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There's one thing worse than dying. It's coming back to do it again and again. When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death?

 

 

 

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Rita (and later Keiji) realize that to single-handedly fight off an entire army of Mimics, you need a weapon that doesn't run out of ammo. Hence the huge axes they use to tear through the Mimic hordes when everyone else is using guns and striking from a distance. Also crosses over into [[Awesome but Impractical]] because, as Shasta soberly points out, improper handling of an axe swing's powerful inertia can easily lead to a broken spine or even death. It's only {{spoiler|the consequence-free nature of the time loop that allows Rita and Keiji to perfect their}} own technique.

* [[Big Bra to Fill]]: Inverted. Rita is flat-chested but the actress who plays her in the Hollywood movie based on her life is far more glamorous and curvy. When Rita is presented with a Japanese figurine modeled after herself, she has to be told that it's supposed to be her because of the utter lack of resemblance.

** {{spoiler|Rita was actually skilled before her looping began, but it was the looping that enabled her to figure out how to finish off a Mimic troop.}}

* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The Mimics landed in the ocean, and copied what they found there (Starfish), which they now have much more in common with them than humans. There is little mention of the real aliens though, other than that they require a much different biosphere than us.

 

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