Shadow Wings is an urban fantasy series where the titular character is tied to a near-lookalike double in the "real" world who only wants to be a police woman. This woman is Lina Jolen, an albino who takes care of her kid sister Hannah. People around them (a friend, a teacher, her boyfriend's cousin, Lina's partner) each tell a story of magic in their world, which impacts their personal lives. Meanwhile, Hannah's two best friends both confess their love to her and Hannah hooks up with both of them... but then Lina begins seeing the life of Shadow Wings and becoming able to take control of her for limited amounts of time... and finds out that one of them will cause the End of the World as We Know It.
Examples of:
- Batman Gambit: Hikari's betrayal was supposed to turn May irrevocably evil. Too bad Miyumi woke up with her memories intact.
- Brought Down to Normal: Miyumi and Hikari, who were once Goddesses.
- Cannot Self Terminate: Shadow somewhat, who wants to kill herself in order to bring down the Barrier Maiden system, but can't until Lina's dead. too bad it will bring all the worlds that rely on it into oblivion and kill countless masses.
- Deconstruction: Turtle Woman is one huge, vicious parody of mahou shojo. It starts off as Affectionate Parody... until the real enemy attempts Taking You with Me on her own sister. Complete. Monster.
- End of the World as We Know It: Lina and Shadow's fate. Which one does it determines if all of the connected worlds die.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Played for laughs in Hannah, who is flirted with on several occasions.
- Frills of Justice: Called out, but averted-for a very good reason. May's position was intended to be quite not the case
- Guide Dang It!: Miyumi wrote a diary throughout her existance as a goddess, only Hikari has it. It turns out to be in ancient Japanese, which Miyumi can't read anymore.
- Hammerspace: One of Sky's powers, in which her hammer is stored. Hard but fair.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Phoebe, who eventually grows out of it once she finds out who her father is. Also Ichiro.
- I Have Many Names: Sharon and Anne, who've lived for centuries, Sharon for millenia.
- I Just Want to Be Special: May, who Jumped at the Call or rather glomped in fannish glee.
- Jumped at the Call: May, who comes to realize that it's not as cool as she thought it would be.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Drake, who pretends this. Miyumi got this from losing a bet.
- No Bisexuals: Averted with Sharon and Hannah.
- Sealed Inside a Person-Shaped Can: Drake's father-inside Drake.
- Power Incontinence: Lina and Ichiro somewhat, who transforms whenever his sister does if he wants to or not.
- Refused the Call: Ichiro, emphatically.
- Shout-Out: To Slayers, The Matrix, Revolutionary Girl Utena (and how!) among others.
