Questions tagged [magic]
For questions referring to powers obtained by supernatural or spiritual means outside of science or technology. Can also be used to signify that the question contains magical elements when asking in relation to an identification question: [story-identification], [episode-identification], [character-identification] and [object-identification].
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Anime kids movie about three kids with magical animals only believers could see
There was a kids anime movie I watched 5-10 years ago and it was about these three kids with magical animals only kids could see. There was one girl with a pink based animal. I think one of the boys ...
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Manga about modern-day high school student who meets a girl with a sword who wears bunny ears and claims to be his fiancée
I read this manga a few years ago.
It's set in the modern day and it's about a high school student who meets a girl with a sword who wears bunny ears and claims to be his fiancée. She says that he is ...
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Manga where male child main character is neglected by family for having no skill but is strong, and sister is now the main in the family
The main character can use the sword very well, to the point he can use a stick for the sword skills. Eventually, he meets a girl who struggles with magic. Later, his sister who loves him sees that he ...
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Anime with a girl who chooses a school based on its uniform and ends up in a club with duels and special powers
The female lead chooses a school based on its uniform, and the school she chose was a kind of unusual one where the students are required to join a club and have a duel with one another, and everyone ...
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Manhwa where the female lead finds out her magic has been sealed and her husband protects her from her family
From what I remember, the female lead had pure white hair and chose to marry her husband to get away from her family. She had a gem on her wrist that all people in that world have, but she couldn’t ...
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Looking for a book featuring a soldier/marine travelling to a different time/universe
I picked up a book a year ago and read the summary at the back(part of a series maybe?) at a airport bookshop but had to stop because of my flight was about to depart. I can't remember the author or ...
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Sci-fi/fantasy fae book about a girl whose family place a geas on her, causing her to be unable to escape the town
I'm looking for a book published between 2013 to 2019.
At the beginning of the book, the kids are all sitting around looking for someone they'll fall for, who they'll live with for a year and, if ...
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Reverse harem manhwa in which the blonde female lead is reincarnated as a side character and ends up with the silver-haired master of the magic tower
The female lead is a blondie who was initially a side character. The original female lead has black hair and beautiful eyes, everyone thinks that she is very kind and considerate, however it's just ...
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Anime where a kid goes to find a magic city with a magic academy
The anime I'm trying to think of starts with a kid who I believe lost his parents. He's trained on some sort of hot air balloon house and when he finally leaves, he goes to find the magic city with ...
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The main character has white hair, can use all elements, and gets a elf witch teacher that he one shots at first meeting
The main character has white hair and is reborn into the world. His noble family does not like the fact that when they test his magic it appeared black, but that's only because he can use all elements,...
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Book about a boy who doesn't believe in magic after his older magician brother disappeared
Like the title suggests this story I'm looking for is about a boy who didn't believe in magic after his older brother who was a magician disappeared. The boy ends up getting framed for graffitiing his ...
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Animated film about a blond boy who helps a witch and is granted a single wish as a reward
It is about a blond kid who basically sucks at everything. He helps a witch who rewards him by granting him one "wish" for one day. He then found a bit of a cheat and said he wanted to be ...
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A manga/manhwa where the mc is a light element user and has a companion beast of white dragon but it looks like a snake right at the beginning?
MC is a young boy in a pretty remote place where he meets a teacher who trains him then sponsors/takes him to go to the academy.
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Book about an orphan girl taken to a magic school
I'm trying to remember the name of a book from when my friend was a kid.
There are not many memories, beyond it being about an orphan taken to a school for magic when she was proven to have it. Only ...
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Fantasy book involving a lost princess, religion, and a pit with wolves
I’m trying to find a fantasy book I read at least 15 years ago. Here’s all the details I remember:
The main character, a teenage girl, was unknowingly adopted and raised by parents who looked ...
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Fantasy kids' game for Nintendo DS in which the occupants of a duck or chicken town are sucked into a book and you have to play minigames to save them
This game was out on Nintendo DS; I played it like seven years ago.
You live in a duck (or chicken?) town and this magician guy brings a book out to read a story to you and your friends, but the book ...
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Young adult fantasy book series about the 13th child of a blacksmith
I read these books a couple of decades ago. Not sure when they were published, but I thought they were recent then. I got through three books, but am not sure how many more there were.
In the story, a ...
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Paperback book about a purple-haired sorceress fighting an evil wizard
In high school, between 1984-1988, I read a sci-fi fantasy book about a sorceress with purple hair. She had a son and was fighting an evil wizard. She had to learn the secret name of magical creatures ...
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Movie where a boy is searching for mysterious girl he’d seen either in a dream or once in real life
It’s some movie (maybe Disney) where a boy or old man is searching for this magical woman he’d seen either in a dream or once in real life. He goes to visit her mother and somehow upsets her. All I ...
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Manga featuring a male main character who is weak but thought to be strong, and a princess, a priestess, and a sorceress
I’m looking for a black and white manga about a male main character (MC) who is weak but thought to be strong by other people.
There are three main female characters: a princess, a priestess, and a ...
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Fantasy novel about magic and telepathic birds
I am looking for a book I read back in high school. This was 2003 so it was published before then. I only remember a few things.
Only a few people were able to have a bond with one bird. But there was ...
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Help: Fantasy magic book series male genius similar to Name of the Wind
Can't recall book names or author or character names.
Looking for a series (7-9 books).
The first part of title was always the same as if it was a chronicle or Quest and vaguely remember something ...
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Isekai manga where mc is starts with being weak [duplicate]
This was an ecchi manga in which the main character and some of his friends are transported to another world, but the MC was summoned by mistake because he was holding his girlfriend's hand but he is ...
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Book about a girl who found a portal in the woods to a violent and ruthless fairy world
From what I remember this girl found a portal in the woods to a fairy world but the fairies went more along with Grimm tales, they were violent and ruthless. A lot of people are trying to kidnap her ...
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Norse-based fantasy show where protagonist can use every ability?
I'm looking for an animated series (100% not an anime) taking place in a fantasy world that might have had a Nordic aesthetic, where everyone had a unique superpower. (i.e. wings, ice manipulation, ...
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Girl with no magic powers at a magic academy, then she gains powers
This girl with no magic is at a magic academy. She fights another girl. A guy arrives. There was a balcony scene. He somehow gives her magic. She gains magic and fights again (I think) this time I ...
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Book about a female with animal tattoos that can move around on her body
I think I read this book in the mid to late 2000s.
The main character is female with tattoos that can move around on her body.
She can even take them off and they become small figurines until she puts ...
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Manhwa or manga in which the main character is weak and constantly compared to his father. He uses a forbidden spell to gain recognition
The main character is the son of a legendary hero/adventurer.
I believe he starts out weak, I can not remember, but keeps getting compared to his dad or by his dad's name and it makes him mad. The ...
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Nobility manga where the female main character is forced to cross-dress by her family but encounters demigods
The website I used to read that manga on is sadly shut down, but there was this specific nobility manga where the female main character (FMC) was hated by her "family" that were like her ...
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Romance Fantasy webcomic about a girl raised by nuns who marries a duke
The main character (MC) is a girl raised in a church by some nuns. I can't remember her name. She overhears the priest making a deal with a noble to sell her off as a "gift" for the local ...
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Romance fantasy manhwa in which the female lead and the male lead have a baby at the end, possibly named Sofia
I can’t remember the name of this manhwa I read a few years ago.
All I can remember is that the female lead (FL) had brownish/reddish hair and green eyes and the male lead (ML) had silver hair and it ...
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Manga- about the FL turned into a stone then the ML found her inside the dead dragon and hid her statue
This is about the FL who can use magic then they have this kid in the basement (maybe the ML) who is like very strong yet trust no one. Then the FL became his guardian where he opens up with the FL. ...
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Modern fantasy novel where multiple conspiracy groups are referred to as different animals
This is a novel that I read in early 90s, but I suspect was written well before then.
It occurs in modern times and there are multiple conspiracy groups in it. Each of these groups is referred to by ...
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Are words necessary to perform Sorcery in the Belgariad?
In the Belgariad (and other works by Eddings within the same universe), is it always necessary to use spoken words to cast magic through the Will and the Word? Or is it possible to utilize it purely ...
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Young adult or middle grade fantasy book from the 90s-2000s about a girl in a town or village who thinks she doesn't have magic
I'm looking for a young adult or middle grade fantasy book from the 90s-2000s.
A girl is in a town or village and she thinks she doesn't have magic. An eccentric or someone unexpected tells her she ...
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Book about a famous wizard before he was famous
I read at least two books in this series, within the last 10 years.
A scribe finds the famous wizard in an inn somewhere living in hiding and can't believe his luck in finding the famous wizard. He ...
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Story Identification: Fantasy, magic system involves holding contradictory thoughts [duplicate]
I have vague recollections of a fantasy novel (or series) where the training for the magic system requires holding as many contradictory thoughts as possible at once. If I remember correctly, this ...
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Book involving two siblings and a magic sword called Excalibur
I read this а LONG time ago, but I'm pretty sure it involves two siblings whose catchphrase is "let's blow this popsicle stand." There's also а magic sword called Excalibur, I think.
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Book about these two kids finding a sulfur smell on their campus, then magically leads to a magician and about elixirs
I’m looking looking for a book about these two kids finding a sulfur smell on their campus, then magically leads to a magician and about elixirs. I read this as a kid in 24 now. I believe there could ...
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Book series where a magic gauntlet fuses with a girl's arm and turns into a sword
The story starts off with a boy travelling on a ship which is carrying a chest.
The ship crashes and he and a girl get saved by a man who also took the chest.
The girl ends up opening the chest and a ...
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Fantasy book about a boy whose family lives in a sort of vacation spot for the real world
The book is follows the point of view of a boy whose family lives in a sort of vacation spot for the real world. In their world, there are orchestrated battles and magic for the visitors to spectate ...
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Book about a boy who is taken in by a wizard and then goes to a city with a large magical tower
I read this book in my school's library in 2017, so I'm guessing it was published some time around then.
I think it was about a young boy who got sold to a wizard, or his dad left him in the woods ...
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A girl with magical power in a different world
I read a book quite a while back (probably quite a few years ago) that I downloaded (probably for free, but maybe not) on iBooks. I do not have iTunes anymore so I can't find it from there.
It was a ...
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Comic or manga that involves princess things
It's about a girl who is a maid and I think she got reincarnated into a book of fairy tales involving princesses (there were princesses who were taking tests about fairy tales. Like "The Princess ...
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Book with female protagonist, magical academy, magic liquid / essence, ends in war
Read this series (or may have been a massive novel, not sure) at least 15 years ago (cant recall when it was published but I dont think it was published in 2008, I think it was much older but that's ...
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Story about a post-modern-age apocalyptic age, portrayed as a new medieval age, with old-world artefacts, and some semblance of magic
This is a book that I read somewhen during high school, approximately 13 years ago at the very least. I only have fragments and remembered impressions and theory-crafting, so apologies for the sparse-...
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Looking for manga that the Main Character has no magic but join the magic academy using Science "Magic"
So this Character were banished from his family because failing to join academy at a certain age while he has a younger sister which is a genius at magic especially fire magic and going to magic ...
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Seeking a YA fantasy about a person with no magic in a land where everyone else has magic [duplicate]
I'm looking for a book about a kid that lives in a world where everyone has magic but he does not. Later in the book, he finds out his magic is just hidden and shows up in the form of luck. This was a ...
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Book series about a magic family with magic parents and kids having adventures learning magic
Looking for a middle-grade fantasy book series (possibly three or four) about a magic family. Think there was a brother and 2 sisters. One sister was younger than the other two. Maybe there were 4 ...
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Fantasy manga with a blue-haired female protagonist who has ice magic and a blond(?) male protagonist with fire magic. They're rivals
Please help me find this manga. I forgot the name so I kept finding it. 😭😭
It's set in a magical world, fantasy.
The protagonist is a blue haired female, she has ice magic.
(Her hair was originally ...
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