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The '''War Arc''' is a story arc that concerns two or more large-scale factions (city-sized at least) in conflict with one another, with the protagonists being involved somehow. The scale will usually be very epic, with politics usually playing a role. Expect to see a [[Big Badass Battle Sequence]].
See also [[Rescue Arc]] and [[Tournament Arc]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Whitebeard War saga in ''[[One Piece]]'', especially the Marineford arc, where dozens of incredibly powerful characters from throughout the series clash in a massive conflict between pirates and the government. Interestingly, this one doubles as a [[Rescue Arc]], as the pirates storm marine headquarters to save their comrade {{spoiler|Ace}} from a public execution.
** Since most arcs in One Piece involve the Straw Hats arriving at a new location and getting involved in local conflicts between various factions, war arcs are actually pretty common. Notable examples include Alabasta and Skypiea.
* The Shinobi World War Arc in ''[[Naruto]]'' is the most recent example, but it had the Konoha Invasion arc several hundred chapters earlier, which tied in with the Chuunin Exams [[Tournament Arc]] {{spoiler|and actually cut that one short.}}
* ''[[Bleach]]'': The five-year long (real time) "Winter War" between the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 and Sosuke Aizen's army of Arrancar, finally ending at the climax of the Deicide arc.
** The second half of the series is building up towards another
* The ongoing conflict between the Exorcists of the Black Order and the Millennium Earl's Akuma make up a good portion of the [[Myth Arc]] for ''[[D
* The Arachnophobia arc in ''[[Soul Eater]]''.
* The war between the Kingdom of Midland and the Tudor Empire is the second plot of the Golden Age Arc in ''[[Berserk]].''
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* [[Babylon 5]] featured the Narn-Centauri war, the Shadow war, and the Earth Civil War.
* A few [[Star Trek]] series mustered some of these into their runs.
** Season 3 of [[Star Trek: Enterprise]] has the eponymous Enterprise racing to stop the Xindi from launching an attack on Earth.
** [[Deep Space Nine]] famously featured the two-year war between the Federation and the Dominion, but it also had the Klingon-Cardassian war and the second Klingon-Federation war (before both sides discovered they'd been played like cheap fiddles).
** The [[Star Trek: Voyager]] writers wanted to make "Year of Hell" a season-long arc, but the executives said no, and it was instead made into a two-parter.
== Videogames ==
* ''[[
** The second game, notably, avoids this from the main plotline, but the possibility of a second war between the geth and quarians is addressed several times. Additionally, the [[Enemy Civil War]] between the [[True Neutral]] geth and the [[
** The third game revolves around the Reaper invasion of the galaxy. At the same time, various races continue to fight each other (an example being the quarian-geth conflict), hampering resistance efforts.
* [[Halo]] has the Human-Covenant war as its [[Myth Arc]], with the Covenant Civil War as a late side-effect carrying over to the finale.
* A major plotline in ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' is the conflict between the Imperial Legion and the Stormcloak rebellion led by Ulfric Stormcloak. The player is free to help the Empire quell the rebellion or the Stormcloaks fight off the Legion and have Skyrim become an independent nation.
* [[Fallout: New Vegas]] centers around a war between the [[The Federation|New California Republic]] and [[The Horde|Caesar's Legion]], with [[The Chessmaster|Mr. House]] serving as a potential third party. You're given the opportunity to support any three of those. That or decide to [[Dark Horse Victory|oppose all three and rule Vegas yourself]].
* ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'' has this as the main plot of the third chapter. Armies of angels, chimeras and rebel monsters attack every major location, requiring you to revisit all of them.
== Web Original ==
* ''[[
== Web Comics ==
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* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' is about stopping a war that's already going on, sort of making it a [[Myth Arc|series-long]] War Arc.
* The [[Teen Titans (
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