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* GenderNeutralWriting: In the original Japanese, the alien frequently uses {{Keigo}}, which ties not only into her SesquipedalianLoquaciousness but also makes it ambiguous what exactly her gender is (as the first person pronoun ''watashi'' is clearly used as a sign of formality, and her speech is otherwise not gendered). This also works in the English translation, as she is never referred to with any particular pronouns. This leads to her initially having an AmbiguousGender, but she later confirms that she's a woman when the girl asks.
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* GenderNeutralWriting: In the original Japanese, the alien frequently uses {{Keigo}}, which ties not only into her SesquipedalianLoquaciousness but also makes it ambiguous what exactly her gender is (as the first person pronoun ''watashi'' is clearly used as a sign of formality, and her speech is otherwise not gendered). This also works in the English translation, as she is never referred to with any particular pronouns. This leads to her initially having an AmbiguousGender, but she later confirms that she's a woman when the girl asks.
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* AccidentalProposal: [[spoiler:At the end, the girl insists the alien take responsibility for her, which the alien mistakes for a marriage proposal.]]
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* SpeechCentricWork: Almost the whole work consists only of dialogue between the two main characters.
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%%* ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her alien friend.
%%* ABoyAndHisX: A girl and her alien friend.
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--> '''Alien''': [[spoiler:That world of yours...[[MrImagination is all in your imagination.]]]]
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--->'''Alien:''' [[spoiler:That world of yours...[[MrImagination is all in your imagination.
** Near the end, [[spoiler:it's revealed that the girl is not human.]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Girl:''' I mean, seriously... How can you... HOW CAN YOU ONLY HAVE TWO LEGS?! This is just common SENSE!]]
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* NoAntagonist: While the girl's AbusiveParents and [[TheBully classmates]] are undoubtedly antagonistic, [[spoiler:by the time the story rolls in, both are actually non-issues as [[SelfMadeOrphan the girl killed her parents]] and she hasn't attended school since. Rather, the real conflict comes in through the girl's own declining mental state; her sense of reality has become so distorted that she keeps reliving flashbacks of her TraumaCongaLine, and genuinely believes that all of the trauma is happening again in real-time. Ultimately, the realization that she was living in a fantasy and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone that she killed her parents]] leads to her [[DrivenToSuicide final breaking point]], which was not spurred on by any antagonistic force, but instead the alien [[TheyDiedBecauseOfYou telling the girl that her parents are long gone]] and trying to snap her out of another suicidal spiral.]]
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** Played with the alien, and by extension, a majority of her species. As her species is able to function as individual bodies of information detached from a physical body of any sort, sexual and romantic needs have significantly dwindled, and even the process of mating is largely non-sexual and non-romantic in nature. She further explains she doesn't feel that her lack of attraction to anyone is a particularly bad thing, but it also means that she doesn't have much experience with feelings of romance and is unable to discuss it on a personal level. In a marked contrast from the girl, however, this also means she's a lot more open about sexual subject matters, but tends to view it from a more objective standpoint in that she's curious about how it effects a person (and also how it helps the girl produce more MetaphysicalFuel) rather than deriving any pleasure from it herself. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, this is a bit more up in the air when she misinterprets the girl as having romantic feelings for her, and instead of turning her down, she suggests that they get married and perhaps even form a sexual partnership despite her own lack of sexual needs (though she points out they wouldn't be able to procreate).]]
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** Played with the alien, and by extension, a majority of her species. As her species is able to function as individual bodies of information detached from a physical body of any sort, sexual and romantic needs have significantly dwindled, and even the process of mating is largely non-sexual and non-romantic in nature. She further explains she doesn't feel that her lack of attraction to anyone is a particularly bad thing, but it also means that she doesn't have much experience with feelings of romance and is unable to discuss it on a personal level. In a marked contrast from the girl, however, this also means she's a lot more open about sexual subject matters, but tends to view it from a more objective standpoint in that she's curious about how it effects affects a person (and also how it helps the girl produce more MetaphysicalFuel) rather than deriving any pleasure from it herself. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, this is a bit more up in the air when she misinterprets the girl as having romantic feelings for her, and instead of turning her down, she suggests that they get married and perhaps even form a sexual partnership despite her own lack of sexual needs (though she points out they wouldn't be able to procreate).]]
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* {{Asexuality}}: The alien, as well as most of her species, have little to no sexual desire as it's no longer required to exclusively live in a physical body, and their procreation is largely sexless. Some of her species still do engage in sexual activity, but the alien notes they're mostly a minority.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The girl is ostracized both by her classmates and family - the former because her bad hygiene due to parental neglect attracts bullying, and this gets worse later due to her "friend" being jealous over her crush liking the girl instead, and the latter because of her mother being a ResentfulGuardian and her father [[ParentalIncest molesting her]]. It isn't until she meets the alien that she makes a genuine friend.
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* TraumaCongaLine: One thing after another for the girl! [[spoiler:First, [[AbusiveParents her family was abusive]]; her mother was a ResentfulGuardian who unfairly scolded her for things out of her control and hit her, and her father [[ParentalIncest sexually molested her]]. More or less thanks to her ill-treatment at home, the girl doesn't bathe often and gets bullied at school for it. When she finally makes a friend at school, her new friend only sticks around out of CondescendingCompassion and quickly turns around after her crush [[AllLoveIsUnrequited confesses love to the girl]], resorting to physical violence and public humiliation all because the girl betrayed ''her'' expectations. When all of this starts taking a toll on the girl's physical being and she's on the brink of suicide, the alien reveals right then that [[SelfMadeOrphan the girl killed her parents]], and all of the girl's recent memories are actually a failed attempt at creating a HappyPlace for herself that twisted into reliving her trauma. After TheReveal, the alien tells the girl she's little more than an imaginary friend and [[DrivenToSuicide leaves the girl to kill herself]]... that is, [[BungledSuicide until the alien comes back to save the girl's life]].]]
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* {{Asexuality}}: The alien, as well as most of her species, have little to no sexual desire as it's no longer required to exclusively live in a physical body, and their procreation is largely sexless. Some of her species still do engage in sexual activity, but the alien notes they're mostly a minority.
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* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:The girl's father sexually abused her, inviting her to take a bath with him just so he can assault her to his wishes. [[{{Patricide}} This actually led to his eventual death]] - after he threatened violence on her in the bathroom, she pushed him and [[DeathByFallingOver killed him as he fell over]].]]
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* CelibateHero:
** The girl is rather averse to the idea of both romance and sexuality. As mentioned under AccidentalPervert, discussion of sexual activity and functions is a bit of a BerserkButton for the girl and whenever the alien brings up the subject, the girl is quick to shut her down. When a boy confesses to her and the alien discusses the prospect of the girl entering a relationship, the girl becomes disoriented with the subject and makes it clear she has no interest in pursuing any relationship of the sort - she further asserts this later [[spoiler:after the alien brings her to Earth, when the girl asks the alien to "take responsibility for [the girl]". The alien misinterprets this as a confession of love, but the girl angrily shoots down the idea of a romantic (and potentially sexual) relationship with her]]. As mentioned under DoesNotLikeMen, this is possibly justified in that [[spoiler:she's had a history of sexual trauma at the hands of her father]], so it makes sense that she'd be so averse to the idea of a sexual relationship, or any relationship with a boy for that matter.
** Played with the alien, and by extension, a majority of her species. As her species is able to function as individual bodies of information detached from a physical body of any sort, sexual and romantic needs have significantly dwindled, and even the process of mating is largely non-sexual and non-romantic in nature. She further explains she doesn't feel that her lack of attraction to anyone is a particularly bad thing, but it also means that she doesn't have much experience with feelings of romance and is unable to discuss it on a personal level. In a marked contrast from the girl, however, this also means she's a lot more open about sexual subject matters, but tends to view it from a more objective standpoint in that she's curious about how it effects a person (and also how it helps the girl produce more MetaphysicalFuel) rather than deriving any pleasure from it herself. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, this is a bit more up in the air when she misinterprets the girl as having romantic feelings for her, and instead of turning her down, she suggests that they get married and perhaps even form a sexual partnership despite her own lack of sexual needs (though she points out they wouldn't be able to procreate).]]
** The girl is rather averse to the idea of both romance and sexuality. As mentioned under AccidentalPervert, discussion of sexual activity and functions is a bit of a BerserkButton for the girl and whenever the alien brings up the subject, the girl is quick to shut her down. When a boy confesses to her and the alien discusses the prospect of the girl entering a relationship, the girl becomes disoriented with the subject and makes it clear she has no interest in pursuing any relationship of the sort - she further asserts this later [[spoiler:after the alien brings her to Earth, when the girl asks the alien to "take responsibility for [the girl]". The alien misinterprets this as a confession of love, but the girl angrily shoots down the idea of a romantic (and potentially sexual) relationship with her]]. As mentioned under DoesNotLikeMen, this is possibly justified in that [[spoiler:she's had a history of sexual trauma at the hands of her father]], so it makes sense that she'd be so averse to the idea of a sexual relationship, or any relationship with a boy for that matter.
** Played with the alien, and by extension, a majority of her species. As her species is able to function as individual bodies of information detached from a physical body of any sort, sexual and romantic needs have significantly dwindled, and even the process of mating is largely non-sexual and non-romantic in nature. She further explains she doesn't feel that her lack of attraction to anyone is a particularly bad thing, but it also means that she doesn't have much experience with feelings of romance and is unable to discuss it on a personal level. In a marked contrast from the girl, however, this also means she's a lot more open about sexual subject matters, but tends to view it from a more objective standpoint in that she's curious about how it effects a person (and also how it helps the girl produce more MetaphysicalFuel) rather than deriving any pleasure from it herself. [[spoiler:At the end of the story, this is a bit more up in the air when she misinterprets the girl as having romantic feelings for her, and instead of turning her down, she suggests that they get married and perhaps even form a sexual partnership despite her own lack of sexual needs (though she points out they wouldn't be able to procreate).]]
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* HappyPlace: Deconstructed and subverted. [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan After killing her parents]], the girl dreamt up a fantasy world where she had supportive adoptive parents and kind classmates, and because her mental state had pretty much crashed (the alien describes it as the girl's mind being "half-destroyed"), [[MissImagination she could no longer differentiate between reality and her fantasies]]. However, because she'd never experienced genuine happiness, her supposed happy place instead turned into reliving her trauma and she had no way to snap herself out of it at that point.]]
