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* In [[Berserk]], the appearance of the fifth God Hand, Femto, and his rebirth as Griffith caused a chain reaction that slowly drew the supernatural world into the human world. {{spoiler|The final and permanent change occurs during the climax of the battle with Emperor Ganishka when the two worlds suddenly become one. Cue astonished reactions from two lumberjacks as they then witness a herd of unicorns stampeding away from a hydra.}}
* ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]'' combines this with a [[Just Before the End|Just Before The]] [[Cosy Catastrophe]] setting. It's the twilight of humanity, and as cities slowly shrink, roads gradually fall into disrepair, and the human population dwindles, magical creatures and mystical phenomena are quietly coming back to the
== Comic Books ==
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* In Tim Lebbon's ''Dusk'' and ''Dawn'', magic is coming back. [[Magic Is Evil|This turns out to be a really bad thing]].
* ''[[Quantum Gravity]]'''s humans believe this happened. [[Five Races|The other races]] insist that they could and were sneaking into the human world to generally make mischief, it's just that they weren't being obvious about it before. It's a little difficult to tell which is true, since anyone who says such a thing just admitted they like messing with people.
* Inverted in ''The Empire of the East'' trilogy by Fred Saberhagen, and, by extension, in his ''[[Books of Swords]]'' and ''Books of Lost Swords'' series, in which
* In ''literature/TheRiddleMasterOfHed'', the world itself was always deeply magical and this never changed, but actual wizards had vanished centuries ago. They return during the course of the trilogy [[spoiler: and the most powerful, Ghisteslwchlohm, never went anywhere- he just hid his true identity to impersonate [[God Guise|the High One]].
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* Happens in the backstory in the MMORPG [[City of Heroes]]: Two friends discovered Pandora's Box, and upon opening it, unleashed the "total sum of human achievement" upon the entire world in one day, not only bringing back magic, but allowing humanity to make sudden leaps in science and technology, as well. The immediate and ongoing result is a world full of super-powered people!
* Bringing magic back is your goal in ''[[Zork: Grand Inquisitor]]''. {{spoiler|It has already started to return before you get involved, as evidenced by Dalboz's journal entries and your working spellbook, but you still need to reunite the [[MacGuffin
* Part of the [[Backstory]] for [[Guilty Gear]]. Gear Technology and their subsequent rampage brings about both armageddon and the reintroduction of [[Functional Magic]] to society.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' begins with a narration stating how the War of the Magi devastated the world and brought about the end of magic... but in truth, the magic wasn't gone, it was merely sealed away. Now a power hungry Empire has rediscovered it and is using it as a weapon of conquest. {{spoiler|It doesn't last long, however. In the end, upon the destruction of the Three Goddesses of Magic, [[The Magic Goes Away]] again, this time permanently}}.
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