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* {{Pirate}}: The Sea Dragon Vessel, consisting of brothers Genba, Genyo and Genkei. Squarely of the "Marauding Brutes" type, they attack and plunder any ships that travel during a storm. They choose stormy weathers as the time to strike because they excel in the Sprawling Wave Kung Fu, which takes advantage of the windy weather making the ships shake and disorienting their foes while they know how to maneuver that (by mostly sitting down on the ship, rolling and attacking with kicks and using submission holds).

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Defeating an enemy may result the enemy pulling a HeelFaceTurn and be on a better standing with Chinmi.
** Wong antagonizes the Dai Rin temple with the reasoning that Ryuukai murdered his little brother. After it's revealed that it's all one big misunderstanding, he apologizes for his actions. His next (and last) appearance is [[BigDamnHeroes saving Chinmi from being sliced by one of the Black Flame brothers.]]
** The brothers Sai and Soushin of the Iron Palm Kung Fu antagonize Chinmi for making light of their Kung Fu (and in case of Soushin, it's about Chinmi beating his brother). Once Chinmi beat them, Soushin encourages Sai to [[GracefulLoser take their defeats in grace]], and they leave on friendly terms with Chinmi.
** After beating Bi Kei, Chinmi manages to persuade him to train in Dai Rin temple from scratch.
** Chinmi spares the sadistic martial artist Giou after a brutal battle. The next day, Giou bows his head to apologize for his sadistic attitude and wanders off to learn martial arts with compassion from scratch.
** After being struck with Thunder God and surviving (and being healed by the high priest), Oudow has a dream of Master Yousen telling him [[IWarnedYou that his lecture about 'sharp sword needing hilt' is true after all]]. He smiles and agrees with how he is defeated by Chinmi and not outright killed afterwards. He leaves in peace, tidying his room as a sign of his redemption.



* HeelFaceTurn: After beating Bi Kei, Chinmi manages to persuade him to train in Dai Rin temple from scratch.

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* HeelFaceTurn: After beating Bi Kei, Chinmi manages to persuade him to train in HealingHands: The Dai Rin temple from scratch.High Priest knows healing techniques by using his hands. He uses it on Oudow so Chinmi can avoid violating the ThouShaltNotKill rule.

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** Chinmi's first meeting with Yan culminates in saving her from a loan shark threatening to sell her (and having taken her away after burning her house). The problem is that the loan shark has a hitman who knows how to hit the PressurePoints, serving as Chinmi's obstacle. It's taken care of when the loan shark presses Chinmi's own BerserkButton.

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** Chinmi's first meeting with Yan culminates in saving her from a loan shark threatening to sell her (and having taken her away after burning her house). The problem is that the loan shark has a hitman who knows how to hit the PressurePoints, PressurePoint, serving as Chinmi's obstacle. It's taken care of when the loan shark presses Chinmi's own BerserkButton.


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* PragmaticVillainy: Oudow orders the Dai Rin temple to take bulls from the local villages as tributes to him. But in truth, he does not use those bulls for personal gains. Their purpose is just to feed his tigers because if he is not keeping the tigers in check, they'll instead attack humans. It comes to the territority if he's about to showcase his [[TheSocialDarwinist way of life]].

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* DamselInDistress: Early scenario ladies seems to serve as this, and recently Princess Mito. Not even the TournamentArc is safe from this where the victim is [[TheGeneralsDaughter Renka]], though it's merely a small part of the conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor.

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* DamselInDistress: Early scenario ladies seems to serve as this, and recently Princess Mito. Not even the TournamentArc is safe There are several in this manga:
** Chinmi's first meeting with Yan culminates in saving her
from this where a loan shark threatening to sell her (and having taken her away after burning her house). The problem is that the victim is [[TheGeneralsDaughter Renka]], though it's merely loan shark has a small part hitman who knows how to hit the PressurePoints, serving as Chinmi's obstacle. It's taken care of when the loan shark presses Chinmi's own BerserkButton.
** Next, Chinmi's big sister, Mei Lin, gets kidnapped by the Black Flame/Koku En gang. Already knowing the Black Flame's massive cruelty, Chinmi goes to save his sister. He succeeds, but that just incurs the wrath
of the conspiracy leaders of the Black Flame, which puts Chinmi in a near-death situation.
*** In the anime adaptation, Mei Lin instead gets kidnapped by the very first enemy of the series, the Zougan/Rockhead Brothers. While they also appear in the manga, they do not do any kidnapping.
** During the TournamentArc, the assassin group kidnaps Renka to force Chinmi to lose against a BrainwashedAndCrazy Xu Fang, thus making way for them
to assassinate the Emperor.Emperor. Obviously, Chinmi can't mount the rescue, but thankfully, Dan Dan overhears this and volunteers to rescue her in his stead. He succeeds.
** The plot of ''Legends'' kickstarts when Princess Mito is kidnapped by bandits. Though Chinmi and Gundi try to rescue her, things get complicated from there on.



* DistressedDude: Master Soshu during the TournamentArc. He was inflicted with poisoned acupuncture and kidnapped after his student Xu Fang was BrainwashedAndCrazy.

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** During one of his wanderings, Chinmi has to save Shijun, a young boy with no fighting capabilities whatsoever, from the Hizou brothers, who just snatched him as an extra incentive to make sure his parents give them money.
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Master Soshu during the TournamentArc. He was inflicted with poisoned acupuncture and kidnapped after his student Xu Fang was BrainwashedAndCrazy.
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* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Ka Nan under Jirai is a horrific state, where people live in fear of opposing Jirai's rule or else they will be sent to slave labor. Jirai makes it clear that he wants to keep the people under control with fear and distrust, which is why he creates a lot of oppressive rules against the freedom of speech and the 'secret information' system (those who can give good information for the government will be spared). And why does he want to do this? He just wants more slaves to work at his cannon-manufacturing factory so he can smuggle them to other nations and get more money.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Black Flame/Koku En group is a group of marauding bandits and thieves who delights in committing cruelty towards other people, most commonly [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging, burning]] (They'll demand women for fun too, but there's no indication of raping) and murdering. Their ultimate reasoning for this is ForTheEvulz.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Black Flame/Koku En group is a group of marauding bandits and thieves who delights delight in committing cruelty towards other people, most commonly [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging, burning]] (They'll demand women for fun too, but there's no indication of raping) and murdering. Their ultimate reasoning for this is ForTheEvulz.


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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: Hojun at first appears to be a typical female rebel. However, it is quickly revealed that her true identity is Princess Lee, the youngest daughter of the previous king of Ka Nan, who was [[KingIncognito away mingling with the commonfolk without revealing her identity to better understand them]] when the rest of her family was murdered by Boru under Jirai's orders.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Black Flame/Koku En group is a group of marauding bandits and thieves who delights in committing cruelty towards other people, most commonly [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging, burning]] (They'll demand women for fun too, but there's no indication of raping) and murdering. Their ultimate reasoning for this is ForTheEvulz.

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** RedemptionDemotion: Unfortunately this means he'll never use his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp Feet]] again



* ImpaledPalm: To defeat the master of Shockwave Kung Fu, Chinmi puts himself through impromptu TrainingFromHell whilst awaiting his execution. When the rogue martial artist goes in for his brain-mulching clap to Chinmi's skull, Chinmi impales both of his opponent's palms ''with his fingers'', crippling his ability to use his martial art.

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To defeat the master of Shockwave Kung Fu, Chinmi puts himself through impromptu TrainingFromHell whilst awaiting his execution. When the rogue martial artist goes in for his brain-mulching clap to Chinmi's skull, Chinmi impales both of his opponent's palms ''with his fingers'', crippling his ability to use his martial art.art.
** Boru could have killed Hojun earlier by impaling her neck from behind. He fails because Hojun instinctively puts her sword pointing backwards and impales Boru's palm instead. [[TheJuggernaut Not that it stops Boru]], but that certainly lets Hojun live longer and finish her mission.



* MegaManning: One of the reasons why Boru is damn badass and dangerous, he learns enemy moves with just seeing ''once''. He even learns 'Thunder God' this way!


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* RedemptionDemotion: Once Bi Kei becomes a Dai Rin disciple, he stops using his [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp Feet]] again. He still remembers his Frog Kung-Fu, but he just refrains himself from using it.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Boru's greatest strength is the fact that he can figure out a special attack and use it for his own by just seeing it in action himself. He learns both Tsuuhaiken and Thunder God this way.

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* GodzillaThreshold: Dan Dan usually held to his ExtremityExtremist methods, but in both cases in the tournament arc, he's cornered enough that he decided to use anything else other than his legs, headbutting the fan-favorite champion Bumei and securing his place to the finals of the Weaponless block, and using both arms against Chinmi and became so desperate in victory that he decided to use an attack that would destroy his legs and destroying his capabilities to use his particular kung fu anymore (thankfully, Chinmi prevents that by knocking him out with Tsuuhaiken before the destructive hit lands).

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Dan Dan usually held to his ExtremityExtremist methods, but in both cases in the tournament arc, he's cornered enough that he decided to use anything else other than his legs, headbutting the fan-favorite champion Bumei and securing his place to the finals of the Weaponless block, and using both arms against Chinmi and became so desperate in victory that he decided to use an attack that would destroy his legs and destroying his capabilities to use his particular kung fu anymore (thankfully, Chinmi prevents that by knocking him out with Tsuuhaiken before the destructive hit lands).lands).
** Thunder God is Chinmi's own GodzillaThreshold. He'll try to not kill his opponent directly, but if the enemy is too strong and he's really short on time, then he's forced to use it.
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* YouAreAlreadyDead: Downplayed. Kokuen Gang leader Zangi can launch his own chi into his target via palm strike. When Chinmi got hit the first time, he didn't feel a thing, but mere seconds later, turns out the chi has been tossed around within his body and wrecking them, giving him intense pain. Though it would've been played more straight if Zangi managed to hit with both his palms on two sides, especially [[YourHeadASplode on the head]], as he shows how it's done against one watermelon.

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* YouAreAlreadyDead: Downplayed. Kokuen Gang leader Zangi can launch his own chi into his target via palm strike. Downplayed with the Shockwave Kung Fu style. When hit on actual human being (like Chinmi), the effect does not take place immediately, allowing Chinmi got hit to cockily taunt that the first time, he didn't feel a thing, but mere seconds later, turns out the chi attack has been tossed around no effect. He is InstantlyProvenWrong when said shockwave already ricochets within his body and wrecking them, giving him intense pain. Though it would've been played more straight if Zangi managed to hit with both his palms on two sides, especially [[YourHeadASplode on the head]], as he shows how body, causing great damage. It doesn't kill him, but it's done against one watermelon.''seriously'' painful. However, the watermelon that got clapped from both sides with two hands will result surefire death (after a few seconds of nothing).
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* {{Eagleland}}: During the You Sen arc, Chinmi tends to find crude, boorish American sailors who bully the Chinese townspeople just because they're more physically intimidating. Both Chinmi and You Sen usually send them packing. It culminates with one particular sailor named Dick Stainer, who also doubles as a boxer, who wants to challenge a Chinese martial artist against his boxing skills (Chinmi gets picked). Stainer proves to be a mix of the two types: While he never chides his fellow Americans for their bullying behavior and silently also looks down on the Chinese, he never actually participates in said bullying, [[AffablyEvil is pretty affable]] and proves to be a GracefulLoser.

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* {{Eagleland}}: During the You Sen arc, Chinmi tends to find crude, boorish American sailors who bully the Chinese townspeople just because they're more physically intimidating.intimidating (Type 2). Both Chinmi and You Sen usually send them packing. It culminates with one particular sailor named Dick Stainer, who also doubles as a boxer, who wants to challenge a Chinese martial artist against his boxing skills (Chinmi gets picked). Stainer proves to be a mix of the two types: While he never chides his fellow Americans for their bullying behavior and silently also looks down on the Chinese, he never actually participates in said bullying, [[AffablyEvil is pretty affable]] and proves to be a GracefulLoser.
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* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2 all the way during the You Sen arc. At least Dick Stainer is implied to have gotten better after his fight.

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* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2 all the way during During the You Sen arc. At least arc, Chinmi tends to find crude, boorish American sailors who bully the Chinese townspeople just because they're more physically intimidating. Both Chinmi and You Sen usually send them packing. It culminates with one particular sailor named Dick Stainer, who also doubles as a boxer, who wants to challenge a Chinese martial artist against his boxing skills (Chinmi gets picked). Stainer is implied proves to have gotten better after be a mix of the two types: While he never chides his fight.fellow Americans for their bullying behavior and silently also looks down on the Chinese, he never actually participates in said bullying, [[AffablyEvil is pretty affable]] and proves to be a GracefulLoser.
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* MartialArtsStaff: Chinmi's weapon of choice, and fittingly as this is a martial arts-based manga. His teacher in staff-fighting, Riki, is equally powerful with bo staff. And his FriendlyRival Xu Fang is even deadlier with it.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Snakes are often used as animalistic antagonist. It's noted that there's no one in the manga who ever took a "Snake Kung-Fu" style (even if it's actually a pretty common real life Chinese martial arts style):
** Right in the 2nd volume, Chinmi falls into a ravine filled with venomous snakes ready to bite him to death for trespassing by accident. Chinmi avoids the gruesome fate by meditating and fooling the whole horde of snakes into thinking that he's just a lump of inanimate rock.
** You Sen took Chinmi to witness a SnakeVersusMongoose scenario to teach him a lesson. However, this part is downplayed: While the snake is just playing its part in the cycle of nature or the show, it's meant to be the antagonistic loser to the mongoose.
** In the beginning of ''Shin Tekken Chinmi'', Chinmi avoids being bitten by a snake sent by an assassin while bathing. He ends up cooking it for food on Pushin's suggestion, since if spared, there's no telling if the snake will attack anyone else.

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* ExtremityExtremist: Dan Dan and also Bi Kei for feet. For fists, Dick Stainer

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* ExtremityExtremist: Dan Dan and also Bi Kei for feet. For fists, Dick StainerStainer.
* FacePalmOfDoom: The insta-kill technique for Shockwave Kung Fu involves hitting the opponent in the head with either twin palm-claps or a thrust to the face, allowing the ki waves to pulp the victim's brain. When Chinmi faces off against the master of this style, said master reveals he intends to execute Chinmi in this manner.



* ImpaledPalm: To defeat the master of Shockwave Kung Fu, Chinmi puts himself through impromptu TrainingFromHell whilst awaiting his execution. When the rogue martial artist goes in for his brain-mulching clap to Chinmi's skull, Chinmi impales both of his opponent's palms ''with his fingers'', crippling his ability to use his martial art.



* KiManipulation: several characters utilize ki techniques.

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* KiManipulation: several characters utilize Ki techniques are one of the more advanced fields of martial arts in this series, reaching into the lower tiers of SupernaturalMartialArts. There are no KamehameHadoken attacks in ''Tekken Chinmi'', but skilled users of ki techniques.can achieve superhuman physical feats.
** One of the most obvious examples is the Shockwave Kung Fu style, where the user uses palm thrusts and claps to send ricocheting waves of ki into the opponent's body, which inflict internal damage whilst leaving the skin seemingly unharmed. To demonstrate its power, its practitioner pulls a stunt with a watermelon; tossing it into the air, and then catching it between his two clapping palms. Chinmi initially scoffs that the melon is completely unmarred, before the Shockwave Kung Fu practitioner cuts it open and reveals the interior has been reduced to ''liquid slurry''. During their fight, his palm thrusts leave Chinmi writhing in pain and spitting blood, and his plan is to execute Chinmi by clapping his head in the same way he did the melon, with Chinmi having a mental image of blood ''gushing'' from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

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* TheEmpire: The story takes place in Imperial China, but the trope itself is generally averted. The Emperor of China wasn't conquering other nations, the nation serve the people well and vice versa and [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentric attitude]] aside, he's the bonafide BigGood of the setting.


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* ImperialChina: The story takes place in Imperial China, with culture, society, and conflicts generally known in this setting.
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* SugarAndIcePersonality: Hojun was ''really'' cold, stiff and serious on her whole arc. Once it ends, however, she had one CryCute moment which shows her gratitude, releasing her pressured emotion.

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* SugarAndIcePersonality: Hojun was ''really'' cold, stiff and serious on her whole arc. Once it ends, however, she had one CryCute HumanizingTears moment which shows her gratitude, releasing her pressured emotion.
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* BlindWeaponmaster: Riki, the master of [[SimpleStaff konpo staff]]. Chinmi learned how to fight with konpo staff from him.

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* BlindWeaponmaster: Riki, the master of [[SimpleStaff [[MartialArtsStaff konpo staff]]. Chinmi learned how to fight with konpo staff from him.



* HammerSpace: At one point during Journey arc while thinking how to fight a dangerous armed opponent, Chinmi suddenly reveals he's been carrying his SimpleStaff all this time despite the previous chapters never showed him carrying it, and neither do the next chapters.

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* HammerSpace: At one point during Journey arc while thinking how to fight a dangerous armed opponent, Chinmi suddenly reveals he's been carrying his SimpleStaff staff all this time despite the previous chapters never showed him carrying it, and neither do the next chapters.

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