History Manga / Toriko

* AgentPeacock: Sunny is this {{up to eleven}}.

*** [[spoiler: This all hype is then entirely [[UpToEleven crushed]], with introduction of Outer Space, and its ingredients like giant skewered edible planets with Capture Level of 60,000 and a snake that dwarves the entire Sun and can eat planets, with Capture Level of 530,000.]]

* GameFace: [[UpToEleven Hooo boy, like you wouldn't believe.]] Just about every combat-worthy character, [[GoodIsNotSoft good]] or [[DarkIsEvil bad]], ''will'' have at least one of these at one point.

* GunsAreWorthless: It's mentioned in the first chapter that firearms are completely useless against any creature with a capture level 5 or higher (the only exceptions being those that are difficult for reasons other than fighting ability). Taken UpToEleven when the Four Beasts invade the Human World. The most advanced weaponry the armies of humanity wield against them -- 100 meter tanks, fighter jets, kill sats -- ''don't even scratch the Four''.

* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Coco's [[UpToEleven slightly more than humanly possible]] gambling skills are [[BlatantLies not exactly cheating]], but not exactly fair either. But he gets away with it in the Gourmet Tasting because Livebearer has effectively cheated the whole game.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Especially in later chapters, more and more characters are introduced without warning, to the point of needing to label characters already introduced whenever they reappear on-page.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Toriko.
** Tommyrod has pink [[spoiler:and Teppei has green]].
** Sunny has Pink/Green/Blue/White hair, with each color being able to sense something different. (Heat, pressure, cold, and pain, respectively.)

* StunGun: Knocking guns. See TheParalyzer above.
** Jiro used long range variants which can be described as Stun ''Rifles''.

* UnstoppableRage: [[http://www.mangareader.net/349-47283-14/toriko/chapter-82.html This panel]] is one of the best examples, especially after the TranquilFury before it.
** Zebra can power himself up by essentially entering an UnstoppableRage.

** In the crossover with ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy and Toriko encounter a Pig that lives in the mouth of a Fox that lives in the mouth of a Tiger. Created by [[CloudCuckoolander Eiichiro]] [[CrazyAwesome Oda]], natch.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: It's a manga about a gluttonous Kenshiro {{Expy}} and his adventures catching game animals... [[CrazyAwesome Yay.]]

The series is a GenreThrowback, [[RatedMForManly pulsing with testosterone]] and being filled with incredibly buff men reminiscent of older manga such as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' or the early parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Modern-day {{shonen}} tropes like MusclesAreMeaningless, StockShonenHero, and BishonenJumpSyndrome are avoided. This series also contains gratuitous amounts of FoodPorn, and thus, readers are advised to not read this manga on an empty stomach. [[http://www.shonenjump.com/e/animetour/ There is also an OVA]], a crossover with ''Manga/OnePiece'' has aired, and [[Spring2011Anime an anime adaptation debuted in April 2011]] ([[http://www.funimation.com/toriko simulcast and licensed by]] Creator/FUNimation).

The series is a GenreThrowback, [[RatedMForManly pulsing with testosterone]] and being filled with incredibly buff men reminiscent of older manga such as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' or the early parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Modern-day {{shonen}} tropes like MusclesAreMeaningless, IdiotHero, KidHero and BishonenJumpSyndrome are avoided. This series also contains gratuitous amounts of FoodPorn, and thus, readers are advised to not read this manga on an empty stomach. [[http://www.shonenjump.com/e/animetour/ There is also an OVA]], a crossover with ''Manga/OnePiece'' has aired, and [[Spring2011Anime an anime adaptation debuted in April 2011]] ([[http://www.funimation.com/toriko simulcast and licensed by]] Creator/FUNimation).

The series is noticeably {{Retraux}}, [[RatedMForManly pulsing with testosterone]] and being filled with incredibly buff men reminiscent of older manga such as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' or the early parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Modern-day {{shonen}} tropes like MusclesAreMeaningless, IdiotHero, KidHero and BishonenJumpSyndrome are avoided. This series also contains gratuitous amounts of FoodPorn, and thus, readers are advised to not read this manga on an empty stomach. [[http://www.shonenjump.com/e/animetour/ There is also an OVA]], a crossover with ''Manga/OnePiece'' has aired, and [[Spring2011Anime an anime adaptation debuted in April 2011]] ([[http://www.funimation.com/toriko simulcast and licensed by]] Creator/FUNimation).

* {{Homage}}: A lot of the manga can be seen as a send-up to several popular Shonen Jump manga throughout the ages. There are even a number of direct references to old Shonen Jump works. To list a few: Toriko himself has clothing similar to [[Manga/DragonBall Goku's classic Gi]], the dynamic of the main party members can be seen in several different works like Manga/YuYuHakusho, and the [[spoiler: Gourmet Demons]] have similar abilities and appearances to that of [[spoiler: [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stands.]]]]

* ArtMajorBiology: Pretty much any living thing in the series is subject to this.

** Everyone gets subjected to this at the hands of Chin Chinchin, Turtler.

* TookALevelInKindness: [[AntiHero Toriko]] himself actually. At the beginning of the series he let Komatsu come along on his hunts solely because it meant he'd have access to quality food in the wild, and even told [[PoisonousPerson Coco]] that he shouldn't worry too much about Komatsu, because he'd filled out his Last Will and Testament before joining them for their Puffer Whale hunt, thus he was prepared for death. He's come a long way since then, where later chapters have him stating that protecting Komatsu makes him stronger than fighting alone ever did.]]

* UnusualEuphemism: The anime is mildly censored (most blood is removed), but swear words in the english dub are usually substituted for food based words. The most common one is "Fork" in place of fuck,Cheese and Rice for Jesus Christ, Holy Canoli for Holy Shit, and many MANY more.

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler: Apparently Midora just left Komatsu to be picked up by Toriko without a fight; as the latter two are already reunited after the timeskip, though it is revealed hat this was because Toriko was so terrifying at the time that even Midora acknowledged that he wouldn't get through the fight without getting hurt.]]

** Since Toriko has learned Food's End, this isn't a problem anymore.

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[[caption-width-right:328: Gourmet everything!]]

The series is noticeably {{Retraux}}, [[RatedMForManly pulsing with testosterone]] and being filled with incredibly buff men reminiscent of older manga such as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' or the early parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Modern-day {{Shonen}} tropes like MusclesAreMeaningless, IdiotHero, KidHero and BishonenJumpSyndrome are avoided. This series also contains gratuitous amounts of FoodPorn, and thus, readers are advised to not read this manga on an empty stomach. [[http://www.shonenjump.com/e/animetour/ There is also an OVA]], a crossover with ''Manga/OnePiece'' has aired, and [[Spring2011Anime an anime adaptation debuted in April 2011]] ([[http://www.funimation.com/toriko simulcast and licensed by]] Creator/FUNimation).

* KiAttacks: "Appetite" Energy, the pure cellular energy of the Gourmet Cells, which the Four Heavenly Kings used to launch the [[CombinedEnergyAttack Ou Shoku Bansan]] on the Four Beast.

Compare with ''Manga/ShokugekiNoSoma'', another ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' manga about FoodPorn.

* BadassGrandpa: Basically, if you see anybody over sixty, assume that they can kick your ass at least ten times over before needing a hip replacement.