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3 | ''Tokugawa no Saru'', and known as ''Tokugawa Monkeys'', is a manga by Kakuji Fujita serialised in ''Monthly Action''. |
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5 | It's set in Japan after the turn of the 20th century ([[AmbiguousTimePeriod presumably]]). The protagonist is a swordsman named Kaneno Suzunosuke who comes to Edo to avenge her father's death by the 'headless man'. There she meets a pair of street performers, the scarred, deafblind, and mute Tsuki and the diminutive Inuchiyo who acts as the former's interpreter. Suzu quickly discovers that despite Tsuki's disabilities, she's a fierce fighter. |
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7 | The main antagonists are a group of criminals called the Tengu, who wear said mythical creature's face as masks. |
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10 | !!Tropes in ''Tokugawa no Saru'': |
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12 | %%* ActionGirl: Tsuki and over a dozen others. |
13 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Tsuki, she bears numerous scars all over her body and is given a new one early, on the side of her mouth. |
14 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Halfway through the first chapter, it's revealed that Kaneno Suzunosuke is actually a woman. |
15 | * BoomHeadshot: One client of Tsuki's almost rapes her when an armed mob come in guns blazing, he dies. |
16 | * CreepyCrossdresser: Toyed with. Yoshimura 'the headless man' is often seen in women's clothing, as a mirror image of the Bifauxnen Suzunosuke. [[spoiler:He tries to justify killing Suzunosuke's father saying it was necessary to kill him to avoid him falling into enemy hands]], generally Suzu has to accept working with him. |
17 | * {{Fanservice}}: There is frequent nudity, mostly from Tsuki. |
18 | * FullFrontalAssault: Tsuki 'sees' better the less clothing she wears. |
19 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Razputin, complete with HistoricalVillainUpgrade. |
20 | * TheOldestProfession: Tsuki and Inuchiyo's street performances aren't enough to pay their bills, so the former (and thankfully not the latter) works as a prostitute as well. |
21 | * PublicDomainCharacter: One of the antagonists is [[Literature/SherlockHolmes James Moriarty]]. |
22 | * TokenMiniMoe: Inuchiyo, a young girl who acts as Tsuki's interpreter. |
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