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High Guardian Spice

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High Guardian Spice	label	High Guardian Spice
High Guardian Spice	page	HighGuardianSpice
High Guardian Spice	comment	High Guardian Spice is a Crunchyroll original animated series by Raye Rodriguez. The series was teased on August 22, 2021, and premiered on October 26, 2021 with all twelve episodes being released on the same day.Rosemary wants to become a Guardian just like her Missing Mom and is accompanied by her best friend, an apprentice witch Sage. After a send-off by their parents, they find residence in Lyngarth at Sage's cousins' house and soon begin attending the High Guardian Academy. The group is shortly joined by a dwarf blacksmith Parsley and an elf archer Thyme.The four face many challenges in their studies that come from their personal insecurities, other students, or outside threats.The series ended on an unresolved Cliffhanger. While it was never officially cancelled per se, the fact that the show wrapped production in autumn of 2019, the production crew moved on to other things, and Crunchyroll has been on radio silence regarding anything related to the series all indicate it was at the very least cancelled behind the scenes. On November 2023, it was conformed that Ellation Studios/Crunchyroll Studios shut down.
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High Guardian Spice / int_14108379	type	Heal It with Water
High Guardian Spice / int_14108379	comment	Heal It with Water: The aptly described "healing waters" introduced in Episode 7 that can be found in the cave of Vinca. Not only was it used to heal a nasty cut on Rosemary's side, but it can also heal afflicted plants and trees.
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High Guardian Spice / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
High Guardian Spice / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: Professor Caraway is able to keep his male form by taking a magic potion once a month, a very obvious stand-in for hormonal injections real-life transgender people use.
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High Guardian Spice / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
High Guardian Spice / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: After spending so long trying to come up with a name for the group, Rosemary decides on one everyone agrees on in the finale: High Guardian Spice.
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High Guardian Spice / int_21f3aa44	type	Good Is Not Nice
High Guardian Spice / int_21f3aa44	comment	Good is Not Nice: Zigzagged. While many of the protagonists are... well, protagonists, they're not afraid to bloodily take down any wrong-doing monsters. Humans, on the other hand, are usually spared from death, with Rosemary even being shocked she ended up having to wound Olive in order to save the townsfolk from being petrified.
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High Guardian Spice / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
High Guardian Spice / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: Students are often put in life-threatening situations just for kicks, mostly from Redbud, the magics professor. And let's not even start with the off-handed implications that students are often killed by their teachers, with one of the Triad even waxing nostalgic about throwing students into the lava.
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High Guardian Spice / int_22a27b19	type	Alpha Bitch
High Guardian Spice / int_22a27b19	comment	Alpha Bitch: Amaryllis is a complete prick to Rosemary and Sage, making fun of them any chance she can.
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High Guardian Spice / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
High Guardian Spice / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: In Episode 5, Sage accidentally figures out how to conjure a large floating bubble. A couple of episodes later, this lets her break everyone's fall as they've dropped down a pit.
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High Guardian Spice / int_2d88e42c	type	Gender Bender
High Guardian Spice / int_2d88e42c	comment	Gender Bender: Justified with Professor Caraway, who is a Transgender man. He transitioned via magic, but has to take a sort of elixir every month to stay biologically male.
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High Guardian Spice / int_2e39af52	type	Girlish Pigtails
High Guardian Spice / int_2e39af52	comment	Girlish Pigtails: Rosemary has big, bushy ones.
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High Guardian Spice / int_31237f3e	type	Custom Uniform
High Guardian Spice / int_31237f3e	comment	Custom Uniform: Parsley's the only female character to wear shorts instead of a skirt for her school uniform.
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High Guardian Spice / int_31362f50	type	Hollywood Fire
High Guardian Spice / int_31362f50	comment	Hollywood Fire: In Episode 12, Mandrake sets the entire school on fire with all of the Teachers and Students locked in a room while it happened. Yet not a single one comes out with even an Ash Face once they are rescued. Moreover, the final battle happens inside the library as it is being burned down. Not only does smoke not fill the room but once the action starts, none of them are affected by the fire or smoke.
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High Guardian Spice / int_3828f91d	type	GIS Syndrome
High Guardian Spice / int_3828f91d	comment	GIS Syndrome: The series frequently uses stock images for assets, like a loaf of bread or a lamppost.
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High Guardian Spice / int_3c5ae1a1	type	Schizo Tech
High Guardian Spice / int_3c5ae1a1	comment	Schizo Tech: Despite its medieval-inspired setting, the students are shown to be fighting a mechanical octopus monster for training and Snapdragon and Amaryllis play a game at the Fall Festival which highly resembles VR goggles.
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High Guardian Spice / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
High Guardian Spice / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: Sage cuts off her braided ponytail in the climax of Episode 12 to save Rosemary. Once Mandrake is defeated, Rosemary trims Sage's hair to give her a brand-new style.
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High Guardian Spice / int_4c0ca7ce	type	Aloof Ally
High Guardian Spice / int_4c0ca7ce	comment	Aloof Ally: Thyme is stoic and aloof, and only tags along with Rosemary and Sage because Parsley is friends with them.
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High Guardian Spice / int_5312637f	type	Tomboy with a Girly Streak
High Guardian Spice / int_5312637f	comment	Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Rosemary is an impulsive, mischievous and rough-and-tumble tomboy who enjoys fighting, adventures and weapons; her pink hair is styled into Girlish Pigtails and she usually wears pink outfits, with a frilly dress being her default look.
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High Guardian Spice / int_564caaae	type	Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure
High Guardian Spice / int_564caaae	comment	Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: Through the first seven episodes, Rosemary and Sage, while childhood friends, begin to mildly irritate one another through their differing philosophies put in the spotlight of their new environment. Eventually, this comes to a head during the Fall Festival, where the two have a big fight. After the school is attacked, however, they see how stupid the fight was and make up.
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High Guardian Spice / int_5a23602	type	Big Ol' Eyebrows
High Guardian Spice / int_5a23602	comment	Big Ol' Eyebrows: Parsley has very thick eyebrows, made more noticeable by them being much darker than her otherwise blonde hair.
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High Guardian Spice / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
High Guardian Spice / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: Rosemary has a big appetite and quickly finished eating a stack of waffles.
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High Guardian Spice / int_6205320f	type	Trans Tribulations
High Guardian Spice / int_6205320f	comment	Trans Tribulations: A side-plot in "The Scypith" has Snapdragon being taken aside by Caraway where the former reveals how they want to be beautiful and strong like a mermaid and how they consistently struggle with masculinity. Caraway then mentions "transition magic" which makes Snapdragon think if it would solve their problem, but Caraway makes a point that Snapdragon has a lot of time to think about it because they may go down a different path compared to his.
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High Guardian Spice / int_6293c185	type	Sequel Hook
High Guardian Spice / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: Episode 12 has a post-credit scene, which shows Rosemary's mother is alive and is working with the series' Big Bad.
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High Guardian Spice / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
High Guardian Spice / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Rosemary's mom, Lavender, disappeared four years before the series began. She appears in person in Episode 12, working for the Triumverate.
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High Guardian Spice / int_6ae4dedd	type	The Unfair Sex
High Guardian Spice / int_6ae4dedd	comment	The Unfair Sex: When Snapdragon tries to confide with Sage about her friendship with Rosemary, Sage bluntly tells Snap they would never understand because girls have a deeper connection with each other than boys do. Snapdragon calls her out on this later in the episode, and Sage apologizes. This ends up being doubly unfair as Snap admits they're not even sure they think of themselves as a boy. (And, per the series creator, is in fact a trans girl).
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High Guardian Spice / int_6b4763f	type	Morph Weapon
High Guardian Spice / int_6b4763f	comment	Morph Weapon: Mages that practice New Magic use a terrasphere, a pocket-sized orb that transforms into a Magic Staff.
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High Guardian Spice / int_6eae65c9	type	Network Red-Headed Stepchild
High Guardian Spice / int_6eae65c9	comment	Network Red-Headed Stepchild: At the time of the show's debut in October 2021, it and Onyx Equinox were the sole representatives for Western Animation on Crunchyroll.
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High Guardian Spice / int_7969557b	type	Subtitles Are Superfluous
High Guardian Spice / int_7969557b	comment	Subtitles Are Superfluous: While the show does contain subtitles for various other languages, it does not have English closed captions despite the option for them being there and a promotional clip of the show posted on Crunchyroll's YouTube channel having English hard subs.
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High Guardian Spice / int_7c8981df	type	Portal Door
High Guardian Spice / int_7c8981df	comment	Portal Door: Anise and Aloe live on the top floor of a building that doesn't have much space, but the rest of the rooms only appear when they use a magic orb together.
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High Guardian Spice / int_7ea2a915	type	Animation Bump
High Guardian Spice / int_7ea2a915	comment	Animation Bump: The fight scenes, particularly Olive and Rosemary's fight in the Fall Festival and Mandrake's battle with the main four, are animated much more fluidly.
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High Guardian Spice / int_80b5924	type	Left Hanging
High Guardian Spice / int_80b5924	comment	Left Hanging: The series' twelve episodes ended with multiple unresolved plots left hanging, including Lavender working for the Big Bad and Snapdragon's character arc.
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High Guardian Spice / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
High Guardian Spice / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Rosemary and Sage, an impulsive, excitable, and energetic pink-colored knight and a shy, levelheaded, and reasonable blue-colored witch respectively.
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High Guardian Spice / int_89fcfa0b	type	Cute Clumsy Girl
High Guardian Spice / int_89fcfa0b	comment	Cute Clumsy Girl: Rosemary's grace leaves something to be desired when one of the first scenes has her tripping on her own foot.
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High Guardian Spice / int_951a2326	type	Musical Theme Naming
High Guardian Spice / int_951a2326	comment	Musical Theme Naming: The four main girls are named after the herbs mentioned at the beginning of Simon & Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair".
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High Guardian Spice / int_9723a8b8	type	Floral Theme Naming
High Guardian Spice / int_9723a8b8	comment	Floral Theme Naming: Almost every character in the show is named after a plant of some kind, most often a spice or herb. The four main girls are specifically named for the ones mentioned in the song "Scarborough Fair".
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High Guardian Spice / int_97d54bb0	type	Tragic Keepsake
High Guardian Spice / int_97d54bb0	comment	Tragic Keepsake: Rosemary's sword belonged to her missing mother; she carries it around everywhere she goes and freaks out when the jeweled end breaks.
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High Guardian Spice / int_9c6da551	type	SpotTheImpostor
High Guardian Spice / int_9c6da551	comment	Spot the Impostor: When Caraway is impersonated and attacked by Mandrake, a shapeshifter, Rosemary figures out who the real one is by asking them which monster he and her mother were fighting in the story Caraway told her in Episode 3.
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High Guardian Spice / int_9dbf9610	type	World of Technicolor Hair
High Guardian Spice / int_9dbf9610	comment	World of Technicolor Hair: A lot of characters have brightly colored hair, and no one seems to consider this unusual. Sage has blue, Rosemary has pink, Amaryllis has purple and the list goes on with various unnamed students.
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High Guardian Spice / int_a058376e	type	Pseudo-Romantic Friendship
High Guardian Spice / int_a058376e	comment	Pseudo-Romantic Friendship: Rosemary and Sage are quite touchy-feely with each other. They hold hands, press foreheads, and prefer to share a single bed despite having one bed for each of them. The fight they had during the Fall Festival is even somewhat framed like a lovers' quarrel, and the two are pretty broken up about it afterwards.
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High Guardian Spice / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
High Guardian Spice / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: During their big fight, Rosemary ends up landing a nasty hit on Olive. This is the first time Rosemary ever hurt a person, and she is left stunned and even tries to help Olive. It's later shown Rosemary is still having trouble coming to grips with it. In Episode 11, the girls end up fighting a rampaging sea dragon. Sage's magic goes out of control during the fight, and severely wounds the dragon, forcing it to have to be put out of its misery.
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High Guardian Spice / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
High Guardian Spice / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Anytime an episode ends on a twist or cliffhanger (the rot giving a heartbeat, the festival-goers being turned to stone after a fight with Olive, Caraway mentioning the rot is affecting nature after the scypith had just been euthanized), followed by the cheery and optimistic "Friends for a Lifetime" Ending Theme. Near the end of Episode 7, in order to escape a cave they've been trapped in, the girls submerge a dragon egg in magical healing water which causes the dragon to rapidly mature. They hitch a ride and after a brief flight over Lyngarth, the dragon begins to grow old then rapidly decompose, leaving nothing but its' skeleton as they land. The dragon then proceeds to get back up, say "I'm okay" in a rather derpy voice, fly off into the sky, then explode into stars. The girl's reactions boil down to Rosemary asking Sage if that is how stars are made, with Sage giving a dismissive "Oh. Yeah, for sure".
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High Guardian Spice / int_a51467fe	type	Chest Monster
High Guardian Spice / int_a51467fe	comment	Chest Monster: Rosemary and Sage are accompanied by a flying chest Chompy that behaves like a dog.
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High Guardian Spice / int_a7850fbf	type	Only Known by Their Nickname
High Guardian Spice / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Slime Boy introduces himself by his nickname, and no one ever asks what his actual name is.
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High Guardian Spice / int_aaf863b	type	Edible Theme Naming
High Guardian Spice / int_aaf863b	comment	Edible Theme Naming: The four main characters are named after herbs — Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme.
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High Guardian Spice / int_abc28948	type	Straw Misogynist
High Guardian Spice / int_abc28948	comment	Straw Misogynist: Aster in his debut episode. Downplayed in not that he hates girls, just that he has a rather low opinion of them, which is not helped that he undermines Rosemary's efforts at the obstacle course while he himself keeps failing at every turn. And he refuses to learn Rosemary's actual name.
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High Guardian Spice / int_af11866	type	Wizarding School
High Guardian Spice / int_af11866	comment	Wizarding School: The High Guardian Academy teaches students to be guardians, with classes offering blacksmith work, tea spells, and ethics.
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High Guardian Spice / int_b21ddb6b	type	Content Warnings
High Guardian Spice / int_b21ddb6b	comment	Content Warnings: Each episode starts with a warning for strong language and violence while advising that the show is "for mature audiences only". Most notably and amusingly enough, the show shares this distinction with Sword Art Online: Alicization's 10th episode and Goblin Slayer, both shows being far more action-oriented and consistently violent.
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High Guardian Spice / int_b41acf08	type	AxeCrazy
High Guardian Spice / int_b41acf08	comment	Axe-Crazy: Mandrake's only interest is killing as many people as he possibly can - when tasked when killing the girls and only the girls, he drugged all the teachers and hunted the girls down, leaving the rest of the student body to burn to death in a locked room.
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High Guardian Spice / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
High Guardian Spice / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: While Olive has no problem spying on people and reporting their actions to the triumvirate, she balks at killing. Even with her own life on the line, she still looks for ways to avoid killing.
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High Guardian Spice / int_b8d93317	type	12-Episode Anime
High Guardian Spice / int_b8d93317	comment	12-Episode Anime: Possibly in an attempt to emulate this anime-specific format, the entire first season also contains twelve episodes.
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High Guardian Spice / int_bb660963	type	Color-Coded Characters
High Guardian Spice / int_bb660963	comment	Color-Coded Characters: Rosemary (pink), Sage (blue), Parsley (yellow), Amaryllis (purple), and Thyme (red), emphasized by their hair colors.
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High Guardian Spice / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
High Guardian Spice / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Due to swear words being used sparingly, any character that does decide to swear can come off as this, like when Thyme says "I don't mess with that shit" when referring to new magic in Episode 5, which was also the first episode to use colorful language at all.
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High Guardian Spice / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
High Guardian Spice / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The names of the four main characters all come from "Scarborough Fair", an English ballad popularized by Simon & Garfunkel. One character has dark skin, glasses, and short purple hair, resembling Anthy. The ending animation shot of the characters jumping in the air is heavily inspired by Azumanga Daioh's opening. The trabbers bear a strong resemblance to the PokÃ©mon Parasect.
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High Guardian Spice / int_c978ad0b	type	Magic Skirt
High Guardian Spice / int_c978ad0b	comment	Magic Skirt: When Rosemary is dared to do a handstand, her large poofy skirt changes slightly in shape but it stays down.
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High Guardian Spice / int_ca7ec334	type	Two Lines, No Waiting
High Guardian Spice / int_ca7ec334	comment	Two Lines, No Waiting: Most of the episodes have different subplots in them, with the episode cutting between them as they progress. How much each subplot has to do with the other tends to vary from episode to episode.
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High Guardian Spice / int_d02585dd	type	Ending Theme
High Guardian Spice / int_d02585dd	comment	Anytime an episode ends on a twist or cliffhanger (the rot giving a heartbeat, the festival-goers being turned to stone after a fight with Olive, Caraway mentioning the rot is affecting nature after the scypith had just been euthanized), followed by the cheery and optimistic "Friends for a Lifetime" Ending Theme.
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High Guardian Spice / int_d0b60f23	type	GoshDangItToHeck
High Guardian Spice / int_d0b60f23	comment	Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Zig-zagged. In a childhood flashback, Thyme switches from "damn" to "dang" when she complains to her father about wasting her time, most likely out of politeness. Yet just seconds later, her father scolds her impatience by saying she'll "fall on [her] ass with that attitude".
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High Guardian Spice / int_da4d59ae	type	Memento MacGuffin
High Guardian Spice / int_da4d59ae	comment	Memento MacGuffin: Rosemary carries her mother's sword with her, which she's very proud about. When she breaks the pearl on its hilt in Episode 3, she gets heartbroken and spends a while reminiscing about her mom training her to use it. Turns out it was already broken for a while and held together by magic.
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High Guardian Spice / int_db08a39d	type	Animesque
High Guardian Spice / int_db08a39d	comment	Animesque: Since the show was created for Crunchyroll, which mainly streams anime, the art style takes a lot of cues from anime despite being an American cartoon. The opening and ending are especially anime-like in execution and one of the studios involved is the Madhouse/TMS co-owned DR Movie.
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High Guardian Spice / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
High Guardian Spice / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: Over the course of the series, Rosemary and Sage frequently hug, hold hands, and lean on the other's shoulders. In the first episode, they also sleep together in the same bed. When Rosemary gets a crush on Aster, Sage immediately gets protective of her relationship with Rosemary and complains to Snapdragon about it, who eventually just straight up asks if Sage has a crush on her. Sage blushes fiercely and stutters out that they are just friends, before staring off and blushing again.
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High Guardian Spice / int_dec54a8c	type	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating
High Guardian Spice / int_dec54a8c	comment	Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: According to Word of God, the show was initially scripted as very family-friendly, only for Crunchyroll to demand edits to make it for "mature" audiences, resulting in rather gratuitous violence, swearing, and inappropriate jokes.
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High Guardian Spice / int_dfe120e5	type	Functional Magic
High Guardian Spice / int_dfe120e5	comment	Functional Magic: Magic in this series is divided into "old" and "new" magic. The former is more labor intensive and requires more complex rituals, while the latter relies on terraspheres which allow for faster and more versatile use. It's also heavily implied by the end that the latter is draining magic from the world since it doesn't have a "cost" to replenish it, and this is the cause of the Rot and similar issues.
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High Guardian Spice / int_e034faef	type	Limited Animation
High Guardian Spice / int_e034faef	comment	Limited Animation: Some 2D elements that require straightforward movement use basic tweening in lieu of frame-by-frame animation. Background characters can especially be seen standing still, without blinking.
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High Guardian Spice / int_e292f761	type	Obligatory Swearing
High Guardian Spice / int_e292f761	comment	Obligatory Swearing: A lot of random swearing, as a result of a last-minute decision by executives to give the show a mature rating. "Shit", in particular, is uttered once by Thyme, Amaryllis, and Olive respectively, and Rosemary refers to Mandrake as an "asshole" in one scene during the girls' fight with him.
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High Guardian Spice / int_e5fd8bc2	type	Hate Sink
High Guardian Spice / int_e5fd8bc2	comment	Hate Sink: Both Cal and Aster fit this bill. Cal is disgusted by Snapdragon's desire to crossdress and most of his appearances have him mocking Snapdragon until the latter reaches her breaking point. Aster, meanwhile, initially catches the eye of Rosemary due to his good looks, but she chills him when he shows just how sexist he truly is, culminating in a final scene where Aster essentially tells Rosemary to Stay in the Kitchen.
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High Guardian Spice / int_edce12ef	type	Two-Teacher School
High Guardian Spice / int_edce12ef	comment	Two-Teacher School: Despite being a big school, High Guardian Academy has only a handful of teachers: the Triad (headmistresses), Professor Caraway (languages), Professor Redbud (potions), Hakone Civet (fighting), Moss Phlox (blacksmithing), Wyverna Dretch (ethics, though she says she's also the guidance counselor) and an unnamed centaur teacher.
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High Guardian Spice / int_ef2582c3	type	Named Weapons
High Guardian Spice / int_ef2582c3	comment	Named Weapons: Rosemary's sword Flowering Thorn has been passed in her family for at least three generations.
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High Guardian Spice / int_f3626b09	type	Mercy Kill
High Guardian Spice / int_f3626b09	comment	In Episode 11, the girls end up fighting a rampaging sea dragon. Sage's magic goes out of control during the fight, and severely wounds the dragon, forcing it to have to be put out of its misery.
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High Guardian Spice / int_f5eda11	type	Mix-and-Match Critters
High Guardian Spice / int_f5eda11	comment	Mix-and-Match Critters: Hybrids and regular animals coexist in this world, with grogs (a mixture of goat and frog) being the most ubiquitous to the point that terms have been derived from them. For example, Anise says to Slime Boy that she hasn't seen him in a "grog's age".
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High Guardian Spice / int_f8173bd9	type	Medieval European Fantasy
High Guardian Spice / int_f8173bd9	comment	Medieval European Fantasy: The setting of the show; the architecture is very European-inspired, the technology is more or less at a medieval level, and medieval weapons like swords and maces are used.
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High Guardian Spice / int_fb7bc4a8	type	Never Trust a Title
High Guardian Spice / int_fb7bc4a8	comment	Never Trust a Title: The show is called "High Guardian Spice", and the title is referenced with Rosemary coming up with a cool name for their group when she takes notice of their Edible Theme Naming. However, rosemary, sage, parsley, and thyme are technically herbs, not spices.
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High Guardian Spice / int_fc225bec	type	Artistic License â€“ Physics
High Guardian Spice / int_fc225bec	comment	Artistic License â€“ Physics: It's been shown twice that blunt and heavy weapons are able to cut things cleanly not unlike a sharp blade, such as Parsley's hammer amputating a demon's arm and Cal's mace slicing an octopus's tentacle.
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High Guardian Spice / int_fc3e4477	type	Rose-Haired Sweetie
High Guardian Spice / int_fc3e4477	comment	Rose-Haired Sweetie: Rosemary is cheerful and has pink hair.
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High Guardian Spice / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
High Guardian Spice / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Olive shows a moment of kindness when she takes the time to place a soft bag of flour in front of a child who had been turned into stone as they were running. Amaryllis treats Snapdragon far better than she treats the main cast, defending them from the likes of Cal and supporting their feminine interests like their mermaid costume and painting Snap's nails. Professor Redbud offers to put down the scypith for Sage and tells her it wasn't her fault, a far cry from playing deadly pranks on her students and joking about it.
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High Guardian Spice / int_ffa0483f	type	Cut Short
High Guardian Spice / int_ffa0483f	comment	Cut Short: The series ends on a Cliffhanger, but after two years of silence it was later confirmed that Ellation/Crunchyroll Studios was shutting down, making it unlikely that the show will continue.
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