History Manga / TenjhoTenge

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** This is to be expected, considering that the new student council is determined by a school-wide tournament, with the winning group becoming the council. The first rounds of the tournament are essentially a large chaos match where opposing groups can attack one another any time and anywhere, with only the order in which they face one another being determined by the tournament. It becomes a more conventionally organized tournament in the final rounds, but throughout the entire thing, it's acceptable to use ''real'' weapons, potentially lethal moves and a variety of tactics that can easily be lead to the death of the participants. Naturally anyone who makes it out on top of this is undoubtedly one of the baddest of the badasses in the entire school.
** The Enforcers, and how. The President of the group is officially acknowledged as the strongest fighter in the school. Just look at Mitsuomi's transformation from freshman to top dog: [[http://ak.static.dailymotion.com/dyn/preview/320x240/6628840.jpg freshman]]; [[http://www.nautiljon.com/images/perso/miniatures/Tenjou_Tenge/mitsuomi_takayanagi.jpg topdog]].

* GagBoobs: Most of the female cast, especially in the case of the two Natsume sisters. One of Sohaku's minions {{Lampshades}} this in comedic fashion, transforming into Aya and mockingly throwing around her large breasts, asking "How do you even fight with these?"

* GirlOnGirlIsHot[=/=]LesYay: This, like other examples of [[JiggleShow jiggle shows]] in anime does have its share of potential LesYay. The biggest example is the fairly infamous scene with Aya and Chiaki early in the series, with slightly different ways of Chiaki seducing Aya but Aya ending up getting away. In the Anime [[spoiler: they were both wearing towels covering their naughty bits and Chiaki is trying to seduce her.]] In the Manga [[spoiler: they were both seen nude and while Chiaki is just seducing Aya it really looks like they are having sex.]] Both of them ended in the same way though; Aya using her powers to get away and both of them apologizing over how that happened.

* JiggleShow: This is pretty much one of the reasons why fans deem this as a "Sister Series" to ''Manga/IkkiTousen''.

** You know, if you read after chapter 50 and [[{{Immortality}} the]] [[ShockAndAwe fact that]] [[MindOverMatter two melons]] [[SoulPower are]] ''what make you raise and eyebrow'' for the Martial Arts, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint you are kind of reading it wrong]].

* EroticEating: Typically TurnedUpToEleven in ch. 56.

* PantyShot: Probably the least sexual thing you can find on any given page.

Its American release by CMX, was rather notorious for severely toning down the fanservice (with Oh! great's permission, which was poorly conveyed to the audience) to make it suitable for a "T" rating rather than the "M" it would otherwise get. Indeed, the series was advertised as "Pure Manga--100% the way the original Japanese creators want you to see it." Many fans were dismayed, especially those who [[JustHereForGodzilla had bought the first volume specifically to see the naked women Oh! Great's manga creations are noted for]]. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2011-10-28 According to the group editor in charge of CMX at the time,]] this was the result of DC executives habitually agreeing to publish manga without having anybody read them first. They signed a deal to localize Tenjho Tenge based solely on its popularity in Japan, and the deal specified a "T" rating because that was what was perceived as marketable in the US. It wasn't until after the publishing deals were signed and CMX started translation that they realized the mistake they had made. After CMX ceased publishing, Viz rescued the manga's overseas license and put it under its Signature Line, with noticeably less censoring.

''Tenjho Tenge'' ("Heaven and Earth") is a 1997-2010 manga series created by Creator/OhGreat and published by Shuueisha under the "Ultra Jump" label, with a 2004 anime adaptation by Toshifumi Kawase and Creator/{{Madhouse}}, as well as two [=OVAs=] in 2005 and 2006.

* BiggusDickus: Bob, as repeatedly shown.
--> "Show me your ''real'' power."
--> "HERE IT IS!" '''*drops trousers* *everyone flees*'''

''Tenjho Tenge'' ("Heaven and Earth") is a 1998-2010 manga series created by Creator/OhGreat and published by Shuueisha under the "Ultra Jump" label, with a 2004 anime adaptation by Toshifumi Kawase and Creator/{{Madhouse}}, as well as two [=OVAs=] in 2005 and 2006.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Aya's school outfit often displays this. Maya- when she ''does'' wear the school uniform - also demonstrates this.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: What would you have thought if you walked in a room and found [[http://www.mangareader.net/657-56312-8/tenjo-tenge/chapter-133.html this]]?

* BiTheWay: In an infamously random scene, Aya and Chiaki start doing ''things'' during a termal bath.

* BadassGrandpa: Dogen Takayanagi. [[spoiler:As are nearly every one of the heads of the Red Phoenix families.]]

** Soichiro Nagi receives one when he attempts to play CombatPragmatist with Masataka Takayanagi, an actual [[KiAttacks superpowered martial artist]].

The anime adaptation was licensed for a US release by Creator/{{Geneon}}, though the company eventually went under and the DVD release went out of print. Creator/DiscotekMedia rescued the show and released a DVD set in [[https://www.facebook.com/147168055312297/photos/a.196378827057886.55668.147168055312297/784352751593821/?type=1 May 2014.]]