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* '''Enforced''': ???The only actor available for the role of TheMentor was Japanese.
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* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers

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* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where [[Wuxia magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation]] and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers

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* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where [[Wuxia magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation]] cultivation and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers
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* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where [[Xianxia magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation]] and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers

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* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where [[Xianxia [[Wuxia magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation]] and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers
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'''Basic Trope''': A wise Asian mentors a usually white character.
* '''Straight''': Bob learnt his magic and fighting style from Arai-sensei, a wise Japanese elderly man with strict discipline.
* '''Exaggerated''': All the best mages in this setting are elderly Asian men with power rivalling that of gods.
* '''Downplayed''':
** AsianAndNerdy
** Bob learnt his magic from Arai-sensei, a wise Japanese man who advocates a more flexible approach to magic.
* '''Justified''': Arai-sensei had spent untold millenia cultivating his power.
* '''Inverted''': Zhang Xiao Ming picked up his magic and fighting style from Alan, an American [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] who is also a highly powerful wizard.
* '''Subverted''': Arai-san is a half-Japanese boy with magical powers, and his powers come not from his Japanese father, but his white mother.
* '''Double Subverted''': But his Japanese grandfather was the one who trained him to use it well.
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* '''Averted''': There is no in-story link between Asian heritage and wisdom.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "Long white beard? Check. Weird speech style? Check. Hanfu? Check. Magical powers? Probably."
* '''Invoked''': The series is set in a world where [[Xianxia magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation]] and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers
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