Line #39 Anime/JubeiChan


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4	->''"300 years...try imagining how long that is, Jiyu. Every person lives through a short life. People live doing what they believe is right, so they won't have any regrets. But, sometimes a person loses themself into the flow of time. It's not easy to realize this by yourself. There are people here who haven't realized it, and have been wandering, lost for the past 300 years. Jiyu... you have the ability to save those people. You have that power. You alone have that power."''
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6	->''"Jiyu once saved us from our dark path...but who is going to save her now?"''
7	-->-- '''[[TheAtoner Mikage Tsumura]]'''
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9	300 years ago, UsefulNotes/YagyuJubei was the greatest swordsman Japan had ever seen. His feats were legendary. But eventually he started getting old, and he didn't have an heir. Despite his style of swordsmanship being the standard, nobody quite did it correctly. He didn't want his technique to be lost, so [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy he somehow bound it up into an eyepatch shaped like a heart]]. He sent his most trusted servant to find the one who would be able to access the eyepatch -- he would know them by their "plump bouncy bon bons." The servant, Odago Koinosuke, left on the geas that he would find the next Jubei if it took the rest of his life, [[UndyingLoyalty and beyond.]]
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11	Unfortunately, the original Jubei's fame did not come without a price. The Yagyu family crushed all other schools of swordsmanship and slaughtered any who continued to resist. Jubei himself died in a battle with the teacher of the last school to fall, Ryujouji Daigo.
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13	The Ryujouji clan and school swore an oath, that they would ''never'' forget what was done to them, and they and their descendants would wipe out anyone who would take up the name of Jubei. Not even death would stop this pledge.
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15	300 years later.....
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17	Enter Jiyu Nanohana, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent...yeah. She's rather happy with her widower father, Sai, and her friends at school. She even has a cute nickname, Jiyu-bei. ...say it fast and [[MeaningfulName it sounds like "Jubei."]] Isn't that funny?
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19	This changes when she's approached by a rather strange looking guy in antique clothing, who says that she is the Chosen One, and if she would [[CallToAdventure please accept this Lovely Eyepatch]]?
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21	And thus, she becomes Jubei-chan, the second incarnation of Yagyu Jubei! Pity there isn't any evil around. Oh, wait. The Ryujouji School has been waiting for 300 years for this little bit of payback.
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23	Obviously, Jiyu [[RefusalOfTheCall wants nothing to do with it]]. It's a circular problem. But the Ryujoujis won't listen. Also, their grudge is so powerful that it [[TheHeartless infects their souls]]. In order to save them, Jiyu finds a way to modify the Jubei technique, and make a sword technique that cuts the hate and undeath out of their very spirits. Those cut are freed to assimilate into the modern day and forget the past.
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25	Nevertheless, can she take on the entire Ryujouji Clan and still be Jiyu, or [[YouCantFightFate will she get caught up in the bloodshed that occured 300 years ago]]?
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27	''Jubei-chan'' is an original anime directed by Akitaro Daichi (''Manga/FruitsBasket'', ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'', ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan'') which originally aired in 1999 for 13 episodes. It was later followed by a second season, ''Jubei-chan: Revenge of the Siberian Yagyu'', which aired in 2004. In it, ''another'' dead clan, this time a splinter group of the Yagyuus, want revenge on Jubei. They are overshadowed, however, by another Jubei-chan! This one, Freesia Yagyu, is the biological daughter of Yagyuu Jubei, preserved for 300 years by being [[HumanPopsicle frozen in a glacier]]. She's very upset that her father's inheritance has gone to another girl -- and she wants it back. She becomes simultaneously Jiyu's [[StepfordSmiler manipulative best friend]] and Jubei-chan's [[EvilCounterpart worst enemy]]; she knows who Jiyu is. Jiyu doesn't know who she is. The second season has, arguably, some of the greatest sword battles in all of anime.
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30	!!Tropes:
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32	* ActualPacifist: Jubei II is this. Despite being an excellent swordswoman and taking her opponents down swiftly, she never kills them and definitely doesn’t enjoy fighting.
33	* AllMenArePerverts: Every single man who meets Jiyu falls in love with her as soon as they see her breasts. Only her own father is immune for obvious reasons, though this doesn't stop him for being mistaken for being a pervert every so often. The exception is Mikage's husband, Mick, who instead fell in love with Jiyu's friend at first sight.
34	* AntiClimacticUnmasking: In the second season, Mikage pulls the face mask off of a mysterious antagonist, revealing nothing, since Freesia [[GlamOfShazam ages up]] when transformed.
35	* ArcWords: "Nisemono" from the second series, translated as either "imposter"[[note]]Freesia's term for Jubei-chan[[/note]] or "fake". The importance starts to appear in the episode "Peaceful in a Fake Family", where it becomes clear that Jiyu, Freesia, Mikage, and Sai are all hiding secrets from each other while trying to be a surrogate family. Later still, [[spoiler:Freesia manages to provoke Sai into slapping Jiyu by claiming that Jiyu said her father's work was fake. When Jiyu eventually recovers from the HeroicBSOD provoked by this, she shows her character development by declaring that both she ''and'' Freesia are truly the successors of Yagyu Jubei -- so neither of them is an imposter.]]
36	* ArtShift: Used continuously, and even for dramatic purposes -- e.g. when the PluckyComicRelief gets serious. In the second season each leading member of the Siberian Yagyu Clan is animated in a different style -- one is in the show's normal style, one is in 3D CGI, one's drawn SuperDeformed using ThickLineAnimation, etc.
37	** This gets lampshaded by the Ruffian squad, who fall victim to an art shift and become crude line drawings during a single scene by virtue of the plot moving away from them.
38	* BadassInDistress: Since she throws away the Lovely Eyepatch so often Jiyu often gets cornered by villains and needs someone else to bring it to her.
39	* BadassNormal: Shiro in the first series, Oozaru and Kozaru in the second series.
40	* BecomingTheMask: In the second season, [[spoiler:Freesia's character development revolves around this, as she finds herself enjoying the role she adopts in the life of Jiyu and her friends.]]
41	* BareHandedBladeBlock: The Mutodori; something the Yagyu family historically is credited to; is featured in the climax of the second season.
42	%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Freesia doesn't like it when Jiyu's called "Yagyu Jubei".
43	* BigBadFriend: Freesia is very close to Jiyu as she plots to destroy her.
44	* BigOlEyebrows: Freesia sports them to indicate her Russian heritage.
45	* BittersweetEnding:
46	** Season 1 ends with [[spoiler: Jiyu defeating Taiko Daiyu and ending the grudge of the Ryujouji Clan. Jiyu finally gets up have a normal life again, but Koinosuke is basically dead and leaves her grieving for him.]]
47	** Subverted in Season 2. Jiyu befriends Freesia and purifies the Northern Yagyu clan, but Ayunosuke [[spoiler:seemingly dies after being reunited with her father,]] which greatly upsets Jiyu. Freesia also is never able to speak to her father and get closure, as she gets tongue-tied before he passes on. [[spoiler:However, Ayunosuke is shown to have survived and is adopted by Jiyu in the show's final moments.]]
48	* BodySurf: [[spoiler: When Shiro succeeds in forcing Taiko Daiyu out of his body he moves on to Sai.]]
49	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Jiyu is quite busty for her age, and has many male admirers because of it.
50	* CantCatchUp: Lampshaded, in the second season, first season big bad [[spoiler: Shiro]] confidently states that he who fought Yagyu Jubei as an equal in the first season will surely be able to at least be a challenge to this new enemy, only to be defeated instantly when he tries.
51	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Ayunosuke is just as [[AccidentalPervert accidentally perverted]] as [[spoiler:her father]], but it clearly comes from a place of [[WildChild lack of understanding of societal norms.]]
52	* [[CluelessChickMagnet Clueless Dude Magnet]]: Nearly every man Jiyu meets falls in love with her at first sight. Unfortunately for them she is ObliviousToLove.
53	* CursedWithAwesome: Zigzagged. Jiyu treats the Lovely Eyepatch as an unwanted curse and continuously tries to discard it. Said Eyepatch transforms her into the powerful Jubei II and grants her near-unbeatable swordsman abilities. [[BlessedWithSuck However,]] the Eyepatch also gives her a magical fever if she wears it too long and Jiyu specifically says [[PainfulTransformation the transformation is like being on her period.]]
54	* DarkIsNotEvil: Jubei II wears a lot of black and is one of the good guys.
55	* DarkMagicalGirl: Freesia is essentially the EvilCounterpart to Jiyu.
56	* DatingCatwoman: Downplayed. Shiro has a one-sided crush on Jiyu. However he’s from the Ryuujouji clan which is trying to kill her. He ends up DefectingForLove and protecting Jiyu.
57	* DeathOfAChild: Ayunosuke ''turns into stone'' from Jiyu accidentally giving [[spoiler:her]] a BreakingSpeech and refusing the Lovely Eyepatch. [[spoiler:This is eventually reversed, but the death scene is played very straight and it takes a few episodes to undo.]] Later, [[spoiler:she seemingly dies again after her father's spirit comes to bring her to the afterlife, but she returns to Earth to be with Jiyu in the end.]]
58	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Justified; Jiyu is cutting apart the grudge against Yagyu Jubei, which is the only reason why they attack her in the first place. They are quite grateful for it.
59	* {{Delinquents}}: Parodied with Bantarou and the Ruffian Squad, who are eager to beat perceived perverts up but otherwise are dumb and harmless.
60	* DemonicPossession: Basically what Taiko Daiyu does.
61	* DemotedToExtra: Bantarou and Shiro in the second series; [[LampshadeHanging they're painfully aware of this]].
62	* DenserAndWackier: The second season, despite being overall more serious in tone, has wackier comedy than the first- Characters more often break the fourth wall, the Siberia Yagyu clan is full of ButtMonkey MolePeople with absolutely no chance at ever defeating Jubei, and Freesia was [[spoiler:raised by [[TalkingAnimal talking animals]]]], to name a few examples.
63	* DisappearsIntoLight: Any spirit that lets go of their obsession without being cut by Jiyu. [[spoiler: Koinosuke in the first season, most of the Siberian Yagyu clan except for Nizaemon and Kita .]]
64	** [[SchrodingersCast Doesn't happen to Koinosuke in the manga, because he was holding the BigBad down for Jiyu to stab them both, which resurrected him.]]
65	* DistressedDude: Sai is put in dangerous situations for Jiyu to come save him.
66	* TheDitz: Jiyu is sweet and naive, but not too bright. Freesia exploits the trope, pretending to be a FunnyForeigner while hiding her intelligence and ill intent.
67	* DramaticIrony: The second season runs off of this. The audience knows Freesia is the second Lovely Eyepatch holder, while Jiyu and the rest of the cast are unaware of it.
68	* DumbassNoMore: The Monkey Brothers, who go from adoring Bantarou but snarking at him to DitzyGenius levels over the time skip between seasons 1 and 2, displaying HiddenDepths in the form of wanting to pursue higher education and learning multiple languages over the course of a year. They are still comedic, but become even snarkier and less willing to go along with Bantarou's antics, frequently mocking him.
69	* EvilTwin: Hajime is this for Shiro.
70	* ExpressiveHair: Parodied. At one point during an argument Jiyu and Koinosuke [[IdiotHair idiot hairs]] duel each other.
71	* ExpressiveShirt: Bantarou's shirt, which displays ''kanji'' related to whatever his current mood or train of thought might be. Such as "idiot," "reckless" or "breasts."
72	* ExtrudedBookProduct: Jiyu's father Sai makes a living {{ghostwrit\|er}}ing JidaiGeki Samurai novels. In the second series, Jiyu asks him to stretch by writing a romance novel under his own name, which causes tension when he has to hide the fact he's doing another ghostwriting job on the side.
73	* EyepatchOfPower: The Lovely Eyepatches, of course.
74	* FreefallFight: Happens in the second series between Freesia, Mikage, and Jiyu.
75	* FriendToAllLivingThings: [[spoiler: Freesia, who was raised by forest animals.]]
76	* FunnyForeigner: Exploited by Freesia in the second season to [[spoiler:get close to Jubei's family and friends.]] She often acts ditsy and inappropriately, pretending she simply doesn't know local culture or repeating herself in Russian.
77	* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Freesia and Jiyu fuse together in the last episode using ThePowerOfFriendship, which somehow either turns them into or summons the Original 300-years-dead Yagyu Jubei. (The initial result was just a fused successor, given the boobs; Jiyu and Freesia are left on the ground, untransformed, once the original Jubei appears.)]]
78	* {{Ghostwriter}}: Jiyu's father Sai makes a living ghostwriting JidaiGeki Samurai novels. In the second series, Jiyu asks him to stretch by writing a romance novel under his own name, which causes tension when he has to hide the fact he's doing another ghostwriting job on the side.
79	* GoodParents: Jiyu's father, Sai, goes PapaWolf and insists on being involved once he finds out what's going on.
80	* HairAntennae: Jiyu has these. Freesia has one on each side of her head.
81	* HamAndDeadpanDuo: Maro is the Ham and Sachi is the Deadpan.
82	* HealingShiv: Jiyu's sword actually brings back the dead in addition to freeing their souls from their hatred. Most MagicalGirl shows dealing with purifying MonstersOfTheWeek give their heroine a magical wand that shoots sparkles and StockFootage. Jubei [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer just has a katana]]. Same results, hilarious visuals as the target very plainly gets cut down.
83	* TheHeartless: The lost souls of the Ryujoji and Kita-Yagyu clans.
84	* HeavySleeper: Sai frequently works late nights and doesn’t get enough rest. This makes him act like a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} until he finally passes out.
85	* HeroicBSOD: Freesia ''really'' does a number on Jiyu's sense of reality to the point that [[spoiler: that she is unable to recognize Sai as her father and thinks Mikage is her mother.]]
86	** Jiyu's subsequent rejection of Ayunosuke causes [[spoiler: her to turn into a tree.]]
87	* HeroicRROD: If Jiyu wears the eyepatch too long or fights too hard, she begins to fall into a magical fever that can't be cured normally.
88	* HeroicWillpower:
89	** The show runs entirely off of the power of HeroicWillpower. Many characters live for hundreds of years simply to fulfill their oaths or avenge their clans. The Lovely Eyepatches are similarly powered by heroic willpower, as Freesia's is a simple wood carving until she prays for her father to give her the strength to challenge the "fake" Jubei-Chan.
90	* HopelessSuitor: Since Jiyu is ObliviousToLove all the guys who like her are this trope. Special mention goes to Bantaro.
91	* HostageForMacGuffin: Sai gets kidnapped by Jiyu’s enemies who want the Lovely Eyepatch as ransom.
92	* HumanPopsicle: Freesia survives hundreds of years by being frozen in ice.
93	* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Mikage does this to trick Koinosuke into leaving the house.
94	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Jiyu is happy being an OrdinaryHighschoolStudent and wants nothing to do with all this samurai destiny nonsense.
95	* IOweYouMyLife: Mikage and her husband towards Jiyu.
96	* IdenticalStranger: Mikage coincidentally looks just like Jiyu’s late mother.
97	* IdiotHair: Koinosuke has these.
98	* IntimateHealing: When Jiyu is unconscious with an extremely high fever [[spoiler: after Shiro cuts the Lovely Eyepatch off her face]], Sai tries to cool her down by stripping her and himself both naked, dousing himself with cold water, and lying on top of her. This results in many painful burns for him.
99	** Sai uses this trope again when [[spoiler: treating an injured Mikage. She is stabbed in the chest and he has to remove her shirt to bandage her.]]
100	** In season 2 Ayunosuke gives an injured Jubei a full mud bath remedy, which also involves having to strip her and press mud on her body.
101	* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Jiyu doesn’t want her father to know about her SecretIdentity. He is the last person to find out.
102	* JidaiGeki: Subverted.
103	* {{Kawaiiko}}: Subverted. Freesia acts this way to fit into society.
104	* KidSamurai
105	* KnightInSourArmor: Jubei II is this.
106	* KnightOfCerebus: Unlike all the other villains [[spoiler: Taiko Daiyu]] is an absolutely serious character with nothing funny about him.
107	* LikesOlderMen: Jiyu’s friend Maro has a crush on Jiyu’s dad.
108	* LittleMissConArtist: Freesia poses as a dumb foreigner to get into Jiyu's good graces.
109	* MagicalGirlWarrior: As a girl who uses magic to transform into a warrior Jiyu fits the bill.
110	* ManlyTears: Koinosuke weeps dramatically about once per episode.
111	* MeaningfulName:
112	** Not only does "Jiyu-bei" shorten to "Jubei", but Jiyu's name herself is a Japanese word meaning "Spiritual Freedom." IE, what she gives to the lost souls.
113	** It's also worth noting that Jiyu's mother was named "Makoto," which can be translated to "Truth," particularly since in Season Two, Freesia's mother is named "Trusia," furthering the parallel between both Yagyu descendants.
114	* MediumAwareness: Many characters are aware of being in a tv show and comment on wanting out or on being comic relief since they are being drawn OffModel.
115	* MetaGuy: Bantarou, Shiro, Oozaru, and Kozaru in the second series.
116	* MoleMen: The northern Yagyu clan are essentially mole people; they have lived underground for so long they are highly sensitive to the sun and need to wear goggles to protect their eyes.
117	* MoodWhiplash: The show goes from serious to parody at the drop of a hat.
118	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Jiyu has to fight a new assassin in every episode.
119	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Sai has a major moment of this when he is told that Freesia is the daughter of Yagyu Jubei and is trying to kill his daughter, realizing that the girl manipulated him into striking his own daughter and triggering her HeroicBSOD to the point of not recognizing him]]
120	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Sai stayed at work -- as his boss demanded -- while Jiyu's mother was dying, and only made it back when it was too late.]]
121	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Koinosuke gets called out one like this by Sai after [[spoiler: he discovers Jiyu’s SecretIdentity. He tells him if Koinosuke hadn’t given Jiyu the Lovely Eyepatch she wouldn’t be in constant danger.]]
122	* {{Ninja}}: Note, despite the English [[MarketBasedTitle Market Based Subtitle]] of "Ninja Girl", Jubei isn't; she's a "Swordswoman". The only character who is referred to as a "Ninja" would be Mikage[[note]]And that guy with the WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse hair and his minions from the first season, but who cares about them[[/note]]. Freesia wears a face mask so she may count as a ninja visually, though her fighting style (being a swordswoman like Jubei) obviously doesn't.
123	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Freesia Yagyuu only ''acts'' like a cheerful hick.
124	* OlderAlterEgo / SexierAlterEgo: When 14-year-old Jiyu transforms she grows taller and more womanly. Later Shiro gets one of these when [[spoiler: he’s possessed by Taiko Daiyu]].
125	** In season 2, [[spoiler: Freesia similarly transforms from a teenager to an adult woman.]]
126	* OlderSidekick: Koinosuke is this for Jiyu.
127	* {{Ojou}}: Parodied. Otome Shirahatamaru seems to believe she is royalty with her lavish clothing, OjouRinglets, and two faithful followers constantly praising her. She has a crush on Shiro and is jealous of Jiyu, but although she frequently appears she’s little more than an UnknownRival and a ButtMonkey.
128	* ParentsAsPeople:
129	** Sai clearly loves his daughter, but fails to maintain a good work-life balance. His wife died of a high fever while he was at work and Jiyu witnessed this, which she has hidden resentment for that comes out in season 2. [[spoiler: He ends up hurting Jiyu after being manipulated by Freesia, causing her to enter a HeroicBSOD where she confuses Mikage for her mother Makoto and wants to leave with her.]]
130	** Koinosuke similarly loved Ayunosuke, but allowed his devotion to finding Yagyu Jubei's successor to abandon [[spoiler:her]] and inadvertently destroys his child's life by passing his responsibility on to Ayunosuke should he fail, which leaves [[spoiler:her]] unable to age past being a young child and barely able to speak o socialize with others. Jiyu is horrified that her friend could do something so heartless and bonds with Ayunosuke despite still wanting nothing to do with the Lovely Eyepatch.
131	* PluckyComicRelief: Oozaru and Kozaru, Bantarou's DeadpanSnarker sidekicks.
132	* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: After transforming Jubei II has a much deeper voice. [[spoiler: Later happens with Shiro]].
133	* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted with Shiro, who in the first season was played more seriously and was closest to Jiyu's LoveInterest. Come season 2, he has been demoted to primarily comic relief similar to Bantarou and the Monkeys.
134	* RapidAging: Jubei and Freesia both transform into adults with their Lovely Eyepatches. Happens to Koinosuke quite a lot.
135	* Really700YearsOld:
136	** Koinosuke is over 300 years old.
137	** Ayunosuke [[spoiler:is also over 300 years old but unable to age in body due to her father's oath.]]
138	* RefusalOfTheCall: Subverted. Not only is this one of Jiyu's defining traits, but this, along with being MessianicArchetype, turns out to be the key to her victory. Even so, she does have to accept the [[CallToAdventure Call]] to escape it.
139	* ReplacementGoldfish: Sai and Jiyu's relationships with Mikage, a {{Ninja}} who [[HeelFaceTurn was]] the EvilTwin of Jiyu's dead mother.
140	* RousseauWasRight
141	* RunningGag:
142	** Characters are constantly getting lost in the bamboo forest.
143	** Maro trying to take Jiyu and Sachi out to a dessert shop in town, only to be foiled by either Jiyu's other life interfering or by the store being closed for no apparent reason.
144	** Sai immediately slapping Bantarou or Shiro down if they try calling him "Papa", "Dad", "Otousan", or anything similar, often with a literal slap. Shiro's mother has the same reaction to people other than him calling her "mama".
145	* {{Samurai}}
146	* ShooOutTheClowns: Averted! Even during the climactic final battle The Ruffians are still present and still making jokes.
147	* ShoutOut: In season one, one of Jiyu's challengers is a crayon scribble named [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tenchi Muyonosuke]]. Also a TakeThat: Tenchi is short, ugly, with a nose that constantly drips snot and thick glasses, a voice like nails scraping across a blackboard, all the charming personality of a rabid wolverine, and is drawn in the style of a child's scrawl.
148	* SteppingStonesInTheSky: More like stepping logs, but who's counting.
149	* StockFootage: The transformation sequences. Played straight in the first season, averted in the second.
150	* StockShoujoHeroine: Played with. Jiyu has most of the qualities of a typical shoujo heroine. She’d be more at home in a high school love comedy instead of a samurai action show.
151	* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler: Ayunosuke is revealed to have been a girl all along when she meets her father and her clothes change from ragged boy clothing to a girl's.]] Given a LampshadeHanging right after that scene.
152	* TalkingAnimal: A whole forest of them with who Freesia lives after thawing out and before leaving on her quest.
153	* TakeThat: In addition to "Anime/{{Tenchi Muyo}}nosuke" mentioned earlier, Sai briefly has an ImagineSpot of a gratuitous ''Manga/LoveHina'' knockoff HaremComedy during a bout of writers' block in the second season. (He swiftly rejects the idea.)
154	* TransformationTrinket: The Lovely Eyepatch is this.
155	* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender inverted example. Shiro and Hajime are both handsome young men and their mother is surprisingly ugly.
156	* TheUnchosenOne: Freesia is the daughter of Jubei and thinks she should have been his successor instead of Jiyu. [[spoiler:This is because Jubei thought Freesia was ''dead'' because she fell through the ice during one of his battles.]]
157	* TrainingFromHell: Parodied in the first series. Koinosuke decides that Jiyu needs to learn how to function with one eye when she's in Jubei-chan mode, and so locks her in a one-eyed helmet that looks horrifyingly like a pink urinal. HilarityEnsues.
158	* TraitorShot: About a third of Freesia's scenes when she's near Jiyu or Sai.
159	* TransformationSequence
160	* TwinSwitch: In the first series, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Shirou and his twin brother Hajime traded identities; the Shirou the audience knew [[IJustWantToBeNormal Just Wanted To Be Normal]], while Hajime thought being the heir to the Ryujouji clan would be fun. This fact gets used to set up a YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle moment.]]
161	* UglyGuyHotWife: BattleCouple Tenryo and Mikage are a decidedly odd-looking couple. Despite that they seem to be HappilyMarried.
162	** Gender inverted with Shiro and Hajime’s parents. Their father is handsome and their mother is ugly.
163	* UndyingLoyalty: Koinosuke didn't let death stop his mission for the original Jubei, even for 300 years. His child Ayunosuke carries on the tradition in the second series.
164	* UnwantedHarem: By the end of season one Jiyu’s admirers include Bantaro, Shiro, Koinosuke, and [[spoiler: Hajime]].
165	* VerbalTic: Parodied in the second series: Oozaru and Kozaru deliberately start using "-zaru" -- "-Monkey" -- at the end of their sentences, hoping it'll catch on.
166	** GratuitousEnglish: In one scene, they try to redo their tic in Gratuitous English to appeal to the foreign anime fanbase. "Monkey Morning!" "Little Monkey Morning!"
167	* VitriolicBestBuds: Played with. Jiyu and Koinosuke would get along swimmingly if they weren’t always arguing about Jiyu’s destiny.
168	* WeaksauceWeakness: The Northern Yagyu clan are extremely sensitive to the sun and cannot fight in the light without protective goggles.
169	* WildChild: Ayunosuke, a homeless child who can barely speak.
170	* YouCantFightFate: Subverted.

Context Anime / JubeiChan