Dororon Enma-kun: Difference between revisions

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Joining them on their quest is Tsutomu-kun and Harumi-chan, two humans from the school Enma makes his base under (which one joins first depends on which version of the story you're reading/watching). Together, they make up the Demon Patrol, and work at protecting the town from youkai, sexually harassing Yukiko, and... well, that's about it, really.

This is just touching the surface of the various versions of Enma, however -- the Go Nagai Fans group on [[Deviant ART]] has an excellent summary [http://gonagaifans.deviantart.com/blog/37948434/ here].

 

 

* [[Five-Man Band]]:

** Enma-kun: [[The Hero]], naturally; can also be thought to be [[The Big Guy]] in the account of having the most destructive attacks and the least consideration in attacking.

* [[Youkai]]: Most the members of the main cast, plus all the monsters.

 

* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Harumi, and she uses her lack of breasts to get out of being used as a decoy in Episode 3.

* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Yukiko tends to punish Enma quite harshly when he upsets her, though he usually deserves it.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Enpi, who just wants the world to be a more fun and sexy place, and frequently has to turn on her own minions when they start going too far. {{spoiler|And considering she's the only one who opposes the Global Genocide in the final two episodes on its own merits, she's arguably more heroic than the main characters.}}

* [[Ascended Extra]] / [[Demoted to Extra]]: Harumi and Tsutomu, respectively.

* [[Ass Shove]]: Yukiko experiences this in Episode Six after Enma's rescue attempt results in his head going up her backside.

** And in episode 7 Enma [[Face Fault|Facefaults]] into Harumi's backside.

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: Everyone who isn't [[The Team Normal|Harumi]].

* [[Bee-Bee Gun]]: Hachinosu-Nyudo (Beehive-Baldy), the [[Monster of the Week]] for episode five, uses his ''head'' as one.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Demons (and presumably Gods and Angels) can't be destroyed, as killing them merely sends them back to their respective planes of existence. As a result, they're very casual about death, and can't understand why humans make such a big fuss over it. {{spoiler|This is actually important to the plot, as in the final two episodes, Heaven and Hell agree to kill off billions of humans in order to [[Human Resources|harvest their souls for "soulperglue".]] When Harumi points out how horriffic this is, Enma tells her not to worry... She should just do enough bad things to get sent to Hell when she dies, get the soulperglue painfully extracted from her for a measly hundred years or so, and then she'll be free to hang out with the rest of the gang!}}

* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Harumi has a tendency to do this with ''herself''.

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Enma.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Enma's powers all seem to be fire-based.

* [[The Reveal]]: Enpi is Enmas sister and the circlet on his head used to be worn by her.

* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: Enma's outfit. [[Evil Counterpart|Enpi]], meanwhile, ''[[Stripperiffic|only]]'' wears this.

** Kappaeru floats past the Monolith from ''2001'' in Episode Six.

** Episode 10 references multiple [[Super Robot]] shows including Fire Goblin and Ice Goblin morphing into a robot that resembles [[Mazinger Z|Baron Ashura]] and [[GaoGaiGar|ChoRyuJin]], Enpi piloting a clone of [[Steel Jeeg|Big Shooter]], and three goblins based on food obviously forming (and completely failing at being) the [[Getter Robo|Getter Team]].

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: Harumi. Poor, poor Harumi.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The show's ending theme at first sounds like a peaceful lullaby until you figure out that the lyrics are really about ''death.''

* [[Stupidity-Inducing Attack]]: The M.O. of Hachinosu-Nyudo, the villain of Episode 5.

* [[Stylish Protection Gear]]: Enma's cape doubles as a shield. Enpi's version doubles as a bra and [[Scenery Censor]] material.

* [[Take That]]: A strange example -- [[Go Nagai]] has [[Word of God|went on record]] as stating he pushed for/greenlit the Dororon Enma-Kun remake as a direct reaction to the 2010/2011 Anti-Anime laws being pushed through by Ishihara (the Governor of Tokyo), and that he specifically sees it as a repeat of the censorship he fought against in the early 70s (when his fighting against said censorship created the [[Ecchi]] subgenre).

* [[The Virus]]: The Roly-Poly Plague of Episode Six serves as an exceptionally unserious example.

* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: The manga was apparently [[Go Nagai]]'s shot at writing a story for children. The various remakes, including the animated version, either play up the [[Darker and Edgier|horror aspects]] or [[Hotter and Sexier|play up the sexuality]].

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]]

* [[Wrecked Weapon]]: The first [[Monster of the Week]]'s colossal armoured penis-club, much to his (understandable) horror.

* [[Youkai]]

 

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