History Manga / TheLegendOfKoizumi

** [[spoiler: Played straight by Rudel in the same match, his cheating is so inhumanly fast that it's impossible to catch. True Papa Bush tries and fails to grab his hand and catch him red handed (As he had done with Skorzeny, wich was already faster than what a camera can follow). It's so fast it creates a cloud of dust without his hands seeming to move, this is explained by saying that it's the same as when a ''"wing slices through the atmosphere at high speeds"''.]]

* OhCrap: Hitler has a series of these during his final match against Koizumi. [[spoiler:First, when Koizumi pulls off a winning move (wich he did by cheating harder than anyone had ever cheated before). The second time is when Hitler realizes said winning move ''ejects his soul from his body''. The third and last time is when he is confronted by the spirits of the Big Three, the only other mahjong players capable of beating him]].

* {{Bishounen}}: Pietro, complete with BishieSparkle
** [[spoiler: It is ''very'' disturbing that Hitler gets a little BishieSparkle of his own, when we first see him at the end of manga volume 3. This turns out to be some sort of glamor that Hitler's magic gives him. Yes, Hitler is magical.]]

* OriginalGeneration: The manga originally used only public figures, major or minor, as major characters (Taizo Sugimura is an actual Diet member in Japan, even today; "Yukari" isn't actually given a last name but is generally understood to be a generous portrayal of Yukari Sato, another minor Diet member). As the series went on, however, some of the world leaders didn't really have "seconds" most people would recognize (especially in the series' [[WidgetSeries country of origin]]), so a few were invented expressly for the manga: Pietro for Pope Benedict, Eleonora Pavlichenko for Yulia Tymoshenko, and Mariel for [[spoiler:Josef Mengele]] and later [[spoiler:the Nazi side in general]]. The Nazi side also picks up Tristan and Isolde later on, who are ''named'' for the characters [[Literature/TristanAndIseult in the legend]] (specifically Wagner's opera version) but are otherwise wholly original; they serve [[spoiler:as Hitler's seconds.]]

%%* WidgetSeries: This could only exist in Japan.

** And, just to reference another known mahjong anime, in Princess of Zipang main character Haru sings the opening to [[Manga/Akagi Akagi]].

* ConfusionFu[=/=]YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: The line is used verbatim to describe Hatoyama's Mah Jong playstyle, complete with a ShoutOut to TropeNamer [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Gigyas]].

** [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} You cannot grasp the true form of]] [[spoiler: Hitler]]'s [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} attack!]]

* DerangedAnimation: The manga's artwork is crazy enough, but the anime takes it UpToEleven.

** ''Senkaku Islands Bloody Battle'': Mao Zedong and Lenin.

%%* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Koizumi]]

* CombatByChampion: The Fourth Reich asks for [[FiveManBand five]] of them to decide the fate of the Earth. They are:

''The Legend Of Koizumi'' or ''Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku'' (''Reform With No Wasted Draws''), a manga by Hideki Oowada, is the story about how [[RealPersonFic top country leaders]] battle it out with TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} [[SeriousBusiness to decide]] [[HotBlooded THE FATE OF ENTIRE NATIONS]].

''The Legend Of Koizumi'' or ''Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku'' (''Reform With No Wasted Draws''), a manga by Hideki Oowada, is the story about how [[RealPersonFic top country leaders]] battle it out with TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}} [[SeriousBusiness to decide]] [[AC:[[HotBlooded THE FATE OF ENTIRE NATIONS]]]].

** It can hardly be coincidental that Putin's [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mudazumo_naki_kaikaku/v02/c013/22.html SIBERIAN EXPRESS]] ends with [[Manga/GalaxyExpress999 three nines]]. It's an actual yakuman hand called Nine Gates (or, if you like, Nine Lanterns)[[note]] 2-8, three 1s, three 9s, and any other tile, all from the same suit[[/note]], but the train motif makes you wonder...

* WaveMotionGun: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav Schwerer Gustav]] is [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mudazumo_naki_kaikaku/v02/c011/13.html turned into one]] by the Fourth Reich.

* CardSharp: Everyone of any importance.
* CharmPerson: Hitler.

* ConfusionFu[=/=]YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: The line is used verbatim to describe Hatoyama's Mah Jong playstyle, complete with a ShoutOut to TropeNamer [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} Gigyas]].

* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:George H.W. 'Papa' Bush]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Koizumi]]

* HypnoticEyes: [[spoiler: Yukio Hatoyama]]

* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Super Aryan]]. ''Full stop.''

* OneWingedAngel: '''[[spoiler: SUPER ARYAN!]]'''

* OppositeSexClone: Mariel for Mengele.

* SlasherSmile: Miyuki Hatoyama has one permanently stuck to her face in the manga.

** [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} You cannot grasp the true form of]] [[spoiler: Hitler]]'s [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} attack!]]

** On the first page of chapter 8, Taro Aso says "[[ImageBoard What is this, I don't even...]]" in regards to his new title as Prime Minister.

* WidgetSeries: This could only exist in Japan.
* WingedHumanoid: [[spoiler: Koizumi]] temporarily becomes one in an EleventhHourSuperpower.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Koizumi, and also Papa Bush]].

* ZettaiRyouiki: Isolde wears thigh boots (ZR type A).

* BadassGrandpa: Junichiro Koizumi's grandfather, Japanese politician and cabinet minister Matajirō Koizumi, apparently taught his grandson how to play mahjong. TruthInTelevision: The real-life Matajirō Koizumi was known as the "tattoo minister" for the elaborate red dragon tattoo on his back -- a tattooing style more associated nowadays with {{Yakuza}} -- and the series plays up this fact.
** He's only been shown in a short cameo, but [[spoiler: based on his lineage (not to mention his epic beard), Grandpapa Bush likely qualifies.]]

** To sum it up, the Nazis have perfected human cloning, DNA-based resurrection, functional immortality, orbital bombardment, short-range space travel and antigravity. No occult-based powers... YET. (At least, not until Hitler's [[spoiler: ability to read the future comes into play...]])

* TookALevelInBadass: Taizo gets one of these when he's trying to re-awaken [[spoiler:the nearly comatose Koizumi]], and Bush Jr. practically goes Super-Saiyan when [[spoiler:Papa Bush is killed]]

* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Pope Benedict XVI]]

* OlderAndWiser: [[spoiler:former prime minister Taro Aso]] following the reboot in chapter 49.

* OneLastSmoke: [[spoiler: Skorzeny]], just before his FacingTheBulletsOneLiner

** Koizumi himself in his battle against [[spoiler: Hitler]], his opponent was clearly stronger, but despite getting blasted again and again, he held on (this is even lampshaded by[[spoiler: a nazi soldier]], and in the end he won by countering his opponents finishing move with his new found[[spoiler: 'Godmoupai' (it consists on taking away a piece of a tile and adding it to another), wich not even Hitler with his nigh omnipotence could prepare for.]]

* {{Eagleland}}: The story kind of goes back and forth on this. At first the Bush family (and thus America) is portrayed as Type 2 straight up, almost to ridiculous degrees. Both Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. get more sympathetic as time goes on, however, to the point that Chapter 19 is absolute, pure Type 1 (straight down to [[spoiler:a baseball metaphor]], no less), a massive CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, [[spoiler:and quite possibly the only unauthorized yet ''tasteful'' use of Robin Bush in history]].

Currently you can only find the series in English through a fan-translation currently translated through Chapter 100, approximately halfway through Volume 10. However, the series continues past this, with the Lion's Bloodline saga concluding in November 2015 with Volume 16. In August 2017 the series resumed with the Princess of Zipang saga.