History Anime / IzettaTheLastWitch

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Izetta manages to defeat Sophie and rids all magic in the world which renders all of the weapons that the Germanians have been working on with Sophie's power useless. Afterwards, the allies are able to defeat the Germanian Empire about a year later rather than four or five in the real World War II. However, it comes at great cost to Izetta. She survives her sacrifice and is [[http://i.imgur.com/jP6Or9H.jpg shown to be alive and well in a picture]], but she's paralyzed from the waist down and requires a wheelchair, ans she lives with Lotte while Finé visits whenever she can. Additionally, Finé doesn't believe the peace in Europe will last forever, but she plans on to keep up her efforts to make everlasting peace a possibility one day.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Izetta manages to defeat Sophie and rids all magic in the world which renders all of the weapons that the Germanians have been working on with Sophie's power useless. Afterwards, the allies are able to defeat the Germanian Empire about a year later rather than four or five in the real World War II. However, it comes at great cost to Izetta. While she survives her sacrifice and is [[http://i.imgur.com/jP6Or9H.jpg shown to be alive and well in a picture]], she is confined to a wheelchair in the care of Lotte and Finé visits whenever she can. Additionally, Finé doesn't believe the peace in Europe will last forever, but she plans on to keep up her efforts to make everlasting peace a possibility one day.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: A.D. 1940. A maiden soars through the battlefield.]]

* TraintopBattle: On the very first episode, there’s a chase and gunfight atop a moving train.

** Episode 6 ends with Sieg executing Jonas to keep Izetta's secret making him the first relatively major casualty of the series indicating that there would be more to come.

** Episode 8 [[spoiler:ends with Rickert being killed by Bianca and the other spy being eliminated as well. However, another Germanian spy gets his hands on the information they obtained, so Izetta's secrets will be revealed despite Eylstadt's best efforts. Berkman manages to get his experiment to obtain a sample of Izetta's blood which gives her a reaction. The plan to get the United States of Atlanta to fight for Eylstadt's side backfires when the Ambassador suggests that both Germania and Eylstadt are threats and more or less marks Izetta for death.]]

* Ruritania: The Principality of Eylstadt.

* WhamEpisode: The number are beginning to build up.

* YouShallNotPass: Han's men stay behind to screen the departure of Hans as he carries Izetta to safety.

* Mind over Matter: All the powers displayed by Izetta and Sophie seem to be telekinetic in nature.

* NoSwastikas: Despite being the {{Expy}} for the Nazi Germany, there is no sign of swastikas in the Germania Empire. Instead, they use a Iron Cross-inspired dagger for their national symbol. This is a justified trope though, as this takes place in an alternate Europe with Germany still being a monarchy, and including swastikas would more or less get the anime [[BannedInChina banned in Germany]].

** DoubleSubverted later when the portrait really does lead to Jonas' death.

* You Shall Not Pass!: Han's men stay behind to screen the departure of Hans as he carries Izetta to safety.

While being flown out to the capital of the Germania Empire, Neue Berlin, a mysterious force rockets the plane, allowing Finé to fight back, but she's quickly shot and disarmed. Just as she declares her last words in defiance against Germania, a coffin-like object that was on the plane burst open, decimating the aircraft and scattering all its contents. That fearsome force was the red-haired Izetta, the last of the witches, and the princess' long-lost childhood friend. Izetta saves the princess at the last second, and together they fly into the besieged Eylstadt. Thanks to her sorcery, Izetta makes quick work of an entire army regiment in minutes. Now known as "The Second Coming of the Weisse Hexe", she has become a symbol of hope in a world where opposing the Germania Empire was but a pipe dream. She demanded but one thing for her services: Princess Finé herself.

** Played straight that [[spoiler:despite Elystadt forces efforts to keep the secret of Izetta's powers underwraps, they are eventually found out by the Germanian spies]].
** Zig-zagged in regards to the allies. [[spoiler:Finé and Izetta's efforts did cause the allies to finally take action against Germania. Unfortunately, they also decided to take action against Elystadt and they plan on eliminating Izetta]].

** [[spoiler:Once Izetta was out of the picture however, Germanian forces were able to capture Eldystadt's capital in only ''two hours''.]]

** Livonia (UsefulNotes/{{Poland}}): The counterpart for Poland, is the name of a nation that lasted from the 1100's to the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Livonia was made up of the present-day countries of UsefulNotes/{{Latvia}} and UsefulNotes/{{Estonia}}, and many of the nobles of Livonia became part of the Polish nobility. Additionally, there are some cultural similarities between the Latvia and Estonia and Poland.
** Thermidor (UsefulNotes/{{France}}): After the UsefulNotes/FrenchRevolution, France adopted the "French Republican Calendar," which was decimal-based. All months and days had new names. One of these new months (between 19 or 20 July and 18 or 19 August) was called Thermidor. Furthermore, the overthrow of Maximillan Robespierre, which ended the ReignOfTerror, took place in the month of Thermidor and is today known as the Thermidorian Reaction, the Revolution of Thermidor, or just Thermidor.

*** Eyldstat is shown to be using French equipment, including the Renault FT. This is because the Renault FT is the most widely produced tank in history and was sold globally for decades, even into WWII.

* TankGoodness: Germania's invasion force consists of a few well-detailed Panzer III and Panzer [=IVs=]. Elystadt themselves also have at hands a few Renault [=FTs=], which turn out to be an Aversion as they are [[TanksForNothing horribly outclassed by their Germanian counterparts]].

** In Episode 8, [[spoiler:it is revealed the legend of the White Witch has a far more tragic ending that most Elystadt believes.]]

* TimeSkip: There is at least a three month time skip between Episode 8 and 9 which explains that while Elystadt was able to enjoy a temporary peace, Izetta traveled to different countries and helped resistance fighters.

** Episode 6 ends with Seig executing Jonas to keep Izetta's secret making him the first relatively major casualty of the series indicating that there would be more to come.

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatOpposition: While Izetta has great publicilty among the soldiers fighting on the front lines, [[spoiler:the United States or Atlanta are very wary of him to the point they consider invading Eylstadt and killing her just for being so powerful.]]

* BadassPrincess: Princess Finé; see ActionGirl.

* GratuitousGerman: The Germanian capital is called "Neue Berlin", which is grammatically incorrect; Neuberlin would be the correct name (some [[FanSub fansubbers]] spell it "Neu-Berlin", which is also correct).

* GratuitousGerman: The Germanian capital is called "Neue Berlin", which is grammatically incorrect; Neuberlin would be the correct name.

* GratuitousGerman: The Germanian capital is called "Neue Berlin", which is grammatically wrong; Neuberlin would be the correct name.

* NoSwastikas: Despite being the {{Expy}} for the Nazi Germany, there is no sign of swastikas in the Germania Empire. Instead, they use a Iron Cross-inspired dagger for their national symbol. This is a justified trope though, as this takes place in an alternate Europe, and including swastikas would more or less get the anime [[BannedInChina banned in Germany]].

** They even took the Nazi salute "Sieg heil" and changed it into "Sieg Reich" (since the Germany of this universe is still a monarchy).

* InstantDeathBullet: Averted. Tobias, one of Finé's bodyguards, is shot by Berkman while being chased on the train, and it takes a while before he finally succumbs to his wound. Played straight for Princess' other bodyguard, Hermann. It is justified since he was most likely shot in the heart.