History Manga / Bastard

->''"Give a million monkeys a million typewriters and infinite time, and you'll get the complete {{Shakespeare}}. Serve them piña coladas, and you get ''Bastard!!''"''

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: The classical ones, led by Satan. Some have been {{Gender Flipped}} same as the Archangels.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dark Schneider is at his best a huge jerk, but he really loves his adopted daughter Nei, and it was true even back when he was fully blown EvilOverlord.

* {{Satan}}: Seems to be the final BigBad (so far). He looks like [[Film/{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] in a gimp suit and does an impression of RobinWilliams' [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Genie]] at one time, [[FauxAffablyEvil but don't let that fool you]].

*** He also used a [[{{Naruto}} sharingan]] in his fight with Porno Diane.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Of the [[DragonBallZ DBZ]] power scale; they've reached the "Universal Threat" level for a while by now, with {{Satan}} and his legions escaping Hell.

** Well, 80% virgin.

Add in the other villains who turn into antiheroes when defeated by Dark Schneider, and the amusement value of many of the spells and locations which are named after 80s metal bands (Dark Schneider himself (named after Udo Dirkschneider from Music/{{Accept}}), the country of Judas Priest, the samurai of the Iron Maiden (who are fighting to avenge King Harris), knights named Bon Jovina and [[Music/{{Metallica}} Lars Ul Metallicana]], the extremely powerful spells Exodus and Megadeath...) and you get a romp. It's six episodes long, and only goes through the first three collections of the manga (which is currently up to volume 26), so it ends with a "hey, what now?" (Because of a potential blatantly ludicrous licensing fee to use them all, these names had to be all changed in the American release.) However, the manga has also been released in the US (with quite a good translation) up to volume 19 (Though at present, it seems VizMedia has [[OrphanedSeries abandoned]] the series).

* HoYay: Truckloads between Dark Schneider and Kal Su, just look at their battle.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Many times in the manga, once in the anime.

** See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sVYTN-GYZQ#t=1m55s]])

* SatanIsGood: Well, not the guy named Satan, [[Spoiler:But rather Lucifer, who's not the same individual and by all accounts so far was a swell guy. And who also happens to have reincarnated as DS's [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan sealed can]], Lushe Len-Len.]] Yes, really.

** Of particularly funny note, in a redrawn volume, DS has put Haruhi in his harem . Yes, that [[HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]].

* {{Satan}}: Seems to be the final BigBad (so far). He looks like [[{{Hellraiser}} Pinhead]] in a gimp suit and does an impression of RobinWilliams' [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Genie]] at one time, [[FauxAffablyEvil but don't let that fool you]].

* MeaningfulName: Actually the above can be explained by this Trope. "Schneider" is German for tailor.

* SealedEvilInACan: or rather, Sealed Evil In A [[CuteShotaroBoy Shota]].

Add in the other villains who turn into antiheroes when defeated by Dark Schneider, and the amusement value of many of the spells and locations which are named after 80s metal bands (Dark Schneider himself (named after Udo Dirkschneider from {{Accept}}), the country of Judas Priest, the samurai of the Iron Maiden (who are fighting to avenge King Harris), knights named Bon Jovina and [[Music/{{Metallica}} Lars Ul Metallicana]], the extremely powerful spells Exodus and Megadeath...) and you get a romp. It's six episodes long, and only goes through the first three collections of the manga (which is currently up to volume 26), so it ends with a "hey, what now?" (Because of a potential blatantly ludicrous licensing fee to use them all, these names had to be all changed in the American release.) However, the manga has also been released in the US (with quite a good translation) up to volume 19 (Though at present, it seems VizMedia has [[OrphanedSeries abandoned]] the series).

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Dark Schneider.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dark Schneider is at his best a huge jerk, but her really loves his adopted daughter Nei, and it was true even back when he was fully blown EvilOverlord.

* CouncilOfAngels: Led by the four classical Archangels, two of which (Michael and Gabriel) [[SamusIsAGirl are actually girls]].

* HeavyMithril: The characters have [[ClassAndLevelSystem classes]] and everything is named after HeavyMetal artists, bands, or songs.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Nothing explicit is stated, but Uriel really, '''really''' loves his sister Amrael. Darsh even [[LampshadeHanging says]] outright: "It's like your in love with your sister". And judging by their past, it wouldn't really be all that unexpected.

* ChekhovsGun: The Dragon Knight, first mentioned in the early volumes of the manga, finally makes an appearance in volume twenty three.

* CutShort: The anime.

** Abigail has a plenty of this, even after his FaceHeelTurn.
* FourIsDeath: The Four Divine Kings, who were Dark Schneider's four generals before his death. The God of Destruction, Anthrasax, is bound by four magic seals. Then there are the four Archangels...

* HeavyMithril: The characters have [[ClassAndLevelSystem classes]] and everything is named after Music/HeavyMetal.

* NighInvulnerable: You need some serious firepower to take down even mid-ranked Angels/Devils. Then there's the title character himself, who took this trope and ran a triathlon with it. His primary means of defense seems to be a shield spell called "Dispel Bound", which produces a number of shields to block any attack aimed at him. Each shield can take up to the force of a nuclear blast before breaking. And they can only be targeted one at a time. And they auto-regen. And he can repair them manually at positively absurd speeds. And in the unlikely event that you manage to get through that, you have to deal with his durability which allows him to take attacks that can destroy ''galaxies''. And should you somehow manage to pierce these defenses, he possesses obscenely powerful healing abilities(of the sort that makes [[XMen Wolverine]] look like a girl scout) and finally, he '''''still''''' can't be killed unless you destroy his body, spirit and soul in three different dimensions at the same time. What's truly scary is that ''there are people powerful enough to accomplish this'' (such as the Dragon Knight that killed him in the BackStory).
* NoEnding

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: On the one hand, they are KnightTemplar WingedHumanoids who exterminate a third of mankind for believing in false gods. On the other, they fight against demons, who [[spoiler: want to remake creation and fill it with horrific abominations.]]

** Of particularly funny note, in a redrawn volume, DS has put Haruhi in his harem . Yes, that [[HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]]

* WorldOfBadass

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Played with in a couple directions; the people he defeats and befriends in the anime and first part of the manga are former friends ([[IGotBetter he'd been dead for a while.]]) Some of the people he defeats he befriends, others he blasts in [[ChunkySalsaRule ludicrous gibs.]]

* HeavyMithril: The characters have [[ClassAndLevelSystem classes]] and everything is named after HeavyMetal.

Add in the other villains who turn into antiheroes when defeated by Dark Schneider, and the amusement value of many of the spells and locations which are named after 80s metal bands (Dark Schneider himself (named after Udo Dirkschneider from {{Accept}}), the country of Judas Priest, the samurai of the Iron Maiden (who are fighting to avenge King Harris), knights named Bon Jovina and [[{{Metallica}} Lars Ul Metallicana]], the extremely powerful spells Exodus and Megadeath...) and you get a romp. It's six episodes long, and only goes through the first three collections of the manga (which is currently up to volume 26), so it ends with a "hey, what now?" (Because of a potential blatantly ludicrous licensing fee to use them all, these names had to be all changed in the American release.) However, the manga has also been released in the US (with quite a good translation) up to volume 19 (Though at present, it seems VizMedia has [[OrphanedSeries abandoned]] the series).

* OneManArmy: Dark schneider

* TedBaxter: Dark Schneider somehow manages to occupy the position of this and InsufferableGenius ''at the same time.''
** In a lesser extent, there is also Count Dai Amon.

* CrapsackWorld: Which only gets worse each arc.To be more precise,first,it was your average fantasy world filled with monsters and evil overlords.Then the god of destruction is awakened.Then the Angels decide to extermine mankind.And finally,all hell literally break loose .

* CrapsackWorld: Which only gets worse each arc.