Basic Trope: Stereotypical depictions of Osakans (and to an extent people from the Kansai region) as Lower Class Louts that are framed as the negative contrasts to people from Tokyo (and to an extent the Kanto region) by being stupid, brash, materialistic, violent, alcoholic, gluttonous and/or enjoying comedy (possibly even viewing life as one).
- Straight: Flash Wakamono is an Osakan, and is 6'8, bears a muscular physique, hot-headed, will fight anything without a second thought, dimwitted, gluttonous, Greedy as hell, sports a pompadour, lives a luxurious life of pleasure while being horrendously opportunistic (at least when it comes to money), and has an incredibly thick Kansai accent, only calling himself (and also other people he heavily dislikes) as "baka", using "aho" for everyone else, but is also a humorous young lad, and an extremely Large Ham.
- Exaggerated:
- Any and all Osakans are like this, even those who don't even live there. If you were born in Osaka, you're destined to be this.
- Flash is a Cloudcuckoolander who's Too Dumb to Live / Lethally Stupid.
- Flash is an Amerikamura Native, and is basically an absolute caricature of an Osakan. He is 7 feet tall (not counting the MASSIVE Ri-zento hairstyle that's 3 feet long and is as stiff as concrete), with a build bordering on being a Top-Heavy Guy with a tiny head, has a wardrobe that's ALL American style, complete with Hawaiian shirts, tank tops, jeans, and other American pieces of clothing (though he will typically wear a gaudy business suit from time to time), his Kansai accent is perfected and mastered to the point where he can go from a screechy, nasally voice to basso profundo, uses "aho" for everyone he considers an idiot, and only uses "Bakayarou" for people he REALLY hates, turns every single encounter with ANYONE (Eldrich beings and Gods included) into a Boke and Tsukkomi Routine with him obviously as the Boke (but in some cases, he even manages to smoothly switch roles), embodies every single Osakan stereotype ever, and his brain probably consists of all sorts of Asian cuisine (even from China and Korea) and money, and even then he doesn't even use his money, he manages to goad, coerce, or guilt trip them into paying for him almost seamlessly (rarely did he ever have to intimidate with his basso profundo voice, though that only happened once).
- Flash is a Dotonbori Native, and he's basically a crossbreed between this and a Japanese Delinquent. See above, but instead of American Clothing, it's simply just Japanese. Also, his pompadour is much smaller, but still stiff as concrete.
- Downplayed:
- Flash is from Eastern Osaka, close to Kyoto, and he's merely just a Book Dumb, Hot-Blooded, and pretty cool guy to hang around.
- Flash is a Genius Ditz from Osaka, where his braincells occasionally rub together and he gets an epiphany every now and then.
- Inverted:
- Flash is an Osakan, but speaks in a thick keigo, polite, and honorable. He always drinks water or tea instead of sake, and is a rather courteous boy.
- Flash is an Osaka-born genius.
- Flash is the Idiot from Tokyo in a setting of Osakans who aren't idiots.
- Flash is the Only Sane Man in a setting with Idiots from Tokyo.
- Flash is the Upper-Class Twit from Osaka, who takes pride in his cuisine, and is well known for his takoyaki balls and wagyu steaks (though he is really airheaded as Japanese Cuisine is all he knows).
- Flash is the Upper-Class Twit from Tokyo, who wears so much kimonos he could barely even breathe, is constantly bowing every 5 seconds (will often perform Dogeza for the most minor offenses), is considered to be overtly polite even by Japanese standards, and does such an egregious amount of rituals it's practically insane.
- Subverted:
- Flash is an Osakan, but when he's finally introduced, he's portrayed as calm and mild mannered, only speaking in Kanto dialect, or even keigo.
- Flash is an Osakan, and while he's usually grouped in with the other rowdy Osakans, he's also the local Mr. Fanservice (of either Hunk / Bara or Bishōnen / Pretty Boy variety) and The Pornomancer.
- Flash isn't even Osakan, or even Japanese, surprisingly (despite managing to pull off both extremely well). He's actually from Busan, South Korea.
- Double Subverted:
- That is, until he gets absolutely wasted on sake.
- He was grouped with them for good reason, as being Mr. Fanservice and The Pornomancer doesn't mean you're automatically saved from being this trope. If anything, Flash is more of a himbo, and still comes off as this.
- He was raised in Osaka, and even then, Busan's main dialect is the Gyeongsang Dialect, which is basically Korea's equivalent to a Kansai dialect.
- Parodied:
- The entire people of Osaka are one big Army of Thieves and Whores, complete with every single Lower-Class Lout stereotype known to man (Rednecks, Juggalos, Punks, Gangsters and Delinquents of all stripes, Mods, Bikers, Skinheads, Sports Hooligans, brutish Yakuza clans that are as immature as chinpira, Deranged Taxi Drivers, Addled Addicts with with their psychotic dealers, Predatory Prostitutes, street rats, Crazy Homeless People, and more), and the cities there are Death Worlds disguised as bustling, sleepless cities full of wild wonders inhabited by Eldritch Abominations, where everyday has an Escalating Brawl that includes every last inhabitant in Osaka, including the Eldritch Abominations. Tokyo, in comparison, is framed as a Sugar Bowl inhabited by The Beautiful Elite.
- (Of inverted) Tokyo is solely populated by depressed Hikikomori, tired Salarypeople, and The Vain Elite, who are absolute snobs to everyone that isn't them, wearing so much kimonos and garbs that they're practically suffocating themselves, and chastising others who even have one small difference between the outsiders' rituals and The Vain Elite's (the rituals they go through? All of them). Osaka (and by extent the rest of Japan), in comparison, is framed as a City of Adventure inhabited by jolly people.
- For Flash, see Exaggerated. Also, every quality applies to every citizen of Osaka, except they're a lot bigger than the comparatively tiny Flash, who's also their weakest citizen.
- The instant someone mentions "Manzai" in Osaka, every last inhabitant of the area gets a Paper Fan of Doom in their back pocket.
- The entire people of Osaka are one big Army of Thieves and Whores, complete with every single Lower-Class Lout stereotype known to man (Rednecks, Juggalos, Punks, Gangsters and Delinquents of all stripes, Mods, Bikers, Skinheads, Sports Hooligans, brutish Yakuza clans that are as immature as chinpira, Deranged Taxi Drivers, Addled Addicts with with their psychotic dealers, Predatory Prostitutes, street rats, Crazy Homeless People, and more), and the cities there are Death Worlds disguised as bustling, sleepless cities full of wild wonders inhabited by Eldritch Abominations, where everyday has an Escalating Brawl that includes every last inhabitant in Osaka, including the Eldritch Abominations. Tokyo, in comparison, is framed as a Sugar Bowl inhabited by The Beautiful Elite.
- Zig-Zagged: Flash's personality is a revolving door between a Kansai speaking joker / Jerkass / Cloudcuckoolander, Tohoku speaking Lazy Bum, Kanto speaking Everyman, / Salaryman, keigo-speaking gentleman / Samurai, and whatever stereotypes are associated with their respective Japanese Dialects. Which region was he actually born in is unknown, but he tends to lie about it a lot and is really inconsistent with his answers.
- Averted:
- Flash is Osakan, but is neither boisterous nor corteous.
- Flash isn't Osakan.
- Enforced:
- The creators of this work are Japanese / Based in Japan and is trying to find some stereotypes that can be used for Plucky Comic Relief.
- The creators want to show a sharp contrast between Tokyo and Osaka, showing Tokyo as superior and Osaka as populated by rowdy asshats.
- Lampshaded:
- "He's from Osaka. I seriously shouldn't be surprised if he's fucking stupid."
- "COME DOWN TO OSAKA Y'ALL!! WE GON' GET FUCKIN' WASTED ON SAKE!! YEEEE-HAWWW!!!"Hiro: Holy shit, could you just piper the fuck down? My ears nearly went out with your voice...
- Invoked:
- Wanting a sort of representative of Osaka, Osakan Teachers teach Flash how to act like this.
- As some kind of sick joke, someone makes "Osaka-Sake", which turns anyone into this with a single swig.
- Exploited:
- Flash uses a personality similar to this to be fun around, and score a lot of chicks (and some cute guys) while he's at it.
- Instead of just sexual partners, he uses it to make friends with a lot of people due to being so fun to be with.
- Defied: Flash is strictly taught to speak only in keigo and act incredibly courteous, or else he'll have to take up the Wakizashi and commit Seppuku.
- Discussed:
- Flash is often discussed about how weird and odd he is for an Osakan, and how his personality feels really fake.
- Hiro and Ichigo are seen at a bar, with Hiro downing several glasses of Sake after his encounter with Flash.
- Conversed:
- "Do Osakans really act like that? I seriously doubt it."
- (From an Osakan's POV): "Aw godammit it! Quit bein' so stereotypical, we're not like that!"
- Deconstructed:
- Flash deconstructs Boisterous Bruiser, becoming a bloodthirsty maniac later on in life.
- This blatantly offensive portrayal of Kansai people completely rubs everyone the wrong way, and Flash quickly becomes The Scrappy.
- Reconstructed:
- Flash reconstructs Boisterous Bruiser, controlling his own pleasures like fighting and drinking.
- The writers take EXTRA care in writing Flash as to not come off like an absurd caricature of the Kansai people, but entertaining enough to not go stale quickly.
- Played for Laughs: Flash tries to be a wannabe tough guy and uses the Kansai accent to intimidate, but comes off as this trope.
- Played for Drama:
- Flash is a male version of a Broken Bird, and uses this trope as a personality to cope with the horrors of what happened in his past.
- In a sequel, it turns out the entirety of the previous work is actually a Propaganda Piece which seeks to portray Osakans as a pack of idiotic louts, and show that Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe. This does NOT bode well with actual Osakans, who proceed to vent their outrage on all pieces of media. The work is promptly reviled and Flash is now painted as a figure for racism, much like Pepe the frog.
- Played for Horror: Flash nicknamed "The Kansai Brute" for his notorious outbursts of rage that's blinding him most of the time and killing people, intentionally or not. When he gets into such a fit of anger, he convulses unnaturally, his eyes get bloodshot, he foams at the mouth, and he becomes a wild, rabid beast that will literally attempt to murder anything and everything.
- Implied: An aged Hiro mentions "Flash", a kid from Osaka, and also mentions how he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, though he was most certainly the loudest mouth in the room.
- Intended Audience Reaction:
- Flash is considered to be a weird and offensive caricature of an Osakan, because they don't really act like that in real life, and he's forced to deal with the backlash for being offensive and stereotypical, but without that persona, he's basically nothing.
- Untwisted:
- Flash appears to be an Osakan, and may have a ridiculous personality (which definitely feels fake), but we see him talking normally with his family, and they all speak with a thick Kansai as well, even if their personalities aren't as absurdly comical as his.
- Flash, despite being Osakan, is suspiciously fluent in (of all languages) Korean, especially in the Gyeongsang Dialect, but one glance at his Birth Certificate shows that he truly was born in Osaka. And checking his heritage shows that his parents aren't even Korean, or even from any region that's not Kansai.
- Flash, despite being Mr. Fanservice (of either muscular or slender build), still acts like a boisterous Osakan who's lacking upstairs, but is a lot of fun to be around.
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