History Anime / CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss

* CainAndAbel: Furaunui has nothing but contempt for his brother Karls, thinking the latter doesn't have what it takes to be king. In addition, he wants to rule earth by force and purge it of "human trash", while Karls is fascinated with humans and wants to spread happiness to end their suffering. In a bit of a flip-flop, Furaunni is actually the younger brother.

* LazyBum: While Kyotaro is the poster child for this, the whole defense club in this series qualifies, as none of them were the least bit interested in karls or his offer to make them his knights. It actually took Karls forcefully transporting them into the path of monster while they were only wearing towels to get them to make the contract, and they usually only fight so that they can go back to doing nothing.
* MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest: Karls and Furaunui are using their boys to prove which of them is more fit to run Earth.

As you might have guessed, ''Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss!'' is the sequel to the ever-popular MagicalGirlWarrior spoofing ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' franchise. It premiered during the Spring2018Anime season, produced by Creator/StudioComet like its predecesor.

Thirteen years after the [[Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove Battle Lovers]] saved the planet twice over, Binan High is as lively as ever. Kyotaro Shuzenji, Taishi Manza, Ryouma Kirishima, Ichiro Dougo, and Nanao Wakura spend their days in the [[NonIndicativeTitle irrelevantly titled]] Earth Defense Club, ditching class, drinking tea, and having an uneventful but lax life. When they decide to hit up their local bath house, however, Ryouma ends up pulling a fully clothed human out of the bath. The man immediately tells the boys about his plight-- that he's a prince from the far-off MagicalLand of Honyalaland and he needs to prove his worth of ruling their domain-- and finishes by asking them for assistance. The boys don't believe a word and leave, but the prince (now an otter) transports them into the path of a monster rampaging around their school to show them he wasn't kidding. Now tasked with fighting it off, the boys are given [[TransformationTrinket Happy Braces]] and are forced to become the prince's Happy Knights, fighting for peace, love, and happiness whether they want to or not. Meanwhile, Binan's new student council - Ata Ibusuki, Taiju Unazuki, and Maasa Shirahone- have just gotten into contact with a fennec fox that wants to rule over the land with fear...

! Tropes:

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Prince Karls' human form.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The boys are actually quite glad they don't age into proper old men instead of getting wrinkles, because "it would ruin [his] character design".

* LazyBum: While Taishi is the poster child for this, the whole defense club in this series qualifies, as none of them were the least bit interested in karls or his offer to make them his knights. It actually took Karls forcefully transporting them into the path of monster while they were only wearing towels to get them to make the contract, and they usually only fight so that they can go back to doing nothing.

* CainAndAbel: Furaunui has nothing but contempt for his brother Karls, thinking the latter doesn't have what it takes to be king.

* AmbiguouslyGay:
** Ryouma's relationship with Kyotaro can be read one of two things: a mother hen and his lazy ward, or a frustrated man keeping his lover on the right path.
** Of all the knights, Kyotaro's the only one to comment on how soft Karls' hands were when he sealed his contract.
** In episode one, when he drops all those innuendos, is Nanao hitting on Ryouma or just messing with him?
** In episode four, Ichiro fondly remembers his first meeting with Nanao, and wrote in his dream for the future wanting Nanao to keep his eyes on him.

* {{Pun}}: The Happy Knights (''Kishi'') have to seal their contract with a kiss (''kissu'').

* ThemeNaming: The Happy Knights have two solid naming schemes unlike their predecesors, going for a [[StellarThemeNaming stellar theme]] for the first (Stella, Luna, and Spacio) and a natural theme for the second (Fiore, Neve).

* MagicalGirlQueenlinessTest: Karls and Rafunui are using their boys to prove which of them is more fit to run Earth.

* ThemeNaming: The Happy Knights have two solid naming schemes unlike their predecesors, going for a [[StellarThemeNaming stellar theme]] for the first (Stella, Luna, and Spacio) and a natural theme for the second (Fiore, Neve).
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kyotaro's is white, Ichiro's is dark pink, Taishi's is dark green, and Maasa's is pink.

* {{Hotblooded}}: Taishi seems to be this. He's the most eager to fight in episode one, charging straight in.

* NoFourthWall: Wouldn't be a ''Cute High'' series with one. To put it into perspective, their first fight has the Knights blame Kyotaro not standing with them on, ironically, the animators being lazy.

* ByThePowerOfGrayskull!: Or, in this case, happiness.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kyotaro's is white, Ichiro's is dark pink, Nanao's is dark green, and Maasa's is pink.

* AccentRelapse:

* AmbiguouslyGay: Ryouma. Of all the knights, he's the only one to comment on how soft Karls' hands were when he sealed his contract.

* NoFourthWall: Wouldn't be a ''Cute High'' series with one. To put it into perspective, their first fight has the Knights blame Ryouma not standing with them on, ironically, the animators being lazy.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The three antagonists are this.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Ryouma.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: All over the place.

* BreakingtheFourthWall: All over the place.
* BythePowerofGrayskull!: Or, in this case, happiness.
* FrillsofJustice: The Happy Knights' costumes.

* Ambiguously Gay: Ryouma.

* ThemeNaming: The Happy Knights have two solid naming schemes unlike their predecesors, going for a [[StellarThemeNaming stellar theme]] for the first (Stella, Luna, and Spacio) and a natural theme for the second (Fiore, Neve).

As you might have guessed, ''Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss!'' is the sequel to the ever-popular MagicalGirlWarrior spoofing ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' franchise. It premiered during the Spring2018Anime season, produced by Creator/{{Diomedea}} like its predecesor.

* Pun: The Happy Knights (''Kishi'') have to seal their contract with a kiss (''kissu'').