Fractale: Difference between revisions

In doing so, Clain is forced into the [[Grey and Gray Morality|conflict]] between the rebel organization [[La Résistance|Lost Millennium]] and the Fractale System's temple [[Church Militant|priests and priestesses]]--both of whom are pursing Phryne--and it grows difficult for Clain to distinguish [[Friend or Foe|friend from foe]].

 

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* [[Big Brother Worship]]: Enri towards her older brother Sunda. She's fairly affectionate towards him and refers to him respectfully as ''[[Japanese Sibling Terminology|nii]][[Japanese Honorifics|sama]]'', and he seems to be the only one who can silence her.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Nessa}} in Episode 7 when she protects Clain from Megan. Subverted in that {{spoiler|Clain still gets shot by Colin.}} In the same episode, {{spoiler|Enri}} rescues {{spoiler|Phryne}} before she gets raped by {{spoiler|Gail.}}

* [[Big No]]: {{spoiler|Nessa when Clain is shot.}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Phyne and Nessa becomes the "key," the temple is destroyed and can never produce the "key" again, and Sunda is implied to have died in the final battle. A year has passed. Lost Millennium live in peace growing their crops and living their natural way while Clain stays at home watching over Phryne, who's been asleep ever since. She finally awakens, only to have Nessa's personality mixed in. In spite of this, Phryne still contains her original memories as she tells Clain that she's always liked him too. Clain hugs her and cries as the series ends panning over the photo of the trio.}}

* [[Boy Meets Girl]]: Clain meets Phryne. Clain loses Phryne. Clain wants to find Phryne.

* [[Braids of Action]]: While Enri appears incompetent and purely there for [[Plucky Comic Relief|comic relief]], she ''does'' manage to capture Clain and Nessa in Episode 2, and she certainly knows how to use a gun in Episode 3 onwards.

* [[Breather Episode]]: Episode 5.

* [[Bridal Carry]]: Clain carries Nessa in this fashion in Episode 7 {{spoiler|while they escape Xanadu after learning that Megan and Colin plan to sell them out.}}

* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|When Colin shoots Clain. He gets better thanks to the advanced medical technology of the Fractale System.}}

* [[Doppelganger]]: "Doppels" are robot-like virtual beings that humans use to avoid physical interaction and out of convenience, so that they have travel easily without being tied down. Clain has doppels for parents and can send them away at will.

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: When Clain first meets Phryne, he instinctively wants to help her, and she is probably the first, real human he's seen in a while since most humans use doppels. It really kicks in {{spoiler|when Clain is really only concerned about Phryne during the temple's attack on Granites Village, and he chooses to rescue Phryne, leaving Nessa behind when she refuses to follow him in Episode 4.}}

* [[Deus Est Machina]]: The Fractale System was first created in the 22nd century through networking computers and is more or less a [[Path of Inspiration|religion]] of sorts.

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: Without relying on the Fractale System and the Fractale Terminals, members of Lost Millennium can only see doppels through [[See-Thru Specs|special eye monitors.]]

* [[Jerkass]]: Dias. Other than removing innocent peoples' Terminals, {{spoiler|he attacks and bombs the temple's underground base knowing that Clain and Phryne are still inside, and planned to kill Phryne so the Fractale System cannot be restored.}}

* [[Just Friends]]: Phryne's preferred view of her relationship with Clain in Episode 7, claiming that she has no right to be loved.

* [[Kick the Dog]]:

* [[Power Trio]]: Clain (''Ego''), Phryne (''Superego''), and Nessa (''Id'').

* [[The Promise]]: Clain, Phryne, and Nessa promised to stay together forever in Episode 9.

* [[Pursued Protagonist]]: The manga begins with Phryne escaping several women. In the anime and manga, Clain meets Phryne being pursued.

* [[Race For Your Love]]:

** {{spoiler|In Episode 9, after admitting that he likes Phryne, Clain and Nessa run off to find her.}}

* [[Rant-Inducing Slight]]: It's implied that {{spoiler|Gail}} has been through his share of critics criticizing his sculptures, and Phryne's innocent comment of his recent sculpture resembling something of a worm is what puts him over the edge.

** Subverted by conventional means since it's been stated that she is a virgin.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Clain is forced to wear pink pants for a bit in Episode 5 after his usual pants are dirtied up.

* [[Real Place Background]]: Taken from the west of Ireland, the show goes into some fairly obscure details, correctly belling the police as "Garda" and containing Irish in a few spots if you look. ''Luimnigh'' is the Irish Language name for Limerick City. The town in the second episode appears to be based on Galway City while some elements of Granites are clearly based on buildings in Dublin's Docklands area.

*** Which took its toll as an [[Overly Long Gag]].

** Phryne taking off her clothes with no modesty.

** Some think [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|this is because of Funimation's anti-piracy stance]].

** Thankfully, the situation is resolved and the simulcast now resumed as of January 24.

* [[Spoiler Title]]: Well, from the look of the titles of Episode 9 and 10--"No Way Out" and "{{spoiler|To The Monastery}}"--things don't look so good for our heroes.

* [[Storming the Castle]]: Twice:

** In episode 10, {{spoiler|the entire Lost Millennium attacks the temple.}}

* [[The Stoic]]: Phryne.

* [[What Is This Feeling?]]: Clain feels this way when it comes to Phryne. He feels angry at Phryne for leaving him without a word and wants to get "mad" at her when he sees her again, but is confused by these feelings.

{{quote| '''Clain:''' ''She came as she pleased and left as she pleased. People always do as they please. Everyone is like that in the current world. But... why am I this angry?''}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]:

** In Episode 4, Phryne feels betrayed by Clain for not only awakening Nessa from her brooch but for also analyzing the brooch's data. Later in the episode, Clain returns the favor and calls Phryne out for always leaving him [[Locked Out of the Loop]].