History Manga / CastleTownDandelion

Drawn and written by Ayumu Kasuga (known for the designs he drew for ''LightNovel/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' and ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle''), '''Castle Town Dandelion''' (城下町のダンデライオン) is a 4koma comedy serialized in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Miracle!'' since 2012, with three compiled volumes since then. An adaptation by Production IMS and directed by Noriaki Akitaya aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Since all of the Sakurada siblings are under the age of twenty, this will be the case regardless of who wins the election. This is also mostly true in manga, where the election takes place at ''Akane'''s graduation; only Aoi would likely to be above the Japanese age of majority.

* LoveConfession: Happens in the second half of episode 2. [[spoiler:Satou lets out her feelings for Shuu, but he turns her down as he has to focus on the election. However, he does agree to talk to her about it again once the election is over.]]

* MassivelyNumberedSiblings: It bears repeating, Akane is just the fourth of ''nine'' kids. Mom and dad Sakurada have been busy, for sure.

* PowerIncontinence: Everyone that has RoyaltySuperpower would have random periods of this, called Breakouts. Akane has a similar situation in Chapter 18, but it's due to a fever.

* SickEpisode: [[spoiler:Chapter 13/ Episode 7A involves an Akane brought down with fever, with Kanade and Shiori the only other people at home.]]

* SuccessionCrisis: Averted. Not only is their dad the King alive (he's still 38 and apparently healthy), none of the Sakurada kids seem to treat the coming election with any seriousness, and at least half of the siblings aren't even interested in being the next monarch. Indeed, Akane is only ''maybe'' thinking of going after the crown only because, if she were the ruler, she'd be able to ''order'' all those security cameras disabled.

Drawn and written by Ayumu Kasuga (known for the designs he drew for ''LightNovel/GonnaBeTheTwinTail''), '''Castle Town Dandelion''' (城下町のダンデライオン) is a 4koma comedy serialized in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Miracle!'' since 2012, with three compiled volumes since then. An adaptation by Production IMS and directed by Noriaki Akitaya aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

Unlike most ''Manga Time Kirara'' adaptations, this series is licensed by Creator/FUNimation instead of Creator/SentaiFilmworks.

* ModestRoyalty: Aside from the fact that the Sakuradas are supposedly the royal family, they act like your typical middle-class family. Heck, they don't even ''live'' in the castle; instead, they live in a two-floor flat in the suburbs, and the kids all go to public schools all with minimal supervision from the palace staff (aside from the cameras, of course!). For a casual observer the only telltale sign is the limousine the King uses to commute to and from the castle.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Looks like the entire household likes what Japanese refer as pudding[[note]]which is called creme caramel elsewhere.[[/note]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In episode 5A, after the siblings knew [[spoiler:the "beach" is practically a film set]], Hikari became extremely furious, saying Shuu has been cheating them all along. However, Hikari's anger ceased after Shuu told her the sand and the sea water ''is'' real. Misaki, having overheard the conversation, lampshaded this trope.

* WhamEpisode: Episode 6 of the anime, which is adopted from 4 different chapters. When you know in 30 minutes Kanade is acting so eager in the election because [[spoiler:[[GuiltComplex she ruined Shuu's leg 12 years ago]]]], Aoi [[spoiler:has a real ability that [[CompellingVoice out-Lelouches]] [[LightNovel/CodeGeass Lelouch]], and she feels ''[[BlessWithSuck really bad]]'' about it]], you can call it a Wham Episode.

* SickEpisode: [[spoiler:Chapter 13 involves an Akane brought down with fever, with Kanade and Shiori the only other people at home.]]

* WhamEpisode: Episode 6 of the anime, which is adopted from 4 different chapters. When you know in 30 minutes Kanade is acting so eager in the election because [[spoiler:[[GuiltComplex she ruined Shuu's leg 12 years ago]]]], Aoi [[spoiler:has a real ability that [[CompellingVoice out-Lelouches]] [[LightNovel/CodeGeass Lelouch]], and she feels ''[[BlessWithSuch really bad]]'' about it]], you can can it a Wham Episode.

* SmashingWatermelons: An anime-original bit of episode 5A involves the Sakurada siblings (sans [[NonActionGuy Haruka]]) attempting to do this [[BeachEpisode on the beach]]. [[spoiler:Shiori succeeded in [[TalksFluentAnimal persuading the watermelon to split on its own]].]] This skit, strange, is to showcase Haruka's AwesomenessByAnalysis superpower.

* SmashingTheWatermelon: An anime-original bit of episode 5A involves the Sakurada siblings (sans [[NonActionGuy Haruka]]) attempting to do this [[BeachEpisode on the beach]]. [[spoiler:Shiori succeeded in [[TalksPerfectAnimal persuading the watermelon to split on its own]].]] This skit, strange, is to showcase Haruka's AwesomenessByAnalysis superpower.

* SuccessionCrisis: Averted. Not only is their dad the King alive, none of the Sakurada kids seem to treat the coming election with any seriousness, and at least half of the siblings aren't even interested in being the next monarch. Indeed, Akane is only ''maybe'' thinking of going after the crown only because, if she were the ruler, she'd be able to ''order'' all those security cameras disabled.

* AChildShallLeadThem: Since all of the Sakurada siblings are under the age of twenty, this will be the case regardless of who wins the election.

* GirlishPigtails: Worn by Akane and, later on, Satou.

* WardrobeMalfunction: [[spoiler:Chapter 12/ episode 4A deals with a skirtless Akane.]]

* IdiotHero: Teru has this in spades. His heart is ultimately in the right place, but he suffers from a severe lack of common sense and what appears to be chuunibyou (justified by being an elementary schooler). His kindergartner sister Shiori is more competent than he is, remembering to bring the bag, getting a dog to stop barking at them, and reminding Teru that he had left the shopping list in his pocket. The one point where he was actually useful was at the end of the errand, where he fends off a stray dog who wanted to attack Shiori for the groceries.

* SuperStrength: Teru has this as his power, "Limit Over". It allows him to casually jump a dozen feet into the air and shatter the floor beneath him with a stomp.

* IdiotHero: Teru has this in spades. His heart is ultimately in the right place, but he suffers from a severe lack of common sense and what appears to be chuunibyou (justified by being an elementary schooler). His kindergartner sister Shiori was more competent than he was, remembering to bring the bag, getting a dog to stop barking at them, and reminding Teru that he had left the shopping list in his pocket. The one point where he was actually useful was at the end of the errand, where he fends off a stray dog who wanted to attack Shiori for the groceries.

* IdiotHero: Teru has this in spades. His heart is ultimately in the right place, but he suffers from a severe lack of common sense and what appears to be chuunibyou (justified by being an elementary schooler). His kindergartner sister Shiori had to do most of the heavy lifting during the shopping errand episode.