History DarthWiki / AKoProject

* TournamentArc: All the time, except the last arc. It's usually NotJustATournament, though.

* ToThePain: He goes to great lengths to describe the effects of his SignatureMove while the opponents is writhing in pain.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Japan's competitive fighting scene, to every other country's competitive scenes. The two other exposed are China's [[TakeThat kung-fu dancers]] and America's BoringButPractical style.

A fighting original fiction by french troper Tropers/KeitaroHirochi. In a world where magic is at its beginning, year 2436 ends, and with this the fighting category of "2416-2420"-born fighters closes, [[SeriousBusiness getting everyone hyped with the teams' formation]]. But behind the scenes, whispers about the unknown [[TitleDrop A-Ko Project]] start to agitate the fighting scene's tournament hosts, getting them worried about said project's staff probably having bad intentions.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Japan's fighting competitive scene, to every other country's competitive scene. The two other exposed are China's [[TakeThat kung-fu dancers]] and America's BoringButPractical style.

* BadassFamily: The Seihô are the most notable example with 3 elites, all of whom took less than two months to be so. That's how badass they are. By the way, all of them are team leaders.
* BattleAura: Any person in [[SuperMode A-Ko / A-Shi Mode]].

* BlondesAreEvil[[spoiler:: [[DefeatMeansFriendship Until Kinga beats him.]]]]
* ToThePain: He can go to great lengths to describe the effects of his SignatureMove, which functions basically the same way as Milo's. Hopefully Kinga beats it out of him.

* {{Badass}}: Retired after 5 months of fighting with only ONE loss.

* EvilAlbino → HeroicAlbino

* GoodIsNotNice

* FireAndBrimstoneHell

* ChildProdigy: He was considered as one back in China, until he made fun of those he labels ''cliché dancers''.
* RazorWind: A tornado out of it during his [[LimitBreak Hyper Move]].
* ShoutOut: What does he like? Cheap stuff.

* {{Meido}}: ZigZagged in that she was raised as such, but didn't like it, only keeping the apron because she finds it cool; nevertheless she used this to her advantage when she was in need of money, but left the job as soon as fighting got her enough money.

* AloofBigSister [[JerkassFacade Facade]]: She got too worked up to keep her place of n°1 woman of her category. [[CoolBigSis The mask cracks when]] [[MyGreatestFailure Chiaki is kidnapped]].

* [[spoiler:HeroicResolve: Chiaki gets kidnapped at the very beginning of the arc. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Chinatsu is not pleased.]]]]
* [[NoBadassToHisValet No Badass To Her Little Sister]]: Averted. Chiaki thinks very highly of her.

A fighting original fiction by french troper Tropers/KeitaroHirochi, [[ExecutiveMeddling held back in designing because of his working his other works]]. In a world where magic is at its beginning, year 2436 ends, and with this the fighting category of "2416-2420"-born fighters closes, [[SeriousBusiness getting everyone hyped with the teams' formation]]. But behind the scenes, whispers about the unknown [[TitleDrop A-Ko Project]] start to agitate the fighting scene's tournament hosts, getting them worried about said project's staff probably having bad intentions.

* [[spoiler:BossRush: The ending to the series is a rush of about ten fights between the teams and [[SNKBoss superpowered opponents]].]]

* NebulousEvilOrganization: The A-Ko Project staff. They eventually get enough spotlight to evolve into a StandardEvilOrganizationSquad [[spoiler:of which not all members are even evil.]]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: We don't know how big Takehiko's family is, but he has issues with Takeo, his adoptive brother.

* CharacterRosterGlobalWarming: Inverted. The series starts with no MightyGlacier at all. Shinichi, the closest this fiction has to one, appears rather late.

* EnemyMine: Though nobody really is an enemy, but everyone is ally to find about the [[TitleDrop A-Ko Project]], making PolarOppositeTwins Yôdai and Ryôma something like this.
* {{Expy}}: Each and every single character gets inspiration from other fighting game / anime / other.

! Tropes that apply to the characters

* ChildProdigy: Somewhat. Gonten is a [[BadassFamily Seihô]], Takeo rocked the fighting scene for the first few months with little competition, and Asahi went Elite in seven weeks, a record beaten only by Seihô girls in previous generations.

* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler:[[DefeatMeansFriendship Until Kinga beats him]]]].

* ChildProdigy: 7 weeks to go to the Elite. Absolute record for anybody not named Seihô.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Chiaki won her HeroicRematch because of this.]]

* CounterAttack: He's reknowned for his ability to predict attacks, so he uses this more than other Elites.

* RoseHairedSweetie: Strawberry blonde, to be more exact. But she fits the strong and passionate part.

* TheBigGuy: The least heavy hitter of the team is Ryûya, not Seiko.

* [[WorldsStrongestMan World's N°1 Woman]]: She's the n°1 of her category, and thought to be the best woman her age in the world.

* BadassBoast: ''Ryôdô Academy's 4th year student and StudentCouncilPresident, Takasugi Shion, has entered the fight.''

* HandicappedBadass: He has a heart condition that prevents him from fighting more than three minutes, but he can make short work of many people in those three minutes. The High School Crew doesn't even attempt to challenge him because one-on-one, they know they'd get trounced.

* {{Expy}}: Of SaintSeiya's Gemini Saga. The good side of him, even if he's somewhat the BigBad.

* RetiredBadass: He's 53, and was quite the fighter in his days.

* {{Expy}}: Of SaintSeiya's Leo Aiolia.

* {{Expy}}: Of GuiltyGear's Ky Kiske. [[CaptainObvious Of course.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Litchi Faye-Ling, somewhat.

* {{Expy}}: Of SaintSeiya's Scorpio Milo.

* {{Expy}}: Of GuiltyGear's Sol Badguy.

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Rachel Alucard.

-> Captain: Yôdai Fukaya

!!!Tropes that apply to Yôdai:
* {{Expy}}: Inspired by DevilMayCry's Dante. Only the design stays though.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'''s Yun Lee.

* {{Expy}}: Of {{VideoGame/Touhou}}'s Marisa Kirisame.

* {{Expy}}: He's the Vergil to Youdai's Dante.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'''s Yang Lee.

* {{Expy}}: NamesTheSame as {{VideoGame/Touhou}}'s Hong Meiling, except read in Japanese.

* {{Expy}}: Of TenjouTenge's Shin Natsume, when he wasn't AxCrazy.

* {{Expy}}: Of LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero's Saito Hiraga. Without a sword this time, though. Well, [[HardLight kinda]].

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Subverted. He looks average, he's in the High School Crew, and everything is set like he's a MasterOfNone... until he whips out his [[MasterSwordsman sword of]] HardLight, making him one of the best mid-close-range fighters.

* {{Expy}}: Of ZeroNoTsukaima's heroine Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière.

* {{Expy}}: Of TenjouTenge's Bunshichi Tawara.

* HiddenDepths: He looks like your standard big guy, and then you see him not beat the tar out of Minoru to get his intel, instead tricking him with just words.
%% * MightyGlacier: The closest this series has to one.

* {{Expy}}: Of LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'s Ryuuji Takasu.

* {{Expy}}: Of LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'s Taiga Aisaka.

* BerserkButton: He doesn't like being mistaken for a girl. [[TranquilFury Even if you're insistent, there's no berzerk though]].

* {{Expy}}: Of SaintSeiya's Aries Mu.

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Bang Shishigami.

* {{Expy}}: Of {{VideoGame/Touhou}}'s Byakuren Hijiri.

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Hazama.

* {{Troll}}: He's an {{Expy}} of the ''[[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} God of Trolls]]'', what did you expect?

* {{Expy}}: Of {{Tekken}}'s Paul Phoenix.

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Litchi Faye-Ling. Just like her sister... and the whole family actually.
* [[spoiler: HeroicResolve: Chiaki gets kidnapped at the very beginning of the arc. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Chinatsu is not pleased.]]]]

* {{Expy}}: Of Manga/{{Naruto}}'s Itachi Uchiwa, somewhat. He killed his father and joined the antagonistic party. Except it was all on purpose, in order to achieve divinity. He's the ONLY single character to be designed without the purpose of {{Expy}}ing, though. He also has plenty of references to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s M.Bison / Lord Vega.

* {{Expy}}: She somehow makes a Mix of BlazBlue's Relius Clover and GuiltyGear's I-No.

* {{Expy}}: Of FatalFury's Geese Howard. His pseudonym, Mr. Fukaya, is a ShoutOut to ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'''s Mr. Karate.
* LamarckWasRight: [[DefiedTrope Not for him]]. The man put his sons through TrainingFromHell in their early years to make them as strong as they are now.

* BadassBoast: ''Ryôdô Academy's fourth year student and StudentCouncilPresident, Takasugi Shion, has entered the fight.''

* {{Expy}}: Of TenjouTenge's Mitsuomi Takayanagi.

* [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong: When he wakes up from his BrainwashedAndCrazy state, he OneHitKO's A-Ko out of it.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of BlazBlue's Mu-12. Appearance is taken from Noel Vermillion, but, you know... with them being the same person...

* {{Expy}}: Of TheKingOfFighters' Saiki.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's stronger than any of the main girl characters... she's more busty as well.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Hinted in the final arc. [[spoiler: Her only reaction to her imminent trouncing by A-Ko is to mock Jikon for not having chosen her for the Project.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of {{VideoGame/Touhou}}'s Yukari Yakumo.

* {{Expy}}: Of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'''s Gouken.
* OldMaster: Of the Kaigo Bros.

* {{Expy}}: Of TheFamiliarOfZero's Saito Hiraga. Without a sword this time, though. Well, [[HardLight kinda]].

* {{Expy}}: Of ZeroNoTsukaima's Saito Hiraga. Without a sword this time, though. Well, [[HardLight kinda]].

* MightyGlacier: The closest this series has to one.

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Subverted. He looks average, he's in the High School Crew, and everything is set like he's a MasterOfNone... until he whips out his [[MasterSwordsman sword of]] HardLight, making him one of the best mid-close-range fighters. [[FragileSpeedster Also, he's actually a quick one]].

* FragileSpeedster: Somewhat. He has quite a lot of mobility, but not much in regard to power, and his defence game isn't exactly the best either.

--> Other members: Junto Okanabe, Kimiko Uehara

!!!Tropes that apply to Junto:

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Japan's fighting competitive scene, to every other country's competitive scene. The two other exposed are China's ''[[TakeThat cliché dancers]]'' and America's boring style.

* DyeHard: She has streaks of [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]].

* {{Expy}}: Of {{Toradora}}'s Ryuuji Takasu.

* {{Expy}}: Of {{Toradora}}'s Taiga Aisaka.

* RoseHairedGirl: Strawberry blonde, to be more exact. But she fits the strong and passionate part.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The legal team composition.

* CastHerd

* DiscretionShot / [[SoundOnlyDeath Sound Only]] NonLethalKO: No death or LudicrousGibs to hide, but the [[LimitBreak Hyper moves]] always are seen from far away when they hit. All of them are still clearly visible from the distance.

* TeensAreShort: The purest form of the trope is averted: 47-years-old-Hisoka is smaller than all of the teenage male fighters. Between the fighters themselves though, it's downplayed: the 20-year-olds are generally taller than the 16-year-olds.