History Manga / Shitsurakuen

* SympathyForTheDevil: After a while, Sora realizes that [[spoiler:the men in the school are suffering as much as the girls with the mysiginist system in the school]] and decides to help them too.
** That precisely was [[spoiler:El's]] plan. [[spoiler:He]] wants Sora to consideres the "villains" situation.

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* BadAss: Sora.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Considering that the alternative of Sora's plan to free Reiko was beating her for thirty minutes straight, Sora's not-quite-consensual molestation of Reiko isn't really too bad as far as moral standards go.

* TheGlassesComeOff: When the nerd guy decides to start training. [[SheCleansUpNicely Sora thinks he's gorgeous without 'em.]]

* GoldDigger: Reiko, at first, is fine with being a student council member's possesion because after graduation, he'll get money and power and he might decide to keep her as his companion.

* TraumaticHaircut: In the ImagineSpot of Sora while Yuki was putting the hypothetical case of a [[TheSadisticChoise Sadistic Choise]], the evil guy was molesting "Princess Koharu" while threatering to cut "Princess Yuki"'s braids.

This manga [[strike:blatantly rips off]] draws inspiration from ''{{Utena}}'' but with the bride/dueling mechanic extended to the entire student body. The [[{{Megacorp}} school financers]] have taken it upon themselves to use [[CutLexLuthorACheck sophisticated virtual reality]] to create an environment where gender (in)equality has been pushed back a few thousand years and then cranked up to eleven. The duels are part of a game called “Exaclan” where the males students are contestants and the female students are [[EmpathicWeapon weapons]] to be used, wagered, traded, abused and discarded. The female students have no protections or rights of any kind against the player who currently owns them, and any girl without a master has no protections or rights of any kind, period.

* {{Expy}}: Sora is one for [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena Tenjou]]. Meanwhile, CuteAndPsycho Shoujou has a strong resemblance to [[CodeGeass Rolo]]. Does Karin/[[spoiler:L]] look like a young Minato from {{Naruto}} anyone?

** The real kicker? [[spoiler:[[HeelRealization Many of the boys themselves HATED this trope]] but they could do nothing to change this [[JerkassWoobie and were forced to play their roles]] Still doesn't excuse the cruelty of some of them though.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Lots, which is to be expected in a series where the girls are no more than slaves. Pretty much all of the girls have already crossed it, but the real kicker is when its shown that [[spoiler:a number of the boys have crossed it too. Its the reason they follow the system instead of opposing it; they can do about as much about it as the girls, and so play along.]]

* RealityIsUnrealistic: This could never ''really'' happen, could it? Well, look at [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104786470334 this]]. Was posted on a Shitsurakuen forum.

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: While it is somewhat understandable that the guys went along with the system, it still doesn't excuse how extremely cruel they have been treating the girls.]]

** The real kicker? [[spoiler:[[HeelRealization Many of the boys themselves HATED this trope]] but they could do nothing to change this [[JerkassWoobie and were forced to play their roles]].]]

** [[spoiler: GreyAndGrayMorality]]: What the series really is.

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: While it is somewhat understandable that the guys went along with the system, it still doesn't excuse how extremely cruel they have been treating the girls, like the heavily implied rape and all the beatings they gave them for stupid and ridiculous reasons.]]

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: To a ridiculous degree. While some of the guys had somewhat valid excuses to go along with the system, it still doesn't excuse how cruel they have been treating their girls. ]]

* FoeYay: Reiko is (or claims to be, at first) [[HappinessInSlavery quite happy]] to be attached to the males of the academy, and hates everything Sora stands for...and Sora can only think of [[WhatBeautifulEyes what beautiful, strong eyes]] she has.

Our heroine, Himoto Sora, has just been accepted to the prestigious Utopia Gakuen. She meets one of her childhood friends and talks about her dream of becoming [[KnightInShiningArmor a knight who protects princesses]]. Upon getting to the highschool she sees two male students, each attended by a female student, engaged in some kind of duel. Upon losing, the defeated student breaks his dagger and the girl with him cries out in pain… [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight and no one seems to care or notice]].