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''Sakura Hime Kaden'' (lit. ''The Legend of Princess Sakura''), published as ''Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura'' in the English language market, is a historical fantasy shojo manga written and illustrated by Creator/ArinaTanemura. It was serialized in the comic magazine ''Ribon'' from 2009 to 2012 and was published in 12 volumes. Throughout its run, a vomic (voiceover comic) and exclusive artbook was released.
''The Legend of Princess Sakura'' tells the story of 14-year-old Sakura, the princess of the moon who is betrothed to the imperial prince of the kingdom, Aoba. Sakura, however, is a descendant of Kaguya-hime and the wielder of the sacred blade Chizakura (Bloody Cherry Blossom), giving her the power to vanquish demons. Unfortunately, her destiny written in her soul symbol and appearance lead the reigning emperor Oura into believing she is a threat to humans.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: All the females, with the exception of Oumi, the servants, and Yuri.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Before [[spoiler:Maimai]] became a demon, [[spoiler:he was a social outcast in his village for the his disfigured [[ScarsAreForever scars]] that were inflicted on him when a servant accidentally spilled boiling water over his infant body.]]
* AndIMustScream: All the sacrifices made to Asagiri's village god turn out to be soulless hags.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: All victims of the Chizakura's blade [[spoiler:and Byakuya]] bid farewell to Sakura before moving on.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Aoba]] in chapter 49, and [[spoiler:Sakura]] in chapter 50.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Any time a woman is naked on-screen (mostly Rurijo), she'll have this along with GodivaHair to satisfy the MoralGuardians.
* BareYourMidriff: Shuri and Rurijo.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Asagiri treasures her friendship with Sakura, as Sakura was the first person who was kind to her after she gained powers of a one-inch spirit.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Shuri]] originally gained Enju's trust just to spy on him, but eventually comes to like him for real. It came to the point that [[spoiler:after Rurijo's death]], he [[spoiler:gives up on returning to his village and]] promises to stay with him. [[spoiler:He eventually returns to the village in the end, as Enju is dead and his mission is accomplished.]]
* BewitchedAmphibians: Hayate takes upon the appearance of a frog after Kohaku accidentally cast a spell on him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Hayate, Shuri, and especially Aoba take it upon themselves to be older brother figures for Kohaku.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Yuri acts very sweet and innocent to Sakura when they first meet, but it's obviously an act.
* BodyguardCrush: A non-romantic example: Kohaku really, ''really'' wants to treat Aoba as a friend/older brother, but due to her professionalism, she has to treat him as her superior, putting HonorBeforeReason. Aoba understands, [[DoNotCallMeSir but he'd rather she do it anyway]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: As a child, [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Sakura wanted to marry her older brother Kai.]] [[spoiler:When Kai becomes reborn as Enju, he goes to extreme measures to keep Sakura with him, claiming he wants to protect her from humans. Turns out it's really because he wants to revive Kaguya-hime and cause a human genocide.]]
* CastFromLifespan: The [[spoiler: blood curse for Aoba and Asagiri.]] Each time they use their powers to transform their lifespans halve.
* CensorshipTropes: The original Japanese cover for vol. 5 depicted Rurijo and Sakura clinging together naked. It was replaced with the cover for chapter 18 with Sakura and her ninja friends for English releases, and the original cover was included in an extra gallery at the end of the volume.
** Though it's worth noting that naked Rurijo does end up on volume 10, uncensored...
* CherryBlossomGirl: Sakura, of course, from her MeaningfulName to her appearances with CherryBlossoms.
* CleavageWindow: Most of Rurijo's costumes have this.
* CombatStilettos: Sakura and Rurijo don high heels in their battle forms.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Maimai is a male [[VanityIsFeminine who dresses up as a woman]] thanks to his FreudianExcuse of [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful desiring to be beautiful]]. [[spoiler:He eventually drops it when Yuri accepts him as her twin brother.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: Asagiri has both the power of a yukionna and one-inch spirit, but her lifespan is cut in half.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Kohaku knows her ninja stuff well, but it's too bad she's TheKlutz.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Everyone. [[UpToEleven Seriously.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Most of Enju's subordinates were originally humans before joining him as demons when he makes a bargain with them.
** IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Maimai
** IJustWantToBeLoved: Rurijo
** LoveMakesYouEvil: Ukyo
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:The only way to free Oumi when she is transformed into a demon is to kill her, which is what Sakura is forced to do.]]
* DoNotCallMeSir: When he was a kid, Aoba hated being called the "emperor" and would rather his friends call him by his name instead. He continues to insist Kohaku to call him by his real name when she stops due to her epiphany about their social statuses.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Maimai is actually a man.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler:Hayate kisses Kohaku when she slips in and out of a coma after her battle with Shuri.]]
* EvilTwin: Rurijo looks exactly like Sakura, as that was the appearance Enju had given her.
* FacialMarkings: Rurijo has this not just on her face, but all over her body. This is because her real body is actually a tree, and the markings are spells designed to hold her body together.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Kohaku and Hayate were told that Shuri betrayed the ninja village by killing Hato and joining Enju. Hayate realizes during Shuri and Kohaku's fight that Shuri is currently on a secret mission from the elders to spy on Enju, and Hato had purposely killed himself so that he would be able to gain Enju's trust.]]
* FantasticRacism: There's a huge rivalry between demons and humans. Poor Sakura is caught up in the middle.
* GirlishPigtails: Kohaku wears them. At age 10, they were MegaTwinTails.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Ukyo. It... [[RedemptionEqualsDeath didn't go so well for him.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Rurijo]] also joins Sakura circa chapter 41.
* HeroicBSOD: Sakura goes through one after [[spoiler:she's forced to kill Oumi]]. The same thing happens when [[spoiler:she kills Asagiri and Rurijo dies]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Asagiri was willing to become a HumanSacrifice to her village's god, and her love for Ukyo wasn't enough to overpower her loyalty to the village. She even explicitly states the trope when he confronts her:
-->'''Asagiri:''' It's an honor to be chosen! How can I just decline?! Especially for a selfish reason!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shuri is well aware of Kohaku's feelings for Hayate and personally helps her find a cure for the BalefulPolymorph curse she put on him. [[spoiler:Part of why he tries to gain Enju's trust in the first place was so that he could steal the moon water to cure him.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[spoiler:Byakuya's]] youthful form stops even Maimai in his tracks.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Oumi, Ukyo, Asagiri in chapter 44, Rurijo in chapter 45, Enju in chapter 48, and Byakuya in chapter 49.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Plenty. Sakura is forced to fight Oumi early on in the series, and later, Enju has [[spoiler:Asagiri]] attack Sakura, [[TearJerker though she is unaware of her opponent until she stabs her in the chest]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Enju, Fujimurasaki, Shuri, Ukyo... practically all the men who appear in the series.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Maimai and Yuri]] turn out to be siblings when TheReveal shows that both of them have the same soul symbol.
* LoveDodecahedron: A quite complicated one. Shuri loves Kohaku, who loves Hayate, who grows attracted to [[spoiler:Rurijo]], who starts to like him back but is still hanging onto [[spoiler:Enju]], who, along with Aoba and Fujimurasaki, wants Sakura, but Sakura would rather stay with Aoba.
* LoveRedeems: It only takes the sight of Asagiri for [[spoiler:Ukyo]] to turn on Enju since she was the only reason why he joined him in the first place. Also, [[spoiler:Rurijo]] has a lot of PetTheDog moments after falling in love with [[spoiler:Hayate]]. [[spoiler:She even tries to kill Enju with the Chizakura... with predictable results.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Byakuya. [[spoiler: It's a disguise she took in order to hide her true identity as the founder of the Moon Kingdom.]]
* MsFanservice: Rurijo is naked in many of her appearances, and when she's wearing clothes, she wears some of the skimpiest outfits ever, many of which include CombatStilettos, a CleavageWindow, and leotards that show that ShesGotLegs.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Hosoyuki]] deliberately tries to kill Asagiri [[spoiler:and even gets the village to support her campaign to make her the HumanSacrifice]] in a fit of jealousy over her relationship with Ukyo. [[spoiler:Luckily, the AlphaBitch who turns out to be just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold comes to her rescue, but still.]]
* NeverMessWithGranny: Maimai learns this the hard way with Byakuya.
* NinjaLog: Kohaku uses one on Sakura when Sakura threatens to kill her.
* TheOjou: Yuri.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aoba can transform into a large white wolf.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Sakura is named after cherry blossoms, which are pink, and is continuously depicted with a pink color scheme. The "ao" in Aoba's name means blue and likewise, he is depicted with a blue color scheme.
* PinocchioSyndrome: Rurijo is a sentient lapis lazuli stone given a body made out of trees.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: The main reason why [[spoiler:Shuri]] estranges himself from [[spoiler:the ninja village]] is [[spoiler:to carry out a secret espionage mission on Enju and the moon people]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Even as a demon, Ukyo still puts his UndyingLoyalty to Asagiri first even though he knows it will get him killed... which is what happens.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Rurijo is very upset when she discovers Enju made her with the image of Sakura, believing that he made her as a substitute for her. Also, [[spoiler:Enju had planned on keeping Sakura with him to revive and replace her with Kaguya-hime in order to gain complete control of the Chizakura and start a mass human genocide.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Sakura is the princess of the moon. Aoba and Fujimurasaki are princes of the kingdom.
* ScrewDestiny: In Asagiri's DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:she was supposed to be a HumanSacrifice to satisfy the god in her village,]] something she was willing to do. When [[spoiler:said god turned out to be an insatiable EldritchAbomination that did nothing but feed off of souls, she became disillusioned about serving her guardian and promptly killed him off, accidentally wiping out her village in the process]].
** This is also part of the main conflict in the story. Sakura's soul symbol is "destroy", meaning that she's destined to bring about destruction to her friends and loved ones, and she tries her best to avoid it.
* SlapSlapKiss: Kohaku and Hayate. Hayate obviously likes her [[spoiler:before developing a relationship with Rurijo]], but since they were small, Kohaku has been very embarrassed by his advances.
* SoulJar: Rurijo is actually nothing more than a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but was given a body by Enju made from a tree. Unfortunately, because of this, her body is extremely fragile and she has to regularly replenish her strength by bathing in water at least twice a day.
* SpottingTheThread: Aoba realizes that that he is being seduced by [[EvilTwin Rurijo]] instead of [[LoveInterest Sakura]] because she had lit incense, which Sakura herself hates. In addition, her scent aside from that was off; since Aoba can transform into a wolf, his sense of smell is very sensitive.
* ThirdEye: Enju and his followers all have a third eye after drinking from the moon spring.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Kohaku refers to herself in third person.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Asagiri is killed by Sakura, she reunites with Ukyo in the afterlife.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Asagiri in the past, and Rurijo.
* WeaponOfChoice: The CoolSword Sakura wields, the Chizakura.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Deconstructed. Rurijo is actually a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but she's treated as a real person by everyone around her. Part of her story is finding people who love her and appreciate her as though she was actually a human being.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Maimai]] promptly eradicated his entire village, [[spoiler:even killing the only girl who genuinely loved him]], after making a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With Enju]]. [[spoiler:Asagiri]] also destroyed her village when she discovers the truth about the routine sacrifices made to her village's god.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Only a handful of characters actually have natural-colored hair.
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''The Legend of Princess Sakura'' tells the story of 14-year-old Sakura, the princess of the moon who is betrothed to the imperial prince of the kingdom, Aoba. Sakura, however, is a descendant of Kaguya-hime and the wielder of the sacred blade Chizakura (Bloody Cherry Blossom), giving her the power to vanquish demons. Unfortunately, her destiny written in her soul symbol and appearance lead the reigning emperor Oura into believing she is a threat to humans.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: All the females, with the exception of Oumi, the servants, and Yuri.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Before [[spoiler:Maimai]] became a demon, [[spoiler:he was a social outcast in his village for the his disfigured [[ScarsAreForever scars]] that were inflicted on him when a servant accidentally spilled boiling water over his infant body.]]
* AndIMustScream: All the sacrifices made to Asagiri's village god turn out to be soulless hags.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: All victims of the Chizakura's blade [[spoiler:and Byakuya]] bid farewell to Sakura before moving on.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Aoba]] in chapter 49, and [[spoiler:Sakura]] in chapter 50.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Any time a woman is naked on-screen (mostly Rurijo), she'll have this along with GodivaHair to satisfy the MoralGuardians.
* BareYourMidriff: Shuri and Rurijo.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Asagiri treasures her friendship with Sakura, as Sakura was the first person who was kind to her after she gained powers of a one-inch spirit.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Shuri]] originally gained Enju's trust just to spy on him, but eventually comes to like him for real. It came to the point that [[spoiler:after Rurijo's death]], he [[spoiler:gives up on returning to his village and]] promises to stay with him. [[spoiler:He eventually returns to the village in the end, as Enju is dead and his mission is accomplished.]]
* BewitchedAmphibians: Hayate takes upon the appearance of a frog after Kohaku accidentally cast a spell on him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Hayate, Shuri, and especially Aoba take it upon themselves to be older brother figures for Kohaku.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Yuri acts very sweet and innocent to Sakura when they first meet, but it's obviously an act.
* BodyguardCrush: A non-romantic example: Kohaku really, ''really'' wants to treat Aoba as a friend/older brother, but due to her professionalism, she has to treat him as her superior, putting HonorBeforeReason. Aoba understands, [[DoNotCallMeSir but he'd rather she do it anyway]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: As a child, [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Sakura wanted to marry her older brother Kai.]] [[spoiler:When Kai becomes reborn as Enju, he goes to extreme measures to keep Sakura with him, claiming he wants to protect her from humans. Turns out it's really because he wants to revive Kaguya-hime and cause a human genocide.]]
* CastFromLifespan: The [[spoiler: blood curse for Aoba and Asagiri.]] Each time they use their powers to transform their lifespans halve.
* CensorshipTropes: The original Japanese cover for vol. 5 depicted Rurijo and Sakura clinging together naked. It was replaced with the cover for chapter 18 with Sakura and her ninja friends for English releases, and the original cover was included in an extra gallery at the end of the volume.
** Though it's worth noting that naked Rurijo does end up on volume 10, uncensored...
* CherryBlossomGirl: Sakura, of course, from her MeaningfulName to her appearances with CherryBlossoms.
* CleavageWindow: Most of Rurijo's costumes have this.
* CombatStilettos: Sakura and Rurijo don high heels in their battle forms.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Maimai is a male [[VanityIsFeminine who dresses up as a woman]] thanks to his FreudianExcuse of [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful desiring to be beautiful]]. [[spoiler:He eventually drops it when Yuri accepts him as her twin brother.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: Asagiri has both the power of a yukionna and one-inch spirit, but her lifespan is cut in half.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Kohaku knows her ninja stuff well, but it's too bad she's TheKlutz.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Everyone. [[UpToEleven Seriously.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Most of Enju's subordinates were originally humans before joining him as demons when he makes a bargain with them.
** IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Maimai
** IJustWantToBeLoved: Rurijo
** LoveMakesYouEvil: Ukyo
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:The only way to free Oumi when she is transformed into a demon is to kill her, which is what Sakura is forced to do.]]
* DoNotCallMeSir: When he was a kid, Aoba hated being called the "emperor" and would rather his friends call him by his name instead. He continues to insist Kohaku to call him by his real name when she stops due to her epiphany about their social statuses.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Maimai is actually a man.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler:Hayate kisses Kohaku when she slips in and out of a coma after her battle with Shuri.]]
* EvilTwin: Rurijo looks exactly like Sakura, as that was the appearance Enju had given her.
* FacialMarkings: Rurijo has this not just on her face, but all over her body. This is because her real body is actually a tree, and the markings are spells designed to hold her body together.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Kohaku and Hayate were told that Shuri betrayed the ninja village by killing Hato and joining Enju. Hayate realizes during Shuri and Kohaku's fight that Shuri is currently on a secret mission from the elders to spy on Enju, and Hato had purposely killed himself so that he would be able to gain Enju's trust.]]
* FantasticRacism: There's a huge rivalry between demons and humans. Poor Sakura is caught up in the middle.
* GirlishPigtails: Kohaku wears them. At age 10, they were MegaTwinTails.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Ukyo. It... [[RedemptionEqualsDeath didn't go so well for him.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Rurijo]] also joins Sakura circa chapter 41.
* HeroicBSOD: Sakura goes through one after [[spoiler:she's forced to kill Oumi]]. The same thing happens when [[spoiler:she kills Asagiri and Rurijo dies]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Asagiri was willing to become a HumanSacrifice to her village's god, and her love for Ukyo wasn't enough to overpower her loyalty to the village. She even explicitly states the trope when he confronts her:
-->'''Asagiri:''' It's an honor to be chosen! How can I just decline?! Especially for a selfish reason!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shuri is well aware of Kohaku's feelings for Hayate and personally helps her find a cure for the BalefulPolymorph curse she put on him. [[spoiler:Part of why he tries to gain Enju's trust in the first place was so that he could steal the moon water to cure him.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[spoiler:Byakuya's]] youthful form stops even Maimai in his tracks.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Oumi, Ukyo, Asagiri in chapter 44, Rurijo in chapter 45, Enju in chapter 48, and Byakuya in chapter 49.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Plenty. Sakura is forced to fight Oumi early on in the series, and later, Enju has [[spoiler:Asagiri]] attack Sakura, [[TearJerker though she is unaware of her opponent until she stabs her in the chest]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Enju, Fujimurasaki, Shuri, Ukyo... practically all the men who appear in the series.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Maimai and Yuri]] turn out to be siblings when TheReveal shows that both of them have the same soul symbol.
* LoveDodecahedron: A quite complicated one. Shuri loves Kohaku, who loves Hayate, who grows attracted to [[spoiler:Rurijo]], who starts to like him back but is still hanging onto [[spoiler:Enju]], who, along with Aoba and Fujimurasaki, wants Sakura, but Sakura would rather stay with Aoba.
* LoveRedeems: It only takes the sight of Asagiri for [[spoiler:Ukyo]] to turn on Enju since she was the only reason why he joined him in the first place. Also, [[spoiler:Rurijo]] has a lot of PetTheDog moments after falling in love with [[spoiler:Hayate]]. [[spoiler:She even tries to kill Enju with the Chizakura... with predictable results.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Byakuya. [[spoiler: It's a disguise she took in order to hide her true identity as the founder of the Moon Kingdom.]]
* MsFanservice: Rurijo is naked in many of her appearances, and when she's wearing clothes, she wears some of the skimpiest outfits ever, many of which include CombatStilettos, a CleavageWindow, and leotards that show that ShesGotLegs.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Hosoyuki]] deliberately tries to kill Asagiri [[spoiler:and even gets the village to support her campaign to make her the HumanSacrifice]] in a fit of jealousy over her relationship with Ukyo. [[spoiler:Luckily, the AlphaBitch who turns out to be just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold comes to her rescue, but still.]]
* NeverMessWithGranny: Maimai learns this the hard way with Byakuya.
* NinjaLog: Kohaku uses one on Sakura when Sakura threatens to kill her.
* TheOjou: Yuri.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aoba can transform into a large white wolf.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Sakura is named after cherry blossoms, which are pink, and is continuously depicted with a pink color scheme. The "ao" in Aoba's name means blue and likewise, he is depicted with a blue color scheme.
* PinocchioSyndrome: Rurijo is a sentient lapis lazuli stone given a body made out of trees.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: The main reason why [[spoiler:Shuri]] estranges himself from [[spoiler:the ninja village]] is [[spoiler:to carry out a secret espionage mission on Enju and the moon people]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Even as a demon, Ukyo still puts his UndyingLoyalty to Asagiri first even though he knows it will get him killed... which is what happens.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Rurijo is very upset when she discovers Enju made her with the image of Sakura, believing that he made her as a substitute for her. Also, [[spoiler:Enju had planned on keeping Sakura with him to revive and replace her with Kaguya-hime in order to gain complete control of the Chizakura and start a mass human genocide.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Sakura is the princess of the moon. Aoba and Fujimurasaki are princes of the kingdom.
* ScrewDestiny: In Asagiri's DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:she was supposed to be a HumanSacrifice to satisfy the god in her village,]] something she was willing to do. When [[spoiler:said god turned out to be an insatiable EldritchAbomination that did nothing but feed off of souls, she became disillusioned about serving her guardian and promptly killed him off, accidentally wiping out her village in the process]].
** This is also part of the main conflict in the story. Sakura's soul symbol is "destroy", meaning that she's destined to bring about destruction to her friends and loved ones, and she tries her best to avoid it.
* SlapSlapKiss: Kohaku and Hayate. Hayate obviously likes her [[spoiler:before developing a relationship with Rurijo]], but since they were small, Kohaku has been very embarrassed by his advances.
* SoulJar: Rurijo is actually nothing more than a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but was given a body by Enju made from a tree. Unfortunately, because of this, her body is extremely fragile and she has to regularly replenish her strength by bathing in water at least twice a day.
* SpottingTheThread: Aoba realizes that that he is being seduced by [[EvilTwin Rurijo]] instead of [[LoveInterest Sakura]] because she had lit incense, which Sakura herself hates. In addition, her scent aside from that was off; since Aoba can transform into a wolf, his sense of smell is very sensitive.
* ThirdEye: Enju and his followers all have a third eye after drinking from the moon spring.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Kohaku refers to herself in third person.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Asagiri is killed by Sakura, she reunites with Ukyo in the afterlife.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Asagiri in the past, and Rurijo.
* WeaponOfChoice: The CoolSword Sakura wields, the Chizakura.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Deconstructed. Rurijo is actually a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but she's treated as a real person by everyone around her. Part of her story is finding people who love her and appreciate her as though she was actually a human being.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Maimai]] promptly eradicated his entire village, [[spoiler:even killing the only girl who genuinely loved him]], after making a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With Enju]]. [[spoiler:Asagiri]] also destroyed her village when she discovers the truth about the routine sacrifices made to her village's god.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Only a handful of characters actually have natural-colored hair.
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''The Legend of Princess Sakura'' tells the story of 14-year-old Sakura, the princess of the moon who is betrothed to the imperial prince of the kingdom, Aoba. Sakura, however, is a descendant of Kaguya-hime and the wielder of the sacred blade Chizakura (Bloody Cherry Blossom), giving her the power to vanquish demons. Unfortunately, her destiny written in her soul symbol and appearance lead the reigning emperor Oura into believing she is a threat to humans.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: All the females, with the exception of Oumi, the servants, and Yuri.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Before [[spoiler:Maimai]] became a demon, [[spoiler:he was a social outcast in his village for the his disfigured [[ScarsAreForever scars]] that were inflicted on him when a servant accidentally spilled boiling water over his infant body.]]
* AndIMustScream: All the sacrifices made to Asagiri's village god turn out to be soulless hags.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: All victims of the Chizakura's blade [[spoiler:and Byakuya]] bid farewell to Sakura before moving on.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Aoba]] in chapter 49, and [[spoiler:Sakura]] in chapter 50.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Any time a woman is naked on-screen (mostly Rurijo), she'll have this along with GodivaHair to satisfy the MoralGuardians.
* BareYourMidriff: Shuri and Rurijo.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Asagiri treasures her friendship with Sakura, as Sakura was the first person who was kind to her after she gained powers of a one-inch spirit.
* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Shuri]] originally gained Enju's trust just to spy on him, but eventually comes to like him for real. It came to the point that [[spoiler:after Rurijo's death]], he [[spoiler:gives up on returning to his village and]] promises to stay with him. [[spoiler:He eventually returns to the village in the end, as Enju is dead and his mission is accomplished.]]
* BewitchedAmphibians: Hayate takes upon the appearance of a frog after Kohaku accidentally cast a spell on him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Hayate, Shuri, and especially Aoba take it upon themselves to be older brother figures for Kohaku.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Yuri acts very sweet and innocent to Sakura when they first meet, but it's obviously an act.
* BodyguardCrush: A non-romantic example: Kohaku really, ''really'' wants to treat Aoba as a friend/older brother, but due to her professionalism, she has to treat him as her superior, putting HonorBeforeReason. Aoba understands, [[DoNotCallMeSir but he'd rather she do it anyway]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: As a child, [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Sakura wanted to marry her older brother Kai.]] [[spoiler:When Kai becomes reborn as Enju, he goes to extreme measures to keep Sakura with him, claiming he wants to protect her from humans. Turns out it's really because he wants to revive Kaguya-hime and cause a human genocide.]]
* CastFromLifespan: The [[spoiler: blood curse for Aoba and Asagiri.]] Each time they use their powers to transform their lifespans halve.
* CensorshipTropes: The original Japanese cover for vol. 5 depicted Rurijo and Sakura clinging together naked. It was replaced with the cover for chapter 18 with Sakura and her ninja friends for English releases, and the original cover was included in an extra gallery at the end of the volume.
** Though it's worth noting that naked Rurijo does end up on volume 10, uncensored...
* CherryBlossomGirl: Sakura, of course, from her MeaningfulName to her appearances with CherryBlossoms.
* CleavageWindow: Most of Rurijo's costumes have this.
* CombatStilettos: Sakura and Rurijo don high heels in their battle forms.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Maimai is a male [[VanityIsFeminine who dresses up as a woman]] thanks to his FreudianExcuse of [[IJustWantToBeBeautiful desiring to be beautiful]]. [[spoiler:He eventually drops it when Yuri accepts him as her twin brother.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: Asagiri has both the power of a yukionna and one-inch spirit, but her lifespan is cut in half.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Kohaku knows her ninja stuff well, but it's too bad she's TheKlutz.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Everyone. [[UpToEleven Seriously.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Most of Enju's subordinates were originally humans before joining him as demons when he makes a bargain with them.
** IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Maimai
** IJustWantToBeLoved: Rurijo
** LoveMakesYouEvil: Ukyo
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:The only way to free Oumi when she is transformed into a demon is to kill her, which is what Sakura is forced to do.]]
* DoNotCallMeSir: When he was a kid, Aoba hated being called the "emperor" and would rather his friends call him by his name instead. He continues to insist Kohaku to call him by his real name when she stops due to her epiphany about their social statuses.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Maimai is actually a man.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler:Hayate kisses Kohaku when she slips in and out of a coma after her battle with Shuri.]]
* EvilTwin: Rurijo looks exactly like Sakura, as that was the appearance Enju had given her.
* FacialMarkings: Rurijo has this not just on her face, but all over her body. This is because her real body is actually a tree, and the markings are spells designed to hold her body together.
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Kohaku and Hayate were told that Shuri betrayed the ninja village by killing Hato and joining Enju. Hayate realizes during Shuri and Kohaku's fight that Shuri is currently on a secret mission from the elders to spy on Enju, and Hato had purposely killed himself so that he would be able to gain Enju's trust.]]
* FantasticRacism: There's a huge rivalry between demons and humans. Poor Sakura is caught up in the middle.
* GirlishPigtails: Kohaku wears them. At age 10, they were MegaTwinTails.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Ukyo. It... [[RedemptionEqualsDeath didn't go so well for him.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Rurijo]] also joins Sakura circa chapter 41.
* HeroicBSOD: Sakura goes through one after [[spoiler:she's forced to kill Oumi]]. The same thing happens when [[spoiler:she kills Asagiri and Rurijo dies]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Asagiri was willing to become a HumanSacrifice to her village's god, and her love for Ukyo wasn't enough to overpower her loyalty to the village. She even explicitly states the trope when he confronts her:
-->'''Asagiri:''' It's an honor to be chosen! How can I just decline?! Especially for a selfish reason!
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shuri is well aware of Kohaku's feelings for Hayate and personally helps her find a cure for the BalefulPolymorph curse she put on him. [[spoiler:Part of why he tries to gain Enju's trust in the first place was so that he could steal the moon water to cure him.]]
* IWasQuiteALooker: [[spoiler:Byakuya's]] youthful form stops even Maimai in his tracks.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Oumi, Ukyo, Asagiri in chapter 44, Rurijo in chapter 45, Enju in chapter 48, and Byakuya in chapter 49.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Plenty. Sakura is forced to fight Oumi early on in the series, and later, Enju has [[spoiler:Asagiri]] attack Sakura, [[TearJerker though she is unaware of her opponent until she stabs her in the chest]].
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Enju, Fujimurasaki, Shuri, Ukyo... practically all the men who appear in the series.
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Maimai and Yuri]] turn out to be siblings when TheReveal shows that both of them have the same soul symbol.
* LoveDodecahedron: A quite complicated one. Shuri loves Kohaku, who loves Hayate, who grows attracted to [[spoiler:Rurijo]], who starts to like him back but is still hanging onto [[spoiler:Enju]], who, along with Aoba and Fujimurasaki, wants Sakura, but Sakura would rather stay with Aoba.
* LoveRedeems: It only takes the sight of Asagiri for [[spoiler:Ukyo]] to turn on Enju since she was the only reason why he joined him in the first place. Also, [[spoiler:Rurijo]] has a lot of PetTheDog moments after falling in love with [[spoiler:Hayate]]. [[spoiler:She even tries to kill Enju with the Chizakura... with predictable results.]]
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Byakuya. [[spoiler: It's a disguise she took in order to hide her true identity as the founder of the Moon Kingdom.]]
* MsFanservice: Rurijo is naked in many of her appearances, and when she's wearing clothes, she wears some of the skimpiest outfits ever, many of which include CombatStilettos, a CleavageWindow, and leotards that show that ShesGotLegs.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Hosoyuki]] deliberately tries to kill Asagiri [[spoiler:and even gets the village to support her campaign to make her the HumanSacrifice]] in a fit of jealousy over her relationship with Ukyo. [[spoiler:Luckily, the AlphaBitch who turns out to be just a JerkWithAHeartOfGold comes to her rescue, but still.]]
* NeverMessWithGranny: Maimai learns this the hard way with Byakuya.
* NinjaLog: Kohaku uses one on Sakura when Sakura threatens to kill her.
* TheOjou: Yuri.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Aoba can transform into a large white wolf.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Sakura is named after cherry blossoms, which are pink, and is continuously depicted with a pink color scheme. The "ao" in Aoba's name means blue and likewise, he is depicted with a blue color scheme.
* PinocchioSyndrome: Rurijo is a sentient lapis lazuli stone given a body made out of trees.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: The main reason why [[spoiler:Shuri]] estranges himself from [[spoiler:the ninja village]] is [[spoiler:to carry out a secret espionage mission on Enju and the moon people]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Even as a demon, Ukyo still puts his UndyingLoyalty to Asagiri first even though he knows it will get him killed... which is what happens.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Rurijo is very upset when she discovers Enju made her with the image of Sakura, believing that he made her as a substitute for her. Also, [[spoiler:Enju had planned on keeping Sakura with him to revive and replace her with Kaguya-hime in order to gain complete control of the Chizakura and start a mass human genocide.]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Sakura is the princess of the moon. Aoba and Fujimurasaki are princes of the kingdom.
* ScrewDestiny: In Asagiri's DarkAndTroubledPast, [[spoiler:she was supposed to be a HumanSacrifice to satisfy the god in her village,]] something she was willing to do. When [[spoiler:said god turned out to be an insatiable EldritchAbomination that did nothing but feed off of souls, she became disillusioned about serving her guardian and promptly killed him off, accidentally wiping out her village in the process]].
** This is also part of the main conflict in the story. Sakura's soul symbol is "destroy", meaning that she's destined to bring about destruction to her friends and loved ones, and she tries her best to avoid it.
* SlapSlapKiss: Kohaku and Hayate. Hayate obviously likes her [[spoiler:before developing a relationship with Rurijo]], but since they were small, Kohaku has been very embarrassed by his advances.
* SoulJar: Rurijo is actually nothing more than a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but was given a body by Enju made from a tree. Unfortunately, because of this, her body is extremely fragile and she has to regularly replenish her strength by bathing in water at least twice a day.
* SpottingTheThread: Aoba realizes that that he is being seduced by [[EvilTwin Rurijo]] instead of [[LoveInterest Sakura]] because she had lit incense, which Sakura herself hates. In addition, her scent aside from that was off; since Aoba can transform into a wolf, his sense of smell is very sensitive.
* ThirdEye: Enju and his followers all have a third eye after drinking from the moon spring.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Kohaku refers to herself in third person.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:When Asagiri is killed by Sakura, she reunites with Ukyo in the afterlife.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: Asagiri in the past, and Rurijo.
* WeaponOfChoice: The CoolSword Sakura wields, the Chizakura.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Deconstructed. Rurijo is actually a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but she's treated as a real person by everyone around her. Part of her story is finding people who love her and appreciate her as though she was actually a human being.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: [[spoiler:Maimai]] promptly eradicated his entire village, [[spoiler:even killing the only girl who genuinely loved him]], after making a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal With Enju]]. [[spoiler:Asagiri]] also destroyed her village when she discovers the truth about the routine sacrifices made to her village's god.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Only a handful of characters actually have natural-colored hair.
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*** TheSmartGuy: Byakuya and Hayate
*** TheChick: Asagiri
*** SixthRanger: Fujimurasaki
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*** TheBigBad: Enju
*** TheDragon: Rurijo
*** TheEvilGenius: Shuri
*** TheBrute: Ukyo
*** TheDarkChick: Maimai
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*** TheHero: Sakura
*** TheLancer: Aoba
*** TheBigGuy: Kohaku
*** TheSmartGuy: Byakuya and Hayate
*** TheChick: Asagiri
*** SixthRanger: Fujimurasaki
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*** TheBigBad: Enju
*** TheDragon: Rurijo
*** TheEvilGenius: Shuri
*** TheBrute: Ukyo
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** TheLancer: Aoba
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*** TheEvilGenius: Shuri
*** TheBrute: Ukyo
*** TheDarkChick: Maimai
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: All victims of the Chizakura's blade [[spoiler:and Byakuya]] bid farewell to Sakura before moving on.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: Rurijo is actually nothing more than a sentient lapis lazuli stone, but was given a body by Enju made from a tree. Unfortunately, because of this, her body is extremely fragile and she has to regularly replenish her strength by bathing in water at least twice a day.
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** Though it's worth noting that naked Rurijo does end up on volume 10, uncensored...
