History Manga / Pretear

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Translators don't seem to agree whether it's "Leafe", "Liefe", "Leife", or something else. For the record, the cover of the second soundtrack CD renders the term as "Léafe".
* SpiritualPredecessor: Of ''Anime/PrincessTutu''.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Himeno and her UnwantedHarem.]]

%%* AgentPeacock: Kei in the anime.

Interestingly Pretear seems to be Junichi Sato's prototype run for his work on ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. Both have plucky red-haired magical girl heroines (Himeno, Ahiru/Duck) Both involve an initially hostile and jerky dark-haired guy who become a love interest ( Hayate, Fakir) Both have a white-haired male ally turns evil for the love of a dark princess (Sasame and Fenrir, Mytho/Siegfried and Rue/ Krahe.) Both involve Fairy tale and MagicalGirl elements.

Interestingly Pretear seems to be Junichi Sato's prototype run for his work on ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. Both have plucky red-haired magical girl heroines(Himeno, Ahiru/Duck) Both involve an initially hostile and jerky dark-haired guy who become a love interest( Hayate, Fakir) Both have a white haired male ally turn evil for the love of a dark princess( Sasame and Fenrir, Mytho/Siegfried and Rue/ Krahe.) Both involve Fairy tale and MagicalGirl elements.

%%* AwfulTruth: The {{backstory}}.
%%* BarbieDollAnatomy

%%* BigFancyHouse: The Awayuki Residence.

%%* BrattyHalfPint: Mannen
%%* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Mawata.]]

%%* CastFromHitPoints: In the manga version.

** BlowYouAway & RazorWind: Hayate, and Himeno when she is merged with him

%%* OnlyOneName: The Knights. Apparently.
%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Himeno.

*** WeaponOfChoice: Interestingly, it's ''Himeno'' who gets to use these. Hayate, the leader, provides her with a sword, Sasame - with "Sound ''Arrow''", Goh - with an axe... Kei's weapon in the manga was a staff, which also fits.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Kei in the anime version (in the manga, he has a paler skin tone).

* RapunzelHair: The Princess of Disaster (but not [[spoiler:Takako]]), as well as Mayune, and Hayate in the manga.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Though Hayate is a catalyst in both the manga and anime, the reason Takako [[spoiler:becomes the Princess of Disaster]] is different between the two. In the manga [[spoiler:Takako confessed her love to Hayate and he pretended to reciprocate her feelings as to not hurt her, but she ultimately became the Princess of Disaster when she realized that Hayate didn’t actually love her]]. Whereas in the anime [[spoiler:Takako confessed her love for Hayate and he ''immediately'' rejected her, and she became the Princess of Disaster because of this rejection]].

''Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Puriitia'' -- "Prétear: The New Legend of Snow-White", often shortened to just ''Prétear'' -- is a {{shojo}} story with a premise that can be described as "''MagicalGirlWarrior Literature/SnowWhite And The [[{{Bishonen}} Seven Bishonen]]''". Originally a four-volume {{manga}} created by Jun'ichi Sato (best known as the director of the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' anime series) and Kaori Naruse, it was adapted into a [[TwelveEpisodeAnime thirteen-episode]] {{anime}} series, with some noticeable changes in the plot and character designs; both the manga and the anime were licensed by [[Creator/ADVFilms ADV]]; the anime is now licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}}.

* {{Bishonen}}: The seven Knights. The young ones [[spoiler:were Bishonen in the backstory]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Almost everyone has impossible hair colors.

* [[spoiler: DeathByChildbirth: Himeno's mother, in the manga. She doesn't know about that until Natsue spells it out for her.]]
** Averted in the anime. Himeno was already 5 years old when her mother died.

* HairColors / AnimeHair: A large variety.
** DarkSkinnedBlond: Kei in the anime version (in the manga, he has a paler skin tone).
** FieryRedhead: Himeno, nicknamed "Tulip Head" by Hayate for her hairstyle
** WhiteHairBlackHeart: Sasame, although in the anime version only, as he was blond in the manga. [[FaceHeelTurn Seems that this was changed on purpose...]]. Mannen's hair is purplish-white, but he is only a kid anyway.
** YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hayate's hair is dark blue (incidentally, he has normal black hair in the manga), Mawata's is blueish-green, and Mayune's is ''pink''.

* {{Megane}}: Sasame in the anime (and the last chapter of the manga).

Not to be confused with the ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' franchise.

* NotSoDifferent: Fenrir points this out in episode 8, saying that Himeno is going to be abandoned by the Knights after the fight is over, and then she will become an evil being like her. Given that Fenrir [[spoiler:used to be the Prétear]] and [[spoiler:was in love with Hayate]], this makes perfect sense...

* AgentPeacock: Kei in the anime.

* AwfulTruth: The {{backstory}}.
* BarbieDollAnatomy

* BigFancyHouse: The Awayuki Residence.

* BrattyHalfPint: Mannen
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Mawata.]]

* CastFromHitPoints: In the manga version.

* {{Mukokuseki}}

* NoblewomansLaugh: Mayune.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Tanaka in episode 5.

* OnlyOneName: The Knights. Apparently.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Himeno.

* TunnelOfForeshadowing: The opening credits.
* [[strike:[[TwelveEpisodeAnime Twelve]]]] [[TwelveEpisodeAnime Thirteen Episode Anime]]

* TeamPet / SmallAnnoyingCreature: Tipi, a kind of bird from Léafenia.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Mawata and Mayune.

* AnimeThemeSong & EndingTheme: Obviously. The first one sung by none other than Yoko Ishida...

* JerkassFacade: Hayate, due to [[spoiler:feeling responsible for Takako's descent into evil]].

* TrappedTheWrongTarget: Mayune sets a trap that pours honey from statue, hoping for revenge against Himeno for spraying water onto her earlier. She gets Mr. Tanaka instead, who surprisingly finds it a good thing since they’re hunting for (demon larvae) insects.

* ManChild: Karou is so feckless that Himeno sometimes has to act as a parent to him. He means well, but he clearly expects all the women in his life--his daughter included--to take care of him. He takes a level in grown-up by the last episode.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Karou and Natsue's cooing over each other can't help but be mortally embarassing to their teenage children.

The story revolves around sixteen-year-old Himeno Awayuki, who finds herself in a situation like in "Literature/{{Cinderella}}": several years after her mother's death, her father Kaoru married the rich widow Natsue who has two daughters, neither of whom seem to like Himeno. Unable to fit into this new environment, Himeno gets more and more depressed, even starting to think that it would be better if she disappeared from the world... that is, until she stumbles upon seven magical boys who call themselves the Léafe Knights. They are searching for a girl who can accept their ElementalPowers and become a MagicalGirlWarrior named "Prétear".