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* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: After the initial abyssal attacks on China out of the Yellow Sea penetrated deeply enough inland to do damage to Beijing, fatally wounding none less than the then-president, the dying man told the PLA to do whatever it took to defend the people. They turned to the [[Nuclear Option]] and succeeded. The idea of a LAMP RUB<ref>As in to summon a [[wikipedia:AIR-2 Genie|Genie]]</ref> comes up a few times later as a kind of [[Black Comedy]] [[Running Gag]], only to be used for real in Chapter 36. {{spoiler|With a massive abyssal air attack underway that a human armada has been forced to retreat from, the PLARF CO is brought to the realization that nukes are the only way to drive off the attackers before they sink the armada and turn their attention to Chinese cities once again.}}
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: What exactly happened to a would-be mugger in Chapter 40 is left ambiguous. Uileag only notices some kind of distant mess and red stains around Ayaka's mouth.
* [[Great Offscreen War]]: Not one but two of these. First and further back is some vaguely alluded-to mess with "Yamata" that is strongly implied to be but never outright confirmed as the events of ''[[Debt of Honor]]'', given various Japanese characters' talking about the stains it left on Japan. Second is a "Terror" that Ended over a decade ago, but not before badly impacting the Middle East.
* [[Hands Go Down]]: In Chapter Nine, Stingray asks the class if they think they can juggle the requirements of spellcasting in their heads. A few hands rise. She asks further about doing so in the heat of combat. The hands drop.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]:
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