Barrier Maiden: Difference between revisions

* Modern-day high-tech example: Chise from ''[[Saikano]]'' is the ultimate weapon on whose shoulders the fate of Japan depends...and the invasion is underway. When she tries to take time out for dating, lots of people die. {{spoiler|Which doesn't even ''begin'' to cover it, in the end....}}

* [[The Ojou|Saori Kido]] aka Athena from ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' frequently stood in this position. Notably in the Asgard (anime only) and Poseidon arcs, she uses her goddess' powers to delay Princess Hilda and Poseidon from flooding the planet and killing humanity. The effort was usually ''such'' a strain on her that it was a race against the clock for the saints to battle their enemies before time ran out and Saori died.

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'' the Shinigami sealed himself to the ground of what became Death City in order to imprison the first Kishin, Asura. 800 years later, Asura gets out thanks to Medusa's [[Magnificent Bitch]] credentials, but for the sake of the manga's storyline Shinigami stays put. The anime, however, [[Humongous Mecha|finds a way around that]].

* In ''[[Star Driver]]'' this is a main focal point for the plot. The reason that the [[Humongous Mecha]] don't show up in the middle of the island is because there are four maidens that contain seals to keep them in Zero Time; the bad guys want to break the seals so they can use the devastating weapons in reality. The show starts right after the villains have broken the first seal. THE BM here is Wako, one of the Maidens: not only she's a valuable [[MacGuffin Girl]], but anytime a fight starts she gets trapped in a force-field bubble. That's not being snarky; that is literally ''how it works''.

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