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''[[Library War]]'' (''Toshokan Sensō'' in Japanese) is a [[Light Novel|light novel]]/[[Twelve -Episode Anime|12-episode anime]] series set in 2019, during an alternate timeline where the Japanese government has issued the Media Betterment Act to prevent the spread of supposedly dangerous information by allowing censorship. In response, local governments have set up the Library Defense Force to fight against the Media Betterment Committee, who frequently raid libraries. The story itself centers around Iku Kasahara, a recruit in the Force, who joined after being inspired by a mysterious Defense Force member who protected her and a book she was trying to buy that was being targeted for censorship. However, she quickly learns how demanding the Defense Force can be, mainly from her demanding instructor, Atsushi Dojo. Despite making several huge mistakes at first, Kasahara is promoted to her base's Library Task Force, which is essentially the most elite branch of the Defense Force. As the series goes on, she begins to improve in her duties, and she even finds out more about the mysterious "princely" figure that inspired her all those years ago...
 
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=== '''''[[Library War]]'' contains examples of:''' ===
* [[A -Team Firing]]: Played straight (and somewhat justified) with the LDF, as their goal is usually not to actually harm members of the MBC and to just hold them off. The MBC soldiers, however, have few qualms with shooting LDF members.
* [[Alternative Calendar]]/[[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: The series takes place in the fictional Seita era, with the majority of the story taking place in 2019.
* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: {{spoiler|Satoshi Tezuka, Hikaru Tezuka's older brother}}
* [[Battle Couple]]: {{spoiler|Kasahara and Dojo, by the end of the anime series at least.}}
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Kasahara and Dojo, naturally.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Seriously, this must be the cleanest civil war ever. Few people are actually killed by the series' [[A -Team Firing]]; most are only injured or knocked unconscious.
** It's actually justified: Both sides wear SWAT/riot police-grade body armor, but both sides have very few high-caliber firearms that can effectively punch through it. This means that being shot will undoubtedly be painful, but rarely outright lethal. The system implemented for what is and is not kosher in these firefights seems to have been ''designed'' to minimize actual human casualties.
* [[Book Burning]]: What happens to 'unsuitable' books that the Libraries can't get their hands on.
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* [[Everybody Lives]]
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: [[Hot Librarian|Hot librarians]] with guns.
* [[Five -Man Band]]: Kasahara, Dojo, Tezuka, Komaki, and Shibasaki don't always go on the same missions, but they are the core cast.
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Part of the Library Force's emblem is a chamomile, which in the language of flowers means "energy in adversity".
* [[Fridge Logic]]: The world simply does not hang together. In the era of the internet, book censoring is not going to work; the first thing the task force should do with the books is scan them and mirror internationally.
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* [[Go Through Me]]: {{spoiler|The climax of the anime sees Genda pull this on an anti-censorship art display. A Media Betterment Committee member shoots him point-blank in plain daylight, causing a PR nightmare for the MBC and saving the exhibit.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Dojo develops memory loss (specifically, agnosia) following a battle.}}
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]]: [[Marina Inoue|Kasahara]] and [[Miyuki Sawashiro|Shibasaki]] will later fend off[[Highschool of the Dead|hordes of zombies]].
* [[Hot Librarian]]: The novels indicate that [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] Shibasaki has quite a following among the library's male employees -- and [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask|though she hates the attention]] (and the jealousy it provokes in some of her female colleagues), she'll [[The Chessmaster|take advantage of it]] when she needs to gather information.
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: Kasahara's memory of her "prince" inspired her to join the Library Force.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Genda.
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* [[Military Academy]]: Early episodes focus on basic training for Library Defense Force members.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Dojo.
* [[NoblewomansNoblewoman's Laugh]]: Kasahara in Tezuka's [[Imagine Spot]].
* [[Non Lethal Warfare]]: Appears to be justified, given the average armour and bullet calibre of the MPC and the Librarians. Still, it's a wonder more people don't get hurt.
* [[One Head Taller]]: Inverted: Dojo is noticeably shorter than Kasahara. Needless to say, he's not exactly happy about this.
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*** {{spoiler|1=505K is ~ 446°F. 506K = 451.4°F}}
** In movie Eiga Toshokan Sensou: From Dojo remarked: "[[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Absurdity of this world has thrown me into despair]]
* [[The Squad]]: Usually consists of the [[Five -Man Band]] plus other superior officers.
* [[The Squadette]]/[[Tomboy]]: Kasahara.
* [[This Is Reality]]
{{quote| "If anyone from a country who doesn't have a Media Cleansing Law sees this, they must think it's absurd. Unfortunately, this is our reality."}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Shibasaki.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of The Universe]]: Much of the story takes place at the Kanto Library Base in the Tokyo area, with occasional forays outside the city.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kasahara and Shibasaki, an unlikely roommate pair.
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