History Anime / Kaginado

* ThoseTwoGuys: Kengo and Masato have never been seen apart from one another in any of their appearances during season 1. Averted in season 2 where Masato keeps getting in pose-offs with other muscular characters, and Kengo appearing without Masato for the tournament episode.

* ACupAngst: It's a running gag that Kud and Sasagesawa are tormented by the show for having flat boobs, although it doesn't stop other UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} characters to receive fanservice scenes. When the two try to run for student council candidacy together, they are joined by fellow pettanko Yui, who is under the belief that their boobs will grow bigger someday.

** The girls from ''Little Busters!'' (mainly Kud and Sasasegawa since they are the most upset about it) are the only ones (aside from Kagari who is from ''Rewrite'') who remain in chibi form throughout the entire PoolEpisode and are upset by this. Splashing cold water on them doesn't change their appearance like the other girls. Doing poses doesn't do it either for them. And when it seems it's because of BuxomBeautyStandard, they are then devastated that even ''Riki'' (the male protagonist of ''Little Busters!'') gets un-chibified (''twice''). The same happens to them in episode 17. To twist the knife even further, some of the boys such as Masato unchibify too, and so do fellow ''Little Busters!'' heroine Haruka and fellow UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Tenshi.

* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The five main heroines of each franchise, Ayu, Misuzu, Nagisa, Rin and Kagari are present in every picture of the ED. Yet they have very little screentime overall, and aside from the first episode, there has not been an episode truly dedicated to any of them during season 2. As of the second season, Tenshi joins them in the ED, although the six heroines aren't all present in every picture and are sometimes split in a couple of them. It wouldn't be until episode 20 (the 8th episode of the second season) that they finally get a dedicated episode to themselves...except that Riki is replacing Rin in that episode.

* {{Flanderization}}: Due to ''Kaginado'' being a GagSeries, some characters have their key traits greatly exaggerated for humor. Most notably is Mai, whose dialogues consist only of her catch-phrases. Also of note are Misuzu who acts even more childish than she did at the end of ''AIR'' and she's obsessed with "crossing the goal" (in reference to her infamous death scene), Ayu whose taiyaki theft is almost her entire character, and Rin whose entire personality has been shifted to being pissed off at Kyousuke, Masato and Kengo or somebody else whenever she speaks. The second season continues to do this with the added ''Angel Beats!'' characters, with Tenshi being the most notable example, since she keeps eating Mapo Tofu in every scene she appears in.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Anime/AngelBeats'', Yuri wanted to take over purgatory and basically "free" it from God's rule so that the dead people there could have free reign despite [[AxCrazy her occasional mean streaks]]. When she appears at the end of ''Kaginado'' Season 1, she declares her group's intention to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the whole world]] just to spite the God who made it.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Anime/AngelBeats'', Yuri wanted to take over purgatory and basically "free" it from God's rule so that the dead people there could have free reign. When she appears at the end of ''Kaginado'' Season 1, she declares her group's intention to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the whole world]] just to spite the God who made it.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In episode 20, the main heroine pajama party has this in form of Kagari and Riki. Most of Kagari's dialogue doesn't match well with the topics the girls and Riki are talking about. Riki is not a main heroine and he's male, which is only pointed out at the end of the episode.

* SenpaiKohai: Yuichi is respectfully referred to as "Shodai" (which means "First") by the other protagonists, since he's the first protagonist of ''Key's'' visual novels.

* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: In episode 20, Nayuki, Kyou, Komari, Kotori and Yurippe hold a slumber party for "secondary" heroines, one room next to the main heroines who also hold a slumber party. All of the five secondary heroines are incredibly jealous for not being the main heroine. The two slumber parties are contrasted by each other by the positivity and negativity of their respective parties. On one hand, the main heroines wear proper pajamas and are barefoot (except for Kagari who has a LimitedWardrobe), they consume bakery sweets and juice, they have (mostly) fun conversations and are sitting in a well lit room. On the other hand, the secondary heroines wear tracksuits and socks, they consume junk food and soft drinks, they cynically complain all the time and are sitting in a dark room. This overall portrays the secondary heroines as loser. Episode 22 confirms this trope even more, as the secondary heroines form the Loser Heroine Gang.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: [[VisualNovel/{{planetarian}} Yumemi]] and [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ushio]] are watching the world of ''Kaginado'' inside the planetarium. The world of ''Kaginado'' has the characters from ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}'', ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'', ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'' and ''VisualNovel/{{Rewrite}}'', with most of them attending the same school, yet retain the original school uniforms of their respective home series. There a lot of fourth-wall breaking jokes and the characters even have (some) extended knowledge of the series they don't appear in. By the end of season 1, the characters of ''Anime/AngelBeats'' has also joined the world of ''Kaginado''.

** Yukito can't catch a break as well, notably seen in episode 5 where he is unable to earn any money at the flea market, and is treated as a sex offender in episode 9. In episode 10, the literal poor guy is bribed to help out for the cultural festival, and in episode 11 he's playing a tree during Nagisa's stage play, most likely for the same reason (bribe). In episode 24, when he gets to say something cool for once and he anticipates to be treated as awesome guy, Yuichi points out that Yukito's an adult and shouldn't even walking with them to school.

* CovertPervert: Nishizono often gets nosebleed when she sees naked guys. In episode 10, she's seen switching the list of contestants for the "Miss Kaginado" Contest, which is revealed two episodes later to contain only male contestants in SailorFuku. (More specifically, the girls' uniforms from their respective home series.) As of season 2, she's also a massive Yaoi fangirl as evidenced by her practically foaming at the mouth over the Ship Tease between Sunohara and Kappei.

* HighSchoolAU: Just much like ''Anime/IsekaiQuartet'', ''Kaginado'' follows the same premise of putting ''Key's'' various franchises into a high school setting and using SuperDeformed character designs. It's only the actual high school characters who attend Kaginado Academy, but the rest of the characters do live in the same world as them and appear frequently as well.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: As seen in episode 7, neither gender will be spared by the wrath of the little sisters. You either get a baseball in the gut or in the balls.

** The girls from ''Little Busters!'' (mainly Kud and Sasasegawa since they are the most upset about it) are the only ones (aside from Kagari who is from ''Rewrite'') who remain in chibi form throughout the entire PoolEpisode and are upset by this. Splashing cold water on them doesn't change their appearance like the other girls. Doing poses doesn't do it either for them. And when it seems it's because of BuxomIsBetter, they are then devastated that even ''Riki'' (the male protagonist of ''Little Busters!'') gets un-chibified (''twice''). The same happens to them in episode 17. To twist the knife even further, some of the boys such as Masato unchibify too, and so do fellow ''Little Busters!'' heroine Haruka and fellow UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} Tenshi.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Ryou is notably much more cynical and darker here than her canon counterpart and she has a big grudge towards her twin sister Kyou for stealing Tomoya away from her. In Season 2, this also extends to her sister's pet boat Botan for not liking her either.

* AdvertisedExtra: The five main heroines of each franchise, Ayu, Misuzu, Nagisa, Rin and Kagari are heavily advertised and most of the merchandise focus solely on them, but they have very little screentime since ''Kaginado'' doesn't focus on any character in particular. Although Ayu is the general exception of this. It wouldn't be until episode 20 where the main heroines (which also includes Tenshi) woulc have their dedicated episode together...except that Rin is completely omitted from the slumber party and have Riki replace her as a joke.

* StudentCouncilPresident: Episode 21-23 is a mini-arc where various Key character are running for the high school's student council president candidacy, including middle students, adults and even animals. All of them do it for personal reasons or are chosen by other characters to be candidates. The new student council president is [[spoiler:nobody. All candidates share the same number of votes, and they all chase after Ayu who has yet to vote. However, episode 24 reveals that there ''is'' a new student council president, but it's not revealed who that is]].

* CastingGag: Episode 8 is entirely based around Creator/KeikoSuzuki TalkingToHerself.

* {{Flanderization}}: Due to ''Kaginado'' being a GagSeries, some characters have their key traits greatly exaggerated for humor. Most notably is Mai, whose dialogues consist only of her catch-phrases. Also of note are Misuzu who acts even more childish than she did at the end of ''AIR'' and she's obsessed of "crossing the goal" (which is her infamous death scene), Ayu whose taiyaki theft is almost her entire character, and Rin whose entire personality has been shifted to being pissed off at Kyousuke, Masato and Kengo or somebody else whenever she speaks. The second season continues to do this with the added ''Angel Beats!'' characters, with Tenshi being the most notable example, since she keeps eating Mapo Tofu in every scene she appears in.

* ComedicLolicon: Kurugaya prefers young girls (unlike in her home series where she simply likes to tease cute people regardless of gender or age), and since this is a gag series, it's PlayedForLaughs. In episode 10, Kyousuke chooses Michiru, Mei, Kud and Shimako as the contestants of the beauty contest, and Kurugaya sneakily puts their photos inside her cleavage.

* {{Flanderization}}: Due to ''Kaginado'' being a GagSeries, some characters have become this. Most notably is Mai, whose dialogues consist only of her catch-phrases. Also of note are Misuzu who acts even more childish than she did at the end of ''AIR'' and she's obsessed of "crossing the goal" (which is her infamous death scene), Ayu whose taiyaki theft is almost her entire character, and Rin whose entire personality has been shifted to being pissed off at Kyousuke, Masato and Kengo or somebody else whenever she speaks. The second season continues to do this with the added ''Angel Beats!'' characters, with Tenshi being the most notable example, since she keeps eating Mapo Tofu in every scene she appears in.

* TheVoiceless: Ushio has remained completely silent in the anime.

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