Seikesshou Albatross

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One day, junior high-schooler Yuki helps a girl from another class, a weird girl known throughout the school as the "Trash Girl." Because of this self-less act, Yuki's life undergoes a dramatic change!

Also known as "Holy Crystal Albatross", a manga series created by Tamiki Wakaki.

Tropes used in Seikesshou Albatross include:
  • Abandoned Hospital: The Monobail Hospital where Goose, Ibis, and Toki lives in was once a human hospital. Ibis did not even know what an elevator was.
  • Alien Among Us: The Monobails are sent to Earth when Albatross supposedly caused the Great Ignition.
  • And the Adventure Continues...: The last chapter has Yuki have two of the sacred stones embedded in both of his hands, one of the sacred stones in the possession of Crane, and the other two are unknown.
  • Animal Theme Naming: Some of the Monobail have names of birds.
    • Albatross, Kagu, Nody[1], Yuhina, Crane, Pigeon, Shrike, Plover, Goose, Ibis, and Toki[2].
  • Arm Cannon: The Titanium Monobail has them.
  • Badass Bookworm: Crane the Antimony Monobail.
  • Badass Normal: Yuki Shinohara
  • Badass Finger-Snap: How Shrike activates his powers.
  • Cut Short
  • Dance Battler: Silver Monobails like Pigeon used to be entertainers in Albatross' court. Pigeon utilizes her dancing skills with her control over her silver ribbons to restrict someone's movements.
  • Elemental Powers: The Monobails, depending on the Periodic Element they have.
  • Didn't Think This Through: Yuki does this a lot. One example is when he jumped down into an elevator shaft to catch the Iron monobail's head and launch it out of the hospital, unfortunately his plan only goes that far and did not plan how to stop falling and what to do afterwards. Good thing that Albatross flew up and catches him.
  • Extra Eyes: Iron Monobails have four eyes surrounding their reactor on their heads and four more on the back of their heads.
  • Eyepatch of Power: The placement of Yuhina's reactor makes it look like an eyepatch.
  • Fallen Princess: Albatross, a.k.a. Asakura.
  • Funny Background Event: this
  • Gentle Giant: Lebaio
  • Half-Human Hybrid: Yuki Shinohara, his mother is human while his father is a human looking Monobail.
  • Homing Projectile: Some Monobails have this ability.
  • Hot Mom: Yuki's mom Misato Shinohara and Ibis' mom Toki.
  • Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The Magnesium Monobail siblings, Lebaio and Miu.
  • Human Aliens: With the exception of a reactor, some Monobails look indistinguishable from humans.
    • Ibis mistakes Yuki for a Monobail at first until he told her that he is human.
  • Humanoid Aliens: Some Monobails.
  • Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each chapter is called "ELEMENT" then the number and then words.
  • Ill Girl: Miu from injuries she received from the Great Ignition.
  • Intelligent Gerbil: Some Monobails.
  • In the Back: Kagu controlled one of his arrows he fire and impaled Yuki. He then proceeds to turn Yuki into a Human Pincushion.
  • Kick the Dog: Shrike kicks around Lebaio just because he is a common.
    • The Dog Bites Back: Lebaio was the one who delivered the finishing blow to Shrike after Yuki cracked Shrike's reactor.
  • Kill and Replace: Kagu the Titanium Monobail killed Fujimura-sensei before the start of the story and used his body as a disguise.
  • Limited Wardrobe: Asakura/Albatross, her only clothing she owns is a dirty school uniform. As Albatross she can create her own clothing but she must take off her school uniform first, as in being nude, then form the clothes.
  • Losing Your Head: The Iron monobails can do this willfully and control their body as long as their head is not too far.
  • MacGuffin: The sacred stones/holy crystal isotopes.
  • Made of Iron: Yuki, even before getting the sacred stone.
    • Some Monobails as well. Some of them literally are.
  • Martial Arts Uniform: Yuki and his mother Misato often wears these.
  • The Medic: Bromine Monobail Goose and Iodine Monobails Ibis and Toki.
  • Meganekko: Asakura
  • Motif: The aliens called Monobails are creatures that need to burn Elements from the periodic table to live.
  • Multi-Armed and Dangerous: The Chromium Monobail, he even has a Blade Below the Shoulder for each of them.
  • Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight: When Yuki fought a group of four bullying Asakura, the one wearing a cap had a knife but Yuki caught it with one hand and proceeded to beat all four while still holding the knife.
  • Petting Zoo People: Some Monobails.
  • The Pig Pen: Asakura, she is called "Trash Girl" because she does not clean her uniform.
  • Power Levels: The Jewel Index, the Periodic Table of Elements upside-down.
    • Monobails are separated into Common, Elite, and Rare depending on the Periodic table period and group they are in.
      • Commons are in Periodic table periods 1-4
      • Elites are in Periodic table period 5
      • Rares are in Periodic table periods 6+
  • Pulling Themselves Together: The Iron monobails can do this as long the head that holds their reactor is near and intact.
  • Remote Body: The Iron monobails can detach their heads and control their body from not too far away.
  • Ring of Fire: Shrike made one when fighting Yuki.
  • Rubber Forehead Aliens: Some Monobails.
  • Sand Worm: One of the Monobails whose element is Silicon. A bit of Fridge Brilliance since sand is made of silicon and silicon is the second most common element in Earth's crust.
  • Shrinking Violet: Asakura
  • Simple Staff: Goose, Ibis, and Toki wield staves that they can channel their powers through.
  • Spell My Name with an "S": A lot of this for the Monobails/Monobairus/Monobiles.
    • Is it Yuki or Yuuki?
    • Is it Crane or Kurein?
    • Is it Miu or Myuu?
    • Is it Lebaio, Lepaio, or Levio?
    • Is it Pigeon or Vision?
    • Is it Shrike, Syuraku, Shraik, Shurak, or Shriech?
  • Starfish Aliens: Some Monobails.
  • Taken for Granite: Actually zinc but it's still similar. Nody the Zinc Monobail killed some police officers by covering them in zinc.
  • Taking the Bullet: Lebaio shielded Yuki from Shrike's explosion.
  • Winged Humanoid: Albatross sometimes, but she must remove her uniform first before she makes them or the uniform is destroyed.
  • The Worf Effect: Yuki with the power of the holy crystal in his left hand, having already defeated the Titanium, Silicon, and Zinc Monobails with a clean hit, was unable to harm Crane the Antimony Monobail.
    • Then again trying to fire punch someone whose element is Antimony, which is used as a fire retardant, is justifiable why it did not affect him. That and Crane, according to the Jewel Index, is the strongest Elite Class Monobail Yuki ever fought (not counting Ibis, an Iodine Monobail).
  • Wreathed in Flames: The first stone that embedded in Yuki gave him the power to cover his left arm in flames to power-up his punch. He later applies it to a sword he received from Albatross turning it into a Flaming Sword.
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Crane the Antimony Monobail ordered Yuhina to kill Nody the Zinc Monobail because he was heavily injured when Yuki defeated him.
  1. one letter away from noddy
  2. Japanese name for Crested Ibis