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* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has "Linker Cores", which are ethereal organs in the bodies of mages and magical creatures that store magic power.
* In ''[[Zatch Bell]]'', this is simply called "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Power from Within]]."
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* Mages (that is, pretty much everyone) in ''[[Maburaho]]'' have limited numbers of spells, and their numerical mana is extremely difficult to replenish without making a [[Deal with the Devil]]. Running out of spells causes ''instant death''; though, fortunately, they seem to be able to measure their remaining spell counts very precisely and most people ([[Butt Monkey|except the protagonist]]) are born with hundreds or even thousands of spells.
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* In ''[[Gold Digger]],'' all living creatures produce "ether," which hovers invisibly around them. For most people, the stuff is both undetectable and useless, but spellcasters use it to power their spells. Rakshasas like Gen [[Phlebotinum Muncher|eat]] the stuff.
== Literature ==
* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[The Magic Goes Away (novel)|The Magic Goes Away]]'' series, Mana is a non-renewable resource, and generations of basing entire civilizations on heavy magic use eventually drains the entire world.
* Subverted in ''[[Night Watch]]''. ''Others'' do appear to use some internal generation of mana-like power, but {{spoiler|it's actually the opposite. Magicians are the ones that ''cannot'' generate this "mana", but can only use what normal people generate. The higher their [[Power Levels|level]], the 'less'' of this "mana" they generate.}}
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