History Manga / ShamanKing

** [[spoiler: Maybe not so much FridgeLogic as FridgeBrilliance. Remeber how desperately Hao tried to reunite Yoh's spirit with his own? It could be (in the case of the anime) that Hao can't properly reincarnate with his memory and powers intact without Yoh. In fact, he may not be able to reincarnate at all!]]

* EveryoneIsBi: The interactions between characters gives off this vibe. Which is awesome.
* EvilMakeover: Well, sort of, when [[spoiler:Lyserg]] joins the X-Laws, though it's actually a uniform. (And they're WellIntentionedExtremist s anyway.)

* GeckoEnding: A tad more action-oriented than the manga, basically boiling down to [[spoiler:Yoh and Hao clashing. Hao nearly overpowers Yoh until the other shamans pull a GondorCallsForAid and donate their powers to Yoh, effectively putting him on par with Hao until he eventually cuts him down (leading into a bit of Fridge Logic as it's been shown killing him hardly solves anything). The tourney is put on hiatus for a few months as the characters go about their lives...and then it promptly starts again]].

'''Chocolove:''' It's not like we came to save you guys.\\
'''Ren:''' It's just how things turned out.\\

'''Ren:''' Do whatever you like. But if you want to die, do it somewhere we can't see you.

* KarmaHoudini: Faust VIII never really gets so much as yelled at for 1) slaughtering his first opponent and 2) doing... [[NightmareFuel what he did to poor Manta]]. On the other hand, in the anime he * does* show genuine care for human life during the Shaman Tournament, [[spoiler: and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome practically brings Ren back from the dead]] during the final fight]], which means he might have been redeemed. In the manga, he ends up [[spoiler:sacrificing himself so that the Five Warriors can continue trying to catch up to Hao, his death doesn't mean that much though as he just hangs around as a ghost.]]
** Then there's Hao himself. [[spoiler: He wins the tournament without even trying, despite the heroes' best efforts. He then becomes Shaman King and is even allowed to keep the title despite all the evil deeds he's done, which includes killing likely thousands of people. He only gets off with a slap from his mother and a bit of embarrassment due to this.]]
** No mention of Iron Maiden Jeanne and Marco? The other X-Laws get redeemed by their [[spoiler:{{Heroic Sacrifice}}s]], but these two apparently just start believing in Yoh out of the blue in the anime, and everything they did ([[spoiler:killing other Shamans mercilessly, kidnapping Manta so as to use him as bait for Yoh, then encasing Yoh and his friends in a cage and sending them to the Door of Babylon]]) is just forgotten. While Jeanne seems to genuinely believe in Yoh, Marco apparently just grudgingly goes along because Jeanne wants him to.

* BabiesEverAfter: Hana, the son of Yoh and Anna, is an example of this, as the author wrote ''Funbari No Uta'' after the NoEnding of ''Shaman King''.

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: X-Laws, especially in the anime.

* Uh-Oh Eyes: A subtle example. Whenever either Yoh or Hao are aggravated, their irises lose all color for whatever reason. It's never explained and seems to largely be an artistic quirk.

** The Gandhara are all named after supermarket chains in Japan, Team Iceman after ice cream brands, and the X-Laws and Team Kabbalahers are partially named after tobacco brands.

* AerithAndBob: While there is a decent amount of this throughout the series, the X-Laws provide a great example. They consist of: Marco, Denvat, Mirne, Larky, Bunstar, Porf and finally...Kevin.

* TheRedSonja: [[spoiler:Anna the Third, who came all the way to Tokyo to challenge Hana to battle and make him her fiancee if he wins.]]

** Let us not forget that classic "Mikihisa in a ''really'' small towell" scene. Not to mention Ren in the brief period after he [[spoiler:gets killed by Peyote's oversoul, Grande Fantasma]]. Damn, all the main male characters take a freaking ''bath'' together! And the main male cast usually take a ''lot'' of baths, with different sets of main characters, depending on how far along the story you are.

* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins:]] [[spoiler: Subverted AND played straight. While they fail to stop Hao from winning, they do persuade him to abandon his "kill all humans" plan.]]

** This trope is {{Deconstructed}} especially in later fights, if you lose your cool, 9 times out of 10 you WILL LOSE your fight.

** This trope is {{Deconstructed}} especially in later fights, if you lose your cool, 9 times out of 10 you WILL LOSE.

** Anna and Yoh's [[spoiler: night together. Anna gives Yoh [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean a little parting gift before he heads to America]]. Seeing as how they were both 15, it's no wonder it got cut; but since there was a very good chance Yoh would die, Anna wanted to make sure a child lived on.]]

** Not quite. If I remember correctly, [[spoiler:it was Hao's reborn '''body''' that split in two against his design, and at the time his soul could only posses one. Later on, he spends a lot of time and energy to make sure the other half gathers enough power to be merged back into the original. Meanwhile, the Asakuras realized that Yoh would have as much potential as Hao, so they raised him to be the one to defeat him.]]

The manga ended after 300 chapters. There is a sequel called ''Shaman King: Flowers'', which is set to officially start [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-09/shaman-king-flowers-sequel-manga-to-launch-in-april April of 2012).

The manga ended after 300 chapters. There is a sequel called ''Shaman King: Flowers'', but no one knows if it'll ever go beyond chapter one.

* [=~They're Called Personal Issues For A Reason~=]: Nearly the entire cast have some form of horrendous past, and most will extrapolate on theirs at some point. Notable exceptions, however, would be Hao, Anna, and Yoh himself. Their backstories only come to light in personal flashbacks and explanations by other characters.

* EpiphanicPurgatory