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Interestingly, the second through fourth seasons were directed by, of all people, [[MD Geist|Koichi]] [[Genocyber|Ohata]].
Compare ''[[Koihime Musou]]'', another series of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]] [[Gender Flip]] spoof. There's also ''[[
This series [http://www.hulu.com/ikki-tousen is now available on Hulu]. [[Ikki Tousen/Characters|And has a character sheet.]]
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* [[Adult Child]]: Goei. Though this also counts as [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]...
* [[Affably Evil]]: To some degree, Toutaku (Dong Zhuo)
* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Brutally subverted in Ryoumou's fight with Ten'i, as the arrows nearly end up ''killing'' Ryoumou, {{spoiler|who probably only survives because of Chouun's interference and the fact that she woke up her dragon}}.
* [[The Archer]]: Ten'i
* [[Art Evolution]]: This was the series Yuji Shiozaki polished his artstyle drastically, he improved so much that the first Ikkitousen Volumes just can't compare to recent ones. The anime though, still kept mimicking his earlier style, thus remaining unchanged through all seasons.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The first season gives Ukitsu (Yu Ji) more scenes and more interaction with Hakufu, {{spoiler|who she's destined to kill}}.
* [[Attempted Rape]]: {{spoiler|Chuukou (Xu Chu), in the manga}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Kannei.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ryofu (Lu Bu) in the third season (''Great Guardians''). Only to die ''again'' in the end. }}
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* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Kouchou Kanshuu (Huang Zhong)
* [[Bathtub Bonding]]: Hakufu does it with Koukin in season one and in ''Great Guardians'' with Chuubou.
* [[Beach Episode]]: In Great Guardians (ep 05), going through all the motions.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: So ''averted'', since the girls and the guys get beaten up ''real'' hard. As you see, not only their clothes get ripped. Heck, {{spoiler|in the manga, poor Ten'i is so brutally mauled that ''she loses an arm''}}.
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Its never ''really'' explained why people keep passing on those damn magatama beads and consigning their loved ones to brief and violent lives.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Both Sousou and Ryuubi released their [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] upon seeing their friends get badly beaten to protect them.
* [[Between My Legs]]: Seen fairly often on the heroines.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: ''Dragon Destiny'' has at least three. First, {{spoiler|Chou'un intervenes in Ryoumou's fight with Ten'i.}} Later, {{spoiler|Kan'u rescues Ryuubi from Gakushin (Yue Ji) and Chuukou (Xu Chu) as she joins the final battle.}} And in the end, {{spoiler|Hakufu pulls the last one during Sousou and Ryuubi's fight.}}
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* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]
* [[Chaste Teens]]: Good luck finding anyone who hasn't got the words "Sonsaku, Hakufu, Ryuubi and Gentoku" in their names who has the trope in this franchise.
* [[Clothing Damage]]: The female characters' clothing seems to disintegrate at the drop of a hat. Somehow averted by Chou'un (Zhao Yun), who practically is the only female who never had her clothes torn in a fair fight (the only time her clothes was torn was due to an interruption), this possibly being a symbol of her [[Lady of War]] status.
* [[Coitus Uninterruptus]]: In ''Dragon Destiny'', Kaku Bunwa (Jie Xu) and Kakuka Houkou (Guo Jia) discuss strategy... while doing the nasty.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Bachou Mouki, who in the first episode of ''XX'' finds nothing wrong with [[Groin Attack|shots to the groin]] and using pastries to pad her chest, then turning right around and using the filling of said pastries to blind her enemies while she kicks the crap out of them.
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* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Hakufu
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Ryuubi is in this position at first, due to her klutziness and lack of fighting skills. Until her ''ultra powerful'' [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] shows up, that is.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]: It's harder to list that girls that ''don't'' have one.
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: Saji Genpou (Zuo Ci) and Chouryou Bun'en (Zhang Liao)
* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Sousou (Cao Cao) {{spoiler|And in ''Great Guardians'', Saji, when he retakes his original role as Ouin Shishi)}}
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Koumei
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Hakufu often befriends those she defeats
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Ryofu Housen (Lu Bu) skirts the line, especially in the first season of the anime. She rapes {{spoiler|Ryoumou}} after [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|rendering her helpless]] during a fight {{spoiler|(only in the anime, in the manga Ryofu just gropes her)}}, has had sex with {{spoiler|Saji and Toutaku, even claiming at some point that Saji raped her in ''Battle Vixens''}} and is also [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with her best friend, Chinkyuu (Chen Gong). The last relationship actually counts as [[Pet the Dog]].
* [[The Ditz]]: Ryuubi
* [[Dojikko]]: Ryuubi, again. And according to Hakufu, Ryoumou also is one of them when the two work as waitreses.
* [[The Dragon]]: Ryofu (Lu Bu) is introduced as one for Toutaku (Dong Zhuo). {{spoiler|(She betrays him later, though)}}
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* [[Eyecatch]]: In season 1, it's Hakafu kicking into the camera for the "going to commercial" eyecatch, and her skirt lifting for the "back from commercial" eyecatch. Both eyecatches feature a karaoke snippet of the OP, "Driving Through the Night". In seasons 2-4, it's a still image of a character, often in revealing attire, set to a brief rock music cue.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Ryomou (Lu Meng) wears a medical eyepatch {{spoiler|to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Seal Her Inner Evil In A Can]].}} Later, {{spoiler|Kakouton (Xiahou Dun)}} starts wearing one as well, {{spoiler|after [[Eye Scream|messily losing his eye]] during his and Sousou's fight against Koushaji (Hu Che'er)}}.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Chou'un Shiryuu (Zhao Yun)
* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Poor Kakouton!}}
* [[Facial Markings]]: Koushaji has a small flower-shaped one on her left cheekbone
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Koushaji has a pantyshot-laden battle against Sousou (Cao Cao), which she loses. She then gets killed by ''having her head crushed against a wall'' by Sousou, {{spoiler|who went absolutely APESHIT after she injured Kakouton's eye with a throwing needle}}.
* [[Fan Service]]: Naturally.
* [[Fastball Special]]: Chouhi grabs and tosses Kan'u towards the tower where {{spoiler|Ryuubi and Sousou, along with their [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] }} are fighting, in the last episode of ''Dragon Destiny''.
* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Ryomou - a [[Tsundere]] Rei Ayanami [[Captain Ersatz|lookalike]] with an [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]], wearing a [[Meido|maid outfit]], who fights by [[Murderous Thighs|grappling her opponents]]...
* [[Finger-Twitching Revival]]
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** The [[Dark Chick]]: Chinkyuu (Rakuyou), Ten'i and Chuukou (Kyoushou)
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: The Three Pillared Gods (Kyoushou)
** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: {{spoiler|Saji, in the first season, for ''both'' Rakuyou and Nanyou. Later is the genuine [[Sixth Ranger]] for Nanyou.}}
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Nanyou and Seitou.
** [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Hakufu (Nanyou), Ryuubi (Seitou)
** [[The Lancer]]: Ryoumou (Nanyou), Kan'u (Seitou)
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Koukin (Nanyou), Koumei (Seitou)
** [[The Big Guy]]: Gakushuu (Nanyou), Chouhi and Kanshou ([[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] duo, Seitou)
** [[The Chick]]: Goei and later Chuubou ([[Action Mom]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], Nanyou), Ryuubi (Seitou, doubles as Chick and Heroine)
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler|Saji, in Dragon Destiny}} (Nanyou), Kanshou (doubling as Big Guy, Seitou), Chou'un (Seitou).
* [[Flanderization]]: Happens to most characters in the third anime season, but the treatment of Kan'u is especially egregious. Be thankful that this somehow stops after Episode 4.
* [[The Fool]]: Hakufu, Ryuubi.
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* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Indeed.
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Goei (Lady Wu), Hakufu's mother.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Kanshou and Chouhi, Kaku and Kakuka. In a platonic sense, Gakushuu and either Hakufu or Ryoumou.
* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Kyouchu Chuukou. In the manga, she was even bullied for her huge size by the boys in her and Sousou's ex judo club. {{spoiler|And the first time Sousou's dragon ''ever'' appeared, it was to protect Chuukou from said sempais when he thought they tried to rape her.}}
* [[In Name Only]]: For kicks, show the anime to anybody with even a mild interest in Chinese literature, and watch them vomit blood.
* [[Ki Attacks]]
* [[Kikuko Inoue]]: Goei
* [[Kissing Cousins]]: Koukin crushes on his cousin Hakufu. In the anime, Goei actually ''approves'' and ''encourages'' it to some degree, much to Koukin's embarrassment.
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: In Episode 12 of the first series, {{spoiler|Toutaku}} tells {{spoiler|Hakufu}} to kill {{spoiler|Ryoufu.}} When she refuses, he grabs her teammate {{spoiler|Ryoumou}} and forces her to fight. Later, {{spoiler|Gakushuu and Koukin}} are captured and held hostage to force {{spoiler|Hakufu}} to fight {{spoiler|Saji}}. And in ''Dragon Destiny'', {{spoiler|Kan'u}} surrenders herself to Kyoushou when {{spoiler|Ryuubi, Chouhi, Koumei and Kanshou}} are threatened by {{spoiler|practically ''all'' the Kyoushou fighters.}}
* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Ryoufu has a fatal illness and knows her days are numbered. Whereas Teifu is a ''Crippled and Blind Boy'', and Kakuka is an Ill Boy in the manga.}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Ryuubi tells Chouhi and Kan'u that, even when she knows she's the reincarnation of Liu Bei, she'd rather live normally like she always has.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Used quite often, with varying results.
** Subverted: {{spoiler|Koukin}} tries this on {{spoiler|Hakufu,}} who's being used by {{spoiler|Toutaku}} as his [[Soul Jar]]. He ''fails'' and she ''brutally'' beats him up, but then {{spoiler|Ukitsu}} appears and is the one who hits {{spoiler|Hakufu's}} [[Berserk Button]] and lets her get free of {{spoiler|Toutaku's}} grip.
** Played straight: {{spoiler|When Ukitsu and Hakufu fight and Hakufu is dominated by her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], Koukin tries again despite Ukitsu's warnings. This time, he succeeds.}}
** And again, in ''Great Guardians'': {{spoiler|Not only the returned Sousou de-brainwashed Myousai like this (plus [[Cooldown Hug]]) and Saji did the same to Ryoufu, who then returned the favor by de-brainwashing Ryoumou... Hakufu's "sister" Chuubou gets her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by doing this to none other than the [[Big Bad]], [[The Real Remington Steele|the *real* Saji Genpou]], convincing her to abandon her evil ways and stop fighting.}}
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* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Myousai, to {{spoiler|Sousou,}} who took her in when she was a child soldier. Ten'i, to {{spoiler|Shibai,}} who rescued her from particularly cruel school abuse.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: In ''Great Guardians'', {{spoiler|Chuubou }} tells this to {{spoiler|Hakufu and Koukin}} so they can hook up.
* [[Lady of War]]: Chou'un, Kan'u.
* [[Lazy Artist]]: It came with Yuji's improving of his artstyle, there are times he blatantly copy-and-pastes his panels more than once, they're small panels with no background featuring some character being shocked, surprised, being emotionally strucken by something & etc.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Kakouton (Xiahou Dun) is mistaken as being like this, much to his embarrassment.
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Ryofu softens quite a bit around her old friend (and girlfriend) Chinkyuu.
* [[Potty Failure]]: Several of the girls pee their panties during fights, and some of them actually consider it an achievement to make their opponent wet herself (however some arguably that this is a case of [[Orgasmic Combat]]). This actually became a plot point at one time as Tanfuko could tell his plan to weaken Kan’u was working because of the liquid coming down between her legs
** At least one time a fighter lost control her bladder was probably [[Bring My Brown Pants|fear based]], the assassin that attacked Sousou and blinded his best friend Kakouton, wet herself after Sousou's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] took over.
* [[Pretty Freeloaders]]: Hakufu and Goei (for Koukin). At least Goei handles the housework ''and'' the cooking, so...
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Kannei (Gan Ning)
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* [[Rescue Romance]]: Genderflipped. It's hinted that Koukin loves Hakufu ever since, as children, she protected him from bullies.
* [[Sarashi]]: Ryuubi uses this once in a while.
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: Ryofu and Chinkyuu. In the beginning of the third season, Kan'u thinks like this, [[Covert Pervert]] style, towards Ryuubi (who's oblivious) {{spoiler|Until almost the end, where she reciprocates Kan'u's feelings.}}
* [[School of Hard Knocks]]: AND HOW.
* [[Screening the Call]]: In the manga, Goei tried to keep Hakufu from picking fights to save her from her fate as a Fighter. In the anime, she goes as far as {{spoiler|actually telling Kakouton how to defeat Hakufu in the tournament}}. It didn't work in any of these cases.
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Many of the major characters try to do this. ''Try''.
* [[Senseless Violins]]: Ten'i carries her bow in a cello case.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Goei likes to proclaim herself to be 17 years old... ''exactly'' the habit of her seiyuu [[Kikuko Inoue]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: One of the DVD extras for the first season shows a "reference photos" session, wherein the anime staff managed to recruit an actual [[Joshikousei|schoolgirl]] to do a bunch of panty-flashing high kicks.
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* [[Tournament Arc]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Ryomou
* [[Two-Teacher School]]: Of the ''No Teacher'' variety.
** Actually, [http://fabien.li/tvtropes/Ikkitousen%2005%2003.33.jpg one scene] does feature a teacher... but the students apparently didn't notice his presence.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|Teifu, to Ryoumou. Chuubou}} is an odd variation: she was "destined" to marry {{spoiler|Koukin}} per their reincarnations and was pining for him before they even met.
* [[The Vamp]]: Kaku often uses her sexiness to get what she wants. Then again, so did Toutaku and Saji...
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|Koukin,}} in the anime. Not as lucky in the manga, yet. Also in the anime, {{spoiler|Kan'u}} is a [[Les Yay]] version for {{spoiler|Ryuubi,}} and so was {{spoiler|Chinkyuu for Ryoufu}} before she bit the dust.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Toutaku is often seen tending to his small watermelon and flower patches.
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Hey, nobody seems to notice that hot schoolgirls and schoolboys are beating up each other.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Poor Gakushuu, Koukin and Kakouton...
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