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* [[Actual Pacifist]] - Kitano, which makes all the rumors around him all the more ironic.

* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]] - It's not that Ryoko doesn't like men, it's just that [[Best Her to Bed Her|she can't fall in love with anyone weaker than she is, in body or in spirit]]. Kitano turns out to meet her criteria in both areas, albeit not in the manner she was expecting.

** One of the most significant changes is that Kitano looks NOWHERE as horrifying as he used to as the art is refined, by the end of the series, his face is completely unrecognizable from the beginning. It may be a case of [[Fridge Brilliance]], as more people grow to know and accept Kitano, he looks less and less like a devil both to the cast AND the Readers. However, [[The Dreaded]] Kitano from the beginning could be considered ''much'' funnier.

* [[Art Shift]] - Used at a point in Ikuno's {{spoiler|rampage through the school}} to...disturbing effect.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Kitano, often.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]] - Katayama may not be the guardian of Hirin, but the fact that he is this trope incarnate is what makes him ''really'' dangerous.

** Also, people completely miss the point of mostly EVERYTHING Kitano does or says. Which makes most of the plot happen.

*** A certain amount of [[Fridge Brilliance]] applies as well; since people assume Kitano is a junkie, anything that seems strange or is a non sequitor is put down as the ramblings of a guy high on drugs.

* [[Delinquent Hair]] - Takehisa's spiked blond hair and complete lack of eyebrows, and Ogisu's bright red pompadour. Kitano gels his naturally-spiky hair down in an attempt to avoid being seen as a delinquent; a quick gander at some of the other tropes on this page can tell you how well ''that'' works.

* [[Determinator]] - Not only Kitano has put up with this treatment for so long, he's actually developing rapid reflexes from being hit so often. And this is only for him to be able to [[Turn the Other Cheek]].

* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]:

{{quote|'''Kuroda''': N... No, it wasn't Kitano-san who did this to me ... [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|and it wasn't from some unfamiliar girl kicking me,]] it just [[Nosebleed|started flowing as I stood here, thinking of you ...]] Ah ... no, no they weren't like ... ''those'' kind of thoughts ... I just, um, really want to eat chocolate when I think about you ... B ... But wait, that doesn't mean I really want to eat you! I just ...<br />

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Kitano. Also overlaps with [[Chick Magnet]].

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Every One Calls Her Friend #A]]: Ikuko, until her name's revealed. Some still call her so even then.

* [[Face of a Thug]] - [[media:Angel_Densetsu_v01c01_-_I_have_been_called_bad_before__Many_have_said_I_do_things_that_are_not_correct_to_do__I_dont_believe_in_talk_such_as_this__I_am_nice_man_with_happy_feelings__All_of_the_time_3159.png|Kitano!]] The whole plot is driven and catapulted by how he looks like a horrible thug that does drugs and kills people with impunity, which causes everyone to fear and respect him. Of course, all of that is false, and he's the nicest person on earth.

** Lampshaded by [[The Ditz|Hishida Haruka]], who tries to make him less scary. She succeeds... for several panels (Kitano does look like a normal person with his hair down). What she doesn't know that his hair, when not secured with his hair gel, tends to go up, and this makes him ''scarier''. See Looks Like Cesare entry below.

** Ikuno too. She even said it outright more than once.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]] - Kitano is very guilty of this, but Kuroda takes the cake trying to explain why old Russian spies posing as teenagers are throwing stones at him (It still makes NO sense whatsoever, [[Makes Sense in Context|even in context]]).

* [[It Got Worse]] - The myths circulating about Kitano. Anything he does, no matter how innocent, ends with more people worshiping and fearing him.

* [[It Runs in The Family]] - Apparently Kitano's incredibly scary looks were inherited from his father (who looks like a [[Yakuza]]) and his mother (who is so abnormally beautiful that it ''scares people'').

* [[Japanese Delinquents]] - A ''lot'' of them. Of course, the character that everyone thinks is the evilest delinquent of them all turns out to be a [[The Messiah|wonderful person]].

* [[Kissing Cousins]] - Midori Asai (AKA the future Mrs. Kitano) and her cousin Chuji in the Days of Our Youth arc. Neither of them is particularly dedicated to the relationship, however: Chuji sees Midori as just another girl in his harem, and Midori is... well, [[Foregone Conclusion|the future Mrs. Kitano]].

* [[Kissing Discretion Shot]] - {{spoiler|The conclusion to 15 volumes of sexual tension.}}

* [[Kubrick Stare]] / [[Slasher Smile]]- Basically Kitano's default expression.

** "You are a very loud person."

** And to the Shonen genre: "Who do you think you are? An enemy character in a fighting manga?"

* [[Nightmare Fetishist]] - Ikuno and Ryoko.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]] - Kitano

* [[No Name Given]] - Ryoko's petite, short-haired friend is this during the first part of the manga. We eventually learn her given name is Ikuko about halfway through, but her family name ({{spoiler|Hirayama}}) isn't made explicit until the final volume.

* [[Oh Crap]] - Asai's expression, during the Days of Our Youth arc of Kitano's parents when they were young.

* [[The Power of Friendship]]: [[Invoked]] and [[Subverted]]. Nothing resists the aura of Kitano.

* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: Most fights against Kitano look like this to the outside observer.

* [[Sadist Teacher]] - Well, actually the principal - he's constantly hiring thugs and correctional teachers to try to get Kitano expelled (because Kitano "is a demon!"). In a kind of subversion, most of the teachers in the series are ''afraid'' to pick on Kitano.

** Further subversion in that the one who causes the most trouble for Kitano actually has truly good intentions... but is going about it all wrong and said poor efforts only do further damage.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]] - Parodied. Kitano was thought to have died fighting a Yakuza (his father) earlier. His classmates were absolutely terrified when he came to school later that day.

* [[The Un-Smile]]: Oh GOD Kitano...

* [[Unwanted Rescue]] - Kuroda's idea of "rescuing" Ryoko from Kitano with his [[Power of Love]]. Of course, not only is Kitano a kind-hearted and wonderful person who would never do anything bad to her (or anyone), Ryoko doesn't ''want'' to be rescued, because she likes Kitano.

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]] - In the Days of Our Youth arc, Midori claims that Chuji used to be one. By the time of the story, however, there is very little evidence of this remaining.