History Manga / KamichamaKarin

* MeaningfulName: Michiru means "to fill with water" and is used when describing the tide rising. In ''Chu'' he gains the powers of Poseidon/Neptune. This wasn't actually a reference to [[SailorMoon a certain other "Neptune"]] [[NamesTheSame named Michiru]].
** Apparently Koge Donbo was going to list his god as Poseidon (the greek name, to match the others), but got mixed up because of the SailorMoon character and put the roman name instead.

* TransferStudentUniforms: Jin, but not Micchi.

** [[spoiler:Kazune and Himeka are initially introduced as cousins with Kazuto being Kazune's father, but actually Kazune is a clone of Kazuto and Himeka is Kazuto's daughter. Karin is either a clone of or a deaged (depending on canon) Kazuto's wife/Himeka's mother.]]
** [[spoiler:Kazune finds out Jin is (supposedly) the son of Kirihiko's sister partway through Chu, but he's actually a clone(?) of Kirihiko.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Pretty much all of the main guys, expect maybe the relatively plain Yuuki [[spoiler: [[{{Bifauxen}} and also Kirika)]] ]].

Created by Creator/KongeDonbo, the original manga was supposed to be a one-shot AffectionateParody of magical girl series, but its unexpected success caused it to be continued for seven volumes and aired as an anime show. There is also a sequel, ''Kamichama Karin Chu'', where Karin and Kazune's KidFromTheFuture comes back to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, and introducing new character [[IdolSinger Jin Kuga]] and giving the main cast [[FrillyUpgrade new transformations]].

Created by {{Koge-Donbo}}, the original manga was supposed to be a one-shot AffectionateParody of magical girl series, but its unexpected success caused it to be continued for seven volumes and aired as an anime show. There is also a sequel, ''Kamichama Karin Chu'', where Karin and Kazune's KidFromTheFuture comes back to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, and introducing new character [[IdolSinger Jin Kuga]] and giving the main cast [[FrillyUpgrade new transformations]].

* TangledFamilyTree: [[spoiler:Age reversal and cloning make for one confusing genealogy.]] The initial misinformation the audience is given doesn't help matters much.

* [[spoiler:CloningBlues: Kazune]]

* [[spoiler: HijackedByGanon: In ''Chu'', new villain Rika turns out to be trying to revive old BigBad Kirihiko, on his orders.]]

* FamilyThemeNaming: To the point that the Karasuma and Kujyou families effectively have {{Tangled Family Tree}}s of names in addition to the actual ones.

** Karin's name [[spoiler: is Suzuka with the kanji reversed, with one [[AlternateCharacterReading read differently.]]

** Kirihiko Karasuma has [[TwinThemeNaming two children]] named Kirio and Kirika. Later another sibling by the name of Rika is introduced. [[spoiler:She actually took part of Kirika's name as a pseudonym in-universe.]]

* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: Jin. Kazune as well in retaliation. Come to think of it, Micchi also fulfills the clingy part quite well.

* [[spoiler: HijackedByGanon: In ''Chu'', new villain Rika turns out to be trying to revive old villain Kirihiko, on his orders.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Karin, Kazune, Himeka, Micchi, Kirio and Kirika all have dead parents. [[spoiler:Kazune and Karin, however, are clones of Kazune's supposed parents, and the Kujous are actually Himeka's parents, though they're still dead.]]

* ThemeTwinNaming: Kirio and Kirika. It's also worth noting that their father's name is Kirihiko.
** Not to mention Kazune, [[spoiler:Kazusa]], Kazuto, and Suzune Kujou. Not to mention how Kazuto's wife Suzuka and future Karin fit into this pattern as well.

* HotShoujoDad: Kazuto Kujou

* {{Bishonen}}: Kazune, Michi, and Jin.

* DarkMagicalGirl: Nyx

* InvisibleToNormals

* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Karin, you are Himeka's mother. By extension, your real name is also Suzuka Kujou]].

* MindScrew: Well, maybe not ''that'' much, but the story gets pretty complicated.

** Actually, [[spoiler: only Kazune is a clone. Karin was turned into a young child/infant with no memories of her previous life.]]

* SpinOffspring: Koge-Donbo's current series ''DokiDokiTamaTan'' stars one Nishikiori Tamae who is apparently Michiru's daughter. No sign of [[KidFromTheFuture Suzune]], though.

* TwoSiblingsInOne: an [[InvokedTrope invoked]] [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with [[spoiler:Himeka]]. [[spoiler:Kazuto Kujou split her into two halves and [[NeuroVault had hidden his research in her]]]].

* YouSuck: Karin

* MismatchedEyes: Michiru. [[spoiler:Purple is his natural eye color. The blue one is a replacement made by Professor Kujou for the one he lost in an accident.]]

[[{{Dojikko}} Klutzy]], [[ThisLoserIsYou underachieving]] sixth-grader Karin is miserable. Not only are her [[ParentalAbandonment parents dead]], but her beloved cat, Shii-chan, just died, and on top of all of that, she gets terrible grades in school. Little does she know that, thanks to a [[OrphansPlotTrinket ring]] left to her by her [[MissingMom late mother]], Karin is about to transform into a goddess, and her life will never be the same. Teaming up with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kazune Kujou]], she vows to protect Kazune's cousin Himeka from [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Kirio Karasuma]], who is after her for unknown reasons. Karin also gets a crush on Kirio's twin brother [[{{Bishonen}} Kirika Karasuma]], but could he be involved with his brother's plans? And why does the NewTransferStudent Michiru "Micchi" Nishikiori have a [[TransformationTrinket god transformation ring]] of his own?

* AGodAmI ([[spoiler:Kirihiko Karasuma's true plan]])
* ArtShift (to [[TheSeventies seventies]] {{shojo}} style to tell the story of Miyon's play, and Kirio's view of a disguised Karin.)
* BigFancyHouse (both the Kujous' and Karasumas', to the point where both Karin and Ami have gotten lost in them. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Karin wonders why they all have such big houses. Jin's mansion is much bigger, and [[BishieSparkle sparkly]]. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a subversion, as Jin doesn't live in the house himself, but lives in a shack, and has never been inside the actual house.]]

* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]] (Jin. Kazune as well in retaliation. Come to think of it, Micchi also fulfills the clingy part quite well.)
* [[spoiler:CloningBlues (Kazune.)]]
* DarkMagicalGirl (Nyx)
* DisneyDeath ([[spoiler:Kazune]] at the end of the first series.)
* ElevatorSchool (Sakuragaoka Academy has elementary, middle, and high school branches.)
* {{Expy}} (Kirika and Kazune look an awful lot like [[{{Pita-Ten}} Ten-chan]].)
* FanGirl (in-universe example: Kazune, Micchi, and Jin all have their own respective fan clubs: the Kazune-Z, Michirians, and Jeens. Jin's fangirls can get downright violent.
* GirlishPigtails (Karin's twin pigtails)
* GratuitousEnglish (I AM GOD!)
* GroupieBrigade (IdolSinger Kuga Jin is often surrounded by hordes of fangirls. Karin has had to fight her way through the crowd to talk to him more than once.)
* HotShoujoDad (Kazuto Kujou)

* IdolSinger (Jin)
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold (Kazune)

* KidFromTheFuture (Suzune)
* KissingCousins (Himeka has a crush on her cousin, Kazune. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kazune is actually a [[CloningBlues clone]] of her real father, Kazuto Kujou.]])

* MeaningfulName (Michiru means "to fill with water" and is used when describing the tide rising. In ''Chu'' he gains the powers of Poseidon/Neptune. This wasn't actually a reference to [[SailorMoon a certain other "Neptune"]] [[NamesTheSame named Michiru]].)

* [[MagicalGirl Magical Boys]] (Kazune, Karin's love interest, and several others)

* {{Meido}} (Karin wears a maid outfit while kissing Kazune, leading Ami to call her "the scandalous maid".)
* MindScrew (Well, maybe not ''that'' much, but the story gets pretty complicated.)
* MismatchedEyes (Michiru) [[spoiler:purple is his natural eye color. The blue one is a replacement made by Professor Kujou for the one he lost in an accident.]]
* NewTransferStudent (Micchi, later Jin)
* NoKoreansInJapan (Averted by Mi Yon Yi (Miyon), who is a friend of Karin and Himeka's.)
* NoSenseOfDirection (manga-only character Ami)
* NonHumanSidekick (Nyake)
* NotWhatItLooksLike (In a side chapter, Karin and Kazune get their hands stuck together and have to change into their gym clothes in the storage shed. Kirio walks in on them in a... rather compromising position.)

* OminousLatinChanting (''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQiDQ-G5fM8 Zeus no Yubiwa]]'')
* ParentalAbandonment (Karin, Kazune, Himeka, Micchi, Kirio and Kirika all have dead parents. [[spoiler:Kazune and Karin, however, are clones of Kazune's supposed parents, and the Kujous are actually Himeka's parents, though they're still dead.]]

* PowerOfLove (in full force in the sequel, where the finishing move is Love Attack, and the mid-season power up comes from Love Evolution.)
* RapunzelHair (Kazusa)
* SchoolPlay (Miyon writes one for the school festival. It's a bastardization of "Literature/SnowWhite", "Literature/SleepingBeauty", and "Momotaro".)
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong (the plot of ''Chu'', though it's more like Set Right What Will Go Wrong)
* ShoutOut ([[{{Pita-Ten}} Koboshi]] helps Karin out when she gets sick during the SchoolPlay.)
* SlapSlapKiss (Karin and Kazune)
* SpinOffspring (Koge-Donbo's current series ''DokiDokiTamaTan'' stars one Nishikiori Tamae who is apparently Michiru's daughter. No sign of [[KidFromTheFuture Suzune]], though.
* TalkingAnimal (Nyake)
* ThemeTwinNaming (Kirio and Kirika. It's also worth noting that their father's name is Kirihiko.)

* TransferStudentUniforms (Jin, but not Micchi)

* TransformationTrinket (the Kamika rings)
* VerbalTic (Nyake adds "da shi" to the end of her sentences)
* WellDoneSonGuy (Jin's father, which is the reason he became an [[IdolSinger idol]].)
* WholesomeCrossdresser ([[spoiler:Kirika]])
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes (Kazune is ''terrified'' of bugs. His cousin Himeka loves them.)
* YouSuck (Karin)

[[caption-width-right:200:Kujyou Himeka, Hanazono Karin, and Kujyou Kazune]]

[[{{Dojikko}} Klutzy]], [[ThisLoserIsYou underachieving]] sixth-grader Karin is miserable. Not only are her [[ParentalAbandonment parents dead]], but her beloved cat, Shii-chan, just died, and on top of all of that, she gets terrible grades in school. Little does she know that, thanks to a [[OrphansPlotTrinket ring]] left to her by her [[MissingMom late mother]], Karin is about to transform into a goddess, and her life will never be the same. Teaming up with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kazune Kujyou]], she vows to protect Kazune's cousin Himeka from [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Kirio Karasuma]], who is after her for unknown reasons. Karin also gets a crush on Kirio's twin brother [[{{Bishonen}} Kirika Karasuma]], but could he be involved with his brother's plans? And why does the NewTransferStudent Michiru "Micchi" Nishikiori have a [[TransformationTrinket god transformation ring]] of his own?

* BigFancyHouse (both the Kujyous' and Karasumas', to the point where both Karin and Ami have gotten lost in them. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Karin wonders why they all have such big houses. Jin's mansion is much bigger, and [[BishieSparkle sparkly]]. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a subversion, as Jin doesn't live in the house himself, but lives in a shack, and has never been inside the actual house.]]

* HotShoujoDad (Kazuto Kujyou)

* KissingCousins (Himeka has a crush on her cousin, Kazune. [[spoiler:It turns out that Kazune is actually a [[CloningBlues clone]] of her real father, Kazuto Kujyou.]])

* MismatchedEyes (Michiru) [[spoiler:purple is his natural eye color. The blue one is a replacement made by Professor Kujyou for the one he lost in an accident.]]

* ParentalAbandonment (Karin, Kazune, Himeka, Micchi, Kirio and Kirika all have dead parents. [[spoiler:Kazune and Karin, however, are clones of Kazune's supposed parents, and the Kujyous are actually Himeka's parents, though they're still dead.]]

** Not to mention Kazune, [[spoiler:Kazusa]], Kazuto, and Suzune Kujyou. Not to mention how Kazuto's wife Suzuka and future Karin fit into this pattern as well.

[[{{Dojikko}} Klutzy]] [[YouSuck underachieving]] sixth-grader Karin is miserable. Not only are her [[ParentalAbandonment parents dead]], but her beloved cat, Shii-chan, just died, and on top of all of that, she gets terrible grades in school. Little does she know that, thanks to a [[OrphansPlotTrinket ring]] left to her by her [[MissingMom late mother]], Karin is about to transform into a goddess, and her life will never be the same. Teaming up with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kazune Kujyou]], she vows to protect Kazune's cousin Himeka from [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Kirio Karasuma]], who is after her for unknown reasons. Karin also gets a crush on Kirio's twin brother [[{{Bishonen}} Kirika Karasuma]], but could he be involved with his brother's plans? And why does the NewTransferStudent Michiru "Micchi" Nishikiori have a [[TransformationTrinket god transformation ring]] of his own?

''"No girl with an iota of sanity would transform into a god on her first date!"''

* SchoolPlay (Miyon writes one for the school festival. It's a bastardization of "Literature/SnowWhite", "SleepingBeauty", and "Momotaro".)

* PowerOfLove (in full force in the sequel, where the finishing move is Love Attack, and the [[FrillsOfJustice mid-season power up]] comes from Love Evolution.)

* SchoolPlay (Miyon writes one for the school festival. It's a bastardization of ''SnowWhite'', ''SleepingBeauty'', and ''Momotaro''.)

Created by {{Koge-Donbo}}, the original manga was supposed to be a one-shot AffectionateParody of magical girl series, but its unexpected success caused it to be continued for seven volumes and aired as an anime show. There is also a sequel, ''Kamichama Karin Chu'', where Karin and Kazune's KidFromTheFuture comes back to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, and introducing new character [[IdolSinger Jin Kuga]] and giving the main cast [[FrillsOfJustice new transformations]].

Not to be confused with the shoujo vampire series ''{{Karin}}'', or with ''{{Kamichu}}'', the other series about a girl who becomes a god.