History YMMV / AyanesHighKick

* EndingAversion: Not many people knows about this OVA, but a few of the newer viewers might feel downhearted at knowing it is just the beginning of a longer series which was never made.

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Sakurako. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]] due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing, but the ref allowed it to continue. Meanwhile, when Ayane lands one kick that inflicts a single bloody cut on Sakurako's forehead, [[MinorInjuryOverreaction suddenly the ref jumps in]] and calls it off. It amounts to an extreme anticlimax, which gets lampshaded by Sakurako:

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Sakurako. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]] due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing, but the ref allowed it to continue. Meanwhile, when Ayane lands one kick that inflicts a single bloody cut on Sakurako's forehead, [[MinorInjuryOverreaction suddenly the ref jumps in]] and calls it off. This is actually very much TruthInTelevision, as kickboxers and mixed martial artists are often declared loser after receiving a cut deep enough that the ring doctor cannot make it stop bleeding, regardless of his scored hits or the course of the match itself. However, it still amounts to an extreme anticlimax, which in this case gets lampshaded by Sakurako:

* {{Adorkable}}: Ayane's obsession with puroresu. In her very introduction, she tries a lot of high-flying wrestling maneuvers and notably puts all her heart on it, CallingYourAttacks included.

* ValuesDissonance: The series premise is about a girl who aspires to become a professional wrestler but is duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead. A viewer only familiar with American pro wrestling might scratch their head wondering how can someone be so dense, but this confusion only reflects how different pro wrestling is in Japan. Historically, Japanese pro wrestling (''puroresu'') has been influenced by striking martial arts like UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai, so even its most theatrical forms often contain big exchanges of strikes, and thus it's not any kind of stretch that someone could be taught only punches and kicks and still think they are learning pro wrestling. Ayane herself rationalizes it this exact way, for instance when she reasons Kunimitsu might be training her to be like Yumiko Hotta, a real life wrestler who has a karate background and uses many kicks in her matches. This was even more intuitive at the time the OVA was produced, TheNineties, when Japanese wrestling was going through a realistic stage called "[[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot-style]]", which ended up leading many wrestlers to real combat sports.

* ValuesDissonance: The series premise is about a girl who aspires to become a professional wrestler but is duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead. A viewer only familiar with American pro wrestling might scratch their head wondering how can someone be so dense, but this confusion only reflects how different pro wrestling is in Japan. Historically, Japanese pro wrestling (''puroresu'') has been influenced by striking martial arts like UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai, so even its most theatrical forms often contain big exchanges of strikes, and thus it's not any kind of stretch that someone could be taught only punches and kicks and still think they are learning pro wrestling. Ayane herself rationalizes it pretty well when she reasons Kunimitsu might be training her to be like Yumiko Hotta, a real life wrestler who has a karate background and uses many kicks in her matches. This was even more intuitive at the time the OVA was produced, TheNineties, when Japan was going through a realistic stage called "[[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot-style]]", which ended up leading to real combat sports.

* ValuesDissonance: The series' premise is about a girl who aspires to become a professional wrestler but is duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead. A viewer only familiar with American pro wrestling might scratch their head wondering how can someone be so dense, but this confusion only reflects how different pro wrestling is in Japan. Historically, Japanese pro wrestling (''puroresu'') has been influenced by striking martial arts like UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai, so even its most theatrical forms often contain big exchanges of strikes, and thus it's not any kind of stretch that someone could be taught only punches and kicks and still think they are learning pro wrestling. Ayane herself rationalizes it pretty well when she reasons Kunimitsu might be training her to be like Yumiko Hotta, a real life wrestler who has a karate background and uses many kicks in her matches. This was even more intuitive at the time the OVA was produced, TheNineties, when Japan was going through a realistic stage called "[[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot-style]]", which ended up leading to real combat sports.

* ValuesDissonance: The series' premise is about a girl who aspires to become a professional wrestler but is duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead. A viewer only familiar with American pro wrestling might scratch his head wondering how can someone be so dense, but this confusion only reflects how different pro wrestling is in Japan. Historically, Japanese pro wrestling (''puroresu'') has been influenced by striking martial arts like UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai, so even its most theatrical forms often contain big exchanges of strikes, and thus it's not any kind of stretch that someone could be taught only punches and kicks and still think they are learning pro wrestling. (Ayane herself rationalizes pretty well when she reasons Kunimitsu might be training her to be like Yumiko Hotta, a real life wrestler who has a karate background and uses many kicks in her matches.) This was even more intuitive at the time the OVA was produced, TheNineties, when Japanese was going through a realistic stage called "[[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation shoot-style]]" which ended up leading to real combat sports.

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Sakurako. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]] due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing, but the ref allowed it to continue. Meanwhile, when Ayane lands one kick that inflicts a single bloody cut on Sakurako's forehead, [[MinorInjuryOverreaction suddenly the ref jumps in]] and calls it off. This is actually very much TruthInTelevision, as kickboxers and mixed martial artists are often declared the loser after receiving a cut deep enough that the ring doctor cannot make it stop bleeding, regardless of his scored hits or the course of the match itself. However, it still amounts to an extreme anticlimax, which in this case gets lampshaded by Sakurako:
-->'''Sakurako:''' ''(points at Ayane)'' "You know don't you, I was winning this fight!"

* ValuesDissonance: The series' premise is about a girl who aspires to become a pro wrestler but is duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead. A viewer only familiar with American pro wrestling might scratch his head wondering how can someone be as dense, but this is actually far from being the case, as it only reflects how different Japanese pro wrestling is in comparison. In Japan, pro wrestling was deeply influenced by martial arts and often contains huge amounts of striking, so it's not any kind of stretch that someone could be taught only punches and kicks and still think it is learning pro wrestling (Ayane herself rationalizes it pretty well when she reasons Kunimitsu is training her to be like Yumiko Hotta, a real life wrestler who has a UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} background and uses several kinds of kicks in her matches).

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Sakurako. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref allowed it to continue. Whereas Ayane lands one kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Sakurako's forehead, and [[MinorInjuryOverreaction suddenly, the ref jumps in]] and calls it off, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Sakurako:

* IdiotPlot: The series premise is about a girl who aspires to become a pro wrestler, but is apparently [[WhatAnIdiot too dense]] to realize she's being duped into taking kickboxing lessons instead.
* WhatAnIdiot: How can anyone not know the difference between pro wrestling and kickboxing?

* EndingAversion: Not many people knows this OVA, but a few of the newer viewers might feel downhearted at knowing it is just the beginning of a longer series which was never made.

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Sakurako. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref allowed it to continue. Whereas Ayane lands one kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Sakurako's forehead, and suddenly, the ref jumps in and calls it off, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Sakurako:

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Miyagawa. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref allowed it to continue. Whereas Ayane lands one kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Miyagawa's forehead, and suddenly, the ref jumps in and calls it off, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Miyagawa:
-->'''Miyagawa:''' ''(points at Ayane)'' "You know don't you, I was winning this fight!"

-->'''Miyagawa:''' ''(points at Ayane)'' "You know! You and both know who REALLY won that fight!"
-->''(Miyagawa angrily brushes past her manager and exits the ring)''

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Miyagawa. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref allowed it to continue. Whereas Ayane lands one kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Miyagawa's forehead, and suddenly, the ref jumps in and calls it off, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Miyagawa.
-->'''Miyagawa''': ''(points at Ayane)'' "You know! You and both know who REALLY won that fight!"

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Miyagawa. Earlier during the match, one of the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref did nothing. Whereas Ayane lands one lucky kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Miyagawa's forehead, and suddenly, the ref jumps in and calls it off, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Miyagawa.

* EndingAversion: Not many people knows this OVA, but a few of the newer viewers might feel downhearted at knowing it is just the beginning of a longer series which was never made.

* AssPull: Ayane's last minute victory over Miyagawa. Earlier during the match, the ringside commentators [[WhatTheHellHero said the ref should have stopped the fight earlier]], due to Ayane taking [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown such a beating]] that she had to lean on the ropes to remain standing. Yet, the ref did nothing. But Ayane lands one lucky kick that inflicts what barely amounts to a papercut on Miyagawa's forehead, and suddenly, the ref jumps in and calls it off by ruling Ayane the winner, despite Ayane being in far worse condition. While some may view it as TruthInTelevision, it still amounts to a bullshit call, which gets lampshaded by Miyagawa.

* EndingAversion: Not many people knows this OVA, but a few of the newer viewers might feel downhearted at knowing it is just the beginning of a longer series which was never made.
* {{Narm}}: Ayane's victory over Sakurako is a mere doctor stoppage for a lucky cut on the latter's face. While this is TruthInTelevision, as many kickboxing matches end with both fighters standing just because one of them gains a cut that doesn't stop bleeding, it sort of kills the drama built in their match. Even worse, the stylized way in which the cut is performed makes it look like it was caused by a grazing toenail, which only increases the perception that it was an incredible case of sheer luck. However, all of this was probably intentional, as the OVA was originally conceived for four more episodes and the producers probably thought of this as the only way to give Ayane a credible initial win over Sakuraku before a longer rivality was executed.

* {{Narm}}: Ayane's victory over Sakurako is a mere doctor stoppage for a lucky cut on the latter's face. While this is TruthInTelevision, as many kickboxing matches end with both fighters standing just because one of them gains a cut that doesn't stop bleeding, it sort of kills the drama built in their match. Even worse, the stylized way in which the cut is performed makes it look like it was caused by a grazing toenail, which only increases the perception that it was an incredible case of sheer luck. However, all of this was probably intentional, as the OVA was originally conceived for four more episodes and the producers probably thought on this as the only way to give Ayane a credible initial win over Sakuraku before a longer rivality was executed.