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* [[Alternate Universe]]/[[Never Was This Universe]]
* [[Anti
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Something of a meta-example: The movie starts with an extended montage of abstract portraits of what are presumably the great figures of Shiro's world. The paintings seem to depict eerily familiar alternate universe versions of Winston Churchill, the Dalai Lama, and Kaiser Wilhelm, among others. {{spoiler|The montage returns at the end of the movie, and Shirotsugh has become one of these figures.}}
* [[Constructed World]]
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* [[A Long Time Ago in A Galaxy Far Far Away]]
* [[Love Bubbles]]: Subverted. After Shiro first meets Riquinni preaching in the red-light district, the scene fades to Shiro sleeping in a field of flowers. It turns out that he was sleeping -- in the bunk of the guy who died before the film started, with the funeral bouquets still in it.
* [[Near Rape Experience]]/[[Attempted Rape]]/ {{spoiler|[[What the Hell, Hero?]]}}: In what may be the film's most shocking scene, {{spoiler|Shiro momentarily becomes lustful of Riquinni and nearly rapes her, but he stops himself when he notices the terror in her eyes. (She knocks him out by [[Tap On the Head|smashing an urn on his head]].)}}
** {{spoiler|The next morning, when Shiro tries to apologize, Riquinni instead [[Extreme Doormat|begs Shiro to forgive]] ''[[Extreme Doormat|her]]'' [[Extreme Doormat|for defending herself!]]}} It seems these scenes were done to hammer the point home that {{spoiler|Shiro was ([[Love Redeems|until then]]) [[
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Riquinni.
* [[Shout Out]]/[[Homage]]: The rocket used to launch Shiro is plainly an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok-K R-7].
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