History Manga / MrArashisAmazingFreakShow

* FlowerMotifs: The original Japanese title "Carmelia Girl" comes from a Japanese kamishibai play, where a young flower seller ends up singing in a revue show to pay her father's debt. The kamishibai play has a much happier ending; [[spoiler: not only does the girl's father come back, but she made enough money to pay off the debt]].

* PublicDomainCharacter: The story is actually just one of many variations of the stock character of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shojo_tsubaki The Carmelia Girl]]", where the girl is sold into the circus by her parents and suffers all sorts of inconveniences there.

* AdaptationNAmeChange: In the 2016 live action film, Midori says her last name is Hanamura.

* RetroUniverse: The live action film. One example, despite being set in the Taisho period, the freaks main mode of transportation is a modern van, among other things.

** He does fetishise Midori on stage, but doesn't do it off stage. Assumingly, this is for the show.

* LighterAndSofter: The 2016 movie; justified as it is meant for a more mainstream audience than the source material. Midori isn't abused constantly (or fetishised on stage) and seems to be just their chore girl and is mostly left alone, the puppy stomping isn't shown on camera, and [[ spoiler: Midori gets to be an actress like she wanted.]]

* FlowerMotifs: The original Japanese title "Carmelia Girl" comes from a Japanese kamishibai play, where a young flower seller ends up singing in a revue show to pay her father's debt. The kamishibai play has a much happier ending; [[ spoiler: not only does the girl's father come back, but she made enough money to pay off the debt ]].

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: The boy-girl, one of the members of the troupe.

* TwentiessBobHaircut: Midori has one typical of school girls at the time

* 20sBobHaircut: Midori has one typical of school girls at the time

* LigterAndSofter: The 2016 movie; justified as it is meant for a more mainstream audience. Midori isn't abused constantly (or fetishised on stage) and seems to be just their chore girl and is mostly left alone, the puppy stomping isn't shown on camera, and [[ spoiler: Midori gets to be an actress like she wanted.]]

* FlowerMotifs: The original Japanese title "Carmelia Girl" comes from a Japanese nursery rhyme, which Midori sings at the onset.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: the 2016 film ends with Midori asking the midget to give her his powers, which he agrees, but he drops dead in front of her before this can happen. She begins to hallucinate the freaks laughing at her and her attacking them like the source material and memories leave her body in bubbles before she exclaims "Weird!" alone in a white room. Midori then uses her new powers, apparently from the midget, to end the movie.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: the 2016 film ends with Midori asking the midget to give her his powers, which he agrees, but he drops dead in front of her before this can happen. She begins to hallucinate the freaks laughing at her and her attacking them like the source material and memories leave her body in bubbles before she exclaims 'Weird!'alone in a white room. Midori then uses her new powers, apparently from the midget, to end the movie.]]

* PetTheDog: Everyone has their kinder moments in the 2016 film, especially the Snake Woman

* RetroUniverse: The live action film. One example, despite being set in theTaisho period, the freaks main mode of transportation is a modern van

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: the 2016 film ends with Midori asking the midget to give her his powers, which he agrees, but he drops dead in front of her before this can happen. He begins to hallucinate the freaks laughing at her and her attacking them like the source material and memories leave her body before she exclaims 'Weird!' Midori then uses her new powers, apparently from the midget, to end the movie.]]

* PublicDomainCharacter: The story is actually just one of many variations of the stock character of "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo_Tsubaki The Carmelia Girl]]", where the girl is sold into the circus by her parents and suffers all sorts of inconveniences there.

''Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show'' is Creator/SuehiroMaruo's most famous manga, and the work that has cemented his reputation in the west. A crude but very faithful animated adaptation has been made through the effort of one single person: Hiroshi Harada. 2016 saw to a live-action movie adaption of the story, combining real-life footage with the grotesque and surreal designs of the original manga and cartoon.

* PublicDomainCharacter: The story is actually just one of many variations of the story of "The Carmelia Girl", where the girl is sold into the circus by her parents and suffers all sorts of inconviences there.

''Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show'' is Creator/SuehiroMaruo's most famous manga, and the work that has cemented his reputation in the west. A crude but very faithful animated adaptation has been made through the effort of one single person: Hiroshi Harada. 2016 saw to a live-action movie adaption of the story, combining real-life footage with the grotesque and surreal designs of the original manga

''Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show'' is Creator/SuehiroMaruo's most famous manga, and the work that has cemented his reputation in the west. A crude but very faithful animated adaptation has been made through the effort of one single person: Hiroshi Harada.

* ArtShift: Midori's fever dream is partly rendered in a rounded, simplistic style common in girl mangas.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Midori and the midget leave the freak show for good. But he is later stabbed to death by the hermaphrodite (who had walked away from the troupe while the other members were waving Midori goodbye) when he went looking for food. An anguished Midori searches for the midget, but when she cannot find him, she believes he abandoned her. She then has a vision of the members of the freak show and the midget laughing at her. This proves to be the last straw for her and she has a vision of herself killing them. She is then left completely alone and despairing, cryong all alone. The End.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Midori and the midget leave the freak show for good. But he is later stabbed to death by a thief when he went looking for food. An anguished Midori searches him, but when she cannot find him, she believes he abandoned her. She then has a vision of the members of the freak show and the midget laughing at him. This makes her snap as she tries to kill them in a fit of rage. She is then left completely alone and despairing and it is implied she commits suicide afterwards.]]

* YankTheDogsChain

* ArtShift -- Midori's fever dream is partly rendered in a rounded, simplistic style common in girl mangas.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents -- the notorious chicken scene.
* BreakTheCutie.
* CircusOfFear -- especially when the midget illusionist is angry...
* DownerEnding -- [[spoiler: Midori and the midget leave the freak show for good. But he is later stabbed to death by a thief when he went looking for food. An anguished Midori searches him, but when she cannot find him, she believes he abandoned her. She then has a vision of the members of the freak show and the midget laughing at him. This makes her snap as she tries to kill them in a fit of rage. She is then left completely alone and despairing and it is implied she commits suicide afterwards.]]
* EyeScream -- this is by Creator/SuehiroMaruo, after all.
* FlowerMotifs -- the original Japanese title "Carmelia Girl" comes from a Japanese nursery rhyme, which Midori sings at the onset.
* {{Gorn}} -- it is actually quite tame by the standard of Creator/SuehiroMaruo.
* {{Hermaphrodite}} -- the boy-girl, one of the members of the troupe.
* HopeSpot -- there are two: the first is when a talent scout seeks out Midori; the second when she and the midget leaves the freak show for good.
* InnocentFlowerGirl -- Midori ''almost'' qualifies, if not for the thing she does to Mr. Arashi.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold -- the Snake Woman is cruel to Midori, but when other members want to lay hands on Midori, she stands out for her. Indeed, most people in the troupe are not irredeemably evil; their hearts are merely hardened by the harsh circumstances.
* KickTheDog -- literally: not only kicked, but stepped on and [[EatTheDog cooked]].
* MasterOfIllusion -- Masamitsu the midget.
* ParentalAbandonment -- Midori's father has walked out of the family long before the story starts.
* RapeAsDrama.
* VomitIndiscretionShot.
* YankTheDogsChain -- and how.

''Mr. Arashi's Amazing Freak Show'' is SuehiroMaruo's most famous manga, and the work that has cemented his reputation in the west. A crude but very faithful animated adaptation has been made through the effort of one single person: Hiroshi Harada.

* EyeScream -- this is by SuehiroMaruo, after all.

* {{Gorn}} -- it is actually quite tame by the standard of SuehiroMaruo.

Midori, a little girl from a run-down family, sells paper flowers in the streets. She wishes that if she makes enough money, she can perhaps join her classmates in the school picnic. Late one night, she returns home to find her ailing mother dead -- what's more, [[{{Squick}} rats are gnawing at her private parts.]] With no one to turn to, she tries the address one customer gave her -- and comes to a seedy freak show run by a money-hungry Mr. Arashi. Midori is degraded, brutalised, and forced to perform fetishistic acts on stage, until a midget illusionist comes along and takes Midori under his wings. Will Midori at last find true love and happiness? ... Well, what kind of story you think you're reading, my friend?

* BannedInChina -- the animated film adaptation, ''Midori'', is banned in Japan, and the master reels were confiscated.

* DownerEnding.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

* VomitIndiscretionShot.

Midori, a little girl from a run-down family, sells paper flowers in the streets. She wishes that if she makes enough money, she can perhaps join her classmates in the school picnic. Late one night, she returns home to find her ailing mother dead -- what's more, [[{{Squick}} rats are gnawing at her private parts.]] With no one to turn to, She tries the address one customer gave her -- and comes to a seedy freak show run by a money-hungry Mr. Arashi. Midori is degraded, brutalised, and forced to perform fetishistic acts on stage, until a midget illusionist comes along and takes Midori under his wings. Will Midori at last find true love and happiness? ... Well, what kind of story you think you're reading, my friend?