History Manga / SumomoMoMomoMo

* ACupAngst: Momoko, when she discovers that Koushi [[BuxomIsBetter prefers a more developed woman]]. It's suggested that Iroha, who has a similar build to Momoko, also has this issue. Both even manage to get the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Petta~n]]" UnsoundEffect previously seen in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''.

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, poor Sanae is subjected to this. Her ideal man is a {{Bishonen}} like the "Hikaru" in her [[ShowWithinAShow favorite shojo manga]] who, of course, looks very similar to Koushi. She does react with interest when she hears that her grandmother [[ArrangedMarriage arranged her to be engaged]] to another guy named Hikaru--only to be completely mortified when he turns out to be heavily-scarred and with a HeroicBuild rather than what she wants.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Iroha and Hanzou use this while stalking Inuzuka.

** To get out of it Koushi told her that as minors they had to get their parents consent to consummate their relationship and gave her a contract saying it was already signed. When Momoko signed it she found out that it was actually a refusal contract

* HeelRealization: Koushi has had a few of this given his treatment of Momoko but what really took the cake was the RantInducingSlight he gave her after Yuusuke’s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. This finally cause him to start taking his training seriously.

** Koshi wants to be a lawyer, not a martial-artist.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Kimie Nakajima, who looked much like her granddaughter Sanae when younger and is a [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens Miniature Senior Citizen]] now. The head of the Inoue clan had a crush on her when he was younger, and was quite shocked to see how she aged.

''Sumomo mo Momomo'' is a manga by Shinobu Ohtaka (who would later become best known for ''''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''''), which was serialized from 2004 to 2009 in ''Young Gangan''. The series possesses [[RefugeInAudacity the subtlety of a hard kick in the face]], and packs itself to the rafters with a horde of bizarre nutcases protecting Koshi, baying for his blood, falling madly in love with him and each other and generally going SuperDeformed a lot and doing big shiny martial arts somewhere between ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Franchise/DragonBall'' that transform the whole affair into some giant amorphous blob of {{Ecchi}} LoveDodecahedron borderline-GagSeries romantic comedy with lots of people beating each other up in completely over-the-top ways on a regular basis.

''Sumomo mo Momomo'' is a manga by Shinobu Ohtaka (who would later become best known for ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic''), which was serialized from 2004 to 2009 in ''Young Gangan''. The series possesses [[RefugeInAudacity the subtlety of a hard kick in the face]], and packs itself to the rafters with a horde of bizarre nutcases protecting Koshi, baying for his blood, falling madly in love with him and each other and generally going SuperDeformed a lot and doing big shiny martial arts somewhere between ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Franchise/DragonBall'' that transform the whole affair into some giant amorphous blob of {{Ecchi}} LoveDodecahedron borderline-GagSeries romantic comedy with lots of people beating each other up in completely over-the-top ways on a regular basis.

See also ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'', by the same author.

->''Sumomomo Momomo: The Strongest Bride on Earth''

The entire show possesses [[RefugeInAudacity the subtlety of a hard kick in the face]], and packs itself to the rafters with a horde of bizarre nutcases protecting Koshi, baying for his blood, falling madly in love with him and each other and generally going SuperDeformed a lot and doing big shiny martial arts somewhere between ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Franchise/DragonBall'' that transform the whole affair into some giant amorphous blob of {{Ecchi}} LoveDodecahedron borderline-GagSeries romantic comedy with lots of people beating each other up in completely over-the-top ways on a regular basis.

* {{Meganekko}}: Sanae.

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Tenrei. Turns into a BespectacledBastardBoyfriend once he notices how easy Sanae's Uma Kamen outfit comes off...

* RealityEnsues: The reason Koushi’s initial response is to run away from confrontation is that when he protected Momoko when they were kids not only was he beat up he was completely humiliated utterly destroying his confidence. A combination of having Momoko back in his life and having to deal with the assassins has allowed him to get his confidence to the point that he stood up to the punks who used to bully him after witnessing them strike the class rep. unfortunately having his confidence back doesn’t change the fact that he gave up martial arts a long time ago and he ended up receiving a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.

* ACupAngst: Momoko, when she discovers that Koushi [[BuxomIsBetter prefers a more developed woman]]. It's suggested that Iroha, who has a similar build to Momoko, also has this issue. Both even manage to get the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Petta~n]]" UnsoundEffect previously seen in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

** In the {{Bonus|Episode}} HotSpringsEpisode, Momoko uses a {{ki attack|s}} to rocket a van up a steep road.

* KiAttacks: This is how you know someone is a really top-level martial artist in the show.

* JerkassFacade: After finding out that he was going to die in a week Koushi did this to Momoko hoping that she would move on with her life. Luckily she saw right past this.

* ArrangedMarriage: The plot is kicked off by Unken and Sendayuu putting Koushi and Momoko into one. Sanae's grandmother also tries to set her up with one.

* ConspicuousCG: Special attacks a-plenty.

* AbsurdPhobia: Momoko and her unusually specific fear of hard-boiled eggs with faces drawn on them.

The title is based on the tongue-twister "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi."[[note]]Literal translation: "A Japanese plum is a kind of peach, a peach is also a peach, both Japanese plum and peach are kinds of peaches." The first two clauses are sometimes left out. By the way, this is the same tongue-twister Yukari ponders in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''.[[/note]] [[Manga/{{Bleach}} No]], [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} not]] ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender that]]'' [[Manga/PeachGirl Momo]], not that [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Sumomo]], and whatever you do, don't confuse with Manga/BoboboboBobobo.

* CelibateHero: Koushi doesn't have time for romance, as he is studying to become a lawyer. Possibly not celibate so much as just having the sense to want nothing to do with Momoko's 'seductions'. He certainly seems approving enough of Sanae in general.

* * Tenten referring to Hanzo and Iroha’s friendly banter as shameless flirting hit a BerserkButton for Iroha who as a member of an assassins clan felt that she and Hanzo’s relationship was LikeBrotherAndSister. This hit Hanzo hard as he really does have feelings for Iroha.

** Turns out he takes every job he can

** The reason Moutatsu hates Unken is because he mistook Kimie Nakajima acting as Unkens protector as a sign that they were having an affair.

* * SmallNameBigEgo: Daigorou Nittai was a member of the 1984 Japanese Olympic Gymnastic Team and he will never ever let you for get it. However he specifically only competed in the preliminaries. His students despise him for being utterly pathetic and not realizing it.

The entire show possesses [[RefugeInAudacity the subtlety of a hard kick in the face]], and packs itself to the rafters with a horde of bizarre nutcases protecting Koshi, baying for his blood, falling madly in love with him and each other and generally going SuperDeformed a lot and doing big shiny martial arts somewhere between ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' that transform the whole affair into some giant amorphous blob of {{Ecchi}} LoveDodecahedron borderline-GagSeries romantic comedy with lots of people beating each other up in completely over-the-top ways on a regular basis.

The entire show possesses [[RefugeInAudacity the subtlety of a hard kick in the face]], and packs itself to the rafters with a horde of bizarre nutcases protecting Koshi, baying for his blood, falling madly in love with him and each other and generally going SuperDeformed a lot and doing big shiny martial arts somewhere between ''{{Fist of the North Star}}'' and ''{{Dragonball}}'' that transform the whole affair into some giant amorphous blob of {{Ecchi}} LoveDodecahedron borderline-GagSeries romantic comedy with lots of people beating each other up in completely over-the-top ways on a regular basis.

* ACupAngst: Momoko, when she discovers that Koushi [[BuxomIsBetter prefers a more developed woman]]. It's suggested that Iroha, who has a similar build to Momoko, also has this issue. Both even manage to get the "[[{{Pettanko}} Petta~n]]" UnsoundEffect previously seen in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

Koshi Inuzuka is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, handsome and intelligent with dreams of moving into the legal profession... but he's also a member of a martial arts family headed by his huge, muscular father, who persistently looks down upon his chosen path. Said father is very much pleased when Momoko Kuzuryu, the tiny, annoying, love-struck GenkiGirl daughter of another martial arts family, seeks out Koshi to sire a child capable of mastering her family's most powerful techniques. Naturally, this not-so-subtle strongarming into ArrangedMarriage (of course supported by the fathers of both youngsters) and newfound accompaniment of a pink-haired, KamenRider [[AssKickingPose henshin pose]]-copying, totally enamoured imbecile is not to the taste of violence-phobic and martial arts-hating Koshi.

* AbusiveParents: Moutatsu Inoue raised his daughter [[RaisedAsTheOppositeGender as a boy]] going so far as to regularly beat her anytime she showed attraction to men and even regularly buying prostitutes for her. All of this as some sort of MisplacedRetribution against Unken Inuzaka who was stronger and more popular then him hoping that Shintarou would defeat Koushi and take over his title as head of the eastern army
** Its so bad that Shintarou doesn’t even realize that she is a girl as Moutatsu has led her to believe that he feminine body is a sign that she is unskilled and undisciplined.

* {{Lolicon}}:
** At one point it's quite unbelievably claimed that Iroha is 15. On top of this Hanzo spends clan rebuilding money on a distinctly dodgy-looking {{DatingSim}}...
** Momoko is the same age and a similar build to Iroha. Then there's when Momoko asks point blank whether Koushi prefers women with well-developed figures. He immediately clams up and looks away, suggesting one of Momoko's (and Iroha's) major stumbling blocks is that Koushi ''isn't'' a lolicon.

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: The Koganai clan ability especially Tenka who can carve trenches in stone

* AccidentalPervert: After watching a commercial Shintaroe spent all day drinking coffee thinking it would cause her to manlier. Naturally this made her incredibly hyperactive preventing Sanea from studying. When she called her out Shintarou force fed her coffee preventing her from sleeping. The next day Senea yelled at Shintaroe about never letting her into her bed or bath again Shintaroe replied that she was sorry she forced herself on Sanea and that she just wanted to be more of a man. Needless to say her classmates saw her as more of a man than ever.

* AffectionateParody: It's very hard to see how over-the-top the series is without thinking that it has to be an AffectionateParody to some extent of both martial arts and HaremAnime.: Although this is lost a bit in the anime, which introduces Tenka a bit later and then plays up the seriousness of the zodiac family feud.
* AgainstTheSettingSun: Parodied - Momoko and an adversary have a moment of newfound acceptance and friendship after a fight as the sun sets... and promptly forget to save Koshi from man-eating sea snakes in the background.
* {{Ahoge}}: Momoko has a self-made ahoge. Perhaps she subconsciously realized her personality required one. She briefly tries changing her hairstyle to attract Koshi's attention — by adding more ahoge!
* ArrangedMarriage

* AwesomenessByAnalysis : The main way Koshi ever defeats anyone.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Tenka Koganai was the one who seriously trained Koushi

* BattleBikini: The Uma Kamen's outfit gives the user more power the [[{{Fanservice}} smaller]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} it]] [[{{Ecchi}} gets]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Tenten Kogai

* BornInTheWrongCentury: Koganei Tenga states that he can't forgive himself for doing this. It's highly implied that he feels this way because the strongest martial artists, that developed martial arts by themselves, lived in the past.

* BrokeEpisode: Iroha and Hanzou, every episode.
* ButtMonkey: Poor, poor Hanzo.

* CelibateHero: Koshi doesn't have time for romance, as he is studying to become a lawyer. Possibly not celibate so much as just having the sense to want nothing to do with Momoko's 'seductions'. He certainly seems approving enough of Sanae in general.
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Subverted -- One of the promises thought he was entering into a marriage promise... The other was Momoko. Who thought it was a deathmatch challenge. HilarityEnsues.

* ClothingDamage: Sanae's fight with Tenrei revolves around this. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman her Uma Kamen outfit enhances her strength]].

** Tenten Kogahai in an anything goes death match where any and all weapons are allowed she chooses her henchmen as weapon to slowly wear Iroha down.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: The character in question gets her powers ''from cosplaying''.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Endou Clan [[SuperpowerfulGenetics Ancient Ability]] Volatile Primate Eruption though powerful is very dangerous because with each use the armor piercing attack puts more and more strain on the user’s body. The slender constitution of the Endou Clan takes this trope up to eleven.

** Souten Koganei when attacked by assassins he abandoned the clan and fled month’s later he returns stating that he had been granted ultimate power and now wishes to overthrow the Kuzuryuu and Inuzuka clans. He even went so far as to beat his sons half to death when they refused to help him.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Koushi exposed him as a SmallNameBigEgo and Momoko showed him up (repeatedly) Daigoro engaged her in a number of [[SerialEscalation increasingly ludicrous challenges]]. Stating that if he wins he’ll flunk Koushi

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In order to show just how much she loved Koushi Momoko took the same poison that was killing him so that they would either live or die together. Forgetting that the poison would make her too weak to fight for the antidote

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Tenten can’t understand why Hanzo would risk his life for Iroha when she doesn’t love him
* FairPlayVillain: Koganei Tenga could've killed both Koushi and Momoko, as weakened as they were by the effects of the poison, yet he wanted to have a fair fight.

* FeedItWithFire: The main ability of Tenga is based on this. Attacking him only will result in him becoming stronger each time. Of course this ability has a limit as well.
* FightUnscene: Only "martial artist vision" can see the intense battle when Koganei Tenka fights his roughly ten-year-old brother. And maybe that's best.

* GenkiGirl: Guess.
* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: The main reason why [[spoiler: an emotionally broken Momoko could win against an equally strong, yet much faster and undoubtedly way most experienced and matured than her, Koganei Tenga.]]

* HeelRealization: Koushi has had a few of this given his treatment of Momoko but what really took the cake was the RantInducingSlight he gave her after Yuusoke’s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. This finally cause him to start taking his training seriously.

** Martial Arts Pool: a form of Sojutsu that involves the use of a pool cue as well as launching billiard balls at opponent.
* MasterOfDisguise: Hanzo, with generous helpings of LatexPerfection and quick-change speed bordering on ShapeShifting.

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Iroha and Hanzo's landlady, Nakajima Kimie.

* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, poor Sanae is subjected to this. Her ideal man is a {{Bishonen}} like the "Hikari" in her [[ShowWithinAShow favorite shojo manga]] who, of course, looks very similar to Koushi. She does react with interest when she hears that her grandmother [[ArrangedMarriage arranged her to be engaged]] to another guy named Hikari--only to be completely mortified when he turns out to be heavily-scarred and with a HeroicBuild rather than what she wants.
* NearVillainVictory: Actually, [[spoiler: Koganei Tenga was just one second away from victory, literally.]]

* OhCrap: Katsuyuki Saigo after seeing Momoko perform the Black Dragon Morning Destroyer
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: When Nikkou went to sooth Shintarou over her fear of becoming the new leader of the eastern army she mentioned how there was something wrong with her body. Nikkou though she was referring to more male puberty problems

* OnlySaneMan: Koshi constantly remarks on the insanity of an underground martial arts war, and quotes the various laws being broken.
* {{Otaku}}: Hanzo

* PsychopathicManchild: When Momoko beat him, Daigoro broke down into a sobbing fit. He later threw a temper tantrum because nobody liked him.

* TheReveal [[spoiler:Koushi is really the strongest martial artist but he doesn't know it and it's not revealed until the last five minutes of the final episode.]]

* SayMyName: Koshi-dono!

** Tenka Koganai agreed to train Koushi but refused to deviate from the Kohanei ways

* * SmallNameBigEgo: Daigoro Niitai was a member of the 1984 Japanese Olympic Gymnastic Team and he will never ever let you for get it. However he specifically only competed in the preliminaries. His students despise him for being utterly pathetic and not realizing it.

* StalkerWithATestTube: The ultimate aim of Koshi and Momoko's betrothal.

* ThePowerOfHate: Momoko took Koushi’s death really hard where before Tenka was able to completely NoSell all of her techniques afterwards she completely dominated the battle
* TheSpartanWay: This is why Koushi’s father let him fight the Koganai alone. He quickly realized that it was a stupid thing to do
** The koganei aptitude test
Koushi: this seems less like a test and more like warfare.

* TrainingFromHell: Unfortunately for Koushi when he does decide to buckle down, this is the only training method his father seems to know.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Nikkou while in the bath discovered that Shintarou was a woman and passed out from blood loss. When he woke up he had forgotten the whole thing

* ATwinkleInTheSky: Ushi Kamen, the cow-themed woman at the end.

* VillainessesWantHeroes: This is the reason why Tenten hates Iroha out of all the Miyamoto clan he was the only one who saw through her façade that in combination with him being a nice guy made her see him more then just a puppet. However he was completely fascinated with Iroha
* WeakButSkilled: The Endou clan has always been the brain of the twelve heavenly generals. Their innate battle skills are far, far inferior to those of Inuzuka

* TheWorfEffect: Poor, poor Saigo -- until he finally gets his own episode.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Kinu pulls this to try to turn everyone against Momoko.

* WorthyOpponent:
** Momoko is acknowledged to be one in her battle against the last contender of the Koganei clan.
** The BigBad seeking for one is actually the only reason that makes him... well, bad.

* CaptainErsatz: WcDONALD’S

* JerkassFacade: After finding out that he was going to die in a week Koushi did this to Momoko hoping that she would move on with her life. Luckily she saw right past this

** After koushi’s AccidentalKiss with Shintarou Hankou mentioned a game he brought to Irou that features a girl raised as a boy due to the traditions of her family. Who accidentally kisses a boy and falls in love with him as they were walking right by them.

* LittleMissBadass

* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Koushi never wanted an ArrangedMarriage or to be surrounded by lunatic martial artists bent on killing/loving him. But after Momoko finally admits she knows he doesn't love her, Koushi acknowledges that his experiences have broken him out of his fear of confronting other people (even if he's still a physical coward.)

* MartialArtsAndCrafts: The Koganei Clan is known for using their superb physiques to excel not only in martial arts, but in the bright and glitzy sporting world as well because of this they usually combined the two. Two such arts created by them are.

* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Martial artist in this series seem to gain power by embodying the animal their style represents so not only do they gain their strengths they gain their weaknesses as well

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Koushi had actually started taking a shine to Momoko while he still wasn’t willing to marry her she had given him his confidence back so he would no longer run away from confrontation which he was grateful for. However after her battle with Inoha Momoka left with her forgetting that Koushi was still stuck in a deadly trap. After that he wanted nothing to do with her again

* PsychopathicManchild: When Momoko beat him Daigoro broke down into a sobbing fit.
** He later threw a temper tantrum because nobody liked him

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Uma Kamen outfit not only focuses the wearer's strength but is also the most transparent excuse for leathery horse-themed FanService you'll see in a long while, complete with a tail and a bit.

* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: all human beings harbor deep within them some form of subconscious talent. Sporting ability, scholastic aptitude, the martial arts. The key to unlocking that great power can be anger, sorrow or in Sanae’s case shame