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[[caption-width-right:350:Muko, Cookie, and Kalita taking a soapland bath.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Muko, Cookie, and [[caption-width-right:350: Muko promises to make Kalita taking a soapland bath.her tag partner by defeating her in their third fight.]]

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* BadassTeacher: Patchwork is the best trainer of Tendonchi and her body implies that she is or was a Combagal.
* BaitAndSwitch: Cookie thinks that all of the rejections have to do with Trilamity Day. In reality, she's been slightly forgiven enough to enter the gym. It's because of a Spotter article about her current Combagal that she has trouble getting in.

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* %%* BadassTeacher: Patchwork is the best trainer of Tendonchi and her body implies that she is or was a Combagal.
* BaitAndSwitch: Cookie thinks that all of the rejections have to do with Trilamity Day. In reality, she's been slightly forgiven enough to enter the gym. It's because of a Spotter article about her current Combagal that she has trouble getting in.



** Miho returns after her disappearance from the Masato Match, now working at the Spotter.



* DeathGlare: Kalita gives one to Cookie, letting her know that she's not in the mood for games. She will pay her in a week or she will face the consequences.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: [[spoiler: Averted. The Spotter paints Muko as a sex offender by having her perverted antics previously PlayedForLaughs now PlayedForDrama as all of the women she groped or peeked on angrily recall her actions against them. Matroshka even accuses Muko of manipulating her into thinking she was a lesbian to have sex with her, thus ruining her marriage, family, and career.]]

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* %%* DeathGlare: Kalita gives one to Cookie, letting her know that she's not in the mood for games. She will pay her in a week or she will face the consequences.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: [[spoiler: Averted.Subverted. The Spotter paints Muko as a sex offender by having her perverted antics previously PlayedForLaughs now PlayedForDrama as all of the women she groped or peeked on angrily recall her actions against them. Matroshka even accuses Muko of manipulating her into thinking she was a lesbian to have sex with her, thus ruining her marriage, family, and career.]]



* FirstLove: [[spoiler: Implied with Matroshka as she and Muko had a TeacherStudentRomance that was implied a few chapters ago. Muko also takes her testimony very hard.]]

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* FirstLove: [[spoiler: Implied with Matroshka as she and Muko had a TeacherStudentRomance that was implied a few chapters ago. Muko also takes her testimony very hard.]]



* JerkassHasAPoint: Kalita points out that Cookie has a revenge agenda against the Cyclone Crushers and that Muko won't become strong enough to be her partner in two months, meaning that she'd be forced to fight Skully and Bolouma on her own.
* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Kalita may be strong, but even she knows when she's outmatched. She knows that Muko won't be strong enough to reach the necessary fighting level to be her partner in two months and as such believes that she will face a losing battle fighting Skully and Bolouma on her own.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Kalita points out that Cookie has a revenge agenda against the Cyclone Crushers and that Muko won't become strong enough to be her partner in two months, meaning that she'd she'll be forced to fight Skully and Bolouma on her own.
* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing who reveals the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko, whereafter Miho paints Muko as a sex offender.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Kalita may be strong, but even she knows when she's outmatched. She knows that Muko won't be strong enough to reach the necessary fighting level to be her partner in two months and as such believes that therefore she will expects face a losing battle fighting Skully and Bolouma on her own.



* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Matroshka acts like Muko manipulated her into a relationship. This is in spite of the fact that she was an adult and her lover not being the manipulative type.]]
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Cookie tries to invoke this on Kalita. She doesn't fall for it.

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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Matroshka acts like Muko manipulated her into a relationship. This is in spite of the fact that she was an adult and her lover Muko not being the manipulative type.]]
* %%* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Cookie tries to invoke this on Kalita. She doesn't fall for it.



* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Cookie complains about this trope, believing that she and Muko are getting rejected by gyms because of the events of Trilamity Day. Having started to make peace with it after earning forgiveness from Muko, she's getting pissed at everybody not getting over it.

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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Cookie complains about this trope, believing believes that she and Muko are getting rejected by gyms because of the events of Trilamity Day. Having started to make peace with it after earning forgiveness from Muko, she's getting pissed at everybody not getting over it.



* RaceFetish: Besides being an AmazonianBeauty that she'll see every day, Muko is overjoyed that Patchwork is a bunny just like her. She spends the whole scene saying bunny and is disappointed and heartbroken when she's kicked out.
* RageBreakingPoint: After being rejected in two gyms, Cookie immediately loses her patience when they're rejected on the third. She angrily points out that she's been punished enough for Trilamity Day. To his credit, the owner of the third gym points out that he's not rejecting her for Trilamity Day but for a Spotter article about Muko.
* {{Revenge}}: Kalita recognizes that Cookie has a grudge against the Cyclone Crushers and refuses to take part on her vendetta.

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* RaceFetish: Besides being happy that Patchwork is an AmazonianBeauty that she'll see every day, Muko is overjoyed that Patchwork is a bunny just like her. She spends the whole scene saying bunny "bunny" and is disappointed and heartbroken when she's Patchwork's kicked out.
* RageBreakingPoint: After being rejected in two gyms, Cookie immediately loses her patience when they're rejected on by the third.third one. She angrily points out that she's been punished enough for Trilamity Day. To his credit, the owner of the third gym points out that he's not rejecting her for Trilamity Day but for a Spotter article about Muko.
* {{Revenge}}: Kalita recognizes that Cookie has a grudge against the Cyclone Crushers and refuses to take part on in her vendetta.



* SmarterThanYouLook: Miho is surprisingly enough very great at research and journalism. Finding out stuff about Muko, like where she worked or where did she studied, and even finding out people who associated with her.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: Miho is surprisingly enough very great at research and journalism. Finding out stuff about Muko, like where she worked or where did she studied, and even finding out people who associated with her.



* VillainHasAPoint: Excluding her personal agenda to destroy Muko's reputation by using the Matroshka incident, Miho makes a valid point with the Cafe Carrots staff and Roora. Muko didn't control her impulses prior to her CharacterDevelopment around attractive women. And just because she's resolving to be a better person doesn't mean they won't forgive her prior behavior, especially if they're unaware of the change.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Excluding Despite her personal agenda to destroy Muko's reputation by using the Matroshka incident, Miho makes a valid point with the Cafe Carrots staff and Roora. Muko didn't control her impulses prior to her CharacterDevelopment around attractive women. And just because she's resolving resolved to be a better person doesn't mean they won't forgive her prior behavior, especially if they're unaware of the change.
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Kalita refuses to become a Combagal and demands to be paid in a week, much to the dismay of Muko and Cookie. Unwilling to give up, Muko challenges Kalita to a rematch, demanding the vixen to become her partner if she wins. Feeling reinvigorated by the fight she saw, Cookie takes Muko to the gym to begin her Combagal training. However, the events that transpire as they try to enroll Muko are something that neither of them saw coming.

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Kalita refuses to become a Combagal and demands to be paid in a week, much to the dismay of Muko and Cookie. Unwilling to give up, Muko challenges Kalita to a rematch, demanding that the vixen to become her Muko's partner if she Muko wins. Feeling reinvigorated by the fight she saw, Cookie takes Muko to the gym to begin her Combagal training. However, the events that transpire as they try to enroll Muko are something that neither of them saw coming.
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Kalita refuses to become a Combagal and demands to be paid in a week, much to the dismay of Muko and Cookie. Unwilling to give up, Muko challenges Kalita to a rematch, demanding the vixen to become her partner if she wins. Feeling reinvigorated by the fight she saw, Cookie takes Muko to the gym to begin her Combagal training. However, the events that transpire as they try to enroll Muko are something that neither of them saw coming.
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* HiddenDepths: Miho shows a surprising talent for journalism, essentially making a documentary about Muko's darkest secrets.
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* BrokenPedestal: Matroshka says that she became this to her family and her fellow teachers after her relationship with Muko.


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* TakingTheKids: Matroshka claims that her husband left her and that he took her sons with him after the incident.
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* DeathGlare: Kalita gives one to Cookie, letting her know that she's not in the mood for games. She will pay her in a week or she will face the consequences.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Spotter article is a poorly timed one for Muko as she underwent CharacterDevelopment and the person responsible for the karma is not doing this for morality [[spoiler: as she later incriminates Muko for the Matroshka incident.]]
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* PetTheDog: The third gym owner at least bothers explaining to Cookie why he can't train Muko, mainly because of the Spotter article. Likewise, despite shoving them out of the door Patchwork still wishes them luck at another gym.
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* GetOut: Muko and Cookie are told to leave the gym three times. Most notably, the second one, an angry eel guy just yells at them to leave.
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* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]

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* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]]]

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* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Kalita points out that Cookie has a revenge agenda against the Cyclone Crushers and that Muko won't become strong enough to be her partner in two months, meaning that she'd be forced to fight Skully and Bolouma on her own.
* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]]]
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Cookie complains about this trope, believing that she and Muko are getting rejected by gyms because of the events of Trilamity Day. Having started to make peace with it after earning forgiveness from Muko, she's getting pissed at everybody not getting over it.


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* StarterVillain: Muko and Cookie consider Kalita this, as she's the first opponent Muko needs to defeat to acquire a tag team partner. Fittingly enough, Kalita was also her first fight in the series.

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* KickTheDog: Miho tries to destroy Muko's reputation by visiting former acquaintances to get dirt on her. None of them have anything nice to say about her. It goes UpToEleven when she goes to Matroshka [[spoiler: revealing the TeacherStudentRomance she had with Muko and then painting Muko as a sex offender.]]




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* VillainHasAPoint: Excluding her personal agenda to destroy Muko's reputation by using the Matroshka incident, Miho makes a valid point with the Cafe Carrots staff and Roora. Muko didn't control her impulses prior to her CharacterDevelopment around attractive women. And just because she's resolving to be a better person doesn't mean they won't forgive her prior behavior, especially if they're unaware of the change.
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* MamaBear: Cookie is enraged upon finding out that the Spotter wrote another article to tarnish Muko's reputation.


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* OhCrap: Cookie is worried upon seeing Muko's reaction to the Spotter article, so she takes her phone to give it a look. Her reaction is one of horror when she sees what they wrote about her.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Muko gets unusually quiet and sports a ThousandYardStare upon seeing the Spotter article, implying that its contents about her were very hurtful.
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* TheCameo: Shun, Nyarai, and the Cyclone Crushers appear in the ImagineSpot as Muko's future opponents. Nyarai also reappears in a footage of her fight with Muko. Donkizari also appears at the end of her ImagineSpot with her partner being shaded.


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* SinisterSilhouettes: The partner of Donkizari is portrayed as a shadow to keep her identity a secret. She does have an avian shape though.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Cookie thinks that all of the rejections have to do with Trilamity Day. In reality, she's been slightly forgiven enough to enter the gym. It's because of a Spotter article about her current Combagal that she has trouble getting in.
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* CallBack: There's lots of continuity in this chapter that is relevant to the plot.
** Miho returns after her disappearance from the Masato Match, now working at the Spotter.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: [[spoiler: Averted. The Spotter paints Muko as a sex offender by having her perverted antics previously PlayedForLaughs now PlayedForDrama as all of the women she groped or peeked on angrily recall her actions against them. Matroshka even accuses Muko of manipulating her into thinking she was a lesbian to have sex with her, thus ruining her marriage, family, and career.]]


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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Matroshka acts like Muko manipulated her into a relationship. This is in spite of the fact that she was an adult and her lover not being the manipulative type.]]
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* FirstLove: [[spoiler: Implied with Matroshka as she and Muko had a TeacherStudentRomance that was implied a few chapters ago. Muko also takes her testimony very hard.]]


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* ThousandYardStare: Muko pulls a traumatized look when she sees the Spotter article, especially when it shows her personal life for everyone to see.
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* TragicDropout: The chapter reveals that Muko dropped out of school eighteen months ago when she was a senior. [[spoiler: It involved a TeacherStudentRomance that was discovered and it's implied that it complicated her family life for a while until the events of the main comic.]]
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* IntrepidReporter: Miho reappears, showing a knack for journalism as she investigates Muko's past, including some secrets about her background.


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* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Matroshka ends the chapter by painting Muko as a sex offender who manipulated her into a relationship, ruining her marriage and work to satisfy her desires by tricking her into thinking she was a lesbian.]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: Miho is surprisingly enough very great at research and journalism. Finding out stuff about Muko, like where she worked or where did she studied, and even finding out people who associated with her.

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* TheBusCameBack: Several characters that didn't appear many chapters ago or were just limited as TheCameo via flashback or ImagineSpot return thanks to the Spotter article.
** Miho appears as an IntrepidReporter in the Spotter article.
** Shira, Mel, and Tunky talk about Muko's time at Cafe Carrots. Mel and Tunky don't hesitate in badmouthing Muko while Shira looks guilty.
** Roora reappears, angrily recalling Muko spying on her and Fenny while they showered.



* PerpetualSmiler: Patchwork has a cheerful expression on her face even she shoves Muko and Cookie out of the door.



* PerpetualSmiler: Patchwork has a cheerful expression on her face even she shoves Muko and Cookie out of the door.
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* PersonaNonGrata: Muko isn't welcome at any of the gyms she and Cookie visit because of the unflattering Spotter article about her.
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* PerpetualSmiler: Patchwork has a cheerful expression on her face even she shoves Muko and Cookie out of the door.
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* BoxingBattler: Implied with Patchwork as her gym, the Megaton Punch offers boxing as part of the services.
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* FinalBoss: Invoked by Cookie as she considers Donkizari as the last enemy that Muko has to defeat in her Combagal career.
* ImagineSpot: Cookie has one of her and Muko climbing a mountain with temples as a fog slowly disappears, signifying her recovering her foresight and with her the ability of knowing what to do. She figures out Muko's future enemies (starting with Kalita, then with Nyarai and the Cyclone Crushers), which will move on until she faces Donkizari.
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* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Cookie tries to invoke this on Kalita. She doesn't fall for it.
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* TheBet: Kalita promises to get the money from Cookie within a week. However, Muko tells her that she will fight her and if she wins then Kalita will become her tag team partner.
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* BerserkButton: Muko despises being underestimated. She challenges Kalita to a third fight after being called a loser and told she was too weak to be her partner.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Kalita may be strong, but even she knows when she's outmatched. She knows that Muko won't be strong enough to reach the necessary fighting level to be her partner in two months and as such believes that she will face a losing battle fighting Skully and Bolouma on her own.


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* {{Revenge}}: Kalita recognizes that Cookie has a grudge against the Cyclone Crushers and refuses to take part on her vendetta.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Muko, Cookie, and Kalita taking a soapland bath.]]
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! Chapter 24: The Clearing

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* AmazonianBeauty: Patchwork is tall, muscular, and easy on the eyes. Muko gets a crush on her immediately.
* BadassTeacher: Patchwork is the best trainer of Tendonchi and her body implies that she is or was a Combagal.
* RaceFetish: Besides being an AmazonianBeauty that she'll see every day, Muko is overjoyed that Patchwork is a bunny just like her. She spends the whole scene saying bunny and is disappointed and heartbroken when she's kicked out.
* RageBreakingPoint: After being rejected in two gyms, Cookie immediately loses her patience when they're rejected on the third. She angrily points out that she's been punished enough for Trilamity Day. To his credit, the owner of the third gym points out that he's not rejecting her for Trilamity Day but for a Spotter article about Muko.
* RuleOfThree: Muko and Cookie go to three gyms and they all reject to take Muko. By the third time, Cookie reaches her RageBreakingPoint and voices her opinion about it. They find out why...and it isn't pretty.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Muko used to be in a romance with her high school teacher, Mrs. Matroshka back in her senior year eighteen months before the start of the series. This caused her to drop out of high school.

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