History Manga / ShamanKing

* {{Five Man Band}}: [[spoiler: Five Warriors in the manga.]]

** Also, in the Japanese version, [[{{DigimonAdventure02}} Ken Ichijouji]] is a badass Atoner Chinese warrior, [[{{X 1999}} Karen Kasumi]] is a slightly sociopathic British kid looking for revenge and [[{{Cowboy Bebop}} Faye Valentine]] is a badass medium who wants to be Shaman Queen.

* {{Hot Shounen Mom}}: Asakura Keiko. And Tao Ran is pretty good looking too. [[spoiler: Then there's Anna.]]

* {{Loads and Loads of Characters}}: Not as many as some other manga. But enough to make you go "Oh yeah... That guy who hasn't done anything for like 30 chapters". Manta is probably the biggest offender. There are big chunks of the series where nobody reading knows where he is or why they should care. And than all of sudden, there he is. It's like the story kinda left him behind.

* {{Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot}} Faust VIII. He's a Mad German Doctor Necromancer. And he does this beautifully.

* {{Unlucky Childhood Friend}}: Tamao. Even though she likes Yoh, the chances of her getting together with him are close to none, as Yoh is engaged to Anna (and doesn't mind the fact either).

* {{You Gotta Have Blue Hair}}: Horohoro/Trey (''duh''), Lenny, Lyserg, Jun, Tamara and many others.

* HotDad: [[spoiler: Ren]] became one.

* KickTheDog: Pretty much everyone on Hao's side slaughtered or tried to slaughter innocent bystanders and children, or otherwise enjoyed brutally inflicting pain, especially in the manga. Tao Ren also had a few of those moments before his HeelFaceTurn. Ren's father deserves a mention for accidentally crushing the head of his pet (zombie) panda in his hand for no good reason. Iron Maiden Jeanne hastily executed any opposition using torture devices. Tokagero was a real meanie before being defeated too.

** Chocolove's past from the manga is both incredibly offensive, and utterly tragic. [[spoiler: His parents were killed on Christmas day, turning him into a vicious killer, and leader of the gang, Shaft. He murders people in cold blood, but has his life turned around by a man named Orona.]] Those who watched the anime know [[spoiler: Orona died, but he didn't die of old age, he was murdered by Chocolove's gang.]]

* PrettyFreeloader: Anna.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 161: [[spoiler:Ren is dead, and Yoh has gotten Manta to bring the X-LAWS to revive him. Marco tells Yoh that they will revive him, on one condition. Yoh has to resign from the Shaman Fight. So Yoh does what any Shounen protagonist would do and [[strike:fights Marco]] abandons his Oracle Pager, signifying his resignation from the tournament]]. Even [[spoiler:''Marco'']] is astonished and appalled by this.

* 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 Len back from the dead]] during the final fight]], which means he'd redeemed himself. 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.]]

** Ryu's spirit, Tokagero, has a really disturbing background. [[spoiler: His mother died of starvation, and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel he had to cannibalize her in order to survive.]]]]

** Don'y forget Buddha!

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]]. Theres also the supplementary manga ''Shaman King 0'' which tells short stories of the characters before the main one, and ''Shaman King Remix Track'' short stories in the reprinted edition of humorous nature.

* YouKilledMyFather: Redseb wanted to kill Chocolove because he murdered his father. [[spoiler: And he succeeded. Not to worry, [[IGotBetter he got better.]]]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Theatre/TheBookofMormon Elder Price]] is Lenny. ELDER PRICE IS LENNY?!

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]]. Theres also the supplementary manga ''Shaman King O'' which tells short stories of the characters before the main one, and ''Shaman King Remix Track'' short stories in the reprinted edition of humorous nature.

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]].

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

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong

This series shows a tremendous amount of research on the part of the author (Hiroyuki Takei, also authorof ''ButsuZone''), but sadly, the manga was CutShort when its popularity faded. It's now gotten a completely redrawn re-release in Japan under the title of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang in which the actual ending was released over two more volumes. A Western release of this edition has yet to be announced.

The story focuses on Yoh Asakura, a [[BrilliantButLazy seemingly extremely lazy]] shaman who's partnered with the [[OlderSidekick samurai Amidamaru]]. Along the way, he meets up with Manta Oyamada (Morty in the dub), a studious and otherwise {{ordinary high school student}} who can see ghosts, and who soon becomes Yoh's best friend; Tao Ren (Lenny), a Chinese PerpetualFrowner who was TheLancer in every way; Horohoro (Trey Racer), a snowboarder and ''the'' token Ainu; Ryu/Ryo, a delinquent turned Master of the Wooden Sword; Lyserg Diethel, who's looking for his family's killer; and Chocolove (Joco) [=McDonnell=], a reformed gangster who wants to save the world with stand-up comedy. And then there's Anna Kyouyama: Yoh's fiancee, a bit of an EducationMama, who actually cares much more than she lets on.

* NakedShotaroBoy: In Amidamaru's flashback in the manga.

Possibly the Poster Work for Animé - {{Needs More Love}}.

Check the [[Characters/ShamanKing character sheet]].

Could possibly qualify for {{Needs More Love}}.

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

** [[spoiler: Anna The Third,]] technically.
** There's so much ''wrong'' with this...
** [[spoiler: Actually, the new Anna's a child of one of the Patch. At least, that's what the wiki said last time I checked.]]

* ChinesePeople: The Tao family.

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

** [[spoiler: Maybe not so much FridgeLogic as FridgeBrilliance. Remember 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!]]
*** Not to mention what the 'Spirit King' may have done to him as punishment! [[AndIMustScream That couldn't have been pretty.]]

'''Lenny:''' It's just how things turned out.\\

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

* HeroicSociopath: The X-Laws.

* HauntedHeadquarters: Yoh and Anna's home. Of course, being a (lazy) shaman and a iron-fisted {{Miko}}, that tiny detail can't bother them.

** 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.]] Though he seems to get his 'just deserts' in the anime.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 161: [[spoiler:Ren is dead, and Yoh has gotten Manta to bring the X-LAWS to revive him. Marco tells Yoh that they will revive him, on one condition. Yoh has to resign from the Shaman Fight. So Yoh does what any Shounen protagonist would do and [[strike:fights Marco]] abandons his Oracle Pager, signifying his resignation from the tournament]]. Even [[spoiler:''Marco'']] is astonished and appaled by this.