Otome Youkai Zakuro: Difference between revisions

* [[Catgirl]]: Itsue in episode 7, though unlike most she's more of a [[Cute Monster Girl]] than sexy woman with cat ears.

* [[Cherry Blossom]]: In the first episode, which is about flower-viewing.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: When Zakuro is upset with Kei she gets her own back on him by taking advantage of his fear of Youkai and telling Sakura and Kiri he wants to play with them.

** In episode 8 Kushimatsu uses the more usual [[Standing in the Hall]] punishment on Houzuki, Bonbori and Hanakiri with the addition of a third bucket on their heads as well as in each hand,

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: All that half-spirits, plus Mugi.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Hanakiri. Houzuki and Bonbori see him as their plaything, sort of.

* [[Grotesque Cute]]: Sakura and Kiri, the spirit-children who store the girls' weapons [[Hammerspace|in their body]]. [[Nightmare Fuel|But when they pull those weapons out from the inside, it's just plain grotesque]]...

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: All the girls.

* [[Hellish Pupils]]: The girls gain them when they use their powers.

* [[Heroic Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Zakuro}}

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Nobuhiko Okamoto|Mamezo]], a fanged, bipedal, rabbit thing that functions as a [[Bag of Holding]] for Zakuro, is [[To Aru Majutsu no Index|Accelerator]], [[Asu no Yoichi|Yoichi Karasuga]], [[The Sacred Blacksmith|Luke Ainsworth]], and the perverted space alien from [[Kaichou wa Maid-sama]].

** [[Takahiro Sakurai|Kei]] used to be [[Code Geass|a Knight]], not a Lieutenant. Coincidentally, both seem to have trouble with certain creatures...

** [[Kana Hanazawa|Susukihotaru]] is [[Angel Beats|Kanade]], [[Kobato.]], and [[Asu no Yoichi|Kagome]].

** [[Mai Nakahara|Zakuro]] is [[Clannad|Nagisa]], [[Fairy Tail|Juvia]], [[Strawberry Panic!|Nagisa]], [[Mai-HiME|Mai]], and [[Ladies versus Butlers!|Serina Iori Flameheart]]

* {{spoiler|[[If I Can't Have You]]: Rangui says a variation of this to Omodaka. }}

* [[Invisible to Adults]]: {{spoiler|Itsue, Kei's old pet who turned out to be a cat spirit.}}

* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: When they're about to enter a fight which then leads to..

* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: Played straight and subverted. The lyric is innocent and fits the nature of the girls very well, but they only sing it [[Soundtrack Dissonance|when there are bloody supernatural battle to be fought, as it's part of their power-up]]...

* [[Love Confession]]: {{spoiler|Between Riken and Susukihotaru in episode 4. The fact that the feelings were telepathically communicated [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|makes the moment even sweeter]]}}.

** {{spoiler|Kei and Zakuro in the final episode (He does it twice), the second time is followed by [[First Kiss|a little more]]}}.

* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: {{spoiler|Hanadate, Byakuroku, Rangui}}

* [[Love Triangle]]: {{spoiler|Kei, Zakuro, and Hanadate}}.

** {{spoiler|Rangui sees this between herself, Zakuro, and Omodaka.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Mama Bear]]: Tsukuhane.}}

* [[Malevolent Masked Men|Malevolent Masked Man]]: {{spoiler|Hanadate/Omodaka.}}

* [[Mukokuseki]]: For something about Japanese in Meiji Japan, this series is full of foreign-looking characters. Even the other characters lampshade how Kei is "blond". {{spoiler|Tsukuhane, Zakuro's mother is also blond.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Rangui tries this on Zakuro.}}

* [[Non-Malicious Monster]]: The little shadow that Zakuro and the crew dealt with in Episode 2. Driving it out of its home is a justifiable cause for retaliation.

* [[Odango Hair]]: Zakuro used this to bind her ears.

** They can also be used to track people, but again, only while one of them is singing.

* [[Pinky Swear]]

* [[Power Limiter]]: {{spoiler|Zakuro's necklace}}

* [[Princess Curls]]: Houzuki and Bonbori have really elaborate hair curls, almost on par with [[Ladies versus Butlers!|Sernia Flameheart]].