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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]] - More on the opposite end of the spectrum, as Saito's quite fine with expressing his love for Louise, while she gets into a blushing fit in the same situation. {{spoiler|Even after they get "married" in the last episode of the second season, she's still embarrassed to even think of such things}}.
** In the light novels, at least, she {{spoiler|tried to commit suicide after Saito's heroic death, in distress not just because he was dead, but because even in a dream she couldn't say aloud that she loved him}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]
** Hard to say if it's this or [[Theme Naming]], but Guiche's giant mole-critter familiar is named Verthandi, the original (Norse) spelling of Belldandy's name from [[Ah! My Goddess]]. And some of the translations actually render the familiar's name as Belldandy
** One episode features the cast investigating a secret chamber in the school, the entrance of which happens to be in a girl's bathroom. [[Harry Potter (novel)|Yes]].
** Also, the series features a character named Louise Valliere, a Cardinal Mazarin, a teacher named Chevreuse, a quest to retrieve an embarrassing item from a royal's lover, a port named La Rochelle, and references to the Siege of Amiens. [[The Three Musketeers (novel)|And that's just for starters.]]
** Kirche is a strange choice of name. If it was added as an obscure reference, however, there's [[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire|Louisa Dem Five]] "[[Hello, Nurse!|I cause so many moral crises they consider me a religion.]]" (also with somewhat-dark skin and figure not too far off).
* [[Something Else Also Rises]] - The bathing scene with Saito and Siesta in episode eight of the anime has a subtle instance. After Seista joins in, the flames heating the bath cause the one of the pieces of firewood to jolt upward from one end.
* [[Squishy Wizard]] - Most nobles turn out can't really fight well without their magic, subverted later on as [[Magic Knight|military]] [[The Red Mage|nobles]] know how to use weapons alongside their magic.
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