Line #45 VisualNovel/LimeIroSenkitan


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3	->''"[[UsefulNotes/RussoJapaneseWar It is the 37th year of the Meiji Era]]. At the edge of the grand continent of Eurasia, the echo of guns resounded. Japan was still a weak country at the time. Their existence depended on the fortress protected by the army of evil. And the ones who faced it were delicate girls. This is a story of love and inspiration of five young girls and one young man who assisted them."''
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5	Originally a VisualNovel-slash-battle sim game by Creator/ELFCorporation released in December 2002, it was adapted into a ThirteenEpisodeAnime in the winter of 2003. A two-episode {{OVA}} followed about a year after, transitioning to its sequel, ''VisualNovel/LimeIroRyukitanX''. The original game also has a TabletopGame/{{mahjong}} spinoff, ''Lime-iro Jankitan'', and an UpdatedRerelease on the Platform/PlayStation2.
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7	It is 1904. Shintaro Umakai has been accepted as a teacher at the Amanohara Girls' School. What he's about to find out is that the school is aboard a ship, and he's acting as the teacher for the Lime Unit. Five girls with special powers, the ability to summon Raimu, spiritual armored warriors, who will be assisting the Amanohara on its invasion of the Lushun Fortress in Russia.
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9	The five girls are the ditzy Momen Sanada, the tomboyish Asa Kato, the meek Kinu Fukushima, the upper-class Sarasa Honda and the elegant beauty Rinzu Kuroda. Along the way, the girls will come to grips with their own past, while Shintaro comes to grips with his own. There are things he left behind in Russia that will return with a vengeance.
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11	!!''Lime-iro Senkitan'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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13	* ACupAngst: Asa is easily the flattest of the girls, and gets teased about it, to her annoyance.
14	* ActionHoggingOpening: Raimu battles do appear in the series, but they're not the central focus like the opening makes them out to be.
15	* AirborneAircraftCarrier: While not an aircraft carrier, the ''Amanohara'' is still a gigantic flying battleship.
16	* AnimatedArmor: The Raimu act like a miniature MotionCaptureMecha, [[{{Synchronization}} controlled by their pilots]].
17	* BigBad: [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]], leader of the Russian Spiritual Corps and an evil Raimu user who plots to TakeOverTheWorld.
18	* BigBrotherAttraction: Momen is attracted to Shintaro precisely because he reminds her of her big brother.
19	* BigFriendlyDog: Sarasa's [[FormallyNamedPet pompously-named]] pooch Antoinette Ghandi XIII. (Momen calls her "Angie".)
20	%%* BlowYouAway: Rinzu.
21	* BreastAttack: Momen experienced a very specific version of MeatOVision, and saw Sarasa's chest as meat buns. She then tried to take a bite out of them.
22	* CanonImmigrant: Koushi, Soushi and Oushi, Kuki's three familiars, were added in the anime, and made their way back into the UpdatedRerelease of the game on the [=PS2=].
23	%%* CensorSteam
24	* CollapsingLair: Rasputin. [[spoiler:His death is getting crushed by a falling boulder.]]
25	%%* ChildSoldiers
26	* CuteClumsyGirl: Momen.
27	* DancingTheme: Kuki's familiars and the girls do a dance with maracas against a flowery background.
28	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Shintaro befriends Raxa and Sateen after their boss falls. They're seen living a normal life in the end.
29	* DePower: The Lime Unit loses their powers at the end of the second OVA to revive Shintaro after his soul was sucked out.
30	* DeusSexMachina: The only way to get the ''Amanohara'' moving is for Shintaro to awaken Kuki, by getting himself moving....inside her.
31	* TheDitz: Momen.
32	* EarlyBirdCameo: Tsumugi Shima and Sakon (her Raimu), Major Gamou and Linen (unvoiced), from ''VisualNovel/LimeIroRyukitanX'' appear in the second part of the OVA, transitioning between the two series.
33	* ExtraOreDinary: Kinu
34	* AFatherToHisMen: Captain Kaji.
35	* FestivalEpisode: The OVA.
36	* GoingCommando:
37	** In the first OVA, Sarasa puts on a gaudy pair of lucky underwear for what she thinks is a confession with Shintaro. After seeing that her friend/rival Rinzu went without panties, Sarasa promptly removes hers. Then it turns out ''everyone'' went without them.
38	--->'''Sarasa''': You're all cheaters!
39	** Momen does this while the one pair of panties she owns is being washed.
40	* GreatDetective: Sarasa claims to be one when searching for her missing pocketwatch. Unfortunately, her choice of outfit is decidedly ''Scottish'' (complete with bagpipes!)
41	* GreenThumb: Asa.
42	* TheGunslinger: Kinu.
43	%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Major Date, and Sophia.]]
44	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The BigBad is [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]], here presented as an evil Raimu user who plans to TakeOverTheWorld.
45	* HotForTeacher: By the closure, Shintaro has gotten all five members of the Lime Unit in love with him, no matter how much he claims he's just a teacher.
46	* HotSpringsEpisode: Which doubles as an impromptu ClipShow. It's a BeachEpisode too.
47	* IfICantHaveYou: Sophia, to the point of {{yandere}} levels. She makes Shintaro BrainwashedAndCrazy and tries to force him to kill his students.
48	* ImagineSpot: Frequent in the OVA, as the girls imagine a love-filled life with Shintaro. Notably, Rinzu's fantasy about what present she wants to give Shintaro (ie herself) is so explicit that it isn't shown. We only see her face blushing.
49	* InnocentInnuendo: What sounds like Shintaro doing it with Kuki and Sumi in the first OVA turns out to be Sumi giving Kuki a back massage.
50	* {{Joshikousei}}: Asa's casual outfit.
51	* LonelyRichKid: Sarasa.
52	* MakingASplash: Sarasa.
53	* {{Malaproper}}: Sarasa.
54	* {{Miko}}: Kinu.
55	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Sophia, who pretends to have suffered an injury, making her mentally reduced to childhood. She knows what's going on the whole time.]]
56	* NakedApron: Momen wears one to clean the bathroom. On "Onii-chan Day", ''everyone'' wears one. And in most Naked Apron scenes, the underwear worn in the TV version is conspicuously absent on DVD.
57	* {{Ojou}}: Sarasa, type two definitely. Though she does mellow out somewhat.
58	* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Rinzu's Raimu is the only one to take the form of a centaur.
59	* PaperFanOfDoom: Rinzu has one on hand at all times.
60	* PlayingWithFire: Momen
61	* ThePornomancer: While the series has its roots in an {{eroge}}, Shintaro's pornomancy hasn't really been diluted. The second OVA is a fine example.
62	* ThePowerOfLove: What ultimately saves the day. In one blast, no less.
63	* TooHotForTV: Like you wouldn't believe. Erased undergarments, cloudy water turned transparent, entirely new/added scenes, and numerous other enhancements take this series from an {{Ecchi}} romp into borderline {{Hentai}} territory.
64	* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: The girls' regular outfits (and their Lime Unit uniforms), while still catering to their niches, have nothing on the outfits the Three Tamers wear.
65	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Rasputin has three of them.
66	* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Major Date, who serves as an inspiration to Shintaro for all of two episodes before hurtling off the ship to save Sarasa, and making Shintaro the new Commander.]]
67	* SchoolNurse: Sumi Ichijouji. She's hot for Shintaro too.
68	* SchoolSwimsuit: During the beach episode.
69	* SheCleansUpNicely: Sarasa holds a ball in an attempt to get Kuki back on the ship, so everyone gets a chance to dress up. This applies to Asa most of all.
70	* SmallNameBigEgo: Sarasa can brag a mile a minute, but she's ultimately nervous beneath it all.
71	* ThemeNaming:
72	** All of the girls (even Sophia's code name) are certain types of fabric. Specifically, Momen = cotton, Asa = flax, Sarasa = calico, Kinu = silk, Rinzu = satin.
73	** The Lime Unit get their surnames from famous Japanese generals. The first name of the general that inspired them is used for their Raimu.
74	* UpperClassTwit: Sarasa. She's wealthy, and brags about all of her fancy imported goods, but is completely misinformed on how the world works.
75	* VoodooDoll: Kinu has several of them, including personalized ones for every member of the crew. She uses them for impromptu puppet shows, {{Companion Cube}}s, and is unafraid of impaling them with nails to stop her friends from getting in her way. On multiple occasions. Not to mention one particularly disturbing bonus ImagineSpot sequence featuring a naked Kinu and a human-sized talking voodoo doll...

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