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Kunisaki Yukito is a traveler running low on money who lives day-to-day by performing a telekinetic puppet show. His travels, however, have a deeper meaning, one he's been trying to push away: for a thousand years now, his family has been searching for a girl with a curse upon her. A series of girls in town - cute, immature Misuzu, sly, friendly Kano, and quiet, peaceful Minagi - present themselves as suspects to be this girl in the sky, as they all have mysterious dreams of flying and connections to the spirit world that unfold along with their problems in the present day. If the girl isn't found and somehow saved, once she reaches a certain age or finds someone dear to her heart, she will become very ill, lose her memories, and die...

 

 

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* [[Against the Setting Sun]]: several scenes take place by the sea, against a sundown scenario. Especially relevant is the scene in which {{spoiler|Misuzu calls out to Haruko, accepting her as her mother, and the two embrace as the waves crash against them}}.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: Due to time constraints, the explanation of Yukito's past exists only in the game, and much of the medieval journey is relegated to an [[OVA]]. Also, {{spoiler|the conditions of breaking Misuzu's curse are stated in the game and implied in the anime, making the ending more positive if you paid attention)}}.

* [[Bird Run]]: Misuzu does this a lot.

* [[Bishoujo Series]]

*** [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|In the manga version, Misuzu survives.}}

* [[Bleached Underpants]]: The original game was an H-game, but the anime adaptation and PS 2 port have the sex scenes removed.

* [[Breathe on the Fan]]: Yukito does this in an early episode.

* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|Michiru}}.

* [[Children Raise You]]: Played with in Haruko's subplot -- she's an immature and irresponsible woman raising her dead sister's child, but she behaves the way she does for a good reason. She ''does'' become a loving and responsible mother figure at the end, though.

* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Kano, Minagi and Michiru briefly appear as background characters in the movie. Also, [[Shout-Out|Ayu, Nayuki and Makoto appear at Misuzu's school]], and they would later appear in ''[[Kanon]]''.

* [[Corner of Woe]]: Uraha and Ryuuya in episode 8, when Kanna tells them to get away from her.

* [[Dating Sim]]

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: In the anime, at least, you could be forgiven for thinking that this is Yukito's story. {{spoiler|Then he's excised from the plot via reincarnation as a crow, and the conflict between Haruko and Misuzu takes center stage.}}

* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Oh, Misuzu...}}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Note to any winged beings: Leaving the temple, even if it's just to see your mother, will result in you being killed and cursed by Buddhist Monks. Said curse will haunt you in your reincarnations also. The curse? Die when you fall in love or if you feel love.

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Yukito. He doesn't die, but as a crow, he has near to no relevance to the plot anymore.}}

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Uraha. Well, almost always.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Yukito and Ryuuya

* [[Fond Memories That Could Have Been]]: {{spoiler|Played painfully straight with Haruko imagining all the time she could have spent with Misuzu as she died in her arms.}}

* [[The Gadfly]]: Uraha and Ryuuya love nothing more than teasing Kanna.

* [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]]: The school uniforms.

** A case of this in the original made it into an [[Actor Allusion]] in [[Lucky Star]] (DaisukeOno and Hiromi Konno, who played the roles of Yukito and Potato, respectively). There's also one in [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] (with Daisuke Ono, again).

** Heck, Yukito is [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing| Heero Yuy]] in the game version!

* [[Identical Grandson]]: A thousand years and lord knows how many generations later, and Yukito's mom still looks like Uraha with brown hair and Yukito himself like Ryuuya without slicked-back hair.

* [[Important Haircut]]: Haruko cuts Misuzu's hair, {{spoiler|accidentally cutting it much shorter than intended, thus giving her a more childish look that foreshadows later events}}.

* [[Jidai Geki]]: The Summer arc and OVA.

** Actually, that complaint should be directed at [[Key Visual Arts|Itaru Hinoue]], the original character designer. Kyoto Animation did a very good job in adapting the original character designs in [[Animation Bump|fluid motion]], and actually painting each of those frames, as intricately as the hair was already designed, takes a good deal of effort.

* [[No Communities Were Harmed]]: The unnamed town is actually Kasumi, a small Japanese town that was absorbed into a city called Kami after the game came out.

* [[Only Six Faces]]: In the series. One for girls, one for moms, and whoever is left...

* [[The Other Darrin]]: The game and movie has [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] as Yukito's seiyuu, while the series uses [[Daisuke Ono]].

* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Yukito uses this with Misuzu's TV. {{spoiler|To no avail. The real fix is fiddling with the antenna, as generations of real-life analog TV owners with spotty reception can attest.}}

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Haruko when it rains the day of the summer festival.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Rather appropriately reserved for the two high class Heian period ladies, Kanna and Uraha. Misuzu and Haruko's hair is pretty long as well, but not quite up to the standards of the trope.'

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLdNlWnHpO8&feature=related Potato.]'''

* [[Rule of Cute]]: What else could justify the series girls' [[Eyes Do Not Belong There|most peculiar eye placement]]?

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The sky and the sea play very important roles. The shots of the blue sky during the final scenes lend them a very dramatic atmosphere.

* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] by {{spoiler|Ryuuya and Uraha}}.

* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: {{spoiler|Misuzu lives}} in the manga, and {{spoiler|Yukito remains human}} in the movie.

* [[Story Arc]]: In order - episode one, Kano, Minagi, episode seven, Heian period, Sora, Misuzu, episode 12.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: [[Played for Laughs]]: Near the shrine at night Yukito helps a disorientated Kano to stand after she collapsed when Hijiri suddenly appears to find her sister in the arms of the part-timer

** It's not like I gave alcohol to an innocent girl and took her to a secluded place...

* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|After Ryuuya dies, he's seen standing on a field in the afterlife, apparently waiting- and then Uraha walks up to stand next to him and the two set off to look for Kanna again.}}

* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: {{spoiler|Misuzu and Michiru, angels in every sense of the word, who by the cruelty of the gods themselves cannot stay with the people they love}}.

** {{spoiler| Kanna}}, by extension. The monks, not the gods, were responsible for that, though.

* [[Utsuge]]

* [[Welcome Episode]]

 

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