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* BeYourself: While not told to be as free as possible, another lesson the heroes learn is to embrace their interests and not feel ashamed of them. Milton and Miki learn to be openly happy with their hobbies in a healthy way, Reiko decides to [[spoiler:embrace being a CosplayOtakuGirl]], and Gill decides that he wants to [[spoiler:wear women's clothing again]].
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''Peepo Choo'' is a satirical manga by Felipe Smith. It was one of the first manga series ever to be written and drawn by a mangaka from outside East Asia, but first published in Japanese by a Japanese publisher. It was first published in serial form in the magazine ''Morning Two'', and then in three collected volumes.
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''Peepo Choo'' is a satirical manga by Felipe Smith. It was It's notable for being one of the first manga series ever to be written and drawn by a mangaka from outside East Asia, but first published in Japanese by a Japanese publisher. It was first published in serial form serialized in the magazine ''Morning Two'', Two'' for its run, and then in three collected in three volumes.
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* AlphaBitch: Miki's classmates are particularly vicious ones
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* BeYourself:
* {{Eagleland}}: A solid Type II. The Americans we see in the series are rather dumpy, loud, and obnoxious to each other and to other people, while American men in particular are called out for wanting to have sex with Japanese women. American violence as represented by Gangsta culture and ''Brick Side'' gets a huge focus too: it's portrayed as fast, in-your-face, and disrespectful. Morimoto's transformation into a more thuggish criminal has a lot more emphasis on the American rudeness from other Yakuza
[[PlayingWithATrope However, that's not all there is to this trope--]] Milton starts off as this, but the narrative makes it clear that he's supposed to be sympathetic and he learns his behavior made others feel uncomfortable, ending the story a lot better adjusted. Gill is also respectful outside of his hitman job. On the flip side, the night life of Japan is shown to be quite boorish and shitty too, such as the drunk old men.
[[PlayingWithATrope However, that's not all there is to this trope--]] Milton starts off as this, but the narrative makes it clear that he's supposed to be sympathetic and he learns his behavior made others feel uncomfortable, ending the story a lot better adjusted. Gill is also respectful outside of his hitman job. On the flip side, the night life of Japan is shown to be quite boorish and shitty too, such as the drunk old men.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: A lot before the reveal of [[spoiler: ''Peepo Choo'' being unsuccessful in its home country]]:
** When Milton first goes to a Japanese convenience store, he says he can't find any magazines that mention the series. [[spoiler:While it isn't mentioned, the children's anthologies don't carry the supposedly kid friendly series either.]]
** Most of the people we meet in Japan don't recognize the Peepo Dance, with the exceptions of Miki, who's already shown to be into obscure interests, and a hobo, [[spoiler:who only knows about it by virtue of being its creator]].
** When Milton first goes to a Japanese convenience store, he says he can't find any magazines that mention the series. [[spoiler:While it isn't mentioned, the children's anthologies don't carry the supposedly kid friendly series either.]]
** Most of the people we meet in Japan don't recognize the Peepo Dance, with the exceptions of Miki, who's already shown to be into obscure interests, and a hobo, [[spoiler:who only knows about it by virtue of being its creator]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Reiko puts up a tough front to everyone after a string of people using her and making her feel unwelcome. Once peolle get to know her though, she gradually becomes nicer and more expressive once she expresses her real desires.
* TeensAreMonsters: Miki's classmates are particularly nasty bullies, first being introduced trying to force her to eat a tampon and bullying her for being an "ugly nerd". Jody isn't much better, and is pretty much Milton's personal buy until ghe end of the series.
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* SugarAndIcePersonality: Reiko puts up a tough front to everyone after a string of people using her and making her feel unwelcome. Once peolle get to know her though, she gradually becomes nicer and more expressive once she expresses her real desires.
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* GrossOutShow: Comical erections, piss, blood and guts galore, it's nit a particularly nice series to read when eating.
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* GrossOutShow: Comical erections, piss, blood and guts galore, it's nit not a particularly nice series to read when eating.
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* CrazyHomelessPeople: the down-and-out who is [[spoiler: Ringo Plum]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: Gill, after Milton persuades him to stop worrying what other people think of him
* CreepyCrossdresser: Gill, after Milton persuades him to stop worrying what other people think of him
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* CrazyHomelessPeople: One of the recurring characters is a down-and-out who keeps trying to talk to Milton, and only succeeds near the end when he heads back to America. It turns out the guy is [[spoiler: Ringo Plum]]
Plum, the creator of ''Peepo Choo'', who became impoverished and vanished from the art scene for a decade when ''Peepo Choo'' became a commercial failure]].
* CreepyCrossdresser:Gill, after [[spoiler:Gill]] used to be one during his days in the military. After Milton persuades him to stop worrying what other people think of himhim, [[spoiler:he starts wearing his old outfit again in the climax, with a new wig and feminine mask. He also starts wearing more feminine clothing in regular life as well.]]
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* DarkestHour: Milton, after he realises just how little he knows about Japan and how different it is from his expectations.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first chapter establishes tjat Milton does all of Jody's work while Gill's not paying attention in order to score free figurines and merchandise from the comic book store. After the first few chapters, we never see Milton work again, with Jody doing a subpar job at best.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first chapter establishes tjat that Milton does all of Jody's work while Gill's not paying attention in order to score free figurines and merchandise from the comic book store. After the first few chapters, we never see Milton work again, with Jody doing a subpar job at best.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Morimoto, as revealed in the flashbacksflashbacks. See UsedToBeASweetKid below.
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* {{Gorn}}: any time Fate does his thing
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* {{Gorn}}: any Any time Fate does his thing
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*GrossOutShow
GrossOutShow: Comical erections, piss, blood and guts galore, it's nit a particularly nice series to read when eating.
* HeroicBSOD: Milton has one near the climax of the story, after he realises just how little he knows about Japan and how different it is from his expectations,on top of learning that [[spoiler:his favorite anime failed in Japan and he's been making a fool of himself]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Milton has one near the climax of the story, after he realises just how little he knows about Japan and how different it is from his expectations,on top of learning that [[spoiler:his favorite anime failed in Japan and he's been making a fool of himself]].
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* JerkAss: Jody, for most of the first volume
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* KnifeNut: Fate
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* MistakenForGay: Jody turns out to look like CampGay comedian "Beauty Judy". He's not happy.
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* MistakenForGay: MistakenIdentity: Jody turns out to look like CampGay comedian "Beauty Judy". He's not happy.
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** Also happens in America with a kid who looks like and calls himself "[[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Kaneda]]". The boy is actually Mexican, but he lets the otakus think he's Japanese because he gets treated better that way.
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** Also happens in America with a kid who looks like and calls himself "[[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Kaneda]]". The boy is actually Mexican, but he lets the otakus anime nerds think he's Japanese because he gets treated better that way.
*MobWarMobWar: Gill's sublplot consists of him taking hits in Japan so he can start cleaning out well established crime families. On the side, Morimoto's reckless behavior almost causes chaos among the other groups.
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** Jody looks especially guilty for making fun of Milton after [[spoiler:they both learn ''Peepo Chuu'' was a failure in Japan and Milton punches him after he mocks him for it]].
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* ShowWithinAShow: Anime ''Peepo Choo'', and American [[GangBangers Gang Banger]] drama ''Brick Side''.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Anime Two of importance: the anime and manga ''Peepo Choo'', and the American [[GangBangers Gang Banger]] {{Gang Banger|s}} drama ''Brick Side''.
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* TranslationTrainWreck: [[spoiler: in reverse, with ''Peepo Choo'', which was deliberately incomprehensible in Japanese but translated to be a normal kids' show in English]]
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Invoked with ''[[spoiler: Peepo Choo]]''
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Invoked with ''[[spoiler: Peepo Choo]]''
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* TranslationTrainWreck: [[spoiler: in reverse, Inverted with ''Peepo Choo'', which was deliberately incomprehensible in Japanese but translated to be a normal kids' show in English]]
English.]]
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible:Invoked with ''[[spoiler: Peepo Choo]]''Invoked. [[spoiler:Plum told his future editor that he wanted ''Peepo Choo'' to be a mix of clashing themes. This ended up working against it, since the audience didn't know what to make of the manga before it got canned.]]
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible:
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Invoked with [[spoiler: ''Peepo Choo'']]
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* WidgetSeries: The titular show. The Japan comics publisher even
even invokes the trope, calling upon it as unique Japanese weirdness sweeping the nation. [[spoiler:In reality, it was weird even for Japan.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids:Invoked with Invoked. [[spoiler: ''Peepo Choo'']]Choo'' was an adaptation of a ''seinen'' manga, but when it got licensed in the States it was marketed as a children's show.]]
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* CasanovaWannabe: Jody likes to pretend to be more successful with the ladies than he is [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind to the American comics nerds that frequent the store]]. His luck at landjng actual ladies is even worse--none of them find his come-ons attractive and the only reason they give him the time of day is because he resembles Beauty Judy.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Jody likes to pretend to be more successful with the ladies than he is [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind to the American comics nerds that frequent the store]]. His luck at landjng landing actual ladies is even worse--none of them find his come-ons attractive and the only reason they give him the time of day is because he resembles Beauty Judy.
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* {{Irony}}: The greatest twist of all for ''Peepo Choo'' was in its success in America. [[spoiler:As a ''seinen'' manga and a break from Plum's norm of childrens' works, nobody understood it and it tanked horribly. However, when ''Peepo Choo'' was introduced to the States as a weird piece of children's media, it was a runaway success. Plum's one chance to break out from his shell turned out to be an extension of his regular work after all.]]
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* ElegantGothicLolita: both Reiko and Miki dress like this when they visit Akihabara
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Aniki]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first chapter establishes tjat Milton does all of Jody's work while Gill's not paying attention in order to score free figurines and merchandise from the comic book store. After the first few chapters, we never see Milton work again, with Jody doing a subpar job at best.
* ElegantGothicLolita: both Reiko and Miki dress like this when they visitAkihabara
Akihabara. [[spoiler:Reiko decides she wants to look like that for real.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Aniki]]Aniki, who survived getting shot and was brought to a hospital under everyone's noses.]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: both Reiko and Miki dress like this when they visit
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* QuestForSex: Why Jody even gets exited about going to Japan; he's a virgin desperate to stamp his card, and he heard from Miguel that he can get all the ladies he wants for free there. [[spoiler:He nearly succeeds after a long string of failures, but he gets interrupted by Gill masquerading as Fate.]]
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* QuestForSex: Why Jody even gets exited excited about going to Japan; he's a virgin desperate to stamp his card, and he heard from Miguel that he can get all the ladies he wants for free there. [[spoiler:He nearly succeeds after a long string of failures, but he gets interrupted by Gill masquerading as Fate.]]
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Milton and Miki become fast friends after their first meeting, due to both of them being short, dorky outcasts who love ''Peepo Choo''.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Milton learns that Japan isn't all that cracked up to be, Jody leaves demoralized, and Morimoto truly loses Aniki. However, the first two gain a healthier respect for the country, Milton's made some Japanese friends, he learns that his love for ''Peepo Choo'' isn't misplaced, and Plum makes an unexpected comeback into the comics scene after finding one person who ''did'' like his worst regarded work. And to Plum's credit, Japan really wasn't without fans of his series; it did gain an underground fanbase.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Milton learns that Japan isn't all that cracked up to be, Jody leaves demoralized, and Morimoto truly loses Aniki. However, the first two gain a healthier respect for the country, Milton's made some Japanese friends, he learns that his love for ''Peepo Choo'' isn't misplaced, and Plum makes an unexpected comeback into the comics scene after finding one person who ''did'' like his worst regarded work. And to Plum's credit, Japan really wasn't without fans of his series; it did gain an underground fanbase.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: When Miyamoto learns that [[spoiler:Aniki]], the one who started his life in crime and who he thought was more than just his friend, was the one arranging his assassinations he coldly shoots him down with the gun [[spoiler:Aniki]] gave him.
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* BrokenPedestal: When Miyamoto learns that [[spoiler:Aniki]], the one who started his life in crime and who he thought was more than just his friend, was the one arranging his assassinations he [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves coldly shoots him down down]] with the gun [[spoiler:Aniki]] gave him.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Jody likes to pretend to be more successful with the ladies than he is.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Jody likes to pretend to be more successful with the ladies than he is.is [[TheBlindLeadingTheBlind to the American comics nerds that frequent the store]]. His luck at landjng actual ladies is even worse--none of them find his come-ons attractive and the only reason they give him the time of day is because he resembles Beauty Judy.
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* LatexSpacesuit: what Reiko really wants to wear
* MissedHimByThatMuch: After all Milton did to find one person who loved ''Peepo Choo'' as much as he did, he kept missing an old hobo who carried the book with him and understood the gibberish. [[spoiler:Talk about missed opportunities though, since that hobo was Ringo Plum.]]
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** Jody looks especially guilty fkr making fun of Milton after [[spoiler:they both learn ''Peepo Chuu'' was a failure in Japan and Milton punches him after he mocks him for it]].
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* OocIsSeriousBusiness: Morimoto drops all the wannabe gangster bullshit when he [[spoiler:kills Aniki for betraying him]].
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* OocIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Morimoto drops all the wannabe gangster bullshit when he [[spoiler:kills Aniki for betraying him]].him, and briefly before that when he [[EtTuBrute gets shot by him]]]].
* QuestForSex: Why Jody even gets exited about going to Japan; he's a virgin desperate to stamp his card, and he heard from Miguel that he can get all the ladies he wants for free there. [[spoiler:He nearly succeeds after a long string of failures, but he gets interrupted by Gill masquerading as Fate.]]
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* ScaryBlackMan: Miguel - huge, gratuitously violent, and African-America.
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* ScaryBlackMan: Miguel - Miguel-- huge, gratuitously violent, and African-America.African-American.
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* SequelHook / TheStinger: [[spoiler: Reiko and Morimoto go are on their own international journeys to Chicago]]Chicago in the after credits short comic.]]
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* SociopathicSoldier: Miguel (and Gill in the past)past).
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* TattooedCrook: Inevitable when you have Yakuza.
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* TattooedCrook: Inevitable when you have Yakuza. Jody also has one, but it's an EmbarrassingTattoo of a ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' filly. [[spoiler:This trope nearly applies to him due to him unknowingly throwing his hat in with Morimoto's gang.]]
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* {{Tsundere}}: Reiko
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Morimoto was once a somewhat regular guy who loved his girlfriend before being brought into a life of crime. Come present day, he’s now a wannabe gangster who regularly sleeps with a variety of girls in front of his ‘girlfriend’ who he treats little better than a waitress and is a proud killer.
* WidgetSeries:
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Morimoto was once a somewhat regular guy who loved his girlfriend before being brought into a life of crime. Come present day, he’s now a wannabe gangster who regularly sleeps with a variety of girls in front of his ‘girlfriend’ who he treats little better than a waitress and is a proud killer.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Reiko
SugarAndIcePersonality: Reiko puts up a tough front to everyone after a string of people using her and making her feel unwelcome. Once peolle get to know her though, she gradually becomes nicer and more expressive once she expresses her real desires.
* UncertainAudience: [[spoiler:The ultimate cause of ''Peepo Choo's'' downfall. Its mangaka, Ringo Plum, was a famous and beloved children's book author that decided to publish the manga under an older label. However, the cutesy visuals didn't grab anybody, the nonsense was too offputting, and the ToiletHumor and violence (usually solved by a HappyDance) didn't suit Japanese tastes. In the end, after three years, the manga drove both Plum and his editor into ruin.]][[invoked]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Morimoto was once a somewhat regular guy who loved his girlfriend Mitsuko before being brought into a life of crime. Come present day, he’s now a wannabe gangster who regularly sleeps with a variety of girls in front of his ‘girlfriend’ who he treats little better than awaitress waitress, and is a proud killer.
* WidgetSeries: The titular show. The Japan comics publisher even
* UncertainAudience: [[spoiler:The ultimate cause of ''Peepo Choo's'' downfall. Its mangaka, Ringo Plum, was a famous and beloved children's book author that decided to publish the manga under an older label. However, the cutesy visuals didn't grab anybody, the nonsense was too offputting, and the ToiletHumor and violence (usually solved by a HappyDance) didn't suit Japanese tastes. In the end, after three years, the manga drove both Plum and his editor into ruin.]][[invoked]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Morimoto was once a somewhat regular guy who loved his girlfriend Mitsuko before being brought into a life of crime. Come present day, he’s now a wannabe gangster who regularly sleeps with a variety of girls in front of his ‘girlfriend’ who he treats little better than a
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* MistakenNationality: A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the Brooklyn. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their advantage.
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** A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the Brooklyn. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to theiradvantage.advantage.
** Also happens in America with a kid who looks like and calls himself "[[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Kaneda]]". The boy is actually Mexican, but he lets the otakus think he's Japanese because he gets treated better that way.
** A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the Brooklyn. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aniki feels personally responsible for Morimoto’s behavior, which he actively encouraged during his early years as a member of the family. Because of this, Morimoto has become a detriment to the family.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Aniki feels personally responsible for Morimoto’s behavior, which he actively encouraged during his early years as a member of the family. Because of this, Morimoto has become a detriment to thefamily.family.
** Jody looks especially guilty fkr making fun of Milton after [[spoiler:they both learn ''Peepo Chuu'' was a failure in Japan and Milton punches him after he mocks him for it]].
** Aniki feels personally responsible for Morimoto’s behavior, which he actively encouraged during his early years as a member of the family. Because of this, Morimoto has become a detriment to the
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: ReikoReiko. The men she knows only like her for her body, the foreign guys moreso than others, but the women don't want her around because they think she might steal their men.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Invoked with ''[[spoiler: Peepo Choo]]''
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* BuxomIsBetter: This is everyone else's attitude to Rieko, although she doesn't enjoy it too much.
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* BuxomIsBetter: This is everyone else's attitude to Rieko, although [[DCupDistress she doesn't enjoy it too much.much]].
* CentralTheme: Cultral misconceptions. Milton is under the impression that Japan is unilaterally accepting of anime and manga and just as easily understand why an American kid would like ''Peepo Choo'', while Jody goes on the "trip" thinking he'll get an easy lay with Japanese girls. Reiko thinks American men are are horndogs from the cradle to the grave, and Morimoto is a full believer of the gangsta lifestyle. They even go through some body image stereotypes as well, like Milton thinking Japanese girls were supposed to be small and cute. As the story shows, while there is some truth to some of these claims, it obviously isn't the whole of either country, and they can't expect it to be that way.
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* ContemptibleCover: volume 1 of the collected editions, with its focus on Reiko's bosom.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Reiko, secretly
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* ContemptibleCover: volume Volume 1 of the collected editions, with its focus on Reiko's bosom.
* CosplayOtakuGirl:Reiko, secretly[[spoiler:Reiko, secretly. Her first modelling job was for a sci-fi themed series, and she ended up having her best modelling memories from that. She eventually goes all in after her visit to Harajuku.]]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[spoiler: Invoked in-story with both ''Peepo Choo'', a DerangedAnimation anime that is despised in Japan but got redubbed in the USA as an orthodox kids' show, and ''Brick Side'', a dreadful American GangBanger drama that is adored by Morimoto.]]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[spoiler: Invoked in-story with both ''Peepo Choo'', a DerangedAnimation anime that is despised in Japan but got redubbed in the USA as an orthodox kids' show, and ''Brick Side'', a dreadful American GangBanger drama HoodFilm that is adored by Morimoto.]]
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* MistakenNationality: A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the USA. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their advantage.
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* MistakenNationality: A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the USA.Brooklyn. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their advantage.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aniki feels personally responsible for Morimoto’s behavior, which he actively encouraged during his early years as a member of the family. Because of this, Morimoto has become a detriment to the family.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Morimoto was once a somewhat regular guy who loved his girlfriend before being brought into a life of crime. Come present day, he’s now a wannabe gangster who regularly sleeps with a variety of girls in front of his ‘girlfriend’ who he treats little better than a waitress and is a proud killer.
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* BrokenPedestal: When Miyamoto learns that [[spoiler:Aniki]], the one who started his life in crime and who he thought was more than just his friend, was the one arranging his assassinations he coldly shoots him down with the gun [[spoiler:Aniki]] gave him.
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* FakeNationality: A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the USA. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their advantage.
* MistakenNationality: A Norwegian and a Kenyan operate a clothing shop that specializes in “American” attire while pretending to be from the USA. They aren’t exactly hot on the business practice and outright say they don’t even like Americans, but everyone in Japan assumes that they as foreigners are from America so they might as well use it to their advantage.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gill develops a bad case of this for Morimoto
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gill develops a bad case of this for Morimoto
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* OocIsSeriousBusiness: Morimoto drops all the wannabe gangster bullshit when he [[spoiler:kills Aniki for betraying him]].
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* [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Pretty Fly For A Japanese Guy]]:MorimotoMorimoto.
* OocIsSeriousBusiness: Morimoto drops all the wannabe gangster bullshit when he [[spoiler:kills Aniki for betraying him]].
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* FanserviceModel: Reiko is a gravure idol.
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* TakeThat: The money-grubbing American manga publisher and their boss are a venomous (but not unjustified) caricature of Creator/{{Tokyopop}} and their founder Stu Levy.
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* AuthorFilibuster / CharacterFilibuster: Reiko's explanations of what Japan is really like stray into this
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[spoiler: Invoked in-story with both ''Peepo Choo'' and ''Brick Side'']]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[spoiler: Invoked in-story with both ''Peepo Choo'' Choo'', a DerangedAnimation anime that is despised in Japan but got redubbed in the USA as an orthodox kids' show, and ''Brick Side'']]Side'', a dreadful American GangBanger drama that is adored by Morimoto.]]
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* AxCrazy: Morimoto and Gill
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BuxomIsBetter: This is everyone else's attitude to Rieko, although she doesn't enjoy it too much.
* CasanovaWannabe:JodyJody likes to pretend to be more successful with the ladies than he is.
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The series is a [[BlackComedy rude and ultraviolent satire]] on US-Japanese mutual cultural misunderstanding. [[BlackAndNerdy African-American otaku]] Milton is a crazed fan of the anime and manga series ''Peepo Choo'', and is wildly overjoyed when he wins a trip to Japan in a raffle at his local comic shop, believing that the country is nerd heaven. His boss at the comic shop, Jody, despises Milton but hopes that Milton's command of Japanese will help him get laid by [[MeLoveYouLongTime hot Japanese girls]]. What neither of them know is that the whole trip is an excuse for their boss Gill, who has a secret life as international hitman and unstoppable killing machine "Fate", to do a hit.
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The series is a [[BlackComedy rude and ultraviolent satire]] on US-Japanese mutual cultural misunderstanding. [[BlackAndNerdy African-American otaku]] Milton is a crazed fan of the anime and manga series ''Peepo Choo'', and is wildly overjoyed when he wins a trip to Japan in a raffle at his local comic shop, believing that the country is nerd heaven. His boss at the comic shop, Jody, despises Milton but hopes that Milton's command of Japanese will help him get laid by [[MeLoveYouLongTime hot Japanese girls]].girls. What neither of them know is that the whole trip is an excuse for their boss Gill, who has a secret life as international hitman and unstoppable killing machine "Fate", to do a hit.
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* DroppedABridgetOnHim: Jody's encounter with a transsexual Beauty Judy fan.
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The series is a [[DeadBabyComedy rude and ultraviolent satire]] on US-Japanese mutual cultural misunderstanding. [[BlackAndNerdy African-American otaku]] Milton is a crazed fan of the anime and manga series ''Peepo Choo'', and is wildly overjoyed when he wins a trip to Japan in a raffle at his local comic shop, believing that the country is nerd heaven. His boss at the comic shop, Jody, despises Milton but hopes that Milton's command of Japanese will help him get laid by [[MeLoveYouLongTime hot Japanese girls]]. What neither of them know is that the whole trip is an excuse for their boss Gill, who has a secret life as international hitman and unstoppable killing machine "Fate", to do a hit.
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The series is a [[DeadBabyComedy [[BlackComedy rude and ultraviolent satire]] on US-Japanese mutual cultural misunderstanding. [[BlackAndNerdy African-American otaku]] Milton is a crazed fan of the anime and manga series ''Peepo Choo'', and is wildly overjoyed when he wins a trip to Japan in a raffle at his local comic shop, believing that the country is nerd heaven. His boss at the comic shop, Jody, despises Milton but hopes that Milton's command of Japanese will help him get laid by [[MeLoveYouLongTime hot Japanese girls]]. What neither of them know is that the whole trip is an excuse for their boss Gill, who has a secret life as international hitman and unstoppable killing machine "Fate", to do a hit.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[spoiler: Both ''Peepo Choo'' and ''Brick Side'']]
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* FandomRivalry: Invoked early on with a brawl in the comic store between superhero comic fans and manga fans, both of whom are equally ludicrous.
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* BlackComedyRape: Fate, especially the volume 2/3 cliffhanger.
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* RapeAsComedy: Fate, especially the volume 2/3 cliffhanger
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* TheLibby: Miki's classmates are particularly vicious ones
