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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only against (only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it. Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him doesn't even need to finish it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it. Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him doesn't even need to finish it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
* OddNameOut: The three Eris siblings are named Iris, Ferris, and...Lucile.
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* [[spoiler:FlingALightIntoTheFuture: What the past Sion did by altering the curse. Granted, he didn't exactly do it to help the future generations as so much as he did it to RageAgainstTheHeavens, leaving behind a mark of his bitterness]].
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* [[spoiler:ScrewDestiny: Alongside RageAgainstTheHeavens, this seems to be the backbone of the ultimate plot]].
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* [[spoiler:ViciousCycle: The vessels for the Mad Hero and the Lonesome Demon are chosen, with the Mad Hero vessel ultimately having to devour the Lonesome Demon vessel(s) to gain their power in order to prevent TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt--and, given the present situation, have failed each time to truly change anything. The previous Sion in particular crossed the DespairEventHorizon at the end and, out of his bitterness towards the entire thing, used that power to alter the cycle]].
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Various characters get one.
** Fiole has a short story showing how he met Sion and various scenes from his POV.
** Claugh is the POV character for most of one volume of ''The Legend of the Fallen Dark Hero'', detailing his DarkAndTroubledPast (and by association, [[ChildhoodFriends Luke]] and Calne's).
** Similarly to Claugh, Lucile also narrates most of one volume of the aforementioned spin-off, showing his own backstory and how he came to be the way he is now.
** Fiole has a short story showing how he met Sion and various scenes from his POV.
** Claugh is the POV character for most of one volume of ''The Legend of the Fallen Dark Hero'', detailing his DarkAndTroubledPast (and by association, [[ChildhoodFriends Luke]] and Calne's).
** Similarly to Claugh, Lucile also narrates most of one volume of the aforementioned spin-off, showing his own backstory and how he came to be the way he is now.
* BioAugmentation: The Roland military was fond of doing this in the past, with notable results including [[DisabilitySuperpower Peria]], [[spoiler:Claugh]], and [[spoiler:Luke]].
* BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Lucile]] does this to [[spoiler:Ryner]].
* BrotherSisterTeam: [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Sui and Kuu]].
* InsistentTerminology: Tiir would rather Ryner call it God's Eyes, not Cursed Eyes, thank you very much. A downplayed example, though, in that he only corrects him the first few times before apparently giving up, though Ryner corrects himself later on when trying to appeal to Tiir.
* LimitedWardrobe: While a few characters do occasionally change outfits, most of the cast tends to stick with one outfit only. Justified in some cases, where said outfit is a military uniform (and as shown with the Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron, they ''do'' have spares).
* MindRape: Ryner briefly goes through this [[spoiler: when looking at the Eris dojo]].
* MistakenForGay:
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
* MistakenForGay:
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
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* MistakenForGay:
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
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* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron in the first part of the series, though they're hardly villains, aside from generally being an annoyance to Ryner and Ferris, courtesy of Sion.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As most of the series lacks an official translation, many names fall under this. This also applies to certain terms such as Magic Eyes/Cursed Eyes, with the official translation going with the former and novel scanlations going with the latter--though given Tiir's distaste for the label, Cursed Eyes is likely more accurate.
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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler:Ferris does this in a non-fatal way to a [[UnStoppableRage berserk Ryner]]]].
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Seeing as how Lieral is NighInvulnerable, Luke has no qualms about stabbing him in the heart with a poisoned knife, [[OffWithHisHead cutting off his head]], and [[KillItWithFire setting him on fire]]--still to no effect, however.
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* TraumaCongaLine: Many characters, seeing as how it takes place in a CrapsackWorld.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Ryner, Ferris, and Sion.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Ryner, Ferris, and Sion.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: It'd probably be easier to list the friendships that ''aren't'' this.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Many characters, with one of the ideas behind the series that you pretty much ''have'' to be this to some extent [[TheExtremistWasRight to get anything done]].
* WhamEpisode: [[BreatherEpisode Episode 23]] turns out to be this [[MoodWhiplash at the very end]].
* WhamEpisode: [[BreatherEpisode Episode 23]] turns out to be this [[MoodWhiplash at the very end]].
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Alpha Stigma bearers, who only go berserk when pushed too far. [[BullyingADragon This is often]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters done intentionally by others]].
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* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Essentially what Ryner's given before the fight between Gastark and Geihilficlant, as [[ManipulativeBastard Vois]] won't say how exactly Ryner's supposed to save them all. [[spoiler:Namely because it involves him dying]].
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* BreatherEpisode: Episode 23.
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* BreatherEpisode: Episode 23.23--[[MoodWhiplash up until the end, at least]].
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The second ending is sung by Ferris's [[AyahiTakagaki Japanese voice actor]].
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** Pia threatened Zohra with this when they first met, using a spoon.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Generally averted, despite the large number of [[SacrificialLamb Sacrificial Lambs]]. Those who die are still often mentioned by those who knew them, especially when reflecting on why they fight.
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Just before Arua's father is killed]].
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* SacrificialLamb: Many, with a general good rule of thumb being that if they don't seem too important, don't appear in the opening, and have yet to appear in more than a few scenes, there's a decent chance they'll die.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Often falls on the cynical end, what with it being a CrapsackWorld where HumansAreTheRealMonsters and idealistic characters tend to be given [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" Speeches]] of some form from a more [[JerkassHasAPoint cynical character]]. That said, there's still an underlying sense of idealism, as it also relies heavily on ThePowerOfFriendship and the idea of never losing hope.
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* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards people are just being assholes]].
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* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters people are just being assholes]].
* FiveManBand: Sion has one in ''The Legend of the Fallen Dark Hero'', barring his Eris family allies, with him as TheHero, [[NumberTwo Miller]] as TheLancer, [[FourStarBadass Claugh]] as TheBigGuy, [[WeakButSkilled Luke]] as TheSmartGuy, and [[TheCasanova Calne]] as TheChick.
* GenderBlenderName: Lucile is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
* GenderBlenderName: Lucile is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
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* GenderBlenderName: Lucile is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, the people from Gastark, and Moe.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, exceptions--namely, anyone with white or blond hair and the people from Gastark, and Moe.Gastark.
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* CastingGag: Ryner shares [[JunFukuyama his seiyuu]] with [[CodeGeass a]] [[RentalMagica few]] [[XXXholic characters]] with magic eyes.
** The dub took a more specific direction -- given that the eyes are pentagrams, the director of ''BlackButler'' is an interesting choice.
** The dub took a more specific direction -- given that the eyes are pentagrams, the director of ''BlackButler'' is an interesting choice.
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* CastingGag: CastingGag:
** Ryner shares [[JunFukuyama his seiyuu]] with [[CodeGeass a]] [[RentalMagica few]] [[XXXholic characters]] with magiceyes.
**eyes. The dub took a more specific direction -- given that the eyes are pentagrams, the director of ''BlackButler'' is an interesting choice.
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* EyeScream: Anyone with a pair of Magic Eyes will be threatened with this. Sometimes it goes through.
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* EyeScream: EyeScream:
** Anyone with a pair of Magic Eyes will be threatened with this. Sometimes it goes through.
** Anyone with a pair of Magic Eyes will be threatened with this. Sometimes it goes through.
** Pia threatened Zohra with this when they first met, using a spoon.
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* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it.
** Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him doesn't even need to finish it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
** Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him doesn't even need to finish it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it.
**it. Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him doesn't even need to finish it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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* MoodWhiplash: The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? Uh, okay...
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* MoodWhiplash: MoodWhiplash:
** The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? Uh, okay...
** The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? Uh, okay...
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* MistakenForGay: Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
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* MistakenForGay: MistakenForGay:
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
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* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode makes the series appear to be a relatively light-hearted fantasy adventure, then episode 2 [[DarkAndTroubledPast flashes back to their pasts]].
** Though the violent and very bloody flashback to the era of heroes is a good warning.
** Though the violent and very bloody flashback to the era of heroes is a good warning.
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* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode makes the series appear to be a relatively light-hearted fantasy adventure, then episode 2 [[DarkAndTroubledPast flashes back to their pasts]].
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* PowerAtAPrice: Glovil requires you to sacrifice something in order to use it.
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* PowerAtAPrice: The series as a whole generally runs on this principle, with notable examples including:
** Glovil requires you to sacrifice something in order to use it.
** Glovil requires you to sacrifice something in order to use it.
** Peria's [[DisabilitySuperpower All Enchantment seal]].
** From the [[EvilEye Cursed Eyes]]: the [[PowerIncontinence Alpha]] [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Stigma]] and [[BlindSeer Torch]] [[CastFromLifespan Curse]].
** [[spoiler:Sion taking in the soul of the Mad Hero, resulting in him being in [[ImHavingSoulPains constant pain]] and at the risk of [[EnemyWithin losing himself]]]].
** In order to obtain the power he has now, Lucile essentially had to [[spoiler:[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity sell his humanity]], and like Sion, still deals with the side effects]]. On a lesser scale, one of his abilities is CastFromLifespan.
** From the [[EvilEye Cursed Eyes]]: the [[PowerIncontinence Alpha]] [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Stigma]] and [[BlindSeer Torch]] [[CastFromLifespan Curse]].
** [[spoiler:Sion taking in the soul of the Mad Hero, resulting in him being in [[ImHavingSoulPains constant pain]] and at the risk of [[EnemyWithin losing himself]]]].
** In order to obtain the power he has now, Lucile essentially had to [[spoiler:[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity sell his humanity]], and like Sion, still deals with the side effects]]. On a lesser scale, one of his abilities is CastFromLifespan.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Here we go again with DaisukeOno and TomokazuSugita.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Here we go again with DaisukeOno and TomokazuSugita.
** Here we go again with DaisukeOno and TomokazuSugita.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Ryner's Alpha Stigma seems to give him a textbook example of this.
** Most Alpha Stigma bearers.
** Most Alpha Stigma bearers.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Ryner's Alpha Stigma seems to give him a textbook example of this.
**this. Most Alpha Stigma bearers.bearers, for that matter.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Outside of the main storyline, there are two side series: ''Toriaezu Densetsu no Densetsu no Yuusha (The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Anyway)'' and ''Ochita Kuroi Yuusha no Densetsu (The Legend of the Fallen Dark Hero)''. The first one introduces several characters who would then appear in the sequel as well as going into further detail about Ryner's past (among a few others'), with the other telling the story of Sion's revolution and the pasts of those involved (namely, Claugh, Luke, Calne, and Lucile). Furthermore, ''Sion Note'' covers the true story of the [[spoiler:Mad Hero]] and [[spoiler:Lonesome Demon]], altogether making it difficult to fully understand the story and all of the characters without reading ''everything''.
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* AlmostKiss: Claugh and Noa in Episode 21, before Calne interrupts them.
* AnArmAndALeg: This happens a ''lot'', though not necessarily with long-term effects. To name all the incidents:
** [[spoiler:Sui]]--see LifeOrLimbDecision below.
** [[spoiler:Tiir]] rips off [[spoiler:Claugh's]] arm when they fight, prompting [[spoiler:Claugh]] to get ArtificialLimbs.
** [[spoiler:Lucile]] cuts off [[spoiler:Froaude's]] arm, though the latter reattaches it easily (and [[spoiler:Lucile]] had offered to do it for him either way, as he was more so proving a point than anything else).
** [[spoiler:Toale]] loses his arm and leg in a Rule Fragment attack, thus receiving ArtificialLimbs afterwards.
** [[spoiler:Ryner]] loses his arms when up against [[spoiler:Lir]] for the second time, but gets better with [[spoiler:Lieral's]] help.
** [[spoiler:Tiir]], ironically, loses his arm while fighting [[spoiler:Lucile]], though with his powers, it reattaches without any problem.
* AnArmAndALeg: This happens a ''lot'', though not necessarily with long-term effects. To name all the incidents:
** [[spoiler:Sui]]--see LifeOrLimbDecision below.
** [[spoiler:Tiir]] rips off [[spoiler:Claugh's]] arm when they fight, prompting [[spoiler:Claugh]] to get ArtificialLimbs.
** [[spoiler:Lucile]] cuts off [[spoiler:Froaude's]] arm, though the latter reattaches it easily (and [[spoiler:Lucile]] had offered to do it for him either way, as he was more so proving a point than anything else).
** [[spoiler:Toale]] loses his arm and leg in a Rule Fragment attack, thus receiving ArtificialLimbs afterwards.
** [[spoiler:Ryner]] loses his arms when up against [[spoiler:Lir]] for the second time, but gets better with [[spoiler:Lieral's]] help.
** [[spoiler:Tiir]], ironically, loses his arm while fighting [[spoiler:Lucile]], though with his powers, it reattaches without any problem.
* AristocratsAreEvil: For the most part, though there are a few aversions.
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* BadassFamily: The Erises and the Orla Siblings.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.
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* BadassFamily: The Erises and the Orla Siblings.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.siblings.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.
* CharacterDevelopment: In a series about not crossing the DespairEventHorizon and finding a reason to live, this is inevitable.
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* EvilAristocracy: The series is full of them.
* EvilEye: [[MegaManning The Alpha Stigma]], among others.
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* FanService: The Estabul Magic Knights tear open Kiefer's shirt to provoke a reaction from Ryner. Also, Ferris when she is out of her armor.
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* FanService: The Estabul Magic Knights tear open Kiefer's shirt to provoke a reaction from Ryner. Also, Ferris when she is out of her armor.armor.
* FantasticNuke: Rule Fragments. [[spoiler:Especially once multiple sides begin using them in the war, with talks of banning them even coming up]].
* FantasticNuke: Rule Fragments. [[spoiler:Especially once multiple sides begin using them in the war, with talks of banning them even coming up]].
* GeometricMagic
* GratuitousEnglish: Rule Fragments, as well as the names of some of the Cursed Eye types.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Ferris and Ryner]] have one, ending with a CooldownHug.
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* InstantRunes: Spells and Alpha Stigma.
** Almost instant, but if opponent is fast and skilled enough is possible disrupt, change or even steal invocation before its finished.
** Almost instant, but if opponent is fast and skilled enough is possible disrupt, change or even steal invocation before its finished.
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* InstantRunes: Spells and Alpha Stigma.
** Almost instant, but if opponentcan look this way in the anime, though it's actually GeometricMagic, as the user is fast and skilled enough is possible disrupt, change or even steal invocation before its finished.required to draw the magic circle. Some characters (namely, Ryner) are simply very quick about it.
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* KnightTemplar: The Magic Knights.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Sui was faced with this predicament when he activated Ryner's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Alpha Stigma]], which disintegrated his arm.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: One of the main points of the series, even with LoveMakesYouCrazy.
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* SkywardScream: Ryner does one in Episode 20, after [[spoiler:Lir kills Lafra and Pueka]].
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening [[spoiler:shows the Mad Hero and Lonesome Demon]], with Ryner's opening narration in the first episode also [[spoiler:essentially showing part of the story of the Mad Hero]]. On a lesser scale, the second opening, if you look hard enough, shows Ryner walking with what is presumably Tiir's silhouette.
* SpoilerOpening: The first opening [[spoiler:shows the Mad Hero and Lonesome Demon]], with Ryner's opening narration in the first episode also [[spoiler:essentially showing part of the story of the Mad Hero]]. On a lesser scale, the second opening, if you look hard enough, shows Ryner walking with what is presumably Tiir's silhouette.
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* WorldOfBadass: Nearly everyone can fight on some degree, what with the number of [[TykeBomb Tyke Bombs]][=/=][[ChildSoldier Child Soldiers]] and [[SuperpowerLottery Superpower Lotteries]] being won, and even some of those who can't fight are still fairly BadAss in their own way.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Ferris was abused and almost raped by her parents.]]
* ActionGirl: Ferris.
* AloofBigBrother: Lucille.
* ActionGirl: Ferris.
* AloofBigBrother: Lucille.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Rule Fragments.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Lucille
* {{Bishounen}}: Sion fits this trope quite well. Has [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] in and even outside his empire. [[spoiler:Might become a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy in a way...]].
** [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]].
** Calne Kaiwal. He is voiced by [[MiyukiSawashiro a woman]] in the Japanese version and apparently is quite popular amongst girls.
** Sui, the pink-haired young man, one of three siblings of [[spoiler:the Gastark Empire]].
* {{Bishounen}}: Sion fits this trope quite well. Has [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] in and even outside his empire. [[spoiler:Might become a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy in a way...]].
** [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]].
** Calne Kaiwal. He is voiced by [[MiyukiSawashiro a woman]] in the Japanese version and apparently is quite popular amongst girls.
** Sui, the pink-haired young man, one of three siblings of [[spoiler:the Gastark Empire]].
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* {{Blackmail}}: Sion does this to force Ryner into joining his team in the academy. Also the method he makes Ryner and Ferris go in journey, though the actual threat is formulated by Ferris's big brother Lucille.
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* ButtMonkey: Ryner. Constantly prone to being abused by Ferris. Or Iris, who believes in Ferris's words that he is a wild beast. And Sion, who can be quite [[WellIntentionedExtremist manipulative]].
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* CheerfulChild: Iris. Doesn't prevent her from being a TortureTechnician, though.
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* ChickMagnet: Ryner has Ferris, Kiefer, and Milk
** DudeMagnet: And Kiefer has Ryner, Riphal and Toale...
* CloudCuckooLander: Ferris has [[BlatantLies some really interesting stories]] about Ryner.
** DudeMagnet: And Kiefer has Ryner, Riphal and Toale...
* CloudCuckooLander: Ferris has [[BlatantLies some really interesting stories]] about Ryner.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ryner.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, the people from Gastark, and that one blond guy from the Taboo breaker squad.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, the people from Gastark, and that one blond guy from the Taboo breaker squad.Moe.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Ferris.
** Ryner. Put him next to [[MotorMouth Zohra]] [[IdiotHero Rom]] and watch the fireworks go.
** Ryner. Put him next to [[MotorMouth Zohra]] [[IdiotHero Rom]] and watch the fireworks go.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Ryner finds it interesting that he just can't seem to cross this, no matter how much crap happens.
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* EnfantTerrible: Miran Froaude.
* EnergyAbsorption: Tiir's eyes can absorb 'spirits'(the fundamental component of magic), and magic is all but useless on him. Consequently, he cannot use magic himself.
* EnergyAbsorption: Tiir's eyes can absorb 'spirits'(the fundamental component of magic), and magic is all but useless on him. Consequently, he cannot use magic himself.
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* EvilEye: [[MegaManning The Alpha Stigma.]]
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]
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* EvilEye: [[MegaManning The Alpha Stigma.]]
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]Stigma]], among others.
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]
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* EyesAreUnbreakable: On the other hand, this applies to Ryner's Alpha Stigma, as he found out the hard way when he tried to gouge out his own eyes with a knife.
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* GenderBlenderName: Lucille is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
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* GenderBlenderName: Lucille Lucile is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
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* HandicappedBadass: King Riphal Edea sacrificed his left eye, his sense of smell [[spoiler:(and later his sense of touch)]] and his right leg in order to use the [[PowerAtAPrice Sacred]] [[EquivalentExchange Sword]] [[WaveMotionSword Glovil]].
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* HandicappedBadass: King Riphal Edea sacrificed his left eye, his sense of smell [[spoiler:(and GreyAndGrayMorality: Ignoring minor villains who generally exist to die a karmic death later his sense of touch)]] on, just about everyone in the cast ultimately has good intentions and his right leg in order is sincerely trying to use change the [[PowerAtAPrice Sacred]] [[EquivalentExchange Sword]] [[WaveMotionSword Glovil]].world for the better in some way. Conversely, there are no straight up 'good guys', as trying to be anything above an AntiHero doesn't get you very far.
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* HimeCut: Miran Froaude is a male variant.
* HumansAreBastards: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* HotDad: [[spoiler:Ryner's dad, Lieral Lieutolu.]]
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
* [[spoiler:IncestIsRelative: To keep the Eris line pure, the family has the dark tradition to [[BrotherSisterIncest marry off brother and sister together]]. Ferris was supposed to marry her big brother Lucille, but then it was planned by her parents that she would be used by her parents [[{{Squick}} for producing another, more suitable female heir]] when she turns fourteen. [[SelfMadeOrphan Big brother Lucille]] [[BigBrotherInstinct prevented it from happening]].]]
* HumansAreBastards: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* HotDad: [[spoiler:Ryner's dad, Lieral Lieutolu.]]
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
* [[spoiler:IncestIsRelative: To keep the Eris line pure, the family has the dark tradition to [[BrotherSisterIncest marry off brother and sister together]]. Ferris was supposed to marry her big brother Lucille, but then it was planned by her parents that she would be used by her parents [[{{Squick}} for producing another, more suitable female heir]] when she turns fourteen. [[SelfMadeOrphan Big brother Lucille]] [[BigBrotherInstinct prevented it from happening]].]]
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* HimeCut: Miran Froaude is a male variant.
* HumansAreBastards:HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* HotDad: [[spoiler:Ryner's dad, Lieral Lieutolu.]]
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
* [[spoiler:IncestIsRelative: To keep the Eris line pure, the family has the dark tradition to [[BrotherSisterIncest marry off brother and sister together]]. Ferris was supposed to marry her big brother Lucille, Lucile, but then it was planned by her parents that she would be used by her parents [[{{Squick}} for producing another, more suitable female heir]] when she turns fourteen. [[SelfMadeOrphan Big brother Lucille]] Lucile]] [[BigBrotherInstinct prevented it from happening]].]]
* HumansAreBastards:
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
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* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Ferris.
* ImAHumanitarian: Tiir. Recently, the anime has gone from depicting him absorbing black and white confetti from humans to actually adding chewing sound effects.
* ImAHumanitarian: Tiir. Recently, the anime has gone from depicting him absorbing black and white confetti from humans to actually adding chewing sound effects.
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* KingIncognito: Sion does this to visit Toale.
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* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Lucille.
* KnightTemplarParent: Oh, he only, you know, [[spoiler:screwed up the entire world for the sake of his son]].
* LazyBum: Ryner.
* KnightTemplarParent: Oh, he only, you know, [[spoiler:screwed up the entire world for the sake of his son]].
* LazyBum: Ryner.
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* LightIsNotGood: The guy who tried to kill Miran and Sion with [[ShockAndAwe lightning beasts]].
* LittleMissBadass: Iris
* LittleMissBadass: Iris
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* MarriedToTheJob: Sion. Lampshaded by Ryner, who calls him a workaholic and the others by constantly having to force him to eat and rest.
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* NonIronicClown: [[spoiler: The Solver of All Equations.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ryner is clearly less of an idiot than he seems to be.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ryner is clearly less of an idiot than he seems to be.
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* OffWithHisHead: This has happened a lot and it seems to be Lucille's preferred method of killing.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]
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* OffWithHisHead: This has happened a lot and it seems to be Lucille's Lucile's preferred method of killing.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]killing.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: Sion and Toale.
** Ryner, possibly.
** Ferris and Iris to an extent, but only because [[spoiler:their big brother Lucille killed their parents to save Ferris from marrying him, because the entire Eris line thinks [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings shall marry]] to [[IncestIsRelative keep their bloodline pure]]. In the anime the parents attempted to [[AttemptedRape ra]][[ParentalIncest pe]] her.]]
** Milk, as she was in the same orphanage with Ryner, as it seems, and the siblings Fiole and Eslina.
* [[PersonofMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]]: [[spoiler: Ryner can disintegrate an infinite amount of objects, living and inanimate alike, through will alone when his true power awakens. Body count? More than 1,000,000.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Miran Froaude, to Sion. On the other hand, Sion knows more about what Froaude is up to than he realizes.
** Ryner, possibly.
** Ferris and Iris to an extent, but only because [[spoiler:their big brother Lucille killed their parents to save Ferris from marrying him, because the entire Eris line thinks [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings shall marry]] to [[IncestIsRelative keep their bloodline pure]]. In the anime the parents attempted to [[AttemptedRape ra]][[ParentalIncest pe]] her.]]
** Milk, as she was in the same orphanage with Ryner, as it seems, and the siblings Fiole and Eslina.
* [[PersonofMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]]: [[spoiler: Ryner can disintegrate an infinite amount of objects, living and inanimate alike, through will alone when his true power awakens. Body count? More than 1,000,000.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Miran Froaude, to Sion. On the other hand, Sion knows more about what Froaude is up to than he realizes.
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* PowerTattoo: Claugh's magic.
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* RazorFloss: Luke's magic, which is actually [[spoiler: a Rule Fragment]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Ryner is half of the reincarnation of a demon king... Lucille is the other half.]]
** Their circumstances are a bit more complicated than good old reincarnation, but [[spoiler:Milk]] plays this trope straight by [[spoiler:being the reincarnation of the only Goddess that sided with the hero and the Lonely Demon]].
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed, or the Lonesome Demon]], who can easily manipulate the very fabric of reality by fiddling the 'equations' that make up this world.
* RedBaron: Ryner was once known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Greatest Magician in Roland]] after wiping the floor with the previous holder at the age of 13. He still is, but it rarely gets brought up anymore.
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Ryner is half of the reincarnation of a demon king... Lucille is the other half.]]
** Their circumstances are a bit more complicated than good old reincarnation, but [[spoiler:Milk]] plays this trope straight by [[spoiler:being the reincarnation of the only Goddess that sided with the hero and the Lonely Demon]].
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed, or the Lonesome Demon]], who can easily manipulate the very fabric of reality by fiddling the 'equations' that make up this world.
* RedBaron: Ryner was once known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Greatest Magician in Roland]] after wiping the floor with the previous holder at the age of 13. He still is, but it rarely gets brought up anymore.
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* RightHandOfDoom: Claugh's magic and everytime he uses it his [[ClothingDamage sleeve explodes]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lucile killed his parents, Miran killed his adoptive noble father.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: Ril]] in episode 20.
* SociopathicHero: Lucille and possibly Miran.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lucile killed his parents, Miran killed his adoptive noble father.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: Ril]] in episode 20.
* SociopathicHero: Lucille and possibly Miran.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lucile killed his parents, Miran killed his adoptive noble father.]]
* SociopathicHero: Lucille and possibly Miran.
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* SquishyWizard: Averted by Ryner. Seems like being the strongest magician in Roland does require some physical prowess.
** Might be played straight with Sion, as he is more the tactican, is the king, is well-versed in magic and was saved by Ferris when he was back in the academy (he does fight and does attack offensively, but only after he knows he is superior to the situation by information). At least in the anime you don't see him fight too much, thus evoking this trope for now.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ferris and Ryner.
** Might be played straight with Sion, as he is more the tactican, is the king, is well-versed in magic and was saved by Ferris when he was back in the academy (he does fight and does attack offensively, but only after he knows he is superior to the situation by information). At least in the anime you don't see him fight too much, thus evoking this trope for now.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ferris and Ryner.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kiefer is blackmailed by Roland's aristocrats to expose Sion's squad's location to the enemy with the purpose of getting rid of Sion. Her sister, the blackmail material, turns out to be DeadAllAlong, though.]]
* TheOphelia: Sion Note reveals that [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed]] may be a male version of this. He's also a StepfordSmiler and gets strangely chippy at the thought of being killed.
* ThePollyanna: Milk.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Ferris ''really'' loves dango.
* TechnicalPacifist: Ryner. Though he doesn't hesitate to beat up mooks if you get him [[BrilliantButLazy riled up enough]], he abhors killing and even once stopped Miran Froaude from killing an antagonist that was trying to take Ryner's life a few moments ago. Also, being the proficient magician he is, he has higher-level spells than the one he spams most often, but doesn't like to use them because they're too lethal.
* TheOphelia: Sion Note reveals that [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed]] may be a male version of this. He's also a StepfordSmiler and gets strangely chippy at the thought of being killed.
* ThePollyanna: Milk.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Ferris ''really'' loves dango.
* TechnicalPacifist: Ryner. Though he doesn't hesitate to beat up mooks if you get him [[BrilliantButLazy riled up enough]], he abhors killing and even once stopped Miran Froaude from killing an antagonist that was trying to take Ryner's life a few moments ago. Also, being the proficient magician he is, he has higher-level spells than the one he spams most often, but doesn't like to use them because they're too lethal.
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* {{Tsundere}}[=/=]{{Kuudere}}: Ferris in episode 1; doesn't seem to be the case in the flashbacks with Sion, though. Sion even points it out, saying she never opened up to him like that.
** As of episode 21 she gains the LuminescentBlush.
* UnfortunateNames: Milk and the aforementioned Lucille.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Ferris and Ryner.
* WaveMotionSword: Riphal's sword, Glovil.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sion.
** Sion's not quite there yet, but Riphal is way ahead of him in that department.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Sion, [[spoiler: whether in future averted, subverted or played straight will be seen]].
** Luke subverted in personality.
** As of episode 21 she gains the LuminescentBlush.
* UnfortunateNames: Milk and the aforementioned Lucille.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Ferris and Ryner.
* WaveMotionSword: Riphal's sword, Glovil.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sion.
** Sion's not quite there yet, but Riphal is way ahead of him in that department.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Sion, [[spoiler: whether in future averted, subverted or played straight will be seen]].
** Luke subverted in personality.
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** As of episode 21 she gains the LuminescentBlush.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Ferris and Ryner.
* WaveMotionSword: Riphal's sword, Glovil.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sion.
** Sion's not quite there yet, but Riphal is way ahead of him in that department.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Sion, [[spoiler: whether in future averted, subverted or played straight will be seen]].
** Luke subverted in personality.
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* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did Have To Be Ghosts]]: Ferris is deathly afraid of boat rides and ghosts.
* WillfullyWeak: Ryner practically never fights at his full strength because he [[ThouShaltNotKill really, really hates killing.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: Ryner. Alpha Stigma bearers in general may count when they lose control. And besides them, maybe Sion later on, too.]]
* WillfullyWeak: Ryner practically never fights at his full strength because he [[ThouShaltNotKill really, really hates killing.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: Ryner. Alpha Stigma bearers in general may count when they lose control. And besides them, maybe Sion later on, too.]]
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* WillfullyWeak: Ryner practically never fights at his full strength because he [[ThouShaltNotKill really, really hates killing.]]
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* BullyingADragon: Alpha Stigma bearers have special eyes that let them copy any magic they see, and have a tendency to loose control of their emotions and destroy entire towns. Yet rather than leaving them alone (or just killing them with weapons), tormenting and ostracizing them seems to be the preferred reaction.
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* BullyingADragon: Alpha Stigma bearers have special eyes that let them copy any magic they see, and have a tendency to loose lose control of their emotions and destroy entire towns. Yet rather than leaving them alone (or just killing them with weapons), tormenting and ostracizing them seems to be the preferred reaction.
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It Got Worse de-wicking.
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* CrapsackWorld: [[ItGotWorse And it keeps getting worse.]]
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* CrapsackWorld: [[ItGotWorse [[FromBadToWorse And it keeps getting worse.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? [[ItGotWorse Uh, okay...]].
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* MoodWhiplash: The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? [[ItGotWorse Uh, okay...]].
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* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[spoiler:The very existence of several beings that hold the world in their palms. The Goddesses, the priests, the hero and the demon.]] Oh, and by the way, [[spoiler:the world has been destroyed before. Many, many times.]] It got better. Then ItGotWorse.
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* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[spoiler:The very existence of several beings that hold the world in their palms. The Goddesses, the priests, the hero and the demon.]] Oh, and by the way, [[spoiler:the world has been destroyed before. Many, many times.]] It got better. Then ItGotWorse.better... then worse.
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* BedmateReveal: [[spoiler:Ferris and Ryner in episode 22 and considering what she [[{{Casanova}} thinks of him]] it's even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funnier.]]]]
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* BedmateReveal: [[spoiler:Ferris and Ryner in episode 22 and considering what she [[{{Casanova}} [[TheCasanova thinks of him]] it's even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funnier.]]]]
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* {{Casanova}}[=/=]MemeticMolester: Ferris constantly accuses Ryner being one of these.
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* {{Casanova}}[=/=]MemeticMolester: TheCasanova[=/=]MemeticMolester: Ferris constantly accuses Ryner being one of these.
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* SwordPlant: Ferris does this in the second opening.
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** Almost instant, but if you are fast and skilled is possible disrupt, change or even steal invocation before its finished.
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** DudeMagnet: And Kiefer has Ryner, Riphal and Toale...
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** Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him 'doesn't even need to finish it.' So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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** Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him 'doesn't doesn't even need to finish it.' it, So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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** Taken UpToEleven in that the person casting the spell in front of him 'doesn't even need to finish it.' So long as they get the majority of the way through the spell, he can cast the whole thing fine with his usual level of proficiency even if they stop partway through.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: [[CompleteMonster Ril]]]] in episode 20.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: [[CompleteMonster Ril]]]] Ril]] in episode 20.
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* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Solver of All Equations is doomed to suffer hellish pain for all eternity when he's devoured by the hero. This is why Sion tried to [[MercyKill kill Ryner]], even though he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* BreatherEpisode: Episode 23.
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* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards people are just being assholes]].
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* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards people are just being assholes]]. assholes]].
* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Solver of All Equations is doomed to suffer hellish pain for all eternity when he's devoured by the hero. This is why Sion tried to [[MercyKill kill Ryner]], even though he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Solver of All Equations is doomed to suffer hellish pain for all eternity when he's devoured by the hero. This is why Sion tried to [[MercyKill kill Ryner]], even though he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
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''What would it be like, not being able to choose your own life? What if your family died? How about the person you love? No one ever wants that, and yet the world hands out that sorrow for no reason, laughing all the way.''
''Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu'' (''The Legend of the Legendary Heroes'') is a 2010 anime series based on a popular series of LightNovels (which also has a {{Manga}} adaptation). It tells the story of Ryner Lute, a young mage who bears an [[EvilEye Alpha Stigma]], which grants him incredible magic power at the cost of making him go a tiny bit [[SuperpoweredEvilSide insane]] sometimes. After surviving a brutal battle, he is tasked by his friend Sion Astal (who also happens to be the king of Roland, the country they live in) with obtaining relics of the so-called legendary heroes who saved the kingdom from monsters in the distant past.
Despite its relatively light-hearted premise, this show is extremely fond of [[MoodWhiplash Mood Whiplashes]]. Prepare yourself for {{Berserk}} undertones.
Has a (developing) [[Characters/TheLegendOfLegendaryHeroes character sheet]].
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!! Tropes used in this series include:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Ferris's sword.
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Ferris to Ryner. Every single episode.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Ferris was abused and almost raped by her parents.]]
* ActionGirl: Ferris.
* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Solver of All Equations is doomed to suffer hellish pain for all eternity when he's devoured by the hero. This is why Sion tried to [[MercyKill kill Ryner]], even though he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* AloofBigBrother: Lucille.
* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]: Many, many times.
* [[spoiler:AllMythsAreTrue]]
* AntiMagic: Elemio's Comb had one moment of glory before it disintegrated into dust.
* AssholeVictim: Lots of them, and you will cheer when they are killed.
* AttemptedRape: Practically the whole female cast have experienced this one time or another.
* BadassFamily: The Erises and the Orla Siblings.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.
* BareYourMidriff: Ferris when she's not wearing armor.
* BedmateReveal: [[spoiler:Ferris and Ryner in episode 22 and considering what she [[{{Casanova}} thinks of him]] it's even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funnier.]]]]
* BerserkButton: The trigger for the intial Alpha Stigma activation.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Lucille
* {{Bishounen}}: Sion fits this trope quite well. Has [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] in and even outside his empire. [[spoiler:Might become a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy in a way...]].
** [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]].
** Calne Kaiwal. He is voiced by [[MiyukiSawashiro a woman]] in the Japanese version and apparently is quite popular amongst girls.
** Sui, the pink-haired young man, one of three siblings of [[spoiler:the Gastark Empire]].
* {{BFS}}: Ferris's sword and the Sacred Sword Glovil.
* {{Blackmail}}: Sion does this to force Ryner into joining his team in the academy. Also the method he makes Ryner and Ferris go in journey, though the actual threat is formulated by Ferris's big brother Lucille.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Ryner is tsukkomi to almost everyone in the show, but Ferris is the boke most of the times -- [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale a rather violent one who doesn't think she's the boke]]. This is especially obvious in a short story where Ferris writes a book and attempts to strangle Ryner whenever he points out how ridiculous her story is.
* BreakTheCutie: Practically the entire main cast.
* BrilliantButLazy: Ryner. So much that he created what could only be called a flawless, impregnable magic barrier to prevent ''sleep disturbance''.
* BrotherSisterIncest: One-sided.
* ButtMonkey: Ryner. Constantly prone to being abused by Ferris. Or Iris, who believes in Ferris's words that he is a wild beast. And Sion, who can be quite [[WellIntentionedExtremist manipulative]].
* {{Casanova}}[=/=]MemeticMolester: Ferris constantly accuses Ryner being one of these.
* CastingGag: Ryner shares [[JunFukuyama his seiyuu]] with [[CodeGeass a]] [[RentalMagica few]] [[XXXholic characters]] with magic eyes.
** The dub took a more specific direction -- given that the eyes are pentagrams, the director of ''BlackButler'' is an interesting choice.
** [[LuciChristian Ferris]] having a love of (munching on) multicolored dango will possibly bring amusement to ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' fans.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ferris.
* CheerfulChild: Iris. Doesn't prevent her from being a TortureTechnician, though.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Milk claims Ryner promised to marry her when they were kids. He doesn't remember her.
* ChickMagnet: Ryner has Ferris, Kiefer, and Milk
* CloudCuckooLander: Ferris has [[BlatantLies some really interesting stories]] about Ryner.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Iris's drawings.
* CrapsackWorld: [[ItGotWorse And it keeps getting worse.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ryner.
* CursedWithAwesome: Anyone with a pair of magic eyes are gifted with abilities beyond normal humans, but they're also subject to heavy discrimination and persecution.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, the people from Gastark, and that one blond guy from the Taboo breaker squad.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Played straight by a huge portion of the cast. Ryner ranks pretty high amongst them.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ferris.
** Ryner. Put him next to [[MotorMouth Zohra]] [[IdiotHero Rom]] and watch the fireworks go.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title of the series.
* DesignatedHero: Sion was hailed as Roland's hero for single-handedly decimating a troop of 50 Magic Knights, but the actual deed was done by Ryner, who ended up in prison.
* DespairEventHorizon: Ryner finds it interesting that he just can't seem to cross this, no matter how much crap happens.
* DotingParent: Guard from episode 4.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Goddesses. Beings whose sole purpose is to consume the entire world. The Lonely Demon as well, perhaps even moreso, considering that the ones who created the world are baffled by and utterly terrified of him, even though he's mostly benign.]]
* EnfantTerrible: Miran Froaude.
* EnergyAbsorption: Tiir's eyes can absorb 'spirits'(the fundamental component of magic), and magic is all but useless on him. Consequently, he cannot use magic himself.
* EquivalentExchange
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:All of the students except Ryner, Sion, and Kiefer are killed by the Magic Knights in episode 3.]]
* EvilAristocracy: The series is full of them.
* EvilEye: [[MegaManning The Alpha Stigma.]]
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]
* EyeScream: Anyone with a pair of Magic Eyes will be threatened with this. Sometimes it goes through.
** Riphal as well, when he [[spoiler:sacrifices his eye in a Magic Contract]].
* EyesAreUnbreakable: On the other hand, this applies to Ryner's Alpha Stigma, as he found out the hard way when [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel he tried to gouge out his own eyes with a knife]].
* {{Fangirl}}: Sion has a lot, ranging from young girls to older women. In his empire and outside. And in a way, Iris is one to her [[CoolBigSis big sister]] [[ActionGirl Ferris]]. [[ForgottenChildhoodFriend Milk]] might count as one to Ryner.
* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards people are just being assholes]].
* GenderBlenderName: Lucille is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
* GoryDiscretionShot<->{{Gorn}}
* HandicappedBadass: King Riphal Edea sacrificed his left eye, his sense of smell [[spoiler:(and later his sense of touch)]] and his right leg in order to use the [[PowerAtAPrice Sacred]] [[EquivalentExchange Sword]] [[WaveMotionSword Glovil]].
* HeroicFantasy: Starts out looking like this, but gradually reveals that it's actually HighFantasy.
* HimeCut: Miran Froaude is a male variant.
* HumansAreBastards: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* HotChickWithASword: Ferris.
* HotDad: [[spoiler:Ryner's dad, Lieral Lieutolu.]]
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* HoYay: Ryner and Sion...Ryner and Tiir...and the producers are fully aware of this.
** It starts way back in Episode 2... Okay, so {{it makes sense in context}}, but ''"I like your eyes"'', indeed!
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
* [[spoiler:IncestIsRelative: To keep the Eris line pure, the family has the dark tradition to [[BrotherSisterIncest marry off brother and sister together]]. Ferris was supposed to marry her big brother Lucille, but then it was planned by her parents that she would be used by her parents [[{{Squick}} for producing another, more suitable female heir]] when she turns fourteen. [[SelfMadeOrphan Big brother Lucille]] [[BigBrotherInstinct prevented it from happening]].]]
* InfantImmortality: Averted ruthlessly. Yes, it is [[CrapsackWorld that kind of world]].
* InstantRunes: Spells and Alpha Stigma.
* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Ferris.
* ImAHumanitarian: Tiir. Recently, the anime has gone from depicting him absorbing black and white confetti from humans to actually [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel adding chewing sound effects.]]
* KickTheDog: After his mother dies, Sion's half-brothers leave him a gift in the form of a dead puppy.
* KingIncognito: Sion does this to visit Toale.
* KnightTemplar: The Magic Knights.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Lucille.
* KnightTemplarParent: Oh, he only, you know, [[spoiler:screwed up the entire world for the sake of his son]].
* LazyBum: Ryner.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Sui was faced with this predicament when he activated Ryner's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Alpha Stigma]], which disintegrated his arm.
* LightIsNotGood: The guy who tried to kill Miran and Sion with [[ShockAndAwe lightning beasts]].
* LittleMissBadass: Iris
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: THE defining trope of the show, according to WordOfGod.
* MacGuffin: The legendary artifacts the Ryner and Ferris are looking for.
* MadeOfPlasticine
* MarriedToTheJob: Sion. Lampshaded by Ryner, who calls him a workaholic and the others by constantly having to force him to eat and rest.
* MegaManning: Anyone with Alpha Stigma can copy most spells instantaneously.
* MoodWhiplash: The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? [[ItGotWorse Uh, okay...]].
** Then there is episode 23, which starts with Ryner getting worked nearly to death by Sion, some more funny scenes about that, then funny birthday preparations for Sion behind his back which even involves [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]], a fleeing Sion a few days later (turns out he was fleeing from his birthday), a heartwarming birthday scene, and ends with a serious fight between Sion and his soldiers against Ryner. [[FlatWhat Wait, what]]?!
* MistakenForGay: Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode makes the series appear to be a relatively light-hearted fantasy adventure, then episode 2 [[DarkAndTroubledPast flashes back to their pasts]].
* NonIronicClown: [[spoiler: The Solver of All Equations.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ryner is clearly less of an idiot than he seems to be.
* OddlyVisibleEyebrows
* OddNameOut: The three Eris siblings are named Iris, Ferris, and...Lucile.
* OffWithHisHead: This has happened a lot and it seems to be Lucille's preferred method of killing.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: It's actually a hellish military training facility disguised as an orphanage. Those who cannot keep up are disposed of.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: In the short time we knew him, the Solver of All Equations is a gentle, kind being despite possessing the power to destroy the world. His other half, the Weaver of All Equations seemed like a [[LoveMakesYouCrazy mad demon]] that's responsible for how [[IncestIsRelative twisted the Eris family is]], but in the end voluntarily let himself be devoured by Lucile and genuinely wishes happiness upon him.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Sion and Toale.
** Ryner, possibly.
** Ferris and Iris to an extent, but only because [[spoiler:their big brother Lucille killed their parents to save Ferris from marrying him, because the entire Eris line thinks [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings shall marry]] to [[IncestIsRelative keep their bloodline pure]]. In the anime the parents attempted to [[AttemptedRape ra]][[ParentalIncest pe]] her.]]
** Milk, as she was in the same orphanage with Ryner, as it seems, and the siblings Fiole and Eslina.
* [[PersonofMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]]: [[spoiler: Ryner can disintegrate an infinite amount of objects, living and inanimate alike, through will alone when his true power awakens. Body count? More than 1,000,000.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Miran Froaude, to Sion. On the other hand, Sion knows more about what Froaude is up to than he realizes.
* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: ''DenYuuDen.''
* PowerAtAPrice: Glovil requires you to sacrifice something in order to use it.
** [[spoiler: Ryner's true ability can only activate by sacrificing of the soul someone who loves him.]]
* PowerTattoo: Claugh's magic.
* PowersThatBe: The [[spoiler:priests]] who have been orchestrating almost all events in the series.
* RazorFloss: Luke's magic, which is actually [[spoiler: a Rule Fragment]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Ryner is half of the reincarnation of a demon king... Lucille is the other half.]]
** Their circumstances are a bit more complicated than good old reincarnation, but [[spoiler:Milk]] plays this trope straight by [[spoiler:being the reincarnation of the only Goddess that sided with the hero and the Lonely Demon]].
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed, or the Lonesome Demon]], who can easily manipulate the very fabric of reality by fiddling the 'equations' that make up this world.
* RedBaron: Ryner was once known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Greatest Magician in Roland]] after wiping the floor with the previous holder at the age of 13. He still is, but it rarely gets brought up anymore.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Here we go again with DaisukeOno and TomokazuSugita.
** And now we have both JunFukuyama and TakahiroSakurai of CodeGeass fame. [[spoiler: It's a pretty major role-reversal too.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Noa and Claugh. The first time Claugh rescues Noa from Miran, but the situation becomes inverted when Noa decides to negotiate with Miran instead of getting Claugh hurt. The second time is played straighter, when Claugh saves Noa from would-be assassins/rapists.]]
* RightHandOfDoom: Claugh's magic and everytime he uses it his [[ClothingDamage sleeve explodes]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lucile killed his parents, Miran killed his adoptive noble father.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: [[CompleteMonster Ril]]]] in episode 20.
* SociopathicHero: Lucille and possibly Miran.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Ryner's Alpha Stigma seems to give him a textbook example of this.
** Most Alpha Stigma bearers.
* SuperWeight
** ''Shirt Weight'': [[WouldHurtAChild Children]], [[IllGirl Ene]], [[DistressedDamsel Noa]].
** ''Muggle Weight'': Average soldiers, [[DoggedNiceGuy Toale]], Kiefer.
** ''Iron Weight'': Sion, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Ferris]], [[LittleMissBadass Iris]], [[TheSmartGuy Luke]], Calne.
** ''Super Weight'': Anyone with a [[FantasticNuke Rhule Fragmei]], [[BrilliantButLazy Ryner]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Lute]], [[DitzyGenius Zohra Rom]], [[EnergyAbsorption Tiir]], [[SuperStrength Claugh Klom]], [[BadassAdorable Milk]].
** ''Lottery Weight'': Anyone with two or more [[FantasticNuke Rhule Fragmei]], [[TheAce Pia]], [[spoiler: Relx Eris]], [[spoiler: average Goddesses]], [[spoiler: [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Asruld Roland]]]].
** ''Deus Weight'': [[spoiler: [[OneHitKill Ryner Reed]]]], [[spoiler: [[SuperpowerLottery Eris Reed]]]], [[SuperpowerLottery Lieral]] [[NighInvulnerability Lieutolu]], [[spoiler: higher-tiered Goddesses like [[PhysicalGod Goddess of Reincarnation]]]], [[spoiler: Asruld Roland after he merged with Ryner Reed]].
** ''Author Weight'': [[spoiler: [[RealityWarper Ryner Eris Reed]]]].
* StarCrossedLovers: What [[spoiler:one of the Goddesses]] believed [[spoiler:the Hero and the Lonely Demon]] to be.
* SquishyWizard: Averted by Ryner. Seems like being the strongest magician in Roland does require some physical prowess.
** Might be played straight with Sion, as he is more the tactican, is the king, is well-versed in magic and was saved by Ferris when he was back in the academy (he does fight and does attack offensively, but only after he knows he is superior to the situation by information). At least in the anime you don't see him fight too much, thus evoking this trope for now.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ferris and Ryner.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Happens every 1000 years. Wonder if anyone out there is keeping count.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kiefer is blackmailed by Roland's aristocrats to expose Sion's squad's location to the enemy with the purpose of getting rid of Sion. Her sister, the blackmail material, turns out to be DeadAllAlong, though.]]
* TheOphelia: Sion Note reveals that [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed]] may be a male version of this. He's also a StepfordSmiler and gets strangely chippy at the thought of being killed.
* ThePollyanna: Milk.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Ferris ''really'' loves dango.
* TechnicalPacifist: Ryner. Though he doesn't hesitate to beat up mooks if you get him [[BrilliantButLazy riled up enough]], he abhors killing and even once stopped Miran Froaude from killing an antagonist that was trying to take Ryner's life a few moments ago. Also, being the proficient magician he is, he has higher-level spells than the one he spams most often, but doesn't like to use them because they're too lethal.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[spoiler:The very existence of several beings that hold the world in their palms. The Goddesses, the priests, the hero and the demon.]] Oh, and by the way, [[spoiler:the world has been destroyed before. Many, many times.]] It got better. Then ItGotWorse.
* {{Tsundere}}[=/=]{{Kuudere}}: Ferris in episode 1; doesn't seem to be the case in the flashbacks with Sion, though. Sion even points it out, saying she never opened up to him like that.
** As of episode 21 she gains the LuminescentBlush.
* UnfortunateNames: Milk and the aforementioned Lucille.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Ferris and Ryner.
* WaveMotionSword: Riphal's sword, Glovil.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sion.
** Sion's not quite there yet, but Riphal is way ahead of him in that department.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Sion, [[spoiler: whether in future averted, subverted or played straight will be seen]].
** Luke subverted in personality.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Episodes 2 and 3.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did Have To Be Ghosts]]: Ferris is deathly afraid of boat rides and ghosts.
* WillfullyWeak: Ryner practically never fights at his full strength because he [[ThouShaltNotKill really, really hates killing.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: Ryner. Alpha Stigma bearers in general may count when they lose control. And besides them, maybe Sion later on, too.]]
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''What would it be like, not being able to choose your own life? What if your family died? How about the person you love? No one ever wants that, and yet the world hands out that sorrow for no reason, laughing all the way.''
''Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu'' (''The Legend of the Legendary Heroes'') is a 2010 anime series based on a popular series of LightNovels (which also has a {{Manga}} adaptation). It tells the story of Ryner Lute, a young mage who bears an [[EvilEye Alpha Stigma]], which grants him incredible magic power at the cost of making him go a tiny bit [[SuperpoweredEvilSide insane]] sometimes. After surviving a brutal battle, he is tasked by his friend Sion Astal (who also happens to be the king of Roland, the country they live in) with obtaining relics of the so-called legendary heroes who saved the kingdom from monsters in the distant past.
Despite its relatively light-hearted premise, this show is extremely fond of [[MoodWhiplash Mood Whiplashes]]. Prepare yourself for {{Berserk}} undertones.
Has a (developing) [[Characters/TheLegendOfLegendaryHeroes character sheet]].
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!! Tropes used in this series include:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Ferris's sword.
* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Ferris to Ryner. Every single episode.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Ferris was abused and almost raped by her parents.]]
* ActionGirl: Ferris.
* AFateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Solver of All Equations is doomed to suffer hellish pain for all eternity when he's devoured by the hero. This is why Sion tried to [[MercyKill kill Ryner]], even though he couldn't bring himself to do it.]]
* AloofBigBrother: Lucille.
* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]: Many, many times.
* [[spoiler:AllMythsAreTrue]]
* AntiMagic: Elemio's Comb had one moment of glory before it disintegrated into dust.
* AssholeVictim: Lots of them, and you will cheer when they are killed.
* AttemptedRape: Practically the whole female cast have experienced this one time or another.
* BadassFamily: The Erises and the Orla Siblings.
* BadassNormal: Ferris. In a world where people either spam [[FantasticNuke Rule Fragment]] in sword fights or have hit the SuperpowerLottery HARD, she can still hold her own pretty well with most of them.
* BareYourMidriff: Ferris when she's not wearing armor.
* BedmateReveal: [[spoiler:Ferris and Ryner in episode 22 and considering what she [[{{Casanova}} thinks of him]] it's even [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funnier.]]]]
* BerserkButton: The trigger for the intial Alpha Stigma activation.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Lucille
* {{Bishounen}}: Sion fits this trope quite well. Has [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]] in and even outside his empire. [[spoiler:Might become a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy in a way...]].
** [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]].
** Calne Kaiwal. He is voiced by [[MiyukiSawashiro a woman]] in the Japanese version and apparently is quite popular amongst girls.
** Sui, the pink-haired young man, one of three siblings of [[spoiler:the Gastark Empire]].
* {{BFS}}: Ferris's sword and the Sacred Sword Glovil.
* {{Blackmail}}: Sion does this to force Ryner into joining his team in the academy. Also the method he makes Ryner and Ferris go in journey, though the actual threat is formulated by Ferris's big brother Lucille.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Ryner is tsukkomi to almost everyone in the show, but Ferris is the boke most of the times -- [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale a rather violent one who doesn't think she's the boke]]. This is especially obvious in a short story where Ferris writes a book and attempts to strangle Ryner whenever he points out how ridiculous her story is.
* BreakTheCutie: Practically the entire main cast.
* BrilliantButLazy: Ryner. So much that he created what could only be called a flawless, impregnable magic barrier to prevent ''sleep disturbance''.
* BrotherSisterIncest: One-sided.
* ButtMonkey: Ryner. Constantly prone to being abused by Ferris. Or Iris, who believes in Ferris's words that he is a wild beast. And Sion, who can be quite [[WellIntentionedExtremist manipulative]].
* {{Casanova}}[=/=]MemeticMolester: Ferris constantly accuses Ryner being one of these.
* CastingGag: Ryner shares [[JunFukuyama his seiyuu]] with [[CodeGeass a]] [[RentalMagica few]] [[XXXholic characters]] with magic eyes.
** The dub took a more specific direction -- given that the eyes are pentagrams, the director of ''BlackButler'' is an interesting choice.
** [[LuciChristian Ferris]] having a love of (munching on) multicolored dango will possibly bring amusement to ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' fans.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ferris.
* CheerfulChild: Iris. Doesn't prevent her from being a TortureTechnician, though.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Milk claims Ryner promised to marry her when they were kids. He doesn't remember her.
* ChickMagnet: Ryner has Ferris, Kiefer, and Milk
* CloudCuckooLander: Ferris has [[BlatantLies some really interesting stories]] about Ryner.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Iris's drawings.
* CrapsackWorld: [[ItGotWorse And it keeps getting worse.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ryner.
* CursedWithAwesome: Anyone with a pair of magic eyes are gifted with abilities beyond normal humans, but they're also subject to heavy discrimination and persecution.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Just about every single character, with some exceptions, namely Sion, the Eris family, the people from Gastark, and that one blond guy from the Taboo breaker squad.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Played straight by a huge portion of the cast. Ryner ranks pretty high amongst them.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ferris.
** Ryner. Put him next to [[MotorMouth Zohra]] [[IdiotHero Rom]] and watch the fireworks go.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The title of the series.
* DesignatedHero: Sion was hailed as Roland's hero for single-handedly decimating a troop of 50 Magic Knights, but the actual deed was done by Ryner, who ended up in prison.
* DespairEventHorizon: Ryner finds it interesting that he just can't seem to cross this, no matter how much crap happens.
* DotingParent: Guard from episode 4.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Goddesses. Beings whose sole purpose is to consume the entire world. The Lonely Demon as well, perhaps even moreso, considering that the ones who created the world are baffled by and utterly terrified of him, even though he's mostly benign.]]
* EnfantTerrible: Miran Froaude.
* EnergyAbsorption: Tiir's eyes can absorb 'spirits'(the fundamental component of magic), and magic is all but useless on him. Consequently, he cannot use magic himself.
* EquivalentExchange
* EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:All of the students except Ryner, Sion, and Kiefer are killed by the Magic Knights in episode 3.]]
* EvilAristocracy: The series is full of them.
* EvilEye: [[MegaManning The Alpha Stigma.]]
* {{Expy}}: Miran looks like [[GenderBender genderswapped]] version of [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Shizuku Sango]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: Lucille. He opens them for a moment in episode 12 to show that he is seriously dangerous. Luke as well.
* EyesOfGold: Sion, though he does not really show the characteristics.
** [[spoiler:Definitely Sion -- not only is he the current incarnation of the Mad Hero, but it's remarked in the novels that his gold eyes were inherited from his royal lineage. Which coincidentally is descended from the Mad Hero, and thus very decidedly not entirely normal humans.]]
* EyeScream: Anyone with a pair of Magic Eyes will be threatened with this. Sometimes it goes through.
** Riphal as well, when he [[spoiler:sacrifices his eye in a Magic Contract]].
* EyesAreUnbreakable: On the other hand, this applies to Ryner's Alpha Stigma, as he found out the hard way when [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel he tried to gouge out his own eyes with a knife]].
* {{Fangirl}}: Sion has a lot, ranging from young girls to older women. In his empire and outside. And in a way, Iris is one to her [[CoolBigSis big sister]] [[ActionGirl Ferris]]. [[ForgottenChildhoodFriend Milk]] might count as one to Ryner.
* FantasticRacism: The bearers of magic eyes are on the receiving end. This is justified in certain individual cases, but there are an overwhelming amount of sympathetic examples where [[HumansAreBastards people are just being assholes]].
* GenderBlenderName: Lucille is a guy. Kiefer is a girl.
* GoryDiscretionShot<->{{Gorn}}
* HandicappedBadass: King Riphal Edea sacrificed his left eye, his sense of smell [[spoiler:(and later his sense of touch)]] and his right leg in order to use the [[PowerAtAPrice Sacred]] [[EquivalentExchange Sword]] [[WaveMotionSword Glovil]].
* HeroicFantasy: Starts out looking like this, but gradually reveals that it's actually HighFantasy.
* HimeCut: Miran Froaude is a male variant.
* HumansAreBastards: Mostly played straight. Even though they're essentially the same, humans and some possessors of magic eyes deem each other as different races, with the latter often suffering at the former's hands, ranging from being discriminated against(only rarely is this justified) to being slaughtered by people out to harvest their eyes.
* HotChickWithASword: Ferris.
* HotDad: [[spoiler:Ryner's dad, Lieral Lieutolu.]]
* HotMom: Who the HotDad got together with.
* HoYay: Ryner and Sion...Ryner and Tiir...and the producers are fully aware of this.
** It starts way back in Episode 2... Okay, so {{it makes sense in context}}, but ''"I like your eyes"'', indeed!
* IceQueen: Ferris. She [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] a bit later with Ryner, though.
* [[spoiler:IncestIsRelative: To keep the Eris line pure, the family has the dark tradition to [[BrotherSisterIncest marry off brother and sister together]]. Ferris was supposed to marry her big brother Lucille, but then it was planned by her parents that she would be used by her parents [[{{Squick}} for producing another, more suitable female heir]] when she turns fourteen. [[SelfMadeOrphan Big brother Lucille]] [[BigBrotherInstinct prevented it from happening]].]]
* InfantImmortality: Averted ruthlessly. Yes, it is [[CrapsackWorld that kind of world]].
* InstantRunes: Spells and Alpha Stigma.
* InstantExpert: Spells usually take anywhere from a few months to a few years to learn, depending on the proficiency of the magician. However, Ryner can learn any spell the moment he sees it.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Ferris.
* ImAHumanitarian: Tiir. Recently, the anime has gone from depicting him absorbing black and white confetti from humans to actually [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel adding chewing sound effects.]]
* KickTheDog: After his mother dies, Sion's half-brothers leave him a gift in the form of a dead puppy.
* KingIncognito: Sion does this to visit Toale.
* KnightTemplar: The Magic Knights.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Lucille.
* KnightTemplarParent: Oh, he only, you know, [[spoiler:screwed up the entire world for the sake of his son]].
* LazyBum: Ryner.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: Sui was faced with this predicament when he activated Ryner's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Alpha Stigma]], which disintegrated his arm.
* LightIsNotGood: The guy who tried to kill Miran and Sion with [[ShockAndAwe lightning beasts]].
* LittleMissBadass: Iris
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: THE defining trope of the show, according to WordOfGod.
* MacGuffin: The legendary artifacts the Ryner and Ferris are looking for.
* MadeOfPlasticine
* MarriedToTheJob: Sion. Lampshaded by Ryner, who calls him a workaholic and the others by constantly having to force him to eat and rest.
* MegaManning: Anyone with Alpha Stigma can copy most spells instantaneously.
* MoodWhiplash: The series is very fond of these, but episode 3 and 18 probably take the crown. This even happens in the short story collections: You've just finished reading about Ryner battling pirates and a [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes seasick Ferris]] trying to down a ship. Wonder what kind of crack is coming up next....wait, we're reading about Ryner's past? [[ItGotWorse Uh, okay...]].
** Then there is episode 23, which starts with Ryner getting worked nearly to death by Sion, some more funny scenes about that, then funny birthday preparations for Sion behind his back which even involves [[TallDarkAndHandsome Miran Froaude]], a fleeing Sion a few days later (turns out he was fleeing from his birthday), a heartwarming birthday scene, and ends with a serious fight between Sion and his soldiers against Ryner. [[FlatWhat Wait, what]]?!
* MistakenForGay: Ryner and Sion in episode 15.
** Ferris and Ryner in the short stories, because [[SarcasmMode no woman ever wears armor, right?]]
* NonIndicativeFirstEpisode: The first episode makes the series appear to be a relatively light-hearted fantasy adventure, then episode 2 [[DarkAndTroubledPast flashes back to their pasts]].
* NonIronicClown: [[spoiler: The Solver of All Equations.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ryner is clearly less of an idiot than he seems to be.
* OddlyVisibleEyebrows
* OddNameOut: The three Eris siblings are named Iris, Ferris, and...Lucile.
* OffWithHisHead: This has happened a lot and it seems to be Lucille's preferred method of killing.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Lieral Lieutolu]], someone who should rightfully be in his 40s looks younger than his son. Granted, [[spoiler:he could look whatever age he wanted to, and has indeed appeared as a man in his 40s.]]
* OneManArmy: Tiir, although he can still be overwhelmed if you have the right tactic. Ryner might qualify if he doesn't completely abhor killing. Lucile also claims to be this, and you better believe him.
* OnlySaneMan: Ryner, though he [[HeavySleeper has his own quirks.]]
* OrphanageOfFear: It's actually a hellish military training facility disguised as an orphanage. Those who cannot keep up are disposed of.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: In the short time we knew him, the Solver of All Equations is a gentle, kind being despite possessing the power to destroy the world. His other half, the Weaver of All Equations seemed like a [[LoveMakesYouCrazy mad demon]] that's responsible for how [[IncestIsRelative twisted the Eris family is]], but in the end voluntarily let himself be devoured by Lucile and genuinely wishes happiness upon him.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Sion and Toale.
** Ryner, possibly.
** Ferris and Iris to an extent, but only because [[spoiler:their big brother Lucille killed their parents to save Ferris from marrying him, because the entire Eris line thinks [[BrotherSisterIncest siblings shall marry]] to [[IncestIsRelative keep their bloodline pure]]. In the anime the parents attempted to [[AttemptedRape ra]][[ParentalIncest pe]] her.]]
** Milk, as she was in the same orphanage with Ryner, as it seems, and the siblings Fiole and Eslina.
* [[PersonofMassDestruction Person of Mass Destruction]]: [[spoiler: Ryner can disintegrate an infinite amount of objects, living and inanimate alike, through will alone when his true power awakens. Body count? More than 1,000,000.]]
* PoisonousFriend: Miran Froaude, to Sion. On the other hand, Sion knows more about what Froaude is up to than he realizes.
* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: ''DenYuuDen.''
* PowerAtAPrice: Glovil requires you to sacrifice something in order to use it.
** [[spoiler: Ryner's true ability can only activate by sacrificing of the soul someone who loves him.]]
* PowerTattoo: Claugh's magic.
* PowersThatBe: The [[spoiler:priests]] who have been orchestrating almost all events in the series.
* RazorFloss: Luke's magic, which is actually [[spoiler: a Rule Fragment]].
* {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Ryner is half of the reincarnation of a demon king... Lucille is the other half.]]
** Their circumstances are a bit more complicated than good old reincarnation, but [[spoiler:Milk]] plays this trope straight by [[spoiler:being the reincarnation of the only Goddess that sided with the hero and the Lonely Demon]].
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed, or the Lonesome Demon]], who can easily manipulate the very fabric of reality by fiddling the 'equations' that make up this world.
* RedBaron: Ryner was once known as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Greatest Magician in Roland]] after wiping the floor with the previous holder at the age of 13. He still is, but it rarely gets brought up anymore.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Here we go again with DaisukeOno and TomokazuSugita.
** And now we have both JunFukuyama and TakahiroSakurai of CodeGeass fame. [[spoiler: It's a pretty major role-reversal too.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Noa and Claugh. The first time Claugh rescues Noa from Miran, but the situation becomes inverted when Noa decides to negotiate with Miran instead of getting Claugh hurt. The second time is played straighter, when Claugh saves Noa from would-be assassins/rapists.]]
* RightHandOfDoom: Claugh's magic and everytime he uses it his [[ClothingDamage sleeve explodes]].
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Lucile killed his parents, Miran killed his adoptive noble father.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: Ferris delivers an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome epic one]] to [[spoiler: [[CompleteMonster Ril]]]] in episode 20.
* SociopathicHero: Lucille and possibly Miran.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Ryner's Alpha Stigma seems to give him a textbook example of this.
** Most Alpha Stigma bearers.
* SuperWeight
** ''Shirt Weight'': [[WouldHurtAChild Children]], [[IllGirl Ene]], [[DistressedDamsel Noa]].
** ''Muggle Weight'': Average soldiers, [[DoggedNiceGuy Toale]], Kiefer.
** ''Iron Weight'': Sion, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower Ferris]], [[LittleMissBadass Iris]], [[TheSmartGuy Luke]], Calne.
** ''Super Weight'': Anyone with a [[FantasticNuke Rhule Fragmei]], [[BrilliantButLazy Ryner]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Lute]], [[DitzyGenius Zohra Rom]], [[EnergyAbsorption Tiir]], [[SuperStrength Claugh Klom]], [[BadassAdorable Milk]].
** ''Lottery Weight'': Anyone with two or more [[FantasticNuke Rhule Fragmei]], [[TheAce Pia]], [[spoiler: Relx Eris]], [[spoiler: average Goddesses]], [[spoiler: [[HunterOfHisOwnKind Asruld Roland]]]].
** ''Deus Weight'': [[spoiler: [[OneHitKill Ryner Reed]]]], [[spoiler: [[SuperpowerLottery Eris Reed]]]], [[SuperpowerLottery Lieral]] [[NighInvulnerability Lieutolu]], [[spoiler: higher-tiered Goddesses like [[PhysicalGod Goddess of Reincarnation]]]], [[spoiler: Asruld Roland after he merged with Ryner Reed]].
** ''Author Weight'': [[spoiler: [[RealityWarper Ryner Eris Reed]]]].
* StarCrossedLovers: What [[spoiler:one of the Goddesses]] believed [[spoiler:the Hero and the Lonely Demon]] to be.
* SquishyWizard: Averted by Ryner. Seems like being the strongest magician in Roland does require some physical prowess.
** Might be played straight with Sion, as he is more the tactican, is the king, is well-versed in magic and was saved by Ferris when he was back in the academy (he does fight and does attack offensively, but only after he knows he is superior to the situation by information). At least in the anime you don't see him fight too much, thus evoking this trope for now.
* SwordAndSorcerer: Ferris and Ryner.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler: Happens every 1000 years. Wonder if anyone out there is keeping count.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kiefer is blackmailed by Roland's aristocrats to expose Sion's squad's location to the enemy with the purpose of getting rid of Sion. Her sister, the blackmail material, turns out to be DeadAllAlong, though.]]
* TheOphelia: Sion Note reveals that [[spoiler:Ryner Eris Reed]] may be a male version of this. He's also a StepfordSmiler and gets strangely chippy at the thought of being killed.
* ThePollyanna: Milk.
* TrademarkFavouriteFood: Ferris ''really'' loves dango.
* TechnicalPacifist: Ryner. Though he doesn't hesitate to beat up mooks if you get him [[BrilliantButLazy riled up enough]], he abhors killing and even once stopped Miran Froaude from killing an antagonist that was trying to take Ryner's life a few moments ago. Also, being the proficient magician he is, he has higher-level spells than the one he spams most often, but doesn't like to use them because they're too lethal.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[spoiler:The very existence of several beings that hold the world in their palms. The Goddesses, the priests, the hero and the demon.]] Oh, and by the way, [[spoiler:the world has been destroyed before. Many, many times.]] It got better. Then ItGotWorse.
* {{Tsundere}}[=/=]{{Kuudere}}: Ferris in episode 1; doesn't seem to be the case in the flashbacks with Sion, though. Sion even points it out, saying she never opened up to him like that.
** As of episode 21 she gains the LuminescentBlush.
* UnfortunateNames: Milk and the aforementioned Lucille.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Ferris and Ryner.
* WaveMotionSword: Riphal's sword, Glovil.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sion.
** Sion's not quite there yet, but Riphal is way ahead of him in that department.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Sion, [[spoiler: whether in future averted, subverted or played straight will be seen]].
** Luke subverted in personality.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Episodes 2 and 3.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did Have To Be Ghosts]]: Ferris is deathly afraid of boat rides and ghosts.
* WillfullyWeak: Ryner practically never fights at his full strength because he [[ThouShaltNotKill really, really hates killing.]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: Ryner. Alpha Stigma bearers in general may count when they lose control. And besides them, maybe Sion later on, too.]]
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