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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Ivy reveals that she's a starless Tamer to her friends in Otorwa. Much to her relief, they are amazed at everything she's been doing when she's technically a "weak" person.]]
* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Ivy reveals that she's a starless Tamer to her friends in Otorwa. Much to her relief, they are amazed at everything she's been doing when she's technically a "weak" person.]]
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* TheMentor: The fortune teller becomes one for Femicia, teaching her how to survive on her own in the forest.
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* TheMentor: MentorArchetype: The fortune teller becomes one for Femicia, teaching her how to survive on her own in the forest.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:The residents of her home village, and the village chief in particular, are all [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] who physically and emotionally abuse Ivy and put a bounty on her head, all solely because she is starless. They also deliberately refuse the fortune teller the medicine needed to save her life because she took pity on her. No one's particularly upset when the village's entire economy collapses from killing off the person most vital to their agriculture and spending all their money on the bounty.]]
** [[spoiler:That goes especially true for the adventurers who stalk Ivy for the reward money and drive her out of the first town that was ever nice to her and where she had been hoping to settle down. They end up getting getting [[LuringInPrey lured in]] and eaten by a tree monster at the end of the episode.]]
** [[spoiler:That goes especially true for the adventurers who stalk Ivy for the reward money and drive her out of the first town that was ever nice to her and where she had been hoping to settle down. They end up getting getting [[LuringInPrey lured in]] and eaten by a tree monster at the end of the episode.]]
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* BagOfHolding: The normal ones hold more they seem able to as well as making their loads lighter and stopping time for the items within, keeping potions and food from degrading. The inferior/degraded ones don't stop time and seem to vary in their carrying capacity and ability to lighten loads. At one point Ivy finds ten in a dumping ground, but only five of them are any use to her.
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* BagOfHolding: The normal ones hold more they seem able to as well as making their loads lighter and stopping time for the items within, keeping potions and food from degrading. The inferior/degraded ones don't stop time and seem to vary in their carrying capacity and ability to lighten loads. At one point Ivy finds ten in a dumping ground, but only five of them are any use to her. [[spoiler:At the end of the Otorwa Arc, her adventurer friends gift her several brand-new ones.]]
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* CursedWithAwesome: A variant: Since Ivy's too weak to kill the poisonous snakes the chemist pays for, she has to trap them alive, which makes them ideal for his medicine--unlike the damaged and tattered specimens adventurers bring in. As a result, he pays top (fantasy-equivalent-of-dollar) for them.
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* CursedWithAwesome: CursedWithAwesome:
** A variant: Since Ivy's too weak to kill the poisonous snakes the chemist pays for, she has to trap them alive, which makes them ideal for his medicine--unlike the damaged and tattered specimens adventurers bring in. As a result, he pays top(fantasy-equivalent-of-dollar) [[FictionalCurrency radal]] for them.them.
** Ivy learns in Episode 12 of the anime that Broken Slimes are so weak that they die if a 1-star Tamer tries to tame them because they have too much magic - Ivy being starless is the only reason Sora survived being tamed.
** A variant: Since Ivy's too weak to kill the poisonous snakes the chemist pays for, she has to trap them alive, which makes them ideal for his medicine--unlike the damaged and tattered specimens adventurers bring in. As a result, he pays top
** Ivy learns in Episode 12 of the anime that Broken Slimes are so weak that they die if a 1-star Tamer tries to tame them because they have too much magic - Ivy being starless is the only reason Sora survived being tamed.
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* FaceOfAThug: When Ivy arrives to Ratome, she's scared of the gate guard and the guard at the adventurers' field because of their looks, never mind the way the former treats an alcohol smuggler at the gate. Both of them turn out to be good people, the former helping her find a decent second-hand tent at a reasonable price, and the latter protecting her from a bunch of adventurers attempting to browbeat her into giving them that same tent and giving her a high-quality potion to apologize for not intervening sooner.
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* FaceOfAThug: When Ivy arrives to Ratome, she's scared of the gate guard and the guard at the adventurers' field because of their looks, never mind the way the former treats an alcohol smuggler at the gate. Both of them turn out to be good people, the former helping her find a decent second-hand tent at a reasonable price, and the latter protecting her from a bunch of adventurers attempting to browbeat her into giving them that same tent thieves and giving her a high-quality potion to apologize for not intervening sooner.sooner. Similarly, several guards and adventurers at Otorwa are quite scary at face value, but they become very protective of her after meeting.
* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Ivy reveals that she's a starless Tamer to her friends in Otorwa. Much to her relief, they are amazed at everything she's been doing when she's technically a "weak" person.]]
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: The fortuneteller of Ratomi started out as the only person who knew that Ivy remembered her previous incarnation, and blossomed into TheMentor[=/=]ParentalSubstitute for the three years Ivy spent living in the woods nearby.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: IntergenerationalFriendship:
** The fortuneteller of Ratomi started out as the only person who knew that Ivy remembered her previous incarnation, and blossomed into TheMentor[=/=]ParentalSubstitute for the three years Ivy spent living in the woodsnearby.nearby.
** She also becomes friends with the Blazing Swords and Thunder Kings adventurers.
** The fortuneteller of Ratomi started out as the only person who knew that Ivy remembered her previous incarnation, and blossomed into TheMentor[=/=]ParentalSubstitute for the three years Ivy spent living in the woods
** She also becomes friends with the Blazing Swords and Thunder Kings adventurers.
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* RunningGag: Since Ivy looks so young but acts so mature, people keep asking if she's ''really'' nine.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Since Ivy looks so young but acts so mature, people keep asking if she's ''really''nine.nine.
** Every time Ivy gets a reward, she counts how much it is worth in field rats.
** Since Ivy looks so young but acts so mature, people keep asking if she's ''really''
** Every time Ivy gets a reward, she counts how much it is worth in field rats.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:It's implied that part of the reason Mira surrenders is because Ivy defended her from the twins when they mocked her for only taming slimes.]]
* ComedicSociopathy: As part of the plan to capture {{The Mole}}s in the guard, the commander and his second use a magic item that shoots capture nets that can electrify whoever is trapped in them. As they demonstrate the latter feature, a bunch of guards ask why they are being punished when they are among the innocent, and the second apologizes with a smile - as he keeps electrifying them.
* CruelMercy: In order to convince the crowd to not lynch the members of the [[spoiler:enslaver organization]], the city guard commander tells the former that the latter [[MadeASlave will be forced to work as slaves]] for the rest of their lives. After all, killing them would mean their suffering would only last a few moments - their fate is bound to be ''much'' worse than that.
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:A woman that Ivy meets at the Blazing Swords' camp, Mira, looks extremely similar to [[Manga/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero Malty S. Melromarc]] and at first seems sweet and friendly, but turns out to be a malicious kidnapper aiming to capture Ivy and sell her as a slave.]]
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:A woman that Ivy meets at the Blazing Swords' camp, Mira, looks extremely similar to [[Manga/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero Malty S. Melromarc]] and at first seems sweet and friendly, but turns out to be a malicious kidnapper aiming to capture Ivy and sell her as a slave.]] [[spoiler:Unlike her, she actually realizes her mistakes and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After indirectly murdering their fortuneteller for associating with the starless pariah Ivy, and spending tons of money to try and get someone to kill an eight-year-old girl, Ratomi village goes bankrupt. Ain't that a shame?
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* LaserGuidedKarma: LaserGuidedKarma:
** After indirectly murdering their fortuneteller for associating with the starless pariah Ivy, and spending tons of money to try and get someone to kill an eight-year-old girl, Ratomi village goes bankrupt. Ain't that ashame?shame?
** The members of the [[spoiler:enslaver organization]] are punished with being turned into slaves.
** After indirectly murdering their fortuneteller for associating with the starless pariah Ivy, and spending tons of money to try and get someone to kill an eight-year-old girl, Ratomi village goes bankrupt. Ain't that a
** The members of the [[spoiler:enslaver organization]] are punished with being turned into slaves.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ivy ends up becoming this for the [[spoiler:slavery conspiracy]] - her friendship with Sora and her suggestions help the guard and the adventurer's guild find who are {{The Mole}}s and bring an end to it all.
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* SpottingTheThread: Due to [[FromTheMouthOfBabes her youth]], her PastLifeMemories, and being new to the problem, Ivy is able to point out things no one realized.
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* SpottingTheThread: Due to [[FromTheMouthOfBabes [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes her youth]], her PastLifeMemories, and being new to the problem, Ivy is able to point out things no one realized.
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* RunningGag: Since Ivy looks so young but acts so mature, people keep asking if she's ''really'' nine.
** [[spoiler:Ratlua finds out that Ivy is a girl.]]
* SpottingTheThread: Due to [[FromTheMouthOfBabes her youth]], her PastLifeMemories, and being new to the problem, Ivy is able to point out things no one realized.
** If the [[spoiler:slavery conspiracy]] has been around for more than a decade, then [[spoiler:Green Wind]] can't be the only ones behind it.
** When she learns that a noble recommended [[spoiler:Green Wind]], she points out how little sense it makes that it happened after just one job. [[spoiler:Thunder King and Blazing Sword realize that the noble is involved in the conspiracy, because he also hired them and made many questions about them, in a clear attempt to see if they could be recruited.]]
** After it turns out there are several guards also involved, she points out that the ones that got involved in investigating the conspiracy's headquarters could have simply helped hide the evidence. [[spoiler:Ivy ends up finding a secret room that contains three coffers full of money and lots of documentation that allows the guard to find who is in on it.]]
** If the [[spoiler:slavery conspiracy]] has been around for more than a decade, then [[spoiler:Green Wind]] can't be the only ones behind it.
** When she learns that a noble recommended [[spoiler:Green Wind]], she points out how little sense it makes that it happened after just one job. [[spoiler:Thunder King and Blazing Sword realize that the noble is involved in the conspiracy, because he also hired them and made many questions about them, in a clear attempt to see if they could be recruited.]]
** After it turns out there are several guards also involved, she points out that the ones that got involved in investigating the conspiracy's headquarters could have simply helped hide the evidence. [[spoiler:Ivy ends up finding a secret room that contains three coffers full of money and lots of documentation that allows the guard to find who is in on it.]]
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* SweetPollyOliver: On the advice of the fortune-teller and the voice of her past self, Ivy allows people to think she's a boy.
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* SweetPollyOliver: On the advice of the fortune-teller and the voice of her past self, Ivy allows people to think she's a boy. [[spoiler:The only person to spot this so far is Ratlua.]]
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being eight years old (becoming nine a few months into her travels), Ivy proves to be quite competent and able to point out details other people missed. Part of it is thanks to her PastLifeMemories, but most of it is all her.
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* AndroclesLion: After Sora saves the life of a mortally-wounded Adandara (a 2 meter+ pantherine creature) by healing it, the dreaded beast becomes protective and loving toward them.
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* AndroclesLion: After Sora saves the life of a mortally-wounded Adandara (a 2 meter+ pantherine creature) by healing it while Ivy took care of it, the dreaded beast becomes protective and loving toward them.them. She names it Ciel.
* CoolBigBro: Ratlua of the Blazing Swords seems intent on adopting Ivy as his little "brother", and is quite fun and eager to help Ivy.
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:A woman that Ivy meets at the Blazing Swords' camp, Mira, looks extremely similar to [[Manga/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero Malty S. Melromarc]] and at first seems sweet and friendly, but turns out to be a malicious kidnapper aiming for our heroine.]]
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* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:A woman that Ivy meets at the Blazing Swords' camp, Mira, looks extremely similar to [[Manga/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero Malty S. Melromarc]] and at first seems sweet and friendly, but turns out to be a malicious kidnapper aiming for our heroine.to capture Ivy and sell her as a slave.]]
* ImplausibleDeniability: [[spoiler:After Ivy tells her adventurer friends about her suspicions of Mira, they find her and her siblings using a magical device to block sound, but when asked, Mira says the merchant was only asking for directions. This only serves to make her look more suspicious.]]
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Ivy has a shaking feeling at certain points, [[spoiler:such as when Mira or her minions is nearby]].
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** The leaders of Ratome's city guard, Oght and Veravera, know Ivy's secret, and keep it because they can tell Ivy's a good kid and that she doesn't deserve the shit she would be put through if the secret were revealed.
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** The leaders of Ratome's city guard, Oght and Veravera, know Ivy's secret, Ivy is a starless Tamer, and keep it secret because they can tell Ivy's a good kid and that she doesn't deserve the shit she would be put through if the secret were revealed.revealed.
** [[spoiler:Ivy reveals Sora to the Blazing Swords and Thunder Kings, which both groups agree to keep secret on account of how rare he is.]]
** [[spoiler:Ivy reveals Sora to the Blazing Swords and Thunder Kings, which both groups agree to keep secret on account of how rare he is.]]
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** Although Ivy has very little magic to her name it's enough to make her able to sense the presence of others and how dangerous they are, which seems to be something anyone can do. However, because of her low reserves, if she casts even one spell, she cannot use this ability until her magical power restores itself.
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** Although Ivy has very little magic to her name name, it's enough to make her able to sense the presence of others and how dangerous they are, which seems to be something anyone can do. However, because of her low reserves, if she casts even one spell, she cannot use this ability until her magical power restores itself.
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Ivy has a shaking feeling at certain points, [[spoiler:such as when Mira or her minions is nearby]].
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* SupremeChef: Thanks to her experience, Ivy is a very good cook, capable of amazing even experienced adventurers.
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* SkewedPriorities: When Ivy sees the {{Wanted Poster}}s with her face, her first reaction is to how she looks like in them.
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* SkewedPriorities: SkewedPriorities:
** When Ivy sees the {{Wanted Poster}}s with her face, her first reaction is to how she looks like inthem.them.
** Ratomi village's harvest failed due to the fortune teller's death. Rather than using what money they have left to hire a new fortune teller for the next harvest, they spend it issuing bounties on Ivy.
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** Ratomi village's harvest failed due to the fortune teller's death. Rather than using what money they have left to hire a new fortune teller for the next harvest, they spend it issuing bounties on Ivy.
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* WantedPoster: Ratomi village starts issuing wanted posters for Ivy. Likely because they haven't seen her much for the three years she's been living in the forest, most of them are drawn to make Ivy look cartoonishly villainous or ugly.
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** Zigzaged in the anime as Ivy is kicked out of the village before any physical abuse can begin. However, her father is selected by the village head to kill her and is eager for the chance to do so. Her mother does try to plead with her husband to not be verbally abusive, but seems more focused on her own grief than Ivy.
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* MercyKill: Ivy's father reasons that she should be thankful to be killed because it means she'll be returned to the gods who will remove her curse.
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* AbusiveParents: After learning she's a starless, Ivy's parents start treating her more and more badly, until her father starts outright viciously beating the five-year-old girl while her mother does nothing to stop him. The potions the fortune-teller gave her may have been the only thing keeping her from being killed, and fortunately she leaves home shortly after this.
** Zigzagged in the anime, as Femicia (pre-series Ivy) started to live on her own at the forest since she was five, so she never suffered the abuse, but her father was also the first to decide to murder her.
** Zigzagged in the anime, as Femicia (pre-series Ivy) started to live on her own at the forest since she was five, so she never suffered the abuse, but her father was also the first to decide to murder her.
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* AbusiveParents: After AbusiveParents:
** In the original novel, after learning she's astarless, starless Ivy's parents start treating her more and more badly, until her father starts outright viciously beating the five-year-old girl while her mother does nothing to stop him. The potions the fortune-teller gave her may have been the only thing keeping her from being killed, and fortunately she leaves home shortly after this.
**Zigzagged Zigzaged in the anime, anime as Ivy is kicked out of the village before any physical abuse can begin. However, her father is selected by the village head to kill her and is eager for the chance to do so. Her mother does try to plead with her husband to not be verbally abusive, but seems more focused on her own grief than Ivy.
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: The abuse suffered by Femicia (pre-series Ivy)started is significantly downplayed in the anime. She is kicked out of her home the same day she is discovered to be starless and starts to live on her own at the forest since she was five, so she never suffered suffers the abuse, beatings, but her father was also the first to decide to murder her.she still suffers emotionally from being cast out and hated.
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