History Anime / ElCazadorDeLaBruja

* TheDragon: L.A. and Vanessa are this for Douglas Rosenberg, head of [[GovernmentConspiracy Project Leviathan]]; the former constantly stalks the heroines with the intent of taking Ellis [[{{Yandere}} for himself]], while the latter is his secretary and a high-ranking member of the [[AncientConspiracy Witch Coven]]. Both play the part of DragonWithAnAgenda, as L.A. only cares about Ellis and Vanessa plots to betray Rosenberg.

** In the finale [[spoiler:it is [[TheReveal revealed]] that Vanessa (Rosenberg's secretary) is a witch too as she seems to channel herself through Lirio and actually brings Ellis BackFromTheDead.

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Or is she?]] In the finale [[spoiler:it is [[TheReveal revealed]] that Vanessa (Rosenberg's secretary) is a witch too as she seems to channel herself through Lirio and actually brings Ellis BackFromTheDead. The jewel on Jody "Blue Eyes" Hayward's necklace implies she may be one as well]].

** The OminousCouncilOfVagueness only needs to issue their demand to "Blue Eyes" and she does everything in her competence to get it done.
** A minor example is the separate group of assassins from the council assaulting Ortega's armored van in which Nadie and Ellis take temporal refuge. The assassins pull no stops relentlessly pursuing the van and keep shooting it without ever having to worry about ammunition.

%%* OddNameOut: "Maple Leaf", again.

** [[ZigZaggingTrope Or is she?]] In the finale [[spoiler:it is implied that "Blue Eyes" is a witch too as she seems to channel herself through Lirio and actually brings Ellis BackFromTheDead]].

%%* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Nadie's favorite way of disarming opponents.

%%* BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:Ellis.]]
%%* BlushSticker: Particularly [[TokenMiniMoe Lirio]], but seen on other innocent young children, including Hispanics.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted. Nadie is very attractive in the manga, gifted with a mature and womanly figure. In the anime though, her attractiveness is toned down, giving her a nearly flat chest, with characters constantly calling her mannish and unattractive. Her design is still rather cute, though.

** [[ZigZagging Or is she?]] In the finale [[spoiler:it is implied that "Blue Eyes" is a witch too as she seems to channel herself through Lirio and actually brings Ellis BackFromTheDead]].

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: L.A., although his love for Ellis [[spoiler:has been imprinted in his mind]].

* {{Meido}}: Ellis and Nadie don maid outfits twice.

* TheGlassesComeOff: Blue Eyes ten episodes in (she also lets her hair loose), and the look stays for the rest of the series. [[LampshadeHanging Rosenberg says that she looks hotter without them]].

%%* InASingleBound: Ellis and L.A.

%%* LastOfHisKind: The witches dying out.

* Hypocrisy: In the hotel room when Ellis wants to throw herself on the bed, Nadie tries to hold her back, reasoning they are too dirty and should take a bath first so they won't dirty the bedcloth. Ther would be much more weight to Nadie's words, if before saying that, she actually ''didn't'' throw herself on the bed too. Not like Ellis actually listened to her argument. Or any arguments whatsoever.

%%* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: Ellis and L.A.]]

%%* CloudCuckooLander: Ellis is somewhere between this and an ambiguous disorder.

%%* FingerSuckHealing

%%* CloudCuckooLander: Ellis is somewhere between this and an AmbiguousDisorder.

%%* StalkerWithACrush: L.A. towards Ellis.

* {{Expy}}: Sort of -- Jody shares common traits with Chloe from ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and Limelda from ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'', like [[Creator/AyaHisakawa being voiced by the same seiyuu]], and L.A.'s obsession with Ellis is [[Anime/{{Noir}} Chloe's relationship with Kirika]] turned UpToEleven.

* {{Fanservice}}: Sufficiently more of it than in ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''; UpToEleven in the manga adaptation.

* HotterAndSexier: The manga compared to the anime. Nadie is given a bigger bust, gets stripped naked about three times, breasts are shown in full detail, and there are numerous panty shots of both Nadie and Ellis in [[OncePerEpisode every chapter]].

* HotterAndSexier: The manga compared to the anime. Nadie is given a bigger bust, gets stripped naked about three times, breasts are shown in full detail, and there are numerous [[PantyShot Panty Shots]] of both Nadie and Ellis in [[OncePerEpisode every chapter]].

%%* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Ellis.

%%* {{Meganekko}}: Jody Hayward, a.k.a. "Blue Eyes".

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lirio. It's quite out of place in a series where most characters have natural hair colors.

* AmazonBrigade: The team of female TheMenInBlack led by Blue Eyes.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Nadie could be Hispanic or Amerindian or just really tan, and has blue eyes.

* ApologisesALot: Iris.

* AxCrazy: L.A.

* BadassNormal: Nadie and Ricardo.

* BareYourMidriff: Nadie.

* BigFancyHouse: In several episodes, the duo visits one.

* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Nadie's favorite way of disarming opponents.
* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Rosenberg]] in Episode 25.

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:Ellis.]]
* BlushSticker: Particularly [[TokenMiniMoe Lirio]], but seen on other innocent young children, including Hispanics.
* BodyguardCrush: Mutual between Nadie and Ellis, although [[spoiler:instigated by Ellis]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: L.A. on several occasions, most notably in episode 24.
* BrandX: Amigo Tacos.
* BrokeEpisode

* DramaticWind: Jody in episode 21.

* DudeShesLikeInAComa: L.A. to Ellis twice. He even records it!

* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Ellis.
* TheFaceless: The Witch Coven chairwoman for most of the series.
* FacelessGoons: And triceraninjas.

* FingerSuckHealing
* {{Flashback}}: Up to and including a WholeEpisodeFlashback.

* TheGunslinger: Nadie.

* HappilyMarried: Antonio & Margarita, for the most part.

* HiddenEyes: Ellis in episode 16.
* HotForStudent: Ellis and Professor Schneider.

* HowWeGotHere: A few episodes are set up like this.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: Ellis and L.A.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Ellis in episode 23.

* InASingleBound: Ellis and L.A.
* {{Invocation}}: In the last episodes.
* JitterCam: A subtle example in episode 16 as L.A. walks towards the camera.
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Lirio.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Their Kind]]: The witches dying out.
* LighterAndSofter: Than it's [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessors]] ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''.

* LimpAndLivid: L.A.
* LovelyAngels

* MacGuffin: Witch powers.
* MagicSkirt: Ellis.

* {{Meganekko}}: Jody Hayward, a.k.a. "Blue Eyes".

* MsFanservice: Blue Eyes.
** Nadie in the manga, she has a much more mature figure in comparison to the anime, with large breasts, flared hips, and thin waist.
* MoralityPet: Lirio to Ricardo. Not that he's a bad guy.
* MoodWhiplash: "Maple Leaf"

* OddNameOut: "Maple Leaf", again.
* OminousLatinChanting: Not Latin, but still ominous.
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Witch Coven.

* {{Otaku}}: Ortega, episode 12 -- military variety.

* PhlebotinumRebel: Ellis; L.A. at several points in the story.
* PlayingWithFire: One manifestation of Ellis' powers.
** AnIcePerson: She freezes a road in ep 17.

* PsychoticSmirk: Rosenberg.
* RazorFloss: L.A.

** L.A. as MindControlEyes.
* RidingIntoTheSunset

* SleepCute: In ep 15, Ellis and Lirio.
* SlasherSmile: L.A.

* SneezeCut
* SouthOfTheBorder
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Episode 26.

* SpicyLatina: Nadie.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Anime/{{Madlax}}''.

* StalkerWithACrush: L.A. towards Ellis.
* SternChase
* TakeMyHand: Episode 19.

* TokenMiniMoe: Lirio.

* WhamEpisode: ''Maple Leaf''.
** Also "A Woman Who Conjures".
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Nadie and Ricardo; [[spoiler:they won't, obviously.]]
** Nadie and Ellis [[spoiler:appear to get together in the end, though]].

* {{Yandere}}: L.A. and [[spoiler:Rosenberg]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lirio. It's quite out of place in a series where most characters have natural hair colors.

* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Witches are a WitchSpecies-type of HumanSubspecies who mostly lost their powers in modern times. Ellis is an artificial witch, created in an attempt to restore the magical bloodline. Jodie, on the other hand, is a pure-blood witch but has about as much magical potential as any baseline human. [[spoiler:It is also suggested that there were further artificial witches besides Ellis (possibly including L.A.) but they all died/were killed off.]]

* WitchSpecies: Ellis and L.A. are synthetic, while [[spoiler:Jody[=/=]Blue Eyes]] is natural, but unpowered.

The series is produced by Bee Train and is the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'', which in turn is the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Anime/{{Noir}}''. Together, the series form Bee Train's "{{girls with guns}}"-trilogy, with noticeable plot similarities. ''El Cazador de la Bruja'' is generally lighter in tone than the other two series and shares neither their ambiguous endings nor their particular focus on female [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] action. The relationship between the two female leads is also much less ambivalent and clearly develops a [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendShip romantic slant]]. Fans who loved the dark, puzzling plot twists in the two first series might be disappointed by the comparative straightforwardness of ''El Cazador de la Bruja'', since it focuses on the relationship between the main characters. The series should best be seen as a story of two people who find themselves and each other against a backdrop of the Mexican desert, crazy (and ineffective) bounty hunters, and of course, tacos.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[spoiler:Nadie even turns down a guy to run off with Ellis once more]]. In fact, Ellis's [[spoiler:[[ClingyJealousGirl rather suggestive at times]]]] behaviour might indicate there's [[OfficialCouple more to it]].
** [[spoiler:Ellis also tells Nadie that she loves her by the end of the series, and they [[RidingIntoTheSunset ride off into the sunset]] together at the end, so it seems fairly clear that their relationship [[RelationshipUpgrade moves beyond friendship]].]]

* CatSmile: Joaquin in the last episode.

* CloudCuckooLander: Ellis is somewhere between this and an AmbiguousDisorder.

* CompanionCube: [[FanNickname Squenchy]], the lizard from episode 3.
* CreepyChild: L.A.
* {{Crossdresser}}s: Two transvestite bounty hunters.

* CuteWitch: Ellis.
* DeadStarWalking: Professor Schneider, voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki.

* NoFullName: Primary heroines, no less: Ellis and Nadie. Also L.A., Lirio, and Ricardo.

* OnlyOneName: Primary heroines, no less; also L.A., Lirio, and Ricardo.

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