History Manga / RikiOh

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Many, many examples. Notable ones are a mook still talking, and trying to kill Riki-Oh after having [[YourHeadAsplode his brain punched away]], and another one being completely operative after his heart was torn from his chest, with seemingly no ill effect, only to die immediately when Riki-Oh finally crushes the heart, still in his hand. It should be noted that this is not even handwaved as magic or superpower. It just... kinda happens.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Apparently the swastika is a symbol for atheism and the six-pointed star is a symbol of theism. Oh, and they also represent the universe collapsing and exploding into existence respectfully (destruction and creation). Oh, and God gave the world 6000 the years, and if the Earth isn't destroyed year 2000, it means "his plan" didn't succeed according to the Holy Bible. There are just so many egregious examples of the manga not doing the research on Christianity that it's almost hilarious. It doesn't even get the message of the "sacrificing of Isaac" story right.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The ultimate BigBad, [[spoiler: Riki-Oh's father]], and his high-ranking henchmen, are essentially just Nazis who use martial arts. And Riki-Oh's own brother, "Nachi" is a deliberate pun n the word "Nazi".[[note]]Although his name also translates into 'what thing' from Japanese.[[/note]] He even has a swastika tattoo on his hand.

Riki-Oh begins an adventure where he tries to find his brother, and find clues towards his past for it seems as though somebody is pulling the strings. Thus Riki-Oh's journey is full of combat where the action never ends. Bodies pile up as the super powered martial artist punches and kicks through armies of freaks, robots, androids, monsters, martial artists, ferocious animals, and more!

Riki-Oh begins an adventure where he tries to find his brother, and find clues towards his past for it seems as though somebody is pulling the strings. Thus Riki-Oh's journal is full of combat where the action never ends. Bodies pile up as the super power martial artist punches and kicks through armies of freaks, robots, androids, monsters, martial artists, ferocious animals, and more!

* CrossesTheLineTwice: While tending to his roses, Washizaki casually mentions an ongoing project of his to ''destroy the ozone layer.''
->'''Otto:''' By 1999, the likelihood of developing skin cancer from exposure to ultraviolet rays should increase tenfold.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The ultimate BigBad, [[spoiler: Ricky's father]], and his high-ranking henchmen, are essentially just Nazis who use martial arts. And Riki's own brother, "Nachi" is a deliberate pun n the word "Nazi".[[note]]Although his name also translates into 'what thing' from Japanese.[[/note]] He even has a swastika tattoo on his hand.

* BigBad: Each arc has one. Prison - The Warden; The Cape - [[spoiler: Nachi]], and so on.

** Aneyama's effeminate, sadistic, spoiled personality, as well as his facial features, all make him very reminiscent to [[Anime/DragonBallZ Frieza]].

** M. Bison/Vega from StreetFighter is an expy of the villain Washizaki, who himself is an expy of the BigBad Yasunori Kato from ''Doomed Megalopolis''[=/=]''Literature/TeitoMonogatari''

* UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler: [[spoiler:He's possibly Riki-Oh's grandfather.]]

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: There are roughly five story arcs in the manga: the Tokyo State Prison arc (chapters 1-13), the Cape arc (14-30), the Return to Tokyo arc (31-41), the Palace of Eternal Youth arc (42-62) and the Antarctica arc (63-75). The Prison Arc has some weird stuff but it's mostly weird martial artists. Then the Cape has some of the weirdest stuff, from elephants to "power readings", to android workers, to cyborgs, to an underground fighting arena, with the big bad being a super psychic. The third arc tones it down and has a more noir feeling with villains more like super-powered freaks than martial artists. The final two arcs are when things truly get insane. Each arc different? Yes. Each Arc awesome? Yes.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: In Japanese, Riki-Oh means "Strength King". Doubles as a MeaningfulName.

* FailedFutreForecast: The 1988 manga, set in the 1990s at least, has Washizaki speculate that the theist liberals of America and atheist communists are going to destroy each other.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: The 1988 manga, set in the 1990s at least, has Washizaki speculate that the theist liberals of America and atheist communists are going to destroy each other.

* CrapsackWorld: In a world where Tokyo cannot be repaired from earthquakes, heavy depressions all over the place, wild gangs, drugs are everywhere, chemical and nuclear waste is unchecked, and worse - there's a powerful hidden group of upper class that is TRYING to destroy the world. Believe it or not, ''there is still hope''.

* {{Ki Attacks}}: Riki-Oh's Naike Kenpou specializes in this.
** {{KamehameHadoken}}: "KANTSUU REPPA!!!"

It is in the near future - sometime in the 1990s most likely - the world sucks, to say the least. Saiga Riki-Oh is in a privatized prison where MightMakesRight. He soon becomes an enemy of the Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners made head guards, and then the mysterious warden. The first storyline ends much the same way as the infamous ''Film/RikiOhTheStoryOfRicky'' ends-

-BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!

* YouFailBiologyForever: Many, many examples. Notable ones are a mook still talking, and trying to kill Riki-Oh after having [[YourHeadAsplode his brain punched away]], and another one being completely operative after his heart was torn from his chest, with seemingly no ill effect, only to die immediately when Riki-Oh finally crushes the heart, still in his hand. It should be noted that this is not even handwaved as magic or superpower. It just... kinda happens.

Created by Masahiko Takajo and Creator/TetsuyaSaruwatari, Riki-Oh was serialized in the magazine Business Jump from 1988 to 1990 and later published in 12 volumes. The manga (and the anime too) starts off very much like a homage to fellow martial arts anime, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', however it eventually [[GrowingTheBeard takes its own pace and voice]] after the first story arc.

* {{Expy}}: Saiga Riki-Oh is basically [[FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] by a different name and long-ish hair.

** And finally there's The Baron, who is basically TheJoker with a different name and with no make up.

** And finally there's The Baron, who is basically [[comicbook/TheJoker]] with a different name and with no make up.

** And finally there's The Baron, who is basically ''comicbook/TheJoker'' with a different name and with no make up.

** there is a GiantMook that is Conan the Barbarian, the mech from ''Franchise/RoboCop'' with Deadlock from the ABC Warriors rideing it

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The ultimate BigBad, [[spoiler: Ricky's father]], and his high-ranking henchmen, are essentially just Nazis who use martial arts. And Riki's own brother, "Nachi" is a deliberate pun n the word "Nazi". He even has a swastika tattoo on his hand.