History Anime / SecretOfCeruleanSand

In a separate event, Lord Buxton learns that William has embezzled money from the bank, and Georges is invited participate to an expedition led by the Prof. Barsac to the countries from which Azurium originates.

One day, Jane receives a letter containing some this mysterious sand and decides to mount an expedition to rescue her brother, whom she now believes to still be alive...

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:William]] still loves Jane [[spoiler:because she was the only one consistently nice towards him during his stay at Glenar Castle]].

* MadeASlave: Jane is horrified when she finds out what the people of [[spoiler: Neo City]] have done to the people they've kidnapped from the neighboring villages. And moreso when she discovers that [[spoiler: her brother William]] [[BigBad is responsible for it.]]

* PrivateTutor: On the boat to the Levant, the butler Chambellan is shown teaching Miss Buxton about UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's conquests.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: George tried to explain, ''without tangible evidence'', he needed funds to research a mysterious substance able to fly, basing only on legends; surely he must have expected to ''not'' be believed at all.

* FacelessGoons: Harry Killer's men all wear masks, except for Morilire. Captain Marsenay and Barsac attempt to use this to their advantage twice, in order to infiltrate Neo City. Morilire foils them the first time, the second try succeeds.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Marsenay first sees [[spoiler: Camille]] while she's defending her village against raiders from [[spoiler: Neo City]] and becomes taken by her valour as well as her beauty. The feeling becomes mutual when he volunteers to train her people.

* PrivateTutor: The butler Chambellan is shown teaching Miss Buxton about UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's conquests.

** What the letter said happened to Georges for treason.

* TheSpymaster: To say he's so ObviouslyEvil, no one suspects [[spoiler: Morillre]] of being a villain until after he's sabotaged Barsac and his men several times. And still manages to successfully pull off a double-cross after being exposed and captured by them.

** [[spoiler:Later, William push his master spy Morilire in the sky to his DisneyVillainDeath and kill, with his airplane-weapon, ''the entire population of Neo-City in the airplanes where they were'']].

One day, Georges hears talk of Azurium - a mysterious cerulean sand that ability to enable flight. He goes to the University to discuss this discovery with several scientists, but no one believes him, with the exception of Christopher Barsac.

** [[spoiler:What Barsac wanted to do to a soldier who deserted after viewing the carnage in the desert, before being interrupted by a bombing]].

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:After being attacked by a flying bomber, Jane realizes that flying machines can also be instruments of death]].

* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: A tombstone bearing Georges Buxton's name is found in the carnage site but is revealed to contain only a miniature flying machine]].

* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler:Morilire, hired by the Barsac Expedition as guide, is later shown as a traitor after he made the troops turn in circle in the desert]].

* LadyOfAdventure: Jane isn't about to let a few hundred thousand square kilometers of sand stand in the way of finding her brother. So she sets off on a grand adventure across the globe, at 14 years old.

* DomesticAbuser: The unnamed overbearing woman during episode 5, who falsely accused Jane and Banchi of stealing her brooch. When Jane reveals that her pet duschehound was the culprit, the woman began throwing fruit at it, then attacked Banchi for trying to defend the poor pooch. This finally spurred her HenpeckedHusband to action, by striking her across the cheek and calling her out on her callus behavior. She walks away stunned, but by the end of the episode, Jane saw that she had given him a blackeye and a swollen jaw in retaliation.

[[IThoughtItMeant This is]] '''not''' ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', though they share much in common as far as characters and plot points.

Several weeks after, a letter arrives at Glenar telling was Georges was shot for treason.

* {{Asshole Victim}}s: [[spoiler:It's difficult to feel sorry for the denizens of Neo-City blown up by William, knowing that they remorselessly benefited from the enslavement and plunder of the neighbouring communities]].

* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler:Althrough Jane found her brother Georges alive and cleared his name, he then died with William]].
* DeathByChildbirth: Jane's mother died while giving birth to her.

* MoralityPet: Jane is this for [[spoiler:her brother William]]. While he had enslaved people to build Neo-City and caused the death of a lot of people, he still loves her. He actually [[spoiler:chooses to sacrifice his life to save her]] at the end.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: William and George]] sacrifice their lives to save [[spoiler:Jane]].

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:William so loved Jane he named his adoptive daughter Jeanne]].

** [[spoiler:What is implied to worn slaves]].
** [[spoiler:Later, William push his master spy Morilire in the sky and kill, with his airplane-weapon, ''the entire population of Neo-City in the airplanes where they were'']].

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: William and George]].

[[IThoughtItMeant This is]] '''not''' ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'', even if the two works share many common features and themes.