History Anime / KujibikiUnbalance

* YouDontLookLikeYou: While most characters' designs are slightly different from how they first appeared in the OVAs, Tokino has the most radical redesign, going from short blonde hair to longer brown hair worn in pigtails.

''Kujibiki♥Unbalance'' originally started out as a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional manga/anime]] within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'', which the main characters frequently obsess over. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the ''Genshiken'' anime adaptation, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''Genshiken'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

The remade series, this time a complete one, is similar, but with a different art style, different group of candidates and a different setup for them to succeed. Rather than many groups competing, the next student council has already been decided, but in order to prove themselves worthy they must complete tasks put to them by the current council. These range from finding the last missing member in the first episode, to things like protecting the president from a ''bomb threat'' (and that's just the ''second'' episode). The [=DVDs=] of the remade series, in a role reversal, contain 3 OVA episodes of ''Genshiken''.

''Kujibiki♥Unbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the ''Genshiken'' anime adaptation, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''Genshiken'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Ritsuko. She does not allow herself to show kindness or indecisiveness as a requirement of the office. In the end she is glad to leave the position for her successors.

* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The current vice president is able to stop Renko's out of control mouse trap robot with one flick of her finger.

%% SlapstickKnowsNoGender

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Renko delivers one to Tokino in episode 5, and Ritsuko does one to the vice president in episode 10.

* BigBrotherAttraction: Inverted with Chihiro's older sister Shinobu, who makes it all too clear that she wants a less-than-familial relationship with him, often giving him TheGlomp, and even sneaking into his bed while he's asleep and attempting to molest him. And although she's supposed to be older, her small size makes her seem like his younger sister.

* BrotherSisterIncest: Chihiro's sister makes it all too clear that she wants to do this with him, often giving him TheGlomp, and even sneaking into his bed while he's asleep and attempting to molest him. And although she's supposed to be older, her small size makes her seem like his younger sister.

''Kujibiki♥Unbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''Genshiken'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

* ElaborateUniversityHigh: Rikkyoin Academy in both versions. It's mostly a high school, but has a very expansive campus. The TV series establishes that it also houses middle and elementary schools (which is how Koyuki ends up a student council candidate despite being much younger than the rest of the cast)

* TheUnwantedHarem: Chihiro is the only boy in the incoming council, and the outgoing council he has to deal with is all girls. Plus there's his sister.

%%* WidgetSeries: An AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil that has to battle supernatural forces and ninjas.

%%* PoisonousFriend: Vice-President Kisaragi

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: For the US releases of the [=DVDs=], each volume's title is a reference to a different anime: [[Anime/TenchiMuyo "No Need for Chihiro"]], [[Manga/LoveHina "Love Rikkyoin"]], and [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya "The Melancholy of Ritsuko Kettenkrad"]]. Appropriate given the series' origin.

* BaitAndSwitch: See [[GenreShift Genre Shift]] below.
* BerserkButton: Don't threaten or try to hurt Chihiro in front of Koyuki, whether you're a badass {{Ninja}}, or a powerful alien robot. Just don't.

''Kujibiki Unbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''Genshiken'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

* {{Meganekko}}: Komaki, although [[spoiler: she takes them off when she's in ninja mode.]]

%% DunnoWhatsGoingOnBut: Chihiro, oh so much.

'''Ritsuko Kettenkrad:''' And [[CatchPhrase the kujibiki is final]].

%% AliensAndMonsters

%%* AncientTradition: the ''Kujibiki''.
%% AudibleSharpness
%% {{Bifauxnen}}
%% BigEater
%% BottomlessMagazines

%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tokino, both versions, just in different ways.

%%* AscendedExtra: Renko and Koyuki

* AncientTradition: the ''Kujibiki''.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tokino, both versions, just in different ways.

* GraveMarkingScene: For both Chihiro and Ritsuko.

* IdiotHair: Nearly everyone in the OVA.

* WidgetSeries: An AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil that has to battle supernatural forces and ninjas? Yeah, this qualifies.

* AscendedExtra: Renko and Koyuki

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Koyuki.

* ButtMonkey: Yamada towards Renko.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the original OVA.
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Chihiro does this for Koyuki.

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Koyuki displays them in episode 10.

* MadScientist: Renko

* PoisonousFriend: Vice-President Kisaragi

* PsychicPowers: Koyuki.

* TokenMiniMoe: Koyuki

* TwelveEpisodeAnime