History Manga / SaitamaChainsawShoujo

* PoorCommunicationKills: Especially when you're trying to "communicate" your feelings ''via a friggin' chainsaw''. Fumio actually invokes this trope. Since everyone is ignoring her, and she's not that good at communicating to start with, the only way she can appropriately convey her point is to get her chainsaw out and let it do the talking[[note]]But [[Comicbook/Doom chainsaws are the great communicator]]! She must not be doing it right.[[/note]].

* PoorCommunicationKills: Especially when you're trying to "communicate" your feelings ''via a friggin' chainsaw''. Fumio actually invokes this trope. Since everyone is ignoring her, and she's not that good at communicating to start with, the only way she can appropriately convey her point is to get her chainsaw out and let it do the talking[[note]]But chainsaws are the great communicator! She must not be doing it right.[[/note]].

* [[spoiler:AndTheAdventureContinues]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The ClassRepresentative decides to confront the girl waving around a bloodied chainsaw... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint and make her take her shoes off]]. After all, the regulations [[AintNoRule say nothing about carving people to ribbons with a chainsaw]].

* [[CrazyPrepared Ax Crazy Prepared]]: For someone who's going on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chainsaw rampage]], Fumio actually prepares it extremely well to not leave Takumi any way to escape her (by jamming the locks on doors leading to alternate escape routes), and have enough time before the police busts in (By [[CellPhonesAreUseless disabling the local cell towers]] and [[CutPhoneLines cutting the land line]] so that nobody can call for help). Actually, even using a chainsaw is probably only a very pragmatic way to do it for her, since she is quite proficient in '''American Chainsaw-fu''', and able to kill ''very'' efficiently with it.

* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: Fumio.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Еspecially when you're trying to "communicate" your feelings ''via a friggin' chainsaw''. Fumio actually invokes this trope. Since everyone is ignoring her, and she's not that good at communicating to start with, the only way she can appropriately convey her point is to get her chainsaw out and let it do the talking[[note]]But chainsaws are the great communicator! She must not be doing it right.[[/note]].

* [[CrazyPrepared Ax Crazy Prepared]]: For someone who's going on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chainsaw rampage]], Fumio actually prepares it extremely well to not leave Takumi any way to escape her (by jamming the locks on doors leading to alternate escape routes), and have enough time before the police busts in (By [[CellPhonesAreUseless disabling the local cell towers]] and [[CutPhoneLines cutting the land line]] so that nobody can call for help). Actually, even using a chainsaw is probably only a very pragmatic way to do it for her, since she is quite proficient in '''American Chainsaw-fu''', and able to kill ''very'' efficiently with it.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Еspecially when you're trying to "communicate" your feelings ''via a friggin' chainsaw''. Fumio actually invokes this trope. Since everyone is ignoring her, and she's not that good at communicating to start with, the only way she can appropriately convey her point is to get her chainsaw out and let it do the talking[[hottip:*:But chainsaws are the great communicator! She must not be doing it right.]].

* WidgetSeries: Only Japan could make something like this[[hottip:*: and get away with it]].

* UncannyValleyGirl: The NewTransferStudent is pretty, popular, and steals Takumi's attention with seemingly no effort. Of course, [[spoiler:she's an alien]].

* [[CrazyPrepared Ax Crazy Prepared]]: For someone who's going on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chainsaw rampage]], Fumio actually prepares it extremely well to not leave Takumi any way to escape her (by jamming the locks on doors leading to alternate escape routes), and have enough time before the police busts in (By [[CanYouHearMeNow disabling the local cell towers]] and [[CutPhoneLines cutting the land line]] so that nobody can call for help). Actually, even using a chainsaw is probably only a very pragmatic way to do it for her, since she is quite proficient in '''American Chainsaw-fu''', and able to kill ''very'' efficiently with it.

* GainaxEnding: The clues are all over the place. [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight Kaoruko even spoils the big twist with a straight face]], and Fumio chooses to not believe it, not because she thinks it's not true, but just because the implications are unacceptable for her. But despite all of this, the open ending still manages to be this, especially to those expecting an horror story rather than a [[ScienceFiction sci-fi]] one.

* ChainsawGood: It's right there in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title]]. She mentions that her grandfather [[spoiler: learned to wield ''[[CrazyAwesome 3 at once!!]]'' Hopefully this could be worked into a sequel. ]].

* [[spoiler:MirrorMatch]]: [[spoiler:The transfer student reveals the true extent of her supernatural power by changing into an exact physical duplicate of Fumio, forcing the protagonist to fight herself. Which of course means a ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome chainsaw duel]]'']].

* [[spoiler:ResetButton]]: [[spoiler:Fumio's chainsaw rampage ''was'' real, however the students she killed were {{doppelganger}}s under control of the Transfer Student. In the end, Fumio has an AccidentalHero moment when she frees the real students trapped in an alternate dimension]].

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Fumio, whose grandfather taught her a 140-year-old chainsaw martial art created by ''Confederate foresters'' for use during the ''U.S. Civil War''. This becomes the subject of InUniverse FridgeLogic when Fumio wonders if chainsaws even existed during the Civil War.

* ShallowLoveInterest: Takumi receives absolutely no character development. The story is all about how Fumio reacts to him seemingly dumping her. One the other hand, Fumio has a very well-developed relationship with Kaoruko, which makes the ending in which Fumio leaves Kaoruko behind to [[spoiler: pursue Takumi and the transfer student]] somewhat disappointing.

* DeadBabyComedy

''SaitamaChainsawShoujo'' is a short story by Japanese science fiction author Hiroshi Sakurazaka that has been adapted into a serialized {{manga}} published in ''Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh'' magazine. The original story was the 2004 winner of the "Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award" for Best Japanese Short Story.

* ShoutOut: Fumio explains that her grandfather came to Japan chasing some "Leather Guy", which is an obvious reference to Leatherface of ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' fame. This in turn implies that Fumio's grandfather and the chainsaw-wielding sheriff from ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre2'' are the same person.

* ChainsawGood: It's right there in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title]].

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Fumio, whose grandfather taught her a 140-year-old chainsaw martial art created by ''Confederate foresters'' for use during the ''U.S. Civil War''. This becomes the subject of InUniverse FridgeLogic when Fumio wonders if chainsaws even existed during the Civil War.

* {{Pettanko}} / ACupAngst: Fumio is keenly aware that her western DNA has failed her in this regard.

->''This is all that is left. Wait for me Takumi. I will convey, with all my might, my thought and feelings to you. First, by killing you... and then, killing myself.''

* HoYay: Present in Kaoruko's story about her and Fumio's shared past life, as a knight and a common soldier, who fought side by side and were executed together. Both were supposedly male, though they are not drawn as such. Their current incarnations have a distinct LesYay vibe as well.

* ShoutOut: Fumio explains that her grandfather came to Japan chasing some "Leather Guy", which is an obvious reference to Leatherface of ''TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' fame. This in turn implies that Fumio's grandfather and the chainsaw-wielding sheriff from ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' 2 are the same person.

* [[CrazyPrepared Ax Crazy Prepared]]: For someone who's going on a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge chainsaw rampage]], Fumio actually prepares it extremely well to not leave Takumi any way to escape her, and have enough time before the police busts in. Actually, even using a chainsaw is probably only a very pragmatic way to do it for her, since she is quite proficient in '''American Chainsaw-fu''', and able to kill ''very'' efficiently with it.

* [[spoiler: {{And The Adventure Continues}}]]

* {{Dead Baby Comedy}}

* [[spoiler: {{Karma Houdini}}]]: Fumio.

* {{Karma Houdini}}: Fumio.

* WidgetSeries: Only Japan could make something like this[[hottip:*:And get away with it]].

* WidgetSeries: Only Japan could make something like this.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Еspecially when you're trying to "communicate" your feelings ''via a friggin' chainsaw''. Fumio actually invokes this trope. Since everyone is ignoring her, and she's not that good at communicating to start with, the only way she can appropriately convey her point is to get her chainsaw out and let it do the talking.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The ClassRepresentative decides to confront the girl waving around a bloodied chainsaw... [[CompletelyMissingThePoint and make her take her shoes off]]. After all, the regulations [[AintNoRule say nothing about carving people to ribbons with a chainsaw]].