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The story begins with Teppei Takamiya, as he travels to China after years of living quietly in the fictional Kamui Island. He attempts to reunite with his brother Kotaro, who left Germany five years ago to study robotics at a university. Unfortunately, no sooner than his brother begins an exhibition about an advanced form of machine, he's kidnapped by a [[Humongous Mecha]] in the shape of a wasp and a servant of [[The Empire|the Machine Empire]]. Teppei starts a chase, using a gauntlet known as the "Messiah Fist" to hold onto the wasp as it travels to a secretive base in the Gobi Desert which serves as the Empire's headquarters.

* [[Action Girl]]: Teppei's teacher Karen, who had been one of the Empire's Four Knights up until five years ago. Aramis is another example.

* [[Air Jousting]]: A lot of fights take place in the air.

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Teppei faces two of these. One because his opponent wasn't an actual Machine Empire soldier and was using a jerry-rigged machine. Later on, due to {{spoiler|a dying X activating its [[Super Mode]] previously}}, Teppei beats the 6th Point soldier without noticing him.

* [[Armor Is Useless]]: averted for the most part. Foh, Hokuto, and Ron rarely use theirs simply because they either hate fighting (Foh and Hokuto's reason) or they're just that good. (Ron's reason)

* [[High Heel Face Turn]]: A noticeable aspect in this series. Pretty much ''every'' female character who serves in the Machine Empire, such as Salome, Karen, and Nasha, will end up having the brains to help Teppei by the end. {{spoiler|Too bad that ''all'' of them die in at least one version of the story with the sole exception of Karin.}} In addition, of all the Devil Knights, the sole female Salome is the only one to decide to help Teppei once she regains her faith in humanity. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|Juggler had different ideas.]]}}

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: As a child, Foh [[Dead Little Sister|lacked tact]].

* [[Hyperspace Mallet|Hyperspace Armor]]: The fighters summon their armor out of thin air.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: He grows out of it eventually, but Teppei's VERY MUCH this trope for a good chunk of the series. It takes a double whammy of {{spoiler|him almost getting X killed and Fou telling him how much of a fucking loser he is}} for him to wise up.

* [[Ill Girl]]: Nasha.

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Hokuto suffers from radiation poisoning. During at least one point in the series, it catches up to him at the worst possible moment.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|the manga kills off a ''lot'' of people, and in the end pretty much the only two protagonists, both human and B't, that survive are Teppei and Kotaro. In the anime, the last scenes implies that everybody died, including Teppei and Kotaro}}.

* [[Lady of War]]: Aramis, a high-ranking Machine Empire general and in fact the renowned and undefeated Rose Knight. During her fight against {{spoiler|Juggler}}, she struts her stuff and trounces him.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: literally with Dr. Poe, who suffers from multiple personality disorder.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "B't" is pronounced like "beat", as in "heartbeat". Appropriate considering blood is required to activate one. Raidou, Ron's B't, and Je T'aime, Foh's B't, are other instances.

** [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: In the Spanish localization, however, B't was turned into ''Beta'', deleting any meaning of the original name.

* [[The Medic]]: Hokuto, a very literal one.

* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: {{spoiler|After X dies for the first time, Hokuto repairs him. Among other things, Teppei's armor changes and he gets a new attack.}}

* [[Musical Assassin]]: Foh uses a ''violin bow'' as a weapon to go along with Je T'aime's attacks.

* [[Must Make Amends]]: Marcellos does a ''lot'' of very, very stupid and amoral things, striving him to do everything he can to help Kotaro when that time comes. In the anime, his knowledge of the tower's layout is utterly crucial.

* [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]]: Averted. Hokuto's radiation sickness was triggered by being just outside the direct killzone of a nuke that destroyed his home and family and he's got the burns on his back to prove it. {{spoiler|Aramis also tries to kill Raphaello by loading Rosemary up with every nuclear warhead she can find and performing a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], but Raphaello's power makes it a [[Senseless Sacrifice]].}}

* [[OVA]]: B't X Neo, also known as episodes 26-39.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Teppei and X fit this dynamic quite well, and it's taken to almost [[Vitriolic Best Buddies]]-level proportions.

* [[Rescue Arc]]: Essentially the entire series.

* {{spoiler|[[He's Back|She's Back]]: Karen, now sporting a [[Dark Is Not Evil|Black]] [[Action Girl|female version of BT' X]]}}.

* [[Ship Tease]]: [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|Metal Face]] implies Karen had feelings for Foh, though he inmediately rebuffs this.

* {{spoiler|[[Secret Test of Character]]: What the battle with Kaos ultimately amounts to.}}

* [[Signature Style]]: The inclusion of a kirin. In many of Kurumada's other works, a kirin (or occasionally a pegasus) has something to do with the protagonist.

** Is it Ron, Lon, or Long?

** And Foh, Fou, or Phoue?

 

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