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** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
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* YoureNotMyMother: Because of the abuse she suffered even after she returned to the Forest, Vanessa refuses to acknowledge the Witch Queen as her real mother seconds before "the red thread of fate" manifests itself. She specifically says that to her, the Black Bulls are ''her'' family.family.
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* ForWantOfANail: Both the Witch Queen and Yami Sukehiro ultimately help sow the seeds of this arc. The queen traps Vanessa in a birdcage so that the latter can fully realize the potential of her thread magic. Then, Yami unintentially breaks open the birdcage, leading Vanessa to join the Black Bulls. Then, when Asta's arms are seriously injured, Vanessa and her friends seek the Queen's assistance to heal her arms. Later, when the Queen tricks Asta into killing the Black Bulls after they stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion of the Forest of Witches, Vanessa finally awakens her Red Thread of Fate magic through her bonds with her allies.
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* VillainousLineage: Vanessa's ties with her mother, the Witch Queen, serves as a crux of the arc's narrative.
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* YoureNotMyMother: Because of the abuse she suffered from the Witch Queen even after she returned to the Forest, Vanessa flat-out tells refuses to acknowledge the Witch Queen as her that she isn't her family real mother seconds before "the red thread of fate" manifests itself. She specifically says that to her, the Black Bulls are ''her'' family.
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* AnAesop: Family isn't always whom you're related to. Family is also about those who love you and care about you. And you can choose your own family. At the end of this arc, Vanessa point-blank flat-out tells the Witch Queen that the Black Bulls are her family.
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* CallingTheOldWomanOut: When the Witch Queen tries killing her friends by the time of Chapter 99, Vanessa point blank tells her mother that she doesn't consider her family.
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* YoureNotMyMother: Because of the abuse she suffered from the Witch Queen even after she returned to the Forest, Vanessa flat-out tells her that she isn't her family before "the red thread of fate" manifests itself. She specifically says that to her, the Black Bulls are ''her'' family.
* YoureNotMyMother: Because of the abuse she suffered from the Witch Queen even after she returned to the Forest, Vanessa flat-out tells her that she isn't her family before "the red thread of fate" manifests itself. She specifically says that to her, the Black Bulls are ''her'' family.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen gradually loses all sense of womanly restraint she'd shown throughout the arc when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen gradually loses all sense of womanly restraint she'd shown throughout the arc when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's her magic finally defeated, disappears, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen has a subdued one gradually loses all sense of womanly restraint she'd shown throughout the arc when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Yami and all the Crimson Lions decide to peek on the women at the hot spring. Yuno and Asta decline. It's almost {{Subverted}} -- nobody even thought of peeking until Yami talked them into it, and his motivation comes off as more ForTheLulz than personal perversion.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Yami and all the Crimson Lions decide to peek on the women at the hot spring. Yuno and Asta decline. It's almost {{Subverted}} -- nobody even thought of peeking until Yami talked them into it, and his motivation comes off as more ForTheLulz than personal perversion.
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** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
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** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
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-->'''Witch Queen:''' Rue your sin... ...in having underestimated theforest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.Witch Queen.
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for
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** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
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Asta's arms are cursed beyond repair after the fight with Vetto. The other members of the Black Bulls search for ways to cure him. Vanessa goes to the Forest of Witches to ask the Witch Queen to heal him using her powerful magic. But there, the Black Bulls find themselves facing off against both the Diamond Kingdom and the Eye of the Midnight Sun.
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* BluntYes: Yami makes no effort to hide his suspicion toward Vangeance that he's really Licht.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen has a subdued one when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen has a subdued one when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.defeat.
* WorldTree: William Vangeance uses World Tree Magic, creating a huge tree that covers Kiten which absorbs mana from the earth.
* WorldTree: William Vangeance uses World Tree Magic, creating a huge tree that covers Kiten which absorbs mana from the earth.
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* ForWantOfANail: Both the Witch Queen and Yami Sukehiro ultimately help sow the seeds of this arc along with a certain Yami Sukehiro. The queen traps Vanessa in a birdcage so that the latter can fully realize the potential of her thread magic. Then, Yami unintentially breaks open the birdcage, leading Vanessa to join the Black Bulls. Then, when Asta's arms are seriously injured, Vanessa and her friends seek the Queen's assistance to heal her arms. Later, when the Queen tricks Asta into killing the Black Bulls after they stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion of the Forest of Witches, Vanessa finally awakens her Red Thread of Fate magic through her bonds with her allies.
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* ForWantOfANail: Both the Witch Queen and Yami Sukehiro ultimately help sow the seeds of this arc along with a certain Yami Sukehiro.arc. The queen traps Vanessa in a birdcage so that the latter can fully realize the potential of her thread magic. Then, Yami unintentially breaks open the birdcage, leading Vanessa to join the Black Bulls. Then, when Asta's arms are seriously injured, Vanessa and her friends seek the Queen's assistance to heal her arms. Later, when the Queen tricks Asta into killing the Black Bulls after they stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion of the Forest of Witches, Vanessa finally awakens her Red Thread of Fate magic through her bonds with her allies.
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* UngratefulBastard: UngratefulBitch: A light version but the Witches react [[DoesNotLikeMen poorly]] to being saved by Asta and Finral. When the invasion is over they even completely overlook the outsiders contributions to saving their homes.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Asta engages in this with the demon in his grimoire, who tries to take over his body during his fight with Ladros. He promptly beats it into submission and uses its powers in his "Black Asta" form.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Witch Queen wanted Vanessa to control destiny when the latter was young. This comes back to haunt her when Vanessa uses her Red Thread of Fate magic to thwart her plans for good.
* DealWithTheDevil: Subverted with Vanessa's bargain with the Witch Queen. After returning to the Forest of Witches, Vanessa asks the Queen to heal Asta's arms in exchange for her freedom. However, the Queen turns on Vanessa and her friends, and she reveals that she knew her daughter would return to the forest after all. Fortunately, the Queen ultimately keeps her word after she's completely defeated by the newly-manifested Red Thread of Fate.
* DemonicPossession: Defied. When the demon inside Asta's Grimoire attempts to take over his body during their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind and deliver a CurbStompBattle to the resident villain, Asta puts his foot down, climbs up said demon's body, and is implied to have punched said demon into submission, taking the power for himself.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The Witch Queen does not realize that Vanessa's Red Thread of Fate magic can only be formed from whom she has a bond with. So, when Vanessa's magic stops Asta from killing Noelle and Finral and ultimately thwarts the Witch Queen's plans, the latter becomes puzzled by what has just happened until Vanessa explains it to her.
* ForWantOfANail: Both the Witch Queen and Yami Sukehiro ultimately help sow the seeds of this arc along with a certain Yami Sukehiro. The queen traps Vanessa in a birdcage so that the latter can fully realize the potential of her thread magic. Then, Yami unintentially breaks open the birdcage, leading Vanessa to join the Black Bulls. Then, when Asta's arms are seriously injured, Vanessa and her friends seek the Queen's assistance to heal her arms. Later, when the Queen tricks Asta into killing the Black Bulls after they stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion of the Forest of Witches, Vanessa finally awakens her Red Thread of Fate magic through her bonds with her allies.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: The Witch Queen spent years trying to make Vanessa realize the potential of her thread magic. After Vanessa helps her friends stop the Diamond Kingdom from invading the Forest of Witches, the Queen manages to trick Asta into almost killing the Magic Knights. This triggers Vanessa's latent "red thread of fate" magic to manifest and since it can only be formed from whom Vanessa has a bond with, the Queen's plot is ultimately thwarted.
* HopeSpot: Asta and his friends stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion so that they can make the Witch Queen heal Asta's arms. Unfortunately for them, the Queen instead attempts to trick Asta into killing them all, starting with Noelle and Finral.
* MovingTheGoalposts: Asta and the Black Bulls try to make a deal with the Witch Queen to heal him and his friends for defending the Forest of Witches against the Diamond Kingdom. But the Queen altered the deal and tricked Asta into almost killing her friends.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dominante has Fanzell, Finral, Asta, Noelle and Mariella cover themselves to avoid detection. When they enter the Forest of Witches, they lose their cloaks at the worst possible time, alerting the Security Golems to their presence.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Witch Queen manipulating Asta to try killing Noelle and taunting Vanessa over how she would return to the forest one day allows the latter to awaken her Red Thread of Fate magic and defeat the Witch Queen.
* RealityEnsues:
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Asta and Noelle meet up with a group of three mages, Fanzell, Dominante, and Mariella. Though they have never appeared in the manga before, Asta and Noelle are not only familiar with them, but have apparently already helped them escape from the Diamond Kingdom, and even received trained with them. The characters were originally introduced in a light novel that serves as a side story to the manga.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: When Vanessa returns to the Forest of Witches after many years, the Witch Queen wastes no time beating the crap out of her. By the end of the Forest of Witches arc, the Queen notes that Vanessa leaving the forest was ultimately pointless.
* SoMuchForStealth: During their search for the Witch Queen, Dominante provides Asta, Fanzell, Finral, Noelle, and Mariella with invisibility cloaks to enter the Forest of Witches undetected. Unfortunately, they lose their cloaks thanks to Fanzell's actions and quickly catch the attention of the Security Golems and the other witches.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Witch Queen, despite being one of the most powerful villains and an almighty ruler of the Forest of Witches, doesn't seem to know that Vanessa's Red Thread of Fate magic can be formed only from the bonds between her and the Black Bulls, whom she considers her family.
* UngratefulBastard: A light version but the Witches react [[DoesNotLikeMen poorly]] to being saved by Asta and Finral. When the invasion is over they even completely overlook the outsiders contributions to saving their homes.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen has a subdued one when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Asta engages in this with the demon in his grimoire, who tries to take over his body during his fight with Ladros. He promptly beats it into submission and uses its powers in his "Black Asta" form.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The Witch Queen wanted Vanessa to control destiny when the latter was young. This comes back to haunt her when Vanessa uses her Red Thread of Fate magic to thwart her plans for good.
* DealWithTheDevil: Subverted with Vanessa's bargain with the Witch Queen. After returning to the Forest of Witches, Vanessa asks the Queen to heal Asta's arms in exchange for her freedom. However, the Queen turns on Vanessa and her friends, and she reveals that she knew her daughter would return to the forest after all. Fortunately, the Queen ultimately keeps her word after she's completely defeated by the newly-manifested Red Thread of Fate.
* DemonicPossession: Defied. When the demon inside Asta's Grimoire attempts to take over his body during their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind and deliver a CurbStompBattle to the resident villain, Asta puts his foot down, climbs up said demon's body, and is implied to have punched said demon into submission, taking the power for himself.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The Witch Queen does not realize that Vanessa's Red Thread of Fate magic can only be formed from whom she has a bond with. So, when Vanessa's magic stops Asta from killing Noelle and Finral and ultimately thwarts the Witch Queen's plans, the latter becomes puzzled by what has just happened until Vanessa explains it to her.
* ForWantOfANail: Both the Witch Queen and Yami Sukehiro ultimately help sow the seeds of this arc along with a certain Yami Sukehiro. The queen traps Vanessa in a birdcage so that the latter can fully realize the potential of her thread magic. Then, Yami unintentially breaks open the birdcage, leading Vanessa to join the Black Bulls. Then, when Asta's arms are seriously injured, Vanessa and her friends seek the Queen's assistance to heal her arms. Later, when the Queen tricks Asta into killing the Black Bulls after they stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion of the Forest of Witches, Vanessa finally awakens her Red Thread of Fate magic through her bonds with her allies.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: The Witch Queen spent years trying to make Vanessa realize the potential of her thread magic. After Vanessa helps her friends stop the Diamond Kingdom from invading the Forest of Witches, the Queen manages to trick Asta into almost killing the Magic Knights. This triggers Vanessa's latent "red thread of fate" magic to manifest and since it can only be formed from whom Vanessa has a bond with, the Queen's plot is ultimately thwarted.
* HopeSpot: Asta and his friends stop the Diamond Kingdom's invasion so that they can make the Witch Queen heal Asta's arms. Unfortunately for them, the Queen instead attempts to trick Asta into killing them all, starting with Noelle and Finral.
* MovingTheGoalposts: Asta and the Black Bulls try to make a deal with the Witch Queen to heal him and his friends for defending the Forest of Witches against the Diamond Kingdom. But the Queen altered the deal and tricked Asta into almost killing her friends.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dominante has Fanzell, Finral, Asta, Noelle and Mariella cover themselves to avoid detection. When they enter the Forest of Witches, they lose their cloaks at the worst possible time, alerting the Security Golems to their presence.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Witch Queen manipulating Asta to try killing Noelle and taunting Vanessa over how she would return to the forest one day allows the latter to awaken her Red Thread of Fate magic and defeat the Witch Queen.
* RealityEnsues:
** Returning from the Forest of Witches after escaping for many years won't exactly give you a hero's welcome. Vanessa finds this out the hard way when her mother, the Witch Queen, tells her that leaving the forest was always pointless.
** While Dominante's plan to search for the Witch Queen may be successful, her plans to have Asta, Finral, Fanzell, Noelle and Mariella enter the forest undetected is derailed right from the start. The group enters the Forest of Witches using Dominante's invisibility cloaks, but the boys' cloak gets pulled off by a tree branch. This immediately catches the attention of the Security Golems, and the mages have no choice but to enter the Queen's manor by force.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Asta and Noelle meet up with a group of three mages, Fanzell, Dominante, and Mariella. Though they have never appeared in the manga before, Asta and Noelle are not only familiar with them, but have apparently already helped them escape from the Diamond Kingdom, and even received trained with them. The characters were originally introduced in a light novel that serves as a side story to the manga.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: When Vanessa returns to the Forest of Witches after many years, the Witch Queen wastes no time beating the crap out of her. By the end of the Forest of Witches arc, the Queen notes that Vanessa leaving the forest was ultimately pointless.
* SoMuchForStealth: During their search for the Witch Queen, Dominante provides Asta, Fanzell, Finral, Noelle, and Mariella with invisibility cloaks to enter the Forest of Witches undetected. Unfortunately, they lose their cloaks thanks to Fanzell's actions and quickly catch the attention of the Security Golems and the other witches.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: The Witch Queen, despite being one of the most powerful villains and an almighty ruler of the Forest of Witches, doesn't seem to know that Vanessa's Red Thread of Fate magic can be formed only from the bonds between her and the Black Bulls, whom she considers her family.
* UngratefulBastard: A light version but the Witches react [[DoesNotLikeMen poorly]] to being saved by Asta and Finral. When the invasion is over they even completely overlook the outsiders contributions to saving their homes.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Witch Queen has a subdued one when Vanessa's power manifests and stops Asta from killing her friends, to the point that she even tries to use her magic on her own daughter. When she's finally defeated, she remains in total shock and admits defeat.
