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Koshi Inuzuka is an [[Ordinary High School Student]], handsome and intelligent with dreams of moving into the legal profession... but he's also a member of a martial arts family headed by his huge, muscular father, who persistently looks down upon his chosen path. Said father is very much pleased when Momoko Kuzuryu, the tiny, annoying, love-struck [[Genki Girl]] daughter of another martial arts family, seeks out Koshi to sire a child capable of mastering her family's most powerful techniques. Naturally, this not-so-subtle strongarming into [[Arranged Marriage]] (of course supported by the fathers of both youngsters) and newfound accompaniment of a pink-haired, [[Kamen Rider]] [[Asskicking Pose|henshin pose]]-copying, totally enamoured imbecile is not to the taste of violence-phobic and martial arts-hating Koshi.

So far, a reasonably typical martial-arts-and-romance manga and anime. Now, factor into the equation that [[Only Sane Man|everything in the show except Koshi is bordering on the insane]], and anything and everything is taken to [[Rule of Funny|ridiculous extremes]].

 

 

* If you're really interested, the translation is "A Japanese plum is a kind of peach, a peach is also a peach, both Japanese plum and peach are kinds of peaches."

 

 

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* [[Action Girl]]: Momoko, of course. And Iroha. And Sanae.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: It's very hard to see how over-the-top the series is without thinking that it has to be an [[Affectionate Parody]] to some extent of both martial arts and [[Harem Anime]].: Although this is lost a bit in the anime, which introduces Tenka a bit later and then plays up the seriousness of the zodiac family feud.

* [[Against the Setting Sun]]: Parodied - Momoko and an adversary have a moment of newfound acceptance and friendship after a fight as the sun sets... and promptly forget to save Koshi from man-eating sea snakes in the background.

* [[Bifauxnen]]: {{spoiler|Shintarou Inoue, of the Boar clan.}}

* [[Blood Knight]]: Tenga Koganei.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Sanae to Koushi.

* [[Broke Episode]]: Iroha and Hanzou, every episode.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Poor, poor Hanzo.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: It doesn't even seem to be the same overly-long incantation for each attack every time they're used.

** Err... well... close. Tenka is from the Tiger family and thus takes on catlike qualities, such as playing with a ball he is convinced talks to him called Becky. At one point he is defeated by being distracted by cat toys and his fear of clear water bottles or "nekoyoke".

** Tenka, after his [[Heel Face Turn]], uses this against his younger brother quite effectively. It's unknown whether the other Koganeis also act like this.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Highlighting her life-long martial artist training, Momoko very rarely wears shoes, even during school. Later inverted when she finally ''does'' get a pair of shoes from Koushi, the first gift he gives her. She wears them any time she isn't fighting, despite the fact that they're several sizes too big. When Koushi throws them out due to being worn out, she throws out a [[Death Glare]] potent enough to make both of their fathers, two of the strongest martial artists alive, scared.

* [[Does Not Like Spam]]: Due to being force-fed tons of eggs in her youth, Momoko really dislikes them in general, with a particular dread of ones [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|with faces drawn on them]].

* [[Eye Beams]]: The specialty of the Inuzuka clan.

* [[Fair Play Villain]]: Koganei Tenga could've killed both Koushi and Momoko, as weakened as they were by the effects of the poison, yet he wanted to have a fair fight.

* [[Fallen Princess]]: Iroha, who was doted on by her father and never really bothered to learn about the basics of day-to-day living, or for that matter anything outside of clan disciplines. She discovers the downsides to this when she tries to earn money for her clan via part-time jobs.

* [[Fan Service]]

* [[Fight Unscene]]: Only "martial artist vision" can see the intense battle when Koganei Tenka fights his roughly ten-year-old brother. And maybe that's best.

* [[Flung Clothing]]: Iroha seems fond of doing this whenever she leaps into battle, as does Uma Kamen.

* [[Good Is Dumb]]: Iroha -- fearsome [[Ninja]], ruthless fighter, not averse to drugging polar bears to assassinate people... until her [[Heel Face Turn]] and subsequent transformation into a tiny schoolgirl with a voice two (very annoying) octaves higher and designs on Koshi's affections. Doesn't make her any weaker though. This turns out to be an [[Inverted Trope|inversion]], as she was completely overwhelmed by [[Non-Action Guy|Koushi]] before said [[Heel Face Turn]]... in his sleep. Iroha ends up losing every single time she tries to do something until she changes sides.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: {{spoiler|Saigo's "Good Ruck."}}

* [[Heroic Build]]: Many of the older male martial artists, such as Momoko and Koushi's fathers, are build like this. A few younger ones (like Sanae's would-be fiance Hikari) also have a similar physique.

* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Shintarou Inoue. While Shintarou's father does love his son, {{spoiler|he's either somehow completely ignorant or in denial about the fact that he has a daughter instead. This results in him smacking his daughter around for being attracted to men, trying to convince Shintarou to participate in [[Les Yay|orgies]] because having multiple women is a sign of manliness, and Shintarou continuing to [[Bifauxnen|masquerade as a male]] because she worries that her father wouldn't love a daughter as much.}}

* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: How Iroha views Hanzou. Unfortunately for Hanzou.

* [[Little Miss Badass]]

** At one point it's quite unbelievably claimed that Iroha is 15. On top of this Hanzo spends clan rebuilding money on a distinctly dodgy-looking [[Dating Sim]]...

** Momoko is the same age and a similar build to Iroha. Then there's when Momoko asks point blank whether Koushi prefers women with well-developed figures. He immediately clams up and looks away, suggesting one of Momoko's (and Iroha's) major stumbling blocks is that Koushi ''isn't'' a lolicon.

* [[Meganekko]]: Sanae.

* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]: Iroha and Hanzo's landlady, Nakajima Kimie.

** In the [[Baker's Dozen]] [[Hot Springs Episode]], Momoko uses a [[Ki Attacks]] to rocket a van up a steep road.

** In the manga, she also uses the same attack to propel herself high enough to vault over the school - for gym class. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Momoko, Iroha, Hanzou, Tenka, and Shintarou.

* [[Noble Demon]]: Tenga, who disdains his sister Tenten's devious ways and her use of poison - in fact, rather than hold onto the portion of the antidote for Tenten's poison until he is defeated, he gives it to Koushi and Momoko so that he can have a proper fight afterwards.

** At one point Hanzo bleeds out of his ''eyes'' upon witnessing Iroha covered in... ahem... [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|cream-coloured ice cream]].

** Not to mention any time Momoko thinks Koushi is open to marriage. Yes, what comes after the ceremony as well, but even the idea of him being open to the wedding results in [[Expospeak Gag|epistaxis]].

* [[Pillar of Light]]: Uma Kamen's ancient power does this.

* [[Rain Aura]]: Momoko, episode 13.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]

* [[The Reveal]] {{spoiler|Koushi is really the strongest martial artist but he doesn't know it and it's not revealed until the last five minutes of the final episode.}}

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in Shintarou's case, as she didn't actually know she was a girl, due to her father raising her as a boy and insisting that she was one, until the Nakajimas told her that she was one.}}

* [[The Good Guys Always Win]]: The main reason why {{spoiler|an emotionally broken Momoko could win against an equally strong, yet much faster and undoubtably way most experienced and matured than her, Koganei Tenga.}}

** Each of the Zodiac families' names contains the kanji for their representative animal.

** There's also the [[Edible Theme Naming]] for Momoko, whose head resembles a peach: "Momoko" literally translates to "peach child."

* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: Iroha

* [[The Voiceless]]: Saigo, with Momoko able to translate because "People in love are connected by heart."

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: A minor example -- Koushi first wishes that his father would stop bothering him about the martial arts and just accept his dreams of being a prosecutor. It later becomes apparent that his father Unken ''does'' approve of Koushi's ambitions, only bothers Koushi to train in the martial arts because he's the target of assassins, and actually feels really guilty that Koushi has to go through all of this due to his parentage. Unken is just really bad at saying all of this.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Momoko's entire character manifests this, though it takes the whole series to go from stalker to devoted companion, {{spoiler|willing to follow her man even into the next world}}.

* [[World's Strongest Man]]: Tenga declares to be this himself.

** Also, the [[Big Bad]] seeking for one is actually the only reason that makes him... well, bad.

 

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