Mabaka - Magic is for Idiots!: Difference between revisions

There are currently thirty-one chapters published online (1-1 to 12-1). [http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2739233/1 Start here, if you wish]. Just be warned that Cali is in the midst of [[Grammar Nazi|rewriting her earlier chapters]] and that there will be slight inconsistencies. And word puns. [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Lots and lots of word puns]]. With cultural notes at the bottom of each chapter to explain.

 

 

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* [[Expy]]: There has been more than one comment on the fact that Rokuro looks like [[Ranma One Half|Ranma Saotome]]. Of course, seeing as Cali first started drawing in [[Rumiko Takahashi|Rumiko Takahashi's style]] and can't seem to grow out of it, this isn't shocking.

** Similar comments have been made on Maruchi looking like a purple-haired [[Inuyasha]]. Even more so now that {{spoiler|we've seen what he looks like as a full-fledged adult.}}

** And in an IRL example, Rokuro seems to have unintentionally garnered 94% of the female readers as ''his'' fangirls.

** And {{spoiler|Adult!Maruchi}} has probably stolen some of that percentage away...

** As of chapter 23 (''Thick and Thin''), she has. Her name is Hazuki. {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character|She's also dead]].}} In that same chapter, {{spoiler|Rokuro reveals that he has also been without a mother since he was six.}}

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Hideki.

* [[No Name Given]]: In the (revised) chapter one, Rokuro makes it clear that he doesn't have a last name to give.

{{quote| "I'm Rokuro, a Type One wizard. No last name applicable."}}

* [[Power Crystal]]: Rokuro’s Keifu, though he doesn’t necessarily need it; it’s more like a magical PDA.

* [[Power Tattoo]]: Once a wizard graduates and becomes a Grand Dragon, a tattoo of the titular animal appears somewhere on the person’s body, signifying their status. Explained by Rokuro in chapter 3-3.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Akemi's method of getting Rokuro to help with her chores.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Akemi’s hair easily reaches down to, and possibly past, her waist. From what little pictures of Hazuki there are, the long hair seems to be hereditary.

* [[Ship Tease]]: The later chapters have ''loads'' of this between Akemi and Rokuro, [[Word of God|despite the author's insistence]] that they are ''not'' a canon couple.

** Hell, one arc has some [[Ship Tease]] moments between Akemi and ''Maruchi''. There's the fact that [[Word of God|Cali has admitted to that being one of her favorite]] [[Crack Pairing|crack pairings.]]

** Another Rie-related [[Shout-Out]] in chapter 4-2. After watching Akemi run out of the department store, she says this:

** Shigeru mentions that [[Lethal Chef|Meiko]] [[Ranma One Half|had tried cooking vegetable stir fry at one point, and almost ended up burning the house down.]]

** [[Inuyasha|"Demons didn't exist in the fuedal era!"]]

* [[Sidekick]]: Hideki and Rie both.

* [[Survival Mantra]]: Rokuro’s in chapter 6-2 is “I didn’t do anything wrong, I didn’t do anything wrong, I didn’t do anything wrong, I didn’t do anything wrong!”

** “Don’t fall, don’t fall, don’t fall!”