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'''Lumiel''': "SHOULD MONKS EVEN BE EATING BEEF?"|A fight over <s>sukiyaki</s> religion.}}
 
{{quote|"[[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|Humans are a despicable lot, committing sin after sin]], filling the endless boundaries of the underworld with tortured souls. Now, it would seem, Hell isn't so endless after all, and it has become dangerously close to filling, and then overflowing into the human realm. Princess Lucuha sees this imminent disaster and has a plan: save Hell by making humans decent again. Of course, the Angels can't simply allow Demons to roam freely on Earth, and they do their best to stop Lucu and her dastardly plans."|Summary of Lucu Lucu from Baka-Updates}}
 
''Lucu Lucu'' is a gag manga revolving around the daily life of Rokumon (first name) Suzuki (family name), Princess Lucuha and her demon pals (who are all squatters in Rokumon's home) including Bubu, a sort of [[Deadpan Snarker]] and comedic foil to Rokumon and Lucu. But wait, there's more! We also have Rokumon's father and the angels that come to Earth in order to find out the demons' plans. However, unlike normal demons, Lucu is different. She feels human emotions and has a sense of duty to care for Rokumon and others, which the angels always mistake for some sort of diabolical plot. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* [[Archangel Michael]]: Jophiel and Lumiel's boss. Jophiel views Michael as a rival and wants to be stronger than him.
** {{spoiler|Michael}} appears later at the very end series to finish what {{spoiler|Jophiel and Lumiel}} started.
* [[The Blind Leading the Blind]]: The setup for a lot of the jokes in [['''Lucu Lucu]]''', especially the religion ones. Kinda appropriate, huh?
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Basically what happens between Lucu and Bubu, except that Bubu will say something snarky and Lucu will get pissed off and hit him with a chain and ball. This happens to other demon underlings under Lucu when they do something idiotic to make fun of her.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Lumiel, and sadistically so.
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* [[Louis Cypher]]: There is a reason Lucu's [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|weapon]] of choice is a morningstar. Not that she hides who she is.
** The rest of Lucu's troupe also have thinly veiled names of major demons. Bubu, [[Spell My Name with an "S"|spellable as simply ''Bub'']], is Beelzebub. [[Satan|Tan]] is a separate and much more pessimistic entity from Lucu (Lucifer) and plays his role as tempter and corrupter straight.
* [[Meganekko]]: Shiki Tohn--HarryTohn—Harry Pott--IPott—I mean, Rokumon.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Rokumon, but he only gets mildly [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcastic]] about it.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Most of the angels seen in Lucu^2 are well-intentioned, but overly suspicious of the demons who are actually trying to make the world ''better''.
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* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Lucu's hair is strong enough to lift a bag of rice and Rokumon and is capable enough force to fly her.
* [[Running Gag]]: The way that Jophiel's human consciousness depressing helmet keeps upgrading as the series goes on.
* [[Satire]]: A lot of the jokes about religion in [['''Lucu Lucu]]''' are heavy satire on things people actually do, for example, worshipping demonic idols, ridiculous excorcism methods, Church of Masochism, etc. etc.
* [[Serious Business]]: The wacky interactions between Ryokan/Jophiel and Itsukyuu are fueled by this trope.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Jophiel... maybe. He has the extremist part down, seeing as he believes the best way for you to get to heaven, is ''killing you''.