History Manga / SukebanDeka

* [[TeenSuperspy Teen Super-Cop]]: Saki is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them. She complies, and with her KillerYoYo, is sent to curb crime activity in high schools across the country.

* WhipItGood:
** In the OVA Remi uses a whip in her battle against Saki.
** Ayumi in the live action series.
* WouldHurtAChild: In the manga, Remi blackmails the art teacher at Takanoha High to stop encouraging Junko by threatening his young daughter's well being.

* BikerBabe: Saki likes to get around using a motorcycle if she can get away with it… or even if she can't (she once literally drove her bike ''into'' Mizuchi Manor). In all three TV series, she rode Kawasaki bikes.

After its original 1976 publication in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'', ''Sukeban Deka'' entered PopculturalOsmosis, being adapted as three live-action series from 1985 to 1987 (along with two feature films) that became a ratings phenomenon in Japan. It received a TruerToTheText OVA in 1992, and a third feature film came out in 2006 (released stateside as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'').

* RapunzelHair: In the manga and OVA, Saki has quite a mane, almost reaching her ankles.

* NotSoDifferent: In the OVA, during the battle between Saki and Remi, Saki screams "YoureInsane" to Remi. Remi admits Saki is right, but espouses a HannibalLecture about Saki's mother having killed her father, meaning that Saki herself has "crazy" blood in her.

''The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time'' (Toki wo Kakeru Sukeban Deka), and ''Re:Sukeban Deka''. The former takes place in the [[ThePresentDay the present]] while the latter is [[TheRemake a remake of the original story]]. About seven months later in the same year, a third ''Sukeban Deka'' Manga Spin-off titled ''[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-10/sukeban-deka-gets-new-manga-spinoff-in-august/.174926|Sukeban Deka Pretend]]'' has started serialization in the same Magazine as the aforementioned spin-offs.

A decade after Wada's [[OutlivedItsCreator passing]] in 2011, two new Manga series based off Sukeban Deka are currently being serialized on monthly

''The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time'' (Toki wo Kakeru Sukeban Deka), and ''Re:Sukeban Deka''. The former takes place in the [[ThePresentDay the present]] while the latter is [[TheRemake a remake of the original story]].

* AnyoneCanDie: In the manga, at least. [[spoiler:The poor girl who Saki considers to be a little sister? Dead. The girl's mother? Dead. The boy who has a crush on Saki? Dead. Saki's actual little sister? Dead. Saki's mother? Dead. Saki's friends? Dead.]] This doesn't just apply to major characters, however. Quite a few villains prove that they WouldHurtAChild and avert InfantImmortality.

Our heroine, Saki Asamiya, is an incarcerated juvenile delinquent whose mother (in said OVA) is an incarcerated criminal herself. One day, Saki is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them. She complies, and with her KillerYoYo, is sent to curb crime activity in high schools across the country.

''The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time'' (Toki o Kakeru Sukeban Deka), and ''Re:Sukeban Deka''. The former takes place in the [[ThePresentDay the present]] while latter being a [[TheRemake remake of the original story]].

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: In the OVA, where Saki and her opponents often bust very high-flying moves.

* BikerBabe: All the TV series Sakis like to rock around in Kawasaki motorbikes and in the manga, she drives a motorbike, too.

** One of Remi's plans was to brainwash the students of Takanoha High. [[spoiler: One of them is programmed to murder Emi and Gozo, and then shoots herself in the head.]]

-->'''Saki''': You're completely mad!
-->'''Remi''': Mad? Why yes, ''I am mad!''

* CreatorCameo: In the first movie, Shinji Wada, creator of the ''Sukeban Deka''-{{Manga}} had a cameo as yo-yo seller.

** Junko's mother is still alive in the manga and she has the support of the art teacher at Takanoha. [[spoiler: Her mother is murdered by the Mizuchis to keep her quiet, the art teacher is forced to destroy Junko's esteem at the cost of his daughter's health, Junko loses everything and is called a horrible person when she calls fraud upon seeing Emi Mizuchi win with a painting Junko created, and is then murdered when one of Ayumi's snakes bites her on the neck and she plummets to her death. And before that, because she had no money but wanted to repay Saki's kindness, made money by allowing a man to sleep with her.]] In the OVA her mother is already dead and the art teacher is still supportive. [[spoiler: Emi has her paintings stolen, and it is implied Remi specifically orchestrated Junko's abduction, where she was then drugged, tortured, and possibly raped for over a ''week'' before she was finally killed.]]
** [[spoiler: Emi and Gozo are killed by Remi's masked subordinates in the manga, whereas the OVA has Remi using one of her brainwashed followers, who then shoots herself in the head right in front of Saki and the others.]]
* {{Delinquents}}: The serie's called '''Sukeban''' Deka.
* DesignatedVictim: Junko. However, in the beginning, when she's attacked by a group of thugs and Saki shows up, Junko actually screams at Saki to get away while she can instead of begging for help. [[spoiler: After she's kidnapped and tortured for over a week, she's weakly wondering when Saki will come to save her. Saki is too late, however.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Ayumi Mizuchi in the OVA. The primary conflict was, at first, Saki against Ayumi and her hold on the school. However, Saki soon realizes that Remi herself was the main threat after [[spoiler: Saki witnesses Ayumi die from a rigged shotgun, then the deaths of Emi and Gozo at the hands of a brainwashed young woman who then kills herself.]]

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: In the manga, after being rejected too many times by Saki, Sanpei starts developing feelings for her sister Miyuki. (Slighty subverted because they are similar-looking, not identical twins.) Unfortunately, [[spoiler:this leads to his death when Remi impersonates her.]]

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Every next incarnation of "Saki Asamiya" is mostly refered by her codename. The exception is Yui Kazama from ''Sukeban Deka III'', who was mostly refered by her real name. Conversely, the 2006 film goes to the extent not to mention at all the fourth Saki's name aside from the initial K.

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Cassowary and Kyoko Himuro in the manga.]]

* FacialHorror: Saki's mother Natsu once scarred her own face with acid as part of a gambit to avoid capture by the police. Eri Hanabusa of "Cinderella's Counterattack" gets most of her face, including her nose and right eye, destroyed by a thug who mistook her for Kyoko Himuro. [[spoiler: Like Kyoko arranged.]]

* GoodEyesEvilEyes: The main villainess' pupils usually completely fill out her eyes (because, you know, she's beautiful and this is a shojo manga). But when her pupils narrow down to small little dots you know you should run for your life.

* HonourAmongThieves: Ayumi turns to her sisters for help in dealing with Saki. Emi blows her off and Remi gives her a shotgun. [[spoiler: Which blows up in her face and kills her.]]
* HonourBeforeReason: In the OVA, Remi suggests that Ayumi hire someone to take care of Saki. Ayumi refuses to use her money on "that bitch." So Remi gives her a shotgun to use on Saki. [[spoiler: Which she rigged to blow up in Ayumi's face, blowing off her fingers and killing her.]]
* ImportantHaircut: In the OVA, Saki rejects the advances of Sanpei by saying that she hates guys with long hair. In response, the boy whips out a set of clippers and ''shaves himself bald'' right there in front of her. He doesn't graduate to love interest, but he does become one of Saki's allies.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Saki.
* KillerYoYo: "Saki"'s trademark weapon; it's also her badge.
* KnightInSourArmor: Saki.
* LeaveBehindAPistol: [[spoiler: At the first movie's end, a high-ranking member of the Japanese government, who supported a failed CoupDEtat, kills himself with a gun which was left behind by the [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Dark Inspector.]]]]

* LighterAndSofter: The TV series, where the darkest moments of the manga are excised from and some character are given more heroic personalities.
* LiveActionAdaptation: Three seasons, three movies.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Saki is just an average-to-thin teenage girl, but she can kick ass. In the TV series, even in her non-dominant left hand, Saki’s grip strength shocked the police technician in task of building her yo-yo weapon.
* ProneToTears: Junko Yuina's charakter design particulary in the {{OVA}} looks about to cry all the time.
* PsychoLesbian: Remi. She's both a psycho and a lesbian, to the point where her sisters call her a lesbo and state that Remi's apparent ultimate goal is to become the headmaster of their highschool so she can prey on the innocent highschool girls, year after year after year.

* RaisedByWolves: Subverted. In the manga the Mizuchi sisters were raised around snakes since they were little, which is why they have such an affinity for them and vice versa.
* RapunzelHair: In the manga and anime, Saki has quite of a mane, almost reaching her ankles.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Numa punches one of his students in the face for implying that he'd be bribed to falsify the student's grades, like all of the other teachers had done with the other rich students who'd transferred into Takanohana High according to the Mikazuchis' G-Plan.
* ShoppingMontage: In episode 23 of season 2, Saki's searching for a dress.

** The recipient of so many in the years since its debut. Most recognizable is perhaps ''Anime/KillLaKill'', which begins with a similar premise - heroic delinquent bringing a corrupt academy to justice through gratuitous violence.

* SmugSnake: The Mizuchi Sisters take turns outdoing one another in who can be the smuggest. [[spoiler: Remi wins.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Sanpei, Junko, Ayumi and Emi]] all live in the live action series, while they die in the manga. Also, [[spoiler:Saki herself]] dies in the manga, but the TV series leaves it ambiguous, and the ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'' movie ultimately reveals [[spoiler:she]] is alive.

* [[TeenSuperspy Teen Super Cop]]: Saki is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them. She complies, and with her KillerYoYo, is sent to curb crime activity in high schools across the country.
* TerribleTrio: The Mizuchi Sisters. [[spoiler: Until Remi murders Emi and Ayumi by proxy in the OVA.]]

* ThisIsUnforgivable: "Saki's" catchphrase is "Omaera, Yurusansezore!" (You Won't Be Forgiven!)
* ThreeAmigos: Saki, Sanpei and Junko.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Like the average manga of TheEighties, it contains references to puroresu. Only in the first OVA, Saki takes out two mooks with a double lariat.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Saki in the manga is a tall, lithe, 17 year old with pink hair. Saki in the live action is shorter, younger, wider, with Japanese features and has black hair. When seen side by side they look nothing alike.

* InTheBlood: Discussed during Saki and Remi's duel. After Saki calls Remi insane, Remi goes on a rant exclaiming she's a woman who inherited "crazy blood" much as Saki did. Remi reveals she knows everything about Saki's mother Natsu, who went to jail for murdering her husband (Saki's father) and is reported to be completely mad. Remi exclaims the only reason Saki is able to fight her is because they both have the blood of insane people flowing through them.

The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Sukeban Deka), and Re:Sukeban Deka. The former takes place in the [[ThePresentDay the present]] while latter being a [[TheRemake remake of the original story]].

* {{Crossover}}: Shinji Wada did a doujin with [[Manga/Area88 Kaoru Shintani]] that was a crossover between this series and Shintani's ''Desert Rose''. There's also a crossover with Suzue Miuchi's ''[[Manga/GlassMask Glass Mask]]'' (Which started being serialized on the same issue as Sukeban Deka), the chapter debuted on 12th issue of Hana to Yume 1977. The chapter later got included on the [[http://comich.net/work/37603.html 6th Volume]] of Sukeban Deka.

''[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-12-07/sukeban-deka-gets-2-new-manga-in-january-february magazine Princess]]'':
The Sukeban Deka Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Sukeban Deka), and Re:Sukeban Deka]]. The former takes place in the [[ThePresentDay the present]] while latter being a [[TheRemake remake of the original story]].

* {{Crossover}}: Shinji Wada did a doujin with [[Manga/Area88 Kaoru Shintani]] that was a crossover between this series and Shintani's ''Desert Rose''.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Emi Mizuchi.

After its original 1976 publication in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'', ''Sukeban Deka'' entered the PopculturalOsmosis, being adapted as three live-action series from 1985 to 1987 (along with two feature films) that became a ratings phenom in Japan. It received a TruerToTheText OVA in 1992, and a third feature film came out in 2006 (released stateside as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'').

Our heroine, Saki Asamiya, is an incarcerated juvenile delinquent whose mother (in said OAV) is an incarcerated criminal herself. One day, Saki is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them. She complies, and with her KillerYoYo, is sent to curb crime activity in high schools across the country.

Our heroine, subsequently called "Saki Asamiya," is an incarcerated juvenile delinquent whose mother (in said OAV) is an incarcerated criminal herself. One day, "Saki" is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them. She complies, and with her KillerYoYo, is sent to curb crime activity in high schools across the country.

After its original 1976 publication in ''Magazine/HanaToYume'', ''Sukeban Deka'' subsequently entered the PopculturalOsmosis. It was adapted as three live-action series from 1985 to 1987, two feature films, and a 1992 OAV. A third feature film came out in 2006 (released stateside as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'').

* AdaptationalVillainy: It's established that Saki's mother, Natsu, is in jail for killing her husband, Toshiya, but her sympathetic reasons to do so (that he was a violent abuser who made her life hell) are omitted in some continuities, making her a murderer without redeeming qualities. The OVA notably adapts the abuse story out and replaces it with the theory by Remi that she simply went insane.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the TV series, Saki is left-handed because she broke her dominant right hand while punching a fellow inmate in the juvenile detention center, which made her a bit weaker. This was written for the series because her actress Yuki Saito is a natural left-hander. (Ironically the actress of the second Saki, Yoko Minamino, is a left-hander as well.)

* BookDumb: Saki has bad grades, as she lacks both time and interest to study. Principal Numa believes he would improve a lot with a bit of effort, though not in English - she's ''really'' bad at that.
* BoxedCrook: Saki is recruited from prison by the government and is allowed freedom if she agrees to become an undercover cop for them.

** In one episode, there's Franchise/DragonBall on TV.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Saki in the manga is a tall, lithe, 17 year old with pink hair and anime “European” features. Saki in the live action is shorter, younger, wider, with Japanese features and has black hair. When seen side by side they look nothing alike.

A manga by Shinji Wada first published in 1976, ''Sukeban Deka'' ("[[JapaneseDelinquents Delinquent Girl]] Detective") subsequently entered the PopculturalOsmosis. It was adapted as three live-action series from 1985 to 1987, two feature films, and a 1992 OAV. A third feature film came out in 2006 (released stateside as ''Yo-Yo Girl Cop'').

* AdaptedOut: Saki's sister Miyuki and the storyline in which Remi impersonates her (and kills Sanpei) were not included in the TV series.

* BoxedCrook

* ActionGirl: Saki.

* [[TeenSuperspy Teen Super Cop]]

* TheCameo: In the first movie, Shinji Wada, creator of the ''Sukeban Deka''-{{Manga}} had a cameo as yo-yo seller.