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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 ''[[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.▼
▲{{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]]'' 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-Off]] short with the aforementioned character, entitled ''Good Loser Kumagawa'', published in Jump NEXT Magazine on December
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-Out]] to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|another blue-haired male leader of a bunch of delinquents]] who is also voiced by [[Katsuyuki Konishi]].
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* [[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-Fitting Wardrobe|very flattering to her figure]], but the [[Male Gaze|first thing people notice]] is the [[Cleavage Window]] showing off her impressive assets.
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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-Out]]: In one of the early chapters, Medaka is explictly referred to as having an "intel chip inside her head" due to her omnicompetence.
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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.
** Right after, {{spoiler|Medaka starts to see no value in Zenkichi}} and begins to act very cold to him as a result. Even now just to be with {{spoiler|Medaka he's sided with Ajimu and is undergoing the Flask plan albeit using different methods than the original mass murdering plan.}}
***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 with Me|drops himself and Kumagawa into a snake-filled pit.]]}} .
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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|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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* [[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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* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Medaka, thanks to one of Naze's serums.
** And Naze herself, having used her serums on herself first to separate herself from the past.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] / [[This Is Reality]]: Kumagawa does this a lot, referring to the fact that "this isn't a manga" or "If we were published in ''Shounen Jump''...", plus making fun of ''Shounen Jump's'' mottoes. This becomes a bit of a running gag, as the latest two villains also do the exact same thing (with one taking it up to madness
* [[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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* [[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-Out]]: Maybe, when
** 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...:''[[Dragon Ball]], Cobra, [[City Hunter]], [[Fist of the North Star]], [[Slam Dunk]], [[The Prince of Tennis]], [[Captain Tsubasa]], Sexy Commando Gaiden, [[Video Girl Ai]], [[Hikaru no Go]], [[Rokudenashi Blues]], Sakigake Otokojuku, [[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]], [[Dai no Daibouken]], [[Ultimate Muscle]], [[Rurouni Kenshin]], [[
** 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.
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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 with Me]]: In chapter 70, after being blinded by Kumagawa, Zenkichi rejects his offer (restored eyesight in exchange for Zenkichi's loyalty), says goodbye to Medaka {{spoiler|and stomps the arena floor hard enough to drop both him and Kumagawa into the pit of snakes.}}
** {{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.}}
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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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