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* ''[[Naruto]]'' has this in their elemental jutsus. It's a somewhat different cycle though (element points to one it beats) Fire-->Wind-->Lightning-->Earth-->Water-->Fire.) Also, this only appears to apply to the effect of jutsu on each other, not with regular materials.
** To elaborate, each elemental jutsu has its own "theme"; for instance, Earth jutsu are mostly defensive (making walls, for example), and that plays into how they work. Fire attacks feast on Wind, so if you counter Fire with Wind you will simply make the Fire more powerful; Lightning disrupts and tears through Earth; Earth blocks Water; and Water obviously snuffs Fire out. Wind v Lightning is yet to be demonstrated, but presumably involves redirection. Other elemental clashes can still have bad effects -- Lightning v Water, for instance, is usually bad for any ninja touching the water, except for the caster of the lightning jutsu.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', a number of occasions show up that set two Devil Fruits against each other with surprising, [[Magic A Is Magic A|yet still logical]], outcomes. For a few examples, the abilities of [[Playing With Fire|'Fire Fist' Ace]] and [[Super Smoke|Commodore Smoker]] canceled each other out, the supposedly godlike abilities of [[Psycho Electro|God Eneru]] were completely canceled out by the allegedly weak powers of [[Rubber Man|Luffy]], and {{ previously unbeatable poison-based powers of Magellan were successfully blocked by the considerably weaker [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|wax]] powers of Mr. 3.}}
** {{spoiler|At least until Magellan made an even stronger poison.}}
*** As of Chapter 573, we have learned of such an effect with Marine Admiral Akainu and his power to become magma: {{spoiler|Magma has an advantage over regular fire. There is actual science behind this, as lava has both heat and mass (effectively smothering a weaker flame with its own) hotter than normal fire.}}
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* The original Mew Mews symbolise the four basic Western elements (Mint = Air, Lettuce/Retasu = Water, Pudding/Purin = Earth, and Zakuro = Fire), with Ichigo symbolising Light.
* An episode of the Toei ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]!'' animé had Yami Yugi playing a magical game where he and his opponent controlled dragons that represented the five Eastern elements. A bit more complex than most examples, since the dragons not only had dominance against other elements; they could also be joined with complementary elements to gain more strength, like in the Chinese philosophy of the five elements.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' averts this trope for the most part. [[Hot
* In ''[[Tokyo Underground (Anime)|Tokyo Underground]]'', the elemental effectivity chart is actually based on conventional physics and common sense: thus, for example, a water mage was easily able to win against a lightning mage due to the fact that pure water is a poor conductor of electricity.
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