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mytharc ‎(複数形 mytharcs)

1. (fandom スラング) The ongoing story arc that underpins all episodes of a television series.
   • 1999, "Heath Smith", TAN: Neon Genesis and how to do the mytharc properly (on newsgroup aus.tv.x-files)

     This [Neon Genesis Evangelion] is one show that -really- has me sucked in. And yes, their mytharc has to be the most perfectly constructed thing I've ever seen. :)

   • 2000, "Allronix", An open letter to Ms. Roddenberry (on newsgroup alt.tv.earth-final-conflict)

     I think this is what you seek to avoid in mytharcs - a plot that drowns out the character-based drama and morality plays that are still Gene's finest legacy.

   • 2008, J. P. Telotte, The essential science fiction television reader (page 234)

     The mytharc is a continuous story line about the government's involvement in a plot to cover up the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth.