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The story follows Juna Ariyoshi, a Japanese high school girl chosen to be the ''Avatar of Time'' and entrusted with saving the dying Earth. Opening with her trip to the beach where an accident results in her death. As Juna's spirit leaves her body, Juna sees the dying Earth, [[Green Aesop|the planet's suffering is visualized by worm-like creatures]], the Raaja. A young boy named Chris appears before Juna and offers to save her life if she will help the planet, she agrees and is resurrected. The series chronicles Juna's attempts to save the planet with help from international organization SEED.
Think ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' crossed with an existential discourse on human's role in nature
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* [[Author Filibuster]]: Chris has a checklist on [[Taoism]] and crosses subjects off the list everytime he opens his mouth.
* [[Author Tract]]: [[Word of God]] that this series expresses his ideas on several subjects, like, for example, natural farming and ecology.
* [[Berserk Button]]: it might be a good idea to not be in the vicinity when you're telling the girl with excessively powerful psychic powers {{spoiler|that you're going to leave her country to die.}} Or at least, find a way not to be in the building when she levels it.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: ''Don't'' mess with Chris.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Cindy
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* [[Gaia's Lament]]
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]: [[The Day of Reckoning]] is nigh!
* [[Hollywood Global Warming]]
* [[Green Aesop]]
* [[Harmony Versus Discipline]]: Actively changing Nature to solve problems with Science only causes bigger and bigger problems.
* [[Humans Are
** Befitting the [[Green Aesop]], there are scenes where humanity at large is portrayed as either assholes or destructive ignoramuses.
** Mostly [[
** Towards the latter parts of the show, {{spoiler|where Raaja-infested Japan is quarantined,}} it's hinted that the outside world eventually abandoned both the victims and the remnant government as a means for a cover-up. Of course, Arjuna isn't pleased at the slightest.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Earth Guardian Ashra, near the end of the series it ends up moving somewhere faster than 16,000 miles an hour.
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* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: {{spoiler|Tokio}}
* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]
* [[Mama Bear]]: ''don't'' threaten Juna's friends, family, or country. If you are alive after having completed the actual threat, you will [[Unstoppable Rage|live to regret it.]]
* [[Meganekko]]: Sayuri
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Chris, then {{spoiler|Juna}}
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