History Manga / Gilgamesh

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: [[PyrrhicVillainy The unstoppable villainous goddess successfully destroys the world, and is finally killed]] [[AllForNothing just before she could have created a better one]]. Her killer is left to go completely insane in a white void or create another CrapsackWorld]].[[note]]And beginning. And middle. It's kind of a relief to see them all put out of their misery at the end.[[/note]]

* KillEmAll

Although it does bear something of a passing resemblance to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', which it may have been influenced by, the manga this series is based on dates from 1972 and drawn by Shotaro Ishinomori (of Cyborg 009 and Kamen Rider fame).

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: [[PyrrhicVillainy The unstoppable villainous goddess successfully destroys the world, and is finally killed just before she could have created a better one]]. Her killer is left to go completely insane in a white void or create another CrapsackWorld]].[[note]]And beginning. And middle. It's kind of a relief to see them all put out of their misery at the end.[[/note]]]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:[=TeaR=]]] tells [[spoiler: Kiyoko]] something at the very end. The audience never hears what was said... but whatever it was, the latter [[GoMadFromTheRevelation does]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation not]]'' [[GoMadFromTheRevelation take it well.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: What ever [[spoiler: Tear tells Kiyoko]] at the end of the series ([[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow that the audience]] [[TheUnreveal doesn't get to hear]]) seems to immediately destroy her sanity, causing her to stab the former to death. Cue SlasherSmile.

* PsychoticSmirk / SlasherSmile. [[spoiler: Kiyoko]] gives one after [[spoiler: stabbing Tear to death with the tuning fork at the end.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: One of the most spiteful ever. [[spoiler:Kiyoko, having already lost everyone and everything she cared about, having been forced into debt, despair, and work as a call-girl by the very Countess supposedly trying to "save the world" whilst ruining the lives around her, and who in lonely desperation turned to a member of the opposing Gilgamesh who then impregnated her, dies after mutating into a birthing cocoon for the hybrid lifeform. In the climactic final battles against the twisted Enkidu, his cohorts, and the Gilgamesh forces, it's revealed that they're essentially unstoppable and un-killable. This leads to the Kill 'em All deaths of pretty much everyone in the cast not already dead at this point. In the end, it's revealed that the TeaR organism responsible for the first near-apocalypse and which has instigated the horrible events of the story is actually a living manifestation of the Countess's own petty, dark, hateful, jealous, twisted heart, and that she's directly responsible for everything without realising it, despite ostensibly and ironically trying to fix it. Upon this revelation, she accepts the death of Humanity and allows TeaR to wipe out all life on Earth. To add insult to injury, in the odd, meta-void left behind, TeaR is then killed by the Gilgamesh spawn from the husk of what was left of Kiyoko, meaning that TeaR won't go on to recreate the planet in its image and it's all gone for good.]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Tear]] tells [[spoiler: Kiyoko]] something at the very end. The audience never hears what was said... but whatever it was, the latter [[GoMadFromTheRevelation does]] ''[[GoMadFromTheRevelation not]]'' [[GoMadFromTheRevelation take it well.]]

* PsychicPowers: Dynamis.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Besides {{telepathy}} and {{telekinesis}}, one of the superpowers held by the ORGA teenagers and the Gilgamesh.

For the original Sumerian story, see ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''. No relation to [[MemeticMutation GIRUGAMESH!]]. For the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice, click [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII here]], or you may find him [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV here]]. For the Argentine comic book, see [[ComicBook/GilgameshTheImmortal here]].

* IdenticalGrandson[=/=]GenerationXerox: this is an interesting case, because both the ORGA and Tatsuya [[spoiler: are clones of their "parents"]], however Kiyoko looks exactly like her mother, and when there is a flashback to when Kiyoko and Tatsuya's mother and father met, the exact replication [[IncestIsRelative has certain]] [[BrotherSisterIncest incestuous connotations]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: And beginning. And middle. It's kind of a relief to see them all put out of their misery at the end.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: One of the most spiteful ever. Kiyoko, having already lost everyone and everything she cared about, having been forced into debt, despair, and work as a call-girl by the very Countess supposedly trying to "save the world" whilst ruining the lives around her, and who in lonely desperation turned to a member of the opposing Gilgamesh who then impregnated her, dies after mutating into a birthing cocoon for the hybrid lifeform. In the climactic final battles against the twisted Enkidu, his cohorts, and the Gilgamesh forces, it's revealed that they're essentially unstoppable and un-killable. This leads to the Kill 'em All deaths of pretty much everyone in the cast not already dead at this point. In the end, it's revealed that the TeaR organism responsible for the first near-apocalypse and which has instigated the horrible events of the story is actually a living manifestation of the Countess's own petty, dark, hateful, jealous, twisted heart, and that she's directly responsible for everything without realising it, despite ostensibly and ironically trying to fix it. Upon this revelation, she accepts the death of Humanity and allows TeaR to wipe out all life on Earth. To add insult to injury, in the odd, meta-void left behind, TeaR is then killed by the Gilgamesh spawn from the husk of what was left of Kiyoko, meaning that TeaR won't go on to recreate the planet in its image and it's all gone for good.

Although it does bear something of a passing resemblance to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', which it may have been influenced by, the manga this series is based on dates from 1972.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Tatsuya and Kiyoko only had each other to depend on, since their mother was a neglectful alcoholic. Still, their relationship seems a bit... ''closer'' than what might be construed as normal.

* [[spoiler:ShootTheShaggyDog]]

This is an article on an {{anime}}. For the original Sumerian story, see ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''. No relation to [[MemeticMutation GIRUGAMESH!]]. For the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice, click [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII here]], or you may find him [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV here]]. For the Argentine comic book, see [[ComicBook/GilgameshTheImmortal here]].

''[[RunningGag GUHROOGAMASH!!!]]''

Sometime in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture super-present]], the fabled and mysterious Tomb of Gilgamesh is discovered by scientists who are digging around in Uruk (modern day Mesopotamia). A research center is promptly set up to study the strange energy which is being emitted by the site, but a series of events triggered by the site's discoverer, Madoka Terumichi, soon result in a global catastrophe which knocks out all electronics worldwide and turns the sky into a giant electromagnetic mirror. Madoka (who now calls himself Enkidu, after a character in the ancient ''[[Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]]''), is labelled a terrorist and promptly vanishes.

* AdaptationDistillation: A lot was changed from ShotaroIshinomori's original 1972 work. Most noticeably, the removal of extraterrestrials. The anime does share common themes with the original, though. The brother-sister pair Tatsuya and Kiyoko, along with an onyomi Enkidu name show up in both, although the kanji for the latter differs from the original. May also be a PragmaticAdaptation.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Both Tatsuya and his father, the terrorist leader Enkidu.

* TheNotSecret: When the truth of Reiko is spelled out [[spoiler: that "she" is technically a boy]], everyone but Tohru (and perhaps the audience) already knew, and acts like "What? You just figured out?"

Although it does bear something of a passing resemblance to ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'', which it may have been influenced by, the manga this series is based on dates from 1972.

* DespairEventHorizon: you hit this at about the half-way mark and [[ItGotWorse it all goes downhill from there.]]

This is an article on an {{anime}}. For the original Sumerian story, see ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''. No relation to [[MemeticMutation GIRUGAMESH!]]. For the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice, click [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII here]], or you may find him [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV here]].

Sometime in the [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture super-present]], the fabled and mysterious Tomb of Gilgamesh is discovered by scientists who are digging around in Uruk (modern day Mesopotamia). A research center is promptly set up to study the strange energy which is being emitted by the site, but a series of events triggered by the site's discoverer, Madoka Terumichi, soon result in a global catastrophe which knocks out all electronics worldwide and turns the sky into a giant electromagnetic mirror. Madoka (who now calls himself Enkidu, after a character in the ancient ''[[TheEpicOfGilgamesh Epic of Gilgamesh]]''), is labelled a terrorist and promptly vanishes.

''Gilgamesh'' is a tale packed with intrigue. Not only does it feature the above characters, there's also a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt corporation]], with a vicious PsychoForHire, Kazamatsuri Hayato, at its beck and call, and a group of well-intentioned (but ultimately ineffectual) scientists who are trying their best to get the Earth back to normal. Throw some clones, some tragic backstory and some Ancient Sumerian Mythology into the mix, and you have a series that makes for some pretty compelling watching.

** Add to the bag that Tatsuya is [[spoiler:not only her brother, but also the clone of their father]].

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: At the end, Novem [[spoiler: confesses to Tatsuya that he loved Kiyoko.]] In fact, [[spoiler: Novem and Kiyoko's entire relationship may fall under the StarCrossedLovers, divide considering that they were from two different species who, at the point when their relationship manifests, were supposed to be fighting each other in a desperate attempt to bring about a future for the human race. How things eventually ended is ''certainly'' tragic enough to qualify. In any case, the other Gilgamesh are ''really'' not happy when they find out Novem's been sleeping with their boss's daughter.]]
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

* GreyAndGrayMorality: You'll need the higgs boson and a very sophisticated calculator to figure out where to draw any morality lines. Have fun with that.

* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: Kiyoko and Novem. Their relationship results in Kiyoko's pregnancy.]]

* PsychoForHire: Kazamatsuri Hayato.

* SmugSnake: Kazamatsuri Hayato.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Both Tatsuya and his father, the terrorist leader Enkidu.

* AfterTheEnd: An important scene after the ending credits takes place here.

This is an article on an {{anime}}. For the original Sumerian story, see ''TheEpicOfGilgamesh''. No relation to [[MemeticMutation GIRUGAMESH!]]. For the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice, click [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII here]], or you may find him [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV here]].

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: Reiko. Although it was really dropped on poor Tohru, who had been developing feelings for "her."

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: And beginning. And middle. It's kind of a relief to see them all put out of their misery at the end.]]

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This is an article on an {{anime}}. For the original Sumerian story, see ''TheEpicOfGilgamesh''. No relation to [[MemeticMutation GIRUGAMESH!]]. For the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice, click [[FinalFantasyXII here]], or you may find him [[FinalFantasyV here]].