Line #2 Videogame/DivineGate


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Clockwise from top: Arthur, Midori, Akane, Aoto, Yukari, Ginji]]
3	Divine Gate is a Japanese smartphone game developed in 2013 by Acquire and published by Gung Ho for [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]] devices.
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5	An anime television series adaptation by Creator/StudioPierrot started airing January 8, 2016.
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8	!!The anime provides the following tropes.
9	* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Aoto's parents]]. They put him in a shed outside in the house in the rain.
10	* BigDamnHeroes: ''Twice'' in Episode 5. The first one is when [[spoiler: Aoto and Midori saves Akane from the Seconds, humans with the ability of {{Animorphism}}]]. The second one occurs 10 minutes later, when [[spoiler: the Knights of the Round Table save the trio from the same gang of Seconds.]]
11	* {{Crossover}}: With ''VideoGame/PuzzleAndDragons'', running a special Pal Egg machine that has a chance to give you characters from the game.
12	* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Midori has green hair and eyes.
13	* BigNo: Akane gave a huge "KUSOOOOOOOOOOO!" in Episode 5 when [[spoiler: a girl whom he befriended earlier got killed by the Knights of the Round Table after attempting to kill him]]
14	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Aoto [[spoiler: who is believed to have killed his parents. He doesn't correct anyone as he blames himself for his inability to save them from his little brother.]]
15	* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Aoto's parents]].
16	* DefrostingIceKing: Aoto. He's at first an {{Ineffectual loner}} who barely talks to Akane and Midori, but after some time, he began to show care to them.
17	* DemotedToExtra: Hikari, Yukari and Ginji played a much more important role in the story of the game, but they are not even properly introduced until Episode 5.
18	* DysfunctionJunction: Oh where to begin? Aoto is mercilessly abandoned by his parents in childhood, and is orphaned after [[spoiler: Ariton kills his parents]]. Akane's father is apparently dead in a laboratory accident. Midori has a childhood friend who broke up with her and [[spoiler:went to the divine gate to fulfill her wish of being the one and only one friend with Midori]]. And that's only the first half of the anime...
19	* GratuitousEnglish: the announcer.
20	* GrayRainOfDepression: During Aoto's backstory.
21	* HairTriggerTemper: Ifrit.
22	* HeroicBSOD: Aoto [[spoiler:when his parents die]].
23	* IcyBlueEyes: Aoto, which match his [[TheStoic stoic personality]].
24	* KatanasAreJustBetter: The weapon Aoto is using resembles a Katana.
25	* MeetCute: How Akane meets an unnamed girl in Episode 5: Akane is resting next to a river when he see the girl climbing on a tree. The girl, surprised by Akane, falls down to the ground and Akane, surprised by the girl, falls into the river.
26	* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Aoto's memory shows that rather than die in a fire he created, they were murdered by his little brother]].
27	* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Aoto's parents, in favor of his younger sibling]].
28	* SelfMadeOrphan: Aoto claims he is the one killing his parents. [[spoiler:Turns out the true culprit is Aoto's little brother, Ariton]].
29	* SpoiledBrat: Aoto's [[spoiler: memories show his younger brother to be this]].
30	* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Midori and Akane, [[spoiler: Aoto's already taken care of the criminal]].
31	* TheStoic: Aoto.
32	* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Akane, Aoto and Midori.
33	* TheUnfavorite: [[spoiler:Aoto's parents favored his little brother over him]].
34	* WhenSheSmiles: Aoto in Episode 4 after Undine "Likes" his photo with Samidare.
35	* WillNotTellALie: Arthur tells Aoto he will always tell him the truth.
36	* WithAFriendAndAStranger: An atypical case in which it is the main protagonist, Aoto, who's a stranger to Akane and Midori.

Context Videogame / DivineGate