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* EdutainmentShow: As expected for a manga aimed at kids, many chapters have [[AnAesop some kind of moral]] or meaningful theme within them, such as [[TeamSpirit teamwork]], expressing honesty and kindness despite the situation, expressing happiness through what you do, and showing your appreciation for others when they feel down. The story also introduces some aspects of the music industry such as record labels, ad-libbing, and [[IndiePop indie bands]].

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* EdutainmentShow: As expected for a manga aimed at kids, many chapters have [[AnAesop some kind of moral]] moral or meaningful theme within them, such as [[TeamSpirit teamwork]], expressing honesty and kindness despite the situation, expressing happiness through what you do, and showing your appreciation for others when they feel down. The story also introduces some aspects of the music industry such as record labels, ad-libbing, and [[IndiePop indie bands]].
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''Fairy Idol Kanon'' is a 2003-2006 manga series created by Mera Hakamada (known for ''[[Manga/TheLastUniform The Last Uniform]]''). UDON Entertainment licensed all four volumes into English throughout 2009-2010.

The story follows three 10 year old girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon Kohinata, Marika Amano, and Kodama Yagi—who meet a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music. Princess Alto has come to the human world from the Kingdom of Sound to find pure singing voices to help save her land, which is in danger due to a lack of them. Wanting to help Alto, the three girls decide to form an idol group and spread the power of their voices throughout Japan.

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''Fairy Idol Kanon'' is a 2003-2006 manga series created by Mera Hakamada (known for ''[[Manga/TheLastUniform The Last Uniform]]'').Creator/MeraHakamada. UDON Entertainment licensed all four volumes into English throughout 2009-2010.

The story follows three 10 year old 10-year-old girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon Kohinata, Marika Amano, and Kodama Yagi—who meet a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music. Princess Alto has come to the human world from the Kingdom of Sound to find pure singing voices to help save her land, which is in danger due to a lack of them. Wanting to help Alto, the three girls decide to form an idol group and spread the power of their voices throughout Japan.

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* EnchantedForest: The Sealed Forest in the land of the fairies.



* TheLostWoods: The Sealed Forest in the land of the fairies.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Kodama.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marika and Alto both have blue hair, and Sharp has purple hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Marika and Alto both have blue hair, and Sharp has purple hair.
hair. In Alto and Sharp's case, it's likely justified since they're fairies rather than humans.
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* OdangoHair: Alto and Sharp. Looks like they were inspired by [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi]].

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The story follows three young girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon Kohinata, Marika Amano, and Kodama Yagi—who meet a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music. Princess Alto has come to the human world from the Kingdom of Sound to find pure singing voices to help save her land, which is in danger due to a lack of them. Wanting to help Alto, the three girls decide to form an idol group and spread the power of their voices throughout Japan.

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The story follows three young 10 year old girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon Kohinata, Marika Amano, and Kodama Yagi—who meet a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music. Princess Alto has come to the human world from the Kingdom of Sound to find pure singing voices to help save her land, which is in danger due to a lack of them. Wanting to help Alto, the three girls decide to form an idol group and spread the power of their voices throughout Japan.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After the three girls save the Record Champions ceremony from dark energy, Alto appears in a dream to Kanon, showing her that the land of the fairies is starting to recover and that Sharp and Forte have made up with the family. Alto then bids a tearful farewell to Kanon. The girls never see Alto again after that, but they will remember her in their hearts and keep singing.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After the three girls save the Record Champions ceremony from dark energy, Alto appears in a dream to Kanon, showing her that the land of the fairies is starting to recover and that Sharp and Forte have made up with the family. [[ButNowIMustGo Alto then bids a tearful farewell to Kanon.Kanon]]. The girls never see Alto again after that, but they will remember her in their hearts and keep singing.]]



* CityOfAdventure: There are a couple of times where the girls go to [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Shibuya, more specifically Harajuku]].
* CookingShow: Marika's mother, Manami Amano, is a celebrity who has her own cooking show.



* DisappearedDad: We get to see Kanon's mother, Marika's mother, and even Alto's mother, but no fathers are present.
**Kodama's case is both this ''and'' [[MissingMom Missing Mom]], as the only family member of hers we see is her 19 year old brother Yamahiko.



* EdutainmentShow: As expected for a manga aimed at kids, many chapters have [[AnAesop some kind of moral]] or meaningful theme within them, such as [[TeamSpirit teamwork]], expressing honesty and kindness despite the situation, expressing happiness through what you do, and showing your appreciation for others when they feel down. The story also introduces some aspects of the music industry such as record labels, ad-libbing, and [[IndiePop indie bands]].



* InvisibleToAdults: Fairies like Alto and Sharp. [[spoiler:The exception is Hanne, but you could argue it's because she was originally a fairy. Though chapter 26 catch Alto on camera and have her show up on TV, and the cameramen focusing on her confuse her for a bug.]]

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* InvisibleToAdults: Fairies like Alto and Sharp. [[spoiler:The exception is Hanne, who ''can'' see fairies, but you could argue that it's because she was originally a fairy. fairy herself. Though chapter 26 have some cameramen catch Alto on camera and have her show up on TV, and the cameramen focusing on her confuse camera, confusing her for a bug.]]



* Meganekko: Kodama.

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* Meganekko: Kodama.{{Meganekko}}: Kodama.
* MeaningfulName: Kanon's name, if written in kanji, contains the characters for "flower" and "sound".



* MusicalThemeNaming: Each of the unique fairy characters. Except for Alto's mother, whose name isn't known.

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* MusicalThemeNaming: Each of the unique fairy characters. Except characters except for Alto's mother, whose name isn't known.known.
**Alto is named after the term for a high-pitched singing voice.
**Sharp is named after the term for a higher pitch.
**Forte, Alto's aunt, is named after the term for a loud/strong dynamic.
**Flat, the High Priestess of the Temple of Rejuvenation and [[spoiler:Alto's grandmother]], is named after the term for a lower pitch.


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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: On the way to the Temple of Rejuvenation, Kanon and Alto are stopped by some statues who demand that they solve a [[RiddleMeThis riddle]].

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Marika made one with [[PrecociousCrush her much older neighbor Yuichiro when she was 4 years old]]. Her friends don't think too much of it and Kanon even tries to tell her that people don't take such things seriously (before being stopped by Kodama). But Marika takes it extremely seriously, as she gets seriously distressed when she hears that Yuichiro is now getting married and seems to have forgotten about her promise.
* CostumePorn: Pierre Yamada, the girls' agent, [[UnlimitedWardrobe never seems to run out of clothes]]. Sometimes he changes into full-blown costumes instantly ''without'' Alto's magic. Sue, the president of the record label that Kanon, Kodama, Marika, ''and'' Julia are signed under, shares his love for fashion. The series in general also gives the main three plenty of outfits.

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Marika made one with [[PrecociousCrush her much older neighbor Yuichiro when she was 4 years old]]. Her friends don't think too much of it and Kanon even tries to tell her that people don't take such things seriously (before being stopped by Kodama). But Marika takes it extremely seriously, as she gets seriously distressed when she hears that Yuichiro is now getting married 6 years later and seems to have forgotten about her promise.
* CostumePorn: Pierre Yamada, the girls' agent, [[UnlimitedWardrobe never seems to run out of clothes]]. Sometimes he changes into full-blown costumes instantly ''without'' Alto's magic. Sue, the president of the record label that Kanon, Kodama, Marika, ''and'' Julia are signed under, shares his friend's love for fashion. The series in general also gives the main three plenty of outfits.



* CrystalBall: Forte uses one to watch her niece and Kanon.



* DreamIntro: The story starts with Kanon [[DreamSequence having a dream where she is singing in the middle of outer space]]. She then hears a voice calling her name for help, wanting her to save them with her song, and then the dream ends as she wakes up in her class. Later after school, Kanon hears the same voice again before she and her friends find Alto lying on some nearby grass. Turns out Marika had the same dream and heard Alto's voice as well, though it seems it wasn't the case for Kodama.



* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:After being betrayed by Julia, Sharp decides to use forbidden magic to transform herself into a human named Hanne. She becomes an incredibly popular idol in no time and uses her dark magic to steal energy from humans with her Black Orb perched on her hair, though her transformation and continued usage of magic shortened her life span. It ends up being so serious that she eventually becomes unable to ''physically move.'']]

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* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:After being betrayed by Julia, Sharp decides to use forbidden magic to transform herself into a human named Hanne. She becomes an incredibly popular idol in no time and [[EnergyAbsorption uses her dark magic to steal energy from humans with to fill her Black Orb perched on her hair, Orb]], though her transformation shortened her life span and continued usage of magic shortened her life span. further cuts it. It ends up being so serious that she eventually becomes unable to ''physically move.'']]move'' before Alto changes her back.]]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Marika can be pretty aggressive and have downright selfish motives at times, but she doesn't have any crazy malicious intentions or anything.

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* InvisibleToAdults: Fairies like Alto and Sharp. [[spoiler:The exception is Hanne, but you could argue it's because she was originally a fairy. Though chapter 26 catch Alto on camera and have her show up on TV, and the cameramen focusing on her confuse her for a bug.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Marika can be pretty aggressive and have downright selfish motives at times, but she doesn't have any crazy malicious intentions or anything.and can be supportive, especially towards her mother.



* TheLostWoods: The Sealed Forest in the land of the fairies.



* MagicMusic: The harmony that Kanon, Kodama, and Marika make are so powerful that it's able to heal Alto and [[spoiler:even cause her takt to evolve]]. Kanon's voice is especially powerful, as it alone is able to dispel black magic at times.



* Meganekko: Kodama.



* ThePowerOfRock



* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Kodama, who knows some things that her friends don't.
* TheRival: Julia is to Kanon and her friends, while her mother Hijiri was once this to Marika's mother Manami.

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* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Kodama, who knows some things ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: When Alto and Kanon visit Alto's aunt Forte, Forte remarks that it's been ''50 years'' since she last saw her friends don't.
niece, making Kanon realize that she never thought to ask Alto how old she is. Her exact age is never stated in the whole series.
** Makes you wonder how old Sharp is [[spoiler:considering she's Alto's older sister and that she knew Julia's mother when she was around Julia's age]].
* TheRival: Julia is this to Kanon and her friends, while her mother Hijiri was once this to Marika's mother Manami.



* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Alto and Sharp. Julia also looks a lot like her mother did when she was her age, but with brown hair instead of blonde.]]

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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Alto and Sharp. Julia also looks a lot like her mother did when she was her age, but with brown dark hair instead of blonde.]]

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''Fairy Idol Kanon'' is a 2003-2006 manga series created by Mera Hakamada (known for ''[[Manga/TheLastUniform The Last Uniform]]'').

The story follows three young girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon, Marika, and Kodama—who decide to form an idol group after meeting a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music.

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''Fairy Idol Kanon'' is a 2003-2006 manga series created by Mera Hakamada (known for ''[[Manga/TheLastUniform The Last Uniform]]'').

Uniform]]''). UDON Entertainment licensed all four volumes into English throughout 2009-2010.

The story follows three young girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon, Marika, School—Kanon Kohinata, Marika Amano, and Kodama—who decide to form an idol group after meeting Kodama Yagi—who meet a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music.
music. Princess Alto has come to the human world from the Kingdom of Sound to find pure singing voices to help save her land, which is in danger due to a lack of them. Wanting to help Alto, the three girls decide to form an idol group and spread the power of their voices throughout Japan.



* AlphaBitch: Julia.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:Even after Alto leaves, the three girls continue to sing as an idol group.]]



* BigFancyCastle: The castle in the land of the fairies is this, but [[HauntedCastle at night, traps are everywhere and even ghosts can be seen dancing around]].

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* BigFancyCastle: The castle Alto's home in the land of the fairies is this, but [[HauntedCastle at night, traps are everywhere and even ghosts can be seen dancing around]].around]]. These "tricks and illusions" (as Alto puts it) were put there by Alto's ancestors.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Alto's aunt Forte, who tries to find subtle ways to take Alto's takt away from her so that she could take over the throne.



* CrossCastRole: Kanon, Kodama, and Marika get an opportunity to be part of a ''Literature/{{Snow White}}'' musical. [[spoiler:Julia is there as well, and to sabotage the group, she tries to poison some drinks in hopes that they will drink them. Unfortunately, the actor who was cast as the prince, Shun Nakamura, takes one of the drinks and becomes ill, causing the director of the musical to replace him with ''Kanon!'']]

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Marika made one with [[PrecociousCrush her much older neighbor Yuichiro when she was 4 years old]]. Her friends don't think too much of it and Kanon even tries to tell her that people don't take such things seriously (before being stopped by Kodama). But Marika takes it extremely seriously, as she gets seriously distressed when she hears that Yuichiro is now getting married and seems to have forgotten about her promise.
* CostumePorn: Pierre Yamada, the girls' agent, [[UnlimitedWardrobe never seems to run out of clothes]]. Sometimes he changes into full-blown costumes instantly ''without'' Alto's magic. Sue, the president of the record label that Kanon, Kodama, Marika, ''and'' Julia are signed under, shares his love for fashion. The series in general also gives the main three plenty of outfits.
* CrossCastRole: Kanon, Kodama, and Marika get an opportunity to be part of a ''Literature/{{Snow White}}'' musical. [[spoiler:Julia is there as well, and to sabotage the group, she tries to poison some drinks in hopes that they the three girls will drink them. Unfortunately, the actor who was cast as the prince, Shun Nakamura, takes one of the drinks and becomes ill, causing the director of the musical to replace him with ''Kanon!'']]''Kanon!'']]
* CuteClumsyGirl: Turns out Kanon can be [[SucksAtDancing a pretty clumsy dancer]].
* DarkIsEvil: There are fairies known as Dark Fairies that use black magic to harm others, and have tried to attack the Kingdom of Sound in the past in order to achieve their goal of having their "Land of Darkness".
* DramaBomb: Practically most, if not all, of volume 4.



* {{Fangirl}}: Kodama literally ''[[{{Squee}} squees]]'' at the sight of Shun Nakamura, a celebrity who appears in one of the later chapters.
* GenkiGirl: Kanon.
* GirlishPigtails: Marika. Though Kanon sometimes has them too.
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:After being betrayed by Julia, Sharp decides to use forbidden magic to transform herself into a human named Hanne. She becomes an incredibly popular idol in no time and uses her dark magic to steal energy from humans with her Black Orb perched on her hair, though her transformation and continued usage of magic shortened her life span. It ends up being so serious that she eventually becomes unable to ''physically move.'']]



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Marika can be pretty aggressive and have downright selfish motives at times, but she doesn't have any crazy malicious intentions or anything.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: [[spoiler:Hanne.]]
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Alto is a more cheerful and innocent fairy, while Sharp often has [[PsychoticSmirk a devilish smirk]] and malicious intentions.



* MagicWand: Alto and Sharp use magic wands called "takts". Alto's takt is a rod with an orb with stars and some bells attached to it ([[spoiler:it eventually evolves into a star rod with an orb that has a music note on it]]), while Sharp's takt is a rod with a crescent moon on it.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Each of the unique fairy characters except for Alto's mother.
* TheRival: Julia.

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* MagicWand: Alto and Sharp use magic wands called "takts". Alto's takt takt, the "Princess Takt", is a rod with an orb with stars and some bells attached to it ([[spoiler:it eventually evolves into a star rod with an orb that has a music note on it]]), while Sharp's takt is a rod with a crescent moon on it.
* MindControlEyes: [[spoiler:Marika in chapter 20, after Sharp uses the Staff of Manipulation on her.]]
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MusicalThemeNaming: Each of the unique fairy characters except characters. Except for Alto's mother.
mother, whose name isn't known.
* OdangoHair: Alto and Sharp. Looks like they were inspired by [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi]].
* PrincessClassic: Alto is a straight example... aside from [[DreadfulMusician her singing]].
* PurpleIsPowerful: Sharp, as well as [[spoiler:her human identity Hanne.]]
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Kodama, who knows some things that her friends don't.
* TheRival: Julia.Julia is to Kanon and her friends, while her mother Hijiri was once this to Marika's mother Manami.



* TransformationSequence: Alto often transforms the girls' clothes.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: While she was at school, Kanon hears Alto, who was in her home world at the time, and decides to jump in the school pool after remembering that Earth and Alto's world were connected by water. [[spoiler:She then shows up in Alto's world and proceeds to help her go through the Sealed Forest so that she could fix her broken takt at the Temple of Rejuvenation, which takes up several chapters. Marika and Kodama eventually come over to help too.]]

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* TransformationSequence: Alto often transforms the girls' clothes.
clothes with her magic.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: While she was at school, Kanon hears Alto, who was in her home world at the time, and time. In response to [[CallToAdventure Alto's call for help]], Kanon decides to jump in the school pool after remembering that Earth and Alto's world were connected by water. [[spoiler:She then shows up in Alto's world and proceeds to help her go through the Sealed Forest so that she could fix her broken takt at the Temple of Rejuvenation, which takes up several chapters. Marika and Kodama eventually come over to help too.]]
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Alto and Sharp. Julia also looks a lot like her mother did when she was her age, but with brown hair instead of blonde.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marika and Alto both have blue hair, and Sharp has purple hair.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Counter-clockwise from left: Kanon, Marika, Kodama, and Alto.]]

''Fairy Idol Kanon'' is a 2003-2006 manga series created by Mera Hakamada (known for ''[[Manga/TheLastUniform The Last Uniform]]'').

The story follows three young girls from Hinoura Elementary School—Kanon, Marika, and Kodama—who decide to form an idol group after meeting a fairy from another world that relies on the power of music.

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!!Tropes in ''Fairy Idol Kanon'' include:

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn:
** Beauty: Kanon is kind-hearted and wants to help others in any way she can.
** Brains: Kodama is quite knowledgeable about celebrities.
** Brawn: Marika is easily the most aggressive of the three.
* BigFancyCastle: The castle in the land of the fairies is this, but [[HauntedCastle at night, traps are everywhere and even ghosts can be seen dancing around]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:After the three girls save the Record Champions ceremony from dark energy, Alto appears in a dream to Kanon, showing her that the land of the fairies is starting to recover and that Sharp and Forte have made up with the family. Alto then bids a tearful farewell to Kanon. The girls never see Alto again after that, but they will remember her in their hearts and keep singing.]]
* CrossCastRole: Kanon, Kodama, and Marika get an opportunity to be part of a ''Literature/{{Snow White}}'' musical. [[spoiler:Julia is there as well, and to sabotage the group, she tries to poison some drinks in hopes that they will drink them. Unfortunately, the actor who was cast as the prince, Shun Nakamura, takes one of the drinks and becomes ill, causing the director of the musical to replace him with ''Kanon!'']]
* EvilDiva: [[spoiler:Hanne.]]
* EvilTwin: Though not actually twins, Sharp looks very similar to Alto.
* FairyCompanion: Kanon and her friends have Alto, while Julia has Sharp.
* IdolSinger
* MagicalIncantation: Alto's "Magical Healing".
* MagicIdolSinger
* MagicWand: Alto and Sharp use magic wands called "takts". Alto's takt is a rod with an orb with stars and some bells attached to it ([[spoiler:it eventually evolves into a star rod with an orb that has a music note on it]]), while Sharp's takt is a rod with a crescent moon on it.
* MusicalThemeNaming: Each of the unique fairy characters except for Alto's mother.
* TheRival: Julia.
* TeenIdol: Julia.
* TransformationSequence: Alto often transforms the girls' clothes.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: While she was at school, Kanon hears Alto, who was in her home world at the time, and decides to jump in the school pool after remembering that Earth and Alto's world were connected by water. [[spoiler:She then shows up in Alto's world and proceeds to help her go through the Sealed Forest so that she could fix her broken takt at the Temple of Rejuvenation, which takes up several chapters. Marika and Kodama eventually come over to help too.]]

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