Anime / Dog Days

"This is a tale of heroes and princesses, of ears and tails, of hopes and dreams!"

The Republic of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Galette are at war, a literal battle of cats and dogs. Biscotti needs to tip the odds in their favor, and so they decide to summon a hero. That hero turns out to be 13-year-old Japanese-British middle-school student Cinque Izumi. While trying to cut class and practice for an upcoming athletic meet, Cinque ends up somersaulting into a magic portal that takes him to the magical land of Flonyard, where he is the hero. Now he has to learn to be one.

Oh, and don't worry. It turns out that battles on Flonyard are completely nonlethal. The worst that generally happens is a loss of clothing, or getting turned into a cute little bouncing ball of fluff if you're actually wounded. In fact, war to them is literally more of an intense sporting competition, something that a kid like Cinque excels at.

Dog Days is an Anime First series by Seven Arcs, better known for their work on the Lyrical Nanoha series, which first debuted in the spring of 2011.

The season was followed exactly a year later by Dog Days' (Dash). Cinque returns to Flonyard, this time bringing Rebecca Anderson, his only contact to Earth throughout the first season, and Nanami Takatsuki, his cousin (who was summoned by Galette). A complication arises when the Duchy of Pastillage (squirrel-people, if you must know) decides to turn the Biscotti-Galette war games into a three-way tussle, taking Rebecca as their own Heroine.

A third season, Dog Days'' (Double Dash), aired in the winter of 2015. Cinque, Nanami and Rebecca are called once again to participate in the war games, but these would have to wait when a freak thunderbolt that put the former two's trajectories off-course lands them in the great Dragon Forest beyond the three realms, where they learn from its horse-girl oracle Sharu of a concentration of demons threatening to destabilize Flonyard.

Not to be confused with the Kane & Lynch sequel. Or with Dog Day Afternoon. Or with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days.

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Tropes in Dog Days include:

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• Abdicate the Throne: Leonmitchelli originally planned on abdicating in favor of Gaul once he comes of age. However, due to a prophecy of Millhiore's death, she decided to stay a little longer and launch an attack on Biscotti. Should they win, she would finally step down and take the two sacred swords somewhere secluded and hope the prophesied date will pass without incident.
• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Brioche cuts through a tower with ease with her main sword, which is about as big as Eclair.
• Accidental Kiss: Cinque and Eclair in Season 2 Episode 8 share one under the influence of a young cat-god run amok.
• Achievements in Ignorance: Cinque's fulfillment of the prerequisites for not permanently losing his memory.
• Affably Evil: The Demon King. He's more of a peeping tom who uses his powers to peep on baths and lift skirts than an actual villain.
• Affectionate Parody: Of various fantasy tropes. The two kingdoms at war? They're playing a sports competition. Summoning a hero from another world? A valid special action in the aforementioned sports competition. Kidnap the princess? She gets a nice room where she can watch the resulting battle on a viewing screen, and maybe catch up with some old friends. The prophecy of doom? Bluntly states nothing can stop it — not that it stopped Leonmitchelli, Cinque and Millhiore from subverting it, though.
  • The princess sings for her subjects? Not unusual, fantasy princesses sing all the time. But the princess is an Idol Singer. That's... different.
  • In Dash: The Demon King and the Hero King who sealed him? A peeping tom and his sword-and-gun-toting Magical Girl wife.
• Alliterative Title: The titles.
• Aloof Big Brother: Throughout Season 1 Leonmitchelli, once Millhiore's Cool Big Sis, suddenly became this by the time Cinque is summoned. Subverted come Dash, when she has no longer any reason to act like a jerk and simply enjoy the war games.
• Anti-Villain:
  • The Galette crowd in general, but particularly and especially Leonmitchelli.
  • Valerio post-Heel–Face Turn seems to be like this.
• Alternative Calendar: In the manga, it's mentioned that the series takes place in the year 2911, which is equivalent to 2011 on Earth. And they call March "Coral Moon".
• Art Shift:
  • Season 1 Episode 5, during Eclair's description of Brioche before the attack on Fort Mion in Yukikaze's hot springs.
  • Season 1 Episode 11, during Millhiore's concert.
  • Also in Season 2 Episode 2, when Becky transforms into the Heroine of Pastillage — complete with a mecha-witch-broom and a creepily fanserviced Transformation Sequence.
• Ascended Extra: Rebecca, Cinque's only contact in Earth for the first season, and his cousin Nanami, a Last Episode, New Character, gain much bigger roles come Dash, once they enter Flonyard and are drafted as the Heroines of Pastillage and Galette, respectively.
• Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In episode 6 of season 2, Couvert tells Cinque a little about the demon king, Valerio Calvados, and some of the evil things he's done. When the demon king is accidentally released moments later, the first thing he does is steal some power from Cinque and Couvert. He then immediately goes off to peep at some of the female characters in the bathhouse.
• Awesome, but Impractical: Seal Cannons. They're great crowd-clearers, but they tire the user out afterwards, and more skilled opponents can deflect them with their shields and armor.
• Back-to-Back Badasses: Eclair and Cinque, bordering on Battle Couple.
• Badass Adorable: So many to choose from in a world where war is a light-hearted affair. All three Heroes — Cinque, Becky and Nanami — certainly count. On Flonyard's side we've got Millhiore, Eclair, Noir, Vert, Jaune, Couvert and even Adelaide. As of third season Leaf is added.
• Badass Normal: Even before arriving at Fronaldo Cinque was already an accomplished athlete, as well as an Iron Athletics champion who lifted weights and able to backflip from his second-story balcony.
  • Empowered Badass Normal: He ultimately turns to this once he starts learning magic.
• Bait-and-Switch: The first scene in Flonyard makes it appear that the conflict between the Republic of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Galette is a serious war with high-stakes, making the former desperate enough to summon a hero in hopes of turning the tide. But when Cinque Izumi is summoned to the world for the first time, it's shown that the war is actually a friendly and nonlethal competition between nations.
• Bathtub Bonding: Rebecca and Millefiore spend some time in the bath talking about Shinku in Episode 8 of Season 2.
• Battle-Halting Duel: Since the wars are very friendly in nature, this tends to happen when heroes and more important combatants clash. Leonmichelle in particular is prone to draw all attention to her.
  • Often these are scheduled ahead of time, as headlining events. In the Union Games, they scheduled Cinque-vs-Gaul, Eclair-vs-Leo, and Millhi/Rico-vs-Couverte/Rebecca.
• Beach Episode: Episode 4 of season 2, though with a river.
• Beam-O-War:
  • In season 2, Cinque and Nanami firing competing seal cannon beams at one another.
  • Subverted twice in season 2. Becky and Millefiore fire at one another and the attacks go right through each other and strike home. And the same thing happens when Couverte and Leo fire at one another, though the result isn't the same.
• Bears Are Bad News: Chapter 3 of the manga answers an age old question. What's worse than an angry bear? A SWARM of them!
  • What's worse that than? A giant angry Mama Bear with Seal Cannons!
• Best Her to Bed Her: Double Dash Episode 6 focuses on Leonmitchelli staging an annual tournament to find a man who could defeat her and become her groom. Leo, the Princess extraordinaire she is, easily disposes many a suitor.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Adelaide is very sweet, but she has a vicious streak a mile wide (at least when it comes to Valerio).
• Beware the Silly Ones: Calvados is powerful enough to be threatening, but would much rather peep at girls in the bath or throw up their skirts with wind.
• Big Damn Heroes:
  • An utterly hilarious version, bordering on parody, in Episode 5 of Dash. Complete with an In the Name of the Moon speech beforehand. And they film it.
  • Played straight in episode 2 of season 3, when the three countries expedition forces rush to where Shinku and Nanami fell after transporting to their world, saving them from a large demon attack.
  • Cinque saves Gaul from Verde's attack in episode 11 of Double Dash.
• Bishie Sparkle: Leonmitchelli in episode 4 of season 3 after Nanami's massage.
• Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics: Vert's attack on Ricotta in episode 9.
• Braids of Action: Leonmichelle's bangs and Brioche.
• Breather Episode: Double Dash Episode 4 doesn't have as much intense action as the previous episode as it focuses on Nanami and the Genoise traveling to Pastillage to thank her for the Spirit crystal she got back in the previous episode. And the resulting hijinks from Valerio's slime creatures eating the clothing off everyone it touches.
• Brick Joke/Hypocritical Humor: When Valerio appear nude after being unleashed, Cinque cover Couvert's eyes and she said she can't see anything. When Adel is unleashed and is nude as well, Nanami cover Cinque's eyes and he said he couldn't see anything.
• Bullet Catch: Valerio does this in episode 6 of season 2 when he's caught peeping on some women changing and they attempt to shoot him.
• But Not Too Foreign:
  • Cinque is half-British, thus explaining his blond hair.
  • Couvert is also part French, given that she's Adelaide's descendant.
• The Call Knows Where You Live: And they will abduct you given half a chance.
• Can't Bathe Without a Weapon: When Valerio tries to peep on some girls in a Public Bathhouse, they all pull out rifles and open fire on him. He effortlessly catches the bullets and throws them back with enough force to destroy their towels. Later, his luck runs out when he invades another bathhouse; Nanami and Rebecca successfully fend him off with their weapons. During the second season finale, he tries to peep on the first bathhouse again, but the girls trigger a bomb on his hiding place.
• Cast of Expies: Most of the cast are based off of characters from Lyrical Nanoha (Millhiore is Caro, Cinque is Erio, Leonmitchelli is Reinforce Eins, Eclair is Teana, Nanami is Subaru, Ricotta is Vivio, and Brioche is Signum). The fact that it's made by the same company might have something to do with it. They also ride around on birds that are clearly based off of Chocobos.
• Cats Are Mean: Subverted of course. Then played somewhat straight with the jewel-obsessed cat-god in Episode 8 of Season 2.
• Cat/Dog Dichotomy: At least until Pastillage is introduced in season 2.
• Cat Girl: A full species, as well as a dog species, too. They're all still referred to as humans, though.
• The Cavalry: In the first arc of Double Dash, the armies of the three countries arrive to help the heroes defeat the demons plaguing the lands. And they do it again in episode 11 with a smaller force to rid the sky whale of the sickness plaguing it and the sky citizens.
• Cerebus Syndrome:
  • Season 1 Episode 9 really hammers it in. Ultimately subverted when the show returns to its light-hearted mood on Episode 11.
  • In Dash Episode 06, Couvert accidentally releases an ancient Demon Lord. Subverted again when he turns out to be a huge pervert frequently at the mercy of the very first Hero.
  • The first quarter of Double Dash focuses on the three kingdoms being alerted of a critical mass of demons surrounding the Dragon Forest, which can threaten to destabilize Flonyard again. Subverted yet again once the threat is dealt with.
• Chekhov's Gun: Remember the sealing monument that held Valerio and Adelaide? Double Dash Episode 8 reveals that it was actually the grave of Clarifier Einz Pastillage, the previous princess of Pastillage (before Couvert revived the position centuries later), Valerio's older sister and Adelaide's summoner and best friend. Contrary to popular belief, the two voluntarily sealed themselves as Pastillage moved on without them before Cinque and Couvert accidentally released both of them.
• Child Prodigy: Ricotta invented a machine that allows long-range communication when she was five years old. And it's being used all over the world.
• Clothing Damage: In an intense event, it's bound to happen, though, it does seem to happen more to important characters than to nameless ones.
  • Leonmichelle, ending up in beach-wear, takes it in stride. Not so much with Eclair, who ends with nothing but her panties.
  • It may be part of the protection magic. High-ranking fighters lose their clothes. Everyone else turns into a furball. A pretty blatant example of this happens in episode 9 of the first season. Vert Far Breton shoots a magical arrow which hits Ricotta while she's flying above them. Ricotta loses all of her clothes except her panties, and then a magical spear hurled at Vert's troops knocks them all out, but only strips her armor/clothing off.
  • Pretty blatantly enforced in episode 6 of Double Dash, after Leonmitchelli's fight with Leaf. She barely wins, and as she leaves the battleground, she trips. Her wrist breaking the fall causes just enough damage to shatter the remaining bits of her armor and clothing. And since it was being televised, it gives everyone a good view of her naked body.
• Color Failure: Cinque suffers from one in episode 3 of the first season after Eclair reads the tiny fine print with the summoning circle. She reads the warning that if you jump into the summoning circle, you can't go back to your homeworld. Cinque immediately lashes out at her, since he wouldn't have been able to read that in the first place, and the seal kind of appeared under him while he was landing back on Earth.
• Combat Commentator: In a sports event-style and their wars are presented like one too.
• Combat Tentacles: The demon that attacks in the first arc of season 3's Double Dash utilizes this.
• Combination Attack:
  • Leonmichelle and Millhiore get one in Episode 5 of Dash.
  • Cinque and Gaul do one in the demon cave.
  • Couverte and Rebecca do one during the air battle.
• Conservation of Ninjutsu: Named characters typically cut through nameless enemy soldiers like a hot knife through butter, but will often meet some resistance against other named characters.
• The Corruption: Dash establishes that demons are deities and spirits who have become corrupted, and can be returned to normal if they're sealed long enough. Valerio can certainly attest to that. Double Dash shows off what this does firsthand, and the three countries will have to team up to defeat the latest threat from the demons.
• Credits Running Sequence: Season 3's ending has a Super-Deformed Shinku, Gaul, and Valerio run through the screen as it scrolls through various non-SD female characters, running on top of them, before stopping at a sleeping Millhiore.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Genoise, as told by Eclair.
• Curb-Stomp Battle:
  • Generally anytime nameless soldiers face off against named characters. And if a named character is leading said troops, expect everyone to be wiped out except for said character.
  • In episode 10 of Double Dash, the rearguard consisting of Yukikaze, Rico, Farine's summon, and Sharl, all get completely stomped when Verde shows up demanding to hear Aria's song. Try as they might, all of them are completely overwhelmed, and in some cases, Punched Across the Room by Verde's attacks.
• Cute Little Fangs: Justified since they're are Cat and Dogs.
• Cypher Language: Inscriptions, signs◊, and magical runes◊ in Dogscript◊ abound.
• Damsel in Distress:
  • Millihiore in season 1. However, she's let go after Leonmitchelli beats up both Cinque and Gaul for the mistake on her brother's part in kidnapping her.
  • The forest princess in episode 5 of season 3. She's eaten by a demonic frog, but Cinque and the others with him are able to rescue her and defeat the demon.
• Dark Is Not Evil: While some of the Galette soldiers wear dark armor, they're not really evil per se, more like Friendly Enemy.
• Date Peepers: In episode 11, Cinque and Eclair weren't really on a date, but try telling that to Yukikaze and Ricotta.
• A Day in the Limelight:
  • Episode 5 of Season 2 stars Nanami and the Genoise (except Noire). Lampshaded by Cinque in the next episode preview, who's sad over his lack of screentime.
  • Episode 8 of Season 3 focuses on Adelaide, Valerio, Isuca, and Hina. Adelaide talks about when she first arrived to Flonyard, and what they originally did to fight off the demons.
• Debut Queue: Both Nanami and Rebecca get an episode early in season 2 to showcase their various talents and abilities.
• Defeat by Modesty:
  • Double-subverted — after a Cinque/Eclair combo blows off her outer clothing, Leonmichelle simply shrugs it off. Given the nature of the war games, this may have happened to her before. She still however surrenders, but not out of any embarrassment on her part.
  • Played straight during the first episode of season 2 with Genoise.
  • Double-Subverted with Nanami, who gets stripped to her underwear (more like a swimsuit, really). She decides "This much is okay" and keeps going, Later, after even that gets blown off, she's had enough.
• Demon Slaying: This pops up occasionally, although demon sealing is far more common since demons are normally spirits who have been corrupted and need to be slowly purified . It's also revealed in the third season that the primary purpose behind the Friendly Wars is to make sure that the various kingdoms always have an army ready in the event of a massive demon attack.
• Devil's Advocate: Valerio does this in episode 8 of Double Dash. He believes that without the threat of demons to unite them against a common enemy, nations would likely go to war with each other once the demons were wiped out. Fortunately his sister Princess Fi, the current ruler of Pastillage, already thought this through, and establishes the war games to help keep the peace. And the Demon King arrives once in a while to remind nobles who may attempt to start a real war on their own about the bigger threat the demons pose.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?
  Leonmichelle (to Cinque): "I'll invade you thoroughly next time!"
  • The way Couvert plead to Becky to become her Hero sounds like she's proposing a marriage to her.
    • Actually, she does express her intent of proposing to her (around the end of ep 3).
  • Becky's transformation in episode 2 of Dash.
• Dogs Hate Squirrels: Biscotti versus Pastillage: This trope is Played for Laughs mostly.
• Dynamic Entry:
  • Eclair does this to Cinque in Episode 4 after he inadvertently accepts a declaration of war. In Biscotti, dog kicks you.
• Edible Theme Naming: Biscotti, Eclair, Ricotta, Galette, Pastillage, Panettone... as if the show couldn't be any more sweet.
  • Mixed with Gratuitous French and Colorful Theme Naming: Framboise (raspberry), Jaune (yellow) Clafoutis, Brioche d'Arquien, Vert (green) Far Breton, Noir (black) Vinocacao...
    • Making this show incredibly hilarious to anyone who can speak French, Italian, or both; since it always seems like everyone is talking about food all the time.
    • And of course, to eat, you need cutlery (Couvert, in French — which is the name of the squirrel princess), and a big glass (Grand Verre, Leo's big axe.)
    • Alcohol join in with Demon King Calvados (a brand of apple brandy) and Hero King Grand Marnier (an orange Liqueur)
  • This explains how meaningful each and every name actually is.
• Enemy Mine: When Pastillage gatecrashes the war in Season 2, as the start of a three-way battle royale Biscotti and Gallete cheerfully team up to fight off the squirrels together.
• Evil Redeemed in a Can: Most demons are gods and spirits who have been corrupted, and the only way to turn them back is to seal them up and wait for the corruption to dissipate.
• Evolving Credits:
  • Those people with their faces obscured in one way or another in the Season 2 opening and ending credits? Yeah, you'll see 'em clearly once they appear in the show proper.
  • Notably, the star that appears in Dash's opening is eventually shown to be another character's Wingding Eyes.
  • In episode 6 of Double Dash, Leaf, a relative of Vert is added to the credits when Shinku, Valerio, and Gaul all run by her. And in the opening for episode 7, he is no longer hidden underneath his hood and cloak; instead he is fully visible riding his mount when his scene shows up.
    • After Aria is introduced in episode 9, she also appears in the ending credits, sitting underneath the spot between Vert and Noire.
    • The sleeping Millefiore finally wakes up in episode 11's ending after the trio reaches her.
• Eye Poke: Adelaide does this to Valerio in episode 7 of season 2 to prevent him from looking when various female characters return to their normal state after having their power stolen and turned into young girls.
• Exotic Eye Designs: Adelaide and Rebecca in Demon King mode have star-shaped pupils.
• Expy:
  • Millefiore, of Caro Lu Rushe of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, also from Seven Arcs. She's pink all over, she's a wizard, and she sports a hooded cloak◊. Some fan art ran away with this. Her armored form◊ is basically a pink version of Saber◊ from Fate/stay night.
    • Princess Couvert◊ or the squirrel princess in Season 2 looks like Saber Alter◊, clad in the same bun hair style minus the ahoge, a red ribbon and the dress.
  • If just by limiting the expies to Lyrical Nanoha, we have:
    • Cinque to Erio. Red clothes with a white cape and wields a lance.
    • Millhiore to Caro. As explained above.
    • Éclair to Teana. Tsundere, serious, stubborn, dual wielding, and her floppy ears resemble pigtails. But being Ms. Exposition and clothing makes her Yuuno.
    • Ricotta to Librarian Vivio.
    • Brioche to Signum. A fanart has been created.
    • Leonmitchelli to Reinforce Eins. Purplce hair, Person of Mass Destruction, Well-Intentioned Extremist, the list goes on...
    • Nanami to Subaru. Genki Girl and use of sports equipment for increased speed.
• Eyes Always Shut: Rizel, except for the ending credits in the last episode.
• Failure Knight: Less drastic than most, but a lot of what drives Cinque was placing second in the Iron Athletics competition and "disappointing" friends and family.
• Fanservice: There wasn't much to speak of in Season 1, but Dash cranks the dial up a little. Double Dash turns it up a notch, especially in episode 3.
• Fantastic Arousal: Comes standard with being part canine◊.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Each of the nations are ones of Medieval countries.
  • Republic of Biscotti- Italian Republics
  • Dominion of Galette- Kingdom of France
  • Duchy of Pastillage- Duchy of Savoy(?)
• Fantasy Gun Control:
  • Averted, sort of. Ricotta is a magic artillery expert, and in Season 2 the Duchy of Pastillage use magic firing rifles as their weapons.
  • Galette elite troops in Season 1 use conventional Rifle musket and Mortar, as well as one rocket launcher.
  • One of the modes of Mercurius is a blaster rifle.
• Fastball Special: Eclair when she kicks Cinque into Leonmichelle.
• Fountain of Youth/Overnight Age-Up: Both occur in Season 2 Episode 7. The former is actually a malevolent effect caused by a demon, while the latter occurs when Cinque and Gaul use Adelaide's Hero Stones.
• "Freaky Friday" Flip: Episode 11 of Dash. Couvert is rather excited to hear about it.
  Couvert: With this thing the fun possibilities are nearly endless!
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: In the first episode, the person Cinque lost to in the Iron Athletics competition is obviously a girl.
• Friendly Fireproof: Averted with Leonmichelle's Gigantic Explosion.
• Friendly War/Friendly Enemy: Up to and including one side fishing the other side's soldiers out of the water and sending them off to have another go.
  • Also the rulers are childhood friends.
• Furry Confusion: Princess Millefiore has a pet dog, Tatsumaki, despite being a dog-person herself.
  • Leonmichelle has a pet lioness, Banon.
  • When Leonmichelle summons Nanami, she uses a persian cat named Chaney.
• Generation Xerox: Episode 8 of Double Dash reveals that the current generation of royalty look almost identical to the royals from Adel's lifetime. They even all have the same fashion sense.
• Graceful Loser: Leonmichelle, though she does enjoy Eclair's subsequent, humiliating Clothing Damage just a little too much.
• Ham-to-Ham Combat: Invoked occasionally when some of the main characters talk while in combat, usually Cinque and whoever he's facing off with at the time.
• Harem Genre: Briefly teased in S2 E03, showcasing Cinque's relationship with Flonyard's residents, where almost all the girls showing affection to him to various degree. Becky then asks him which one he likes the most... forcibly, much to his horror. Subtlety was thrown out of the window in the very episode after that...
• Hero of Another Story:
  • Brioche and Yukikaze are samurai/ninja hunters of "abominations" — monsters and demons — such that Fronaldo barely hears of them; they also do not talk about what they do.
  • Yukikaze is also a minor deity. Brioche is "mortal but lives longer than others" for undisclosed reasons as revealed in episode 12.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: Played with. The Galette infiltration team make a big, firework-accompanied entrance in garish outfits... but only after they've completed their mission and are ready to declare an official battle. The same goes for Brioche and Yukikaze, who try to introduce themselves after their attacks.
• Horse of a Different Color: Rather than horses, everyone uses Cellkulls, large generally flightless birds that are totally not chocobos.
• Hotter and Sexier: Season 2 significantly ups the amount of fanservice.
• Hufflepuff House: There are many countries other than Biscotti and Galette, but they are rarely mentioned.
  • In S2, Pastillage consciously stops being Hufflepuff, as they now have their own Hero Becky.
• Idiot Hair: Millefiore, Eclair and Leonmichelle.
• Idiot Hero: Well, the announcer and Eclair seem to think so about Cinque. Though, the last episode suggests that he's more of a social idiot than anything else.
• Imagine Spot: In Episode 12 of Dash, various characters have one of Cinque in the Pastillage Hero uniform. When he doesn't wear it, everyone but Eclair seems disappointed.
• Immortality Field: Good news: thanks to Flognar power permeating the land you won't be even be injured. Bad news: your modesty is not protected. This only applies to the battlefields, towns, and basically any civilized land, and can change depending on local conditions. You can still die if you're attacked by monsters in the wilderness or roads. Cinque himself can still get badly hurt, since he cannot change into an animal ball, but he does fine since he's Made of Iron.
• Incoming Ham: Almost everyone in the second season's first episode. Oddly averted with Godwin, who first appears in the one after just sort of sitting there.
• Indy Escape: Couvert, Ricotta, and Noir in Dash episode 12. Practically lampshaded.
• Instant Awesome: Just Add Mecha! - Kratos, a two-headed, jet-powered, armored dragon who seems to be friends with Pastillage's Ancient Hero and Demon King, as well as the siblings Isuka and Hina.
• Kayfabe:
  • The world seems to run on In-Universe Kayfabe. Battles are non-lethal, thanks to the locations in which they are held, and the various warriors and important characters are treated like idols, getting interviews and giving concerts on television. No ill-will tends to arise between nations who hold battles.
  • The daring (and quite real) kidnapping of the Biscotti Princess is candidly televised and presented as though it were a story event similar to those seen in wrestling.
• Kid Hero:
  • Cinque is thirteen years old.
• The Klutz: Vert's backstory claims that she is this outside of battle. The arm-wrestling scene in episode 12 confirms this.
• Last Episode, New Character: Nanami in Season 1, though she was mentioned earlier. We also get to see Cinque's parents.
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: "This is like a world straight out of one of the fantasy novels which Becky loves."
• Lighter and Softer: Thanks to the nature of the conflict, pretty much every Military and Warfare Tropes on this page should be considered through this lens. There are very few other shows, after all, where willingness to fire on one's own troops is considered just another way of spicing up the event (including by those being nuked).
  • Dash is also considered to be Lighter and Softer in comparison to the first season as well. Why? Because in the first season there was the possibility of death especially with the prophesy and the monster. Here? It is mainly focused completely on the competitions.
• Like Brother and Sister: Noire, Vert, and Jaune tell Nanami that their relationship towards Gaul is like this in episode 10 of Double Dash, when the latter asks if any of them thought of marrying him at some point.
• Little Bit Beastly: The denizens of Biscotti and Galette, and presumably most of Flonyard. These include:
  • Cats, dogs, rabbits, and foxes.
  • Jaune is a tiger. Godwin is a leopard or a jaguar. Noir seems to be a black panther.
  • The town of Ayase, introduces goats and sheep.
• Loophole Abuse: In episode 9 of the first season, Millefiore tells Cinque and Eclair that she wants to go up to meet Leo alone via elevator. Later, Cinque finds a way to climb the tower on the side, and states the princess never said they couldn't go up the wall.
• Macross Missile Massacre: Ricotta's favored method of attack.
• Mad Scientist: Ricotta, though she is nicer than most examples.
• Magical Girl: The series as a whole isn't this, but certain transformations when girls activate their Super Mode can invoke this.
• Magic Knight: Just about any knight with a name is one of these.
• Magic Skirt: Nanami, oh so much.
• Magitek: In keeping with the show's Final Fantasy-esque setting. May also border on Schizo Tech, as video phones, giant floating televisions, and elevators exist in Flonyard but completely mechanical transportation does not.
  • In Season 2, Adelaide has an item that can start a video chat with the other Heroes.
• Male Gaze:
  • Used quite extensively in episode 3 of Double Dash, in which practically every female character goes naked after defeating the demon. Though male characters are undoubtedly hit by the rain that causes them all to go naked, the female characters are the only ones which are seen on-screen for much of it.
  • Used heavily again in episode 4 of Double Dash, when Nanami is massaging Leonmitchelli while the latter is completely naked. And the slime creatures that Valerio accidentally loses control of eat the clothing off of the girls it touches.
• Man, I Feel Like a Woman: Subverted when Cinque switches bodies with Yukikaze of all people, but it takes effort.
• Marry Them All: While Couvert is asking Cinque if he plans to marry Becky or Milhi, she offhandedly mentions he could just marry them both.
• Meido: Rizel and her subordinates.
• Megaton Punch: Cinque receives one from Eclair in episode 2.
  • Eclair does it again in episode 4 of season 2, this time to Noir who's doing a Skinship Grope on her.
  • And then Cinque dishes one out to the Demon King in s2e6. And then cusses him out.
• Memento MacGuffin
  • Cinque gives several items to various people in Flonyard as keepsakes, amongst which are his wristband to Eclair, a cellphone charm to Yukikaze, a four-color ballpen and portable speakers to Ricotta, and his pocket watch and note to Millhiore.
  • Cinque regains his memories of Flonyard when Millhiore sends Tatsumaki to give Palladion to Cinque.
  • At the end of Dash, Cinque, Becky and Nanami are given keepsakes of their time in Flonyard, as a way for them to return: Nanami's war games trophy, Becky's crystal pendant, and Cinque's alarm clock.
• Mêlée à Trois: In Dash, Pastilliage joins the war.
• Mum Looks Like a Sister: No, that cute and cuddly young blonde is not Cinque's big-sister.
• Mundane Utility: Cinque uses Palladion as a frisbee during his walk with Millefiore.

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• Naked Freak-Out: When the Tri-Country alliance defeats the demon in episode 3 of Double Dash, the resulting rain makes all of their clothes disappear.
• Naked People Are Funny: Even when not going for fanservice (and sometimes even when they are), the show will readily strip its cast for a laugh.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Leonmichelli's special move, "Lion King Spark Giga Explosion."
• Nice Guy and Nice Girl leads: Cinque and Millefiore respectively.
  • More like world of Nice people.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
  • Apparently Millefiore was unaware that summoning heroes was a one way trip for them, which is something Ricotta said she should have known being the princess.
  • Couvert causes Cinque to inadvertently release Valerio Calvados, the demon king, in episode 6 of season 2. Fortunately they also release the Hero King, Adelaide, whom the demon king is a Butt-Monkey to, and promptly reins him in.
• Ninja: d'Arquien and Yukikaze. Also Noir.
• Non-Indicative First Episode: Episode one was low on action and fairly devoid of Fanservice. Cue episode 2.
• Non-Lethal K.O.: The combatants who are knocked out, or hit by a hero in the head or back, turn into super deformed animal-head things.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Cinque with Flonyard's magic.
• Not What It Looks Like: Eclair wonders what happened to Cinque in episode 5 after she sees him passed out with the other scantily clad ladies around him at the hot springs. Though he just passed out after drinking the juice offered by the forest people, Eclair assumes they were having some kind of risque fun with him, and seems to get rather angry about it.
• The Nudifier:
  • The rain from the defeated demon in episode 3 of Double Dash. Couvert was wise enough to put up an umbrella right before it happens, but then she subverts it by grabbing one of the raindrops, which then slides down her wrist and makes her naked as well.
  • The slime creatures that attack in episode 4 eat clothing and metal, though it doesn't seem to finish off all the clothing on some of the girls such as Noire. Thankfully the girls are otherwise unharmed, and the slime even "spits" them out after eating their clothes.
• Official Couple: Subverted. Episode 13 of Season 1 seemed like it was setting Millefiore and Cinque to be this, but Cinque's use of 'Daisuki' (which implies great affection that is not neccesarily romantic) in response to Millefiore's confession cast some ambiguity onto it. Come Dash!, and it's confirmed that the series's romance isn't anywhere near resolved, with Cinque getting metric tons of Ship Tease with most of the girls in the cast once again.
  • OT3: The end of Episode 13 of Season 2 pretty much reaffirms what happened between Cinque and Millefiore last time, had a similar scene between him and Rebecca. Of course given that season in relation with season one, Eclair may get her shot in season 3...
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: At the end of Episode 10 in Dash Adelaide joins the battle...and all we know when the next episode starts is that Pastillage is now ahead in points.
• Oh, Crap!:
  • Rico, just before Rebecca and Couvert blow the crap out of her artillery unit.
  • Calloway while Cinque and Nanami are closing in on him up in the air.
  • Cinque and Nanami just before Becky's bombs hit.
  • Valerio Calvados, just before Adelaide crunches him with a building-sized morning star. And in episode 4 of season 3, after Adelaide finds out he kept some slime creatures around that eats clothing, and they went out of control.
  • The rogue landgod catgirl when her telekinetic attack against Cinque bounced.
  • Nanami again after seeing Brioche's Sky-scraping Lupine God Void Fang.
  • Rico and Couverte just after Rebecca and Millefiore fire finishing moves at each other, resulting in a monumental explosion.
  • Godwin, seeing who his next challengers are in the arm wrestling competition.
• Older Alter Ego: Halfway through Dash, Cinque and Gaul are handed magical Hero Crystals that let them temporarily transform into adults, complete with a power boost. Rebecca and Nanami get their own crystals near the end of that season and early in Double Dash respectively.
• Older Than They Look: While preparing to seal the possessed sword in Episode 11, Yukikaze mentions that she and Brioche have been doing this sort of work for a hundred years. That would explain their dated language (sessha, de gozaru...) On the other hand, in Dash it's revealed that for most of her life she was kid-sized. She was a childhood playmate with Millefiore, Ricotta and Eclair, and only decided to grow up when they began to grow up. Double Dash reveals Brioche's backstory, explaining that she and her brother Isuca were splashed with demon blood after slaying one of them, which seemingly halted their aging. Hina was affected when she was still young, but Calvados figured out a way to suppress the effect enough for her to age to adulthood.
• One-Man Army: Most of the generals, but special mention goes to Brioche, who managed to make it up to the enemy general by herself.
• Only Flesh Is Safe: Within the world of Flonyard, there are areas where people cannot be injured and are instead temporarily turned into fluffy little balls or receive Clothing Damage. Kingdoms mainly use these to engage in Harmless War for Fun and Profit.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Cinque is known as "the hero." This starts to be reversed, as Millefiore started calling Cinque by his name at his request. Gaul and Jaune also start referring to him by his actual name in episode 7. One of the commentators uses his name in episode 9. Yukikaze sort of used his actual name in episode 11.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Adelaide simply wears a eye mask and scarf when she participates in the Union Fest in episode 10 of season 2. Several of the characters notice its obviously her, but they play along and call her "Hero mask" instead. A few scenes later, she doesn't even bother with the disguise any longer, although she probably wasn't fooling anyone by that point anyway.
• People Puppets: The main power of the young cat-god that appears in Episode 8 of Season 2, which she uses to great effect.
• The Performer King: Princess Millhiore, on top of being the reigning monarch of Biscotti, is also an accomplished Idol Singer.
• Perpetual Smiler: Nearly every one.
• Person of Mass Destruction: Leonmichelle, whose Seal Cannon is roughly equivalent in effect to a Fantastic Nuke. Still completely non-lethal, though.
• Pet the Dog: Quite literally, and quite often.
• Physical God: Yukikaze is a tenko (a high ranking fox spirit).
• Playing with Fire: Shinku
• Poor Communication Kills: Non-lethal, but Leonmitchelli still could have simply told Millefiore, who still trusts her despite both belonging to warring nations, of her vision of the latter's impending death. Because of this, they could settle for a peaceful weapons exchange while letting the appointed time pass by without incident. This is later subverted, as it's mentioned that if she tried to tell Millefiore, it would actually make things worse.
• Princesses Prefer Pink: Millefiore. Even her sword and magic are pink.
• The Promise:
  • Cinque makes promises to several characters before he heads back to Earth in episode 12 and 13 of the first season that he would return. He also leaves items for them as a way to remember him by. Later, Rico finds out that he can in fact return to Flonyard if a couple of conditions are met, such as having made the promise to at least three people besides the summoner, and leaving them items, preferably from the lands the hero originated from.
  • Verde makes one with Aria in episode 11 of Double Dash, promising to help her visit the surface world in exchange for hearing her songs. Unfortunately he borrows a demonic source of power and makes the sky whale and citizens sick. He then assumes Aria was lying when she says she didn't want this to happen after he attempted to weaken the sky whale so she could leave.
• Punched Across the Room: Several characters suffer this when fighting Verde in episode 10 and 11 of Double Dash.
• Read the Fine Print: The portal Cinque accidentally jumps into has fine print around the edges stating that anyone who enters becomes The Hero and understands that return travel may not be possible. Defied for it was in dog script coupled with the fact that he was falling.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni:
  • Eclair is red to Cinque's blue. While Cinque sometimes shows signs of being a red, Eclair almost always tops him seconds later.
  • Nanami form an even better dynamic with Shinku, has similar skillset and attitude, yet contrasting color and elements as well as attitude toward fanservice.
• Remember the New Guy?: Couvert and Pastillage get some of this.
• Repeat Cut
  • Cinque knocking away the bazooka round.
  • Noir attacking Eclair by the river, and then Eclair's counterattack.
• Resistance Is Futile: Rizel (Millefiore's head maid) to Cinque as the maid team bathe him, much to his mortification.
• Retractable Weapon: Cinque's weapon; he usually has it as a staff but it takes other forms; it's named The Palladion.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Leonmichelle is a princess, but she's also the head general of the cat forces and a fantastically strong opponent. This also applies to her brother Gaul, as well as Millefiore and Couvert in season 2.
• Rule of Cute: Heck, this is probably the only show in which even getting "killed" in battle can look cute. Even when they're fighting demon forces in season 3, the cannon fodder troops that get hit turn into furballs much like during one of the war tournaments.
• Save the Princess:
  • Episodes 3-4 deal with Millefiore's kidnapping by the Galette Infiltration Squad.
  • Eps. 2, S2: Rebecca is kidnapped by the Pastillage. Are Cinque and Nanami bad enough Heroes to save her? They don't...because Becky becomes Pastillage's hero.
• Schizo Tech: As Dash goes on, the tech level becomes more and more confusing, especially in Pastillage. Kind of reaches the limit with gigantic cruise liners in ep 12 of Dash, apparently made with steel hulls and no signs of sails or masts. But they also have video phones, and the seals on the hero tomb (ep 6), the demon cave (ep 7), and the vault (ep 12) seem to be computerized.
• Screw Destiny: Leonmitchelli's ultimate goal is to avert Millefiore and Cinque's death. Turns out she needn't go through all the trouble: both took care of themselves just fine. Though, the final scene seen in the anime is actually an already twisted version of Millefiore's death. In the original prophesy, Millefiore was supposed to die alone. Later on, the prophesy became Millefiore and Cinque dead. Near the end, the prophesy became Millefiore dead while Leonmitchelli cried over her bloodied corpse (Cinque lives, progress?). FINALLY, the prophesy manifested with Millefiore near-dead but magically swallowed by a demon. Ultimately, its suggested that all of Leonmitchelli's interference DID pay off since Cinque ends up saving Millefiore in the end and he would never have been summoned in the first place if Leonmitchelli hadn't pushed Millefiore to do so with her extremely aggressive wars.
• Serious Business: Inverted; war is normally serious business and a downright nasty state of affairs, but here it's a harmless sporting event. At least Leo takes it very seriously, though. Later, it's revealed that one of the reasons they have these wars is to keep their skills sharp in case of demon attacks — it is sort of serious, as seen in season 3.
  • Millefiore and Cinque talking about bringing Cinque's friends next time.
• Shipper on Deck:
  • Yukikaze and Ricotta for Cinque and Eclair. Heck, even Eclair's brother.
  • Noire, Vert, and Jaune discuss this with Nanami in episode 10 of Double Dash. They talk about Leaf and Leonmitchelli, as well as Gaul and Aria. When asked by Nanami if they'd marry Gaul, the three mention they're Like Brother and Sister.
• Ship Tease: There's a fair amount of romantic undertones between Cinque and Millefiore — hero and summoner — Cinque and Eclair — Back-to-Back Badasses/borderline Battle Couple — and Cinque and Becky — the Childhood Friend Romance — as well as some Millefi/Leo and Millefi/Eclair Les Yay. But it seems as though Cinque and Millefi are now the Official Couple.
• Shout-Out:
  • Milhi's armor in episode 9 looks a lot like Saber's armor.
  • At the end of the 13th synopsis video, Cinque quotes a lyric from PHANTOM MINDS.
  • Episode 3 of the second season has references to Bullet Hell games, along with one character turning into a witch and another firing a beam with the name Garnet Spark. Much like the Cute Witch Marisa Kirisame's Master Spark.
  • Cinque's activation of the Hero Crystal by screaming HENSHIN is already bad enough... and then he starts referring to his Older Alter Ego as "Hero Time" Cinque...
    • To say nothing for his fondness for performing a "Yuusha Kick".
  • Leonmitchelli's armor is essentially Subaru's armor, only with a midriff-baring bustier and a black cape.
  • Rico's weapons are essentially flintlock pistol expies of Teana's Cross Mirage.
• Skinship Grope: Noir does one to Eclair in episode 4 of season 2 when the former gets a little A-Cup Angst from the latter.
• Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Name another series that thinks war can be turned into a happy and magically safe sporting event. (Well...)
• Spoiler Opening: As the opening of the second season reveals, Becky, personally brought by Cinque with him upon his return to Millhiore and Biscotti, ends up representing Couvert and Pastillage with a Magical Girl setup.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Invoked by Millhiore and Leomitchelli in episode 5 of season 2. When Nanami, Jaune, and Vert are investigating rumors of highwaymen robbing people in the town of Ayase, they manage to knock out several of the bandits. Their boss then attempts to make a break for it out of town, only to have the two princesses show up and defeat the boss. They make a spectacle of it as well, literally including a spotlight, fog, and some confetti when they take it down. Nanami later laments that she wasn't able to do anything heroic at all that episode.
• Starring Smurfette: Aside from the male hero, Cinque Izumi, there is rarely another boy in sight with the cast full of girls. Unsurprisingly he acquires a harem over time.
• Statuesque Stunner: Brioche is very tall compared to any other female in the cast roster, though many of the adult males are still taller than her.
• Stealth Pun: Pastillage is full of squirrel people and specializes in aerial troops. Thus, this is a nation of flying squirrels.
• Stepping Stones in the Sky: How Cinque and Eclair get to the demon in episode 10.
• Summon Everyman Hero: Subverted. Millhiore had specifically chosen Cinque to be her country's hero due to his athletic skills (she was even shown writing him a formal invitation in the manga prequel, but never sent it due realizing that he couldn't read their language). Averted with Nanami and Rebecca, who were just summoned as guests, plus Rebecca wasn't even summoned by the kingdom that she became a hero for. Adelaide on the other hand played it completely straight in the backstory.
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: The competition Cinque and Nanami have been competing in is basically Sasuke for kids. No wonder they're so tough.
• Swallowed Whole: Cinque gets eaten by the demonic frog in episode 5 of season 3. However, he manages to breaks his way out.
• Sword Beam: Eclair uses these several times; Brioche uses this occasionally.
• Talking Is a Free Action:
  • Subverted — everyone who attempts to introduce themselves gets attacked mid-sentence and they'll mention it too.
  • Yukikaze completes a particularly long introduction one time when she's preparing her sealing spell against the demon sword.
• Tempting Fate: Couvert telling Rico and Noir in episode 12 of season 2 that the traps in the dungeon have obviously been disabled, only to then activate them.
• Thanks for the Mammary:
  • Cinque accidentally grabs Eclair's chest when she has him pinned down. Made even worse for him as that is when he realizes she's a girl.
  • Cinque does this to Sharu/Sharl in episode 2 of season 3. The camera POV even focuses on it as he does it.
• Thousand-Yard Stare: The default look on Verde's face. This makes several characters nervous when they first see him in episode 10 of Double Dash.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: Leo and Millefiore. Also Nanami and Rebecca. Not to mention Jaune and Vert.
• Trapped in Another World:
  • Played with. Neither Cinque nor Princess Millefoire knew Cinque would not be able to return home when he was summoned. As a result, the Princess immediately has her staff start research on how to send Cinque home.
  • Season 2 and 3 brings Cinque's cousin Nanami, along with his friend Rebecca as well.
• Tsundere: Eclair, and Adelaide in the second season.
• Universally Beloved Leader: All the leaders in the show are both loved and adored, not only by citizens of their own kingdoms, but by the entire country.
• Universal Universe Time: Nobody questions the assumption 16 days in their world will be exactly the same as 16 days in the Hero's world. Not to mention that Tokyo and Biscotti are in the same time zone. And the seasons are the same, too.
• Unlucky Childhood Friend: Becky, but given the show's generally optimistic tone, it's never expanded upon. Besides which, they fix it in the second season.
• The Unreveal: Becky's secret about Cinque in Season 2 Episode 8.
• Unusual Ears: Cat and Dog ones, though Vert has rabbit ears, and Yukikaze has fox ears.
• Verbal Tic:
  • Brioche and Yukikaze use "de gozaru". This may be more an instance of Antiquated Linguistics, as "de gozaru" is an older version of "desu".
  • Ricotta ends nearly all her sentences with "de arimasu"
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: Supplemental materials mention that one of the reasons for the Flonyard's war-game is to keep her habitants' fighting skill polished, particularly when demons arrive. At the end of season one, it really arrives despite (or rather the event becomes worse because of) Leonmichelle's attempt to avert this prophesied event. And season 2 and 3, the heroes have to deal some more but thankfully the tension has greatly lessened from threat in season 1.
• War Is Glorious: It's more like Playground Olympics. The consequences for losing is that the other side will be unhappy and the Princess won't have time to sing; at the worst-case scenario, expect Clothing Damage here and there.
• War for Fun and Profit: Quite literally, the prize money one gets for successfully participating is enough to make a decent living out of it and, of course, the whole thing is more of an elaborated sports event anyway.
  • BFS: Brioche uses a rather exaggerated one against Nanami in episode 10 of season 2. Nanami's Oh, Crap! look is quite appropriate for it.
    • Holy swords of both Biscotti and Galette have this form.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me and Heroes Prefer Swords: Subverted for the latter. This combination is usually used by grunts of Biscotti and Galette.
  • Magic Wand: Combatants from Pastillage use this they are resident magician nation.
• We Have Reserves: Leonmichelle is a big fan of wave attacks, and none too fussy about any damage to her own side that her attacks might cause. Of course, like most war tropes applied here, this is completely Played for Laughs, because in such a war where nobody gets seriously hurt, the only real casualty in a worst-case scenario would be the clothes.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist:
  • Leonmichelle's harsh, militaristic international policy is part of a gambit to avert the prophesied death of her childhood friend Milhiore, as well as her Hero, Cinque.
  • Verde borrows power from a demonic source in episode 11 of Double Dash to grant Aria's wish of visiting the surface world. Unfortunately said power makes the sky whale, along with the residents, sick, which Aria doesn't approve of.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Eclair gets called out on this when she makes Rico cry in episode 10 of Season 2, after the latter tells the former that she's holding back her feelings for Cinque, but refuses to talk to anyone about it.
• Wham Episode: The ending of Episode 6 — Cinque and Millefiore are doomed to die in 30 days, and nothing can change this. Not if Leonmichelle has anything to say about it, though.
• White-and-Grey Morality: In any other show, warmongering Galette would be pretty clearly evil, but given that "warmongering", in this case, means "healthily appreciative of sporting activities", we've just got a bunch of friendly, polite Worthy Opponents instead.
• Whole Episode Flash Back: Episode 8 of Double Dash focuses on Adelaide when she first arrived to Flonyard. It also shows how she met Valerio, Isuca, and Hina, and the time she spent with her summoner, Princess Fi, Valerio's older sister and the ruler of Pastillage at the time.
• Wistful Amnesia: Cinque regains his memories of Flonyard after receiving Palladion from Tatsumaki.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: The hero-killing demon is actually a cursed earth spirit, stabbed with an evil sword twice the size of his body, forced to eat his mother and kill everything around him, and in terrible pain to the point of wishing, at the time of the show, for nothing more or less than the peace of death.
• The Worf Effect:
  • Brioche, Adelaide and Valerio get their life force drained and are reduced to little kids in episode 7 of season 2.
  • Becky beats the two highly-skilled human heroes effortlessly in a battle, despite them teaming up on her. Granted, she was in the air and had ranged attacks, But neither of the two were helpless against air opponents if they used certain moves...which they did not.
• World of Badass: These people love war so much they turned it into a sport! In ep 12, Roland explains that the wars also serve as live-ammo training for the knights and the militia, who occasionally have to go out and fight for real against monsters and demons.
• World of Ham: Especially the kingdom of Galette. With Norio Wakamoto as General Godwin.
• Worthy Opponent: All of the antagonists so far, really, but Leonmichelle if you'd like a specific example.
• Wrestler in All of Us: Jaune and Gaul have a little competition and Vert was the referee. A few episodes later, Cinque and Gaul decide to arm-wrestle, which eventually becomes actual wrestling when Vert trips and spills several drinks on Cinque.
• Wutai:
  • Biscotti has a small village with bamboo huts - and it's where the wandering samurai and ninja analogues live. Dash shows Galette has a Wutai town named Ayase. It's explained that it's on the eastern side of Galette and it was built by immigrants from the eastern countries.
  • Brioche lives in a Japanese style mansion.
• You Can't Go Home Again: Cinque learns in episode 2 that, as a Hero, he can't return home, much less communicate with family and friends. This is why it isn't done very often. Although the communicate bit is subverted in episode 3, since Ricotta builds a machine that allows him to call Rebecca. And as the series goes on, Ricotta also finds a way for him to return, but with conditions. He will forget all memories and experiences of his time in Fronaldo, and he'll never be able to come back. Oh, and he can't bring anything either. Luckily, it turns out that there is a way to bring him back.

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