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Well, none of that really matters, after Arumi's grandfather is hospitalized in an accident that destroys the last of [[The Four Gods|four "guardian" figurines]] that bound the shopping district. Before their eyes, the neighborhood changes. Sasshi and Arumi find themselves trapped in a warped version of Abenobashi as if it were an RPG, with everyone they know recast as NPCs.
But once they fight their way through the game's plot in grand slapstick style, thinking they will then return home, they find themselves transported to an outer space version of Abenobashi... then a Hong Kong martial arts movie version... then a [[Everything's Better
A [[Deconstructive Parody]] of a dozen or more genres of film and anime, ''[[
There is also a two-volume [[Manga]] version, which is ''even weirder.'' The [[Broad Strokes|basic plot is pretty much the same,]] although different worlds are visited, the ones that ''are'' in the show are different, and there's a character not shown in the anime (with the exception of a "blink and you'll miss her" scene in the twelfth episode.)
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* [[Accent Adaptation]]: The official dub translates Osakan dialect as Texan and Kouhei's Tokyo dialect as Brooklyn.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Takeshi Aono, who voiced Grandpa Masa, also did [[
** [[Yui Horie]] plays Emiryun in the dating-sim episode, and that character takes on traits of other Horie roles such as [[Kanon
* [[Alternate Universe]]: A new one in almost every episode.
* [[Art Shift]]: Between a more realistic style for the mundane world and a more flat, colorful style for the alternate dimensions.
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** At the halfway point, the series turns around and deconstructs ''itself''. Or to be more accurate, the second half is a [[Genre Deconstruction]] of the [[Trapped in Another World]] premise that it was following in the first half.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|Sasshi's finally ready to go back to the real world and face reality, when in the last few minutes he has a change of heart and suddenly gets enough power to rewrite reality.}}
* [[Expy]]: Young Grandpa Masa in not entirely unlike [[The Mask (
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Of a sort. During the portal sequence in the Hollywood episode, the manga-only character "Ne-ne-ne Okane" briefly appears.
* [[Face Fault]]
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* [[Gainax Ending]]: Of course. Could someone ''please'' explain the ending to me?
** Easy. Sasshi turned out to be {{spoiler|one of the greatest Onmyou Mystics ever, because he's the heir of Eutus -- I mean, Abe no Seimei.}} In order to keep Arumi from moving away, he {{spoiler|remade the world, as he had been throughout the series,}} except this time, it {{spoiler|''stayed'' remade, with the help of Sasshi's future self that has grown into his powers.}} As a bonus, {{spoiler|Mune-Mune and Masa}} lived, and The Grilled Pelican stays open.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: A large part of each episode is Sasshi and Arumi trying to figure out "what kind" of world they're in and what the rules are. This starts from the very first episode, where Sasshi immediately takes to the ''[[
** That said, Sasshi understanding how each world "works" is probably a side effect of {{spoiler|each world being retrieved from his subconscious.}}
* [[Glamorous Wartime Singer]]: Hillariously subverted in the War episode when Ms. Aki shows up for a USO show. After getting a good look at her face, all the troops fall to the ground in a near-death state. After pulling a [[Marilyn Maneuver]] but before she can finish her introduction, she's quickly ''grabbed by [[Gas Mask Mooks]], shoved into a body bag, and [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|stuffed into a nuclear waste containment barrel]], which is then filled with cement, bolted shut, lowered into a larger air-tight container, sealed in cement, tested for radiation levels, boxed up into a cargo crate, put onto the helicopter she arrived in on, and immediately flown out.''
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Many, though it'd be more appropriate to say they're parodying more than simply just referencing them.
** The most obvious being to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' -- music from the series is used for a mecha combat scene, and Sasshi's sister is a [[Rei Ayanami Expy]]. Throughout the Battlefield episode, Sasshi's facial features resembles Shinji.
** ''[[
** Episode 2 is a shout out to [[Eastern RPG|JRPG's]] in general, but ''[[
** Episode 3 follows Science Fiction in general, including shoutouts to ''[[
** Episode 4 includes a [[Ranma One Half|Panda who puts Sasshi through a training montage]], [[Fist of the North Star|Sasshi getting extremely muscular with constellation-shaped scars on his chest]], [[Dragonball Z|Sasshi going Super Saiyan]], arcade fighting games, and [[Bruce Lee]] in general.
** Episode 6 is a general shout out to [[Film Noir]] style Hard-boiled Detective and Mobster movies.
** Episode 11 is a shout out to war movies in general, including ''[[All Quiet
** Episode 12 has dozens of references to American horror, science fiction, and adventure movies, including, but certainly not limited to: ''[[Terminator]], ''[[North
** There's also a brief scene where Grandpa Masa says [[Monty Python|he always wanted to be a lumberjack...]] In the same episode, there's also references to [[Monty Python|war wounds.]]
** There's one for the American short cartoon ''The First Bad Man'' during the dinosaur episode, where Mune Mune's dinosaur is slowly chipped away and reduced in size from a dinosaur to a small lizard every time they duck behind a rock.
*** Also in dino world: Sasshi briefly turns into an old man with white hair, white beard, and a cane after impressing Arumi with his knowledge of dinosaurs. No, it isn't Colonel Sanders.
** In the Fairy Tale episode, Sasshi creates a mini, teddy bear headed creature with little angel wings, entrusted to be guardian of a certain magical girl. At first he looks yellow. ''[[
** Don't forget about "the legendary sniper [[Golgo 13|Regolgo.]]"
** Arumi also apparently spends episode 9 and the start of episode 10 hanging out at the school from ''[[The Drifting Classroom]]''.
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