History Manga / ACentaursLife

* EyesAlwaysShut: Kyouko and the rest of the Naraku family.

* FantasticRacism: Racial equality is a relatively modern thing in this AlternateUniverse and still a sensitive topic, as seen in the overly strict anti-hate laws - e.g. riding a centaur is illegal, the centaur being willing notwithstanding, because of a past history of centaurs being enslaved to be used as mounts. The "serpentines" (reptilian inhabitants of Antarctica) still face prejudice outside their native continent, as do the South American amphibians. We see a lot of the human species either whispering or thinking in thought bubbles very unkind thoughts about the Antarctican character (in particular, they're usually unduly suspicious that she'll report them to some government office for no reason).

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Because of their physical differences, this world is plagued with a history of even worse racism and violence than our own. The races seem to live together in peace now (with the exception of some of the more "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman exotic]]" or isolated races), but Japanese anti-racism laws are so strict that, for example, riding a centaur is a hate crime even if the centaur is the one offering, and all magical girls shows must include magical girls of every race with the main character changing every episode. Japanese society even stresses "unity" over individuality. A particularly alarming example is that if a salon accidentally cuts off the hair that forms the "halo" on an angelfolk individual, ''the angelfolk person themselves'' can be arrested for hate crime against their own race if they don't have the correct paperwork on them to state that there was an accident.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Many chapters focus either on world building, or things totally unrelated to Hime and friend's little slice of Japan. Or the ''setting'' for that matter.
** Chapter 8.5. Seemingly set in the real world (meaning there are ordinary humans in it), it focuses on a puppy (with a girl's face) being taken care of by the daughter of the family.
** Several chapters focus on the shenanigans that the Antarcticans have been doing behind the scenes, which among things, include trying to influence other races via proxy (as shown in the Sea God festival), experiments in reviving extinct subspecies (the Tiger-centaur chapter in China), or ''fighting aliens'' (the Midwestern US chapter).
** Himeno and Shino are at one point sent into an alternate world where magic is real but everyone is human, this is also implied to be an Antarctican or alien experiment gone wrong, [[spoiler: as a giant Antarctican shows up at the end shoots the two with a gun of sorts and they wake up at the same place and time they disappeared with no memories. Though they were transported there by an alien looking creature, so mileages might vary.]]

* {{Xenofiction}}: A rare ''total'' example in the medium.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The manga is mostly in black and white, but if one of the volume covers is to be believed one of the child characters has ''green'' hair - and since she's a centaur that also means ears, tail, and fur. Odd, considering that Hime's red hair is seen as noteworthy and has an explanation.

* SchoolgirlLesbians:
** Not Hime and her friends, but their classmates Akechi and Michi. No one seems to find it strange though.
** When Nadeshiko walks in on Akira asleep wearing only a T-shirt, she takes a good long look between her legs and blushes. Later, Nadeshiko states she might be bisexual and that if Akira was a boy, she'd kiss her. Akira blushes and says in that case she'll have to wear boy's clothes more often.
** [[spoiler:Manami and Omaki, too. Which is all the more interesting given how put-off Manami was by Akechi and Michi's public displays of affection, earlier (albeit partly because [[JapanesePoliteness public displays of affection are taboo in Japan]]), and her claiming that "big girls don't kiss".]]
** Ayaka, Hime's Kouhai at her archery dojo, has a fairly blatant tsundere crush/rivalry with Hime herself: when Ayaka is getting worked up about a competition and becoming too nervous to shoot straight, Hime (on advice from one of her friends) promises her that she'll go on a date with Ayaka if Ayaka wins the competition. This is apparently a great incentive, as the end of the chapter shows them heading out on a date.
** Karasuba, a new first-year student introduced in volume 11, has a blatant crush on Manami, and later develops one on Ayaka (to the point of literally inviting Ayaka home to have sex). In volume 16 she outright declares herself to be a lesbian.

Written by Murayama Kei and serialized in ''Comic Ryuu'' magazine, ''A Centaur's Life'' (''Centaur no Nayami セントールの悩み'' lit. ''Centaur's Worries'') follows Hime as she experiences first-hand the highs and lows of being a teenager along with her friends.

* FaunsAndSatyrs: One of the humans sub-species, not any more wild or debauched than any of the other sub-species. Kyouko is a satyr, but since her legs are regular "human" legs, not goat legs, she's probably a case of MixedAncestry.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Some of the boys look like girls, similar like some of the girls look like boys.

* FalseDichotomy: Manami uses this against her father during her CallingTheOldManOut speech, telling him to either neglect his family to become a full-time painter or quit painting altogether and get a full-time day job.

* FiveTokenBand: {{Invoked}} and {{Exaggerated}} InUniverse. All of the MagicalGirl anime for young girls (though it can be reasonably assumed a great deal more cartoons besides) in this world, as an unwritten rule, must have a supporting cast containing a magical girl of each race, with the main character's race changing every episode.

* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the PointOfDivergence being in ''evolution'', many things worked out the way they did in our world--for instance, ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' and ''{{Literature/Dracula}}'' were both written by the same people at the same time, and adapted into the same movies, with the only difference being that the creatures are an Angel and an Imp respectively.

* NoSwastikas: In the anime adaptation of the story set in the Holocaust, anything that would indicate that the people in charge of the camp are Nazis or even Germans is censored. In fact, the people who attack the camp are called the "liberation army," and the soldier who adopts the angel boy offers to take him to his home country, rather than Montana.

* ParentalIncest: Unlike Kyouko's prank on her brother, definitely ''not'' played for laughs. [[spoiler:Manami's life takes an ''incredibly'' worrying turn when she ''comes on to her own father.'' It's hinted that this is a result of being forced to take on a parental role in the household -- after all, she already sees herself as the triplets' and Su-chan's mother, so what's the next step? Surprisingly, when she tells a classmate about what happened, said classmate shrugs it off as her dad sending "mixed signals" and tells her to dial down her sex appeal in front of her father...]]

* TheReptilians: The Antarcticans, or [[SnakePeople "serpentines"]]. Somewhat demonized and antagonistical, they are the only species shown some silent prejudice. They are even rumoured to be of alien origin (in fact, they're of the dinosaur family, like birds).

* SeinfeldianConversation: Hime and her friends can give the ''Anime/LuckyStar'' girls a run for their money at times. Chapter 54 consists almost entirely of a discussion of ''armpit hair''.

* TwoFistedTales: The backstory includes a LostWorld populated with snake-men, a modern Aztec empire, mass [=UFO=] sightings and neo-nazis: not your average SliceOfLife setting (even if you ignore the centaurs).

* DysfunctionJunction: Ironically, the two most classically "mature" characters come from families like these -- in both cases, the girls have been forced into adult roles by lazy or incompetent fathers. Kyouko's dad is so lazy and disorganized that she's effectively his secretary. Her mother abandons the family, only turning up in order to insult Kyouko's life choices and remind her that she'll always be inferior to boys. Meanwhile, Manami has taken on the role of [[PromotionToParent full time mother of her sisters]], as well as working to provide the family with an income while her father tries to become an artist, avoiding his parental responsibilities in the process.

** Kyouko's mother is a particularly unpleasant variant, showing up to play the role of "mother" only when it interests her, and mocking her daughter for setting her sights too high. She tells her that as a mere girl, the highly intelligent and talented Kyouko doesn't have a hope of achieving as much as her much-less competent brother, simply because as a male he has an automatic advantage, and Kyouko shouldn't try to fight the system: she should try to marry rich instead.

* PromotionToParent: Manami has pretty much been forced to stand in for her mom in taking care of her younger sisters and looking after the house.

** The manga Nozomi reads in episode 4 is ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl''.

* AncientConspiracy: Antarcticans are suspected of secretly running world governments from the shadows because of their mysterious nature and long history that possibly predates humanity. However according to Sassassul, all these conspiracies are groundless since Antarcticans have only recently been able to establish contact with humanity thanks to the invention of airplanes. While the authorities have been trying to do their best banning literature that supports these theories and helping Antarcticans adapt into human society, most people still remain be suspicious towards them.

* AncientConspiracy: Antarcticans are suspected of secretly running world governments from shadows because of their mysterious nature and long history that possibly predates humanity. However according to Sassassul, all these conspiracies are groundless since Antarcticans have only recently been able to establish contact with humanity thanks to the invention of airplanes. While the authorities have been trying to do their best banning literature that supports these theories and helping Antarcticans adapt into human society, most people still remain be suspicious towards them.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Nozomi and her cousin, Akira. Omaki even more. And some minor characters really look like boys.

** Hime. She gets a love letter that actually it's just an appreciation of her bosom. And Nozomi agrees.
** Amusingly, the merfolk seem to have it inverted. Most merfolk girls have big breasts--a fact that some of Hime's male classmates were ''very'' interested in during the field trip to the merfolk school--and they go topless in public unless they have non-merfolk visitors. In chapter 35, two mer-boys are appreciating a gravure magazine featuring swimsuit pics of girls from other races, and get asked by two female classmates why they'd need to look at boobs in a magazine when they see boobs all the time. The boys pretty much imply that they like smaller boobs better, and think that boobs are more special when they're covered. A third girl named Eri appears partway through, and just like that the boys are ignoring the two big-breasted girls to oggle Eri's small chest instead. The boys add the observation that the sense of embarrassment about nudity which Eri learned from growing up in the mountains is more erotic to them than how most of the girls they know treat toplessness as no big deal.

** Ayaka, Hime's Kouhai at her archery dojo, has a fairly blatant tsundere crush/rivalry with Hime herself: when Ayaka was getting worked up about a competition and becoming too nervous to shoot straight, Hime (on advice from one of her friends) promised her that she'd go on a date with Ayaka if Ayaka won the competition. This apparently was a great incentive, as the end of the chapter shows them heading out on a date.

The manga is being released in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. An [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/12/12/plans-for-a-centaurs-life-anime-revealed anime]] began airing during the summer 2017 anime season. It is available for legal streaming with subtitles on Website/{{Crunchyroll}} [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/a-centaurs-life here]], and with an English Dub on Creator/{{Funimation}} [[https://www.funimation.com/shows/a-centaurs-life/ here]]. The Simuldub premiered on July 31st, 2017.

Written by Murayama Kei and serialized in ''Comic Ryuu'' magazine, ''A Centaur's Life'' (''Centaur no Nayami セントールの悩み'' lit. ''Centaur's Worries'')) follows Hime as she experiences first-hand the highs and lows of being a teenager along with her friends.

Written by Murayama Kei and serialized in ''Comic Ryuu'' magazine, ''A Centaur's Life'' (''Centaur no Nayami / セントールの悩み'' / ''Centaur's Worries'')) follows Hime as she experiences first-hand the highs and lows of being a teenager along with her friends.

Written by Murayama Kei and serialized in ''Comic Ryuu'' magazine, ''A Centaur's Life'' (''Centaur no Nayami/セントールの悩み'' (or ''Centaur's Worries'')) follows Hime as she experiences first-hand the highs and lows of being a teenager along with her friends.

* HairDecorations: Class Rep's hairpins, Hime's hairties.

Although at first glance just another Slice of Life series that replaces humans with fantasy races, it soon becomes apparent that the author put a ''lot'' of thought into figuring out just how such races would act, live, and even interact with each other in a contemporary setting. The WorldBuilding is impressive, to say the least, and likely the main draw to non-Slice of Life fans.

Although at first glance just another Slice of Life series that replaces humans with fantasy races, it soon becomes apparent that the author put a ''lot'' of thought into figuring out just how such races would act, live, and even interact with each other in a contemporary setting. The world-building is impressive, to say the least, and likely the main draw to non-Slice of Life fans.

* DysfunctionJunction: Ironically, the two most classically "mature" characters come from families like these -- in both cases, the girls have been forced into adult roles by lazy or incompetent fathers. Kyouko's dad is so lazy and disorganized that she's effectively his secretary. Her mother abandons the family, only turning up in order to insult Kyouko's life choices and remind her that she'll always be inferior to boys. Meanwhile, Manami has taken on the role of [[PromotionToParent full time mother of her sisters]], as well as working to provide the family with an income while her father tries to become an artist, avoiding his parental responsibilities in the process. [[spoiler:And that's ''before'' Manami expresses a desire to be treated like her [[ParentalIncest father's ''wife''...]]]]

** Kyouko's mother is a particularly unpleasant variant, showing up to play the role of "mother" only when it interests her, and mocking her daughter for setting her sights too high. She tells her that as a mere girl, the highly intelligent and talented Kyouko doesn't have a hope of achieving as much as her much-less competent brother, simply because as a male he has an automatic advantage, and Kyouko shouldn't try to fight the system: she should try to marry rich instead. Unsurprisingly, Kyouko has little but contempt for her mother.
* ParentalIncest: Unlike Kyouko's prank on her brother, definitely ''not'' played for laughs. [[spoiler:Manami's life takes an ''incredibly'' worrying turn when she ''comes on to her own father.'' It's hinted that this is a result of being forced to take on a parental role in the household -- after all, she already sees herself as the triplets' and Su-chan's mother, so what's the next step? Surprisingly, when she tells a classmate about what happened, said classmate shrugs it off as her dad sending "mixed signals" and tells her to dial down her sex appeal in front of her father...]]

* PromotionToParent: Manami has pretty much been forced to stand in for her mom in taking care of her younger sisters and looking after the house. [[spoiler:Possibly meant as a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]]; this leads to her literally seeing herself as their mother and presumably contributes to her developing an ElectraComplex on her father.]]

* SeriousBusiness: One episode has an Ork radical group (named "[[FunWithAcronyms PORK]]") pulling a DieHardOnAnX and taking over a library... and their sole demand is that light novels and manga must start to have more Ork protagonists. The police captain [[DisappointedByTheMotive is more than a little flabbergasted when he finds out]].

* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: A hot-tempered and racist old angel woman slaps Himeno's hind quarters and complains about an "animal" like her taking up all the space and making seniors stand. At that point, the woman's daughter-in-law claps a hand over her mouth and claims the older woman doesn't mean that, at which point Himeno and her friends discuss old people's attitudes toward the young.

* PromotionToParent: Manami has pretty much been forced to stand in for her mom in taking care of her younger sisters and looking after the house.

** Amusingly, the merfolk seem to have it inverted. Most merfolk girls have big breasts--a fact that some of Hime's maker classmates were ''very'' interested in during the field trip to the merfolk school--and they go topless in public unless they have non-merfolk visitors. In chapter 35, two mer-boys are appreciating a gravure magazine featuring swimsuit pics of girls from other races, and get asked by two female classmates why they'd need to look at boobs in a magazine when they see boobs all the time. The boys pretty much imply that they like smaller boobs better, and think that boobs are more special when they're covered. A third girl named Eri appears partway through, and just like that the boys are ignoring the two big-breasted girls to oggle Eri's small chest instead. The boys add the observation that the sense of embarrassment about nudity which Eri learned from growing up in the mountains is more erotic to them than how most of the girls they know treat toplessness as no big deal.

* PoolEpisode: Chapter seventeen.