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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manga uses "Genie", while the subtitles in the anime version uses "Jeanie" instead.
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* CatchPhrase: "Louie Punch!". Melissa also has one, but [[SelfDemonstratingArticle it's against her will]]!
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''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, creator of ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation by Creator/JCStaff that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
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''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, Creator/RyoMizuno, creator of ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation by Creator/JCStaff that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
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''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, creator of ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation by Creator/JCStaff that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
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* IntimateLotionApplication: Episode 15 of the anime has the cast taking a break at Aila's family lake house. One scene has Aila sunbathing topless and coyly asking Louie to rub suntan lotion on her back, but he's [[IgnoreTheFanservice so concentrated on fishing that he ignores her]]. Merrill offers to do it instead, and Aila dejectedly accepts, clearly disappointed it's not Louie doing it.
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** NotDistractedByTheSexy: It's completely wasted on Louie, even when she's [[spoiler:sunbathing topless and asking him to rub lotion on her back]].
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* ObliviousToHints: For the first half of the series, it's subtly implied that Ila's nursing a crush on Louie, except he completely fails to notice. Even when she was wearing one of her best dresses and said she was waiting for him and his friends to show up. Or [[NotDistractedByTheSexy while she was lying there]] ''topless'' asking him to rub suntan lotion on her back.
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* ObliviousToHints: For the first half of the series, it's subtly implied that Ila's nursing a crush on Louie, except he completely fails to notice. Even when she was wearing one of her best dresses and said she was waiting for him and his friends to show up. Or [[NotDistractedByTheSexy while she was lying there]] ''topless'' [[IntimateLotionApplication asking him to rub suntan lotion on her back.back]].
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* BoobsOfSteel: Jeanie's got 'em, though hers are closer to being pectoral muscles, due her body build.
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** Melissa's reserved and dresses conservatively in her cleric's robes, but the few time's we're allowed to see it, she has a very comely, curvaceous figure.
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* {{Fiction 500}}: Sir William is the heir of one of the wealthiest families in Ohfun and in search of the girl who saved his life a month ago, [[spoiler:Odessa]], so he can propose to her.
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* {{Fiction 500}}: Fiction500: Sir William is the heir of one of the wealthiest families in Ohfun and in search of the girl who saved his life a month ago, [[spoiler:Odessa]], so he can propose to her.
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* BareYourMidriff: Jeanie and Merrill.
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''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, creator of ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''; ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
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* TheAnimeOfTheGame: The manga was based in the TabletopRPG ''Sword World'' setting, like ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
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* RolePlayingGameVerse: A slightly tweaked ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' universe, inherited from ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
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[[caption-width-right:328:Clockwise from the center: Melissa, Merill, Louis, Illa, Jeanie]]
-->''Louie PUUUUUUUUUNCH!!''
When an all-female adventuring team needs a mage, the only one they can get on short notice is the burly adopted son of the head of the local mage guild. Not only does Louie look more like a fighter than a mage, he acts like it, too, getting into all manner of trouble and trying to solve it with his fists. When Melissa, the team's cleric learns that her god has assigned to her a special relationship with Louie, she is most upset.
''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, creator of ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
''Rune Soldier Louie'' has fun playing against type with the tropes of the fantasy genre. ''Lodoss's'' roots in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' are just as clear here as they are in the original series, with the stereotypical character classes -- who don't always act anything like you would expect they should.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: In the anime, Jeanie is the most action oriented member of the female cast. Merrill also knows how to handle herself in a fight, but not to the same extent, since she's more of a FragileSpeedster.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Louie drops Jeanie with one punch. In the anime, Jeanie is [[TookALevelInBadass a much better fighter]] and not only outlasts Louie when they fight in the 12th episode, ''she'' knocks ''him'' out.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** In the manga version, Melissa and her group simply appear after Louie is released from jail and [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/22/ tell him that Mylee has decreed him as the hero they must serve.]]
** Whereas the anime has them turn him down when Ila suggests they hire him, and only accept Louie as part of their group after Melissa has performed the revelation ceremony. During which, she receives word from Mylee that her champion would be the very next person she saw. Moments later, Louie falls through the roof of the Mylee shrine and lands facedown in the holy spring, directly in front of Melissa.
* AdjectiveNounFred: In both Japanese and English.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Don't ever pull that around Jeanie, she hates it [[spoiler:for good reason]]. If she even ''thinks'' someone's trying that with her, [[ItsPersonal it's liable to set her off.]] Which is the reason she finally trades blows with Louie near the end of episode 12.
-->'''Jeanie:''' ''[at Farbe]'' You men are all the same: you always have to be [[BigDamnHeroes the big hero]] [[LampshadeHanging and save the girl]]! But [[DamselInDistress I'm not a girl]]... '''[[ActionGirl I'M A WARRIOR!!]]'''
* AmazonianBeauty: Jeanie, see TheBigGuy entry.
* TheAnimeOfTheGame: The manga was based in the TabletopRPG ''Sword World'' setting, like ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* ArtShift: This happens when the manga got a remake in 2016 by a different artist.
* BackToBackBadasses: Louie and Jeanie get [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/3/ a color page image]] in the manga version, that has them surrounded by spirits.
* BareYourMidriff: Jeanie and Merrill.
* BeachEpisode: Well, lake episode anyway.
* BeautifulCondemnedBuilding: How Merrill sees the run-down house she buys in episode nineteen.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Melissa working with Louie, although it is against her will. Also subverted with [[spoiler:Isabel, who eventually confesses she faked having a revelation of a hero to serve, but it turned out the man she chose by herself was a real hero anyway.]]
* TheBigGuy: Jeanie fills this role, moreso than Louie. Not only is she tall for a woman, she has sculpted physique that'd put most men to shame and has the strength to match; which she uses to wield [[{{BFS}} her claymore]]. She even mentors Louie in the finer points of swordsmanship during the series.
* BigNo: When Melissa discovers that Louie's the hero she's destined to serve.
** Her special personal variant "Even if it is AGAINST MY WILL!!!" comes up several times in each episode, often in response to Louie's actions.
* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Celecia is [[FriendToAllLivingThings a pure and kindhearted maiden]]... except for when it comes to Louie's feelings for her; which she shamelessly exploits so he'll fulfill her tasks for her ''and'' protect her while he's at it. Once that's done, [[SoLongSuckers she ditches him without a moment's hesitation.]] Melissa and the others spell it out for him, at the end of the 9th episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUe1_SqaxA (at 18:15-18:57):]]
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[smirking]'' Do you ''still'' not get it, Louie? [[ManipulativeBastard That girl was just pretending so she'd get on your good side]]. That way, she could have ''[[UnwittingPawn you]]'' stop the machine.\\
'''Jeanie:''' ''[irately at Louie]'' You're just lucky we were all on the same team.\\
'''Merrill:''' ''[smug grin]'' Let's put it this way, Louie: [[ManipulativeBastard elf girl used you.]] But as they say: [[LampshadeHanging "bitches will be bitches."]]\\
''[girls laugh as Louie realizes he's an idiot]''
** Ila's manga incarnation is somewhere between this and TheGadfly, as she's portrayed as outwardly cheerful and friendly, but is actually snarky and manipulative. Like how she [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie turned Merrill and Jeanie's insults back at them]], to goad them into going with Louie to the Forest of Tartious.
--->'''Louie:''' ''[deadpan, at Ila]'' You really think they'll folow us?\\
'''Ila:''' ''[smiling innocently]'' Yup! Sure do. ♥\\
'''Louie:''' Hey, have you ''always'' been so manipulative?\\
'''Ila:''' [[IKnewIt What's this...?]]\\
''([[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/87/ Guess who meets them outside of town]])''
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Melissa's the blonde one, Merrill's the brunette, and Jeanie's the redhead.
%%* BlueWithShock
* BoobsOfSteel: Jeanie's got 'em, though hers are closer to being pectoral muscles, due her body build.
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* ButtMonkey:
** Louie. Conrad too, whenever he shows up.
** Also Merrill. Episodes that focus on her generally show a series of terrible things happening to her.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Louie ''punch''!" is the closest thing, although it's not a special move, just him shouting as he punches.
* TheCameo (Be on the lookout for [[Anime/SailorMoon Rei, Makoto, and Ami]] in the bathhouse Louie peeps into in episode 1.
* CanonForeigner: [[AlphaBitch Isabel]], Renard, and their party in the anime. The manga features Ale, Ila's familiar.
* CatchPhrase: "Louie Punch!". Melissa also has one, but [[SelfDemonstratingArticle it's against her will]]!
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Perhaps not necessarily the ''childhood'' friend romance, but poor Unlucky Ila certainly appears to have an affection for Louie which isn't really returned.
* ChildMage: Lilly although technically she's a priestess.
* TheChosenOne:
** Louie as Melissa's champion, although it is against her will.
** [[spoiler:Isabella lied about getting a sign for her champion, but who she chose turned out to be a capable hero.]]
* CleavageWindow: The cleric dresses Melissa and Isabel wear.
* CombinationAttack: Complete with [[SuperMovePortraitAttack portraits]].
* ConsummateLiar: Louie. Even his companions, seasoned adventurers, were unable to detect any sign of deceit even when they knew he was lying.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Jeanie, the swordswoman.
* DestructiveSavior: Louie a couple times.
** ''Especially'' in [[spoiler:the final episode]].
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Very much played straight... until episode 12. See the WouldHitAGirl entry at the bottom.
* DramaBombFinale: The last story arc attempts to add a (relatively) serious plot to the series and fails disconcertingly, not being a drama-heavy show this is a good thing.
* FacialMarkings: Jeanie has what appears to be a red tribal marking on her left cheek.
* {{Fanservice}}: With three nubile female leads, you'd think the series would be rife with it, but there's only a moderate amount of T&A throughout the series.
** One of the first is when Louie [[ImagineSpot imagines finding a treasure cache]], with Melissa, Jeanie, and Merrill, all naked and rewarding him with their affections.
** [[NerdsAreSexy Ila]] is about the only anime character that can provide fanservice while ''fully clothed''. Practically anytime she's onscreen would count.
** Melissa's reserved and dresses conservatively in her cleric's robes, but the few time's we're allowed to see it, she has a very comely, curvaceous figure.
** Speaking of which, [[BeachEpisode episode 15]] provides fanservice throughout, since you get to see the women in bikinis; including Ila.
* {{Fiction 500}}: Sir William is the heir of one of the wealthiest families in Ohfun and in search of the girl who saved his life a month ago, [[spoiler:Odessa]], so he can propose to her.
* FightingYourFriend: Jeanie and Louie finally come to blows near the end of episode 12, after her patience with him runs out. See the WouldHitAGirl entry.
* TheFool: Louie. Anime Louie is closer to a BunnyEarsLawyer with some of TheDitz mixed in. Manga Louie is less goofy but more perverted and also rather more competent than his anime counterpart.
* FormFittingClothing: Impossibly so and usually only the lead female characters but it's all for fanservice.
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* GenderBender: In one episode, and made all the more [[NauseaFuel disturbing]] by the fact that Louie is most decidedly ''not'' an AttractiveBentGender, looking pretty much like normal except for a pair of large breasts. It would appear Jeanie is the only one in the show capable of pulling off the strong lady look well.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Louie prefers this to magic a lot of the time, even as late as the 18th episode where Jeanie notes Louie's preference for punching things out instead of using his magic... or his head.
* GratuitousSpanish: In episode nineteen of the English dub when Merrill buys a house she says "Mi casa es su casa" (My house is your house) to Louie, Jeanie, and Melissa.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** In episode 8, [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie Merrill and the others become jealous]] when Louie repeatedly fawns over [[{{Elfeminate}} Celecia]].
** The 5th chapter of the manga introduces Ila. Suffice to say, Jeanie and co. aren't thrilled when they lay eyes on her and see [[NerdsAreSexy what a bombshell she is]], especially while she was on Louie's arm. There's even a healthy dose of MaleGaze in [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/81/ the lower-right three panels]] to emphasize it. [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/82/ Obvious jealousy]], [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/85/ was obvious]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Melissa has a pure heart and longs to serve [[KnightInShiningArmor a noble and just champion of the people]], whom she could perhaps [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan fall in love with]]. Except she winds up with Louie instead. Even so, she remains true to her vows to serve Mylee and reluctantly accepts Louie as her champion... though [[RunningGag it's against her will.]]
* HangoverSensitivity: Ila in episode 2. Probably the only time where she tried to keep a far too loud Louie away from her.
* HaremAnime: {{Averted}}. It's got the trappings of a harem comedy, but the emphasis is on parodying fantasy tropes. All three of the main females dislike him at the beginning. By the end, they [[spoiler:have a fair amount of respect for him, but with no romantic feelings involved]]. And he always thinks of them as his friends.
* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of episode 12, {{F|riendOnTheForce}}arbe finally tells Jeanie why [[spoiler:Hector]] sacrificed himself, back when they were in the king's army. It was because he'd [[spoiler:secretly been in love with her and couldn't bear the thought of her dying, so he chose to do it in her stead]]. While she doesn't share the sentiment, she appreciated the gesture all the same.
* HermeticMagic
* HiddenElfVillage: After being captured by Louie, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Celecia]] pretends to guide him and his friends back to her village and walks them straight into a trap set by her people. Though she ''does'' speak on their behalf, while they're there, to prevent them from being executed for trespassing into their forest.
* HowWeGotHere: One episode opens with Louie out in the rain, digging a hole while Merrill lies nearby, [[ExactWords appearing to be dead.]] The episode then flashes back to show how it happened.
* IdenticalGrandson: It's mentioned by the Head Priestess while the looks aren't similar, personality-wise Louie is the carbon copy of [[spoiler:his father]]. Since his father has great PR team that creates a different public persona, no one but his father's close companions have caught on to this.
* IdenticalStranger: Odessa for Merrill.
* IGaveMyWord: No matter how often Melissa claims serving Louie is against her will, she remains true to fulfilling Mylee's decree; even going so far as to remain at his side during a cave-in, despite him telling her to leave for her own safety.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Louie is capable of swinging a ''wild boar'' around, seemingly effortlessly.
* InAnotherMansShoes: Episode 21 is about this for Melissa when she covers for Merrill, with a variation. The focus is on the difference between Melissa and Louie, rather than between Melissa and Merrill.
* IneptMage: Louie wouldn't suck so much at magic, [[BookDumb if he ever bothered to study]]. The problem is, he'd much rather go off on adventures and punch things out. Which is why he only knows simple magic and can even get ''those'' spells wrong, since he tends to forget how some of them work.
* InnocentInnuendo: The 2nd episode contains a scene that makes it appear ''and sound'' as if Ila and Louie are having sex, when all she was really doing was [[spoiler:sitting on his back while he was doing finger pushups]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0zpHK2geGI (at 4:30-4:43)]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: It didn't take much to convince Louie to join up with Jeanie's group, since he'd much rather go off on adventures, than be stuck at the Magician's Guild studying magic.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Parodied by Conrad, played straight by Leonard.
* LeftHanging: While there are sufficient clues for the observant viewer to deduce [[WMG/RuneSoldierLouie who Louie's father probably is and why he was fostered]] by the head of the mage guild, no one in the cast seems aware of it. Nor do they have any interest in wanting to find out, so we'll never know for certain.
* LetsGetDangerous: Louie is surprisingly competent when the chips are down and the day needs saving. In the latter half of the anime, he hardly ever botches a spell and actually comes up with creative uses for minor incantations.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LittleMissBadass:
** Lilly, mild version.
** Merrill has shades of this dependant on how old you think she is.
* MagicKnight: Louie is more this than a straight up wizard, particularly a BareFistedMonk, as he's rather unreliable in the magic department and prefers his fists over his sword.
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
* MoneyFetish: Merrill, even bathing in gold coins when given the chance.
* {{Mooks}}: ''Demon'' mooks sure but nonetheless...
* NerdsAreSexy: Ila is a looker and [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/81/ has a body most women would die for]]. Yet...
** NotDistractedByTheSexy: It's completely wasted on Louie, even when she's [[spoiler:sunbathing topless and asking him to rub lotion on her back]].
* NobodyPoops: Averted in episode 7, where Merrill spends nearly half of it in the outhouse, because of some laxative-laced cookies she ate [[spoiler:which had been meant for Louie]].
* TheNotLoveInterest: Melissa doesn't have any romantic feelings for Louie; likewise, he thinks of her as one of his travelling companions.
* ObliviousToHints: For the first half of the series, it's subtly implied that Ila's nursing a crush on Louie, except he completely fails to notice. Even when she was wearing one of her best dresses and said she was waiting for him and his friends to show up. Or [[NotDistractedByTheSexy while she was lying there]] ''topless'' asking him to rub suntan lotion on her back.
* {{Ojou}}: Melissa is of noble birth, [[TakingTheVeil joining the priesthood of Mylee]] to escape an ArrangedMarriage.
%%* PeekABangs: On Jeanie, which is a tad strange, given that fighters usually need to be able to see their surroundings.
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* PimpedOutDress: {{Exaggerated| Trope}} with Merrill, who is mistaken for a nobleman's true love, and she is offered a whole bunch of dresses to wear. She can't decided so she layers several on at once.
* PottyEmergency: Merrill ends up having to run to the outhouse, during the Mylee Festival, after making the mistake of eating the cookies Melissa's fangirls had [[spoiler:laced with a laxative for Louie]].
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Louie's punching isn't enough to [[spoiler:break the BigBad's barrier at the finale, but when the girls join him, their combined punches are strong enough]].
* PrettyFreeloaders: Inverted -- Louie becomes an unwanted companion to Melissa, Merrill, and Jeannie.
* PunnyName: Their kingdom's name is "Ohfun". Get it?
* RebelliousPrincess: Melissa was a noblewoman who ran away from an ArrangedMarriage via TakingTheVeil.
* RedOniBlueOni: Inverted. Louie has blue hair and clothing but possesses the characteristics typically associated with a Red Oni. Jeanie has red hair and clothing, yet acts like a typical Blue Oni. Their rivalry is played up a lot outside of Jeanie's master/student sessions teaching Louie how to swing a sword.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: It ''would be'' the priestess. Poor Melissa:
** When Headmistress Jenny jokes that Melissa's duty may require her to let Louie have his way with her, [[ImagineSpot she imagines him as an ogre tearing her clothes off]] [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/43/ in the manga]], complete with a BigNo.
** While they're out sailing in episode 15, when Louie casts his fishing line, the hook snags the top of Melissa's bikini, then pulls her across the deck, tearing off her top in the process. She ends up flush against Louie's back and has a screaming fit when looks at her, followed by hitting him with a barrage of punches and demanding her top back.
** And when she volunteers to cover for Merrill, while she was out sick, she finds one of Merrill's jobs is dancing in a burlesque show. So Melissa ends up having to wear [[{{Stripperific}} a skimpy showgirl costume]].
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[thinking]'' If this is what he means when he says the word "costume", I don't want to know what he means when he says "dance"!
* RolePlayingGameVerse: A slightly tweaked ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' universe, inherited from ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:The prince is an adventurer,]] but you don't find out who until 2/3 into the series. It's a minor character, though.
** Louie is a [[spoiler:bastard prince]] that was cared for by a trusted mage.
* RPGAnime: Of the tabletop sort; many of the tropes involved that Lodoss played straight are played for laughs here.
* RunningGag: Melissa's repeated insistence of Mylee appointing Louie as the champion whom she's destined to serve being "against her will".
* {{Shorttank}}: Merrill is short and usually wears a shirt with a vest and a jean skirt. Though in episode 6, she somehow fashions a bedsheet into a halter top and a sarong.
* ShowSomeLeg: Merrill pulls this on a clay golem, so it'd stop long enough for Louie to get her [[spoiler:precious jar]]. It sorta worked (for a few seconds, anyway)... just not in the way she intended.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: There's only one among the main female cast: [[spoiler:Ila, of course]].
** IWillWaitForYou: She doesn't say it aloud, but she expresses in her heart at the end of the final episode ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpm5Wu-pZ4 at 9:26-9:45).]]
* SixthRanger: Ila, who assists and often joins Louie's party.
* {{The Smart G|uy}}irl: Though she's only a novice spellcaster, as a member of the Magician's Guild, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005//83/ Ila's very knowledgeable of magical artifacts]] and ancient tomes, which she uses to help Louie and his friends.
** In episode 15, she fares better against the 'Guardian of the Lake' than the rest of the group: first by luring it out into the open with the depth charges she made. Then she managed to temporarily stun it, by using her "shock box", [[ShockAndAwe which ran a high voltage current through the lake]] (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_id5gHe7yY at 14:51-16:01, here]]).
* TheSneakyGuy: As the group's thief, lockpicking and getting info on ancient ruins for treasure is Merrill's department. She's also pretty handy [[FlechetteStorm with her throwing knives]].
* SnotBubble
* SpannerInTheWorks: Louie ruined one of the bad guys' schemes because there wasn't a ready bathroom nearby. Of course, odds are he was doing it to mess with his teacher, as well.
* SparklingStreamOfTears
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manga uses "Genie", while the subtitles in the anime version uses "Jeanie" instead.
* StayInTheKitchen: {{Subverted| Trope}}, Jeanie thought this happened to her in her army days. It turned out [[spoiler:Hector didn't let her stay behind to die because he was in love with her]], not because she was a woman.
** However, it's self-imposed with the female magicians of Ophun. Jeanie's group had come in search of hiring a female mage for their travelling party. But according to Ila, the female mages in their city simply don't have the stomach for adventure and prefer to lock themselves away with their studies. Which is why she suggested they hire Louie, [[JumpedAtTheCall since he was already more than willing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztvTxHcJbE (at 4:48-6:50, here)]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Jeanie doesn't even bother with a BreastPlate, apparently being so badass that she doesn't need armor, or even much clothing.
** And one of Merrill's day jobs is an exotic dancer, which Melissa found out to her horror when she tried doing Merrill's jobs when she was sick, and had to put the dancer outfit on.
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[thinking]'' If this is what he means when he says the word "costume", then I don't want to know what he means when he says "dance"!
* SuperiorSpecies: Discussed. According to legend, elves are the highest order of the fairy folk and said to be immortal, but Celecia corrects Louie by stating that while elves ''do'' have longer lifespans than humans, they're far from immortal. And says [[AvertedTrope they aren't as noble as most believe them to be]]. Louie admits to realizing that, but says he'd still rather believe the legends.
* TheTease: Celecia may be a purehearted elf, but she knows how to use her feminine wiles to manipulate Louie. Which is best seen [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie in episode 8]] and especially 9, where Melissa and the others mercilessly lampshade the fact that Celecia plays him like a fiddle.
* TooLongDidntDub: Averted - a long wordplay exchange is masterfully adapted.
* TurnUndead: Melissa and even the three student Priestesses can do this to the undead. They use it to take out some zombie {{mooks}} in one episode.
* {{Underboobs}}: Jeanie, even her bikini allows for it.
* VisibleSigh
* VitriolicBestBuds: Louie has this sort of relationship with Merrill and Jeanie. Even after they start acting nicer towards him they still tend to throw insults at him.
* WardingGestures
* WaterfallPuke: Let's just say the golem didn't think much [[ShowSomeLeg of Merrill's display]], [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie in episode 6]]. And you can guess how well she ''[[CrossPoppingVeins didn't]]'' take it.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Melissa, who is from a noble family.
* WideEyedIdealist: Being a Mylee priestess, Melissa dreamed of one day serving a valiant champion, who'd accomplish great and noble deeds for the people.
** The manga makes this even more apparent, by having her go [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/40/ dreamy eyed]], whenever she thinks about it. While, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/44/ in this scene]], she's even surrounded by sparkles.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: As a Mylee priestess, Melissa's capable of using ''some'' [[HolyHandGrenade offensive spells]], but she mainly specializes in [[BarrierWarrior defensive spells]] and healing magic. So her role is to provide support for Jeanie and Merrill.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jeanie and her fear of Giant Slugs in episode 10.
* WouldHitAGirl: At least, when it comes to Jeanie.
** Seen near the end of episode 12 when she and Louie duke it out after growing fed up with his reckless behavior [[spoiler:which happened to reopen [[SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality an old emotional scar]]]] (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh5Ex0SOf0E at 13:23-16:57, here]]).
** The manga version doesn't wait that long. Louie [[OneHitKill floors her]] [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/11/ in the very first chapter]], after Jeanie takes a swing at him when they first meet. And [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/31/ decks her again]], during a sparring session in the following chapter.
* WreckedWeapon: Early on, Louie breaks his magic wand by ''beating goblins to death with it.''
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In the manga version, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/5/ Merrill is fair skinned]], while the anime makes her AmbiguouslyBrown. This applies to Jeanie as well, who appears much more feminine in the manga (including wearing lipstick) and with less muscle tone; though she still has a very solid frame. In the anime, she borders on being outright butch and has far more muscle.
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[[caption-width-right:328:Clockwise from the center: Melissa, Merill, Louis, Illa, Jeanie]]
-->''Louie PUUUUUUUUUNCH!!''
When an all-female adventuring team needs a mage, the only one they can get on short notice is the burly adopted son of the head of the local mage guild. Not only does Louie look more like a fighter than a mage, he acts like it, too, getting into all manner of trouble and trying to solve it with his fists. When Melissa, the team's cleric learns that her god has assigned to her a special relationship with Louie, she is most upset.
''Rune Soldier Louie'' (''Mahou Senshi Louie'') is a fantasy {{Light Novel|s}} series by Ryo Mizuno, creator of ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''; in fact, it's considered a sibling series to ''Lodoss'', as it takes place on a continent north of Lodoss Island. The light novels were serialized in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1997 to 2012 and compiled into 21 volumes. It also has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Monthly Dragon Junior'' from 1999 to 2003, and an anime adaptation that aired in 2001 for 24 episodes.
''Rune Soldier Louie'' has fun playing against type with the tropes of the fantasy genre. ''Lodoss's'' roots in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' are just as clear here as they are in the original series, with the stereotypical character classes -- who don't always act anything like you would expect they should.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: In the anime, Jeanie is the most action oriented member of the female cast. Merrill also knows how to handle herself in a fight, but not to the same extent, since she's more of a FragileSpeedster.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the manga, Louie drops Jeanie with one punch. In the anime, Jeanie is [[TookALevelInBadass a much better fighter]] and not only outlasts Louie when they fight in the 12th episode, ''she'' knocks ''him'' out.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** In the manga version, Melissa and her group simply appear after Louie is released from jail and [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/22/ tell him that Mylee has decreed him as the hero they must serve.]]
** Whereas the anime has them turn him down when Ila suggests they hire him, and only accept Louie as part of their group after Melissa has performed the revelation ceremony. During which, she receives word from Mylee that her champion would be the very next person she saw. Moments later, Louie falls through the roof of the Mylee shrine and lands facedown in the holy spring, directly in front of Melissa.
* AdjectiveNounFred: In both Japanese and English.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Don't ever pull that around Jeanie, she hates it [[spoiler:for good reason]]. If she even ''thinks'' someone's trying that with her, [[ItsPersonal it's liable to set her off.]] Which is the reason she finally trades blows with Louie near the end of episode 12.
-->'''Jeanie:''' ''[at Farbe]'' You men are all the same: you always have to be [[BigDamnHeroes the big hero]] [[LampshadeHanging and save the girl]]! But [[DamselInDistress I'm not a girl]]... '''[[ActionGirl I'M A WARRIOR!!]]'''
* AmazonianBeauty: Jeanie, see TheBigGuy entry.
* TheAnimeOfTheGame: The manga was based in the TabletopRPG ''Sword World'' setting, like ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* ArtShift: This happens when the manga got a remake in 2016 by a different artist.
* BackToBackBadasses: Louie and Jeanie get [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/3/ a color page image]] in the manga version, that has them surrounded by spirits.
* BareYourMidriff: Jeanie and Merrill.
* BeachEpisode: Well, lake episode anyway.
* BeautifulCondemnedBuilding: How Merrill sees the run-down house she buys in episode nineteen.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Melissa working with Louie, although it is against her will. Also subverted with [[spoiler:Isabel, who eventually confesses she faked having a revelation of a hero to serve, but it turned out the man she chose by herself was a real hero anyway.]]
* TheBigGuy: Jeanie fills this role, moreso than Louie. Not only is she tall for a woman, she has sculpted physique that'd put most men to shame and has the strength to match; which she uses to wield [[{{BFS}} her claymore]]. She even mentors Louie in the finer points of swordsmanship during the series.
* BigNo: When Melissa discovers that Louie's the hero she's destined to serve.
** Her special personal variant "Even if it is AGAINST MY WILL!!!" comes up several times in each episode, often in response to Louie's actions.
* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Celecia is [[FriendToAllLivingThings a pure and kindhearted maiden]]... except for when it comes to Louie's feelings for her; which she shamelessly exploits so he'll fulfill her tasks for her ''and'' protect her while he's at it. Once that's done, [[SoLongSuckers she ditches him without a moment's hesitation.]] Melissa and the others spell it out for him, at the end of the 9th episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVUe1_SqaxA (at 18:15-18:57):]]
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[smirking]'' Do you ''still'' not get it, Louie? [[ManipulativeBastard That girl was just pretending so she'd get on your good side]]. That way, she could have ''[[UnwittingPawn you]]'' stop the machine.\\
'''Jeanie:''' ''[irately at Louie]'' You're just lucky we were all on the same team.\\
'''Merrill:''' ''[smug grin]'' Let's put it this way, Louie: [[ManipulativeBastard elf girl used you.]] But as they say: [[LampshadeHanging "bitches will be bitches."]]\\
''[girls laugh as Louie realizes he's an idiot]''
** Ila's manga incarnation is somewhere between this and TheGadfly, as she's portrayed as outwardly cheerful and friendly, but is actually snarky and manipulative. Like how she [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie turned Merrill and Jeanie's insults back at them]], to goad them into going with Louie to the Forest of Tartious.
--->'''Louie:''' ''[deadpan, at Ila]'' You really think they'll folow us?\\
'''Ila:''' ''[smiling innocently]'' Yup! Sure do. ♥\\
'''Louie:''' Hey, have you ''always'' been so manipulative?\\
'''Ila:''' [[IKnewIt What's this...?]]\\
''([[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/87/ Guess who meets them outside of town]])''
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Melissa's the blonde one, Merrill's the brunette, and Jeanie's the redhead.
%%* BlueWithShock
* BoobsOfSteel: Jeanie's got 'em, though hers are closer to being pectoral muscles, due her body build.
%%* BusmansHoliday
* ButtMonkey:
** Louie. Conrad too, whenever he shows up.
** Also Merrill. Episodes that focus on her generally show a series of terrible things happening to her.
* CallingYourAttacks: "Louie ''punch''!" is the closest thing, although it's not a special move, just him shouting as he punches.
* TheCameo (Be on the lookout for [[Anime/SailorMoon Rei, Makoto, and Ami]] in the bathhouse Louie peeps into in episode 1.
* CanonForeigner: [[AlphaBitch Isabel]], Renard, and their party in the anime. The manga features Ale, Ila's familiar.
* CatchPhrase: "Louie Punch!". Melissa also has one, but [[SelfDemonstratingArticle it's against her will]]!
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Perhaps not necessarily the ''childhood'' friend romance, but poor Unlucky Ila certainly appears to have an affection for Louie which isn't really returned.
* ChildMage: Lilly although technically she's a priestess.
* TheChosenOne:
** Louie as Melissa's champion, although it is against her will.
** [[spoiler:Isabella lied about getting a sign for her champion, but who she chose turned out to be a capable hero.]]
* CleavageWindow: The cleric dresses Melissa and Isabel wear.
* CombinationAttack: Complete with [[SuperMovePortraitAttack portraits]].
* ConsummateLiar: Louie. Even his companions, seasoned adventurers, were unable to detect any sign of deceit even when they knew he was lying.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Jeanie, the swordswoman.
* DestructiveSavior: Louie a couple times.
** ''Especially'' in [[spoiler:the final episode]].
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Very much played straight... until episode 12. See the WouldHitAGirl entry at the bottom.
* DramaBombFinale: The last story arc attempts to add a (relatively) serious plot to the series and fails disconcertingly, not being a drama-heavy show this is a good thing.
* FacialMarkings: Jeanie has what appears to be a red tribal marking on her left cheek.
* {{Fanservice}}: With three nubile female leads, you'd think the series would be rife with it, but there's only a moderate amount of T&A throughout the series.
** One of the first is when Louie [[ImagineSpot imagines finding a treasure cache]], with Melissa, Jeanie, and Merrill, all naked and rewarding him with their affections.
** [[NerdsAreSexy Ila]] is about the only anime character that can provide fanservice while ''fully clothed''. Practically anytime she's onscreen would count.
** Melissa's reserved and dresses conservatively in her cleric's robes, but the few time's we're allowed to see it, she has a very comely, curvaceous figure.
** Speaking of which, [[BeachEpisode episode 15]] provides fanservice throughout, since you get to see the women in bikinis; including Ila.
* {{Fiction 500}}: Sir William is the heir of one of the wealthiest families in Ohfun and in search of the girl who saved his life a month ago, [[spoiler:Odessa]], so he can propose to her.
* FightingYourFriend: Jeanie and Louie finally come to blows near the end of episode 12, after her patience with him runs out. See the WouldHitAGirl entry.
* TheFool: Louie. Anime Louie is closer to a BunnyEarsLawyer with some of TheDitz mixed in. Manga Louie is less goofy but more perverted and also rather more competent than his anime counterpart.
* FormFittingClothing: Impossibly so and usually only the lead female characters but it's all for fanservice.
%% FormFittingWardrobe is on this page as FormFittingClothing %%
* GenderBender: In one episode, and made all the more [[NauseaFuel disturbing]] by the fact that Louie is most decidedly ''not'' an AttractiveBentGender, looking pretty much like normal except for a pair of large breasts. It would appear Jeanie is the only one in the show capable of pulling off the strong lady look well.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Louie prefers this to magic a lot of the time, even as late as the 18th episode where Jeanie notes Louie's preference for punching things out instead of using his magic... or his head.
* GratuitousSpanish: In episode nineteen of the English dub when Merrill buys a house she says "Mi casa es su casa" (My house is your house) to Louie, Jeanie, and Melissa.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** In episode 8, [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie Merrill and the others become jealous]] when Louie repeatedly fawns over [[{{Elfeminate}} Celecia]].
** The 5th chapter of the manga introduces Ila. Suffice to say, Jeanie and co. aren't thrilled when they lay eyes on her and see [[NerdsAreSexy what a bombshell she is]], especially while she was on Louie's arm. There's even a healthy dose of MaleGaze in [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/81/ the lower-right three panels]] to emphasize it. [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/82/ Obvious jealousy]], [[http://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/85/ was obvious]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Melissa has a pure heart and longs to serve [[KnightInShiningArmor a noble and just champion of the people]], whom she could perhaps [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan fall in love with]]. Except she winds up with Louie instead. Even so, she remains true to her vows to serve Mylee and reluctantly accepts Louie as her champion... though [[RunningGag it's against her will.]]
* HangoverSensitivity: Ila in episode 2. Probably the only time where she tried to keep a far too loud Louie away from her.
* HaremAnime: {{Averted}}. It's got the trappings of a harem comedy, but the emphasis is on parodying fantasy tropes. All three of the main females dislike him at the beginning. By the end, they [[spoiler:have a fair amount of respect for him, but with no romantic feelings involved]]. And he always thinks of them as his friends.
* HeroicSacrifice: At the end of episode 12, {{F|riendOnTheForce}}arbe finally tells Jeanie why [[spoiler:Hector]] sacrificed himself, back when they were in the king's army. It was because he'd [[spoiler:secretly been in love with her and couldn't bear the thought of her dying, so he chose to do it in her stead]]. While she doesn't share the sentiment, she appreciated the gesture all the same.
* HermeticMagic
* HiddenElfVillage: After being captured by Louie, [[BitchInSheepsClothing Celecia]] pretends to guide him and his friends back to her village and walks them straight into a trap set by her people. Though she ''does'' speak on their behalf, while they're there, to prevent them from being executed for trespassing into their forest.
* HowWeGotHere: One episode opens with Louie out in the rain, digging a hole while Merrill lies nearby, [[ExactWords appearing to be dead.]] The episode then flashes back to show how it happened.
* IdenticalGrandson: It's mentioned by the Head Priestess while the looks aren't similar, personality-wise Louie is the carbon copy of [[spoiler:his father]]. Since his father has great PR team that creates a different public persona, no one but his father's close companions have caught on to this.
* IdenticalStranger: Odessa for Merrill.
* IGaveMyWord: No matter how often Melissa claims serving Louie is against her will, she remains true to fulfilling Mylee's decree; even going so far as to remain at his side during a cave-in, despite him telling her to leave for her own safety.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Louie is capable of swinging a ''wild boar'' around, seemingly effortlessly.
* InAnotherMansShoes: Episode 21 is about this for Melissa when she covers for Merrill, with a variation. The focus is on the difference between Melissa and Louie, rather than between Melissa and Merrill.
* IneptMage: Louie wouldn't suck so much at magic, [[BookDumb if he ever bothered to study]]. The problem is, he'd much rather go off on adventures and punch things out. Which is why he only knows simple magic and can even get ''those'' spells wrong, since he tends to forget how some of them work.
* InnocentInnuendo: The 2nd episode contains a scene that makes it appear ''and sound'' as if Ila and Louie are having sex, when all she was really doing was [[spoiler:sitting on his back while he was doing finger pushups]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0zpHK2geGI (at 4:30-4:43)]].
* JumpedAtTheCall: It didn't take much to convince Louie to join up with Jeanie's group, since he'd much rather go off on adventures, than be stuck at the Magician's Guild studying magic.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Parodied by Conrad, played straight by Leonard.
* LeftHanging: While there are sufficient clues for the observant viewer to deduce [[WMG/RuneSoldierLouie who Louie's father probably is and why he was fostered]] by the head of the mage guild, no one in the cast seems aware of it. Nor do they have any interest in wanting to find out, so we'll never know for certain.
* LetsGetDangerous: Louie is surprisingly competent when the chips are down and the day needs saving. In the latter half of the anime, he hardly ever botches a spell and actually comes up with creative uses for minor incantations.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LittleMissBadass:
** Lilly, mild version.
** Merrill has shades of this dependant on how old you think she is.
* MagicKnight: Louie is more this than a straight up wizard, particularly a BareFistedMonk, as he's rather unreliable in the magic department and prefers his fists over his sword.
* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
* MoneyFetish: Merrill, even bathing in gold coins when given the chance.
* {{Mooks}}: ''Demon'' mooks sure but nonetheless...
* NerdsAreSexy: Ila is a looker and [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/81/ has a body most women would die for]]. Yet...
** NotDistractedByTheSexy: It's completely wasted on Louie, even when she's [[spoiler:sunbathing topless and asking him to rub lotion on her back]].
* NobodyPoops: Averted in episode 7, where Merrill spends nearly half of it in the outhouse, because of some laxative-laced cookies she ate [[spoiler:which had been meant for Louie]].
* TheNotLoveInterest: Melissa doesn't have any romantic feelings for Louie; likewise, he thinks of her as one of his travelling companions.
* ObliviousToHints: For the first half of the series, it's subtly implied that Ila's nursing a crush on Louie, except he completely fails to notice. Even when she was wearing one of her best dresses and said she was waiting for him and his friends to show up. Or [[NotDistractedByTheSexy while she was lying there]] ''topless'' asking him to rub suntan lotion on her back.
* {{Ojou}}: Melissa is of noble birth, [[TakingTheVeil joining the priesthood of Mylee]] to escape an ArrangedMarriage.
%%* PeekABangs: On Jeanie, which is a tad strange, given that fighters usually need to be able to see their surroundings.
%%* PillarOfLight
* PimpedOutDress: {{Exaggerated| Trope}} with Merrill, who is mistaken for a nobleman's true love, and she is offered a whole bunch of dresses to wear. She can't decided so she layers several on at once.
* PottyEmergency: Merrill ends up having to run to the outhouse, during the Mylee Festival, after making the mistake of eating the cookies Melissa's fangirls had [[spoiler:laced with a laxative for Louie]].
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Louie's punching isn't enough to [[spoiler:break the BigBad's barrier at the finale, but when the girls join him, their combined punches are strong enough]].
* PrettyFreeloaders: Inverted -- Louie becomes an unwanted companion to Melissa, Merrill, and Jeannie.
* PunnyName: Their kingdom's name is "Ohfun". Get it?
* RebelliousPrincess: Melissa was a noblewoman who ran away from an ArrangedMarriage via TakingTheVeil.
* RedOniBlueOni: Inverted. Louie has blue hair and clothing but possesses the characteristics typically associated with a Red Oni. Jeanie has red hair and clothing, yet acts like a typical Blue Oni. Their rivalry is played up a lot outside of Jeanie's master/student sessions teaching Louie how to swing a sword.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: It ''would be'' the priestess. Poor Melissa:
** When Headmistress Jenny jokes that Melissa's duty may require her to let Louie have his way with her, [[ImagineSpot she imagines him as an ogre tearing her clothes off]] [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/43/ in the manga]], complete with a BigNo.
** While they're out sailing in episode 15, when Louie casts his fishing line, the hook snags the top of Melissa's bikini, then pulls her across the deck, tearing off her top in the process. She ends up flush against Louie's back and has a screaming fit when looks at her, followed by hitting him with a barrage of punches and demanding her top back.
** And when she volunteers to cover for Merrill, while she was out sick, she finds one of Merrill's jobs is dancing in a burlesque show. So Melissa ends up having to wear [[{{Stripperific}} a skimpy showgirl costume]].
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[thinking]'' If this is what he means when he says the word "costume", I don't want to know what he means when he says "dance"!
* RolePlayingGameVerse: A slightly tweaked ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' universe, inherited from ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:The prince is an adventurer,]] but you don't find out who until 2/3 into the series. It's a minor character, though.
** Louie is a [[spoiler:bastard prince]] that was cared for by a trusted mage.
* RPGAnime: Of the tabletop sort; many of the tropes involved that Lodoss played straight are played for laughs here.
* RunningGag: Melissa's repeated insistence of Mylee appointing Louie as the champion whom she's destined to serve being "against her will".
* {{Shorttank}}: Merrill is short and usually wears a shirt with a vest and a jean skirt. Though in episode 6, she somehow fashions a bedsheet into a halter top and a sarong.
* ShowSomeLeg: Merrill pulls this on a clay golem, so it'd stop long enough for Louie to get her [[spoiler:precious jar]]. It sorta worked (for a few seconds, anyway)... just not in the way she intended.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: There's only one among the main female cast: [[spoiler:Ila, of course]].
** IWillWaitForYou: She doesn't say it aloud, but she expresses in her heart at the end of the final episode ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKpm5Wu-pZ4 at 9:26-9:45).]]
* SixthRanger: Ila, who assists and often joins Louie's party.
* {{The Smart G|uy}}irl: Though she's only a novice spellcaster, as a member of the Magician's Guild, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005//83/ Ila's very knowledgeable of magical artifacts]] and ancient tomes, which she uses to help Louie and his friends.
** In episode 15, she fares better against the 'Guardian of the Lake' than the rest of the group: first by luring it out into the open with the depth charges she made. Then she managed to temporarily stun it, by using her "shock box", [[ShockAndAwe which ran a high voltage current through the lake]] (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_id5gHe7yY at 14:51-16:01, here]]).
* TheSneakyGuy: As the group's thief, lockpicking and getting info on ancient ruins for treasure is Merrill's department. She's also pretty handy [[FlechetteStorm with her throwing knives]].
* SnotBubble
* SpannerInTheWorks: Louie ruined one of the bad guys' schemes because there wasn't a ready bathroom nearby. Of course, odds are he was doing it to mess with his teacher, as well.
* SparklingStreamOfTears
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manga uses "Genie", while the subtitles in the anime version uses "Jeanie" instead.
* StayInTheKitchen: {{Subverted| Trope}}, Jeanie thought this happened to her in her army days. It turned out [[spoiler:Hector didn't let her stay behind to die because he was in love with her]], not because she was a woman.
** However, it's self-imposed with the female magicians of Ophun. Jeanie's group had come in search of hiring a female mage for their travelling party. But according to Ila, the female mages in their city simply don't have the stomach for adventure and prefer to lock themselves away with their studies. Which is why she suggested they hire Louie, [[JumpedAtTheCall since he was already more than willing]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztvTxHcJbE (at 4:48-6:50, here)]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}:
** Jeanie doesn't even bother with a BreastPlate, apparently being so badass that she doesn't need armor, or even much clothing.
** And one of Merrill's day jobs is an exotic dancer, which Melissa found out to her horror when she tried doing Merrill's jobs when she was sick, and had to put the dancer outfit on.
--->'''Melissa:''' ''[thinking]'' If this is what he means when he says the word "costume", then I don't want to know what he means when he says "dance"!
* SuperiorSpecies: Discussed. According to legend, elves are the highest order of the fairy folk and said to be immortal, but Celecia corrects Louie by stating that while elves ''do'' have longer lifespans than humans, they're far from immortal. And says [[AvertedTrope they aren't as noble as most believe them to be]]. Louie admits to realizing that, but says he'd still rather believe the legends.
* TheTease: Celecia may be a purehearted elf, but she knows how to use her feminine wiles to manipulate Louie. Which is best seen [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie in episode 8]] and especially 9, where Melissa and the others mercilessly lampshade the fact that Celecia plays him like a fiddle.
* TooLongDidntDub: Averted - a long wordplay exchange is masterfully adapted.
* TurnUndead: Melissa and even the three student Priestesses can do this to the undead. They use it to take out some zombie {{mooks}} in one episode.
* {{Underboobs}}: Jeanie, even her bikini allows for it.
* VisibleSigh
* VitriolicBestBuds: Louie has this sort of relationship with Merrill and Jeanie. Even after they start acting nicer towards him they still tend to throw insults at him.
* WardingGestures
* WaterfallPuke: Let's just say the golem didn't think much [[ShowSomeLeg of Merrill's display]], [[Funny/RuneSoldierLouie in episode 6]]. And you can guess how well she ''[[CrossPoppingVeins didn't]]'' take it.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Melissa, who is from a noble family.
* WideEyedIdealist: Being a Mylee priestess, Melissa dreamed of one day serving a valiant champion, who'd accomplish great and noble deeds for the people.
** The manga makes this even more apparent, by having her go [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/40/ dreamy eyed]], whenever she thinks about it. While, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/44/ in this scene]], she's even surrounded by sparkles.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: As a Mylee priestess, Melissa's capable of using ''some'' [[HolyHandGrenade offensive spells]], but she mainly specializes in [[BarrierWarrior defensive spells]] and healing magic. So her role is to provide support for Jeanie and Merrill.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Jeanie and her fear of Giant Slugs in episode 10.
* WouldHitAGirl: At least, when it comes to Jeanie.
** Seen near the end of episode 12 when she and Louie duke it out after growing fed up with his reckless behavior [[spoiler:which happened to reopen [[SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality an old emotional scar]]]] (seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh5Ex0SOf0E at 13:23-16:57, here]]).
** The manga version doesn't wait that long. Louie [[OneHitKill floors her]] [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/11/ in the very first chapter]], after Jeanie takes a swing at him when they first meet. And [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/31/ decks her again]], during a sparring session in the following chapter.
* WreckedWeapon: Early on, Louie breaks his magic wand by ''beating goblins to death with it.''
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In the manga version, [[https://www.otakusmash.com/read-manga/Rune_Soldier_Louie/001.005/5/ Merrill is fair skinned]], while the anime makes her AmbiguouslyBrown. This applies to Jeanie as well, who appears much more feminine in the manga (including wearing lipstick) and with less muscle tone; though she still has a very solid frame. In the anime, she borders on being outright butch and has far more muscle.
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