History Literature / BraveStory

* InformedFlaw: We are told that the reason that Fantastic Racism is so prevalent in Vision is because Wataru has hidden racist tendencies. Nothing he ever does backs this up at any time. Perhaps it's a TakeThat against general Japanese xenophobia?

* NowWhereWasIGoingAgain: Actually, you can press the R-button at any time in the field or a dungeon to get a hint from one of your party members.

* ShoutOut: A sidequest involved defeating a Giant Enemy Crab. After beating it and returning to HQ, the following conversation occurs:
--> '''Trone''': Well? What happened with the GiantEnemyCrab?
--> '''Melade'''e: [[AttackItsWeakPoint We stabbed ]] [[MemeticMutation its wea]]-- It's, it's dead, Trone.

* LizardFolk: The Waterkin, including Sogreth and Kee Keema.

%% * AssKickingPose: Some of the [[CombinationAttack unity skills]] do this; it's mostly done to provide buffs for the characters using them.

%% * BittersweetEnding

%% * CatGirl: Kitkin, including Yuno.

* IllGirl: Miki, Tatsuya's friend back in the real world suddely entered comatose, triggering the plot.

%% * LizardFolk: Waterkin, including Sogreth and Kee Keema.

%% * ThePowerOfFriendship

--> Trone: Well? What happened with the GiantEnemyCrab?
--> Meladee: [[AttackItsWeakPoint We stabbed ]] [[MemeticMutation its wea]]-- It's, it's dead, Trone.

%% * {{Stripperiffic}}: [[http://baudattitude.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/yunosmall.jpg Yuno]]

* AdaptationDistillation: Many important subplots and story elements regarding the nature of Vision itself are absent in TheMovie, largely because such things would only further prolong the already over two-hour children's film. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools The movie is still an exceptional work, despite these flaws.]]

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* [[spoiler: SelflessWish]]: [[spoiler: Wataru uses his wish to keep Vision safe.]]

* FiveRaces: Seven actually, but two are kind of the same and one hardly ever appears.
** Ankha/Human are Mundane, obviously.
** Cute: Kitkin, a race of people crossed with adorable pet-type animals, mostly cats. They are essentially like humans but more agile.
** Stout: Both Waterkin (aquatic creatures) and Beastkin (large land animal men) who have super-strength and are large. Waterkin are more adept at swimming, that's about it.
** Fairy: Pankin (Rodent people), who excel at magic.
** High Men: None. In fact, a major theme of the other is that all the races should be treated equally.
** Also, there's a race of talking birds called the Karulakin who are intelligent and work mainly as clerks. Notably, one of them saves Wataru when he first comes to Vision.

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%% * BoisterousBruiser: Kee Keema
* CaptainErsatz: All of the PSP game characters are slightly altered and renamed versions of the book's characters. To make things more confusing, you ''meet'' the book's characters as [[GuestStarPartyMember guest party members]] in the game, and they all have exactly the same moves as their counterparts.

%% * ArbitraryHeadcountLimit

* BossInMookClothing / TurnsRed: Under certain conditions, you can force an enemy into a crazed state. Doing so increases their overall power, but grants you more ExperiencePoints for the kill and changes the items they can drop.

%% * CombinationAttack

%% * EvolvingWeapon: The Traveler's Sword wielded by the hero.
%% * FiveManBand:
%% ** TheHero: Tatsuya
%% ** TheLancer: Yuno
%% ** TheChick: Meladee
%% ** TheBigGuy: Sogreth
%% ** TheSmartGuy: Ropple
%% ** TheSixthRanger: Leynart
%% *** Also, the five guest characters.
%% * GiantEnemyCrab: Giant Enemy Conch, really, but it's there.

%% * IllGirl: Miki, the hero's friend back in the real world.

%% * MiniGame: Goalfinch catching.

%% * RegeneratingMana: Attacking enemies restores BP.
* SequentialBoss: The near-identical triplet waterkin and kitkin bandits in Chapter 5.

* AdaptationDistillation: Many important subplots and story elements regarding the nature of Vision itself are absent in TheMovie, largely because such things would only further prolong the already over two-hour children's film. [[TropesAreNotBad The movie is still an exceptional work, despite these flaws.]]

%% * AntiVillain: Mitsuru in the movie. He's nowhere near as sympathetic in the books.

%% * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Mitsuru and his sister]] in the movie.

%% * EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Especially'' in the book. To say Wataru goes through hell is putting it ''mildly.''
%% * ExpositionFairy: [[spoiler: Subverted. It's ''evil''.]]
%% * FantasticRacism: Against the animal people, mostly.

%% * FunnyAnimal: Lots of people in Vision.

* InformedAbility: We are told that the reason that Fantastic Racism is so prevalent in Vision is because Wataru has hidden racist tendencies. Nothing he ever does backs this up at any time. Perhaps it's a TakeThat against general Japanese xenophobia?

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Captain Ronmel and Mitsuru become the Halves that restore Vision's barrier.]]

%% * CatGirl: Meena, of course. The PSP game also features a CatGirl companion.

%% * RedemptionEqualsDeath:
%%** Really more a case of Death Equals Redemption, in the case of [[spoiler:Captain Ronmel.]]
%% ** [[spoiler: Mitsuru.]]
%% * RPGElements: Yes, in a ''novel.'' ItMakesSenseInContext.

%% * TraumaCongaLine: Hoo boy, the first part of the book really puts Wataru through the ringer.

%% * UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Mitsuru and his sister, in the movie only.]]

%% * KnightTemplarBigBrother: Mitsuru.

* AndroclesLion: The dragon Wataru saves.
* AntiVillain: Mitsuru in the movie. He's nowhere near as sympathetic in the books.

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Mitsuru and his sister]] in the movie.
* BeamOWar: In the movie, one takes place between [[spoiler: Jozo the dragon child and Mitsuru.]]

** Well, [[spoiler: we aren't completely sure Mitsuru died in the real world, considering the fact that Wataru came back the moment he left for Vision. We're just told that he moved, but if that is the truth might be debateable.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Kee Keema

* CatGirl: Meena, of course. The PSP game also features a CatGirl companion.
* ClassAndLevelSystem: Travelers get one of two classes depending on personality. Sorcerer, which uses elemental magic and summon spells and wields a staff - or Brave, which get super-reflexes and a magic sword.
** In the manga, there are a lot more than that. Cannoneer license, Beast License, Chase License... and so on. There was also one that looks like a maid in the guide's hands.

** This is not the case in the movie, however, where his father leaves apropos of nothing, and is generally a JerkAss.
* CorruptChurch: The Church of the Old God in General, and the Church of Cistina in particular.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Kattsu/Katz.

* DreamLand
* {{Disneyfication}}: If you see the film before reading the book you will be surprised to find out that

* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Especially'' in the book. To say Wataru goes through hell is putting it ''mildly.''
* ExpositionFairy: [[spoiler: Subverted. It's ''evil''.]]
* FantasticRacism: Against the animal people, mostly.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Lampshaded every time.

* FunnyAnimal: Lots of people in Vision.
* GenreSavvy: Wataru is a big fan of RPG video games, and he's able to do fairly well in Vision as a result.
** There's also some hinting that because Wataru loves [=RPGs=], Vision is operating on videogame RPG rules as a result.

* HeadPet: The dragon, in the movie only.
* HotBlooded: The main reason Wataru matches with the Brave Sword.
** A lot of people in the manga is this.

* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: Wataru's uncle's reaction to Wataru telling him that he saw a wizard.

* ItsAllAboutMe[=/=]MoralMyopia: Mitsuru has absolutely no qualms about harming others if it means his wish can be granted.

* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Mitsuru.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands

* OptOut: Neena the Fairy

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Really more a case of Death Equals Redemption, in the case of [[spoiler:Captain Ronmel.]]
** [[spoiler: Mitsuru much more than Captain Romnel, as Captain Romnel didn't really "die", and had nothing to really redeem himself for.]]
* RPGElements: Yes, in a ''novel.'' ItMakesSenseInContext.

* StatOVision: Mitsuru's staff has this power.
* SummonMagic: Mitsuru, and all sorcerers apparently.
* SwissArmyWeapon: The Brave Sword, especially in the movie.
* TraumaCongaLine: Hoo boy, the first part of the book really puts Wataru through the ringer.
* [[spoiler: VictoryGuidedAmnesia]]: It doesn't take effect immediately, but it is certainly implied that Wataru will eventually [[spoiler: forget all about Vision and his friends there]]. This isn't the case in the movie, however.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Mitsuru and his sister, in the movie only.]]

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit
* AssKickingPose: Some of the [[CombinationAttack unity skills]] do this; it's mostly done to provide buffs for the characters using them.
* BittersweetEnding

* CatGirl: Kitkin, including Yuno.
* CombinationAttack

* EvolvingWeapon: The Traveler's Sword wielded by the hero.
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Tatsuya
** TheLancer: Yuno
** TheChick: Meladee
** TheBigGuy: Sogreth
** TheSmartGuy: Ropple
** TheSixthRanger: Leynart
*** Also, the five guest characters.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Giant Enemy Conch, really, but it's there.

* IllGirl: Miki, the hero's friend back in the real world.
* InsufferableGenius: Ropple, oh so very much.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mitsuru. Ropple crosses this with being TheSpock.
* LizardFolk: Waterkin, including Sogreth and Kee Keema.
* MiniGame: Goalfinch catching.

* PinkMeansFeminine: Yuno's outfit is pink and black.
* ThePowerOfFriendship
* QuicksandSucks: The entrance to the [[BigCreepyCrawlies emmet colony]] in Chapter 6.
* RegeneratingMana: Attacking enemies restores BP.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: [[http://baudattitude.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/yunosmall.jpg Yuno]]

** Also, there's a race of talking birds called the Karulakin who are intelligent and work mainly as clerks. Notably, one of them saves Wataru when he first comes to vision.

* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation: Mitsuru and Kutz in the movie. Although Mitsuru still died, he gets better.]]

* AdaptationDistillation: Many important subplots and story elements regarding the nature of Vision itself are absent in TheMovie, largely because such things would only further prolong the already over two-hour children's film. [[TropesAreNotBad The movie is still an exceptional work, despite these flaws.]]\

* AdaptationDistillation: Many important subplots and story elements regarding the nature of Vision itself are absent in TheMovie, largely because such things would only further prolong the already over two-hour children's film. [[TropesAreNotBad The movie is still an exceptional work, despite these flaws.]]
** One absence does actually [[AdaptationExplanationExtrication remove an important plot element]], though: Wataru (the main character) and Mitsuru (TheRival) are both racing to reach the Tower of the Goddess and receive a wish from her. In TheFilmOfTheBook, it's never explicitly explained why it's important who gets there first, or if it is. In the book, it's much more clear: [[spoiler: Whoever makes it last will be sacrificed to keep the land of Vision in existence.]]
*** That idea is not even IN the movie, so, no harm done.

* {{Badass}}: Mitsuru looks like a GameBreaker if this was a real video game.
** Wataru as well to a lesser extent [[spoiler: (you know those times when a giant statue comes to life and chases you?, like in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''?, one of those happens to Wataru, and he DESTROYS IT!)]]

** Wataru as well to a lesser extent [[spoiler: (you know those times when a giant statue comes to life and chases you?, like in ResidentEvil4?, one of those happens to Wataru, and he DESTROYS IT!)]]

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A Japanese novel, which became a light novel, which became a manga, which became a movie, which became a video game, which is naturally of a genre that the novel was designed around in the first place. Yes, it's complicated.

[[FromBadToWorse Wrong.]]

[[KickTheDog His father runs off with another woman after getting her pregnant.]] His mother tries to kill herself and him by suffocation. Two of his classmates get beat up and then vanish--''at the hands of the new kid.''

But while visiting the supposedly haunted construction site, he discovers a magical portal to the world of Vision--the place where [[DreamLand people's hopes and dreams come to life,]] magic is real, and brave Travelers--such as himself--have a chance to meet with the Goddess of Destiny, who will grant those who reach her one wish. Wataru knows exactly what he needs--he needs his father back, and his mother kept safe. Setting off with only a tiny sword--and the assistance of a jovial lizardman and a cute CatGirl--he makes his way across the strange world of Vision. But not all is right in Vision. Another Traveler is in Vision--and he looks suspiciously like the new kid. And rumors abound of dark things going on in the sky, of an ancient ritual, and of sacrifice...

Wataru is a fairly ordinary 1a-year-old boy living in Japan. He lives with his mother and father in an apartment complex, goes to cram school, tries to impress the new kid in his class, avoids bullies, obsesses over video games coming out, hangs out with his best friend--nothing big or out of the ordinary. He's heard rumors recently about an abandoned construction site and ghosts, but nothing else to report on, right?

Wataru is a fairly ordinary 10-year-old boy living in Japan. He lives with his mother and father in an apartment complex, goes to cram school, tries to impress the new kid in his class, avoids bullies, obsesses over video games coming out, hangs out with his best friend--nothing big or out of the ordinary. He's heard rumors recently about an abandoned construction site and ghosts, but nothing else to report on, right?

* ProlongedPrologue: It takes a little while before Wataru manages to reach Vision. However, Brave Story provides a very good example of this trope done right - The ProlongedPrologue manages doesn't tell us how Wataru's life is screwed up, bur rather, shows it.