History Manga / KenichiTheMightiestDisciple

Kenichi Shirahama is a wimp. Even the ''geeks'' pick on him. That all changes when he meets Miu Fūrinji after entering high school. Miu, eager to make friends, gladly helps Kenichi with his desire to become stronger. She introduces him to Ryōzanpaku, a dojo which houses some of the most powerful martial artists known to man. Though Kenichi only sought guidance to stop being bullied, his rapidly growing prowess attracts the attention of bigger and badder foes that he has to fight... if he doesn't get pummeled through the floor tiles during training first.

** There is another similarity with the TropeNamer (''Star Wars'') in the fact that Hayato gives Kenichi [[spoiler: the arm guards that belonged to Miu's father without telling him the bitter truth about the former owner, which resembles Obi-Wan's giving Anakin's lightsaber to Luke.]]

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Kenichi actually tries to outcrazy ''[[CrazyAwesome Siegfried]]'' of all people. [[spoiler: It... helps, sort of, but it ultimately isn't what leads to Kenichi's victory.]]

* MKWalker - [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v28/c257/13.html this]] certainly looks like it

--> '''Hermit''': "Do you know why martial arts can be passed down from thousands of years ago to now? It's because in the
--> world of martial arts..."

--> ''Hermit'': "Of course, one hundred parts of hard work may not overcome one part of gifted talent..."

--> ''Hermit'': "Then how about a ''thousand'' parts of hard work? What if it was ''ten thousand'' parts?"

--> ''Hermit'': "Do you know why martial arts can be passed down from thousands of years ago to now? It's because in the

--> ''Hermit'': "Hard work will overcome talent!"

** Mikumo is the most fitting, having both been mistaken for several decades younger and going by the code name Biwitching Fist.

* HotAmazon - Again, every female fighter.
** Or, arguably, averted. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/v25/c225/7.html This lady]] is the ''only'' female drawn with visible biceps in the ''entire series''. Every other female, regardless of how BadAss, is [[{{Bishoujo}} pretty]] and busty.
*** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/history_s_strongest_disciple_kenichi/c127/11.html Freya]] is probably the best example in the series. While she doesn't show much visible bicep, she has been seen doing bicep curls with pretty huge dumbells, and she's probably got the most ripped abdomen of any woman in the series so far.

* TeamPet - Touchumaru, Shigure's mouse.
* {{Tearjerker}} "You can have the manjuu in the fridge."
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Agaard and Apachai apparently have had a mutual understanding of this for a while.

* ChekhovsGunman: Radin Tidat Jihan[[spoiler:'s maid, Sham. Introduced in chapters 181 + 182 with an {{Omake}} in 188, she reappears in chapter 452 following Kenichi and Sakaki.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Radin Tidat Jihan[[spoiler:'s servant girl. Introduced in chapters 181 + 182 with an {{Omake}} in 188, she reappears in chapter 452 following Kenichi and Sakaki.]]

[[caption-width-right:346:[-These six masters will pound everything they know into Kenichi. Yes, literally.-] ]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Radin Tidat Jihan[[spoiler:'s servant girl. Introduced in chapter 181 + 182 with an {{Omake}} in 188, she reappears in chapter 452 following Kenichi and Sakaki.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Radin Tidat Jihan[[spoiler:'s servant girl. Introduced in chapter 181 + 182 with an {{Omake}} in 188, she reappears in chapter 452.]]

* ChainmailBikini: {{Justified}} against the Kyouken no Izayo in chapter 388. While not completely striperrific, it let bare her stomach and part of her thighs in contrast with her male counterpart in full body armor. But then it [[FridgeBrilliance shows that she relied in extremely fast movements, acrobatics and SuperReflexes which a full body armor would have seriously slowed her down to the point of being suicidal against a Master level]]. She still lost, but it was because Ma was far faster and an expert in armor destruction.

A retool of Tatakae! Ryouzanpaku Shijou Saikyou no Deshi or Ryozanpaku History's Strongest Disciple released as a monthly series back in 2000.

The manga has two spin offs a 4-koma gag manga Tekuni to Shijou Saikyou no Nakamatachi/ Tekuni and Her Strongest Friends in History, and a manga focusing on other characters in the universe Shijou Saikyou no Gaiden/History's Strongest Another Stories.

* LimitedAnimation - It's mediocre when compared to other studios' work. [[MotionlessChin Characters' chins do not move when they talk]], it is very inconsistent, and their facial features do not align where they should on their faces at some points. Hayato, who is probably 8 feet tall, is suddenly drawn as a literal giant, whose head is twice as large as another characters, simply when the gag calls for it. Sometimes, this is subverted, as there are also scenes that feature almost Disney-like squash and stretch!

* Wuxia - The series increasingly becomes this as time goes on, with the plots revolving around the schools and styles of martial artists and the personal conflicts of their masters passing onto their students, a common theme in wuxia stories. They even use the phrase "Underworld" once or twice, a loose translation of the word used to describe the private world of martial artists in wuxia stories.