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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Akko initially finds her stuff lying on the ground, guarded by a, well, human-eating mandrake. That flower is used later on in the episode to attack the gigantic cockarice attacking the cast.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Akko initially finds her stuff lying on the ground, guarded by a, well, human-eating mandrake. That flower is used later on in the episode to attack the gigantic cockarice attacking the cast.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Akko is depicted as innocent in her childhood flashbacks.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Akko is depicted as innocent in her childhood flashbacks.
* [[Cosplay]]: In episode four, during a [[Show Within a Show|''Night Fall'']] release ceremony for the 365th entry, many people dress up as characters from the book series. Lotte was able to point and name at every single one of them and say which character they dress up as.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: How Akko and Sucy meet.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: How Akko and Sucy meet.
* [[Dream Sequence]]: Opens the second episode.
* [[Dream Sequence]]: Opens the second episode.
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In 420 AD at the site dedication for the prestigious witchcraft academy of Luna Nova, our founding mentor, Woodward of the Nine Olde Witches greeted our first 100 students with these words "Let this academy be the first milestone in restoring the art of witchcraft and all of its lost glory."}}
In 420 AD at the site dedication for the prestigious witchcraft academy of Luna Nova, our founding mentor, Woodward of the Nine Olde Witches greeted our first 100 students with these words "Let this academy be the first milestone in restoring the art of witchcraft and all of its lost glory."}}
* [[Late for School]]: How the series starts out. Akko asks around for a bus stop to take her to Luna Nova, but turns out, there are ''no'' buses that go there. Instead, you have to ride on a broomstick.
* [[Late for School]]: How the series starts out. Akko asks around for a bus stop to take her to Luna Nova, but turns out, there are ''no'' buses that go there. Instead, you have to ride on a broomstick.
* [[Long Runners]]: In universe with ''Night Fall'', where the 365th novel was released in episode four. The series continued for 120 years.
* [[Love Triangle]]: One is present in the ''Night Fall'' [[Show Within a Show|book series within the show]].
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Akko's rare card of Shiny Chariot.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Akko's rare card of Shiny Chariot.
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Akko calls a cockatrice a "stupid bird" in the Forest of Arcturus, and now it wants to eat her. She meant to just cast a spell that Sucy gave her. Sucy uses Akko as bait to distract the cockarice while she harvests its poison.
* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Akko calls a cockatrice a "stupid bird" in the Forest of Arcturus, and now it wants to eat her. She meant to just cast a spell that Sucy gave her. Sucy uses Akko as bait to distract the cockarice while she harvests its poison.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Diana casts a family-secret revitalization spell in the second episode, to bring more life to the Memorial Tree which is special to Luna Nova. It led to the tree spreading its roots all over the campus. Then the trope occurs ''again'' as she tries to destroy what appear to be parasites on the tree's roots, but turns out to be Papiliodia -- rare butterflies who only hatch once in a hundred years.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Diana casts a family-secret revitalization spell in the second episode, to bring more life to the Memorial Tree which is special to Luna Nova. It led to the tree spreading its roots all over the campus. Then the trope occurs ''again'' as she tries to destroy what appear to be parasites on the tree's roots, but turns out to be Papiliodia -- rare butterflies who only hatch once in a hundred years.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Sucy as a character is less enthusiastic, and serves as the blue oni counterpart, to Lotte and Akko.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]
* [[The Song Remains the Same]]: The ending and opening songs remain in Japanese even in the English dub.
* [[The Song Remains the Same]]: The ending and opening songs remain in Japanese even in the English dub.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: In episode four, we are introduced to the [[Young Adult]] book series ''Night Fall''.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: Despite being made by a [[Studio Trigger|Japanese studio]], the [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] guide to Luna Nova Akko holds up in episode one features perfect English, with real, on topic information about Luna Nova that you [[If You Can Read This...|can read]].
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: Despite being made by a [[Studio Trigger|Japanese studio]], the [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] guide to Luna Nova Akko holds up in episode one features perfect English, with real, on topic information about Luna Nova that you [[If You Can Read This...|can read]].
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The cockatrice in the Forest of Arcturus, in episode one, has the power to turn things into stone with its breath.
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The cockatrice in the Forest of Arcturus, in episode one, has the power to turn things into stone with its breath.