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[[File:MedakaBoxColour_6443.jpg|frame|Just your everyday Abnormal Student Council]]
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''[[Medaka Box]]'' is a manga series by author Nisio Isin (of ''[[
▲{{quote| ''"Your dreams are your own personal concerns... you should take on the challenge and fulfill your own dreams. However, your worries are my concern. Entrust every last one to me!"''}}
▲''Medaka Box'' is a manga series by author Nisio Isin (of ''[[Bakemonogatari (Light Novel)|Bakemonogatari]]'' fame), and artist Akatsuki Akira (of his "fame" as the ero-artist RIROLAND), about the [[The Paragon|paragon]] and all-around perfect student Medaka Kurokami, who is elected as the President of Hakoniwa Academy's student council by 98% of the student body. Possessed of a forceful personality, charisma, and incredible ability, she is accompanied by her loyal and [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] childhood friend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, who has been at her side for over thirteen years.
Her first act is to set up a suggestion box where students can put in requests, which comes to be known as the [[Title Drop|Medaka Box]]. The series initially follows [[Strictly Formula|a standard formula]] where Medaka selects a request for help, then drags Zenkichi along into a complicated situation which is usually resolved by the chapter's end. For each completed request, Medaka has a potted flower brought into the Student Council room. Over the course of several chapters, Medaka manages to recruit two more members for the Student Council.
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''Medaka Box'' has gone from a quirky [[Slice of Life]] high school comedy to a fighting manga, then [[Serial Escalation]] as each [[Big Bad]]'s defeat brings a newer, more dangerous one onto the scene. Whatever the author's original intentions, the series has become more and more popular with each [[Genre Shift]], and an anime adaptation by [[Gainax]] was announced and began airing on April 4, 2012.
Making use of [[Cool Loser|Misogi Kumagawa's]] ground-breaking popularity in the manga, Nisio and Akira announced a [[Spin
According to its own wiki, the manga has contained six completed story arcs so far, with a seventh starting around the same time as the anime. At the same time, the anime is expected to include several filler arcs.
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== Pre-[[Genre Shift]] ==
* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]:
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the anime, some changes are more subtle than others - they range between a slightly different shade of colour and Moji, who went from having brown hair to [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bright blue]].
** Which may or may not be [[Actor Allusion]] or a [[Shout
* [[Building of Adventure]]: The entire story takes place in the sprawling Hakoniwa Academy.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How Medaka recruited for the Student Council's open positions.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Applies to many of the female characters who appear in the series.
* [[Nonuniform Uniform]]: Everyone in the student council. The default student council uniform itself is black rather than the regular student white, supposedly to symbolize that the student council is meant to be servants to the student body. However, all the student council members have made their own modifications to the uniform:
** Medaka's uniform is [[Form
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** Zenkichi wore his jersey under his uniform jacket in an effort to look cool. The other members of the student council thought it was anything but.
** Akune lowered the neckline of his jacket and forgoes a shirt to show off his manly chest.
** Kikaijima wears her swimsuit underneath her uniform, although this is more because she feels extremely uncomfortable without it.
* [[Personality Blood Types]]: Subtly averted, as ''everyone's'' blood type is AB. Probably counts as [[Running Gag]].
* [[Pilot Episode]]: Chapter 0, which is retold as Chapters 1 and 2 and changes the dynamics of Medaka and Zenkichi's
** {{spoiler|It's finally come full circle in Chapter 126.}}
* [[Pooled Funds]]: The swim team's objective.
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* [[Red Armband of Leadership]]: Medaka originally wore all five of the ones for the student council (although only her own is red). She hands them out as more members join.
* [[Running Gag]]: If someone is in the foreground in a dramatic pose of some sort, chances are Medaka is right behind them making the exact same pose.
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** Given a [[Cerebus Retcon]] after the [[Genre Shift]], where it's revealed that Medaka is simply aping other people's movements (in addition to their abilities) because she doesn't know how to properly behave like a normal human.
* [[Shout
** In episode 1 of the anime adaptation, Medaka performs EVERY one of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|The Ginyu Force]]'s pre-battle poses from ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' before beating the living daylights of a bully.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Isahaya definitively knows nothing about using scissors on Ariake's spikes, nor did her send a letter telling her to quit track.
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* [[You Do NOT Want to Know]]: Zenkichi asks Shiranui where she's getting all her information about the other students. She simply tells him that an honorable and lawful person like him probably wouldn't want to know.
* [[All Take and No Give]]: Ajimu believes this is the true nature of Medaka and Zenkichi's relationship. According to her, Zenkichi has been unfailingly devoted to Medaka out of his love for her, and she takes his loyalty for granted. Ajimu doesn't seem to approve of this situation, and bluntly states that Zenkichi was not born to serve Medaka.
**
***It should be noted though that she was just trying to make him stand for himself and really did value him. Medaka showed that she actually valued Zenkichi highly whenever he wasn't around, praising him when he couldn't hear. The reason that everybody that knew them for years supported them {{spoiler|(minus Kumagawa)}} fighting was also for Zenkichi's growth.
* [[Aloof Older Brother]]: {{spoiler|Maguro (Mr. Awesome-by-analysis) to Medaka and Kei (Mr. Axe-crazy) to Shori/Koi.}}
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: In chapter 70, after being blinded by Kumagawa, Zenkichi rejects Kumagawa's [[We Can Rule Together]] offer and takes the opportunity to tell Medaka that he enjoyed the good and bad times they had together. An anxious Medaka tells him to stop talking as if he's about to die {{spoiler|right before he [[Taking You
* [[Animals Hate Him|Animals Hate Her]]: Invoked. When they enter a zoo-like enclosure after finishing Munekata's battle they ''immediately'' know something is wrong because none of the animals are reacting to Medaka.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Najimi to Medaka.
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* [[Badass Normal]]: Specials seem to be this by virtue of the fact they're not born with Abnormal talents, but can keep up with Abnormals due to training. Zenkichi also qualifies by virtue of actually belonging to the "Normal" category.
** Hell, Unzen says that Zenkichi might be second only to Medaka in terms of fighting ability.
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]]: Munakata, whose Abnormal ability is being an assassin savant. He is ''really'' good at killing people and constantly feels the urge to do it. He isn't considered a "Minus" because he actually has a conscience and isolates himself with a fake criminal record to avoid hurting other people.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Zenkichi and Naze's battles during the Flask Plan Arc and the Student Council Battle Arc seem to hinge around this.
* [[Battle Strip]]: Kumagawa and Munakata randomly decide to take their shirts off for their big showdown.
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Medaka makes a habit of this. One example had her ''kicking through a cement wall'' just because she heard a name that sounded familiar. Through several rooms and at least one floor down in a subterranean research lab.
** And in Chapter 44, "The Loser Team" {{spoiler|consisted of several defeated opponents, including two from Class 13 and Myouri Unzen}}.
** Special mention goes to Medaka in Chapter 73, wherein she shows up to save /Koga Itami off screen... But only after {{spoiler|Shiranui}} warned her, complete with a very mild [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech when she initially refused to interfere.
* [[Big Damn Kiss]]: {{spoiler|Chapter 140, Medaka and Zenkichi, in front of the whole school.}}
* [[Big Damn Villains]]: The Plus Six. Also, the Minus 13 Class.
* [[BFS|Big 'Effing Knife]]: Mera "The Chef" Konomi, co-Chair(wo)man of the Diet Education Committee.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Invoked in Chapter 36 of the manga by Maguro, Medaka's [[Brother
* [[Blindfolded Vision]]: Chojabaru. Seems to be a [[Shout
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Subverted: {{spoiler|"Medaka II"}} may be brainwashed but she's certainly not crazy, and thanks to Zenkichi it doesn't take.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: '''Kumagawa''': '''「IF THIS IS THE WEEKLY SHOUNEN JUMP, THEN THIS BULLYING SCENE SHOULD BE REGULATED.」'''
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*** Ajimu constantly plays with the [[Fourth Wall]], making constant references to the magazine the manga is run in. {{spoiler|She even names 21 [[Shounen Jump]] manga in a row in Chapter 116 when trying to enlist Zenkichi into her current plan.}}
**** {{spoiler|And in chapter 127 she directly says that any manga that goes on four more than ten volumes is coasting, so she is going to end this story before the anime begins.}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]/[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Misogi Kumagawa in Chapter 70 {{spoiler|after Zenkichi decides to [[Taking You
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Taken to extremes by Tachirai Kiruko, the head of the election committee who sleeps for 22 hours a day, has never been seen standing or even sitting, and is so opposed to doing work (her sleep mask even has "I CANNOT WORK" on it) that she was placed in Class A because no one knew what to do with her. When the treasure hunters reach her she doesn't even take off her sleep mask but instantly comes up with a difficult challenge for them.
* [[Brother
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: The effects of Naze Youka's "Normalize" serum on Abnormals.
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: Several examples include: Aka Aoki doing this with Kumagawa {{spoiler|only to discover who is actually [[The Dragon]]}}, and Unzen of the Enforcement squad does the same when Medaka is restrained by being lashed to a building {{spoiler|only to find she's strong enough to move the building and break through the restraints}}.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: When his opponents are amazed or try to pinpoint his power to deflect trauma, Gagamaru often just dismiss it by saying that it was just an "unexpected accident".
* [[Character Tics]]: Kumagawa constantly does a blasé pose [http://mangafox.me/manga/medaka_box/v14/c128/13.html where his arms are bent and his palms are pointing up.] It's even shown in a flashback before he is properly introduced!
* [[Close
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Just about everyone who fights.
* [[Cooking Duel]]: In chapter 106.
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* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: In his debut, Kumagawa manages to defeat the Plus 6 and the Loser Team with relative ease. {{spoiler|Later, Munakata manages to hold his own, and even kill Kumagawa by himself. Though Kumagawa was holding back}}.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: {{spoiler|"Devil Style", the power Ajimu gave Zenkichi negates this}}:
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* [[Cooldown Hug]]: Medaka gets two of these; one by Zenkichi {{spoiler|when she's going berserk after being brainwashed}}, and the whole Student Council {{spoiler|when she's about to kill Unzen}}.
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Comes up in chapter {{spoiler|121, along with bits of [[You Fail Biology Forever]]. Not only is the CPR unable to revive Kumagawa, but the fact that Kikaijima even considered performing CPR on a person with a crushed throat is baffling. This is given a [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Munakata.}}
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Zenkichi shows signs of this in his fight with Munekata, by consistently being able to disarm the latter and learning how to disassemble pistols and a rocket launcher on the off chance he met someone who used one.
** Kujira planned for 40 different styles of battle {{spoiler|she wound up fighting in a -40C freezer, but her specially-made unitard was good for -40 or 140C; in addition she stocked up on "normalizing" serum}}.
* [[Creepy Child
* [[Creepy Twins]]: The yin-yang duo guarding the door to the Flask Plan's lab.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: A few examples which are present in the series, starting with:
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** {{spoiler|Medaka vs Zenkichi}} - Victor: {{spoiler|Medaka - although Zenkichi was holding back due to his feeling for her}}
** Similar to Kumagawa's first action once joining team Medaka, Ajimu {{spoiler|utterly destroys [[Decoy Protagonist|the 6 fake suitors]] with 600 of her powers (plus one to count them all up).}}
* [[Cursed
** [[Badass|Hinkage Kuudou]] is known as "Mr. Unknown", as his abnormality means people neither see or remember him {{spoiler|as while he's huge and friendly, he's also so intimidating that most people want to forget his very existence.}}
** Medaka, by learning and mastering skills, caused anyone who saw her do so to lose hope of ever becoming great in their field and falling into despair. This means that practically any teacher she's had has pretty much given up and retired just from watching her progress. Were it not for Hinkage Kuudou's "Mister Nobody" talent, he'd probably cause this effect in people just from being seen. [[Rated
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Kumagawa decides to send thugs after the other Student council reps, using himself and his fight with Zenkichi as a distraction, specifically to prevent them from receiving a [[Training Montage]]. He then specifically goes after {{spoiler|Medaka's sister}}, attempting to abuse her [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] status.
** Originally it was thought this was what Ajimu was [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]], with her knowing about plot armor and making [[No Fourth Wall|references to other ShonenJump serieses]]. Then it was discovered {{spoiler|that believing one is in a manga is a ''literal'' mental disorder in the Medaka Box universe, a result of a dangerous detachment from reality that results in self destructive behavior until they fail at something, at which point their belief in reality is restored.}} Unfortunately, Ajimu, being a near [[Physical God]], simply ''can't'' fail at something...
* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Aka Aoki, chair(wo)man of the Health Preservation Committee {{spoiler|also a Not-Equal}}. Has [[Femme Fatalons]], a dark-colored nurse's outfit, and refers to her level as a "palace of pain".
* [[Deal
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: The series may be seen in this way, given how it bandies about references to [[Shonen Jump]] manga.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: When Medaka is looking for her successor, a few interesting characters get pointed out by the cast as being especially likely to make it. [[Brown Note|Due to Kumagawa]], None of them do.
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** All of the Class Minus 13 {{spoiler|except Shiranui}} qualifies, to various degrees, as their despair and lack of restraint are considered as dangerous as their powers.
* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Oudo apologizes to Medaka for his wrongdoings - including nearly killing two people and trying to brainwash her. Medaka forgives him instantly, with no hard feelings afterwards. Of course, that was only after Oudo was so thoroughly humbled, that he swore to change his egotistic ways. This applies to most of Medaka's enemies {{spoiler|including Kumagawa, who she appoints as her vice-president, due to his ability to disagree with her}}.
* [[Explaining Your Power to
* [[Eye Scream]]: In chapter 69 Kumagawa shows Zenkichi a little [[The Dark Knight|magic trick.]] Then he heals Zenkichi´s eyes... but not his eye-sight.
* [[The Faceless]]: Naze Youka's face is covered in bandages. In flashbacks, the bandages are replaced with a paper bag.
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* [[Fighting Dirty]]: Nekomi Nabeshima loves this trope. Both Shibushi and Kujira during their battle.
* [[First Kiss]]: Apparently Medaka was the first for almost her entire middle-school class, boys and girls. {{spoiler|Najimi}} has her first kiss (and probably his) with {{spoiler|Misogi}}, and she may have been {{spoiler|Zenkichi}}'s first too.
* [[Five
*** Against the Thirteen Party:
** [[Big Bad]]: Oudo.
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** [[The Brute]]: Shibuki.
** [[The Dark Chick]]: Mukae.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Medaka
** [[The Lancer]]: Zenkichi
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** {{spoiler|Ajimu's powers are an impossible-looking number that looks like this (not the actual number): 1,384,759,832,749,874. A later translation says she has a ''quad''rillion powers.}}
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: {{spoiler|Ajimu appears to be this, noting her inability to defeat Medaka due to Medaka's main character status. Given that she says it as an analogy, she may just be [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]}}
** {{spoiler|It turns out this is a known mental illness in the
* [[Friendless Background]]: Nearly every Abnormal in the series has had few or no friends before coming to Hakoniwa Academy. Zenkichi was Medaka's only real friend before she was elected to the Student Council. "Plus" Abnormals are bothered by this and want friends. "Minuses" have such horrific powers and/or are so disturbed that they have given up on the idea.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Kumagawa seems to have read enough Shonen Jump manga (he even says this at points in the story) to know how to counter the Student Council. For example, rather than have each side do their own [[Training Montage]], he sends his own team to {{spoiler|beat the crap out of the Student Council before they finish their own training}} to the point where Akune and Kikaijima wouldn't be able to fight his Minus 13 class in the tournament.
* [[The Glomp]]: Medaka does this to Zenkichi a few times. She also does this to Kikaijima once.
* [[A God I Am Not]]: Medaka.
* [[Hammerspace]] / [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Munekata hides his weapons more effectively then [[Ranma
* [[Healing Factor]]: For a time it seems that Kumagawa's power is also this, but actually he is {{spoiler|a [[Reality Warper]]}}. Shibushi's power is {{spoiler|explicitly stated to be the opposite: she can open all wounds no matter how long they've been healed... including ''mental ones''.}}
** Medaka also has acquired this ability to the extent that she can repair any damage to her body shortly after getting them.
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|In order to bring the the fight between him and Emukae versus the Hitoyoshis to a draw, Kumagawa removes the bomb-bracelets' keyholes. Emukae, who just had a heart-to-heart moment with Zenkichi and her Minus power neutralized by Kumagawa, removes the bombs and smothers the explosion with her own body. This causes Kumagawa to freak out since it was completely unnecessary, and then she politely refuses to be healed afterwards.}}
** {{spoiler|Kumagawa himself}} gets to make one, opting to fight {{spoiler|Munakata}} to the death in Kikaijima's defence. He claims that {{spoiler|he feels strangely happy dying for a girl's sake}}.
* [[Hoist
* [[Holding Out for
* [[Ho Yay]]/[[Les Yay]]: Invoked a few times between Zenkichi and Maguro, or with Koga's devotion to Naze. There's also Medaka kissing Mogana and proclaiming her love for her.
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: Koga Itami and Medaka Kurokami are main culprits, but there are other characters who also heaact that she's ''actually crazy''.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: From where does Kumagawa pull all these oversized screws again? Munekata also counts, as some of his "hidden weapons" are ''longer than he is''.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Kumagawa says ''How unfair! Attacking before the opponent levels up!'' in chapter 117 when {{spoiler|Medaka attacks Zenkichi to start a fight after he challenges her}} considering that is the exact same thing the Minuses did during the Student Council Battle Arc.
* [["I Know You
** Perseus/War God Mode Medaka cranks this [[Up to Eleven]] when, after Unzen tied her up, ignored the razor wire and just ''dragged the whole school building after her.'' But then, it's [[God Mode Sue|Medaka.]]
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: All "Plus" Abnormals feel this way in addition to [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]. Some of the "Plus" Abnormals seen so far became twisted when they lost hope that they would ever be able to form real friendships.
* [[Implacable Man|Implacable Man (and Woman)]]: Myouga Unzen and his sister.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Onigase Harigane, the [[Knight Templar]] School Morals Enforcer who uses handcuffs as brass knuckles and another enforcer who tried to hurt Akune by hitting him with a ''bicycle''.
** Myouri Unzel uses superballs filled with ''gunpowder'', while his sister Myouga wields four
** Kumagawa uses giant screws to great effect.
** And Hitomi Hitoyoshi somehow manages to use sewing needles, thread, and even garden shears in combat.
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* [[It Amused Me]]: The motivation which drives Hansode Shiranui's actions.
* [[Landslide Election]]: The election to determine the 100th Student Council president ends with {{spoiler|Zenkichi receiving 62% of the votes, the Successors receiving 36%, and Medaka receiving only 2%. Medaka doesn't take it well.}}
* [[Laser
** And Naze herself, having used her serums on herself first to separate herself from the past.
* [[Leaning
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: The Medaka's Successor Arc involves {{spoiler|Zenkichi turning on Medaka in order to prove a point, with '''Kumagawa''' of all people trying to be the voice of '''reason.'''}} This is, of course, all set up by {{spoiler|Najimi -- except for Kumagawa's deciding to go third wheel.}}
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Brainwashing people, stealing peoples' abilities, controlling 131,313 super computers all at once, magnetism, controlling the opponent's motor skills, and mind reading to name a few.
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* [[Love You and Everybody]]: After being kissed by Medaka, [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Kikaijima wonders whether that means Medaka loves her]]. Zenkichi explains to her that Medaka loves ''everyone''<ref>Whether this is true or she actually has no ''real'' empathy is up for debates.</ref> and she used to kiss people indiscriminately when she was in junior high. What a let-down.
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Medaka Kurokami.
** Zenkichi qualifies as well, due to his ability to befriend people and accept them, regardless of their status {{spoiler|except maybe Kumagawa}} Even the ''Minuses'' who meet
* [[Mega Manning]]: Medaka's ultimate power. She uses Naze's syringes, Munekata's hidden weapons, and Oudo's electrical powers against Zenkichi ''while straitjacketed'' to their respective "owners" astonishment. In fact, Medaka's power allows her to ''completely master another's power, even if the originator hasn't mastered it themselves.'' It can be a double-edged sword.
** Miyakonojou Oudo also counts as his "Unreasonable Taxation" power can steal other people's Abnormalities.
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Hitomi Hitoyoshi, who is actually 42 years of age but looks 12.
** {{spoiler|Also, Ajimu, who claims to be older than the universe.}} Quite possibly {{spoiler|Hanten}} too.
* [[Overshadowed
** Most of the School is subject to this by Medaka ({{spoiler|no surprise}}) during the school festival she engages in a huge tug of war with everyone(including former enemies) vs. her {{spoiler|and WINS}}. The [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]] moment afterward is an understatement.
* [[People Puppets]]: When Miyakonojou Oudo uses his "Weighted Words".
* [[Poisonous Friend]]: Surprisingly, {{spoiler|one of the protagonists}}. Hell, {{spoiler|Zenkichi}} himself even stated at the beginning that his job was to go around bringing people down that {{spoiler|Medaka}} didn't.
* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]: Zenkichi is usually the POV protagonist, but Medaka is the instigator of the plot.
* [[Premiseville]]: The "hakoniwa" in Hakoniwa Academy means "miniature garden". It does live up to its name. And with Medaka as the authority, she will make it a garden that suits her paradigm.
* [[Rapid
* {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper]]}}: Chapter 71 confirms that ''this'' is the true nature of Kumagawa's "All-Fiction". Comes with a hitch, though: {{spoiler|anything he takes away with it such as Zenkichi's eyesight, his own "aura" or Emukae's Raffrafflesia 'becomes nothing'.}}
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Sukinasaki}} is this to {{spoiler|the student council president, Jakago}}, in the short story "Good Loser Kumagawa".
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Megusuno delivers a harsh one to {{spoiler|Kumagawa}} in chapter 111 when he loses a contest of imagination to her. {{spoiler|She explains that someone like Kumagawa can never beat her in such a contest because he ''honestly can't imagine that he can win'' -- he has a self-defeating personality. She's basically calling him a loser in the most brutal way possible. This speech actually drives Kumagawa to ''tears''.}}
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: {{spoiler|It takes him 140 chapters, but Medaka finally realizes her feelings for Zenkichi after he defeats her in the new student council election.}}
* [[Right Makes Might]]: Subverted.
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* [[Rule of Three]]: As of chapter 119, {{spoiler|the student council has been divided up into three factions: Medaka with Akune on her side, Hitoyoshi and the Not Equals against Medaka, and Kikaijima and Kumagawa representing the weak and trying to restore order among the divided group.}}
* [[Save the Villain]]: Medaka ends up doing this during the Clash With The Enforcers Arc {{spoiler|as does Naze during her fight with Shibushi}}.
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** {{spoiler|In chapter 140, Medaka stops the manga from ending. That's right, a character in the story decided it wasn't going to end.}}
* [[Shonen]]: The series becomes a more typical shonen fighting manga after the [[Genre Shift]].
* [[Shout
** More blatantly, Anshin'in references ''21'' famous Shonen Jump series in the span of one page (chapter 116) when she {{spoiler|tries to convince Zenkichi to join her side}}. (Following in Misogi's footsteps?) <ref>If you're curious...:''[[
** It may just be a reference the Translator, Editor, or Scanlator popped in, but on page 12 & 13 of chapter 36, Zenkichi asks for some encouraging words, so Medaka says "GO GET HIM TIGER!", something a certain Mary Jane character used to say to Peter Parker. Whether or not this is an actual example though, I am not too sure.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Several characters get these, including Medaka.
* [[So Bad
* [[Spanner in
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Kumagawa. It's so creepy that [[Not So Stoic|his rare expression of unbridled rage and hate]] is actually less disturbing. Also [[Walking Wasteland|Emukae]]. {{spoiler|Kumagawa ditches the smile after getting his original power back.}}
* [[Super Mode]]: {{spoiler|Medaka's Perseus/War God Mode}}, of the Unstoppable Berserker variety.
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* [[Super Reflexes]]: One of the "Class 13" Abnormals has [[Super Reflexes]] as his Abnormality, which he calls "Automatic". He discovered that his reflexes were an Abnormality in a truly disturbing way; by living through a car accident which killed his entire family, save for himself.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: {{spoiler|Kumagawa loses the rematch with Munakata when he takes a bullet meant for Kikaijima.}}
* [[Take That]]: [http://i17.mangareader.net/medaka-box/100/medaka-box-2514727.jpg Against intellectual elitism.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Taking You
** {{spoiler|After it becomes clear that Kujira has bested Shibuki, Kumagawa tells her to lose spectacularly and kill everyone (except him, of course) with her ultimate Scardead power.}}
* [[Theme Naming]]: The Kurokami family - Kajiki (swordfish), Maguro (tuna), Kujira (whale), and Medaka (Japanese killifish). [[Meaningful Name|There's a reason why one of them is a mammal.]]
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** All three members of the swim club have the character for "island" (''shima'') in their last names.
** The classes of superpowers are Plus, Minus, and {{spoiler|Not Equal}}.
* [["Three Laws
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]]: The bottom of the last page of Chapter 103 reads {{spoiler|Takarabe and Kumagawa will meet the end of their lives in the trap that Aka laid}}!
** The end of chapter 120 declares that {{spoiler|Kumagawa will be killed by Munakata! Naturally, it never mentioned Kumagawa staying dead}}!
* [[Took a Level
* [[Transfer Student Uniforms]]: Class Minus 13 wear the uniforms of their previous schools.
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour]]: Medaka at two years old {{[spoiler| due to her accelerated mental and physical growth}}.
** Kumagawa as well. {{spoiler|The first thing he does when he meets Zenkichi's mom is bribe her with info on 2000 Abnormals in order to have her write him off as normal, before blackmailing her with her son's life if she doesn't accept the bribe.}}
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* [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts]]: The anime.
* [[Ubermensch]]: [[Compelling Voice|Oudo Miyakonojou]].
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* [[The Villain Makes the Plot]]: Since the [[Genre Shift]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Kumagawa starts to do this when the Student Council doesn't fall apart like he plans. {{spoiler|When one of his own Minuses nearly gets herself killed for him is when he completely breaks down.}}
* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Mukae Emukae, who can rot anything with her Minus power "Raffrafflesia" (named after the [
* [[Wall Crawl]]: Koga Itami, Miyakonojou Oudo, Medaka Kurokami, and Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, although it severely winded the latter.
* [[Well
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kikaijima calls out Medaka on her actions {{spoiler|towards Zenkichi}} in chapters 115-117, and tells Medaka that she should apologize. Medaka's response makes Kikaijima realize that Medaka doesn't understand other peoples' hearts.
** The battle of the bands is called [[Dude, Not Funny|"School Shooting"]]. ''Seriously?''
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: Averted. When Munakata starts to lose the fight, he draws pistols instead.
* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Loup the android has crosses in her eyes and mysterious musician Furousan (Frozen?) Zomeki has a musical note in each of hers.
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