History Webcomic / TheGodOfHighSchool

* LevelUp: Each person in the tournament was given a level shown on their wristband based on sheer physical prowess. [[spoiler:The first case of this is when Mori first uses his legs in the tournament, making his level jump from a measly 6 to a sky-high ''13!'']] Being the type of series this is, prepare to watch those levels skyrocket as time goes on.

* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:Taejin Park, Mujin's daughter, considers both her biological father Mujin and her adoptive father Mori to be her fathers with Anhan as her adoptive mother. However, she despises Mujin for being the worst mass murderer in history and considers herself a cursed child for resembling him and inheriting his powers.]]

* NeverGrewUp: [[spoiler:Taejin Park]] was born with myriad physical deformities that have prevented her from growing up past the age of 5 or 6. She struggles to fit in with anyone her apparent age and is still the size of a small child at 17. Her feelings of isolation are only intensified by her resemblance to [[spoiler:Mubong/Mujin Park, her biological father]].

* BattleAura: Every important character has one in the form of their Charyeok (borrowed power) in the shape of their avatar save Mori and his grandfather.

** That picture of the flattened island in the first chapter was the first example of Charyeok seen in the series, a fact that wasn't revealed until several dozen chapters later.
** There's also the GP measurement on the wristbands. [[spoiler: Both the rating and the wristband turn out to be this. The former is short for "God Points" and measures the power of one's Charyeok The latter is a PowerLimiter for the Judges.]]

* CrossoverCosmology: All mythological figures and deities are real and a select few martial artists have the ability to use their powers to supplement their own abilities through a [[SupernaturalMartialArts technique known as Charyeok]]. At least one of the obvious contradictions this presents is addressed by Nox, an Abrahamic ApocalypseCult which views all other Charyeok users as heathens.

* FightingSpirit: Charyeok fighters are somewhere between this and SummonMagic or GuardianEntity. The actual power comes from whatever god, monster, or spirit they've contracted, but almost everything about the power (from effectiveness, to form, to power level, to versatility) is determined by the user's skill, preferenecs, and PowerLevel.

* GuardianEntity: Charyeok is a [[SupernaturalMartialArts supernatural martial art]] that allows its users to borrow power from mythological entities and occasionally have them assist in fights as avatars.

* HealingHands: Each fighter in the God Of High School tournament is given nanomachines that allow them to heal most normal injuries in this fashion, but severe damage like lost limbs, internal bleeding, and damage inflicted by Charyeok are far more difficult to heal. This is Daewi's motivation for entering the tournament, as he hoped that this technology would save his dying friend.

* OneManArmy: Anyone with Charyeok becomes this versus normal humans.
* PowerLevel: Each contestant of the tournament is given a wristband that measures their physical prowess in the form of a level. The main character, Jin Mori, begins as a Level 6. [[spoiler: The other value, GP (God Points) is a measure of the power of one's Charyeok.]] Being a battle series, expect these levels to inflate dramatically over the course of the story.

* SupernaturalMartialArts: The series revolves around Charyeok, a supernatural martial art that allows users to borrow power from [[AllMythsAreTrue mythological entities]] to enhance their own abilities.

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: '''''EVERYWHERE!''''' For example, the protagonist, Jin Mori, apparently uses a form of Tae Kwan Do in which one becomes capable of generating tornadoes with a single kick to knock opponents skyward before riding said tornado to kick them back to the ground, which leaves the victim spinning on the ground unconscious but alive. And that's without magic.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official English translation is rather rough early on, with several grammatical errors, though it does get better.
** Rather rough is a severe understatement. Some sections are physically painful to read and you may get a migraine trying to parse the broken English by chapter 10. It does indeed get better later, but it's a good idea to turn your brain off and just enjoy the pretty fights for the first 50 chapters or so.

* JerkassGods: [[spoiler: You'd be hard-pressed to find one god in this universe that ''isn't'' an example of this trope. Specially during Ragnarök: as each of the Heavenly Realm gods arrive in Earth, it's almost scary how interested they seem in messing up whatever is in front of them.]]

* KillerRabbit: Haetae, Han Daewi's Charyeok/borrowed power, looks pretty cute, specially compared to some of the other creatures that show up in the series. Even its abilities end up being mostly used for defense and support purposes. [[spoiler:This quickly changes once Daewi gets the Jade Emperor's powers and makes a direct contract with Hae-Tae, when, alongside his normal water manipulation abilities, he becomes capable of firing ''light beams'' from his mouth just like Executive O's dragon, Changsik - but in an even greater scale, capable of stunning even gods.]]

* {{Nosebleed}}: used just once, but to hilarious effect, after a transformation sequence resulted in a final form that one character apparently found quite attractive.

* {{Sadist}}: Jaegal Taek, full stop. Noteworthy among the series' {{Big Bad}}s for being motivated almost ''solely'' by lust for power and a desire to hurt others, rather than having any sympathetic goals or traits.

* CasualSportsJersey: Baek Sung-Chul is an eccentric badass genius who carries around a baseball bat, which he uses to beat up criminals or people who pick fights with him. He is solely seen wearing red athletic jerseys, even in school, which just adds to his weirdness.

* DeusExNukina: [[spoiler: When things began to escalate in Korea, the resident Obama-{{Expy}} ordered every nuke to be fired at it to decisively end the crisis. Luckily, this was averted by the timely intervention of Jun-Sae-Jin, leading magician of The Six, who prevented the destruction of Korea and saved the heroes at the cost of Seoul's infrastructure.]] Prior to this, Bak-Mu-Bong informed him that the tactical nuke had lost its effectiveness as a weapon due to the rise of borrowed powers.

* HealingHands: Each fighter in the God Of High School tournament is given nanomachines that allow them to heal most normal injuries in this fashion, but severe damage like lost limbs, internal bleeding, and damage inflicted by Charyeok are far more difficult to heal. [[spoiler:This is Daewi's motivation for entering the tournament, as he hoped that this technology would save his dying friend.]]

* KillerRabbit: Haetae, [[spoiler: Han Daewi's Charyeok/borrowed power]], looks pretty cute, specially compared to some of the other creatures that show up in the series. Even its abilities end up being mostly used for defense and support purposes. [[spoiler: This quickly changes once Daewi gets the Jade Emperor's powers and makes a direct contract with Hae-Tae, when, alongside his normal water manipulation abilities, he becomes capable of firing ''light beams'' from his mouth just like Executive O's dragon, Chang-Sik - but in an even greater scale, capable of stunning even gods.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Sang Mandeok's sister, Sang Mansuk, is one, of the PosthumousCharacter variety. Although her existence was only clearly revealed in recent chapters, we discover her death by the hands of Beelzebub is the main reason behind Mu-Bong Park's hate for gods and therefore many of the events that happen throughout the webtoon. ]]

* {{Sadist}}: Taek Jaegal, full stop. Noteworthy among the [[spoiler:series' BigBads]] for being motivated almost ''solely'' by lust for power and a desire to hurt others, rather than having any sympathetic goals or traits.

Around the same time, a certain teenager named Jin-Mori is beating up several delinquents with his grandfather's brand of Tae Kwon Do. With a record of 299 fights, 297 wins, 2 ties, and 0 losses, he's happy to declare himself the strongest around.

** Dean, who after growing up with a crippling illness and having it cured loves fighting because it lets him use his body to its full. He's especially exhilarated by strong opponents, to the point of being delighted to face Mori Jin at his most determined. [[spoiler:''Twice'']].

** [[spoiler: Han Daewi starts off the World Tournament arc of the webtoon with only one eye, after losing it in the climax of Chapter 3. Even with it obviously becoming a big handicap specially by the start of the arc, it motivates him to train his fundamental martial arts skills and eventually pull his weight during the tournament.]]

* IHatePastMe: Mori Jin realizes more and more that [[spoiler:as the Monkey King]] he was a terrible person, neglecting his friends and allies in favor of [[BloodKnight seeking out good fights]]. [[spoiler:When he finally meets his past self/memories, he punches him right in the face for being such a jerk.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Man-Deok Sang's sister, Mansuk Sang is one, of the PosthumousCharacter variety. Although her existence was only clearly revealed in recent chapters, we discover her death by the hands of Beelzebub is the main reason behind Mu-Bong Park's hate for gods and therefore many of the events that happen throughout the webtoon. ]]

Around the same time, a certain teenager named Jin-Mo-Ri is beating up several delinquents with his grandfather's brand of Tae Kwon Do. With a record of 299 fights, 297 wins, 2 ties, and 0 losses, he's happy to declare himself the strongest around.

On his way home, a strange, blond-haired man in a suit comes to him out of nowhere, declaring that he's worthy enough to enter a new martial arts tournament called "[[TitleDrop The God of High School]]", meant to enlist the best and brightest fighters of Korea for a chance at anything the winner desires. When Mo-Ri decides to simply ignore the man, the latter punches a path through an entire forest without touching a single tree, leaving a cut on our hero's cheek.

Impressed by the move, the teen agrees to participate if the mysterious man was able to beat him. Mo-Ri loses spectacularly. But when he comes to, he's absolutely ecstatic since he's finally found someone able to challenge him in a fight. So, this story begins.

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: '''''EVERYWHERE!''''' For example, the protagonist, Jin Mo-Ri, apparently uses a form of Tae Kwan Do in which one becomes capable of generating tornadoes with a single kick to knock opponents skyward before riding said tornado to kick them back to the ground, which leaves the victim spinning on the ground unconscious but alive. And that's without magic.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Not even counting the magic feats, but more than half of the stuff people do here should not be possible in real life without major repercussions - Newton's third law, anyone? The author even recognizes it at one point: during [[spoiler: Ragnarök, when 666:Satan makes ''Jupiter'' crash on Mars, in response to Dae-Wi using an ability to toss the latter on Earth. Which doesn't really make sense, as the author admits by the end of Episode 283, since Jupiter is a gas giant. ]]

* BattleAura: Every important character has one in the form of their Charyeok (borrowed power) in the shape of their avatar save Mo-Ri and his grandfather.

** Mo-Ri Jin is a downplayed example, as while he loves fighting strong opponents it comes second to his objectives, typically helping his friends. [[spoiler:Historically, however, his priorities were the opposite.]]

* ChaseScene: The series has one pretty early on, with Mo-Ri Jin pursuing a thief on a motorcycle... in his [[UnconventionalVehicleChase bike]]. It ends up being how he, Mi-Ra Yu and Dae-Wi Han meet for the first time.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Jin Mo-Ri is Sanguine, Yu Mi-Ra is Choleric, Han Dae-Wi is Melancholic, Park Il-Pyo is Phlegmatic.
* FullNameBasis: Due to Korean naming conventions, this is quite frequent. [[spoiler: Made necessary after the creation of Mo-Ri Hui to distinguish between him and the original.]]

** [[spoiler: Han Dae-Wi starts off the World Tournament arc of the webtoon with only one eye, after losing it in the climax of Chapter 3. Even with it obviously becoming a big handicap specially by the start of the arc, it motivates him to train his fundamental martial arts skills and eventually pull his weight during the tournament.]]
** A significant example of this trope is [[spoiler: Tae-Jin Jin, Mo-Ri Jin's grandfather. He loses his arm while fighting Man-Duk Sang, and he does not become one centimeter less badass compared to when he had both arms. Besides the fact most characters continue being as intimidated by him as they were before he was handicapped, the man proves how badass by using his time imprisoned by Nox ''to train on how to compensate for his missing arm'', adapting his martial arts techniques to his new sense of balance.]]
* HealingHands: Each fighter in the God Of High School tournament is given nanomachines that allow them to heal most normal injuries in this fashion, but severe damage like lost limbs, internal bleeding, and damage inflicted by Charyeok are far more difficult to heal. [[spoiler:This is Dae-Wi's motivation for entering the tournament, as he hoped that this technology would save his dying friend.]]

* KillerRabbit: Haetae, [[spoiler: Han Dae-Wi's Charyeok/borrowed power]], looks pretty cute, specially compared to some of the other creatures that show up in the series. Even its abilities end up being mostly used for defense and support purposes. [[spoiler: This quickly changes once Dae-Wi gets the Jade Emperor's powers and makes a direct contract with Hae-Tae, when, alongside his normal water manipulation abilities, he becomes capable of firing ''light beams'' from his mouth just like Executive O's dragon, Chang-Sik - but in an even greater scale, capable of stunning even gods.]]
* LevelUp: Each person in the tournament was given a level shown on their wristband based on sheer physical prowess. [[spoiler:The first case of this is when Mo-Ri first uses his legs in the tournament, making his level jump from a measly 6 to a sky-high ''13!'']] Being the type of series this is, prepare to watch those levels skyrocket as time goes on.

** Although it does take a while (more than 100 episodes), the [[spoiler: Monkey King's Yeoui (or Ruyi Jingu, as it's commonly known)]] is almost always around after [[spoiler: Mo-Ri Jin regains his memories]].

* PowerLevel: Each contestant of the tournament is given a wristband that measures their physical prowess in the form of a level. The main character, Jin Mo-Ri, begins as a Level 6. [[spoiler: The other value, GP (God Points) is a measure of the power of one's Charyeok.]] Being a battle series, expect these levels to inflate dramatically over the course of the story.

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The initial arcs work like this. While the primary focus is on Mo-ri, Dae-wi, and Mi-ra as they participate in the actual tournament, the secondary focus is given to the judges as they do battle with Nox, Q and O in particular.

* WeDidntStartTheFuhrer: Well, we've only got [[ConsummateLiar Mubong Park]]'s word for this, but according to him [[spoiler:Nox]] is responsible for almost every major disaster and war in history and myth [[spoiler:in order to supply the gods with vital energy]]. WWII is one of the specific examples he lists.

* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: How time flows in the Sage Realm compared to the Human world, in which one hour is equivalent to a day's time.]]

* NotSoDifferent: Doubling as last words, no less.

* NotSoDifferent: Doubling as FamousLastWords no less.

An anime adaptation produced by Creator/{{MAPPA}} in cooperation with Crunchyroll began July 2020.

* {{Nosebleed}}: used just once, but to [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious effect]], after a transformation sequence resulted in a final form that one character apparently found quite attractive.

An anime adaptation produced by Creator/{{MAPPA}} began July 2020.