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A six-volume OVA that serves as a sequel to ''[[
The OVA follows Nono, a rather klutzy girl who leaves home to try and become a Space Pilot. Unfortunately for her, she ends up in a run-down cafe in the middle of nowhere. One day, a girl named Lal'C Melk Mark, of the elite Topless units, amazes Nono by saving her from some Space Pilot perverts, and she immediately idolizes her. Nono follows her back to the city, where she ends up in the cross-fire of a space monster attack. Lal'C fights in her Buster Machine, Dix-Neuf, but it is actually Nono that saves the day, sans-mecha, with the classic Inazuma Kick. The story takes off with the realization that Nono is not all that she appears.
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The plot revolves almost entirely around character interaction, with the overarching premise of the Space Monster attack serving as a motivating factor. Nono knows she comes from a lowly background, and even with her abilities she spends much of the next few episodes trying to prove herself. Lal'C has to come to grips with being the mentor to this bubbly girl, and slowly sees her personality shift as Nono's boundless optimism has an effect on her. Tycho, another Topless pilot, not only resents the other Topless because of an unfortunate event in her past, but even has suicidal tendencies. Finally, Nicola, an older Topless, engages in a scheme to try and keep his rapidly dwindling powers, with great consequences.
The parallels between ''[[
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=== Tropes appearing include, but are not limited to: ===
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] -- {{spoiler|Or Absurdly Sharp Buster Beam, as the case may be.}}
* [[Arc Words]] -- Nono wishes to become "a Nonoriri." {{spoiler|It's actually "like Nonoriri."}}
** This is rather significant because {{spoiler|"Nonoriri" is a bastardization of "Noriko", the protagonist from [[
* [[Artificial Human]] -- {{spoiler|Nono}} is revealed to be a robot at the end of the first episode and another {{spoiler|ordinary}} one shows up as a naval advisor (this one male)
* [[Artistic License Physics]] - [[Justified]] by having a very literal device called Physical Canceller.
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* [[Beam Spam]] -- The Space Force battleships in episode 2.
* [[BFS]] -- Buster Machine No. 27, Vingt-Sept.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]] -- In episode 5, we find out that {{spoiler|The last space monster is trapped in a black hole, and is attempting to break out of it. Not only does it succeed despite Nono's best efforts, but it OVERCOMES the black hole in size and uses it as it's POWER SOURCE. Note that the black hole is the one created in [[
** In the final battle in episode 6, {{spoiler|Lal'c and Nono not only obliterate the space monster, which had taken a planet to the face and shook it off as if nothing happened, but they also CRACK a black hole. After that, what appears to be a giant pair or hands clasps over the black hole until it is subdued.}} Even the android military advisor on one of the remaining ships stated something to the effect of, "It is pointless to try and explain. They are now beyond our understanding..."
* [[Big Damn Heroes]] -- The ending of episode 4.
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* [[Conspicuous CG]] -- It's not a major problem, but the CG does date the animation.
* [[Continuity Nod]] -- Both girls make themselves [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Topless]] like Noriko does during Gunbuster's final episode as bookends: Nono does it in episode 1, {{spoiler|and Lal'C does it in episode 6, after taking in a degeneracy engine.}} They both precede [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Inazuma Kicks]].
** What became of the flagships in [[
** Gunbuster's 5th omake explained the generations of space vessel technology. Buster Machines 1 & 2 and the Exelion were 4th gen, utilizing black holes and ether waves for warp travel. Buster Machine 3 and the Eltreum being 5th gen, rewriting physics for propulsion. A certain 6th generation interstellar cruising device [[Lensman Arms Race|further refined the last one]] for [[Reality Warper|wider application]].
** The numbering of one Buster Machine and mankind's current predicament imply the little known [[Cut Short|manga sequel]] to Gunbuster is canon. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the [[Word of God|creators]]. {{spoiler|The manga featured three new Buster Machines, bringing the number before Nono to 6. They battled an enemy [[Cosmic Horror|more than scary]] enough to drain mankind's resources and/or frighten it into curling up in its solar system.}}
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* [[It Makes Sense in Context]] -- The term Topless sounds rather suggestive, but it does make a degree of sense. The powers disappear when someone reaches the peak of their growth, and the [[Lost in Translation|Japanese phrase]] for 'expire' works as a pun for 'reaching the top.' When {{spoiler|Lal'C reaches hers, she overcomes the devastation to bring back the original's theme of actually [[Title Drop|aiming for the top]].}}
* [[Latex Space Suit]]: Averted for most vacuum workers, but played pretty straight for the Topless.
* {{spoiler|[[Legendary in
* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]] -- {{spoiler|Nono as Buster Machine No. 7}}.
* [[Lost in Translation]] -- Like [[Spell My Name
* [[Lost Technology]] -- Warp technology was purposefully suppressed thousands of years before, when humanity stopped trying to explore the galaxy. Then, of course, there's {{spoiler|Nono}}.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
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* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]: Nono fits the bill perfectly.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The backgrounds tend to be scenic, detailed, brightly colored, or some combination of these.
* [[Self-Parody]] -- A drama CD track gathers up the voice actors from [[Diebuster]] and [[
* [[Shout-Out]] -- Gainax loves to self reference.
** Dix-Neuf's old war wounds parallel the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Eva-01]]'s major injuries. {{spoiler|Spike through the right eye going out the back of the head from Sachiel, lost left arm complete with grafted replacement from Zeruel. While not an injury Dix-Neuf replaces his Collapsing Generator by tearing it out of another and absorbing it into himself, like an S2 Organ.}}
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*** The first episode features Nono's clothes getting caught on a [[Humongous Mecha]] and dragged into the middle of a giant robot fight due to it. The same thing happens to Naota in FLCL's first episode, but he doesn't get dragged into orbit.
* [[Space Opera]]
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Super Prototype]] -- Each Buster Machine is unique and powerful, but {{spoiler|Buster Machine 7}} stands out as the oldest and most powerful in this series. The previous model [[Cut Short|lost in series mythos]] may have been even stronger.
* [[Super Robot]] -- Buster Machines are now semi-mass-produced, and No. 7's final form is an extreme instance of this trope.
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* [[The Singularity]] -- {{spoiler|Back in Gunbuster. Nowadays, the solar system is backwater and doesn't even know it. Or just why it's even isolated from the rest of the galaxy. It does not help that its AI defense system was lost due to a slight malfunction. Some of it might be due to the previous generation honestly thinking the information [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|should not be passed on]].}}
* [[Title Drop]] -- In the final episode. {{spoiler|Except the title mecha doesn't [[Curb Stomp Battle|succeed at]] [[Mood Whiplash|what it was meant for]]}}.
* [[Wham! Episode]] -- Episode 4 turns ''everything'' on its head. The Topless {{spoiler|are actually the first stage of humanity's evolution into Space Monsters}}. The Space Monsters {{spoiler|are actually the ''good guys'', an automated defense system that mistook the Topless for Space Monsters}}. The Variable Gravity Well {{spoiler|is actually a ''real'' Space Monster, from ''[[
** The space monster in the first episode was {{spoiler|obeying Nono when she shouted she would [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma|go out into space]].}}
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