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* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Several chapters in the manga that would normally cover only half of an episode in anime are expanded to full-episode stories in the anime. Examples include Akira taking a couple on a tour prior to training the three apprentices together (and including the couple in the training) along with the wedding sub-plot when Akari helps the mailman one day.
* [[An Aesop]]: Enjoy life. Do it now! Every episode has a more specific/minor one, usually summarized and stated outright towards the end. Some fans [[Serious Business|elevated them to their de facto religion]].
* [[Afterlife Express]]: The ghostly train that appears to transport cats to some sort of afterlife. This is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Night
* [[Badass Normal]]: Akira, even as a kid.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: This is Aika's motivation for becoming friends with Akari. As revealed in the ''Aqua'' manga, Aika initially only becomes friends with Akari to use it as an excuse to see Alicia more.
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* [[Faking Amnesia]]: The water fairy Athena Glory does this as a prank to her student, Alice.
* [[Fan Service]]:
** A rather tame [[Beach Episode
** Aika's civilian apparel in ''Natural'' episode 19.
** The camera sure loves the Undines' butts, although it may simply allude to the [[Author Appeal|preferences of creator Amano herself]].
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* [[Iyashikei]]:
* [[Important Haircut]]: Halfway through ''The Natural'', Aika burns her hair and switches to a short hairstyle. Several further episodes are devoted to her adjusting to it.
* [[Jerk
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: In the last episode of ''The Origination'', {{spoiler|Alicia}} suddenly announces she is getting married, without any prior indication she was even ''dating'' someone. The viewer never finds out who her fiance is, let alone any details about the courtship. There are some interesting theories about {{spoiler|Alicia}}'s spouse mentioned in the [[Aria
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: The girls are almost always wearing their undine uniforms, even in their spare time.
* [[The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday]]: Akari visits a cafe that serves only cats, and when she walks out it appears to have been long abandoned. There are a few other incidents of this sort in the series.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Sometimes the characters' unique SD faces don't fit the mood of the scene at all and thus feel like this.
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: The "presidents" of Orange Planet, ARIA Company, and Himeya are all blue-eyed cats who accompany the main characters just about everywhere. Presidents Aria and Maa-kun are Mars cats, who have human-level intelligence as well. (Not to mention lifespans measured in decades.)
* [[Oddly
* [[Official Couple]]: Aika and Al eventually
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Albert Pitt, the Gnome, is about 19 or twenty. The conditions under which he works, however, stunt his growth, making him appear as a shota.
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* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Idealistic side.
* [[Small Annoying Creature]]: President Aria Pokoteng, although his behavior arguably much more obnoxious in the anime than the manga.
* [[Stalker
* [[Stern Teacher]]: Akira is regarded as this, but she's also a very good one.
* [[Super-Deformed]]: The girls spend a lot of time looking like this, leading to sometimes jarring results when the switches occur overly sudden or often.
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* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Akari, which is lampshaded by Alice and Aika who comment on how she seems to attract "mysterious phenomena".
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]
* [[Wide
* [[Wind Turbine Power]]: Whoever thought wind turbines could be so romantic?
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: [[Word of God]] says that the lyrics of songs that Athena sings was chosen purely for how they sound, not for their meaning. It was also initially wanted for the first opening.
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