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** And somehow makes the original [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|look tame in comparison]].
** And somehow makes the original [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|look tame in comparison]].
** From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.
** From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.
** Hal's staff greatly resembles [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Raising Heart]]. It even goes "Cartridge Load" when he stuffs a Phantom Book at one end to fuel his attack magic.
** Hal's staff greatly resembles [[Lyrical Nanoha|Raising Heart]]. It even goes "Cartridge Load" when he stuffs a Phantom Book at one end to fuel his attack magic.
** In episode 8, a stuffed bear appears in an auction catalog, whose design is noted to have become famous thanks to "[[Theodore Roosevelt|a certain president]]."
** In episode 8, a stuffed bear appears in an auction catalog, whose design is noted to have become famous thanks to "[[Theodore Roosevelt|a certain president]]."
** A certain scene in episode 3 looks strikingly similiar to Gainax's earlier mini-series, [[Houkago no Pleiades|Houkago No Pleiades]]
** A certain scene in episode 3 looks strikingly similiar to Gainax's earlier mini-series, [[Houkago no Pleiades|Houkago No Pleiades]]


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  • Genius Bonus: Some of the Phantom Books are actual literary works.
    • In episode 12, the Phantom Book that was written by a famous but unspecified assassin morphs into the gun that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Durarara!!'s Shizuo and Celty are Huey and Dalian.
  • Shout-Out: All of episode 4 is pretty much an anime version of Misery condensed into a half hour.
    • And somehow makes the original look tame in comparison.
    • From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.
    • Hal's staff greatly resembles Raising Heart. It even goes "Cartridge Load" when he stuffs a Phantom Book at one end to fuel his attack magic.
    • In episode 8, a stuffed bear appears in an auction catalog, whose design is noted to have become famous thanks to "a certain president."
    • A certain scene in episode 3 looks strikingly similiar to Gainax's earlier mini-series, Houkago No Pleiades