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** Completely flipped in the English dub, where every character ''retains'' their voice actor from the OVA's, with one exception. The odd one out? Ritsuko.[[note]] (the recast was due to Jessica Calvello's retirement; however, new CV Anna Morrow was ''such'' a dead-ringer for Ms Calvello that most people wouldn't notice a difference)[[]]

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** Completely flipped in the English dub, where every character ''retains'' their voice actor from the OVA's, with one exception. The odd one out? Ritsuko.[[note]] (the recast was due to Jessica Calvello's retirement; however, new CV Anna Morrow was ''such'' a dead-ringer for Ms Calvello that most people wouldn't notice a difference)[[]]difference)[[/note]]
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* OnTheNext: Even the new ''[=KujiUn=]'' is still a ShowWithinAShow, as the characters from ''Genshiken'' are discussing the show's progress over the previews.

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* OnTheNext: Even the new ''[=KujiUn=]'' is still a ShowWithinAShow, as the characters from ''Genshiken'' ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' are discussing the show's progress over the previews.



** Completely flipped in the English dub, where every character but one retains their actor from the OVA. The odd one out? Ritsuko.

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** Completely flipped in the English dub, where every character but one retains ''retains'' their voice actor from the OVA.OVA's, with one exception. The odd one out? Ritsuko.[[note]] (the recast was due to Jessica Calvello's retirement; however, new CV Anna Morrow was ''such'' a dead-ringer for Ms Calvello that most people wouldn't notice a difference)[[]]
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''Aime/KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

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''Aime/KujibikiUnbalance'' ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.
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''KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every [[AnimeGenres anime genre]] and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

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''KujibikiUnbalance'' ''Aime/KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every [[AnimeGenres anime genre]] {{anime genre|s}} and [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.



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* RolePlayingGameTerms: (including RPGMechanicsVerse: Including explicitly "HP" and "MP")"MP".
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* SchoolgirlRival: (for TheDitz, of all characters)

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kasumi, the vice-president.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kasumi, the vice-president. While Ritsuko is aloof by duty, she seems to be so by nature.

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Tall, Dark And Bishoujo is now Aloof Dark Haired Girl. \"Trope Codifier\" and \"Character Exageration\" were being misused.


* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Not the TropeNamer, but could be seen as TropeCodifier, even as it [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the whole concept.

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* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Not the TropeNamer, but could be seen as TropeCodifier, even as it Taken to an extreme and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] lampshaded]]. The group chosen by the whole concept.Kujibiki have powers and prestige comparable to a national government.



* CharacterExaggeration



* CookingDuel: (it's an ''entire series'' of Cooking Duels)

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* CookingDuel: (it's The original idea was an ''entire series'' of Cooking Duels)Duels.



* TheDragon: Ritsuko



* EmotionlessGirl: Several, Ritsuko being most prominent.

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* EmotionlessGirl: Several, Ritsuko being most prominent.at first, and to a lesser extent her assistants.



* TallDarkAndBishoujo



* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Kasumi, the vice-president.



* CannotSpitItOut: Tokino believes this is one of the problems between Chihiro and Ritsuko. Averted with Tokino herself, [[spoiler: who confesses to Chihiro at the end of episode 8.]]

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* CannotSpitItOut: Tokino believes this is one of the problems between Chihiro and Ritsuko. Averted with Tokino herself, [[spoiler: who [[spoiler:Tokino herself finally confesses to Chihiro at the end of episode 8.]]



* ContrivedCoincidence: When Koyuki was trying to get a scoop for the newspaper club, she wanted him to cover her having special abilities as the story. And just as she does that, a UFO lands, and a giant robot attacks them, conveniently giving her a chance to show her powers to him, as well as provide an even more awesome story to cover.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: When Koyuki was trying to get a scoop for the newspaper club, she wanted him to cover her having special psychic abilities as the story. And just as she does that, a UFO lands, and a giant robot attacks them, conveniently giving her a chance to show her powers to him, as well as provide an even more awesome story to cover.



* MegaNekko: Komaki, although [[spoiler: she takes them off when she's in ninja mode.]]

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* MegaNekko: Meganekko: Komaki, although [[spoiler: she takes them off when she's in ninja mode.]]



* MythologyGag: Several elements from the original series reappear in different forms, such as the aliens (now friendly), Alex (now the Student Council secretary and a ''dog'') and Renko's dumb muscle (now a pair of robots she creates).

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* MythologyGag: Several elements from the original series reappear in different forms, such as the aliens (now friendly), (who become friendly in their second appearance), Alex (now the Student Council secretary and a ''dog'') and Renko's dumb muscle (now a pair of robots she creates).



* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Ritsuko

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* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: RitsukoRitsuko. She does not allow herself to show kindness or indecisiveness as a requirement of the office. In the end she is glad to leave the position for her successors.
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* CuteShotaroBoy: (Although, he is taller then all of the girls. Blame GenericCuteness / OnlySixFaces.)

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* BottleFairy


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl

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* LoveHurts: Tokino doesn't seem very happy when she sees Chihiro walking Ritsuko with an umbrella to her car in episode 4 in the rain. She later has the same feeling when Ritsuko takes him as her dance partner in episode 8.

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* LoveHurts: Tokino doesn't seem very happy when she sees [[UmbrellaOfTogetherness Chihiro walking Ritsuko with an umbrella umbrella]] to her car in episode 4 in the rain. She later has the same feeling when Ritsuko takes him as her dance partner in episode 8.


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* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: In episode 4, Chihiro offers to take Ritsuko towards her car with the umbrella she loaned to him and Tokino, as she still has to walk a bit in the rain to get to the car picking her up. Tokino seems uneasy when she [[LoveHurts sees him doing this with Ritsuko.]]
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When Koyuki is kidnapped in episode 10, Chihiro and the others are told not to do anything about it, as the current student council was trying to resolve the situation. However, their first plan didn't exactly go very well either, so Chihiro, Tokino, and Renko all decide to rescue Koyuki themselves. They finish the job just as the student council's Plan B kicked in, and a lot of guards arrive at the building.

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* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Chihiro does this for Koyuki.



* ShrinkingViolet: Koyuki.

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* ShrinkingViolet: Koyuki.Koyuki, who's often hiding behind Chihiro.
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* ButtMonkey: Yamada towards Renko.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Tokino believes this is one of the problems between Chihiro and Ritsuko. Averted with Tokino herself, [[spoiler: who confesses to Chihiro at the end of episode 8.]]


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* NiceGuy: Chihiro, and [[spoiler: Ritsuko's fiance, surprisingly enough. Unlike other shows of this type where said fiance's are usually {{JerkAss}}es, he's the one who allows Chihiro and Tokino into Ritsuko's private birthday party, he doesn't get jealous or angry when Ritsuko dances with Chihiro, and he kindly points out that Tokino's unease at seeing her two friends so close is [[LoveEpiphany her own feelings towards]] Chihiro surfacing.]]


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* UnrequitedLove: After Tokino confesses her feelings to him, Chihiro seems a little uneasy around her when they're alone. Both Chihiro and Ritsuko seem to feel this way towards each other as well, [[spoiler: although Ritsuko being in an ArrangedMarriage doesn't help matters.]]
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** Chihiro gives one to his friends at the end of episode 11 [[when he says he's thinking about giving up the student council president candidate position]].

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** Chihiro gives one to his friends at the end of episode 11 [[when [[spoiler: when he says he's thinking about giving up the student council president candidate position]].
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Koyuki's brother has one, which he uses to slice off Izumi's goggles in episode 10 with.


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* ContrivedCoincidence: When Koyuki was trying to get a scoop for the newspaper club, she wanted him to cover her having special abilities as the story. And just as she does that, a UFO lands, and a giant robot attacks them, conveniently giving her a chance to show her powers to him, as well as provide an even more awesome story to cover.
* CursedWithAwesome: Koyuki's [[spoiler: ESP, which allows her to teleport, as well as move objects without touching them.]] She feels alienated because of said power, until Chihiro tells her otherwise.


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* GadgeteerGenius: Renko invents some really weird things, but they usually turn out to be useful for whatever situation they're in at the time.


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* IJustWantToBeNormal: Koyuki at first, until Chihiro talks to her about her "abilities".


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* MegaNekko: Komaki, although [[spoiler: she takes them off when she's in ninja mode.]]


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* ScaryShinyGlasses: Chihiro does this briefly in episode 10, but then reveals he's still the same guy to Koyuki.


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* ThePowerOfFriendship: Used a few times, once on Renko in episode 5, later on Izumi in episode 7, and then on Koyuki in episode 10.

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* ActionGirl: Izumi Tachibana, and [[spoiler: Komaki, Koyuki's sister who's the chef at the restaurant they regularly visit.]]



* ArmorPiercingSlap: Renko delivers one to Tokino in episode 5, and Ritsuko does one to the vice president in episode 10.



* BerserkButton: Don't threaten or try to hurt Chihiro in front of Koyuki, whether your a bad ass ninja, or a powerful alien robot. Just don't.



** Yamada acts this way towards Renko in episode 9 when the latter creates some more robots. Ironically, said robots were intended to help Yamada, but she takes it the wrong way, and feels Renko is trying to replace her.



* TheDeterminator: Chihiro manages to make his way through the attack being used on him in episode 10 [[spoiler: by a mind controlled Koyuki, who's being manipulated by her brother to attack them.]]



* ElevatorSchool

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* ElevatorSchoolDullEyesOfUnhappiness: Koyuki displays them in episode 10.
* ElevatorSchool: Played straight with Koyuki. But the name is played with when Chihiro and Tokino are wandering around and taking an elevator to various floors at the school, such as an aquarium and a bowling alley.


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* HeroicBSOD: The main characters suffer through these at various points in the show. They usually snap out of it shortly afterwards, except in episode 11.


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Invoked by Tokino [[spoiler: in episode 12, when she tearfully tells Ritsuko that Chihiro loves her, and that she's the only one that can snap him out of his current HeroicBSOD.]] Ritsuko herself does it a few moments later [[spoiler: largely by going overseas to study, partly because she wants to learn more, and partly so she's not in Tokino's way.]]


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* LoveEpiphany: Tokino realizes this in episode 8, [[spoiler: by Ritsuko's fiance who points out that that's what the funny feeling in her chest is when she sees Chihiro dancing with Ritsuko.]]
* LoveHurts: Tokino doesn't seem very happy when she sees Chihiro walking Ritsuko with an umbrella to her car in episode 4 in the rain. She later has the same feeling when Ritsuko takes him as her dance partner in episode 8.


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* OhCrap: The aliens have this look when they run into Koyuki.


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* SecretKeeper: When Chihiro finds out about Koyuki's powers, he promises not to reveal it to anyone, as he feels doing so would cause more trouble than its worth, and doesn't want to ruin their friendship.
* SeriousBusiness: The school has such a reputation that there are spies all over, as well as assassins and even an army of guards.


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* TheReveal: When everyone finds out Komaki is really Koyuki's CoolBigSis rather than her mother, and [[spoiler: that she's also a guard for the current student council.]]


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* TrueCompanions: Chihiro, Tokino, and Renko all rush to save a kidnapped and mind controlled Koyuki from [[spoiler: her brother who turned to evil]] in episode 10. Chihiro also uses ThePowerOfFriendship to snap Koyuki out of her mind control.


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* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Ritsuko towards Chihiro]], and Tokino feels like one at times.
* WhamLine: Tokino gives one to Chihiro at the end of episode 8 [[spoiler: when she gives a LoveConfession to him]].
** Chihiro gives one to his friends at the end of episode 11 [[when he says he's thinking about giving up the student council president candidate position]].
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* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: The current vice president is able to stop Renko's out of control mouse trap robot with one flick of her finger.


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* ClingyJealousGirl: Chihiro's sister Shinobu. She hates seeing other girls around him, especially Tokina.


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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: After the love potion fails to have the desired effect for Shinobu, she stomps on back of the other teacher who made the potion. He doesn't seem to mind it.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While Shinobu isn't a bad guy per se, in episode 3 Chihiro and the others are having no luck whatsoever trying to find the missing panda, despite their traps. Meanwhile, Shinobu had one of the other teachers create a LovePotion for her to use on Chihiro. It turns out the potion [[GoneHorriblyRight worked a little too well]]. Soon Tokino and several dozen students, along with the missing panda and some zoo animals, begin chasing after Shinobu while she tries to escape. She later loses the potion, and unintentionally causes the two pandas to fall in love, thus solving Chihiro's initial dilemma, along with Tokino, still under the effects of the potion, giving Chihiro a kiss.


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* ShrinkingViolet: Koyuki.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Chihiro's sister makes it all too clear that she wants to do this with him, often giving him TheGlomp, and even sneaking into his bed while he's asleep and attempting to molest him. And although she's supposed to be older, her small size makes her seem like his younger sister.


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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Chihiro's sister, who manages to avoid an incoming car by going on two wheels while driving alongside the bus he's riding on.


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* HotBlooded: Renko often seems a bit too overexcited about almost any situation she's in.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Deliberately invoked, as lampshaded by one of the next episode previews.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Deliberately invoked, as lampshaded [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by one of the next episode previews.
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* ClicheStorm: (intentional and tongue-in-cheek)



* CrowningMomentOfFunny:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7w04BpGVwI Tokino sings karaoke]].



* FanPreferredCouple: Chihiro and Tokino are the OfficialCouple in both versions, but Ritsuko is more popular with the fictional and real-world fanbases (either paired with Chihiro or Kisaragi).



* HoYay (that is, a healthy dose of '''LesYay''')



* MoeMoe: Tokino and Koyuki, especially in the TV series.
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** FridgeBrilliance: This, along with the ContinuityReboot from the original version, are shout outs to the two ''Negima'' TV series.

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** FridgeBrilliance: This, along with the ContinuityReboot from the original version, are [[ShoutOut shout outs outs]] to the two ''Negima'' TV series.
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* HartmanHips: Tokino.
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''KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every [[AnimeGenres anime genre]] and [[AnimeTrope trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

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''KujibikiUnbalance'' originally started as a ShowWithinAShow within ''{{Genshiken}}''. It is an [[ClicheStorm intentional conglomeration]] of every [[AnimeGenres anime genre]] and [[AnimeTrope [[JapaneseMediaTropes trope]] that the producers could cram in. Clips of it were animated for the original ''Genshiken'' series, and three complete episodes -- the first episode, a ClipShow, and the second-to-last episode -- were produced as an {{Omake}} on the ''{{Genshiken}}'' [=DVDs=]. They proved to be so wildly popular that the series was produced as its own standalone {{anime}} series, which aired in the Fall 2006 season.

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* {{Nakama}}: The Rikkyuin student Council is expected to be this.


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* TrueCompanions: The Rikkyuin student Council is expected to be this.

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* {{Cyborg}}: Yamada. It's never made explicit exactly what modifications Renko made to her, and it's treated as something of an UnusuallyUninterestingSight, with nobody finding it especially strange that Yamada can be rebuilt into various vehicles.



* RobotGirl: Yamada. It's treated as something of an UnusuallyUninterestingSight; nobody seems to act like there's anything odd about the fact that one of the students is an android who can be remodeled into all kinds of vehicles.


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* TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:Chihiro at the end of #11.]]
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* RobotGirl: Yamada. It's treated as something of an UnusuallyUninterestingSight; nobody seems to act like there's anything odd about the fact that one of the students is an android who can be remodeled into all kinds of vehicles.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnri1Wp5sOc Tokino sings karaoke]].

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnri1Wp5sOc com/watch?v=u7w04BpGVwI Tokino sings karaoke]].

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* AlphaBitch: Renko.



* TheLibby: Renko

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