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[[File:VLC00003_png_7655.jpg|frame|The central characters from left to right: Holon, Minamo, Haru, Sota and Kushima]]
''Real Drive'' is produced by [[Production
When he was 30, Masamichi Haru was involved in a diving accident, causing him to [[Convenient Coma|slip into a coma for fifty years]]. When he woke up, he was confined to the body of an 80-year old who was unable to travel without a wheelchair. Haru later recieves assistance from the 15-year old Minamo, who is assigned to take care of him as part of her school's extracirricular activities. Despite their age gap, Haru and Minamo form a very warm friendship, fueled by their mutual interest in the sea and nature in general. Minamo is one of the very few young people without cyber-enhancements, which doesn't hinder her in becoming Haru's "diver buddy".
It turns out that the experiment Haru was involved in led to the construction of the Artificial Island and the Network society, where people hook up to a global network using so-called cyber-brains. Since entering the inner workings of the network is very much like diving in the open sea, Haru finds he still has some purpose in life by becoming a virtual "diver". With Minamo, they undertake various missions into the Metal, where people's desires gradually lead to information leaks and instabilities. Together with Haru's friend Kushima, they also search for the ''answer in the sea'', which shares an intimate link to the earth's biorhythm.
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* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Souta is [[Character Development|initially]] this way towards Minamo.
* [[Artificial Human]]: Holon
* [[Badass]]: Sota, Holon and even Haru demonstrate a surprising level of prowess.
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* [[Closer to Earth]]: Minamo's lack of a cyberbrain sets her apart from the other characters: in fact, characters of any importance to the plot without a cyber-brain just happens to be female, too.
* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: This is present as a subtle reminder about the impacts of technology and humanity's increasing reliance on the internet to function.
* [[Convenient Coma]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Haru, for certain. Kushima is this too, [[Older Than They Look|but he sure doesn't look it.]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: This is depicted as misguided rather than malevolent.
* [[Cyborg]]: Kushima's youthful appearance is a consequence of him {{spoiler|having a prosthetic body.}}.
* [[Determinator]]: Haru won't let his aged body slow him down, if he can help it.
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Haru's younger self.
* [[Everything Is Online]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Yukino.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Haru finds himself in a radically changed world following his awakening from a coma.
* [[Flash Back]]: This is a prevalent means of depicting past events.
* [[Food Porn]]: given that [[Scenery Porn|the art in this series is spectacular]], there's little suprise that the food in this series is drawn with the same care as the landscape. Of note are those parfaits Minamo and her friends are always seen enjoying.
* [[Friendly Playful Dolphin]]: Haru loved to swim with a dolphin as a boy, although it is implied that they're extinct along with many other aquatic animals by the time the series takes place.
* [[Gainax Ending]]
* [[Genki Girl]]: Minamo.
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* [[Green Aesop]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Minamo wears a red bow in her hair wherever she goes.
* [[Handshake Substitute]]: Haru and Kushima are fond of using the fist bump gesture.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Haru and Kushima, despite the former being in a coma for 50 years.
* [[Hollywood Pudgy]]: This is averted in-universe; while the girls are filled out rather well, it's not mentioned by the characters. The creator once explained that he wished to design women who actually look liked actual Japanese women.
* [[Homage]]: To ''[[
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Minamo and Haru.
* [[It's Always Spring|It's Always Summer]]: The climate control on Artificial Island translates to a warm, subtropical climate year-round for the island's residents.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Haru in his younger days.
* [[Joshikousei]]: Minamo and her friends.
* [[May-December Romance]]: Minamo's feelings for Haru sometimes make one wonder.
* [[Meganekko]]: Erika and Holon, who is modeled after the former.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Iris
* [[The Metaverse]]: The Metal.
* [[Mind Screw]]: Not as bad as in most of other Masamune's works, but still apparent.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The show bounces back and forth between a cyberpunk fest and more sedate [[Slice of Life]] episodes.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Erika.
* [[Nakama]]
* [[Odd Couple]]: Haru and Minamo.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Minamo gets a few while she's skating around the island at times.
* [[Post Cyber Punk]]: This is a soft variety.
* [[Robot Girl]]: Holon and another female battle android
* [[Recap Episode]]
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Holon and the other androids like her.
* [[Rollerblade Good]]: Minamo is faster than she looks.
* [[Rousseau Was Right]]
* [[Rubber Face]]: Done to Minamo in one scene.
* [[The Rule of First Adopters]]: Fourth episode mentions that Metal became popular because virtual sex was above and beyond anything that could be achieved in real life.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: One of the strongest points about this series, the landscapes are remarkably well done and give the viewer a sense of the tropical environment on the island.
* [[Sexy Secretary]]: Holon
* [[Shower of Angst]]: For a male character, even.
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Done to Minamo by one of her friends, under loud protest.
* [[Slice of Life]]: Quite a few episodes have this feel.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Though inspired by [[Ghost in
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'''Fujisaku:''' Yes, we started with the idea, but a request from Director Kazuhiro Furuhashi changed that totally. }}
** Also part of [[The Verse]] with [[Stand Alone Complex]], as {{spoiler|a nanotechnology that was developed from Kazundo Ghoda's "Japanese Miracle" Radiation Scrubber technology is mentioned as part of the plot later on.}}
* [[The Stinger]]: The end of every episode has one. {{spoiler|Watch the last one to find out what really happens with Haru}}.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: While the small amount of text in the classroom mentioned above [[Gratuitous English|wasn't very well translated]], in episode 12 there is [[Doing It for
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Minamo and her two best friends are seen eating a lot of ice cream.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The "love letter" episode.
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