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One organization (HOLY) strives to control the super-powered population while rebuilding civilization on the island, while rebels and thugs attempts to resist them, and small communities live independently of the government in the wilder lands.
 
The manga makes a number of changes from the anime. The anime uses subtle characterization and two mutually-antagonistic [[Anti -Hero]] leads (the [[Knight Templar]] and the [[Idiot Hero]]) without overly favoring one or the other. The manga is more prone to [[Card -Carrying Villain|Card Carrying Villains]] and gives a different explanation as to the [[Meta Origin]] of the Alters ([[Evolutionary Levels]]). Actually, the ending of the manga is very much like [[Gurren Lagann|a later work we tropers love]] but with more gore, nudity, and profanity.
 
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=== This series provides examples of: ===
 
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Kimishima likes Ayase who likes Kazuma who never notices her; Cougar likes <s>[[Running Gag|Minori]]</s> Mimori who likes Ryuhou, as does Scheris. (Ryuhou may like Mimori back but refuses to have a relationship because of {{spoiler|gult over Scheris' sacrifice to save him}}.) The only character who gets a relationship with someone is Asuka Tachibana - and his girlfriend Cammy is only a minor character.
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* [[Anime First]]
* [[Another Dimension]]
* [[Anti -Hero]]: Kazuma is a [[Good Is Not Nice|Type III]], although during his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] he veers into [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|Type IV]]. Kimishima is a [[Classical Antihero|Type I]].
* [[Anti -Magic]]: Kaname has a mild version. She's able to ignore Unkei's Mad Sprict power without even noticing, and instantly deduces that Kigetsuki's Tokonatsu Sisters aren't actually human despite the fact that there's basically no way to tell on sight. Both can be attributed to her being a latent psychic.
* [[Anti -Villain]]: Ryuhou is a [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Type III]] with a dash of [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Type II]] thrown in. Urizane, Illian, and Sherise are all [[Hero Antagonist|Type IV]]. Cougar may be a Type III or a Type IV; his motives are never really explained.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Ryuhou defends a settlement from a HOLY unit. Slight subversion in that he continues to do so even after recovering his memories.}}
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* [[Conflict Killer]]: {{spoiler|Kyoji Mujo}}
* [[Cool Car]]: Cougar's secondary ability is to morph any car into a hot pink hot rod with incredible speed, though they are prone to explode after he's done with them.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|Cougar. He's probably the strongest alter user in existence other than the protagonists and Mujo.}} In the manga, he's just a [[Badass]].
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Pretty much any time Cougar is onscreen.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Many of the fights are this. Just about anyone Kazuma or Ryuhou fights between {{spoiler|the timeskip and them entering Mujo's fortress}} gets their ass handed to them effortlessly.
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** Kigetsuki actually demonstrates this trope to Ryuhou by threatening Kanami, reasoning that as a HOLY member the ends justify the means. Ryuhou sees this as cowardly, which allows him to see the world from Kazuma's perspective and realize what he used to seem like to the Inners.
* [[Determinator]]: Definitely Kazuma, and probably Ryuhou.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: The answer is {{spoiler|yes, Kazuma did, when Mujo returned from The Other Side looking like a [[Cosmic Horror]].}}
* [[Distant Finale]]: Doesn't really add much.
* [[Distracted From Death]]: {{spoiler|Kazuma starts carrying an injured Kimishima home, and doesn't notice until he gets there that Kimishima died along the way.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: This exchange between Kazuma and Kyoji Mujo.
{{quote| '''Kazuma:''' So you must be the one who--<br />
'''Mujo:''' Correct. I'm the one who refined her.<br />
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** It's possibly to hide scarring from overuse of his alter ability - certainly the scarring was there when we saw the glove removed later on in the series.
** In flashbacks his hand is bloodied and bandaged, hinting that as a child not knowing how to use his first-form alter he may have made some mistake in re-forming the split arm.
* [[Five -Man Band]]: Some of the more well-intentioned HOLY members could be seen as one.
** [[The Hero]]: Ryuhou
** [[The Lancer]]: Cougar
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* [[One Dimensional Thinking]]: Averted in Straight Cougar's final battle
* [[One Sided Battle]]
* [[One -Woman Wail]]
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Kazuma and Ryuho view each other like this.
* [[Painful Transformation]]: For Kazuma, once he gets his level 2 Alter.
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* [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]]: A number of alters are brightly colored enough to qualify, but what really takes the cake is {{spoiler|Kazuma's final alter}}, which looks completely ridiculous.
* [[Really Dead Montage]]: Several times.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Kazuma and Ryuho, respectively.
* [[Rewriting Reality]]: "Mad Sprict" (sic) -- a HOLY agent attempts to use this as [[More Than Mind Control]] on Kazuma to persuade him to join; unfortunately for him, he blows it by badly misusing [[Defeat Means Friendship]] at the end of the script.
* [[The Rival]]: Ryuhou.
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* [[Say My Name]]: '''KAZUMAAAAAAAA! RYUHOOOOOOOOOOU!'''
* [[Shonen Upgrade]]
* [[Shout Out]]: The Crystal/Crystalline Entity bears a strong resemblance to Star Platinum of ''[[Jo JosJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]''. Conceptually, the Alters are more than a little similar to the Stands of the older series as well.
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: This is HOLD's and Ryuho's attitude towards Mimori.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Emergy Maxfell and Kigetsuki. Oh dear God, Kigetsuki!
** Kyoji Mujo is a pretty smug bastard too.
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* [[Title Drop]]: Not literally, but the final thing Kazuma punches {{spoiler|spells out s-CRY-ed, which is the first thing shown in the opening.}}
* [[Tunnel of Foreshadowing]]: Most versions of the opening sequence, but the opening changes both as the story progresses and acording to which character has the spotlight this episode.
* [[The Un -Reveal]]: By the time the final episode rolls around {{spoiler|Kazuma and Ryuho have fought several times, with no clear winner. The last ep has them indulge in one last, decisive brawl. At the end, we see that only one is left standing...but we never find out which one it is.}}
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Between his [[Evil Is Stylish|undeniably good fashion sense]] and condescending attitude towards Native Alters, Kyoji Mujo definitely qualifies for this Trope.
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: Mimori is one. Several characters lampshade this, some more sardonicly than others.
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