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* Hey, It's that guy!: For Gundam fans, the two lead VAs in the Japanese version should be familiar. As basically it's Kira Yamato vs. Heero Yuy , I mean Kazuma Vs. Ryuhou

* AnotherDimension
* AntiHero: Kazuma is a [[GoodIsNotNice Type III]], although during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge he veers into [[PayEvilUntoEvil Type IV]]. Kimishima is a [[ClassicalAntihero Type I]].

Essentially, the Japanese take on ''Comicbook/XMen''. With ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' [[XMeetsY thrown in]].

* [[spoiler:AndTheAdventureContinues: Alteration's ending.]]

* BadAss: Just about anyone with an Alter who isn't an JerkAss about it.
* BadassNormal: Kimishima

** Emergy Maxfell's Alter basically ''is'' this trope. Due to severe trauma he experienced as a child, Emergy's Alter only activates when he feels he's in extreme peril ("a pinch situation", as he likes to call it), at which point a HumongousMecha bursts from the ground to "save him from the pinch".
** More conventionally, Kazuma and Ryuho get plenty of these moments.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Kazuma and Ryuho vs a joint aerial and naval invasion force of Refined Alter users. ...okay, you can stop laughing now.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadAss: [[spoiler: Cougar. He's probably the strongest alter user in existence other than the protagonists and Mujo.]] In the manga, he's just a BadAss.
* CurbStompBattle: Many of the fights are this. Just about anyone Kazuma or Ryuhou fights between [[spoiler: the timeskip and them entering Mujo's fortress]] gets their ass handed to them effortlessly.

Essentially, the Japanese take on ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. With ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' [[XMeetsY thrown in]].

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Sort of. The ending of the manga features a face-off between alien invaders (led by [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Neya and Commander Viscuess from ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius'' in a ship [[ShoutOut blatantly]] based on [[LivingShip Ryo-Ohki]] from ''TenchiMuyo'') and Kazuma and company, with Kazuma himself [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace perched atop the]] ''[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Ryvius]]''.

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Before you pass this off as your standard {{Mutant}} story, remember that this is ''[[WidgetSeries Anime]]'' - instead of being born with StockSuperpowers such as [[HealingFactor healing fast]], [[{{Telepathy}} reading minds]] or [[SelectiveMagnetism controlling magnets]], these "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Alter Users]]" have the power to call upon and use '''mecha''' in battles. By [[ShapeshifterBaggage dismantling nearby matter]] (be it areas of landscape, vehicles, watermelons or dead bodies) and reassembling it, they can [[SummonMagic summon]] separate, [[MechanicalMonster machine-like]] beings, known as Alters, which personify a superpower of some sort.

The manga makes a number of changes from the anime. The anime uses subtle characterization and two mutually-antagonistic {{Antihero}} leads (the KnightTemplar and the IdiotHero) without overly favoring one or the other. The manga is more prone to [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]] and gives a different explanation as to the MetaOrigin of the Alters (EvolutionaryLevels). Actually, the ending of the manga is very much like [[GurrenLagann a later work we tropers love]] but with more gore, nudity, and profanity.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Sort of. The ending of the manga features a face-off between alien invaders (led by [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Neya and Commander Viscuess from ''InfiniteRyvius'' in a ship [[ShoutOut blatantly]] based on [[LivingShip Ryo-Ohki]] from ''TenchiMuyo'') and Kazuma and company, with Kazuma himself [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace perched atop the]] ''[[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Ryvius]]''.

** That's nothing. Kidnap Kanami, and [[IdiotHero Kazuma]] and [[KnightTemplar Ryuho]] will hunt you down.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Averted, not for Kazuma

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kazuma eventually has at least one of these, most notably midway when [[spoiler: Kimishima is killed and Kazuma goes off to utterly wreck the nearest HOLY unit. Which included Scheris.]]

** George Tatsunami demonstrates what a slave-driver in Ryuhou's position would do.

** Kyoji Mujo demonstrates what a power-hungry control freak's behavior in his position.

** Tatsunami demonstrates what a slave-driver in Ryuhou's position would do.
** Emargy demonstrates a development-arrested brat's behavior in the same position.
** Kyoji demonstrates what a power-hungry control freak would do with the same amount of power.

** Kigetsuki actually demonstrates this trope to Ryuhou by threatening Kanami, reasoning that as a HOLY member the ends justify the means. Ryuhou sees this as cowardly, which allows him to see the world from Kazuma's perspective and realize what he used to seem like to the Inners.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The first half is a battle of wills between a [[AntiHero chaotic]] [[HotBlooded rageaholic]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold who just wants to keep his independence]] and an [[TheRival equally determined]] [[AntiVillain cop]] [[KnightTemplar who will stop at nothing to bring peace to a lawless land.]] It's order and control vs chaos and freedom instead of good vs evil.

* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: The last part of the final battle. Kazuma and Ryuhou [[spoiler: burn out their alters completely and just start fighting each other normally.]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler: Zetsuei]]

* MutantDraftBoard: HOLY. Alter users have choice to either join or become a test subjects.

** Kazuma gets slapped around by Ryuhou in their first meeting, and [[spoiler: again in their second after Zetsuei shows that he's [[IAmNotLeftHanded not left handed]].]] Then, after it appears Ryuhou's won their third encounter [[spoiler: Kazuma whips out his second form...or at least he tries to. He loses control over it and sends himself and Ryuhou to the Other Side, and causes the Second Uprising.]]

* HandsomeLech

* WorfEffect: [[spoiler: Straight Cougar can't land a blow on Mujo because he can predict the future... [[FridgeLogic thus is able to dodge attacks that are faster than the speed of sound]].]]

* TheRemake: s-CRY-ed Alteration Tao and Quan, which add extra scenes that give [[spoiler:Kyoji Mujo]] more presence and alter some of Kazuma and Ryuhou's fights.
* TheReveal: In Alteration, we find out [[spoiler: Kazuma really did win, since the credits this time around clearly show his fist morphing into the various forms of shell bullet.]]

* AnimeFirst

Before you pass this off as your standard {{Mutant}} story, remember that this is ''[[WidgetSeries Japan]]'' - instead of being born with StockSuperpowers such as [[HealingFactor healing fast]], [[{{Telepathy}} reading minds]] or [[SelectiveMagnetism controlling magnets]], these "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Alter Users]]" have the power to call upon and use '''mecha''' in battles. By [[ShapeshifterBaggage dismantling nearby matter]] (be it areas of landscape, vehicles, watermelons or dead bodies) and reassembling it, they can [[SummonMagic summon]] separate, [[MechanicalMonster machine-like]] beings, known as Alters, which personify a superpower of some sort.

Before you pass this off as your standard {{Mutant}} story, remember that this is ''Japan'' - instead of being born with StockSuperpowers such as [[HealingFactor healing fast]], [[{{Telepathy}} reading minds]] or [[SelectiveMagnetism controlling magnets]], these "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Alter Users]]" have the power to call upon and use '''mecha''' in battles. By [[ShapeshifterBaggage dismantling nearby matter]] (be it areas of landscape, vehicles, watermelons or dead bodies) and reassembling it, they can [[SummonMagic summon]] separate, [[MechanicalMonster machine-like]] beings, known as Alters, which personify a superpower of some sort.

* YukariTamura: Kanami's seiyuu

* MeaningfulName: Or rather, lack of a name. Kazuma is the only major character without a surname, which symbolizes his status as an outcast from proper Japanese society.

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