History Anime / KazemakaseTsukikageRan

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good sake[[note]]Rice Wine, in case you didn't know[[/note]]. One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger Chinese girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}}, helping out clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

* ShrinesAndTemples: The pair come across them from time to time. Ran prayed at one for food and instead ropped the collection box.

''Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran (Carried by the wind: Tsukikage Ran)'' is an anime series produced by Akitaro Daichi (who also produced {{Jubei-chan}} and FruitsBasket), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

Tropes:

* MichelleRuff: Meow's English voice actress.
* MonaMarshall: Ran's English voice actress.

* AscendedFangirl: Stephanie wants to be a samurai because she's read about them.

* BraidsOfAction: Meow always wears her hair in braids and is a martial artist whose competance is only surpassed by Ran.

* PhenotypeStereotype: Stephanie is a blonde and blue-eyed european.

* ShrinesAndTemples: The pair come across them from time to tim. Ran prayed at one for food and instead ropped the collection box.

* TheAdventureContinues: The last episode ends like all the others; the pair walking into the sunset.

** BadassInDistress: Meow is a skilled fighter but she's handed the DistressBall on occasion, which offers Ran a chance to kick butt. As soon as Meow get is free, she joins Ran in beating up the bad guys.

** BadassInDistress: Meow is skilled fighter but she's handed the DistressBall on occasion, which offers Ran a chance to kick butt. As soon as Meow get is free, she joins Ran in beating up the bad guys.

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good sake[[note]]Rice Wine, in case you didn't know.[[/note]] One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger Chinese girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}}, helping out clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good sake[[note]]Rice Wine, in case you didn't know.[[/note]]. One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger Chinese girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}}, helping out clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

* {{Badass}}: Ran, big time!

** BadassInDistress: Meow may be a skilled fighter but she does get hit with the DistressBall on occasion, which offers Ran a chance to kick butt. As soon as Meow gets free, however, she joins Ran in beating up the bad guys.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Ran and Meow never appear dirty or unkempt after fighting or walking through the countryside for days. Even if it rains a lot and they lack food. And the closest they get to battle injuries is Ran getting her hair ribbon cut, which only makes her long hair sprawl in a fetching manner.
* BiTheWay: Meow, probably. She surely shows attraction to handsome men, but she also seen ogling pretty girls from time to time.
* BloodlessCarnage: When Ran hacks up bad guys there is no blood (or even clothing damage), yet when [[spoiler:Mei gets stabbed in the side]] a huge bloodstain appears on her dress.

** Ran also often proclaims: "Utterly inexcusable."

* ChineseGirl: Meow and her childhood friend Mei.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Stephanie, who is as spaced out as she is big.
* TheComicallySerious: Ran, sometimes, especially when she's indignantly muttering, "Utterly inexcusable."

* CreditsMontage

* DistaffCounterpart: Ran is considered to be very similar to [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]]; one big difference, though, she is ''not'' a TechnicalPacifist, though she does know non-lethal techniques like when she slapped a woman with the flat of her blade.
* DoorstopBaby: Meow gets stuck with one in one episode.
* TheDrifter: Both.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Ran seems to be pretty popular with the ladies.
* EvilCounterpart: Ran and Meow encountered two female bandits who happened to be a ronin and a martial artist. While the ronin certainly qualified as Ran's counterpart, Meow was shocked and then irritated to learn that the martial artist was [[spoiler:a dumpy middleaged woman]].

* GeniusDitz: Meow, who acts ''very'' ditzy, except when she's fighting.
* GenkiGirl: Meow.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Ran would rather spend her last coin on sake than on ''food''. It's arguable whether she's a HardDrinkingPartyGirl or a full-on [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]]. Meow is a straighter example.

* JidaiGeki: Probably. Could also be earlier.
** Given Stephanie, it must be after Europeans established contact (1543), but before Japan got closed off (1641), assuming a minimal level of realism.
*** Hiraga Gennai (1729-1779) also known as the electric guy from Anime/ReadOrDie shows up in one episode. Doesn't explain Stephanie but it's the closest you can get to dating it. Seems to be a blatant anachronism for the sake of fanservice.
** Mei wears a tight-fitting quipao, a style of clothing that was only invented in the 1920s.

* LimitedWardrobe: And you never see them wash their clothes. Ew.
** Its not like they need to, seeing as how [[DirtForcefield they are apparently immune to all kinds of dirt and grime]]. That said, Meow's outfit does show some signs of wear and tear around the edges.

* LovelyAngels

* MotiveRant: Once's Mei's business is exposed, she goes on one why she partook in it.

* {{Ninja}}: Meow at times gets mistaken for one. Some of the opponents are real ones, though.

* PhenotypeStereotype: Stephanie is blonde and blue-eyed.

* RedOniBlueOni : Ran is the blue oni and Meow is the red oni.
* {{Ronin}}: Ran.
* SeriousBusiness: Sake to Ran. She almost caused a fight over watered down sake. "Sake is like blood! You will shed a tear for each drop spilled."
* ShrinesAndTemples

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Taken a little liberally, the two leads fit, with Ran as the Girly Girl (graceful and concerned about appearances) and Meow as the Tomboy (energetic and impulsive).

* {{Yakuza}}: They're ''everywhere''.

Ran is a young female {{ronin}} with an unmatched degree of swordsmanship. She wanders through Japan, looking for thrills and a steady supply of good sake[[hottip:*:Rice Wine, in case you didn't know.]]. One day she runs into Meow, a somewhat younger Chinese girl who has tremendous skill in Chinese martial arts and a lust for strife matching her own. Together they wind up in all kinds of adventures, ranging from skirmishes with the {{yakuza}}, helping out clueless parents to duking it out with an overgrown European woman.

''[[KazemakaseTsukikageRan Kazemakase: Tsukikage Ran]] (Carried by the wind: Tsukikage Ran)'' is an anime series produced by Akitaro Daichi (who also produced {{Jubei-chan}} and FruitsBasket), that aired for 13 episodes in 2000. It follows a basic adventure formula, with different settings, villains and people to help in every episode. The series derives most of its strength from the often humorous and dynamic interaction between Ran and Meow, who could be seen as {{lovely angels}} with a twist.

* DistaffCounterpart: Ran is considered to be very similar to [[RurouniKenshin Kenshin Himura]]; one big difference, though, she is ''not'' a TechnicalPacifist.

** Its not like they need to, seeing as how [[DirtForcefield they are apparently immune to all kinds of dirt and grime]].

* MeaningfulName: Meow's fighting style involves the heavy use of cat-like moves.

* LesYay: Mainly due to its run becoming popular around the time XenaWarriorPrincess was still on the air, but usually as a fan joke. Meow being treated as the equivalent of ''shudo'' of course...she ''does'' appreciate pretty girls, which might be one of the reasons she keeps following Ran.

* ColorcodedForYourConvenience: Ran, one of the two heroes, wears a white hakama. Many of her opponents, including her EvilTwin, wear black. Meow wears pink and is much girlier than her partner.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Ran fits all the qualifications, especially aloof. Usually given away by her voice but edging close to {{Bifauxnen}}, considering an old woman is reminded of her son after meeting her.

* AscendedFangirl: Stephanie wants to be this.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Ran and Meow never appear dirty or unkempt after fighting or walking through the countryside for days. Even if it rains a lot and they lack food. And the closest they get to battle injuries is Ran getting her hair ribbon cut over, which only makes her long hair sprawl in a fetching manner.

* CatGirl: Despite lacking the ears, Meow tends to make a cat-like impression, especially when fighting.
** Plus, ya know, [[CaptainObvious her name is MEOW]].

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Ran loves Sake. A lot. Meow follows suit, though.
** Ran would rather spend her last coin on sake than on ''food''. Its arguable whether she's a HardDrinkingPartyGirl or a full-on [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]].

* LesYay: Mainly due to its run becoming popular around the time XenaWarriorPrincess was still on the air, but usually as a fan joke. Meow being treated as the equivalent of ''shudo'' of course...
** Well, Meow ''does'' appreciate pretty girls, which might be one of the reasons she keeps following Ran around.

* LibationForTheDead: We don't see it, but Ran tells a dead sake brewer's apprentice that his master is the one that deserves his first batch, not her, at the dead man's funeral.

* SeriousBusiness: Sake to Ran. She almost caused a fight over watered down sake.
** "Sake is like blood! You will shed a tear for each drop spilled."

* StatusQuoIsGod: Nothing ever changes, but justified in this case as the pair are constantly traveling and Ran drinks all their money as fast as she can.

* {{Tsurime Eyes}} / {{Tareme Eyes}}: In one episode this is was the visual cue that distinguished the YamatoNadeshiko from the EvilMatriarch. The first had the affection downward while the second pointed up.
* VagabondBuddies: While female, this is pretty much Ran & Meow's relationship.

* {{Yakuza}}: Man, they're ''everywhere''.

* BottleFairy: Ran loves Sake. A lot. Meow follows suit, though.
** Ran would rather spend her last coin on sake than on ''food''. Its arguable whether she's a BottleFairy or a full-on [[TheAlcoholic alcoholic]].

** "Sake is like blood! you will shed a tear for each drop spilled"

* StatusQuoIsGod: Nothing ever changes, but justified in this case as the pair are constantly traveling and Ran drinking all their money as fast as she can.

*** Hiraga Gennai (1729-1779) also known as the electric guy from {{Read Or Die}} shows up in one episode. Doesn't explain Stephanie but it's the closest you can get to dating it. Seems to be a blatant anachronism for the sake of fanservice.

* AdultChild: Ran, at times--yes, even more so than Meow. In particular, the prospect of drinking lots of sake often fills her with girlish glee.
** One episode in particular had Ran [[GoingToSeeTheElephant excitedly watching an elephant on display.]]

*** Hiraga Gennai (1729-1779) also known as the electric guy from {{Read Or Die}} shows up in one episode. Doesn't explain Stephanie but it's the closest you can get to dating it.

* NoTrueScotsman: The samurai in the 11th episode; the only 'true' samurai in their opinion are samurai that think like them. They talk about honor in one scene, for instance, they refuse to sneak attaack and decide on a time and place of neutral favor. Then they attack him three to one, even when he reveals himself to be (basically) unarmed. Everyone who doesn't act like this is a 'coward' or a 'maggot'.

** One episode in particular had Ran excitedly watching an elephant on display.