History YMMV / KongohBancho

* CompleteMonster: Mudou Gou, or the Gedou (Heresy) Bancho, sticks in a series full of [[AntiVillain honorable]] and sometimes heroic villains. When one of the FiveManBand, Yuu, arrives to see the orphans he considers his own family, we see in flashbacks that Gou [[WouldHurtAChild tortured and beat the orphans]] while disguised as Yuu and arranged them to spell out the Kanji for "Heresy." When he fights Yuu, Gou reveals he gave all the kids fatal doses of poison just to throw Yuu's game off, and activates a bomb in the orphanage to blow them all up. He then mocks Yuu about him having to watch the final one with Yuu dying slowly of the poison. When Yuu reveals he planned for poison and explosions, Gou shows his lack of honor by taking one orphan hostage with a knife to his throat. Despite his brief appearance in the manga, the Gedou Bancho proved himself to be easily the most evil and depraved villain: a fact he acknowledges with his catchphrase [[CardCarryingVillain "Aren't I the lowest?"]]

* CompleteMonster: Mudou Gou, or the Gedou (Heresy) Bancho, sticks in a series full of [[AntiVillain honorable]] and sometimes heroic villains. When one of the FiveManBand, Yuu, arrives to see the orphans he considers his own family, we see in flashbacks that Gou [[WouldHurtAChild tortured and beat the orphans]] while disguised as Yuu and arranged them to spell out the Kanji for "Heresy." When he fights Yuu, Gou reveals he gave all the kids fatal doses of poison just to throw Yuu's game off, and activates a bomb in the orphanage to blow them all up. He then mocks Yuu about him having to watch the final one with Yuu dying slowly of the poison. When Yuu reveals he planned for poison and explosions, Gou shows his lack of honor by taking one orphan hostage with a knife to his throat. Despite his brief appearance in the manga, the Gedou Bancho proved himself to be easily the most evil and depraved villain: a fact he acknowledges with his CatchPhrase [[CardCarryingVillain "Aren't I the lowest?"]]

** [[spoiler: What's worse is when Machine Bancho dies, Tsukimi still cries for him, and Machine Bancho finally sheds (oil) tears.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Takeshi Kongoh is the true BigBad of the manga and the wicked elder brother of the hero Akira Kongoh, aiming to be a DarkMessiah to destroy and rebuild Japan. Driven by rage at the death of his mother, Takeshi helps organize the 23 District project to lure in powerful Bancho, all while manipulating his father, whom he eventually usurps. Rising up, Takeshi reveals his true plan: the Damocles Project. Using it to dispose of previous Bancho participants, Takeshi becomes the undisputed ruler of Japan, aiming to destroy it and create an ideal world to make humanity pay. With his strength matched by a ruthless, calculating mind, Takeshi ends the series with his ideals awakened by his son Rai, using his last moments to save Akira's life and bidding him farewell as he gives Akira cover to save the world.

* FanNickname: One of the translation groups refers to Hikyou Bancho as "Gay Batman" on account of him being an otherwise [[BadAssNormal mundane human]] with a tendency towards trickery and being CrazyPrepared, combined with his midriff-baring outfit and [[WhipItGood whip]].

* FanNickname: One of the translation groups refers to Hikyou Bancho as "Gay Batman" on account of him being an otherwise [[BadAssNormal mundane human]] with a tendency towards trickery and being CrazyPrepared, combined with his [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring]] outfit and [[WhipItGood whip]].

* FridgeLogic: Hinako saves us the trouble when Sasori Bancho reveals her age.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://mangafox.me/manga/kongou_banchou/v08/c072/12.html This Bancho from Chapter 72]]

* CultClassic: Despite being not even mainstream in Japan, it has managed to amass a following to its unusual fights and CrazyAwesome characters

** The Dark Student Council, having more story development and CrazyAwesome battles than before

* CrazyAwesome: Akira enters the bad guys' lair with a car held on his shoulders, and it only gets crazier from there

* MagnificentBastard: Hikyou Bancho. He's a DirtyCoward and ManipulativeBastard... who is a far better fighter than you'd expect, when he shows himself to be a badass later on.
** If [[Manga/DeathNote L, Light,]], and [[Franchise/CodeGeass Lelouch]] donated their DNA to create the ultimate magnificent bastard, you'd likely get Hikyou Bancho: Until Machine Banchou's appearance, he is the only Banchou able to cause Kongou severe injuries, the most impressive trick causing Kongou to be hit by a freakin' semi truck! And he manages to perform all of these tricks while making sure that there is no way for his opponent to counter attack. He later defeats an enemy by [[spoiler: drugging his food with laxatives the morning before the fight, and afterwards, as payback for trying to kill him and his friends, drugs him again, drags him into the woods, then beats him bloody. The victim is left a hikikomori, too scared to eat his favorite foods in fear of them being drugged again.]] Hikyou is a MagnificentBastard of high caliber.

* CrowningMomentOfSadness: [[spoiler: Machine Banchou's death.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Hikyou Bancho. He's a DirtyCoward and ManipulativeBastard... who is a far better fighter than you'd expect, when he shows himself to be a {{Badass}} later on.

** If [[Manga/DeathNote L, Light,]], and [[CodeGeass Lelouch]] donated their DNA to create the ultimate magnificent bastard, you'd likely get Hikyou Bancho: Until Machine Banchou's appearance, he is the only Banchou able to cause Kongou severe injuries, the most impressive trick causing Kongou to be hit by a freakin' semi truck! And he manages to perform all of these tricks while making sure that there is no way for his opponent to counter attack. He later defeats an enemy by [[spoiler: drugging his food with laxatives the morning before the fight, and afterwards, as payback for trying to kill him and his friends, drugs him again, drags him into the woods, then beats him bloody. The victim is left a hikikomori, too scared to eat his favorite foods in fear of them being drugged again.]] Hikyou is a MagnificentBastard of high caliber.

** If [[Manga/DeathNote L, Light,]], and [[CodeGeass Lelouch]] donated their DNA to create the ultimate magnificent bastard, you'd likely get Hikyoua Bancho: Until Machine Banchou's appearance, he is the only Banchou able to cause Kongou severe injuries, the most impressive trick causing Kongou to be hit by a freakin' semi truck! And he manages to perform all of these tricks while making sure that there is no way for his opponent to counter attack. He later defeats an enemy by [[spoiler: drugging his food with laxatives the morning before the fight, and afterwards, as payback for trying to kill him and his friends, drugs him again, drags him into the woods, then beats him bloody. The victim is left a hikikomori, too scared to eat his favorite foods in fear of them being drugged again.]] Hikyou is a MagnificentBastard of high caliber.

* CompleteMonster: Mudou Gou, or the Gedou (Heresy) Bancho, sticks out in a series full of [[AntiVillain honorable]] and sometimes heroic villains. When one of the FiveManBand, Yuu, arrives to see the orphans he considers his own family, we see in flashbacks that Gou [[WouldHurtAChild tortured and beat the orphans]] while disguised as Yuu and arranged them to spell out the Kanji for 'Heresy.' When he fights Yuu, Gou reveals he gave all the kids fatal doses of poison just to throw Yuu's game off, and even activates a bomb in the orphanage to blow them all up. He then mocks Yuu about him having to watch the final one with Yuu die slow of the poison. when Yuu reveals he planned ahead for poison and explosions, Gou shows his lack of honor by taking one orphan hostage with a knife to his throat. Despite his brief appearance in the manga, the Gedou Bancho proved himself to be easily the most evil and depraved villain: a fact he acknowledges with his CatchPhrase being to ask [[CardCarryingVillain "Aren't I the lowest?"]]

* CompleteMonster: Gedou Bancho, not only [[spoiler: does he try to have Yuu's family killed via explosion and poison if one escaped, but he tortured them while disguised as their big brother]].
** He also kills Medicine Bancho's family for daring to not equip him with metal plates in six hours

* DesignatedProtagonistSyndrome: Akira is pretty bland compared to the other characters
** On the villain's side, Takeshi, while has a FreudianExcuse, comes across as a GenericDoomsdayVillain

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[RealMenWearPink "Right now, pudding takes priority."]] There are plenty of others, but since this is pretty much a WorldOfBadass, this one stands out.

CultClassic: Despite being not even mainstream in Japan, it has managed to amass a following to its unusual fights and CrazyAwesome characters

* CultClassic: Despite being not even mainstream in Japan, it has managed to amass a following to its unusual fights and CrazyAwesome characters

* CultClassic: Despite being not even mainstream in Japan, it has managed to amass a following to its unusual fights and CrazyAwesome characters

* CrazyAwesome: Akira enters the bad guys' lair with a car held on his shoulders, and it only gets crazier from there