History Manga / Kenji

* BloodBrothers:
** Tony Tan has one in America, named Tony Chen. Kenji becomes this to a number of people as he became a member of The Union.
** Kyotaro to Yi Shunyu, a farmer and Bajiquan practitioner. Later their respective grandsons, Kenji and Daniu, as well.

* BloodBrothers: Tony Tan has one in America, named Tony Chen. Kenji becomes this to a number of people as he became a member of The Union.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The film director in the Hong Kong arc is probably the greatest example. He looks like a run-the-mill film director at first, but when his stuntmen started to riot and attacked bystanders (Kenji and co.), ''he singlehandedly subdued all of them with the help of a staff''.

* EntitledBastard: When Kenji and Daizu went to Chuzu An to see the Monk Wulei’s secret training. When caught they ran away so they wouldn’t get in trouble. Then when he caught up to them Daizu attacked him so he wouldn’t be expelled from the temple. Wulei himself put it best
--> '''Wulei''': ''You entered a stranger’s house without permission and then attacked him for no reason. You guys are impolite''.

* InstantExpert: Rather subverted and lampshaded, even. Liu Yun-Chiang stated that he does not dump all of that he knows upon Kenji hoping that Kenji will be one of these; rather, he does it so Kenji can develop sufficient countermeasures in case he encounters a martial artist using that style.

* TheRival: The most prominent one is Tony Tan to Kenji. Kenji has several other, more friendly rivals.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Kenji's father is very tolerant to hijinks which tend to happen to Kenji. Kenji's teacher and school principal also let him study at their school after Tony Tan raided their school. To some extent, Union members and various elders whom Kenji meets in his Journey for accepting Kenji as one of their own and let him learn some of their arts.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Due to the translator for the Indonesian translation using a different Chinese dialect, Chinese names in the translation can be quite different from usual. For example, Li Shuwen is rendered as Lie Syo Bun in this translation.

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Hinted at by Zhan Ren Zhong. The old man revealed that he was once offered membership in a ''Hong Bang'' society and that Tony knew of him from the leader of that society in Singapore.

* WeaponOfChoice:

* WorldOfBadass: This trope, however, is played with at best if not outright subverted. Kenji met a lot of badasses, but he only did so because he was ''actively seeking them''. There are a few non-badass people too like Tony Chen, but their on-screen time are meager at best.
* BikerBabe: Akira eventually races bikes.

* CallingYourAttacks: Since Kenji constantly learns Kung-fu throughout the series, names of a particular move is often mentioned by the teacher as they are performed. Some opponents also do this while gloating.

** Subverted. Ma Dayuan and his friends rushed to dueling place of Kenji and Tony but when they arrived the duel is almost over. They are in time to save Kenji from drowning, though.

* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: Hinted at by Zhan Ren Zhong. The old man revealed that he was once offered membership in a ''Hong Bang'' society, and that Tony knew of him from the leader of that society in Singapore.

** The Yecha Wang gang is a crude form of a Triad. It fits the stereotype for run-the-mill Hong Kong-style gang, doesn't help that they had ''eight'' [[ArrogantKungfuGuy leaders]], each with massive ego.

* WaifFu: The manga explains that muscles don't always make the better martial artist. In fact, many strong martial artists (Li Shuwen, Su Yu-Ching, Kenji) are small, wiry guys.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Tankoubon 21 details the life of Li Shuwen and another practitioner of Bajiquan Wuzhong.

* UsefulNotes/CulturalRevolution: Stated to be the event that drives most of the Chinese Mainland martial artists into hiding.
* CurbstompBattle: Tony Tan loves this, but [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kenji/v20/c002/14.html this is his biggest.]]
** Daoniu's father vs. mysterious man who use body slam. Daoniu's father who only learned martial art for a short time didn't have a chance.

* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: Again, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kenji/v19/c007/16.html that scene]]. Although it was subverted that everyone in the scene is likely to have been taught martial arts at one time or another.

* {{Wuxia}}: As close as a modern counterpart can get.
* YakuzaPrincess: Akira is essentially one.

* BoringInvincibleHero: Averted. Kenji takes a beating more than once throughout the series.

* {{Expy}}: Junko reminds a lot of [[Franchise/DragonBall Chi Chi]] given that she wants her son to get into a good school and is exasperated by the fact that all he seems to think about is kungfu

** Tony Tan was separated from his parents when he was small because of war in South East Asia. Later he arrived in Singapore by ship and lives without any relative. Zhang Ren-zhong even hinted he was a nice kid but turn into Jerkass because of his harsh life.

* NamesTheSame: Akira shares the phonetically-exact name (although most likely with different Kanji) to VideoGame/RivalSchools' Akira, Akira Kazama.

[[spoiler:* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Wukong was killed by his subordinates who oppose the disbandment of Yasha Wang and return to right path.]]

* MartialArtsDoNotWorkThatWay: Largely averted. Ryuchi Matsuda is a martial artist and he describes all the martial arts in this manga with staggering detail. Some people in the mangafox forums are quick to point a few of Matsuda's shortcomings however.

* OnlyKnownByNickname: Yin Dongxian aka Daniu (big cow).

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Kenji's father is very tolerant to hijinks happen to Kenji. Kenji's teacher and school principal also let him study at their school after Tony Tan raided their school. To some extent, Union members and various elders whom Kenji meets in his Journey for accepting Kenji as one of their own and let him learn some of their arts.

* CavalryAlwaysComeLate:

* CuriousityKilledTheCast: Kenji and Inoue strolled and peeked at people who trains kungfu there even when strictly prohibited. This earned Kenji rivalry with Tony Tan and in which Kenji almost get expelled (from a delinquent school) and later, almost lost his life at Volume 20.

* CuriousityKilledTheCat: Kenji and Inoue strolled and peeked at people who trains kungfu there even when strictly prohibited. This earned Kenji rivalry with Tony Tan and in which Kenji almost get expelled (from a delinquent school) and later, almost lost his life at Volume 20.

* CuriousityKillsTheCat: Kenji and Inoue strolled and peeked at people who trains kungfu there even when strictly prohibited. This earned Kenji rivalry with Tony Tan and in which Kenji almost get expelled (from a delinquent school) and later, almost lost his life at Volume 20.

** Subverted with Ma Dayuan again. He rushed to village where Tony used to stay but Tony have already gone when he arrived. If he wins, Tony's bad deeds will end. Yet if he loses, he will be one of Tony's victims.

** [[spoiler:Grandpa Li Zhangdian]] turned out to be an expert martial artist. His ancestor has wisdom to not let others know if one practice martial arts. Combined with BigEgoHiddenDepth because [[spoiler: he took credit of winning duel against Zhang Mengyan.]]

** Tony Tan to Johnny in HK.