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When your [[Battle Aura]] is sufficiently charged and you're preparing to [[Calling Your Attacks|call your attack]], or if you're a mage and you're invoking a particularly complicated spell, a wind will almost always whip around your feet, kicking up little wave-like peaks of dust in a perfect circle around you, possibly flaring out the hem of your [[Badass Longcoat]] or [[Badass Cape]], if you have one. |
When your [[Battle Aura]] is sufficiently charged and you're preparing to [[Calling Your Attacks|call your attack]], or if you're a mage and you're invoking a particularly complicated spell, a wind will almost always whip around your feet, kicking up little wave-like peaks of dust in a perfect circle around you, possibly flaring out the hem of your [[Badass Longcoat]] or [[Badass Cape]], if you have one. |
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If the writers have to [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|surpass]] whatever power is responsible for '''Swirling Dust''', they'll frequently resort to a [[Chunky Updraft]]. The guiding principle behind both of these is [[Sphere of Power]]. Not to be confused with [[Smoke Shield]], when large amounts of dust shield attackers. May also occasionally manifest as trail from the use of [[Super Speed]]. |
If the writers have to [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|surpass]] whatever power is responsible for '''Swirling Dust''', they'll frequently resort to a [[Chunky Updraft]]. The guiding principle behind both of these is [[Sphere of Power]]. Not to be confused with [[Smoke Shield]], when large amounts of dust shield attackers. May also occasionally manifest as trail from the use of [[Super Speed]]. |
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* In ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' it's not dust, it's all of Keiichi's possessions. |
* In ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' it's not dust, it's all of Keiichi's possessions. |
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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' shows a swirl of dust kicking up around Negi as he casts a spell in the title sequence. |
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' shows a swirl of dust kicking up around Negi as he casts a spell in the title sequence. |
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* In ''[[My-HiME]]'', several of the girls get a dust swirl when they use or activate their HiME powers. |
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* In the ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' OVA, this happens around the edges of Klarth's summoning circle right as he finishes "purifying the area." |
* In the ''[[Tales of Phantasia]]'' OVA, this happens around the edges of Klarth's summoning circle right as he finishes "purifying the area." |
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* All Chakra does this in ''[[Naruto]]'', for varying levels of dust. For example, a simple jutsu to walk on water might make nearby grass bend slightly. Naruto in his fourth level of <s> Badass</s> Demonic Possesion flattens a metal bridge and a square mile of forest. As a side effect. |
* All Chakra does this in ''[[Naruto]]'', for varying levels of dust. For example, a simple jutsu to walk on water might make nearby grass bend slightly. Naruto in his fourth level of <s> Badass</s> Demonic Possesion flattens a metal bridge and a square mile of forest. As a side effect. |
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