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''R.O.D The TV'' is the sequel to the ''[[Read or Die]]'' [[OVA]]. This 26-episode series focuses on the Paper Sisters Maggie, Michelle and Anita, three young women who have [[Paper Master|paper-manipulation abilities]]. Although older sisters Maggie and Michelle are fanatical bibliophiles, [[Shorttank]] Anita paradoxically hates books. The three work together as detectives and independent agents in Hong Kong until the day Nenene Sumiregawa, an author who Maggie and Michelle are fans of, comes to the island for a book signing. The three are hired as her chaperones and drivers, but become her bodyguards as well when her life is threatened. After Nenene returns to Japan she enlists their help in looking for her missing friend Yomiko.
The rather strange title of the show refers to its fusion of the ''Read or Die'' [[OVA]] and the cast from ''Read or Dream'', a manga centered around three sisters with powers similar to Yomiko's. Adding to the confusion were both animated adaptations being [[Alternate Continuity|somewhat different in tone from their respective manga]]. Regardless its proved to be an interesting blend of both series that worked out particularly well.
The Read or Dream manga (which the Paper Sisters come from) is available in the States for the curious.
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* [[Apologises a Lot]]: Junior, Maggie
* [[The Archer]]: Michelle seems to subvert this with her goofy demeanor, but watch her in most crisis scenes: she plays it pretty damn straight.
* [[Artificial Human]]: Nancy, {{spoiler|Anita King}}
** In fact it's heavily implied that {{spoiler|all the Paper Sisters and indeed most papermasters are constructs of Dokusensha}}
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Definitely Yomiko, and each of the Paper Sisters could probably count in their own ways as well.
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* [[Flashback Echo]]: Anita's memories of burning books.
* [[Flipping the Bird]]: Nenene does this to a literary terrorist in the first episode, and Anita does it to ''her'' in the next one.
* [[Foot Focus]]: Indeed, there's many a shot on socked or bare feet in this show.
* [[Funbag Airbag]]: When Nenene is reunited with Yomiko in the Diet Building.
* [[Gainaxing]]: Enough to make [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Yoko-sama]] herself jealous.
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* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: {{spoiler|Joker}} gives one to Yomiko when they meet for the first time in the series. Nenene [[Shut UP, Hannibal|cuts him short]].
* [[Hot Librarian]] + [[Badass Bookworm]]: Yomiko. Her extreme love of books can get to be a very expensive habit (at one point, she even asks her boss for a cash advance so that she can purchase more books), but the British Library still regards her as [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|one of the best in her field]].
* [[Ill Girl]]: Hisami
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Alice Alice Arquet}}
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Awww, Anita is having her first day at school, and she is really popular, and now she is hanging out with Hisami, her new best friend and [[Moe|cutest character in the whole school]], and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Anita is getting that little bit of childhood that she never had before]], and '''''holy @#%& that dude got shot!'''''
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Alice Arquet is a clear [[Lara Croft]] [[Expy]] and has [[No Nudity Taboo]]. She even tells Drake to "grow up" when he gets embarrassed by her stripping in front of him. {{spoiler|Turns into Ms. [[Fan Disservice]] when she is [[Mood Whiplash|suddenly and brutally killed]] partway through putting her clothes back on.}}
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* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: And so is Yomiko. Michelle, Maggie and Nenene surely qualify too. ROD loves its nerds.
* [[No Koreans in Japan]]: "Mr. Kim" is a Korean name, but he looks and acts more stereotypically Chinese than Korean. It may well be a pseudonym {{spoiler|especially since he seems to be involved on the shifty side of two very shifty organizations}}.
* [[Odango Hair]]: When the girls change clothing, Anita has a Chinese-styled top plus this, despite having the shortest hair. [[Word of God]] is that those 'odango' are actually empty.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The TV series has an entirely different English dub cast than the OAV (save for Wendy Tomson/Tricia Dickson, who goes from playing Wendy in the OAV to Nenene in the TV series), which was not too jarring for the most part, except that Yomiko went from having a ''very'' American accent to having a ''very'' English accent (according to the DVD commentary, this is because the Japanese creators specifically asked [[Geneon]] to give Yomiko an English accent since she is supposed to be half-British).
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Dr. Weber. Really, though he certainly has all the appearances of a vampire, he does not seem to possess any kind of extraordinary abilities.
* [[108]]: Room 108 in the Dokusensha base, where they conduct their brainwashing experiments.
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* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with Maggie Mui and Drake's daughter Maggie. Drake of course has a double take when he hears Maggie Mui's name.
* [[Paper Master]]: The trope-namer.
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: Drake Anderson, fulfilling the common anime stereotype of Americans being pale-skinned, blond-haired, and blue-eyed.
* [[Portmanteau]]: Joker uses the name Joe Carpenter. Whether this is his real name or a pseudonym is unstated, but either way Joker is clearly a portmanteau of Joe Carpenter.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]
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* [[Reality Warper]]: {{spoiler|The Gentleman; just a fraction of his power transforms London into his memories of it, turn of the century.}}
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Lee is fatally wounded while helping Nenene and Anita escape from the Dokusensha's base.}}
* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Between Hisami and Anita. Big time.
* [[Rubber Face]]: Michelle sometimes does this to herself (one cheek only) after being told off for [[Cloudcuckoolander|doing something silly]]. Anita gets it a lot from various characters, and Yomiko says that getting [[Rubber Face|Rubber Faced]] helps when she is anxious. She's genuinely surprised when it does not work that way on Anita.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Nenene gets these when she gets angry (i.e. quite often). Yomiko's glasses also go shiny a lot, but in her case it usually signifies emotional trauma.
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** ''[[The Godfather]]'', as mentioned before.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: "Don't be tricked, you idiot! He's the ''bad guy!''"
* [[Soul Jar]]: While The Gentleman's books don't strictly speaking contain his entire soul (his personality was simply too vast to be contained), they still contain vital pieces of it.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: Action cliffhangers with the girls in peril, leading into the rather chipper end theme.
* [[Steampunk]]: Much of the British Library. They appear to use 19th-century era ''cell phones''.
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{{quote|{{spoiler|"Follow the reality of the British Library or be destroyed. Dream... or Die."}}}}
* [[Trademark Favourite Food|Trademark Favourite Drink]]: Anita really likes drinking milk.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Watered down somewhat, as London and Hong Kong also have fairly major roles in the story.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In the time since the [[OVA]], Wendy goes from a tea-serving klutz to gun-toting badass.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Wendy again.
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* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The shot of a statue of the Virgin Mary during {{spoiler|the destruction of Hong Kong}}. Also, John Woo (the pigeon) shows up at the end of the episode in a manner evocative of the story of Noah's Ark.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Maggie, who mostly wears men's suits.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Junior, in a rare female parental figure example.
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: "Who the heck would come up with such a fiasco? It's no good! It's not realistic at all!"
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Junior. Chronologically, he is only 6 years old, but due to accelerated aging, he appears to be about 12. This is probably also technically true for his I-Jin mother Nancy.
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: The [[Wham! Episode]] (see below) begins as a fairly formulaic episode about Anita saying goodbye to her friends before she moves back to Hong Kong, culminating in a sweet moment between herself and Hisa. Time for the credits, right? Right?
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