When casting high level spells, characters from anime and manga will appear.

Omega Heal - Index from "A Certain Magical Index"
Omega Wind - Holo from "Spice and Wolf"
Omega Star - Yamato, Jinteidan, Ushiwaka, and Super Zeus from "Bikkuriman"
Omega Fire - Meito from "Anime Tenchou"
Omega Ice - Princess Astrarotte from "Lotte no Omocha"

Early screenshots showed that when you captured an enemy and "tortured" them, they appear strapped to a medieval torture device known as a wooden horse. This device was almost exclusively used against women, and forced the victim to sit on a pointed wooden structure with their entire body weight, putting their full weight onto their vulva. This was later changed into a cat. This was likely done to lower the CERO (the Japanese version of the ESRB) rating of the game.