History VideoGame / ActionTaimanin

* [[invoked]]AntiClimax: The end of the "The Banquet of Darkness and Fox Hunt" story event sees the Task Force succesfully escape their enemies without too much trouble, thanks to the help of the demon twins Yuphie and Sophie. But ''because'' it went off so quickly and without trouble, the [[BloodKnight two girls]] complain this was too easy and they didn't have any fun, prompting a BossBattle against them to calm them down and get them to retreat with the rest of the group.

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:A variant. Towards the end of Chapter 20, Spinel and Lapis already had Sora, Sakuya, and Asuka cornered. [[BigDamnHeroes Only for the task force to pop out of nowhere]] to turn the tables as the chapter ends in a {{cliffhanger}}.]]

!! Due to the nature of being an alternate continuity of the ''Taimanin'' series and many of its spin-offs, this game may contain unmarked spoilers for other works in the franchise. Please list only examples from versions that lack or referencing any hentai scenes. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: One of the enemies introduced in Chapter 21 is a soldier wearing an extremely bulky exoskeleton. Its' description in the MonsterCompendium notes that it is an older model than the others faced in the game, but it was put back into comission for being [[BoringButPractical simple but effective]]: rather than any rocket launcher, lasers, or anything of the sort, it simply enchances the user's strength, durability (it is a suit of armour), and gives them a [[MoreDakka minigun]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Action Taimanin'' is a departure from the franchise's original roots as a H game, but that does not exempt it from bleak moments. While the original games kept the bad endings limited to happening to only a couple of persons (the heroines), this one has a zombie apocalypse caused by a former Taimanin-turned-traitor engulf an entire island nation in the first 6 chapters, and chapter 19 ends with [[spoiler:the entire world plunged into massive turmoil as tensions flare up between various countries and groups]].

* AllegedlyFreeGame: With all the trimmings, from a FreemiumTimer to a number of mechanics designed to make you PlayEveryDay, to gacha systems for the various Supporters and weapons, TemporaryOnlineContent such as costumes that can only be bought with real money.. At least the playable Taimanin themselves can be directly purchased with no gambling required, though then there are packs and packs of upgrade materials for sale...

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Action Taimanin'' is a departure from the franchise's original roots as a H game, but that does not exempt it from bleak moments. While the original games kept the bad endings limited to happening to only a couple of persons (the heroines), this one has a zombie apocalypse caused by a former Taimanin-turned traitor engulf an entire island nation in the first 6 chapter, and chapter 19 ends with [[spoiler:the entire world plunged into massive turmoil as tensions flare up between various countries and groups]].

* AllegedlyFreeGame: With all the trimmings, from a FreemiumTimer to a number of mechanics designed to make you PlayEveryDay, to gacha systems for the various Supporters. At least the playable Taimanin themselves can be directly purchased with no gambling required, though then there are packs and packs of upgrade materials for sale...

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Action Taimanin'' is a departure from the franchise's original roots as a H game, but that does not exempt it from bleak moments. While the original games kept the bad endings limited to happening to only a couple of persons (the heroines), this one has a zombie apocalypse caused by a former Taimanin-turned traitor engulf an entire island nation in the first 6 chapter, and chapter 19 ends with [[spoiler:the entire world plunged into massive turmoil as tensiosn flare up between various countries and groups]]..

* AnAesop:
** BeYourself and believe in everything that you can do to make a difference. Given that Fuuma is the only known Taimanin to [[BadassNormal never have any ninjutsu of his own]] and soon finds out that he and [[spoiler:Momochi]] are no different. Over time, Fuuma starts to grow a spine as opposed to [[spoiler:giving in to his inferiority complex and defeatism like Momochi did]], he makes up for his leadership skills and [[{{Determinator}} unwavering conviction]].
** Believe in yourself and [[TrueCompanions the people around you who support you even at your lowest point]]. This is how the task force are slowly coming together and work as a team, and as Fuuma becomes a more reliable and effective leader they now begin to trust him and the other Taimanins promise one another to leave no one behind.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Action Taimanin'' is a departure from the franchise's original roots as a H game, but that does not exempt it from bleak moments. While the original games kept the bad endings limited to happening to only a couple of persons (the heroines), this one has zombie apocalypse caused by a former Taimanin-turned traitor engulf an entire island nation.

* BreatherEpisode: Most of the Event quests and Intimacy Events are the source levity to balance the game's darker aspects.

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:The teaser for Chapter 21 has Sora and Sakuya being attacked by a seemingly brainwashed Murasaki and Yukikaze.]]

* NumberOfTheBeast: Yasuna Ashigaya's supporter skill is called Harima Paper Sorcery, which deals '''666%''' damage to surrounding enemies and deal another damage of the same calculation at a 50% chance. This could be a reference to the term "'''Devil's''' luck", which refers to being BornLucky. Yasuna, on the other hand, being a pathological gambler and is always in constant debt, is actually BornUnlucky.

* NumberOfTheBeast: Yasuna Ashigaya's supporter skill is called Harima Paper Sorcery, which deals '''666%''' damage to surrounding enemies and deal another damage of the same calculation at a 50% chance. This could be a reference to the term "'''Devil's''' luck", which refers to being BornLucky. Yasuna, on the other hand, being a pathological gambler, and has a terrible luck with money.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: Chapter 19 ended with the Nomad's downfall. Chapter 20 and beyond decided to expand the Main Quest even further [[spoiler:starting with [[LastEpisodeNewCharacter the introduction and Spinel and Lapis]]]].

* MinorMajorCharacter: Chief Yamamoto is the one who created the Task Force and put Kotaro in charge of it. He is also the one leading "Section 3", Japan's government cabinet overseeing all the country's taimanins and anti-demon forces. But because his role is more of a politician one (serving as the Taimanins' representative to other branches of the japanese government and other countries' leaderships) he only makes a couple of physical appearances and is mentionned in a handful of others situations.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: [[spoiler:Spinel, one of the two {{Post Final Boss}}es you fight in chapter 20, would end up becoming a [[AssistCharacter supporter]], and later a playable character.]]

* WhamShot: [[spoiler:The teaser for Chapter 21 has Sora and Sakuya being attacked by a brainwashed Murasaki and Yukikaze.]]

** The first, ''Taima-Five'', is a franchise sponsored by the japanese government, with the goal of [[StealthMentor slowly acclimating the population of Japan to the various supernatural and demonic events going on]]. It is explicitely {{Very Loosely Based|OnATrueStory}} on missions the Task Force was involved in with characters based around them (to the point [[YourCostumeNeedsWork Asagi Igawa is asked to fill in for the actress playing her character]] at a convention after the actress broke her leg, with no one being the wiser). Some events missions, VR modes, and their unlockeable weapons, are explicitly based on that franchise.
** The second, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Corporate Warrior Ingrid]]'', is Nomad's answer to the above, a multimedia franchise starring [[NobleTopEnforcer Ingrid]] battling paper-thin {{Expy}} of the Task Force. Most scripts for it are written by Ingrid's awe-struck protegee Lina and [[HerCodenameWasMarySue aren't very good]]. Ingrid's relevant supporter Intimacy Event admits that [=OVA=]s are unlikely to be profitable in the modern climate, but Oboro [[EvilIsPetty could tell Ingrid wasn't happy with the skimpy outfit and silly scripts and approved it anyway, forcing Ingrid to appear in-character for company photo shoots]].

* BleachedUnderpants: This is the first Taimanin game that isn't a hardcore H-game. It still has a lot of {{Fanservice}}.

* TamerAndChaster: By virtue of being the first non-hentai game of the franchise.

** The second, ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Corporate Warrior Ingrid]]'', is Nomad's answer to the above, a multimedia franchise starring [[NobleTopEnforcer Ingrid]] battling paper-thin {{Expy}} of the Task Force. Most scripts for it are written by Ingrid's awe-struck protegee Lina and [[HerCodenameWasMarySue aren't very good]].

** Some missions have the characters explicitly note they are using non-lethal forces (either because they consider going all-out against normal humans [[ThouShaltNotKillMuggles to be overkill]], because they are trying to not make too much damage, trying be discrete, or what have you...). Gameplay does not change in the slightest, and enemies/bosses's defeat animations clearly show them being killed (such as the male taimanin generic bosses, who clearly [[LiterallyShatteredLives breakign into dozens of pieces]]).

* ThouShaltNotKillMuggles: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but as their job is to protect humanity from demons, Taimanins consider using lethal forces against normal humans to be something best avoided, least of all because it would be overkill.

* [[invoked]]AntiClimax: The end of the "Hunt the shadow fox" story event sees the Task Force succesfully escape their enemies without too much trouble, thanks to the help of the demon twins Yuphie and Sophie. But ''because'' it went off so quickly and without trouble, the [[BloodKnight two girls]] complain this was too easy and they didn't have any fun, prompting a BossBattle against them to calm them down and get them to retreat with the rest of the group.