History Manga / Culdcept

** Najaran [[WaifFu can fight well enough]] [[HeroesPreferSwords with a longsword]] [[DropTheHammer or a warhammer]], but she prefers to FightLikeACardPlayer; So do Zeneth. Most of the other Cepters do only the latter.

%%* [[LastOfHisKind The Last of Their Kind]]: Later on, we find out that[[spoiler: Endaness is the last of the Water King Dagons.]]
** Kigi and the elven elder.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Talle/Tare is the biggest ambiguity, although in the Indonesian translation you can quickly spot which names are mistranslated.

* [[spoiler: AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The final battle in the Bistym Forest arc, versus Dark Master.]]

* BerserkButton: Najaran does not like a cepter who mistreats or takes his/her summoned monsters for granted. Chimino found this out the hard way.

* CombatTentacles: one of the Dark Cepters uses multiple vines to wield multiple weaponry cards.

* CoolOldGuy: A few, notably Horrowitz and Ouen.

* [[LastOfHisKind The Last of Their Kind]]: Kigi and the elven elder.
** Later on, we find out that[[spoiler: Endaness is the last of the Water King Dagons.]]
* LivingWeapon: There are a trio of it in Glubell's mansion.

* {{Mook}}: Many (character-wise or creature-wise), although the prime example is Najaran's Eidolons.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Kigi's ilk. For one, they can turn into Dark Elves if the forest of Bistym gets tainted by human greed or otherwisely compromised; they get stronger, but they can't control their power.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: This is what Goligan said would happen to summoned monsters if a Cepter cast spells exceeding his/her power capacity.

* VancianMagic: Arguably, the cards. Cepters arrange them into Books (in-universe terminology for a deck) about the same way you would expect a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' wizard would prepare their spells for the day.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Najaran.

* TheMole:[[spoiler: Goligan]].

* NoEnding / LeftHanging: the manga stops at the point when [[spoiler:the baddies obtain Endaness (returned into card form) and Flame Lord (by cutting off Zeneth's arm)]]. It's presumably never finished.

* WeaponOfChoice:
** Gantz got AnAxeToGrind.
** Alta's RevolversAreJustBetter, although any gun could do.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Kotetsu, a minor character.

* FiveManBand: In the Bistym Forest arc, Najaran is part of such a group.
** TheHero: Najaran with her naive optimism.
** TheLancer: Alta with her realistic views.
** TheSmartGuy: InsufferableGenius Hoakin.
** TheBigGuy: DrunkenMaster Gantz.
** [[TagalongKid Tagalong Staff]]: Goligan.
** TheSixthRanger: Kigi, who lent her support indirectly from afar.

* PowerTrio: Glubell, Horrowitz, and Salvathor (Zeneth's teacher) were once allied, of the TwoGuysAndAGirl variety. Cepter alliances like that are exceedingly rare; it is said that eventually greed will broke alliances between Cepters.

* {{Shoutout}}: One of TheFourGods on the evil side is named ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft Dagon, King of Water]]'', and the tribe that worshipped the four of them is called the ''Migoal'' tribe.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The end of the Bistym Forest arc is a bit like this. Of course, Najaran goes on with her journey and the manga itself hasn't concluded yet by that point.

* VancianMagic: Arguably, the cards. Cepters arrange them into Books (in-universe terminology for a deck) about the same way you would expect a DungeonsAndDragons wizard would prepare their spells for the day.

** One of the minor characters is named [[NikolaTesla Tesla]], and is [[InsufferableGenius Hoakin's]] main competitor in grades at school.

* JerkAss: Chimino, Najaran's first adversary. He got better quite fast.

* ShoutOut: One of TheFourGods on the evil side is named ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft Dagon, King of Water]]'', and the tribe that worshipped the four of them is called the ''Migoal'' tribe.

The manga series based on VideoGame/{{Culdcept}}, a card-based videogame. The manga was drawn by Shinya Kaneko and serialized in Japan by Kodansha in Magazine Z, and collected in six bound volumes. It is licensed in English by Tokyopop, and in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.

The manga series based on {{Culdcept}}, a card-based videogame. The manga was drawn by Shinya Kaneko and serialized in Japan by Kodansha in Magazine Z, and collected in six bound volumes. It is licensed in English by Tokyopop, and in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.

* TurtleIsland: The Cepter's Guild stands on this.[[spoiler: It's actually on the back of Endaness' massive true body. Justified that Endaness never dove since the inception of the island; not that she can't.]]

** True to her elven heritage, Kigi's TheArcher, although [[NoArcInArchery her arrows can nail something behind a grove of trees]]. Of course, she FightLikeACardPlayer too.

The manga revolves around the adventures of Najaran, a Cepter (card-user) under the tutelage of master Cepter Horrowitz. With her worrywart companion, the sentient staff Goligan, she embarks on a journey save the Culdcept (the book which the goddess Culdra had kept all the cards in until the War of the Gods) from the Dark Cepters.

* NoEnding[=/=]LeftHanging: the manga stops at the point when [[spoiler:the baddies obtain Endaness (returned into card form) and Flame Lord (by cutting off Zeneth's arm)]]. It's presumably never finished.

* ShoutOut: One of TheFourGods on the evil side is named ''[[HPLovecraft Dagon, King of Water]]'', and the tribe that worshipped the four of them is called the ''Migoal'' tribe.

* [[spoiler: One of the minor characters in the Cepter's Guild mini-arc has a card named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Colossus]].]]

** [[spoiler: One of the minor characters in the Cepter's Guild mini-arc has a card named [[AptlyNamed Colossus]].]]

* AnimateInanimateObject: Goligan and his ilk are [[AptlyNamed talking staffs]].