No, not [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]]... Though technically it's spelled the same way.

''[[https://www.yoshsaga.com/ Yosh!]]'' is a webcomic by [[Creator/PhilBrown Phil "Sage" Brown]] that details the life of average {{Otaku}} named [[AuthorAvatar Phil]], who lives with his not-so-normal roommate Kate and his pet penguin [=PenPen=] somewhere in Florida. At first, the art is a bit rough and the story pretty much completely random, though [[CerebusSyndrome an overarching, serious plot eventually does develop]], which involves robot girls, catgirls, anime conventions, magic, mad science, romance (in liberal, non-story-derailing doses), and ninjas. [[Characters/{{Yosh}} Has a budding character sheet.]]
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!!This webcomic provides examples of:

* [[AllergicToLove Allergic To Cute]]: Axel, which is used against him when he has a momentary FreakOut.
* AntiVillain: A lot of effort is put into humanizing the Five. In fact, at this point pretty much the only members of the Five and their servants that are actually evil are [[BigBadDuumvirate the Twins]].
* TheArchmage: The Magi, in addition to unparalleled power in manipulating their own element, each Magi has ability in several other magical fields.
* ArtEvolution: As time passes, the comic's coloring and art improve, right around the time that the story picks up. [[ArtShift The coloring style doesn't settle for a while, though.]]
* TheAtoner: Kate's father, for panicking and throwing Kate out after she became a Chimera in the Weirding.
* AuraVision: While mages can sense magic to an extent - particularly if it's from a large enough source - each Magi of Power have this ability. A Magus of Power has the ability to identify the Null by sight alone, and it looks [[http://yosh.katbox.net/comic/im-the-milkshake-man/ like this]].
* AuthorAvatar: Phil is based off off the artist Philip "Sage" Brown, and Axel is based off the writer, Alex Peterson.
* BabiesEverAfter:
** Some holiday comics have Phil and Kate's future son and daughter.
** The [[https://www.yoshsaga.com/comic/mothers-day-2014/ Mother's Day 2014]] comic has [[spoiler: Blue pregnant with Nami listening]].
* BadAssLongcoat: Axel, complete with CoolShades and a really hot familiar.
* BerserkButton: For Tom or Toyoko, threatening Miyo is a big one.
* BreastExpansion: On the meta level [[WordOfGod the author]] admits that the characters breast size varies by shot - which he jokingly refers to as "convenient cleavage syndrome" - and that the average cup size for his characters has gone up over the course of the comic. He lampshaded this a few times in universe, with special mention going to Serena, whose breasts apparently grew [[http://yosh.katbox.net/comic/lifes-little-changes/ right before her debut]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: [[spoiler:How Kate's reunion with her father goes, at first.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: Becomes more serious as it goes along.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: According to Michelle it's more common than not with her fellow robot girls.
* DeadpanSnarker: A few characters demonstrate this now and then, but Nami tends to do this a lot, especially when it comes to Shiden.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Lia, Hue, and Emi, Serena was never on the side of decadence.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Although the Magi, especially the Twins, are built up to be the main antagonistic force early on, the more antagonistic Magi outside of the Twins are either killed or reformed before too long, and the Twins are pacified later, leaving [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] as the apparent main threat of the series.]]
* TheDividual: The Twins, the brother holds the power of life, the sister the power of death, but they are treated as a single element.
* ElementNumberFive: Played with. The primary forms of magic in the world seem to be Earth, Water, Power (ie, Energy) and Fire, and a Fifth Elemental Power effectively completes the set. The oddity of this is that the fifth power is actually a pair of elements: Life and Death, each of which have their own user. Despite this, they are counted as a single power for most intents and purposes. Also present are demonic and celestial magic, both of which are implied to be weaker than elemental magic due to their sources being in other realms, though they have some unique tricks to help bridge the gap, namely corrupting and purifying other magics, respectively.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Shiden's apartment complex.
* EldritchAbomination: Outsiders are beings from beyond the mortal universe, and are so alien that their magic is the only thing that could possibly affect [[AntiMagic the Null]], even briefly. Apparently a previous incursion is what split the universe into the mortal world and demon realms.
* FanService: Oh yes.
* FauxYay: The Demoness ''loves'' to invoke this, such that she and Blue compete for the title of TheTease.
* FantasticArousal: Apparently animal Chimeras have an erogenous zone near the base of their tale. Phil thinks it's a result of nerves being messed up by the transformation.
* FantasticRacism: Played with. While Chimeras aren't completely hated, people do tend to look down on them. This has been slowly getting better according to the backstory.
** The subject is showing signs of returning in the current arc where Kate and Phil plan their wedding. Apparently, five years after "The Weirding" (the event that created the first Chimeras), Kate and Phil's home state declared that wedding officiators had "the right to refuse" legalizing a wedding if they so wish. As Phil himself points out, the chances of this being a coincidence are small.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Quite a few members of the cast, namely Kate, Blue, and Rieko (though the latter case is even more unusual than most, even by the series' standards. [[spoiler:[[BackFromTheDead There is a reason for this.]]]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Emi]], see With Great Power Comes Great Insanity below.
* HyperspaceWardrobe: Lampshaded in [[http://www.yoshcomic.com/latest.php?i=20080829 this comic]]. Apparently Shiden carries costumes around for just such an occasion.
* TheMagicComesBack: "The Weirding" was caused when the current Fire Magi found the seal for his element and botched releasing, which transformed some people into Chimera while allowing others to use magic for the first time. Later events lead to the other sealed magics being released.
* {{Magitek}}: [[spoiler:Shiden's robots.]]
* {{Ninja}}: Too many to name straight up.
* {{Orichalcum}}: Used by Shiden's creations as a Power Source.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Though quite possibly a succubus, the Demoness has yet to be shown doing anything succubus-like outside of teasing everyone with her sex appeal. [[spoiler:Penpen]] prefers spending time engaging in a gelatin fetish over acting like [[spoiler:a Demon Prince]]; his cousin (who has yet to be named) hasn't seen much character development yet, but so far he's not evil. [[spoiler:Axel's Demon]] is the only one reminiscent of a demon (both in appearance and personality).
* {{Otaku}}: Phil, to the point that he knows manga occurrences ''by panel''
--->'''Quiz Host''': Err- OK! How about quoting page 52 from Volume 6 of Manga/{{XXXholic}}- last panel?
--->'''Phil''': Watanuki tells Yuko- "No dessert for you!" and she says, "You're joking."
* PureMagicBeing: [[spoiler:The Magi's elemental mantles turn out to be intelligent beings in their own right. They also created a similar being that serves as the force behind the Null, which is why Phil's AntiMagic abilities don't negatively affect the robot girls despite them running on {{Magitek}} power]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Averted. [[spoiler:Cain goes to a ''lot'' of trouble to bring his real sister back from the dead.]]
* RobotGirl: Miyo is only the first of these, built by [[MadScientist Phil's frenemy Shiden]]. Past a certain point, he has entire facilities full of them, performing a wide array of jobs from assistants to bodyguards. They also play with the notion of RidiculouslyHumanRobots, as they do have emotions and desires separate from their programming (which Shiden did allow for), as well as needing sleep and food (or recharging).
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:Axel, and Cain, to the Fire Magus.]]
* SourSupporter: Axel isn't exactly thrilled that the other heroes have befriended Lia due to his past history with the Magi, but he ultimately decides to (grudgingly) go along with it, partly because the Demoness can tell that Hue, Lia's fiancee and the Earth Magi, is a good person.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Lien
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Axel shows off his when the Magus of Fire, Josephus, uses him as a portal to the afterlife to help Cain [[spoiler: resurrect Rieko]].
* TheDitz: Phil, in spades. Occasionally, though, it's shown that he's [[ObfuscatingStupidity not as dense as he looks to be]], and it's slightly lessened as time goes on, especially [[spoiler:once he finds out he's the [[NighInvulnerable Null.]]]]
* TheLoad, TheFool: Phil, again--he's just a regular human, with no real abilities aside from a really sunny disposition and a kind heart. Interestingly, his ability to recover from what would be considered intense physical trauma actually goes from a comedic device [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope to an actual ability]] - as the Null, similar to [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Asuna]], he [[AntiMagic naturally nullifies magic and magic artifacts]], though his area of effect extends a bit beyond his body. But unlike the previous Null, for less explained reasons, he is also NighInvulnerable, capable of surviving hellfire, painful falls, and hits from training machines made for robots with no trouble.]]
* {{The Magic Comes Back}}: Both as part of the backstory and during the story.
* TheUnpronounceable: [[spoiler: Penpen's real name.]]
* UnusualEars: The aforementioned {{Half Human Hybrid}}s and [[{{RobotGirl}} Robot Girls]], the latter of which homage [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Persocoms]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Cortex will do ''anything'' to stop the Magi, including [[spoiler:attacking a diner full of civilians just to get ''one girl'' and, more recently, trying to steal several priceless artifacts. Of course, the latter turns out to have been a KansasCityShuffle in order to gain access to an ancient magical seal.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Axel is...less than pleased when he learns how the group has made friends with Lia.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity:
** A Magi's power can go ''very easily'' to their head. One of them, [[spoiler:Emi]], [[HeelRealization realizes it]] when she catches herself trying to [[DisproportionateRetribution smite some kids]] over a perceived slight, only to be stopped by Phil just in time.
** It gets worse. ''All'' of the heirs to the power of the Magus of Power are like that. [[spoiler: ''They are raised like that'' so that they become puppets to the power, which in turn makes them puppets to the rest of the family, because [[WellDoneSonGuy they would do anything to prove themselves]].]]
** When Axel ends up in the demon world, from where his power comes from, he gets a significant boost to his power, making him comparable to the Magi on Earth. He then lampshades how he can easily see how so many Magi let their powers go to their heads.
* AWizardDidIt: The Weirding. Literally caused by a wizard (they call them 'Magi') in the backstory. In an odd twist, the wizard didn't ''mean'' to do it, he was trying to unseal his full power but botched it.
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