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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Tajio]] in ''Witch''.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname/RedBaron: OnlyKnownByTheirNickname/ RedBaron: Hunters. They have names like Mirage, Eclipse, Jaguar, Avalanche, Ice, and Talon. They discontinue use of their birth names upon graduating from Hunter school and go exclusively by their Hunter names. Interestingly, Mirage and Eclipse, having known each other for as long as they have, still call each other by their old names.
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* TheBechdelTest: This series contains exactly two male characters of any importance, one of whom appears in only a handful of scenes. Needless to say, it passes with flying colors. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find an incidence of it passing a ''reverse'' Bechdel Test, given that Eclipse and Jaguar spend most of their scenes together talking about Mirage, the witches, or [[spoiler: Mirei]].
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* HeroWorshipper: Deconstructed/subverted/''something'' with Indera, who first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong. But after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence. This causes a few problems.
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* HeroWorshipper: Deconstructed/subverted/''something'' with Indera, who first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong. But after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence. This causes more than a few problems.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: ''[[spoiler: "Count yourself lucky, Ice. I recently became a new woman who's less pragmatic than the one you knew. Because of that, I'm going to leave you alive. On the other hand, you're going to be the first person I've tried this on, so you'd better hope nothing goes wrong."]]''
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* MagnificentBastard: In ''Witch'', Satomi manages to be this and still [[spoiler: a (mostly) sympathetic character]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Shimi. Kills. Babies.
* MoralEventHorizon: Shimi. Kills. Babies.
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* HeroWorshipper: Deconstructed/subverted/''something'' with Indera, who first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong. But after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence. This [[{{Understatement}} causes a few problems]].problems.
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* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler: Satomi]] after her HeelFaceTurn. Probably Mirage too--she's definitely not someone you'd want to run into in a dark alley.
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* HeroWorshipper: Very, very subverted. Indera first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong, but after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence.
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* HeroWorshipper: Very, very subverted. Indera Deconstructed/subverted/''something'' with Indera, who first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong, but wrong. But after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence.presence. This [[{{Understatement}} causes a few problems]].
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* RedOniBlueOni: Arguably, Mirage and Miryo. Later, and less ambiguously, [[spoiler: Mirei]] is red to Satomi's blue.
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* BigGood: [[spoiler: Satomi]] in ''Witch''...for some value of "good".
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* RedheadedHero: All the main protagonists except Eclipse. In a story about witches that takes place in a universe where all witches have red hair, it's kind of to be expected.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Arguably, Mirage and Miryo. Later, and less ambiguously, [[spoiler: Mirei]] is red to Satomi's blue.
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* CantLiveWithoutYou: Inverted. [[spoiler: Unless one kills the other, neither a witch nor her doppelganger can die if the other is still alive.]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The replacement of the original titles with the much less appropriate new titles.
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* HeroicSacrifice:
** Ashin is prepared to do this when she and [[spoiler: Mirei]] go to rescue Kekkai. [[spoiler: She does.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: Mirei and Eclipse both try to do this to save the other from dying. Fortunately, the Goddess takes pity on them.]]
** Ashin is prepared to do this when she and [[spoiler: Mirei]] go to rescue Kekkai. [[spoiler: She does.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: Mirei and Eclipse both try to do this to save the other from dying. Fortunately, the Goddess takes pity on them.]]
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* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler: Mirei tries to do this to keep Eclipse's falsely sworn oath from killing him. In a miracle of DivineIntervention, this ends up saving them both.]]
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* BloodOath: Mirage and Eclipse take one at the beginning of ''Warrior''. At the beginning of ''Witch'', [[spoiler: Eclipse is forced to take another one to kill Mirei. Mirei spends a large portion of the rest of the book trying to figure out how to get him out of it.]]
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* BloodOath: Mirage and Eclipse take one at the beginning of ''Warrior''. At the beginning of ''Witch'', [[spoiler: Eclipse is forced to take another one to kill Mirei. He'd never actually do it, of course, and Mirei spends a large portion of the rest of the book trying to figure out how to get him out of it.it before he dies himself.]]
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* BadassBookworm: arguably, Satomi
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* HeroWorshipper: Very, very subverted. Indera first wants to be just like Mirage and thinks she can do no wrong, but after she finds out about [[spoiler: Mirei being a witch and the fact that Mirage as such no longer exists]], she feels that Mirage has betrayed her and refuses to stay in her presence.
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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: Satomi]] in ''Witch''. She lies, cheats, generally manipulates the hell out of people, and trusts no one with the whole truth of anything, yet her motivations are ultimately for the good. To her, the ends justify the means.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Satomi, inasmuch as she was evil in the first place. Less ambiguously, Kekkai after Satomi tells her that the Primes had her predecessor killed.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Satomi, inasmuch as Satomi after she was evil in learned the first place. Less ambiguously, truth about Doppelgangers. Also Kekkai after Satomi tells her that the Primes had her predecessor killed.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: the Primes]] in the first book, Shimi and Arinei in the second.
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* MagnificentBastard: In ''Witch'', [[spoiler: Satomi]] manages to be this and still a (mostly) sympathetic character.
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* DivineIntervention: Several times. Afterward, the characters tend to cogitate on the nature of the Goddess and why it took her so long, anyway.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: ''[[spoiler: "Count yourself lucky, Ice. I recently became a new woman who's less pragmatic than the one you knew. Because of that, I'm going to leave you alive. On the other hand, you're going to be the first person I've tried this on, so you'd better hope nothing goes wrong."]]''
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* ElementalPowers: Magic is based on the four elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire. There is a fifth element, Void, which is important in other aspects of religion and society but has no magic associated with it. [[spoiler: Or so they think.]]
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Arinei]], but you saw it coming a mile away.
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* MagnificentBastard: In ''Witch'' especially, [[spoiler: Satomi]] manages to be this and still a (mostly) sympathetic character.
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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: Eclipse averts this trope hardcore.
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* PeopleOfHairColor: All the witches have red hair. Someone with red hair who is not a witch or a Cousin is considered very unusual.
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* EvilRedHead: Shimi, Arinei
* FieryRedhead: Mirage
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* RedheadedHero: All the main protagonists except Eclipse. In a story about witches that takes place in a universe where all witches have red hair, it's kind of to be expected.
* RedheadedStepchild: Mirage was ostracized and bullied at Silverfire because of her red hair. Also, Amas dyes her hair to avoid this.
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Satomi, inasmuch as she was evil in the first place. Less ambiguously, Kekkai after Satomi tells her that the Primes had her predecessor killed.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Miryo, after [[spoiler: killing the Cousins to escape the house where she was being imprisoned]]. Also [[spoiler: Mirei]] temporarily, when Satomi tells her that [[spoiler: Eikyo has supposedly become a Cousin]]. Even later, Indera has one after she [[spoiler: kills Sharyo]].
* HeroicBSOD: Miryo, after [[spoiler: killing the Cousins to escape the house where she was being imprisoned]]. Also [[spoiler: Mirei]] temporarily, when Satomi tells her that [[spoiler: Eikyo has supposedly become a Cousin]]. Even later, Indera has one after she [[spoiler: kills Sharyo]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: Shimi. Kills. Babies.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Satomi in ''Warrior'', when she realizes what [[spoiler: Mirei's]] very existence means about her past actions. In ''Witch'', Indera after [[spoiler: being brainwashed into killing Sharyo]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Satomi in ''Warrior'', when she realizes what [[spoiler: Mirei's]] very existence means about her past actions. In ''Witch'', Indera after [[spoiler: being brainwashed into killing Sharyo]].
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* ActionGirl: Mirage, and later [[spoiler: Mirei]].
* {{Badass}}: Mirage and Eclipse. Later also Satomi, Ashin, and [[spoiler: Mirei]]. Amas, Lehant, and Indera are badasses-in-training.
* BadassBookworm: arguably, Satomi
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* BloodOath: Mirage and Eclipse take one at the beginning of ''Warrior''. At the beginning of ''Witch'', [[spoiler: Eclipse is forced to take another one to kill Mirei. Mirei spends a large portion of the rest of the book trying to figure out how to get him out of it.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: It is stated that Mirage and Eclipse feel this way about each other. At the end of ''Witch'', however, it is implied that [[spoiler: Mirei and Eclipse]] aren't inhibited by such things.
* SplitAtBirth: Miryo and Mirage, and every other witch child and her doppelganger.
* TookALevelInBadass: Ashin in ''Witch''. Satomi was probably always badass, but you see it more in ''Witch''.
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* ActionGirl: Mirage, and later [[spoiler: Mirei]].
* {{Badass}}: Mirage and Eclipse. Later also Satomi, Ashin, and [[spoiler: Mirei]]. Amas, Lehant, and Indera are badasses-in-training.
* BadassBookworm: arguably, Satomi
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* BloodOath: Mirage and Eclipse take one at the beginning of ''Warrior''. At the beginning of ''Witch'', [[spoiler: Eclipse is forced to take another one to kill Mirei. Mirei spends a large portion of the rest of the book trying to figure out how to get him out of it.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: It is stated that Mirage and Eclipse feel this way about each other. At the end of ''Witch'', however, it is implied that [[spoiler: Mirei and Eclipse]] aren't inhibited by such things.
* SplitAtBirth: Miryo and Mirage, and every other witch child and her doppelganger.
* TookALevelInBadass: Ashin in ''Witch''. Satomi was probably always badass, but you see it more in ''Witch''.
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Mirage is a Hunter, a trained spy and assassin, and she is Very Good at what she does. Miryo is a sorceress--or about to be one, as soon as she passes her initiation test. But when she is finally given magical power, she can't control it. Her other half, Mirage, is still out there somewhere, a part of her that can't be focused on the magic. In order to ensure control of her powers, Miryo must track the Hunter down and kill her. But how can you kill someone who is one half of yourself?
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Mirage is a Hunter, a trained spy and assassin, and she is Very Good at what she does. Miryo is a sorceress--or about to be one, as soon as she passes her initiation test. But when she is finally given magical power, she can't control it. Her other half, Mirage, is still out there somewhere, a part of her that can't be focused on the magic. In order to ensure control of her powers, Miryo must track the Hunter down and kill her. But how can you kill someone who is one half of yourself?yourself?
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Mirage is a Hunter, a trained spy and assassin, and she is Very Good at what she does. Miryo is a sorceress--or about to be one, as soon as she passes her initiation test. But when she is finally given magical power, she can't control it. Her other half, Mirage, is still out there somewhere, a part of her that can't be focused on the magic. In order to ensure control of her powers, Miryo must track the Hunter down and kill her. But how can you kill someone who is one half of yourself?
Mirage is a Hunter, a trained spy and assassin, and she is Very Good at what she does. Miryo is a sorceress--or about to be one, as soon as she passes her initiation test. But when she is finally given magical power, she can't control it. Her other half, Mirage, is still out there somewhere, a part of her that can't be focused on the magic. In order to ensure control of her powers, Miryo must track the Hunter down and kill her. But how can you kill someone who is one half of yourself?
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