History Anime / DogDays

* CatSmile: Leonmichelle has this the entire time [[spoiler: Millefiore]] is petting her in episode 12.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS:
** Is it Cinque or Shinku? Some official art add Sink to equation...
** Fronaldo or Flonyard? Given the EdibleThemeNaming, it might be Flognarde. (Or Flaugnarde)
** The Japanese UsefulNotes/BluRay discs have English subtitles and even they don't stay consistent. Eclair's big brother is sometimes Loran and sometimes Rolan, for instance. However, the BD is consistent in using "Millefiore".
** Leonmichelle or Leonmitchelli?
** Pastillage's princess should be logically called "Couvert" (see EdibleThemeNaming above), but subtitles call her "Couverte" or "Couvre". She was also called "Kübel".

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ricotta sports this. [[spoiler:Rizel as well, but we don't see this until the last episode.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The first scene in Flognarde makes it appear that the conflict between the Republic of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Galette is a serious war with high-stakes, making the former desperate enough to summon a hero in hopes of turning the tide. But when Cinque Izumi is summoned to the world for the first time, it's shown that the war is actually a friendly and nonlethal competition between nations.

* HaremGenre: Briefly teased in S2 E03, showcasing Cinque's relationship with Flonyard's resident, where almost all the girls showing affection to him to various degree. [[spoiler:Becky then ask him which one he likes the most... [[TheTease forcibly]], [[CelibateHero much to his horror]].]] Subtlety was thrown out of window [[spoiler:in the very episode after that...]]

** Couvert causes Cinque to inadvertently release Valerio Calvados, the demon king, in episode 6 of season 2. Fortunately they also release the Hero King, Adelaide, to whom the demon king is a ButtMonkey to, and promptly reins him in.

The [[EdibleThemeNaming Republic of Biscotti and the Kingdom of Galette]] are [[GoodRepublicEvilEmpire at war]], [[LittleBitBeastly a literal battle of cats and dogs]]. Biscotti needs to tip the odds in their favor, and so they decide to [[SummonEverymanHero summon a hero]]. That hero turns out to be 13-year-old [[ButNotTooForeign Japanese-British]] [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent middle-school student]] Cinque Izumi. While trying to cut class and practice for an upcoming athletic meet, Cinque ends up somersaulting into a magic portal that takes him to the magical land of Flognarde, where he is the hero. Now he has to learn to be one.

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%%* {{Hachimaki}}: Cinque and Emilio.

** BladeOnAStick: Roland and Gaul.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The announcer during the televised game that Shinku and Nanami are competing in at the beginning of season 3 speaks fairly good English.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Subverted when Cinque switches bodies with ''[[GagBoobs Yukikaze]]'' of all people, but it takes effort.

%%* BareYourMidriff: Leonmichelle.

* InnocentCohabitation: In ''Dash'', each of the Heroes and their respective ruler all share a bed - yes, even Cinque and Millhiore.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: All the leaders in the show are both loved and adored, not only by citizens of their own kingdoms, but by the entire country.

''Dog Days'' is an AnimeFirst series by Creator/SevenArcs, better known for their work on the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' series, which first debuted as part of the Spring2011Anime lineup.

The season was followed exactly [[Summer2012Anime a year later]] by ''Dog Days' (Dash)''. Cinque returns to Flonyard, this time bringing Rebecca Anderson, his only contact to Earth throughout the first season, and Nanami Takatsuki, his cousin (who was summoned by Galette). A complication arises when the Duchy of Pastillage (squirrel-people, if you must know) decides to turn the Biscotti-Galette war games into a three-way tussle, taking Rebecca as their own Heroine.

A third season, ''Dog Days[=''=] (Double Dash)'', aired as part of the {{Winter 2015|Anime}} lineup. Cinque, Nanami and Rebecca are called once again to participate in the war games, but these would have to wait when a freak thunderbolt that put the former two's trajectories off-course lands them in the great Dragon Forest beyond the three realms, where they learn from its horse-girl oracle Sharu of a concentration of demons threatening to destabilize Flonyard.

* HotScientist: Ricotta, though more of a "cute" example.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Leonmichelle and Yukikaze; in ''Double Dash'', Yukki's jiggles are accompanied by a "boing" sound.

** Averted, sort of. Ricotta is a magic artillery expert, and in Season 2 the Duchy of Pastillage use magic firing rifles as their WeaponOfChoice.

* RetractableWeapon: Cinque's WeaponOfChoice; he usually has it as a staff but it [[MorphWeapon takes other forms]]; it's [[NamedWeapons named The Palladion]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Each combatant has one.

* AnAxeToGrind: Leonmitchelli's WeaponOfChoice. Jaune's, too, though her axe is about as big as she is. While Godwin combines this with an EpicFlail.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Cinque finds himself in Yuki's body, and Yuki is in Millhiore's body, they have difficulty moving around due to their senses of balance being vastly different from what they are used to.

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