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Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart" (Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic. The term "Grand Triskellion" could refer to Arusu, Sheila and Eva, the trio who made possible the merging of two worlds and the start of the Golden Age of Magic. The Shiny Rod's creation could have been their way to ensure that magic won't really disappear, and avoiding TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as we (nearly) saw it in TW. The Nine Olde Witches could have been their most talented students.

Her magic is similar to the family techniques of the Akamichi clan from {{Naruto}}: They convert calories into super-strength using magic!

Shiny Chariot was considered nothing but a fraud among the magic community. Eventually the criticisms against her just became too severe to handle, so she had to go into hiding for good. The seven lights in her staff faded along with her confidence in herself.

* It's implied that it's not common for a {{Muggle}} to want to learn magic; but not unheard of or unlikely enough to reject an application. Learning magic makes certain beasties [[WeirdnessMagnet notice]] you more; hence having to be part of the magic community for general protection. This is enough of a problem that it is deterrence to "dude, I can fly on a broom."
* In general, {{muggles}} get along fine with wizards and witches; but keep segregated for safety issues. If a child ''wants'' to become magic though; they attract notice to said supernatural forces anyways; and it's generally considered safest to train them.

* Shiny Arc was used both times on [[spoiler:dragons]], with explosive results. [[spoiler:The fact Shiny Arc can kill a dragon alone is special, considering every other form of magic, including potions and poisons, only make dragons stronger. Both times Shiny Arc slayed a dragon it was by making the dragon swallow the arrow, after which the dragon swells up and pops spectacularly in a rain of magic. This seems to imply Shiny Arc slays dragons by overloading them with magic, making them ingest too much for them to handle. The signature weakness of EnergyAbsorption is often PhlebotinumOverload.]]
** Jossed in the TV series, where its also used to open a leyline tunnel, and many other things.

* It is stated clearly from the beginning of the show that Arcturus Forest is a place where once you come in, you can't come out. After the episode 11 reveal, it makes much sense that Shiny Rod (AKA Claiomh Solais) can open a gate from there, but it also makes for a question: why would a spell so useful like that sealed in place like this? Simple, because it wasn't a spell nor a decline that causes witches cannot use their magics outta the spiral-powered stone's range: it was deliberate setup to prevent world domination by the witches---or more significantly, WHOEVER witch that is sealed inside the Forest. In this case, Ursula was used by the Professor to try and unlock the seal upon this said witch, but she failed to revive all Words (based on what we could see in the framed text, the other Words are clearly written but one at the top of the picture). Akko, being led by Ursula to revive the Words without knowing the meaning of the act will succeeded in releasing the Big Bad, and will defeat he/she/it while mimicking Chariot's acts.

The guess is that after the end of ''Tweeny Witches'', Arusu at some point came back to the world of magic, saved it once again and, in the process, she let humans' world discovering its existence. Arusu and her witches friends cooperated to make things work and in the end both civilizations became one. For a time, magic becomes so prominent that humans stops developing technology, going back to a medieval-looking state. Then, at the decline of the Golden Age, we progressively return to how the world is nowadays. And here we have the setting of ''Little Witch Academia''.

Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart" (Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic. The term "Grand Triskellion" could refer to Arusu, Sheila and Eva, the trio who made possible the merging of two worlds and the start of the Golden Age of Magic. The Shiny Rod's creation could have been their way to ensure that magic won't never really disappear, and avoiding TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as we (nearly) saw it in TW. The Nine Olde Witches could have been their most talented students.

* The Shiny Rod can transform into many useful forms including the Dragon-slaying Shiny Arc and the Giant sealing Shiny Ballista. It can store enough magic to empower up to eight witches who are fighting a giant or doing crowd control when a regular wand runs out of juice within minutes. It very specifically picks it wielder as not everyone can use it, Ursula actually noted that the Shiny Rod had been inactive all this time. Basically its the Witching World's equivalent of Excalibur, its wielder is expected to do great things. The fact that Shiny Chariot basically used it to do parlour tricks is why she is so despised by the rest of the Witches. As evidenced by Akko being able to use it, the Shiny Rod might only be used by someone with a true love for magic.
** Pretty much confirmed as the Shiny Rod (properly named the Claimh Solais) can only be activated by a wielder with the proper mindset and emotions, and is a key to unlock the Grand Triskelion. This is a magic powerful enough to effect the entire world, and given the declining state of magic, will almost certainly be needed.

** [[spoiler: Let's not forget that a LWA series was teased at the end of the latter show's GrandFinale by having these two high-fiving in mid air.]]

* Bonus points if Akko learns she was Shiny Chariot just in that moment.

* While the Shiny Rod is ''immensely'' powerful, so far Akko has been primarily reliant on it in order to achieve anything, with no study or development of any kind of skill on her part. It will be revealed that Ursula had the same problem; it's a crutch, and becoming too reliant on it will be revealed to have been part of the reason Shiny Chariot disappeared - it's powered by belief but that can only carry you so far, and that lead to a HeroicBSOD when belief wasn't enough. Now the rod has passed to someone else, Ursula is trying to make sure her successor doesn't fall into the same pitfalls, but with so far limited success. Ursula's attempts at actually teaching Akko anything have also been obstructed, by klutziness, Akko's overabundance of zeal or Akko and her friends continued rule breaking. Akko has the 'believing heart' part down, but she's going to hit a wall eventually, and it will be partially her own fault.

* Although the nature of the tensions are fueled by magic and said nation is TheNameless, the mention that it's a country close to Britain leaves France or Ireland as the main culprits, especially given the history of their existing conflicts with Britain.

** Jossed, somewhat, in the fourth episode. [[spoiler: It's actually the exact opposite of formulaic-plots; not only is the Annabel Creme Lotte meets actually the ''twelfth'' witch who assumes the title of author, each author does her own, sometimes wildly different, thing with the series, making ''night fall'' a combination of DependingOnTheWriter, KudzuPlot, and WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants.]] The episode also implies that magic is indeed involved [[spoiler:: the fountain pen writes fast, in the sky no less, during the episode ending. It appears the pen allows to quickly materialize the inspiration and ideas of the author.]]

[[WMG:Teams Blue (Diana, Hannah and Barbara) and Green (Amanda, Constanze and Jasminka) will get their own "ADayInTheLimelight" episodes.]]

** Sort of confirmed: had her magic not been crippled at the Shiny Chariot show, she would have been a very skilled witch, but might have lacked the drive to even attempt magic.

* Diana is well-liked among her fellow students and greatly respected by the staff to the point that she is given access to resources not normally available to students, and allowed a measure of authority. She has the skills to back up her reputation as well, and in the latest episode she seems to have an inkling of what may be going on in the series MythArc. With her skills and the autonomy granted her, it seems likely that she would attempt to resolve the situation herself. However, as we all know, Akko is basically TheChosenOne, and also has the help of the faculty member with the best idea of what's happening. Moreover, she has been repeatedly shocked by Akko's actions and in Episode 5 her attempt to keep Akko and Amanda out of action only angers and motivates them further. Counting for this and the above, Diana has shades of WrongGenreSavvy.

** Sorta confirmed, sorta Jossed. Diana was set up for failure in ep 19-20, and was rescued by Akko, but it only allowed Diana to return to Luna Nova.

* It is abundantly clear that the bond between Akko and Ursula is also very deep and like Woodward, she will look after Akko even after her death. With Akko's odyssey to be like Chariot, she hasn't faced that challenge that will push her to be the witch that she believe she can be, and with the hero's journey inevitably comes the hardship of death, and the closest person to Akko is Ursula (even earlier when she was Shiny Chariot). Thus, it can be concluded that Ursula might die to complete Akko's journey, and with it, she will come to her own as a witch and be in Ursula's position in her future. Also, given the way that [[DarkerAndEdgier Episode 11 and the second cour was presented]], and that [[spoiler: Ursula will fight in this cour]] it feels like it would be possible for a death to happen.

For some reason (either because the [[spoiler:Nine Olde Witches]] made some kinda of mistake during [[spoiler:their sealing of the Grand Triskelion within Arcturus]] or some not yet revealed BigBad throttling the flow of magic into the world to get the witches to [[spoiler:unseal the Great Triskelion]], which the BigBad would then want to use for him/herself to rule the world), magic is fading away and at some point, the witches discover, that it'll spell doom for the world in general, magical and muggle alike. So Akko will revive the [[spoiler:rest of the seven words]], [[spoiler:unseal the Grand Triskelion]] (and crush the BigBad with it, if there is one), save the world and revive magic to levels not even seen during the Gold Age of the Witches: Magitek will turn the human world into a near utopia and let humanity start to spread among the stars. But it will come at a price: A pure and righteous hero would have to sacrifice him/herself for the [[spoiler:Grand Ttriskelion]] to serve the purpose it was made for. Akko is ready to do it, but Ursula / [[spoiler:Shiny Chariot]], as mentioned in the WMG above, will make the sacrifice in her stead, fulfilling the prophecy but allowing her dear student Akko to lead witchkind and humankind to greatness.

* Akko, Lotte, Sucy, Amanda, Constanze, Jasminka and Diana are obvious. Hannah and Barbara don't so the last two would be Ursula/Chariot, and Wangari.

* When Akko was in Sucy's mind was about to give her mouth-to-mouth, the dragonified Sucy got hearts in her eyes. But when the "kiss" didn't happen, the dragon got all teary-eyed. It's possible that that Sucy actually represents Sucy's hidden crush on Akko which she keeps buried under all the malicious stuff she does to her. (it would also add another meaning to that Sucy giving Akko flowers when they first meet)

* Since episode 3, every time a newspaper is shown there is mention of the out-of-control magic broom being sighted all over the world. It could be just a funny RunningGag, but the countries mentioned show that it is making a somewhat plausible trip around the globe, so at this pace it could possibly return to England in time for the final episode. [[spoiler:And this time Akko could even be able to ride it on her own.]]

She will see or do something that'll make her loose her smile and her appetite and her friends and the main character trio will spend the episode to cheer her up.

[[WMG:The events of episode #19 and #20 were all engineered by the magical artifact possessed by [[spoiler:Beatrix, one of the Nine Olde Witches and founder of the Cavendish magical family / clan]]]]
The artifact possessed by [[spoiler:Beatrix]] saw how Diana's aunt is ruining the Cavendish estate and wanted also to see, if Diana would be really worthy of being the head of the family, so she [[spoiler:delayed Diana]] and [[spoiler:lured aunt Daryl and her nasty daughters into danger]]. Diana did did pass the character test: She did rather [[spoiler:save her aunt and her daughters]] than [[spoiler:complete the ritual]] and through this experience her aunt and her daughters had a HeelFaceTurn and started to care about the Cavendish estate.

They not only did "resurrect" Headmistress Holbrooke's father on accident, they also did only a feeble version of actual necromancy, as the flesh didn't reform and the animated corpse dissipated on sunrise. A full resurrection requires a HumanSacrifice; a ritual that is very painful for the victim, both before and afterwards (the soul of the sacrifice is in great pain as long as the resurrected lives). That is the reason why the punishment for necromancy is so severe, as the victim wouldn't even find immediate solace in death.

In LWA, the witches made certain decisions that changed the course of history for both witchkind and mankind, making the situation for magic better in the LWA-verse (and if the crossover theory with Anime/KikisDeliveryService further above on this page is added into the mix, than the world in general is likely to be better off, as well, having been spared from the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and all it's many horrors).

* The sealing of the [[spoiler:Grand Triskelion in the Arctus Forrest]] wasn't done for shits and giggles, either: The witches were concerned that some traces of either the [[spoiler:Magic Stones]] themselves or information about them escaped their purge or that someone would re-invent them on their own, so they [[spoiler:used the Grand Triskelion to alter the fabric of magic itself so that Magic Stones wouldn't work anymore even if some where found, no-one would be able to make new ones and that no witch could kill all magic all by herself.]]

[[WMG: Having magic makes one SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious]]

[[WMG: Sucy will become Evil...]]

Arcturus forest of LWA could be nothing else than the Magic World seen in TW, abandoned by its inhabitants, who transferred on Earth. Nature there then grown uncontrolled for centuries. Amanda O'Neil is (physically speaking only) [[http://oi66.tinypic.com/685w04.jpg an expy of Arusu]]. O'Neil family could directly descend from her. Wheter Amanda or any relative of hers knows it, I'm not sure.
Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart" (Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic. The term "Grand Triskellion" could refer to Arusu, Sheila and Eva, the trio who made possible the merging of two worlds and the start of the Golden Age of Magic. The Shiny Rod's creation could have been their way to ensure that magic won't never really disappear, and avoiding the apocalypse as we (nearly) saw it in TW. The Nine Olde Witches could have been their most talented students.

Keep also in mind that some of the current Trigger's workers were previously employed in Creator/Studio4C, where ''Tweeny Witches'' was created. This could be another proof that the similarities between the series aren't a coincidence. All of the previous is just the guess of a fan, but objectively, they could have willingly recycled a plot that they thought it didn't get the recognition it deserved at the time.

[[WMG: For the television series..]]

[[WMG: Any future expansions on the franchise will be shorter]]

[[WMG: The reason why Akko, Sucy and Lotte were not given the punishment for necromancy, a fate hundred times worse than death]]

[[WMG: "A believing heart is your magic" doesn't mean "Your believing heart is your magic"]]

[[WMG: How Croix will manage to have her sentence commuted to being put on probation]]

[[WMG: The reason for Jasminka's gluttony]]

[[WMG: The Shooting Star's story]]

[[WMG: Episode 11 is more than just setting up the Grand Triskellion arc, its the actual conclusion to the OVA series]]

[[WMG: Anime/LittleWitchAcademia is an AlternateTimeline of Anime/IzettaTheLastWitch]]

[[WMG: Croix Vapes]]

[[WMG: What Are We Going To Do About Lotte and Sucy?]]

[[WMG: Chariot and Croix are French]]

Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart" (Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic.
The term "Grand Triskellion" could refer to Arusu, Sheila and Eva, the trio who made possible the merging of two worlds and the start of the Golden Age of Magic. The Shiny Rod's creation could have been their way to ensure that magic won't never really disappear, and avoiding the apocalypse as we (nearly) saw it in TW. The Nine Olde Witches could have been their most talented students.

Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart"(Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic.

Arcturus forest of LWA could be nothing else than the Magic World seen in TW, abandoned by its inhabitants, who transferred on Earth. Nature there then grown uncontrolled for centuries. Amanda O'Neil is (physically speaking only) [[http://oi66.tinypic.com/685w04.jpg an expy of Arusu]]. Amanda could be a direct Arusu' descendant.

The term "Grand Triskellion" could derive from Arusu, Sheila and Eva, the trio who made possible the merging of two worlds and the start of the Golden Age of Magic. The Shiny Rod's creation could have been their way to ensure that magic won't never really disappear, and avoiding the apocalypse as we (nearly) saw it in TW. The Nine Olde Witches could have been their most talented students.

Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from "a believing heart"(Arusu's version was "anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"). Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic, in line with Arusu's beliefs.

Arcturus forest of LWA could be nothing else than the Magic World seen in TW, abandoned by its inhabitants, who transferred on Earth. Nature there then grown uncontrolled for centuries.
Amanda O'Neil is (physically speaking only) [[http://oi66.tinypic.com/685w04.jpg an expy of Arusu]]. Amanda could be a direct Arusu' descendant.
Shiny Chariot too resembles alittle Arusu, with the red short-cutted hair and that CatchPhrase about the magic coming from ''the heart''. Since Arusu in the ''Little Witch Academia'' epoch would be a legendary figure, Shiny could have been inspired by tales about her and decided to make people happy with magic, in line with Arusu's beliefs.

The settings, from the art to the premise of the plots (which they can be both resumed in "a human girl loves magic so much she wants to become a witch"), are so similar is suspicious. Also, in both animes the protagonist is a GenkiGirl human who adores magic (TW: Arusu; LWA: Akko) via inspiration by a role model (TW: Arusu's father; LWA: the performer Shiny Chariot) and they're part of a trio with two "pure-blooded" witches (TW: Sheila and Eva; LWA: Sucy and Lotte), and the respective signature catch phrases are just two different ways of telling the same thing (TW: "Anyone can use magic as long as they believe with all their heart!"/LWA: "Never forget, a believing heart is your magic!"). It's only natural to think these animes share a bond.

The guess is that while exists an entire alternative world inhabited by magic users (who evolved not from normal hominids but from winged humanoids) seen in TW, LWA shows us that in the human world also exists spellcasters, who descends from the humans who learned to use magic from the "winged ones".
Amanda O'Neil is (physically speaking only) [[http://oi66.tinypic.com/685w04.jpg an expy of Arusu]]. Amanda could be an Arusu' relative, a cousin maybe, from her mother's part, judging by the hair colours.

Keep also in mind that some of the current Trigger's workers were previously employed in Studio4C, where ''Tweeny Witches'' was created. This could be another proof that the similarities between the series aren't a coincidence. All of the previous is just the guess of a fan, but objectively, they could have willingly recycled a plot that they thought it didn't get the recognition it deserved at the time.

[[WMG: LittleWitchAcademia is an AlternateTimeline of Anime/IzettaTheLastWitch]]
In LWA, the witches made certain decisions that changed the course of history for both witchkind and mankind, making the situation for magic better in the LWA-verse (and if the crossover theory with KikisDeliveryService further above on this page is added into the mix, than the world in general is likely to be better off, as well, having been spared from the WorldWarII and all it's many horrors).

** So basically a HousePseudonym like [[Literature/NancyDrew Carolyn Keene]] or [[Literature/TheHardyBoys Franklin W. Dixon]]?

* Their names are French, and Luna Nova has students from all around the world, so it makes sense that they'd have international teachers too.

* If the series gets a second season, the main trio will have founded their own performing group. Lotte is earning her magical equipment license and Sucy is experienced with chemical pyrotechnics, making them perfect roadies for the magically-stunted Akko. Diana and Amanda will have rival performance magic groups, culminating in a giant "battle of the bands" type thing that somehow turns into a world-threatening battle for the future of magic....somehow. Not only would this carry on from the ending of the first season, but it would also ''make Lotte and Sucy relevant to the plot'' again. Professor Finnelan will be the DeanBitterman telling the kids to cut out that annoying racket and focus on respectable careers.

In LWA, the witches made certain decisions that changed the course of history for both witchkind and mankind, making the situation for magic better in the LWA-verse (and if one would be to accept the crossover theory with KikisDeliveryService further above on this page, than the world in general is likely to be better off, as well, having been spared from the WorldWarII and all it's many horrors).

* If the series gets a second season, the main trio will have founded their own performing group. Lotte is earning her magical equipment license and Sucy is experienced with chemical pyrotechnics, making them perfect roadies for the magically-stunted Akko. Diana and Amanda will have rival performance magic groups, culminating in a giant "battle of the bands" type thing that somehow turns into a world-threatening battle for the future of magic....somehow. Not only would this carry on from the ending of the first season, but it would also ''make Lotte and Sucy relevant to the plot'' again. Professor Finnelan will be the DeanBitterman telling the kids to cut out that annoying racket and focus on respectable careers.

perform together on showstopping magical numbers. Lotte is earning her magical tools license and Sucy has some experience with chemical pyrotechnics, making them perfect roadies for the magically-stunted Akko.

* You read that right. That new age bringing technology obsessed Millennial probably has some excessive semi-magic vape rig that Luna Nova didn't let her use on campus.

[[Croix Vapes]]

* The sealing of the [[spoiler:Grand Triskelion in the Arctus Forrest]] wasn't done for shits and giggles, either: The witches were concerned that some traces of either the [[spoiler:Magic Stones]] themselves or information about them escaped their purge or that someone would re-invent them on their own, so they [[spoiler:used the Grand Triskelion to alter the fabric of magic itself so that Magic Stones wouldn't work anymore even if some where found, no-one would be able to make new ones and that no witch could kill all magic all by herself.]]

[[WMG: LittleWitchAcademia is an AlternateTimeline of IzettaTheLastWitch]]

In LWA, the witches made certain decisions that changed the course of history for both witchkind and mankind, making the situation for magic better in the LWA-verse (and if one would be to accept the crossover theory with KikisDeliveryService, than the world in general is likely to be better off, as well, having been spared from the WorldWarII and all it's many horrors).

* The witches tracked down and destroyed all [[spoiler:Magic Stones]] and any information about them, so that the production of [[spoiler:Hexenium, the crystallized form of magic energy used to power Germania's magic missiles, nukes and so on]] wouldn't be possible anymore
* The sealing of the [[spoiler:Grand Triskelion in the Arctus Forrest]] wasn't done for shits and giggles, either: The witches were concerned that some traces of either the [[spoiler:Magic Stones]] themselves or information about them escaped their purge or that someone would re-invent them on their own, so they [[spoiler:used the Grand Triskelion to alter the fabric of magic itself so that Magic Stones wouldn't work anymore even if some where found and that no witch could kill all magic all by herself.]]

* The witches tracked down and destroyed all [[spoiler:Magic Stones]] and any information about them, so that the production of [[spoiler:Hexenium, the crystallized form of magic energy used to power Germania's magic missilse, nukes and so on]] wouldn't be possible anymore

After the events of the Enchanted Parade, OVA Akko continued her studies and eventually, wowed her classmates with her brilliance in magic. Akko decided to follow the dream she always wanted, to make the world a better place. She traveled the world and inspired countless young girls to become Witches themselves. At some point, her next show, she wanted it to be grander than the previous ones. Therefore, she decides to make the show a love letter to Shiny Chariot, her idol which is why she's wearing the attire Akko saw.

The broom can fly without a Sorcerer's Stone because it gets it's magic energy directly from [[spoiler:the Grand Triskellion]] unhindered by the [[spoiler:Nine Olde Witches' sealing of it]] and it is controlled by the same entity that controls the [[spoiler:Claiomh Solais resp. Shiny Rod (it may be the spirits of the Nine Olde Witches, magic itself or something entirely different)]] and was created to assist [[spoiler:the wielder of the Shiny Rod in her mission]]. When it's [[spoiler:off-mission]] it exhibits this weird behavior that led people to shackle it.