Mana (Cross Ange)
Mana is the magical technology in the Cross Ange franchise that has eliminated war, pollution, and suffering in the Misurugi Empire, creating an apparent utopia. It also serves as a tool of social control: Norma—individuals born without the ability to use Mana—are branded as dangerous outcasts and forcibly conscripted to pilot Para-mails at Arzenal. The revelation that Earth is a constructed copy designed to maintain Mana-dependent society challenges the nature of reality in the series.