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1[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tag_dream_7382.jpg]]
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3''Tag Dream'' is a ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' fan {{Yonkoma}} series on Danbooru and Pixiv based heavily on ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', and thus is centered around a tag wrestling tournament. It is one of the longest running ''Touhou'' {{doujinshi}} ever, with just over a thousand strips.
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5One day Yukari reads the wrestling manga ''Kinnikuman'' and is inspired to host a tag-wrestling tournament of her own. As news of the exciting new event spreads, alliances are quickly formed as the denizens of Gensokyo gather to brawl, be it for riches, glory, and excitement, or out of sheer boredom. The ring is manipulated by Yukari to disable powers and danmaku, the bread and butter of Gensokyo's combat. In a new battlefield with an unfamiliar battle style, which team shall be the last standing?
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7Despite being based on tag-wrestling, the 4koma is very accessible to non-wrestling fans due to its huge doses of comedy and {{Fanservice}}. in fact, a good portion of the strips are SliceOfLife. True to ''Touhou'' fashion, almost all characters are quite sociable or at least non-hostile outside of the ring, and the long interludes between tournament rounds focus on the wacky hi-jinx the cast has going on.
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9Can be accessed on [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/pool/show/714 Danbooru]] (translated to English) or [[http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=259275 Pixiv]] (Japanese).
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12!!The series, in addition to the usual ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' tropes, contains examples of:
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14%%* AccidentalKiss: [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/851729?pool_id=714 Courtesy of Kaguya]].
15%%* ArmourPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:[[http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/546011?pool_id=714 "You don't...have any "friends", do you?"]]]]
16* ArtEvolution: Because this is a very long running series, it is incredibly obvious. Compare [[http://hijiribe.donmai.us/data/6d8f150efbbb5db4afdada996309eaf6.jpg]] with [[http://hijiribe.donmai.us/data/f1b7d36bfe89f0e7e7204743509d8406.jpg]].
17* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Suwako lost it when Flandre almost killed Sanae and brushed it aside, leading to an unexpected CurbStompBattle of Suwako going on a rampage, using Heel tactics, and mercilessly pummeling a helpless Flandre.]]
18%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Suwako.]]
19* BloodIsTheNewBlack: [[MemeticPsychopath Yuuka]] goes in the ring wearing a white swimsuit [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown which is dyed red by the time she goes out.]]
20* ButtMonkey: Poor Aki Sisters have terrible luck. [[spoiler:However they find welcome as announcers.]]
21* CensorSteam: Present in the bathing scenes, though the doujin versions are hinted to have this removed.
22* CerebusSyndrome: Seen fleetingly in fights such as when [[spoiler:Reimu and Marisa's teams fight, where not only does Marisa bleed heavily from [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything consuming harmful substance for power]], but gives a rousing speech about the unfairness of race dictating life in Gensokyo.]]
23* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Reimu is human and doesn't have the level of super strength to break handcuffs, yet is portrayed as nearly unbeatable in wrestling anyways. May be justified as her Hakurei bloodline may give her an advantage beyond danmaku.
24* CombatCommentator: Akyuu, Momiji, and after her initial fight, Yuuka serves in this role.
25* CurbStompBattle: While almost all matches seem to have the advantage shift back and forth, Reimu and Remilia's team in particular likes to attempt to NoSell, followed by this trope.
26* {{Fanservice}}: Every single competitor gets their own custom, often {{stripperific}} wrestling outfit. There are art of suits for non-competitors too! Of particular note is that Mokou's top (see center right of page image) seems to shrink every time she appears. And it barely covered her breasts to begin with.
27* FusionDance: Koakuma invokes this to become [[spoiler:Suika.]]
28* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After Mokou undergoes TrainingFromHell from Kaguya to cram everything about Kinnikuman into her head, Mokou is riding Tewi with the Muscle Inferno. A couple of following strips show Mokou ''is still riding Tewi'' over Gensokyo's skies all night long.
29* HardWorkHardlyWorks: [[spoiler:Despite pulling off every trick in the book, Marisa's determined efforts simply could not overcome Reimu's natural-born talents. Just like in canon.]]
30* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Marisa's attempts to win over Reimu get compounded when it looks like she really cannot match up to Reimu at all, who had apparently taken ''minimal damage''. Many comments on both Pixiv and Danbooru do not like what happened here.]]
31* ImmortalImmaturity: When the chronologically nearly 500 year old but physiscally 5 Flandre finds Marisa's dirty magazine and starts asking embarrassing questions, in front of an Enma.
32%%* LovelyAngels
33* MoralityPet: Cirno and to a lesser degree Daiyousei is this to Yuuka. This trope is also the reason why the two can get away with actions that would normally result in the perpetrator get beaten to a pulp by Yuuka, like Cirno dropping directly onto Yuuka's head.
34* OhCrap: Frequent in turnabouts, but special mention goes to [[spoiler:Meiling]] after she uses {{Shoryuken}} on Suwako.
35* PowerLimiter: The ring is one to prevent the characters from using their powers or danmaku.
36** The effect varies depending on each character's specific powers, meaning that people with great physical strength (such as oni, gods[[note]]except the [[ButtMonkey Aki sisters]][[/note]] and vampires) and those who have powers that can be internalized (like Sakuya's time manipulation) have a major advantage.
37* RedShirt: Koakuma is treated as such, to the point of being treated like an object initially.
38* RunningGag:
39** Disasters always strike wherever the Aki Sisters go.
40** Okuu always thinks she's broken her arm after using the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Reiuji God Chop]]. She's always wrong.
41* ShoutOut
42** ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' obviously given the series premise.
43** Shou's outfit is a clear ''Manga/TigerMask'' reference.
44** The Reiuji God Chop is an obvious shout out to the [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Exploding God Finger]].
45* {{Stripperiffic}}: The outfits the characters wear in the ring are essentially skimpier versions of the clothes they usually wear.
46%%* {{Troperiffic}}: As expected of a series going for over four years.
47%%* UnsoundEffect: ''Lake!''
48%%** ''Prostrate!''
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