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{{quote|''Basara: the spirit of freedom which denies old authority, transcending traditions and customs.''
|'''Diamond Sanskrit Vajra'''}}
''Basara'' is an award-winning manga created by Yumi Tamura, which was later adapted into a (rather obscure) thirteen episode TV series. It centers around a sixteen-year-old girl, Sarasa, who uses her wits and the [[Power of Friendship]] to lead the people of a [[After the End|Post Apocalyptic]] future Japan to freedom.
At the end of the 20th century,
In the tiny Village of Byakko in the now [[Thirsty Desert|desertified]] western region of Japan, a [[Half
Newly promoted to leader, Sarasa initially only seeks [[Revenge]] against the Red King for murdering her family, but over the course of many adventures her motivation gradually shifts to dethroning all the kings and establishing a country where everybody is equal. And as if leading a rebellion wasn't enough for a sixteen-year-old, Sarasa's relationship with Shuri, a [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] stranger she meets time and again on her journey complicates her life further.
Not to be confused with ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''.
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* [[Ancestral Weapon]]: Tatara's sword Byakko, one of a set of four swords created by people who vowed to rebel against the dynasty of their day.
* [[The Archer]]: Hayato.
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* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Averted. {{spoiler|Senjyu finally decides not to raise her son to harbor the desire for revenge.}}
* [[Battle Couple]]: Zaki and Chacha.
* [[Bathe Her and Bring Her
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: {{spoiler|Ageha's predicted death.}} The series tells you from the very beginning that [[Marked to Die|it's going to happen...]]
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Hayato.
* [[Bishonen]]: Surprising for a shoujo manga, not every guy is...though a disproportionate number are, since it ''is'' shoujo. [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Ageha]] and [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Asagi]] especially.
* [[Blind Seer]]: Nagi.
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* [[The Chosen One]]: Subverted and played straight with Tatara and Sarasa.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Chacha to Sarasa. Her crew even addresses her as Big Sister.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Tamon. Muratake and Hida could also qualify.
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: Eventually [[Averted Trope|averted]].
* [[Deadly Game]]: The Suzuka Murder Race.
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* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Sarasa alias Tatara wins her first allies, the pirate crew, this way.
* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: The Snake King.
* [[Did You Get a New Haircut?]]:
** Sarasa didn't even recognize {{spoiler|Tamon}} after he trimmed his. Then again, [[The Faceless|she probably couldn't even see his face beforehand.]]
** Ageha lops off his hair mid-series.
* [[Dies Wide Open]]: {{spoiler|Ageha and presumably, Taro, since he died staring at a fly.}}
* [[Everything but
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Ageha. Surprisingly none of the pirates wears one.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Ageha of course, or he would not have his [[Eyepatch of Power]].
* [[Genki Girl]]: Kikune, and a rare male example: Nachi.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Raizo sports a scar across his face - it adds to his warrior look and handsome ruggedness.
* [[Half
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Sarasa {{spoiler|after she realizes that her lover Shuri is actually the Red King she has sworn to take revenge on for killing her family}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Kikune eventually betrays the rest of the Four Virtues for Sarasa. Asagi seems to go through a [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] but in the end his loyalties lie with the Tatara Army.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Nachi and Hijiri. The latter even mentions they ''would've'' been married if one of them was a woman.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Tamon.
* [[Hot
* [[Important Haircut]]: Sarasa, and later Ageha get one.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]] : Taro and Akane with their newspapers
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* [[Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Asagi to the Snake King, since he is the real Blue King. Or is he?}}
* [[Made a Slave]]: Ageha.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: See the page quote. Also Senjyu's son. Everybody thinks she'll name him [[Dead Guy, Junior|Shido]] after his father, {{spoiler|but she names him Motomochi, basically meaning 'find your own path'.}}
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Sarasa. Her coming was even foretold.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Asagi.}}
* [[My Sibling Will
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: The results of overthrowing Momonoi.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Subverted. Although Sarasa does not have her period for [[Incredibly Lame Pun|extended periods]] of time, after spending some time [[Sweet Polly Oliver|out of her Tatara alter-ego]] she gets it again and comments on how her body reacted to her wish of living as a woman again.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: The Golden King seems prone to this. He already had one of his sons killed and what he did to his youngest wasn't very nice either.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: {{spoiler|Ginko is implied to be a somewhat more restrained, but still scary, version.}}
* [[Paper
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Lots of characters. Somewhat [[Justified Trope|understandable]] in such an unstable country where there's always fighting going on.
* [[Pirate Girl]]: Chacha.
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* [[The Power of Friendship]]: The formation of Tatara's Army relies on this trope.
* [[Quivering Eyes]]: Sarasa almost constantly at the beginning.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: {{spoiler|Sarasa delivers quite a satisfying one to King Ukon.}}
* [[Revenge]]: Sets the plot rolling.
* [[Slave Brand]]: Ageha {{spoiler|and Shuri}} have them.
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* [[True Companions]]: Sarasa gathers up close friends everywhere she goes. Her army is practically one big bunch of Companions.
* [[The Unchosen One]]: Even towards the end, no one really knows who the chosen one really was.
* [[Unto Us a Son
* [[White and Gray Morality]]: To an extent. There are very few truly evil, depraved people on the empire's side--instead, most are genuine idealists and honorable [[Noble Demon|Noble Demons]] (that is, everyone on the Red King's side, and the Red King himself), or else more incompetent and conservative than malicious. Or else they have [[Freudian Excuse|Freudian Excuses]]. This is demonstrated marvelously during the underground prison arc, when {{spoiler|pretty much all of the prison wardens turn out to be sympathetic characters who make [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]]}}. There are exceptions, such as Councillor Hagiwara.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Ageha, who's praised as being the best dancer in Japan. {{spoiler|Umewaka also posed as a woman while spying on Shuri and Kazan.}}
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