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Long ago, [[Nature Spirit|plant spirits and fairy-like creatures]] lived in harmony with mankind, but gradually [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|humans began to rise toward greed and cruelty]] and the plant spirits immigrated to another world they dubbed the "[[Magical Land|Flower Star]]". However, their legacy remained in people who truly knew the meaning of love and kindness, and not to mention some plant spirits that still believed in humanity remained on Earth and married human people, thus leaving some blood descendants scattered around the world. A [[Talking Animal|talking dog and cat]] pair, Nubo and Cato, are sent to Earth to find one such person to find the magical [[MacGuffin|Flower of Seven Colors]], the symbol of the Flower Star's ruling family, so that [[Succession Crisis|a new ruler can ascend the throne]].

* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]:}} During the Switzerland arc, {{spoiler|Lunlun plummets to her death while climbing a mountain where the Flower was supposed to be, and her magical pin is crushed. A Flower spirit revives her and gives her a new and more powerful pin so she can continue her mission.}} It later turns out that {{spoiler|said spirit was actually Serge.}}

** She also doesn't really like it when parents refuse to meet up with their kids, as seen in the deal with the sea captain in Germany.

* [[Bifauxnen]]: Briefly. When we first meet Lunlun, she's dressed in boyish clothes with her hair tucked under a cap.

** Some of Lunlun's magical disguises also invoke the look. Specially the sailor boy outfit from the Spain arc (in which she ''did'' have to crossdress so a boat crew would take her from Spain to Netherlands), the Medieval armor she donned to save Margot from the [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] on her, the Prince outfit she got to {{spoiler|play Romeo as Alitta's replacement}} in Netherlands, and {{spoiler|the swordswoman outfit she used to save Sonia from the gangsters in Sweden.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Serge, and HOW. The flower seeds he gave to Lunlun's new friends as he dealed the Aesop? He also asked them to send some to Lunlun's grandparents so they'd cultivate a flower valley and grow the blossoms with love and care. So much that ''the Flower of the Seven Colors actually grew there''.}}

* [[Darkest Africa]]: Averted, the Africa episodes are set in Morocco and Egypt.

* {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Childbirth]]: Lunlun's mother.}}

* [[Female Feline, Male Mutt]]: Cato and Nubo. {{spoiler|To be fair, they're actually people from the Flower Star who are just taking animal forms.}}

* [[Hostage Situation]]: Lunlun finds herself caught in more than one of those.

** Also, an alcoholic sea captain whom Lunlun meets in Germany looks a ''lot'' like her [[Disappeared Dad]]. [[Replacement Goldfish|Cue to Lunlun attatching herself to him in 3, 2, 1]]...

* [[Ill Girl]]: Alitta from the Netherlands arc, though it's a temporary illness rather than a life-threatening one. Unfortunately, she's a famous stage actress and thus she needs her [[Identical Stranger]] Lunlun to be her temporary [[Body Double]]...

** There's a third one in Switzerland: Anna, who's confined to a wheelchair [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|and refuses to go out since she hates how people look down on her]].

* [[Mama Bear]]: A ''literal'' one in the Norway arc, with two cubbies included. {{spoiler|Bad thing? A human [[Papa Wolf]] wants to hunt the three down, blaming them for his son's death. The kid, however, was alive - and with [[Trauma -Induced Amnesia]]. It takes Lunlun quite the effort to help them all.}}

* [[Nice Hat]]: Serge. And some of Lunlun's outfits have ''awesome'' hats.

* [[Orphanage of Love]]: Lunlun drops by one in the South Italian countryside (it's not specified ''where'', but considering she has just left Sicily, it's likely to be [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Calabria in the Calabria region]).

* [[Parent Withwith New Paramour]]: The reason why {{spoiler|Bianca from the Italy arc}} cut ties with her mother.

* [[Raised Byby Grandparents]]: Lunlun lost her parents at an early age ( {{spoiler|Mom died in childbirth, Dad perished of an [[Incurable Cough of Death]] when she was five.}}), so her paternal grandparents raised her.

* [[Rich Suitor, Poor Suitor]]: {{spoiler|Lunlun's ''mother'' was in this situation in the past, choosing a French sea captain over a rich Italian count. And of course, 17 years later Lunlun meets the man who could've become her dad while travelling.}}

* [[Scarpia Ultimatum]]: Margot from the Germany arc is an [[Impoverished Patrician]], and a filthy rich [[Dirty Old Man]] tries to force her into this. {{spoiler|Lunlun resolves it by challenging the old man ''and'' Yabooki, who has fallen for Margot at first sight, to a Medieval-style duel.}}

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Anna from the France arc.

** There's a miniarc that happens in North Africa: more exactly in [[Useful Notes/Morocco|Morocco]] (dealing with the Moroccan boy Sayid and his grandfather Scharo {{spoiler|and with Lunlun helping Sayid to win a traditional horse race that will let him be accepted in his parents's village.}}) and [[Useful Notes/Egypt|Egypt]] (where she gets roped into the deals of a [[Gentleman Thief]] and his [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist|Adversary]]).

** And there's also [http://www.bakabt.com/158599-hana-no-ko-lun-lun-konnichiwa-sakura-no-sono-arr.html a short OAV] that has Lunlun going to Japan, spending time in both Tokyo and Nara, and helping her friends Midori and Yashiro to protect [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Yoshino:Mount Yoshino|Mount Yoshino]] and its famous [[Cherry Blossoms|cherry trees]] from pollution.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: {{spoiler|Cabo's true form is an adorable-looking young girl with both white hair [[Woman in White|and white clothes]].}}

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