D-Frag

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Kenji Kazama fancies himself as a delinquent. Given the company he keeps, its not too surprising how everyone else sees him like as that too, but he doesn't really mind. He was perfectly content spending his school days skipping classes and hanging around with his two buddies Yokushima and Nakayama, who round off the so-called "Kazama Gang".

Until, that is, he and his buddies make the mistake of visiting the room of the "Game Development Club". Made up of four really strange girls, before the day is done poor Kenji is "convinced" to join the said club. While one would think it would be a blessing of sorts of be surrounded by four attractive girls, their combined eccentricities ensure that, whatever passed as normal for Kenji's life before, it's pretty much over.

Penned and drawn by Tomoya Haruno, to say that D-Frag! (or D-Fragments) is an oddball comedy is severely understating things. While it has only five published volumes so far, it also has spawned at least two drama CDs.

Compare and contrast with Fujimura-kun Mates, which takes a similar situation (a delinquent meeting a strange girl) and Boke and Tsukkomi Routine comedy structure, but goes off into another direction instead (in that case, full on harem rom-com).

Tropes used in D-Frag include:

• And Zoidberg: Shiou is technically a member of the Game Development Club (temp), but is never informed about group activities. His official seat is in the corner behind the bookcase.
• Badass: Shawn Conecone.
• Bound and Gagged: This happens a lot to Kazama and Takao.
• Butt Monkey: Takao, the creator of the real Game Development Club.
• Chekhov's Gunman: Takao's mother, who is the woman who abandoned Kazama and his friends (along with an old man in a power ranger-style suit) on top of a burning rooftop (they were luckily saved by Shawn Conecone), is one of the opponents during the race for the legendary spring water that turns out to be a fake. Earlier on, Kenji recounts a story during a contest for one of the girls' pouches where he found money belonging to a little girl named Tama-chan, and handed it in to lost and found. Turns out Tama-chan wasn't a little girl after all, and she has a beef with the creators of the Game Development Club (temp).
• Cloudcuckoolander: Almost everyone.
• Delinquents: The Kazama Gang. Kenji's mother used to be one. They aren't alone, either; literally everyone at the school aside from Funabori is either a member of a delinquent group or might as well be.
• Distressed Dude: While Kazama can hold his own in a fight, he tends to get kidnapped or is held hostage.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: A Running Gag is that Kazama Kenji's reputation is kinda nonexistent and that he doesn't really stand out.
• Elemental Powers: The girls of the Game Development Club (temp) think they have one each.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Shinsen, the former student council secretary, is called Pukey by just about everyone.
• The Faceless: Kenji's childhood friend. Makes sense, since Roka bagged her before her face could be shown.
• Fetish: Tama-sempai apparently gets turned on if an underclassman refers to her by the -chan suffix. During the contest and battle that follows between her and the main characters, she constantly tries to get Kenji to call her by the -chan suffix.
• Friendly Enemy: Takao is still the captain of the Real Game Development Club. Tama also starts hanging out with Kazama's harem after the former student council is defeated.
• Gag Boobs: Takao's amazing pair of knockers.
• Insistent Terminology: Tama is exceptionally keen on having Kazama call her Tama-chan, despite being his senior.
• Improvised Weapon: Takao and her.... zipper.
• Last-Name Basis: Takao and Funabori are only known by their family names.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Shiou doesn't get many memos.
• Mundane Made Awesome: The whole tournament, never has musical chairs been so serious and dirty at the same time
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Shawn Conecone.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Even Shinsen's manager at work thinks of her as Pukey.
• Only Sane Man: Kenji. As his sister and mother shows, it's a family trait. Funabori also qualifies.
  • Not So Above It All: Both Kazama siblings when suitably angered.
• Open Secret: Chitose having the soil element, Roka being the secret boss of the school.
• Selective Obliviousness: Roka refuses to acknowledge Shiou's existence.
• Spiky Hair: While not exactly anime hair, Kenji's hair is very spiky, to the point it might be a parody. This is a family trait as his sister and mother also have spiky hair.
• Stockholm Syndrome: Kazama towards the Game Development Club (temp).
• Tournament Arc: Possibly the most pointless tournament ever.
• Insane Troll Logic: Kazama during the tournament Deny luck of the past to get luck in the present
• Unwanted Harem: Kenji may be getting one. Takao is clearly interested in him, and some of the Game Development Club girls (mostly Roka) may be interested in him as well. And judging from one of the recent chapters, Tama-sempai AKA Tama-chan may be interested in him as well.
• Romanticized Abuse: Chitose abuses Ataru.
• Victory Pose: The girls do this while claiming that they're sorry for trying to blackmail, or failing that, eliminate Mogusa-chan, Kenji's childhood friend.
• Weapon of Choice: Roka with her bag, the president with her dirt, the teacher with her taser and Sakura with her water... though it seems to be more of a psychological weapon.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl: Volume 5's cover reveals that Tama-sempai's hair is bleached white.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: While some of the girls have natural (if implausible for native Japanese) hair colors — Roka having blonde hair for example — we also have unorthodox colors like Sakura's bright pink or Shinsen's dark rose.