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* [[Bounty Hunter]]: AEGIS employs 'Invader Hunters', who may or may not be Gatekeepers (those who aren't use Imitation Gates) and pays them according to the number of invader crystals they collect.
* [[Bounty Hunter]]: AEGIS employs 'Invader Hunters', who may or may not be Gatekeepers (those who aren't use Imitation Gates) and pays them according to the number of invader crystals they collect.
* [[Buddy Cop Show]]: Ayane and Miu ([[Student and Master Team]] variation).
* [[Buddy Cop Show]]: Ayane and Miu ([[Student and Master Team]] variation).
* [[Continuity Nod]]: When Ayane and Miyu launch the [[Cool Car|UP-15]] from the [[Self Destruct Mechanism|self-destructing]] AEGIS base, Yukino does the "Ooh, intense!" thing that accompanied AEGIS vehicle launches in the original series. No [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]], though.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: When Ayane and Miyu launch the [[Cool Car|UP-15]] from the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism|self-destructing]] AEGIS base, Yukino does the "Ooh, intense!" thing that accompanied AEGIS vehicle launches in the original series. No [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]], though.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Kageyama
* [[Cool Shades]]: Kageyama
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: In ''[[Gate Keepers]]'', you had hope the [[The Power of Love]] would prevail. Here, not so much.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: In ''[[Gate Keepers]]'', you had hope the [[The Power of Love]] would prevail. Here, not so much.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Kageyama, though he also happens to have [[Light Em Up|elemental light]] as a power, so...
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Kageyama, though he also happens to have [[Light'Em Up|elemental light]] as a power, so...
* [[Demonic Invaders]]: The Invaders, natch.
* [[Demonic Invaders]]: The Invaders, natch.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Any non-Gatekeeper humans who succumb to ''any'' dark emotion open themselves to possession by the Invaders.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Any non-Gatekeeper humans who succumb to ''any'' dark emotion open themselves to possession by the Invaders.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Shun
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Shun
* [[The Ditz]]: Miyu
* [[The Ditz]]: Miyu
* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma]]: Ayane Isuzu is kissed while comatose by [[Big Bad]] [[Stalker With a Crush]] Yuurei Shoujo, while the former's boss and partner watch helplessly.
* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]]: Ayane Isuzu is kissed while comatose by [[Big Bad]] [[Stalker With a Crush]] Yuurei Shoujo, while the former's boss and partner watch helplessly.
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: [[Big Bad|Ghost Girl]] causes this in the [[Grand Finale]].
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: [[Big Bad|Ghost Girl]] causes this in the [[Grand Finale]].
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: Gates run on this. Kageyama points out the fact that most Gatekeepers have suffered some kind of trauma earlier in life. Furthermore, {{spoiler|Kageyama's own Dark Gate has, over the years, eaten most of his insides, as well as a literal arm and leg, forcing him to take extensive medication and use [[Artificial Limbs]], the reason why Yukino never ages is because her Gate has consumed her 'time', and he also speculates that Yurei Shoujo's has already consumed her entire body.}}
* [[Equivalent Exchange]]: Gates run on this. Kageyama points out the fact that most Gatekeepers have suffered some kind of trauma earlier in life. Furthermore, {{spoiler|Kageyama's own Dark Gate has, over the years, eaten most of his insides, as well as a literal arm and leg, forcing him to take extensive medication and use [[Artificial Limbs]], the reason why Yukino never ages is because her Gate has consumed her 'time', and he also speculates that Yurei Shoujo's has already consumed her entire body.}}
** {{spoiler|Ayane is afraid of being consumed by her gate, and so uses ''false gates'' until told that they simply don't have the power needed}}.
** {{spoiler|Ayane is afraid of being consumed by her gate, and so uses ''false gates'' until told that they simply don't have the power needed}}.
* [[Everybodys Dead Dave]]: Almost the entire cast from ''[[Gate Keepers]]'' die ([[Put On a Bus|or are simply written out]]) in the backstory.
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: Almost the entire cast from ''[[Gate Keepers]]'' die ([[Put On a Bus|or are simply written out]]) in the backstory.
* [[Everythings Better With Sparkles]]: Miu's Gate of Leap gives off quite a lot of them.
* [[Everything's Better With Sparkles]]: Miu's Gate of Leap gives off quite a lot of them.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: "This is your power. It's a miracle!"
* [[Gratuitous English]]: "This is your power. It's a miracle!"
** GAAAYY-TOOOOHH OHHH-PUUUNN!!!
** GAAAYY-TOOOOHH OHHH-PUUUNN!!!
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* [[Oddly Named Sequel]]
* [[Oddly Named Sequel]]
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Several characters from the original ''[[Gate Keepers]]'', now grown up, act as commanders, mentors, and parents to the new cast.
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Several characters from the original ''[[Gate Keepers]]'', now grown up, act as commanders, mentors, and parents to the new cast.
* [[One Woman Wail]]: The opening theme.
* [[One-Woman Wail]]: The opening theme.
* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: At the end of episode 4 of ''[[GK 21]],'' {{spoiler|Ayane [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|is shot from behind]] on the way home from killing Count Akuma.}}
* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: At the end of episode 4 of ''[[GK 21]],'' {{spoiler|Ayane [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|is shot from behind]] on the way home from killing Count Akuma.}}
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Plant Aliens]]: Count Akuma has now become this
* [[Plant Aliens]]: Count Akuma has now become this
* [[Powers As Programs]]: Advancements in technology have allowed members of AEGIS to emulate Gate power, encoding them into cell phones. This allows even non-Gatekeepers to have a fighting chance against the Invaders.
* [[Powers As Programs]]: Advancements in technology have allowed members of AEGIS to emulate Gate power, encoding them into cell phones. This allows even non-Gatekeepers to have a fighting chance against the Invaders.
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Yurei Shoujo, the [[Big Bad]], ''totally'' has it in for Ayane. See [[Dude She's Like in A Coma]] above.
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Yurei Shoujo, the [[Big Bad]], ''totally'' has it in for Ayane. See [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]] above.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Yukino and Yurei Shoujo.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Yukino and Yurei Shoujo.
* [[Reset Button]]: {{spoiler|The [[Grand Finale]]}}
* [[Reset Button]]: {{spoiler|The [[Grand Finale]]}}

Revision as of 23:14, 8 January 2014

Gate Keepers 21 is a Japanese six-part sequel OVA series to the Gate Keepers series, possessing a darker and more serious plot than its predecessor. Some of the questions left unanswered in the TV series are answered in this sequel. Linking the two series are the characters Reiji Kageyama, Yukino Houjo, and the former Far Eastern AEGIS Headquarters setting, Tategami High School.

Thirty-one years have passed since the Far Eastern Branch of AEGIS and the Invaders waged war in Japan. The heyday of growth and prosperity have passed, the crime rate has increased, environmental problems have worsened, and the international situation has become increasingly unstable. Coupled with the decline in the morals of the Japanese people comes the emergence of a new type of Invader -- one that can absorb ordinary humans into its ranks.

Though they have been officially disbanded and discredited, the remnants of AEGIS have formed a clandestine network to hunt down the Invaders, led by the antisocial Ayane Isuzu, who collects the crystal remains of Invader in exchange for money doled out by the mysterious Reiji Kageyama.

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