Line #30 VisualNovel/ACEAcademy


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Characters from left-to-right: Shou Shinjirou, Tristan Spade, Nikki Spade, Valerie Belle, Kaori Itami, Yunna Misaki, and Mayu Akemi]]
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4	''[=ACE=] Academy'' is a comedy-centric, slice-of-life, visual novel, with sci-fi and romance elements. It was published and developed by [=PixelFade=] Studio.
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6	In the year 2049, mechanized robots called [=GEAR=]s have become commonplace due to their versatility. And [=ACE=] Academy is Japan's premiere school for "Cenorobotics", a new academic field focused entirely around these robots. When an American student, default name: Tristan Spade, and his personal [=GEAR=] are transferred to [=ACE=] Academy due to unforeseen circumstances, he struggles to fit in at first. But soon, he encounters a group of young pilots desperate for a new member to their team. Together, they might just win the upcoming intramural tournament, and perhaps even find romance along the way...
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8	A shorter sequel was later released called ''Kaori After Story,'' unsurprisingly following on from Kaori's ending.
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10	!!The following Tropes are present in this Visual Novel:
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12	* TheAce: Akira starts out as this but Tristan can become one himself if the player picks the right options during matches.
13	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Both Kaori and Valerie indulge in this during a post victory party. [[spoiler: Although Valerie is less drunk then she's pretending to be.]]
14	* AppropriatedAppellation: Tristan's team is called ACE-2049-11. This is initially just a school registration code after the team formed too fast to come up with a name before qualifiers. Early on the characters discuss changing the name but never seem to get round to it and eventually just run with the code.
15	* AsHimself: While she also plays Mei, Creator/AmandaLee makes a cameo as herself near the end of the game. Also the director himself, Dishu Khan, makes a parody cameo of himself.
16	** This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Tristan and Kaori meet Amanda Lee as they note in puzzlement how much she sounds like Mei then shrug it off as a weird coincidence.
17	* BadassBiker: Both Tristan and Ivan count.
18	* BeachEpisode: Let's get real here, it wouldn't be a visual novel without one.
19	* TheBigDamnKiss: Some of the romance paths have this, others are more understated.
20	* ButNotTooForeign: Nikki and the player character are half-Japanese/half-American.
21	* ChristmasEpisode: The main story takes place in the summer but the ''Kaori After Story'' centres around Tristin spending Christmas with Kaori and her family.
22	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The main characters' [=GEAR=]s. Tristan is blue and white, Shou is green, Kaori is red and Mayu is purple.
23	* CooldownHug: [[spoiler: Given by Tristan to Kaori on her route, it acts as the point at which her romance is "locked in."]]
24	* CuttingOffTheBranches: While all of the game's romances are pretty well developed within the main game, the sequel assumes that Kaori's route is what happened.
25	* {{Expy}}: Shou Shinjirou = [[Videogame/Persona4 Yousuke Hanamura]]. This one is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
26	* {{Fembot}}: [=GEAR=]s piloted by women are crafted to indicate this fact. Kaori insists the resulting curves are fuel storage.
27	* FormFittingWardrobe: [=GEAR=] pilot suits are...snug.
28	* FriendlyRivalry: Seems to be the [=ACE=] Academy way. All of the opponents Tristan's team faces are class acts and gracious in defeat and victory.
29	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Every blonde in the plot is a nice person, unless the player decides to make the protagonist behave poorly.
30	* HotSpringsEpisode: Complete with some peeping action, thanks to Shou of course.
31	* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Pretty much describes the first meeting with Ken.
32	* TheILoveYouStigma: While Tristan can break out the L word on any romance he never does so until the final date in the game's story by which point he is ''very'' sure of his ground. [[spoiler: Although Valerie does trick him into saying it earlier in French without telling him what it means.]]
33	* IncestSubtext: PlayedForLaughs by the devs, merely playing with many fan's desire for a Nikki route.
34	* InterfaceSpoiler: One can tell Mei is going to matter to the plot when she shows up as she has a full character design. Unimportant characters are represented as silhouettes.
35	* IronicEcho: Nikki will tell Valerie [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer what Tristan earlier told Ken]], word-for-word, when Valerie wakes Tristan up late into her route.
36	* LargeHam: Yosuke's dorm mate, Tatsuo, only speaks in all-caps and in grandiose style ([[StraightMan much to Kaori's frustration]]). [[spoiler:His uncle, Ivan Podubbny, does so, as well.]]
37	* MarkedChange: Eagle when using Overdrive mode, [[spoiler: Akira's gear also when he activates his overdrive mode.]]
38	* MeaningfulName: The only American GEAR in the story is called [[{{Eagleland}} Eagle.]]
39	* {{Mecha}}: Now available to university students!
40	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Every character speaks with a North American accent despite everyone other than Tristan, Nikki and Valerie being Japanese and Valerie being French. This is probably TranslationConvention though, as most of the dialogue is supposed to be in Japanese.
41	* PlayingCyrano: [[spoiler: How to complete Mayu's romance. She comes to realise she's fallen for Tristan as he attempts to coach her through how to go on a hypothetical date with Shou. Oddly if you actually ask her out on a date Tristan is too nervous and ruins his chances with her.]]
42	* SequelHook: That ending though.
43	* ShoutOut: Several, ranging from real life celebrities, TV shows and movies.
44	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: For some reason both of Nikki's school friends jump straight from Nikki being grossed out by them being interested in her brother to thinking the two are in an incestuous relationship.
45	* TakeThatAudience: Nikki's pseudo-route gives one to all the fans asking to romance her.
46	--> '''Nikki:''' "I love my brother as my ''brother''. But what you guys are [[BrotherSisterIncest trying to]] ''[[BrotherSisterIncest hint]]'' [[BrotherSisterIncest at]] will [[ShipSinking never, ever, EVER be a thing!]]"\
47	'''Cafe Customer 1:''' "What about as...{{DLC}}?"\
48	'''Nikki:''' "NO."
49	* {{Tsundere}}: Kaori is a pretty straight example at first glance. Getting to know her better shows she has {{Hidden Depths}}.
50	* WrenchWench: As the team's engineer Valerie is the most prominent example but both Kaori and Mayu work on their own [=GEAR=]s a lot too.

Context VisualNovel / ACEAcademy