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{{quote|''Even if your own life is what's most important to you, you can't protect it alone.''}}
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''.
In ''Unlimited'', Takeru wakes up one morning to discover that the rest of the city around him is in ruins, and Sumika is nowhere to be found. He later finds out that he's in an alternate world to ''Extra'', where aliens called BETA (an acronym for "Beings of Extra Terrestrial origin. Adversaries to the human race") have invaded Earth and mankind fights back against the alien aggressors with [[Humongous Mecha]] called ''Senjutsuhokousentouki'' (戦術歩行戦闘機), "Tactical Surface Fighters", as almost all conventional weapons before simply didn't work. ''Unlimited'' relates Takeru's story as he tries to adjust to military life in an unfamiliar world, while rebuilding relationships with his friends. All of the major characters from the ''Extra'' timeline are present in ''Unlimited'', except for Sumika, {{spoiler|and the ''Unlimited'' world's Takeru, who is said to be dead}}. The characters are, for the most part identical to their ''Extra'' counterparts, with the possible exception of Mikoto, who is now female.
[[File:entarance_153.jpg|frame|''Muv-Luv Alternative'']]
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A very great, very small, very precious, tale of love and courage.'' }}
The sequel to ''Unlimited'' and released [[Schedule Slip|after several delays]] around 3 years later.
After 3 years in the ''Unlimited'' world, Takeru wakes up to find that he has rewound back to the beginning of ''Unlimited''. Unable to accept the result of what happened at the end of ''Unlimited'' ({{spoiler|mass evacuation of Earth, followed by the remaining humans' last stand against the BETA}}), he strives to find a method that could give humanity victory. ''Alternative'' also includes Michiru Isumi from age's debut game ''Kimi Ga Ita Kisetsu'', which got a remake in 2011 (in which Touko Kazama and Misae Munakata also appear), and Mitsuki Hayase, Haruka Suzumiya (Akane's sister), along with Akane herself, from ''[[Kimi ga Nozomu Eien]]''. The composers from ''Muv-Luv'' return for the music, which also features contributions from [[JAM Project]], Hijiri Anze (''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]''), Hikaru Nanase (''[[Zone of the Enders]]'', ''[[Chrno Crusade]]''), and Taku Iwasaki (who would later compose for ''[[Soul Eater]]'' and ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'').
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A port of the series to the Xbox 360 was announced by 5pb, co-creators of ''[[Chaos;Head]]'' and ''[[Steins;Gate]]'' with [[Nitroplus]] and was released in October 2011. ''Total Eclipse'', one of the many side stories, [http://muv-luv-te-anime.com/ will receive an anime adaptation in Summer 2012].
You can find (and please add to) other tropes and fandom reactions [[Muv-Luv/YMMV|here]], Crowning Moments of Awesome [[Muv-Luv/Awesome|here]], funny moments [[Muv-Luv/Funny|here]], and depressing moments [[Muv-Luv/Tear Jerker|here]].
Please contribute to the [[Muv-Luv/Characters|character sheet]].
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* [[Eagle Land]]: The US, which was among the very few nations not invaded by BETA in ''Unlimited/Alternative'' {{spoiler|due to their nuking of Canada when a hive landed there}}, is seen by many Japanese as opportunistic. {{spoiler|Justified, as the CIA instigated and escalated Sagiri's coup in ''Alternative'' in order to bring those with his sentiments out into the open and wipe them out.}} Subverted in that the American soldiers and field commanders Takeru meets in ''Alternative'' turn out to be as decent and gentlemanly as their Japanese counterparts.
* [[Expy]]/[[Captain Ersatz]]: Takahashi Ichimonji, Meiya's limo driver, is basically [[Initial D|Ryousuke]] [[Takehito Koyasu|Takahashi]] in personality and traits - stoic, always with a laptop, formulating a Theory of Maximum Street Velocity - with the face of [[Initial D|Takumi Fujiwara]]. Yuuko is a [[Rule 63|genderbent]] [[Super Robot Wars|Shuu Shirakawa]], and Meiya has a hairstyle taken from the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|RX-78GP02A Physalis]], while {{spoiler|her twin sister Yuuhi}} has one from the [[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory|AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra]]. In sidestories we also see Meiya's grandfather and training master, who look like, and are named after, [[Raideen]] and [[Grendizer]] respectively, while {{spoiler|Yuuhi's}} master's name is a pun on [[God Sigma]]. The ongoing sidestory ''Schwarzesmarken'' adds Captain Ersatzes of [[Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai|Meat]] and [[Guilty Crown|Tsugumi]].
** Pay no mind to the fact that Meiya looks every similar to [[Kimi ga Nozomu Eien|Mitsuki]] and Sumika looks similar to [[Kimi ga Nozomu Eien|Haruka]] or that Sumika gets hit by a car in "Extra" in blatant reference to Haruka's accident in [[Kimi ga Nozomu Eien]]. Don't worry, this is only played for laughs and Sumika gets better pretty much immediately. As you might had guess, like Haruka and Mitsuki, Sumika and Meiya are the main heroines in this game. As a bonus, the song "Muv-Luv" is sung by Haruka's voice actress and is apparently, by "[[Word of God]]," a song about Sumika. To make up for it, the personalities between Meiya/Mitsuki and Sumika/Haruka are completely different.
* [[Eye Beams]]: The signature weapons of the Laser-Class BETA ''Lux'' and the Heavy Laser-Class BETA ''Magnus Lux'', and, due to their nullification of the concept of "air superiority", the reason for the development of the Tactical Surface Fighter.
* [[Fade to White]]: {{spoiler|Meiya's death at the end of ''Alternative''.}}
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* [[Gender Is No Object]]: Takeru is the only man in a six-person unit. Justified in that {{spoiler|the men were the first to go out and fight and die against the BETA, and as such, most soldiers are now female}}.
* [[Genre Shift]]: And how. Goes from harem comedy (with lots of mecha and sci-fi shout-outs) to hardcore mecha.
* [[Good
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Several dialogues in heavily-accented English in ''Alternative''. age's decidedly shoddy English is clearly pointed out in the translation patch's readme: ''"age cannot speak English. They just can't. If you see, for instance, an image says 'preceding paragraph' and the text box says 'transferring seat information', trust us and not them."''
* [[Gratuitous German]]: The title of the ''Unlimited/Alternative'' side story ''Schwarzesmarken''.
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* [[Shounen]]: The manga adaptation of ''Unlimited'', which ran in ''Dengeki Daioh''. The original visual novels are, of course, anything '''but''' shounen.
* [[Shout-Out]]: ''Muv-Luv'' has at least three general sources:
** '''Mecha and Tokusatsu Series.''' ''[[Muv-Luv]]'' and its prequel ''Akane Maniax'' has a ton of shout-outs to these. A partial list includes ''[[Tekkaman]]'', ''[[Ultraman]]'', ''[[Getter Robo]]'', ''[[Grendizer]]'', ''[[Brave Raideen]]'', ''[[Chars Counterattack|Char's Counterattack]]'' (see [[Colony Drop]] above), and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]''.
** '''Science Fiction Literature.''' Several chapters in ''Unlimited'' and ''Alternative'' are named after {{spoiler|plot-relevant}} sci-fi novels or short stories (most notably Arthur C. Clarke's ''The Songs of Distant Earth'', which gave its name to ''Unlimited'''s last chapter and ED). In addition, several plot points in ''Alternative'' owe their origin to ''[[Starship Troopers]]'', per [[Word of God]].
** '''Video Games.''' From (among others) [[Virtual On]] (Valgern-On), [[Tekken]] (Dokken), [[Fire Emblem]] (the strategy RPG Takeru lends to Chizuru), and [[Metal Gear Solid]] (the game Takeru lends to Ayamine, in addition to a line from Takeru where he says he's not a member of "SOCKSHOUND").
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* {{spoiler|[[Human Resources]]}}: {{spoiler|The BETA can recycle their own, as well as humans, into more of them. The Soldier-class ''[[Extreme Omnivore|Venator]]'' [[Body Horror|strain]] is made by recyclng humans.}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]}}: {{spoiler|Meiya at the climax of ''Alternative''.}}
* '''{{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All]]}}''': {{spoiler|'''All'''<ref>except two if you consider Kasumi and Yuuko as main characters</ref> of the main cast, as well as the majority of the supporting cast, are dead by the end of Operation Cherry Blossom and its aftermath, many of them via [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. Of the three immediate survivors of the operation, Sumika dies due to [[No Ontological Inertia]] and Takeru [[Ret-Gone|ceases to exist]] in the aftermath. Old Tomino would have been proud.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Ones You Love]]}}: {{spoiler|Takeru blows up Meiya along with the BETA Superior with the Susano'o's particle cannon at the end of the Original Hive mission.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]}}: {{spoiler|Marimo in ''Alternative'', brutally killed by a soldier-class BETA while trying to cheer Takeru out of depression. Also Captain Isumi and First Lieutenants Suzumiya and Hayase.}}
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