History Manga / DashKappei

* InterspeciesRomance: Seiichiro is enamored of Akane and dreams of marrying her (despite the fact that she is human and he a dog) and, resenting Kappei's muscling his way into her life, becomes Kappei's sworn enemy.

* {{Telepathy}}: In the finals, the basketball team face an entire team of guys with these powers. Indeed, they are less athletic than other teams, but with their powers can anticipate opponent's movements. But when their captain tries to read Kappei's mind [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead ends up being insane.]]

* TrainingFromHell: How Kappei became so good at sports, because in his childhood he was trained by a DrillSergeantNasty of an abusive grandfather.

** In one of first episodes Kappei does this for help some female members of the tennis and gymnastics school club.

* ImagineSpot: kappei and Seiichiro. Every times their fantasies concern a romantic relathionship with Akane.

* TheKlan: At the end of the Fencing Club arc, is introduced a group of masked people (called KKK) that hate Kappei and start to use very type of adversary to defeat him (a beast-man, an hypnotist, a robot, eccc..). [[spoiler: Turn out that they were his team of basketball (included some ex-opponents) and all was a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]

* LovableSexManiac: Kappei. He is a pervert who lift skirt and has an obsession for white panties, but also a really funny character.
* MarilynManeuver: When is not Kappei to lift skirts, the wind (natural or artificial) will blow up.
* ModestyTowel: Once Akane is kidnapped [[ItMakesSenseInContext by a robot]] while she bathing and used as DamselInDistress for Kappei wearing just a towel. Kappei use the same towel to defeat the robot.

* ThePeepingTom: Kappei. In the first episode he is introduced while peeps into the locker room of the girls.
* {{Poltergeist}}: An opposing basketball team has as secet weapon the ghost of the coach's grandma that causes incidents during every match. Howewer, Kappei befriend the ghost that turn to be GoodAllAlong.

** As quoted above, white panties are like the ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s spinach for Kappei and in a scene, a tired Kappei becomes Popeye after see Akane's panties get her strength back.

** Episode 18 has multiple reference to scy-fy, from ''Franchise/StarWars'' to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

* {{Telepathy}}: In the finals, the basketball team face an entire team of guys with these powers. Indeed, they are less athletic than other teams, but with their powers can anticipate oppenent's movements.
** AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: But when their captain try to read Kappei's mind end up being insane.

* DisguisedInDrag: An entire subplot has Kappei disguised like an old lady in order to fool the Fencing Club.

* TheKlan: At the end of the arc, is introduced a group of masked people (called KKK) that hate Kappei and start to use very type of adversary to defeat him (a beast-man, an hypnotist, a robot, eccc..). [[spoiler: Turn out that they were his team of basketball (included some ex-opponents) and all was a SecretTestOfCharacter.]]

* HitchhikersLeg: During the trip (of the basketball team) in USA, the coach Natsu try this, but she fails.
* HotTeacher: Kaori Natsu, she is a very beautiful woman and Kappei joins in the basketball club after seeing her white panties.

* LovableSexManiac: Kappei. He is a pervert, but also a really funny character.

* PantyShot: Well, it's the source of Kappei's ''power''.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Kappei is easily distracted by every cute girl. During the basketball tournament an opposing team use their cheerleaders to take advantage of this and Kappei does a special training for overcome his weakness.

* DisguisedInDrag: An entire subplot has Kappei disguised like an old lady for fool the Fencing Club.

* PantyShot: Well, are the source of Kappei ''power''.

%%* LovableSexManiac: Kappei.

** The main female member of the ping-pong club uses the same (and infamous) spring-loaded harness from ''Kyojin No Hoshi''.

* {{Fetish}}: Kappei has a fetish for white female underwear. For him are like the ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s spinach.

* HotTeacher: Kaori Natsu, she is a very beauty woman and Kappei join in the basketball club after see her white panties.

** A scene has Kappei and Seiichiro becomes [[Anime/NeoHumanCasshern Casshern and his dog Flender]].

** The main female member of the ping-pong club use the same (and infamous) spring-loaded harness from ''Kyojin No Hoshi''.

** The coach of a iopposing team dress like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].

* {{Fetish}}: Kappei has a fetish for white female underwear. For him are like the spinach ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}.

* TheRival: Akane’s dog Seiichiro, who competes with Kappei for Akane’s love.

* {{Fetish}}: Kappei has a fetish for white female underwear.

* TrainingFromHell: How Kappei becomes so good at sports, because in his childhood he was trained by a DrillSergeantNasty of an abusive grandfather.

* TrainingFromHell: How Kappei becomes so good at sports, because in his childhood he was trained by a DrillSergeantNasty of an abusive grandfather.

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The anime was very popular in Italy, where it’s known as ''Gigi la Trottola''. It’s also known with the title ''Chicho Terremoto'' in the Spanish dub.