History Anime / MekakucityActors

* AnimationBump: Happens in the last episode. After [[spoiler: Kuroha appears]] the animation suddenly gets extremely fluid... [[OffModel though the trade off is the art becoming even worse than before.]]

** [[spoiler:Haruka also pulls one seconds later; just as it seems Kuroha is going to kill Ayano and Shintaro, he shuts him up, and seems to immobilises him mentally, allowing the others' plan to go off without a hitch]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A message found throughout the franchise, but [[spoiler:it is actually ''turned around on the villain'' during the final episode; Kuroha desperately begs someone to make a wish so that he (or more accurately, the Clearing Eyes Snake) can continue existing; Haruka responds by giving him Konoha's final wish: to bring Hiyori back to life. Technically, he does still exist... but as a life-force for Hiyori and nothing else.]]

* CerebusCallBack: The preview for Episode 5 ends with Mary screaming "'''Stop it'''!", but it turned out she was just embarrassed because Kano was reading her poetry aloud. Come the preview for Episode 12, we hear her scream the exact same thing [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll at Kuroha, who is currently strangling]] [[ImpliedLoveInterest Seto right in front of her]]]].

** The [[TooManyBelts many belts]] on Konoha's costume [[spoiler:sure look a lot like the snakes usually writhing around Kuroha...]]

* HeyThatsMyLine: Said by [[spoiler:Haruka, in response to Kuroha's "Don't try and stop me!" (directed at Shintaro and Ayano). This is, of course, the point where the Dan's victory is assured.]]

* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler:Judging by his screams as it happens, the transformation into Kuroha - which involves being engulfed by a writhing mass of snakes and having his consciousness repressed to the point of destruction - [[{{Understatement}} is less than pleasant]] for Konoha]].

* SpoilerOpening: The opening hints at several spoilers regarding Outer Science, including [[spoiler: Kuroha's existence, Marry resetting the time line, and a brief frame showing the rest of the Blindfold Gang lying lifeless on the ground.]]

** At the very end of Episode 5: [[spoiler:"Ayano-chan...?"]]

** Finally, [[spoiler:Azami - from the [[SarcasmMode comfort]] of the never-ending world - sees the aforementioned deaths of her daughter and grandchild, and is mocked by the Wide Eyed Snake when she apologizes to Shion, who is now doomed to suffer eternally with her]].

* AllThereInTheStinger: Every episode has a post-credits scene [[ArtShift animated in the style of a pop-up storybook]]. While their connection to the main story is initially unclear, they eventually spell out Marry's backstory and reveal the origins of the Heat Haze, the mysterious realm from which the protagonists received their powers.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: A message found throughout the franchise, but [[spoiler:it is actually ''turned around on the villain'' during the final episode; Kuroha desperately begs someone to make a wish so that he (or more accurately, the Wide-Eyed Snake) can continue existing; Haruka responds by giving him Konoha's final wish: to bring Hiyori back to life. Technically, he does still exist... but as a life-force for Hiyori and nothing else.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Marry. In episode 3, she bows down on the floor, apologizing to Momo (for slipping tea all over her), but the second Kano wise-cracks about her clumsiness, she stops and uses her medusae powers to shut him up.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:It's implied that Shintaro slits his throat during the events of Episode 11 (when we see a pair of scissors on his bed during Momo's performance), to enter the Daze and retrieve Ayano.]]

** During the first episode, we see various shots of the Dan in places. [[spoiler:Each location is relevant to where they originally died and how they got their eye power; Kido is in a burnt out building, Seto is beside a river, Kano is slumped against a wall in the apartment, Momo is floating in the sea, Ene and Konoha are in the lab beneath their school together and Hibiya is in the park.]]

** During the same scene, when Shintaro first sees Konoha, [[spoiler:Shintaro's eyes very briefly flash red and he has a split-second glimpse of Haruka. This foreshadows his eye ability - "Retaining Eyes" - which allows him to remember everything he has ever seen, even in previous time loops, and that he has had his eye power all along, using it subconsciously.]]

** ''Mekakushi Code'' is used in the final scene of episode 3.
** ''Heat Haze Days'' is used in the final scene of episode 4.

** Later, when [[spoiler:Shion finds Marry at the hands of two men threatening to sell her as a freak-show, she utilises her powers to turn one of them to stone, despite never having used it before, [[HeroicRROD and despite the heavy toll on her body]].]]
* MeetCute: Momo and Hibiya's first meeting involves them running into each other, followed by the two racing all over the city while [[InsertSong Kisaragi Attention]] plays in the background. D'aw.

* PhotographicMemory: [[spoiler:Episode 11 reveals Shintaro's eye power. "Retaining eyes", whatever he sees, he'll remember. This is what make him so smart and why, once he gets it back, can remember all the time loops.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Ayano purposely throws herself off the school roof on August 15th, so she can become possessed by a snake and not return, thereby wrecking ThePlan of reuniting them all in our world, by extension saving her friends and family (since the snake possessing her father surely wouldn't bother with a plan if he knows it'll fail. He kills Takane and Haruka anyway.]]

** [[spoiler:The Wide Eyed Snake notes that Shintaro would be joining the Dan in this route, but thinks that "nothing a guy like him could do will make any difference." Guess who ends up being the one person that knows how to stop him.]]

* SpoilerOpening: The opening hints at several spoilers regarding Outer Science, including [[spoiler: Kuroha's existence, Marry resetting the time line, and a brief frame showing the rest of the Mekakushi Dan lying lifeless on the ground.]]

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Konoha does this for Takane in the last episode, when Kenjirou tries to shoot her. This injures him, leaving him open to being possessed by the Wide-Eyed Snake.]]

* TemptingFate: Shintaro sees Konoha asking a woman for some help finding Hibiya and Hiyori in episode 5. He thinks to himself that it's probably best if he ignore the situation and keep walking by, only for Konoha to then rush towards him to also ask for help. In the end Shintaro does help him out, and fortunately they do find the two kids, who unfortunately are also being kidnapped at the time. Luckily Konoha is a bonafide badass, and he singlehandedly saves them in the blink of an eye.

** At the very end of Episode 5: [[spoiler:"Ayano...?"]]

** The wide-eyed snake [[spoiler:as Kenjirou tells this exactly to Kano to warn about going against him]].
** Similarly, the wide-eyed snake [[spoiler:says as much when he sees the group are running through the facility, trying to stop him: "The more you struggle, the more permanent this man's wish becomes!"]]

* SignatureStyle: With its abnormally large rooms, heavily stylized technology, and of course the head tilts, it's a [[StudioSHAFT Shaft]] production.

** Possibly unintentional, but in the second episode, one of the criticisms thrown at Momo no less than twice is that she's "all style and no substance," a complaint commonly thrown at StudioSHAFT and AkiyukiShinbo's works.

* DramaticWind: [[StudioSHAFT SHAFT]] really seems to love making characters' hair and clothing ripple in the breeze during big statements and dramatic moments... even while indoors. Ayano and her scarf are the most frequent offenders.

''Mekakucity Actors'' is an anime in the Franchise/KagerouProject series airing in the Spring2014Anime season, produced by StudioSHAFT and directed by AkiyukiShinbo.

* TemptingFate: Shintaro sees Konoha asking a woman for some help finding Hibiya and Hiyori in episode 5. He thinks to himself that it's probably best if he ignore the situation and keep walking by, only for Konoha to then rush towards him to also ask for help. In the end Shintaro does help him out, and fortunately they do find the two kids, who unfortunately are also being kidnapped at the time. Luckily Konoha is a bonafide BadAss, and he singlehandedly saves them in the blink of an eye.

* CanonWelding: All of the different versions of KagerouProject (the songs, light novel, and manga) are welded together into a [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] when [[spoiler: Shintaro sees them with his eye power]] at the end of episode 8.

'''Please only list down tropes relating to the anime here. If it refers to the [[Franchise/KagerouProject series]] as a whole or the [[LightNovel/KagerouDays light novel and manga adaptation]], please list them down on their respective pages.'''

* TheInnerReveal: Ene has the news of [[spoiler:Haruka's death]] broken to her near the end of episode 7, while the audience (either through prior knowledge of the series or the brief shot of [[spoiler:his shooting game avatar in episode 6]]) already know [[spoiler:he's dead and has been transformed into Konoha]].

* InsertSong: Since the anime is based on a series of songs it is no surprise. Not all episodes have them.

** The last episode has Jin himself singing ''Summertime Record'' over the end credits roll.

* HeadbuttOfLove: Between Shintaro and Marry in Episode 11. However, the example is less romantic and more [[spoiler:a mutual agreement to never forget the tragedy they've just experienced, with SuperEmpowering for bonus points]].

* SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Shintaro received [[PhotographicMemory his power]] this way, directly from Queen!Marry an unspecified number of loops ago]].

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: "One of Shintaro's friends was caught in a traffic accident!" "Wait-! Big brother has friends?!"

* BadassBoast: Azami towards [[spoiler:one of the men who attack her in Episode 10]]:

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:EverybodyLives (and at the very least Ayano, Haruka and Hiyori are BackFromTheDead), but the fate of Konoha - who is established as having a separate will from Haruka - is unknown. At best it's possible he becomes a part of Haruka, but that is up for viewers to decide.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Shintaro died and received his eye power ''while in the womb'' and has been with his powers since he was born.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Haruka, Konoha, and [[spoiler: Kuroha]] are all voiced by [[Creator/MamoruMiyano the same person]], causing interactions in episode 12 to be a bit awkward. [[spoiler: Essentially, two Mamoru Miyanos chew a third out, then kill him at the unfortunate sacrifice one of the other two Mamoru Miyanos.]]

* YouCantFightFate: Hibiya keeps having dreams where Hiyori dies from various accidents in episode 4. No matter what he tries, she always gets killed. Then at the very end, he says ScrewDestiny, [[spoiler:and throws Hiyori out of the way as a truck is crossing the road. Unfortunately he gets hit by it instead.]]
** The wide-eyed snake [[spoiler:as Kenjirou tells this exactly to Kano to warn about going against him]].

* CanonWelding: All of the different versions of KagerouProject (the songs, light novel, and manga) are welded together into a [[TheMultiverse multiverse]] when [[spoiler: Shintarou sees them with his eye power]] at the end of episode 8.

** Episode 5 ends on the reveal that [[spoiler:Ayano was the founder of the Mekakushi Dan, and Ene recognizes her]]. Shintaro also these dudes I know Konoha saving Hiyori and Hibiya, but a truck is about to hit them from behind as well.
** Episode 6 ends with [[spoiler: Takane leaving Haruka alone in their classroom while he's having an attack (believing he's sleeping)]]

* DramaticWind: [[StudioSHAFT SHAFT]] really seem to love making characters' hair and clothing ripple in the breeze during big statemnts and dramatic moments... even while indoors. Ayano and her scarf are the most frequent offenders.

* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: At the very end of the final episode, Marry gives a vague narration where she says that "if I went back to that time, it's possible a future like that could have happened", which implies that at the very least, the ending we see is not the true end of Kagerou Project, and is in fact a hypothetical idealistic one she comes up with in her head.]]

* [[spoiler: AllJustADream: At the very end of the final episode, Marry gives a vague narration where she says that "if I went back to that time, it's possible a future like that could have happened", which implies that the ending we see is not the true end of Kagerou Project, and is in fact a hypothetical idealistic one she comes up with in her head.]]