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The Asterisk War	comment	This page contains unmarked spoilers for the first six volumes. You Have Been Warned!Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Asterisk War (subtitled The Academy City on the Water; original Japanese title 学戦都市アスタリスク Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku, lit. "Academy Battle City Asterisk") is a Science Fantasy Light Novel series written by Yuu Miyazaki and illustrated by Okiura. It was published from September 2012 to June 2022 in 17 volumes under Media Factory's MF Bunko J imprint.In the wake of an extinction-level event known as Invertia, traditional governments around the world fell, the Integrated Enterprise Foundation (IEF) is organized, and many people born after this event discovered they were to tap into reserves of prana, giving them superhuman abilities or even the ability to use magic. These people are known as the Genestella of the "Starpulse Generation." Our hero, Ayato Amagiri, is one such person who comes to the titular Academy City on water, Rikka, otherwise known as "Asterisk", to attend Seidoukan Academy (and to possibly find out what happened to his sister, Haruka).Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Asterisk is a famous city which is home to six educational institutions, which engage in tournaments known as "Festas," in which the super-powered students engage in hand-to-hand combat, which is broadcast around the world for entertainment. The winners of these tournaments are allowed to have any wish they want within reason granted.A manga adaptation written by the same author and illustrated by Ningen was released in 2013. A-1 Pictures released an Animated Adaptation in October 2015, which ran for two twelve-episode seasons that closely adapt the novels through the end of volume 6. The anime is licensed by Aniplex USA for an English-language release. Yen Press licensed the light novels and the manga for an English-language release and began releasing them in late 2016.There is also a Spin-Off manga and light novel series, both written by Miyazaki, titled The Asterisk War Wings Of Queenvale, focused on Queenvale Girls' Academy. The manga, illustrated by Akane Shou, was serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shounen Magazine from April 2014 to August 2016; the novels, illustrated by okiura, entered publication in April 2016. To date there is no English release.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Bandai Namco Entertainment developed an Action RPG based on the property for PS Vita, AW Phoenix Festa (original title 学戦都市アスタリスクフェスタ鳳華絢爛 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Festa Houka Kenran), which was released in Japan in January 2016 and in North America as a digital download in July 2016.
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The Asterisk War / int_113480b7	type	Canon Foreigner
The Asterisk War / int_113480b7	comment	In episode 8, Queenvale's Violet Weinberg attempts to fight the unranked Saya, but the latter blasts her across the room on the word "go".
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The Asterisk War / int_1373df15	type	City on the Water
The Asterisk War / int_1373df15	comment	City on the Water: Rikka is an artificial island city based on a crater-lake in North Kanto.
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The Asterisk War / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Asterisk War / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: The IEF's persecution of the Genestella as a minority is very similar to what the Nazis did to the minorities, especially the Jews.
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The Asterisk War / int_17a606bd	type	Master Swordsman
The Asterisk War / int_17a606bd	comment	Between Ayato and Julis, he's a Master Swordsman while she mainly fights at range with fireballs and booby traps. She has a rapier lux, but it's mainly a weapon of last resort.
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The Asterisk War / int_1888979e	type	Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Asterisk War / int_1888979e	comment	Overcoming limits. Ayato is limited by the seal placed on his powers by his sister, and learns to unlock more and more of his abilities. Julis is limited in her efforts to provide for her countrymen by the influence of the IEFs, and learns to use their own power against them. Kirin, initially, is limited in her development by the stranglehold her Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist uncle Koichiro has over her life, and has to kick him out of it to get better. Irene Urzaiz is limited as a person by the very Orga Lux that makes her such a powerful fighter, and Ayato must destroy it to save her life. AR-D and RM-C want to overcome the limits of their lack of experience as fighters. Lester and Julis later seek out Fan Xinglou for unconventional training to improve further after hitting a wall with conventional methods.
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The Asterisk War / int_1ba09c9d	type	Human Resources
The Asterisk War / int_1ba09c9d	comment	Human Resources / Superhuman Trafficking: Arlequint is notorious for this, and Rewolf has a history of partaking in it as well. The IEF often turns a blind eye to it as long as doing so remains profitable.
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The Asterisk War / int_1c3d047e	type	The Rival
The Asterisk War / int_1c3d047e	comment	Camilla Pareto notes design flaws in Saya's weapons that make them impractical (for example, long recharge time), which is why Saya's father is ridiculed by the Lux-making community. This prompts Saya to enter the Phoenix Festa to make Camilla apologize. However, in volume 7 and 8, she spends a lot of time in Seidoukan's workshops upgrading her guns, having decided as a result of her performance in the Phoenix that Camilla had a point.
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The Asterisk War / int_1dce4748	type	Power Limiter
The Asterisk War / int_1dce4748	comment	Ser Veresta and Gravisheath simply require a lot of mana and prana to power them, which few Genestella can supply. Ayato has to release his Power Limiter in order to wield Ser Veresta, while Gravisheath transforms its wielder into a vampiric being to drain prana from others.
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The Asterisk War / int_1ebbdddb	type	Power at a Price
The Asterisk War / int_1ebbdddb	comment	Power at a Price: Orga Luxes are extremely powerful weapons, but every one of them is intelligent and exacts some kind of toll on its wielder. Few Stregas or Dantes, the setting's equivalent of a Squishy Wizard, are compatible with Orga Luxes. Ser Veresta and Gravisheath simply require a lot of mana and prana to power them, which few Genestella can supply. Ayato has to release his Power Limiter in order to wield Ser Veresta, while Gravisheath transforms its wielder into a vampiric being to drain prana from others. Pan-Dora and Lyre-Poros have a tendency to drive their wielders insane: Pan-Dora forces its wielder to dream of their own death every night, while Lyre-Poros had to be broken into five weapons wielded by five different people to mitigate its mind-degrading effects. Lei-Glems will only allow a wielder who adheres to a very strict Knight in Shining Armor code of conduct and denies their own desires.
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The Asterisk War / int_1fe9e22	type	Childhood Friends
The Asterisk War / int_1fe9e22	comment	Childhood Friends: There are a few characters who are these: Ayato and Saya were friends when they were young. Julis and Orphelia, before the latter's Face–Heel Turn.
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The Asterisk War / int_20860a0e	type	Punch-Clock Villain
The Asterisk War / int_20860a0e	comment	Punch-Clock Villain: As opposed to some of IEF's Corrupt Corporate Executives like Koichiro, Nicholas and Isabella Enfield are dutiful and level-headed when they do their work.
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The Asterisk War / int_208c4494	type	With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
The Asterisk War / int_208c4494	comment	Pan-Dora and Lyre-Poros have a tendency to drive their wielders insane: Pan-Dora forces its wielder to dream of their own death every night, while Lyre-Poros had to be broken into five weapons wielded by five different people to mitigate its mind-degrading effects.
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The Asterisk War / int_21d70919	type	Crapsack World
The Asterisk War / int_21d70919	comment	Crapsack World: Ooooh, boy. Entire countries have become slums after the Invertia impact event, and the IEF keeps it that way because it’s profitable.
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The Asterisk War / int_2285ca79	type	Random Power Ranking
The Asterisk War / int_2285ca79	comment	Random Power Ranking: There is an official ranking system of student battle skills and every participating student's names are recorded in a ranking book. This led to those recorded on the first page as "Page Ones". This is ultimately mocked and deconstructed as its repeatedly mentioned that this is not an accurate representation of the strength of each character since multiple factors can determine your placement in the rankings. Examples: Someone might be stuck in their current placement because the opponent(s) that they must defeat to advance just so happened to perfectly counter their abilities. There are those that do not participate in duels either because they wish to hide their true strength, or because they don't care about it (such as Saya, who is on the same level as Julis, but is completely unranked). There are even various power ranking charts on various fan websites, but it's mostly based entirely on favorites of the week and as shown, the rankings on one fansite are completely different than the rankings on another. Ayato becomes the top-ranking student of Seidoukan after defeating the previous holder of that rank, Kirin, but it's not because he is necessary a superior fight, but ultimately because they refused to take advantage of his time limit and because they were unaware of his true fighting style. Ayato even notes that his tactic would only work once, and he wouldn't stand a chance against her in a rematch. Regardless of the reasons or the actual difference in strength, he is given the superior rank.
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The Asterisk War / int_2a4222ff	type	Benevolent A.I.
The Asterisk War / int_2a4222ff	comment	Benevolent A.I.: Despite their quirks, AR-D and RM-C are nothing short of helpful to their owners and follow their orders, no strings attached.
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The Asterisk War / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
The Asterisk War / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: Ayato and Julis have lunch at a WcDonald.
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The Asterisk War / int_2bdae2ae	type	Awesome, but Impractical
The Asterisk War / int_2bdae2ae	comment	Awesome, but Impractical: Orga Luxes are extremely powerful weapons, but they're little more than a curiosity to the IEFs because a weapon that can only be wielded by a select few cannot be mass-produced. They're only profitable when they're used in the Festa tournaments. Camilla Pareto notes design flaws in Saya's weapons that make them impractical (for example, long recharge time), which is why Saya's father is ridiculed by the Lux-making community. This prompts Saya to enter the Phoenix Festa to make Camilla apologize. However, in volume 7 and 8, she spends a lot of time in Seidoukan's workshops upgrading her guns, having decided as a result of her performance in the Phoenix that Camilla had a point.
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The Asterisk War / int_2f6a98f5	type	Student Council President
The Asterisk War / int_2f6a98f5	comment	Despite being a manipulative and ruthless man to the point that he's willing to kidnap Flora Klemm, the fact that Dirk Eberwein is still Le Wolf's Student Council President means that he has gotten off scot-free (for now, anyway).
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The Asterisk War / int_2fc21a19	type	Distaff Counterpart
The Asterisk War / int_2fc21a19	comment	Distaff Counterpart: One class of Genestella can use their prana for Psychic Powers or Elemental Powers. Females of this type are called Stregas (Italian for "witch"), while males are referred to as Dantes (seemingly referring to Dante Alighieri).
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The Asterisk War / int_2fe3ad60	type	HolographicInterface
The Asterisk War / int_2fe3ad60	comment	Holographic Interface: They seem to have completely replaced physical cellphones and computers. We never see any device that projects them and they seem to be activated by thought.
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The Asterisk War / int_309b8806	type	Cursed with Awesome
The Asterisk War / int_309b8806	comment	Near the end of volume 3, Ayato gets attacked by Claudia after visiting her late at night to discuss more about his upcoming fight. Fortunately he's able to snap her out of it, and she goes to explain more about the Cursed with Awesome nature of her Orga-Lux.
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The Asterisk War / int_30ef2781	type	The City Narrows
The Asterisk War / int_30ef2781	comment	The City Narrows: The redevelopment area of the city where gangs and illegal activities are.
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The Asterisk War / int_31da1e24	type	Shipper on Deck
The Asterisk War / int_31da1e24	comment	Shipper on Deck: Ser-Veresta outright refuses to use her full potential unless Julis and Ayato wield her together, as Lester found out the hard way. Julis's elder brother Jolbert, the King of Lieseltania, refers to Ayato as "my future brother-in-law" in his first scene (over a phone). This is Played for Laughs at that time, but when he meets them in person later (after they win the Phoenix Festa), he suggests a Perfectly Arranged Marriage: he can see their attraction and thinks that they'd make a good couple, but also notes that if Julis remains single, the IEF that runs Lieseltania behind the scenes might arrange her a match to benefit itself instead. (Julis isn't ready to admit her feelings, and Ayato refuses to be "the chain that binds Julis", at least not unless she's willing.)
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The Asterisk War / int_330a3b9c	type	Differently Powered Individual
The Asterisk War / int_330a3b9c	comment	The series shows that despite the things the Genestella can do, it doesn't mean that they're painless: Julis cries out in pain when Silas' mooks slash her leg, Lester is electrocuted when he unsuccessfully tries to grab Ayato's Ser-Veresta and Ayato points out to Kouichirou that a human hitting another Genestella will have an impact on their emotions.
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The Asterisk War / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
The Asterisk War / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Silas wasn't being biased about what he plans to do at the Phoenix Festa because of him kidnapping Julis.
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The Asterisk War / int_34f8ef33	type	Mass Super-Empowering Event
The Asterisk War / int_34f8ef33	comment	Mass Super-Empowering Event: The Invertia, a mysterious meteor shower that came out of nowhere (literally: it appeared on no astronomical instruments on Earth prior to impact) and, in the midst of causing worldwide destruction, left behind deposits of a mineral called manadite that is used in the setting for magitek weapons and caused many children born after the event, the Genestella or Star-Pulse Generation, to have superpowers. In volume 7, however, Xinglou Fan claims that this has happened before, and that many legendary figures of the past were really Genestella who became Shrouded in Myth.
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The Asterisk War / int_38047858	type	Squishy Wizard
The Asterisk War / int_38047858	comment	Few Stregas or Dantes, the setting's equivalent of a Squishy Wizard, are compatible with Orga Luxes.
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The Asterisk War / int_3b39c254	type	Dystopia
The Asterisk War / int_3b39c254	comment	Dystopia: The entire world is all but completely controlled by a group of megacorporations which forced countries back into the system of monarchic rule and actively work against social safety net programs, and the one place that isn't a crapsack location, Asterisk, is used primarily as a stage for very dangerous martial arts duels and tournaments among the teenage students.
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The Asterisk War / int_3c700857	type	Guys Smash, Girls Shoot
The Asterisk War / int_3c700857	comment	Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Between Ayato and Julis, he's a Master Swordsman while she mainly fights at range with fireballs and booby traps. She has a rapier lux, but it's mainly a weapon of last resort. Also true of the robots AR-D and RM-C: he is a heavy brawler who favors a gigantic hammer, while she is a lightweight flier who fights with guns. That is, until they go all Combining Mecha and RM-C gives up her weapons to AR-D, where he becomes able to shoot the head of his hammer at his opponents.
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The Asterisk War / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
The Asterisk War / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: In episode 8, Queenvale's Violet Weinberg attempts to fight the unranked Saya, but the latter blasts her across the room on the word "go". An Invoked example occurs in the Festas: the preliminary round brackets are not random, but rather deliberately organized such that competitors favored to win the tourney are not set against each other too early. This is meant to ensure that the later rounds remain exciting for the audience, which keeps the tournament profitable; the downside is that early matches have a tendency to result in some rando being put up against a Page One and getting slaughtered in seconds. In the Phoenix, until their duel with the Urzaiz sisters in volume 3, Ayato and Julis win their matches in a matter of seconds (in the first two, Ayato and Julis respectively solo the other team). This includes a team from Queenvale, which is generally considered the lowest-ranked school in competition. AR-D and RM-C, the robots entered by Ernesta and Camilla, put on a show of standing still and tanking their opponent with their Deflector Shields for a full minute, after which they flatten them in a couple seconds. However, this means that they're lacking in experience when they encounter Saya and Kirin in the semifinals, which lets the girls get in several damaging hits and ultimately forces them to unveil their Super Mode. Julis and Ayato's quarterfinal match against Elliot Forster and Doroteo Lemus. It takes longer than usual due to the Hostage Situation with Flora requiring Ayato to not use Ser Veresta but still results in the other team being completely unable to land any serious hits: Ayato outclasses Elliot for experience and physical strength, while Julis just shoots fireballs at Doroteo until he passes out from heat exhaustion. In the Gryps Festa, Team Enfield—consisting of Ayato, Julis, Claudia, Saya, and Kirin—steamrolls through all their matches until they reach Rusalka. In volume six, Julis attacks Ophelia Landlufen when she encounters her in Lieseltania (apparently on a bet to get Ophelia to stop competing) only to get quickly knocked out seconds later.
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The Asterisk War / int_3eae625	type	Absurdly Powerful Student Council
The Asterisk War / int_3eae625	comment	Absurdly Powerful Student Council: The student council presidents of each the seven schools have varying degrees of power depending on how they get elected. For example, at one school, the President is elected through a battle tournament, in which case her power over the students is very high. However, at Arlequint, a research institution, the President is typically chosen as a compromise between several powerful factions. However, the Presidents themselves are part of a pan-school council which plays the trope completely straight down to having implausibly broad powers to direct school affairs (even operating their own intelligence services that are at least as powerful as the professional Asterisk police force), answering only to the IEF.
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The Asterisk War / int_3ed23024	type	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
The Asterisk War / int_3ed23024	comment	Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: The series shows that despite the things the Genestella can do, it doesn't mean that they're painless: Julis cries out in pain when Silas' mooks slash her leg, Lester is electrocuted when he unsuccessfully tries to grab Ayato's Ser-Veresta and Ayato points out to Kouichirou that a human hitting another Genestella will have an impact on their emotions. Holding a duel with a student who has not yet transferred to Seidoukan will result in an immediate invalidation of said duel, as demonstrated when Claudia ends the duel with Julis and Ayato at the beginning of volume 1. Causing public disturbances or attacking Muggles as a Genestella, even in self-defense, can also result in a Felony Misdemeanor, as Seijiro found out the hard way. If the IEFs discover you're either attempting to covering up evidence that could clear your relatives of all charges and using them as a pawns for your own goals, or even hiring a Genestella to kill a student, it will come back to haunt you. Kirin's katana, Senbakiri, is a completely mundane metal sword. This means that it has no chance of being able to block a blow from an Orga Lux (reducing Kirin to evading blows when Ayato fights her with Ser Veresta the first time around), nor can it inflict appreciable damage on the robot AR-D. In the Phoenix Festa semifinals, Julis battles a Galahadsworth student who materializes classical High Middle Ages heavy cavalry gear. This includes a suit of plate armor that covers his badge and regenerates when destroyed, making it impossible for her to hit the badge with a fireball and win the match. It turns out, however, that the armor also traps heat, so she just keeps shooting fire at him until he passes out from heat exhaustion. Ser Veresta is damaged at the climax of the Gryps Final, and Ayato pulls his backup sword lux. His opponent, Team Lancelot leader Ernest Fairclough, promptly drops his own Orga Lux and draws his own backup weapon, hoping for a climactic sword duel with a man he sees as Worthy Opponent. Instead, he snafus his own team's defensive teamwork and all of Ayato's teammates promptly gang up on him, since it's a five-on-five match in which breaking the leader's badge wins it—which Claudia promptly does. Should've just challenged him to a regular duel, Ernie.
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The Asterisk War / int_413a8540	type	Returning the Handkerchief
The Asterisk War / int_413a8540	comment	Returning the Handkerchief: The whole story begins with our protagonist Ayato trying to return a handkerchief he found floating down from the sky. When he returned the handkerchief he met its owner Julis who was in the middle of changing her clothes. Unfortunately for Ayato, it ends up being a Felony Misdemeanor as he is forced to duel with her after that.
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The Asterisk War / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
The Asterisk War / int_42c9f1ec	comment	A downplayed example occurs with Nicholas Enfield. Claudia lets him go and still loves him, but it's clear that they are on opposite sides and he'll never achieve his goal to become a Galaxy executive in his own right.
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The Asterisk War / int_44bed14c	comment	Julis and Ayato's quarterfinal match against Elliot Forster and Doroteo Lemus. It takes longer than usual due to the Hostage Situation with Flora requiring Ayato to not use Ser Veresta but still results in the other team being completely unable to land any serious hits: Ayato outclasses Elliot for experience and physical strength, while Julis just shoots fireballs at Doroteo until he passes out from heat exhaustion.
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The Asterisk War / int_4604fd4d	type	Worthy Opponent
The Asterisk War / int_4604fd4d	comment	Ser Veresta is damaged at the climax of the Gryps Final, and Ayato pulls his backup sword lux. His opponent, Team Lancelot leader Ernest Fairclough, promptly drops his own Orga Lux and draws his own backup weapon, hoping for a climactic sword duel with a man he sees as Worthy Opponent. Instead, he snafus his own team's defensive teamwork and all of Ayato's teammates promptly gang up on him, since it's a five-on-five match in which breaking the leader's badge wins it—which Claudia promptly does. Should've just challenged him to a regular duel, Ernie.
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The Asterisk War / int_465966a3	type	Drop the Hammer
The Asterisk War / int_465966a3	comment	Also true of the robots AR-D and RM-C: he is a heavy brawler who favors a gigantic hammer, while she is a lightweight flier who fights with guns. That is, until they go all Combining Mecha and RM-C gives up her weapons to AR-D, where he becomes able to shoot the head of his hammer at his opponents.
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The Asterisk War / int_487c525d	type	Brainwashing for the Greater Good
The Asterisk War / int_487c525d	comment	Madiath Mesa asked to become an executive at Galaxy, but they didn't want to make an exception in their intake procedures for him (which involve Brainwashing for the Greater Shareholder Value). The solution was to make him an Authority in Name Only, giving him the job of chief administrative officer of the Festas but no other official power in the company.
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The Asterisk War / int_4ae72307	type	Be Yourself
The Asterisk War / int_4ae72307	comment	Be Yourself: Kirin's arc in volume 2 revolves around this trope. Her Evil Uncle Kouichirou trained her in the art of swordplay, becoming the top-ranked Seidoukan fighter at the start of the series. After meeting Ayato, however, she finally gains the strength to break away from her uncle's teachings and fight him in a fair duel.
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The Asterisk War / int_4d359d57	type	Loyal Phlebotinum
The Asterisk War / int_4d359d57	comment	Loyal Phlebotinum: Orga Luxes are Empathic Weapons and will only let themselves be wielded by people they like (which Asterisk's scientists measure as a compatibility rating). Trying to force an Orga Lux to let you wield it tends to be counterproductive, as Lester demonstrates when he tries to take control of Ser Veresta.
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The Asterisk War / int_4e2d95e	type	Thanks for the Mammary
The Asterisk War / int_4e2d95e	comment	Ayato's understandable reaction when he accidentally sees Julis getting dressed, when she is about to fry him with Amaryllis and when he accidentally grabs her breast while protecting her from a robotic assassin.
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The Asterisk War / int_50b05d30	type	Disproportionate Retribution
The Asterisk War / int_50b05d30	comment	Disproportionate Retribution: In the beginning of volume 1, Julis invokes the Felony Misdemeanor and challenges Ayato to a duel. The reason? He caught her in a state of undress while returning her handkerchief.
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The Asterisk War / int_550754dc	type	Improbable Infant Survival
The Asterisk War / int_550754dc	comment	Improbable Infant Survival: While there's violence aplenty in this series, so far the only named character who has actually been killed onscreen was a college student: Werner, the Le Wolf Ninja who holds Flora hostage in volume 5, is finished off in a drainage culvert by Eishirou.
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The Asterisk War / int_56c55ed8	type	I Am Not Left-Handed
The Asterisk War / int_56c55ed8	comment	I Am Not Left-Handed: Ayato defeats Kirin in their rematch at the end of volume 2/episode 7 by using long sword, spear, and short sword to draw Kirin into grappling range. His Fantastic Fighting Style including these is new to this episode and only appears one other time, though it's justified: he explains to Julis afterwards that, while he's trained in spear, short sword, and grappling, he's best by far with the long sword.
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The Asterisk War / int_5a40d6a	type	Adaptation Distillation
The Asterisk War / int_5a40d6a	comment	Adaptation Distillation: The anime adapts the first six volumes and condenses them to the important plot elements.
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The Asterisk War / int_5ce7dbb9	type	Central Theme
The Asterisk War / int_5ce7dbb9	comment	Central Theme: Overcoming limits. Ayato is limited by the seal placed on his powers by his sister, and learns to unlock more and more of his abilities. Julis is limited in her efforts to provide for her countrymen by the influence of the IEFs, and learns to use their own power against them. Kirin, initially, is limited in her development by the stranglehold her Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist uncle Koichiro has over her life, and has to kick him out of it to get better. Irene Urzaiz is limited as a person by the very Orga Lux that makes her such a powerful fighter, and Ayato must destroy it to save her life. AR-D and RM-C want to overcome the limits of their lack of experience as fighters. Lester and Julis later seek out Fan Xinglou for unconventional training to improve further after hitting a wall with conventional methods. Working to save and protect others. Ayato decides in volume one that the purpose he's been looking for is to protect Julis. Julis is trying to relieve poverty in her country. Saya is trying to salvage her father's reputation as a weaponsmith. Kirin is trying to free her father from unjust imprisonment. Irene Urzaiz gave up her freedom and risks her sanity to save her sister from a Leonine Contract, and Ayato has to destroy her Evil Weapon to save her from herself. Camilla Pareto wants to develop self-defense weapons the untrained can use to protect themselves, after insurgents killed her aid worker parents. Camilla's partner Ernesta Kühne wants to win civil rights for AIs. Even the robots AR-D and RM-C get in on it, fighting to achieve Camilla and Ernesta's goals.
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The Asterisk War / int_5ee49b0f	type	WeAllLiveInAmerica
The Asterisk War / int_5ee49b0f	comment	We All Live in America: Japanese example: Volume 7 has the Girl Group Rusalka try to exploit Contractual Purity to ruin their rival Sylvia Lyynneheym's career by starting a scandal with the rumor that she has a boyfriend. This might work in Japan—Idol Singer otakus can be weird, and their agencies are notorious for controlling their talent's personal lives—but Sylvia (and Rusalka) explicitly has a worldwide fanbase and Western audiences probably wouldn't consider this a big deal. invoked There's two potential justifications, the simpler of the two being that the plan really is meant to come off as idiotic and they only thought it was a good idea because of their Orga Lux messing with their heads (Mahulena, the least affected by Lyre-Poros, is the one member to object to the plan beforehand).note The other option is that the IEFs have expanded this aspect of Japanese culture across more of the world.
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The Asterisk War / int_5f54a67b	type	Enter Stage Window
The Asterisk War / int_5f54a67b	comment	Enter Stage Window: Ayato enters Julis's window to return her handkerchief at the beginning of Volume 1, only for her to challenge him to a duel. He subsequently sneaks into Julis's and Claudia's rooms in the girl's dormitory using their windows when he is invited by them to meet. Saya does this to Ayato too, much to his horror due to the Double Standard listed above.
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The Asterisk War / int_5fcb3c79	type	Golden Snitch
The Asterisk War / int_5fcb3c79	comment	Golden Snitch: Under Gryps Festa rules, the team whose leader is incapacitated or has his/her badge broken first loses. This produces a number of strategic shifts compared to the two-person teams of the Phoenix and the one-on-one fights in the Lindvolus, especially since a team can designate a different leader for any match.
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The Asterisk War / int_60cc14ba	type	Ruritania
The Asterisk War / int_60cc14ba	comment	Ruritania: Various maps place Julis's homeland of Lieseltania on the southeastern border of Germany, the real-life location of the Czech Republic (indeed, it appears to be the western half of it). It used to be part of the Holy Roman Empire and was given de jure independence by the IEF in exchange for access to its Manadite resources, though it is de facto an IEF Puppet State. Irene and Priscilla Urzaiz grew up in an unspecified poor country in southern Europe. Based on their Basque surname and Irene's Spanish incantations, it's probably Spain (or a former part of Spain, given IEF redrawing of borders elsewhere in Europe).
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The Asterisk War / int_6112a91d	type	Unit Confusion
The Asterisk War / int_6112a91d	comment	Unit Confusion: Irene Urzaiz uses the term "fanega" to describe micro-singularities she can fire at her opponents. The fanega is the Spanish bushel, a measurement of volume rather than of mass, force, or acceleration, any of which would be more apt for a Gravity Master.
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The Asterisk War / int_61ff365d	type	Deflector Shields
The Asterisk War / int_61ff365d	comment	AR-D and RM-C, the robots entered by Ernesta and Camilla, put on a show of standing still and tanking their opponent with their Deflector Shields for a full minute, after which they flatten them in a couple seconds. However, this means that they're lacking in experience when they encounter Saya and Kirin in the semifinals, which lets the girls get in several damaging hits and ultimately forces them to unveil their Super Mode.
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The Asterisk War / int_688afa6a	type	Evil Uncle
The Asterisk War / int_688afa6a	comment	Kirin is used as a pawn by her Evil Uncle Koichiro to become Seidoukan's top-ranking student, expand his power at Galaxy and help secure Seijiro's release. While Kirin knew she was a pawn, Koichiro had no idea that Kirin has her own agenda, wants to release him on her own terms and has developed feelings for Ayato. It backfires on him as Kirin and Claudia are not happy that Koichiro would go so far as to corrupt his niece into becoming Seidoukan's undefeatable champion and resorting to covering up the truth about Seijiro.
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The Asterisk War / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
The Asterisk War / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Even though he was a jerk to Kirin, Kouichiro does note that she wants to secure Seijiro's release. His prediction comes true when she wins the Gryps Festa and secures her father's release on her own terms.
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The Asterisk War / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Asterisk War / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Seidoukan is Japanese for "Star Guide Hall". Julis is a variant of Julius, which means "downy" in Greek. Florentia and Renate are Latin for "flowering, in bloom" and "rebirth", respectively. The kanji in Haruka's name (遥) means "distant" in Japanese. Ayato's been distant from his sister ever since she went into a coma. At least until she is unfrozen.
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The Asterisk War / int_6c8f185f	type	ThisIsSomethingShesGotToDoHerself
The Asterisk War / int_6c8f185f	comment	This Is Something She's Got to Do Herself: In the second half of Volume 1, Julis decides to go it alone and thwart Silas's assassination attempts on the Seidoukan students. It doesn't work.
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The Asterisk War / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The Asterisk War / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: The City of "Asterisk" is named because the city's design resembles a large asterisk.
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The Asterisk War / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The Asterisk War / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Hilariously enough, the anime adaptation uses six voice actors from Chivalry of a Failed Knight, albeit in different roles. Nao Tōyama, Shizuku Kurogane's voice actress, voices Claudia Enfield; Shintarō Asanuma, Nagi Arisuin's actor, voices Wernher; Yuu Kobayashi, Ayase Ayatsuji's VA, voices Hilda Jane Rowlands; M·A·O, Renren Tomaru's VA, voices Yosuga Migahara, voices; Chinatsu Akasaki, who voices of the Tsukuyomi Sisters, provides the voice for Ernesta Kuhne; while Juri Kimura, who played minor roles in Chivalry, voices Zhao Hufeng. Bonus points for the series airing at around the same timeframe. The English dub mostly avoids this, as the dubs for both series were recorded in different states (Chivalry in Texas and Asterisk War in L.A.), however Chris Patton (due to working as a bi-coastal actor) voices both Nagi Arisuin in Chivalry and Jolbert in Asterisk War.
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The Asterisk War / int_7276d0de	type	Mugging the Monster
The Asterisk War / int_7276d0de	comment	Mugging the Monster: In the eighth episode, Kirin is just learning to swim under Saya's tutelage and bumps into Violet by accident. Violet starts bullying her, and Kirin is too much of a Shrinking Violet (no pun intended) to bring up the fact that she was Seidoukan's top-ranking student. When Saya, unranked but with enough prowess to be a Page One, defends Kirin, Violet challenges Saya to a duel. Violet is ranked 35th, so you can guess how that went.
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The Asterisk War / int_72d30083	type	Cheaters Never Prosper
The Asterisk War / int_72d30083	comment	Cheaters Never Prosper: Silas Norman tries to assassinate Julis and other Seidoukan students so he can win the Phoenix Festa. Unfortunately for Silas, Ayato rescues Julis and sends him falling to the streets below so Claudia and Eishirou can arrest him.
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The Asterisk War / int_733e007a	type	Unwitting Pawn
The Asterisk War / int_733e007a	comment	Unwitting Pawn: Every assassination attempt Silas did during volume 1 was allowed to happen by Ernesta. Kirin is used as a pawn by her Evil Uncle Koichiro to become Seidoukan's top-ranking student, expand his power at Galaxy and help secure Seijiro's release. While Kirin knew she was a pawn, Koichiro had no idea that Kirin has her own agenda, wants to release him on her own terms and has developed feelings for Ayato. It backfires on him as Kirin and Claudia are not happy that Koichiro would go so far as to corrupt his niece into becoming Seidoukan's undefeatable champion and resorting to covering up the truth about Seijiro.
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The Asterisk War / int_735b3587	type	Naked First Impression
The Asterisk War / int_735b3587	comment	Naked First Impression: At the beginning of the series, Ayato catches Julis's handkerchief from her upstairs window. When he goes up to the window, he inadvertently walks in on Julis in the middle of changing her clothes. The result: Julis invokes the Felony Misdemeanor on Ayato and duels with him.
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The Asterisk War / int_7583ecbf	type	Morality Kitchen Sink
The Asterisk War / int_7583ecbf	comment	Morality Kitchen Sink: Only the protagonists and Sylvia are in the White area of morality. Several characters like Claudia are willing to use underhanded means to achieve noble goals. Others like Irene and Orphelia used to be good people until they were forced into villainy by circumstances beyond their control. The IEF is a power-hungry Mega-Corp that keeps entire countries in poverty simply because it's profitable to them.
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The Asterisk War / int_762b9223	type	Played for Laughs
The Asterisk War / int_762b9223	comment	Julis's elder brother Jolbert, the King of Lieseltania, refers to Ayato as "my future brother-in-law" in his first scene (over a phone). This is Played for Laughs at that time, but when he meets them in person later (after they win the Phoenix Festa), he suggests a Perfectly Arranged Marriage: he can see their attraction and thinks that they'd make a good couple, but also notes that if Julis remains single, the IEF that runs Lieseltania behind the scenes might arrange her a match to benefit itself instead. (Julis isn't ready to admit her feelings, and Ayato refuses to be "the chain that binds Julis", at least not unless she's willing.)
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The Asterisk War / int_784a71d0	type	Crime of Self-Defense
The Asterisk War / int_784a71d0	comment	Crime of Self-Defense: Even if it's completely justified, nearly any attack by a Genestella on an ordinary human is regarded as a Felony Misdemeanor, given the Fantastic Racism against the Genestella. Seijirou Toudou was arrested when he killed a man to protect his daughter. Well, until Kirin releases him on her own terms at least...
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The Asterisk War / int_79a60aec	type	For Want of a Nail
The Asterisk War / int_79a60aec	comment	For Want of a Nail: If Haruka didn't get seriously injured, Ayato would never have gone to Seidoukan Academy to search for her; he wouldn't have befriended Julis, Lester, Saya, Kirin, or Claudia; he wouldn't have obtained Ser-Veresta; and he wouldn't have defeated Kirin to become the top-ranking fighter at Seidoukan and free her from her uncle's grasp. If Lester hadn't attempted to bully Ser-Veresta into compliance, it wouldn't have caused the weapon to go berserk and Ayato wouldn't become its rightful owner. If Ernesta hadn't sent out Silas to take out the strongest students at Seidoukan to win the Phoenix Festa, Julis wouldn't have been kidnapped, Lester wouldn't have realized Silas's true colors, Ayato wouldn't have rescued her after being tipped off by Saya and Claudia, Arlequint would never have been discovered to be behind the assassination attempts, and the deal between Arlequint and Seidoukan wouldn't have gone ahead.
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The Asterisk War / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
The Asterisk War / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: After Ayato rescues Julis from Silas, he shuts down her pleas not to get involved by asking "Who's going to protect you, Julis?"
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The Asterisk War / int_7d7a7d0f	type	Opening Narration
The Asterisk War / int_7d7a7d0f	comment	Opening Narration: The anime's first episode has one that describes how the Invertia crashed into Earth and its history that followed:
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The Asterisk War / int_7ea8f5ce	type	Knight in Shining Armor
The Asterisk War / int_7ea8f5ce	comment	Lei-Glems will only allow a wielder who adheres to a very strict Knight in Shining Armor code of conduct and denies their own desires.
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The Asterisk War / int_7eb49b31	type	Almost Kiss
The Asterisk War / int_7eb49b31	comment	Almost Kiss: Julis nearly kisses Ayato when they're talking at the end of the first season but they're interrupted by Saya and Kirin coming into the room.
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The Asterisk War / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
The Asterisk War / int_7eb73553	comment	As a pre-teen, Ayato would often be harassed, threatened, and provoked by starpulse people, thinking they could easily beat him, because although they couldn't take out their frustrations on "normal" humans, they could challenge martial artists, and his family ran a sword training dojo. He would continuously kick their asses every time they insulted his sister. His dojo, especially Haruka, would always punish him for it, much to his frustration.
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The Asterisk War / int_80a247a9	type	Breather Episode
The Asterisk War / int_80a247a9	comment	Breather Episode: Episodes 5, 8 & 11, which were preceded by fairly intense action-packed episodes. Some of them also double as A Day in the Limelight, giving more character development to the supporting characters such as Saya and Kirin.
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The Asterisk War / int_82410415	comment	Scylla and Charybdis: The prize for being on the winning team at a Festa is for the IEFs to grant the winner any boon it is within their power to provide, which, given their power, means almost anything that isn't a physical impossibility. Occasionally, however, a winning Genestella's wish puts them into a bind, particularly if it impinges on the IEFs' political power: if they refuse to grant a wish that might cause them problems, they put the legitimacy of their own regime at risk, so they normally try to negotiate a compromise with the champion. Madiath Mesa asked to become an executive at Galaxy, but they didn't want to make an exception in their intake procedures for him (which involve Brainwashing for the Greater Shareholder Value). The solution was to make him an Authority in Name Only, giving him the job of chief administrative officer of the Festas but no other official power in the company. Claudia wishes to interview her Orga Lux's creator Ladislav Bartošik, who was involved in a mysterious incident in the recent backstory and is spending life in prison at a Galaxy black site. Galaxy, whose standing would apparently be significantly damaged by whatever happened, first sends Gustave Malraux to try and drive her prospective teammates away from her, then escalates to sending Bujinsai Yabuki's Ninja clan to assassinate her. When that fails, Galaxy agrees to let her meet Bartošik on condition of keeping anything she learns from him secret. Julis's second wish is to expand the power of Lieseltania's monarchy, in hopes of eventually ending its Puppet State status to the IEFs. In volume 12, the IEFs are mentioned to be negotiating with her and her brother King Jolbert on just how much leash to give him.
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The Asterisk War / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
The Asterisk War / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: The major characters are not inherently good or evil. On the other hand, the IEFs, the current rulers of world politics, is positive that Despotism Justifies the Means as it is to be profitable to them, and that's before getting into the likes of Rewolf and Arlequint. Only a few characters like Ayato, Julis, Saya, Kirin and Sylvia are in the White area of morality, and this is mostly due to situations in their past that gave them stronger senses of morality.
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The Asterisk War / int_88d16ae9	type	Fantastic Fighting Style
The Asterisk War / int_88d16ae9	comment	Fantastic Fighting Style: The second volume compares and contrasts Ayato's Amagiri Shinmei Style with Kirin's Toudou Style. Amagiri Shinmei is about five hundred years old, dating to the heyday of the samurai, and is noted to be a little bit slower since it's designed with the weight of armor in mind (Kirin recognizes its age because Ayato's stance puts his hips lower). The Toudou school dates to the end of the Edo period and puts the user in a more upright stance. However, since it's a style developed for the battlefield rather than the dojo, Amagiri Shinmei includes more than just katana moves: Ayato ultimately defeats Kirin by combining katana, spear, kodachi, and hand-to-hand combat.
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The Asterisk War / int_8930448	type	Soldier vs. Warrior
The Asterisk War / int_8930448	comment	Soldier vs. Warrior: This is what ultimately does in Team Lancelot in the Gryps Final at the end of Volume 10. Ernest Fairclough, dueling Ayato, inadvertently damages Ser Veresta and disables it. Ayato discards the Orga Lux for his backup weapon, and Ernest tosses aside his own Orga Luxnote violating its Code of Conduct in the process, meaning he can never wield it again and pulls his own out of a desire to duel Ayato personally. Ayato's teammates quickly break free of their own opponents and gang up on Ernest, with Claudia breaking his badge. In his warrior desire for a climactic duel, Ernest forgot he was supposed to be fighting as part of a team.
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The Asterisk War / int_89a17726	type	Spell My Name with an S
The Asterisk War / int_89a17726	comment	Spell My Name with an "S": Some translations differ depending on the version you read. It's "Ogre Lux" in the anime subtitles but "Orga Lux" in the light novel translation. Also the school with the Mad Scientist hat is spelled "Allekant Academy" rather than "Arlequint" in the novel and anime. It was probably meant to be "Arlequint"—close to the French word arlequin ("harlequin")—but the translators didn't understand the katakana for the made-up word.
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The Asterisk War / int_8b3fe1cb	type	Flaw Exploitation
The Asterisk War / int_8b3fe1cb	comment	Flaw Exploitation: Ayato uses Silas's arrogance to his advantage by defeating his robots and ultimately using his chess master skills against him, to the point of saying "Checkmate" before sending him falling into the city below.
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The Asterisk War / int_8b60a09b	type	Capitalism Is Bad
The Asterisk War / int_8b60a09b	comment	Capitalism Is Bad: The overall subtext of the series. The primary villains are the integrated enterprise foundations, a group of Mega Corps that control the world economy, bringing entire countries to the brink of poverty (Lieseltania included), encouraging the unethical treatment of Genestella for their own purposes, using the Asterisk Festas to extend their political influence and brainwashing their own members to prevent any defiance. For what has been seen so far, its only goal seems to be "profit at any cost."
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The Asterisk War / int_8cb259f4	type	Overshadowed by Awesome
The Asterisk War / int_8cb259f4	comment	Overshadowed by Awesome: When Ayato decides to cut loose, he's the Awesome and pretty much everyone else is being overshadowed. His Power Limiter is mostly just a plot convenience to prevent him from constantly overshadowing everyone.
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The Asterisk War / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
The Asterisk War / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Played for Laughs at the beginning of the series. Ayato returns the handkerchief to Julis by jumping up to her apartment balcony. Unfortunately for him, he walks in on Julis while she is changing and almost gets blasted to kingdom come. Then, upon realizing that Ayato's a Genestella, Julis decides to duel with him. Lester attempting to use Ser-Veresta as his main Orga Lux by force... which can only be wielded by the Amagiris. Julis investigates the assassination attempts on Seidoukan in volume 1. Unfortunately for her, she gets abducted by Silas and Ayato has to rescue her. Koichiro Toudou, who intends to secure Seijirou's release for Kirin, doesn't exactly think all the way about how his plans would go about. He thought that by covering up the truth about Seijirou's deeds and using Kirin as a pawn in his plans, it would further his goals in securing a high-ranking position as a Galaxy executive and would help Seijirou's release. Cue an Oh, Crap! when Claudia makes him aware of this.
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The Asterisk War / int_8e971de4	type	Tournament Arc
The Asterisk War / int_8e971de4	comment	Tournament Arc: The Phoenix Festa, in which the top schools compete against each other in matches.
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The Asterisk War / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
The Asterisk War / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Kirin's uncle Koichiro, a Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist and Corrupt Corporate Executive, frequently uses her as a pawn in his plans. However, after Ayato shows up in her life, she begins to stand up for herself and breaks ties with Koichiro. Then after Ayato defeats Kirin, Koichiro reveals that he covered up her father's deeds in order for his niece to come back with him; Claudia threatens to ruin Koichiro's career and the latter becomes even less of a jerkass by volume 11.
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The Asterisk War / int_91e894b4	type	Apocalypse How
The Asterisk War / int_91e894b4	comment	Apocalypse How: While on the surface, it resembles a Class 1, socially it's a class 2. Society has reverted to a monarchistic system with societies completely subordinate to the IEF.
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The Asterisk War / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
The Asterisk War / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Arlequint to Silas at the end of volume 1.
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The Asterisk War / int_97fa0a10	type	Mass "Oh, Crap!"
The Asterisk War / int_97fa0a10	comment	Mass "Oh, Crap!": The Seidoukan students when Ayato ends up touching Julis's breast after pushing her out of the way from a robotic assassin.
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The Asterisk War / int_98a7ffba	type	Androids Are People, Too
The Asterisk War / int_98a7ffba	comment	Androids Are People, Too: AI research has advanced to the point where robots can develop human personalities and emotions. Camila Pareto from Arlequint is trying to get robots to be recognized as actual citizens and not just machinery.
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The Asterisk War / int_9c8701b5	type	A Day in the Limelight
The Asterisk War / int_9c8701b5	comment	A Day in the Limelight: Episode 8 greatly expands upon Kirin and Saya's interactions.
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The Asterisk War / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Asterisk War / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: In volume 1, a cloaked robotic assassin attempts to kill Julis during her duel with Ayato, foreshadowing the possibility that Silas is the one who's responsible for the assassination attempts. In volume 2, while Ayato confers with Kirin after being stuck underground, he suggests that choosing her own path will be better for her to release her father. Guess what Kirin does after that?
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The Asterisk War / int_9de2bf95	type	Filler
The Asterisk War / int_9de2bf95	comment	Filler: The anime's episode 8, "A Holiday for Two, Part 2", which takes place offscreen between novel volumes 2 and 3 and consists of new teammates Saya and Kirin taking a vacation day to get to know one another and improve their teamwork. The plot was extrapolated from a comment Saya makes to Ayato in volume 8 about when she had visited a particular gun store previously.
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The Asterisk War / int_9de3b377	type	Unrealistic Black Hole
The Asterisk War / int_9de3b377	comment	Unrealistic Black Hole: The "fanegas" that Irene generates with Gravisheath, which appear to be micro-singularities that she fires at her opponents and which can suck objects into them (she destroys Lester's lux this way in volume 3). Even a black hole can't destroy matter and energy: when it decomposes, it releases the energy equivalent of everything it absorbed as Hawking radiation (which follows Einstein's E=mc^2 equation and is a lot of energy, even for small objects).
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The Asterisk War / int_9f619ad6	type	Corporate Warfare
The Asterisk War / int_9f619ad6	comment	Corporate Warfare: As befits a good Mega-Corp, the IEFs have their own Private Military Contractors to enforce their goals (made up mainly of Genestella), so this sometimes happens. Defied at one point in the Backstory when a couple of them nearly fought a war over the manadite deposits in what became Lieseltania, but the other IEFs joined in and forced a peaceful settlement of the dispute. This resulted in Lieseltania becoming an independent state (in theory).
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The Asterisk War / int_a4f2570d	type	Muggles
The Asterisk War / int_a4f2570d	comment	Causing public disturbances or attacking Muggles as a Genestella, even in self-defense, can also result in a Felony Misdemeanor, as Seijiro found out the hard way.
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The Asterisk War / int_a6275bef	type	Cool Sword
The Asterisk War / int_a6275bef	comment	Cool Sword: The Four Colored Magic Swords are four sword-type Ogre Luxes, said to be extremely powerful even by Ogre Lux standards. They are: Ser-Veresta (black), wielded by Ayato. Lei-Gleims (white), wielded by Fairclough. Raksha-Nada (red), wielded by Madiath. Wole-Zain (blue), wielded by no one as its compability rate is so high no one as been able to match it.
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The Asterisk War / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Asterisk War / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Despite being a manipulative and ruthless man to the point that he's willing to kidnap Flora Klemm, the fact that Dirk Eberwein is still Le Wolf's Student Council President means that he has gotten off scot-free (for now, anyway). A downplayed example occurs with Nicholas Enfield. Claudia lets him go and still loves him, but it's clear that they are on opposite sides and he'll never achieve his goal to become a Galaxy executive in his own right.
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The Asterisk War / int_a78753d5	type	Lady and Knight
The Asterisk War / int_a78753d5	comment	Lady and Knight: Julis is the beautiful princess and Ayato is her noble knight who has sworn to protect her.
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The Asterisk War / int_abb16044	type	AsskickingEqualsAuthority
The Asterisk War / int_abb16044	comment	Asskicking Equals Authority: Each student is ranked by their fighting abilities based on their sportsmanship in Festas.
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The Asterisk War / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
The Asterisk War / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Silas's attempt to cripple Julis caused Ayato to pull a Big Damn Heroes moment when the latter is tipped off by Claudia about what's happened.
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The Asterisk War / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Asterisk War / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Ayato's understandable reaction when he accidentally sees Julis getting dressed, when she is about to fry him with Amaryllis and when he accidentally grabs her breast while protecting her from a robotic assassin. Lester when he realizes that he isn't worthy of wielding Ser-Veresta. Julis when Silas reveals that he is behind the assassination attempts. Lester when he is beaten up by Silas's robots. Silas when Ayato outsmarts him and when Claudia is about to capture him. Koichiro when Kirin decides to leave her uncle behind and when Claudia threatens him to expose his actions towards Kirin to her mother Isabella. Gustave when Kirin defeats him. Nicholas when Claudia refuses to reconsider her participation in the Gryps Festa.
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The Asterisk War / int_aea164f3	type	Playing with Syringes
The Asterisk War / int_aea164f3	comment	Playing with Syringes: Apparently, the Geneva Convention does not exist in this world setting. Again, of the academies in Asterisk, Arlequint is the most notorious for this.
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The Asterisk War / int_aed65980	type	All for Nothing
The Asterisk War / int_aed65980	comment	All for Nothing: In the end, Lester MacPhail's attempts to surpass Julis and become the top-ranking student ends up being a lost cause. He tries to wield Ser-Veresta as part of his efforts, but is utterly shocked to realize that his attempts to wield it have caused it to go berserk. Koichiro Toudou's plan to have Kirin's father Seijiro released proved pointless when Kirin competes in the Gryps Festa with Ayato and releases Seijiro on her own terms.
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The Asterisk War / int_af3ea0e3	type	Faceâ€“Heel Turn
The Asterisk War / int_af3ea0e3	comment	Julis and Orphelia, before the latter's Face–Heel Turn.
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The Asterisk War / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
The Asterisk War / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming-of-Age Story: For Ayato, Julis and Kirin. Ayato becomes a top-ranking student at Seidoukan Academy and Julis becomes his girlfriend, while Kirin has to prove her individuality as a swordswoman.
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The Asterisk War / int_b408c009	type	City of Adventure
The Asterisk War / int_b408c009	comment	City of Adventure: Rikka is a city full of <Starpulse Generation> people where duels to compete in ranking take place often.
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The Asterisk War / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
The Asterisk War / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Killing someone in self-defense, even if one is a Genestella, is a serious crime. The IEF executives using their own relatives or children as pawns in their plans, covering up a crime, and hiring someone to kill a princess are even more serious matters, as demonstrated by Claudia when she learns about Koichiro's intentions to corrupt Kirin and when Nicholas plots an assassination attempt on Julis to keep her out of the Gryps Festa. Ernesta is extremely reluctant to work with Dirk Eberwein despite her doing a few shady things like hiring Silas, and the terms of the deal he's proposing her are very tempting.
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The Asterisk War / int_b6cebad3	type	Double Standard
The Asterisk War / int_b6cebad3	comment	Saya does this to Ayato too, much to his horror due to the Double Standard listed above.
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The Asterisk War / int_b7e1dcc8	type	Empathic Weapon
The Asterisk War / int_b7e1dcc8	comment	Ser-Veresta outright refuses to use her full potential unless Julis and Ayato wield her together, as Lester found out the hard way.
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The Asterisk War / int_bbfaa837	type	Knight Templar
The Asterisk War / int_bbfaa837	comment	Knight Templar: Koichiro Toudou wants to have Kirin's father (and his brother) Seijiro released from prison. His solution drives him into covering up her father's crime and using her to attain his goals and become a top-ranking member of Galaxy.
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The Asterisk War / int_bcbb5596	type	Not Afraid of You Anymore
The Asterisk War / int_bcbb5596	comment	Not Afraid of You Anymore: Kirin Toudou allows herself to be pushed around by Koichiro for most of volume 2... until she has a heart-to-heart talk about wanting to release Seijiro on her own terms. Kirin finally stands up for herself, stunning her uncle in the process, and Ayato becomes her mentor. Koichiro seems to realize his foolishness and becomes less of a jerk after he retires from Galaxy and reconnects with his family in Volume 11.
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The Asterisk War / int_bd79d896	type	Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot
The Asterisk War / int_bd79d896	comment	Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: One spanning the first volume. Ayato discovers that the assasination attempt on the students at Seidoukan is a plot by Silas Norman to win the Phoenix Festa, who in turn is being used by Arlequint as an Unwitting Pawn.
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The Asterisk War / int_bf4a990	type	Despotism Justifies the Means
The Asterisk War / int_bf4a990	comment	Despotism Justifies the Means: Mixed in with Dystopia Justifies the Means, the IEF actively keeps the world crapsack as it would be profitable to them.
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The Asterisk War / int_c07adb60	type	Unwanted Rescue
The Asterisk War / int_c07adb60	comment	In Volume 1, Julis calls Ayato out on his Unwanted Rescue but Ayato counters it with an Armor-Piercing Question.
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The Asterisk War / int_c0e3994b	type	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male
The Asterisk War / int_c0e3994b	comment	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Julis trying to outright kill Ayato for accidentally seeing her in her underwear is Played for Laughs. Koichiro Toudou slapping and emotionally abusing his niece Kirin Toudou is Played for Drama and provokes Ayato to intervene on her behalf (eventually leading Kirin to grow a spine and kick Koichiro to the curb). Ardi is never safe from Rimsi's abuse. When he questions Ernesta why they were programmed that way, she gives a philosophical excuse that a woman would always dominate a man, which he seems to accept. She then quietly mentions to herself that Rimsi is also his Power Limiter.
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The Asterisk War / int_c37813c5	type	Ninja
The Asterisk War / int_c37813c5	comment	Claudia wishes to interview her Orga Lux's creator Ladislav Bartošik, who was involved in a mysterious incident in the recent backstory and is spending life in prison at a Galaxy black site. Galaxy, whose standing would apparently be significantly damaged by whatever happened, first sends Gustave Malraux to try and drive her prospective teammates away from her, then escalates to sending Bujinsai Yabuki's Ninja clan to assassinate her. When that fails, Galaxy agrees to let her meet Bartošik on condition of keeping anything she learns from him secret.
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The Asterisk War / int_c59cfa2e	type	Felony Misdemeanor
The Asterisk War / int_c59cfa2e	comment	Felony Misdemeanor: Ayato enters Julis's room to return her handkerchief while she is still changing. She ends up dueling with him as a punishment. Seijiro Toudou, a Genestella, kills a robber to defend Kirin and is arrested for it. An example of how the IEF persecutes the Genestella.
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The Asterisk War / int_c62aee4c	type	From Zero to Hero
The Asterisk War / int_c62aee4c	comment	From Zero to Hero: Ayato Amagiri once was a swordsman and martial artist who studied under his sister, Haruka. He then transfers into Seidoukan Academy and eventually dethrones Kirin Toudou as the academy's top student.
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The Asterisk War / int_c63e7d67	type	Invoked
The Asterisk War / int_c63e7d67	comment	An Invoked example occurs in the Festas: the preliminary round brackets are not random, but rather deliberately organized such that competitors favored to win the tourney are not set against each other too early. This is meant to ensure that the later rounds remain exciting for the audience, which keeps the tournament profitable; the downside is that early matches have a tendency to result in some rando being put up against a Page One and getting slaughtered in seconds. In the Phoenix, until their duel with the Urzaiz sisters in volume 3, Ayato and Julis win their matches in a matter of seconds (in the first two, Ayato and Julis respectively solo the other team). This includes a team from Queenvale, which is generally considered the lowest-ranked school in competition. AR-D and RM-C, the robots entered by Ernesta and Camilla, put on a show of standing still and tanking their opponent with their Deflector Shields for a full minute, after which they flatten them in a couple seconds. However, this means that they're lacking in experience when they encounter Saya and Kirin in the semifinals, which lets the girls get in several damaging hits and ultimately forces them to unveil their Super Mode. Julis and Ayato's quarterfinal match against Elliot Forster and Doroteo Lemus. It takes longer than usual due to the Hostage Situation with Flora requiring Ayato to not use Ser Veresta but still results in the other team being completely unable to land any serious hits: Ayato outclasses Elliot for experience and physical strength, while Julis just shoots fireballs at Doroteo until he passes out from heat exhaustion. In the Gryps Festa, Team Enfield—consisting of Ayato, Julis, Claudia, Saya, and Kirin—steamrolls through all their matches until they reach Rusalka.
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The Asterisk War / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Asterisk War / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In the anime, the Lux's activation sounds use the lightsaber sound effects from the Star Wars franchise.
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The Asterisk War / int_c7a80503	type	Burn Scars, Burning Powers
The Asterisk War / int_c7a80503	comment	Burn Scars, Burning Powers: Downplayed with Julis when she begins training with Fan Xinglou following the Gryps Festa. Julis is normally immune to her own flames, so Ayato is surprised when she starts turning up with burns after training sessions. No mention of permanent scars yet, though.
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The Asterisk War / int_c9954979	type	Crippling the Competition
The Asterisk War / int_c9954979	comment	Crippling the Competition: Silas commits assassination attempts on Seidoukan students to the point that they can't compete because if it.
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The Asterisk War / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Asterisk War / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Several of the IEF's executive have been involved in conspiracies. Some of these include: Koichiro Toudou, who is all too keen to become a top member of Galaxy, even if it means using Kirin and covering up her father's deeds to have him released. Nicholas Enfield, Claudia's father who wants what's best for her to the point that he attempts to kill Julis to prevent his daughter from competing in the Gryps Festa.
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The Asterisk War / int_d043ab87	type	Armor-Piercing Slap
The Asterisk War / int_d043ab87	comment	Armor-Piercing Slap: Kouichirou often slaps his niece Kirin when she disagrees with his methods.
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The Asterisk War / int_d294b6f5	type	Master of the Levitating Blades
The Asterisk War / int_d294b6f5	comment	Master of the Levitating Blades: After her original rapier-style Lux, Aspera Spina, is wrecked at the climax of the Phoenix Festa, Julis is given a prototype Rect Lux. Nova Spina consists of four laser blades that she can manipulate remotely.
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The Asterisk War / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
The Asterisk War / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: In Volume 1, Julis calls Ayato out on his Unwanted Rescue but Ayato counters it with an Armor-Piercing Question. Near the end of volume 3, Ayato gets attacked by Claudia after visiting her late at night to discuss more about his upcoming fight. Fortunately he's able to snap her out of it, and she goes to explain more about the Cursed with Awesome nature of her Orga-Lux.
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The Asterisk War / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
The Asterisk War / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: In volume 11, Lester takes Julis to where he's been training, a secret dojo run by Fan Xinglou, the Body Surfing student council president of Jie-Long and probably the most powerful Genestella in history. Julis asks for training, and Fan refuses, believing that Julis has peaked. Julis responds by challenging her to a duel, resorting to a brand new, near-suicidal move in hopes of impressing Fan enough to change her mind. She succeeds.
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The Asterisk War / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Asterisk War / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: Silas attempts to flee after Ayato destroys his robots. It doesn't work and Claudia and Eishirou capture him. A heroic example with Kirin. Kirin has a heart-to-heart talk with Ayato about following her own path to secure Seijiro's release. After being rescued, Kirin snaps out of her Slave to PR mindset, confronts her uncle and flat-out tells him that she's going to fight on her own terms.
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The Asterisk War / int_da4d59ae	type	Memento MacGuffin
The Asterisk War / int_da4d59ae	comment	Memento MacGuffin: There are several in the story.
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The Asterisk War / int_ddeaea82	type	Miscarriage of Justice
The Asterisk War / int_ddeaea82	comment	Working to save and protect others. Ayato decides in volume one that the purpose he's been looking for is to protect Julis. Julis is trying to relieve poverty in her country. Saya is trying to salvage her father's reputation as a weaponsmith. Kirin is trying to free her father from unjust imprisonment. Irene Urzaiz gave up her freedom and risks her sanity to save her sister from a Leonine Contract, and Ayato has to destroy her Evil Weapon to save her from herself. Camilla Pareto wants to develop self-defense weapons the untrained can use to protect themselves, after insurgents killed her aid worker parents. Camilla's partner Ernesta Kühne wants to win civil rights for AIs. Even the robots AR-D and RM-C get in on it, fighting to achieve Camilla and Ernesta's goals.
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The Asterisk War / int_dfa40c1b	type	Didn't See That Coming
The Asterisk War / int_dfa40c1b	comment	Didn't See That Coming: Julis didn't expect Ayato to dodge her flame-based attacks when they first met. But Ayato displays his Amagiri Shinmei Style techniques in front of her and easily avoids the attacks. Silas clearly didn't calculate that Ayato would rescue Julis and wipe out his robot army at the end of volume 1.
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The Asterisk War / int_e031b7ef	type	Slave to PR
The Asterisk War / int_e031b7ef	comment	A heroic example with Kirin. Kirin has a heart-to-heart talk with Ayato about following her own path to secure Seijiro's release. After being rescued, Kirin snaps out of her Slave to PR mindset, confronts her uncle and flat-out tells him that she's going to fight on her own terms.
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The Asterisk War / int_e25ff7	type	The City
The Asterisk War / int_e25ff7	comment	The City: The Academy City Rikka, also known as Asterisk City, is where the story revolves around.
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The Asterisk War / int_e4013a89	type	Supporting Harem
The Asterisk War / int_e4013a89	comment	Supporting Harem: Julis may be clearly in the lead (but she and Ayato are the only ones unaware of it), but Ayato has several other girls vying for him, and their affections are not very subtle. Still, Ayato is in this to protect Julis and none of the other girls have a chance.
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The Asterisk War / int_e866f3b8	type	Puppet State
The Asterisk War / int_e866f3b8	comment	Julis's second wish is to expand the power of Lieseltania's monarchy, in hopes of eventually ending its Puppet State status to the IEFs. In volume 12, the IEFs are mentioned to be negotiating with her and her brother King Jolbert on just how much leash to give him.
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The Asterisk War / int_e8e56799	type	Blue-and-Orange Morality
The Asterisk War / int_e8e56799	comment	Blue-and-Orange Morality: Invoked. The higher echelons of the IEF, originally brought together to aid recovery efforts after the Invertia incident, has instituted a program where anyone in, seeking, or being assigned a leadership position is mentally "reprogrammed" in such a way as to lose all human desire, both good and bad, except for what is in the best interest of making the corporation profitable, and spurring the flow of commerce, by whatever means necessary.
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The Asterisk War / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
The Asterisk War / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Ayato rescues Julis from Silas's clutches towards the end of volume 1.
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The Asterisk War / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
The Asterisk War / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: Kirin's uncle Koichiro has no problems hitting her whenever she questions him. Ayato ends up intervening, only for him to be forced into a duel with her to get her uncle to stop hitting her. He ends up losing, then finds out she's the top-ranked fighter at their school, but only because he's still unable to go all out at this point. Eventually, Kirin decides to stand up for herself and breaks ties with Koichiro at the end of Volume 2.
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The Asterisk War / int_f6ce4c24	type	Battle Harem
The Asterisk War / int_f6ce4c24	comment	Battle Harem: Every one of Ayato's girls is seriously badass, but when working together, there is very little they can't do. Claudia may have chosen them as her team for the Gryps Festa for this very reason.
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The Asterisk War / int_f6db5b1e	type	RidiculouslyHumanRobot
The Asterisk War / int_f6db5b1e	comment	Ridiculously Human Robot: Ernesta Kühne created AR-Dnote Full designation: "Absolute Refusal" Defended Type (AR-D) and RM-Cnote Full designation: "Ruinous Might" Cannon Type (RM-C) to be so and wishes for A.I.s to be accepted the same as humans. Ironically Ardi, the more robotic-looking one, is more emotional than RM-C the more human looking one who's consciousness is nearer to that of a human's. Justified since AR-D has an Ulm Mana Dite in him thus making him like an Orga Lux and have a personality.
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The Asterisk War / int_f8a7ff7e	type	Sudden Principled Stand
The Asterisk War / int_f8a7ff7e	comment	Sudden Principled Stand: In volume 2, Kirin learns from Ayato that she can find her own path to release Seijiro as opposed to her following Koichiro's advice. When Koichiro tells her to not go near Ayato, however, Kirin draws the line and breaks free from her uncle's influence to follow her own path and join Ayato.
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The Asterisk War / int_f8cddfb2	type	Laser Blade
The Asterisk War / int_f8cddfb2	comment	Kirin's katana, Senbakiri, is a completely mundane metal sword. This means that it has no chance of being able to block a blow from an Orga Lux (reducing Kirin to evading blows when Ayato fights her with Ser Veresta the first time around), nor can it inflict appreciable damage on the robot AR-D.
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The Asterisk War / int_fb2bf8c6	type	Lover Tug of War
The Asterisk War / int_fb2bf8c6	comment	Lover Tug-of-War: Ayato is caught in this by Julis and Saya in episode 5 when both girls attempt to claim him as their partner for the upcoming tournament. Lester wisely steps out of the room to avoid the incoming drama.
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The Asterisk War / int_fb3576b2	type	The Dog Bites Back
The Asterisk War / int_fb3576b2	comment	The Dog Bites Back: As a pre-teen, Ayato would often be harassed, threatened, and provoked by starpulse people, thinking they could easily beat him, because although they couldn't take out their frustrations on "normal" humans, they could challenge martial artists, and his family ran a sword training dojo. He would continuously kick their asses every time they insulted his sister. His dojo, especially Haruka, would always punish him for it, much to his frustration. After learning from Ayato about securing Seijiro's release on her own terms and how Koichiro is using her, Kirin looks Koichiro straight in the eye, blocks his punch and breaks free from his influence.
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The Asterisk War / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Asterisk War / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Claudia's father Nicholas Enfield, a fellow IEF executive, reveals himself to be one when he gives out his reasons to Claudia. He believed that by sending Gustave Marlowe to attack Julis, she would reconsider her decision to compete in the Gryps Festa. Unfortunately for him, Claudia understandably refuses.
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