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* The Rokumon (Six Gates) franchise already has six elements as part of its premise, with the fifth and sixth being light/holy and dark/curse. The anime [[Mon Colle Knights]] introduces a seventh. This element is called Time, but seems to work more like existence itself. It has no specific form, and exists in everything. Messing with it causes the physical universe to start falling apart very quickly.
* In ''[[Naruto]]'', there are five regular elements who have a cyclical [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] dynamic (Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Water) and advanced elements (which are combinations of the other five and behave the same in the RPS cycle). The other type of chakra is Yin and/or Yang release, which is/are responsible for everything that's not elemental.
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* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is an interesting example - magic flows from the mind, so no single elemental system totally encapsulates it. We've seen wizards use fire, water, ice, electricity, wind, earth, and even particle beams, but none of these are more mystical than the others, and every mage uses his or her own different system. However, Angels and Fallen Angels possess Soulfire and Hellfire respectively (and can grant it to others), which are shown to be solidly this trope, even when actual numbering is impossible.
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* Void was the traditional fifth element in Japanese mythology.{{verify}}
** Void, as element number five, also appears in [[Legend of the Five Rings]], a role playing game whose setting is Japan (and China) [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|with the]] [[Serial Numbers Filed Off]].
* [[Greek Mythology]] is the basis of the Four Elements, with the often forgotten fifth element "Aether" or Quintessence, often translated as "spirit". There is really nothing much about this element in that it is the only element outside the sphere of Earth and is the "stuff" that planets float in.
** This is why the traditional [[Geometric Magic|magic circle]] has a pentagram, one spike for each element (at least, this is the Wiccan reason, satanists insist that the pentagram is the emblem of the human will reordering the universe to its liking).
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