>>284569953
the best one is the element of surprise

imouto element

>>284569953
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance post in 2025? Only makes me sad that there is still no season 2.

i like DARK types like me

Fist is best element

>>284569953
I want to marry Rinslet

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>>284569953
For me, it's Earth.

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>>284569953
Fire is the coolest. Every other element is only picked by contrarians.

>>284571089
Jobber element.

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Dark magic.

>>284569953
>low effort flooding

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>>284569953
Is tentacle an element?

>>284572254
Only liberals think so

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>>284572312
I guess deregulating markets is not so bad after all

>>284572532
the only real regulation you need is an upper limit on hoarding the means of production. Nothing good comes from one CEO owning 5,000 factories

>>284569953
Any element can be cool when used skillfully.
>Fire
- by lessening the output, a fire magic user can create smoke bombs or "blow" smoke;
- also with enough magic power, they can either create toxic or even petrifying smokes;
- heat is fire's property, so a fire magic user can create heat barriers to counter ice or water magic;
- it allows the user to fly by using it as a propulsive jet;
- compressed fireballs = nuclear bombs
>Water
- compressed water can slice or pierce through rigid surfaces;
- while heat is fire's property, buoyancy is water's, so a water magic user can reverse (not manipulate) gravity to fly;
- just like fire magic users can manipulate smoke, water magic users can manipulate steam with the same approach, however, they're limited to either blinding their opponent or making an offensive use of steam by simulating a Steam Devil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_devil
- because the human body is 70% water, a cunning water magic user can brainwash another by distorting the blood flow to and from the brain or more roughly manipulate a person's body to do their bidding whether they want or not
- once experienced enough, a water magic user can overcome their weakness against lightning by isolating it in smaller droplets of water and counterattacking with energized water jets
>Earth
- if fire's dispersed form is smoke and water's dispersed form is steam, earth's dispersed form is sand, so they can manipulate it to a limited extent **if** it's not their main specialty;
- however, compressed earth is an odd-one-out: metal, so they can craft weapons on the fly and rely on the three battle elements: Bash, Slash and Stab;
- if manipulating metals allows an earth magic user to fight in close range, creating earthquakes and/or shockwaves allows them to fight in long range, as well as creating stalactites and stalagmites for surprise attacks;
(1/2)

>>284572675
- because earth element is associated with life and death, "white earth magic" users can create magical plants to heal wounds and ailments, while "black earth magic" users can outright use necromancy and create murderous plants, such as thorny roses and monstrous flytraps; aspiring LN writers would easily restrict these to earth's quality for such: if it's fertile, "white earth magic" is stronger than black and if it's infertile, "black earth magic" is stronger
>Air
- can fly by manipulating air pressure;
- tornadoes go BRRRRRRRRRR-;
- can kill by suffocating the target or help the target to breathe in space or underwater for a limited time;
- can create the same heat barriers as a fire magic user more easily by manipulating hot air mass and cold barriers by manipulating cold air mass;
- can manipulate lightning to a limited extent by manipulating both air masses at the same time
(2/2)

>>284572675
tl;dr

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>>284572675
For better or for worse, water magic is probably the one that lends itself to muh science the best

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>>284574678

>>284573818
Read the 1st sentence and ignore the rest. That said, I'm more interested in the languages used for anime magic incantations: as english incantations are becoming more overused, my favorites are:
>Latin and Greek from NegiMagi
>Misfit from the Demon King Academy incantations
>Latin-like from 7th Prince
>Reverse Language incantations from Assassin Aristocrat
>Yakuma incantation from Fairy Tail
What are yours?

>>284574803
Enchantmentless

>>284575245
Incantmentless

>>284575245
>>284575263
Lol! Maybe I should give Silent Witch a try...

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>>284575312
I like it when magic circles

>>284575374
>magic circles
yeah, FT lost soul when S2 (eps 175-277) happened, as magic circles were gone.

>>284574678
It isn't "Universal Solvent" for nothing.

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Fire is the most anal coded element

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>>284569953
Elementalism is overrated. Go pure magic

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>>284569953
Lattice magic.

>>284569953
Wind is cool. Rinslet is nice too.

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Lightning is the most badass. It's quite versatile as well, which helps.