Sengoku Youko

Sengoku Youko is a manga written by Mizukami Satoshi, who is best know for writing The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer.

"Stop your evil deeds and take the right path!" That is the creed of Tama and her younger step brother, Jinka. The two demon siblings travel the country to stop the deeds of all evil doers, along with a cowardly swordsman they picked up along the way, Hyoudou Shinsuke. Their travels lie with many twists and turns, as well as wacky characters they'll meet along the way.

"Raidou Zanzou: "The fear of humans, I will carve it in your very bones""
 * Action Girl - Shakuyaku, the Mountain God, Tsukiko.
 * Aloof Older Brother - Raidou Zanzou The Demon Eater.
 * Always Someone Better - The Mountain God claims to be this to Taizan.
 * Proven and lampshaded by a Daiganshu monk when she shows up at the Daiganshu temple.
 * Amazingly Embarrassing Parents -
 * Anyone Can Die -
 * Arm Cannon - Shakugan
 * Ax Crazy - Resshin/Barrie Zalmoa.
 * Badass Boast -
 * Badass Boast -


 * Badass Family -
 * Battle Cry - Shinsuke, Jinun.
 * Becoming the Mask - Shinsuke becomes more like his sword.
 * Later subverted; Arabuki appears to be Ax Crazy at first but later stops Shinsuke from doing the same.
 * Beergasm: The orang-utans' sake seems to be this good.
 * Berserk Button - Jinka and humans disrespecting demons.
 * Big Bad - Yazen
 * Big Good - The Mountain God
 * Blood Knight - Resshin/Barrie Zalmoa, Douren.
 * Blow You Away - Shinsuke, or, technically, Arabuki.
 * Body Horror - Zenya and Resshin/Barrie.
 * Calling Your Attacks - Almost everyone.
 * Curb Stomp Battle - Raidou Zanzou in both his fights against Jinka.
 * The Dragon - Jinun, literally.
 * Dynamic Character - Shinsuke.
 * Expy - Senya not only looks like a younger version of Maimakterion from the author's other work but also has a similar set of shapeshifting powers.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones -
 * Fastball Special - Jinka and Tama do this, in order for her to deliver a flying kick to Kuzunoha.
 * Four Man Band
 * The Hero - Tama.
 * The Lancer - Jinka.
 * Tagalong Kid - Shinsuke.
 * The Big Guy, The Chick - Shakugan.
 * Five-Bad Band
 * The Big Bad, The Evil Genius - Yazen.
 * The Dragon - Jinun, both literally and figuratively. Douren could count.
 * The Brute - Resshin, and perhaps Douren.
 * The Dark Chick - Higan.
 * Flash Back - A lot of characters explain their backgrounds this way.
 * For Science! - Yazen has a deep, deep interest in science.
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes - Zenya so much so that they are actually commented upon.
 * Gratuitous English - Resshin/Barry loves this (shown in a different font in scanlations).
 * Green Eyed Red Head - Shakugan appears to be this.
 * Hellish Pupils - A taken in a series where demons exist.
 * Heroic Sacrifice -
 * He Who Fights Monsters -
 * Hot-Blooded - Douren
 * How Do I Shot Web? - Shinsuke and his sword.
 * Important Haircut - Inverted. Tama's hair grows longer when
 * Incurable Cough of Death - Subverted. It looks like Shinsuke's heavy injuries from assaulting the Daiganshu gave him one these but then the next page shows he was just drunk.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia -
 * Lightning Bruiser - Douren.
 * Macross Missile Massacre - ... made of trees.
 * Mad Scientist - Yazen has shades of this.
 * Magnetic Medium -
 * Meaningful Name - "Shakugan" is "Shakuyaku" and "Kagan" mixed together: even the particles in the kanji for "Shaku" are made by smushing characters from their original names together.
 * Mismatched Eyes - Jinka
 * Missing Mom - Tama's mom pretty much abandoned her.
 * Needs More Love
 * Oh Crap -
 * In-universe, it seems as if dragons are met with an Oh Crap moment by demons and humans alike every time they turn up.
 * One-Winged Angel - All of Dangaishu's strongest fighters seem to have this as well as Jinka
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You - Shinsuke to Resshin/Barrie Zalmoa and Douren to Jinun.
 * Puppy Love: Senya and Tsukiko's relationship seems to be going this way.
 * The Stoic - Jinun and Senya.
 * Poisonous Friend - Possibly the Maken sword to Shinsuke.
 * Punch Clock Villain - Douren has shades of this.
 * Raised by a Hermit and Demons - Jinka's childhood was spent with Kokugetsu Sai, a hermit and the demons that roamed the mountain that he had lived on.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni - Douren's Red to Jinun's Blue.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
 * Sharing a Body - Shakuyaku and Kagan as "Shakugan", and unlike most examples, it's a permanent arrangement.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side -.
 * Talking Weapon - Arabuki, although it's more a case of Hearing Voices.
 * Tiger Versus Dragon - Douren and Jinun, literally and figuratively.
 * Time Skip - Not exactly sure how long but at least long enough for Shinsuke to recover from some near fatal wounds.
 * Those Two Guys - Inga and Ouhou.
 * Took a Level in Badass - Shinsuke goes from being a coward who has lackluster sword skills to Badass Abnormal. All of the characters undergo this, Shinsuke and Jinka's badass levels are perhaps the most obvious.
 * Jinka's an extreme case of this. He goes from four tails at the start of the series to
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy -
 * You Can Barely Stand - Repeatedly.
 * Your Soul Is Mine -
 * Youkai - Called "Katawara" in this series, which basically means "besides", but with the kanji for "darkness", therefore meaning "creatures (of darkness) who live beside this world".
 * Kitsune - Tama and Kuzunoha.
 * Your Soul Is Mine -
 * Youkai - Called "Katawara" in this series, which basically means "besides", but with the kanji for "darkness", therefore meaning "creatures (of darkness) who live beside this world".
 * Kitsune - Tama and Kuzunoha.