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Then one night, in a flash of light, her pair suddenly appears out of her body in the shape of a teenaged girl, who looks much like herself. Kurau calls her "Christmas" and her happiness knows no bounds, until she discovers that the GPO has found out about them. Kurau and Christmas have to run from the GPO, helped by Kurau's father and a mysterious ex-GPO member called Doug.

 

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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Ultimately averted. It may seem sad when Kurau saves the world from the Rynax and {{spoiler|loses her own Rynax in the process}}. However, {{spoiler|the world is back to normal, with happy endings for all the main characters. Even the Rynax were led to a new "vast world" where they wouldn't be a danger to humans or be endangered themselves.}} And, [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|to top it all off]], {{spoiler|Rynax-Kurau, who hadn't departed for this new world, comes back to Christmas}}.

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Averted with "Carrefour".

* [[Book Ends]]: The first episode has Kurau lonely and desperately wishing for her pair, who finally appears at the end of the episode. {{spoiler|The [[Distant Finale]] has the same thing happen with the roles switched.}}

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Even though it's never outright stated at any point during the series, Kurau is Japanese/Swedish.

* [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]]

* [[Post Cyber Punk]]

* [[Power Glows]]: Rynasapiens emit an eerie glow and a high-pitched sound when using their powers.

* [[Psychic Powers]]

* [[The Symbiote]]

* [[Thirty Second Blackout]]

* [[Vaporware]]: For awhile, it felt like the North American release would fall into this trope. [[ADV Films]] licensed it after only a few episodes had aired back in the summer of 2004. Then months and years went by with no word on a release date. It was finally released in late 2007 and early 2008. This probably contributed to its sleeper status, at least at the sales level. Most of the initial buzz had died off, the [[Fan Sub|fansubs]] had been in [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|wide circulation,]] and [[Aspect Ratio|4:3 content]] had begun to fall out of favor when the DVDs finally hit stores.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: 20.