Line #6 Webcomic/OkashinaOkashi


1	''[[http://www.strangecandy.net Okashina Okashi]]'' (also known as ''Strange Candy'') was a long-running, manga-influenced webcomic by Emi-Chan (artist/writer), Xuanwu, Kourin, and Tanzy (writers). It features six ordinary Japanese young people (five and one exchange student, technically) who, while visiting visiting TokyoTower, are sucked into a portal to an anime-inspired universe and afterwards are dragged from one fantasy world to another.
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3	As you can tell by the above, the comic specializes in skewering anime and manga tropes (with the occasional swipes at Japanese culture in general). The seven principal characters are:
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5	* Keiko Hasegawa: The group's Tsundere. Stand-in big sister to...
6	* Ellie "Eri-Chan" James: American exchange student, OccidentalOtaku, YaoiFangirl, WrongGenreSavvy.
7	* Petra: LadyOfWar, gun nut, socially awkward.
8	* Hoshiko "Ho-chan" Yamano: Not-so CovertPervert. Keeps a list of "''X'' Ecchi Things To Do With [insert current subject here]"
9	* Eeichi Shinohara: Ho-chan's HandsomeLech partner-in-crime
10	* Lycidia: EvilOverlord-in-training.
11	* Daisuke Dohmoto: The one who opened the original portal, [[HaremSeeker trying to summon his own harem]]. Team ButtMonkey, Lycidia's lackey, and a pervert.
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13	Running from 2001 to 2018, the strip tackled just about every anime and manga trope there is (and if they didn't, it's likely the trope didn't exist yet).
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16	!!Provides Examples Of:
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18	* AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles: Both played straight and subverted. Also a tentacle monster is chibi and apparently a girl. And some tentacles are quite polite and [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20120405.html just need a friend to listen]].
19	* BagOfHolding: What the group uses Petra's Hammerspace portal for
20	%% * BearsAreBadNews
21	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Not sure if this is the trope, but about Takeshi:
22	-->"His abilities as a manager increase when he wears black sunglasses. Especially if he is indoors."
23	%% * CatGirl: Teneko
24	* CherryBlossoms: Intentionally overused
25	%% * DoggedNiceGuy (Takeshi, towards Keiko)
26	%% * EvilOverlord: Lycidia (wannabe), Kerisu (actual)
27	* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: If it don't sparkle, it ain't bishonen.
28	%% * ExpressiveShirt: Eri-Chan
29	* FanServiceWithASmile: Or in Eeichi's case, a wink and a leer. That and the "Beauty Man Garden".
30	* {{Fetish}}: Several characters have them.
31	* FutureMeScaresMe: Eri-Chan runs into a future version of herself. The fact that "Ellie" outgrew her fangirlishness upsets Eri-Chan greatly.
32	%% * GiantEnemyCrab
33	%% * HadakaApron: The uniform of the Beauty Man Garden's kitchen staff.
34	%% * HalloweenCosplay
35	%% * {{Hammerspace}}
36	* HaremSeeker: Daisuke, who summoned the rest of the main cast attempting to summon a harem.
37	* HarmlessVillain: Kerisu zig-zags back and forth on this one, at the whim of the comic.
38	* HandsomeLech: Eeichi (Eri-Chan treats Takeshi this way in an ongoing fit of WrongGenreSavvy)
39	%% * IdolSinger: Takeshi, the [[Anime/{{Macross}} Wingmay]] singers.
40	* [[LeeroyJenkins Leeroy]] [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20061207.html Jenkins]]
41	* LongRunners: Rare example of a webcomic that fits the criteria for traditional LongRunner status (10 years) but ''not'' {{Webcomics Long Runner\|s}} status (1000 strips), due to being a once-a-week strip.
42	* LogicBomb: "What kind of ice cream goes in a koan?"
43	* LoveHotels: The ceiling mirror of one turned out to be a plot hole.
44	* MediumAwareness: Eri-Chan's GenreSavvy allowed her to sense she was being observed, and [[RefugeeFromTVLand escape the comic]]. She managed to get stuck in the comments section of the website. She was thrilled to learn her life is a manga.
45	* ModestyTowel: The uniform of the Beauty Man Garden's wait staff.
46	* NoblewomansLaugh: A rival appears [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20040610.html in this strip]] doing this laugh.
47	%% * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed
48	* NoFairCheating: When Kerisu is challenged to a CollectibleCardGame for his soul, he does terribly and is facing a hopeless situation on his last turn. He then plays a card which makes him instantly win and reveals he had his minions make it for him. When his opponent complains that that's cheating, he replies "[[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20050329.html Evil Overlord, remember?]]"
49	* NoodleImplements: 29 leather straps, 3 pillows, 1 round bed with magic fingers massage system, 7 ferns, 1 potted palm tree, 2 whips, 1 stained glass window, 3 inflatable girls, and doves.
50	* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: Eri is a writer and has unwitingly caused many of the events of the series]]
51	* RPGMechanicsVerse: They get sucked into an MMORPG which enforces RPG mechanics including weapon and armor restrictions. When Petra finds out she's a pacifist healer-type and can't even pick up weapons anymore she's less than pleased.
52	* ShoutOut: Many. For example, try saying that [[spoiler:[[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20090514.html Daisuke]]]] doesn't look like a CharClone [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20090611.html here]].
53	** Also, take a look at the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion lower left costume]], [[Franchise/SailorMoon lower right costume]], and [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura wand in the upper left]] [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20091119.html here]]. And a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann certain line]] [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20091203.html here]].
54	** And [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20100204.html here]]'s one to ''WebComic/AxeCop''.
55	** How about [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20100225.html one to]] ''VideoGame/NanacaCrash''?
56	** [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20100311.html Shortly after that]], the password to get into a lab is [[spoiler:"[[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Despair! Girls in contacts have left me in despair!]]"]].
57	** [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20100826.html Card games]] [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries on motorcycles!]]
58	** [[VideoGame/YumeNikki A world like Yume Nikki gets its own arc]].
59	** Plus, there are plenty of anime characters who get [[LawyerFriendlyCameo Laywer-Friendly Cameoes]] throughout. Like the cast of three seasons of [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Digimon]] in [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20041102.html this Sportsland comic.]] Which then goes on to include a reference to Harvey of all things.
60	** This comic provides the page image of WowingCthulhu, whereas they take pages from Music/TenaciousD's music ''Tribute'' and playing the best song in the world to avoid a draconic demon from eating their souls, and when asked with "Be you angels?", the answer is "Nay, we are but men."
61	* PlotHole: Actually used as part of the plot, the characters travel between trope themed realities by going through Plot Holes.
62	%% * SmallGirlBigGun: Fleur
63	%% * ThePowerOfRock: The Wingmays
64	%% * {{Robot Girl}}: Minami
65	%% * TheDitz: Eri-Chan
66	%% * TheFaceless: Dahlia
67	%% * ThePaidForHarem: Kerisu's quit because of the uncomfortable uniforms
68	%% * ThoseTwoGuys: The catboys.
69	%% * TokyoTower
70	* {{Tsundere}}: Eri-Chan (thinks she is), Keiko (actually is, and a Type-B), Petra (type A; dere side only seen in flashbacks or when otherwise separated from the rest of the main cast)
71	%% * UnSoundEffect
72	* WholeCostumeReference: Lycidia in the {{MMORPG}} world, wears a PimpedOutDress that looks just like the dress the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Queen of Hearts]] wore.
73	%% * WholesomeCrossdresser: Takeshi
74	%% * WrongGenreSavvy: Eri-chan, frequently
75	%% * {{Yandere}} - Eri-Chan
76	%% * YouCantGetYeFlask

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