Basic Trope: A wise Asian mentors a usually white character.
- Straight: Bob learnt his magic and fighting style from Arai-sensei, a wise Japanese elderly man with strict discipline.
- Exaggerated: All the best mages in this setting are elderly Asian men with power rivalling that of gods.
- Downplayed:
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- Bob learnt his magic from Arai-sensei, a wise Japanese man who advocates a more flexible approach to magic.
- Justified: Arai-sensei had spent untold millenia cultivating his power.
- Inverted: Zhang Xiao Ming picked up his magic and fighting style from Alan, an American gunslinger who is also a highly powerful wizard.
- Subverted: Arai-san is a half-Japanese boy with magical powers, and his powers come not from his Japanese father, but his white mother.
- Double Subverted: But his Japanese grandfather was the one who trained him to use it well.
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- Averted: There is no in-story link between Asian heritage and wisdom.
- Enforced: The only actor available for the role of The Mentor was Japanese.
- Lampshaded: "Long white beard? Check. Weird speech style? Check. Hanfu? Check. Magical powers? Probably."
- Invoked: The series is set in a world where magical powers are the result of long periods of cultivation and all the masters had spent millenia cultivating their powers.
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