History VisualNovel / MuvLuvUnlimited

However, all is not well quite so easily. Yuuko clearly does not have any idea who Takeru is, and after a brief conversation it is established that Takeru is no longer in the world he knows any longer. Instead, he has been dropped into an apocalyptic warzone where over three quarters of humanity has been wiped out by the mysterious aliens known only as the BETA. Lacking any other ways to get by or go home, Takeru is more or less conscripted and to his delight will be entering the training program to pilot the mechas. On top of that, he is given a strangely high access to the base's inner workings. As he joins his new training squad, he is shocked to see that they are all familiar faces. They are, in fact, all of his love interests from '"Extra'' as well as Mikoto, who is now definitely a girl. Just like Yuuko, they are alternate versions of the people he knows and thus they do not recognize him. Strangely, though, Sumika is not there. In fact, no one there has even heard of her. Unfortunately, Takeru has little time to deal with this as compared to actual soldiers he is dreadfully unprepared.

* SilentScapegoat: [[spoiler:Ayamine's father was a general who was imprisoned and disgraced for prioritizing the safety of noncombatants during a battle.]]

On September 23rd 2015, having gained domestic acclaim and a sizable international fanbase, âge officially launched a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muvluv/muv-luv-a-pretty-sweet-visual-novel-series Kickstarter campaign]] to fund an ''official English localization'' of ''Unlimited'', ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvExtra'' and ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative''. Within less than a day, âge achieved their funding goal of $US 250,000. The campaign will conclude in early November 2015.

On September 23rd 2015, having gained domestic acclaim and a sizable international fanbase, âge officially launched a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/muvluv/muv-luv-a-pretty-sweet-visual-novel-series Kickstarter campaign]] to fund an ''official English localization'' of ''Unlimited'', ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvExtra'' and ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvUnlimited''. Within less than a day, âge achieved their funding goal of $US 250,000. The campaign will conclude in early November 2015.

** '''Mecha and Tokusatsu Series.''' ''Muv-Luv'' and its prequel ''Akane Maniax'' has a ton of shout-outs to these. A partial list includes ''Anime/{{Tekkaman}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Anime/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'', ''CharsCounterattack'' (see ColonyDrop above), and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''.

** '''Mecha and Tokusatsu Series.''' ''Muv-Luv'' and its prequel ''Akane Maniax'' has a ton of shout-outs to these. A partial list includes ''Anime/{{Tekkaman}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Anime/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'', ''CharsCounterattack'' (see ColonyDrop above), and ''{{Gundam0083}}''.

'''''Muv-Luv Unlimited''''' is the second of the Muv Luv VisualNovel trilogy and follows where ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvExtra'' left off. One day, Takeru wakes up to find that his entire home town is in ruins. In place of his neighbor's house is a crashed HumongousMecha. Naturally, Takeru begins to have spasms of nerdy joy at seeing real mecha. Since you can only appreciate a destroyed mecha for so long, eventually he begins wandering around the rubble and eventually decides to head up to the school, which looks a little ''different'' today. As in, it has become a military base with guards and a massive antenna. Lacking proper authorization or a reasonable excuse for what he is doing in this town, he is quickly arrested and thrown into the military prison until the head scientist comes to visit. Said head scientist is none other than Yuuko, the stranger of [[TwoTeacherSchool his two teachers]].

** '''Mecha and Tokusatsu Series.''' ''Muv-Luv'' and its prequel ''Akane Maniax'' has a ton of shout-outs to these. A partial list includes ''Anime/{{Tekkaman}}'', ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', ''Anime/GetterRobo'', ''{{Grendizer}}'', ''BraveRaideen'', ''CharsCounterattack'' (see ColonyDrop above), and ''{{Gundam0083}}''.

* JustOneMoreLevel: When Ayamine discovers Takeru's [[BlandNameProduct GameGuy]], he passes it off as a training simulator, and lends it to her along with a different game. This leads her to getting addicted to the game for an entire week until the battery eventually dies.

* JustOneMoreLevel: When one of the girls discovers Takeru's [[BlandNameProduct GameGuy]], he passes it off as a training simulator, and lends it to the girl along with a different game. This leads her to getting addicted to the game for an entire week until the battery eventually dies.

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: With the failure of Yuuko's plan, Alternative VI, Alternative V, Operation Babylon, is implemented: a small fraction of the remaining human population (possibly including Takeru's girlfriend, whom he can convinced to live on) flees the planet, and [[TakingYouWithMe the rest go out with a bang]], [[ApocalypseHow nuking Eurasia with the entire G-Bomb arsenal]] in the hope that the BETA will be stopped from following the survivors.]]

Has a continuation of its timeline in the VisualNovel series ''Muv-Luv Unlimited: The Day After''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The original trilogy has, among others, [[Creator/SoichiroHoshi Kira]] [[GundamSEED Yamato]], [[MasayoKurata Rakshata]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Chawla]], [[MinamiHokuto Akiha]] [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Tohno]], [[TetsuInada Lu]] [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors Bu]], [[YuuAsakawa Ri]][[FateStayNight der]], [[ShizukaIto Hinagiku]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Katsura]], [[KumikoWatanabe Katejina]] [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Loos]] and [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Charles]] [[Anime/CodeGeass zi Britannia]]. The side stories add, among others, [[DaisukeOno Battler]] [[VisualNovel/UminekonoNakuKoroNi Ushiromiya]], [[Creator/MaiNakahara Rena]] [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Ryuugu]], [[HitomiNabatame Bazett Fraga]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight McRemitz]], [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Ky]][[SuzumiyaHaruhi on]] and [[MamikoNoto Kotomi]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ichinose]]. Sumika also shares a voice with [[EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo Miyako Miyamura.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The original trilogy has, among others, [[SoichiroHoshi Kira]] [[GundamSEED Yamato]], [[MasayoKurata Rakshata]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Chawla]], [[MinamiHokuto Akiha]] [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Tohno]], [[TetsuInada Lu]] [[DynastyWarriors Bu]], [[YuuAsakawa Ri]][[FateStayNight der]], [[ShizukaIto Hinagiku]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Katsura]], [[KumikoWatanabe Katejina]] [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Loos]] and [[NorioWakamoto Charles]] [[Anime/CodeGeass zi Britannia]]. The side stories add, among others, [[DaisukeOno Battler]] [[VisualNovel/UminekonoNakuKoroNi Ushiromiya]], [[Creator/MaiNakahara Rena]] [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Ryuugu]], [[HitomiNabatame Bazett Fraga]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight McRemitz]], [[TomokazuSugita Ky]][[SuzumiyaHaruhi on]] and [[MamikoNoto Kotomi]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ichinose]]. Sumika also shares a voice with [[EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo Miyako Miyamura.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The original trilogy has, among others, [[SoichiroHoshi Kira]] [[GundamSEED Yamato]], [[MasayoKurata Rakshata]] [[Anime/CodeGeass Chawla]], [[MinamiHokuto Akiha]] [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Tohno]], [[TetsuInada Lu]] [[DynastyWarriors Bu]], [[YuuAsakawa Ri]][[FateStayNight der]], [[ShizukaIto Hinagiku]] [[Manga/HayateTheCombatButler Katsura]], [[KumikoWatanabe Katejina]] [[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Loos]] and [[NorioWakamoto Charles]] [[Anime/CodeGeass zi Britannia]]. The side stories add, among others, [[DaisukeOno Battler]] [[VisualNovel/UminekonoNakuKoroNi Ushiromiya]], [[MaiNakahara Rena]] [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Ryuugu]], [[HitomiNabatame Bazett Fraga]] [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight McRemitz]], [[TomokazuSugita Ky]][[SuzumiyaHaruhi on]] and [[MamikoNoto Kotomi]] [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ichinose]]. Sumika also shares a voice with [[EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo Miyako Miyamura.]]

* AllTheMyriadWays: Averted. Takeru (and the reader) comes to care about his friends very much, no matter whose alternate dimension/universe selves they may be.

''VisualNovel/MuvLuvUnlimited'' is the second of the Muv Luv VisualNovel trilogy and follows where ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvExtra'' left off. One day, Takeru wakes up to find that his entire home town is in ruins. In place of his neighbor's house is a crashed HumongousMecha. Naturally, Takeru begins to have spasms of nerdy joy at seeing real mecha. Since you can only appreciate a destroyed mecha for so long, eventually he begins wandering around the rubble and eventually decides to head up to the school, which looks a little ''different'' today. As in, it has become a military base with guards and a massive antenna. Lacking proper authorization or a reasonable excuse for what he is doing in this town, he is quickly arrested and thrown into the military prison until the head scientist comes to visit. Said head scientist is none other than Yuuko, the stranger of [[TwoTeacherSchool his two teachers]].

* {{Expy}}[=/=]CaptainErsatz: Yuuko is a [[{{Rule63}} genderbent]] [[SuperRobotWars Shuu Shirakawa]].

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler:Alternative V is implemented: A small fraction of the remaining human population (including Takeru's girlfriend, whom he had convinced to live on) flees the planet, and the rest go out with a bang, nuking themselves and the BETA with lots of G-Bombs.]]

* CrapsackWorld: After the BETA invasion, humanity is reduced to one billion people from six, a substantial fraction (if not the majority) of the male population is dead from fighting an overwhelmingly-broken enemy (to the point that the draft age had been lowered and military service for women had become compulsory), and the entirety of Eurasia is overrun by the BETA (with 24 of the 26 existing hives, including the first and biggest, within its confines). North America is (temporarily) safe, at the cost of half of Canada being turned into a nuclear wasteland. Australia, Africa and South America are still safe as well - for the time being.

** '''Mecha and Tokusatsu Series.''' ''MuvLuv'' and its prequel ''Akane Maniax'' has a ton of shout-outs to these. A partial list includes ''Anime/{{Tekkaman}}'', ''{{Ultraman}}'', ''GetterRobo'', ''{{Grendizer}}'', ''BraveRaideen'', ''CharsCounterattack'' (see ColonyDrop above), and ''{{Gundam0083}}''.

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: Mikoto, who in this world is a girl. Played both for laughs and seriously, as Takeru's initial inability to see Mikoto as nothing but a boy causes him to avoid her, creating even more strife within the squadron against him.

* AscendedFanboy / IKnowMortalKombat: Takeru's skills at the mecha arcade game [[VirtualOn Valgern-On]] give him an advantage when piloting actual mecha.

* BlandNameProduct: [[VirtualOn Valgern-On]], [[{{Gameboy}} Gameguy]], etc. Not to mention the defense companies named in side materials: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin Lockweed Mardin]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman Northrock Grunnan]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing Boening]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries Mitsuhishi Heavy Industries]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda Onda]]...

** '''Video Games.''' From (among others) VirtualOn (Valgern-On), {{Tekken}} (Dokken), FireEmblem (the strategy RPG Takeru lends to Chizuru), and VideoGame/MetalGearSolid (the game Takeru lends to Ayamine, in addition to a line from Takeru where he says he's not a member of "SOCKSHOUND").

* GoodLookingPrivates: Pretty much the entire cast (including Takeru).

** '''Video Games.''' From (among others) VirtualOn (Valgern-On), {{Tekken}} (Dokken), FireEmblem (the strategy RPG Takeru lends to Chizuru), and MetalGearSolid (the game Takeru lends to Ayamine, in addition to a line from Takeru where he says he's not a member of "SOCKSHOUND").