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* [[Alien Invasion]]: A Type 3, which draws some (narratively intentional) parallels to 19th-century colonialism. The manga milks these for all it's worth.
* [[Aliens Are Bastards]]: Played straight, averted and subverted six ways from sundown. By and large, the Riofaldian characters we see run the whole gamut of personality types and are shockingly... well, ''human''. The whole point is that, really, they're [[Not So Different]] and that both sides should treat each other with dignity. The Riofaldian ''leaders'', however, really do reach inhuman levels of bastardity. {{spoiler|''And they even use it on each other.''}}
* [[An Aesop]]: The story ultimately has two Big Messages. The first: {{spoiler|being a hero requires ''forethought'' and ''planning'', not just [[Hot -Blooded|Hot Blood]]. Courage is important too, but if you don't take the time to consider how your actions will impact the lives of others, you'll end up being just as much of a villain as those you seek to defeat. And to truly be a hero, you need the courage to fight in a way that'll keep others safe - even if that puts your own life in far greater peril.}} The second: {{spoiler|ultimately, the only source of "news" you can trust is what you witness with your own eyes. Anything else will be tainted by the bias of those reporting it; you can only grasp the real truth by finding it for yourself. And grasping that truth, and acting on it, is one of the keys to happiness.}}
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: It's worth noting that, [[Otaku no Video|despite]] [[Bubblegum Crisis|Sonoda's]] [[Gunsmith Cats|pedigree]], it ''hasn't'' been made into an animated work yet, with no studio having even stated interest (not even from Sonoda's old fellows at AIC), even in spite of a ''seven-year'' serialization run and very successful results for the graphic novel collections. [[Epileptic Trees|Speculation]] as to the cause varies, but pretty much everyone who reads the manga agrees it deserves a chance in the sun.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: In a meta sense, this is true; while the main cast has plenty of [[Plot Armor]], if you aren't a named character and aren't part of the primary recurring cast? ''God help you.'' Your life expectancy anywhere near the proximity of Exaxxion is roughly ''five seconds''. This is of course [[Deconstruction|a large part of the point]] and is central to Hoichi's development as a character.
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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Hoichi and Akane have a lot of sexual tension right from the start. {{spoiler|Gets resolved, too!}}
* [[Heroic Resolve]]: The fact that Hoichi keeps opposing the Riofaldans (who, let's face it, very much needed opposing) despite the toll it takes on him and the fact he has to actually deal with the consequences may make him ''more'' heroic.
* [[Hot -Blooded]]: Hoichi bleeds ''fire'', not blood. He's very much cut from the mold of an 80's [[Super Robot]] protagonist. ([[My God, What Have I Done?|This turns out]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|to be something]] [[Deconstruction|of a problem for him]].) {{spoiler|(It ultimately ''saves'' him in the end, though; whatever else it deconstructs, the story doesn't say that being courageous is bad, you just have to know how to apply it and what being brave ''means''.)}}
* [[Hot Mom]]: Reiko. Oh is she ever.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Hoichi takes some time to learn how to use his power suit and his robot properly. The former is [[Crowning Moment of Funny|comedic]]. The latter is [[Squick|terrifying]], ''even for him''.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: [http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=cannon-god-exaxxion&chapter=cannon-god-exaxxion-6&page_nr=14 Boy is it ever.] It was up there as a possibly for "biggest in the ''medium'' for a while until ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' managed to snag ''that'' perch...
** Well... [[Gun Buster|Gunbuster's]] still slightly bigger(250m to Exaxxion's 200). And by the time this manga came out, [[Getter Robo|Getter Emperor]] was already around.
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* [[Pink Mist]]: Features guns so ungodly powerful it's not just the brains that turn into pink mist, but the whole target!
* [[Plot Armor]]: The nameless masses may [[Dying Like Animals|Die Like Animals]], but our main cast won't truly be in danger until at least the last act. This gets a hair annoying with {{spoiler|Aoi Hino, Akane's sister, who frankly should've been reduced to a fine powder when the Ex's main cannon blasted the elevator base. It almost seems like Sonoda planned on killing her then decided against it last-minute to make sure Akane didn't hate Hoichi's guts forever. Even though ''Hosuke'' was the one who ordered that.}}
* [[Powered Armor]]: Hoichi and many other members of the Kano resistance group have them. The one used by Hoichi's mother is a [[Shout -Out]] to the ones Sonoda did for ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''. The Riofaldians usually don't use them because they're expensive to massproduce, but one does show up eventually.
** The manga also points that the gunner suit is nothing but a fancy costume without power, which {{spoiler|Hoichi's father}} demonstrated when he was lifting a forklift when his suit powered down. SPLAT.
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]: Sprinkled liberally over the Riofaldan language.
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* [[Ragnarok Proofing]]: Exaxxion slept on Earth in a gaint packing crate for two millennia and is still perfectly capable of singlehandedly trashing an alien invasion force. That was some box!
** Or Hosuke was some [[Mad Scientist]]. He spent a lot of time adapting Exaxxion for a human pilot, and makes a last-minute total retrofit with no trouble at all.
* [[Ridiculously -Human Robots]]: Mainly averted. Despite her human likeness, Isaka admits she's not really capable of human emotions like love and only acts like she has a personality because that's how she was programmed.
** Of course, protecting Akane from a nanotech hack involved some ''really'' intimate mental interaction, and what else can you say besides, "[[Humanity Ensues]]?"
* [[Robot Girl]]: Isaka, of course. Some of Kano's [[Bridge Bunnies]] also have robot duplicates.
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* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]: The Riofaldians embody some of the worst excesses of both European Colonialism and the Axis Powers.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|Screw Grandad's Plans, I'm Doing What's Right!]]: Near the end of the manga, {{spoiler|Hoichi secretly rebels against his grandfather's plan and makes an alternate one with Isaka to do the ''right'' thing, not what his [[Jerkass]] grandfather wants.}}
* [[Shout -Out]]: A couple. There's the [[NameTron]] example above, and {{spoiler|when Hoichi infiltrates his school incognito, he uses the surname [[Mazinger Z|Kabuto]]}}.
** Hoichi's mom, Reiko, uses a power suit that is VERY similar to [[Bubblegum Crisis|a certain rock singer-slash-armored vigilante's]].
*** In fact, all the suits are not only a reference to ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'', but they also have a similar appearance to ''[[Robot Hunter Casshan]]''.
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*** And it has an ultra-rare ''justification'' for [[Humongous Mecha]]; how else are you going to field giant gravity and inertia manipulating systems with multi-petajoule power requirements? Having them walk around rather than fly saves energy and permits precision usage of otherwise-nuclear kinetic force. Exaxxion is able to ''punch through an enemy robot's chest and rip out its fusion reactor.'' It's stated that the impact was the equivalent of a multi-megaton bomb, focused into an area the width of a car.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: the pilot tries a [[We Can Rule Together]]-[http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=cannon-god-exaxxion&chapter=cannon-god-exaxxion-30&page_nr=27 type] [http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=cannon-god-exaxxion&chapter=cannon-god-exaxxion-30&page_nr=28 speech]. [http://www.mangavolume.com/index.php?serie=cannon-god-exaxxion&chapter=cannon-god-exaxxion-30&page_nr=29 This happens].
* [[Spanner in The Works]]: {{spoiler|Hoichi, who somehow manages to fuck up ''everybody's plans'' at every turn through a combination of [[Bigger Stick|superior firepower]], [[Hot -Blooded]]-ness, and at least ''trying'' to be an actual hero.}}
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: The aliens. Are they supposed to be Riofaldians, or Leopoldians? The former is what the Dark Horse version went for, but the latter is preferred by some fans due to [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium:Leopold II of Belgium|the possible reference to King Leopold of Belgium]], the infamous conqueror, colonizer and exploiter of the Congo, [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|which seems rather apropos to our villains]].
* [[Squick]]: Early in the manga, a Terminal Drone saves Kin'ba from an assault from another teacher... {{spoiler|by cleaving that teacher in two through the waist. Right in front of her. Needless to say, she does not take it ''particularly'' well.}} Poor Hoichi finding the entire situation squicky as hell is also part of the ''[[Deconstruction|point]]''.
* [[The Starscream]]: Shes'ka eventually {{spoiler|wants to capture Exaxxion so he can go home and stage a coup. His cronies in the occupational government feel the same, but as it turns out, they don't particularily care whether Shes'ka's the one leading it or not}}.
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