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* {{Archer Archetype}}: What Rosabella wants her niece Noelle to become. She bought her the arrows and bow already.

* {{Has Two Mommies}}: Heimdall has ''nine''.

* {{Alliterative Name}}/{{Added Alliterative Appeal}}: Sonic Snowdrift, Loki Laufeyson, Alice Anberlin, Raphael Retaliano, Lucky O'Leary.
* {{Ambiguously Gay}}: Dante. He exhibits {{Camp Gay}} mannerisms.

* {{Kitsune}}: A recurring theme. Kyo's mother warns him about them, cautioning him to "not fall for looks alone, my sweet child, lest you be ensnared by wicked temptation."

* {{Drill Seregeant Nasty}}: Sifu Lao Shi is this to Long and Kyo. As Takamura learned from him, she can do this to Hatsumomo and Kyo as well when she feels the need to.

* {{Incest is Relative}}: See Parental Incest.

* {{The Trickster}}: Loki, of course.

* {{Yakuza}}: Everyone's favourite bad guys. [[spoiler: Takamura used to be a part of them.]]
* {{Your Cheating Heart}}: Kikyou to Kyo.

* {{Has Two Mommies}}: Heimdall sees your two mommies, and ups it to ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UpToEleven nine]]''.

* {{Ki Attacks}}: Everyone and their mamas are born with chi, a form of {{Life Energy}} which is known by many names (chakra, mana, and Hatsumomo's even heard it called [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/ShamanKing furyoku]] once). Chi can be weaponized and can be manipulated in a form that is {{Pure Energy}} or manifest as {{Elemental Powers}}, with each person having a natural affinity/proclivity for a certain element.

** Takamura owning an inn and being a landlady is a reference to the LandLady from ''Film/{{Kung Fu Hustle}}''.

** Kyo has a Franchise/DevilMayCry pillow, Franchise/ResidentEvil towel, Franchise/SuperMarioBros slippers, Franchise/Pokemon slippers, a Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda blanket, and listens to NICO Touches The Walls. Not to mention he has a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone.

** Ling Guang uses her magic to bring to life a ''Literature/{{Harry Potter|and the Goblet of Fire}}'' book, and again on an ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire?from=Main.ASongOfIceAndFire'' book (A Clash of Kings).

** Hatsumomo's name is a reference to the antagonist in {{Memoirs of a Geisha}}.

** Kyo asks if Hatsumomo is a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender waterbender]].
** Kyo's name is a reference to Kyo Sohma of {{Fruits Basket}} fame, as well as Kyoji Kasshu of ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam''.

* {{Badass}}: A fair number of people.

* {{The Obi Wan}}: Takamura and Sifu Lao Shi, both to Kyo. The former also to Hatsumomo and the latter to Long as well.

** Alice's last name is Anberlin, as in {{Anberlin}}.

** Misaki's last name is Sanosuke, as in Sanosuke Sagara from {{Rurouni Kenshin}}.

** Kyo's name is a reference to Kyo Sohma of {{Fruits Basket}} fame, as well as Kyoji Kasshu of {{G Gundam}}.

** Ling Guang uses her magic to bring to life a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/HARRYPOTTER Harry Potter]] book (Goblet of Fire), and again on an [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire?from=Main.ASongOfIceAndFire A Song Of Ice and Fire ]] book (A Clash of Kings).
** Li Bailong is named after Li Bailong/Lee Pyron from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/ShamanKing Shaman King]].
** Takamura owning an inn and being a landlady is a reference to the LandLady from {{Kung Fu Hustle}}.

* {{Classical Mythology}}

* {{Japanese Mythology}}

* {{Norse Mythology}}

* {{Chinese Mythology}}