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''Back Street Girls'' is a comedy manga series written by Jasmine Gyuh and serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2015 to 2018. It was licensed in English by Kodansha USA and for the Chinese-speaking market by Tong Li. It has received a 2018 anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, written by Susumu Yamakawa and directed by Chiaki Kon.

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''Back Street Girls'' is a comedy manga series written by Jasmine Gyuh and serialized in ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2015 to 2018. It was licensed in English by Kodansha USA and for the Chinese-speaking market by Tong Li. It has received a 2018 anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, Creator/JCStaff, written by Susumu Yamakawa and directed by Chiaki Kon.
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** Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos voicing a character with TwinTails again? At least, she [[Manga/KOn didn't have to play the guitar]] or [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline being trapped in another world]].

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** Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos voicing a character with TwinTails again? At least, she [[Manga/KOn didn't have to play the guitar]] or [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline [[Literature/SwordArtOnline being trapped in another world]].
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* LargeHam: Pretty much everyone.

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* LargeHam: [[WorldOfHam Pretty much everyone.everyone]].
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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Many of the songs also make allusions to Yakuza culture, such as ''{{yubitsume}}''. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").

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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Many of the songs also make allusions to Yakuza culture, such as ''{{yubitsume}}''.''{{yubitsume}}'' and [[InitiationCeremony sake sharing]]. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").
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* HighConcept: After a [[NoodleIncident failed mission]], 3 {{Yakuza}} Mooks are forced to get a sex change and work as Japanese Idols
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''Back Street Girls'' is a comedy manga series written by Jasmine Gyuh and published in 2016 by Kodansha and in 2018 by Kodansha's American branch for the English-speaking market and for the Chinese-speaking market by Tong Li. It has received a 2018 anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, written by Susumu Yamakawa and directed by Chiaki Kon.

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''Back Street Girls'' is a comedy manga series written by Jasmine Gyuh and published serialized in 2016 ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 2015 to 2018. It was licensed in English by Kodansha and in 2018 by Kodansha's American branch for the English-speaking market USA and for the Chinese-speaking market by Tong Li. It has received a 2018 anime adaptation by J.C. Staff, written by Susumu Yamakawa and directed by Chiaki Kon.
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* {{Transgender}}: A bit played with as the Idols struggle with their new identities, but one minor character is shown to be a confirmed case [[spoiler:Mari's father]].

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* {{Transgender}}: TransTribulations: A bit played with as the Idols struggle with their new identities, but one minor character is shown to be a confirmed case [[spoiler:Mari's father]].
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* AntiHero: The Gokudolls are all yakuza with hot tempers and crude manners (that they have to hide from the public). However they also display more heroic qualities including fierce loyalty to each other and to those they feel they owe.

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* RunningGag: The girls try to avoid being used to being idols...

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* RunningGag: The girls try to avoid being used to being idols...idols, only to enjoy it a minute later.
** Mari's hemorrhoids (and other anal afflictions). At one point she's giving a fierce lecture to a newcomer, only to stop abruptly when her latest batch of anal afflictions ''burst like a bomb, spraying blood everywhere behind her.''
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* RealMenHateSugar: In the live-action show, Mari throws up after forcing herself to eat a cake for a TV show.
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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Many of the songs also make allusions to Yakuza culture, such as ''{{yubistume}}''. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").

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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Many of the songs also make allusions to Yakuza culture, such as ''{{yubistume}}''.''{{yubitsume}}''. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").
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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Since the songwriter is a yakuza boss, many of the songs also make allusions to life of crime, making the group's name somewhat fitting. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").

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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Since the songwriter is a yakuza boss, many Many of the songs also make allusions to life of crime, making the group's name somewhat fitting.Yakuza culture, such as ''{{yubistume}}''. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").
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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Since the songwriter is a yakuza boss, many of the songs also make allusions to life of crime, making the group's name somewhat fitting.

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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Since the songwriter is a yakuza boss, many of the songs also make allusions to life of crime, making the group's name somewhat fitting. However, the boss claims that the name came from ''gokujou'' ("the best").

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* DualMeaningChorus: Most of the songs are about the yakuza life shoehorned into that of teenage girls.



* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza).

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* MeaningfulName: The idol group name '''Gokudolls''', derived from the word '''Gokudo''' (a euphemism for the Yakuza).Yakuza) and "idol" or "doll". Since the songwriter is a yakuza boss, many of the songs also make allusions to life of crime, making the group's name somewhat fitting.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If the Captain told about the truth between him and his friendship with Kimura, a cop, [[spoiler: the Gkudolls wouldn't frame him for sexual harrassment]].

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: If the Captain told about the truth between him and his friendship with Kimura, a cop, [[spoiler: the Gkudolls Gokudolls wouldn't frame him for sexual harrassment]].
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* LargeHam: Inugame and Kinoshita. as for the Gokudolls, Airi and Mari.

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* LargeHam: Inugame and Kinoshita. as for the Gokudolls, Airi and Mari.Pretty much everyone.
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* LargeHam: Inugame and Kinoshita. as for the Gokudolls, Airi and Mari. Oh so much. Looks like their Japanese and English voice actors are having the time of their lives.

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* LargeHam: Inugame and Kinoshita. as for the Gokudolls, Airi and Mari. Oh so much. Looks like their Japanese and English voice actors are having the time of their lives.

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* BrokenPedestal: Getting uncomfortable MaleGazes from other men causes the Gokudolls to be more than a little disgusted with men.

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* BrokenPedestal: Getting uncomfortable MaleGazes MaleGaze from other men causes the Gokudolls to be more than a little disgusted with men.



* YankTheDogsChain: A common trope in the anime. Generally, if it seems like things are getting better for a character or a heartwarming moment is happening, it will quickly turn sour.

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* YankTheDogsChain: A common trope in the anime. Generally, if it seems like things are getting better for a character or a heartwarming moment is happening, it will quickly turn sour.sour.
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* DelierateValuesDissonance: The story revolves around this: it's the clash of masculine yakuza culture with feminine idol culture.

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* DelierateValuesDissonance: DeliberateValuesDissonance: The story revolves around this: it's the clash of masculine yakuza culture with feminine idol culture.


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* HorribleJudgeofCharacter: Mandarin Kinoshita is not in on the secret, so he believes that Mari is a Yankee (she's Japanese) and that Rina is an orphan (he was a high-ranking yakuza).

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* BecomingTheMask: Over time, the wakashu trio eventually accept that they're now girls and are now idols.

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* BecomingTheMask: Over time, the wakashu trio The Gokudolls fight their conditioning as much as possible, but eventually accept that they're now girls and are now idols.a part of it as their new life.



* BrokenPedestal: Getting uncomfortable MaleGazes from other men causes the Gokudolls to be more than a little disgusted with men.



* ComedicSociopathy: Inugane's treatment of everyone else

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* ComedicSociopathy: Inugane's treatment of everyone else else.



* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes the offender into a coma with an ''oil drum''.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, women, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes the offender into a coma with an ''oil drum''.]]



* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: A noted yakuza actor, whom Mari is a big fan of, is actually an Otaku and a big fan of Chika. It results in a BrokenPedestal for Mari, who was ready to sleep with him.]]



* HypocriticalHumor: See below.
* HeavenAbove: After a flashback to when a young inugane failed a mission big time only to be forgiven by his boss because "Everyone makes mistakes" his now dead master looks down on him from above and says "Really, inugane?" in reference to his punishment for the Gokudolls
** After Inugane says he believes a perky young girl who wants to join the Gokudolls was sent by his master in Heaven, cut to his master looking down silently with a look of disapproval

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* HypocriticalHumor: See below.
* HeavenAbove: After a flashback
Oh, so much.
** The Gokudolls do their best
to stay as masculine as possible, but eventually take in presents from fans and attempt to please them.
** Inugane recounts a time in his youth
when a young inugane he failed a mission big time only to be forgiven by his boss because "Everyone makes mistakes" This after what he did to the Gokudolls - his now dead master looks down on him from above and says "Really, inugane?" in reference to his punishment for the Gokudolls
** After Inugane says he believes a perky young girl who wants to join the Gokudolls was sent by his
Inugane?"
* HeavenAbove: Inugane's previous
master in Heaven, cut to his master and predecessor is often seen looking down silently with from Heaven, usually in response to a look of disapprovalstatement Inugane made about him (usually a shocking statement).



* MitakenforCheating: Inugane briefly gets this with his wife about the Gokudolls.

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* MitakenforCheating: MistakenforCheating: Inugane briefly gets this with his wife about the Gokudolls.



* StepfordSmiler: The Gokudolls as pretty idol girls have to smile and be delicate and feminine as possible. In private they are as foul-mouthed and mean as any yakuza could get.



* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the Gokudolls are now free from their boss after trying to do a prank, only to find out that they were pranked by their boss. Now, they are still Idols for the rest of their lives.
* TrainingFromHell: After the surgery, Inugane has them put through a series of dangerous training regimens like singing in a waterfall within 15 hours non-stop, hunting a boar, and balance in a fiery pit in order to become idols.

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* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The anime series ends with the Gokudolls are now free from their boss after trying to do a prank, only to find out that they were pranked by their boss. Now, they are still Idols for the rest of their lives. \n]]
* TrainingFromHell: After the surgery, Inugane has them put through a series of dangerous training regimens like singing in a waterfall within 15 hours non-stop, hunting a boar, bear, and balance in a fiery pit in order to become idols.

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* DelierateValuesDissonance: The story revolves around this: it's the clash of masculine yakuza culture with feminine idol culture.



** Lina undergoes no TrainingFromHell whatsoever (At first) and comes back from her operation with female voice, face and everything
* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes him into a coma with an ''oil drum''.]]

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** Lina undergoes no TrainingFromHell whatsoever (At first) and comes back from her operation with female voice, face and everything
everything.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Inugane and his wife Natsuko are HappilyMarried, being able to resolve their issues easily.
* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes him the offender into a coma with an ''oil drum''.]]


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* MitakenforCheating: Inugane briefly gets this with his wife about the Gokudolls.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes him into a come with an ''oil drum''.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant came on to Airi he gave him a boob job, and when his wife is attacked he smashes him into a come coma with an ''oil drum''.]]

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The opening and closing songs are sweet idol songs, in contrast to the family-unfriendly comedy subject matter.
* SpecialEditionTitle: Episode 7 has the male voice actors of the Gokudolls sing the opening and ending songs.



* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the Gokudolls are now free from their boss after trying to do a prank, only to find out that they were pranked by their boss. Now, they are still Idols for the rest of their lives. To quote [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Joseph Joestar]]: [[Main/ActorAllusion OH]] [[Main/AndIMustScream MY]] [[Main/BigOMG GOD!]].]]

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* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:The series ends with the Gokudolls are now free from their boss after trying to do a prank, only to find out that they were pranked by their boss. Now, they are still Idols for the rest of their lives. To quote [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Joseph Joestar]]: [[Main/ActorAllusion OH]] [[Main/AndIMustScream MY]] [[Main/BigOMG GOD!]].]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. Just look at his own Lieutenant who had him gave a boob job and the Photographer who beats him to the ground.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards. Inugane may be a BadBoss and a massive JerkAss who treats his men like crap, but when it comes to sexual harassment towards the Gokudolls, he doesn't forgive them. Just look at [[spoiler: When his own Lieutenant who had him came on to Airi he gave him a boob job job, and the Photographer who beats when his wife is attacked he smashes him to the ground.into a come with an ''oil drum''.]]



* HypocriticalHumor: See below

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* HypocriticalHumor: See belowbelow.



* PoorCommunicationKills: Upon hearing that Mari is getting surgery, Inugame asks Mari if he's sick. Mari tells Inugame that his ass was "just Utterly Destroyed" leading him to believe Mari has had Anal sex and attack him. In reality Mari had accumulated a series of anal diseases

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Upon hearing that Mari is getting surgery, Inugame asks Mari if he's sick. Mari tells Inugame that his ass was "just "Just Utterly Destroyed" leading him to believe Mari has had Anal sex and attack him. In reality Mari had accumulated a series of anal diseases hemorrhoids.



* SecretKeeper: Whoever comes in on the secret keeps it, or are packed off somewhere...



* SickeninglySweethearts: Inugane and his wife Natsuko, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U15kvLD8gfQ here]].



* TrueCompanions: The trio were best friends, no matter what gender they were. [[spoiler: When a yakuza lieutenant acts amorous to Airi, Mari and Chika run off, but can't bear abandoning their bro and come back to protect her.]]



* YankTheDogsChain: A common trope in the anime. Generally, if it seems like things are getting better for a character or a heartwarming moment is happening, it will quickly turn sour

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* YankTheDogsChain: A common trope in the anime. Generally, if it seems like things are getting better for a character or a heartwarming moment is happening, it will quickly turn soursour.

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