History Webcomic / SemiAutoSemla

* CatSmile: Every now and then, courtesy of the creators' fondness for cats and the webcomic's anime style.

As noted above, the comic has one foot firmly planted in the fanservice side of things, primarily of the DamselInDistress and BoundAndGagged variety. At the same time, the comic's creators have made clear their intent to make the comic a flavourful and fun ride that would stand on its own even without these elements. This is noted in its cast having an unusually high count of action girls. From the towering Zila la Roja to the tiny but sneaky Raggamuffin Amelie, the characters are a far cry from the usual DistressedDamsel.

* DistressedDamsel: Julia is BoundAndGagged a lot but manages to escape using her wits or by pure luck.

* FailureHero: Julia is a {{downplayed}} case. She's certainly not incompetent, and she does manage to score victories. However, as far as fighting the main antagonists is concerned, she has a near-complete string of failures. [[spoiler:When given proofs of the Trevaines' wrong-doings, admittedly from a shady source, she commits the mistake of directly confronting the Trevaines alone in their manor with the only copy of the proofs and without telling anyone of her doubts. Bondage and LaserGuidedAmnesia via drugs follow suit. While she does arrest Lilja (and other mob bosses) during the Iron Tiger Tournament, it's only because Lilja was short-sighted enough to leak information about the tournament while also still attending to it in order to see Zila killed, as she thought police would arrive later. Plus, Season 3 reveals that Lilja and all the other mob bosses save for Dominica were released soon after their arrest. (And Dominica only stayed in jail because it serves the Tremaines' interests. Later, Julia fails to protect Lan-Lan when the latter gives her a meeting and Lilja's bodyguard comes to kidnap her. Ultimately, all the women kidnapped by Lilja (including Lan-Lan) escape on their own without Julia helping in the slightest.]] Moreover, a good chunk of the victories Julia scores against the Estrella Cartel in the second season happen because [[spoiler:she receives direct help from Lilja Trevaine]], therefore because it serves the interests of the antagonists.

* [[YouGottaHaveblueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Amelie's bright pink hair. People comment on it several times.
-->'''Julia:''' "Why did I trust a girl with pink hair?"

* FailureHero: Julia is a {{downplayed}} case. She's certainly not incompetent, and she does manage to score victories. However, as far as fighting the main antagonists is concerned, she has a near-complete string of failures. [[spoiler:When given proofs of the Trevaines' wrong-doings, admittedly from a shady source, she commits the mistake of directly confronting the Trevaines alone in their manor with the only copy of the proofs and without telling anyone of her doubts. Bondage and LaserGuidedAmnesia via drugs follow suit. Later, she fails to protect Lan when the latter gives her a meeting and Lilja's bodyguard comes to kidnap her. Ultimately, all the women kidnapped by Lilja (including Lan) escape on their own without Julia helping in the slightest.]] Moreover, a good chunk of the victories she scores against the Estrella Cartel in the second season happen because [[spoiler:she receives direct help from Lilja Trevaine]], therefore because it serves the interests of the antagonists.

* CultureChopSuey: Beistad has (inhales deeply)... Swedish cuisine and some names, mostly French names, some pseudo-Chinese citizens, {{Yakuza}}, and an African/Latin American-esque cartel. And the general feel of the place is closest to Hong Kong.

* ActionGirl: As noted above, they're all over the place.

* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Because most of the fanservice comes from characters getting Main/BoundAndGagged, this is the default for fanservice in this universe.

Semi-Auto Semla (SAS for short) is a currently ongoing webcomic being produced by Website/DeviantArt users Eio-Eio-Eio and Caocaothedeciever, with art from [=DAKuroihoshi=]. Originally released exclusively there, it has since been moved to its own website. Initially launched during fall 2015, it has as of this writing finished its opening volume, covering the first nine chapters, and completed up to chapter twelve of the second volume, for a total of twenty-one chapters released. Alongside that are multiple spin-off comics covering previous events, other parts of the world and annual Christmas Specials.

The webcomic can be found here: http://www.trifecta3.net/semla/

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Of the criminal variety. By this point, we have [[Main/BlueBlood the Trevaine family]] [[spoiler: hiring hackers and using the police for their war against the [[Main/TheCartel Estrella de la Manan]], with the {{Yakuza}} and the [[Main/GenericEthnicCrimeGang the Suomenajoikara]] looking on from the sidelines, with Julia in the centre of it all.]]

* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler: Lilja is revealed to be this in Volume 2. She enjoys inflicting non-consensual bondage on unwilling women, such as Coral (a kidnapped secretary who worked for Dominica) or Julia.]]

* ForeignCussWord: Dominica, upon discovering that [[spoiler: her night club the Mi Mi Mao has been set on fire]], unleashes a tirade of profanities in her native language.

* {[Yakuza}}: Have a base of operations in Beistad [[spoiler: and tell Julia about the Trevaine's criminal enterprises.]]

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: Of the criminal variety. By this point, we have [[Main/BlueBlood the Trevaine family]] [[spoiler: hiring hackers and using the police for their war against the [[Main/TheCartel Estrella de la Manan]], with the Main/TheYakuza and the [[Main/GenericEthnicCrimeGang the Suomenajoikara]] looking on from the sidelines, with Julia in the centre of it all.]]

* CultureChopSuey: Beistad has (inhales deeply)... Swedish cuisine and some names, mostly French names, some pseudo-Chinese citizens, Main/TheYakuza, and an African/Latin American-esque cartel. And the general feel of the place is closest to Hong Kong.

* MrExposition: [[Main/TheYakuza Lady Kobayashi]] exists solely to tell Julia about [[spoiler:the Trevaine's criminal enterprises.]]

* TheYakuza: Have a base of operations in Beistad [[spoiler: and tell Julia about the Trevaine's criminal enterprises.]]

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Beistad is one, [[DownplayedTrope to some extent]]. On the surface, it's a thriving city, full of colourful people and {{fanservice}}. However, it's also plagued with organized crime, and the police can barely do anything to contain the criminal syndicates due to the general corruption of the society. For instance,the beginning of Season 3 reveals that at least three mob bosses captured [[spoiler:during the Iron Tiger Tournament]] have already been released from custody not too long afterwards, and are conducting their illegal businesses as if nothing happened. Though the trope is downplayed due to the fact that the life of the average citizen of the town doesn't seem that bad... as long as they don't get involved in the shaenigans of the criminal gangs or of the main characters, in which case they are most likely to end up BoundAndGagged.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Beistad is one, [[DownplayedTrope to some extent]]. On the surface, it's a thriving city, full of colourful people and {{fanservice}}. However, it's also plagued with organized crime, and the police can barely do anything to contain the criminal syndicates due to the general corruption of the society. For instance, and even though it's to bring a comical scene, the Interlude between Season 2 and Season 3 reveals that at least two mob bosses captured [[spoiler:during the Iron Tiger Tournament]] have already been released from custody not too long afterwards, and are conducting their illegal businesses as if nothing happened. Though the trope is downplayed due to the fact that the life of the average citizen of the town doesn't seem that bad... as long as they don't get involved in the shaenigans of the criminal gangs or of the main characters, in which case they are most likely to end up BoundAndGagged.

* InternetToughGuy: xL4N [[spoiler:real name Lan Xuelan]] is a ruthless hacker and troll online and a meek and soft-spoken girl offline in a rare female example.

* MuggedForDisguise: Happens at two different points to two employees/guest performers at the Mi Mi Mao club, by both Amelie and Julia who needs their outfits to infiltrate the building. Of course, the real dancers end up BoundAndGagged in their undies.

* MuggedForDisguise: Happens to several employees/guest performers at the Mi Mi Mao club, by both Amelie and Julia.

* BoundAndGagged: As staple of the comic's pulp influence, ladies trussed up and in peril come up quite a lot. Usually played up for fan-service.
** [[spoiler:When the Beistad Colonial Police raids the Iron Tiger Tournament at the end of Volume 2, all the female attendants are ziptied hands-behind-back and tape gagged while the men are just cuffed.]]

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Beistad is, [[DownplayedTrope to some extent]]. On the surface, it's a thriving city, full of colourful people and {{fanservice}}. However, it's also plagued with organized crime, and the police can barely do anything to contain the criminal syndicates due to the general corruption of the society. For instance, and even though it's to bring a comical scene, the Interlude between Season 2 and Season 3 reveals that at least two mob bosses captured [[spoiler:during the Iron Tiger Tournament]] have already been released from custody not too long afterwards, and are conducting their business as if nothing happened. Though the trope is downplayed due to the fact that the life of the average citizen of the town doesn't seem that bad... as long as they don't get involved in the shaenigans of the criminal gangs or of the main characters, in which case they are most likely to end up BoundAndGagged.

** In general, every unnamed side character who ends up BoundAndGagged at some point may qualify, especially since most of them are noticiably buxom and the way they're drawn emphatizies their behinds and breasts.

* MsFanservice: Almost all the young adult and adult female characters and extras are noticiably buxom and the way they're drawn emphasizies their behinds and breasts.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Beistad is, [[DownplayedTrope to some extent]]. On the surface, it's a thriving city, full of colourful people and {{fanservice}}. However, it's also plagued by organized crime, and the police can barely do anything to contain the criminal syndicates due to the general corruption of the society. For instance, and even though it's to bring a comical scene, the Interlude between Season 2 and Season 3 reveals that at least one mob boss captured [[spoiler:during the Iron Tiger Tournament]] has already been released from custody and is conducting her business as if nothing happened. Though the trope is downplayed due to the fact that the life of the average citizen of the town doesn't seem that bad... as long as they don't get involved in the shaenigans of the criminal gangs or the main characters, in which case they are most likely to end up BoundAndGagged.

** Francois, as he is only doing what he's doing to cover a debt he owns to powerful and dangerous people, so he kidnapped Lilja for ransom, the thing is that Lilja was taken away from him by Zila la Roja and needs to recover her. in fact, he`s so affable that it`s a stretch to call him evil. [[spoiler:When the Mi Mi Mao club starts to burn because of Amelie's hijinks]], he chooses to save all the innocent bystanders that ended up BoundAndGagged because of his schemes, even though he has to let the money burn because of it.

* MrExposition: [[Main/TheYakuza Lady Kobayashi]] exists solely to tell Julia about [[spoiler:the Trevaine`s criminal enterprises.]]

* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Lilja Tremaine]] oozes smug satisfaction when she's in control, and she thinks that her plans make her a great [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] that will destroy the Estrella de la Manann cartel in Beistad. However, while she manages to achieve repeated successes by using Julia as an UnwittingPawn [[spoiler:and to ultimately cause Dominica Diaz's arrest]], her short-sightedness and arrogance make her far less efficient than she thinks she is. Best examplified during the Iron Tiger Tournament, when she refuses to leave the place before witnessing Zila being killed because she seriously underestimates the BCP's speed of action. Even though she knows they will come, as she's the one who revealed to them the location of the building where the tournament was taking place. The fact that she didn't know that having the BCP crash the Tournament would hurt her family's incomes also shows she's not as smart as she thinks she is.

* TheYakuza: Have a base of operations in Beistad [[spoiler: and tell Julia about the Trevaine`s criminal enterprises.]]

* AncientConspiracy: A downplayed example. [[spoiler: The Trevaine`s aren`t exactly ancient, but their family is pretty old and they run Beistads legal and illegal enterprises.]]

* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler:The entire conflict between the Trevaine family and the Estrella de Manan Cartel is portrayed as this.]] Both sides are criminal syndicates fighting for the control of Beistad's underbelly, while Julia is caught in the crossfire.

* CultureChopSuey: Beistad has (inhales deeply)... Swedish cuisine and some names, mostly French names, some pseudo-Chinese citizens, the Main/TheYakuza, and an African/Latin American-esque cartel. And the general feel of the place is closest to Hong Kong.

* CultureChopSuey: Beistad has (inhales deeply)... Swedish cuisine and some names, mostly French names, some pseudo-Chinese citizens, the Main/Yakuza, and an African/Latin American cartel. And the general feel of the place is closest to Hong Kong.

** Francois, as he is only doing what he's doing to cover a debt he owns to powerful and dangerous people, so he kidnapped Lilja for ransom, the thing is that Lilja was taken away from him by Zila la Roja and needs to recover her. [[spoiler:When the Mi Mi Mao club starts to burn because of Amelie's hijinks]], he chooses to save all the innocent bystanders that ended up BoundAndGagged because of his schemes, even though he has to let the money burn because of it.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: François Chevalier's known crimes include identity theft, kidnapping, larceny, extortion, illegal trafficking, piracy, LITERAL piracy and ''reckless use of duct tape''.

** Megan as well, since all here customers insist on leaving her Main/BoundAndGagged

* GenericEthnicCrimegang: Most notably [[TheCartel the Estrella Cartel]] but the Suomenajokoira, from a Lapland Main/FantasyCounterpartCulture, also count.

* MobWar: Lilja's kidnapping, and therefore the whole plot, is kickstarted by the beginning of the war between the [[spoiler:Trevaine family]] who rules Beistad and the Estrella de Manan cartel who longs to overthrow them.

* FantasticRacism: The ''Kampuneans'' (people from a Latin America or Africa equivalent) get no love from most of Beistad and most of the crime is blamed on them.

* GenericEthnicCrimegang: Most notably [[TheCartel the Estrella Cartel]] but the Suomenajokoira,from a Lapland Main/FantasyCounterpartCulture, also count.