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* FullPotentialUpgrade: Ben is eventually given a Diviner by Kari at the completion of his Transcendence training in the hopes that he will be able to unlock its true power later.
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* SelfInsertFic: In a sense; while Ben is in the game worlds of both ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', he isn't joining the game's plot or characters; both universes are now post-game (or games, in the case of the former).
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* SelfInsertFic: In a sense; while Played straight for the first two stories, in which Ben is in joins the game worlds cast of both ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''. Averted for Dimensional Legend, however - while he travels to the world of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', he isn't joining the game's plot or characters; both universes are now post-game (or games, in characters as the case events of the former).that game have since concluded.
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* HopeSpot: At the end of Book II, Part I, Katanas [[spoiler:has Odin bring all seventeen Guardian Forces to bear on Sin after realizing they need more help. Even a combined attack from the GFs and the allied forces isn't quite enough to break Sin's shield, though. It takes help from Destine and Celes before they're finally able to put Sin down for good.]]
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* HopeSpot: At the end of Book II, Part I, Katanas [[spoiler:has Odin bring all seventeen Guardian Forces to bear on Sin after realizing they need more help. Even a combined attack from the GFs [=GFs=] and the allied forces isn't quite enough to break Sin's shield, though. It takes help from Destine and Celes before they're finally able to put Sin down for good.]]
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ben has one of these with [[spoiler:Manes]] in chapter 60, Angels and Demons.
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* GenreSavvy: Ben is acutely aware that his life is now basically a shonen series, and is not above noting tropes himself.
--> "...Wait. Her? She's number ten? That's the most harmless-looking little girl I've ever..." Ben started, then abruptly stopped. "Oh yeah...[[BadassAdorable harmless looking things usually mean horrible death in video games.]] Never mind."
--> "...Wait. Her? She's number ten? That's the most harmless-looking little girl I've ever..." Ben started, then abruptly stopped. "Oh yeah...[[BadassAdorable harmless looking things usually mean horrible death in video games.]] Never mind."
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* HopeSpot: At the end of Book II, Part I, Katanas [[spoiler:has Odin bring all seventeen Guardian Forces to bear on Sin after realizing they need more help. Even a combined attack from the GFs and the allied forces isn't quite enough to break Sin's shield, though. It takes help from Destine and Celes before they're finally able to put Sin down for good.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: A minor example of this when Kari Inihara tells Etchel Beoulve that Ben can already hear the voice of her mentor's Diviner that was passed to him after only three days of having it. When he arrives, she is drinking a glass of wine in clear confusion and disbelief.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: A minor example of this when Kari Inihara tells Etchel Beoulve that Ben can already hear the voice of her mentor's Diviner that was passed to him after only three days of having it. When he arrives, she is drinking a glass of wine in clear confusion and disbelief.
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* LimitBreak: Keeping with the worlds the stories take place in, there are a lot of these used at points.
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Ben deeply enjoys getting to take Darius down a few pegs during their training fight in chapter 83, when he reveals some of the fruits of his training with Etchel Beoulve.
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Ben deeply enjoys getting to take Darius down a few pegs during their training fight in chapter 83, when he reveals some of the fruits of his training with Etchel Beoulve.
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* MentalWorld: Ben is taught by Kari Inihara how to create and enter his.
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* NextTierPowerUp: Ben gets a few of these over the course of the story, most notably his Blademaster class after training with Etchel Beoulve and Kari Inihara, which puts him on par with lower-level extraplanar beings in terms of ability.
** Done more literally with the bloodline ability of the Kurabasa family, which has multiple levels of power that can be progressively unlocked.
** Done more literally with the bloodline ability of the Kurabasa family, which has multiple levels of power that can be progressively unlocked.
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* OhCrap - Plenty of examples:
** Yuki has one in chapter 85 when she realizes she's fighting [[spoiler:the Novena Espada]].
** Katanas has a mild one in chapter 88 when he sees Senior [[spoiler:preparing to use his Limit Break]].
** Yuki has one in chapter 85 when she realizes she's fighting [[spoiler:the Novena Espada]].
** Katanas has a mild one in chapter 88 when he sees Senior [[spoiler:preparing to use his Limit Break]].
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* ShoutOut: Ben to Tetsuya in chapter 52 after he uses his bloodline form, which is [[ShockAndAwe Lightning-elemental]]:
--> '''Ben:''' [[Anime/DragonBallZ Sure your hair isn't gonna turn yellow, too?]]
--> '''Ben:''' [[Anime/DragonBallZ Sure your hair isn't gonna turn yellow, too?]]
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* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Ben goes through this from chapters 66 to 74, and as of chapter 83 appears to be getting set to go through another round of it.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** Present with the Gilead Order; Arragious Nicholai is the former Captain-Commander of the Order, and [[spoiler:he's proven more than capable of taking on a Pillar of Reality in an even fight.]]
** The Ethereal Plane seems to run on this trope, which makes sense, considering that the plane's ruler is also the Creator of the Mortal Realm. To a lesser extent, almost everyone in the series with an official rank has copious amounts of badassery to unleash.
** Present with the Gilead Order; Arragious Nicholai is the former Captain-Commander of the Order, and [[spoiler:he's proven more than capable of taking on a Pillar of Reality in an even fight.]]
** The Ethereal Plane seems to run on this trope, which makes sense, considering that the plane's ruler is also the Creator of the Mortal Realm. To a lesser extent, almost everyone in the series with an official rank has copious amounts of badassery to unleash.
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking:
** Present with the Gilead Order; Arragious Nicholai is the former Captain-Commander of the Order, and [[spoiler:he's proven more than capable of taking on a Pillar of Reality in an even fight.]]
** The Ethereal Plane seems to run on this trope, which makes sense, considering that the plane's ruler is also the Creator of the Mortal Realm. To a lesser extent, almost everyone in the series with an official rank has copious amounts of badassery to unleash.
** Present with the Gilead Order; Arragious Nicholai is the former Captain-Commander of the Order, and [[spoiler:he's proven more than capable of taking on a Pillar of Reality in an even fight.]]
** The Ethereal Plane seems to run on this trope, which makes sense, considering that the plane's ruler is also the Creator of the Mortal Realm. To a lesser extent, almost everyone in the series with an official rank has copious amounts of badassery to unleash.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The current story arc for ''Dimensional Legend'' is this for Darius and his team, as they track down the person who killed Darius' girlfriend years before the story.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The current story arc for Book II, Part I of ''Dimensional Legend'' is this for Darius and his team, as they track down the person who killed Darius' girlfriend years before the story.story begins.
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%%* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Seemingly, Ben, as of chapter 58.]]
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%%** Kari Inihara, as a former member of the Order of Grim Angels, is capable of doing this.
%%** [[spoiler:Etchel Beoulve also proves he can do it too by saving Kari's life at the end of chapter 56.]]
%%** Kari Inihara, as a former member of the Order of Grim Angels, is capable of doing this.
%%** [[spoiler:Etchel Beoulve also proves he can do it too by saving Kari's life at the end of chapter 56.]]
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%%* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: The entire series, really, given how much inspiration was derived from {{shonen}} anime and the like.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: All four of the Pillars of Reality are this, as well as any ''Erudite'' or ''Ancient''-level being.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Manes Valkir, the Fourteenth Arrancar]] is this to [[spoiler:Ben]] after being sealed inside the mind of the latter.
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%%* TheRival: Darius [=DeValle=] to Ben, at least for most of the story.
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* TrainEscape: Fiona Carmichael pulls this to escape the pair of [=SeeD=] teams chasing her through Galbadia City.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Kirce Valtroux went through a short and continually-escalating one in chapter 55, ''Overcast,'' culminating when Yuki Kurabasa used a LimitBreak on her for attacking her brother, right before [[spoiler:Rinoa Heartilly showed up and scared her off with a single word.]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: Kirce Valtroux went through a short and continually-escalating one in chapter 55, ''Overcast,'' culminating when Yuki Kurabasa used a LimitBreak on her for attacking her brother, right before [[spoiler:Rinoa Heartilly Heartilly]] showed up and scared her off with a single word.]]
