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** Merle blames herself for not having enough courage to {{spoiler|confess her love when she had the chance, and begs Pop to say the name of the woman he loves, so she could learn what real courage looks like. After a moment of hesitation, Pops ask her to forgive him, because the woman he loves is Maamu. Keep in mind that Pop's confession is made in the middle of a battlefield, when Dai and company are about to assault Vearn's fortress for the definitive battle and Merle is literally dying on Pop's arms: Maamu gets crushed by Pop's confession and to make things even worse, seconds later Merle dies in Pop's arms. (She gets better, thanks to Pop having a [[Heroic BSOD]] that launched his magical ability off the scale.)}}

*** Think it's already dramatic enough? {{spoiler|Wrong! Maamu didn't take this confession very well and rejected Pop right off the bat, only to feel crushed by guilt later. (The way she treated him, the way Pop's odd behavior suddenly made sense, and the way she kept asking him for advice about her crush on Hyunkel... So yeah.}}

* [[Art Evolution]] - Starts off looking like a [[Dragon Ball]] doujinshi and eventually evolves into its own distinctive style.

* [[The Atoner]] Hyunkel.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Battle Aura]]

* [[Break the Cutie]] Baran; Hadler and Vearn's numerous attempts at making Dai snap and/or join their ranks.

* [[Can't Catch Up]] mild subversion: While it's true that Dai's friends can't catch up with him, if it weren't for them he would have died ''every single time'' he battled one of the six generals.

* [[The Chessmaster]] Hadler and Vearn; so very [[Lampshade]]d.

* [[Changed My Mind, Kid]] Pop leaves Dai and Maamu when they go fight the big bad Crocodine, then shows up in the nick of time to help when they're in trouble.

* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Even pre-[[Character Development]], Pop was showing signs of being this. By the end of the series he's discarded all of his cowardness and represents the pillar of Courage.

* [[Crazy Prepared]] Avan. Just... Avan.

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] Say what you will about Aban, but if he decides to get serious, even [[Big Bad|Vearn]] will not take him lightly.)

* [[Cue the Sun]]: Dai receives {{spoiler|his father's sword}} this way in the final battle against Vearn.

* [[The Determinator]] - Everybody on the hero side, main character or not. In fact, taking on almost [[Blood Knight]] levels of determination seems to be a prerequisite for [[Heel Face Turn]]s.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]] - Dai's hidden abilities, though a nice plot arc is eventually made of it.

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Baran. Also Hyunkel, & {{spoiler|Killvearn.}}

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]] Leona, & Flora.

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** Dai - [[The Hero]]

** Maamu - [[The Medic]]

** Crocodine - [[The Big Guy]]

** Leona - [[The Chick]]

* [[Flight]] Not quite common, but some characters can use it via the spell Toberuura.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Pop {{spoiler|suddenly becomes a Sage just before the final battle.}} The bios show that Pop has an extremely high luck stat, and he serves as the [[Butt Monkey]] of the team, similar to the Jester/Gadabout class from the games. {{spoiler|This was the only class that naturally possessed the ability to become a sage without a special item.}}

* [[Generation Xerox]] (emphasized by the fact that Maamu's father was on Aban's team and that princess Flora is practically just an older Leona.)

* [[Genius Ditz]] Dai and Pop start out as this.

* [[One-Winged Angel]] Vearn's final form. Heck, he even ''looks'' like [[Final Fantasy VII|Bizarro Sephiroth]].

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Maamu.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]

** Hadler and his Shinei Kidan learned to get their own as well, much to Dai and company's surprise.

* [[Shrinking Violet]] Merle fits this trope like a glove. The fact that she is Maamu's polar opposite and how she is painfully aware of how Pop only has eyes for Maamu makes it hurt even more.

* [[Shout-Out]] this troper has trouble in ''not'' thinking Hyunkel is something from ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. Seriously, look at his armours and how he equips them. He even looks a bit like Hyoga.

** Dai and Baran's [[Kamehame Hadoken]]. There's even one instance where Dai shoots one, and the recipient of the blast sees the ghostly image of Baran standing behind him in the same pose, a [[Shout-Out]] to how Gohan defeated Cell in [[Dragonball Z]].

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] (with its emphasis on [[The Power of Friendship]] and its easy [[Heel Face Turn|conversion of villains]], the series is close to the far end of the idealism side. At the root of the conflict with Vearn and his demon army, who've been living in less than ideal conditions while humans were having it good, from their point of view.

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]] subverted: after normal troops prove to be no match for Dai's team, the [[Big Bad]] sends his best warriors — the six generals — after him.

*** Granted, from the moment Crocodine failed, Hadler had wanted to send all 6 of his generals at once, but the order was belayed by the [[Big Bad]]

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]] particularly extreme if you take into account the [[Blind Idiot Translation]] in the French manga. Dai was renamed "Fly" in French and Spanish to avoid the phonetic equivalent of "die" ("fly" is an impressive name, thank you very much); Hyunckel/Hyunkel/Henki (in the French translation of the anime); Marm/Maamu/even Fuam in the French manga; Pop/Poppu (ditto); Aban/Avan/Ivan; Hadler/Hadlar/Hadora; Dermlin/Delmulin/Dremlin/Demurin/Whatever island; Crocodin/Crocodine/Krokodine; Vearn/Ban; Freezair/Flazzard/Freeze; Gome/Gomen.

** Also, Chu the karateka mouse.

* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]] when {{spoiler|Dai}} freaks out and runs away in his pyjamas after {{spoiler|being defeated by Vearn}}.

** You know you're a badass when you {{spoiler|use a spell even after dying.}}

** This gets even more evident when, during the final battle against Vearn {{spoiler|Pop quickly discovers the weak point on Vearn's absolutely invincible battle stance, then cleverly turns Vearn's power against him (allowing Dai to cut one of Vearn's arms off) and even neutralizing Vearn's ultimate magic attack with ease, all while staring at him with a "take that" expression on his face.}}

* [[Warp Whistle]] Hadler uses an artifact named Chimera's Wings to retreat after his humiliating defeat during his first fight with Dai

** The spell Ruura also works this way, being a teleportation spell that requires a clear image of the location where the user intends to go; therefore, it's only possible to transport to locations he/she has already visited.

** Avan himself fits this trope, as he wasn't abnormally strong. His skills and superhuman intelligence, however...

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]] Lots of minor characters, especially non-humans, are subject to this trope.

* [[Whip Sword]] Hyunkel's weapon.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] Hyunkel, sort of; {{spoiler|Vearn's [[Bishounen]] form}}.

* [[Worthy Opponent]] Baran, after he and Dai both collapse exhausted after battling. {{spoiler|Hadler}} eventually becomes this too, along with his {{spoiler|Shinei Kidan}}.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]] (and ridiculous oversize curls, Aban. Also notice Maamu's pink hair and Leona's orange/beige hair.)

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