What is it with anime and magic circles?
>>157705219
>Look magic is happening!
Those aren't magic circles, those are sigils.
Would you prefer sparkles? Bubbles, maybe?
OY VEY
It's not anime, it's all media in general, because it's people in general. Arcane circles look magic, therefore they show up in a lot of stuff involving magic.
5 seconds of actually thinking about it would have given you the same answer.
You fucking tool.
>>157706039
beams of light is best form of visible magic
>>157705219
>why is x trope so common?
Stop watching battle harems. Really fucking easy answer 90% of the time.
Runes and shit are cool dude.
>>157705219
Magic circles are really, really cool.
>>157705219
Because ancient people believes that because symbols held meaning they could also hold influence over natural law.
Ancient Jews for example believes that if you knew somethings true name you had power to command it.
At some point some series took up the idea of magical energy pouring into symbols and lighting it up to invoke some spell or bending the energies into those shapes to cast a spell, all of which form pretty interesting affects while trying to add some level of depth to their magic (I.E explaining magic runes like circuits that can deliver an effect based on their formation).