Darker and Edgier/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** Where the ''[[Gundam]]'' series is concerned, it's sometimes darker and edgier in their side stories, regardless of the calendar. Comic relief aside, the overall progression of arcs, foreknowledge, the ending and themes show that the likes of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket]]'' and ''C.E. 73 Stargazer'' to be less sunshiny than their respective calendars' main series.

** To a point ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise in general was darker and edgier in comparison to the other mecha anime around, with the themes, the (generally) [[Grey and Gray Morality]], the various War tropes present and not to forget the fact that the franchise was started by a man known as "[[Kill'Em All]]".

* ''[[Amazing Agent Luna]]'' is becoming this as of Year 2. Not only does Luna undergo TWO [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure|Plot Mandated Friendship Failures]] in the course of Volume 7, but it's hinted from the brief description of Volume 8 at the end of Volume 7 that {{spoiler|she may pull a [[Face Heel Turn]] in Volume 8. In fact, a [[Face Heel Turn]] [[Fake Defector|may be her only option]] if she wants to win Francesca back, though that's just because she rejoined Elizabeth when she thinks Timothy had dumped her because of Luna.}}

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist's]]'' [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|first 2003 anime adaptation]] was this compared to the original manga. A lot of characters [[Death by Adaptation|die who lived in the manga]], there are fewer comedic [[Mood Whiplash]] moments, people suffer from [[Angst]] a whole lot more, the way Homunculi are created is a much darker theme ( {{spoiler|they were human transmutations that [[Came Back Wrong]], instead of just created from [[MacGuffin|Philosipher Stones]]}}), the overall theme is considerably more [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism|cynical]], and the ending is far more bittersweet (though still optimistic). The people of Lior get hit the hardest by it, ''especially'' Rose. Two words: {{spoiler|[[Child by Rape|rape baby]]}}.

* If you thought that [[Yuu Watase]]'s [[Fushigi Yuugi Genbu Kaiden]] was merely [[Fushigi Yuugi]] from two hundred years ago... think again. Becaue not only the heroine Takiko comes from a ''very'' different time in the real world (more exactly, [[Imperial Japan]] during [[The Roaring Twenties]], in contrast to Miaka and Yui who come from the Japan of [[The Nineties]]), but the Shi Jin Ten Chi Sho that she roams through is ''far'' bloodier and more complicated than the one we viewed during Miaka and Yui's journeys.

* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'':Gatchaman Fighter is a much darker series, especially in the final episodes with regards to casualties and deaths of longtime series characters, such as the death of Nambu, Ken on the verge of dying from use of the Hypershoot, Z's "Poison Apple" plan, and the team's final confrontation against Z. The ending itself has Gatchaman presumed dead, sacrificing their lives to destroy Sosai X once and for all.