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'''Tenjho Tenge''' (1998-2010) is a manga series created by Oh! Great, about the struggle between two groups of powerful martial artists in a high school setting, continuing a battle that has been unresolved for centuries.
In the first volume, Souichiro Nagi and his friend Bob Makihara arrive for their first day at Todo Academy, intending to rule the school with their superior martial arts skills. They are quickly disabused of this ambition when it turns out the school is filled with other superhuman martial artists. The Executive Council wants to stifle any independent martial artists, and through a series of odd events, Souichiro and Bob wind up joining the only viable opposition, the Juken Club.
As this battle heats up, the manga suddenly flashes back to the events of a few years before, for a lengthy explanation of how the situation had deteriorated to the point it was at the beginning of the manga, and several characters' hidden motivations. Eventually, it returns to the present, where the action is interspersed with more [[Flash Back|Flash Backs]] and [[Backstory]].
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* [[Arc Welding]]
* [[Art Evolution]]: The art was excellent to begin with, but Oh! Great has unmistakeably improved. Compare [http://view.thespectrum.net/series/tenjou-tenge-chapter-136.html?ch=Chapter+136&page=84 this] to [http://view.thespectrum.net/series/tenjou-tenge-chapter-136.html?ch=Chapter+136&page=75 this.]
* [[Author Appeal]]: Fighting, big breasts, and possibly bondage, depending on how you look at it.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The Enforcers, and how. The President of the group is officially acknowledged as the strongest fighter in the school. Just look at Mitsuomi's transformation from freshman to top dog: [http://ak.static.dailymotion.com/dyn/preview/320x240/6628840.jpg freshman]; [http://www.nautiljon.com/images/perso/miniatures/Tenjou_Tenge/mitsuomi_takayanagi.jpg topdog].
** This is to be expected, considering that the new student council is determined by a school-wide tournament, with the winning group becoming the council. The first rounds of the tournament are essentially a large chaos match where opposing groups can attack one another any time and anywhere, with only the order in which they face one another being determined by the tournament. It becomes a more conventionally organized tournament in the final rounds, but throughout the entire thing, it's acceptable to use ''real'' weapons, potentially lethal moves and a variety of tactics that can easily be lead to the death of the participants. Naturally anyone who makes it out on top of this is undoubtedly one of the baddest of the badasses in the entire school.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: During the last chapter the monologues can become a little too heavy.
* [[Babies Ever After]]: Bob and Chiaki have the most adorable child ever.
* [[Badass]]: So many different examples. Standing out is Mitsuomi, who seems to be a homage to [[Fist of the North Star]].
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** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Kagesada Sugano. Holy shit, Kagesada Sugano. Not even ''he'' knew that he could fight like that.
** [[Little Miss Badass]]: Madoka Mawari and her many swords, including a BFS and a pair of [[Flaming Sword|flaming ones]].
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Subverted and brutally beaten to an inch of its life.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Mana, transitioning from fake girlfriend to the real thing.
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: Bob. "Show me your power." "ORAAA!" * drops trousers* * everyone flees*
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Mitsuomi sports these.
** Soichiro's flamed brows cross over into [[Unusual Eyebrows]].
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* [[Black Comedy Rape]]
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: While the truly villainous characters are fairly easy to spot, the good guys aren't squeaky clean either.
* [[Bleached Underpants]]: Actually not very bleached at all.
* [[Book Ends]]: The last chapter of the series echoes many, many scenes from the first chapter, including the first battle between Souichiro and Masataka, all the way down to the return of the original hairstyles and looks for many of the characters.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Part of the reason for Shin's madness, though no incest actually occurred between them.
* [[Bruce Lee Clone]]: Inosanto Dan.
** Who is also a [[Shout-Out]] to Eskrima master Dan Inosanto, a real life pupil and friend of Bruce Lee's. He even appears in Game of Death.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Bob is a nearly seven foot tall black man - but he's still half-Japanese. (Despite this, he is still called 'foreigner' by pretty much everyone.)
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: '''Masataka Takayanagi'''.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: The young White Feather boy with the miko bodyguards. He is ''so'' adorable.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Bob.
* [[Dancing Theme]]: "Bomb A Head!" by m.C.A.T., though mostly Bob and Aya getting down. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YUWD4BZ81Y Check it out.]
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Takayanagi was initially relegated to this fate, but he's soon back in the spotlight during his {{spoiler|battle with Mitsuomi, which he won handily despite the collapse of the building around them. From then on, he remains important, as he is the one that has to battle Souichiro at the end of the series and buy enough time for the Natsume sisters to help Souichiro destroy the Susano'o power.}}
** His battle with Fu Chien was a pretty big spotlight moment, too.
** And let's not forget Nagi, who seems to have steadily drifted out of focus as the primary protagonist since the first flashback arc up until the beginning of the tournament where he {{spoiler|became the [[Big Bad]], sorta}}, and even then he spent several chapters before the finale wandering around off screen. Of course, no one even comes close to the demotion suffered by Bob Makihara, who went from being a secondary protagonist to being a relatively low-level (if very likable) supporting character.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: For such a dark series, it's a pleasant surprise that they do!
* [[Ecchi]]: and beyond.
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* [[Gag Boobs]]: Most of the female cast, especially in the case of the two Natsume sisters. One of Sohaku's minions [[Lampshades]] this in comedic fashion, transforming into Aya and mockingly throwing around her large breasts, asking "How do you even fight with these?"
** You know, if you read after chapter 50 and [[Immortality|the]] [[Shock and Awe|fact that]] [[Mind Over Matter|two melons]] [[Soul Power|are]] ''what make you raise and eyebrow'' for the Martial Arts, [[Comically Missing the Point|you are kind of reading it wrong]].
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]/[[Les Yay]]: This, like other examples of [[Jiggle Show|jiggle shows]] in anime does have its share of potential [[Les Yay]]. The biggest example is the fairly infamous scene with Aya and Chiaki early in the series, with slightly different ways of Chiaki seducing Aya but Aya ending up getting away. In the Anime {{spoiler|they were both wearing towels covering their naughty bits and Chiaki is trying to seduce her.}} In the Manga {{spoiler|they were both seen nude and while Chiaki is just seducing Aya it really looks like they are having sex.}} Both of them ended in the same way though; Aya using her powers to get away and both of them apologizing over how that happened.
** Unfortunately, the above scene comes closely after Chiaki's assault (outright rape in the manga) by Ryuzaki.
* [[Groin Attack]]: There is one body part that a man, even one who can beat up 80 other guys without breaking a sweat, can never make stronger, apparently (poor Masataka...).
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* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Maya}} makes one for Souichiro.
** {{spoiler|Makiko}} makes two, though the latter is more permanent.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Sohaku, Makiko, Maya... one of the themes of the setting is how much of a hypocrite most characters are and what consequences this had in the people around them.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In Episode 1 of the anime, Aya keeps trying to make Souichirou eat her homemade bento. She finds him on the roof with Bob...
{{quote|Aya (English ver.): Oh, I get it: You wanted to come here so you could eat in peace. (Leaps over the fence.)}}
** This particular humour is lacking in the Japanese version; Aya only comments that one can eat a leisurely lunch on the roof.
* [[Info Dump]]: One third of Tenjho Tenge. The other two thirds: violence and weird sex.
* [[Jerkass]]: Many characters can come across this way at times. Special mention must go to both Souichiro Nagi and Mitsuomi Takayanagi.
** They both become full-blown [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Jerks With a Heart of Gold]] by the end (in Souichiro's case, {{spoiler|after he manages to get rid of Sohaku possessing him}}).
* [[Jiggle Show]]: This is pretty much one of the reasons why fans deem this as a "Sister Series" to [[Ikki Tousen]].
* [[Kudzu Plot]]: Not really, but it can take a dozen readings and a couple of crazy pills to catch half of the plots in the series... probably.
* [[Lady of War]]: Nagi's mother.
* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: Fights with ''no'' rules of engagement are the norm in this series, but Saga Mask grants a concession when Nagi yells "Rope!" with no rope anywhere around, betraying that he is actually rather noble and not brutal like he claims to be.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Most of them, but Chiaki in particular.
* [[Naked First Impression]]: Combined with a form of [[Accidental Marriage]].
* [[Necromancer]]: Sohaku, and later, {{spoiler|Souichiro}}.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Souichiro Nagi receives one when he attempted to play [[Combat Pragmatist]] with Masataka Takayanagi, an actual [[Ki Attacks|superpowered martial artist]].
** Done again by Shin to his friends (according to paramedics, the girl had her face so mutilated he nearly vomited), Bushinshi to Shin in the Manga (taking him down with only one hit) and Nagi Vs Kabane.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: What would you have thought if you walked in a room and found [http://www.mangareader.net/657-56312-8/tenjo-tenge/chapter-133.html this]?
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Poor Masataka. Aya just doesn't see anyone but Souichiro. {{spoiler|She later admits, when he confesses his feelings to her, that she would LIKE Masataka that way if it wasn't for the fact that she just noticed Souichiro first.}}
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* [[School of Hard Knocks]]
* [[Sex Face Turn]]: Mana
* [[Shout-Out]]: At one point during his [[Training
** Souichiro asking how Masataka hit him with a "Ka-XX-ha-me-ha" in the first few chapters.
** All the "heroes" seen in Sugano/Asshat's mental image of a heroic punch, including what appeared to be Superman in a ninja mask and Super Saiayjin Goku with a fu manchu.
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* [[Tough Love]]: And how. This is the only way to describe the relationship between the Takayanagi brothers. Basically Masataka gets the stuffing knocked out of him by his older brother all in the way of making him "stronger".
* [[Trying to Catch Me Fighting Dirty]]: Souichiro tries this on with Masataka. It ... [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|doesn't end well]].
* [[Villainous Fashion Sense]]: Mitsuomi, all the way. When he's not [[Evil Is Stylish|dressed to fight]], he wears clothes that are either intimidating or plain silly-looking depending on the context.
* [[Wall of Text]]
* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]: Volumes 5-7 are 99% flashback, as are Volumes 15 and 16.
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