
Cross Ange: The Glitch In the System
is a Cross Ange Fix Fic by Raggylad98
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Cal, the world's first and only Male Norma, was raised apart from society by his "Gramps," Gavin "Gaz" Wright, to protect him from the world who hates and fears his kind. When a former friend of Gaz, Dutch Villson, arrives to take Cal away, he is forced to flee from their island while his Gramps sacrificed himself to buy him time to escape from the humans. Arriving at the Fortress Arzenal, where Norma are forced to fight the mysterious DRAGO Ns by the humans, Cal begins his new life as a soldier. He finds work, friends, and love and begins to piece the truth about this world and his own existence together. But with Libertus and the arrival of a certain Princess on the Horizon, Cal might just be the key to a weapon, left behind from the Ancient Folk, that might just turn the tide.
The fic coinciding with the main plot of Cross Ange is still ongoing. The fic is currently at 61 chapters, and currently coincides with Episode 14 of the series.
''Cross Ange: The Glitch In The System provides examples of:
- Adaptation Expansion: Cal’s story begins 8 months before Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi’s fateful baptism. Thus, the story gives more scenes to Zola, Coco, and Miranda as well as scenes with Naomi.
- Serra, the Norma baby taken from her mother in the first episode of canon, is given various scenes during her time at Arzenal.
- Balanced Harem: Due to being the only man on an island full of women, Cal ends up having this, with his main girlfriends(Naomi, Ersha, Salia, and eventually Hilda) understanding that having him to themselves is somewhat unrealistic, and his other bedmates understanding that things are mainly physical.
- Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Cal has a custom-made rider suit that covers his whole body, His regular Arzenal uniform covers his torso, and his training top is a standard tank top. Whereas the standard Norma uniforms and training attires all show off their bare bellies and the plug suits might as well be bikinis.
- Subverted when Cal first arrived at Arzenal. He had to wear a standard seaweed green plug suit modified with short shorts, but only because Jill and Jasmine couldn’t keep any Ancient Folk uniforms after the failure of the first Libertus.
- Cast of Expies: Many of the OCs of Glitch in the System are similar to another Cross Ange fix fic: Cross Ange: The Knight of Hilda.
- Cal = Rio: OC male protagonists
- Dutch = Dark: Arch nemesis to OC male protagonist Takes Dracunium pills and transforms into monster.
- Blackadder = Dark: Clone who became Embryo’s butler and personal enforcer.
- Abigail = Cynthia: Norma children who get individual focus
- Ralph’s Corporal Eric Lawrence persona = Rio’s Captain Joseph Algren persona: The male assistants to Inspector Emma Bronson. Both are also secretly spies for La Resistance.
- Jadis = Colonel Felix Ackerman: The dreaded wardens who use iron fists to terrorize Norma.
- The real Corporal Eric Lawrence = Colonel Felix Ackerman: Male soldier assigned to assist Inspector Emma Bronson while also to uncover any Arzenal secrets.
- The Saviours = The Network: Pro Norma la resistance organizations
- Gaz and Jacob = Blitz: Old pro-Norma rebellion leaders who have romantic links with Jasmine.
- Finn = Rhino: The muscle of the organization, though Finn has more of an attitude than Rhino
- Frenzy = Spider: The goofy comic relief and Casanova wannabe of the organization.
- Dolton = Chaplain: The organization’s heads of intelligence. Though Dolton share’s Spider’s role as technology expert.
- Malta = Major: The top Norma of the organization.
- Finn’s Sister = Sarah Honister: Norma protected by human before being sent to Arzenal. Finn also shares the fate of Rio as they were both banished to boarding school for their roles in hiding the Norma, before being recruited to the terrorist organizations.
- Jeffry = Lieutenant Muruta: Young Mana human soldier with individual focus.
- Siegfried = Susano’o: Ragnamail that can be piloted by a male.
- Ragnarok = Bareta: Ragnamail that can be piloted with the Light of Mana.
- Cast Herd: The Glitch in the System has a huge cast, there's Cal, Ange, and the First Troop, the rest of the Norma pilots, Arzenal's staff, All the members of the Saviours, Dutch and his army, People from Gaz's previous life in Chapter 15, and we haven't even gotten to the DRAGONs yet.
- Chick Magnet: As the only Male Norma, Cal is the only man on an island of women. This, combined with his good looks and kind nature, gets him a lot of attention from the ladies. Attention he doesn't mind all that much after his First Time, but it does get a little exhausting after a while, and he's glad when other men arrive and start to take the heat off of him.
- Fix Fic: Like Knight of Hilda, The Glitch in the System adds more male heroes and Mana humans to the side of the good guys. It also fills in various plot points by adding a significant number of OC’s.
- Heroic Bastard: As the product of a breeding program where his mother never even saw the father, and a heroic individual in general, Cal qualifies as this.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Hilda is not happy when Cal unintentionally offers competition for Zola's top spot, treating him with animosity as a result and playing quite a few pranks on him after he starts sleeping with the Captain.
