Line #68 Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chedcl.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:From top to bottom: En Yufuin, Atsushi Kinugawa, Ryuu Zaou, Io Naruko, Yumoto Hakone, and Wombat.]]
3
4	''Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!'' (''Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!'' -- to save time, call it ''Boueibu'') is a 2015 anime which is a parody of MagicalGirl series, specifically of the MagicalGirlWarrior type. It's produced by Creator/{{Diomedea}} under the eye of Shinji Takamatsu (of ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' and ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' fame) although the original concept is credited to Kurari Umatani. Its main English page is [[http://boueibu.com/us/index.html here]] and [[http://www.ponimaga.jp/comic/list/vol20/ an online manga about the Conquest Club is here]] and [[http://www.ponimaga.jp/comic/list/vol38/ another online manga, this time about the Defense Club, is here]] (but they're in Japanese). Three light novels are also out there, and an OtomeGame for smartphones has been released. A season 2 was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-08-09/cute-high-earth-defense-club-love-anime-gets-2nd-season/.91462 confirmed]] August 2015, airing date July 2016 but it was done by Creator/StudioComet instead of Diomedea. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHZeQrGVmvw live stage adaptation]] took place between March 10 and March 13 of 2016.
5
6	En Yufuin, Atsushi Kinugawa, Io Naruko and Ryuu Zaou make up the Earth Defense Club, a club at their all-boys school [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything which doesn't do]] [[NonIndicativeName any defending of Earth]] (or anything really). One day, En and Atsushi are hanging out at the local bath house, run by the family of their kouhai Yumoto Hakone, when a pink wombat claiming to be an alien falls out of a portal and tasks them with saving the Earth. Of course, like most sane people when faced with a talking marsupial, En and Atsushi [[RefusalOfTheCall run away]], but the wombat -- itself pursued by [[{{Keet}} Yumoto]] -- follows the boys back to their clubroom. There he grants the five teenagers [[TransformationTrinket “lovracelets”]], and forces the Earth Defense Club to start doing what their name says, much to their chagrin. Meanwhile, [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil the student council]] -- Kinshiro Kusatsu, Ibushi Arima and Akoya Gero -- meet Zundar, a green hedgehog from the planet Evil who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]].
7
8	It's licensed in the US and Canada by Creator/PonycanUSA. Creator/{{Funimation}} [[http://www.funimation.com/blog/2014/12/30/funimation-acquires-rights-for-cute-high-earth-defense-club-love?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Simulcast_Winter&utm_source=Google&utm_content=Winter_Simulcast_Cute_High_Earth_Defense_Club_Love&utm_nooverride=1 has the rights]] to air Boueibu as part of their [[http://www.funimation.com/p/winter Winter 2015 lineup.]] For Australia, Creator/MadmanEntertainment [[https://www.animelab.com/shows/cute-high-earth-defense-club has snagged it]] for Anime Lab. Everyone [[note]] aside from those in Asia, that is [[/note]] [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/cute-high-earth-defense-club-love can see it using Crunchyroll]].
9
10	In 2017, the series received an OVA continuation, focusing on the seniors graduating and being a partial RecapEpisode for everything that's happened in the second season. This was followed with a new series announced in 2018-- ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubHappyKiss'' (''Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss!''), taking place some 13 years after the original series with five brand new characters as the leads, and fight for happiness instead of love. That series aired as part of the Spring 2018 season.
11
12	There's a [[Characters/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove characters page]]. Appropriate tropes go there.
13
14	----
15	!!Tropes:
16
17	* AffectionateParody: Of MagicalGirlWarrior series and their associated tropes.
18	* AlienAnimals: Wombat and Zundar. [[spoiler: Apparently all aliens are this. Wombat is ironically something of an animal rights activist, as he is trying to prevent an unscrupulous reality show producer from destroying the animals of Earth... which includes the humans.]] Also Dadacha from season 2, who is a green squirrel-like alien.
19	* AllPartOfTheShow: In the episode ''Brotherly Love'', the Defense Club is performing a play for a group of kindergartners when they are attacked by a monster. The boys quickly transform into the Battle Lovers and defeat the monster, to the delight of the children in the audience who enjoy the {{Tokusatsu}} spin of the play.
20	* AnimeAccentAbsence: Averted. The Italian twins from Season 2 episode 4 have a notable accent.
21	* ArtShift: Occasionally. The most notable example is Wombat's {{Flashback}} in episode 2.
22	* BarbieDollAnatomy: A notable subversion during the TransformationSequence. In contrast to every magical girl ever sporting a distinct lack of nipples despite total nudity while transforming, it seems that these guys are actually just self-conscious and try very hard to hide their bits. If you watch the transformation sequences carefully, they're never properly uncovered. Never is this so obvious as when Sulfur [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covers his crotch]]. Strangely, they ''do'' sport a lack of nipples on the [[{{Fanservice}} many, many occasions]] we see them topless.
23	* BetterThanABareBulb: Much of the anime's humor comes from the constant LampshadeHanging of various tropes, especially MagicalGirlWarrior-related tropes.
24	* BetweenMyLegs: This happens in episode 7 with Io.
25	* BigWhat: A variation. The [[WhamEpisode first revelation]] in Episode 12 has the Battle Lovers all exclaim "What did you say?!" En then says that [[ICantBelieveImSayingThis he'd never thought he'd ever say those words in his life.]] This happens two more times in episode 12, and En {{lampshades}} it each time.
26	** After the [=VEPPer=] reveal they have been saved by Gora from a monster attack, the Battle Lovers look expectedly at En and later applaud him after he says "What did you say?".
27	* BishieSparkle:
28	** Akoya is prone to this. In the Student Council manga, Arima has an ImagineSpot with Akoya in a {{Gonk}} style but still sparkling!
29	** The show is a {{Bishonen}} overload so every character's going to get it at one stage or another. Within two chapters of the online manga, everyone in the Conquest Club has gotten this trope -- even Zundar.
30	** En actually uses them to confuse his arm-wrestling opponent in an early episode. It's super effective.
31	* BitingTheHandHumor: Episode 5's MonsterOfTheWeek, during his rant on bad things that could happen without remote controls, says "Televisions forever locked on TV Tokyo". Three guesses as to what channel originally aired the show.
32	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Surprisingly the case for this AffectionateParody in the form of the OVA, as while the Defense Club purified their final MonsterOfTheWeek with love without needing to transform, and Zundar and Dadacha are finally defeated, the third years still have to graduate, including En, Atsushi, Kinshiro, and Arima, and Wombat [[ButNowIMustGo parted ways with the Defense Club via train]], with Yumoto, in particular, saying his goodbyes and his thanks for the cuddles.]]
33	* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The series begins in a public bath with a SeinfeldianConversation about food, and ends in the same public bath with a SeinfeldianConversation about food.]] Season 2 starts with yet another SeinfeldianConversation, this time about sand clocks.
34	* BottomlessMagazines: Averted in episode 12 [[spoiler:when Zundar sheepishly tells his boss that their HumongousMecha has run out of ammo.]]
35	* ButtMonkey: Tawarayama's accidentally killed by Wombat, who decides to use his corpse as a host body of sorts. Needless to say, his dead body gets a ''lot'' of abuse, [[spoiler:even when he (briefly) comes BackFromTheDead in episode 7.]] Some of the Battle Lovers [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this by noting that they've stopped caring whether Tawarayama gets hurt since he's already dead.
36	* CallingYourAttacks:
37	** The first episode gives us gems like Something-or-other STOOORMMM and Random SPLAAAAAAASH!
38	** It gets ''worse'' when they start personalizing their attacks. Added Margin Bomber?
39	* CampyCombat: The show has all the campy action of a typical MagicalGirlWarrior show, but with the genders flipped and played for comedy. Puffy pants and glittery wands are the name of the game, and they fight the MonsterOfTheWeek using ThePowerOfLove and rainbow beams. It's played just straight enough to allow them to be competent at their jobs, but otherwise has them lampshading the absurdity.
40	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Not a girl in sight, [[DudeLookslikeALady although you might mistake Akoya, Ryuu or Yumoto for one]].
41	* CatchPhrase: "What is love making?" for the [=PVs=]. Cue the sniggers.. Also Yumoto's "Love is over!" after purifying a monster to which at least one person reacts with "No, it's not!".
42	* ChristmasEpisode: Episode 7 of the second season, ''A Christmas of Love and Miracles'', is set on Christmas Eve, with the main characters holding a Christmas party, and a holiday-themed MonsterOfTheWeek that wants to destroy Christmas. It originally aired in the middle of August.
43	* ChromosomeCasting: While girls have been mentioned, not a single one appeared on-screen through the series' two lots of 12 episodes and OVA. It's justified by the fact it takes place primarily in a OneGenderSchool. You may mistake Ryuu, Yumoto, or Akoya for one, though.
44	* ClingyMacguffin: The [[TransformationTrinket lovracelets]] can't be taken off. [[spoiler: In the first episode of the second season, the lovracelets are dissolved by the Time Stopper attack. Fortunately, Wombat expected this to happen and already had new ones prepared.]]
45	* ClubStub: The Defense Club itself, which hovers on the life-or-death boundary between four and five members.
46	* ColorCodedCharacters:
47	** Yumoto: Red
48	** En: Blue
49	** Atsushi: Green
50	** Io: Yellow
51	** Ryuu: Pink
52	* ColorCodedElements: The Defense Club mostly follows this trope as [[MakingASplash Cerulean has blue]], [[WindIsGreen Epinard has green]] (despite being named after spinach) and [[DishingOutDirt Sulfur has yellow]]. Exceptions are [[PlayingWithFire Vesta (pink) with flame]] and [[LightEmUp Scarlet (red) with light]].
53	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The opening, ''Zettai Muteki Fallin' Love'', is sung by the Battle Lovers, while the ending ''I miss you no 3 meters'' is sung by the Chevaliers.
54	** The second season has ''Futten Toppa LOVE IS POWER'' for the OP, again sung by the Battle Lovers, and ''Anata wa Haruka Ittousei'' for the ED, sung by the Beppu twins, who are the new antagonists.
55	** The OVA has ''Eien Mirai LOVE YOU ALL'' for the OP, once again sung by the Battle Lovers, but this time, they also sang the ED ''Kokoro to Kokoro de''.
56	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Too many to list but anyone who saw Ryuu get entrapped by the Screw Monster in episode 6 felt this. Made worse by the monster's phrase "I'm gonna screw you (up) good!". Subtle guys, real subtle...
57	* DragQueen: One appears in episode 7 and flirts with Yumoto.
58	* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: "More Better Love Making". First Yumoto gets it, and then the others - including the Conquest Club - gets it, too.]]
59	* EvilFormerFriend: Kinshiro to Atsushi.
60	* EvilLaugh: Kinshiro indulges in this a bit in episode 8.
61	* {{Fanservice}}: For anyone attracted to men. The show starts with two bishonen taking a bath, their alternate base (after the school club) is the bathhouse, and they have nude transformations. Season 2's transformation sequence has some rather gratuitous shots of Yumoto's naked butt.
62	* FemaleGaze: When your show is filled with cute {{Bishounen}}, you're kind of going to expect it.
63	* {{Foreshadowing}}: In episode 10, Gora apparently recognizes his brother in Battle Lover form. [[spoiler: In episode 12, Gora is revealed to have been a Battle Lover in the past.]]
64	* FountainOfYouth: The MonsterOfTheWeek of episode 4 has this effect on the Battle Lovers, as well as the rest of the school.
65	* FrillyUpgrade: The Battle Lovers get one in the first episode of the second season, with bigger bows, frillier shirts, and puffier coattails. [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Wombat:
66	-->'''Wombat:''' In season 2, your items and designs always change, that is the law of the universe! The providence of nature!
67	* FullFrontalAssault: The Battle Lovers are forced to do this when taking on the MonsterOfTheWeek of episode 4, after [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing they shrink but their clothes do not.]]
68	* GenderFlip: This anime basically takes every MagicalGirl trope and applies the said tropes to bishonen.
69	* {{Glamour}}: Gleefully parodied. The Lovracelets prevents their identities from being recognized...by blurring their faces out with {{Pixellation}}.
70	* GratuitousEnglish:
71	** The VerbalTic mentioned below.
72	** The Battle Lovers live and breathe this trope, in direct contrast to the [[GratuitousFrench Chevaliers.]]
73	** The monster student in the episode "Brotherly Love" [[LargeHam yells]] at least one word in English pretty much every sentence.
74	* GratuitousPrincess: Sort of. Despite none of the Battle Lovers having any connections to royalty they each hold the title of Prince and their InTheNameOfTheMoon speech says they're "heirs to the Throne of Love".
75	* GratuitousFrench: "Epinard" and the basis of the three Chevalier names.
76	* HatePlague: The MonsterOfTheWeek of episode 8 causes a non-murderous kind, with En as one of the victims.
77	* HeartBeatDown: Love Attack and Love Shower are the most powerful spells of the Battle Lovers... until it's time for the upgrade...
78	* HotSpringsEpisode: Since Yumoto's family runs a hot spring place and the Defense Club goes there often, nearly ''every episode'' is this.
79	* HowDoIShotWeb: When the guys are getting to grips with their Love Sticks in episode one.
80	-->'''Yumoto:''' Can I shoot a beam with this? Can I? Can I? (''shoots beam'') [[OverlyLongGag I can!]]
81	* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler: In the final episode, Hireashi and Zundar pilot a porcupinefish ship that turns into a giant robot ('cause Hireashi is a fish and Zundar is a hedgehog). Reality ensues when they run out of ammo...]]
82	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: [[spoiler:Atsushi and Kinshiro, when Atsushi keeps calling Kinshiro "Kin-chan" and won't attack no matter what]].
83	* ImagineSpot: Akoya is prone to this in the online manga, a notable one (read "notable" as "hilarious") being a [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]] to [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi meeting Luna]]. (Zundar gets Luna's part.)
84	* ImmoralRealityShow: [[spoiler:The Conquest Club turns out to be part of an alien reality show called "Can I Destroy the Earth?". Wombat turns out to be the equivalent of an animal rights activist.]]
85	* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: The [[TransformationTrinket loveraclets and the conquest rings]], which are alien technologies that puts the 'magic' into magical boys.
86	* InadvertentEntranceCue: Done in episode one, when Yumoto and Wombat (plus Tawarayama) enter the Earth Defense Club's club room moments after the boys had just finished discussing their need for a fifth member and a club advisor.
87	* InASingleBound: Apparently a [[RequiredSecondaryPowers built in function]] of the Loveraclets.
88	* IncestSubtext: Between [[{{Twincest}} Akihiko and Haruhiko Beppu]], the twin idol transfer students in season two.
89	* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "Feel the power... of love!"
90	* JapaneseSchoolClub: The Defense Club is one, as are the Student Council (albeit the one in charge of the rest) and the Press Society. Various other clubs are used to frame one-off (or in the case of the volleyball club, two-off) stories.
91	* LampshadeHanging: Considering how this is an AffectionateParody of MagicalGirl series and all their cliches, there's plenty of this. In the second episode, the boys point out to Wombat that the titles and names he uses are in English and that he should be consistent about being an alien or a foreigner. In episode seven, Atsushi points out that even though Ryu calls himself a Casanova, [[UrbanLegendLoveLife no one has ever seen him with a woman before]].
92	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In episode 12 [[spoiler: the characters turn out to be in an ImmoralRealityShow. Clips of previous episodes play on the television screens of alien viewers, which carries the implication that ''you'' were watching the reality show this whole time.]]
93	** In the first episode of the second season, Wombat states that a new season upgrade is a "primal rule of the universe".
94	** In the second episode, En wonders what traits you need to be a main story character and whether appearing at the beginning of the episode means you are the most important one. Atsushi disagrees.
95	* MachoCamp: Episode 7 has an entire ''beach'' full of these.
96	* MagicalGirlWarrior: Magical ''Boys'', actually. The Battle Lovers (Defense Club) and Chevaliers (Conquest Club) are two separate teams of magical boys and [=VEPPer=] get in on it for season 2. The anime as a whole is an AffectionateParody of the concept.
97	* MagicWand: Each of the Defense Club has one as part of their Battle Lover getup.
98	* MakeAWish: Atsushi and Kinshiro do this on shooting stars as children, [[spoiler:with dire results. But all ends well]].
99	* MakeUpIsEvil: Kinshiro in episode 11 after he [[spoiler: transforms into Dark Aurite]].
100	* MaleRestroomEtiquette: Referenced in episode 3. The guy using the restroom gets visibly uncomfortable when Io chooses the urinal next to his, stares at him, and asks him what he thinks of him. His embarrassment turns into admiration when Io shows him his impressive account balance.
101	* MegatonPunch:
102	** How Yumoto finally takes down episode one's MonsterOfTheWeek [[EpicFail after the super flashy finishing move fails to do any actual finishing.]]
103	--->'''Atsushi:''' Physical force?\
104	'''En:''' What was the point of that finishing move earlier?
105	** Io delivers a good one to the screw-monster in episode 6, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punching it across the school yard]].
106	** En also gets one or two in episode 8 [[spoiler: when it's revealed to them that his attitude towards Atsushi was a monster's doing.]] He was pissed, [[BerserkButton to say the least]].
107	* MiniDressOfPower: Averted, unlike ''Literature/IsThisAZombie''.
108	* ModestyTowel:
109	** Common due to the abundance of hot spring scenes. The Press Society even get in on the act in episode 5.
110	** So does [[spoiler: the Conquest Club]] in the final episode of the first season and first episode of the second season. Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Akoya]] who even covers his chest.
111	* MonogenderMonsters: All the monsters in the show are male. Justified by the fact that they're all mutated students from an all-boys school.
112	* MonsterOfTheWeek: In the tradition of MagicalGirl shows, most episodes have a villain that represents a source of teenage trouble.
113	* MrFanservice: Each one of the boys play a different kind of this trope to their intended demographic. Even some of the side characters are this, which is saying something.
114	* NoHeterosexualSexAllowed: Zundar's [[InsaneTrollLogic amazing]] plan in episode 3 -- use the powers of the MonsterOfTheWeek to turn all the men in the world gay, destroying the human race's ability to reproduce. The irony lies in the show's homoeroticism and single-sex cast.
115	* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription:
116	** In episode 2, Yumoto completely fails to recognize that ''he's'' the "extremely belligerent individual" in Wombat's tale.
117	** Episode 9's victim fails to realize that the "guy who can't read the mood" a group of students are talking about is him. Well, he does eventually realize it but only after a big InternalMonologue.
118	* OddCouple: The two pairs from the Battle Lovers that are in the same grade, namely En/Atsushi and Io/Ryuu. They are really close despite the polar characteristics of each pair. [[HoYay Fans likes to think it's in romantic meaning too.]]
119	* OneGenderSchool: The main characters go to an all-boys school.
120	* PaperThinDisguise: A rare justified example. When they're transformed, the technology in the Lovracelets both pixelates the Earth Defense Club's faces and distorts their voices, making them unrecognizable to any onlookers. This is how no one can figure out who they really are even though their outfits don't do anything to hide their identities. Episode 6 reveals that the Conquest Club has the same kind of identity-hiding technology. Though, since the "highly advanced technology" is about as effective as ''no'' technology (it doesn't even hide all of Akoya's hair), it ends up as the same trope.
121	* PolitenessJudo: Yumoto tries to politely ask Haru and Aki to stop fighting with Battle Lovers and get along but he manages to infuriate them instead.
122	** In episode 11, it's the [=VEPPers=] who don't want to fight with the Battle Lovers. So Yumoto asks them to fight the Battle Lovers, being extremely polite. Haru and Aki refuse until [[spoiler: Zundar]] points out that refusing such a polite and heartfelt gesture would ruin their reputation.
123	* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:In the last episode, the "More Better Love Making" EleventhHourSuperpower gives the Battle Lovers and the Caerula Adamas wings.]]
124	* ThePowerOfFriendship: It wouldn't be a MagicalGirl series without it. Best seen in episodes 6, 8 and 12.
125	* ThePowerOfLove: It's Wombat's character motivation and the ultimate weapon of the Battle Lovers.
126	* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Io does this to the MonsterOfTheWeek of episode 6. They're technically outside, but the effect is the same.
127	* PunnyName: Binan High School's name is written with characters meaning "eyebrow trouble" (眉難) but is a homophone for "美男" which means "handsome man".
128	* PunyEarthlings: Episode 12 suggests that [[spoiler: for most of the universe, Earth is the equivalent of a wild nature preserve.]]
129	* RedEyesTakeWarning:
130	** The HatePlague from episode 8 tints its victims' eyes slightly red when it's affecting them.
131	** The MonsterOfTheWeek from Episode 11, [[spoiler:Kinshiro]], has those after it transforms.
132	* RootingForTheEmpire: InUniverse example: [[spoiler:Maximum Gorar was supposed to be the villain of the ImmoralRealityShow ''Can I Destroy the Earth?'', but his charismatic and determined personality made him a fan-favorite character, to the point that the audience didn't want to see him lose and caused the show to be cancelled. The Defense Club then surpassed this popularity but also caused the show to be cancelled again.]]
133	* SeinfeldianConversation: The episodes usually start with one of these, which eventually turns out to have something to do with the MonsterOfTheWeek.
134	* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: When they get [[FountainOfYouth shrunk]] in episode 4, the Battle Lovers quickly discover that this applies to their love-making gear. Oddly enough, its averted for their actual school uniforms, which shrink with them.
135	-->'''Io:''' This setup is lacking consistency!
136	** FridgeLogic suggests that the shapeshifting worked exactly as it was supposed to - the audience [[spoiler:of the ImmoralRealityShow, like most of the ''actual'' audience]] wanted to see their boys end up naked.
137	* SharpDressedMan:
138	** All of the guys are this trope in school uniform (except Yumoto and En, who don't wear ties as part of their uniform), but especially the Conquest Club, befitting a trio of rich StudentCouncil members.
139	** [[http://magicalgirlsandcerulean.tumblr.com/post/112204773708/elucida-kidokon-kontsu-eeeehhhhhh-source-1 The Sendai P'PARCO collaboration]] makes for even more eye candy, with En wearing a WaistcoatOfStyle.
140	** Haruhiko and Akuhiko wear customized uniforms most of the time.
141	* ShipTease:
142	** Ryuu and Io in episode 7, to an almost ridiculous extent. Even Atsushi [[ShipperOnDeck gets on it]].
143	** En and Atsushi in episode 8, even more so.
144	** Atsushi and Kinshiro, almost every time they appear together.
145	* ShowWithinAShow: Season 1.
146	* TheStinger: The credits for the final episode say to wait for a news report "after the break". [[spoiler: Turns out Tawarayama was brought back to life. Repeated in season 2, but this time Wombat almost completely forgot about him.]]
147	** Rumour has it they left the space for a season 2 announcement, but they never got it - at least during production.
148	* StargazingScene: Atsushi Kinugawa and his EvilFormerFriend Kinshirou Kusatsu lie on their backs stargazing as children. They promise to remain friends (they don't) and each makes a wish on a shooting star. There's a repeating motif of shooting stars in the sky which parallels the relationship between the two. [[spoiler:The two wishes end up being central to the plot, as the apparent failure of Kinshirou's is his StartOfDarkness]].
149	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: {{Lampshaded}} in episode 12. The BigBad calls it a "Kabuki rule", and at one point berates himself for following it.
150	** Averted in the first episode of the second season when the MonsterOfTheWeek attacks before Yumoto finishes his transformation phrase.
151	* ThemeNaming:
152	** They mostly use ColorfulThemeNaming -- Scarlet and [[MakingASplash Cerulean]] are straight-up examples, while [[WindIsGreen Epinard]] and Sulfur at least have a connection to their colors. [[PlayingWithFire Vesta]], named after the Roman goddess of the hearth, is the OddNameOut. The Conquest Club are a bit more connected with their metallic color scheme.
153	** The main characters' surnames are all famous hot spring locations in Japan.
154	* TickleTorture: The MonsterOfTheWeek of episode 6 inflicts this on Vesta after immobilising him with its CombatTentacles.
155	* TransformationTrinket: Bracelets for the Defense Club. They each have to kiss the bracelet to initiate the TransformationSequence. The Conquest Club use rings.
156	* TransformationNameAnnouncement: Each of the magical boys have one, and Akoya plays it for comedy by imagining himself as "Pretty Boy Guardian Gakuran Akoya" (a blatant parody of "Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon"), complete with this trope.
157	* TransformingMecha: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the first season, Hireashi and Zundar pilot a porcupine-fish ship that turns into a giant robot ('cause Hireashi is a fish and Zundar is a porcupine). Reality ensues when they run out of ammo...]]
158	* TheUnreveal:
159	** We never do find out the winner of episode three's Pretty Boy Contest.
160	** Or what Kinshirou's [[spoiler:"longstanding desire" is, as referred to by Zundar, though the chances that it has to do with vengeance on Atsushi are around 99.999%]].
161	** Or what caused Io to come out with "money doesn't betray" in episode six. TELL US WHAT DID BETRAY, IO.
162	* ValentinesDayEpisode: ''The Chemical Substance of Love'', the 9th episode of the second season.
163	* VerbalTic: The title has one that used to occasionally show up on the official Japanese twitter LOVE!. (However, unless you're willing to ArchiveBinge, it doesn't show up anymore.)
164	* VillainsOutShopping: The Conquest Club in episode 7, where they decide to splurge on a relaxing vacation.
165	* VillainPossessedBystander: Every MonsterOfTheWeek is a random school student, who turns into a monster after being mind-controlled by the BigBad Lord Zundar. These monsters tend to have gimmicky powers based on the student's one known personality trait, and they always turn back into a regular student after being defeated by the Battle Lovers.
166	* WhamEpisode:
167	** [[spoiler:Episode 11.]] Sorry if you thought Boueibu was essentially plotless.
168	** The episode after that is even more shocking. Even the characters get shocked, multiple times!
169	--->'''En:''' Wha-what did you say?!
170	** The end of [[spoiler:Episode 10.]] And that's ''before'' the next episode teaser...
171	** Season 2 [[spoiler:episode 8.]] It's back to the MonsterOfTheWeek formula after the Christmas ep, we get some fun times in the snow [[spoiler:and then the Beppu twins walk right up to the Defense Club and reveal themselves...]]
172	* WishUponAShootingStar: Atsushi and Kinshiro make wishes on shooting stars as children, and there's a repeating motif of shooting stars in the sky which parallels the relationship between the two. [[spoiler:The two wishes end up being central to the plot, as the apparent failure of Kinshirou's is his StartOfDarkness]].
173	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Episode 4 introduces a student at Binan who looks like someone in their 50s.

Context Anime / CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove