History Literature / AriaTheScarletAmmo

* CatSmile: Riko tends to display one for the mischievous aspect.

* TheTeam:As the series progresses, Kinji and Aria diversify from a two-man partnership to a strike team-caliber group:
** Kinji Touyama ([[TheLeader Team Leader]][=/=][[JackOfAllStats All-Around Combat]][=/=][[spoiler:[[DualWielding Quadra Combat]]]])
** Aria H. Kanzaki ([[ActionGirl Tactical Assault]][=/=][[NumberTwo Lieutenant]][=/=][[DualWielding Quadra Combat]])
** Shirayuki Hotogi ([[MultiMeleeMaster Melee Combat]][=/=][[spoiler:[[PlayingWithFire Fire-Elemental Combat]]]])
** Reki ([[ColdSniper Long-Range Support]])
** Hina Fuuma ([[HighlyVisibleNinja Reconnaissance/Distraction]])
** Riko Mine ([[KnowledgeBroker Information]][=/=][[spoiler:[[FemmeFataleSpy Espionage]]]][=/=][[spoiler:[[DualWielding Quadra Combat]]]])
** [[spoiler:Jeanne d'Arc the 30th ([[TheStrategist Tactical Planning]][=/=][[AnIcePerson Ice-Elemental Combat]])]]
** [[spoiler:Elle Watson ([[TheMedic Medical Support]])]]
** Gouki Mutou ([[AcePilot Transportation]])
** Ryou Shiranui ([[TheMole Infiltration]])
** Misaki Nakasorachi ([[MissionControl Field Coordinator]])

%%* YuriGenre: Very noticeable in “Double-A”.

* {{Bishonen}}: Kinji is a borderline case; played straighter with his best friend Ryou, who has a legion of {{fangirl}}s.

** In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous shows. Kinji then claims to be [[Literature/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.

* OverprotectiveDad: Aria's father is very likely to be one, as he did tell his daughter that [[MissConception kissing leads to pregnancy]].

The light novel series is still ongoing and its ending is not yet in the horizon, making it a significant LongRunner.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Codified in the Butei Charter's Article 9 -- "Regardless of the situation, a Butei cannot kill." It's noted that this only applies to both agents with Japanese licenses, and to ones that obtained a license in Washington D.C. and is enforced under those legal jurisdictions directly. Other branches, including the one in England where Aria got her license from, are allowed to use lethal force when necessary; making the choice not to kill personal preference for those license holders.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Codified in the Butei Charter's Article 9 -- "Regardless of the situation, a Butei cannot kill."

The light novel series is still ongoing and its ending is not yet in the horizon, making it a significant LongRunner. As a consequence, ''Aria'' has the interesting distinction of being currently the longest major ShanaClone series (actually much longer than the original ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'') and the only one that is still running.

** In the OnTheNext preview for Episode 11, Aria forgets Kinji's name. She guesses he could be [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana Yuuji]] or [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito]], names of male leads from Creator/RieKugimiya's previous ShanaClone shows. Kinji then claims to be [[Literature/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji]], who shares [[Creator/JunjiMajima the same Japanese VA]] as Kinji, and she believes him for a moment.

* JustPlaneWrong: JC Staff went to town trying to visualize the fictional 4-engined Boeing 737 variant (737-350) from the novels. First, it's modeled after a Boeing 737-600 (part of the Next-Gen series) with 2 extra engines tacked on (again, visualization). The cockpit and instrument layout is from one of the next-gen 737 variants (600/700/800/900). The modeled -600 has a range of only 3225 nautical miles, so it is impossible for it to make the direct 5183 nautical mile journey from Haneda to Heathrow. Almost none of the other variants can make it either, with ranges as low as 1540 nautical miles to just shy of 3500 nautical miles. Only one specific variant has the range, the 737-700ER, with a maximum range of 5510 nautical miles. The CG plane, even without the 2 extra engines is not modeled on this variant as its wings lacks the flared winglets found on all the other variants of the Next-Gen series, with the -600 being the odd one out. Before anyone tries to argue the fact that those winglets were introduced to this aircraft series AFTER they were originally debuted by Boeing (you can find photos of -700/-800/-900's with no winglets because those were taken before the winglets were available), keep in mind that the -700ER was introduced in 2006, 7 years after the introduction of the winglets, and thus all examples of this type come with them standard. And just for an extra bit of trivia, the plane has an All Nippon Airways identifier (ANA). ANA actually has a few 737-700[=ERs=] in its fleet.
** On a side note, the 737-350 was made to represent one of two different planes: The classic [=McDonnell=] Douglas [=DC-8=] (quad-engined, single-deck, narrow body), or the modern Airbus A340 (quad-engined, single-deck, wide body), both of which had variants powered by versions of the [=CFM56=] turbofan engine, the same engine that powers the 737 Classic (300/400/500) and Next-Gen series.[[note]]The [=DC-8=] Super 70 series got the [=CFM56-2=], the first commercial variant of the engine. The 737 Classic and Next-Gen got variants of the [=CFM56-3=] and [=CFM56-7=] respectively, while the [=A340-200=] and -300 got variants of the [=CFM56-5C=][[/note]]. The problem? Neither of Japan's 2 national airlines (Japan Airlines and the aforementioned All Nippon Airways), nor any of the country's other airlines, have owned and/or operated any variant of the [=A340=], and while Japan Airlines did operate the [=DC-8=], they did not operate any variant of the plane's Super 70 series.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: Hina Fuuma.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kinji.
** And later on this dream of his is completely shattered: [[spoiler:when you take down one of the most reclusive and dangerous organizations and win, they won't forget]].
*** [[spoiler:Going farther in, they know who he is and what he looks like. If he goes to a normal school he's a sitting duck for them. At least in Butei he has [[TrueCompanions a lot of friends]] to watch his back.]]

* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: [[spoiler:Kinji's not-so-dead older brother Kinichi/Kana is apparently one, as he/she quotes verses from Literature/TheBible regularly.]]

!!''Aria the Scarlet Ammo'' provides examples of:

%%* ActionGirl: Shirayuki, Aria, and Jeanne.

%%* AcademyOfAdventure: Butei High, naturally.
* TheAce: Aria. She can be a one-girl assault team, able to handle any situation with nary a sweat, catch any criminal, so on and so forth... but [[LethalChef can't cook]].
%%* ActionPrologue

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Not that Kinji can't choose a girl -- it's just his HSS (that turns him into a ChivalrousPervert) that makes it harder. Not to mention that said girls have a tendency to try to kill each other using their elite training, magic powers, and weapons... with Kinji always caught in the crossfire.

%%* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Kinji obtains this mindset in HSS.

%%* AnimeChineseGirl: Koko, [[spoiler:all four of them]].

* BadassAdorable[=/=]ActionGirl: Any Butei Girl, but especially Aria, Shirayuki, and Riko.

* BattleCouple: Kinji and any girl who fights alongside him, but primarily Aria.
** Taken further back when a character reveals a certain past [[spoiler: Tamamo tells Kinji and Shirayuki that their great great grandparents fought alongside each like this]].

* BettyAndVeronica: Towards Kinji, Aria (and, to a lesser extent, Riko) is the Veronica to Shirayuki's Betty.

* BigDamnHeroes: In Episode 3, when the bus with a bomb is heading for downtown, Aria is unconscious, and all seems hopeless, when Reki appears in a helicopter and snipes the bomb on the bottom of the bus.

* BlessedWithSuck[=/=]CursedWithAwesome: Kinji's Hysteria Mode, where he becomes a gigolo/ladies' man, but this isn't his ideal self. Made even worse as under this mode Kinji literally can't refuse any request a girl makes... 'ANY REQUEST'. Now think of the options ladies (and guys alike).
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Three major members of Kinji's harem: Riko, Shirayuki, and Aria.

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Riko]]. [[spoiler:She lost both her parents at age 8, only to be taken in by Vlad, who proceeded to shut her inside a prison cell, taking away her precious rosary (a gift from her mother), and depriving her of even the most basic needs. One botched escape attempt resulted in severe punishment for her, until she was forced to join I-U and slay a Holmes in order to break free of Literature/ArseneLupin's legacy and take back her rosary, her identity and her freedom.]]
%%* BromanticFoil: Gouki for Kinji.
%%* BulletTime: When Kinji enters Hysteria Mode.

%%* CensorSteam
* ChickMagnet: Kinji, by some miracle, keeps getting girls, and what's funnier is [[ActionGirl they all excel in at least one area of combat]]. He can probably even form his own elite strike team if this keeps up.
** [[spoiler: As of novel 7 said team actually exists.]]
%%* ChildProdigy: Aria is one -- [[spoiler:after all, considering her ancestor...]].
%%* ChivalrousPervert: Hysteria Mode Kinji.

%%* ColdSniper: Reki.

%%* CuteBruiser: Aria.

%%* CuteLittleFangs: Aria.
%%* CuteWitch: Jeanne.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Jeanne and Riko.]]

* DemotedtoExtra: Kinji went from being the main protagonist in “Aria the Scarlet Ammo” to a minor role in “Double-A”.

** Same thing with Jeanne.

* EmotionlessGirl: Reki, though mainly because she wants to have extreme accuracy when she shoots.
** [[spoiler: Apparently this is also an effect of the Riri-Irokane that Reki was exposed to in her home village.]]
* EpicFail: Hilda's nurse disguise in Volume 10.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: [[spoiler:Riko.]]

%%* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Riko]] to Aria.
%%** [[spoiler: To a certain extent the Kokos towards Aria, Reki and Kinji.]]
* EvilLaugh[=/=]LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Riko at the end of Episode 4.]]

%%* ExpressiveHair: Aria's IdiotHair.

* FiveManBand: Kinji and his four-person TrueCompanions, [[spoiler:also known as Team Baskerville]].
** TheLeader[=/=]TheLancer: Aria and Kinji frequently exchange both roles with each other depending on the situation. Aria has a dominating personality but Kinji is the one the others listen to.
** TheSmartGuy: Riko is the information gatherer given her skills with disguise and infiltration.
** TheBigGuy: Reki the sniper who never misses.
** TheChick: Shirayuki is a strange example. While spot-on in terms of personality (most feminine, a NiceGirl, LoveInterest, etc) her butei skills are with the sword and [[spoiler: fire magic]].

* GagBoobs: Riko.

* GenkiGirl: Riko, Aria around cute things or her favorite food.

%%** Also Shirayuki.

%%* GirlsWithGuns
* GunAndSword: Aria, though not at the [[GunsAkimbo same]] [[DualWielding time]].
** And later [[spoiler: Kinji]] mirrors Aria as the [[spoiler:Third Quadra]].

* HaremSeries: OK so far in the novel this is Kinji's choice: [[{{Tsundere}} Aria]], [[YamatoNadeshiko Shira]][[{{Yandere}} yuki]], [[TheQuietOne Reki]], [[LovableSexManiac Riko]], and Hina.

%%* HyperAwareness: Hysteria Mode.
%%* AnIcePerson: Jeanne d'Arc 30th.

* {{Joshikousei}}: They wear sailor uniforms while wielding their guns and swords.

%%* KatanasAreJustBetter

%%* LittleMissBadass: Aria.

%%* LovableSexManiac: Riko.
* LuminescentBlush: Aria has a lot already.
%%* MadBomber: [[spoiler:[=KoKo=], I-U's mechanical engineer.]]

* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:Riko. She's so good, she can fool Kinji into thinking she's Aria.]]
* MeaningfulName: Aria is a solo song in an opera, showing Aria's loner side. This is {{Lampshaded}} by Aria herself.

* {{Meido}}: Aria, Riko have worn the uniform. And now we Jean to the list.
%%* {{Miko}}: Shirayuki's typical outfit.
%%** And her clan too, who are badass Miko.

%%* MsFanservice: Riko.
* MysteriousPast: Reki is so mysterious, no one even knows her last name.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Seen in Kinji's fight against [[spoiler:Kana and Holmes]] where new versions of HSS conveniently appear.
** Kinji also seems to find a new way of blocking/dodging bullets when it comes down to the wire, from his first time [[spoiler:using his knife]] to [[spoiler:catching it in his teeth]]. Most of the more useful techniques he keeps around.
* NeurodiversityIsSupernatural: Hysteria Savant Syndrome is a genetic trait that the main and other characters can use which activates 30 times more neural transmitters than the average person. This means that logical thinking, judgment, and reflexes are risen greater than an average human. It also be based on the real-world medical condition of savant syndrome.

* NotHimself:
** Kinji in Hysteria mode.
** [[spoiler:Then there's "Dark Riko", where she has a strange gaze from her eyes, she uses rough language, and she calls Aria "Holmes".]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Kinji gets into a... [[AccidentalPervert complicated position]] with a girl or too close to one acutally.
%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: Riko.

%%** Both Aria and Riko.
** Tamano a minor character introduced later on [[spoiler: 700-800, knows Kinji's ancestor, uses ye old language, as well knows Shirayuki and her ancestor]], but looks like a little girl.

* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Shirayuki.
* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Shirayuki's power. It helps in the fight against AnIcePerson, Jeanne d'Arc the 30th.]]
* POVBoyPosterGirl

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Reki. Teenage girl, pale green hair, EmotionlessGirl behavior, significant backstory arc to explain this (in the novels).

%%* SailorFuku

* [[spoiler:SameSexTriplets: The Kokos.]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend[=/=]HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Kinji and Aria frequently invoke these.

%%* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Kinji and his Hysteria Mode.

** Then there's a case with the primary antagonist organization for the first few volumes, whose run-ins with this trope are compounded by pronunciation issues. Initially, this organization was called "[=EU=]", straight from the pronunciation. A few volumes down the road and it's revealed what the name actually means. The name is composed of the letters that the Imperial Japanese Navy and Kriegsmarine used to designate their submarines, respectively. The problem? The IJN used the letter I to designate their submarines, and the English fanbase mistook it as an E because the Japanese I is pronounced the same as the English E.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Tokyo Butei High School, [[spoiler:to Literature/SherlockHolmes's "armed detective" philosophy. No wonder they were the target of the Butei Killer.]]

* SuperReflexes: Another of Kinji's HSS abilities. [[spoiler:He can [[BareHandedBladeBlock stop Jeanne's blade with two fingers]], slice Riko's bullet in half mid-flight, and dodge a 7.62mm rifle round at point blank.]]
* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler:Elle Watson.]]

* TheTease: Riko.

%%* UseYourHead: Kinji's secret skill.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Shirayuki's ultimate goal with Kinji -- graduate together with Kinji, marry him and have ''7-8 children, all of whom would look like "Kin-chan-sama"''.

%%* YamatoNadeshiko: Shirayuki. This is {{Lampshaded}} by Kinji in the novels.
* {{Yandere}}: Shirayuki -- early in Episode 2 she displays DullEyesOfUnhappiness when she suspected Kinji is with someone else. Upon discovering that [[PrettyFreeloaders Aria is freeloading with Kinji]], she decides to [[MurderTheHypotenuse "exorcise" her]] twice (first, by cutting her down with her katana; second, by [[StealthPun blowing hundreds of holes through her]] with an [=M60=]). Even when she was forced to take Aria as a bodyguard, she still shows contempt for the diminutive girl.
** And despite the fact they became friends, she'll still chase her down accusing her of taking the lead.

''Hidan no Aria'' (''Aria the Scarlet Ammo'', according to the subtitle, or more accurately ''Aria of the Scarlet Bullet'' [[note]]The reason and meaning behind this translation is a spoiler. Look for it somewhere on this page[[/note]]) is a HaremGenre series of LightNovels, but also with plenty of action and thrills. The light novels began publication in 2008, with a manga adaptation that began serialization in ''Magazine/MonthlyComicAlive'' in 2009. It also has an anime series adapted by Creator/JCStaff, which was released in [[Spring2011Anime spring 2011]]. (Note that after volume 16, the manga's numbering starts over from 1, with the new part being called ''Hidan no Aria Spark Out - The Purple Lightning Witch'', and chapter 94 becoming "chapter 1" of this new part.)

** On a side note, the 737-350 was made to represent one of two different planes: The classic [=McDonnell=] Douglas [=DC-8=] (quad-engined, single-deck, narrow body), or the modern Airbus A340 (quad-engined, single-deck, wide body), both of which had variants powered by versions of the [=CFM56=] turbofan engine, the same engine that powers the 737 Classic (300/400/500) and Next-Gen series.[[note]]The [=DC-8=] Super 70 series got the [=CFM56-2=], the first commercial variant of the engine. The 737 Classic and Next-Gen got variants of the [=CFM56-3=] and [=CFM56-7=] respectively, while the [=A340-200=] and -300 got variants of the [=CFM56-5C=][[/note]]. The problem? Neither of Japan's 2 national airlines (Japan Airlines and the aforementioned All Nippon Airways), nor any of the country's other airlines, have owned and/or operated any variant of either aircraft.

* {{Gainaxing}}:
** Riko's boobs were moving like crazy in the first episode, though she wasn't doing much.
** Apparently, at Butei High, the guys know her as "that loli with the huge tits".
** Also Shirayuki as a part of the cheerleading squad.

** On a side note, the 737-350 was made to represent one of two different planes: The classic Boeing 707 (quad-engined, single-deck, narrow body), or the modern Airbus A340 (quad-engined, single-deck, wide body). The problem? Neither of Japan's 2 national airlines (Japan Airlines and the aforementioned All Nippon Airways), nor any of the country's other airlines, have owned and/or operated any variant of either aircraft.