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The [[Edible Theme Naming|Republic of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Galette]] are [[Good Republic, Evil Empire|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 [[But Not Too Foreign|Japanese-British]] [[Ordinary High School Student|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 Fronaldo, where he is the hero. Now he has to learn to be one.
'''''Dog Days''''' is an [[Anime First]] series by Seven Arcs, better known for their work on ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'',
Season 2 has been [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/04/01/dog-days-season-2-to-air-in-july has been scheduled to air in July 2012].
Not to be confused with the ''[[Kane and Lynch]]'' sequel. Or with ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''.
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* [[Abdicate the Throne]]: {{spoiler|Leonmichelle originally planned on abdicating in favor of Gaul once he comes of age. However, due to a prophecy of Millefiore's death, she decided to stay a little longer on the throne 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.}}
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Cinque.
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: Cinque's fulfillment of the pre-requisites {{spoiler|for not permanently losing his memory}}.
* [[All
* [[Aloof Big Brother|Aloof Big Sister]]: Leonmichelle, being Millefiore's childhood friend and loving big-sister figure, suddenly became this by the time Cinque is summoned.
* [[Anime First]]
* [[Anti
* [[The Archer]]: Leonmichelle, Vert and Yukikaze.
* [[Art Shift]]: During Yukikaze's hot spring flashbacks, Eclair's description of {{spoiler|Brioche}} before the attack on Mion fortress; and the art style for the concert in episode 11 also looks different from the art style for the rest of the series.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Leonmichelle's [[Weapon of Choice]]. Jaune's, too, though her axe is about as big as she is. While Godwin combines this with an [[Epic Flail]].
* [[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
* [[Badass Cape]]: Leonmichelle, Gaul and Cinque.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Cinque.
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* [[Badass Princess]]: Leonmichelle. Just don't call her "Princess".
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Leonmichelle.
* [[Bathe Her and Bring Her
* [[Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics]]: Vert's attack on Ricotta in episode 9.
* [[Blade
* [[Bob Haircut]]: Eclair.
* [[Braids of Action]]: Leonmichelle's bangs and Brioche.
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** It may be part of the protection magic. Pretty girls who are hit hard (also Ricotta and Vert) lose their clothes. Everyone else turns into a furball.
* [[Combat Commentator]]: In a sports event-style and their wars are presented like one too.
* [[Cross
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Genoise, as told by Eclair.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Ricotta sports this. {{spoiler|Rizel as well, but we don't see this until the last episode.}}
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Justified since they're are Cat and Dogs.
* [[Cypher Language]]: Inscriptions, [http://yggdrasilradio.net/dogscript.jpg signs], and [http://yggdrasilradio.net/circle.jpg magical runes] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130525110715/http://blog.neozeed.net/dog-days-script-or-this-show-is-clever-you-gu Dogscript] abound.
* [[Hot Scientist|Cute Scientist]]: Ricotta.
* [[Date Crepe]]: Cinque and Éclair don't help their "not on a date" deniability in episode 11 by having crepes.
* [[Date Peepers]]: In episode 11, Cinque and Eclair weren't really on a date, but try telling that to Yukikaze and Ricotta.
* [[Defeat
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]
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* [[Dual
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: HERO KIIIIICK!
** Eclair does this to Cinque {{spoiler|in Episode 4 after he inadvertently accepts a declaration of war.}} [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You|In Biscotti]], [[Kick the Dog|dog kicks you]].
* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: [
** Mixed with [[Gratuitous French]] and [[Colorful Theme Naming]]: Framboise (raspberry), Jaune (yellow) [
*** [[Bilingual Bonus|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.
* [[Expy]]: Millefiore, of Caro Lu Rushe of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Her [http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb196/danilodsouza/Millefiore.jpg armored form]{{Dead link}} is basically a pink version of [[media:
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Rizel, {{spoiler|except for the ending credits in the last episode.}}
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Leonmichelle and Gaul.
* [[Failure Knight]]: Less drastic than most, but a lot of what drives Cinque was placing second in the Ultimate Athletics competition and "disappointing" friends and family.
* [[Fantastic Arousal]]: [[media:
* [[Fastball Special]]: Eclair when she kicks Cinque into Leonmichelle.
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Leonmichelle participating at the head of the army herself makes more sense when you consider that she's a lioness.
* [[Friendly Fireproof]]: Averted with Leonmichelle's [[Exactly What It Says
* [[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.
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* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: You would think that Cinque, who seems to have no combat experience or training of any sort, would have difficulty attacking the citizens of a world where they train and fight most of the time. However the citizens know they won't die and don't receive bursts of adrenaline that would have saved someone who actually could die, and probably don't see the need to train as hard because of this.
* [[Gainaxing]]: Leonmichelle and Yukikaze.
* [[Genius' Sweet Tooth]]: Ricotta
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Leonmichelle ordering the cameramen to zoom on Eclair right before her [[Clothing Damage]].
* [[Godiva Hair]]
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* [[Hachimaki]]: Cinque and Emilio.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Cinque, Yukikaze and Vert.
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Brioche and Yukikaze are samurai/ninja hunters of "abominations"
** {{spoiler|Yukikaze is also a [[God in Human Form|minor deity. Brioche is "mortal but lives longer than others" for undisclosed reasons]]}} as revealed in episode 12.
* [[Hidden Buxom]]: {{spoiler|Millefiore.}}
* [[Highly
** 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 [[Sarcasm Mode|are totally not]] [[Final Fantasy|chocobos]].
* [[Hot Chick
** [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: She cuts through a tower with ease.
** [[BFS]]: Her main sword is about as big as Eclair.
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* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: {{spoiler|The monster.}}
* [[Lady of War]]: Leonmichelle and d'Arquein.
* [[Laser
* [[Launcher Move]]: Yukikaze pulls one off in episode 4.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Thanks to [[Friendly War|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 [[We Have Reserves|willingness to fire on one's own troops]] is considered just another way of spicing up the event (including by those being nuked).
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Ricotta, though she is nicer than most examples.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Just about any knight with a name is one of these.
* [[Magitek]]: In keeping with the show's [[Final Fantasy]]-esque setting. May also border on [[Schizo
* [[Meido]]: Rizel and her subordinates.
** [[Ninja Maid]]
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** This only applies to the battlefields, towns, and basically any civilized land. You can still die if you're attacked by monsters in the wilderness or roads. {{spoiler|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]]. [[Informed Flaw|He has yet to be sufficiently injured anyway]]}}.
** This can also change depending on local conditions, such as {{spoiler|the presence of an evil entity}}.
* [[Non
* [[Non
* [[Non
* [[Normal Fish in
* [[Odango Hair]]: Millefiore has the covered variation.
* [[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"...)
* [[One
* [[Only Known
** Starting 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. {{spoiler|One of the commentators uses his name in episode 9. Yukikaze sort of used his actual name in episode 11.}}
* [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary Middle School Student]]: [[Lampshaded]].
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Quite literally, and quite often.
* [[Physical God]]: Yukikaze is a tenko (a high ranking fox spirit).
* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Ayana Taketatsu]] ''completely'' breaks away from her cat-girl typecasting (Azunyan of ''[[K-On!]]!'' being her most famous) by playing the '''Dog'''-Girl Eclair.
* [[Playing
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: {{spoiler|Non-lethal but still... Leonmitchelli could have simply told Millefiore, who still trusts her despite both belonging to warring nations, of her vision of the latter's impending death; as such, they could settle for a peaceful weapons exchange while letting the appointed time pass by without incident.}}
** {{spoiler|subverted. It's mentioned in the anime that she tried. It only made things worse and the Deaths came even faster.}}
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* [[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 [[You Can't Go Home Again|return travel may not be possible]].
** Not that he had any chance to read it. It was written in [[Dog Script]], and he was falling at the time.
* [[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.
* [[Repeat Cut]]: Cinque {{spoiler|knocking away the bazooka round.}}
* [[Retractable Weapon]]: Cinque's [[Weapon of Choice]]; he usually has it as a [[Simple Staff]] but it [[Morph Weapon|takes other forms]]; it's [[Named Weapons|named The Palladion.]]
* [[Rose
* [[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. Also her brother Gaul.
* [[Rule of Cute]]: Heck, this is probably the only show in which even getting "killed" in battle can look cute.
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* [[Scenery Porn]]
* [[Screw Destiny]]: {{spoiler|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.}}
* [[Serious Business]]: Inverted; war is normally serious business, but here it's a [[Non
** At least Leo takes it very seriously.
** Later, it's revealed that one of the reasons they have these wars is to {{spoiler|keep their skills sharp in case of demon attacks -- it is ''sort of'' serious}}.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: {{spoiler|The end of the last episode.}}
* [[Simple Staff]]: Cinque.
* [[Shipper
** Heck, even Eclair's brother.
* [[Ship Tease]]: There's a fair amount of romantic undertones between Cinque and
* [[Shout
** At the end of the 13th synopsis video, Cinque quotes a lyric from [[Nanoha the Movie First|PHANTOM MINDS]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Name another series that thinks war can be turned into a ''happy and magically safe sporting event''.
* [[Spell My Name
** Also, Fronaldo or Flonyard?
** The Japanese [[Blu
** Leonmichelle or Leonmitchelli?
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Brioche is ''very'' tall.
* [[Stepping Stones in
* [[Summon Everyman Hero]]: Cinque. Subverted in that he doesn't need extensive training anymore. In fact right before he flipped into portal he stated that Kinokawa is peaceful but boring since there weren't many [[Tempting Fate|places where he could thoroughly exercise]].
* [[Sword Beam]]: Eclair uses these several times; Brioche uses this occasionally.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Leonmichelle only with [[White
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]:
** Yukikaze completes a particularly long introduction one time {{spoiler|when she's preparing her sealing spell against the demon sword.}}
* [[Thanks for
** Made even worse for him as that is when he realizes she's a girl.
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live|The Call Has Dogs Spying on You]]: And they will abduct you given half a chance.
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** Ricotta ends nearly all her sentences with "de arimasu"
* [[War Is Hell|War Is...]] [[Subverted Trope|Heaven?]]: 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 Is Glorious]] [[Up to Eleven|indeed]].
* [[War for Fun
* [[Warrior Prince]]: Gaul.
* [[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 [[Friendly War|war where]] [[Non
* [[Well
* [[Wham! Episode]]: The ending of Episode 6 -- {{spoiler|Cinque and Millefiore are doomed to die in 30 days, and nothing can change this. [[Screw Destiny|Not if Leonmichelle has anything to say about it, though.]]}}
* [[White and Grey Morality]]: In any other show, warmongering [[The Empire|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 Opponent
** If anything it's probably a rare example of white and white morality, if there was such a trope.
* [[White
* [[White
* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Cinque regains his memories of Flonyard after receiving Palladion from Tatsumaki.}}
* [[World of Badass]]: These people love war so much they turned it into a sport!
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* [[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 [[The Klutz|Vert trips and spills several drinks]] on Cinque.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Most Extreme Elimination Challenge]]'' meets ''[[
* [[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.
** {{spoiler|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. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Oh, and he can't bring anything either]].}}
*** {{spoiler|Luckily, it turns out that there is a way to [[Sequel Hook|bring him back.]]}}
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Noir, and Yukikaze in her dress uniform.
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