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** Just compare [[http://www.mangareader.net/1079-44114-2/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/chapter-29.html this]] [[ShirtlessScene shirtless Minoru]] to [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/179/18 this one]].
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* TheCameo: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/13 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/122/12 And here,]] someone from GGundam. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/130/13 And here]] we have [[MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Bright Noa]]. Baba probably really loves SuperRobotWars...
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* TheCameo: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/13 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/122/12 And here,]] someone from GGundam. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/130/13 And here]] we have [[MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray and Bright Noa]]. Baba probably really loves SuperRobotWars... Also, [[DragonBall Vegeta]] can be seen [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/178/12 here]].
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingCthulhu: The Musashino captain, upon attacking Bertrand's supposedly injured left shin, [[EpicFail broke his own leg instead...]] This happens later with Minami too.
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* BadAss: Mutou in particular was introduced as one, and the other members of the karate club turn into one in their own right. Most of the club leaders may also apply.
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* TimeSkip: The story moves forward by a year after the end of the Kaburagi Ryu National Tournament arc.
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Mutou [[spoiler: leaves the country to train with Aniya Souhachi after the Kaburagi Ryu Nationals]].
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Mutou [[spoiler: leaves the country to train with Aniya Souhachi after the Kaburagi Ryu Nationals]].
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The series has recently finished in Japan and a sequel to the series has started.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Minoru is occasinally referred to as Kohinata Kairyuu, which is a more common way of saying the kanji in his name.
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* ShoutOut: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/13 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/122/12 And here,]] someone from GGundam.
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* ShoutOut: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/14 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]].
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* ShoutOut: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/14 net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/13 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]].Ryoma]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/122/12 And here,]] someone from GGundam.
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* GoNagaiSideburns: A few tournament spectators sport them.
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* ShoutOut: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]]. [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/121/14 In here]] we have one who looks like [[GetterRobo Nagare Ryoma]].
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingCthulhu: The Musashino captain, upon attacking Bertrand's supposedly injured left shin, [[EpicFail broke his own leg instead...]] This happens later with Minami too.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Musashino captain, upon attacking Bertrand's supposedly injured left shin, [[EpicFail broke his own leg instead...]]
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* RedOniBlueOni: Mutou and Minami. The former overwhelms with extreme power, while the latter is more technical. They often perform like GoodCopBadCop.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Musashino captain, upon attacking Bertrand's supposedly injured left shin, [[EpicFail broke his own leg instead...]]
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* GenerationXerox: Minoru and his girlfriend Nanase looks very similar to [[spoiler: Ibuki's dead older brother Satoru and his girlfriend Mifuyu. Mutou specifically points out their great talent as their most striking similarity.]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou, and a conversation between him and Mutou soon after that revealed that they have fought three times in middle school, and ''won''...well, at least once by default, but still...]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou, and a conversation between him and Mutou soon after that revealed that they have fought three times in middle school, and ''won''...well, at least once by default, but still...]]]] The fact that Mutou considers him a rival should give a clue.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou]]. Mutou thinks all his problems are related to women and physical disorders brought about by them somehow, and not his actual combat skills.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou]]. Saizou, and a conversation between him and Mutou thinks all his problems are related to women soon after that revealed that they have fought three times in middle school, and physical disorders brought about ''won''...well, at least once by them somehow, and not his actual combat skills.default, but still...]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou]]. Mutou thinks all his problems are related to women and physical disorders brought about by them somehow, and not his actual combat skills.
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* ShoutOut: One of the guys in [[http://www.mangareader.net/karate-shoukoushi-kohinata-minoru/74/6 this crowd]] looks like [[MazingerZ Kabuto Koji]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought Kasumi Saizou]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought and pretty much defeated Kasumi Saizou]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather, he starts to show exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. by By the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest]].LoveInterest. The first hints of this is actually when he fought Kasumi Saizou]].
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* BadassGrandma: The naginata club's trainer, a little old woman who throws around people like nothing.
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* RunningGag: Hayama and diarrhea, Hiroki and his hemmorhoids, Pedro and his...advances.
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* TearsOfFear: Minoru in his first run in with Pedro, and later again in the face of Kevin Norton's drug fueled bloodlust.
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* TearsOfFear: Minoru in his first run in with Pedro, and later again in the face of Kevin Norton's drug fueled bloodlust. Also happens with a giant Taekwondo athlete when Haruka nearly break his head.
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* ActionGirl: Kou Haruka, Mutou's maybe-girlfriend and the captain of the taekwondo team, and Akamine Rika, the daughter of one of their school's old karate team captains. Akiko Takakura is a [[ShrinkingViolet less typical]] example, but is still highly formidable with a naginata.
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* ActionGirl: Kou Haruka, Mutou's maybe-girlfriend and the captain of the taekwondo team, and Akamine Rika, the daughter of one of their school's old karate team captains. Akiko Takakura is a [[ShrinkingViolet less typical]] example, but is still highly formidable with a naginata. There's also Nozomi, the captain of the naginata club.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Haruka seems to play this the straightest, as she's considered the strongest female on campus and paired with Mutou, widely regarded as the most dangerous male on campus...and other places. [[spoiler: Her ex-boyfriend is no less of a BadAss.]]
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Haruka seems to play this the straightest, as she's considered the strongest female on campus and paired with Mutou, widely regarded as the most dangerous male on campus...and other places. [[spoiler: Her ex-boyfriend is no less of a BadAss.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed.
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* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], punk despite using a weapon]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering {{Running Gag}}s diarrhea, then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather he starts to show why he is the Club's Captain. by the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering {{Running Gag}}s diarrhea, [[RunningGag diarrhea and hemmorhoids]], then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather rather, he starts to show why exactly ''why'' he is the Club's Captain. by the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest]].
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* DepravedHomosexual: Pedro
Pedro. PlayedForLaughs...
* ExtremityExtremist: Minoru's specialization is kicks. This is due to his gymnastics background, which gives him flexible legs.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ibuki is generally an ass to his juniors when he acknowledges them at all, but is nice to children. [[spoiler: he had a more easygoing character before his brother died.]]
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* PressurePoint: A realistic portrayal of these, when Aniya Souhachi stuns Pedro by applying pressure to the points under his ears at the base of his jaw, before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty transitioning into an eye gouge]].
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* TrainingFromHell: The Okinawan training camp is explicitly described as this. This is also what you are most likely to get if you ask Mutou for training.
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'''''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru''''' is the story of Kohinata Minoru, a freshman at Reinan University, a school renowned for its numerous and formidable sports teams, and who is the official [[ButtMonkey persona non grata]] of the gymnastics club. Holding him responsible for their lost spot in the latest competition selection, his seniors have kicked him out of the club, and continue to bully him over his friendship with Misaki Nana, the club belle.
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'''''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru''''' is the story of Kohinata Minoru, a freshman at Reinan University, a school renowned for its numerous and formidable sports teams, and who is the official [[ButtMonkey persona non grata]] PersonaNonGrata of the gymnastics club. Holding him responsible for their lost spot in the latest competition selection, his seniors have kicked him out of the club, and continue to bully him over his friendship with Misaki Nana, the club belle.
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* ExtremityExtremist: Minoru's specialization is kicks.
** CripplingOverspecialization: And thus is rather weak at throwing punches, something his opponents can take advantage of.
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* AchillesHeel: Minami's weakpoint is [[spoiler: his hemorrhoids]]
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* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed.
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* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed. half-assed.
* BlackComedyRape: Pedro starts as a flat out villain, but once he's inducted into the club, his crimes are brushed under the rug, and his intentions towards Minoru are occasionally PlayedForLaughs.
* BlackComedyRape: Pedro starts as a flat out villain, but once he's inducted into the club, his crimes are brushed under the rug, and his intentions towards Minoru are occasionally PlayedForLaughs.
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[[caption-width-right:350: The Reinan University Second Karate Club]]
'''''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru''''' is the story of Kohinata Minoru, a freshman at Reinan University, a school renowned for its numerous and formidable sports teams, and who is the official [[ButtMonkey persona non grata]] of the gymnastics club. Holding him responsible for their lost spot in the latest competition selection, his seniors have kicked him out of the club, and continue to bully him over his friendship with Misaki Nana, the club belle.
Enter [[BloodKnight Mutou Ryuuji]], a karate club member who happens upon the latest altercation and beats up not only the offending club members, but Minoru as well for failing to stand up for Nana and himself. Having lost his spot in the gymnastics club, Minoru accedes to [[GoodCopBadCop Mutou’s demands, and the club captain Minami Hiroki’s more gracious requests]], and joins the school’s Second Karate Club, a small club practicing the brutal full contact style of Kaburagi Ryu. With his gymnastic abilities, Minoru discovers not only talent, but a growing passion for karate. And It’s a good thing too, since he has to take on not only the club’s grueling training, but also its numerous feuds and rivalries, in his journey to work his way to the top of the sport.
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!!''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru'' provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Kevin Norton was [[spoiler:abused by his mother when she remarried, favoring her stepchildren over her own son.]]
* ActionGirl: Kou Haruka, Mutou's maybe-girlfriend and the captain of the taekwondo team, and Akamine Rika, the daughter of one of their school's old karate team captains. Akiko Takakura is a [[ShrinkingViolet less typical]] example, but is still highly formidable with a naginata.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mutou has no shortage of female fans, and Chris Young's ex-girlfriend actually wants him to ''go back'' to being a reckless and violent thug.
* AlmightyJanitor: Pedro Barbossa is a lowly first dan in the school judo team, and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, but is far more formidable than either the judo team captain or the black belt captain of the Brazilian Jiujitsu club.
* ArtEvolution: After 30 Volumes or so, Yasushi Baba begins to evolve his way of drawing muscles. It becomes more defined, shaded and solid; it coincides with the MMA GenreShift as the characters now are mostly shirtless, and no less important, he begins to draw the women more curvy as well. Characters in particular got a beauty upgrade, [[spoiler:Hayama and Seiji]] are glaring examples, their designs are completely renewed; it might be for [[spoiler:matching looks with their beautiful girls, as they got Rika and Akiko as their Love Interests]].
* AttemptedRape: Pedro, to Minoru. It's made clear that he's gone beyond "attempted" with many other victims.
* AxeCrazy: Kevin Norton
* BadassGrandpa: Aniya Souhachi; on top of being an OldMaster in traditional Okinawan martial arts, he's also an avid bodybuilder and rides a motorcycle.
* BattleAura: Used in the figurative sense, but still described as an aura by characters in-universe.
* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed.
* BloodKnight: Mutou, front and center. Kevin Norton is the tyrant of the underground fighting ring at the American military installation in Okinawa, and Aniya Souhachi, like Netero of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', finds himself hard up for a real fight since he became revered as an OldMaster.
* BloodLust: Kevin tastes Kohinata's blood during their match in the underground fighting ring.
-->'''Kevin:''' Delicious flavor...LET ME DRINK MORE!
* BlushSticker: Ibuki's student Shingo, in contrast with her [[LittleProfessorDialog manner of speech]].
* BrutalHonesty: When Minoru is worried that his senior Ibuki Kengo hates him...
-->'''Mutou:''' There's no doubt that he hates you. But before, far from hating you, he didn't think anything about you at all, so this is a step forward.
* ButtMonkey: Hayama Kentarou, the weakest and all around lamest member of the Second Karate Club. Later this role is [[spoiler:passed to Pedro and Kaoru (although it didn't keep him from being a badass) as Hayama TookALevelInBadass along with Minoru by turning into a great karateka, fighting in tournaments and getting Rika as his LoveInterest]].
* CastOfSnowflakes: Even unnamed bit part characters are always totally distinct in their appearances.
* CasualtyInTheRing: [[spoiler:Ibuki Kengo's older brother Satoru died three years ago from his injuries fighting the Muay Thai genius Samart Sirinto in a match.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering {{Running Gag}}s diarrhea, then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather he starts to show why he is the Club's Captain. by the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest]].
* CurbStompBattle: Lots, particularly when Mutou gets involved.
* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Ibuki's character has changed since the death of his ''older brother'' in the ring three years ago.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Takenaka, the high schooler Minoru defeats in his belt test, goes from condescending to instant fan.
* DepravedHomosexual: Pedro
* EyesAlwaysShut: Minami Hiroki, the club captain.
* FeelNoPain: Kevin Norton, thanks to his usage of PCP. In the end, his overuse of drugs hurts him even more than the blows he takes in the ring.
* GenreShift: In the series' ''long'' run, the setting changes a bit, Karate becomes less prominent as fighting leagues and tournaments take over as the focus of the manga. This is because Minoru [[spoiler:develops into a well rounded karateka and black belt quite fast]], so the plot introduces the MMA aspect to pit him and his friends against other fighters of different upbringings. Also the comedy gets sligthly dialed down.
* {{Gonk}}: Hayama [[spoiler:at first, then CharacterDevelopment and ArtEvolution kicks in, and he becomes noticeably average looking]], and most of the students at Musashino Budou University, Reinan's rival school.
* GroinAttack: Mutou has a propensity for these, both in real fights and in competitions where it's not allowed; he has at least two losses in competition due to disqualification because of this.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Ibuki doesn't want his juniors to know he's good with kids and teaches an elementary school karate class.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Ibuki, when he saves Nana from sexual assault by the MMA club captain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mutou. He can be a good friend to have on your side occasionally, but for the most part your life will be easier not knowing him at all.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ibuki is generally an ass to his juniors when he acknowledges them at all, but is nice to children. [[spoiler: he had a more easygoing character before his brother died.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: Kaoru Hamada. He was dangerous when introduced, but when [[spoiler:he joins Minoru volumes later, Kaoru becomes a ButtMonkey, finding himself in embarrassing situations quite often. Then he gets into the ring and shows why he was the Koudan National light weight champion for three times in a row]].
* KarmaHoudini: Pedro Barbossa is a sex criminal who's raped countless men and shows no sign of repentance, and his only comeuppance is to end up in the Second Karate Club as the member who [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg none of the others particularly like or care about]]. Minami didn't know about his history when he let him into the club and allowed him to room with Minoru and Hayama, but he [[WhatTheHellHero didn't do anything when he found out]], and Minoru and Hayama are justifiably terrified of having to live with him.
* KickChick: Haruka, the Tae Kwon Do team captain.
* LoveLetterLunacy: When Kasumi Saizou thinks Minami is two-timing (or three or four timing) his sister Akiko, he writes a false letter to lure him out. Minami has never met his sister, and was talking about a different Akiko, while the member of the karate club that Akiko really likes is Minoru, who Saizou tried to make his accomplice.
* {{Meganekko}}: Akiko Takakura, of the naginata club. She's much more dangerous with her glasses ''off'', since she loses the ability to control her strikes.
* MightyGlacier: An unusal lightweight example; Kaburagi Ryu lightweight championship contender Teranishi has overwhelming resilience and striking power, but lousy footwork and mobility.
* MushroomSamba: Minami's "enlightenment" during his training in the mountains is the result of this, coming to him in a poison-addled delusion. [[spoiler:However, his performance in the opening rounds of the Kaburagi Ryu Openweight Nationals suggest he [[TookALevelInBadass might not be so delusional after all]].]]
* NightmareFace: Kevin Norton. He's a bit weird looking to begin with, but [[GameFace hopped up on PCP in the underground fighting ring]], he looks positively inhuman.
* {{Ninja}}: Kasumi Saizou, member of an old ninja family and last remaining member of the school's Ninjutsu Club.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Akamine Rika is afraid of this, thanks to an offhand remark Mutou made years ago. Considering that his girlfriend is possibly the most formidable female martial artist on a campus full of martial artists, he probably didn't mean it seriously.
* NoLovesIntersect: In the long run, every single main character gets a LoveInterest, [[http://shopimg.kongfz.com/20100429/6239/201004/6239Wb5vKn_n.jpg the girls]] are introduced in the very first ten Volumes (some are main characters themselves), none have competition and they were quite obvious even before becoming OfficialCouple, they only needed some development then and there after in between the fights and tournaments. To point it out, it goes like this: [[spoiler:Minoru/Misaki, Ryuuji/Haruka, Hayama&Rika, Hiroki/Nozomi, Seiji/Akiko. All of them are solid, zero competition to even start a possible LoveTriangle or break-up]].
* PressurePoint: A realistic portrayal of these, when Aniya Souhachi stuns Pedro by applying pressure to the points under his ears at the base of his jaw, before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty transitioning into an eye gouge]].
* RapeAsComedy: Pedro starts as a flat out villain, but once he's inducted into the club, his crimes are brushed under the rug, and his intentions towards Minoru are occasionally PlayedForLaughs.
* SignatureMove: The domawashi (full body rolling kick) for Minoru, and elbow strikes for Mutou.
* TapOnTheHead: Kasumi Saizou uses the "neck chop" variety on Nana at one point.
* TearsOfFear: Minoru in his first run in with Pedro, and later again in the face of Kevin Norton's drug fueled bloodlust.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Akamine Kazutora, the Reinan OB who runs the Okinawan training camp, and his deceased wife, who was much taller than he was and described as having the build of a pro wrestler (the picture of her wearing a championship belt suggests she really was one).
* TrainingFromHell: The Okinawan training camp is explicitly described as this.
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[[caption-width-right:350: The Reinan University Second Karate Club]]
'''''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru''''' is the story of Kohinata Minoru, a freshman at Reinan University, a school renowned for its numerous and formidable sports teams, and who is the official [[ButtMonkey persona non grata]] of the gymnastics club. Holding him responsible for their lost spot in the latest competition selection, his seniors have kicked him out of the club, and continue to bully him over his friendship with Misaki Nana, the club belle.
Enter [[BloodKnight Mutou Ryuuji]], a karate club member who happens upon the latest altercation and beats up not only the offending club members, but Minoru as well for failing to stand up for Nana and himself. Having lost his spot in the gymnastics club, Minoru accedes to [[GoodCopBadCop Mutou’s demands, and the club captain Minami Hiroki’s more gracious requests]], and joins the school’s Second Karate Club, a small club practicing the brutal full contact style of Kaburagi Ryu. With his gymnastic abilities, Minoru discovers not only talent, but a growing passion for karate. And It’s a good thing too, since he has to take on not only the club’s grueling training, but also its numerous feuds and rivalries, in his journey to work his way to the top of the sport.
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!!''Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru'' provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Kevin Norton was [[spoiler:abused by his mother when she remarried, favoring her stepchildren over her own son.]]
* ActionGirl: Kou Haruka, Mutou's maybe-girlfriend and the captain of the taekwondo team, and Akamine Rika, the daughter of one of their school's old karate team captains. Akiko Takakura is a [[ShrinkingViolet less typical]] example, but is still highly formidable with a naginata.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mutou has no shortage of female fans, and Chris Young's ex-girlfriend actually wants him to ''go back'' to being a reckless and violent thug.
* AlmightyJanitor: Pedro Barbossa is a lowly first dan in the school judo team, and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, but is far more formidable than either the judo team captain or the black belt captain of the Brazilian Jiujitsu club.
* ArtEvolution: After 30 Volumes or so, Yasushi Baba begins to evolve his way of drawing muscles. It becomes more defined, shaded and solid; it coincides with the MMA GenreShift as the characters now are mostly shirtless, and no less important, he begins to draw the women more curvy as well. Characters in particular got a beauty upgrade, [[spoiler:Hayama and Seiji]] are glaring examples, their designs are completely renewed; it might be for [[spoiler:matching looks with their beautiful girls, as they got Rika and Akiko as their Love Interests]].
* AttemptedRape: Pedro, to Minoru. It's made clear that he's gone beyond "attempted" with many other victims.
* AxeCrazy: Kevin Norton
* BadassGrandpa: Aniya Souhachi; on top of being an OldMaster in traditional Okinawan martial arts, he's also an avid bodybuilder and rides a motorcycle.
* BattleAura: Used in the figurative sense, but still described as an aura by characters in-universe.
* BigBadWannabe: Yuuya Morisawa, the MMA club captain, a villainous individual who makes a big deal of the advantages his versatile fighting style gives over purebred karateka. However, when he fights Ibuki, [[CurbStompBattle he goes down like a punk]], and Ibuki's student is quick to point out that while Ibuki practices his art at an elite level, Morisawa's skills are distinctly half-assed.
* BloodKnight: Mutou, front and center. Kevin Norton is the tyrant of the underground fighting ring at the American military installation in Okinawa, and Aniya Souhachi, like Netero of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', finds himself hard up for a real fight since he became revered as an OldMaster.
* BloodLust: Kevin tastes Kohinata's blood during their match in the underground fighting ring.
-->'''Kevin:''' Delicious flavor...LET ME DRINK MORE!
* BlushSticker: Ibuki's student Shingo, in contrast with her [[LittleProfessorDialog manner of speech]].
* BrutalHonesty: When Minoru is worried that his senior Ibuki Kengo hates him...
-->'''Mutou:''' There's no doubt that he hates you. But before, far from hating you, he didn't think anything about you at all, so this is a step forward.
* ButtMonkey: Hayama Kentarou, the weakest and all around lamest member of the Second Karate Club. Later this role is [[spoiler:passed to Pedro and Kaoru (although it didn't keep him from being a badass) as Hayama TookALevelInBadass along with Minoru by turning into a great karateka, fighting in tournaments and getting Rika as his LoveInterest]].
* CastOfSnowflakes: Even unnamed bit part characters are always totally distinct in their appearances.
* CasualtyInTheRing: [[spoiler:Ibuki Kengo's older brother Satoru died three years ago from his injuries fighting the Muay Thai genius Samart Sirinto in a match.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hiroki, the bumbling Captain. He spends dozens of volumes in the shadows and suffering {{Running Gag}}s diarrhea, then [[spoiler:GenreShift and ArtEvolution kicks in, and boy does he change, or rather he starts to show why he is the Club's Captain. by the 40th Volume he is considered as much a menace in the ring as ''Mutou''. No wonder he got Nozomi as his LoveInterest]].
* CurbStompBattle: Lots, particularly when Mutou gets involved.
* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Ibuki's character has changed since the death of his ''older brother'' in the ring three years ago.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Takenaka, the high schooler Minoru defeats in his belt test, goes from condescending to instant fan.
* DepravedHomosexual: Pedro
* EyesAlwaysShut: Minami Hiroki, the club captain.
* FeelNoPain: Kevin Norton, thanks to his usage of PCP. In the end, his overuse of drugs hurts him even more than the blows he takes in the ring.
* GenreShift: In the series' ''long'' run, the setting changes a bit, Karate becomes less prominent as fighting leagues and tournaments take over as the focus of the manga. This is because Minoru [[spoiler:develops into a well rounded karateka and black belt quite fast]], so the plot introduces the MMA aspect to pit him and his friends against other fighters of different upbringings. Also the comedy gets sligthly dialed down.
* {{Gonk}}: Hayama [[spoiler:at first, then CharacterDevelopment and ArtEvolution kicks in, and he becomes noticeably average looking]], and most of the students at Musashino Budou University, Reinan's rival school.
* GroinAttack: Mutou has a propensity for these, both in real fights and in competitions where it's not allowed; he has at least two losses in competition due to disqualification because of this.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Ibuki doesn't want his juniors to know he's good with kids and teaches an elementary school karate class.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: Ibuki, when he saves Nana from sexual assault by the MMA club captain.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mutou. He can be a good friend to have on your side occasionally, but for the most part your life will be easier not knowing him at all.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ibuki is generally an ass to his juniors when he acknowledges them at all, but is nice to children. [[spoiler: he had a more easygoing character before his brother died.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: Kaoru Hamada. He was dangerous when introduced, but when [[spoiler:he joins Minoru volumes later, Kaoru becomes a ButtMonkey, finding himself in embarrassing situations quite often. Then he gets into the ring and shows why he was the Koudan National light weight champion for three times in a row]].
* KarmaHoudini: Pedro Barbossa is a sex criminal who's raped countless men and shows no sign of repentance, and his only comeuppance is to end up in the Second Karate Club as the member who [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg none of the others particularly like or care about]]. Minami didn't know about his history when he let him into the club and allowed him to room with Minoru and Hayama, but he [[WhatTheHellHero didn't do anything when he found out]], and Minoru and Hayama are justifiably terrified of having to live with him.
* KickChick: Haruka, the Tae Kwon Do team captain.
* LoveLetterLunacy: When Kasumi Saizou thinks Minami is two-timing (or three or four timing) his sister Akiko, he writes a false letter to lure him out. Minami has never met his sister, and was talking about a different Akiko, while the member of the karate club that Akiko really likes is Minoru, who Saizou tried to make his accomplice.
* {{Meganekko}}: Akiko Takakura, of the naginata club. She's much more dangerous with her glasses ''off'', since she loses the ability to control her strikes.
* MightyGlacier: An unusal lightweight example; Kaburagi Ryu lightweight championship contender Teranishi has overwhelming resilience and striking power, but lousy footwork and mobility.
* MushroomSamba: Minami's "enlightenment" during his training in the mountains is the result of this, coming to him in a poison-addled delusion. [[spoiler:However, his performance in the opening rounds of the Kaburagi Ryu Openweight Nationals suggest he [[TookALevelInBadass might not be so delusional after all]].]]
* NightmareFace: Kevin Norton. He's a bit weird looking to begin with, but [[GameFace hopped up on PCP in the underground fighting ring]], he looks positively inhuman.
* {{Ninja}}: Kasumi Saizou, member of an old ninja family and last remaining member of the school's Ninjutsu Club.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Akamine Rika is afraid of this, thanks to an offhand remark Mutou made years ago. Considering that his girlfriend is possibly the most formidable female martial artist on a campus full of martial artists, he probably didn't mean it seriously.
* NoLovesIntersect: In the long run, every single main character gets a LoveInterest, [[http://shopimg.kongfz.com/20100429/6239/201004/6239Wb5vKn_n.jpg the girls]] are introduced in the very first ten Volumes (some are main characters themselves), none have competition and they were quite obvious even before becoming OfficialCouple, they only needed some development then and there after in between the fights and tournaments. To point it out, it goes like this: [[spoiler:Minoru/Misaki, Ryuuji/Haruka, Hayama&Rika, Hiroki/Nozomi, Seiji/Akiko. All of them are solid, zero competition to even start a possible LoveTriangle or break-up]].
* PressurePoint: A realistic portrayal of these, when Aniya Souhachi stuns Pedro by applying pressure to the points under his ears at the base of his jaw, before [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty transitioning into an eye gouge]].
* RapeAsComedy: Pedro starts as a flat out villain, but once he's inducted into the club, his crimes are brushed under the rug, and his intentions towards Minoru are occasionally PlayedForLaughs.
* SignatureMove: The domawashi (full body rolling kick) for Minoru, and elbow strikes for Mutou.
* TapOnTheHead: Kasumi Saizou uses the "neck chop" variety on Nana at one point.
* TearsOfFear: Minoru in his first run in with Pedro, and later again in the face of Kevin Norton's drug fueled bloodlust.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Akamine Kazutora, the Reinan OB who runs the Okinawan training camp, and his deceased wife, who was much taller than he was and described as having the build of a pro wrestler (the picture of her wearing a championship belt suggests she really was one).
* TrainingFromHell: The Okinawan training camp is explicitly described as this.
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