History Anime / Mnemosyne

** Her ''son''? Think bigger: her entire bloodline will have to answer that question until the end of time!

* ImmortalityHurts: ''Seriously.'' The tagline for the English release of ''Mnemosyne'' even said, "It only hurts '''forever.'''

* LibraryOfBabel: [[spoiler:Yggdrasil appears on a regular basis and sheds time spores around the world, which it uses to collect 'memories' of whatever they touch. Immortals and angels get special mention.]]

* WhyWontYouDie: Laura has done everything in her [[CareerKillers field of expertise]] to kill Rin, from blowing her to pieces with a shotgun, to [[spoiler:doing a TakingYouWithMe with a claymore mine, to using high-tech large-bore bullets, to '''pouring acid''' on her]]. By the fifth episode, she even admits to have become obsessed with figuring out how to kill her.

* CareerKillers: Laura, and [[spoiler:the stamp assassin]] or whatever the hell he's called, from episode two.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Inverted when [[spoiler:Apos]] reveals that he is [[spoiler:Tajimamori]]'s son.

* BottleFairy: Rin and Mimi seem to spend much of their time drinking.

** [[BottleFairy Immortals don't get hangovers.]]

* ShoutOut: In episode 1, the pharmaceutical company executive's laptop is named "[[BattlestarGalactica cylon]]".

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Teruki's blonde hair is presumably a dye job, and Ruon's orange hair is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since [[spoiler:she exists in {{Cyberspace}} and uses a [[RobotGirl gynoid body]] in the real world]], but there's no explanation for Rin, Mimi and Laura, whose hair is green, blue and red, respectively.

Often confused for an {{OVA}}, thanks to its [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar risque content]], monthly airing rate, and modest episode number, when, in fact, it airs on AT-X network, whose tenth anniversary it was to commemorate.

* DVDCommentary: {{FUNimation}} provides a commentary for episode 2, with JMichaelTatum (the ADR director, plus the voice of Ihika), ColleenClinkenbeard (Rin), JamieMarchi (Mimi) and RobertMcCollum (Kouki). It has a "titular" [[IncrediblyLamePun pun]] and random profanity ([[JamieMarchi "Fuck!"]] [[ColleenClinkenbeard "Oh dear."]]) before the opening credits are even over, and continues on from there.
* EternalLove: Between [[spoiler: Rin and Tajimamori]].

* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Rin loses her memory after being shred to pieces by a jet plane engine. After she gets shot again she gets a 'reset' to her old self]].

** And [[spoiler:Laura, '''[[ImplacableMan finally]]''', in episode six.]]

* KillSat: Subverted. [[spoiler:Mimi hacks into one of the [[MegaCorp Maeno Group's]] microwave satellites to try and stop Apos' plan, only to have the seraph's egg still standing there [[OutOfTheInferno without a scratch as the flames die down]].]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia

* LodgedBladeRecycling: Rin pulls it off in episode three [[spoiler:after being vivisected to death, killing her torturer with the scalpel he accidentally dropped inside her stomach.]]

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: '''Shotgun Gloves'''. And Rin herself. No, seriously.

* OedipusRex: Apos and [[spoiler:Tajimamori]]

* OminousPipeOrgan: Whenever Apos and Rin are in proximity of each other in episode six.

* PrecisionFStrike: From the dub: "MERRY '''FUCKIN[='=]''' CHRISTMAS!"

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Episodes 3-6, which are set in 2011, 2025, and 2055 respectively.

* WhamEpisode: 4 already had some serious wham moments, but they upped the ante in 5. A lot.

* RapeIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale: Subverted, as [[spoiler:Ruon]] is shown to be just as depraved and wrong as any male rapist.

* WhyWontYouDie: Laura has done everything in her [[CareerKillers field of expertise]] to kill Rin, from blowing her to pieces with a shotgun, to [[spoiler:doing a TakingYouWithMe with a claymore mine, to using [[DepletedPhlebotinumBullets high-tech large-bore bullets]], to '''pouring acid''' on her]]. By the fifth episode, she even admits to have become obsessed with figuring out how to kill her.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Apos. Which kind of makes sense, [[spoiler:considering his [[{{Hermaphrodite}} true nature]]]].

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: Despite a ton of implications about Rin's sexuality, the writers just ''had'' to go and [[spoiler:pair her with Tajimamori, giving him the only explicit scene with Rin in the entire series (if you don't count Ihika's... which doesn't help any) and making her pregnant in the end]]. Of course, true fans still hope for a happy Rin/Mimi (or even Rin/Mimi/Mishio) ending but sadly, that would have to happen only in {{continuation}} {{slashfic}}s...
** Given this reaction, it seems that this is a Real Life example of NoBisexuals...
** It could be interpreted as Rin is bisexual [[spoiler:with Tajimamori being her first lover]], as she wasn't exactly averse to romping with women and other men. Don't forget, [[spoiler:she's also slept with Yanagihara, Mimi, Ihika and all those informants.]]
*** It is unknown whether [[spoiler:Rin ever slept with Ihika prior to the events of episode 5 but the two are never seen to have sex in the series (though Rin was certainly not opposed). It is also very questionable whether Rin and Yanagihara ever slept together either. (See: Cartwright Curse)]]

* DepravedBisexual

** Also, [[spoiler:Yggdrasil's talk about women eating 'white blood' to become pregnant.]]
*** ''And'' the way Apos/Rin/whoever act whenever they [[spoiler:eat time spores]].

** He was preceded by [[spoiler:his father, Tajimamori, and succeeded by Rin.]]
*** Presumably, anybody who becomes [[spoiler:Guardian of Yggdrasil]] qualifies for this.

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: [[spoiler:Apos.]]
** Presumably, [[spoiler:Tajimamori]] is also one of these, considering they have the same job.
*** Since [[spoiler:Rin grew wings, which are by [[MagicAIsMagicA established law]] exclusive to males]], she would probably count, too.
**** It actually seems that to be Guardian you have to [[spoiler:have aspects of both an Angel and an Immortal; Tajimamori was lucid and long-lived despite being an Angel, missing out on the healing ability, Apos is obvious in having literally everything, and Rin gained wings and the ability to affect Immortals]].

* HotShounenMom: [[spoiler:Rin, for the rest of ETERNITY. 30 years from now, it's gonna be SO awkward for her son to be repeatedly asked "Is that you cute LITTLE sister?" again and again...]]

*** [[spoiler:Yggdrasil showing up and shedding some Time Spores,]] with Rin and/or Mimi staring at the event for a couple of seconds. Averted in episode five, where [[spoiler:the tree is only mentioned as a rumor/seen in the credits, and the only time spores shown are either from immortals, or already in the hands of Apos. Episode six makes this a borderline case. Five out of six ain't so bad, is it?]]
*** Borderline example: Laura showing up to [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim shoot Rin full of holes]] then [[TakingYouWithMe blowing herself up with Rin]] [[FiveRoundsRapid once that fails]]. [[spoiler:She even starts using a sword in episode six]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: May be literally so with some of the girls. Rin at one time even says that it has been ''centuries'' since she had a lover (although it also raises the question what Mimi is to her then). In fact, Rin is [[spoiler:at least, a thousand years old in episode six while Mimi can't be much older than one and a half centuries - at the time Rin met her, she was already wearing her trademark killer suit which only went into fashion in the 20th century.]]
** That, and Mimi didn't know the person Rin met back in WWII.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Ruon]]

* ZipMeUp: Rin, to tease Teruki

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]
** AkiraIshida: The voice of Apos.
** ColleenClinkenbeard: Voices Rin in the dub.
** HitomiNabatame: The voice of Ruon in episode 4.
** [[JMichaelTatum J. Michael Tatum]]: Director of the English dub and the voice of Ihika in episode 5.
** JamieMarchi: Voices Mimi in the dub.
** MamikoNoto: Rin's sexy yet gentle voice.
** MonicaRial: Voices Sayara in the dub.
** RieTanaka: The voice of Sayara.
** SayakaOhara: Voices Laura.

* ImmortalityTalisman: Any female who happens to get in contact with a [[spoiler:Time Spore]] becomes immortal. This also applies to dogs, apparently. Furthermore, a recurring theme throughout the series is how humanity in general craves it.

* SmallGirlBigGun: [[spoiler:Mishio uses Laura's ReallyBigGun to kill an angel.]]

* WhyWontYouDie: Laura has done everything in her [[CareerKillers field of expertise]] to kill Rin, from blowing her to pieces with a shotgun, to [[spoiler:doing a TakingYouWithMe with a claymore mine, to using [[ReallyBigGun high-tech large-bore bullets]], to '''pouring acid''' on her]]. By the fifth episode, she even admits to have become obsessed with figuring out how to kill her.

* ReallyBigGun: Laura's handgun from episode four, which has enough recoil to blow Rin several feet back. The former has no problem using it one-handed[[spoiler:, since by then, she's a cyborg]].

* {{Immortality}}: Any female who happens to get in contact with a [[spoiler:Time Spore]] becomes this. This also applies to dogs, apparently. Furthermore, a recurring theme throughout the series is how humanity in general craves it.
* ImmortalityHurts: ''Seriously.'' The tagline for the English release of ''Mnemosyne'' even said, "It only hurts '''forever.'''''

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: If Genta the dog is an Immortal, and Immortals and Angels are driven to mate with each other...]]
* FridgeLogic: Laura comments earlier in episode six that [[spoiler:being closer to the Root of Yggdrasil allows immortals to regenerate almost instantaneously from their time spores. Yet when she is just feet away from the Root, not only does she not regenerate, she even lampshades living on as a BrainInAJar. Considering [[MagicAIsMagicA immortals regenerate to the physical state they were in when they first touch a time spore]], this would imply that Laura became immortal when only her head was left, and yet in episode two, it's clear that she still has a full body.]]
** Well, [[spoiler:presumably she didn't become immortal until after the claymore planted in her chest went off in episode 2.]] But then we have to assume [[spoiler:Apos played chess with both Laura and someone else...]]

* {{HSQ}}: Though less "Holy Shit!" and more "What. The. ''FUCK!?''"

* LesYay: Cranked up from {{subtext}} to text-text in the second episode. And it goes beyond that later, up to and including [[spoiler:a full-blown lesbian orgy, with Mimi at the center]].
** Ironically, the most that ever happens between Rin and Mimi onscreen is some kissing and groping.

* AirVentPassageway: Subverted [[spoiler:by [[BabyGotBack Rin's tush, which is too big]] to fit under the lasers]].

** And hot!
*** [[YourMileageMayVary ....hrm.]]

* AirVentEscape: Subverted [[spoiler:by [[BabyGotBack Rin's tush, which is too big]] to fit under the lasers]].

* LaserHallway: Combined with AirVentEscape.

** Rin fulfilled the trope when she went [[AirVentEscape exploring air vents]], but not with a traditional catsuit: She wore a black, skin-tight shirt and pants. The shirt had a zipper, and for added {{fanservice}} [[BareYourMidriff bared her midriff]] and [[VaporWear did not feature a bra]]. She also dressed Kouki up in a similar but [[DoubleStandard less fanservicey]] outfit.

* KnowledgeBroker: An [[NoNameGiven unnamed woman]] and two of her successors, who drink Grasshoppers and don't take cash.

* DVDCommentary: {{FUNimation}} provides a commentary for episode 2, with JMichaelTatum (the ADR director, plus the voice of Ihika), ColleenClinkenbeard (Rin), JamieMarchi (Mimi) and RobertMcCollum (Kouki). It has a "[[IfYouKnowWhatIMean titular]]" [[IncrediblyLamePun pun]] and random profanity ([[JamieMarchi "Fuck!"]] [[ColleenClinkenbeard "Oh dear."]]) before the opening credits are even over, and continues on from there.

* KnowledgeBroker: An [[NoNameGiven unnamed woman]] and two of her successors, who drink Grasshoppers and don't take cash, IfYouKnowWhatIMean.