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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]].
''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 by Vorlons|bestows their chosen student with a certain power]]. Of course, every given power ranges from [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|weird]], [[Blessed with Suck|near useless]], [[Blessed with Suck|potentially self-hazardous]], to [[Awesome but Impractical]]. The winning God Candidate will become the new boss of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai (or talent), a talent that can be anything they choose.
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 by Vorlons|bestows their chosen student with a certain power]]. Of course, every given power ranges from [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|weird]], [[Blessed with Suck|near useless]], [[Blessed with Suck|potentially self-hazardous]], to [[Awesome but Impractical]]. The winning God Candidate will become the new boss of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai (or talent), a talent that can be anything they choose.


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).
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).
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'''''[[The Law of Ueki]]'' provides examples of:'''
''''''''The Law of Ueki''''' provides examples of:'''


* [[A God Am I]]
* [[A God Am I]]
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* [[Talk to the Fist|Talk To The Tree]]
* [[Talk to the Fist|Talk To The Tree]]
{{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*}}
{{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}}.
* [[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.
** 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-Human Sidekick]] - Tenko, although he quickly loses his initial snarkiness and becomes more of a standard [[Non-Human Sidekick]] later on.
* [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick]] - Tenko, although he quickly loses his initial snarkiness and becomes more of a standard [[Non-Human Sidekick]] later on.
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