History Manga / BarajouNoKiss

''Barajou no Kiss'' (''Kiss of Rose Princess'') is a {{Shoujo}} manga by Aya Shouoto that ran in the magazine ''Asuka'' from 2008 to 2011, compiled in 9 volumes. This would be your bog standard {{Shoujo}} manga except for the Author's fondness for [[SubvertedTrope subverting]], [[InvertedTrope inverting]], [[GenderFlip genderflipping]], and [[PlayingWithATrope generally tossing about]] the tropes common to the genre. It was licensed for English release by Creator/VizMedia under the title ''[[TheTheTitle Kiss of the Rose Princess]]'' in 2014.

* CreepyChild: Seiran. Don't believe me? In one chapter, he whips up a high end explosive in about 3 seconds, and detonates it with a smile on his face. He has apparently been using hallucinogens on Kaede for years, admits to trying to dose Anis with a love potion, carries around an acid strong enough to melt steel, and his medicines, although effective, are so horrific that they make there drinker's "See Hell", according to Kaede.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Tenjou forces Anis to give him a stage three awakening, but since this transformation was artificial, the power was transferred to Seiran instead, reducing Tenjou back to stage two and allowing Seiran to ascend to stage two.]]

* FairytaleMotifs: Three pieces of artwork were centered around fairytale themes. The ''LittleRedRidingHood''-themed image featured Anis as Little Red Riding Hood, Kaede as the Huntsman, and Tenjou as the Wolf. The ''BeautyAndTheBeast''-themed image featured Anis as Belle and Mutsuki as the Beast. The ''LittleMermaid''-themed image featured Anis, Haruto, and Seiran.

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[[caption-width:240:Anis and all her boys, [[UnwantedHarem not that she wants them]].]]

* ObliviousToLove: Dear Anis, can't you see the knights' infatuation with you?

** Tenjou is represented by the white rose, which stands for devotion (Japanese meaning).

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedEvil: Averted. [[spoiler:Itsushi worked as Schwartz's apprentice but it's actually Schwartz who became "evil", and now Itsushi keeps his apprenticeship as memories of OldShame.]]

!!Examples

* BroughtDownToNormal: This will happen eventually when the Rose Princess reaches the final stage of awakening of any one of the knights. Once a knight gets engaged to the Rose Princess, the other knights will lose all their powers.

* DeadpanSnarker: Mutsuki has plenty of those moments, but he's really a [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kuudere Kuudere]]

* MrExposition: Thank you Narumi without you we would probably never know what the hell was going on.

* DamselOutOfDistress: Yamamoto Anis will not take any of these dimension warping shenanigans sitting down, thank you very much! She may have just been informed that her [[ArchnemesisDad father]] intends to sacrifice her to a seal of unknown demonic origin and otherwise make her life hell, but she is not going to just sit around and mope. No. She is going to kick her Knights' collective asses into gear and they will obey or they will get the rose thorns of doom.

* MagicIdolSinger: GenderFlipped with Suzumura Idel and Hasuzaki Yakoh.

This would be your bog standard {{Shoujo}} manga except for the Author's fondness for [[SubvertedTrope subverting]], [[InvertedTrope inverting]], [[GenderFlip genderflipping]], and [[PlayingWithATrope generally tossing about]] the tropes common to the genre.

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:The blue rose was created specifically to replace the yellow rose, as the yellow rose had been sacrificed to seal the gate to the demon lord 200 years ago. This means that Seiran is an artificial human meant to take up the role Haruto had been taking up the entire time.]]

** Yet no maid outfit for Anise
*** Had to wait until Mutsuki spurn his InstantCosplaySurprise on Anis for that.

* ColorMotifs: Each character is represented by a specific color.

Title Translation: Kiss of Rose Princess

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: [[spoiler:Mutsuki switches sides a lot because of the {{Foreshadowing}} from his fragmented memories and his conflict between choosing his loyalty to Anis over that of his brother's dying will.]] Haruto is this too -- he starts out being Anis's friend to being the first main antagonist towards Anis, and sacrifices himself to seal the gate to the demon lord. [[Then he comes back as the gold rose under Ella's lead... but only just to help her save her father.]]

* FlowerMotifs: Roses are commonly used in the series, and each knight is represented by a rose. Using [[arosegarden.web.fc2.com/floriography.html this chart of rose color meanings]]:

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Haruto is from Osaka and he wants Anis to be part of his BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine. [[spoiler:Of course, his cheerfulness is pretty much ObfuscatingStupidity.]]
* IdiotHero: Anis is this straight up.