scene from ''Series/KamenRiderDouble''.
81	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: #8. Like all the other things that go bump in the night, it's really a Magii.
82	* StylisticSuck: CGI space battleships and monsters are one thing, but the butterflies Shou keeps turning people into is apparently too much for the CGI people.
83	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Gou, Jin and Rin back in the day.
84	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[spoiler:Hikaribito Rin shows up on Earth in her full fantasy garb, spends some time here, and even makes friends without anyone noticing the fancy feathers and stuff.]]
85	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Navi is practically naked except for some accessories.
86	* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Each Hikaribito has their own personal weapon
87	** {{BFG}}: Gan's gun, the Kazankou, it also has blades attached to it and can be used as a melee weapon.
88	** {{BFS}}: Gou's sword, Fukashigi.
89	** EnergyBow: Shou's bow, Bakyuu, which she can use as a melee weapon.
90	** MagicStaff: Rai's thunder staff, Biraiden.
91	** PinballProjectile: Geki's iron ball, Bakugeki.
92	* WorthlessYellowRocks: The Hikaribito don't understand the value of paper money.
93	* WouldntHitAGirl: Gou hits this snag in his duel with Shou. She's won over eventually.

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