History VisualNovel / HiiroNoKakera

* NonActionGuy: Shinji in the anime. Not so in the VNs, especially on his own route.

* TheLoad: Tamaki’s main purpose in the story seems to be a DistressedDamsel for the guys to rescue every second or third episode and rarely does she do anything really useful. Subverted in ''Endgame''.

* MadLibFantasyTitle: English translation of the title is ''Scarlet Fragment''.

** Yuuichi Komura: {{Kitsune}}

* {{Kitsune}}: Komura is descended from one.

The story starts when a young girl named Kasuga Tamaki is summoned by her grandmother to the small village where she lives. Things turn weird immediately when strange creatures appear before Tamaki in the woods. Well, it turns out that the women in Tamaki’s family are basically in charge of protecting the world and Granny feels that it's time to pass the torch to Tamaki. Not to worry though as she has got a little help; namely a [[NonHumanSidekick magical little fox]] and several [[{{Bishonen}} young men]] from the family whose ancestral duty is the protection of the Tamayorihime. Yes, this is a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo series]], how did you guess?

* {{Bishonen}}: Every single one of the male heroes (it's a otome game after all) and you only have to take one look at Logos' Zwei to see that the bad guys don't lack them either.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Well, Atori's got purple hair, so does Shinji. Meanwhile, Oomi has green hair.

* SpotOfTea: Suguru Oomi seems almost addicted to the stuff.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mahiro loves fried noodle rolls.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Suguru Oomi, the unofficial leader of the guardians. However, plot wise, Takuma fits the bill better.
** TheLancer: Mahiro Atori.
** TheSmartGuy: Yuuichi Komura. Suguru Oomi can be this as well.
** TheBigGuy: Takuma Onizaki, having plenty of raw power and more than a little difficulty controlling it.
** TheChick: Tamaki Kasuga and Shinji Inukai.
** SixthRanger: Ryou Kutani who isn't part of the group to begin with and often acts like a lone wolf.

%%* BadassBeard: Eins sports one.

''Hiiro no Kakera'' (''Scarlet Fragment'') is an [[RomanceGame Otome game]] series developed by Otomate, which has been adapted into an anime television series by Creator/StudioDeen as well as a one-volume manga.

The story starts when a young girl named Kasuga Tamaki is summoned by her grandmother to the small village where she lives. Things turn weird immediately when strange creatures appear before Tamaki in the woods. Well, it turns out that the women in Tamaki’s family are basically in charge of protecting the world and Granny feels that it's time to pass the torch to Tamaki. Not to worry though as she has got a little help; namely a [[NonHumanSidekick a magical little fox]] and several [[{{Bishonen}} young men]] from the family whose ancestral duty is the protection of the Tamayorihime. Yes, this is a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo series]], how did you guess?

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''Hiiro no Kakera'' (''Scarlet Fragment'') is a Japanese anime television series by Studio Deen. It is based upon the [[RomanceGame Otome Game]] series of the same name developed by Otomate. It has also been adapted into a one volume manga.

The story starts when a young girl named Kasuga Tamaki is summoned by her Grandmother to the small village where she lives. Things turn weird immediately when strange creatures appear before Tamaki in the woods. Well, it turns out that the women in Tamaki’s family are basically in charge of protecting the world and Granny feels that it's time to pass the torch to Tamaki. Not to worry though as she has got a little help; namely a [[NonHumanSidekick a magical little fox]] and several [[{{Bishounen}} young men]] from the family whose ancestral duty is the protection of the Tamayorihime. Yes, this is a [[ShoujoDemographic Shoujo series]], how did you guess?

!!Series contains examples of:

* AnimalMotifs / AnimalStereotypes: The FiveManBand reeks of this. To break it down we have:

* TheAnimeOfTheGame

* ArtifactOfDoom
* BadassBeard: Eins sports one.

* BlackMage: Drei.

* {{Bishounen}}: Every single one of the male heroes (it's a otome game after all) and you only have to take one look at Logos' Zwei to see that the bad guys don't lack them either.
* CoolSword: Onikirimaru.
* CreepyChild / EmotionlessGirl: Aria Rozenberg.

* DarkMagicalGirl: Rozenburg and Vier.

* EyepatchOfPower: Zwei.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Suguru Oomi.]]

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Drei.

* GermanicDepressives: Say hello to Logos, ladies and gentlemen!

* [[spoiler:HumanSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Blood is needed to keep the seal on the Onikirimaru. So far Suguru's mother and multiple others from the village has been sacrificed. Also Mahiro, as an Atori, has been stated to be the next one though now its Tamaki whose blood in now the only thing to combat the weakened seal on the Onikirimaru.]]
* IneffectualLoner: Kutani, at least initially.
* {{Jerkass}}: ''Tamaki's Grandmother.''

* TheLoad: Tamaki’s main purpose in the story seems to be a DistressedDamsel for the guys to rescue every second or third episode and rarely does she do anything really useful.
** Subverted in Endgame.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Mitsuru]] for Shinji.
* MadLibFantasyTitle: English translation of the title is ''Scarlet Fragment.''

* {{Megane}}: Kiyono, Tamaki's classmate and friend.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Shinji.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Tamaki.
* TheNapoleon: Mahiro Atori and he is not happy about it.
* NearVillainVictory: Episodes 12-13.
* NonActionGuy: Shinji.
** Not in the VNs, especially on his own route.
* NonHumanSidekick

* PhenotypeStereotype: The only two German women in the series are both blond.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Kutani. Takuma gets them too when he taps into his SuperPoweredEvilSide.
** Zwei has red eyes as well.

* [[spoiler:{{Reincarnation}}]]: [[spoiler:Tamaki and Takuma are the reincarnations of the Tamayori princess and the king of the Underworld, respectively.]]
* [[spoiler:ReincarnationRomance]]: Implied between Tamaki and Takuma.

* ShoujoDemographic

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Komura, considering that he is descended from a Kitsune it is not too surprising that he should have them.

* WingedHumanoid: Mahiro Atori.

* PurpleEyes: Takuma has these, representing his uniqueness among the guardians as the most powerful and [[spoiler:being the reincarnation of the King of the Underworld]].

* FiveBadBand:
** TheBigBad: Aria Rozenburg.
** TheDragon / TheDarkChick: Vier is the only female aide to Aria and the one she trusts the most. Out of all her subordinates Vier was the only one chosen by Aria herself.
** TheEvilGenius: Drei is a magician and summoner that is very interested in research and regards his opponents as potential research subjects.
** TheBrute: Eins has super-strength and specialises in close-range combat as well as Zwei who fights with a scythe and likes to eat his opponents' souls.

Hiiro no Kakera (''Scarlet Fragment'') is a Japanese anime television series by Studio Deen. It is based upon the [[{{RomanceGame}} Otome Game]] series of the same name developed by Otomate. It has also been adapted into a one volume manga.

* AlliterativeName: Drei's real name is [[spoiler: Magus Melchizedek]].

* FourIsDeath: Aria Rozenberg has four assistants when first introduced, which are code-named one through four in German. [[spoiler: Later we find out that Drei is one of the Four Wisemen.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Eins died defending Aria from Drei in the anime.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Reincarnation}}]]: [[spoiler: Tamaki and Takuma are the reincarnations of the Tamayori princess and the king of the Underworld, respectively.]]

* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler: Aria's mother was murdered by Drei so that he could raise her in his own interests and he betrays her with the intent to kill later on in the story.]]

** Later, [[spoiler: Shinji]] joins the group and is given the codename Fünf which means five in German.

* TheAnimeOfTheGame

* RedHeadedHero: Takuma Onizaki.