(Humans) Left to right: Ikuto, Suzu, Ayane, Machi, Mei Mei, Shinobu, Chikage, Yukino, Mikoto and Rin
(Animals) Left to right: Karaage, Tonkatsu, Taiga, Pandaro, Tohno, Shima-tora, Kuma-Kuma and Taka-Taka
Ikuto Touhouin runs away from home after a fight with his father and boards a ship. After falling overboard during a huge storm, he washes ashore on a mysterious island inhabited by only women, with no escape. With a guy on the island at last, now everyone is determined to make him their husband.The Character Page has just been started. Feel free to help.
Action Girl: Pretty much every girl in the island.
Acquired Poison Immunity: Kokoro reveals that she has been putting poison into her daughter's drinks and food for years to gain this affect after Ikuto accidentally drinks from the wrong cup.
Arbitrary Skepticism: Ikuto has gradually become accustomed to talking with the anthropomorphic animals on the island, yet still refuses to believe in anything of paranormal or mythological origin even if it is right in front of him.
He doesn't have any problems believing in Aliens and Robot Girls either.
He winds up on the other end of the spectrum, when he tries to convince the islanders on the existence of the aforementioned aliens.
Ikuto did have trouble believing in the anthropomorphic aspect of Airantou's animals, but that quickly died away when Shima-tora made a..."convincing" argument.
A recent chapter had Ikuto get sick and get a fever which made him start to believe in magic. Then when he was still recovering he started to mix science fact with magic, and then he freaked out when he realized what he was saying.
Art Shift: During Michiru and Tohno's confrontation, they emanate a Battle Aura that shows them how they should look like outside of Airantou.
Absurdly Youthful Mother: The first mother introduced is Chizuru, Machi and Ayane's mother (and to the hilarious reaction by Ikuto by this revelation). We then found out that the women marry at young ages since their life-style's that of the Fedual Era. Chizuru is the first to have children at her age. And thus, Machi being the oldest with a Christmas Cake issue.
Ikuto when Suzu tries to give him CPR when he first washes ashore.
Bamboo Technology: Ikuto introduces the Ice Box to the island. The islanders use Michiru to create the ice for the boxes though.
Batman Gambit: The Scavenger Hunt Story Arc doesn't count on its own at first; it took the aftermath chapter to show it to be one. Obaba made sure that all the girls will be exhausted in the competition so that the winner and the "prize" (Ikuto and whoever-he-picks/whoever-picks-him) would not be disturbed at the hotsprings.
Battle Aura: Apparently, all the Leaders are supposed to possess this.
Beware the Nice Ones: Suzu. When she becomes clingy, even her sensei (one of the Four Leaders, mind you) is afraid of her!
Big Badass Bird of Prey: Taka-Taka. In his youth, he was even a contender for the position of the West Leader, and a friendly rival to the current one.
Brick Joke: Two in the first Beniyasha Story Arc, both involving the hotsprings.
When we first see the haremettes in Sakuya's hotsprings, they all decide to wash themselves silly for the sole reason of Ikuto staying under the same roof as them. Things happen, and then we later see the girls have overscrubbed themselves to the point of having rashes.
Later the girls decide to spring a trap for Ikuto so that they can join him in the hotsprings. Chikage, who was supposed to lead Ikuto into the trap, completely forgets about them when the plot picks up. What happens when you spend too long in the hotsprings again?
Speaking of Beniyasha, the flashbackStory Arc shows that Kagami is deathly afraid of the prankster especially since Beniyasha was her future sister-in-law. In the second Beniyasha arc, we have a little throwaway scene showing that Kagami is still afraid of Beniyasha.
One would never expect Ikuto's nosebleed to help him win in his first duel against Taiga, would you?
Similarly, Taiga's weakness between his tails.
During Tonkatsu's errand to go to Shima-tora alone, Suzu (who was following Tonkatsu), runs into a lost Shinobu, completely immobile because of hunger. Suzu promises to Shinobu that she will come back for her. As shown in chapter 65 here, Suzu didn't make good on that promise.
Bridal Carry: Ikuto does this to Machi when Hikaru Genji attacks them during their fake date. Unlike many instances of this trope with Action Girl Machi is fine with Ikuto carrying her like that. Then again the whole thing is part of her Batman Gambit...
Brother-Sister Incest: Misaki seemed to act like her brother was her boyfriend in many of the flashbacks. Ikuto seems to think that normal sisters just do that.
When she read Ikuto's letter-in-a-bottle, she was UNPLEASED.
Possibly a case of Not Blood Siblings considering one of the flashbacks revealed a weird age discrepancy. There is less than 9 months between them in terms of age.
Butt Monkey: Ayane, for the most part. She gets stepped on constantly, for instance.
She is such a Butt Monkey that she thinks that the blood sucking plant is just playing when it is gnawing on her face. She lets it do it every day.
She also fails to notice the effects of a Bad Luck Charm because her luck is already terrible.
The East Leader, in most of his appearances, seems to have some sort of bad luck...
Call Back: Several in the story. The author really knows his series.
The man with the top hat on the boat in Obaba's flashback is the same man who stopped the old way of of determining the ruler of the South Forest. He also built Chikage's mansion. He is also hinted at being Rin's ancestor!
Remember Chikage's floating chair? Well it makes a few more appearances.
Carnivore Confusion: All animals on the island can talk for some reason, so humans eat fish instead. Eggs are still fair game, though, making it a little awkward when a hen has a friendly chat with the male lead before handing over a basket of hers...
This was particularly unsettling when Chikage found a spellbook and uses it to turn all the animals into people and the people into animals, and the hen becomes a woman somewhere in her 30s.Ick.
Catgirl: Suzu, who is on very good terms with the cats and spent some time being trained by their Leader, wears a bow that seems to only be there to give the impression of cat ears in certain shots, sometimes makes feline sounds when excited or scared, and a cat-like aura appears whenever she goesyandere (inherited from her mother). This is played even straighter when she turns into a cat for the human-animal transformation episode.
Celibate Hero: Ikuto makes it apparent from the beginning that he doesn't want to get romantically involved with any of the girls in his Unwanted Harem. For now, that is...
Because Ikuto said she is cute when she smiles, she tries to curtail her jealous tendencies later on.
While it can also be alternately interpreted as a protective instinct towards Suzu, Ikuto inverts the usual situation by reacting very badly on Beniyasha-as-Ikuto trying to seduce Suzu, to the point that Beniyasha went Oh Crap.
Ayane, after she really falls in love with Ikuto rather than in lust with him, displays many jealous tendencies and starts to follow him around a lot more.
Cosplay Otaku Girl: Chikage has an...interesting "source" for her different ideas of clothing when impressing Ikuto, it seems.
Covert Pervert: Mei Mei plays this trope as straight as possible, with her erotic book reading and what she thinks will happen anytime a girl is alone with Ikuto.
Determinator: Ikuto once he decides something he does not give up on it,even when his decision is not have a bath with three gorgeous women.
A more straight example is any of his battles with the guardians.
And in the first chapters when he was determined to leave the island, despite the whirlwinds, his fear of heights and the fact that no one had been able to leave before
Deus Exit Machina: Twice, the West Leader was conveniently out of the story just when things are getting hairy. First with Mei Mei and Tohno's introductions, leading into a crisis that involved the other three Leaders (granted, the West Leader's identity is a secret up to this point, but that's out of the subject), and the second time when a couple of troublemakers decided to usurp his position, leading Ikuto to protect the West in his place.
Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Ayane has not caught on that most people scheme in their head silently. She just blurts her plans out loud and hopes no one hears them. Being the Butt Monkey they usually do.
Double Entendre: Not infrequently but chapter 90 in the manga is this trope. From the title to the last scene. A large part of this chapter is Shinobu, Yukino, and Suzu talking about riding Ikuto; you know on his shoulders.
Dream Land: A chapter deals with Machi spying on peoples dreams and we get to see some of these.
Dynamic Entry: Frequent, but most notable would be Shima-tora when he interrupted Tohno's and the East Leader's brawl, by knocking them both out (temporarily, but still awesome).
Eat The Pig: One bonus chapter has mame daifuku that were accidentally made with alcohol, so Suzu gets drunk...and sees Tonkatsu, or anything round and soft for that matter*
Epic Fail: How else would you describe Ikuto forfeiting a game of shogi to Suzu because he has only the King remainingand Suzu wasn't even paying attention?
Everything's Better with Penguins: Though the penguins on the island are rarely given the spotlight. We've got Pen-Pen from Yukino's family, Sumeragi the shaved ice sales-penguin, and Totega-san of the carpenters (yes, he's a penguin).
Pen-Pen did become an Ascended Extra of sorts during the current Story Arc. He solves part of Beniyasha's riddle and...was rewarded by becoming the "sidekick" in the resulting novel.
Fanservice: With one exception, no female has any inhibitions about bathing with the male lead; Suzu in particular is upset throughout the series because Ikuto won't let her come in with him. And that's just the most common way to give Ikuto something to nosebleed over.
Fridge Horror: Suzuran returning as a ghost. Whether she's dead or not (the latter is still possible thanks to the island not being a stranger to the supernatural) it still begs the question: what really happened to her that no one even found out about it?
Fridge Logic: Apparently, it took Beniyasha less than a day to write and publish an adventure based on his antics.
Friendship Moment: The "rainy day" episode, where Ikuto learns that it's practically a tradition for Suzu's friends to visit her on rainy days, when she would be feeling loneliest.
Gender Rarity Value: All the island's girls fight over Ikuto, the only male around.
Generation Xerox: Stories about the girls' parents are nearly the same as the stories about the girls themselves. Just with a few more guys to choose from. This is played hilariously straight with Machi, who is a shorter version of her father and a black-haired version of her great-grandmother.
Gotta Catch Them All: In the Scavenger Hunt, Ikuto has to collect the seals of the Four Leaders by defeating them.
G-Rated Sex: Hoo, boy. Aside from innuendo, the author has created probably the closest things one can get to child-friendly tentacle rape and bestiality.
Groin Attack: Ikuto gets this because he doesn't believe Tohno is a kappa.
simply put, Michiru claiming that she was there when Suzu first brought Ikuto to Obaba's house, yet no one "remembers" her, develops into the running gag above
Intelligible Unintelligible: The animals start this way to Ikuto until he 'gets used to life on the island.' Then they can be heard and understood in Japanese.
It's subverted later, too. When Ikuto finds himself in the same river, headed for the same waterfall, he remembers that it forks farther down. So he gets out...and then he gets eaten by a fish.
Informed Attractiveness: Subverted; Ikuto was frequently told that Panako (Chikage's elephant maid) is the most beautiful person on the island, which he refuses to believe. And then the Baleful Polymorph episode came rolling around...
Innocent Fanservice Girl: An entire island full of them. Since most of the main cast grew up without any contact with males they never had to develop a since a modesty. As the story goes on some of the girls begin to realize the affect they have on Ikuto and avert this trope. Mind you they still do the same things they just realize what it entails.
Averted with Rin who doesn't like to bath or reveal herself even with other females.
Innocent Innuendo: In Chapter 90, Suzu and Shinobu have a discussion about how much fun it would be to ride Ikuto. Sitting on his shoulders like Yukino, of course.
Interspecies Romance: For their mother's birthday, Shinobu, Mikoto and Kunai decide to give her a grandchild as a present. Which is the person they each chose to "do it" with them? Ikuto, Rin, and Totega, respectively. And that wasn't the even only hint of Kunai's attraction to Totega...
Killer Rabbit: The South Leader, Shima-tora (cat) and the West Leader, Karaage, a roosterchicken, the latter of which was reputed to be the strongest of the Four Leaders.
The East Leader could possibly count, too. After all, he is a cute (albeit large) fuzzy panda.
The manga has since retconned her into the very beginning of the story: she is now seen helping treat Ikuto when he first shows up on the island. Her late appearance is explained away as a consequence of being the daughter of a snow woman, a spirit associated with winter. She is immune to cold but sensitive to heat, and thus rarely went outdoors to avoid the sun.
Last of Her Kind: This is what Tohno believes when she thinks there's no more Kappa on the island. As it turns out, she's not and Ayane and Tohno didn't seem to ask Chizuru of all people due to her hilariously horrific artwork.
Oba-sama is getting tired of Ikuto not making progress with any girl on the island, even though 3 months 50 issues have passed already.
The flashback chapters starring Suzuran and Karaage are chock-full of this. Notably, when narrating a certain event in the flashback, Karaage compares Suzuran to a demon, only for Suzuran to go berserk and point at Karaage's dialogue box while beating him up.
Lethal Chef: Double subverted with Machi. After she takes lessons in cooking, it still looks like the stuff is literally CURSED...but actually tastes quite good. The catch? She makes A LOT of food, and won't let you leave until you eat it ALL of it.
Locked in a Room: An interesting variation where its more tied together suspended from a bridge. Ikuto uses this time to find out why Ayane has been avoiding him.
During one certain storyline, she becomes a Cute Witch, ironically enough.
Made of Iron: Ayane and Shinobu are noted in story to be exceptionally tough.
It seems like Ikuto learned this by being on the island. In the beginning he would actually have to rest a day after being beaten to a pulp. Now he can fight all 4 guardians, fall in a river, get eaten by a fish, and still be perfectly fine the next day. He has come a VERY long way.
He may have always been this. He drifted at sea for 7 days without any food or water with no visible discomfort. He may have just been recovering from that still in the get go which explains how weak he was in the beginning.
Missing Mom: Ikuto's mom is still not mentioned in the series.
Moment Killer: Many times. The one that stands out would be when Sakuyaswears that Ikuto and Suzu would never get disturbed, only for Sakuya to spoil the biggest one herself.
Mood Whiplash: Beniyasha makes his dramatic exit, ominously announcing his plans to an aspiring detective that plans to capture him...and is interrupted by Panako shouting her a message. Cue the epic Face Fault, from Beniyasha herself, no less.
Karaage attempts to attack Takatora since the former thought that he was going to break Suzuran's feelings, only for Takatora to tap into Karaage's "playful side".
My Beloved Smother: Suzu's protective of Tonkatsu, and one chapter is dedicated to showing it.
No Social Skills: Since men have long since vanished from the island, most of the current generation of girls have lost much of modern society's norms on ethical behavor towards men in public, hence their constant bombardment of Fetish Fuel towards Ikuto (see above) and they think there's nothing wrong with that.
Subverted with Rin, who actually tries to seduce him at one point by deliberately taking his hand and putting it on her breast knowing the implications (and she squirms and moans from the sensation too). Also, she's the only female who screams in embarrassment and scolds Ikuto for stumbling on to her while she's bathing naked.
Noodle Incident: No one wants to elaborate why Sakuya wrecked her own inn that one time.
He may be the Buttmonkey among of the Four Leaders but is the Leader to the most dangerous place on the island.
And, he has a chimera as an Unknown Rival that could hardly dent him.
Obfuscating Stupidity: You'd never guess (at first) that Karaage, the goofy-looking family man chicken is one of the island's most powerful residents...
Oblivious to Love: There are a few in the cast, but Ikuto gets a special mention.
He both subvertsand plays this trope stright. The reason he never lets any of the girls too close is that he knows they don't really mean it. They are more interested in the fact that he is the only man on the island than the man himself. Played straight when the girls really do begin to develop real feelings for him, and he still thinks its the idea of love the girls are acting on.
Panty Shot: Much to the threat of Ikuto's health, everywhere. Of the main cast, the only people who don't get frequent Panty Shots might be Machi and Ayane as they wear traditional hakama.
Parental Substitute: After Suzuran's disappearance, Karaage said that he took it upon himself and his family to look after Suzu.
Polyamory: About the only way humanity is gonna survive on the island. Even then there is gonna have to be some sort of first cousin marrying going on.
Grandma says that it's cool, but difficult.
Potty Failure: Implied to happen to Ayane at the end of chapter 72. Ayane also accuses Suzu of having been a bedwetter until just a year or so ago.
Apparently for Suzu it's In the Blood; Suzuran used to wet her bed until pretty late on, according to Karaage.
Rape Is OK When It Is Female on Male: Not actually rape, but when when Ayane paralyses Ikuto with poison and kisses him, HE "mans up" and takes responsibility for "offending" her. And he actually seems to think that it was his fault...
Ready for Lovemaking: Ikuto has had at least Shinobu show up in his bed naked asking him to make a baby with her. Not that she knows what sex is but whatever...
Remembered I Could Fly: In chapter 112, after babysitting a young bird who could fly, Ikuto notes to Kamokamo since he was a duck, he should be able to fly. Kamokamo replies he forgot.
Retired Badass: Subverted; even though he's finally settled in with a family, the West Leader is still the protector of his area, and still enforces the law. Although, Taka-Taka did point out that he doesn't take things more seriously anymore.
Sumeragi the shaved-ice penguin. Ikuto shouldn't have challenged him even though he was already informed beforehand that Sumeragi used to be one of Karaage's rivals!
Running Gag: There are many, but one issue alone saw two running gags involving Taka-Taka's nephew Piyomaru: the chick's obsession with biting anything that sparks its interest, and people mistaking that he's Taka-Taka's illegitimate child.
Say It with Hearts: Happens frequently, but chapter 8 contains a rather ...humorous example.
"Silly Me" Gesture: Yukino does this even though she lives on an island cut off from the outside world which makes it confusing where she picked it up from.
Slapstick Knows No Gender: Everyone: males, females, youkai, half-youkai, animals, ghosts, ect takes a turn at being the brunt of slap stick humor. Ayane probably takes the most turns though.
Sneezing: On one infamous occasion, it was combined with a nosebleed.
Sorting Algorithm of Evil: The order that Ikuto fights the Leaders in the Scavenger Hunt: East (widely considered the weakest), South (however, his battle relied more on trickery than brute strength and power, so his position in the order only depended on the difficulty of his challenge), North, and finally, the West (whoever's superior between these two was sometimes contradictory; while the latter is often called the strongest fighter on the island, he himself admitted that the North was in "a class all his own").
Status Quo Is God: Except for a few very far apart things, like the arrival of Mei Mei, and Ikuto's accustomisation to the weirdness of the island, the chapters could be read in almost any order and still make sense.
And then later, there's Ayane developing an actual attraction to Ikuto, which, as Tohno said, was opposed to liking Ikuto only because he's the lone male on the island.
Actually there is a running time line. Almost all chapters go right from the end of the previous chapter. You could chalk up whatever they are talking about until the new plot picks up as a Noodle Incident, but well that would hurt the story.
Stay in the Kitchen: Played around with. Ikuto is probably the weakest person on the island. He eventually starts to continue his kendo training from before his arrival on the island to overcome this fact.
Played straight with Ikuto's family motto being Protect Woman. Which is why he always is the one to fight, and the one to chase after any girl in trouble. The women of the island act with confusion to the idea, but respect his determination. It works for him in spite of many people being stronger than him because the worst person we have seen so far is a lecherous panda.
Michiru wishes for this.
Stealth Hi/Bye: A number of characters pull this off in the manga, but the master has got to be Machi.
On one memorable occasion she shows off by appearing between Yukino and the animal that Yukino is currently riding on.
Locked Out of the Loop: The West Leader insisted to the islanders that his identity be kept a secret from Ikuto just because he thinks it'll be more fun that way.
Stealth Pun: One chapter has Tonkatsu "squealing" to Chikage about Suzu going truant.
Stepford Smiler: According to Karaage, Suzu's default expression before Ikuto arrived on the island.
Stone Wall: Ikuto's fighting strategy is the Turtling variety using his superior swordsmanship to block and redirect blows, also he can take a few hits himself, as noted by Karaage.
Tempting Fate: After the many times Ayane tried to one-up her sister, you'd think she'd ever learn? Noooo...
Tenchi Solution: Machi once said she considered an affair with another woman to show a man's worth, so she wouldn't mind. Not that he's actually with her though.
Tomato Surprise: Played for laughs with the West Leader, who never knew that he was a chicken (i.e. couldn't fly) until he was 6+ years old. He even had a Heroic BSOD right afterwards...
Took a Level in Badass: After some training, Ikuto can now go toe to toe against the Leaders. Oh, and the Panda, too. Sure, when he last fought them the battles were non-"traditional", but still...
Too Dumb to Live: For their mother's birthday, Shinobu, Mikoto and Kunai decide to give her a grandchild as a present. Which is the person they each chose to "do it" with them? Ikuto, Rin, and Totega, respectively. At least Shinobu's choice was biologically possible, but there was no way she could pop out a kid by the next day, let alone the fact that she does not know what sex is]], or at least that that's how one makes a baby.
This may be justified because there were no men on the island up till now so teaching your girls about the birds and bees may have seemed a waste of time. You would think that they would have got a crash course though once Ikuto showed up.
Tough Love: Machi really does care for her little sister Ayane. She just has a...weird way of showing it. She even said so herself. While there's good reason to doubt this statement, Machi actually provides a visual example by giving Ikuto himself an example of her "love".Fridge Brilliance, folks.
Training from Hell: Apparently Ikuto had this in the past from his grandfather.
Mei-Mei, Suzu, and Shinbo decide that Ikuto needs this to overcome his fear of bathing with people. Although it's more like training from marshmallowhell. Actually it did just about kill him.
Karaage went through this to learn how to fly. Although being a chicken that goal is impossible, but it did turn him into an amazing fighter.
Tsundere: Most notably Suzuran, Suzu's mother. She is never honest with herself, especially with regards to her crush Takatora, who's Suzu's father.
Apparently runs in the family since Suzu is growing into something like one herself...
The Unreveal: Before the West Leader's identity was actually unveiled, it's a Running Gag for Ikuto to ask about him only for something to happen before he gets his answer. While the readers are clued in on the Leader's identity by Chapter 28, but the Running Gag for Ikuto stays until the climax of the Scavenger Hunt.
Unwanted Harem: The women are determined to have the Ikuto, the only male, to themselves, to an often violent degree.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Shima-tora's wife, Myaa, who can change her appearance between a cat and Cat Girl. Shima-tora can do it, too, but it's best that no one sees how he does it, as Suzu and Tonkatsu found out the hard way.
Wacky Marriage Proposal: Takatora to Suzuran. Wacky as in not to how he proposed, but on how she reacted.
Weak, but Skilled: Ikuto is one of the physically weakest people on the island, at least at first more arguably now, but that does not stop him from fighting at all.
What Do You Mean, It\'s Not Heinous?: Kaarage reflects on his "delinquent past" in chapter 76, only for Ituko to tell him that in the outside world, it's normal for birds to go around and eat people's crops.
Wild Mass Guessing: See the page. There's more there than you might think from a story with such a simple premise.
Worthy Opponent: The Leaders to each other, as the flashback Story Arc shows. Although, the North sometimes holds contempt for the East, while seeing some potential in Ikuto himself.
Yamato Nadeshiko: Played with. Suzu tells Ikuto that her mother is this, but Karaage, who knows better, says that it is all a facade because Suzuran hopes that Suzu would not take after her.
Yandere: Suzu arguably fits this trope the best and has yet to even realize why she fits it so well.
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