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'''Muv-Luv Extra'''

 

 

''Extra'' tells the story of the protagonist Takeru Shirogane and his childhood friend Sumika Kagami as they go through their final year of high school. Soon after the game begins, their parents go on vacation, and Takeru wakes up one morning to find a girl he doesn't know in his bed. Said girl is Meiya Mitsurugi, the heir to the Mitsurugi Corporation. The story evolves into a love comedy, only much weirder. ''Extra'' makes references to the prequel game/''OVA'' ''Akane Maniax'' and takes place immediately after it, with Akane Suzumiya herself appearing as a side character.

'''Muv-Luv Unlimited'''

 

 

Completion of the two endings<ref>Sumika's and Meiya's</ref> of the "main route" in ''Extra'' unlocks the ''Unlimited'' portion of ''Muv-Luv''.

'''Muv-Luv Alternative'''

 

A very great, very small, very precious, tale of love and courage.'' }}

 

* [[Coming of Age Story]]

* [[Common Tongue]]: English is the official international language mandated by the United Nations in ''Unlimited'' and ''Alternative''. This leads to the following scene in ''Alternative'' {{spoiler|during the coup d'etat by Japanese nationalists}}:

'''US Pilot''': What!? }}

* [[Continuity Cameo]]: One that is lost to those who never played age's first releases before ''Alternative'': Emi Motoi (Yuuko's voice actress, who voiced a main heroine in age's debut game ''Kimi ga Ita Kisetsu'') also did an unnamed role in ''Alternative'' as the Imperial Army grunt saved by Ikaruga at Sadogashima. {{spoiler|''Succession'' later confirms that the grunt is indeed Akira Isumi, Michiru's youngest sister.}}

* [[Harder Than Hard]]: In the two turn-based strategy game spinoffs. What is more difficult than Hell Mode (which outright tells you that winning is impossible), you ask? {{spoiler|Why, '''''Real Mode''''', of course! And the second game's Real Mode is even '''harder''' than that of the first!}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Go with God in all the dark places you may walk, Valkyrie Squadron. Humanity will never forget your sacrifice.}}

* [[Hero Secret Service]]: The true purpose of the VFA-01 Valkyries {{spoiler|was to escort the 00-Unit and her Susano'o mobile fortress into battle and protect her}}. The trope was played with {{spoiler|as Takeru (the main character) was initially among the escorts}}, but later played straight {{spoiler|when he assumed piloting duties (in tandem with Sumika and Kasumi) for the Susano'o Type-4}}.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The original trilogy has, among others, [[Soichiro Hoshi|Kira]] [[Gundam Seed|Yamato]], [[Masayo Kurata|Rakshata]] [[Code Geass|Chawla]], [[Minami Hokuto|Akiha]] [[Melty Blood|Tohno]], [[Tetsu Inada|Lu]] [[Dynasty Warriors|Bu]], [[Yuu Asakawa|Ri]][[Fate/stay night|der]], [[Shizuka Ito|Hinagiku]] [[Hayate the Combat Butler|Katsura]], [[Kumiko Watanabe|Katejina]] [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Loos]] and [[Norio Wakamoto|Charles]] [[Code Geass|zi Britannia]]. The side stories add, among others, [[Daisuke Ono|Battler]] [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni|Ushiromiya]], [[Mai Nakahara|Rena]] [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|Ryuugu]], [[Hitomi Nabatame|Bazett Fraga]] [[Fate/stay night|McRemitz]], [[Tomokazu Sugita|Ky]][[Suzumiya Haruhi|on]] and [[Mamiko Noto|Kotomi]] [[Clannad|Ichinose]]. Sumika also shares a voice with [[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.|Miyako Miyamura.]]

* [[Intimate Healing]]: In order to keep Takeru warm after he's suffering from the after-effects of snake venom {{spoiler|(Which turns out to just be a cold.)}}, Mikoto sleeps on top of Takeru naked. {{spoiler|In the manga adaptation, the snake turned out to be poisonous.}}

* [[Insult to Rocks]]: When Takeru calls Sumika a slug, she gets so angry that she accidentally does this to herself:

'''Sumika:''' Shut uuup! [[Verbal Backspace|Apologize to me too]]!! }}

* [[It's Raining Men]]: The standard UN method of clearing out hives involves having mechs dropped from orbit to break into hive interiors using sheer gravitational force. This was most likely inspired by ''[[Starship Troopers]]''.

* [[Running Gag]]: Meiya injures her left ankle while in a cave in ''Extra'', prompting Takeru to carry her out on his back. In ''Unlimited'', she injures it again {{spoiler|while rescuing the old women during the Mount Tengen eruption, again prompting Takeru to carry her to safety.}} In ''Altered Fable'', she injures it {{spoiler|in a skiing accident with Takeru. This time, however, he gets knocked unconscious, resulting in her dragging him to safety.}}

* [[Say My Name]]: Many times, but the most tear-jerking instances are {{spoiler|at the end of ''Alternative'': Takeru screaming out Meiya's name as he pulls the trigger at her along with the BETA Superior, shortly followed by Meiya (who had always maintained a respectful distance to the Grand Shogun) in her final moments finally calling the Shogun "My sister...".}}

* [[Seinen]]: Despite running in ''Dengeki Daioh'', the manga adaptations of ''Extra'', ''Alternative'' and ''Total Eclipse'' are classified as such.

* [[Semper Fi]]: The Black Knives squadron in the side story ''The Day After'' are US Marines. Interestingly, their main Tactical Surface Fighter is the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, whose real-life aircraft counterpart has been avoided by the US Marine Corps, which prefers to use the F/A-18''C'' ''Hornet''.