History Fanfic / FallingIsLikeFlying

** This also works the opposite way. [[spoiler: Banri wished to be the one to destroy Juza. He never stated when, how, or where. As a result, Banri's extremely powerful witch form ends up [[TakingYouWithMe forcing Juza into performing suicide to take it out]]]].

* LoopholeAbuse: There are a few ways to avoid being poisoned by [[PoisonousPerson Chikage]]:

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Yukio]]. He can also use it to change how he is perceived, as of chapter 1 of the fourth story.

** ExtraOreDinary: Both [[spoiler: Zen]] and Banri's magic is to manipulate metal. Banri mainly uses this to create weapons, and [[spoiler: Zen seems to follow suit from what is seen]].

** PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Hiro]], and presumably Tenma. [[spoiler: Reni has a variation upon Talulah taking over (fittingly, since the original Talulah had them too), which is [[StuffBlowingUp inducement of spontaneous combustion]]. It is not ''quite'' the same as PlayingWithFire, though, as is stated in the files themselves. Presumably, he can only immolate things and not manipulate them further after they are]].

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* TheFourGods: A large part of the symbolism in this story makes use of the four gods. The Leaders of every Faction is named after one of them (Sakuya is the Azure Dragon, Tenma is the Vermilion Bird, Banri is [[spoiler: and later Sakyo is]] the White Tiger, and Tsumugi is [[spoiler: supposed to be]] the Black Tortoise). The direction their Factions are in, their elemental magic and the name of the Faction all match up with the symbolism surrounding the four gods. To finalize it, Izumi Tachibana ([[spoiler:and previously Yukio Tachibana]]) is the Yellow Dragon who resides at the Centre. The only slight difference is that [[spoiler: Izumi's power is not only DishingOutDirt, but she is a RealityWarper as well]].
** [[spoiler: Yukio]] is the first to remark that the directions they come from match with their magic. It is addressed as 'astrology'.

* FlowerMotifs: Taken UpToEleven from the original series. It is brought to the point that the ''soul'' of the characters has taken the form of a flower inside the Soul Gem. When transformed, their Soul Gem is this [[FlowerInHerHair flower in their hair]]. Whereas 'to bloom' took on a metaphorical meaning in their origin series, it becomes roughly synonymous with 'living' since their lifespans are tied to said flower. Cleansing the Soul Gem keeps the flower alive, just as one would give water and sunlight to a flower. However, as the description of the fourth story states, all flowers wilt eventually, and if this happens, the Puer Magi will turn into a witch.

** This also works the opposite way. [[spoiler: Banri wished to be the one to destroy Juza. He never stated when, how, or where. Banri's extremely powerful witch form ends up [[TakingYouWithMe forcing Juza into performing suicide to take it out]]]].

** This also works the opposite way. [[spoiler: Banri wished to be the one to defeat Juza. He never stated when, how, or where. His extremely powerful witch form ends up [[TakingYouWithMe forcing Juza into performing suicide to take it out]]]].

* BuffySpeak: In the third story, Azami's speech is notably canny and he uses a lot of simple words to mean the same thing. This wasn't there in the first story, and it is because [[spoiler: his magic rewound his speaking proficiency to that of an elementary scholar after seeing Banri's dead body]]. He describes it as his words being [[TitleDrop stuck]] inside his throat, choking him when he wants to say them.

** His side-story shows that this has worked against him. Upon being struck with the image of [[spoiler: Banri's dead body]], his personal magic has reset his speaking proficiency to that of an elementary scholar, without him being aware of it until it's pointed out. This causes a discrepancy, since he still understands words just fine and is perfectly capable of making sentences in his head with more abstract words, but he is incapable of actually speaking them. From that moment on, he has to use BuffySpeak.

** His side-story shows that this has worked against him. Upon being struck with the image of [[spoiler: Banri's dead body]], his personal magic has reset his speaking proficiency to that of an elementary scholar, without him being aware of it until it's pointed out. This causes a discrepancy, since he still understands words just fine and is perfectly capable of making sentences in his head with more abstract words, but he is incapable of actually speaking them.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Muku and Banri are deliberately kept unaware of the existance of each other due to [[spoiler: the results of Juza's wish]]. After [[spoiler: Juza dies]], Taichi tells Azami about everything that happened. Azami is also kept in the dark about the drama that happened between the West and the South, and he also doesn't know about witches being the mature forms of Puer Magi, as well as the true nature of Soul Gems. Sakyo is heavy on continuing this, until Omi calls him out for it.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Muku and Banri are deliberately kept unaware of the existance of each other due to [[spoiler: the results of Juza's wish]]. Azami is also kept in the dark about the drama that happened between the West and the South, and he also doesn't know about witches being the mature forms of Puer Magi, as well as the true nature of Soul Gems. Sakyo is heavy on continuing this, until Omi calls him out for it.

-->'''Sakyo''': I want to keep Azami out of this drama. It is enough that Sakisaka knows, we do and Nanao also does now. [...]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sakyo and Omi's conversation in chapter 11 sounds a lot like two parents having chosen to divorce, and arguing if they should tell their child. Azami [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in his side story.

* MagicAIsMagicA: Some effects of personal magic are described in a lot of detail by the author in supplemental material, especially how Itaru's GuardianEntity works.

* FlowerMotifs: Taken UpToEleven from the original series. It is brought to the point that the ''soul'' of the characters has taken the form of a flower inside the Soul Gem. This, however, [[spoiler: was not the case before Yukio warped reality]], and so [[spoiler: Reni does not have a flower]].

* AnimalMotifs: [[spoiler: Birds]] for Haruto. Not only does his name contain [[spoiler: various words associated with birds, including the word for the animal itself]], [[spoiler: the true form of his witch is a small, pure white dying bird]].