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** And the brothers' trainer Izumi. Ed and Al are ''still'' scared of her.

*** Funnily enough, both this and her [[Training From Hell]] were explained in an [[Omake]] to have originated with her seeking an alchemist teacher who {{spoiler|turned out to be the ''brother'' of the (deceased) man she was looking for, and he actually gave her a hand-to-hand combat training course}}.

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] with Hei in ''[[Darker ~~Than~~ Black]]'' -- the reason he's both a powerful Contractor and amazing martial artist (besides the fact he's [[All Chinese Know Kung Fu|Chinese]]) is that he started out as a [[Badass Normal]] and had to be strong enough to take on Contractors.<br />Additionally, while he has [[Shock and Awe|the ability to discharge electricity]], he has to either be able to touch his target or have some sort of connection that will conduct electricity. (In other words, no lightning bolts) And "something that conducts electricity" includes the [[Weapon of Choice|knives and choke wires]] he used anyway.

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] with Hei in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' -- the reason he's both a powerful Contractor and amazing martial artist (besides the fact he's [[All Chinese Know Kung Fu|Chinese]]) is that he started out as a [[Badass Normal]] and had to be strong enough to take on Contractors.<br />Additionally, while he has [[Shock and Awe|the ability to discharge electricity]], he has to either be able to touch his target or have some sort of connection that will conduct electricity. (In other words, no lightning bolts) And "something that conducts electricity" includes the [[Weapon of Choice|knives and choke wires]] he used anyway.

* The very nature of combat in the [[Nasuverse]] demands that you have to be this trope if you want ''any'' of your hard-learnt spells to hit ''anything.'' Tohsaka Rin of [[Fate/stay night]] and Kokuto Azaka of ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' are equal parts deadly as magicians ''and'' warriors in their respective universes.

** Of note though is that while they are fairly skilled in martial arts, they stand no chance in close combat with the more straightforward fighter-type characters. For example, Rin's athleticism helps her move around but her physical fighting abilities are completely worthless against anyone but Caster, who is very much the [[Squishy Wizard]].