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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.

 

 

* [[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]].

* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Given by Octavia to Lidia {{spoiler|after she kills her}}.

* [[The Archer]]: Morgan, though Arawn's a pretty good shot himself.

** Another example is Octavia and Morgan, on a fairly regular basis.

* [[Author Appeal]]: Ermin has more than ''twice'' the amount of H-scenes compared to any other girl in the visual novel, including Rhiannon. She's also the most childlike, which can be a little... [[Lolicon|awkward.]]

* [[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."}}.

* [[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.}}

* [[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]].}}

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Rathty -- Little elf, [[Drop the Hammer|BIG hammer]].

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Some extent to Octavia.

** 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.

** 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.

* [[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!

* Gainaxing: Morgan and Lyre.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Rafty in the anime.

* [[Giant Enemy Crab]]: A bunch of them appear in Episode 4, and are reduced off-screen to ''crab hotpot''.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.}}

* [[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.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|Lector}} is a bastard and the only other people who seems capable of using Light based magic are clerics for the Empire. On the other hand, light is not outright ''bad,'' either. It's the only thing capable of getting rid of advanced undead {{spoiler|and the angels are implied to have more lost their way without God around rather than being outright [[For the Evulz]].}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded the hell out of in one scene in the [[Visual Novel]].

* [[Lovely Angels]]: Octavia and Morgan (or [[Les Yay|is that]] a [[Battle Couple]]?), Rathty and Llyr.

* [[Manly Tears]]: Pwyll does this well.

* [[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}}.

'''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]]

* [[Prestige Class]]: Musician, Paladin, Sage, Hunter, Seer, etc.

* [[Real Time Strategy]]: The core gameplay mechanic of the game, or to be more specific, semi-RTS combined with JRPG.

* [[Red String of Fate]]: One of these is for sale at Epona's shop for 99999. {{spoiler|It has a [[Love Potion]] effect that she uses to get Arawn to "marry" her.}}

** {{spoiler|Said red string becomes a [[Magic Feather]], however, as Epona tied it to the wrong finger. The magic only kicks in when you tie it to your pinky.}}

* {{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.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Taliesin and Epona.

** In Episode 14, they ''raid'' Arawn's ''[[Tomb Raider|tomb]]''. Much insinuations ensue.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Taliesin.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: {{spoiler|Taliesin spends his life running away from his prophesied fate as chief of Brigantes. In the end, he decides to embrace it in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]... only to survive unscathed.}}

** There's a little twist to this tale, as mentioned on the PC version of Taliesin's part of the ending: {{spoiler|He is phropesied also to be killed by a terrible beast. He befriended a ''dragon cub''.}}

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Octavia.

 

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