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'''''Nagasarete Airantō''''' (ながされて藍蘭島, literally "Cast Away... Airan Island") is an ongoing manga with 33 tankōbon volumes as of April 2019. It was made into three-volume light novel series in 2004-2007 and a 26-episode anime in 2007.
Ikuto Touhouin runs away from home after a fight with his father and boards a ship. After falling overboard during a huge storm, he washes ashore on a mysterious island inhabited by only women, with no escape. With a guy on the island at last, now everyone is determined to make him their husband.
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* [[The Ace]]: Suzu.
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* [[Accidental Pervert]]: As much as he tries to avoid an "eyeful" (or a [[Thanks for the Mammary|handful]], or a faceful, or...[[Overly Long Gag|yeah, we'd better stop now]]) Ikuto still crosses into this.
* [[Action Girl]]: Pretty much every girl in the island.
* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: After Ikuto accidentally drinks from the wrong cup, Kokoro reveals that she has been putting poison into her daughter's drinks and food for years to gain this affect
* [[Adam and Eve Plot]]: See below.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Listen to the [[Audio Adaptation|Drama CD 1]] To Know More!
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* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Mei Mei.
* [[Apologizes a Lot]]: Mei Mei, again.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Ikuto has gradually become accustomed to talking with the anthropomorphic animals on the island, yet still refuses to believe in anything of paranormal or mythological origin ''even if it is right in front of him''.
** He doesn't have any problems believing in Aliens and [[Robot Girl
** He winds up on the other end of the spectrum, when he tries to convince the islanders on the existence of the aforementioned aliens.
** Ikuto did have trouble believing in the anthropomorphic aspect of Airantou's animals, but that quickly died away when Shima-tora made a..."convincing" argument.
** A recent chapter had Ikuto get sick and get a fever which made him start to believe in magic. Then when he was still recovering he started to mix science fact with magic, and then he freaked out when he realized what he was saying.
** It's revealed later that Ikuto {{spoiler|was put under a jutsu -- by Machi and Ayane's father --}} to make him disbelieve in magic. After that's broken, Ikuto casually mentions the Touhouin family has a ''history'' of interaction with the supernatural, so there was apparently some [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] involved, too.
* [[Art Shift]]: During Michiru and Tohno's confrontation, they emanate a [[Battle Aura]] that shows them how they should look like outside of Airantou.
* [[Aside Glance]]: Among many other examples:
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* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: The Four Leaders.
** [[Klingon Promotion]]
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: The first mother introduced is Chizuru, Machi and Ayane's mother (and to the hilarious reaction by Ikuto by this revelation). We then found out that the women marry at young ages since their life-style's that of the Fedual Era. Chizuru is the first to have children at her ''age''. And thus, Machi being the oldest with a [[Christmas Cake]] issue.
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: How Ikuto defeats {{spoiler|The North Leader, Taiga.}}
* [[Author Appeal]]: Single male, on an isolated island with only females, most of them are pretty and young? ''Come on''.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Ikuto the most because he fights the most, but any [[Badass]] who is not a [[Miko]], [[Ninja]], or [[Youkai]].
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* [[Bag of Holding]]: In the manga, this was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] a bit.
* [[Balloon Belly]]: Suzu in episode 2.
** Ikuto when Suzu tries to give him [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable|CPR]] when he first washes ashore.
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: Ikuto introduces the [[wikipedia:Icebox|Ice Box]] to the island. The islanders use [[Magitek|Michiru]] to create the ice for the boxes though.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: The Scavenger Hunt [[Story Arc]] doesn't count on its own at first; it took the aftermath chapter to show it to be one. {{spoiler|Obaba made sure that all the girls will be exhausted in the competition so that the winner and the "prize" (Ikuto and whoever-he-picks/whoever-picks-him) would not be disturbed at the hotsprings.}}
* [[Battle Aura]]: Apparently, all the Leaders are supposed to possess this.
** [[Youkai
** Oh, poor Mei-Mei.
* [[The Beard]]: Machi goes on a fake date with Ikuto to get Hikaru Genji to stop pursuing her.
* [[Berserk Button]]
** Telling Ikuto anything is "impossible".
** Getting between Suzu and mame daifuku is pretty stupid.
** Insulting Machi about her age once, shame on her; insulting Machi about her age consecutively, prepare for the ''''' worst'''''.
** Taiga is ''very'' protective...[[Real Men Wear Pink|of the sakura tree in his territory.]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Suzu. When she becomes [[Clingy Jealous Girl|clingy]], even her ''sensei'' (one of the ''Four Leaders'', mind you) is afraid of her!
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: Taka-Taka. In his youth, he was even a contender for the position of the West Leader, and a friendly rival to the current one.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]/[[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: The Kami Kami group, a pair of foxes that want to usurp the Leaders' position, but are downright pathetic in strength and skill.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Ikuto gets one saving Ayane and Michiru from an enraged Taiga, the North Leader, by [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|throwing his sword]] to hit [[Attack Its Weak Point|Taiga's weak point.]]
** He also brought lunch.
** {{spoiler|Machi's shikigamis [[All Your Powers Combined|transformed]] [[The Power of Friendship|into]] Devil Sky Dragon Muramasa to save the day.}}
** Ikuto and Suzu also rescued Yukino, and Taka-Taka's nephew Piyomaru, from the Kami Kami group [
* [[Big Eater]]: Machi
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Chikage's.
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* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Machi; a highly-gifted [[Miko]], but...yeah.
** To a larger extent, Michiru.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Misaki seemed to act like her brother was her boyfriend in many of the flashbacks. Ikuto seems to think that normal sisters just do that.
** {{spoiler|When she read Ikuto's letter-in-a-bottle, she was UNPLEASED.}}
** Possibly a case of [[Not Blood Siblings]] considering one of the flashbacks revealed a weird age discrepancy. There is less than 9 months between them in terms of age. {{spoiler|Confirmed by Misaki herself.}} She seems pretty irked that Ikuto never noticed.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Ayane, for the most part. She gets stepped on constantly, for instance.
** She is such a ''[[Butt Monkey]]'' that she thinks that the blood sucking plant is just playing when it is gnawing on her face. She lets it do it every day.
*** She also fails to notice the effects of a [[Bad Luck Charm]] because her luck is ''already'' terrible.
** Michiru, after her initial introduction was often [[Running Gag|stepped on, forgotten by the characters, or simply not noticed.]] Around the same time, Ayane started getting more competent.
*** [[Cosmic Plaything]]: The author likes to even ''directly'' poke fun at Michiru. [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|Hello, Table of Contents!]]
** Being a [[Harem]] male protagonist Ikuto gets the stuffing beat out of him on a fairly regular basis.
*** One episode of the anime puts Ikuto's status as the [[Butt Monkey]] [[Up to Eleven]].
** The East Leader, in most of his appearances, seems to have some sort of bad luck...
* [[Call Back]]: Several in the story. The author really knows his series.
** The man with the [[Nice Hat|top hat]] on the boat in Obaba's flashback is the same man who stopped the old way of of determining the ruler of the South Forest. He also built Chikage's mansion. He is also hinted at being Rin's ancestor!
** Remember Chikage's floating chair? Well it makes a few more appearances.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Karaage mostly, but a few others.
* [[Can't Act Perverted Toward a Love Interest]]: Rin's father Tadanori.
* [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Risa.
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: All animals on the island can talk for some reason, so humans eat fish instead. Eggs are still fair game, though, making it a little awkward when a hen has a friendly chat with the male lead before handing over a basket of hers...
** This was particularly unsettling when {{spoiler|Chikage found a spellbook and uses it to turn all the animals into people and the people into animals, and the hen becomes a woman somewhere in her 30s.}} [[Fridge Horror|Ick.]]
* [[Catgirl]]: Suzu, who is on very good terms with the cats and spent some time being trained by their Leader, wears a bow that seems to only be there to give the impression of cat ears in certain shots, sometimes makes feline sounds when excited or scared, and a cat-like aura appears [[Running Gag|whenever she goes]] [[Yandere]] (inherited from her mother). This is played even straighter when she turns into a cat for the human-animal transformation episode.
** Also, Shima-tora's wife Myaa (see [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]] below).
* [[Cat Eared Headband]]: A few times with Chikage's cosplay obsession.
* [[Celibate Hero]]: Ikuto makes it apparent from the beginning that he doesn't want to get romantically involved with any of the girls in his [[Unwanted Harem]]. For now, that is...
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Rin is the most primary example in the series.
* [[Chinese Girl]]: Mei Mei
* [[Christmas Cake]]: [[Values Dissonance]] has Airantou's inhabitants get married at around
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: The most interesting variant of which is Suzu herself, who ''[[Oblivious to Love|doesn't]]'' [[Oblivious to Love|know what she is being jealous about...]] Also when she becomes jealous she wants to take a bath with him. Not to do anything, just bathe together.
** Because Ikuto said she is cute when she smiles, she tries to curtail her jealous tendencies later on.
*** While it can also be [[Alternate Character Interpretation|alternately interpreted]] as a protective instinct towards Suzu, Ikuto inverts the usual situation by reacting '''very''' badly on {{spoiler|Beniyasha-as-Ikuto trying to seduce Suzu, to the point that Beniyasha went [[Oh Crap]].}}
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* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]: Chikage has an...interesting [[Porn Stash|"source"]] for her different ideas of clothing when impressing Ikuto, it seems.
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Mei Mei plays this trope as straight as possible, with her erotic book reading and what she thinks will happen anytime a girl is alone with Ikuto.
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* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Hilariously]] used in the very first chapter.
* [[Create Your Own Villain]]: Machi was responsible for the release of her own ''nemesis'', Genjumaro.
** How Beniyasha came to be.
* [[Cry Cute]]: '''everyone''' does.
* [[Cultured Warrior]]: The North and South Leaders are fans of mystery novels.
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: The current [[Story Arc]] hasn't featured Ikuto at all, at least until the last part.
* [[Death Glare]]: Suzu has a nice one reserved for when people start to hit on Ikuto.
** {{spoiler|Maybe she got it from her [[Generation Xerox|mother]].}}
* [[Delinquent]]: {{spoiler|Karaage, the West Leader}}, in his youth, after his [[Tomato Surprise]].
** [[Face of a Thug]]: He ''attempts'' to have this, but fails horribly on account of his being {{spoiler|a ''chick'' at the time.}}
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Obaba.
* [[Determinator]]: Ikuto once he decides something he does not give up on it,even when his decision is not have a bath with three gorgeous women.
** A more straight example is any of his battles with the guardians.
** And in the first chapters when he was determined to leave the island, despite the whirlwinds, his fear of heights and the fact that no one had been able to leave before
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** Also Machi.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Not infrequently but chapter 90 in the manga is this trope. From the title to the last scene. A large part of this chapter is Shinobu, Yukino, and Suzu talking about riding Ikuto; you know on his shoulders.
* [[Dream Land]]: A chapter deals with Machi spying on peoples dreams and we get to see some of these.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Nagamasa, Chizuru's husband in Karaage's flashback, from whom Machi ''[[Generation Xerox|takes after in appearance]]''.
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Frequent, but most notable would be Shima-tora when he interrupted Tohno's and the East Leader's brawl, by ''knocking them both out'' (temporarily, but still [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|awesome]]).
* [[Eastern Zodiac]]: Yashiro's shikigamis.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Chapter 125 reveals that Ikuto's mother developed this after ''she'' fell off a boat (perhaps it runs in the family) and swam towards shore "only to crash into a dolphin." She recovered upon hitting her head again, apparently a few months later.
* [[Eat the Dog|Eat The Pig]]: One bonus chapter has mame daifuku that were accidentally made with alcohol, so Suzu gets drunk...and sees Tonkatsu, or anything round and soft for that matter,<ref>including Rin's ''breasts''</ref>
* [[Ecchi]]
* [[Empathy Pet]]: Tonkatsu, to an extent.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Even the normally-sadistic Machi said that it was "too ''cruel''" for Suzu to {{spoiler|sic a beehive on Genjumaro.}} [[Playing with a Trope|Uh-huh, sure...]]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Much to Rin's dismay.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Though the penguins on the island are rarely given the spotlight. We've got Pen-Pen from Yukino's family, Sumeragi the shaved ice sales-penguin, and Totega-san of the carpenters (yes, he's a penguin).
** Pen-Pen did become an [[Ascended Extra]] of sorts during the current [[Story Arc]]. {{spoiler|He solves part of Beniyasha's riddle and...was rewarded by becoming the "sidekick" in the resulting novel.}}
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Takatora and Suzuran.
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* [[Henohenomoheji]]: An eggplant with a henohenomoheji face is often used as a dummy to draw girls away from Ikuto.
* [[Heroism Incentive]]: To get the girls to care about the test results they offer a date with Ikuto as the incentive.
* [[Hey, You]]: Michiru is called this by almost everyone on the island, because they don't remember who she is.
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: in regards to the [[Retcon]].<ref>simply put, Michiru claiming that she was there when Suzu first brought Ikuto to Obaba's house, yet no one "remembers" her, develops into the [[Running Gag]] above</ref>
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]
* [[Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|Karaage}}, at least to Ikuto.
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** Also, a [[Youkai]] having the ''exact same appearance'' as Ayane. Think about ''that'' for a while.
** According to Ikuto, Michiru is an [[In-Universe]] [[Expy]] of {{spoiler|his little sister, Misaki}}.
** What's ''more'' bizarre, Misaki mentions two cousins of Ikuto he'd never referred to: they look like Ayane and Machi ... and they're named Ayane and
* [[Idiot Hair]]: Yukino, [[Lampshaded]] even.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Ikuto, as Karaage and Beniyasha both like to tell him. Even though it really only applies when he is dealing with women.
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* [[I Let You Win]]: The West Leader accused the North Leader of this, in regards to the latter's first duel against Ikuto.
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Ikuto has a few.
* [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me]]: Misaki likes cute animals. This is her reaction to especially cute ''small'' animals. In Chapter 138, it turns out the {{spoiler|tiger "cub" she wanted to take is older than she looks ... and Taiga's estranged wife}}.
* [[Indirect Kiss]]: Machi kissed Shinobu to kiss Ikuto (after she found out Shinobu had given him [[Intimate Healing|a mouth-to-mouth medicine dose]]).
* [[Intelligible Unintelligible]]: The animals start this way to Ikuto until he 'gets used to life on the island.' Then they can be heard and understood in Japanese.
* [[Inevitable Waterfall]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Ikuto, who seems resigned to go over it (and he does).
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* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]; Ikuto was frequently told that Panako (Chikage's elephant maid) is the most beautiful person on the island, which he refuses to believe. {{spoiler|And then the [[Baleful Polymorph]] episode came rolling around...}}
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: Ikuto and Suzu. There are no [[Those Two Guys]] to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this, of course, but then again, the rest of the [[Unwanted Harem]] is jealous.
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: An entire island full of them. Since most of the main cast grew up without any contact with males they never had to develop a since a modesty. As the story goes on some of the girls begin to realize the affect they have on Ikuto and avert this trope. Mind you they still do the same things they just realize what it entails.
** Averted with Rin who doesn't like to
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: In Chapter 90, Suzu and Shinobu have a discussion about how much fun it would be to ride Ikuto. Sitting on his shoulders like Yukino, of course.
* [[Interspecies Friendship]]: See [[Fluffy Tamer]] above.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: For their mother's birthday, Shinobu, Mikoto and Kunai decide to give her a grandchild as a present. Which is the person they each chose to "do it" with them? [[Celibate Hero|Ikuto]], [[Even the Girls Want Her|Rin]], and '''[[Everything's Better with Penguins|Totega]]''', respectively. And that wasn't the even ''only'' hint of Kunai's attraction to Totega...
** [[Homosexual Reproduction]]: um, yeah. At least if Mikoto could get what she wants...
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'''Rin''': [[Defied Trope|That's impossible between girls,]] [[Megaton Punch|you fool!]] }}
* [[It Amused Me]]: Machi's reason for doing '''''everything''''' she's doing.
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* [[Jack of All Stats|Jack Of All Trades,]] [[Master of None]]: Ayane.
* [[Jaw Drop]]: An epic one in chapter 5.
* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]: Machi finds/creats a spell that allows her to
* [[Kid With the Remote Control]]: Yukino.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: The South Leader, Shima-tora (cat) and the West Leader, {{spoiler|Karaage, a <s>rooster</s> ''chicken''}}, the latter of which was reputed to be the strongest of the Four Leaders.
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* [[Lap Pillow]]: Ikuto is the pillow for Machi while she is sick, and Suzu because she asked him which causes a three way brawl for his lap...
* [[Last-Episode New Character]]: Michiru, daughter of [[Half-Human Hybrid|an islander and a Yuki-onna]] and Obaba's medical apprentice. First appears during the ''end credits'' of the last episode.
** The manga has since [[
* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]: This is what Tohno believes when she thinks there's no more Kappa on the island.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Done time to time, but chapter 65 takes the cake.
** And then there is that tendency of the characters to measure time by the issue number, [[Lampshade Hanging|only to be corrected by another character.]]
** Oba-sama is getting tired of Ikuto not making progress with any girl on the island, even though <s>50 issues</s> 3 months have passed already.
** The flashback chapters starring Suzuran and Karaage are chock-full of this. Notably, when narrating a certain event in the flashback, present-day-Karaage compares Suzuran to a demon, only for Suzuran to [[Berserk Button|go berserk]] and '''point at his ''dialogue box''''' while beating past-Karaage up.
** Similarly, when Misaki is talking about the "spirit-jutsu specialist" who works for their grandfather, she tells Ikuto, "You've met him many times ... look, it's Seihouin-san" and she's pointing at an image of "Seihouin-san" (actually Nagamasa) ... that's hovering right over his lookalike daughter Machi, who apparently can't see it.
** In Chapter 138, Misaki is chewing Ayane out for using [[Fanservice]] as a way of trying to win Ikuto ... and then she adds, "Also, if you continue, this manga will become R-18!" Likewise, an earlier chapter had Tohno think Mei Mei was stripping in front of Ikuto, and Tohno worried that the manga would get "an 18+ rating."
** Several characters are working as teams to solve another Beniyasha mystery, and narrative boxes give them such names as "Attractive Older Woman Team." They're aware of the narrative boxes ("Who are you calling an older woman?" Rin's mother demands) and one member of the "Supporting Role Team" makes a suggestion starting with, "Since we're done for as minor characters anyway..."
* [[Lethal Chef]]: [[Double Subversion|Double subverted]] with Machi. After she takes lessons in cooking, it still looks like the stuff is literally CURSED...but actually tastes quite good. The catch? She makes A LOT of food, and won't let you leave until you eat it '''ALL''' of it.
** [[Anime]] only.
** In the [[Manga]], she leaves behind a truly frightening mess of what used to be the kitchen that some [[Butt Monkey|unlucky soul]] has to clean up.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Some of the cast are this.
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: You've got Ikuto, the main haremettes (about 6-7), side female characters, including most of the girl's [[Hot Mom|mothers]] (another 20-30), and all the talking animals...yeah, [[Captain Obvious|let's just say there are a lot of names to remember.]]
* [[Locked in a Room]]: An interesting variation where its more tied together suspended from a bridge. Ikuto uses this time to find out why Ayane has been avoiding him.
* [[Lost World]]: The titular island.
* [[Love Hurts]]: See [[Tough Love]] below.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Chikage
** During one certain storyline, she becomes a {{spoiler|[[Cute Witch]], ironically enough.}}
* [[Made of Iron]]: Ayane and Shinobu are noted in story to be exceptionally tough.
** It seems like Ikuto learned this by being on the island. In the beginning he would actually have to rest a day after being beaten to a pulp. Now he can {{spoiler|fight all 4 guardians, fall in a river, get eaten by a fish, and still be perfectly fine the next day.}} He has come a '''''VERY''''' long way.
*** He may have always been this. He drifted at sea for 7 days without any food or water with no visible discomfort. He may have just been recovering from that still in the get go, which explains how weak he was in the beginning.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Used in the anime, but noticeably [[Panty Shot|absent]] in the manga.
* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Suzuran --> Karaage --> Ikuto --> Shinobu
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** Played straight with her [[Hot Mom]] Shizuka {{spoiler|although it turns out that she's also ''Beniyasha''.}}
* [[Mentor Ship]]: see above.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]:
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Pandaro, the East Leader.
* [[Miko]]: Ayane, Machi, Chizuru, Yashiro.
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* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Suzu's protective of Tonkatsu, and one chapter is dedicated to showing it.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood|My Name Is Not...]]: m...suke.
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* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: Ikuto to his family when he ran away from home.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Everyone widely (and correctly) assumes that {{spoiler|it was Chikage's own fault why Suzu hates studying...}}
* [[Nightmare Fetishist]]: Machi. Oh '''''GOD''''', Machi.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] according to Ayane in regards to Suzu she hasn't started menstruating yet.
* [[No Sense of Direction]]: Shinobu could give [[Ranma ½|Ryoga]] and [[One Piece|Zoro]] a run for their money, if they could find it, that is.
* [[No Social Skills]]: Since men have long since vanished from the island, most of the current generation of girls have lost much of modern society's norms on ethical behavor towards men in public, hence their constant bombardment of [[Fetish Fuel]] towards Ikuto (see above) and they think there's nothing wrong with that.
** Subverted with Rin, who actually tries to seduce him at one point by deliberately taking his hand and putting it on her breast knowing the implications (and [[The Immodest Orgasm|she squirms and moans from the sensation]] too). Also, she's the only female who screams in embarrassment and scolds Ikuto for stumbling on to her while she's bathing naked.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: No one wants to elaborate why Sakuya wrecked her own inn that one time.
* [[Nosebleed]]: Ikuto, [[Overused Running Gag|constantly]] and [[Overdrawn At the Blood Bank|massively.]]
** ''Nagasarete Airantou'' may very well be the king of this trope.
* [[Not So Weak]]: Pandaro, The East Leader.
** He may be the [[Butt Monkey]] among of the Four Leaders but is the Leader to the ''most dangerous place'' on the island.
** ''And'', he has a '''''chimera''''' as an [[Unknown Rival]] that could hardly dent him.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: You'd never guess ([[The Untwist|at first]]) that {{spoiler|Karaage, the goofy-looking family <s>man</s> chicken}} is one of the island's most powerful residents...
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: There are a few in the cast, but {{spoiler|Ikuto}} gets a special mention.
** {{spoiler|He both [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] ''and'' plays this trope straight. The reason he never lets any of the girls too close is that he knows they don't really mean it. They are more interested in the fact that he is the only man on the island than the man himself. Played straight when the girls really ''do'' begin to develop real feelings for him, and he still thinks
*** Wow, {{spoiler|Ikuto}} shows us how this is done, [[Serial Escalation|and the manga is still ongoing]].
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* [[Official Couple]]
* [[Off-Model]]: Episode 25.
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Machi is '''18'''.
** [[Berserk Button|Just don't say she's old.]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: One picture shows [[Ninja|Kokoro and Hanzou]] getting married...''upside down'', kneeling on the ceiling.
* [[Opening Shout-Out]]: The end of the anime is a bird's eye view of Ikuto being chased around the island, exactly like the chase shown in the OP.
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: Oh, yeah.
** They can be touched, normally speak only in "Bake"s (Japanese word for ghost), can fly, and can possess people, for that extra bit of [[Paranoia Fuel]].
** None of them are really evil, though.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Ikuto challenging the whirlpools in the first episode/chapter. Over and over and over...
* [[Overly Long Name]]: [[All Your Powers Combined|Weather Charm 1-2-3-Shikis' Muramasa.]]
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* [[Overnight Age-Up]]: Chapter 81-82 for Yukino. {{spoiler|In the end, she [[Fountain of Youth|ages down to a baby]], much to Chikage's delight.}}
* [[Overtook the Manga]]: The anime covers a small chunk of the manga.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Much to the threat of Ikuto's health, ''everywhere''. Of the main cast, the only people who don't get frequent [[Panty Shot
* [[Parental Substitute]]: After Suzuran's disappearance, Karaage said that he took it upon himself and his family to look after Suzu.
* [[Petite Pride]]: Ayane, much to her displeasure.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: According to the most recent chapter, Taiga has mellowed down somewhat, dropping by Mei Mei's every once in a while to give her a gift. Tohno, being [[The Tease]] that she is towards Mei Mei, [[Interspecies Romance|hilariously guesses that there might be another reason why.]]
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Machi.
** The West and South Leaders qualify as well.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: The [[Delinquent|Shiritori Group]] lasted only a week before Suzuran broke them up. Even during that week, all they do is [[Poke the Poodle]].
** See [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] below.
* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Suzu and Ayane. Naturally, Chikage helped them.
* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: Suzu mostly because he lives with her, but he says it to just about every girl in his [[Unwanted Harem]] at one point or another.
* [[Polyamory]]: About the only way humanity is gonna survive on the island. Even then there is gonna have to be some sort of first [[Kissing Cousins|cousin]] marrying going on.
** Grandma says that it's cool, but difficult.
* [[Potty Failure]]: Implied to happen to Ayane at the end of chapter 72. Ayane also accuses Suzu of having been a bedwetter until just a year or so ago.
** Apparently for Suzu it's [[In the Blood]]; Suzuran used to wet her bed until pretty late on, according to Karaage.
** Happened to Yukino in chapter 47 when she was frightened. Throughout the chapter, other characters would say things like, "And here's where Yuki-Yuki was standing when she wet herself," and she'd growl in outrage.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: is used to transform as {{spoiler|Devil Sky Dragon Muramasa}}.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Ikuto when [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|punching a]] <s>ghost</s> [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|white bear]] that had just terrified Ayane and Suzu into defeat.
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Mikoto.
** She acts more like a [[Dirty Old Man]] though.
* [[Rape Is Ok When It Is Female On Male]]: Not actually rape, but when when {{spoiler|Ayane paralyses Ikuto with poison and kisses him}}, HE "mans up" and takes responsibility for "offending" her. And he actually seems to think that it was his fault...
** It's more of an {{spoiler|[[Accidental Kiss]]}} though.
* [[Ready for Lovemaking]]: Ikuto has had at least Shinobu show up in his bed naked asking him to make a baby with her. Not that she knows what sex is but whatever...
* [[Red Herring]]: Chikage in the first Beniyasha [[Story Arc]].
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Michiru. [[Lampshaded]] [[Running Gag|repeatedly]].
* [[Remembered I Could Fly]]: In chapter 112, after babysitting a young bird who could fly, Ikuto notes to Kamokamo since he was a duck, he should be able to fly. Kamokamo replies he forgot.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: is the point when Suzuran acknowledges her [[Tsundere|deeply-hidden]] feelings for Takatora.
* [[Retired Badass]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]; even though {{spoiler|he's finally settled in with a family}}, the West Leader is still the protector of his area, and still enforces the law. Although, Taka-Taka did point out that he doesn't take things more seriously anymore.
** Sumeragi the shaved-ice penguin. [[Tempting Fate|Ikuto shouldn't have challenged him]] even though he was already informed beforehand {{spoiler|that Sumeragi used to be one of ''Karaage's [[The Rival|rivals]]!''}}
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Wait, [[Robot Maid|Sakuya]] can ''blush?!''
* [[The Runaway]]: Ikuto's a Type 2.
* [[Running Gag]]: There are many, but '''one issue alone''' saw two running gags involving Taka-Taka's nephew Piyomaru: the chick's obsession with biting ''anything'' that sparks its interest, and people mistaking that he's Taka-Taka's ''illegitimate child''.
* [[Say It with Hearts]]: Happens frequently, but chapter 8 contains a rather ...humorous example.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Beniyasha.}}
** Tohno as well, since everyone (except possibly Mei Mei) actually mistook her for a man until the mass-[[Baleful Polymorph]] episode.
* [[Sarashi]]: Suzu, as seen on the trope page. And <s>most</s> some of the island girls, it seems.
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* [[Secret Keeper]]: {{spoiler|Chikage and Panako}}, on Beniyasha's identity.
* [[Secret Test of Character]]: It turns out that {{spoiler|the first Beniyasha [[Story Arc]] is actually a test to see if Ikuto can become the serial prankster's next [[Worthy Opponent]].}}
* [[The Seven Mysteries]]: Airantou has Seven Wonders. Almost all of them seemed to be caused by the aliens though.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Apparently, Shinobu doesn't find it strange that her sister Kunai's attracted to Togeta.
** It might count as just being teased, but still...Karaage, you trying to imply something? The smirk on your face seems to support the idea anyhow.
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** Following in Karaage's own opinion above, Tonkatsu itself believes that Ikuto and Suzu are its parents.
** Karaage also ships Takatora/Suzuran, in a weird way.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: That speech Suzuran gave Karaage seems very [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|familiar...]]
** That, and Karaage's tendency to point his <s>finger</s> feather to the sky...yeah.
** Machi keeps a painting of a [[Stringy
** Ikuto's bag contains several mangas, including [[Full Metal]] Alchemist.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Mei Mei. She gets better, most of the time...
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Ikuto's "theory" on the West Leader's identity.
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{{spoiler|'''Karaage''':}} '''''Who's''' the monster?'' }}
** Ikuto himself became this when the Leaders narrate their experiences with him to Shinobu before the latter ever met him.
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* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Ayane and Machi.
* [["Silly Me" Gesture]]: Yukino does this even though she lives on an island cut off from the outside world which makes it confusing where she picked it up from.
* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Everyone: males, females, youkai, half-youkai, animals, ghosts, etc takes a turn at being the brunt of slap stick humor. Ayane probably takes the most turns though.
* [[Sneezing]]: On one infamous occasion, it was combined with a [[Nosebleed]].
* [[Something They Would Never Say]]/[[Not Himself]]: Suzu figures out that Ikuto {{spoiler|was replaced by Genjumaro because of Ikuto's [[Arbitrary Skepticism]], which Genjumaro didn't possess.}}
** {{spoiler|Genjumaro makes this [[Idiot Ball|same]] mistake again! He was giving Mei Mei a gift though, so [[Alternate Character Interpretation|he may have made the mistake on purpose to be found out]] and gather praise from her.}}
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: The order that Ikuto fights the Leaders in the Scavenger Hunt: East (widely considered the weakest), South (however, his battle relied more on trickery than brute strength and power, so his position in the order only depended on the difficulty of his challenge), North, and finally, the West (whoever's superior between these two was sometimes contradictory; while the latter is often called the strongest fighter on the island, he himself admitted that the North was in "a class all his own").
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Mei-Mei when she forgets the covert part of [[Covert Pervert]].
* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Except for a few very far apart things, like the arrival of Mei Mei, and Ikuto's accustomisation to the weirdness of the island, the chapters could be read in almost any order and still make sense.
** And then later, there's {{spoiler|Ayane developing an '''actual''' attraction to Ikuto, which, as Tohno said, was opposed to liking Ikuto ''only because'' he's the lone male on the island.}}
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** Played straight with Ikuto's family motto being Protect Woman. Which is why he always is the one to fight, and the one to chase after any girl in trouble. The women of the island act with confusion to the idea, but respect his determination. It works for him in spite of many people being stronger than him because the worst person we have seen so far is [[Dirty Old Man|a lecherous panda.]]
** Michiru wishes for this.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: A number of characters pull this off in the manga, but the master has got to be Machi.
** On one memorable occasion she shows off by appearing between Yukino ''and the animal that Yukino is currently riding on.''
* [[Stealth Mentor]]: The West Leader for Ikuto, who ''doesn't know who the West Leader is'', before <s>[[The Reveal]]</s> [[The Untwist]]. Later becomes a [[Trickster Mentor]] of sorts.
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* [[Stealth Pun]]: One chapter has Tonkatsu "squealing" to Chikage about Suzu going truant.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: According to Karaage, Suzu's default expression before Ikuto arrived on the island.
* [[Stone Wall]]: Ikuto's fighting strategy is the Turtling variety using his superior swordsmanship to block and redirect blows, also he can take a few hits himself, as noted by Karaage.
* [[Survival Mantra]]: Played for laughs.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Chapter 72. Why would she say that instead of asking for help?
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* [[Tenchi Solution]]: Machi once said she considered an affair with another woman to show a man's worth, so she wouldn't mind. Not that he's actually with her though.
** {{spoiler|Rin's father}} advocates this.
* [[Thanks for the Mammary]]: Ikuto.
* [[This Is Reality]]: Said in the manga by Tohno to Mei-Mei and Ikuto to Shinobu: "This isn't a manga, you know." (Does this count as [[Hypocritical Humor]], since Tohno at least has other times acknowledged it '''is''' a manga?)
* [[Through His Stomach]]: Most of them do this.
* [[Tomato Surprise]]: Played for laughs with {{spoiler|the West Leader, who never knew that he was a chicken (i.e. couldn't fly) until he was ''6+ years old''. He even had a [[Heroic BSOD]] right afterwards...}}
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tohno and Mei-Mei, apparently.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: For their mother's birthday, Shinobu, Mikoto and Kunai decide to give her a grandchild as a present.
** Apparently it is rather common to not know what sex is
*** This may be [[Justified Trope|justified]] because there were no men on the island up till now so teaching your girls about the birds and bees may have seemed a waste of time. You would think that they would have got a crash course though once Ikuto showed up.
* [[Tough Love]]: Machi really ''does'' care for her little sister Ayane. She just has a...weird way of showing it. She even [[Lampshade Hanging|said so herself]]. While there's good reason to doubt this statement, Machi actually provides a visual example {{spoiler|by giving Ikuto himself an example of her "love".}} [[Fridge Brilliance]], folks.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Curry for Ikuto.
** Mame daifuku for Suzu.
** Spicy foods for Ayane.
*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since [[Big Eater|Machi]] [[Does Not Like Spam|does not like spicy foods]], so these are the only things left for Ayane to eat freely.
** Cold foods for Michiru.
*** [[Justified Trope|Justified]], since she's [[Half-Human Hybrid|half-]][[An Ice Person|Yuki]][[Youkai|-onna]].
* [[Training
** Mei-Mei, Suzu, and Shinobu decide that Ikuto needs this to overcome his fear of bathing with people. Although it's more like training from [[Incredibly Lame Pun|marshmallow]] [[Marshmallow Hell|hell.]] Actually it did just about kill [[Nosebleed|him.]]
** Karaage went through this to learn how to fly. Although being a chicken that goal is impossible, but it did turn him into an amazing fighter.
* [[Tsundere]]: Most notably {{spoiler|Suzuran, Suzu's mother.}} She is never honest with herself, especially with regards to her crush {{spoiler|Takatora, who's Suzu's father.}}
** Apparently {{spoiler|[[In the Blood|runs in the family]]}} since Suzu is growing into something like one herself...
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: Before the West Leader's identity was actually unveiled, it's a [[Running Gag]] for Ikuto to ask about him only for something to happen before he gets his answer. While the readers are clued in on the Leader's identity {{spoiler|by Chapter 28}}, but the [[Running Gag]] for Ikuto stays until the climax of the Scavenger Hunt.
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: The women are determined to have the Ikuto, the only male, to themselves, to an often violent degree.
** [[Cursed with Awesome]]/[[Blessed with Suck]]: Ikuto, like the center of ''some'' [[
* [[Up to Eleven]]: Ikuto, fishing, hooked a big tuna which dragged him out to sea because he refused to let go. Ayane, Shinobu, and Misaki began asking around among sea creatures to try and find him:
{{quote|'''Ayane''': Eh? The sunfish saw a tuna being chased by sharks while a human was riding on top of those very sharks?
'''Shinobu''': As expected of Shishou. He, as always, gets involved in complicated situations that go beyond our imagination - degozaruna.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Shinobu's sentences always end in "-degozaru".
** Typical for the anthropomorphic talking cats (and [[Catgirl|Suzu]]), they are prone to make "~nya" sounds when they speak.
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* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Shima-tora's wife, Myaa, who can change her appearance between [[Captain Obvious|a cat]] and [[Catgirl]]. She spends most of her time in catgirl form, because she tends to eat too much and her cat form is a tad overweight. Shima-tora can do it, too, but it's best that no one ''sees how he does it'', as Suzu and Tonkatsu found out the hard way.
* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Takatora to Suzuran. Wacky as in not how he proposed, but how she ''reacted''.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Ikuto is one of the physically weakest people on the island, at least at first. More arguably now, but that doesn't stop him from fighting at all.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]: Kaarage reflects on his "delinquent past" in chapter 76, only for Ituko to tell him that in the outside world, it's ''normal'' for birds to go around and eat people's crops.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Heights, Ghosts, Age, Kappas, Worms, Ane-san...]]
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: See the [[Nagasarete Airantou/WMG|page]]. There's more there than you might think from a story with such a simple premise.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: The Leaders to each other, as the flashback [[Story Arc]] shows. Although, the North sometimes holds contempt for the East, while seeing some potential in Ikuto himself.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Obaba. No, ''really.''
** [[Never Mess with Granny]]
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* [[Yandere]]: Suzu arguably fits this trope the best and has yet to even realize why she fits it so well.
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: This memorable exchange:
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** Shimatora remarks that Taiga's wife left him for being too stern, and Shimatora's wife [[Cats Are Mean|adds with a smirk]], "It's been about half a year now, hasn't it?"
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: In the case of Suzu, even [[Lampshaded]].
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: The East Leader tries to take Mei Mei in as his bride, so the South Leader decided to snitch to his wife. [[Hilarity Ensues|The results were not pretty ... for the]] [[Butt Monkey|East Leader,]] [[Hilarity Ensues|that is.]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Chikage's outfits follow this trope frequently. Really it shows up a lot.
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