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3 | ''Genzo'', a.k.a. ''Genzou Hitogata Kiwa'' (''Genzo: Tale of the Human-shaped Fiend''), is a short manga consisting of five volumes and written by Yuzo Takada, author of ''Manga/SazanEyes'' and ''Manga/BlueSeed''. |
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5 | The story begins in the UsefulNotes/SengokuJidai, when UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi is the ruler of the land. The beautiful but {{tomboy}}ish princess Kiku of Kamigawa ask the help of the legendary "Puppet Master" Seibei Tsuchimura, in order stop the plans of her EvilUncle who has poisoned her [[KissingCousins Cousin/future husband]] Tatsumaru. The old Seibei has left the Puppetmastery art long ago, but he offer her the help of his apprentice and son-in-law [[SociopathicHero Genzo Tsuchimura]], who is trying to make a perfect puppet of her deceased and beloved wife Saki. Soon the OddCouple get involved in a series of weird events and secrets plots. |
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7 | The series doesn't really follow a specific arc, but it's more like a series of short stories, usually in a {{Horror}} fashion with some dark humor, drama and mistery inside. One of the volumes contains a short story titled "Gotsuden" (Tale of the Gotsu Sword) which take place two hundred years later and its about O-shizu, a young girl working for a ''Kawaraban'' (sort of newspaper), a wandering swordmaster looking for a cursed blade and some mysterious gruesome murders. |
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10 | !!''Genzo'' provides examples of: |
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12 | %% * AbsurdlySharpBlade: The Samoji sword in the second volume and the Gotsumaru blade in the special. [[spoiler: The Yamiganemaru blade in the last story]]. |
13 | %% * ActionGirl: Kiku and Otsuru. |
14 | %% * AloofBigBrother: Koshiro Honebami to Genzo. |
15 | * AllAmazonsWantHercules: Played with. Kiku says she will only marry a man strong enough to beat her in a swordfight, but she has eyes only for Genzo. |
16 | %% * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Sort of. Kiku's love for Genzo is clear, [[spoiler: but only in the final story she asks him to marry her]]. |
17 | %% * {{Antihero}}: Genzo. He slowly gets better thanks to Kiku and Otsuru. |
18 | * ArtificialHuman: Genzo's puppets can easly pass as living humans and are often used as decoys for Daimyo. |
19 | * ArtificialLimbs: At the beginning of the last story, a limping old man asks Genzo to make an artificial leg for him. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well..]] |
20 | %% * ArrangedMarriage: Kiku with Tatsumaru at first. It was later played for laughs in a Kiku-centered mini arc. |
21 | %% * AsideGlance: Kiku at the end of the above-mentioned ArrangedMarriage mini-arc. See also LesYay below. |
22 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: When Genzo is wrapped in Koshirou's flesh doll, he manage to stop it by finding and snapping its ninth "spine segment" in its back. Later Koshiro does a similar trick by ordering his crow to sever Genzo's puppet's threads. |
23 | %% * AttemptedRape: First Kiku's uncle [[ParentalIncest on her]], and then Denzaemon on Oshizu ''with a [[GroinAttack katana blade.]]'' They both get what they deserve... |
24 | %% * AxeCrazy: [[spoiler:Yasuke wielding the Yamiganemaru and, for a brief instant, Kiku herself.]] |
25 | %% * BadAssAdorable: Otsuru. |
26 | * BadAssNormal: Princess Kiku may lack tricks or otherwordly powers, but she's more than capable to slice through hordes of enemies DualWielding swords! |
27 | * BarbieDollAnatomy, Averted: Naked women will often appear, and not only their nipples but also their pubes are visible. |
28 | * BerserkButton: ''Don't'' call Kiku [[ACupAngst flat-chested]], or she'll rip you a new one! |
29 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. Some pretty ladies get awful-looking scars on their bodies. [[spoiler: Kiku shows the signs of her battle with Yasuke at the end.]] |
30 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Prince(ss) Kiku can easily pass as an attractive man when she wears samurai clothes. |
31 | %% ** [[spoiler:Kiyone does this as well.]] |
32 | %% * BigBad: Each story has its own, but probably the most blatant and suitable is Maria Kusuru. |
33 | * BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler:Kiku survives and both Yasuke and Yamiganemaru are no longer a threat, but Genzo, whi survived the fire, has left, but he may be back again.]] |
34 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Otsuru has a [[HooksAndCrooks sickle blade]] instead of her right hand. |
35 | * BlobMonster: Genzo's and Koshiro's puppets tend to turn into a large [[CombatTentacles tentacled mass]] of flesh when hit, so that they can grab the opponent and hold him still. It was also used to kill Kiku's uncle. |
36 | %% * BlushSticker: Osato has them. |
37 | %% * BreakTheCutie: Poor Genzo, who got his wife horribly killed in front of his eyes. Also Otsuru in volumes 1 and 5. |
38 | * BuriedAlive: [[spoiler:Kahei's wife. Her spirit claims his life for this.]] |
39 | * ButNotTooForeign: The aforementioned Maria is half Portuguese. |
40 | %% * ChekhovsGun: Kohayamaru the Wholphin. |
41 | * CovertPervert: Hideyoshi is hinted to be one, since he left Maria in charge of her clan because of her... [[BuxomBeautyStandard "female charms".]] |
42 | * CreepyCrows: Koshirou has a huge creepy raven on his shoulder. Apparently, it's also a puppet. |
43 | %% * CreepyDoll |
44 | %% * CuteLittleFangs: Otsuru has them. |
45 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Otsuru again: after some proper healing, a bath, decent clothes and a new [[BladeBelowTheShoulder prosthetic blade ]] she becomes even [[{{Moe}} cuter]]. |
46 | %% * CuteGhostGirl: Kiku helped one once. That specific story also ends with a heartwarming moment. |
47 | %% * DarkAndTroubledPast: Genzo |
48 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Genzo uses monstrous puppets and can see ghosts, but at least he's a decent guy. |
49 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: Many nobles and Daimyo hire Genzo in order to have a functional decoy of a dead person. Also [[spoiler: Hikoichi's son and Chiyomaru/Kiyone]] |
50 | * DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: In one story, Kiku plan to get Genzo drunk so that she can have her way with him while he's unconscious. She missed her chance, though. |
51 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Genzo's eyes are always like this. In some rare occasions they're lit with a [[SlasherSmile demonic light]]. |
52 | %% * EvilCounterpart: Koshiro to Genzo. |
53 | * EvilTwin: In an Otsuru-centered miniarc, a man abandons one of his newborn twins in a field. The boy grows up as a stubborn farmer named Kosuke. [[spoiler:He falls in love with Otsuru, asks her to be his wife and gives her a new wooden arm. Then his {{Jerkass}} noble brother pops out and [[KickTheDog kill him for the laughs]]. At least he got slain by Otsuru, too.]] |
54 | * EvilWeapon: |
55 | ** The Jintsumaru Tenganken is said to have hypnotic powers. True or not, is still a darn creepy, sharp katana. |
56 | ** [[spoiler:The Yamiganemaru contains the wrath of the former owners and always seeks blood and revenge.]] |
57 | %% * FakingTheDead: Done sometimes, it's one of Genzo's specialties, Including [[spoiler:Osato, Tatsugoro Momose, Kiyone]]. |
58 | * FluffyTamer: [[spoiler:Kiyone and before her Urakami Matazaemon]] managed to make friend with a Wholphin (a sort of Orca) |
59 | * FullFrontalAssault: When Otsuru was still the "Monster", she was dressed only with a dirty cloak on her back, and nothing else. Unless you count the {{Sarashi}} -like bandages in order to keep the blade still on her wrist. |
60 | * GagPenis: In the fifth volume, Kiku is ill, and asks to Genzo to build a puppet to use against her suitors. However, when its pants comes off it's revealed that he gave the puppet a... noticeable one. |
61 | %% * {{Gonk}}: Hideyoshi really looks like a monkey! |
62 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: [[{{Moe}} Osato]] has a hideous scar across her body. [[spoiler:Kiyone has many singed spots on her skin.]] |
63 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Averted, Genzo is always seen with a huge wardrobe-sized box on his back which contains his tools and tricks. |
64 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Genzo put up a huge one at the climax in order to save his beloved Kiku from the Yamiganemaru's curse. [[UnexplainedRecovery Somehow it seems he survived]].]] |
65 | %% * [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Spring Sequence]]. Happens once, with a handful of {{Fanservice}}. |
66 | %% * {{Hulkspeak}}: Otsuru speak in a similar fashion from volume two onward. She finally speaks normally again in the last story. |
67 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Denzaemon, with O-shizu in the extra. He even comments on her being still a virgin. Averted, since he plans to rip her stomach open in a sort of Dark Ritual. |
68 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Saki's ghost to Genzo and also to Koshiro.]] |
69 | * InstantSedation: Genzo's sleeping powder is one of his many tricks. |
70 | %% * JackTheRipoff: Denzaemon's modus operandi. |
71 | %% * {{Jerkass}}: Many of them. [[spoiler:Kosuke's twin brother takes the cake.]] |
72 | %% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Genzo |
73 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted in the Samoji sword arc, where the [[CarryABigStick Kanabo wielding]] monk Kyokai easly snaps Kiku's swords with a well aimed swing. Played straight otherwise. |
74 | %% * KnockoutGas: Used a lot by Genzo, with the gas usually stored in his puppets. |
75 | %% * LuminescentBlush: Kiku, whenever she daydreams about herself and Genzo. |
76 | * MadeOfIron: Kurojishi. He survived a point-blank explosion, was slashed twice, fell down a cliff, almost drowned twice and yet survived through all this shit. |
77 | * MalevolentMaskedMan: Kurojishi, [[spoiler: Maria's]] [[TheDragon right-hand man]], sports a huge demonic black mask. |
78 | * MomentKiller: Otsuru's presence always thwarts Kiku's chances of sharing a good time with Genzo. |
79 | * {{Ninja}}: They once met a small gang of young ninja boys. |
80 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: A village leader once tried to entice Genzo with two beautiful, curvaceous ladies. His answer? Sending out a frog puppet who called them both "Ugly Hags!" |
81 | %% * ParentalAbandonment: Genzo was adopted by [[OldMaster Seibei]]. |
82 | %% * PluckyGirl: O-shizu. |
83 | * ProfaneLastWords: [[TheDragon Kurojishi]] use his last words before exploding to smithereens to curse Genzo. Loudly. |
84 | * PeoplePuppets: Genzo makes and controls living puppets. |
85 | * RazorFloss: Averted. Genzo uses a lot of threads, but never as weapons. [[spoiler: During his first battle with Yasuke uses them to bind him in order to get some time, and Koshiro used a similar trick to bind Kiku]]. |
86 | %% * SeeYouInHell: [[spoiler:Maria, after her VillainousBreakdown at the very end. With a little of TakingYouWithMe.]] |
87 | %% * SlasherSmile: |
88 | ** Genzo has somewhat of this when he gets serious, and he's as creepy as Hell. |
89 | ** Maria has one, too, but not so creepy. |
90 | %% * StalkerWithACrush: Kiku sometimes behaves as one towards Genzo. Wheter he's aware of this (or if he cares) or not is unknown.. |
91 | %% * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: For Denzaemon at least, who's smart enough to have a longer, deadlier sword concealed in the cloak. Then he met the nameless samurai.... |
92 | %% * {{Tsundere}}: Kiku. |
93 | * UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:The first thing Yasuke does after Genzo made him a new leg? Try to chop Genzo to ribbons with his sword.]] |
94 | * UnusualEars: Hideyoshi has huge ears. Also, some other characters have slightly pointy ears, like Kyokai or Koshiro. |
95 | * {{Ventriloquism}}: Genzo with his smaller puppets and Koshiro with his pet crow. |
96 | %% * WifeHusbandry: Gender-flipped with [[spoiler:young Genzo and Saki, courtesy of Koshiro]]. |
97 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Kiku is always seen dressed as a Samurai. [[spoiler:Also Kiyone disguised herself as Chiyomaru in order to hide her identity to Maria.]] |
98 | %% * YouCantFightFate: The story of "Decepting the Ghost" in the fifth volume. |
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