History Manga / Patalliro

** It's been [[http://sdklr.tumblr.com/post/100046340588/sudakiwasy-sdklr-sudakiwasy-cripes-i suggested]] that ''Anime/SailorMoon'' has expies of Bancoran/Mariach in Kunzite/Zoisite [[note]] and coincidentally enough, Creator/KazuyukiSogabe voiced Kunzite in the 90's anime [[/note]].

** It's been [[http://sdklr.tumblr.com/post/100046340588/sudakiwasy-sdklr-sudakiwasy-cripes-i suggested]] that ''Anime/SailorMoon'' has expies of Bancoran/Mariach in Kunzite/Zoisite.

* BoysLove: One of the earliest and long-running satirical manga (1978 ? ongoing!) and a rare example of a shounen-ai series by a male mangaka. Also, one of the first BL-flavored anime to be produced for television (in 1983-84). According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patalliro!]], the demographics adopted by the manga publishers is [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]].

Once, there was an island where it was always spring... An island somewhere in the South Seas, with green forests and wide lakes. And mountains, let us not forget the mountains. Tall mountains with deep roots, filled with one of mankind's most precious treasures: diamonds. The name of this island is Malynera, and its king is only a child.

Patalliro is almost always accompanied by his army of Tamanegi ("Onions", so called because of their onion-shaped wigs). The Tamanegi all wear identical masks, wigs and glasses, and are known only by numbers. They are Patalliro's protectors, but protect the world from him just as much as they protect him from the world.

* A 49 episodes anime series that ran between April 8, 1982 and May 13, 1983 called "Boku Patalliro!"

* A stage play in 2016 with a follow up in early 2018, with a movie adaptation of the first play released in 2019.

* BoysLove: One of the earliest and long-running satirical manga (1978 ? ongoing!) and a rare example of a shounen-ai series by a male mangaka. Also one of the first BL-flavored anime to be produced for television (in 1983-84). According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patalliro!]], the demographics adopted by the manga publishers is [[ShoujoDemographic Shojo]].

* CharacterTitle: Patalliro is a name of the young king of Malynera.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the second stage play, Maraich suddenly become nauseous hinting towards his pregnancy from later parts of the manga.

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Etrange is a reigning king's mother and a ProperLady. In anime version, she wears purple clothes, has purple hair and purple eyes.

* IdenticalGrandson: Patalliro the Eighth's... ''unusual'' appearance (bar slight variations such as hairstyle) seems to be shared by other members of the family who also share the name. There's also been appearances by an ancestor and a (presumable) descendant of Bancoran who share ''his'' distinctive looks as well, right down to the hair and eyeshadow.

* OnlySaneMan: Bancoran, to the point of skepticism. Though technically in this story he’s the most sane person and sometimes not even he can avoid going along with Patalliro’s stunts.

* ScrewYourself: Patalliro has molested and been molested by nearly identical Patalliros of the distant past and future. Presumably they are both ancestors and descendants of the main Patalliro. [[{{Squick}} Let that sink in.]]

%% * IllGirl: Koko.

* KnifeNut: Maraich's WeaponOfChoice.

* DrugsAreBad: Bancoran ''will not tolerate'' [[BerserkButton drugs or drug dealers]]. ([[MoralDissonance Chain smoking and drunk driving at 9 a.m., however, are perfectly fine]]).

* {{Bishonen}}: Bancoran qualifies. He even wears [[RealMenWearPink blue eyeshadow]]. Several of Patalliro's enemies also qualify. Maraich is considered a bishonen in the story, but could also be considered a "[[AttractiveBentGender trap]]".

* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Etrange is a reigning king's mother and a ProperLady. In anime version, she wears purple clothes, has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair and purple eyes]].

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: In episode 06, Bancoran is challenged to a SwordFight by the villain. Patalliro's comment: [[spoiler:"This is a man's romance!"]]

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: '''DUH.'''

* PeekABangs: Maraich's are frequently the subject of ridicule from Patalliro.

* SelectiveObliviousness: Bancoran resorts to this at times to deal with Patalliro’s antics.
* SexFaceTurn: [[spoiler: With QuestionableConsent, this is how Maraich joins the party courtesy of Bancoran, as he himself says he "[[http://i53.tinypic.com/2i8wrjr.jpg successfully persuaded him]]" to leave The International Diamond Syndicate]].
* SmokingIsCool: Bancoran smokes and uses this to increase his charming appearance.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Maraich, who always wears high heels and was also voiced by [[Creator/ToshikoFujita a woman]].
** [[ProfessionalKiller Although the extent to which he can be called 'wholesome' is debatable.]]
* {{Wimpification}}: Maraich becomes decreasingly useful as the series goes on.
** He's still not someone you want to mess with though. Despite his growing effeminacy and occasional carelessness he still knows how to escape and then mop the floor with any thugs who cross him.

* YourCheatingHeart: Bancoran is a playboy, and can't help sleeping with every attractive young man he meets, much to Maraich’s dismay. However, he is sincere that Maraich is his OneTrueLove.

* MissingMom: Patalliro's mother is alive but her poor health makes it so that she can't live in Malynera.

* TitleThemeTune: A real EarWorm with TitleDrop. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m07wTBNdLxI pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa, po pe pu pi pa... ''patallilo!'']]

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The manga can be read [[https://kissmanga.com/Manga/Patalliro here]].

* A stage play in 2016 with a follow up in early 2018.

** Then there is the one episode called "[[Manga/RoseOfVersailles The Sunflower of Versailles]]"

(Source: myanimelist.net)

* A stage play in 2016 with a follow up in early 2018 and a movie in the fall of 2018.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Maraich, who always wears high heels and is also voiced by [[Creator/ToshikoFujita a woman]].

* A stage play in 2016 with a follow up in 2018.

* MisterSeahorse: Mariach twice in the manga. Never explained. [[spoiler: The first instance ends with a miscarriage, while the second has him give birth to Bancoran's son Figaro.]]

* MayDecemberRomance: Maraich and Bancoran are a borderline case, at 18 and 35--ahem, 27--respectively.

/ CheshireCatGrin: Patalliro’s default look is a toothless version of this.

* YouCan'tFightFate: A Tamanegi guard goes on a time-travel adventure, arriving in the French Revolution and taking the alias of Marie Antoinette’s lover Hans Axel von Fersen. Hans already exists, and as history can’t accept the same person existing twice, a CosmicRetcon occurs that erases one of them...[[spoiler: the real Hans. The Tamanegi has to stay in France to preserve history, and can never come home again.]]