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* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:Hiori and Shino, who met by chance in a park when they were younger. See SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.]]
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* HumansAreFlawed: One of the central themes is that humans have emotional problems that can’t be solved just by combatting the magical demons exacerbating those issues. They’ll just relapse if the problems aren’t tackled at their core.
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* HumansAreFlawed: One of the central themes is that humans have emotional problems that can’t be solved just by combatting combating the magical demons exacerbating those issues. They’ll just relapse if the problems aren’t tackled at their core.
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* NeverSayDie: Despite suicide being common in the series, in every instance, characters use a DeadlyEuphemism like "disappear" instead.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: A central theme of the entire series, encompassing everything from the DownerBeginning all the way to the FinalBoss confrontation. [[spoiler:Mio failing to save Hiori and the world made her easy prey for the Red Reflector cult who offered a chance to save her sister. In turn, Shino, the leader of the cult, was stopped by Hiori going back in time and running after her younger self to talk longer, as Shino's biggest regret before leaping off the DespairEventHorizon was not getting to talk to Hiori more.]]
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* ResetButton: [[spoiler:In the original timeline depicted in the first few minutes of the show where Mio and Momo were partners, they were killed battling the last Sephirot. Then time reset back a few months, and nobody remembered anything that happened. The timelines then diverged when Shino approached Mio and revealed what happened to her.]]
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* ResetButton: [[spoiler:In the original timeline depicted in the first few minutes of the show where Mio and Momo were partners, they were killed battling the last Sephirot.Sephira. Then time reset back a few months, and nobody remembered anything that happened. The timelines then diverged when Shino approached Mio and revealed what happened to her.]]
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''Blue Reflection Ray'' is an anime from Creator/JCStaff that began airing in April 2021. It is a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' game by Creator/GustCorporation. Despite taking place in the same world as the game it takes a different direction, with new characters and conflicts exploring the game’s concepts in a different way. Certain character reappear later in ''VideoGame/BlueReflectionSecondLight''
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''Blue Reflection Ray'' is an anime from Creator/JCStaff that began airing in April 2021. It is a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' game by Creator/GustCorporation. Despite taking place in the same world as the game it takes a different direction, with new characters and conflicts exploring the game’s concepts in a different way. Certain character Some certain characters reappear later in ''VideoGame/BlueReflectionSecondLight''
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''Blue Reflection Ray'' is an anime from Creator/JCStaff that began airing in April 2021. It is a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' game by Creator/GustCorporation. Despite taking place in the same world as the game it takes a different direction, with new characters and conflicts exploring the game’s concepts in a different way.
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* DrivenToSuicide:
** One of Ruka's classmates in her old school killed herself. Ruka had realized something was wrong, but never did anything, leaving Ruka filled with guilt over the incident.
** When Miyako realizes how little her mother cares for her after one of her picture frames is thrown out, her Fragment destabilizes, and she nearly walks in front of a moving train. Niina and Uta intercept her before she can go through with it, and she doesn't try again after realizing Hiori and Ruka will be there for her.
** While trying to convince another girl to let her feelings be taken, Kana realizes that she has no sense of self without them and is essentially already dead. She then nearly gets herself run over by a truck. Hiori and Ruka manage to save her in the nick of time.
** [[spoiler:In the previous timeline Shino was heavily traumatized after sister was murdered, and even though Mio tried to help her, Shino felt nothing changed since only her feelings were saved. Believing she was weak and part of the world's evils, she jumped off a building to her death.]]
** One of Ruka's classmates in her old school killed herself. Ruka had realized something was wrong, but never did anything, leaving Ruka filled with guilt over the incident.
** When Miyako realizes how little her mother cares for her after one of her picture frames is thrown out, her Fragment destabilizes, and she nearly walks in front of a moving train. Niina and Uta intercept her before she can go through with it, and she doesn't try again after realizing Hiori and Ruka will be there for her.
** While trying to convince another girl to let her feelings be taken, Kana realizes that she has no sense of self without them and is essentially already dead. She then nearly gets herself run over by a truck. Hiori and Ruka manage to save her in the nick of time.
** [[spoiler:In the previous timeline Shino was heavily traumatized after sister was murdered, and even though Mio tried to help her, Shino felt nothing changed since only her feelings were saved. Believing she was weak and part of the world's evils, she jumped off a building to her death.]]
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* AbusiveParents:
** Niina's mother regularly hit her, forced her to stand under the shower, didn't feed her properly, and constantly degraded her whenever she did something wrong. Niina wasn't even allowed to leave their apartment when she was young, and when she was older she got kicked out whenever her mother was servicing a customer.
** Shino's mother forced Shino to be the spokesperson for her toxic religion. Shino was the saint while her twin sister Kano was the martyr, meaning that whenever Shino messed up Kano was beaten. Kano was forbidden from doing anything outside except to fill in for Shino. The two of them sneaked out once to get away from it all, only for Kano to be beaten so bad she could no longer be Shino's double. Their mother never saw them as anything but tools. [[spoiler:Eventually it culminated in their mother murdering Kano in a ritual sacrifice, then making Shino drink her sister's blood.]]
** Niina's mother regularly hit her, forced her to stand under the shower, didn't feed her properly, and constantly degraded her whenever she did something wrong. Niina wasn't even allowed to leave their apartment when she was young, and when she was older she got kicked out whenever her mother was servicing a customer.
** Shino's mother forced Shino to be the spokesperson for her toxic religion. Shino was the saint while her twin sister Kano was the martyr, meaning that whenever Shino messed up Kano was beaten. Kano was forbidden from doing anything outside except to fill in for Shino. The two of them sneaked out once to get away from it all, only for Kano to be beaten so bad she could no longer be Shino's double. Their mother never saw them as anything but tools. [[spoiler:Eventually it culminated in their mother murdering Kano in a ritual sacrifice, then making Shino drink her sister's blood.]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: Uta caressing her scar in episode 20 while looking at her phone is very reminiscent of masturbation.
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* FactionMotto: "Girls living in a world of lies your flowers of sadness, and the despair that blooms from them, we'll take them all away now and forever" is the motto of the Red Reflectors, representing how they aim to rip away the feelings of girls so that they won't be burdened by their negative emotions.
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* FactionMotto: "Girls living in a world of lies lies, your flowers of sadness, and the despair that blooms from them, we'll take them all away away, now and forever" is the motto of the Red Reflectors, representing how they aim to rip away the feelings of girls so that they won't be burdened by their negative emotions.
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* MysteriousBacker: The AASA is an institute researching the Common, Fragments, and Reflectors. They employ Momo and Yuri to investigate what is happening with Fragments in the city and are the source of the Blue Reflector rings. Beyond that though they're of no help, providing little information and no backup when trouble arises, leading to the Reflectors ignoring their existence.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Mio was utterly broken [[spoiler:when she saw Hiori lose her Fragment and die in the original timeline, causing her to not have the will to fight the final Sephirot. She then went through the despair all over again when Shino restored her memories in the main timeline.]]
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Shino pretends to be someone in need in order to lure in Ruka and capture her.
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* WhamLine: In episode 9, [[spoiler:Mio tells Momo "We've both died once", which is what reveals that they're in a new timeline after they lost in the future.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Shino pretends to be someone in needin order to so that she can lure in Ruka and capture her.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Shino pretends to be someone in need
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* EnterStageWindow: In the first episode Hiori climbs into her dorm room to avoid getting caught after curfew. She runs into Ruka during this, having not realized Ruka had moved into her room, resulting in Hiori being caught anyway.
* FactionMotto: "Girls living in a world of lies your flowers of sadness, and the despair that blooms from them, we'll take them all away now and forever" is the motto of the Red Reflectors, representing how they aim to rip away the feelings of girls so that they won't be burdened by their negative emotions.
* FactionMotto: "Girls living in a world of lies your flowers of sadness, and the despair that blooms from them, we'll take them all away now and forever" is the motto of the Red Reflectors, representing how they aim to rip away the feelings of girls so that they won't be burdened by their negative emotions.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Momo realizes that she was once close friends with Mio, but she doesn't remember that ever happening. This causes her no shortage of anguish. [[spoiler:It turns out they were partners in the original timeline and always had each other's backs. Upon learning this Momo tries to reach out to Mio to rekindle this friendship. Mio still has some feelings towards Momo from then, but still ends up using Momo for her own ends instead.]]
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* StartOfDarkness: Episode 18 focuses on what drove Mio to become a Red Reflector. [[spoiler:While she was content to fight as a Reflector initially, she became disillusioned with their mission when she saw several girls repeating their woes or otherwise getting into trouble even their Fragments were stabilized. This came to a head when Hiori’s Fragment went out of control, which led to everyone’s death in the original timeline. When Shino made her remember what happened, Shino convinced Mio that preventing people from feeling negative emotions at all was the only way to truly save Hiori from her despair.]]
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* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: In the first half Hiori and Ruka are balancing their duties as Reflectors with their regular school life. Once summer break starts they shift most of their efforts to Reflector business.
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* BreakThemByTalking: Uta causes Princess Yuki's Fragment to go out of control simply by texting her that Yuki's attempts at counseling others online was nothing but regurgitating advice she looked up on the internet, that she didn't actually understand the feelings she received, and that any connections she made were fake.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: When offered the chance to become a Reflector, Hiori doesn't hesitate as she's always up for helping other people sort out their problems.
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* AwfulTruth: Niina reveals to Hiori what Mio went through that led her to becoming a Red Reflector. Hiori does not take it well, especially in regard to her own role in Mio’s fall.
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* AwfulTruth: Niina reveals to Hiori that Hiori succumbing to despair [[spoiler:and ultimately dying in the original timeline]] is what Mio went through that broke Mio's resolve and led her to becoming a Red Reflector. Hiori does not doesn't take it this well, especially in regard blaming herself for everything that happened to her own role in Mio’s fall.sister.
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* TimeStandsStill: When a Fragment is extracted and the Leap Range is activated, time stops for everyone except Reflectors.
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* TimeStandsStill: When a Fragment is extracted and the Leap Range is activated, time stops for everyone except Reflectors. This allows the Reflectors to freely fight without having to worry about being seen by any civilians.
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Feelings have the power to connect people and shape the world around them. These feelings can become Fragments that certain people can use to transform into Reflectors. These Reflectors may choose to use those feelings to help those who are wallowing in despair, uncertainty, or other negative emotions. Or they may choose to steal those feelings altogether to prevent others from feeling unwanted emotions.
Hiori Hirahara is an upbeat girl who won’t hesitate to help someone in need. Ruka Hanari wishes she could be closer with those around her, yet is too shy to do so. When the two of them become Reflectors they must work together to soothe the out of control emotions around them. But other Reflectors who wish to take those emotions for their own goals oppose them. While battling them, Hiori and Ruka must confront their own conflicting feelings causing them their own anguish.
''Blue Reflection Ray'' is an anime from Creator/JCStaff that began airing in April 2021. It is a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' game by Creator/GustCorporation. Despite taking place in the same world as the game it takes a different direction, with new characters and conflicts exploring the game’s concepts in a different way.
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!!''Blue Reflection Ray'' provides examples of:
* AwfulTruth: Niina reveals to Hiori what Mio went through that led her to becoming a Red Reflector. Hiori does not take it well, especially in regard to her own role in Mio’s fall.
* BatmanGambit: Shino expertly manipulates Hiori and Mio to create the right conflicting emotions needed to open the doors to the Common.
* CrashIntoHello:
** Ruka and Momo first meet when Momo accidentally runs into Ruka while rushing elsewhere. Momo quickly runs off, but she dropped a Blue Reflector ring that Ruka ends up taking.
** That same night Hiori and Ruka first meet when Hiori climbs into their room through the window and ends up falling onto Ruka after they’re surprised to see each other.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the game, the anime takes a much dimmer view on Reflectors. It questions how helpful they really are to the people they save, and the main conflict is driven by other Reflectors instead of faceless monsters that can be cut down with no worry.
* DownerBeginning: The show opens with Mio and Momo fighting a Sephirot, only for Mio to collapse in despair as the Sephirot attacks and seemingly destroys the world.
* EmotionalPowers: Reflectors are powered not only by their own emotions, but also the bond they share with their partner. They become weaker if they’re feeling doubt about themselves.
* HumansAreFlawed: One of the central themes is that humans have emotional problems that can’t be solved just by combatting the magical demons exacerbating those issues. They’ll just relapse if the problems aren’t tackled at their core.
* MagicalGirl: Reflectors have the classic hallmarks of them, including transformations, fancy costumes, magic powers, and the intended goal of helping those around them.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Reflectors are supposed to be fighting demons causing Fragments to go out of control and the Sephirot that are out to end humanity. This is mostly ignored however, and they spend most of their time fighting each other over differing ideals.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mio realized that she and Hiori’s co-dependency was stopping them from accepting the reality that their mother wasn’t coming home. She sent Hiori off to Tsukinomiya School so that they could both grow without being so dependent on each other. [[spoiler:Hiori took this the wrong way and thought Mio no longer cared for her, leading to her Fragment going out of control and eventual death. Mio blames herself for what happened to her sister, driving her actions for the main timeline.]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Hiori and Mio’s father died, and their mother suddenly left them alone one day. Their aunt and uncle offer to take them in, but they insist in staying in their apartment in the hopes that their mother will eventually return.
** Niina never knew her father, and when her abusive mother was killed she was left homeless with nowhere to go.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Reflectors can become more powerful when they’re in sync with their partner, which indicates that they’re good friends.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Ruka is hesitant about becoming a Reflector, believing that she can’t save others when she’s too shy to understand their feelings. Eventually she gains the confidence to fight to protect those feelings.
* ResetButton: [[spoiler:In the original timeline depicted in the first few minutes of the show where Mio and Momo were partners, they were killed battling the last Sephirot. Then time reset back a few months, and nobody remembered anything that happened. The timelines then diverged when Shino approached Mio and revealed what happened to her.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Episode 18 focuses on what drove Mio to become a Red Reflector. [[spoiler:While she was content to fight as a Reflector initially, she became disillusioned with their mission when she saw several girls repeating their woes or otherwise getting into trouble even their Fragments were stabilized. This came to a head when Hiori’s Fragment went out of control, which led to everyone’s death in the original timeline. When Shino made her remember what happened, Shino convinced Mio that preventing people from feeling negative emotions at all was the only way to truly save Hiori from her despair.]]
* TimeStandsStill: When a Fragment is extracted and the Leap Range is activated, time stops for everyone except Reflectors.
* TransformationSequence: Since they are magical girls, Reflectors get elaborate transformations when they transform. They’re instantaneous in real time and aren’t shown beyond the initial sequences.
* TransformationTrinket: Reflectors rely on their rings to use their magic and transform. They’re powerless if their rings are lost or taken.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Shino pretends to be someone in need in order to lure in Ruka and capture her.
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Feelings have the power to connect people and shape the world around them. These feelings can become Fragments that certain people can use to transform into Reflectors. These Reflectors may choose to use those feelings to help those who are wallowing in despair, uncertainty, or other negative emotions. Or they may choose to steal those feelings altogether to prevent others from feeling unwanted emotions.
Hiori Hirahara is an upbeat girl who won’t hesitate to help someone in need. Ruka Hanari wishes she could be closer with those around her, yet is too shy to do so. When the two of them become Reflectors they must work together to soothe the out of control emotions around them. But other Reflectors who wish to take those emotions for their own goals oppose them. While battling them, Hiori and Ruka must confront their own conflicting feelings causing them their own anguish.
''Blue Reflection Ray'' is an anime from Creator/JCStaff that began airing in April 2021. It is a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/BlueReflection'' game by Creator/GustCorporation. Despite taking place in the same world as the game it takes a different direction, with new characters and conflicts exploring the game’s concepts in a different way.
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!!''Blue Reflection Ray'' provides examples of:
* AwfulTruth: Niina reveals to Hiori what Mio went through that led her to becoming a Red Reflector. Hiori does not take it well, especially in regard to her own role in Mio’s fall.
* BatmanGambit: Shino expertly manipulates Hiori and Mio to create the right conflicting emotions needed to open the doors to the Common.
* CrashIntoHello:
** Ruka and Momo first meet when Momo accidentally runs into Ruka while rushing elsewhere. Momo quickly runs off, but she dropped a Blue Reflector ring that Ruka ends up taking.
** That same night Hiori and Ruka first meet when Hiori climbs into their room through the window and ends up falling onto Ruka after they’re surprised to see each other.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the game, the anime takes a much dimmer view on Reflectors. It questions how helpful they really are to the people they save, and the main conflict is driven by other Reflectors instead of faceless monsters that can be cut down with no worry.
* DownerBeginning: The show opens with Mio and Momo fighting a Sephirot, only for Mio to collapse in despair as the Sephirot attacks and seemingly destroys the world.
* EmotionalPowers: Reflectors are powered not only by their own emotions, but also the bond they share with their partner. They become weaker if they’re feeling doubt about themselves.
* HumansAreFlawed: One of the central themes is that humans have emotional problems that can’t be solved just by combatting the magical demons exacerbating those issues. They’ll just relapse if the problems aren’t tackled at their core.
* MagicalGirl: Reflectors have the classic hallmarks of them, including transformations, fancy costumes, magic powers, and the intended goal of helping those around them.
* MagicalGirlWarrior: Reflectors are supposed to be fighting demons causing Fragments to go out of control and the Sephirot that are out to end humanity. This is mostly ignored however, and they spend most of their time fighting each other over differing ideals.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mio realized that she and Hiori’s co-dependency was stopping them from accepting the reality that their mother wasn’t coming home. She sent Hiori off to Tsukinomiya School so that they could both grow without being so dependent on each other. [[spoiler:Hiori took this the wrong way and thought Mio no longer cared for her, leading to her Fragment going out of control and eventual death. Mio blames herself for what happened to her sister, driving her actions for the main timeline.]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Hiori and Mio’s father died, and their mother suddenly left them alone one day. Their aunt and uncle offer to take them in, but they insist in staying in their apartment in the hopes that their mother will eventually return.
** Niina never knew her father, and when her abusive mother was killed she was left homeless with nowhere to go.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Reflectors can become more powerful when they’re in sync with their partner, which indicates that they’re good friends.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Ruka is hesitant about becoming a Reflector, believing that she can’t save others when she’s too shy to understand their feelings. Eventually she gains the confidence to fight to protect those feelings.
* ResetButton: [[spoiler:In the original timeline depicted in the first few minutes of the show where Mio and Momo were partners, they were killed battling the last Sephirot. Then time reset back a few months, and nobody remembered anything that happened. The timelines then diverged when Shino approached Mio and revealed what happened to her.]]
* StartOfDarkness: Episode 18 focuses on what drove Mio to become a Red Reflector. [[spoiler:While she was content to fight as a Reflector initially, she became disillusioned with their mission when she saw several girls repeating their woes or otherwise getting into trouble even their Fragments were stabilized. This came to a head when Hiori’s Fragment went out of control, which led to everyone’s death in the original timeline. When Shino made her remember what happened, Shino convinced Mio that preventing people from feeling negative emotions at all was the only way to truly save Hiori from her despair.]]
* TimeStandsStill: When a Fragment is extracted and the Leap Range is activated, time stops for everyone except Reflectors.
* TransformationSequence: Since they are magical girls, Reflectors get elaborate transformations when they transform. They’re instantaneous in real time and aren’t shown beyond the initial sequences.
* TransformationTrinket: Reflectors rely on their rings to use their magic and transform. They’re powerless if their rings are lost or taken.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Shino pretends to be someone in need in order to lure in Ruka and capture her.
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