History Anime / BestStudentCouncil

* TheMole - [[spoiler:Kuon Ginga]]. Doesn't exactly [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]], but close enough.

* ClingyJealousGirl - Izumi Kaori, toward her position as ClassRepresentative, and toward the StudentCouncilPresident's affection.

* ThePollyanna - Seina.

* TheStoic - Covert Squad member Kotoha Kutsugi. Frequently lampshaded in her CharacterFocus episode.

* TheAtoner - [[spoiler: Seina, who takes the mantle of head of the V Organization to make up for her feelings of guilt for feeling glad that Kanade and not her had the Junguuji power.]].

* BlindWithoutEm - Hida Sayuri,

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue - Inverted with Cyndi. Throughout the series she speaks halting, two-or-three word Engrish sentences, with the penultimate episode revealing she actually has fluent Japanese, but her mother, who ''isn't'' eloquent, convinced her it was incorrect..[[hottip:*: The dub couldn't reference this up until this point - everyone speaks in English and her speaking pattern is never referenced in the script. , making her character inexplicably awkward.]]

** In the English version, all council members (except Kanade, Sayuri and Cyndi) are also major characters in [[PaniPoniDash!]], where Kira Vincent-Davis, who voices Rino, also voices Shiratori, another character who has a habit of using puppets.

* TheMole - [[spoiler:Ginga Kuon]]. Doesn't exactly [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]], but close enough.

* PromotionToParent [[spoiler: - Kaori.]]

* SchoolgirlLesbians - Implied, but not invoked. ''[[http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paya57za.gif payapaya]]'' anyone?.

** In the English version, all council members (except Kanade, Sayuri and Cyndi) are also major characters in [[PaniPoniDash]], where Kira Vincent-Davis, who voices Rino, also voices Shiratori, another character who has a habit of using puppets.

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* TheAtoner - [[spoiler: Seina, who takes the mantle of head of the V Orgination to make up for her feelings of guilt for feeling glad that Kanade and not her had the Junguuji power.]].

* ContinuityNod - Every character who appeared in a single episode shows up again in episode 25.

* SchoolgirlLesbians - ''[[http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paya57za.gif payapaya]]'' anyone?.

* CirclingBirdies - Rino, in episode 1. Combined with a TalkingInYourSleep trope.[[hottip:*: See ''below''.]].

''Best Student Council'' - ''Gokujou Seitokai'' in Japanese. is the story of a down-on-her-luck [[ParentalAbandonment parentally-abandoned]] girl named Rino Randou trying to make her way through life, or at least school. She enrolls at Miyagami Private Academy, an all-girls school, at the written recommendation of the shadowy "Mr. Poppit", assured that everything including room and board will be taken care of -- only to see that the apartment which had been provided for her had been burned down by a rampant arsonist. So, with only her clothes, luggage, a few yen, and her puppet - named Pucchan. to her name, Rino has only one option: Become a member of the student government in order to gain the free room and board at the school dorms afforded only to members of the Best Student Council.

* ShoutOut: Pucchan's friend in episode 19 is named [[{{Contra}} Lance Bean]].

* YouAreNotAlone: How the council gets Rino out of her depression enough to succeed in her exams.

Dubbed by ADVFilms, and released in early 2007.

* BewareTheNiceOnes - President Kanade is most of the time, calm, collected, and modest... until you [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZVFXNHrFo call her a snobbish and arrogant woman]].

* OldTimeyBathingSuit - Kanade's preference, when she gives one out as a gift only Kaori will willingly wear it..
* TheOjou - Jinguuji Kanade.

This series provides examples of:

* BottleFairy - The school nurse apparently likes to go drunk on her days off.

* {{Expy}} - The ChristmasCake teacher and BottleFairy school nurse certainly seem similar to [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh two other teachers we might be familiar with]]. This is really apparant by their interactions during their CharacterFocus episode.

* {{Expy}} - The ChristmasCake teacher and BottleFairy school nurse certainly seem similar to [[AzumangaDaioh two other teachers we might be familiar with]]. This is really apparant by their interactions during their CharacterFocus episode.

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* {{Lolicon}} - The Landlady, lampshaded in episode 10 when she ends up number 12 on the favorite girls survey.

* BlindWithoutEm - Hida Sayuri, a RunningGag involves her losing her glasses during combat.

* GagBoobs - Hida Sayuri somehow manages to hide her massive bust underneath her clothes.

* HeirToTheDojo - Hida Sayuri, who took her family's [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]]-to-non-lethal fighting style and inadvertently cranked it back up to lethal through ''sheer talent''.

* KanaUeda - Rein.

* SevenIsNana - Nanaho Kinjou, the seventh child of the Kinjou family.

* AccentAdaptation: Cyndi is given a Southern accent for the Dub that was not present in the original.

* AyakoKawasumi - Sayuri.

* ButNotTooForeign - Cyndi Manabe.

* DeathDealer - Tsunomoto Rein would make [[XMen Gambit]] proud.
* {{Dojikko}} - Randou Rino.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer - President Jinguuji Kanade is the object of most of the girls' devotion and affection, taken further with the amount of LesYay in the show.

* HandPuppet - Pucchan.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Shimon, the guy everyone thinks Mayrua's dating in episode 7, is voiced by [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]..

* HugeSchoolgirl - Kinjou Nanaho.

* IdolSinger - At one point, Ayumu is scouted to become one, and is pretty excited about it, until she learns what outfit her manager wants her to wear..

* KillerYoyo - In the hands of Nanaho Kinjo.

* TheLoad - Rino. Lampshaded in episode 24 when Kaori realizes letting Rino play and goof off would be better than making her try and help.

* StudentCouncilPresident

* YukariTamura - Rino's seiyuu.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil - This is a council with its own ''assault'', ''covert'' and ''vehicles'' divisions!.

** - In addition, the pre-credit intro evolves as well, adding members to the Student Council line-up after they join the council, Rino is added for episode 2, or as the Covert members are revealed.

** - She loses this status when she gets [[spoiler:scouted to become an idol in episode 20. Should it also be pointed out she was always in the credits to begin with?]].
** - More traditional members of this trope are two classmates of Rino and Ayumu, fittingly named Eiko and Biiko, who have speaking parts for the first two episodes, and are never heard from again.

''Best Student Council'' (''Gokujou Seitokai'' in Japanese) is the story of a down-on-her-luck [[ParentalAbandonment parentally-abandoned]] girl named Rino Randou trying to make her way through life, or at least school. She enrolls at Miyagami Private Academy, an all-girls school, at the written recommendation of the shadowy "Mr. Poppit", assured that everything including room and board will be taken care of -- only to see that the apartment which had been provided for her had been burned down by a rampant arsonist. So, with only her clothes, luggage, a few yen, and her puppet (named Pucchan) to her name, Rino has only one option: Become a member of the student government in order to gain the free room and board at the school dorms afforded only to members of the Best Student Council.

For the most part, ''Best Student Council'' is quite episodic, and tends to focus on a single character per episode. Barring the beginning (which causes many people vague recollections of ''Anime/{{Mai-HiME}}''), ''Best Student Council'' is a schoolyard comedy with drama at a few key moments. Don't expect too much seriousness out of a series that has a talking hand puppet as a major character, though.

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil ( This is a council with its own ''assault'', ''covert'' and ''vehicles'' divisions!)

* TheAtoner ([[spoiler: Seina, who takes the mantle of head of the V Orgination to make up for her feelings of guilt for feeling glad that Kanade and not her had the Junguuji power.]])
* AyakoKawasumi (Sayuri)
* BewareTheNiceOnes (President Kanade is most of the time, calm, collected, and modest... until you [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZVFXNHrFo call her a snobbish and arrogant woman]])

* BlackHelicopter (Used by Covert Ops in the CookingDuel)

* BlindWithoutEm (Hida Sayuri, a RunningGag involves her losing her glasses during combat)
* BottleFairy (The school nurse apparently likes to go drunk on her days off)
* BrokeEpisode (When the budget is completely diverted to repairing the [[SelfDestructMechanism self-destructed]] dormitory)
* ButNotTooForeign (Cyndi Manabe)
* CirclingBirdies (Rino, in episode 1. Combined with a TalkingInYourSleep trope.[[hottip:*: See ''below''.]])
* ClingyJealousGirl (Izumi Kaori, toward her position as ClassRepresentative, and toward the StudentCouncilPresident's affection)
* ColorFailure (Happens to Kaori in the first episode, when she loses the election to Rino. Later happens to Rino when Pucchan is taken away from her, Ayumu even comments on this.)
* ContinuityNod (Every character who appeared in a single episode shows up again in episode 25)

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow (Most of the main characters. Cyndi is one notable exception, to help emphasise her half-foreign ancestory)
* DeathDealer (Tsunomoto Rein would make [[XMen Gambit]] proud)
* {{Dojikko}} (Randou Rino)
* DoorstopBaby (Which prompts the girls to go out searching for the baby's mother AND Rein's father.)
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue (Inverted with Cyndi. Throughout the series she speaks halting, two-or-three word Engrish sentences, with the penultimate episode revealing she actually has fluent Japanese, but her mother, who ''isn't'' eloquent, convinced her it was incorrect.)[[hottip:*: The dub couldn't reference this up until this point (everyone speaks in English and her speaking pattern is never referenced in the script) , making her character inexplicably awkward.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer (President Jinguuji Kanade is the object of most of the girls' devotion and affection, taken further with the amount of LesYay in the show)
* EvolvingCredits (The faces of the two members of Covert are revealed in the episodes after they are introduced)
** (In addition, the pre-credit intro evolves as well, adding members to the Student Council line-up after they join the council, Rino is added for episode 2, or as the Covert members are revealed)
* {{Expy}} (The ChristmasCake teacher and BottleFairy school nurse certainly seem similar to [[AzumangaDaioh two other teachers we might be familiar with]]. This is really apparant by their interactions during their CharacterFocus episode.
* TheFaceless (Seina and Kuon are the only members of Covert Ops whose faces are shown for the first half of the series)
* FriendsAllAlong (Lance and Pucchan)
* GagBoobs (Hida Sayuri somehow manages to hide her massive bust underneath her clothes)
* GratuitousEnglish (Cyndi Manabe)

* {{Hachimaki}} (Episode 8, when Rino starts cramming)
* HandPuppet (Pucchan)
* HeirToTheDojo (Hida Sayuri, who took her family's [[{{Nerf}} nerfed]]-to-non-lethal fighting style and inadvertently cranked it back up to lethal through ''sheer talent'')
* HeterosexualLifePartners (Both Kanade and Nanaho plus Sayuri and Rein qualify.)
* HeyItsThatVoice (Shimon, the guy everyone thinks Mayrua's dating in episode 7, is voiced by [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]].)
* HighlyVisibleNinja (Rino and Minamo dress up as these when they get attached to Covert. It almost blew the real Covert agent's cover)
* HugeSchoolgirl (Kinjou Nanaho)
* IAmWho (The reveal at the end, showing the [[spoiler: Jinguuji power, and that Rino has that power]])
* IdiotCrows (Episode 8)
* IdolSinger (At one point, Ayumu is scouted to become one, and is pretty excited about it, until she learns what outfit her manager wants her to wear.)
* IllGirl (Minamo)
* ImportantHaircut (Episode 12)
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy (The reason why Kaori doesn't take action against Rino)

* KanaUeda (Rein)
* KillerYoyo (In the hands of Nanaho Kinjo)
* {{Landlady}} (Hisakawa Maachi)
* TheLoad (Rino. Lampshaded in episode 24 when Kaori realizes letting Rino play and goof off would be better than making her try and help)
* {{Lolicon}} (The Landlady, lampshaded in episode 10 when she ends up number 12 on the favorite girls survey)
* MaintainTheLie (named after the episode)
* MegaCorp (The Jinguji and Iwazakura Conglomerates)
* {{Meganekko}} (Hida Sayuri)
* TheMole ([[spoiler:Ginga Kuon]]. Doesn't exactly [[BecomingTheMask become the mask]], but close enough)

* {{Ninja}} (The members of Covert)
* NoblewomansLaugh (The Kenran Gakuen StudentCouncilPresident)
* NonuniformUniform (Minamo adds frills and ribbons to hers)
* NumberTwo (While the StudentCouncil has two Vice Presidents, Kinjou Nanaho is the more senior of the two, being VP since the beginning)
* OldTimeyBathingSuit (Kanade's preference, when she gives one out as a gift only Kaori will willingly wear it.)
* TheOjou (Jinguuji Kanade)
* ParentalAbandonment (The death of Rino's mother puts the story into motion, and as the series progresses, other characters are shown to fit this trope as well)
* ThePollyanna (Seina)

* PromotionToParent [[spoiler: (Kaori)]]

* RuleOfThree (Tsunomoto Rein, who has a tendency to include three variations of a word or phrase in her sentences)
* SchoolgirlLesbians (''[[http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paya57za.gif payapaya]]'' anyone?)

* SelfDestructMechanism (In a ''school dormitory'', no less)
* SevenIsNana (Nanaho Kinjou, the seventh child of the Kinjou family)
* SinisterSilhouettes (The two other members of Covert)

* TheStoic (Covert Squad member Kotoha Kutsugi. Frequently lampshaded in her CharacterFocus episode)

* TalkingInYourSleep (Rino, in episode 1, when Pucchan was trying to wake up Rino.)
* [[ThoseTwoGuys That One Girl]] (Oume Ayumu, who doesn't even get named in the credits. Ironically, having Rino join the StudentCouncil was ''her'' idea.)
** (She loses this status when she gets [[spoiler:scouted to become an idol in episode 20. Should it also be pointed out she was always in the credits to begin with?]])
** (More traditional members of this trope are two classmates of Rino and Ayumu, fittingly named Eiko and Biiko, who have speaking parts for the first two episodes, and are never heard from again)
* TheThingThatGoesDoink (Seen in the Dormitory bathouse)

* TrainingFromHell (For 12 hours, for a futsal battle, and only implied)
* TranslatorBuddy (Pucchan does this for Cindy & Sunday in episode 17)
* TwoTeacherSchool (And one of said two is actually the [[HelloNurse school nurse]])
* TheUnintelligible (The 'Indian Helper' from the CookingDuel episode who only ever says "Namaste")
* VerbalTic (Landlady tends to say 'ehe' a lot, sometimes to the point of being TheUnintelligible. Lampshaded in Episode 13)
* WaveMotionGun (The 'Youth Cannon')
* WholeEpisodeFlashback (Episodes 12 (A dramatic CharacterFocus) and 13 (a hilarious HowWeGotHere))

* YukariTamura (Rino's seiyuu)
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* TalkingInYourSleep (Rino, in episode 1, when Pucchan was trying to wake up Rino.)

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil (Needs mentioning twice. This is a council with its own ''assault'', ''covert'' and ''vehicles'' divisions!)

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