Violinist of Hameln: Shchelkunchik: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"I'll become a great Mage... and [[Screw Destiny|change destiny]]!!"''|'''Shchel''', every other chapter.}}

 

 

A young boy called Shchel dreams of being a powerful mage just like Clarinet, leader of the Magicorps, who saved him from a mazoku attack 10 years ago. To achieve this dream, he travels to Sforzando carrying nothing but the clothes on his back and Piroro, his [[Fairy Companion]]. While on a train ride he comes across an aloof teenager violinist called [[Meaningful Name|Great]], who informs him of the existence of a School of Magic in Sforzando. This encounter may have just [[Screw Destiny|changed their destinies]].

* [[Bishounen]]: Great, his brother Lute, Tenor Sax...

* [[Blue Blood]]: It hasn't been mentioned in the story yet, but old readers know who Great and Lute's mother is...

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Shchel is weak and puny and has had absolutely ''no prior training in any technique whatsoever''. His homeroom teacher refuses to believe it until after putting him through several terribly painful evaluations.

* [[Chew Toy]]: Shchel, again.

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Great, like his father, goes from hero to [[Jerkass|huge dick]] whenever [[Mood Whiplash|the scene stops being serious]].

* [[Determinator]]: Shchel. Dear ''god'', Shchel.

* [[Drunk On the Dark Side]]: Robert {{spoiler|a former acquainance of Schel and a victim of the same experiments}}. [[Ax Crazy|Very much so]]. Baroque too gets high from the very thought of getting his hands on the Demon King's blood.

* [[Fairy Companion]]: Piroro.

* [[Fan Service]]: Subverted when the one who's constantly losing clothes and striking suspicious softcore poses is the (ugly) [[Big Guy]], Gustav.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: plays it straight at first, but after the second volume the story starts [[Subverted Trope|messing with the roles]]. {{spoiler|So... Hamel's son is actually the ''Raiel'' to sweet little Shchel who was supporting him at first? And Shchel is the one with crippling confidence issues who needs moral support?}}

** Played straight with Lute, though. Not only Lute Jr. is actually supposed to be the reincarnation of his uncle, the author basically admits that he's introduced to return one of his favorite characters and give him a chance to live a life without horrible [[Fate Worse Than Death]].

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Gustav is ''always'' in on the juiciest gossip. Then again, he's nosier than a very nosy thing...

* [[Nice Hat]]: Shchel wears a cat beanie, Gustav never takes off his helmet. Hamel, too, still wears his iconic pointy hat.

* [[Pettanko]]: Piroro.

* [[Restraining Bolt]]: Great's eyepatch.

* [[Training From Hell]]: The School of Magic. ''All the time''.

* [[Was Once a Man]]: {{spoiler|All of the "black fairies".}}

* [[What the Hell Townspeople]]: Et tu, Stacatto? Even though it's implied they only went out of hand once, considering they were the people who ''raised'' Flute, it just twists the knife in.

* [[Wizarding School]]: Sforzando's School of Magical. Rather less whimsical than the usual examples, as it's geared towards military training for Sforzando's army and its special forces, the Magicorps. The entrance exam is a battle royale, for crying out loud! 80% of the student body is comprised of hardened veterans from all over the world, and the rest are young geniuses with a family tradition, like Lute. (And then you find an oddball like Shchel.) That said, the freshmen, who aren't expected to know the first thing about magic, are stuck learning about magical puppies and flowers that bloom with magic until they develop enough aptitude for the showy stuff.