History Manga / SorcererHunters

Meanwhile, CasanovaWannabe swordsman Carrot Glacé, his {{Bishounen}} little brother Marron, [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous]] ActionGirl Chocola Misu and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend ShrinkingViolet little sister Tira, and borderline HardGay muscleman Gateau Mocha [[WalkingTheEarth Walk The Earth]]... and you can see where this is going, can't you.

The Spooner Continent is ruled by "Sorcerers", a WitchSpecies which rules over the [[{{Muggles}} "Parsoners"]] as a noble class. With their magical powers, they can exploit the Parsoners virtually at will. However, there are rumors of those who will punish any Sorcerers who abuse their powers and harm the innocent - a mysterious band of five teenagers, the "Sorcerer Hunters".

* ActionGirl: Tira and Chocola.

* BadassBookworm: Marron and Tira

* CasanovaWannabe: Carrot
* ChineseGirl: Daughter

* ClingyJealousGirl: Chocola

* CommissarCap: Chocola
* ContraltoOfDanger: Tira and Chocola.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carrot ''and'' Chocola.
* DistressBall: ''Everyone'' gets handed one at some point.

* GenkiGirl: Daughter, Eclair after her HeelFaceTurn in the manga.
* GentleGiant: Gateau
* HealingHands: Tira

* HotterAndSexier: The OVA, but especially the first episode.
* IdiotHero: Carrot
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Gateau loves showing off his body to lots of girls... and to Marron.

* NotAsYouKnowThem: What happened to Carrot in the sequels is pretty traumatizing.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Tira in "combat" mode favors these.
* OjouRinglets: Big Mama. Quite amusing, since [[spoiler:she actually does turn to ''be'' a princess.]]

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Tira, while in her cloaked outfit.

* PersonalityPowers
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Especially in the anime.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Carrot and Tira in the manga, quite literally. '''Twice'''.]]
* RazorFloss: Chocola's favorite weapon, also used by Tira in a slightly different form.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:Carrot has the "God of Destruction" sealed within him.]]
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip
* ShrinkingViolet: Tira in "normal" mode.

* {{Stripperific}}: Chocola and Tira, literally.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Millefeuille in the manga and {{OVA}}s.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Carrot's shapeshifting.
* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Mousse in the manga.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chocola (more tsuntsun) and Tira (more deredere). Carrot and Marron's mother Abricot in the manga qualifies as well.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Tira in the manga]].
* WeHelpTheHelpless: What the FiveManBand does, strictly.
* WhipItGood: Tira's weapon is a whip.
* WoobieDestroyerofWorlds: [[spoiler:Charlotte, Big Mama's traumatised little brother]] in the manga.

* AdaptationalModesty: Tira and Chocola's outfits are a lot more modest than in the manga, probably because the only way a faithful reproduction of Chocola's outfit wouldn't involve flashing her nipples every other frame would be is if her top was glued on.

* AfterTheEnd
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler:Carrot actually finds it easier to get a date after TheReveal that he's possessed by the God of Destruction. The village girls think it makes him cool and mysterious.]]

* BeachEpisode

* {{Bishounen}}

* {{Brainwashed}}

* {{Expy}}: The artist notes in the manga that Eclair's initial appearance is deliberately based on a certain female fighting game character, who is clearly Cammy from ''StreetFighter''. Not only that, but Eclair's brother Gateau is said to have been designed in the image of Guile. The artist also notes the village elder's similarity to Yoda of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* FaceHeelTurn -> HeelFaceTurn: Eclair, Gateau's younger sister in the manga.

* FanDisservice: You'd think a butler who lives to please his master and crossdresses would be hot. Unfortunately, [[{{Squick}} the master is a small child with a lisp and the butler is little old man]]. Pass the BrainBleach, please.
* {{Fanservice}}

* HotSpringsEpisode

* LoveTriangle

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Chocola in the manga. Not that she lets this stop her - she proceeds to declare herself Carrot's mistress and tries to horn in on Carrot on Tira's relationship ''on their wedding night'']].

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Chocola in the manga]].

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Tira, the front-line fighter of the original manga PowerTrio and one of the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane People]] of the group, Music/MegumiHayashibara.
** TheLancer: Chocola, both more [[ClingyJealousGirl forward]] and more ruthless than her sister, [[MovesetClone with similar abilities]].
** TheBigGuy: Gateau, GentleGiant with SuperStrength.
** TheSmartGuy: Marron, The [[OnlySaneMan Other Sane Man]], the most well-read and intelligent of the team, and a GlassCannon magician in his own right.
** TheChick: Carrot, usually a [[CasanovaWannabe perverted]] [[TheLoad load on his teammates]], generally useless in a fight, but [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass he has his moments of awesome]], even without being the secret weapon of the group.
** SixthRanger: Millefeuille and the other Haz Knights.

* GainaxEnding: The last episode of the anime has an ambiguous ending. [[spoiler: Sacher kills all of Carrot's companions, then starts smacking him around to try to force him to unleash the God of Destruction. Big Mama commits suicide, and then proceeds to track down the other hunters in the next life so that she can awaken their memories of their previous life. This somehow allows them to come back to life with an apparent powerup, but instead of defeating Sacher, they run to embrace Carrot and celebrate the fact that he didn't give in. Sacher refuses to admit that he was wrong and flees, Mama somehow revives herself, and the world goes back to its daily routine. Then the series ends on a scene in the next life where someone like Carrot is hitting on girls.]]

* DuelingMessiahs: Big Mama vs Sacher Torte. Both believe that the world is not a nice place anymore, but while Big Mama strives to heal it, Sacher Torte wants to destroy it and rebuild it from scratch, believing it too far gone for redemption. Big Mama's dedication to maintaining the world is so absolute, she even [[spoiler:attempted to KILL Carrot so he wouldn't turn into the God of Destruction]].

* GainaxEnding: The last episode of the anime. Absolutely NOTHING is explained, and it's more confusing that having no ending at all.
** To describe it: [[spoiler: Sacher kills all of Carrot's companions, then starts smacking him around to try to force him to unleash the God of Destruction. Big Mama commits suicide, and then proceeds to track down the other hunters in the next life so that she can awaken their memories of their previous life. This somehow allows them to come back to life with an apparent powerup, but instead of defeating Sacher, they run to embrace Carrot and celebrate the fact that he didn't give in. Sacher refuses to admit that he was wrong and flees, Mama somehow revives herself, and the world goes back to its daily routine. Then the series ends on a scene in the next life where someone like Carrot is hitting on girls.]]

* ArtEvolution

* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler: Reviving the God of Destruction drained all the magic in the world, and destroying him didn't bring the magic back. As such, there are no more sorcerers, and therefore no more need for Sorcerer Hunters.]]

* HarmlessVillain: Potato Chips is a sorcerer who repeatedly causes trouble for the heroes, but as he's basically just a kid who's trying to pick up girls, most of the problems he causes are more accidental than intentional.This is why he makes it through the series alive.

* {{Expy}}: The artist notes in the manga that Eclair's initial appearance is deliberately based on a certain female fighting game character, who is clearly Cammy from ''StreetFighter''. Not only that, but Eclair's brother Gateau is said to have been designed in the image of Guile. The artist also notes the village elder's similarity to Yoda of ''StarWars''.
** You can also spot ''tons'' of Expy Extras in the background of various manga panels, especially in the beach episodes, and {{Cosplay}}s of characters from ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'', ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'', ''Anime/UruseiYatsura'' and Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross, amongst others. In the 'Iron Chef' chapter, most of the cast of Franchise/{{Angelique}} seems to be in attendance.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Done subtly in the TV series, done to a greater effect in the OVA. Chocola gets it far more often because her outfit in the OVA (also given to her [[spoiler:when she is revived]] at the end of the TV series, and it's her regular outfit in the manga) is probably the world's least practical outfit for battle: saggy pants held up by thin suspenders with ''[[FetishFuel no top on.]]''

The Spooner Continent is ruled by "Sorcerers", a WitchSpecies which rules over the [[{{Muggles}} "Parsoners"]] as a noble class. With their magical powers, they can exploit the Parsoners virtually at will. However, the are rumors of those who will punish any Sorcerers who abuse their powers and harm the innocent - a mysterious band of five teenagers, the "Sorcerer Hunters".

''Sorcerer Hunters'' is light novel and manga series written by Creator/SatoruAkahori with art by Ray Omishi, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime TV series and 3-part OAV, both produced by XEBEC with the TV series as their first work. The series also spawned various video games and radio dramas.

A 13-volume manga written by Creator/SatoruAkahori with art by Ray Omishi, which was adapted into a 26-episode anime TV series and 3-part OAV. The series also spawned various video games and radio dramas.

Meanwhile, CasanovaWannabe swordsman Carrot Glace, his {{Bishounen}} little brother Marron, [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous]] ActionGirl Chocolate Misu and her UnluckyChildhoodFriend ShrinkingViolet little sister Tira, and borderline HardGay muscleman Gateau Mocha [[WalkingTheEarth Walk The Earth]]... and you can see where this is going, can't you.

From the creator of ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'', ''Manga/KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'', and ''Anime/MazeMegaburstSpace''.

* ActionGirl: Tira and Chocolat.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Marron, Mille, Tira, [[spoiler:Apricot, Cinnamon]]...

* ChineseGirl: Dota
* ClingyJealousGirl: Chocolat
* CommissarCap: Chocolat
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carrot ''and'' Chocolat.

* EdibleThemeNaming: ''Everyone.'' Relatively obvious are Carrot, Onion, Apricot, Count Potato Chips, and Cinnamon Tea; there's also Tira Misu, Chocolat (chocolate) and Marron (chestnut). Gateau, eclair, and mille-feuille are all French pastries. Sachertorte is a rich Austrian chocolate cake. Even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_%28dessert%29 Charlotte]] is a food name. Satoru Akahori is fond of this trope, and practically everything he writes uses it.
** Apricot's maiden name is ''Anzu'', which is Japanese for...apricot. So her name is basically Apricot Apricot. Double EdibleThemeNaming!

** TheLancer: Chocolat, both more [[ClingyJealousGirl forward]] and more ruthless than her sister, [[MovesetClone with similar abilities]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: Done subtly in the TV series, done to a greater effect in the OVA. Chocolate gets it far more often because her outfit in the OVA (also given to her [[spoiler:when she is revived]] at the end of the TV series, and it's her regular outfit in the manga) is probably the world's least practical outfit for battle: saggy pants held up by thin suspenders with ''[[FetishFuel no top on.]]''

* GenkiGirl: Dota, Eclair after her HeelFaceTurn in the manga.

* KnifeNut: Chocolat's other WeaponOfChoice, aside of her RazorFloss, are throwing knives.
** Also [[spoiler:Apricot, in the manga]]

* LastOfHisKind: Dota and Sirius are the last of a species of Winged People in the manga, which is never expanded on past volume 6.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: The reason Carrot's not into Chocolat or Tira.
* LotusEaterMachine: The anime episode with the magic book that grants the Hunters' wishes; Carrot gets split into ''three parts'' to grant both his wishes and the Misu sisters'. The episode also proudly [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leans on the fourth wall]].

* MadonnaWhoreComplex: Ultimately, Tira and Chocolat's former selves, Mother of West Apros and Holy Demon Kurin, respectively. [[spoiler: Naturally, Carrot marries the younger, cuter, less aggressive and more maternal of the two sisters, while the older, sexier, and more ruthless one cheerfully asserts herself as his mistress.]]
* MamaBear: Apricot Glace. In the manga, [[spoiler: she took on a DEMON LORD to protect Carrot. When said demon tried to possess her to capture Carrot, she ''[[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]]'' to stop him]].

* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Carrot's reason for spurning Chocolat and Tira's advances.

** Add ParentalBetrayal, as [[spoiler:Chocolat and Tira's surrogate father, Sacher Torte, does a FaceHeelTurn and becomes the BigBad]] during their backstory.
** MissingMom: Carrot and Marron's mother, Apricot.

* RazorFloss: Chocolat's favorite weapon, also used by Tira in a slightly different form.

* {{Stripperific}}: Chocolat and Tira, literally.

* {{Tsundere}}: Chocolat (more tsuntsun) and Tira (more deredere). Carrot and Marron's mother Apricot in the manga qualifies as well.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Chocolat in the manga]].

!!Tropes:

* BerserkButton: Hurt Carrot and Marron will ''kick your ass''.

* {{Jerkass}}: Carrot and his manga-only father Onion, at certain points.