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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The place where the {{spoiler|Moon deposits the human bodies. It immediately gave Shuna an uneasy feeling when he set foot inside, and he ran out.}}
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The place where the moon sets would be this, with its [[Narnia Time]], strange inhabitants, and how it {{spoiler|takes human sacrifices dropped from a moon}}. In addition, it's inhibited by many strange and exotic species, some of them Shuna believed were extinct.
* [[Fountain of Expies]]: Instead of a single character being exported over and over again, there are multiple characters exported to separate works at [[Studio Ghibli]]. The yakul species was exported straight into Yakul in ''[[Princess Mononoke]]''. Shuna himself has traits from both [[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind|Princess Nausicaä]] and Asbel, and his journey to the west resembles Ashitaka's story in ''Princess Mononoke''. Thea resembles Therru from ''[[Tales From Earthsea]]'', her hairstyle being a particular similarity.
** The characters aren't the only things exported. Some ''locations'' were moved straight into other Ghibli productions. The farm where the golden grains grow resembles the forest in ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' and the bottom layer of the Sea of Decay in ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]''. Shuna's village is analogous to the Valley of the Wind.
{{quote|''[Thea] is cousin to Sophie in [[Howl's Moving Castle (anime)|Howl's Moving Castle]] (2004), San in [[Princess Mononoke]] (1997), and of course [[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind|Nausicaä]].''|Alex Dudok de Wit|Note from the translator}}
* [[Human Resources]]: The gods of the golden grain farm uses captive human slaves to do ''something''. Shuna isn't sure what that ''something'' is, whether they are turned into the green monsters that farm the grain or the water that irrigates the land.
* [[No Export for You]]: The graphic novel was published in 1983, but despite from one of the most beloved creators in Japan, it was never exported until 2022. There is perfectly good reason to export it, to capitalise on the [[Hayao Miyazaki]] name after the success of films such as ''[[Spirited Away]]'' and ''[[Princess Mononoke]]'', but that never happened. After a decade of no films from Miyazaki, the graphic novel was finally exported.
* [[Time Skip]]: After Shuna arrive in the village Thea resides in, several of these are used as he recovers.
* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: In the land of the Gods, time passes differently, and the crops which need a year to grow are grown in a day. Plants quickly cover Shuna's gun, and he ages considerably once he leaves the place.
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