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* SchoolRivalry: Otogi Academy has a long-running enmity with Onigashima High. The former is an idyllic boarding school that prepares its students to be proper citizens. The latter is a WretchedHive overrun by its AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, which has allowed delinquents to take over the school.
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* CatSmile: [[CloudCuckoolander Majolica]] and [[CatBoy Saburo]]. [[PragmaticHero Ringo]] displays one on occasion, though not as much as the others.
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* CruelToBeKind: The reason Sebastian finds fault with every girl presented as a potential bride for Chuutarou
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is not that he is picky, perfectionist, or misogynistic, but because he [[spoiler:knows Chuutarou and his childhood friend have a mutual crush and both would be miserable if he chose someone else. Chuutarou had heard a rumor that his friend liked a boy, but decided IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and went looking for another girl without even asking her ''who'' the boy she liked was]].
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* CruelToBeKind: The reason Sebastian finds fault with every girl presented as a potential bride for Chuutarou
Chuutarou is not that he is picky, perfectionist, or misogynistic, but because he [[spoiler:knows Chuutarou and his childhood friend have a mutual crush and both would be miserable if he chose someone else. Chuutarou had heard a rumor that his friend liked a boy, but decided IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and went looking for another girl without even asking her ''who'' the boy she liked was]].
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* {{Bokukko}}: Ryōko fits both the "masculine pronoun" and "tomboyish appearance" parts of the trope. It's part of her tough girl act.
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* TheCameo: While attempting to find Chutaro a bride, [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Taiga, Ami, Minori]], [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Mikoto, Kuroko, Saten, and Uiharu]] show as potential brides.
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* TheCameo: While attempting to find Chutaro a bride, [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} [[Literature/{{Toradora}} Taiga, Ami, Minori]], [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Mikoto, Kuroko, Saten, and Uiharu]] show as potential brides.
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** Ringo, Otohime and Otsu in Episode 3 dress up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise, Henrietta and Siesta]], respectively.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Momoko Kibitsu (alias Momo-chan-senpai), who hits on both Ryōko ''and'' Ryoshi within minutes of her first appearance in Episode 5.
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* Hypocritical humor: In episode 7 the LemonyNarrator remarks on the butler insulting the various girls in the series, despite frequently doing so herself.
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** Momo Kibitsu is frequently praised by her adoring fan club for her "dumplings". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the LemonyNarrator:
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** In one scene from the anime, after [[BuxomBeautyStandard Momo]] suffers a blow to her dignity, with a butler explaining to his young master the sad truth about the effects of the passage of time on large chests, Momo lashes out at Ryoko and Ringo, saying she's sorry the two of them [[ACupAngst are only fit for smuggling raisins.]]
** Momo Kibitsu is frequently praised by her adoring fan club for her "dumplings". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the LemonyNarrator:
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Based on a series of light novels, an anime adaptation, ''Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi'' or ''Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions'', which takes its name from the first novel in the series, was produced by Creator/JCStaff and aired in the summer of 2010.
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->''"All's well that end's well."''
At Otogi Academy, there is an organization that helps people out, the Otogi Bank. Headed by the Kiriki cousins, Liszt and Alice, their members consist of the maid Tsurugaya Otsuu, the mad scientist/witch Majolica le Fay, the couple of Otohime Ryugu and Taro Urashima, and a prominent fighting duo, Ryōko Ōkami and Ringo Akai, the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood. One day, Ryōko is confessed to by the painfully shy Ryōshi Morino, who finds himself [[strike:shanghaied into]] joining the Otogi Bank to help people and fight against Onigashima High, the delinquent rival school ruled by Student Council President [[BigBad Shiro Hitsujikai]], a man who seems to have a connection to Ryōko.
Based on a series of light novels, an anime adaptation, ''Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi'' or ''Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions'', which takes its name from the first novel in the series, was produced by Creator/JCStaff and aired in the summer of 2010.
Licensed by Creator/FUNimation in 2011, with the DVD/Blu-Ray released in April 2012. Not related to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.
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!!''Ōkami-san'' provides examples of:
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Onigashima High's student council president, [[BigBad Shiro Hitsujikai]], claims to have only arrived recently and therefore not be accepted by every student yet, but some of the other characters point out that the coordinated attacks could only have been pulled off if he were already in control of them.
* ACupAngst: Both Ringo and Ryōko. It's the one thing that always gets a rise out of them, and is responsible for the LemonyNarrator getting punched.
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%%%%* AlertnessBlink: Every once in a while, including in the first episode.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** With [[spoiler:Shiro]] as the ringleader; [[spoiler:once he attempted to rape Ryōko and spread rumors about her, all of her classmates instantly turn their backs on her and public opinion of her plummets]].
** In elementary school, Otohime was ridiculed and laughed at by her classmates for being overweight and slow like a turtle.
* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Assistant Alice is All Work and Club President Liszt is All Play because they are based on the fairy tale of the ant and the grasshopper.
* AmazonChaser: There are, in fact, ''three'' flavors of guys who prefer tough kick-ass girls.
** Ryoshi admires Ryoko's strength and skill at boxing, thinking it cool, but what truly hooks him is how scared she feels on the inside and how hard she works to be strong in spite of her fear. As someone who is ''also'' scared all the time due to his Scopophobia, he relates to this and is motivated to be strong enough to support her.
** The gang boss from episode 2 also says he prefers tough girls, and he says this while manhandling Ryoko. In contrast to Ryoshi, his preference is because he gets a sadistic thrill out of "breaking them".
** Akihiro Ooji is elated to deduce that Kakari is the girl who kicked him in the face, and he proclaims her the strongest girl he has ever met. He asks her to kick him ''several'' times, the last of which triggers this expression of pleasure on his face. He is implied to be a masochist (the narrator assumes something along these lines at least).
* AnythingThatMoves: [[BuxomIsBetter Momoko]] [[MsFanservice Kibitsu]] (alias Momo-chan-senpai), who hits on both Ryōko ''and'' Ryoshi within minutes of her first appearance in Episode 5.
* AttemptedRape: It's hinted early on, and later confirmed, that [[spoiler:Ryōko]] was a victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Shiro]]. It's also implied that it might have gone past "attempted".
* BadassAdorable: Ryōko is a girl who is tough and adorable in equal measures. This is actually what attracts Ryoshi.
* BattleAura: Witnessed from Ringo, Mimi and Otohime. The latter two have {{Animal Battle Aura}}s of their respective creatures. Ringo has ''[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} B.B. Hood]]''.
* BattleCouple: Ryōko and Ryoshi fight together, with her punching in close quarters and Ryoshi sniping people who sneak up on her and setting up thugs for punching. Although Ryōko will deny the "couple" part, vigorously, while blushing.
* BeachEpisode: Episode 9 sees the bank visit an indoor water park with Ringo's half-siblings. Taro is excited about all the girls in swimsuits.
* BeautifulAllAlong:
** Subverted; we knew Otohime was cute before we found out she used to be [[FormerlyFat a little bit fat]] and lost weight, becoming the beautiful, insane girl we see in the show. Of course, the reason why she decided to lose her extra mass is because Taro inspired her to.
** Majolica. When we finally see what she looks like [[TheGlassesComeOff without]] her NerdGlasses or baggy witch costume in Episode 4, it turns out that she's pretty to the point that GenericCuteness doesn't cover it. It is downplayed in that none of the characters call any attention to her during the scene in which it happens.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Otohime's reason for liking Taro was because he was the only person who treated her with kindnes instead of insulting her due to [[FormerlyFat her looks at the time]].
** Although much more subtle, it is potentially used with Ryōko towards Ryoshi, as evidenced by his determination to help her despite her repeated attempts to reject him or push him away. Her attitude towards him and life in general seems to lighten up more as a result. This is possibly why she befriended Ringo as well.
* BetaCouple: Otohime and Taro are already in a relationship when the show begins, unlike our leading lady and her admirer, and have fewer troubles expressing their "desire" for each other.
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%%%%* BettyAndVeronica: In Episode 12, Machiko acts as the Betty while Ryōko as the Veronica.
* BigBad: [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Shiro Hitsujikai]] is the [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Student Council]] President of [[TeenageWasteland Onigashima High School]], where his personal army of delinquents attend, and they're responsible for all the danger in the plot as they try to sabotage the good deeds of [[WeHelpTheHelpless Otogi Bank]]. Shiro himself is the ArchEnemy of [[TheHeroine Ryōko Ōkami]], [[spoiler:his ex-girlfriend whom he raped in the past]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Mimi Usami, though cute at first glance, isn't the least nice. Her battle aura looks like it needs a [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Holy Hand Grenade]] to deal with.
** [[spoiler:Reiko pretends to be a victim of Shiro’s abuse but is actually TheDragon to him, and leading the heroes into a trap]].
* BoyMeetsGirl: The ploy Machiko tried to use to get Ryoshi to fall for her is textbook anime cliche, complete with deliberate PantyShot advertising.
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%%%* BreatherEpisode: Episodes 7 and 12, which follow some fairly serious drama episodes.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Hansel and Gretel are implied to be romantically interested in each other. If you ask them, they will say that their relationship is "sacred" and none of your business.
* BuxomIsBetter: Disciplinary Committee Chairman Momoko Kibitsu is revered mostly for her dumplings, as they are called.
* TheCameo: While attempting to find Chutaro a bride, [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Taiga, Ami, Minori]], [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Mikoto, Kuroko, Saten, and Uiharu]] show as potential brides.
* CannotSpitItOut: Averted with Ryoshi, who immediately confesses to Ryōko in the first episode. However, played straight with Ryōko, who constantly either avoids the issue altogether, or something else happens that then requires their attention and is forgotten. Machiko calls Ryōko out on this in Episode 12, and she still doesn't exactly give a clear answer.
* CatBoy: Saburo Nekomiya, the mysterious boy based on ''Puss in Boots''.
* CatSmile: [[CloudCuckoolander Majolica]] and [[CatBoy Saburo]]. [[PragmaticHero Ringo]] displays one on occasion, though not as much as the others.
* TheCavalry: Done twice in Episode 11, first Momoko and her groupies, and then the rest of the Otogi group, end up saving the heroes from Onigashima High goons.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Averted by [[spoiler:Ringo's parents, who appear to have gotten away with an affair and with chasing Shirayuki's mother out of the mansion]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Saburo, though it took a little more than one episode, initially shows up as a boy being bullied by a group of thugs, then some episodes later returns to train Ryoushi and reveals his involvement with Ryōko's past.
* ChekhovsSkill: Episode 2. Ryoshi informs Ryōko that his Akitas are [[spoiler: hunting dogs]]. This comes into play later in the episode, when Ryoshi [[spoiler: uses them to track Ryōko's scent to where her abductors have hidden her]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Otohime and Taro have been together ever since they met in grade school and he comforted her after her classmates mercilessly mocked her for [[FormerlyFat her weight]].
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Chuutarou and Uika essentially make one in Episode 8, because it is his family's way of doing things to look for a bride when young.
* ClingyJealousGirl:
** Though she never loses her smiling demeanor, Otohime is ''[[{{Yandere}} deadly]]'' if she sees Taro hitting on anyone other than her.
** While she vehemently denies this, Ryōko falls into jealousy in Episode 12 when Machiko starts to make her moves on Ryoshi.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Majolica tendentious to make weird inventions, wears swirly glasses, and comes off as a kooky gal.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Done in Episode 9 between [[spoiler:Ringo and Shirayuki]], since it's a BeachEpisode. There is no vomit and the latter recovers immediately.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ryoshi may be a lame screw-up, but mess with Ryōko and you got an epic man on your hands.
* CruelToBeKind: The reason Sebastian finds fault with every girl presented as a potential bride for Chuutarou
is not that he is picky, perfectionist, or misogynistic, but because he [[spoiler:knows Chuutarou and his childhood friend have a mutual crush and both would be miserable if he chose someone else. Chuutarou had heard a rumor that his friend liked a boy, but decided IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and went looking for another girl without even asking her ''who'' the boy she liked was]].
* CurbStompBattle: Ryōko gets one in the beginning, knocking the guy out in a single punch.
* CutenessProximity: If the [[ImprobableWeaponUser deceptively adorable cat boxing gloves]] didn't cue you in, then her absolute ''deredere'' breakdown in the presence of the dogs in Episode 2 should have made it clear that Okami-san ''loves'' cute things.
* CuteBruiser: Ryōko will knock you out with cat-themed boxing gloves. She fits this trope so much so that she provides the page's image.
* DatePeepers: Ringo and Ryōko follow Ryoshi in Episode 12 when he's on a date with [[GoldDigger Machiko]]. It's not because Ryōko is jealous because she [[{{tsundere}} absolutely is not]]!
* ADayInTheLimeLight: Some of the secondary Otogi bank characters get some episodes devoted largely to them, such as Otohime in Episode 3 and Otsu in Episode 4. Ringo gets some much needed CharacterDevelopment in Episode 9 when we learn more about her backstory.
* DeadpanSnarker: The narrator enjoys making dry or witty remarks about the cast and events. Sometimes the comments she makes are [[InteractiveNarrator "heard" or noticed by the characters]] as well, which earn her a glare.
* DeathGlare: Ryōko's ''default'' expression is a a hostile scowl, because she is suspicious of most people and wants to appear strong.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Thanks to training from her mother, Ringo can act like an adorable little girl to make others do her bidding.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Ringo does this to Ryōko at the end of Episode 6 when the latter tries to hide that something nice happened to her earlier that day from the former.
* DamselInDistress: It's [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] on two occasions for [[BadassInDistress Ryōko]].
** It's downplayed during Episode 2. While the delinquents have kidnapped and bound Ryōko, she's not sitting still and waiting for a rescue. [[DamselOutOfDistress We see her actively trying to cut her own ropes]] before the rest of the team show up to lend a hand, but she's also terribly scared and wishing for someone to save her. After the team frees her, she joins the fight.
** Played straight when she gets kidnapped by Shiro, [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend/rapist]]. The rest of the cast stages a rescue mission, and she is a bystander in the fight that decides her fate.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Taro takes on his gentleman personality whenever Otohime extracts his "essence".
* DoggedNiceGuy: Ryoshi is determined to help Ryoko in anyway he can, and become strong enough to protect her. While he definitely wants to be her boyfriend, he is content with just being her friend until such a point that she reciporcates, however long that may take, if it happens at all. Seriously, he does not act like this entitles him to Ryoko in the slightest [[spoiler: which sets him as a foil to her abusive ex-boyfriend, who acts like she still belongs to him.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Ryōko tends to beat up Ryoshi a lot, as well as other men (who usually deserve their beating).
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Whatever Otohime does to "extract Urashima's essence" is left to the imagination of the audience, but you can get an idea from how she forcibly drags him away from everyone, how terrified he always is of what she's about to do and how worn out he looks afterwards. In the manga, he outright screams "rape" whenever she does this. This is always PlayedForLaughs. By contrast, the male Shiro’s rape of the female [[spoiler:Ryōko]] in the past is treated with full seriousness, serving to cement his status as both the BigBad and an irredeemable bastard.
* DraggedIntoDrag: When Otsu falls sick, everyone offers to help her for the day by dressing up in {{meido}} costumes...even the boys. Though Liszt didn't mind.
* DynamicEntry: Kakari, after a rather impressive series of gymnastic flips, accidentally plants both feet into the surprise face of her crush.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Saburo shows up in a flashback [[spoiler:as a boy Ryōko saved from some thugs]]. He comes back later in the series to train Ryoshi to be a better fighter and a stronger man in general.
** Momoko is seen briefly during the Beauty Pageant in Episode 3 before her proper introduction in Episode 5.
* EasyAmnesia: While trying to save a CatUpATree, Ryōko loses her memory of the past few years, reverting back to age 13. [[StatusQuoIsGod She returns back to normal by the end of the episode.]]
* EmpathicEnvironment: Ryoshi and Shiro have a dramatic confrontation in the rain.
* EpunymousTitle: It's a reference to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_and_the_Seven_Young_Kids The Wolf and the Seven Kids]]''.
* EtTuBrute: Although Ryōko though Shiro was a gentleman, her reaction when [[spoiler:Shiro revealed his true colors to her]] is of utter shock.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Averted with [[{{Bishonen}} Taro]], as he states on several occasions that he [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday does not enjoy the company of men]].
* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: [[spoiler: While trying to save Ryōko from Onigashima High, there is a lot of fighting from the bank. Otsu even whacks a guy with her broom.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Nearly everyone in the club gets a smirk on their face when Ryoshi and Ryōko are near each other.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Onigashima means "Island of Demons". It is populated entirely by delinquents and thugs.
* ExtremityExtremist:
** Ryōko is a boxer.
** Saburo fights exclusively with kick attacks.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Liszt has this in the anime. He only opens them when he means ''serious'' business.
* FairyTaleMotifs: The most prominent aspect of the series, with every character drawing inspiration from a different fairy tale, reflected in their [[MeaningfulName names]].
* {{Fanservice}}:
** In the third episode of the anime, the female characters are in swimsuits. Justified since the episode involves a BeautyContest. A similar thing happens in Episode 9, when they all head to the pool.
** Momoko provides [[WhipItGood plenty]] of dumpling service.
* FanDisservice: The narrator lampshades this during Ryōko's shower scene in the first episode of the dub, calling it by the trope name, if only because of Ryōko's lack of assets.
* FirstBlood: Things got real in [[spoiler: Ryoshi and Shiro's fight when Ryoshi's counter draws blood. Shiro goes savage and talks about how he's going for the kill now. Then Liszt and Ringo decide to show up, and the former convinces Shiro to stand down.]]
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Given how she didn't realize that her first boyfriend turned out to be [[spoiler:a sociopathic monster]] until it was too late, Ryōko understandably doesn't want to fall in love again, until she meets Ryoshi at least.
* FormerlyFat: Otohime wasn't always the cute girl she is today. Flashbacks show she was kind of chubby when she was younger, earning her the "turtle girl" nickname.
* FracturedFairyTale: Most of the characters are based off of fairy tale characters or stories, though the characterizations often have been warped beyond recognition. See the character page for their tales.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: With the first episode using "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" [[WholePlotReference as its basis]], this naturally comes into play. Akihiro Ooji (aka Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis) wants to find the girl who fits the tennis shoe that [[LoveAtFirstPunch kicked him in the face]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:it's not really true love; Ooji just realizes that any girl who could perform a series of front flips and kick someone in the face like that must have incredible control over her body. He is also stated to be a bit of a pervert]].
* GenreSavvy: Machiko Himura knows the anime rules for getting attention, deliberately invoking LateForSchool and a PantyShot (panties with her name on them).
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* GoldDigger: Machiko is after Ryoshi because she assumes that he is rich, though she is more sympathetic than most as it is mainly because she wanted to get herself and her father out of debt.
* {{Gonk}}: The three "little" pigs in Ringo's movie trailer are ''hideous''.
* GroinAttack: Saru, Kiji, and Inu land a triple punch combo on one of Onigashima's students when he tries to grope Momoko. The last punch from Inu (the shortest) goes for the groin.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted with [[CuteBruiser Ryōko]] and [[FriendlySniper Ryoshi]]; she is the boxer and he is the sling-shot ace.
* HairAntennae: Chuutaro Nezumi has them in the shape of mouse ears. Alice also sports an ant-like pair.
* HandsomeLech: Taro is definitely pretty and has an easy time chatting up girls. He has a "perfect gentleman" persona that only emerges when Otohime [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale "extracts his essence"]].
* HappilyEverAfter: The final line of the Light Novels.
-->[[spoiler: "After becoming more comfortable with herself, and after growing up and becoming a better man, Ryōko and Ryoshi lived happily ever after, surrounded by their friends."]]
* HeroicBSOD: Ryōko undergoes one bordering on DespairEventHorizon in the backstory when [[spoiler:Shiro turned on her after his AttemptedRape, leading Ryōko to transfer schools and become disillusioned with love]].
%%* HitStop: In Ryoshi and Shiro's fight.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Ryoshi has one during his fight with Shiro when he thought about why he was fighting and what Saburo said to him before the fight. He lands a solid hit on Shiro, but it doesn't put him down.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Jin is head and shoulders taller than his girlfriend, [[StalkerWithACrush Ami]]. Of course, Jin's on the baseball team, so he has a big and athletic build.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Though Liszt is nominally the president, it's Alice who does all the work.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Ryōko has an interesting variation of this in Episode 7 where she reverts back to her pre-[[RapeAsBackstory assault]] persona. It is much sweeter and more innocent.]] Interestingly, even [[LemonyNarrator the narrator]] is surprised at some of what happens, as is Ringo, who outright believes she must be hallucinating.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Momoko uses her "[[UnusualEuphemism dumplings]]" to great effect, to the point where she's gained a trio of fanatical bodyguards who practically ''worship'' them.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Ryoshi can strike someone's hand hard enough to force them to drop whatever they're holding, from a distance of perhaps several yards, in a dark alley. He is never ever shown to miss.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Ryoko simply has no interest in Momoko's advances, much to Momoko's regret (and Ringo's as well).
* IOweYouMyLife: Otsu is incredibly determined to pay back debts to people, for good reason. [[spoiler: A boy saved her life when she was younger, and it cost him his own life.]] Though Ryoshi didn't want her becoming his live-in maid either.
* IShallTauntYou: Shiro employs this to great effect against Ryoshi, because making him angry makes his fist-fighting sloppy.
* InsidiousRumorMill: After Ryoko Ookami is [[AttemptedRape nearly raped by her date]] Hitsujikai, he tells the rest of their school that he dumped her so that they disregard her statements about what he did to her. A few years later, Hitsujikai becomes the Student Council President for Onigashima High, a school for delinquents and trouble makers.
* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed; Nezumi's butler Sebastian insults just about every female character in the cast, and does not get hit by Ryōko for it. In fact, it is ''Liszt'' who is hit by the karma bat because he insisted on accepting the request.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After Shiro attempted to rape Ryōko and kidnapped her twice, he finally gets his comeuppance when he's exiled at the end of the series]].
* {{Kevlard}}: During Episode 11, [[spoiler:one of the Tonda brothers]] takes a lead pipe to the gut without even flinching.
* KissingCousins: Implied with Liszt and Alice, who [[AffectionateNickname calls him Liszty/Likkun]].
* LargeHam: The narrator is very opinionated, and even talks over the cast.
* LateForSchool: Machiko does this very deliberately in an attempt to get Ryoshi's attention, complete with toast in her mouth.
* LeftHanging: Due to the novel being unfinished at the time, the anime ends with [[spoiler:Ryōko admitting that perhaps she doesn't ''dislike'' Ryoshi...to Machiko. She doesn't manage to tell ''him'' that, though, leading to NoRomanticResolution with a strong side of MaybeEverAfter]]. [[BigBad Shiro]] is never quite properly dealt with, either. [[spoiler:While he's on notice from the Otogi Bank that he'll answer to ''all of them'' if he messes with Ryōko again, he's still a KarmaHoudini for everything he's put her through, and it's never made clear if he takes Lizst's threat seriously enough to leave her alone, or if he'll make yet another attempt later.]]
* LemonyNarrator: [[InteractiveNarrator The characters are aware of]] the cheeky narrator and, at one point, punch her. Considering [[JerkAss some of the comments she makes]], it's not surprising.
* LightningGlare: Seen several times over the course of Episode 3 between [[AlphaBitch Mimi]] and [[FormerlyFat Otohime]]. It apparently becomes visible at one point, as the host points out the sparks flying onstage between the two.
* LimpAndLivid: Shiro's rather un-ManipulativeBastard-like fighting stance alternates between this and quick, sudden rushes at his opponent. It is rather like a beast or some berserker.
* LoadBearingHero: Episode 11, the shutters are closing on Onigashima High before the heroes can get in to [[spoiler:rescue Ryōko]]. Cue [[spoiler:the three not-so-little pigs]] holding one open for Ryoshi and the others.
* LoanShark: The Otogi Bank is an organization of them, although their "loans" are social ones -- give them a request and sure, they'll do it, but they'll come back for similar repayment in a "manner that would make professional loan sharks go pale".
* LoveableSexManiac: Taro would normally just be considered a ChivalrousPervert, except he has absolutely no problem with hitting on every woman he sees. The only thing stopping him is [[SingleTargetSexuality Otohime]], who does ''not'' [[ClingyJealousGirl like to share]].
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Well, love at first kick, at least. Kakari's passion makes a real impression in the prince of tennis.
* ManipulativeBitch: Mimi Usami, the local AlphaBitch, tries spreading rumors about Otohime to beat her in the BeautyContest.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Ryōko and Ryoshi respectively. She is a tough and aloof boxer while he is a more sensitive individual who is really friendly as long as you don't stare at him. The rest of the Otogi Bank are surprised whenever Ryoshi acts masculine.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Himeno and her seven younger brothers and sisters. [[spoiler:Though it would total eight, if one counted her half-sister Ringo.]]
* MeaningfulName: ThemeNaming is also present, with everyone's names drawing from the fairy tale that provides their motif.
* {{Meido}}: Otsu wears a maid's uniform while she cleans and cooks for the other Otogi bank members.
* MissionControl: Ringo sometimes provides Ryōko or Ryoshi with intel when she is not present with them, otherwise usually done by the other Otogi bank members.
* MomentKiller: Ryoshi typically gets nervous at being stared at anytime a potential serious moment between him and Ryōko occurs.
* MoodWhiplash: It's a broad comedy interspersed with moments of surprisingly serious drama, particularly in regards to various characters' DarkAndTroubledPast.
-->'''Taro:''' Alright, that was unexpectedly depressing.
* NerdGlasses: Majolica wears the big swirly kind, and while she does make Ryōko's gear, it is more to underscore her silliness.
* NoFourthWall: The narrator regularly makes insulting remarks about the [[ACupAngst mammarial deficiencies]] of Ryōko and Ringo, and cringes as they ''"[[DeathGlare stare]]"'' [[ACupAngst into the fourth wall]] at her.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: [[spoiler: Ryoshi and Shiro's battle started off with Shiro beating the shit out of Ryoshi.]]
* NotADate: The double date is meant more for Ami Jizou than Ryoshi and Ryōko, but it ends up being a date for them by the end.
* OhCrap: Ryōko often panics whenever she sees [[spoiler:Shiro, her ex-boyfriend and [[RapeAsBackstory rapist]]]].
* {{Ojou}}: Otohime, the daughter of a large and powerful corporation, doesn't normally put on airs, but she is definitely capable of acting like a haughty noblewoman.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Ringo is a high schooler, but looks much younger.
* OneeSama: Himeno is adored by her seven siblings, who volunteer to help her around the house.
* {{Bokukko}}: Ryōko fits both the "masculine pronoun" and "tomboyish appearance" parts of the trope. It's part of her tough girl act.
* GondorCallsForAid: Liszt called in some of the favors the Bank had raked up in the request sale to get some back-up at the Big Battle at Onigashima High Part Two.
* PairTheSpares: Not so much in the romantic sense, but Otsu and Majolica are often paired as a duo, since the other members of the Otogi Bank have long histories with another member ([[BattleCouple Ryōko and Ringo]], [[KissingCousins Liszt and Alice]], [[BetaCouple Taro and Otohime]]).
* PastExperienceNightmare: In the flashback of Episode 6, Ringo hears Ryōko [[TalkingInYourSleep talking in her sleep]] as she apparently is having a nightmare of [[spoiler:when she became a Hero with Bad Publicity at her school after Shiro attempted to rape her and spread bad rumors shortly thereafter]]. This makes Ringo realize Ryōko has a hidden softer side and issues in her past and they eventually become friends.
* PayingItForward: The Otogi Bank performs favors for others in exchange for the promise of performing a later favor. Many of its current members were inspired to join the group because someone else helped them in the past. Also, in the climax of the anime adaptation, several of their past clients come back to aid them in their plan to rescue Ryuko from the Onigashima High School.
* PeekABangs: Ryoshi's bangs hide his eyes most of the time to underscore his shyness.
* PetTheDog: Quite literally for Ryōko; petting Ryoshi's dogs is the first sign that the audience has of her softer side.
* PowerFist: Kitty train-brass-knuckles-boxing-gloves are Ryōko's weapon of choice, ironic considering her "Wolf" nickname. It was later upgraded to act like a stun gun, then later to meow on impact. One more upgrade could result in a {{moe}} singularity.
* ProductPlacement: Shiro's computer seems to have Windows 7 onboard, even with recognizable Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player icons on taskbar and also network, sound and alerts tray icons. Liszt is also seen with an iPad.
%%%* PromotionToParent: Himeno had this happen to her somewhere in the past.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh:
** Happens when Ryōko punches the delinquent boss in the second episode. He doesn't go down until she ''taser-punches'' him.
** Ryoshi punches the same guy in Episode 5, to no effect.
* RapeAsBackstory: Or at the very least, AttemptedRape, in regards to [[spoiler:Ryōko, from Shiro]]. It is responsible for her BrokenBird persona at the story's beginning.
* RapidFireFisticuffs:
** Shiro's style of fighting is rapid punches.
** Inu can also be seen throwing speedy punches during one episode.
* RealTrailerFakeMovie: Episode 8 opens and closes with scenes from Ringo's take on "The Three Little Pigs" as extra chubby terrorists who challenge our heroes to {{Cooking Duel}}s in an over-the-top fashion. It's only when Taro turns off the screen that we find out it was a video.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Whenever the members of Otogi Bank tease Ryoshi for his scopophobia, they usually give him a deep gaze and say "stare~" at the same time.
* SayingTooMuch: After her bout with EasyAmnesia, Ryōko is walking home with Ringo. Ryōko informs Ringo that she doesn't remember anything from the time where she had regressed to her younger self. [[spoiler:When Ringo asks Ryōko if she's hungry, Ryōko tells her she's still full from the parfait she ate. Except she ate that parfait during the time she claims she can't remember. Ringo quickly realizes that Ryōko does indeed remember, and uses that information to blackmail her into wearing a cute little ribbon in her hair.]]
* SelflessWish: Ringo's reason for being in Otogi Bank after Episode 8. [[spoiler:She uses her wish to get her half-sister, Himeno, a scholarship so she can afford college.]]
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Inverted, as Ryoshi immediately confesses to Ryōko in Episode 1. Indeed, it is a genderflip to "He is not my boyfriend". While the series goes on, she seems to lighten up a little bit, but still largely refuses to acknowledge anything between them. Ringo constantly calls her out on it and teases her about it as a result.
* ShoutOut: Loads of fairy tales and loads of anime.
** Ringo, Otohime and Otsu in Episode 3 dress up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise, Henrietta and Siesta]], respectively.
*** Made even funnier considering their enemy, and the one who they were dressing up to undermine, is somewhat of a Lousie {{Expy}}; a pink haired loli with a sadistic streak, voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya.
** Episode 8 has by far, the most amount of shout out to other JC Staff animes, namely ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'', ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' and ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''.
--->'''Hammel:''' My name is Hammel. But my soul name is [[Manga/BlackButler Sebastian]].\\
'''Otsu:''' [[InSeriesNickname Sebas-chan?!]]
** There's also [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Andersen's]] Girls School and [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm]] Café.
** Otsu references her seiyuu's catch phrase, that [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} "Dirty thoughts are bad!"]]
** In the dub of Episode 2, Ringo and Otsu quote from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to imply the blossoming relationship between Ryōko and Ryoshi.
--->'''Ringo:''' Tale as old as time.\\
'''Otsu:''' True as it can be.
** In the dub of Episode 7, the narrator sings "Gary, Indiana" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' during her usual introduction of Otogibana City only for her to realize that it's the wrong city and gets back on track.
** "Should've known it was just a dream...though isn't [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} a dream supposed to be a wish your heart makes]]?"
** In the dub of Episode 11, Ringo says Ryōko is "twitterpated", the term Friend Owl used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' to refer to being love-struck.
* ShrinkingViolet: Ryoshi, who has full-blown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopophobia scopophobia]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Ryōko will not admit it but she falls for Ryoshi, the nice guy who she can rely on to watch her back in a fight and support her outside of one.
* SlasherSmile: Shiro smiles with a sinister look whenever he isn’t planning something, and is based off the TropeNamer.
* SoundEffectBleep: Specifically in Episode 3, swear words are covered by bleeps made by the narrator.
-->'''Mimi:''' Then bring it on, you dumb "BLEEP"! You can both go "BLEEP" yourselves and the Otogi Bank! Now get out of here!\\
'''Otohime:''' Oh my, you should really take these dirty things you're saying and [[HypocriticalHumor shove them up your filthy "BLEEP" where they belong]]!\\
'''Ringo:''' And speaking of "BLEEP", where's that smell coming from?!\\
'''Mimi:''' Oh say that again you "BLEEP"ing "BLEEP"!\\
'''Narrator:''' That's it! We're going straight to DVD. There's no way this is suitable for TV.
* StalkerWithACrush:
** Ryoshi, in the first episode, admits to having stalked Ryōko before gathering the courage to confess his love to her. He is clearly ashamed of himself for doing so, and is happy to join Otogi Bank so he can be close to her with her knowledge and approval.
** After being given an umbrella by one of the baseball players, Ami starts sneaking into his house to do chores, make dinner... and roll around in his bed and look at his girly mags (Ringo, of course, finds this delightful in an even creepier way).
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%%%%* StealthHiBye: Ringo does this at least once, and the club president does this as well occasionally.
* StormingTheCastle: A high school, but it is otherwise played straight. It is done twice, once during Episode 5, and again in 11, with [[ThugDojo Onigashima High]]. Our heroes fight their way through the "castle's" thugs to challenge its evil overlord.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Alice is frosty and professional in most circumstances, but not in all of them. In the light novels, she calls Liszt "Likkun" when they're alone together, which she also slips up a does a couple of times in the anime.
%%* SweetTooth: Majolica.
* TeenageWasteland: Essentially the thug-only Onigashima High School, complete with dust flying around and decrepit walls filled with graffiti.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The second episode sees the OP start to play when all of the Otogi members show up to save the day. The same thing happens near the end of the final episode.
* ThereAreNoAdults: Only a handful of adults are present and named, and none of them are teachers despite the school setting.
** The Otogi Bank is sponsored by the school's principle, but he is rarely seen on screen. The parents of the bank members don't show up often either. The only adult in Ryōko's life is her boxing coach, and the only one in Ryoshi's life is his aunt, because she owns the building he lives in.
** Onigashima High School seems to be abandoned and run by delinquents.
** The light-novels talk more about this than the anime. The setting is evidently a social-experiment in giving children more independence in their daily lives, allowing them to take care of themselves and make their own choices. This is only obliquely referred to in the anime, where Liszt encourages the bank members to solve their Onigashima problems on their own instead of relying on adults to intervene. At the end of the series, Shiro and Liszt have a talk that implies children asking adults for help with problems involving other children is something of a DangerousForbiddenTechnique.
* TokenMiniMoe: Ringo is the youngest and cutest in the bank. She and Usami actually get in a fight about this in Episode 3 because of "character overlap".
* {{Tomboy}}: Ryōko is one of the more extreme examples of this trope -- her syntax and Japanese grammar is ''completely'' masculine, up to and including [[{{Bokukko}} using the coarse-masculine pronoun of "ore" (as opposed to the feminine "watashi" and "atashi") when referring to herself]]. She practices boxing and is eager to use it in her Otogi Bank activities. But even she has her girly-side.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ryoko is a tough boxer with a remarkable masculine behavior, and Ringo is a cutesy girl in a pretty dress. It gets Played With because this is part of the facade both put up; Ryoko pretends to be tomboyish but actually loves girly stuff, while Ringo's girly personality is actually a method to manipulate others.
* TrainingFromHell: Failure to dodge Saburo's assaults in training results in Ryoshi being kicked with ''steel-toed boots''.
* TranquilFury: Saburo attempts to teach Ryoshi to not lose his cool in his fight with Shiro, so that his fury can be properly channeled into his punches and so that he can avoid Shiro's own attacks.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ryōko is an aggressive type and this is lampshaded constantly. She calls Ryoshi a ''hetare'', or "good-for-nothing", punches him and denies that she likes him or anything. This happens while she gets jealous of other girls paying attention to him, and having romantic dreams about him. She's completely unable to be honest with herself.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Ryoshi typically goes around with Ryōko (his crush), Ringo (his crush's best friend, who ships the two of them together).
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* {{Utopia}}: Otogibana City and Otogi Academy are set up to provide a secluded environment where the students can better themselves and use their free will, but Onigashima High was placed there to provide an idea of the negative outside forces the real world has.
* VerbalTic:
** Ryoshi has a habit of ending his sentences with "~su", a la [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Prinnies]].
** Ringo has "no" at the end of her sentences thanks to her mother's teachings.
** As you might expect from his [[CatBoy nickname]], Neko-san adds -nya to what he says on occasion. This seems to irritate him quite a bit, since he immediately repeats what he just said, with the -nya taken out.
** The three Tonda brothers, a.k.a. Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs, invoke this trope with -bu and -buhi (oink), then subvert it when the third one speaks normally.
* WhipItGood: Momoko carries a whip for combat, but also because her three devoted followers like it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Shiro Hitsujikai, the BigBad who rules over an army of delinquents and is a DomesticAbuser (or ex-boyfriend) to [[spoiler:Ryōko]], whom he [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]]. He is the only person with white hair. He actually looks like a white ''wolf''.
* WholesomeCrossdresser:
** You'd never know it, but Liszt is damn good at crossdressing. He even has a disturbingly good female voice for just such an occasion, and was good enough to [[EvenTheGuysWantHim get the judo team on a group date with him]]. Said female voice is acted out by the seiyuu of [[Manga/KOn Ritsu]].
** One can't get more wholesome than [[spoiler:crossdressing to be a gal pal/protector for his cousin, Alice. If you're wondering why he's so skilled, he's been doing it since elementary school.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Reiko pretends to be a traumatized victim of Shiro's to successfully infiltrate Ryōko and Ringo's dorm.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Subverted with Otohime, since she seems to be deliberately invoking a mad love persona to pull her own weight in a fight. She's not actually dangerous to Taro or anyone he flirts with.
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->''"All's well that end's well."''
At Otogi Academy, there is an organization that helps people out, the Otogi Bank. Headed by the Kiriki cousins, Liszt and Alice, their members consist of the maid Tsurugaya Otsuu, the mad scientist/witch Majolica le Fay, the couple of Otohime Ryugu and Taro Urashima, and a prominent fighting duo, Ryōko Ōkami and Ringo Akai, the wolf and Little Red Riding Hood. One day, Ryōko is confessed to by the painfully shy Ryōshi Morino, who finds himself [[strike:shanghaied into]] joining the Otogi Bank to help people and fight against Onigashima High, the delinquent rival school ruled by Student Council President [[BigBad Shiro Hitsujikai]], a man who seems to have a connection to Ryōko.
Based on a series of light novels, an anime adaptation, ''Ōkami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi'' or ''Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions'', which takes its name from the first novel in the series, was produced by Creator/JCStaff and aired in the summer of 2010.
Licensed by Creator/FUNimation in 2011, with the DVD/Blu-Ray released in April 2012. Not related to ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}''.
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!!''Ōkami-san'' provides examples of:
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Onigashima High's student council president, [[BigBad Shiro Hitsujikai]], claims to have only arrived recently and therefore not be accepted by every student yet, but some of the other characters point out that the coordinated attacks could only have been pulled off if he were already in control of them.
* ACupAngst: Both Ringo and Ryōko. It's the one thing that always gets a rise out of them, and is responsible for the LemonyNarrator getting punched.
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%%%%* AlertnessBlink: Every once in a while, including in the first episode.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** With [[spoiler:Shiro]] as the ringleader; [[spoiler:once he attempted to rape Ryōko and spread rumors about her, all of her classmates instantly turn their backs on her and public opinion of her plummets]].
** In elementary school, Otohime was ridiculed and laughed at by her classmates for being overweight and slow like a turtle.
* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Assistant Alice is All Work and Club President Liszt is All Play because they are based on the fairy tale of the ant and the grasshopper.
* AmazonChaser: There are, in fact, ''three'' flavors of guys who prefer tough kick-ass girls.
** Ryoshi admires Ryoko's strength and skill at boxing, thinking it cool, but what truly hooks him is how scared she feels on the inside and how hard she works to be strong in spite of her fear. As someone who is ''also'' scared all the time due to his Scopophobia, he relates to this and is motivated to be strong enough to support her.
** The gang boss from episode 2 also says he prefers tough girls, and he says this while manhandling Ryoko. In contrast to Ryoshi, his preference is because he gets a sadistic thrill out of "breaking them".
** Akihiro Ooji is elated to deduce that Kakari is the girl who kicked him in the face, and he proclaims her the strongest girl he has ever met. He asks her to kick him ''several'' times, the last of which triggers this expression of pleasure on his face. He is implied to be a masochist (the narrator assumes something along these lines at least).
* AnythingThatMoves: [[BuxomIsBetter Momoko]] [[MsFanservice Kibitsu]] (alias Momo-chan-senpai), who hits on both Ryōko ''and'' Ryoshi within minutes of her first appearance in Episode 5.
* AttemptedRape: It's hinted early on, and later confirmed, that [[spoiler:Ryōko]] was a victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Shiro]]. It's also implied that it might have gone past "attempted".
* BadassAdorable: Ryōko is a girl who is tough and adorable in equal measures. This is actually what attracts Ryoshi.
* BattleAura: Witnessed from Ringo, Mimi and Otohime. The latter two have {{Animal Battle Aura}}s of their respective creatures. Ringo has ''[[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} B.B. Hood]]''.
* BattleCouple: Ryōko and Ryoshi fight together, with her punching in close quarters and Ryoshi sniping people who sneak up on her and setting up thugs for punching. Although Ryōko will deny the "couple" part, vigorously, while blushing.
* BeachEpisode: Episode 9 sees the bank visit an indoor water park with Ringo's half-siblings. Taro is excited about all the girls in swimsuits.
* BeautifulAllAlong:
** Subverted; we knew Otohime was cute before we found out she used to be [[FormerlyFat a little bit fat]] and lost weight, becoming the beautiful, insane girl we see in the show. Of course, the reason why she decided to lose her extra mass is because Taro inspired her to.
** Majolica. When we finally see what she looks like [[TheGlassesComeOff without]] her NerdGlasses or baggy witch costume in Episode 4, it turns out that she's pretty to the point that GenericCuteness doesn't cover it. It is downplayed in that none of the characters call any attention to her during the scene in which it happens.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Otohime's reason for liking Taro was because he was the only person who treated her with kindnes instead of insulting her due to [[FormerlyFat her looks at the time]].
** Although much more subtle, it is potentially used with Ryōko towards Ryoshi, as evidenced by his determination to help her despite her repeated attempts to reject him or push him away. Her attitude towards him and life in general seems to lighten up more as a result. This is possibly why she befriended Ringo as well.
* BetaCouple: Otohime and Taro are already in a relationship when the show begins, unlike our leading lady and her admirer, and have fewer troubles expressing their "desire" for each other.
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%%%%* BettyAndVeronica: In Episode 12, Machiko acts as the Betty while Ryōko as the Veronica.
* BigBad: [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Shiro Hitsujikai]] is the [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil Student Council]] President of [[TeenageWasteland Onigashima High School]], where his personal army of delinquents attend, and they're responsible for all the danger in the plot as they try to sabotage the good deeds of [[WeHelpTheHelpless Otogi Bank]]. Shiro himself is the ArchEnemy of [[TheHeroine Ryōko Ōkami]], [[spoiler:his ex-girlfriend whom he raped in the past]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing:
** Mimi Usami, though cute at first glance, isn't the least nice. Her battle aura looks like it needs a [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Holy Hand Grenade]] to deal with.
** [[spoiler:Reiko pretends to be a victim of Shiro’s abuse but is actually TheDragon to him, and leading the heroes into a trap]].
* BoyMeetsGirl: The ploy Machiko tried to use to get Ryoshi to fall for her is textbook anime cliche, complete with deliberate PantyShot advertising.
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%%%* BreatherEpisode: Episodes 7 and 12, which follow some fairly serious drama episodes.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Hansel and Gretel are implied to be romantically interested in each other. If you ask them, they will say that their relationship is "sacred" and none of your business.
* BuxomIsBetter: Disciplinary Committee Chairman Momoko Kibitsu is revered mostly for her dumplings, as they are called.
* TheCameo: While attempting to find Chutaro a bride, [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Taiga, Ami, Minori]], [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Mikoto, Kuroko, Saten, and Uiharu]] show as potential brides.
* CannotSpitItOut: Averted with Ryoshi, who immediately confesses to Ryōko in the first episode. However, played straight with Ryōko, who constantly either avoids the issue altogether, or something else happens that then requires their attention and is forgotten. Machiko calls Ryōko out on this in Episode 12, and she still doesn't exactly give a clear answer.
* CatBoy: Saburo Nekomiya, the mysterious boy based on ''Puss in Boots''.
* CatSmile: [[CloudCuckoolander Majolica]] and [[CatBoy Saburo]]. [[PragmaticHero Ringo]] displays one on occasion, though not as much as the others.
* TheCavalry: Done twice in Episode 11, first Momoko and her groupies, and then the rest of the Otogi group, end up saving the heroes from Onigashima High goons.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Averted by [[spoiler:Ringo's parents, who appear to have gotten away with an affair and with chasing Shirayuki's mother out of the mansion]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Saburo, though it took a little more than one episode, initially shows up as a boy being bullied by a group of thugs, then some episodes later returns to train Ryoushi and reveals his involvement with Ryōko's past.
* ChekhovsSkill: Episode 2. Ryoshi informs Ryōko that his Akitas are [[spoiler: hunting dogs]]. This comes into play later in the episode, when Ryoshi [[spoiler: uses them to track Ryōko's scent to where her abductors have hidden her]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Otohime and Taro have been together ever since they met in grade school and he comforted her after her classmates mercilessly mocked her for [[FormerlyFat her weight]].
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Chuutarou and Uika essentially make one in Episode 8, because it is his family's way of doing things to look for a bride when young.
* ClingyJealousGirl:
** Though she never loses her smiling demeanor, Otohime is ''[[{{Yandere}} deadly]]'' if she sees Taro hitting on anyone other than her.
** While she vehemently denies this, Ryōko falls into jealousy in Episode 12 when Machiko starts to make her moves on Ryoshi.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Majolica tendentious to make weird inventions, wears swirly glasses, and comes off as a kooky gal.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Done in Episode 9 between [[spoiler:Ringo and Shirayuki]], since it's a BeachEpisode. There is no vomit and the latter recovers immediately.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ryoshi may be a lame screw-up, but mess with Ryōko and you got an epic man on your hands.
* CruelToBeKind: The reason Sebastian finds fault with every girl presented as a potential bride for Chuutarou
is not that he is picky, perfectionist, or misogynistic, but because he [[spoiler:knows Chuutarou and his childhood friend have a mutual crush and both would be miserable if he chose someone else. Chuutarou had heard a rumor that his friend liked a boy, but decided IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and went looking for another girl without even asking her ''who'' the boy she liked was]].
* CurbStompBattle: Ryōko gets one in the beginning, knocking the guy out in a single punch.
* CutenessProximity: If the [[ImprobableWeaponUser deceptively adorable cat boxing gloves]] didn't cue you in, then her absolute ''deredere'' breakdown in the presence of the dogs in Episode 2 should have made it clear that Okami-san ''loves'' cute things.
* CuteBruiser: Ryōko will knock you out with cat-themed boxing gloves. She fits this trope so much so that she provides the page's image.
* DatePeepers: Ringo and Ryōko follow Ryoshi in Episode 12 when he's on a date with [[GoldDigger Machiko]]. It's not because Ryōko is jealous because she [[{{tsundere}} absolutely is not]]!
* ADayInTheLimeLight: Some of the secondary Otogi bank characters get some episodes devoted largely to them, such as Otohime in Episode 3 and Otsu in Episode 4. Ringo gets some much needed CharacterDevelopment in Episode 9 when we learn more about her backstory.
* DeadpanSnarker: The narrator enjoys making dry or witty remarks about the cast and events. Sometimes the comments she makes are [[InteractiveNarrator "heard" or noticed by the characters]] as well, which earn her a glare.
* DeathGlare: Ryōko's ''default'' expression is a a hostile scowl, because she is suspicious of most people and wants to appear strong.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Thanks to training from her mother, Ringo can act like an adorable little girl to make others do her bidding.
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Ringo does this to Ryōko at the end of Episode 6 when the latter tries to hide that something nice happened to her earlier that day from the former.
* DamselInDistress: It's [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] on two occasions for [[BadassInDistress Ryōko]].
** It's downplayed during Episode 2. While the delinquents have kidnapped and bound Ryōko, she's not sitting still and waiting for a rescue. [[DamselOutOfDistress We see her actively trying to cut her own ropes]] before the rest of the team show up to lend a hand, but she's also terribly scared and wishing for someone to save her. After the team frees her, she joins the fight.
** Played straight when she gets kidnapped by Shiro, [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend/rapist]]. The rest of the cast stages a rescue mission, and she is a bystander in the fight that decides her fate.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Taro takes on his gentleman personality whenever Otohime extracts his "essence".
* DoggedNiceGuy: Ryoshi is determined to help Ryoko in anyway he can, and become strong enough to protect her. While he definitely wants to be her boyfriend, he is content with just being her friend until such a point that she reciporcates, however long that may take, if it happens at all. Seriously, he does not act like this entitles him to Ryoko in the slightest [[spoiler: which sets him as a foil to her abusive ex-boyfriend, who acts like she still belongs to him.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Ryōko tends to beat up Ryoshi a lot, as well as other men (who usually deserve their beating).
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Whatever Otohime does to "extract Urashima's essence" is left to the imagination of the audience, but you can get an idea from how she forcibly drags him away from everyone, how terrified he always is of what she's about to do and how worn out he looks afterwards. In the manga, he outright screams "rape" whenever she does this. This is always PlayedForLaughs. By contrast, the male Shiro’s rape of the female [[spoiler:Ryōko]] in the past is treated with full seriousness, serving to cement his status as both the BigBad and an irredeemable bastard.
* DraggedIntoDrag: When Otsu falls sick, everyone offers to help her for the day by dressing up in {{meido}} costumes...even the boys. Though Liszt didn't mind.
* DynamicEntry: Kakari, after a rather impressive series of gymnastic flips, accidentally plants both feet into the surprise face of her crush.
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** Saburo shows up in a flashback [[spoiler:as a boy Ryōko saved from some thugs]]. He comes back later in the series to train Ryoshi to be a better fighter and a stronger man in general.
** Momoko is seen briefly during the Beauty Pageant in Episode 3 before her proper introduction in Episode 5.
* EasyAmnesia: While trying to save a CatUpATree, Ryōko loses her memory of the past few years, reverting back to age 13. [[StatusQuoIsGod She returns back to normal by the end of the episode.]]
* EmpathicEnvironment: Ryoshi and Shiro have a dramatic confrontation in the rain.
* EpunymousTitle: It's a reference to ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_and_the_Seven_Young_Kids The Wolf and the Seven Kids]]''.
* EtTuBrute: Although Ryōko though Shiro was a gentleman, her reaction when [[spoiler:Shiro revealed his true colors to her]] is of utter shock.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Averted with [[{{Bishonen}} Taro]], as he states on several occasions that he [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday does not enjoy the company of men]].
* EverybodyWasKungFuFighting: [[spoiler: While trying to save Ryōko from Onigashima High, there is a lot of fighting from the bank. Otsu even whacks a guy with her broom.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Nearly everyone in the club gets a smirk on their face when Ryoshi and Ryōko are near each other.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Onigashima means "Island of Demons". It is populated entirely by delinquents and thugs.
* ExtremityExtremist:
** Ryōko is a boxer.
** Saburo fights exclusively with kick attacks.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Liszt has this in the anime. He only opens them when he means ''serious'' business.
* FairyTaleMotifs: The most prominent aspect of the series, with every character drawing inspiration from a different fairy tale, reflected in their [[MeaningfulName names]].
* {{Fanservice}}:
** In the third episode of the anime, the female characters are in swimsuits. Justified since the episode involves a BeautyContest. A similar thing happens in Episode 9, when they all head to the pool.
** Momoko provides [[WhipItGood plenty]] of dumpling service.
* FanDisservice: The narrator lampshades this during Ryōko's shower scene in the first episode of the dub, calling it by the trope name, if only because of Ryōko's lack of assets.
* FirstBlood: Things got real in [[spoiler: Ryoshi and Shiro's fight when Ryoshi's counter draws blood. Shiro goes savage and talks about how he's going for the kill now. Then Liszt and Ringo decide to show up, and the former convinces Shiro to stand down.]]
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Given how she didn't realize that her first boyfriend turned out to be [[spoiler:a sociopathic monster]] until it was too late, Ryōko understandably doesn't want to fall in love again, until she meets Ryoshi at least.
* FormerlyFat: Otohime wasn't always the cute girl she is today. Flashbacks show she was kind of chubby when she was younger, earning her the "turtle girl" nickname.
* FracturedFairyTale: Most of the characters are based off of fairy tale characters or stories, though the characterizations often have been warped beyond recognition. See the character page for their tales.
* TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: With the first episode using "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" [[WholePlotReference as its basis]], this naturally comes into play. Akihiro Ooji (aka Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis) wants to find the girl who fits the tennis shoe that [[LoveAtFirstPunch kicked him in the face]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:it's not really true love; Ooji just realizes that any girl who could perform a series of front flips and kick someone in the face like that must have incredible control over her body. He is also stated to be a bit of a pervert]].
* GenreSavvy: Machiko Himura knows the anime rules for getting attention, deliberately invoking LateForSchool and a PantyShot (panties with her name on them).
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* GoldDigger: Machiko is after Ryoshi because she assumes that he is rich, though she is more sympathetic than most as it is mainly because she wanted to get herself and her father out of debt.
* {{Gonk}}: The three "little" pigs in Ringo's movie trailer are ''hideous''.
* GroinAttack: Saru, Kiji, and Inu land a triple punch combo on one of Onigashima's students when he tries to grope Momoko. The last punch from Inu (the shortest) goes for the groin.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted with [[CuteBruiser Ryōko]] and [[FriendlySniper Ryoshi]]; she is the boxer and he is the sling-shot ace.
* HairAntennae: Chuutaro Nezumi has them in the shape of mouse ears. Alice also sports an ant-like pair.
* HandsomeLech: Taro is definitely pretty and has an easy time chatting up girls. He has a "perfect gentleman" persona that only emerges when Otohime [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale "extracts his essence"]].
* HappilyEverAfter: The final line of the Light Novels.
-->[[spoiler: "After becoming more comfortable with herself, and after growing up and becoming a better man, Ryōko and Ryoshi lived happily ever after, surrounded by their friends."]]
* HeroicBSOD: Ryōko undergoes one bordering on DespairEventHorizon in the backstory when [[spoiler:Shiro turned on her after his AttemptedRape, leading Ryōko to transfer schools and become disillusioned with love]].
%%* HitStop: In Ryoshi and Shiro's fight.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Ryoshi has one during his fight with Shiro when he thought about why he was fighting and what Saburo said to him before the fight. He lands a solid hit on Shiro, but it doesn't put him down.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Jin is head and shoulders taller than his girlfriend, [[StalkerWithACrush Ami]]. Of course, Jin's on the baseball team, so he has a big and athletic build.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Though Liszt is nominally the president, it's Alice who does all the work.
* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Ryōko has an interesting variation of this in Episode 7 where she reverts back to her pre-[[RapeAsBackstory assault]] persona. It is much sweeter and more innocent.]] Interestingly, even [[LemonyNarrator the narrator]] is surprised at some of what happens, as is Ringo, who outright believes she must be hallucinating.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: Momoko uses her "[[UnusualEuphemism dumplings]]" to great effect, to the point where she's gained a trio of fanatical bodyguards who practically ''worship'' them.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Ryoshi can strike someone's hand hard enough to force them to drop whatever they're holding, from a distance of perhaps several yards, in a dark alley. He is never ever shown to miss.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Ryoko simply has no interest in Momoko's advances, much to Momoko's regret (and Ringo's as well).
* IOweYouMyLife: Otsu is incredibly determined to pay back debts to people, for good reason. [[spoiler: A boy saved her life when she was younger, and it cost him his own life.]] Though Ryoshi didn't want her becoming his live-in maid either.
* IShallTauntYou: Shiro employs this to great effect against Ryoshi, because making him angry makes his fist-fighting sloppy.
* InsidiousRumorMill: After Ryoko Ookami is [[AttemptedRape nearly raped by her date]] Hitsujikai, he tells the rest of their school that he dumped her so that they disregard her statements about what he did to her. A few years later, Hitsujikai becomes the Student Council President for Onigashima High, a school for delinquents and trouble makers.
* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed; Nezumi's butler Sebastian insults just about every female character in the cast, and does not get hit by Ryōko for it. In fact, it is ''Liszt'' who is hit by the karma bat because he insisted on accepting the request.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After Shiro attempted to rape Ryōko and kidnapped her twice, he finally gets his comeuppance when he's exiled at the end of the series]].
* {{Kevlard}}: During Episode 11, [[spoiler:one of the Tonda brothers]] takes a lead pipe to the gut without even flinching.
* KissingCousins: Implied with Liszt and Alice, who [[AffectionateNickname calls him Liszty/Likkun]].
* LargeHam: The narrator is very opinionated, and even talks over the cast.
* LateForSchool: Machiko does this very deliberately in an attempt to get Ryoshi's attention, complete with toast in her mouth.
* LeftHanging: Due to the novel being unfinished at the time, the anime ends with [[spoiler:Ryōko admitting that perhaps she doesn't ''dislike'' Ryoshi...to Machiko. She doesn't manage to tell ''him'' that, though, leading to NoRomanticResolution with a strong side of MaybeEverAfter]]. [[BigBad Shiro]] is never quite properly dealt with, either. [[spoiler:While he's on notice from the Otogi Bank that he'll answer to ''all of them'' if he messes with Ryōko again, he's still a KarmaHoudini for everything he's put her through, and it's never made clear if he takes Lizst's threat seriously enough to leave her alone, or if he'll make yet another attempt later.]]
* LemonyNarrator: [[InteractiveNarrator The characters are aware of]] the cheeky narrator and, at one point, punch her. Considering [[JerkAss some of the comments she makes]], it's not surprising.
* LightningGlare: Seen several times over the course of Episode 3 between [[AlphaBitch Mimi]] and [[FormerlyFat Otohime]]. It apparently becomes visible at one point, as the host points out the sparks flying onstage between the two.
* LimpAndLivid: Shiro's rather un-ManipulativeBastard-like fighting stance alternates between this and quick, sudden rushes at his opponent. It is rather like a beast or some berserker.
* LoadBearingHero: Episode 11, the shutters are closing on Onigashima High before the heroes can get in to [[spoiler:rescue Ryōko]]. Cue [[spoiler:the three not-so-little pigs]] holding one open for Ryoshi and the others.
* LoanShark: The Otogi Bank is an organization of them, although their "loans" are social ones -- give them a request and sure, they'll do it, but they'll come back for similar repayment in a "manner that would make professional loan sharks go pale".
* LoveableSexManiac: Taro would normally just be considered a ChivalrousPervert, except he has absolutely no problem with hitting on every woman he sees. The only thing stopping him is [[SingleTargetSexuality Otohime]], who does ''not'' [[ClingyJealousGirl like to share]].
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Well, love at first kick, at least. Kakari's passion makes a real impression in the prince of tennis.
* ManipulativeBitch: Mimi Usami, the local AlphaBitch, tries spreading rumors about Otohime to beat her in the BeautyContest.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Ryōko and Ryoshi respectively. She is a tough and aloof boxer while he is a more sensitive individual who is really friendly as long as you don't stare at him. The rest of the Otogi Bank are surprised whenever Ryoshi acts masculine.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Himeno and her seven younger brothers and sisters. [[spoiler:Though it would total eight, if one counted her half-sister Ringo.]]
* MeaningfulName: ThemeNaming is also present, with everyone's names drawing from the fairy tale that provides their motif.
* {{Meido}}: Otsu wears a maid's uniform while she cleans and cooks for the other Otogi bank members.
* MissionControl: Ringo sometimes provides Ryōko or Ryoshi with intel when she is not present with them, otherwise usually done by the other Otogi bank members.
* MomentKiller: Ryoshi typically gets nervous at being stared at anytime a potential serious moment between him and Ryōko occurs.
* MoodWhiplash: It's a broad comedy interspersed with moments of surprisingly serious drama, particularly in regards to various characters' DarkAndTroubledPast.
-->'''Taro:''' Alright, that was unexpectedly depressing.
* NerdGlasses: Majolica wears the big swirly kind, and while she does make Ryōko's gear, it is more to underscore her silliness.
* NoFourthWall: The narrator regularly makes insulting remarks about the [[ACupAngst mammarial deficiencies]] of Ryōko and Ringo, and cringes as they ''"[[DeathGlare stare]]"'' [[ACupAngst into the fourth wall]] at her.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: [[spoiler: Ryoshi and Shiro's battle started off with Shiro beating the shit out of Ryoshi.]]
* NotADate: The double date is meant more for Ami Jizou than Ryoshi and Ryōko, but it ends up being a date for them by the end.
* OhCrap: Ryōko often panics whenever she sees [[spoiler:Shiro, her ex-boyfriend and [[RapeAsBackstory rapist]]]].
* {{Ojou}}: Otohime, the daughter of a large and powerful corporation, doesn't normally put on airs, but she is definitely capable of acting like a haughty noblewoman.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Ringo is a high schooler, but looks much younger.
* OneeSama: Himeno is adored by her seven siblings, who volunteer to help her around the house.
* {{Bokukko}}: Ryōko fits both the "masculine pronoun" and "tomboyish appearance" parts of the trope. It's part of her tough girl act.
* GondorCallsForAid: Liszt called in some of the favors the Bank had raked up in the request sale to get some back-up at the Big Battle at Onigashima High Part Two.
* PairTheSpares: Not so much in the romantic sense, but Otsu and Majolica are often paired as a duo, since the other members of the Otogi Bank have long histories with another member ([[BattleCouple Ryōko and Ringo]], [[KissingCousins Liszt and Alice]], [[BetaCouple Taro and Otohime]]).
* PastExperienceNightmare: In the flashback of Episode 6, Ringo hears Ryōko [[TalkingInYourSleep talking in her sleep]] as she apparently is having a nightmare of [[spoiler:when she became a Hero with Bad Publicity at her school after Shiro attempted to rape her and spread bad rumors shortly thereafter]]. This makes Ringo realize Ryōko has a hidden softer side and issues in her past and they eventually become friends.
* PayingItForward: The Otogi Bank performs favors for others in exchange for the promise of performing a later favor. Many of its current members were inspired to join the group because someone else helped them in the past. Also, in the climax of the anime adaptation, several of their past clients come back to aid them in their plan to rescue Ryuko from the Onigashima High School.
* PeekABangs: Ryoshi's bangs hide his eyes most of the time to underscore his shyness.
* PetTheDog: Quite literally for Ryōko; petting Ryoshi's dogs is the first sign that the audience has of her softer side.
* PowerFist: Kitty train-brass-knuckles-boxing-gloves are Ryōko's weapon of choice, ironic considering her "Wolf" nickname. It was later upgraded to act like a stun gun, then later to meow on impact. One more upgrade could result in a {{moe}} singularity.
* ProductPlacement: Shiro's computer seems to have Windows 7 onboard, even with recognizable Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player icons on taskbar and also network, sound and alerts tray icons. Liszt is also seen with an iPad.
%%%* PromotionToParent: Himeno had this happen to her somewhere in the past.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh:
** Happens when Ryōko punches the delinquent boss in the second episode. He doesn't go down until she ''taser-punches'' him.
** Ryoshi punches the same guy in Episode 5, to no effect.
* RapeAsBackstory: Or at the very least, AttemptedRape, in regards to [[spoiler:Ryōko, from Shiro]]. It is responsible for her BrokenBird persona at the story's beginning.
* RapidFireFisticuffs:
** Shiro's style of fighting is rapid punches.
** Inu can also be seen throwing speedy punches during one episode.
* RealTrailerFakeMovie: Episode 8 opens and closes with scenes from Ringo's take on "The Three Little Pigs" as extra chubby terrorists who challenge our heroes to {{Cooking Duel}}s in an over-the-top fashion. It's only when Taro turns off the screen that we find out it was a video.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Whenever the members of Otogi Bank tease Ryoshi for his scopophobia, they usually give him a deep gaze and say "stare~" at the same time.
* SayingTooMuch: After her bout with EasyAmnesia, Ryōko is walking home with Ringo. Ryōko informs Ringo that she doesn't remember anything from the time where she had regressed to her younger self. [[spoiler:When Ringo asks Ryōko if she's hungry, Ryōko tells her she's still full from the parfait she ate. Except she ate that parfait during the time she claims she can't remember. Ringo quickly realizes that Ryōko does indeed remember, and uses that information to blackmail her into wearing a cute little ribbon in her hair.]]
* SelflessWish: Ringo's reason for being in Otogi Bank after Episode 8. [[spoiler:She uses her wish to get her half-sister, Himeno, a scholarship so she can afford college.]]
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Inverted, as Ryoshi immediately confesses to Ryōko in Episode 1. Indeed, it is a genderflip to "He is not my boyfriend". While the series goes on, she seems to lighten up a little bit, but still largely refuses to acknowledge anything between them. Ringo constantly calls her out on it and teases her about it as a result.
* ShoutOut: Loads of fairy tales and loads of anime.
** Ringo, Otohime and Otsu in Episode 3 dress up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise, Henrietta and Siesta]], respectively.
*** Made even funnier considering their enemy, and the one who they were dressing up to undermine, is somewhat of a Lousie {{Expy}}; a pink haired loli with a sadistic streak, voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya.
** Episode 8 has by far, the most amount of shout out to other JC Staff animes, namely ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'', ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' and ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''.
--->'''Hammel:''' My name is Hammel. But my soul name is [[Manga/BlackButler Sebastian]].\\
'''Otsu:''' [[InSeriesNickname Sebas-chan?!]]
** There's also [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen Andersen's]] Girls School and [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm]] Café.
** Otsu references her seiyuu's catch phrase, that [[Manga/{{Mahoromatic}} "Dirty thoughts are bad!"]]
** In the dub of Episode 2, Ringo and Otsu quote from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' to imply the blossoming relationship between Ryōko and Ryoshi.
--->'''Ringo:''' Tale as old as time.\\
'''Otsu:''' True as it can be.
** In the dub of Episode 7, the narrator sings "Gary, Indiana" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' during her usual introduction of Otogibana City only for her to realize that it's the wrong city and gets back on track.
** "Should've known it was just a dream...though isn't [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} a dream supposed to be a wish your heart makes]]?"
** In the dub of Episode 11, Ringo says Ryōko is "twitterpated", the term Friend Owl used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' to refer to being love-struck.
* ShrinkingViolet: Ryoshi, who has full-blown [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopophobia scopophobia]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Ryōko will not admit it but she falls for Ryoshi, the nice guy who she can rely on to watch her back in a fight and support her outside of one.
* SlasherSmile: Shiro smiles with a sinister look whenever he isn’t planning something, and is based off the TropeNamer.
* SoundEffectBleep: Specifically in Episode 3, swear words are covered by bleeps made by the narrator.
-->'''Mimi:''' Then bring it on, you dumb "BLEEP"! You can both go "BLEEP" yourselves and the Otogi Bank! Now get out of here!\\
'''Otohime:''' Oh my, you should really take these dirty things you're saying and [[HypocriticalHumor shove them up your filthy "BLEEP" where they belong]]!\\
'''Ringo:''' And speaking of "BLEEP", where's that smell coming from?!\\
'''Mimi:''' Oh say that again you "BLEEP"ing "BLEEP"!\\
'''Narrator:''' That's it! We're going straight to DVD. There's no way this is suitable for TV.
* StalkerWithACrush:
** Ryoshi, in the first episode, admits to having stalked Ryōko before gathering the courage to confess his love to her. He is clearly ashamed of himself for doing so, and is happy to join Otogi Bank so he can be close to her with her knowledge and approval.
** After being given an umbrella by one of the baseball players, Ami starts sneaking into his house to do chores, make dinner... and roll around in his bed and look at his girly mags (Ringo, of course, finds this delightful in an even creepier way).
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%%%%* StealthHiBye: Ringo does this at least once, and the club president does this as well occasionally.
* StormingTheCastle: A high school, but it is otherwise played straight. It is done twice, once during Episode 5, and again in 11, with [[ThugDojo Onigashima High]]. Our heroes fight their way through the "castle's" thugs to challenge its evil overlord.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Alice is frosty and professional in most circumstances, but not in all of them. In the light novels, she calls Liszt "Likkun" when they're alone together, which she also slips up a does a couple of times in the anime.
%%* SweetTooth: Majolica.
* TeenageWasteland: Essentially the thug-only Onigashima High School, complete with dust flying around and decrepit walls filled with graffiti.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: The second episode sees the OP start to play when all of the Otogi members show up to save the day. The same thing happens near the end of the final episode.
* ThereAreNoAdults: Only a handful of adults are present and named, and none of them are teachers despite the school setting.
** The Otogi Bank is sponsored by the school's principle, but he is rarely seen on screen. The parents of the bank members don't show up often either. The only adult in Ryōko's life is her boxing coach, and the only one in Ryoshi's life is his aunt, because she owns the building he lives in.
** Onigashima High School seems to be abandoned and run by delinquents.
** The light-novels talk more about this than the anime. The setting is evidently a social-experiment in giving children more independence in their daily lives, allowing them to take care of themselves and make their own choices. This is only obliquely referred to in the anime, where Liszt encourages the bank members to solve their Onigashima problems on their own instead of relying on adults to intervene. At the end of the series, Shiro and Liszt have a talk that implies children asking adults for help with problems involving other children is something of a DangerousForbiddenTechnique.
* TokenMiniMoe: Ringo is the youngest and cutest in the bank. She and Usami actually get in a fight about this in Episode 3 because of "character overlap".
* {{Tomboy}}: Ryōko is one of the more extreme examples of this trope -- her syntax and Japanese grammar is ''completely'' masculine, up to and including [[{{Bokukko}} using the coarse-masculine pronoun of "ore" (as opposed to the feminine "watashi" and "atashi") when referring to herself]]. She practices boxing and is eager to use it in her Otogi Bank activities. But even she has her girly-side.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ryoko is a tough boxer with a remarkable masculine behavior, and Ringo is a cutesy girl in a pretty dress. It gets Played With because this is part of the facade both put up; Ryoko pretends to be tomboyish but actually loves girly stuff, while Ringo's girly personality is actually a method to manipulate others.
* TrainingFromHell: Failure to dodge Saburo's assaults in training results in Ryoshi being kicked with ''steel-toed boots''.
* TranquilFury: Saburo attempts to teach Ryoshi to not lose his cool in his fight with Shiro, so that his fury can be properly channeled into his punches and so that he can avoid Shiro's own attacks.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ryōko is an aggressive type and this is lampshaded constantly. She calls Ryoshi a ''hetare'', or "good-for-nothing", punches him and denies that she likes him or anything. This happens while she gets jealous of other girls paying attention to him, and having romantic dreams about him. She's completely unable to be honest with herself.
* TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Ryoshi typically goes around with Ryōko (his crush), Ringo (his crush's best friend, who ships the two of them together).
%% * UnluckyEverydude: Ryoshi.
* {{Utopia}}: Otogibana City and Otogi Academy are set up to provide a secluded environment where the students can better themselves and use their free will, but Onigashima High was placed there to provide an idea of the negative outside forces the real world has.
* VerbalTic:
** Ryoshi has a habit of ending his sentences with "~su", a la [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Prinnies]].
** Ringo has "no" at the end of her sentences thanks to her mother's teachings.
** As you might expect from his [[CatBoy nickname]], Neko-san adds -nya to what he says on occasion. This seems to irritate him quite a bit, since he immediately repeats what he just said, with the -nya taken out.
** The three Tonda brothers, a.k.a. Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs, invoke this trope with -bu and -buhi (oink), then subvert it when the third one speaks normally.
* WhipItGood: Momoko carries a whip for combat, but also because her three devoted followers like it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Shiro Hitsujikai, the BigBad who rules over an army of delinquents and is a DomesticAbuser (or ex-boyfriend) to [[spoiler:Ryōko]], whom he [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped]]. He is the only person with white hair. He actually looks like a white ''wolf''.
* WholesomeCrossdresser:
** You'd never know it, but Liszt is damn good at crossdressing. He even has a disturbingly good female voice for just such an occasion, and was good enough to [[EvenTheGuysWantHim get the judo team on a group date with him]]. Said female voice is acted out by the seiyuu of [[Manga/KOn Ritsu]].
** One can't get more wholesome than [[spoiler:crossdressing to be a gal pal/protector for his cousin, Alice. If you're wondering why he's so skilled, he's been doing it since elementary school.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Reiko pretends to be a traumatized victim of Shiro's to successfully infiltrate Ryōko and Ringo's dorm.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Subverted with Otohime, since she seems to be deliberately invoking a mad love persona to pull her own weight in a fight. She's not actually dangerous to Taro or anyone he flirts with.
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