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* EmptyNest: The final chapters of the WebNovel involve [[spoiler: Shalsha]] spending two weeks apprenticing for a potter who is assigned to create a new Holy Grail after the current one breaks, with Azusa missing her during this time.
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With apologies to Barry Allen, "speedrunning" means more than just running fast.


* {{Speedrun}}: Unintentionally done by the party of Azusa, Flatorte, Laika and Beelzebub in a dungeon. Nobody wants to fight the slimy creatures in the dungeon barehanded so they don't stop running from floor 8 to floor 33. Lampshaded by Azusa near the end while Beelzebub calls this an absurd strategy.
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* EntertainmentAboveTheirAge: Falfa and Shalsha, two mentally and physically eight year old slime spirits who regularly read books that adults would find tedious and/or challenging for fun. For example, during [[ButtMonkey Halkara's]] introductory chapter, they read a [[{{Doorstopper}} thick]] nonfiction volume about the military mistakes of an elven general that led to the severe weakening of his kingdom.
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Given that an extremely large percentage of the cast is female, this doesn't spoil anything.


* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Falfa]] is transformed into a slime at one point. Later, after [[spoiler:her]] recovery, it turns out they were sentient and aware the whole time, but unable to communicate with anyone or anything as they were trapped in slime form.

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Falfa]] is transformed into a slime at one point. Later, after [[spoiler:her]] After her recovery, it turns out they were it's revealed she was sentient and aware the whole time, but unable to communicate with anyone or anything as they were trapped in slime form.during this time.



* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening theme is sung by Creator/AoiYuuki (Azusa), while the ending theme is sung by Creator/AzumiWaki (Flatorte).

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime's opening theme is sung by Creator/AoiYuuki (Azusa), while the ending theme is sung by Creator/AzumiWaki (Flatorte).
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* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: Azusa is often surprised on how similar concepts from her old life is also present in this fantasy world and compares them in her thoughts in the light novel. Including the problems ranging from a musician leaving their home town and struggling to succeed, to corrupt goverment people or a declining town that can't get tourists.

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* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: Azusa is often surprised on about how similar concepts from her old life is are also present in this fantasy world and compares them in her thoughts in the light novel. Including the problems ranging from a musician leaving their home town and struggling to succeed, to corrupt goverment people or a declining town that can't get tourists.
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* ExtraordinaryWorldOrdinaryProblems: Azusa is often surprised on how similar concepts from her old life is also present in this fantasy world and compares them in her thoughts in the light novel. Including the problems ranging from a musician leaving their home town and struggling to succeed, to corrupt goverment people or a declining town that can't get tourists.
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* CookingDuel:
** After Flatorte joins the household, she and Laika get involved in a battle over which of the two dragons makes the better batch of cookies.
** Vania takes part in a culinary showdown, with Azuza assisting her by crushing some phantom rock salt that would be used as an ingredient.
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Azusa proceeds to enjoy her new life for the next 300 years, laying around and relaxing, becoming an herbalist and medicine woman for the nearby village of Flatta, and making some money on the side by killing the slimes and selling their cores at the guild. Trouble starts when she takes a power assessment on a whim, and she and the receptionist Natalie discover that Azusa has become max level, with the highest stats possible, and access to a number of incredibly powerful spells and abilities beside. In spite of Azusa's efforts to keep it secret, word spreads of the all-powerful "Witch of the Highlands" and all manner of adventurers, dragons, and vengeful spirits come knocking on her door...

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Azusa proceeds to enjoy her new life for the next 300 years, laying around and relaxing, becoming an herbalist and medicine woman for the nearby village of Flatta, and making some money on the side by killing the slimes and selling their cores at the guild. Trouble starts when she takes a power assessment on a whim, and she and the receptionist Natalie discover that Azusa has become max level, with the highest stats possible, and access to a number repertoire of incredibly powerful spells and abilities beside. In spite of Azusa's efforts to keep it secret, word spreads of the all-powerful "Witch of the Highlands" and all manner of adventurers, dragons, and vengeful spirits come knocking on her door...

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* {{Speedrun}}: Unintentionally done by the party of Azusa, Flatorte, Laika, Beelzebub in a dungeon. Nobody wants to fight the slimy creatures barehanded so they don't stop running from floor 8 to floor 33. Lampshaded by Azusa near the end while Beelzebub calls this an absurd strategy.

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* {{Speedrun}}: Unintentionally done by the party of Azusa, Flatorte, Laika, Laika and Beelzebub in a dungeon. Nobody wants to fight the slimy creatures in the dungeon barehanded so they don't stop running from floor 8 to floor 33. Lampshaded by Azusa near the end while Beelzebub calls this an absurd strategy.



* {{Weredragon}}: Thanks to their high natural mana, dragons can transform at will into a set human form, albeit one with {{horn|edHumanoid}}s and sometimes a tail. They use this for convenience when traveling among humans and also for events like formal banquets.



** They later meet up with [[spoiler:Pecora, Fatla, Vania, Fightie]] who are also disgusted by them. At least they found some sticks they could calmly poke them with.
* {{Weredragon}}: Thanks to their high natural mana, dragons can transform at will into a set human form, albeit one with {{horn|edHumanoid}}s and sometimes a tail. They use this for convenience when traveling among humans and also for events like formal banquets.

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** They later meet up with [[spoiler:Pecora, Fatla, Vania, Vania and Fightie]] who are also disgusted by them. At least they found some sticks they could calmly poke them with.
* {{Weredragon}}: Thanks to their high natural mana, dragons can transform at will into a set human form, albeit one with {{horn|edHumanoid}}s and sometimes a tail. They use this for convenience when traveling among humans and also for events like formal banquets.
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* PaperThinDisguise:
** When Azusa has to infiltrate the Vanzeld castle to help Pecora from their accident, Vania gives her a doctor disguise along with a demon horn headband and a fake tail. Azusa doubts they would work, but it helps that they run through the security checkpoints before they can take a closer look. Unfortunately they are caught right in front of Pecora's room which had tighter security.
** Flatorte gives Azusa a dragon horn headband when she doesn't want to attract attention on her dungeon adventure. Her family can still recognize her although Laika gets stunned and flustered for some reason. But it works well in the village with the dungeon even after Azusa forgot she's wearing it.


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* {{Speedrun}}: Unintentionally done by the party of Azusa, Flatorte, Laika, Beelzebub in a dungeon. Nobody wants to fight the slimy creatures barehanded so they don't stop running from floor 8 to floor 33. Lampshaded by Azusa near the end while Beelzebub calls this an absurd strategy.


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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
** Azusa, Flatorte, Laika, Beelzebub are exploring a dungeon and encounter a Giant Worm. Then they realize they have no weapons and nobody wants to fight the slimy creature barehanded. So they run away. The dungeon is full of worms, slugs and bugs, so they run through the entire dungeon.
** They later meet up with [[spoiler:Pecora, Fatla, Vania, Fightie]] who are also disgusted by them. At least they found some sticks they could calmly poke them with.
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* LivingToys: A later story involves Azusa and Laika clearing out a temple that has a problem involving possessed stuffed animals.

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* ShoutOut: When demonstrating the weak point of evil slimes, Falfa does so while saying "[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Omae wa mo shindeiru]]".

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When demonstrating the weak point of evil slimes, Falfa does so while saying "[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Omae wa mo shindeiru]]".shindeiru]]".
** During the visit to Yggdrasil in the anime, a brief sequence portrays an area in a manner similar to {{VideoGame/Minecraft}}.


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* StockSoundEffects: After messing up and unintentionally transforming Azusa into a child, Halkara speeds off to find a cure, to the sound of the classic [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna-Barbera]] dash noise.
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* AnAesop: The show (and the novels beforehand) constantly harp on slowing down and making a work-life balance, leaning in hard against Japan's overwork culture. This moral is central to Azusa's very character and her relationship to the other characters, so it works where a more subtle moral would not.
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaptation when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of [[PlayboyBunny very questionable job ads]]. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.

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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in In the manga adaptation when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of [[PlayboyBunny very questionable job ads]]. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes anime, whenever a perverted image is within eyesight of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.Shalsha, their eyes tend to get shielded by a responsible adult.

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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaptation when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of [[PlayboyBunny very questionable job ads]]. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.



* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaption when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of [[PlayboyBunny very questionable job ads]]. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaption when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of very questionable job ads. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.

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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaption when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of [[PlayboyBunny very questionable job ads.ads]]. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Happens in the manga adaption when Kuku the Almiraj whips out her sheaf of very questionable job ads. Laika and Halkara are shown to cover the eyes of Falfa and Shalsha while Azusa [[SpitTake sprays her drink all over the table]] in shock.
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** In the slower paced LN, after Azusa defeated the adventurers she spends time studying about monsters to give people advice on how to combat strong creatures like Dragons, instead of fighting them herself. While also hoping her rumors would stop spreading among people. It’s at this point Laika the dragon knocks on her door.

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* GeometricMagic: Magic circles aren't necessary for spellcasting, but can be drawn on the ground to make long-lasting effects more reliable to cast. Azusa uses a large hexagram-and-rune formation to create a major ProtectiveCharm, while [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] sometimes print them on paper to [[LimitedUseMagicalDevice store single-use telecommunication spells]].



* MundaneUtility:
** After 300 years of accidental {{level grinding}}, Azusa discovers she has gained [[AnIcePerson ice magic]] so powerful it can flash freeze a small spring and the river feeding it. After that, she mostly uses it to preserve her food without modern refrigeration technology.
** Laika uses her [[BreathWeapon fire breath]] to flash-cook omelettes while shapeshifted into a human. Despite Azusa's own long experience with magic, she's a bit thrown to see it the first time.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: One's stats in the RPGMechanicsVerse can be completely unrelated to one's physical body. As a top-level Witch, Azusa has the body of a petite seventeen-year-old girl, but can still [[GrievousHarmWithABody swing around a full-grown dragon by the tail]].



* ReleasingFromThePromise: {{Defied}}. Azusa tries to release Flatorte from serving her by ordering her to be free... only to have Flatorte point out that freedom contradicts the meaning of orders, and subsequently manage the contradiction by identifying herself as both obedient and free.

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* ProtectiveCharm: Azusa improvises a powerful barrier to ward the nearby village against monsters and other hostile forces that might be drawn to her. The spell itself is undetectable, but it traps a would-be thief in magical bindings when he tries to act.
* ReleasingFromThePromise: {{Defied}}.{{Defied|Trope}}. Azusa tries to release Flatorte from serving her by ordering her to be free... only to have Flatorte point out that freedom contradicts the meaning of orders, and subsequently manage the contradiction by identifying herself as both obedient and free.



* WizardsLiveLonger: Past-Natalie noted that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives, but is shocked to see from her stats that Azusa has immortality right from level 1.

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* {{Weredragon}}: Thanks to their high natural mana, dragons can transform at will into a set human form, albeit one with {{horn|edHumanoid}}s and sometimes a tail. They use this for convenience when traveling among humans and also for events like formal banquets.
* WizardsLiveLonger: Past-Natalie noted that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives, but is shocked to see from her stats that Azusa has immortality [[TheAgeless immortality]] right from level 1.
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* FountainOfYouth: Azusa's body has regressed to that as a child quite a few times in the light novel (the anime covering the first time it happened, which was the result of her eating a gnome mushroom), with [[spoiler: Laika, Flatorte and Beelzebub]] joining her one time.
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* MedievalStasis: The world doesn't seem to change in the 300 years after Asuza's arrival. Granted we don't see outside the village until after the TimeSkip, and she ''does'' live in the highlands. Rural places don't change as quickly as more urban places. However, episode one of the anime does show that the guildhall was redesigned and given a second floor sometime before Azuza arrives to discover she maxed out her level capacity, so there's at least a slight subversion through implication of improving construction methods throughout the centuries.

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* MedievalStasis: The world doesn't seem to change in the 300 years after Asuza's arrival. Granted we don't see outside the village until after the TimeSkip, and she ''does'' live in the highlands. Rural places don't change as quickly as more urban places. However, episode one of the anime does show that the guildhall was redesigned and given a second floor sometime before Azuza arrives to discover she maxed out her level capacity, so there's at least a slight subversion downplaying through implication of improving construction methods throughout the centuries.



* MustHaveCaffeine: When Halkara mentions she makes Nutri-Spirits, a popular energy drink, Azusa finds it eerily similar to the kind of thing she drank a lot in her [[{{Workaholic}} past life]].

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* MustHaveCaffeine: When Halkara mentions she makes Nutri-Spirits, a popular energy drink, Azusa finds it eerily similar to the kind of thing she drank a lot in her [[{{Workaholic}} past life]]. Beelzebub really likes it, as do many other demons.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Azusa's search for a cure to [[FountainOfYouth the gnome mushroom's effects]] is one of these on ''multiple'' levels. When she asks the demons for information, Pecora points her towards Yggdrasil, which she spends a sizable amount of time (and money) climbing. When she finally makes it to the pharmacy at the top, she discovers that the cure is Eno's Mandragora Pills. The thing is that 1) Azusa is good friends with Eno and could have just asked her, 2) she still has a bottle of the pills at home, 3) it turns out the while dragons can't fly up the tree, smaller sized wyverns can, as proven by Eno showing up to drop off a shipment at the pharmacy, and 4) Eno also ships to Vanzeld Castle and [[TheGadfly Pecora]] definitely knew already, all of which means that she wasted all her time climbing a giant tourist trap tree for a solution she already had at home.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Azusa's search for a cure to [[FountainOfYouth the gnome mushroom's effects]] is one of these on ''multiple'' levels. When she asks the demons for information, Pecora points her towards Yggdrasil, which she spends a sizable amount of time (and money) climbing. When she finally makes it to the pharmacy at the top, she discovers that the cure is Eno's Mandragora Pills. The thing is that 1) Azusa is good friends with Eno and could have just asked her, 2) she still has a bottle of the pills at home, 3) it turns out the that while dragons can't fly up the tree, smaller sized wyverns can, as proven by Eno showing up to drop off a shipment at the pharmacy, and 4) Eno also ships to Vanzeld Castle and [[TheGadfly Pecora]] definitely knew already, all of which means that she wasted all her time climbing a giant tourist trap tree for a solution she already had at home.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Azusa's search for a cure to [[FountainOfYouth the gnome mushroom's effects]] is one of these on ''multiple'' levels. When she asks the demons for information, Pecora points her towards Yggdrasil, which she spends a sizable amount of time (and money) climbing. When she finally makes it to the pharmacy at the top, she discovers that the cure is Eno's Mandragora Pills. The thing is that 1) Azusa is good friends with Eno and could have just asked her, 2) she still has a bottle of the pills at home, 3) it turns out the while dragons can't fly up the tree, smaller sized wyverns can, as proven by Eno showing up to drop off a shipment at the pharmacy, and 4) Eno also ships to Vanzeld Castle and [[TheGadfly Pecora]] definitely knew already, all of which means that she wasted all her time climbing a giant tourist trap tree for a solution she already had at home.
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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as guild receptionist Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world, and the masochistic guy trio.

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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as guild receptionist Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world, and the masochistic guy trio. Even the titular slimes get an appearance being killed by Azusa and Laika, after having been sidelined due to so many events taking place far away from their spawning fields.
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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as guild receptionist Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, and the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world.

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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as guild receptionist Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, and the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world.world, and the masochistic guy trio.



* WizardsLiveLonger: The past-Natalie noted that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives but is shocked to see from her stats that Azusa has immortality at level 1.

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* WizardsLiveLonger: The past-Natalie Past-Natalie noted that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives lives, but is shocked to see from her stats that Azusa has immortality at right from level 1.
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* WizardsLiveLonger: The woman at the guild reception says that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives but is shocked that Azusa has immortality at level 1.

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* WizardsLiveLonger: The woman at the guild reception says past-Natalie noted that some powerful witches can fine-tune their mana circulation to prolong their lives but is shocked to see from her stats that Azusa has immortality at level 1.
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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, and the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world.

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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as guild receptionist Natalie, the loose-lipped guy who spread the info of Azusa being a max-level witch, and the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world.
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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as Natalie and the loose-lipped guy that exposed Azusa as a max-level witch.

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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as Natalie and Natalie, the loose-lipped guy that exposed who spread the info of Azusa as being a max-level witch.witch, and the adventuring party who first fought her and truly exposed her incredible power to the world.
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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the notable named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to either help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as Natalie and the loose-lipped guy that exposed Azusa as a max-level witch.

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* BackForTheFinale: Episode 12 of the first season has all of the notable major named characters with a connection to the main cast show up to either help with the maid cafe, including the demons Beelzebub, Pecora, Vania, and Fatla, Fightie the slime, Eno the witch, and Kuku the almiraj. Meanwhile, several of the more notable secondary characters show up amidst the customers, such as Natalie and the loose-lipped guy that exposed Azusa as a max-level witch.
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* TwinkleInTheSky: In the anime, Azusa spins Halkura around rapidly then tosses her in an attempt to get Rosalie out of her body. When Azusa throws her, Halkura quickly becomes a twinkle in the sky. It doesn't get Rosalie out, by the way.

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