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{{quote|''"Cutting off your own head won't solve anything."''}}
From the creators of ''[[Utawarerumono]]''<ref>as well as ''[[To Heart]]'' and ''[[To Heart 2]]''</ref> comes '''''Tears to Tiara''''', a somewhat similar story. In a fantasy world somewhat resembling Arthurian legend, the "[[The Empire|Holy Empire]]" has taken it upon itself to crush all resistance. Against them is the Demon Lord Arawn (in human form) who [[Accidental Hero|inadvertently becomes the leader of a tribe fighting for survival]]. As such, this is a tale of war, sacrifice and beautiful women.
Based off the PC [[Visual Novel]] by Leaf. Later re-released for the PlayStation 3 with art and technical upgrades. The Anime aired in 2009 and is now available in North America by Sentai.
Along with the announcement of Utawarerumono's sequel in 2011, Leaf also confirmed that a Tears to Tiara 2 is on the works, scheduled as a [[
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Arawn to his harem girls (though reduced to three in the anime). At least [[Utawarerumono|Hakuoro]] was just a [[Chick Magnet]].
* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Or running through the woods [[Idiot Hero|like a dumbass]].
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Arthur in episode 15}}.
* [[Call Back]]: Arawn is known as the "Great Demon King", presumably because he's {{spoiler|a [[Fallen Angel]]}}. Then a [[Flash Back]] reveals that {{spoiler|while Arawn was "dying" the first time, Pwyll utters the words: "...My friend. My Great King."}}.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Lidia, an Imperial general introduced only in the [[
* [[Cavalier Consumption]]: The characters pass around an apple while swordfighting in the [[Title Sequence]].
* [[Cherubic Choir]]: The [[Brown Note|Song of Creation]] {{spoiler|which Myrrdin uses to change the Ice Age into spring. Taliesin later uses it to stop a blizzard}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Colony Drop]]: The Dragons' [[Gotterdammerung]] happened when the Angels dropped the Earth's second ''moon'' on their city.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Cross
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The revived skeletons in Episode 2.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Ogam, hands down. {{spoiler|He gets even cooler when he's revealed to be the [[Last of His Kind|last Dragon]].}}
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** Contrast with [[Light Is Not Good]] -- {{spoiler|the Holy Empire, though it's obviously corrupt from the start and thus not ever really light; they've got nothing on the Angels themselves, of course}}.
* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: The holy element Electrum burns Arawn on contact ({{spoiler|getting shot full of it was what killed him the first time}}). In-game, any equipment made of Electrum doesn't enhance the stats of any elves, dragons, or demons it is given to. In human hands, however, they're the most powerful things available at the store.
* [[De
** In the game he instead rips Drwc apart with a sweep of his hand as if his fingers were solid claws. Again, he has some minor complains about it afterwards.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Subverted. When the boat first lands on Albion, Ogam mentions that they best be careful because of the "[[Gratuitous English|Good Folk]]". They actually turn out to be very friendly. It also helps that they adore Arawn.
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* [[Fan Translation]]: Released in December 2008, right around the time when the [[The Anime of the Game|anime spinoff]] began airing.
* [[Fastball Special]]: RATHTY MISSILE!
* [[Final Speech]]: Combines with [[Almost
* Gainaxing: Morgan and Lyre.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Morgan. The original game shows this a bit; the anime takes it [[Up to Eleven]] and adds a touch of [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Rafty in the anime.
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* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Arawn does this to Arthur when {{spoiler|they lost against the [[Badass Army|Rubrum]]}}.
* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: A bunch of them appear in Episode 4, and are reduced off-screen to ''crab hotpot''.
* [[Girl in
* [[Glacier Waif]]: Rathty. Also a [[Cute Bruiser|cute one]].
* [[Gratuitous English]]: "Apple Pie". When your city's name is a throwback to the fact that its orchard is full of apple trees, it only makes sense that this gets made... often.
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* [[Honest John]]: Epona, and Rusty's [[Split Personality]] Thraty.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Many of the Gael Tribe, but Arthur takes it up a notch. When told to duel a wounded foe, he ''dislocates his own arm'' to even the field. Arawn frequently remarks that Arthur's stubborn insistence on rules and oaths can do more harm than good, especially when dealing with human lives.
** In the game, there is a law that punishes adultery with a dislocated arm, so Arthur runs away with this and casually asks Morgan (who has declared herself married to Arawn) if her breasts get in her way when fighting before [[Thanks for
* [[Hot
* [[Identical Grandson|Identical Descendant]]: Arthur looks like his ancestor Pwyll with a different outfit and hairstyle. {{spoiler|Justified, as Arthur is a [[Reincarnation]] of Pwyll.}}
** The same can be said of {{spoiler|Rhiannon, who looks like an adult Primula, Pwyll's human wife.}}
*** Not surprising, considering that in the very beginning of the game, she tells Arawn that {{spoiler|her [[I Know Your True Name|true name]] is Primula.}}
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Arthur to some extent. Comes to a head when he throws Arawn's caution to the wind and leads reckless charge against the [[Elite Mooks|Rubrum]], nearly losing all him men. This is frequently lampshaded in the game.
* [[Lady of War]]: Octavia. Her self-proclaimed rival Lidia is more of an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Knight Templar]].
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Arthur is worse off than [[Utawarerumono|Oboro]] in this, but at least he gets a clue quickly enough.
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* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: The Twelve Angels {{spoiler|are responsible for the various Ages that end in [[Omnicidal Maniac|near-total annihilation]]: when the dominant race of that Age fails to meet their incredibly high standards (as in [[Fantastic Racism|keeping the races from developing enough such that they equal or even surpass the Angels in their "perfection"]]), [[The Purge|they wipe them out]] and start over. The only good Angels are Myrrdin and his son Arawn/Lucifer, who would replace Myrrdin as the Twelfth Angel, and the latter would earn his kin's ire for believing in allowing the "inferior" races to develop.}}
** Even their God Watos isn't on their side anymore {{spoiler|(Merkadis is defeated by a prayer that invokes [[Death From Above|an powerful ray of light from the heavens]], and Lector is pretty much doomed when Watos doesn't answer his pleas for help)}}. It is also hinted that the Angels do not know the true will of Watos and that {{spoiler|Arawn/Lucifer was specifically created by Watos to free the world from his kin's control before they find another reason to trigger apocalypse}}.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: There was a ''massive'' re-casting effort between the PC and [[
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'''Rhiannon:''' Ran Tonoo > [[
'''Arthur:''' Kotsuo Kishijima > Makoto Ishii
'''Morgan:''' Rie Tomigawa > [[Mai Nakahara]]
'''Octavia:''' Kaoru Imai > [[Rie Tanaka]]
'''Limwris:''' Ayaka Kimura > [[Ami Koshimizu]]
'''Ermin:''' Mai Akizuki > [[Ai Shimizu]]
'''Ogam:''' Gansezu > [[Yosuke Akimoto]]
'''Epona:''' Yurika Hokuto > [[Kiyomi Asai]]
'''Llyr:''' Yuka Takana > [[Kaori Nazuka]]
'''Rathy:''' Yuka Misaki > [[Kana Ueda]]
'''Tailesin:''' Rei Takatori > Tomohiro Tsuboi
'''Gaius:''' Ken Akiresu > [[Kenji Hamada]] }}
** Although anyone with a good ear and half familiar with the Japanese CV scene can tell who was really recasted, and who had just [[Bleached Underpants|used an alias for the original PC version]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Satan Is Good]]: Arawn's true name is "Lucifer". The very beginning of the game shows a hint, as Rhiannon almost blurts his true name after figuring out that he is "Akaboshi" -- the Japanese name of Venus as the "morning star". [[Shown Their Work|Lucifer is also known as "Light-Bearer" and is attributed to Venus]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[She's a Man In Japan]]: Both Animax Asia and Sentai dubs mistakenly call [[Bifauxnen|Rathty]] a boy.}}
* {{spoiler|[[She
* [[Ship Tease]]: Taliesin and Epona.
* [[Shout
** In Episode 14, they ''raid'' Arawn's ''[[Tomb Raider|tomb]]''. Much insinuations ensue.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Taliesin.
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* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: Prevalent in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER48RHhnXhw&feature=related&fmt=18 PS3 version].
** The PC game has it too for every super move. All four of them.
* [[Surrounded
* [[Talking the Monster
* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: Arthur faces this dilemma often. He's keen on upholding the laws of his tribe (which are not always good and tend to advocate death as solution to every problem), but he's also a good person. Other characters are more willing to bend the rules if they are to stay alive, and halfway through the series [[Noble Demon|Arawn]] convinces him to follow his conscience.
* [[Trojan Prisoner]]: Octavia tries this out with Morgan in order to sneak the two of them into Avalon, which is under siege by the Empire. It would have worked were it not for the fact that the unit she associates herself with is a unit that had been sent back to the mainland long ago. They get to fight their way inside instead.
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