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In an effort to learn more about [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|metallic aliens]] that have been plaguing the planet for the past years, Dr. Noguchi and assistant Maki Agata try to bring to life a construct pieced together from various destroyed aliens. They recruit Takuto Kaneshiro, Maki's boyfriend at the college they both attend, into the project because of his talent for metallurgy. While Takuto is unhappy with Maki keeping secrets from him again, he reluctantly helps with the
"Mr. X" visits the scarred (emotionally and [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|physically]]) Takuto in the hospital and offers him a chance to get his vengeance on the monster he blames for killing Maki and destroying his life. Months later, Lt. Ryu Soma is born from the ashes of Takuto's soul; he re-enters life as a military pilot for the organization known as FUNERAL, which deals with the attacking aliens (and has also recaptured Frank, who escaped after the explosion at MORGUE). It quickly becomes clear that Frank has become the best weapon FUNERAL has to defend against the aliens, which leaves Ryu torn between getting revenge for the woman he loved and protecting his newfound comrades.
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Further complicating the picture is a young girl named Hattie; besides being the only person who can communicate with Frank, she also bears a striking resemblance to Maki. As it becomes apparent that Frank is more than a simple monster, Ryu and his FUNERAL comrades have to come to terms with questions of [[Contemplate Our Navels|human identity, grief, and loss]].
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* [[Four-Star Badass]]: General Lawrence, {{spoiler|AKA ''Mr. X''}}. He's more of a [[Manipulative Bastard]], true, but hanging the outcome of his [[Batman Gambit]] on ''himself'' and dancing through a [[Gambit Pileup]] basically unscathed takes serious balls.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: FUNERAL and MORGUE.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: <s>Mr. X</s>{{spoiler|Gen. Lawrence}} danced through the [[Gambit Pileup]] in the finale with the nothing worse to wear than a limp and a walking stick, but everything ended ''his''
* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]: Refreshingly averted, when all the charade went up in smoke, Soma was court-martialed and got a six years sentence. Though, for all his troubles, he ''wasn't'' stripped of his rank and was even ''promoted'' while behind bars.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Half of Soma's face was scarred in the accident. Which side is in focus is usually indicative of how heartless he's being at the time. Worth noting that he refused plastic surgery to have the scars removed.
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* [[Take That]]: See above.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Ooh, booy, where to start...
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: An interesting subversion: There ''are'' no therapists in the show, but instead it's chock full of ''[[Warrior Therapist|Warrior Therapists]]
* [[That Man Is Dead]]: How Soma feels about Takuto, who he refers to as "some jerk I used to know."
* [[Team Mom]]: Major Lana Ines, the CO of FUNERAL.
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