Samurai Princess

Raeka: It’s time for a lesson in honour and grace!

Samurai Princess is an on-going magical girl, adventure web comic by Richard Davies and Kailin Scott that started in January 2010. It is a hybrid of light hearted adventure with odd battles and darker themes.

Princess Raeka's world is turned upside-down when a strange man steals her crown to fulfill his own selfish desires. Always one that prefers taking matters into her own hands, she vows to track down the thief and restore order to her kingdom. However, as word spreads about the princess' missing treasure and the handsome price tag attached to it, chaos erupts throughout the land and all manner of crazy individuals seek not only her riches, but also the princess herself...

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Tropes:

• Abusive Parents: Jacquline’s Father and some of the fan reaction to how Lyonel’s village raises the young males.
• All There in the Manual: Things like character ages can only be found on the cast page.
• Badass Princess:Princess Raeka.
• Bad Boss: King Tobias to Fawdry and Fawdry to Nick and the others in his bar.
• Blue Eyes: Austin has icy blue, Raeka’s mom has a more normal blue.
• Cheerful Child: Jacquline. Raeka may also qualify.
• Clothing Damage:Master of Parade Balloon Animals to the delight of fans.

and they stay damaged for the rest of her time in the scene.

• Curtains Match the Window: The Flavour Squad thus far.
• Does Not Like Shoes: Itchyknee-San
• Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off: Raeka to Ichyknee-san on this page. But, not directly quoted.
• Hair Decorations: Jacquline is known for wearing a fish shaped hair pin which has become a fan focus for that character.
• Everything's Better with Princesses: Just look at the title of this comic.
• Everything's Better with Samurai: Once again, look at the title.
• Everything's Worse with Bears: This page.
• Exact Eavesdropping: Itchyknee-san just happens to be close enough to hear Raeka swear a royal revenge in the middle of the woods.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Master of Parade Balloon Animals.
• Flower Motifs: Raeka's magical girl transformation and dramatic scenes are decorated with carnations.

Someone seems to be tailing her by following odd occurrences of carnation petals.

• Formally-Named Pet: Mr. Fluffycuddles; Nick's pet raccoon.
• Giant Enemy Crab: MASSIVE ANTAGONISTIC CRUSTACAEN!
• Girlish Pigtails: Jacquline after her Traumatic Haircut
• Green Eyes: Raeka, Nick, Raeka’s dad.
• Groin Attack: Jacquline to Austin after she finds out he was lying about being her brother.
• Highly-Visible Ninja: Lyonel qualifies.
• Kid Samurai: Raeka
• Little Miss Badass: Raeka qualifies for this trope.
• Magical Girl: Princess Raeka including obligatory transformation scene.
• Mood Whiplash: Any time Fawdry and his gang appear. Several massive ones appear in chapter 6. Seeing a dead body that may or may not be Lyonel's brother and then an inspirationl rainbow
• New Powers as the Plot Demands: Often, if not always, Raeka is bestowed with abilities via magical items; some of which are reminiscent of the Zelda games.
• Noble Savage: Lyonel's tribe who embrace The Law of The Jungle - see The Jungle Book.
• OOC Is Serious Business: Raeka starts acting oddly in chapter 6. Everyone notices.
• Oddly Visible Eyebrows: Invoked due to art style but most noticeable on male characters and Nick, averted for Master of Parade Balloon Animals.
• Overly Long Name: Master of Parade Balloon Animals, most people just shorten it to Balloon Lady.
• Parental Abandonment: Jacquline’s mom due to her abusive husband.
• Power Dyes Your Hair: Part of Raeka's Power Makeover.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: Also part of Raeka's Power Makeover.
• Punny Name: Itchyknee-san
• Rapunzel Hair: Raeka as part of her Power Makeover and Jacquline before her Traumatic Haircut
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: The titular Samurai Princess: Raeka. Her parents also seem to do more than sit in the palace doing nothing.
• Scary Shiny Glasses: Fawdry
• Shout-Out: To One Piece, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, and one long shout out to Pokemon. Just to name a few.
• Silent Snarker: Mr Fluffycuddles
• The Power of Friendship: Itchyknee-san and Master of Parade Balloon Animals are taught a lesson in honour and grace.
• Three Amigos: Raeka, Jacquline and Lyonel
• Token Mini-Moe: Jacquline is very much the the mini moe.
• Tomboy Princess: Princess Raeka is of the Tomboy and Girly Girl combination variety.
• Trolling Creator: When Jacquline fell off the cliff side the artist talked about how she has just finished watching Puella Magi Madoka Magica. The writer said all he had written for the next page notes was the word SPLAT!
• Traumatic Haircut: Jacquline gets her braids accidentally chopped off by Lyonel’s wayward boomerang
• Villains Out Shopping: Nick and Fluffycuddles
• Waxing Lyrical: We are, we are on a cruise!
• White-Haired Pretty Boy: Austin
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Raeka has purple, Jacquline has silver (at a young age), Austin has white, and Raeka’s mother has pinkish/purple hair.