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3	''Devil Hunter Yohko'' (''Mamono Hunter Yohko'') is an anime {{OVA}} produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} and released in six episodes from 1990 to 1995. It follows the life of a boy-crazy sixteen-year-old schoolgirl named Yohko Mano... who also happens to banish demons from the Earth as a MagicalGirlWarrior in her spare time.
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5	For centuries, the Mano family has worked as a tribe of demon slayers. Yohko's grandmother, Madoka, served as the 107th Devil Hunter; Yohko's mother, Sayoko, would have become the 108th, but a Devil Hunter must remain a virgin [[Dangerous16thBirthday until she comes of age]] to take on the responsibility. Sayoko's pregnancy meant the Devil Hunter lineage would continue with Yohko, who sits on the cusp of her fated birthday ''and'' still has her virginity. With only days before gaining the power of the Devil Hunters, Yohko could follow in her mother's footsteps -- and the demons infiltrating her school would ''love'' to help her break the lineage once again...
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7	Creator/ADVFilms released all five episodes of the series (and a music video special) in the United States; the first OVA doubled as ADV's very first anime release. The OVA soon became a GatewaySeries for numerous anime fans of [[TheNineties the early 1990s]]; since it ended up more successful in the States than in Japan, the producers made the last ''Yohko'' episode with the foreign market in mind. Eventually, an English dub was released in 1996.
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9	There were three games that were released only in Japan: Mamono Hunter Yōko: Dai 7 no Keishōi, for the Sega Megadrive, and Mamono Hunter Yōko: Makai kara no Tenkōse and Mamono Hunter Yōko: Tooki Yobigoe for the PC Engine CD.
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11	Do not confuse this series with ''Demon Fighter Kocho'', a similar tale which takes place at Heian University.
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14	!! ''Devil Hunter Yohko'' contains examples of:
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16	* ActionGirl: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin If the show's title doesn't make it clear enough]], see the badass, MagicalGirl, and MagicalGirlWarrior entries below.
17	* AdjectiveNounFred: Look at the title.
18	* AllWomenAreLustful
19	** Yohko's mother, Sayoko, became [[TeenPregnancy pregnant with her at age 15]] because she slept around. Which is why the Devil Hunter power couldn't be passed onto her. Adulthood has done nothing to curb her libido, as [[ReallyGetsAround she continues to engage in casual sex with different men]] and encourages Yohko to do the same. Going so far as to toss her a pack of condoms on the way to school.
20	** Yohko's school principal [[spoiler:is into students]].
21	** Yohko's grandmother [[spoiler:swaps from "you must protect your virginity" to "go get laid a lot" once Yohko's powers awaken]].
22	* AllYourColorsCombined: In ''Devil Hunter Yohko 6'', the MonsterOfTheWeek's TimeStandsStill only effects either Yohko or Ayako (ColorCodedForYourConvenience); this happens when they team up to defeat the monster.
23	* AndTheAdventureContinues: Episode 5 ends with Yohko turning in her ring, thinking that devils will no longer come to Earth since Tokima has been defeated. But her grandmother tells her that another demon nemesis of their family still exists and Yohko will one day have to fight him. Azusa then runs in to report that a demon is attacking a construction site, forcing Yohko to go fight it.
24	** Episode 6 ends with Yohko and Ayako saying goodbye and promising to meet again.
25	* ArtShift: None of the episodes have a consistent art style, and none of them really look like Gaku Miyao's original designs either.
26	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Yohko's ancestor, Haruka, brings her back to life via time travel.]]
27	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[AvertedTrope Bullshit]]. As the series progresses, Yohko gets battered, bruised, ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and, eventually, [[spoiler:comes BackFromTheDead.]]
28	* BetaBaddie: Ayako.
29	* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: Averted and played straight in the first episode.
30	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:This frequently happens with Chikako and Azusa. Chikako gets brainwashed in the very first episode, though quickly cured. Azusa gets possessed by Tokima in episode 5, which winds up having tragic consequences. Also is the reason Osamu tries to seduce Yohko in the first episode.]]
31	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: This one's a doozy:
32	-->'''Yohko: (reciting)''' "Dark powers whose black deeds escape even the light of the moon..."
33	-->"Behold now the radiance of the power of love!"
34	-->[[BadassBoast "I shall destroy all who dare threaten this world!"]]
35	-->"I am the Scourge of Evil..." '''(regular clothing shreds)'''
36	-->"The [=108th=] generation of Devil Hunter... Yohko!" '''(Devil Hunter attire materializes)'''
37	-->'''Yohko: (makes fist, winks)''' "Coming at you!"
38	* CartwrightCurse: Yohko falls in love easily, and desperately wants a boyfriend (though she's not as sexually liberated as her mom). But she has ''horrible'' luck with guys throughout the series:
39	** Kondo Hideki, in OAV 1? There's no sign he was even ''aware'' of her crush on him, and his last scene is literally of him vanishing into thin air after she saves him from ending up a HumanSacrifice.
40	** Osamu Wakabayashi, also in OAV 1? Yohko is explicitly not into him, and then he just never appears or even gets mentioned in any subsequent episode.
41	** Biryuu in OAV 3? [[spoiler:Was already in love with another woman, Yanagi.]]
42	** Asakura Ryuichi, in OAV 5? Was only hitting on Yohko because he was possessed by her family's ArchEnemy, the demon lord Tokima, who was using him to get the drop on Yohko. Tokima does quit his body, but he never appears or gets mentioned again.
43	** Tateno, in OAV 6? Wasn't aware of Yohko's crush, then was seduced ({{Mind Rape}}d) by her cousin Ayako to hurt him, before both girls literally just forget he exists.
44	** Yuusuke Sano, also in OAV 6? Same deal as Tateno, with the addendum that he might have been ''killed''.
45	* ClothingDamage: Justified since Yohko and the demons she faces use bladed weapons.
46	* CombatStilettos: Yohko battles demons in high heels.
47	* CoversAlwaysLie: If you go by the cover art, you'd think Yohko was spindly, whereas the in-series art depicts her as having a semi-athletic tone and figure. This is especially apparent during the many close-ups of her legs; particularly around her thighs and calves.
48	* CuteClumsyGirl: Azusa's a bit of a klutz, mainly because she's an apprentice Devil Hunter and a GenkiGirl.
49	* DarkMagicalGirl: Ayako.
50	* Dangerous16thBirthday: [[YourDaysAreNumbered For demonkind]], once the girls of [[BadassFamily The Mano Clan]] come of age. Because...
51	* DemonSlaying ...is their family business; the powers are passed down from mother to daughter at age 16.
52	* DemotedToExtra: Chikako and Sayoko are a lot less prominent in the last two episodes.
53	* DisappearedDad: We never see (or hear about/from) Yohko's father during the entire series. This isn't because he's important to the story; in fact, it's the opposite. It's because Sayoko was a teen mother who slept around a lot (and still does).
54	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Yohko's VA, Creator/AyaHisakawa, sings all of the OVA's ending songs.
55	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:By the end of the sixth episode, Yohko has become friends with her cousin Ayako and Azusa 2. The fact that they were responsible for the AccidentalMurder of Yohko's teacher which is what unleashed the demon they had to destroy goes completely unmentioned.]]
56	* EvilTwin: Ayako, Yohko's identical cousin from ''Devil Hunter Yohko 6''.
57	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Reiko. In her first appearance, both Yohko and Chi comment on how hot she is.
58	* EvilIsPetty: Ayako steals two guys that Yohko is crushing on just to get under her skin.
59	* ExploitationFilm: Has definite elements of it. Quite a bit of the action sees Yohko gratuitously losing her clothes or getting molested.
60	* {{Fangirl}}: Azusa really looks up to Yohko, which is why she became her apprentice.
61	* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Madoka pretends to be fatally injured to get Yohko to [[TakeUpMySword take up her ring]] and become the 108th Devil Hunter.]]
62	* FemmeFatalons: Tokima uses his talons to great effect in the fifth OVA by [[spoiler:killing Yohko.]]
63	* {{Filler}} / FourIsDeath: The producers refused to make an actual fourth OVA episode; instead, they put together a number of music videos as a special release in lieu of an actual episode. Since the episode never had an actual number in Japan (it was released as "Super Music Clip"), ADV came up with the title ''Devil Hunter Yohko 4-EVER'' as a way of working the number four into the series.
64	* FollowingInRelativesFootsteps: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] with Yohko and her mother Sayoko. The women of the Mano Family all receive the Devil Hunter power [[VirginPower by retaining their virginity]] until they turn 16. Sayoko was supposed to become the 108th in the family line, [[RefusalOfTheCall but refused]] by giving up her virginity at age 15, which is how she became pregnant with Yohko. So Madoka (the 107th) couldn't retire until Yohko reached her 16th birthday and accepted the Devil Hunter power in Sayoko's place.
65	* HeroicBastard: Yohko's parents were not married (and Yohko has no idea who her father is). Doesn't stop her from inheriting the Devil Hunter's mantle.
66	* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: It turns out Asuza #2's name is really Asuza.
67	* HotterAndSexier: Inverted; the {{OVA}}s became less focused on sexy fanservice and more on the story as they progressed.
68	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Yohko kills [[spoiler:Reiko]] this way at the end of their duel, in the first episode. Then, in the fifth OVA, Tokima uses her FemmeFatalons [[spoiler:to return the favor.]]
69	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Madoka. Thankfully, it happened only when she was temporarily de-aged.
70	* {{Invocation}}: As seen in the ByThePowerOfGreyskull entry.
71	* IWantGrandkids: Once the Devil Hunter power has been successfully passed on to Yohko, Madoka encourages her to start dating in the hopes of Yohko having kids of her own in order to continue the bloodline. Weirdly, she then goes back on this in the 5th OAV, ordering Yohko to save her virginity until marriage.
72	* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Madoka. [[spoiler: Turns out she wasn't kidding when she gets [[FountainOfYouth turned back into a teen]].]]
73	* JumpedAtTheCall: Azusa didn't bother to wait. She showed up on Yohko's doorstep when she saw Chikako's ad in the paper. Literally.
74	* KamehameHadoken: Yohko can channel magic in this fashion, by using her hair clips.
75	* LetsGetDangerous: Yohko when she first receives her ring. Complete with ThemeMusicPowerUp.
76	* LoveHotel: There's a pink one with a skylight in OVA episode 1.
77	* MagicalGirl: The most badass one you'll ever see. See directly below.
78	* MagicalGirlWarrior: One of the first since ''Manga/CutieHoney'' (it came out 2 years before ''Sailor Moon''). Unlike her contemporaries, Yohko [[SheFu isn't afraid]] [[SupernaturalMartialArts to get physical]]. [[SettleItWithoutWeapons She'll put the sword DOWN if she has to.]]
79	* MaleGaze: [[DrinkingGame Take a drink]] every time the camera focuses on Yohko's exposed breasts. [[LegFocus Or her legs]].
80	* Mystical108: Yohko is the [=108th=] Devil Hunter, which is notable as this is a series steeped in Asian mysticism.
81	* NearRapeExperience: In the first OAV, Osamu gets [[BrainwashedAndCrazy demonically possessed]] and Yohko is placed under a spell in an attempt to rob her of her virginity before the Devil Hunter power can be passed on to her. [[spoiler: [[BadassBiker Madoka tears ass through Tokyo]] [[BigDamnHeroes to prevent it from happening.]]]]
82	* NeverMessWithGranny: Madoka, who doubles as a BadassBiker.
83	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
84	** Nice job [[spoiler:leading your family's greatest enemy right to the seal on its powers]], Yohko.
85	** Nice job [[spoiler:releasing a demon and possibly getting an innocent man killed whilst fighting a pointless duel with your cousin]], Ayako.
86	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Tokima would have ''won'' if he hadn't decided to add insult to injury by throwing Yohko's dead body back through time to where Haruka Mano could use her Youma Ring to revive her from the dead.]]
87	%%* TheOjou: Reiko, seen in the page image.
88	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Madoka never misses an opportunity to remind her daughter Sayoko that she never became a Devil Hunter because she lost her virginity at fifteen. This often starts fights between the two.
89	* PragmaticVillainy: Since the demons couldn't prevent Yohko from becoming the next Devil Hunter, they've resorted to the next best thing: [[spoiler:killing all her love interests so she'll never be able to have children.]]
90	* PutOnABus: Azusa is absent in the last episode, having gone to visit her parents.
91	* ReallyGetsAround: Sayoko was this way as a teen, and continues to sleep around as an adult. Which is the reason she never became a Devil Hunter. [[spoiler: [[RefusalOfTheCall Not that she cared.]]]]
92	* RefusalOfTheCall: Sayoko. She'd rather date and engage in casual sex than protect the world from demonkind.
93	* RoleCalled: It's about Yohko, and she's a Devil Hunter.
94	* {{Sidekick}}: Azusa, to Yohko.
95	* SkewedPriorities: See RefusalOfTheCall.
96	* TamerAndChaster: The first OVA had scenes that bordered on softcore porn, like [[spoiler:a BrainwashedAndCrazy Osamu's AttemptedRape of Yohko]]. However, the OVA after that one were LighterAndSofter to make it more appealing to younger audiences.
97	* TeenPregnancy: Sayoko got pregnant with Yohko when she was fifteen.
98	* TimeParadox: It would have been averted if, during the episode 5 climax, Yohko's ring [[spoiler: summoned the previous generations of Devil Hunters instead of Haruka's.]]
99	* TransformationTrinket: The Mano family ring.
100	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Osamu Wakabayashi. He's in love with Yohko, but she's not attracted to him at all. The one time he kind of gets her interested, he's been possessed by a demon and is more or less being compelled to rape her. Then he got dropped from the series.
101	* VicariouslyAmbitious: Yohko's great aunt failed to become the 107th Devil Hunter, so she trained her granddaughter to steal the title of 108th Devil Hunter from Yohko.
102	* VirginPower: Played straight ''and'' subverted. All the girls in the Mano family must remain virgins until they become Devil Hunters -- but once they gain the Devil Hunter power, they're free to fool around ([[IWantGrandkids and Madoka wants great-grandkids]]!).
103	* VirginTension: Already covered in the NearRapeExperience entry.
104	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Name a guy who shows up in this series either with a crush on Yohko or whom she is crushing on. Odds are they'll just vanish at the end or even middle of the OAV and never get even mentioned again.
105	* WhoYouGonnaCall: Yohko's best friend, Chikako Ogawa, appoints herself as her manager and tries to promote Yohko as a professional demon slayer.

Context Anime / DevilHunterYohko