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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Plenty during Lives, not only because the actors occasionally improvise the Touken Danshi's behavior, but also because they sing songs that most of the Touken Danshi would never sing, dance in ways that most of the Touken Danshi would never dance, make the less energetic Touken Danshi act more energetic, and interact with each other with a sense of familiarity and teasing that is not seen in their main story dynamics. For first-time and even returning viewers, you should expect most, if not all, of the Touken Danshi to act out of character to some extent; just have fun and don't question it.
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* LetsDuet: Since the second act is the shortest portion of the main story performances, not every character is able to sing a solo. Instead, two characters (or, less often, three) are selected to sing the solos, seemingly based on main story relevance or popularity, with the remaining characters being paired off in duets or the uncommon trio song. Some of these duet pairs are pretty arbitrary, as some the characters that end up singing together have minimal or no relevant interactions beyond being in the same team, yet interact during their songs seeming uncharacteristically close.
* LimitedWardrobe: Usually PlayedStraight in the main story, as the characters are almost always shown wearing the same outfit no matter how much time passes in the story. Every character also has an Uchiban outfit, although these have only been used twice in the entire series and are only seen when the characters spend an extended period of time in the citadel.

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* LetsDuet: Since the second act is the shortest portion of the main story performances, not every character is able to sing a solo. Instead, two characters (or, less often, three) are selected to sing the solos, seemingly based on main story relevance or popularity, with the remaining characters being paired off in duets or the uncommon trio song. Some of these duet pairs are pretty arbitrary, as some the characters that end up singing together have minimal or no relevant interactions beyond being in the same team, yet interact during their songs seeming uncharacteristically close.
close. Cover versions of these duets often do the same thing, pairing unlikely characters off to sing together.
* LimitedWardrobe: Usually PlayedStraight in the main story, as the characters are almost always shown wearing the same outfit no matter how much time passes in the story. Every character also has an Uchiban outfit, although these have only been are rarely used twice in the entire series and are only seen when the characters spend an extended period of time in the citadel.
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* LetsDuet: Since the second act is the shortest portion of the main story performances, not every character is able to sing a solo. Instead, two characters (or, less often, three) are selected to sing the solos, seemingly based on main story relevance or popularity, with the remaining characters being paired off in duets or the uncommon trio song. Some of these duet pairs are pretty arbitrary, as some the characters that end up singing together have minimal or no relevant interactions beyond being in the same team, yet interact during their songs seeming uncharacteristically close.
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* ''Sengo Muramasa Tonbokiri - Souki Shutsujin -'' (2023) -- A play focusing on Sengo Muramasa and Tonbokiri. Unlike the previous plays, it's more of an artistic journey than a proper story.

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* ''Sengo Muramasa Tonbokiri - Souki Shutsujin -'' ~ Yorozu no Hana Utsusu Kagami ~'' (2023) -- A play focusing on Sengo Muramasa and Tonbokiri. Unlike the previous plays, it's more of an artistic journey than a proper story.
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The first three musicals eventually received adaptations in print media; {{Novelization}}s of the first three musicals have been released with illustrations done by Creator/SuiIshida of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' fame, while ''Atsukashiyama Ibun'' and ''Bakamatsu Tenrouden'' got manga adaptations drawn by Kyo Yamazaki and serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Tonari no Young Jump]]''. There is also a series of official playbooks for the series, currently up to ''Kishou Hongi''.

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The first three musicals eventually received adaptations in print media; {{Novelization}}s playbooks of the first three five musicals have been released with illustrations done by Creator/SuiIshida of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' fame, while ''Atsukashiyama Ibun'' and ''Bakamatsu Tenrouden'' got manga adaptations drawn by Kyo Yamazaki and serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Tonari no Young Jump]]''. There is also a series of official playbooks for the series, currently up to ''Kishou Hongi''.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The manga adaptation removes all musical numbers and Live segments where the Touken Danshi become idols, leaving only a mostly straight retelling of the main story of each play being adapted.

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* PragmaticAdaptation: The manga adaptation removes almost all musical numbers and the Live segments where the Touken Danshi become idols, leaving only a mostly straight retelling of the main story of each play being adapted.
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* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: For obvious reasons, the viewer does not see how the Touken Danshi time travel during performances, but in the manga, they use magical orbs that transport them back in time in a whirl of cherry blossoms, similar to the live-action film's time travel method.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The manga adaptation removes all musical numbers and Live segments where the Touken Danshi become idols, leaving only a mostly straight retelling of the main story of each play being adapted.
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The first three musicals eventually received adaptations in print media; {{Novelization}}s of the first three musicals have been released with illustrations done by Creator/SuiIshida of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' fame, while ''Atsukashiyama Ibun'' and ''Bakamatsu Tenrouden'' got manga adaptations drawn by Kyo Yamazaki and serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Tonari no Young Jump]]''.

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The first three musicals eventually received adaptations in print media; {{Novelization}}s of the first three musicals have been released with illustrations done by Creator/SuiIshida of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' fame, while ''Atsukashiyama Ibun'' and ''Bakamatsu Tenrouden'' got manga adaptations drawn by Kyo Yamazaki and serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Tonari no Young Jump]]''.
Jump]]''. There is also a series of official playbooks for the series, currently up to ''Kishou Hongi''.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "can you guess what?" is one of the few team concert set songs with this theme, as they talk about joining bodies, a night of passion, and not stopping until morning. Tonbokiri's solo concert song "Real Love" also counts. "Secret Sign" creeps as close as possible to this trope by referring to all the passionate love the singers want to do as "kissing".

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* IntercourseWithYou: "can you guess what?" is one of the few team concert set songs with this theme, as they talk about joining bodies, a night of passion, and not stopping until morning. Tonbokiri's solo concert song "Real Love" also counts. "Secret Sign" creeps as close as possible to this trope by referring to all the passionate love the singers want to do as "kissing". Then there's "Flame Dance," which doesn't even try to hide that it's about sex in its lyrics.
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** Many of the Touken Danshi's songs are fanservicey, including love songs, breakup songs, songs with thinly veiled sex lyrics, and so on. And if there's a duet between two Touken Danshi, expect the lyrics and/or choreography to be shippy between the two Touken Danshi who perform it, which will be carried over when it's covered by a different set of Danshi.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Like real idols, each Touken Danshi is assigned a member color, which is reflected in their penlights so that fans can cheer them on during concerts. When the production started out, Toumyu initially used simple colors like blue, yellow, green, pink, purple, and red, but as more Touken Danshi appeared in musicals, the team became more creative with color selection, leading to penlight colors like Opal Green, Vermillion, and Smoky Purple, and so on. Even then, some colors have minimal differences, especially for white-aligned characters like Horikawa, Tsurumaru, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Good luck trying to see the difference between White, Pearl White, and Ivory in the dark.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: Like real idols, each Touken Danshi is assigned a member color, which is reflected in their penlights so that fans can cheer them on during concerts. When the production started out, Toumyu initially used simple colors like blue, yellow, green, pink, purple, and red, but as more Touken Danshi appeared in musicals, the team became more creative with color selection, leading to penlight colors like Opal Green, Vermillion, and Smoky Purple, and so on. Even then, so, some colors have minimal differences, differences and are nearly indistinguishable from one another, making it difficult to determine which color to use for which Touken Danshi especially for white-aligned characters like Horikawa, Tsurumaru, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Good luck trying to see during the difference between White, Pearl White, and Ivory in round up concerts unless you know the dark.penlight color order ahead of time.

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*** ''Tokyo Kokoro Oboe'' was the first play in the series to feature eight Touken Danshi instead of six, with four slots occupied by Gou swords, Buzen, Kuwana, Samidare, and Murakumo. [[spoiler: This is especially noteworthy because the play was set up to explain the gradually unfolding overarching story involving Mikazuki Munechika, which had been hinted at in previous musicals. The play's use of Suishinshi and Minamoto can be explained by their connections to the abandoned world plot, and Oodenta is related to Mikazuki as one of the Tenka Goken, and Sohayanotsurugi is related to him. However, the Gou swords have no personal connection to Mikazuki, no interactions with him, and no prior involvement in the overarching story, with Samidare and Murakumo in particular appearing to be added to the line-up solely for the purpose of being introduced into the musical continuity. This makes the end of the play, when Mikazuki assigns them significant roles, seem arbitrary because there is no explanation for why he chose them other than them being there at the time]].

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*** ''Tokyo Kokoro Oboe'' was the first play in the series to feature eight Touken Danshi instead of six, with four slots occupied by Gou swords, Buzen, Kuwana, Samidare, and Murakumo. [[spoiler: This is especially noteworthy because the play was set up to explain the gradually unfolding overarching story involving Mikazuki Munechika, which had been hinted at in previous musicals. The play's use of While Suishinshi and Minamoto can be explained by their connections Kiyomaro are connected to the abandoned world plot, Government of Time, and Oodenta is related to Mikazuki as one of the a fellow Tenka Goken, and Sohayanotsurugi is related to him. However, the Gou swords have no personal connection to Mikazuki, no interactions with him, and no prior involvement in the overarching story, with Samidare and Murakumo in particular appearing to be added to the line-up solely for the purpose of being introduced into the musical continuity. This makes the end of the play, when Mikazuki assigns them significant roles, seem arbitrary because there is no explanation for why he chose them other than them being there at the time]].time]].
*** For the Toumyu portion of the Nelke Planning 30th ANNIVERSARY event, the Gou swords make up more than half the cast, with all 6 appearing out of the 11 Touken Danshi who show up.
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* MauveShirt: In the main stories, many of the historical figures are often given a lot of screen time and development, but most are either doomed to die, or are left behind and/or never brought up again after the Touken Danshi finish their mission and leave their time period.
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* ''The 808 Towns of Hizakurige'' (2024) -- First side story in the series to follow a trio of swords, this time focusing on Izuminokami Kanesada, Horikawa Kunihiro, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.

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* ''The ''Izuminokami Kanesada Horikawa Kunihiro Yamanbagiri Kunihiro Sanki Shutsuji -- The 808 Towns of Hizakurige'' Hizakurige --'' (2024) -- First side story in the series to follow a trio of swords, this time focusing on Izuminokami Kanesada, Horikawa Kunihiro, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro.

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