Shining Tears X Wind

Shining Tears X Wind is an anime adaptation of the video game Shining Wind. It is about four High School students discovering End Earth a fantasy world that is parallel to theirs. Souma Akizuki the show's protagonist becomes the world's protector and must stop his two friends Kiriya and Saionji from killing each other. The series runs for thirteen episodes and contains Loads and Loads of Characters.

This series provides examples of:

 * Affectionate Gesture to The Head:
 * An Ice Person: Blanc Neige.
 * Anti Villain: Traihard wants to save the world even if he has to do some terrible things.
 * The Archer: Elwyn.
 * Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence:
 * Badass: Souma even without a soul blade can fight off enemies quite well with awesome fighting skills. Even back when he was just a highschool student early on in the series he could pull all of this off.
 * Traihard is this as well. From the way he acts to his fighting ability. He even
 * Cast Full of Pretty Boys: Every male character who isn't a beastman is a total Bishonen. There is four in total which range from pretty muscular like Souma and Saionji, to downright Dude Looks Like a Lady like Caris. Kiriya is somewhere in the middle.
 * Catgirl: Mao.
 * Curb Stomp Battle:
 * Death Is a Slap On The Wrist:
 * Demoted to Extra:  went from the main female character to a useless extra after she served her purpose as
 * Only in the anime though since the anime has Souma's perspective and she's
 * The ones who really didn't get to appear in the anime, nor the game in Valeria were Volg, Pios, Keiner, and Cupido.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything: How soul bladers get their sword from the other person.
 * Fan Service: Blanc Neige's shower scene.
 * Also Souma's shirtless scene.
 * Another one for the ladies was
 * Five Man Band Weissritter has: Souma (The Hero), Mao (The Lancer), Lazarus (The Big Guy), Blanc Neige (The Smart Guy), and both Elwyn and Ryuna are The Chick. And if you wanna be technical,
 * Fridge Logic: So why the hell did
 * Good Wings Evil Wings: Zero has one of each.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Interspecies Romance:
 * Also
 * Meganekko: Reia Hiruda.
 * My God What Have I Done:
 * Out of Character Moment: So lets get this straight Kiriya
 * Perspective Flip: Souma is the protagonist of the anime, while Kiriya is the protagonist of the game.
 * The Power of Love:
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Elwyn despite being an excellent fighter is also the comic relief of the group.
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter: Lassi.
 * Sir Not Appearing in This Trailer: Souma despite being the show's protagonist has a minor barely noticeable spot on the poster. Most of Weissritter gets the spotlight.
 * Plus other important characters like Kiriya and Saionji don't even appear on it.
 * Talking to Himself: Souma and Zero  is voiced by Soichiro Hoshi
 * White Haired Pretty Boy: Souma and Kiriya.
 * White Haired Pretty Girl: Blanc Neige.
 * You Should Know This Already: Not necessarily, but if one wants to know the characters more in the anime, particularly the Weissritter group, it would be more encouraging if they played Shining Tears first. Also, the entirety of episode 6 is a major spoiler.
 * White Haired Pretty Girl: Blanc Neige.
 * You Should Know This Already: Not necessarily, but if one wants to know the characters more in the anime, particularly the Weissritter group, it would be more encouraging if they played Shining Tears first. Also, the entirety of episode 6 is a major spoiler.