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Krylancelo abandons the Tower of Fangs and takes up the name of Orphen, furious with the fact that they want to destroy his best friend. Afterwards, people whom Orphen thought were his friends suddenly seem as though they are enemies in the race to get to Azalie first. Meanwhile, Orphan himself sets out on a journey to find and save her with his apprentice, Majic Finn, and a young girl who holds one of the key items Orphen needs in her house, Cleao Everlasting. Along the way, two bumbling Troll siblings, Volkan and Dortin, tend to make things worse no matter what.
It had a [[Play Station 2]] video game, but was unrelated to the plot. Fairly unique, and it had a tendency to repeat plot elements. This was, shockingly, NOT the result of bad writing, and allowed it to pull off twists other games couldn't even attempt. {{spoiler|A machine is using its creations to steal live people and put them in their own stories. The machine records these souls and feeds on them. Hence, 'characters' are reused several times, cycling through roles, and screwing with the viewer and Orphen's head.}} It also had its moments of good voice acting, which more often than not carried the script. The combat was good, despite having to fight the same boss several times, and it had a solid Framing Device that accumulated into a [[Fully
The series originated from a 20-volume [[Light Novel]] series written by Yoshinobu Akita, ''Majutsushi Orphen Haguretabi'', that began in 1994. ''Haguretabi'' had the same mood and elements from the first anime series, but had a plot that went much further than the small piece the show provided. Two years later, It later spawned a 13-volume spin-off [[Light Novel]] series, ''Majutsushi Orphen Mubouhen'', that embraced the more comedic elements of the series. Both series finished in 2003.
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* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Childman was this to Orphen and Hartia, until Orphen left. Orphen can be seen as this towards Majik.
* [[Black Magic]]: Destructive powers based on the elements of Earth, Fire, Light, Ice and Wind.
* [[Blind Without
* {{spoiler|[[Book Ends]]: The first series.}}
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Majic, towards the end of season 2}}
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** Averted in the English dub of the anime, where the attack names are typically replaced by banter between the combatants.
* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Orphen and Azalie lived in an orphanage before they were taken in by the Tower of Fangs.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Mariabelle, Cleao's sister. Cleao herself, to Lycoris (though this can be arguably seen as [[Romantic Two
* [[Creepy Child]]: {{spoiler|Escalenna}}
* [[Crossover]]: With [[Slayers]], in the form of a light novel released in 2005.
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* [[He Knows Too Much]]: {{spoiler|Lai finds out about Azalie's [[Grand Theft Me]] and is encased in ice (He gets better later). Hartia finds out about ''both'' Lai and Azalie and is almost killed by her but manages to escape and reach Orphen, telling him the truth.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Orphen, when {{spoiler|Hartia tells him about Azalie's [[Grand Theft Me]]}}. {{spoiler|Lycoris, when Esperanza is painfully and cruelly killed by Escalenna}}
* [[Hey, You]]: Cleao almost never calls Hartia by his given name but by her nickname for him, "Shrimp Man". {{spoiler|Except when he properly introduces himself to her, and when she talks to Orphen after Hartia almost dies.}}
* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Most notably the first and second episodes of season 2. {{spoiler|Turns out the place wasn't really a hot springs to begin with.}}
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: {{spoiler|Stephanie is blackmailed into luring Orphen into a trap, [[Sadistic Choice|or her hometown will be destroyed]]. Orphen isn't fooled by her cover and decides to help her get out of said deal.}}
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* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]: Orphen repeatedly utters this sentence (and variants) in the manga of the same name. You can't really blame him, though, since he is surrounded by nothing but [[The Load|loads]] and [[The Millstone|millstones]].
* [[Smug Snake]]: Shastanasi, Flamesoul, {{spoiler|Flameheart}}
* [[Star
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Parodied with Hartia using his "Tiger" alterego to aid Orphen in his quests without having the Fang Tower on his back. {{spoiler|Played straight by Orphen in the season 1 finale - see [[Babies Ever After]] to learn ''how'' he pulled it.}}
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Azalie and Stephanie.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: Orphen, to a degree Childman.
* [[Team Mom]]: Cleao tries to be this, but it doesn't always work.
* [[Team Pet]]: Leki, though he's also [[Sleep Mode Size|more]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|powerful]] [[Killer Rabbit|than usual]].
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