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* BrokenBird: Esperanza from Season 2. Claiomh lampshades the trope by telling her [[spoiler: during their fight, that she wouldn't be able to harm her since she was gentle towards birds and other living things.]]
** [[spoiler: Azalie mixes this with MagnificentBitch. Her mental/emotional state went downhill when she thought Childman only liked her for being a powerful mage, and when she thought that he wanted to kill her rather than help her when she became Bloody August... oh boy.]]
** [[spoiler: Azalie mixes this with MagnificentBitch. Her mental/emotional state went downhill when she thought Childman only liked her for being a powerful mage, and when she thought that he wanted to kill her rather than help her when she became Bloody August... oh boy.]]
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** Esperanza from Season 2. Claiomh lampshades the trope by telling her [[spoiler: during their fight, that she wouldn't be able to harm her since she was gentle towards birds and other living things.]]
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** Esperanza from Season 2. Claiomh lampshades the trope by telling her [[spoiler: during their fight, that she wouldn't be able to harm her since she was gentle towards birds and other living things.]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Both Azalea and Childman have brown hair in the original novels (and the manga), which in the anime became purple and green(ish?), respectively.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: Though the dub is generally quite good, the fact that the spell name calling has been replace with more conventional battle dialogue causes a bit of a plot hole in the episode where Orphen gets a toothpick stuck in his throat, as it's explained that human magic in this world is powered by the sound of one's voice.
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* DubInducedPlotHole: Though ADV's dub of the dub 1998 anime is generally quite good, the fact that the spell name calling has been replace were replaced with more conventional battle dialogue causes caused a bit of a plot hole in the episode where Orphen gets a toothpick stuck in his throat, as it's explained that human magic in this world is powered by the sound of one's voice.
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** Averted in the English dub of the 1998 anime [[note]] as well as its second season, ''Revenge'' [[/note]], with attack names typically being replaced by banter between the combatants, but then again, this ''was'' a dub directed the infamous Steven Foster [[note]] he was replaced in the 2nd season which was mostly faithful to the original, but still kept some of Foster's changes such as the spells not being chanted [[/note]], inaccuracies and often pointless script rewrites are to be expected with him at the helm.
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Krylancelo Finrandi and his best friend Azalie Caith Sith are two orphans who are taken in by the people in a prestigious magic school, The Tower of Fang. Azalie, however, has some connection with the beastly dragon, the Bloody August. To uphold the magic school's reputation, the dragon must be destroyed-- but Krylancelo isn't about to let that happen so easily, for this beastly dragon is Azalie: she had been transformed due to tampering with something with which she shouldn't have tampered, in her quest for power fueled by a despair she held for years inside her heart.
Krylancelo abandons the Tower of Fangs and takes up the name of Orphen, furious with the fact that they want to destroy his best friend. Afterwards, people who Orphen thought were his friends suddenly seem as though they are enemies in the race to get to Azalie first. Meanwhile, Orphen himself sets out on a journey to find and save her with his apprentice Majic Lin, and a young girl named Claiomh Everlasting who holds one of the key items Orphen needs in her house. Along the way, two bumbling Troll siblings, Volkan and Dortin, tend to make things worse no matter what.
It had a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game named ''Orphen: Scion of Sorcery'', but was unrelated to the plot. Fairly unique, and it had a tendency to repeat plot elements. This was, shockingly, NOT the result of bad writing, and allowed it to pull off twists other games couldn't even attempt. It also had its moments of good voice acting, which more often than not carried the script. The combat was good, despite having to fight the same boss several times, and it had a solid Framing Device that culminated in a FullyAbsorbedFinale.
The series originated from a 20-volume LightNovel series written by Yoshinobu Akita, ''Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi'', that began in 1994. ''Haguretabi'' had the same mood and elements from the first anime series, but had a plot that went much further than the small piece the show provided. Two years later, It spawned a 13-volume spin-off LightNovel series, ''Majutsushi Orphen Mubouhen'', that embraced the more comedic elements of the series. Both series finished in 2003.
Beginning around Fall 2011, Yoshinobu Akita began publishing a new series of ''Orphen'' light novels.
A reboot TV series lauched in January 2020.
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!!Sorcerer Stabber Orphen shows examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The first season of the 1998 anime. A lot of details and plot threads from the original novels were either simplified or taken out all together, particularly back-story revolving around Orphen himself, in order to make a stand-alone story that could last for 24 episodes.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Both Azalea and Childman have brown hair in the original novels (and the manga), which in the anime became purple and green(ish?), respectively.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the first anime, Orphen's devotion to Azalie was absolute and no matter what evidence to the contrary was presented, he overlooked all of Azalie's flaws and went out of his way to save her and try to help her to the very end. In the 2020 anime, while Orphen still cares about Azalie and tries to help her, he most notably does ''not'' overlook or make excuses for her being a shady JerkAss, eventually confronting her and delivering the AdaptationalKarma to her that she never received in the first anime.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The title itself. However, thee original Japanese title, ''Majutsushi Orphen'', directly translates to "Orphen the Sorcerer"
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Volkan and Dortin are explicitly described as trolls but don't seem to bear any of the monstrous/gigantic traits associated with mythological trolls. In fact, if they weren't given the label of being trolls, one would more likely assume they were dwarves or a pair of naughty children who get into trouble constantly.
* AlmightyJanitor: Orphen's a pretty high level spellcaster who can exchange both physical and magical blows with high level sorcerers, take down plenty of dangerous magical creatures, and is talented enough to be considered one of thirteen candidates to become Court Sorcerer... but at the end of the day, he's still a dropout who never graduated and left the Tower of Fangs to focus on finding and curing Azalie.
* ArtifactOfDeath: [[spoiler: The Sword of Baltanders, when complete, kills any sorcerer who uses it pretty much instantly. Orphen, who somehow finds a way to not get killed by it is an exception.]]
* ATwinkleInTheSky: Dortin and Volkan get this constantly.
* BabiesEverAfter: Invoked in the anime ending through [[spoiler: Orphen's solution to rescuing both Azalie and Childman's souls after Azalie in Childman's body destroys said body reverting Childman in Azalie's body back into a human form, leaving one body but two souls. He places Azalie's soul in her body, then places Childman's soul in her womb, leaving her pregnant with Childman's reincarnation. This is a happy enough ending for her, even though she hasn't given birth (or is really starting to show) by the time the series ends.]] Might instead be an example of SomeoneToRememberHimBy.
** [[spoiler: Orphen and Cleo have three daughters after the end of the first novel series. Leticia also has a son as well.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: Childman was this to Orphen and Hartia, until Orphen left. Orphen can be seen as this towards Majik.
* BlackMagic: Destructive powers based on the elements of Earth, Fire, Light, Ice and Wind.
* BlindWithoutEm: Lycoris
* BookEnds: The first series.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Majic, towards the end of season 2]]
* BrokenBird: Esperanza from Season 2. Claiomh lampshades the trope by telling her [[spoiler: during their fight, that she wouldn't be able to harm her since she was gentle towards birds and other living things.]]
** [[spoiler: Azalie mixes this with MagnificentBitch. Her mental/emotional state went downhill when she thought Childman only liked her for being a powerful mage, and when she thought that he wanted to kill her rather than help her when she became Bloody August... oh boy.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Childman [[spoiler: and Azalie]], for Orphen.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Hartia, Orphen's best friend, is an excellent sorcerer... and a HeroicWannabe who actually prefers to disguise himself as his childhood hero, the Black Tiger. HilarityEnsues every time he does so.
* TheCaligula: [[spoiler: Flamesoul]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Any time when anyone casts a magical spell. Sword of Light is a popular one. {{Justified|Trope}} due to the fact that the magic human sorcerers wield is powered by their voice.
** Averted in the English dub of the anime, where the attack names are typically replaced by banter between the combatants.
* TheConscience: Dortin is this to the duo of himself and Volkan, albeit an ineffective one. He's much more conscientious than his brother and knows if they're doing something wrong, even trying to warn his brother many times. The problem is that Volkan ''never'' listens to him and Dortin is pretty much dragged into his schemes anyways.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Orphen and Azalie lived in an orphanage before they were taken in by the Tower of Fangs.
* CoolBigSis: Mariabelle, Claiomh's sister. Claiomh herself, to Lycoris. Azalie used to be this for Orphen, until things went downhill. Stephanie also is this, to a degree. Leticia in the 2020 series takes on more of this role for Orphen as [[AdaptationalJerkass Azalie herself spends just as much time riling Orphen up as she does caring for him]].
* CosmicHorrorReveal: In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: a machine is using its creations to steal live people and put them in their own stories. The machine records these souls and feeds on them. Hence, "characters" are reused several times, cycling through roles, and screwing with the viewer and Orphen's head.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Escalenna.]]
* {{Crossover}}: With ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', in the form of a light novel released in 2005.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Lycoris
* CutShort: The first manga adaptation of the novels.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Esperanza [[spoiler: and Azalie]], again.
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Esperanza seemed to be slightly attracted to Orphen, or at least be genuinely intrigued by him. She once even kisses him on the lips at some point. And then it's surbverted: she did have him in good regards, but her priority was protectin Lycoris.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Escalenna]]
** Also [[spoiler: Stephanie, who's forced into this to save her hometown... via killing Orphen. He actually ''realizes'' this and helps her to get free.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: Orphen.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening of ''Battle of Kimluck'', "Light of Justice", is sung by Showtaro Morikubo, the voice of Orphen.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lycoris]], upon painfully finding out [[spoiler: she was DeadAllAlong. Sorta.]]. She later tries it again [[spoiler: to stop her family and her friends from fighting to the death.]]
* DubInducedPlotHole: Though the dub is generally quite good, the fact that the spell name calling has been replace with more conventional battle dialogue causes a bit of a plot hole in the episode where Orphen gets a toothpick stuck in his throat, as it's explained that human magic in this world is powered by the sound of one's voice.
* DubNameChange: In the game, ''Scion of Sorcery''. Majik has his name changed to Magnus.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Flamesoul loves his mother Shastanasi to OedipusComplex extremes. [[spoiler: So does his twin younger brother, Flameheart]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Azalie's vengeance against the Tower of Fangs, which she starts when she switches bodies with Childman and infiltrates it]]. In the second season, [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Esperanza's plan to keep Lycoris alive and fill their DealWithTheDevil with Escalenna]]
* FakeMemories: In the second season, [[spoiler: Escalenna erases Lycoris's memories of her family to use her as an UnwittingPawn in her and Marco Reika's plans. As she guides Orphen towards Escalenna's lair, Lycoris is unaware of her own role and thinks she's an orphan girl taken in by the Royal Cavalry and assigned with taking Orphen to its headquarters. Later, however, she starts to remember... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Esperanza
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Stephanie is a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} woman who was originally a male-bodied magic user named Stephan. After being gravely injured, she asked the local healers to give her a female physical body. They complied, and Stephan became Stephanie. Claiomh and Majik are surprised, but Orphen seems to not care.]]
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* GoodAllAlong: In every introduction, Childman Powderfield comes across as an antagonist who's there to get in Orphen's way and kill Azalie but after a while, it turns out that he deeply cares about Azalie and wants to save her. It just so happens that he has a really bad case of PoorCommunicationKills, leaving Orphen in the dark about his true intentions and by the time Orphen finds out about his true nature, it's already too late to help him.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Azalie/Bloody August uses this to switch bodies with Childman]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Lai finds out about Azalie's GrandTheftMe and is encased in ice (He gets better later). Hartia finds out about ''both'' Lai and Azalie and is almost killed by her but manages to escape and reach Orphen, telling him the truth.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Orphen, when [[spoiler: Hartia tells him about Azalie's GrandTheftMe]]. [[spoiler: Lycoris, when Esperanza is painfully and cruelly killed by Escalenna]]
* HeyYou: Claiomh almost never calls Hartia by his given name but by her nickname for him, "Shrimp Man". [[spoiler: Except when he properly introduces himself to her, and when she talks to Orphen after Hartia almost dies.]]
* HotSpringsEpisode: Most notably the first and second episodes of season 2. [[spoiler: Turns out the place wasn't really a hot springs to begin with.]]
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Stephanie is blackmailed into luring Orphen into a trap, [[SadisticChoice or her hometown will be destroyed]]. Orphen isn't fooled by her cover and decides to help her get out of said deal.]]
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: Subverted: Eris tries it on Majic, but fails and is knocked out. Played straight: Orphen tries again and is succesful.]]
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Azalie gives herself one when she starts studying magic for real.]]
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]]: [[spoiler: Esperanza, towards Lycoris. Orphen confronts her on it when he finds out she might be TheDragon, but goes outta her way to [[MysteriousProtector protect Lycoris]] without being seen]]
* KungFuWizard: While this did not apply to Orphen in the first anime, the 2020 incarnation of Orphen is especially notable for being able to combine devastating magic with equally potent hand-to-hand fighting abilities, as Hydrant, Uoar Curlaine, and multiple sorcerers working under under Childman to subdue Azalie found out the hard way.
* JerkAss: Volkan, the troll, is this to a tea, perhaps mixed with elements of SmallNameBigEgo. Even his own sibling, Dortin, describes him as a liar, thief, backstabber and all-around pain-in-the-ass. Obsessed with his own ego and wealth in roughly equal measures, to the extent the subbing has him constantly referring to ''himself'' as "My Magnificence", he also has a serious grudge against Orphen that just gives him a reason to stir up trouble against him... not that he really seems to need it, given how frequently they cross paths in ways that has Volkan make life extra difficult.
* LeftHanging: The prematurely-ended manga adaption of ''Haguretabi'', which ended with a cliffhanger.
* LethalChef: Claiomh. She even makes a soup called Stone Cold Killer Stew.
* LighterAndSofter: Most of the second season, if not all. [[spoiler: Until the AwfulTruth is learned.]]
* TheLoad: The trolls Volkan and Dortin cause far more trouble for Orphen and his companions than they do anything to help. Not even Dortin being TheConscience of the duo does all that much to mitigate this since he's pretty much forced to go along with his brother's trouble-making schemes that stirs up endless headaches for Orphen.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Azalie's FreudianExcuse was [[spoiler: how she turned towards studies and intellectual/magical achievements to an obsessive degree, after Childman rejected her love declaration]]. Also, if we count familiar love, [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Esperanza from the second season]] fit to a T, as all that they have done was [[spoiler: to save Lycoris's life]].
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Primarily in Season 2.
* OfficialCouple: Orphen and Claiomh.
* TheOjou: Claiomh and Mariabella
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Claiomh's Sword of Baltanders, which Orphen wants to use to bring Azalie back, is actually her last keepsake from her DisappearedDad. Also, [[spoiler: Lycoris's headband, to a degree]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Two of them, Volcan and Dorchin.
* PluckyGirl: Claiomh will NOT let anything get in her way.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: If only Azalie had known that Childman ''did'' care for her (and maybe was in love with her) and ''did'' want to save her in time, there would've been lotsa less drama.]] Same goes to [[spoiler: Orphen, who horribly misjudged Hartia at some point and thought of him as a traitor... though that was actually a part of Azalie's BatmanGambit.]]
* ProperLady: Mariabella belle fits quite well.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Majik and Orphen are the most blatant example. Orphen and Hartia, as well as Lai and Hartia, might also qualify to a degree.
** Even Dorchin and Volcan follow, though they might be a parody of the trope.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Volkan
* SmugSnake: Shastanasi, Flamesoul, [[spoiler: Flameheart]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Majic and the priestess Fienna, [[spoiler: Childman and Azalie]]
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: You have to be born with the ability in order to learn magic. [[JustifiedTrope The manga elaborates on why this is the case.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Orphen repeatedly utters this sentence (and variants) in the manga of the same name. You can't really blame him, though, since he is surrounded by nothing but [[TheLoad loads]] and [[TheMillstone millstones]].
* TakeAThirdOption: Parodied with Hartia using his "Tiger" alterego to aid Orphen in his quests without having the Fang Tower on his back. [[spoiler: Played straight by Orphen in the season 1 finale - see BabiesEverAfter to learn ''how'' he pulled it.]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Orphen, to a degree Childman.
* TeamMom: Claiomh tries to be this, but it doesn't always work.
* TeamPet: Leki, though he's also [[SleepModeSize more]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent powerful]] [[KillerRabbit than usual]].
* TeenGenius: Azalie was the most powerful witch in training of her generation.
* ThreeAmigos: Orphen, Majic, and Cleo. At least for the first season.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Esperanza was the girl who really died. Not Lycoris. Only Escalena and Marco Reika knew.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Claiomh Everlasting is the Tomboy of two different duets. The first one is with Mariabella, the other is with Lycoris Nielsen.
* TragicKeepsake: The Tower of Fangs pendant that Orphen carries around. It actually belongs to Azalie and not to him. [[spoiler: It turns out Lycoris's headband was this, ''and she couldn't remember it''.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Claiomh and Eris. Both are Type A.
* WarriorTherapist: [[spoiler: Orphen shows some traits when he combines an IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight speech with beating the crap out of the BrainwashedAndCrazy Majic, in the second season]]
* WhiteMagic: There are some spells that allow the user to enter the spirit world and control it; these may be used for healing [[spoiler: and body switching]]
* WizardingSchool: The Tower of Fang.
** Orphen opens his own in the new series called the Swedenbrory School of Sorcery.
* WordSaladTitle: If you've only watched the anime, the title doesn't really make sense. The novels, and in turn the manga, explain just what a "sorcerer stabber" is.
** The official English title used in Japan is actually ''Sorcer'''ous''' Stabber Orphen''. Small difference, but it actually makes much more sense when it is explained that a "stabber" is [[spoiler:a magic-using assassin especially trained by the Tower for this purpose]].
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[[caption-width-right:300:LightNovel/{{Slayers}}' more serious foil in classic anime fantasies. [[LighterAndSofter Well, barring the second season.]]]]
Krylancelo Finrandi and his best friend Azalie Caith Sith are two orphans who are taken in by the people in a prestigious magic school, The Tower of Fang. Azalie, however, has some connection with the beastly dragon, the Bloody August. To uphold the magic school's reputation, the dragon must be destroyed-- but Krylancelo isn't about to let that happen so easily, for this beastly dragon is Azalie: she had been transformed due to tampering with something with which she shouldn't have tampered, in her quest for power fueled by a despair she held for years inside her heart.
Krylancelo abandons the Tower of Fangs and takes up the name of Orphen, furious with the fact that they want to destroy his best friend. Afterwards, people who Orphen thought were his friends suddenly seem as though they are enemies in the race to get to Azalie first. Meanwhile, Orphen himself sets out on a journey to find and save her with his apprentice Majic Lin, and a young girl named Claiomh Everlasting who holds one of the key items Orphen needs in her house. Along the way, two bumbling Troll siblings, Volkan and Dortin, tend to make things worse no matter what.
It had a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game named ''Orphen: Scion of Sorcery'', but was unrelated to the plot. Fairly unique, and it had a tendency to repeat plot elements. This was, shockingly, NOT the result of bad writing, and allowed it to pull off twists other games couldn't even attempt. It also had its moments of good voice acting, which more often than not carried the script. The combat was good, despite having to fight the same boss several times, and it had a solid Framing Device that culminated in a FullyAbsorbedFinale.
The series originated from a 20-volume LightNovel series written by Yoshinobu Akita, ''Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi'', that began in 1994. ''Haguretabi'' had the same mood and elements from the first anime series, but had a plot that went much further than the small piece the show provided. Two years later, It spawned a 13-volume spin-off LightNovel series, ''Majutsushi Orphen Mubouhen'', that embraced the more comedic elements of the series. Both series finished in 2003.
Beginning around Fall 2011, Yoshinobu Akita began publishing a new series of ''Orphen'' light novels.
A reboot TV series lauched in January 2020.
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!!Sorcerer Stabber Orphen shows examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: The first season of the 1998 anime. A lot of details and plot threads from the original novels were either simplified or taken out all together, particularly back-story revolving around Orphen himself, in order to make a stand-alone story that could last for 24 episodes.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Both Azalea and Childman have brown hair in the original novels (and the manga), which in the anime became purple and green(ish?), respectively.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the first anime, Orphen's devotion to Azalie was absolute and no matter what evidence to the contrary was presented, he overlooked all of Azalie's flaws and went out of his way to save her and try to help her to the very end. In the 2020 anime, while Orphen still cares about Azalie and tries to help her, he most notably does ''not'' overlook or make excuses for her being a shady JerkAss, eventually confronting her and delivering the AdaptationalKarma to her that she never received in the first anime.
* AdjectiveNounFred: The title itself. However, thee original Japanese title, ''Majutsushi Orphen'', directly translates to "Orphen the Sorcerer"
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: Volkan and Dortin are explicitly described as trolls but don't seem to bear any of the monstrous/gigantic traits associated with mythological trolls. In fact, if they weren't given the label of being trolls, one would more likely assume they were dwarves or a pair of naughty children who get into trouble constantly.
* AlmightyJanitor: Orphen's a pretty high level spellcaster who can exchange both physical and magical blows with high level sorcerers, take down plenty of dangerous magical creatures, and is talented enough to be considered one of thirteen candidates to become Court Sorcerer... but at the end of the day, he's still a dropout who never graduated and left the Tower of Fangs to focus on finding and curing Azalie.
* ArtifactOfDeath: [[spoiler: The Sword of Baltanders, when complete, kills any sorcerer who uses it pretty much instantly. Orphen, who somehow finds a way to not get killed by it is an exception.]]
* ATwinkleInTheSky: Dortin and Volkan get this constantly.
* BabiesEverAfter: Invoked in the anime ending through [[spoiler: Orphen's solution to rescuing both Azalie and Childman's souls after Azalie in Childman's body destroys said body reverting Childman in Azalie's body back into a human form, leaving one body but two souls. He places Azalie's soul in her body, then places Childman's soul in her womb, leaving her pregnant with Childman's reincarnation. This is a happy enough ending for her, even though she hasn't given birth (or is really starting to show) by the time the series ends.]] Might instead be an example of SomeoneToRememberHimBy.
** [[spoiler: Orphen and Cleo have three daughters after the end of the first novel series. Leticia also has a son as well.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: Childman was this to Orphen and Hartia, until Orphen left. Orphen can be seen as this towards Majik.
* BlackMagic: Destructive powers based on the elements of Earth, Fire, Light, Ice and Wind.
* BlindWithoutEm: Lycoris
* BookEnds: The first series.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Majic, towards the end of season 2]]
* BrokenBird: Esperanza from Season 2. Claiomh lampshades the trope by telling her [[spoiler: during their fight, that she wouldn't be able to harm her since she was gentle towards birds and other living things.]]
** [[spoiler: Azalie mixes this with MagnificentBitch. Her mental/emotional state went downhill when she thought Childman only liked her for being a powerful mage, and when she thought that he wanted to kill her rather than help her when she became Bloody August... oh boy.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Childman [[spoiler: and Azalie]], for Orphen.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Hartia, Orphen's best friend, is an excellent sorcerer... and a HeroicWannabe who actually prefers to disguise himself as his childhood hero, the Black Tiger. HilarityEnsues every time he does so.
* TheCaligula: [[spoiler: Flamesoul]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Any time when anyone casts a magical spell. Sword of Light is a popular one. {{Justified|Trope}} due to the fact that the magic human sorcerers wield is powered by their voice.
** Averted in the English dub of the anime, where the attack names are typically replaced by banter between the combatants.
* TheConscience: Dortin is this to the duo of himself and Volkan, albeit an ineffective one. He's much more conscientious than his brother and knows if they're doing something wrong, even trying to warn his brother many times. The problem is that Volkan ''never'' listens to him and Dortin is pretty much dragged into his schemes anyways.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Orphen and Azalie lived in an orphanage before they were taken in by the Tower of Fangs.
* CoolBigSis: Mariabelle, Claiomh's sister. Claiomh herself, to Lycoris. Azalie used to be this for Orphen, until things went downhill. Stephanie also is this, to a degree. Leticia in the 2020 series takes on more of this role for Orphen as [[AdaptationalJerkass Azalie herself spends just as much time riling Orphen up as she does caring for him]].
* CosmicHorrorReveal: In the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 video game, it is revealed that [[spoiler: a machine is using its creations to steal live people and put them in their own stories. The machine records these souls and feeds on them. Hence, "characters" are reused several times, cycling through roles, and screwing with the viewer and Orphen's head.]]
* CreepyChild: [[spoiler: Escalenna.]]
* {{Crossover}}: With ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', in the form of a light novel released in 2005.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Lycoris
* CutShort: The first manga adaptation of the novels.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Esperanza [[spoiler: and Azalie]], again.
* DatingCatwoman: [[spoiler: Esperanza seemed to be slightly attracted to Orphen, or at least be genuinely intrigued by him. She once even kisses him on the lips at some point. And then it's surbverted: she did have him in good regards, but her priority was protectin Lycoris.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Escalenna]]
** Also [[spoiler: Stephanie, who's forced into this to save her hometown... via killing Orphen. He actually ''realizes'' this and helps her to get free.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: Orphen.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening of ''Battle of Kimluck'', "Light of Justice", is sung by Showtaro Morikubo, the voice of Orphen.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lycoris]], upon painfully finding out [[spoiler: she was DeadAllAlong. Sorta.]]. She later tries it again [[spoiler: to stop her family and her friends from fighting to the death.]]
* DubInducedPlotHole: Though the dub is generally quite good, the fact that the spell name calling has been replace with more conventional battle dialogue causes a bit of a plot hole in the episode where Orphen gets a toothpick stuck in his throat, as it's explained that human magic in this world is powered by the sound of one's voice.
* DubNameChange: In the game, ''Scion of Sorcery''. Majik has his name changed to Magnus.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Flamesoul loves his mother Shastanasi to OedipusComplex extremes. [[spoiler: So does his twin younger brother, Flameheart]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: Azalie's vengeance against the Tower of Fangs, which she starts when she switches bodies with Childman and infiltrates it]]. In the second season, [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Esperanza's plan to keep Lycoris alive and fill their DealWithTheDevil with Escalenna]]
* FakeMemories: In the second season, [[spoiler: Escalenna erases Lycoris's memories of her family to use her as an UnwittingPawn in her and Marco Reika's plans. As she guides Orphen towards Escalenna's lair, Lycoris is unaware of her own role and thinks she's an orphan girl taken in by the Royal Cavalry and assigned with taking Orphen to its headquarters. Later, however, she starts to remember... ]]
* FemmeFatale: Esperanza
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Stephanie is a UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} woman who was originally a male-bodied magic user named Stephan. After being gravely injured, she asked the local healers to give her a female physical body. They complied, and Stephan became Stephanie. Claiomh and Majik are surprised, but Orphen seems to not care.]]
%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GoodAllAlong: In every introduction, Childman Powderfield comes across as an antagonist who's there to get in Orphen's way and kill Azalie but after a while, it turns out that he deeply cares about Azalie and wants to save her. It just so happens that he has a really bad case of PoorCommunicationKills, leaving Orphen in the dark about his true intentions and by the time Orphen finds out about his true nature, it's already too late to help him.
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Azalie/Bloody August uses this to switch bodies with Childman]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Lai finds out about Azalie's GrandTheftMe and is encased in ice (He gets better later). Hartia finds out about ''both'' Lai and Azalie and is almost killed by her but manages to escape and reach Orphen, telling him the truth.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Orphen, when [[spoiler: Hartia tells him about Azalie's GrandTheftMe]]. [[spoiler: Lycoris, when Esperanza is painfully and cruelly killed by Escalenna]]
* HeyYou: Claiomh almost never calls Hartia by his given name but by her nickname for him, "Shrimp Man". [[spoiler: Except when he properly introduces himself to her, and when she talks to Orphen after Hartia almost dies.]]
* HotSpringsEpisode: Most notably the first and second episodes of season 2. [[spoiler: Turns out the place wasn't really a hot springs to begin with.]]
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler: Stephanie is blackmailed into luring Orphen into a trap, [[SadisticChoice or her hometown will be destroyed]]. Orphen isn't fooled by her cover and decides to help her get out of said deal.]]
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler: Subverted: Eris tries it on Majic, but fails and is knocked out. Played straight: Orphen tries again and is succesful.]]
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Azalie gives herself one when she starts studying magic for real.]]
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]]: [[spoiler: Esperanza, towards Lycoris. Orphen confronts her on it when he finds out she might be TheDragon, but goes outta her way to [[MysteriousProtector protect Lycoris]] without being seen]]
* KungFuWizard: While this did not apply to Orphen in the first anime, the 2020 incarnation of Orphen is especially notable for being able to combine devastating magic with equally potent hand-to-hand fighting abilities, as Hydrant, Uoar Curlaine, and multiple sorcerers working under under Childman to subdue Azalie found out the hard way.
* JerkAss: Volkan, the troll, is this to a tea, perhaps mixed with elements of SmallNameBigEgo. Even his own sibling, Dortin, describes him as a liar, thief, backstabber and all-around pain-in-the-ass. Obsessed with his own ego and wealth in roughly equal measures, to the extent the subbing has him constantly referring to ''himself'' as "My Magnificence", he also has a serious grudge against Orphen that just gives him a reason to stir up trouble against him... not that he really seems to need it, given how frequently they cross paths in ways that has Volkan make life extra difficult.
* LeftHanging: The prematurely-ended manga adaption of ''Haguretabi'', which ended with a cliffhanger.
* LethalChef: Claiomh. She even makes a soup called Stone Cold Killer Stew.
* LighterAndSofter: Most of the second season, if not all. [[spoiler: Until the AwfulTruth is learned.]]
* TheLoad: The trolls Volkan and Dortin cause far more trouble for Orphen and his companions than they do anything to help. Not even Dortin being TheConscience of the duo does all that much to mitigate this since he's pretty much forced to go along with his brother's trouble-making schemes that stirs up endless headaches for Orphen.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Azalie's FreudianExcuse was [[spoiler: how she turned towards studies and intellectual/magical achievements to an obsessive degree, after Childman rejected her love declaration]]. Also, if we count familiar love, [[spoiler: Marco Reika and Esperanza from the second season]] fit to a T, as all that they have done was [[spoiler: to save Lycoris's life]].
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Primarily in Season 2.
* OfficialCouple: Orphen and Claiomh.
* TheOjou: Claiomh and Mariabella
* OrphansPlotTrinket: Claiomh's Sword of Baltanders, which Orphen wants to use to bring Azalie back, is actually her last keepsake from her DisappearedDad. Also, [[spoiler: Lycoris's headband, to a degree]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Two of them, Volcan and Dorchin.
* PluckyGirl: Claiomh will NOT let anything get in her way.
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: If only Azalie had known that Childman ''did'' care for her (and maybe was in love with her) and ''did'' want to save her in time, there would've been lotsa less drama.]] Same goes to [[spoiler: Orphen, who horribly misjudged Hartia at some point and thought of him as a traitor... though that was actually a part of Azalie's BatmanGambit.]]
* ProperLady: Mariabella belle fits quite well.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Majik and Orphen are the most blatant example. Orphen and Hartia, as well as Lai and Hartia, might also qualify to a degree.
** Even Dorchin and Volcan follow, though they might be a parody of the trope.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Volkan
* SmugSnake: Shastanasi, Flamesoul, [[spoiler: Flameheart]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Majic and the priestess Fienna, [[spoiler: Childman and Azalie]]
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: You have to be born with the ability in order to learn magic. [[JustifiedTrope The manga elaborates on why this is the case.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Orphen repeatedly utters this sentence (and variants) in the manga of the same name. You can't really blame him, though, since he is surrounded by nothing but [[TheLoad loads]] and [[TheMillstone millstones]].
* TakeAThirdOption: Parodied with Hartia using his "Tiger" alterego to aid Orphen in his quests without having the Fang Tower on his back. [[spoiler: Played straight by Orphen in the season 1 finale - see BabiesEverAfter to learn ''how'' he pulled it.]]
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Orphen, to a degree Childman.
* TeamMom: Claiomh tries to be this, but it doesn't always work.
* TeamPet: Leki, though he's also [[SleepModeSize more]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent powerful]] [[KillerRabbit than usual]].
* TeenGenius: Azalie was the most powerful witch in training of her generation.
* ThreeAmigos: Orphen, Majic, and Cleo. At least for the first season.
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Esperanza was the girl who really died. Not Lycoris. Only Escalena and Marco Reika knew.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Claiomh Everlasting is the Tomboy of two different duets. The first one is with Mariabella, the other is with Lycoris Nielsen.
* TragicKeepsake: The Tower of Fangs pendant that Orphen carries around. It actually belongs to Azalie and not to him. [[spoiler: It turns out Lycoris's headband was this, ''and she couldn't remember it''.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Claiomh and Eris. Both are Type A.
* WarriorTherapist: [[spoiler: Orphen shows some traits when he combines an IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight speech with beating the crap out of the BrainwashedAndCrazy Majic, in the second season]]
* WhiteMagic: There are some spells that allow the user to enter the spirit world and control it; these may be used for healing [[spoiler: and body switching]]
* WizardingSchool: The Tower of Fang.
** Orphen opens his own in the new series called the Swedenbrory School of Sorcery.
* WordSaladTitle: If you've only watched the anime, the title doesn't really make sense. The novels, and in turn the manga, explain just what a "sorcerer stabber" is.
** The official English title used in Japan is actually ''Sorcer'''ous''' Stabber Orphen''. Small difference, but it actually makes much more sense when it is explained that a "stabber" is [[spoiler:a magic-using assassin especially trained by the Tower for this purpose]].
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