History Anime / RedGarden

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* DarkSkinnedBlond: Randy and Dr. Bender.

* FridgeLogic:

* FurAgainstFang: It's the tiniest bit of a stretch, but the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Animus]] and the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Delor clan]] can be seen as OurVampiresAreDifferent and OurWerewolvesAreDifferent respectively. A clan of people that have {{Immortality}} are [[TheUndead dead,]] and have [[SuperStrength super-human-strength,]] which also reproduce by [[TheVirus reviving the dead]], and have a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything thirst that can only be quenched by]] [[BaitAndSwitch lemons]]. Where as the Delor clan is full of [[WolfMan beast-men]] with [[ProphetEyes glowing eyes]] and [[FangsAreEvil sharp teeth]] who [[PrimalStance run around on all fours]] and systematically [[FreakOut go crazy]] at [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything designated times]] in their lives.
** This may just be WildMassGuessing but the reason Red Garden isn't [[GeniusBonus marketed as]] [[FurAgainstFang FAF]] might be because while it is the short and narrow, in order to attract [[{{Shojo}} a larger female following]] the [[FurAgainstFang FAF]] setting was wisely omitted in advertisements when one considers the art style and focus on the [[IJustWantToBeNormal main characters.]]
* ¨GenreShift: The OVA features sci-fi stuff such as [[HumongousMecha Humongous Mechas]] and flying cars. Justified because it takes hundreds of years after the events of the original series.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Raul, Dr. Bender and Hervé especially.]]

* LesYay: The first episode has Kate pining for Lise on a very -- personal level. And at times, Paula seems very close to Kate -- ''very'' close. This goes into {{Anvilicious}} territory from episode 18 onwards.

* OedipusRex: Hervé ends up [[spoiler:killing his father]] for not caring enough about Mireille and Anna.

* ThrowTheDogABone:

* WhoWantsToLiveForever:

* BigFancyHouse: Rachel and Kate both have nice homes, but it's the mansion [[spoiler:where they died]] that takes the cake.

* DatingCatwoman: Kate ends up dating Herve. She's oblivious about who he is for a several episodes, but he knows from the start - it's why he pursued her in the first place.

* FridgeLogic: Why could J.C. fight the way he did? It's clearly stated that only women become Animus, and he wasn't part of the Delor clan.
** Why doesnt it occur to anyone to use the cursed tomes to remove the curses from both the Animus & Delore clan. If the books could used to curse both of them, then it stands to reason that it cure both of them.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: JC]] dies protecting [[spoiler: Lula.]] Both [[spoiler: Emilio]] and [[spoiler: Lula]] die protecting Kate, though at different times.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Lula presents one to the girls when they seem ready to quit fighting by showing them their dead bodies & telling them they can be resurrected & return to their normal lives if they can continue to fight. This lifts the girls' spirits up & they slowly begin to grow happier & getting along with each other. Then comes [[TheReveal Episode]][[AwfulTruth 16]]]]

* LoveTriangle: Between Rachel, Luke, Amanda, and debatably Rachel's [[HotForTeacher literature teacher]], Nick. Heck, Sam's in there too, so let's just [[LoveDodecahedron call it like it is.]]

* OedipusRex: [[spoiler: Hervé ends up killing his father for not caring enough about Mireille and Anna.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: The only outsider to the family wars who gets entrusted with a vague hint of what the girls are doing is [[spoiler: ButtMonkey Sam]], who doesn't understand it, but it's the thought that counts.
** Happens again in the OVA where [[spoiler: a dressed-up Rachel starts flirting with Sam's {{Expy}} at the school prom.]]

* TragicDream: [[spoiler: Rose spends some episodes looking for her DisappearedDad to convince him to return to the family & in episode 17, expresses to Kate & Claire about how she wanted her, her siblings & parents to live as a family of four again while getting to know her dad. Unfortunately,the previous episode had revealed that all Animus were fated to lose their memories 7 live forever meaning that she could not stay with her family. She doesnt even get to spend Christmas together with the whole family since she has to leave for the final battle.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The leaders of Animus whose only goal is to die. Of course being unable to move as a result of a curse probably contributed a lot to their disillusionment with eternal life.
** Averted in the Dead Girls {{OVA}} where the four main characters are mostly satisfied with their immortality, and instead of angsting all the time do things like composing ridiculously silly battle songs.
*** FridgeHorror: At the end of the OVA, Kate and Claire admit that they're getting bored.
**** Was it ever stated that they had complete immortality or just eternal youth. We're never the girls taking on any otherwise fatal wounds & they seem to have a fear of death. If they possess the latter type of immortality, they could choose to "opt out" if they get tired of living forever, though that's some Fringe Horror in itself.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The hair colors are mostly within the realm of realism, but Mireille and one of Rachel's friends have pinkish hair. Claire's hair appears grey and Luke's purple, but they're probably variations on black.

* YankTheDogsChain: In the OVA, Edgar and Louise finally look like they are ready to love each other [[spoiler: and the girls are willing to let Edgar off the hook for his crimes, only for both of them to get pulled under the earth by vines.

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Claire, Rose, Rachel and Kate -- four girls from the same school but from very different backgrounds and social circles -- are drawn together one night by a flock of mysterious butterflies that only they can see. Waiting for them are two mysterious figures -- a woman named Lula and her partner, JC -- who inform the four girls that they are dead.

* WellIntentionedExtremist

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In the OVA, Louise challenges the girls to a battle and when they lose, they'll have to become her friends. The girls point out that she already has valuable friends even if they're not immortal, and the battle never actually takes place.

* YankTheDogsChain: In the OVA, Edgar and Louise finally look like they are ready to love each other and the girls are willing to let Edgar off the hook for his crimes, only for both of them to get pulled under the earth by vines.

* TheVirus

* DarkMagicalGirl

* KarmicDeath
* KilledOffForReal

* LesYay: The first episode has Kate pining for Lise on a very -- personal level. And at times, Paula seems very close to Kate -- ''very'' close.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate

* GonnaFlyNowMontage

* {{Expy}}: Almost everyone in the OVA (barring the titular Dead Girls, who are the same people) is an expy of someone from the TV series.

[[AC: This show provides examples of:]]

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* LesYay: The first episode has Kate pining for Lise on a very...personal level. And at times, Paula seems very close to Kate...''very'' close.

* {{Nakama}}

* ConspicuousCG: In the OVA.

* DatingCatwoman: Kate ends up dating Herve. She's oblivious about who he is for a long while, but he knows from the start - it's why he pursued her in the first place.

* FridgeLogic: Why could J.C. fight the way he did? It's clearly stated that only women come become Animus, and he wasn't part of the Delor clan.
** The entire OVA.

* PrecisionFStrike:

* PhenotypeStereotype: Lots of blond hair, blue eyes, and prominent noses.

* {{Timeskip}}: The Dead Girls {{OVA}} takes place in the future.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: {{Averted}}. The four main girls eat a lot of lemons, but this is for practical reasons, and they don't necessarily like them.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The hair colors are mostly within the realm of realism, but Luke has purple hair, while Mireille and one of Rachel's friends have pinkish hair.

* DaisukeOno: Nick's voice actor.

** The entire OVA
* FurAgainstFang: It's the tiniest bit of a stretch, but the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Animus]] and the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Delor clan]] can be seen as OurVampiresAreDifferent and OurWerewolvesAreDifferent respectively. A clan of people that have ((Immortality)) are [[TheUndead dead,]] and have [[SuperStrength super-human-strength,]] which also reproduce by [[TheVirus reviving the dead]], and have a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything thirst that can only be quenched by]] [[BaitAndSwitch lemons]]. Where as the Delor clan is full of [[WolfMan beast-men]] with [[ProphetEyes glowing eyes]] and [[FangsAreEvil sharp teeth]] who [[PrimalStance run around on all fours]] and systematically [[FreakOut go crazy]] at [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything designated times]] in their lives.

* OedipusRex: [[spoiler: Herve ends up killing his father for not caring enough about Mireille and Anna.]]

* ReiIgarashi: Rachel's mother's voice actor.

* RieTanaka: Lula's voice actor.

* TakehitoKoyasu: Herve's voice actor.

* VicMignogna: Randy's voice actor in the dub.

Thereafter, the lives of the girls (and the plot of the {{anime}}) revolve around coming to terms with these facts and the "suicide" of their friend Lise. Their deaths and the rabid men they are forced to fight all tie back to a strange and influential family.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Both the cops are killed]] just as they find [[Lise alive.]]

* AntiVillain: Hervé just wants to save his family from its curse.

* {{Bishonen}}: Hervé.

* CallingTheOldManOut

* DatingCatwoman: Kate ends up dating Hervé. She's oblivious about who he is for a long while, but he knows from the start - it's why he pursued her in the first place.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Both the cops are killed just as they find Lise alive.
* HeroicSacrifice: JC dies protecting Lula. Both Emilio and Lula die protecting Kate, though at different times.

* IllGirl

* OedipusRex: Hervé ends up killing his father for not caring enough about Mireille and Anna.

* TakehitoKoyasu: Hervé's voice actor.