Homefront is a crossover between Non Non Biyori, Aldnoah.Zero, Is the Order a Rabbit? and Kiniro Mosaic written by Danny Barefoot.
It's set during the second Earth-Mars War, from the perspective of the ordinary girls in Asahigaoka and Child Soldiers during the war.
The story can be read on Fanfiction.net
and Archive Of Our Own.
This work contains examples of:
- Adaptation Deviation: In the original, Shiori's mother gives birth to Kasumi in a hospital, while in the fanfic, due to the war, and the lack of taxis, she had to give birth in her own home, also different from the anime. Shiori's father only thanked the girls 2 years later because he was absent for 10 months due to the war, added another year when he was arrested for attempted desertion
- In the original anime, Slaine ends up being arrested for treason and becomes the scapegoat, making him look like the person responsible for the assassination attempt on the princess,instead, in the fanfic, Slaine ends up being removed from his position, gets parole with Lemrina and is now watched. by the EU and the Vers empire, it is understood that he now lives in the countryside with Lemrina in Asahigaoka and seems to be happy with his new life
- Age-Gap Romance: Kaede and Shuu,
Word of God Has said that that Shuu is in his late thirties, Kaede is only 20 yeasr old - Apocalypse How: class 1 the inter-planetary war made the world outside of Asahigaoka, apocalyptic wastelands, famine, social disruption and fragmented governments, fortunately, just like the original material, the war ends after 2 years, and the land seems to be recovering, and the cities are rebuilding and society is recovering
- Badass Normal: Justified with Kaede Kagayama, She bought herself a hunting rifle from the black market, and she participated in the village training, so when the deserters attacked, she was able to protect Renge and Shiori.
- Bittersweet Ending: the war is over, but Asahigaoka is disappearing because many people are already leaving, because Shiori's father tried to defect, ended up getting arrested and although he was released, it is implied that he possibly lost his job
- But Liquor Is Quicker: It is implied with Kaede and Shuu
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Mitsuki Inokuma becomes that. Due to Renge and Kouta getting into a "relationship" Mitsuki became jealous of Renge, luckily for the end of the fanfic, she got over her jealousy.
- Child Soldiers: Some soliders of the UE are 16 years old children
- Dad's Off Fighting in the War: Shiori's father He was recruited to go to war, fortunately he returns,but because he tried to defect to return to his family, unfortunately Word of God says that because he tried to defect, he may have lost his job as a policeman in Asahigaoka
- Cozy Catastrophe: Even though the world is at war, the villagers in Asahigaona go about their daily lives, with some changes like patrolling the whole village
- Chekhov's Gun: Kaede's hunting rifle later she uses it against some deserters who robbed in Asahigaoka
- Dangerous Deserter:
- In the chapter 3, Asahigaoka is having some mysterious robberies, which at first was just something small like the school rabbits, they got worse to the point that cows started to disappear, in the end the culprits turned out to be some EU desertors who lost their hope
- Downplayed. Shiori's father tried to desert from the UE because he wanted to return back to his family
- Dark Fic: Downplayed. the fanfic is somewhat dark since it is about life in times of war, however, it is not too violent but it does show characters falling into alcoholism and adolescent deaths
- Death by Adaptation
- Tokyo is devastated when the landing castle fell on the city. It is implied that Hikage may have been crushed to death or charred by the explosion, despite the false hope that the fanfic gives us as to whether she is alive, in the end it turns out that she is not.
- Rize Tedeza makes a heroic sacrifice by exploding her own kataphrakt over the landing castle in Beijing allowing land victory
- Drowning My Sorrows: Due the stress of the war and Hikage's death, Kazuho falls into drinking , onlu when Renge is lost, Kazuho stops drinking.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Shiori's father, after being sent to war abroad and being arrested for attempted desertion and spending 2 years in a Chinese prison where he was possibly treated like shit. They released him and return to his family
- Emergency Food Supply Animal: Subverted. Due to food shortages and poor harvests that Asahigaoka is having, she has no choice but to raise the rabbits of the school as a source of food to Renge's sadness, in one part, Kouta says that they would most likely eat Pechi ( Hotaru's corgi) luckily it doesn't happen.
- Everyone Has Standards: The UE desertors Despite being thieves, when they heard children (Renge and Shiori) they did not dare to hurt them, so they decided to shoot into the air as a warning, of course that caused Shiori to get scared and wet her pants
- Heroic Sacrifice : Rize Tedeza ( see Dead by adaptation)
- Hellhole Prision: Shiori's father spent two years in a Chinese prison after his failed attempt to defect, Word of God says he could have committed suicide but the hope of returning to his family kept him
- The Famine: Due to the war, there was a food shortage, even Asahigaoka had crop problems because the impact of twenty-six landing castles raised clouds of ash and dust into the sky.
- Maternity Crisis: Due to the lack of taxis, Shiori's mother has to give birth in her own home, in an emergency delivery.
- Never Foundthe Body: when the landing castle fell on Tokyo, due to the lack of news of Hikage's whereabouts, the townspeople believed her dead, it is confirmed in chapter 4 where, after recovering Tokyo, her body would not be found and by not receiving news, they would celebrate her funeral without her body
- New Child Left Behind: Shiori's father goes to war when his wife was pregnant He comes back after two years because he was arrested for desertion atempt
- Opposites Attract:Justified Kaede Kagayama and Shuu Matsutani , despite Kaede is a " japanese deliquent" and Shuu, A police officer they were attracted to each other because they were so alike, they both felt alone in their respective jobs, at the end It is implied that they are now in a relationship and according to Word of God, Kaede could propose to Shuu in the future
- Projectile Kiss: Kouta Inokuma kiss Renge, that makes an "engagement" between them
- War Refugees: due to the war, Asahigaoka is full of refugees (mostly from Tokyo),some of the refugees are Kouta and Mitsuki Inokuma, Alice Cartelet Kujo Karen
