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An [[Arabian Nights]]-themed manga by Shinobu Ohtaka, the author of ''[[Sumomomo Momomo]]''.

Aladdin is a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] and [[Cheerful Child]] who's partial to pretty ladies. He's traveling a dangerous desert full of bandits and monsters, but that's ok -- his magic flute summons [[Our Genies Are Different|a huge, muscular djinn]] named Uugo. Uugo happens to be missing his head at the moment, but this doesn't seem to stop him from casually tossing aside any threats (although [[Terrifying Rescuer|he also tends to scare the crap]] out of whoever Aladdin is trying to protect...) However, summoning Uugo [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points|does a number on Aladdin's stamina]], requiring him to sleep for a while, so they have to be a little careful.

Aladdin is a [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] and [[Cheerful Child]] who's partial to pretty ladies. He's traveling a dangerous desert full of bandits and monsters, but that's ok -- his magic flute summons [[Our Genies Are Different|a huge, muscular djinn]] named Uugo. Uugo happens to be missing his head at the moment, but this doesn't seem to stop him from casually tossing aside any threats (although [[Terrifying Rescuer|he also tends to scare the crap]] out of whoever Aladdin is trying to protect...) However, summoning Uugo [[Cast from Hit Points|does a number on Aladdin's stamina]], requiring him to sleep for a while, so they have to be a little careful.

In their travels they meet Ali Baba, a young man who dreams of getting filthy rich by [[Dungeon Crawling]]. See, in this land, dungeons periodically appear out of nowhere: mysterious, seemingly extra-dimensional spaces full of monsters, traps -- and fabulous treasures. Realizing that Uugo would mitigate a lot of the dangers, Ali Baba quickly befriends Aladdin and persuades him to go exploring a dungeon in the middle of the nearby [[City of Adventure]].

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* [[Berserk Button]]: Never badmouth Alibaba in front of Aladdin. And don't ever try to badmouth Sinbad in front of Ja'far.

** Don't [[I Work Alone|refuse help]] from Morgianna. Or telling her she should [[Stay in the Kitchen]]. Everytime this happened, she breaks a tile on floor, and then does [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|something outrageous]].

* [[Cast ~~From~~ Hit Points]]: Trying to wield too much magoi is dangerous, as it starts eating your life force. This includes maintaining a djinn outside its artifact, so they can't just [[Deus Ex Machina|punch their way through every problem]] for you.

* [[Cast from Hit Points]]: Trying to wield too much magoi is dangerous, as it starts eating your life force. This includes maintaining a djinn outside its artifact, so they can't just [[Deus Ex Machina|punch their way through every problem]] for you.

* [[The Chosen One]]: There are hints of Aladdin being this. {{spoiler|Due to a prophecy of the land that mention that the Magi will chose and guide one who is worthy enough though the city's local dungeon. This turns out to be Ali Baba whom Aladdin (said Magi) willing helps in his quest as he shows he's an honest and caring person worthy of reward despite how he initially seems. At the end of the first arc, he even (unknowingly) gets his own genie.}} Jamil thinks he should be this just because his position in the city but {{spoiler|Aladdin}} quickly shuts him down.

** {{spoiler|Also a subversion. As it turns out, Aladdin isn't the only magi, and there are far more "king candidates" than Ali Baba.}}

* [[Collapsing Lair]]: {{spoiler|The fate of dungeons after they have been successfully completed.}}

* [[Death Glare]]: See ''Let's Get Dangerous''.

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* [[Gonk]]: Most of the lesser villains, such as [[Fat Bastard|Budel]].

** Elizabeth, the [[Blatant Lies|most beautiful hostess]].

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Ali Baba's mother, and not just to him: she saved his friends from being beaten by their drunken father, then adopted them when he either died or abandoned them.

* [[Hope Spot]]: Combined with Retirony, {{spoiler|Baba is fatally wounded pretty much right after her clan has both saved its people from slavery while preventing war (by not killing the slavers) and thinking she must live on with her family.}}

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Nth Night, following the [[Arabian Nights]] theme.

* [[I Work Alone]]: {{spoiler|Alibaba in the Balbadd arc and Hakuryuu. Deconstructed in that doing this seems noble, but it also alienates you from a potential ally, making you unable to move forward or plain get you killed.}}

* [[La Résistance]]: {{spoiler|Alibaba}} eventually leads the "Fog Troupe" against the king Ahbmad.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Aladdin may look cute and harmless. You'd probably think he wouldn't be much without Uugo by his side. But get him riled up enough and [http://www.mangareader.net/magi/14/3 he becomes a VERY different person.]

** Ali Baba vs Jamil. At first we thought that Ali Baba is screwed, until [[Implausible Fencing Powers|he pulls out his knife.]]

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