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* AmnesiaLoop: In episode three of Roman's first season, Roman is obliged to use his magic to erase the heroine's memory of their meeting. In the next couple of episodes she finds her way back to the cafe again and obliviously resists his efforts to convince her to leave until in episode six he's forced to wipe her memory again, confirming before he does that it's not the first time - and probably not the second either.
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* ShoutOut: In one interaction with Roman in Liora's second season, he says he once had a dream where he was actually [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} a mediocre chef whose talent came from being controlled by an weirdly intelligent rat]].
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* FallingIntoHisArms: How Roman is introduced on his route -- the heroine trips on a turnip and he catches her as she falls.
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* EatDirtCheap: In Emeril's first season, Zain serves Daphne the PlantPerson a "dirty chai latte with extra dirt."
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* PlantPerson: One of the cafe's regular customers is Daphne, a woman made of plants.
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* BiTheWay: As with all ''Lovestruck'' titles, the heroine is bisexual regardless of route. In Zain's first season, she is taken with Emeril upon meeting her, and during a game of [[INever ten fingers]], she recounts trying to sneak a girl into her parents' house as a teen.
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* BiTheWay: BiTheWay:
** As with all ''Lovestruck'' titles, the heroine is bisexual regardless of route. In Zain's first season, she is taken with Emeril upon meeting her, and during a game of [[INever ten fingers]], she recounts trying to sneak a girl into her parents' house as ateen.teen.
** Emeril doesn’t identify with the term ‘bisexual’ herself, but says “it’s the same for me” when the heroine mentions being bi, except it’s more that she likes who she likes.
** As with all ''Lovestruck'' titles, the heroine is bisexual regardless of route. In Zain's first season, she is taken with Emeril upon meeting her, and during a game of [[INever ten fingers]], she recounts trying to sneak a girl into her parents' house as a
** Emeril doesn’t identify with the term ‘bisexual’ herself, but says “it’s the same for me” when the heroine mentions being bi, except it’s more that she likes who she likes.
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** In Liora’s second season, the heroine accidentally uses a fish-related saying (“bigger fish to fry”) while speaking to a fish person. After realizing what she’d said, she attempts to backpedal, but ends up [[FreudianSlip accidentally slipping in fish puns]].
** Emeril describing her orientation in her first season:
--->'''Emeril:''' It’s more that I like who I like and don’t like who I don’t like, if that makes sense. Not that there are a lot of people I don’t like! I try my best to like everyone! But not romantically. Obviously. [[ShuttingUpNow Sorry. I’ll stop talking now.]]
** In Liora’s second season, the heroine accidentally uses a fish-related saying (“bigger fish to fry”) while speaking to a fish person. After realizing what she’d said, she attempts to backpedal, but ends up [[FreudianSlip accidentally slipping in fish puns]].
** Emeril describing her orientation in her first season:
--->'''Emeril:''' It’s more that I like who I like and don’t like who I don’t like, if that makes sense. Not that there are a lot of people I don’t like! I try my best to like everyone! But not romantically. Obviously. [[ShuttingUpNow Sorry. I’ll stop talking now.]]
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* LastSecondWordSwap: On Emeril's route, the heroine first meets her in the human world, not knowing that she's a magician. So when Emeril starts to say that she'd started an Creator/AgathaChristie book because she heard she was popular among humans, she immediately attempts to correct her mistake.
-->'''Emeril:''' I heard she was really popular among hu-! ''[cuts herself off]''\\
'''Heroine:''' Popular among who?\\
'''Emeril:''' Among huuuuu... Among huge mystery fans! And that's what I am! So I figured I'd like it!
-->'''Emeril:''' I heard she was really popular among hu-! ''[cuts herself off]''\\
'''Heroine:''' Popular among who?\\
'''Emeril:''' Among huuuuu... Among huge mystery fans! And that's what I am! So I figured I'd like it!
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* NostalgicMusicbox: Roman's {{Leitmotif}} incorporates one of these, tying in thematically with his memory magic.
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* WindsOfDestinyChange: Lucien specializes in luck magic. He gives the heroine a minor demonstration in his first season by casting a luck-boosting enchantment on her and then challenging her to a game of cards: each of them draws one card, high card wins. When she pulls the higher card on their first draw, he adds the additional rule that her points will double each time she pulls a card that's in sequence with her last draw. Despite the heroine shuffling the deck twice, every card she draws after that is exactly one higher than her last card.
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* WindsOfDestinyChange: Lucien specializes in luck magic. He gives the heroine a minor demonstration in his first season by casting a luck-boosting enchantment on her and then challenging her to a game of cards: each of them draws one card, high card wins. When she pulls the higher card on their first draw, he adds the additional further rule that her points will double each time she pulls a card that's in sequence with her last draw. Despite the heroine shuffling the deck twice, every card she draws after that is exactly one higher than her last card.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Vivid hair colors seem to be the norm for magicians, and most of the magical cast have hair that humans would only be able to achieve with dye.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Vivid hair colors seem to be the norm for magicians, and most of the magical cast have hair that humans would only be able to achieve with dye.dye.
* YourFavorite: When the heroine first visits the café at the beginning of Roman's first season, Roman proves uncannily good at "guessing" and making her favorites - first a caramel macchiato at the coffee bar, followed by curly fries and a vanilla milkshake, and finishing off with a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. It's one of the early clues that, though at the moment she can't remember, this is not their first meeting.
* YourFavorite: When the heroine first visits the café at the beginning of Roman's first season, Roman proves uncannily good at "guessing" and making her favorites - first a caramel macchiato at the coffee bar, followed by curly fries and a vanilla milkshake, and finishing off with a bowl of mint chocolate chip ice cream. It's one of the early clues that, though at the moment she can't remember, this is not their first meeting.
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* ExoticEyeDesigns: A magician's eyes have a unique pattern in the iris -- Lucien has a pentagram, Runa has a lotus blossom, Zain has a four-pointed star, Roman has a multi-ringed pattern, and Liora appears to have galaxy-like swirls.
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* ExoticEyeDesigns: A magician's eyes have a unique pattern in the iris -- Lucien has a pentagram, Runa has a lotus blossom, Zain has a four-pointed star, Roman has a multi-ringed pattern, and Liora appears to have galaxy-like swirls.has three spirals.
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* ExoticEyeDesigns: A magician's eyes have a unique pattern in the iris -- Lucien has a pentagram, Runa has a lotus blossom, Zain has a four-pointed star, Roman has a multi-ringed pattern, and Liora appears to have galaxy-like swirls.
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* NostalgicMusicbox: Roman's {{Leitmotif}} incorporates one of these, tying in thematically with his memory magic.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: And forgotten second meeting, as well. In Roman's route, he and the protagonist met and formed a relationship four years before the events of the route, but the entire experience was removed from the heroine's memory. When she first finds her way to the cafe, Roman is obliged to wipe her memory a second time, apologetically telling her that it's to keep her safe.
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* CausticCritic: Cyril, the food critic Lucien must impress during his first season. He's stated to be extremely influential to the point that his review could make or break the cafe; he's also arrogant, impatient, and unstinting with his criticism. On the other hand, he's depicted as making valid points about the confections Lucien serves, which are extremely ''visually'' appealing but nothing special in terms of flavor. The two also have bad blood between them from the past, and when [[spoiler:Cyril realizes Lucien is involved with the cafe at the end of Lucien's first season, he announces his intention to crucify the cafe in his review purely to spite Lucien]].
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* CausticCritic: Cyril, the food critic Lucien must impress during his first season. He's stated to be extremely influential to the point that his review could make or break the cafe; he's also arrogant, impatient, and unstinting with his criticism. On the other hand, he's depicted as making valid points about the confections Lucien serves, which are extremely ''visually'' appealing but nothing special in terms of flavor. The two also have bad blood between them from the past, and when [[spoiler:Cyril realizes Lucien is involved with the cafe at the end of Lucien's first season, he announces his intention to crucify crucifies the cafe in his review purely to spite Lucien]].
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* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: In the first CG of Roman's season one, he's carrying a standard-issue brown paper bag of groceries. There's no baguette, presumably because Lucien does the cafe's baking himself, but the standard greens (celery in this case) are sticking up out of the bag, along with a couple of loose tomatoes.
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* ISOStandardUrbanGroceries: In the first CG of Roman's season one, he's carrying a standard-issue brown paper bag of groceries. There's no baguette, presumably because Lucien does the cafe's baking himself, but the standard expected greens (celery in this case) are sticking up out of the bag, along with a couple of loose tomatoes.
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* BenevolentBoss: Liora is a compassionate person who is mindful of each of her staff members' needs and wants them to flourish.
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* BenevolentBoss: Liora Liora, the owner of Sweet Enchantments, is a compassionate person who is mindful of each of her staff members' needs and wants them to flourish.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Liora is accustomed to taking responsibility upon herself and not relying upon anyone else. In her second season, when the heroine picks up Liora's mantle, she is surprised by how heavy it is and the realization that Liora carries that weight on her shoulders every day, an obvious metaphor for Liora's responsibilities.
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* SilkHidingSteel: Liora is calm, polite, and elegant, handling tense situations with grace and a quiet authority.
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* DramaticIrony: In Roman's first season, it's obvious to the reader from the very first episode that Roman and the heroine have a past relationship, and that the gap in her memory from four years ago is the result of Roman using his memory magic to make her forget. The heroine, meanwhile, has no clue and can only regard the oddities in Roman's behavior toward her with confusion.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Roman's specialty is memory magic. He can amplify good memories and soften bad ones, but his route confirms that he can also remove memories entirely.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: And forgotten second meeting, as well. In Roman's route, he and the protagonist met and formed a relationship four years before the events of the route, but the entire experience was removed from the heroine's memory. When she first finds her way to the cafe, Roman is obliged to wipe her memory a second time, apologetically telling her that it's to keep her safe.
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* WistfulAmnesia: Roman's first season ''starts'' with the heroine feeling a nagging sense of something missing from her life, after an incident four years prior in which she ended up in the hospital with a memory gap of several months. Once she stumbles upon Sweet Enchantments and meets Roman, deja vu sets in hard.
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* {{Foil}}: Lucien and Roman, who work alongside each other in the kitchen. Lucien is aloof, neat, and perfectionist, and has teal as his signature color. Roman is open, friendly, sloppier, and has red as his signature color. When the heroine sees their handwriting on the menu board, she notes the contrast between them -- Lucien's is neat and precise, whereas Roman uses a looping cursive style.
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* {{Motifs}}:
** Zain is often associated with storm clouds and twilight by the heroine's narration, tying in with his dark magic, his color scheme, and his mystery.
** Liora is associated with the night sky and moonlit seas, reflecting her serenity and to an extent, her overall color scheme.
** Zain is often associated with storm clouds and twilight by the heroine's narration, tying in with his dark magic, his color scheme, and his mystery.
** Liora is associated with the night sky and moonlit seas, reflecting her serenity and to an extent, her overall color scheme.
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* YouAreACreditToYourRace: In Zain's second season, when people are gossiping about Zain because of his dark magic, one customer tells him that he's "very polite for a dark magician," and that he's worked very hard to overcome his "natural disadvantages." [[ComplimentBackfire The heroine is incensed to hear it.]]
-->'''Heroine:''' (Oh god, he actually thinks that was a compliment. He thinks he's being nice to Zain.)
-->'''Heroine:''' (Oh god, he actually thinks that was a compliment. He thinks he's being nice to Zain.)
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* LiterallyFallingInLove:
** The heroine falls on Lucien in his second season while she's playfully trying to push a cookie towards his mouth; he blushes as a result.
** Liora's first season ends with the heroine rushing into her room and colliding with her, making them fall down with the heroine on top. They are both caught in the moment for a while.
** The heroine falls on Lucien in his second season while she's playfully trying to push a cookie towards his mouth; he blushes as a result.
** Liora's first season ends with the heroine rushing into her room and colliding with her, making them fall down with the heroine on top. They are both caught in the moment for a while.
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* FantasticRacism:
** Some magicians look down on humans; it's an early source of friction in Lucien and Runa's routes.
** Within magician society, dark magicians are regarded with deep suspicion, with many assumptions and unfounded rumors about them. In Zain's second season, he tells the heroine that parents sometimes abandon children if they have dark magic due to the fear and prejudice surrounding them, contributing to a vicious cycle as those abandoned lash out against the society that rejected them.
** Some magicians look down on humans; it's an early source of friction in Lucien and Runa's routes.
** Within magician society, dark magicians are regarded with deep suspicion, with many assumptions and unfounded rumors about them. In Zain's second season, he tells the heroine that parents sometimes abandon children if they have dark magic due to the fear and prejudice surrounding them, contributing to a vicious cycle as those abandoned lash out against the society that rejected them.
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* BadDreams: Zain suffers from nightmares, as the heroine discovers in his second season.
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* TheInsomniac: After a nightmare in his second season causes Zain to fear he might do the heroine harm, he starts sleeping even less than usual, pushing himself further and further into exhaustion until matters finally come to a head.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Merik in Zain's second season is acting as a magical version, running a stall at the Goblin Market where he sells dodgy remedies and protections against curses. Customers suckered by his claims that he's Zain's apprentice find that the magic he's selling tends to, if anything, make their problems ''worse''.
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* TheSacredDarkness: In Zain's second season, the heroine gets an opportunity to experience what his dark magic is like for him. While she finds it unnerving at first, her perspective soon changes and she sees it as Zain himself does - lonely, but also beautiful and strangely comforting.
-->'''Zain's Inner Voice:''' A presence in darkness, a voice in silence, like a cave of shadows, an old house comfortable with its ghosts.
-->'''Zain's Inner Voice:''' A presence in darkness, a voice in silence, like a cave of shadows, an old house comfortable with its ghosts.
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* ArousedBytheirVoice: On Zain's route, the heroine's narration rarely misses an opportunity to remark on how appealing she finds his rich, velvety voice and how much it affects her when he's flirting with her.
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* FunWithAcronyms: MIST is a magician magazine -- its name stands for Magicians In Society Today.
