Line #33 FanFic/Miniverse


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:The episodic-[[ArcWelding turned]]-[[MythArc mythic]] adventures of a miniscule wiccan.]]
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4	The Franchise/TouhouProject Fan Animations by [=MiniWitch3=], animated in the create.swf "Walfas" engine.
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6	The ''Miniverse'' is made of two series: ''Mini's Shorts'' and ''Wiccan & Swordsgirl''.
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8	'''''Mini's Shorts''''': The misadventures of half-human, half-bird youkai magician Mini, his human roommate and sword prodigy Megumi, a large cast of original characters, plus the canon Touhou cast. The series begins with a lighthearted and comedic tone, focusing on the antics of the characters, Mini's budding romance with Utsuho, and Megumi's rivalry with Remilia Scarlet, but becomes increasingly complex in terms of its use of characters and plotlines. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnpYOTRjd3Xo7QkQC1ivM-5ujeDg2iO5 Watch it here.]]
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10	'''''Wiccan & Swordsgirl''''': After the events of ''Mini's Shorts'', Mini begins suffering from headaches, nightmares, and other strange phenomena. Between his usual misadventures, Mini tries to find the source of these strange problems, and it seems the answer may have to do with whether he's more human or more youkai. Like ''Mini's Shorts'', it continues the classic SliceOfLife style of the previous series, only now it has a much wider story arc and a more serious tone. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfeexx7FbmBstpcaU0Z83jQ1mZG3H6lO Watch it here.]]
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12	This page is currently under construction. Please help add more tropes if possible.
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14	! Tropes from both series:
15	* AccidentalPervert: Hiraku.
16	* AllThereInTheManual: Some information can only be found in Mini's official profiles.
17	* CerebusSyndrome: The tone becomes more somber and mellow as it goes on.
18	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Megumi, whose parents were killed in the Vampire Incident.
19	* {{Dramedy}}
20	* EyeCatch: They start appearing in later episodes.
21	* FantasticRacism: Satori towards Mini for coming from the surface.
22	* FantasyKitchenSink: Gensokyo, as par for Touhou.
23	* HalfHumanHybrid: Mini is a half-human, half-crow tengu youkai. To learn magic more quickly, he agreed to become a half-youkai hybrid, which apparently comes with dangerous side-effects. [[spoiler:This comes back to bite him in ''W&S''.]]
24	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mima. Despite constantly trolling Reimu (and everyone else), she still cares for Mini.
25	* KnightOfCerebus: Shino.
26	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Ichigo "Nightmare" Hirai. Subverted: she's actually pretty nice.
27	* ParentalAbandonment: Both Mini and Megumi. Mini never knew his real parents, Megumi's parents died in the Vampire Incident.
28	* OriginalFlavour: Follows very closely to Touhou Canon whenever it's not focused on the original characters.
29	* SeasonFluidity: Starts off as episodic, but increasingly gains its own continuity, culminating in ''W&S''.
30	* TheSlacker: Hiraku Okami.
31	* SliceOfLife
32	* {{Tsundere}}: Momiji, towards Hiraku. In Episode 3 of ''W&S'', Aya calls Momiji a Tsundere. Then, Momiji digs herself deeper by [[HypocriticalHumor spouting out tons of typical Tsundere lines]].
33	* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Yuzuki Hirai and Kazuko Izumi. Both were kindhearted people who died leaving behind their loved ones. Yuzuki was "revived", though.
34	* TwiceShy: Mini and Utsuho.
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36	! Tropes from ''Mini's Shorts'':
37	* TheCameo: Various episodes feature [[WebAnimation/DiamondInTheRoughTouhou the Diamondback beasts]].
38	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In ''The Meeting of Two Birds'', there is a warhead with backwards writing on it, and a sign above it reading, "I'm backwards. What of if?"
39	* HotSpringsEpisode: ''A Day At The Springs''
40	* ShoutOut:
41	** In ''The Meeting Of Two Birds'', Mini was seen wielding [[Anime/DragonBallZ a scouter-like digital map device]].
42	** In ''A Day At The Springs'', Koishi's AxCrazy antics [[BerserkButton if something went wrong with her hat]] [[WebVideo/KoishiKomeijisHeartThrobbingAdventure is an obvious reference to a certain fan video series]].
43	* WhamEpisode: ''Wounds of the Past'', which introduces [[KnightOfCerebus Shino]].
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45	! Tropes from ''Wiccan & Swordsgirl'':
46	* ADayInTheLimelight: Each episode focuses on a different character.
47	** Episode 1 focuses on Mini.
48	** Episode 2 focuses on Megumi.
49	** Episode 3 focuses on Hiraku.
50	** Episode 5 focuses on Netchu, Letchu, and Professor Furukawa.
51	* AllThereInTheManual: To those going in blind, many of the events carry over from ''Mini's Shorts''.
52	* AnimationBump: The animation is much, much more elaborate than ''Mini's Shorts'', and with how elaborate the later episodes got, that's saying something.
53	* AnimeThemeSong
54	* [[{{Main/BFS}} BFS]]: [[spoiler:Lord Tenma's]] weapon of choice.
55	* TheCameo:
56	** Okami Kobayashi from [=CrystalGreatSword=]'s ''Call of the Moon'' appears in Episode 5.
57	** From Episode 6, Lloyd Townsend from [=iShingoYabuki=]'s ''Lesson of Life'', and Walfasers Leon Tekashi, Ethan Rivers, and [=NoraNekoSparks=].
58	* CloudCuckoolander: Koakuma has shades of this.
59	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to ''Mini's Shorts'', but in a good way: ''W&S'' is much more mature in the true sense of the word.
60	* DownerBeginning: Begins with one of Mini's nightmares.
61	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Plenty...
62	** Cirno knocking on the window and crashing through.
63	** Yuzuki and Nightmare, especially Yuzuki and her chanting of strawberries.
64	* ICallItVera: Megumi's sword, Mangetsu, but it's Youmu's name for it.
65	* MamaBear: Mima, to Mini.
66	* MathematiciansAnswer:
67	** In Episode 3, Hiraku's answer to how he got into the Kappa's lab: using the front door.
68	** From Episode 4, when Marisa is hanging out in Patchouli's library...
69	---> '''Marisa''': Why does everyone think I come here to steal books?
70	---> '''Mini''': Because you always do.
71	* OverlyNervousFlopSweat:
72	** Cirno gets it in Episode 1.
73	** Aya gets it in Episode 3 when questioned by Lord Tenma.
74	* POVCam: Used numerous times throughout the series.
75	** Episode 1 begins in Mini's nightmare from his perspective.
76	** In Episode 6, one of the shots comes from Yukari's perspective.
77	* SimultaneousArcs: Episodes 1 and 2 take place at the same time. Episodes 3 and 4 also run very close together.
78	* TheStinger: From Episode 6.
79	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Whenever Mini takes too much damage or is mentally exhausted, he will be unable to surpress his ''"youkai half"'' as his consciousness is fading away and his mind being taken over by his ''"youkai half"''.]]
80	* WhamShot:
81	** From Episode 6, Nitori's computer showing what appears to be Mini's vitals [[spoiler:becoming more youkai than human]].

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