Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 (manga) (Reign of the Seven Spellblades (Manga))

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Neither adaptation includes Chela's suggestion from volume 2 that Pete take advantage of his reversiism to experiment sexually, and episode 13 of the anime cuts Miligan making a pass at Oliver after the Battle of Hell's Armies. Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight: The origin of sword arts was a swordsman killing a noted mage in a fair duel, after which the mages realized that from a mutual cold start, a man with a sword can close with and strike a mage twelve feet away in the time it takes for that mage to cast a single spell.

a b "Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 1 (light novel)". Yen Press . Retrieved December 11, 2021. Kimberly is built atop of an ancient labyrinth that has a tendency to encroach upon the school buildings after nightfall: Oliver, Pete, and Michela return to a classroom to retrieve a forgotten textbook only to discover when they try to leave that the door now opens into the upper levels of the labyrinth. Katie Aalto: Oliver considers Katie a close friend and is very protective of her, due to her support for non-human species rights causing her to get bullied by other students, he wholeheartedly supports her beliefs and is glad that genuinely kind hearted people like her still exist in society.Overly Long Hug: Oliver and Nanao have their first real public display of affection in volume 4, after Nanao's first senior-level broomsports match. Intending it as a reward for getting through the match without injury, Oliver gives her a big hug—and then neither one of them can bring themselves to end the hug for a full ten minutes. De-power: Injure a mage, you hurt them. Injure their etheric body, however, and you seriously weaken their powers. This happens to Alvin Godfrey at the end of volume 7, courtesy of Cyrus Rivermoore stealing his sternum and a chunk of his etheric body attached to it, leading to the main plot of volume 8 where the Campus Watch sends a posse after Rivermoore to recover the bone so Godfrey's etheric body can heal in time for his matches in the combat leagues.

Innocent Color: Nanao's strong and clean magical circulation is the reason for her hair turning white from navy blue during the fight. When this effect occurs, it is known as "Innocent Color". There's been a couple of hints that Katie's family was disgraced in some manner. You could initially discount Darius Grenville's disparaging remarks as him being his usual jerkass self, but then in volume 9 Demitrio Aristides alludes to some incident involving the Aalto mages and a tír that caused their "downfall".

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Questionable Consent: In volume 4, Oliver is suffering aftereffects of the previous volume antagonist's Sex Magic. His friend Chela corners him in a restaurant bathroom after he has an episode, and informs him that, As You Know, if he's still feeling the effects of succubus Perfume this long after the incident, then the only way to clear it out of his system will be to satisfy the urge, and not by himself. After suggesting he try approaching his Love Interest Nanao for sex without getting a response, note The two have admitted to their attraction at this point but aren't quite ready for a Relationship Upgrade. she manipulates him into some Intimate Healing that amounts to a magic-assisted handjob through their clothes, to which he never clearly consents. To Chela's credit, she feels extremely guilty about it afterwards: they're not attracted to each other that way and she worries she might have irreparably damaged their friendship by trying to help him. Oliver helps Pete with the side effects of his reversi transformations, and recalls helping a woman with similar mana disruptions induced by pregnancy. The next morning, Pete comes out as a reversi to the others. Rossi announces he's withdrawing from his own tournament after losing a second fight. Pete duels Stacy in class and manages to surprise her a bit before Professor Garland calls time. The group is gifted a workshop in the labyrinth by Miligan, and after talking it over, agree to take a weekend trip to investigate it. Along the way, they meet Kevin Walker, a sixth-year who once became lost in the labyrinth, only to turn up alive six months later after being declared dead. They buy cooking ingredients from a shopkeeper Pamela Gorton and have a cookout in their new base. Chela suggests they come up with a name for their group, and Nanao declares them the "Sword Roses", after a warriors' custom from her homeland. Stacy and Fay learn that Chela is in the labyrinth and head in after her.