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''The Law of Ueki'' is a manga series created by Fukuchi Tsubasa that was adapted as an anime. The story basically starts out when Mori Ai thinks that her classmate, [[The Determinator|Ueki Kousuke]], is an alien. Not quite, but he does have the [[Green Thumb|power to turn trash into trees and control them]]. This power was given to him by their teacher, a God Candidate involved in the [[Tournament Arc|Battle of the Supernatural Powers]], a tournament to decide who will be the next [[King of All Cosmos|god of Heaven]].
Each God Candidate -- a hundred in total -- is required to choose a junior high school student to act as their fighter for some unspecified reason. Each candidate then [[Touched
Naturally, this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness. Being [[The Hero]], Ueki decides to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift, fighting for justice with Mori Ai in tow. Along the way they meet not one, but two [[Creepy Monotone|creepy]] [[Big Bad|major enemies]], gather a loyal group of [[True Companions]], discover that Ueki is a Heavenly Being, stumble upon some sort of [[Ancient Conspiracy|ancient heavenly conspiracy]], and indirectly promote recycling and environmentalism (uh, well, sort of).
Followed by the manga-only The Law of Ueki Plus (or The Law of Ueki+). Ueki and friends appear in the [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] game, [[
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* [[A God Am I]]
* [[A Lady
* [[Aint No Rule]]: Part of a [[Batman Gambit]] by the current King. {{spoiler|He deliberately set up the rules so they did not specifically ban Celestial or Infernal children being chosen to fight, knowing that this would cause some of the King Candidates to think they were getting away with something by inserting "ringer" champions. It didn't turn out quite as well as the King hoped.}}
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]
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* [[Berserk Button]]: It's not a very good idea to [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/law_of_ueki/v14/c000/66.html insult Rinko].
* [[Berserker Tears]]: {{spoiler|Marilyn, after Ueki exposes her [[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}.
* [[Blessed
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Averted by Mori, who only needs her glasses to read.
* [[Blue
* [[Boss Subtitles]] - for every opponent
* [[But Not Too Foreign]] - Rinko is implied to be half-Japanese.
* [[Butt Monkey]] - the creator said so himself that Inumaru exists to be bullied by Kobayashi. {{spoiler|Although subverted nicely in the end, when [[Throw the Dog
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[Cape Wings]] - Kabara's ability
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* [[Gender Blender Name]] - Margaret is a girl's name, and Margaret [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|looks female]], but Margaret is definitely ''not'' a woman.
** An early volume of the Viz translation actually said he was a woman in the character profiles at the beginning.
* [[The Generic Guy]] - Or girl. Mori (at least initially, before she gets [[Blessed
* [[Green Thumb]] - Ueki's power. A rare example of [[The Hero]] using this power.
* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]] - The premise of the whole show.
* [[Hannibal Lecture]] - Some of the less friendly God Candidates and team leaders are prone to these- and not just at the heroes.
* [[Happiness in Slavery]] - Rinko, who [[Love Martyr|loved]] Robert. Although, she does get out of it soon after meeting Ueki, [[Heel Face Turn|joining his group]].
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - The afforementioned [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Romi Paku]] as Ueki, [[Chrono Crusade|Kawakami Tomoko]] as Mori, [[Gundam Seed|Soichiro Hoshi]] as Sano, [[Clannad
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: [[Physical God|Celestials]] have these:
** [[Arm Cannon]]: Kurogane.
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** [[BFS]]: Ranma
** [[Vagina Dentata]]: Mash
** [[Retractable Weapon]]: Pick. Ueki's is a [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|big yellow-and-black pole]] Robert's is a [[This Is a Drill|drill]], and Barou's is a [[Impaled
** [[Sprint Shoes]]: Raika
** [[Booby Trap]]: Gulliver.
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** well almost never since the Q&A in the final volume sates that she is long sighted and so they are reading glasses
** It's implied Mori's glasses are purely to invoke this trope, as she carries over a hundred pairs with her, even before {{spoiler|she found out about her power}}.
* [[Magic
* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]] - If a god candidate helps their student in battle in ''any'' way, [[Disproportionate Retribution|they get sent to Hell and put on death row there]].
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] - Robert Haydn.
* [[Oddly
* [[Off-Model]] - Happens relatively often in the manga. Some panels just look ''weird''...
* [[Official Couple]] - Ueki and Mori. While not explicit in the anime (although there are are a few subtle [[Ship Tease]] moments) it is made clearer in the manga and becomes fully canon by the end of the sequel series, ''[[Oddly
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] - intentionally done twice, with characters describing how awesome a [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] was, after it was used ''off-camera''. It is then [[Hand Wave|explained]] as the result of a lack in special effects budget.
{{quote| '''Sano:''' And my new special attack Magnetic Screw Choqa Zanbil didn't work at all. <br />
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* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] - seems to be Kobayashi's natural state, coupled with [[Opaque Lenses]].
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Hideyoshi does this to Team Ueki at the end. However, he couldn't abandon his friends in the end, and by coming back at the last minute, {{spoiler|He saves Kosuke's life by getting knocked out by his Kurogane attack}}.
* [[Talk to
{{quote| '''Enemy:''' Do you want to know what my ability is? I'll show you. When I squeeze a stone, I can...” *tree hitting a face, knockdown*}}
* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]] - while Koba-sen, Ueki's God Candidate, has a strong sense of justice, he is laid back to the point that he pretty much leaves Ueki to figure out his powers by himself. To be fair, though, those are the rules. When he does step in to save Ueki from certain death--against the tournament's rules--he promptly suffers from the [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]. Though he doesn't die, he is {{spoiler|sent to Hell}}.
** However, Kobayashi never told Ueki about the tournament, its rules, or the prize until after he'd already gotten into a fight. Everybody else knew all the specifics well before then.
* [[Snarky Non
* [[Split-Screen Reaction]]
* [[Spoiler Opening]] - the second OP spoils quite a few things, most significantly the fight against Team Marilyn.
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