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* [[Next Sunday A.D.]]: The series is set in otherwise contemporary/near-future times.
* [[Next Sunday A.D.]]: The series is set in otherwise contemporary/near-future times.
* [[Otaku]]: Youji is an Otaku and his ex-wife Risa is a doujin artist.
* [[Otaku]]: Youji is an Otaku and his ex-wife Risa is a doujin artist.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Elven archer Tuka Luna Marceau.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Elven archer Tuka Luna Marceau. Also Yao the dark elf.
* [[Quality vs. Quantity]]: The Imperial Empire may vastly outnumber the JSDF 30 to 1, but they are vastly outclassed and outgunned.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: A modern military fights forces with pre-industrial technology. The results are predictable.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: A modern military fights forces with pre-industrial technology. The results are predictable.
** While the JSDF and its "Special Region" allies are doing their jobs, major powers like the Chinese and Russians have set their sights on the Gate. And given the untapped potential of the "Special Region," neither is the US helping the Japanese keep control over the Gate purely out of altruism.
** While the JSDF and its "Special Region" allies are doing their jobs, major powers like the Chinese and Russians have set their sights on the Gate. And given the untapped potential of the "Special Region," neither is the US helping the Japanese keep control over the Gate purely out of altruism.
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* [[The Stoic]]: Sorceress Lelei la Lalena.
* [[The Stoic]]: Sorceress Lelei la Lalena.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Despite the US and Japan cooperating with each other regarding the "Special Region," things aren't so friendly as they appear.
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Despite the US and Japan cooperating with each other regarding the "Special Region," things aren't so friendly as they appear.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: The armies of the Unified Kingdoms assumed they would easily achieve victory against the otherworldly army occupying Alnus Hill just because they have the advantage in numbers, thinking such a "puny army" stood little to chance against their military might. They get instantly obliterated by the JSDF's heavy artillery, nearly wiping them all out. The armies never even gotten halfway to where the JSDF were stationed.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Justified as the titular Gate to the "Special Region" is located in Ginza. At the same time however, this drags Japan into the midst of an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape as major powers from the Americans to Chinese want a piece of the action.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Justified as the titular Gate to the "Special Region" is located in Ginza. At the same time however, this drags Japan into the midst of an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape as major powers from the Americans to Chinese want a piece of the action.


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