History Anime / NightWizard

* BookEnds: The show begins and ends with Anzelotte reciting her CatchPhrase and dragging Renji off on a mission.

* ButThouMust: Anzelotte. "For the request which I am about to ask of you, please reply with 'hai' or 'yes'" ("'okay' or 'yes'" in the subs) is how she asks for favors, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is her first line of dialogue in the show]], and is, for all practical purposes, her CatchPhrase. Renji keeps ''trying'' to say no, but is always ignored and sent on the mission anyway.
* CatchPhrase:

* Masquerade: Required due to the presence of the [[MasqueradeEnforcer World Barrier]]. Both the Wizards and the Emulators have to hide their magical nature via Lunar Caskets and Lunar Robes, which are pocket dimensions that allows people to fight without destroying the surrounding area. The difference is that Lunar Caskets can spread over large areas, draining the life force of the humans and other living creatures. The Wizards fight to prevent that.

* MasqueradeEnforcer: The World barrier not only denies easy entering and leaving, but is also provided with power to repair the world. If the “proper appearance of the Earth” which is programmed in the World Barrier, the World Barrier will return Earth’s reality to conform to common sense. For example, even if someone who got involved in the fight between Wizards and Emulators dies, the World Barrier will manipulate people’s memories and records, rewrite traces on the scene, so that this victim’s death is treated as “a death due ordinary causes”. Accordingly to the circumstances, this victim might even be made as if not existing from the beginning so that the outcome called death is canceled. The World Barrier targets both Emulators and Wizards, forcing both to stay hidden.

Renji Hiiragi is one of a chosen group of mages known as the Night Wizards. Their job is to make sure that evil doesn't get into our world, keeping it hidden from the eyes of {{Muggles}}. This is all well and good, except Renji ''really'' doesn't want to do the whole "saving the world" thing, no matter how good he is at it. He has a reputation as "the Falling Man", and is constantly missing class. He wants to make sure that he actually shows up at school and gets work done, but his party's leader Anzelotte just keeps calling him away and not giving him any other choice in the matter.

* GottaCatchThemAll: The seven Jewels of Virtue, a group of {{Cosmic Keystone}}s that are very, very important.
** Unfortunately, [[spoiler:the Jewels turn out to be an UnholyHolySword -- they're fragments of Shaimal's power, and when they're brought together, Shaimal reawakens within Eris.]]

* {{Understatement}}: The {{BFG}} Akari carries is actually a "gunner's broom" (mentioned by Renji when facing Akari), wherein the broom part refers to [[FlyingBroomstick witches' brooms]] as the standard mode of air travel by wizards. Thus, it officially is a vehicle first.

* RedSkyTakeWarning: More like Red Moon Take Warning

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The series aired in fall 2007.

Tropes in ''Night Wizard'' include:

* ButThouMust: Anzelotte. "For the request which I am about to ask of you, please reply with 'hai' or 'yes'" ("'okay' or 'yes'" in the subs) is how she asks for favors, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment is her first line of dialogue in the show]], and is, for all practical purposes, her CatchPhrase.

* {{BFG}}: Akari's weapon of choice. Not only are the shells almost too large to carry one-handed, the gun itself can fly. In episode 9, she uses an even bigger one against Bell Zephyr's forces.

* {{BFG}}: Akari's weapon of choice. Not only are the shells almost too large to carry one-handed, the gun itself can fly. In episode 9, it gets even bigger.

* {{BFG}}: Akari's weapon of choice. She uses it as the "wizard's broom" too.
** Later in episode 9, she got much bigger.

* CatchPhrase: Nightmare says "Dream" all the time, but since he's Japanese, it's something like "Durimu".

* {{Hammerspace}}: Eris' Lunar Robe, that can be used to store weapons.

* ButThouMust: Anzelotte pulls this on Renji regularly.

* SinkOrSwimMentor: Anzelotte's catchphrase sums it up well enough. After she gives Renji the details of what he needs to do:
--> "Please answer 'hai' or 'yes'."
** Just to clarify "hai" means "yes" in Japanese.
** The subs have her say:
--> "Please answer 'yes' or 'okay'."

* ChekhovsLecture: Science class saves the day as far as one of the Jewels is concerned.

* StrangeBedfellows: Bell does end up joining with the heroes in the end, if only for one battle.

* AdaptationDisplacement - Wonderful example. The anime is based off a table-top game which is based off an {{eroge}} by Alicesoft.
* BackFromTheDead -- [[spoiler:Kureha is revived by Anzelotte and Lion.]]
* BreakTheCutie -- Poor Eris. She learns that [[spoiler: she is the reincarnation of Shaimal, the God of Destruction; all of her memories before meeting Renji and the others were fabricated; of her friends, only Renji stays with her and he ends up fighting Akari and (almost) Kureha; and finally, just as Kureha joins them, she is killed by Kirihito, who then reveals himself to be Eris' mysterious benefactor and planned everything so that she'd fall into a DespairEventHorizon and awaken Shaimal within her.]] She gets better though.
* {{BFG}} -- Akari's weapon of choice. She use it as the "wizard's broom" too.
** Later on episode 9, she got much bigger.
* ButThouMust -- Anzelotte pulls this on Renji regularly.
* CatchPhrase -- Nightmare says "Dream" all the time, but since he's Japanese, it's something like "Durimu".
* ChekhovsLecture -- Science class saves the day as far as one of the Jewels is concerned.
* ClubPresident -- The Astronomy Club, led by Kureha. It's really more of a convenient way to gather the Night Wizards in the school.
* EmotionlessGirl -- Akari. Her face doesn't even change when she is angry.
* EvilOverlord -- Bell Zephyr fits many of the standard Overlord tropes.
* GottaCatchThemAll -- The seven Jewels of Virtue, a group of {{Cosmic Keystone}}s that are very, very important.
* {{Hammerspace}} -- Elis' Lunar Robe, that can be used to store weapons.
* IJustWantToBeNormal -- Renji's extreme desire to actually finish his education. He's smart enough to get it done, he just never gets a chance to actually ''be'' in school.

* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind -- One episode takes place in Eris' dream world, and introduces Nightmare.
* {{Miko}} -- Kureha. This extends into her fighting style, where she uses a crossbow loaded with charms.
* NewTransferStudent -- Eris
* NoodleIncident -- What is Hiiragi's secret Kureha keeps teasing him with?
* OrphansPlotTrinket -- Eris' bracelet
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld -- Both Anzelotte and Bell are hundreds of years old, but look young and active.
* RedSkyTakeWarning
** More like Red Moon Take Warning
* TheReveal -- [[spoiler:Kirihito is the BigBad.]]
* SinkOrSwimMentor -- Anzelotte's catchphrase sums it up well enough. After she gives Renji the details of what he needs to do:

** Just to clarify hai means "yes" in Japanese.

* StrangeBedfellows -- Bell does end up joining with the heroes in the end, if only for one battle.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld -- Renji, allow Anzelotte rarely lets him go to school