Magic

Magic is the common term referred to the magical system used in the In Another World With My Smartphone series.

Overview
The magic system of In Another World With My Smartphone is based off of the user's affinity for certain aptitudes, or abilities over a certain element. There are seven elements that one can have an aptitude for: Fire, Earth, Light, Wind, Water, Darkness, and Null.

Magic Mechanics
All people are born with "magical energy", but one must have the aptitude to use it. Not all people have the aptitude for any type of magic other than Null, which is a special case. An example in both the manga and the anime: Elze and Linze are twins, but Linze is able to use water magic where Elze has no aptitude for the aforementioned.

The aptitude for certain element can be discovered by using small shards of magic stones (spell stones) of different colors, each element having a different color stone. If a person chants a spell while holding a magic stone, and the magic stone reacts, then the person has an aptitude for that element (excluding Null, which everyone has).

Aptitudes also have intensity. The more intense one's aptitude is, the more powerful his/her spells are. This was shown when Linze, an adept wizard caused a trickle of water to fall from the stone while Touya, a novice wizard caused a small geyser to erupt with the very same spell that Linze used.

To test for one's aptitude, one must say "Come forth, (element/Null spell)".

Below are the different elements one can control: The amount of aptitudes one has varies per person, but the more aptitudes one has, the rarer his/her magic capability is. This means that it is extremely rare to have three aptitudes, as stated by Linze, while it is more common to have two aptitudes, and it is the most common to have one aptitude. The exception is Mochizuki Touya, who is the only person capable of handling all seven stones.

In the Light Novel only, Linze continues to explain that a person with more than one aptitude can have an affinity for an element over the other. For example, Linze is better at using fire than at light although her affinity for water is unknown.

Summoning
The summoning in the world of In Another World With My Smartphone works based on contracts.

For make a contract the user need to do the following steps: Till now the summoning magic seems connected only to the darkness attribute but this fact don't prevent the chance of summoning divine beasts or holy being
 * 1) Magic Circle, in order for summon a being the user need to draw a magic circle and infuse his magical energy, this circle other than summon the being for make a contract work as barrier that prevent the summoned being from assault the summoner or go rampaging in the area
 * 2) Pact, the summoner will talk with the summoned being with the latter that will say what want for make the contract (example, a wolf will ask to be filled of food or a demon will ask human sacrifices), if the summoner fulfill the request it will be possible procede to the next step but if the summoner fail then the summoned being will retire and will never respond to another "call"
 * 3) Name, if the request is fulfilled the summoner will give to the summoned beast a name and this will conclude the contract

Aside from the steps, the summoner needs to have enough magical energy to sustain the presence of the summoned being, otherwise the being will disappear; the more powerful is the being, more magical energy will be required to sustain it.

A summoned being can be removed from the field if the summoner dies or is in a state that can't sustain the summoned being.

Spells Mechanics
Spells are what magic users chant in order to use the magic they are capable of.

Most spells seen follow a certain pattern. In this chart, the spell is in a left-to-right pattern, meaning that the spell starts with the calling and ends with the name: In both the anime and the manga, it has been stated that there are different grades of spells, implying that not all spells follow this pattern. This was proven with the ice spell Linze used, which has no calling.

In chapter five of the first volume of the manga, Linze wanted to learn a new water spell, but it was difficult for her learn it because she didn't understand the meaning of the spell.

This event showed that despite user shout out the names of spells and use them effectively, they do no need to know the real meaning of the spells they use. For example, she wanted to learn the spell "Bubble Bomb", and the spell's full name is, "Come forth water, impact the surface, Bubble Bomb".

After tried various time failing always, Touya looked at the chant and after he explained to her the meaning of the words she became able to use the spell without fail.

Light Spells
FIRE


 * "Come forth fire, hail red stone Ignis Fire", after the chant the target is engulfed in flames. First used by Linze in the first chapter of the first volume of the Light Novel and in the first episode of the Anime

WIND
 * "Come forth fire", this simple spell is used with the fire magic stone for check if the user can use the fire attribute or not
 * "Come forth fire, whirling spiral, Fire Storm", generate a smal tornado of fire in the point the user desire.
 * "Come forth flames, fireball of purgatory, Fireball", as the name imply the user shoot a fireball against the target
 * "Come forth flame, flaming spear of the crimson lotus, Fire Spear", shoot against the target a spear made of fire

EARTH 
 * "Come forth wind ", this simple spell is used with the wind magic stone for check if the user can use the wind attribute or not
 * "Come forth lightning, lightning spear of the white lotus, Thunder Spear", shoot against the target a spear made of lightning
 * Come forth earth", this simple spell is used with the earth magic stone for check if the user can use the earth attribute or not


 * "Come forth sand, a cloud to blind, Blinding Sand", a simple blinding spell (most probably generate some sand that is throw against the eyes of the target) that use sand, in the anime this spell seems have binding traits too since create sand not only on the target's eyes but that cover the legs too preventing the target to move

WATER

LIGHT
 * Come forth water", this simple spell is used with the water magic stone for check if the user can use the water attribute or not
 * "Ice entangle, spell of freezing Ice Bind", freeze the feets of the target blocking it in the place
 * "Come forth water, impact the surface, Bubble Bomb", the user generate and throw bubble made of water that detonate at impact
 * "Come forth water, cool and clear katana blade, Acqua Cutter", the user summon a very sharp blade made of water able to cut various hard things like rocks and even dragon bones
 * "Come forth water, ice wall of eternity, Ice Wall", the user create a wall using magic ice


 * "Come forth light", this simple spell is used with the light magic stone for check if the user can use the light attribute or not
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth Light, become a gentle solace, Cure Heal", an healing spell against injuries and make desappear the pain but don't regene lost blood.
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Piercing light, Sacred Shining Spear, Shining Javelin", create a spear of light that is shoot against the target
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth light, small illumination, light", generate one or more small sphere of light that illuminate the environment
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Misinterpreted light, bending guidance, invisible", as the chant imply this spell bind the light so that something will result "invisible", the magic itself don't so on the senses of the target so if someone use it on itself that person is able to see where is moving is body looking his/her feets, despite the target of the spell can't be see its presence persist so if someone hit the target of the spell the presence of it can be revealed
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth light, Bright shining duet, Light Arrow", the user shoot an arrow made of light against the target
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth light, shine the light of exile, Banish", the effect of this spell is not really clear if work against undead monsters or against summoned being but was used against a group of summoned skeletons and then definied as light purification magic

<p style="line-height:inherit;">DARKNESS


 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth darkness", this simple spell is used with the darkness magic stone for check if the user can use the darkness attribute or not
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"come forth darkness, I seek a lizard warrior, lizard man", summoning spell that summon lizard man
 * <p style="line-height:inherit;">"Come forth darkness, what I see is a proud silver wolf, Silver Wolf"

NULL 
 * BOOST: first mentioned in the first chapter of the Light Novel and in the first episode of the Anime, the user of this skill increase his/her physical strenght
 * GATE: first mentioned in the first chapter of the Light Novel and in the first episode of the Anime, the user create a warp to a specific location, when open the warp from the start point it create a circle where is possible see the other side of the tunnel while on the other side there is no evidence of the opening of the warp, in the Light Novel it was explained it's 2 weakness that are:
 * Location, the user can only create a warp to locations that he know (Example, the user know point A and B so he can open the warp but since he don't know point C he can't create a warp for that place)
 * Barriers, if a barrier is set (its strenght is irrilevant) it's not possible create the warp.
 * APORT: first mentioned in the second chapter of the Light Novel, the user can move in his/her hand small objects (a thief skill for pickpocket), it was explained that the size of the target must be something small enough that can stay in the hand, in the light novel is not explained if the size of the hand influence the size of the target too or not
 * SLIP: reduce to 0 the frictional properties of the feets of the target (basically the target skid and fall on the ground), its main weakness is that don't work on being that are able to fly.
 * RECOVERY: an healing spell that nullify and remove abnormal status like blindness and poisoning
 * ENCHANTMENT: give one or more magical effect to material items
 * PARALYZE: paralyze a target and make them immobile, the Light Novel explain that have 2 weakness that are:
 * Magical Power, the duration of the effect depend on the magical power of the user, more strong the user is more the effect will need for desappear
 * Protection, if the target have a charm or any type of protection against paralyze than it will not work
 * MODELING: change the shape of mineral (metals, crystals, rocks, etc.) and wood product, in the light novel was eplained that this spell alter only the shape of the material and that is not fit for repair things infact the spell change only the shape but not the integrity of the material
 * SEARCH: search for identified things, the Light Novel explain that its main weakness is the user itself this because the magic work on what know of the target (Example, if search is activated in a room with 7 women and 1 man but the man is disguised as woman so well that can't be recognizes the result will give 8 women)
 * MULTIPLY: as the name imply this spell basically enables multiple copies of the same spell to activate simultaneously
 * READING: this spell make able to decipher some languages making them readable, this spell work give only the "ability of read" but understand the language is something that is outside the ability of the spell, for work is need to say reading following the language one want to read
 * LONG SENSE: increase the range of the sense making possible sense things like smells and sounds and be able to see far away
 * TRANSFER: transfers one’s own magic to another person.
 * DRAWING: this spell print on surfaces like wood or paper images
 * ACCEL: this spell increase the quickness of the body creating a little barrier where the body move, this main spell weakness is that consume too much energy and can't be used frequently
 * PROGRAM: is a spell that can embed a set of instructions (type of action, condition of activation, case where it don't have to activate, etc.) to inorganic objects (example make a window open when someone say a specific word), it's main weakness are the limit of the object used (a chair can be programmed to move but if it is a normal one can't while if it is one with wheels than there will be no problem)
 * ACCELERATED BOOST: combination of ACCEL and BOOST that grant a super acceleration to the user
 * PROTECTION: spell that gives to objects some degree of protection (prevent clothes to get wet, prevent rust on metal items, etc.)
 * STORAGE: is a spell that give the ability of magically store objects, it can't store living things like humans and animals but can store plants, the quantity of magic used depend on the size of the item stored, while inside the store the items are "frozen in times" so things like food don't rotten and if they are just cooked they'll be still hot even if took out after a week or more time
 * RECALL: a spell that grant to the user the ability of copy what is in the mind of another person, its main limit is that the user can "read" only what the other person permit, for work the spell first the other person need to concentrate and recall in his/her mind the image of a place then the user and the other person will make in contact each other forehead and after say the spell and the info will be copied in the user's mind