Why do Nips love using these Rune-Circles things when showcasing magic in a anime/manga?
To show something is being casted.
It's not even just a nip thing. Tons of MMOs, nip and western, use some kind of rune circle.
It's also chuuni as fuck and everyone knows any magic anime/manga is just chuuni wish fulfillment.
>>137344137
Because most of the time they literally just type "magic sigils" into google and pick the ones that look cool without any regard for context or meaning. It's one of the many reasons why Japs are actually pretty terrible at fantasy.
Because it's cool.
>>137344137
Alchemy is go to symbol of western arcane knowledge/magic.
Just like wheneveryou talk about eastern spirituality here, you get the same yin/yang symbols dragons and tigers. People associate them, it's like a buzzword of sorts.
Also, you can drop some nice glow and it will convey this shit has power, same with floaty rune circles.
>>137344137
why would they NOT use moonrunes
they look cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8NgPddoPkQ
>>137344196
But who made the first rune sigil and uploaded it to Google?
>>137344230
>all that shit she did
Magic is so cool
>>137344256
Is there a scene that has more obnoxious magic sigils than that?
>>137344137
ZA SLUGGA
>>137344186
>Tons of MMOs, nip and western
Don't think I ever played a Western MMO that had those seal circles everywhere.
Can you name some?
>>137344379
WoW.
>>137344379
Pretty much any MMO. Difference might be that only certain spells use them.
Standard fireball wont, but the higher tier or special spells will.
So what's the official name of these things? I just called them glyphs.
>>137344506
I've always called them either runes or glyphs.
>>137344506
Floaty Fractals
I always assumed that japs think magic needs some kind of catalyst or something to channel it, because their own idea of magic is full of things like talismans and such.
>>137344506
>>137344536
Magic circles
>>137344506
MAgic circle I'm lazy, I don't think their is an official name.
wait never mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_circle
>>137344297
Most of them come from Western ceremonial magic like the Golden Dawn (Crowley's lot) or various Hermetic orders like the OTO.
As to where they got it? Medieval alchemists mainly.
>>137344137
Because Rune-Circles look cool as fuck. Who doesn't like them? Do you really need any other reason to use them?
They're called magic SPELLS for a reason. Gotta spell something.
>>137345036
They're cool until they become the everyday tool of the magical world, then they just become lazy.
I think I started hating magic circles after watching Magi.
>Here comes my fabled attack: a reeeeally big, giant circle!
>I'll use my summoned giants to fuck your shit up, let them just charge up their own magic circles instead of clubbing you with their arms or other giant appendages
I did quite like SAO's version of magic circles, where it was like a keyword roulette
>>137345153
That kind of 'spell' actually means a chant or story. Like the word 'gospel' is basically Good + Story.
>>137344137
that's the one from CCS right?
well, at least there's some symbolism/meaning behind that circle and not just some cool magic circle
>>137344137
DAZZLE!
>>137345416
Magic rune circles can be interpreted as any kind of spell. It probably saves them tons of time animating.
>>137344329
bro he cast a lot of shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MyKAFU2XZo&t=13s
Magic circle spam.
stop with the fucking circles
>>137348794
Nigga come the fuck on.
That shit's no magic circle. I mean, the others at least has a fucking main circle.This shit's just a mess
>tfw no magic spirals or 2D sigils
>>137348794
imagine having to draw that shit every time you wanted to cast Firebolt
>circle
>>137348825
It's a high-level castto turn you into a little girl.
>all these Wiccans in this thread
I can smell the pine resin and badger fur from here. What the fuck?!
>>137349341
You don't need to actually draw it, just picture it in your mind, and channel your magic through it to manifest it into the physical plane.
>>137344506
Sigils maybe?
I hate it
>>137344137
Because it looks cool.
>>137349405
Ancient Belka best circle.
>>137344137
I like magic circles but only when used for high-tier space magic or support magic. Anything else shouldn't require them.
>>137344329
Legend of the legendary heroes
>>137350160
This is now an/a/cesthread
>>137350369
>>137344506
Ptolemaic epicycles
>>137344137
That'd be the worst part of going to magical world.
>What's that? You want to learn magic?
>Here's a 600 page handwritten book explaining every symbol and formation for basic magic.
>If even one thing is wrong it will either not work, or it will kill you
>That'll be 6 white-gold coins.
they're fucking everywhere
I wouldn't mind seeing magical moon runes if it wasn't always in the form of a circle
Its so popular you even get games where the only thing you do it make them
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DelportIndustries.StarLine&hl=en
>>137344579
What's actually written on those seals, anyway?
>>137351233
>99 cents
Must think I'm made of money or something.
>draw circle
>mirror a bunch of random shapes inside it
>put random character/symbols in it
>your very own magical sigil in less than a few minutes
Literally anyone can make them.
>>137344579
>I always assumed that japs think magic needs some kind of catalyst or something to channel it
Well, if you read some old magical grimoires, they're not exactly wrong. A lot of them describe elaborate magic circles and runes that have to be drawn or carved out on the ground to perform specific rituals.
Would you all rather
>draw complex magic circles on the ground before casting magic
or
>read out a long, complex chant in an ancient language
>>137352335
You can't draw while moving, reading is superior
>>137352335
>long, complex chant in an ancient language
Too bad these chants are usually cheesy as fuck, fueled by the chuuni.
Drawing complex magic circles seem a lot more "science-y"
>>137352335
Either's fine if I can cast spells so that they activate on a trigger, effectively allowing me to pre-cast spells when I have the time to spare and actually use them on a moment's notice with little ritual involved.
>>137350602
Gotta love how it's a bunch of western characters smashed into each other.
>>137352867
So more or less prep-time+imagination becomes the win condition? I love those kind of fights.
>>137353517
I wonder if Nips have a meme word for the english alphabet
>>137352335
Have scrolls or shit with the circles drawn in advance
I always wondered how different magic systems would interact with each other if they were meshed into a single universe.
Like say I take Nasuverse and Nanohaverse (these seem to be the more fleshed out systems out there).
Nasuverse's magecraft is hindered mostly because the World likes to reject whatever they do and could eventually be replicated with science. Where as Nanohaverse has large power outputs and rely on mathematical calculation. Getting around the World shitting on their system allowing huge power outputs.
Servants and their NPs, and one of a kind magi are the exceptions to that rule obviously.
Things like Cadalbolg vs. SLB would be a double KO.
>>137354482
I have no idea what you're talking about
>>137354556
Mostly my autism in comparing everything of similarity. Bunch of random versus rabble in my head.
>>137348644
>>137348684
>>137348728
>>137348754
>>137348794
Do any of these sigils have some sort of meaning or background to them or is it just a bunch of random crap thrown together?
>>137354482
>I always wondered how different magic systems would interact with each other if they were meshed into a single universe.
I'm not sure how relevant this is, but some RPGs have magic systems that exist completely parallel to each other.
>>137352335
Grimores that let you skip the actual spell words, yet have spells inside
Because it's cool
>>137354482
I thought Mahouka and Nanoha's system's might be meshed together, since they both share in the use of computerised magical foci and feature multiple systems of magic with different properties.
>>137344282
Goddammit, they're just throwing any random symbol. Even fucking business chart is in there
I wonder what did it even do
>>137355932
Are the mechanics and world rules they follow completely different from each other?
>>137356067
This is true. Mahouka has a lot of psuedo-science that drives its system. Things like Material Burst is pretty much a forcing a Hydrogen bomb down to the atomic level.
Though I was going for systems that are distinct from each other on a more thematic level.
>>137344137
To show that magic is being casted
>>137352335
>read out a long, complex chant in an ancient language>read out a long, complex chant in an ancient language
I already know it by heart fagget
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
>>137356881
I had D&D in mind as the example I was thinking of, so I don't know about different world rules, but the mechanics of arcane magic, divine magic and psionics are completely different there.
>>137344230
What is she trying to accomplish? I need to know.
>>137347702
DARK LIGHT
>>137352220
see 'hermetic magic' for more info
![[Imagination Station] Maho Girls Precure 01 [9795E3F8].mkv_snapshot_17.27_[2016.02.10_09.59.15].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Up5mfic.jpg "[Imagination Station] Maho Girls Precure 01 [9795E3F8].mkv_snapshot_17.27_[2016.02.10_09.59.15].jpg")
Because they look pretty.
>>137350510
>>137350602
>>137349405
I've been a massive sucker for these things ever since MGLN.
>>137344506
Instant runes. At least the ones without hours of preparation.
Sacred geometry is being combined with symbols to make things happen. It's true enough.
>>137359133
These demonstrate the most power because the geometry simply appears in reaction to the thing it needs to create already being created by the master's will. Long hours of preparation on an actual physical circle are how you play with things you don't understand. Be careful, anons.
>>137344230
I ENJOY THAT
>>137344137
Because they look pretty. I like when they're used to demonstrate that the magic being cast is more than just "point and shoot" and actually requires mental effort and understanding.
>>137349778
yeah okay schizoid-kun
>>137344230
>Alchemy is go to symbol of western arcane knowledge/magic
Isn't it older than Europe's knight'n shit?
It was in the old Alexendry or some other shit like that.
>>137344230
poor durahan
