History Manga / FlameOfRecca

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: After the Hokage clan are defeated by Oda Nobunaga’s soldiers, desperate to save her infant son, Recca, and to protect the Madogu, Kagero used a forbidden spell to open a time portal and send him into the future, at the cost of her becoming immortal.

* CloningBlues: Renge, clone of Kurei. [[spoiler:Also Aoi.]]

* AbortedArc: The immortality the series' BigBad so desperately seeks is possessed by Recca's mother, Kagerou, rather than Yanagi through her healing powers. Kurei notices this at one point, but he never winds up divulging this information to his boss and the plot point serves as nothing more than a justification as to why Kagerou is still alive.

* AloofBigBrother: Kurei
* AmazonBrigade: Neon's Uruha Oto

* BadassNormal: Domon initially
* BattleButler: Raiha, Neon, Jishou, most loyal of Kurei's followers, act kind of like this

* DaddysLittleVillain: Renge thinks she's this to the BigBad, but in actuality, [[spoiler: he kept her around just so he could devour her to be immune to Kurei and Recca's flames.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Tokiya often plays this part

* DontYouDarePityMe: [[AdaptationalJerkass Anime-exclusive.]] In the past, Kurei's birth mother, Reina, rejected Kagehoshi's help for giving her food when she fell ill in exile. She took Kagehoshi's kindness as an insult for her and her son's humiliation and eventual miserable life.

* ElementalPowers: All of the Magodu have domain over a particular "element", though the definition of "element" can be quite loose:
** PlayingWithFire: Recca and Kurei. And Renge, later on.
** AnIcePerson: Tokiya, Meguri Kyouza, Kai
** BlowYouAway: Fuuko

** ShockAndAwe: Raiha
** GravityMaster: Joker
** GreenThumb: Mokuren
** PrehensileHair: Meno

** RazorFloss

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Kurei loves his moms, past and present. Justified for the second part when all you have is a horrible father
* EvilPlan: BigBad Mori Kouran wants to capture Yanagi because he thinks her Healing powers will make him immortal. Recca gets involved because she's his princess and he has to protect her.

* FauxActionGirl: More PlayedForDrama, not as a cause of ridicule. As revealed in the manga, [[spoiler:Meguri Kyouza planned to inherit the Hyoumon Ken style right into Tokiya despite him being too young. Mifuyuu intervened and offered herself as the next inheritor of Hyoumon Ken, bearing the name Meguri Kyouza, so Tokiya didn't have to. She was noted to be an exceptional swordswoman and a fast learner. When Mori's assassins attacked, Mifuyuu had the idea to use Ensui and utilize her Hyoumon Ken to drive them away, but [[TakingTheBullet she had to cover for Tokiya and got murdered]] before she could showcase the result of her training on screen.]]
%%* FingerSnapLighter
%%* FirstEpisodeTwist
%%* FlingALightIntoTheFuture

* GeckoEnding: The anime ends after the tournament, and changes the final battle so that [[spoiler: Recca and Kurei have to team up against a clone of Kurei that uses green flames (oddly not using Renge, despite her already appearing), and then Kurei gets run over by a car driven by Mori Kouran which proceeds to blow up. However, it's implied that Kurei might have survived the crash and still has it in for Recca; since he's surived arguably worse situations in the past.]]

** Recca is so highly visible that he ''sets off fireworks'' to announce his presence before laying siege to the enemy headquarters. His allies are Not Amused.

* IdiotBall: Mikagami was always played out to be [[TheSmartGuy a genius]] and then there's that moment when he was tricked by Marie into drinking from a drugged cup. Not even the faintest suspicion of how she offered the SAME cup!

* LadyAndKnight: Technically Recca is a (self-proclaimed) ''ninja'' but otherwise fulfills the role of the White Knight by pledging his loyalty and service to Yanagi, who in turn, is a Bright Lady by her compassion. She uses HealingHands to help others but needs Recca to keep her safe.

** Fuuko means "wind child", appropriate given her madogu, and she lampshades this at one point)
** This extends to ''everybody'' in Team Hokage. Recca is "Fierce Fire", Domon is "Earth Gate" (and his last name has the character for "rock/stone" in it), Tokiya's name has the character for "frozen" in it (and his last name has the character for "water"), Kaoru's last name has the character for "gold/metal" in it, Kagehoshi has the character for "shadow"
** Some of the villains get in on the act, too, like Mokuren (Wooden Lotus), the guy with plant-based powers.

* MsFanservice: Fuuko's clothes have a tendency to... explode.
** That or get totally ripped off.
** Katanashi no Rui usually wears only a loose-fitting robe, and the first time we see her in her humanoid form, she burns it off entirely.
** Don't forget the Ura Batou Satsujin Referees, who were basically MADE to be Fetish Fuel.

* MurderousMannequin: Ganko, Mikoto to a greater extent

* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Pretty much the catalyst of being turned into a Flame Dragon, if a Hokage flame wielder die with regret unfulfilled, they're cursed to become a Flame Dragon that inhabited the next wielder. All Dragons have one, but we only see two of them: Kokuu for creating Madogu and leading his rival Kaima into the path of evil; and Ouka for failing to protect Princess Sakura, Yanagi's ancestor. Ouka urges Recca to defy the trope by successfully protecting Yanagi, and in the end of the manga, he succeeded.]]

%%* PowersInTheFirstEpisode
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Several
* {{Revenge}}: Tokiya's purpose of life, until he later discards it.

* TechnicolorFire: Kurei's purple flames
%%* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential

* BoobsOfSteel: Neon, the strongest woman of Uruha (at least during Kurei's reign)

* {{Bishonen}}: Tokiya and Raiha.

* DontYouDarePityMe: In the past, Kurei's birth mother, Reina, rejected Kagehoshi's help for giving her food when she fell ill in exile. She took Kagehoshi's kindness as an insult for her and her son's humiliation and eventual miserable life.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Due to his limited screentime, in most adaptations (anime and ''Final Burning'') Ouka comes off as a typical stoic serious dad, while in the manga, he's a BumblingDad who still knows when to get serious.

* GagBoobs: Yanagi's apparent [[ACupAngst lack of big boobs]] (or maybe she's just outclassed by the rest of the ladies) has been the subject of various jokes.

** On the bad guys' side, during the Sealed Lands arc, right after beating Mokuren and Mikoto and taking a few damage, [[GlassCannon Tokiya]] gets immediately confronted by one of the Shishitens, Aoi, and not only the Shishiten are of [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority a higher rank]] than Mokuren and Mikoto combined, Aoi's Madogu directly counters Tokiya's fighting style. In one swift panel, Tokiya is down on his own blood.

** In the manga, Reina was never mean to Kagerou, working in tandem with her with cordiality despite being just on consort level compared to Kagerou being official wife. It was solely young Kurei's idea to try to murder Recca out of jealousy and their harsh state, whereas Reina could only apologize for what he went through. Until the end of Hokage during the assault of Oda Nobunaga, Reina did her damndest to ensure Kurei survived (and instills an encouraging, if a bit harsher, message for him to move on), and up until adulthood, Kurei always respected his blood mother. The karma hits right and wrong in a way that in the future, Kurei got a nice adoptive mother that he respected... too bad that his adoptive father, Mori, is an utter monster, whereas Recca gets [[BumblingDad a goofy but well-meaning adoptive father, Shigeo... just like his blood father Ouka.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person[[note]]In the past, when Kurei and Reina were about to be killed due to the respected elders' belief that Kurei was a cursed child, she was the one who suggested them to be exiled instead. She even still helped Reina by giving food when the latter fell ill. Nevertheless, Reina still berated her, took Kagero's kindness as an insult and spent all her life blaming the latter and Recca's existence for her and her son's eventual miserable life[[/note]], so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a snobbish and horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca to the core, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* WhyWontYouDie: In the final battle in the final episode, Kurei couldn't stand seeing Recca's determination to stay strong and alive. Then, Recca [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls him out]].

* SympathyForTheDevil: Upon learning Kurei's tragic backstory from Neon, Recca slightly sympathizes Kurei until Kagami reminds him about Kurei ever attempted to harm Yanagi. This is also followed by Recca saving Neon from her attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe kill everyone around]] as a way to show her UndyingLoyalty to Kurei.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Upon learning Kurei's tragic backstory from Neon, Recca slightly sympathizes Kurei until Kagami reminds him about Kurei ever attempted to harm Yanagi. This also followed by Recca saving Neon from her attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe kill everyone around]] as a way to show her UndyingLoyalty to Kurei.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Upon learning Kurei's tragic backstory from Neon, Recca slightly sympathizes Kurei until Kagami reminds him about Kurei ever attempted to harm Yanagi. This also followed by Recca saving Neon from her attempt to [[TakingYouWithMe kill everyone around with her]] in a suicide mission.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person[[note]]In the past, she was the one who suggested Kurei and Reina to be exiled instead of being killed. She even still helped Reina by giving food when the latter fell ill. Nevertheless, Reina still berated her, took Kagero's kindness as an insult and blamed the latter and Recca's existence for her and her son's eventual miserable life all her life[[/note]], so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a snobbish and horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca to the core, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* ActorAllusion: The dragon-themed referee is voiced by Creator/KonamiYoshida, who in a few years before, have voiced a more major character: [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth A magical girl with dragon guardian spirit.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person[[note]]In the past, she was the one who suggested Kurei and Reina to be exiled instead of being killed. She even still helped Reina by giving food when the latter fell ill. Nevertheless, Reina still berated her, took Kagero's kindness as an insult and blamed the latter and Recca's existence for her and her son's eventual miserable life[[/note]], so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a snobbish and horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca to the core, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person[[note]]She was the one who suggested Kurei and Reina to be exiled instead of being killed. Nevertheless, Reina still berated her and took Kagero's kindness as an insult to her and her son's eventual miserable life[[/note]], so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a snobbish and horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca to the core, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person[[note]]Even she's also the one who suggest Kurei and Reina to be exiled instead of being killed. But, Reina still berated her and considered Kagero's kindness as a mock to her and her son's eventual miserable life[[/note]], so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a snobbish and horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca solely for being themselves, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Recca's mother, Kagehoshi, is not only a loving wife and mother, but she is basically a good person, so Recca is taken care by a good and loving adoptive father in the future. On the contrary, Kurei's biological mother, Reina, was a horrible person who despised Kagehoshi and Recca for no reasons, that in the future Kurei got a ruthless adoptive father, Kouran Mori, despite his adoptive mother is a loving mom to him.

* TechnicolorFire: Kurei's blue flames

* CainAndAbel: Recca and Kurei.