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''I/O'' takes place in the year 2032. A lunar eclipse occurs in late April, causing a surge of terrorist activities and bizarre incidents. As time goes on, things get worse and worse, with the key to the mystery seemed to be locked away in the MMORPG "Babylon". Four people, through their own ways, investigate the ongoing phenomenon, each one dealing with his or her own problems...

* [[Arc Words]]- "The beginning is the end, and the end is the beginning."

* [[Artificial Human]]- {{spoiler|"He", whose body is 2/3rds mechanical.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Assimilation Plot]]- Goals of other various villains.}}

* [[Badass]]- "He" lives and breathes this trope.

* {{spoiler|[[Gender Blender Name]]- Enlil's real name, Tsukasa, is a name usually given to boys. When Hinata hears her name, he assumes she's a man.}}

* [[Genki Girl]]- Lem, the fairy from Babylon.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]- Route C Ishtar wears a pair of goggles/sunglasses on her head that she never wears.

* [[Guide Dang It]]- This game is incredibly difficult to clear if you have no idea what you're doing.

* {{spoiler|[[It's Personal]]}}- {{spoiler|It's eventually revealed that many members of "Code" are actually normal people who had relatives who worked at eXarch that got killed off by them, hence why their main target is eXarch.}}

* [[Japanese Ranguage]]- Actually used as a plot point once. {{spoiler|When trying to solve Mutsuki's crossword puzzle, Hinata can't figure out the clue for the word "Lunar Excursion Module" due to the lack of an L in Japanese, and so is stumped until Mayumi helps him. She even lampshades the trope.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}}- {{spoiler|The ending of Route B.}}

** {{spoiler|Several bad endings also count.}}

* [[Oblivious to Love]]- Hinata seems completely unaware of Sakuya's rather obvious feelings for him. {{spoiler|Route A' subverts this, where it reveals he ''was'' aware of her feelings, he just didn't feel like he could accept them in his mental state at the time.}}

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Subverted, {{spoiler|there are two "Sin"s in Babylon: the original one, Mutsuki, and the new Sin, who is a drug dealer and a member of "Code". The latter ends gets killed by Enlil in the real world for disgracing Mutsuki's name and for abusing his power.}}

* [[Playful Hacker]]- Many, but especially Ishtar, who one time manages to make a program to delete viruses like a shooting mini-game.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]- Ishtar. {{spoiler|Ereshkigal's hair is even longer.}}

* [[Refusal of the Call]]- {{spoiler|In one of Route B's Bad Endings, Ishtar refuses to stop "Code"'s assault on eXarch, and instead has Criminal run away to a remote island. Unfortunately for them, [[The Call Knows Where You Live]]...}}

* [[Shrinking Violet]]- Mayumi.

* [[Shout-Out]]- A subtle one to [[Ever 17]]. {{spoiler|Hinata's reaction to looking in the glass after a month of being unconscious and discovering his appearance has changed is almost exactly the same as Hokuto's reaction to looking in the mirror and seeing his appearance for the first time.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sole Survivor]]}}- {{spoiler|Mayumi is the only member of Criminal who survived the assault on eXarch.}}

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ZOBInkJL8&feature=related "Subnetwork"], a rather calm, soothing theme... which often plays as something bad is happening or when people are dying.

* [[Sunglasses At Night]]- "He" always wears sunglasses, regardless of time or place. {{spoiler|When he does take them off, it's to signify that he's fully speaking as Hinata at that moment.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Alter Ego]]}}- {{spoiler|This is essentially the relationship between Hinata and "He": after "He" is downloaded into Hinata, he can use his body to fight, but both Hinata and "He" are existing at the same time, and don't require to "shift" or anything. However, Hinata has none of "He"'s abilities.}}

* [[Technical Pacifist]]- {{spoiler|During the raid on eXarch in Route B, Kosuke notably selects a tranquilizer gun as his weapon.}}

* [[Theme Naming]]- Many characters, locations, and terms are named after entities from Babylonian/Assyrian mythology, and there are many allusions to said mythologies.

** {{spoiler|Also done in Route D, where it reveals that "He" is actually Hinata, but as this is revealed in Route C and is heavily hinted in the route, it's not as much as a surprise.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]- {{spoiler|Hinata and Mayumi, but especially Hinata, who squares multiple levels at once when he becomes "He".}}