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A manga by [[Nobuhiro Watsuki]], the creator of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', it was later adapted into an anime and a light novel. The series is in many ways a parody of the [[Shonen]] genre and hence often has tongue planted firmly in cheek. And when it's not being an affectionate parody, it's [[Deconstruction|deconstructing]] various [[Shonen]] tropes, particularly the [[Shonen Upgrade]].

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=== This series provides examples of: ===

* [[The Ace]]: Shusui, at least among the [[Muggles]]. Competes in kendo on a national level, is extremely popular with the girls, extremely intelligent, vice president of the student council (behind only his twin sister,) and is...*ahem*...'bigger' than Kazuki and his friends.

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* [[Anime Hair]]: Okakura

* [[Antagonist in Mourning]]: Papillion bursts into tears when {{spoiler|Kazuki appears to have stranded himself on the moon}}. "And now... there's no one left... who knows my name!"

* [[Anti Villain]]: Washio and Victor

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Washio and Victor

* [[Back for The Finale]]: All dead homunculi come back to life and join Victor on the moon.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Kazuki, in the form of a [[First Episode Resurrection]].

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** Gozen ''falls apart'' on seeing {{spoiler|the mankini}}.

* [[Brain Food]]: What Victoria's been eating all these years.

* [[Brother Sister Incest]]: The Hayasaka twins are a little too close to each other.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: The Hayasaka twins are a little too close to each other.

** Somewhat justified when you learn about their past - {{spoiler|they were kidnapped as children and their kidnapper/surrogate mother would have them play a disturbing game built around wedding vows. When their real parents rejected them, the two legitimately felt like they only had each other, and latched onto the one thing that was happy from their childhood.}} Furthermore, once they realize that they're not alone, a lot of the creepy stuff gets toned down.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Busou Renkin!" In the manga, this is often followed by "Busou Renkin of the XX, YY!" where XX is a description of the weapon and YY is its name.

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* [[Determinator]]: Kazuki. {{spoiler|It's not for the normal reasons, and gets him in quite a bit of trouble later.}}

* [[The Ditz]]: Kazuki's sister Mahiro, who like a classic [[Damsel in Distress]] has to be rescued in the first episode.

* [[Dude Not Funny]]: On one occasion [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Gouta]] makes a sarcastic remark about how they'd be able to save on food money if Kazuki stopped eating normal meals and instead just started [[Energy Absorption|draining]] people whenever he gets hungry. Kazuki is not amused. Considering that he'd previously put up with Gouta being an asshole to him and pining over Tokiko with a friendly attitude and cheerful smile, the glare he gives Gouta after he says that speaks volumes.

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: On one occasion [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Gouta]] makes a sarcastic remark about how they'd be able to save on food money if Kazuki stopped eating normal meals and instead just started [[Energy Absorption|draining]] people whenever he gets hungry. Kazuki is not amused. Considering that he'd previously put up with Gouta being an asshole to him and pining over Tokiko with a friendly attitude and cheerful smile, the glare he gives Gouta after he says that speaks volumes.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: And how! Considering how generally lighthearted this series is, it's actually quite shocking at how bad things get--and every time an [[Take a Third Option|alternative solution]] comes along the universe decides "nah, I'm gonna pick on Kazuki a bit more..." Our heroes just [[Determinator|keep on pushing]] until the universe lets up and allows them their happy ending, dammit.

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: The Renkins

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* [[Expressive Hair]]: Okakura's ducktail, which seems to change sizes according to his mood (as if it wasn't impossibly long in the first place).

* [[Expy]]: Kazuki is visually similar to Misao Makimachi of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', and the author even calls him "A boy version of Misao" in character notes.

** [[Word of God]] also stated that Tokiko is a female Expy of Kenshin, or mostly his [[Super Powered Evil Side|''Hitokiri Battousai'' mode]].

** [[Word of God]] also stated that Tokiko is a female Expy of Kenshin, or mostly his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|''Hitokiri Battousai'' mode]].

** [[Word of God]] in a lot of the character bio pages says lot so characters are expy's of Kenshin characters and in a few cases shots look like they're lifted directly from Kenshin. An early rival in the kendo club is an expy of Enishi while his sister is one of Tomoe. Later in the series an Alchemist Warrior looks like Hiko Seijuro just forgot to shave for a few days.

*** A lot of people read Kazuki as being a teenage, slightly-more-mature form of [[Kid Samurai]] Yahiko.

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* [[Going Commando]]: In the second to last episode they show Tokiko getting dressed for a mission, and apparently under garments are optional even when wearing a skirt...

* [[Gonk]]: Tai and Shi.

* [[Good Scars Evil Scars]]: Tokiko has a scar across her nose and cheekbones.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Tokiko has a scar across her nose and cheekbones.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: One homunculus, already in pain from wounds inflicted by Tokiko, pleads "please, just stop, already!". Tokiko responds by plunging her blades into him. Jump cut to shot of the sky, and a moment later, scream of agony.

** Also when she [[Eye Scream|yanks out Hanabusa's eyes]].

* [[Gratuitous English]]: It was Kazuki who came up with the names of his attacks, even before Tokiko baptized his Kakugane as Sunlight Heart. Back then, he used the word "Jousting" where he now uses "Sunlight" (e.g. "Jousting Slasher!!!")

* [[Half Human Hybrid]]: Some homunculi are normal people transformed into these by alchemy.

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Some homunculi are normal people transformed into these by alchemy.

* [[Hellish Pupils]]: Kawazui.

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]]: Kazuki's little sister is [[Aya Hirano|Suzumiya Haruhi]] while Dub!Mahiro is [[Code Geass|Kallen Stadtfeld]].

* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: Kazuki's little sister is [[Aya Hirano|Suzumiya Haruhi]] while Dub!Mahiro is [[Code Geass|Kallen Stadtfeld]].

** Dub!Kazuki himself is [[Bleach|Captain Hitsugaya]] and [[Outlaw Star|Harry McDougall]].

*** He's also Fayt Leingod from ''[[Star Ocean Till the End of Time]]''.

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** Kazuki is named after ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'''s author and main character, ''Kazuki'' Takahashi and Yugi ''Muto''.

** Also, when Gouta manages to "wound" Hiwatari's throat, it starts spewing fire in such a way he looks just like Chamber, a former member of Generation X and, later, of the X-Men.

** In the episode "Boy Meets Battle Girl" one of the attractions in the haunted house at the amusement park was a mannequin that bore an uncanny resemblance to Tomoe, mostly because of the whole [[Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]] look she had going.

** In the episode "Boy Meets Battle Girl" one of the attractions in the haunted house at the amusement park was a mannequin that bore an uncanny resemblance to Tomoe, mostly because of the whole [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]] look she had going.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Minor character Busujima. {{spoiler|Also [[Beautiful All Along]] and [[Samus Is a Girl]] under her gas mask Renkin.}}

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Somewhat [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] by Tokiko. Despite being a buso renkin of the death scythe. It looks nothing like the typical one wielded by Death.

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* [[Stock Footage]]: Ikusabe recomposing his entire body. It is used ''three times in the same episode''.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: What happens when Hiwatari unleashes his Blaze of Glory.

* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: Feared to be one of the side effects of the Black Kakugane.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Feared to be one of the side effects of the Black Kakugane.

** Not necessarily. Those who have completed the transformation suck the life out of all living things in the general area. Like Victor does. It's not a question of being willfully destructive, it's just part of staying alive. Victor compares it to BREATHING.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Captain Hiwatari.

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* [[Wham Episode]]: Episode 16. {{spoiler|The Alchemist Army turns on Kazuki after they find out he'll turn completely into a Victor-like in 6 weeks.}}

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: In episode 2, when Kazuki leaps into the air to dodge the frogs' attack, you get a clear shot of the moon with a strange ring around it. It turns out that that's the alchemical symbol for Gold... or also the Sun.

* [[What Is Evil]]: Papillon invokes this after Tokiko brutally kills a humonculus, but not before telling it that it would feel the pain of hell before she kills it.

* [[What Is Evil?]]: Papillon invokes this after Tokiko brutally kills a humonculus, but not before telling it that it would feel the pain of hell before she kills it.

{{quote| "Oh my, it begs the question, which of us is the truly evil one"}}

** To be fair, she warned them repeatedly that she'd splatter their guts.

* [[What the Hell Hero|What The Hell,]] [[Big Good]]?: Victor calls out the Commander for repeating the mistakes of the past {{spoiler|when Kazuki becomes Victor-ized and is automatically slated for termination.}} Turns out that was a launching point for his [[Unstoppable Rage]] against alchemists upon reviving.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell,]] [[Big Good]]?: Victor calls out the Commander for repeating the mistakes of the past {{spoiler|when Kazuki becomes Victor-ized and is automatically slated for termination.}} Turns out that was a launching point for his [[Unstoppable Rage]] against alchemists upon reviving.

* [[When the Clock Strikes Twelve]]

* [[Whip It Good]]: Jinnai.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]

** Everyone who's been resurrected by a Black Kakugane aren't just turned into [[Energy Absorption|energy]] [[Walking Wasteland|draining]] [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds|monsters]]; when they come back to life after turning into a Victor, they're so overwhelmed by their dialed-up fighting instincts that they destroy everything in sight. {{spoiler|This is why the Alchemist Army thought Victor was a traitor and tried to kill him.}}

** Everyone who's been resurrected by a Black Kakugane aren't just turned into [[Energy Absorption|energy]] [[Walking Wasteland|draining]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|monsters]]; when they come back to life after turning into a Victor, they're so overwhelmed by their dialed-up fighting instincts that they destroy everything in sight. {{spoiler|This is why the Alchemist Army thought Victor was a traitor and tried to kill him.}}