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TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture UnluckyEverydude Asahi Kashiwagi has a bizarre dream of a mysterious girl in a white plain. This dream ends when he is awoken by his talking alarm clock, Loverin. He watches the news before school and an AI fortune teller states that people with his birthday are destined for a fateful encounter, with five key words marking his fate. Throughout his morning routine he encounters five people in [[ContrivedCoincidence incidentally]] [[AccidentalPervert sexually charged situations]] and when he arrives in class he finds that ALL five of them are transfers into his class.

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TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture UnluckyEverydude Asahi Kashiwagi has a bizarre dream of a mysterious girl in a white plain.dress. This dream ends when he is awoken by his talking alarm clock, Loverin. He watches the news before school and an AI fortune teller states that people with his birthday are destined for a fateful encounter, with five key words marking his fate. Throughout his morning routine he encounters five people in [[ContrivedCoincidence incidentally]] [[AccidentalPervert sexually charged situations]] and when he arrives in class he finds that ALL five of them are transfers into his class.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Three through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Three through Six. [[spoiler: When its it's Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]
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* ToastOfTardiness: Asahi first meets Aoi while she's running to school with a piece of toast in her mouth. Naturally, this results in a CrashIntoHello.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Asahi is able to better process Ai's death by talking with her in the simulation. Doing so solves the crisis created by her malfunctioning, and in Asahi's real life, he's more capable of opening himself up to new relationships with people. [[DisneyDeath the other AI girls who had been deleted in their attempt to reach Ai, were restored with new robotic bodies in the real world]]. Yoshino's research was effectively used to give all AI human emotions.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Asahi is able to better process Ai's death by talking with her in the simulation. Doing so solves the crisis created by her malfunctioning, and in Asahi's real life, he's more capable of opening himself up to new relationships with people. [[DisneyDeath the The other AI girls who had been deleted in their attempt to reach Ai, were restored with new robotic bodies in the real world]]. Yoshino's research was effectively used to give all AI human emotions.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Asahi is able to better process Ai's death by talking with her in the simulation. Doing so solves the crisis created by her malfunctioning, and in Asahi's real life, he's more capable of opening himself up to new relationships with people. [[DisneyDeath the other AI girls who had been deleted in their attempt to reach Ai, were restored with new robotic bodies in the real world]]. Yoshino's research was effectively used to give all AI human emotions.]]



* MagicalGirl: [[spoiler: Karin accepts a deal to become one which is explored in Episode Six. She uses the PowerOfLove and the PowerOfLust to defeat alien invaders who wish to sterilize humanity.]]

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* MagicalGirl: [[spoiler: Karin accepts a deal to become one which is explored in Episode Six. She uses the PowerOfLove and the PowerOfLust to defeat alien invaders who wish to sterilize humanity. Irina and Amelia get in on the action to fight their way into the simulation's central area in episode 10.]]
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* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitousForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity.

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* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitousForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity. [[spoiler:It turns out that this is because each of the girls in the harem is an ArtificialIntelligence designed by a team from a different country.]]

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Three through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]


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* AnimeChineseGirl: Mongfa is Chinese, has part of her hair in two small buns, wears a qipao, and is proficient in martial arts.


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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Three through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]
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* {{GIRL}}: [[spoiler: Inverted. Yoshio is actually AI researcher Yoshina Feynman in reality.]]

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* {{GIRL}}: [[spoiler: Inverted. Yoshio is actually AI researcher Yoshina Yoshino Feynman in reality.]]



* RuleOfSymbolism: Bananas. While the VisualInnuendo and EroticEating are obvious, [[spoiler: in reality, bananas symbolize how the real world society has become overly dependent on the AI based on Ai's consciousness, to the point that massive parts of their system glitch up when said AI goes through emotional distress. This parallels the Cavendish banana, which Yoshina's company is named after, which is similarly critically endangered in the time period this anime takes place in because of the genetic uniformity of the breed.]]

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* RuleOfSymbolism: Bananas. While the VisualInnuendo and EroticEating are obvious, [[spoiler: in reality, bananas symbolize how the real world society has become overly dependent on the AI based on Ai's consciousness, to the point that massive parts of their system glitch up when said AI goes through emotional distress. This parallels the Cavendish banana, which Yoshina's Yoshino's company is named after, which is similarly critically endangered in the time period this anime takes place in because of the genetic uniformity of the breed.]]



* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predecessor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]

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* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predecessor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's Yoshio/Yoshino's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]
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* ArtShift: Through Episode Seven, the anime uses an odd line style using a solid color rather than traditional black lines. After the reveal, characters [[spoiler:in the real world]] use the traditional style.

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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be ''incredibly'' rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]



* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be ''incredibly'' rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]



* BeachEpisode: Episode Seven centers around a trip to the beach. Things get worse from there.



* BeachEpisode: Episode Seven centers around a trip to the beach. Things get worse from there.
* BlackComedyRape: Asahi is nonconsensually penetrated by a dog in the First Episode.


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* BlackComedyRape: Asahi is nonconsensually penetrated by a dog in the First Episode.
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be INCREDIBLY rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]

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\n* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: It's implied that the series takes place some time in the future, as robots and ArtificialIntelligence are rather common. [[spoiler:This is later confirmed to be the case, especially with the reveal of just how advanced AIs have become and the fact that bananas have apparently become very scarce.]]
* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be INCREDIBLY ''incredibly'' rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]
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* GagPenis: Ilya sports one in Episode Four. [[spoiler: As Ilya, actually Irina is a girl, its made by placing a tengu mask over her crotch.]]

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* GagPenis: Ilya sports one in Episode Four. [[spoiler: As Ilya, [[spoiler:As she is actually Irina is a girl, its it's made by placing a tengu mask over her crotch.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Four through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Four Three through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Episodes 10 and 11 climaxed with Mongfa, Karin, Irina, and Amelia [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing themselves]], but at the end of the finale, they have been uploaded into bodies of their own in the real world.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Ai, who passed away of an unknown illness two years prior to the events of the anime.]]
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* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The VR simulation that the first six episodes take place in was perceived by Asahi as two months. Outside the simulation only a day had passed.]]

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* YearOutsideHourInside: YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler: The VR simulation that the first six episodes take place in was perceived by Asahi as two months. Outside the simulation only a day had passed.]]
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* MidSeasonTwist: Halfway through the anime, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the entire harem setup is actually a virtual simulation that Asahi willingly took part in. Each member of the harem was actually an ArtificialIntelligence, and the simulation was meant to teach AIs how to love]].
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* GagPenis: Ilya sports one in Episode Four. [[spoiler: As Ilya, actually Irina is a girl, its made by placing a tengu mask over her crotch.]]


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* SweetPollyOliver: [[spoiler: "Ilya"/Irina]]
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the anime in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be INCREDIBLY rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]

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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the anime VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be INCREDIBLY rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]
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* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler: Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the anime in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be INCREDIBLY rare in the time period this anime takes place in.]]


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* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential love interest gets one in episodes Four through Six. [[spoiler: When its Aoi's turn she initially appears to be RetGone from the show... Only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a Yandere. From this point on, Aoi is the show's main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]


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* RuleOfSymbolism: Bananas. While the VisualInnuendo and EroticEating are obvious, [[spoiler: in reality, bananas symbolize how the real world society has become overly dependent on the AI based on Ai's consciousness, to the point that massive parts of their system glitch up when said AI goes through emotional distress. This parallels the Cavendish banana, which Yoshina's company is named after, which is similarly critically endangered in the time period this anime takes place in because of the genetic uniformity of the breed.]]


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* YearOutsideHourInside: [[spoiler: The VR simulation that the first six episodes take place in was perceived by Asahi as two months. Outside the simulation only a day had passed.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Episode 8 reveals that [[spoiler:the world that Asahi was in for the last few episodes was in a simulation to teach multiple [=AIs=], the girls, about human emotions, with the episode's [[TheStinger post-credits scene]] revealing that Aoi has started to hack the digital infrastructure of the planet.]]
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* AccidentalPervert: The universe contrives Asahi to grope the girls breasts, make his face plant into their crotches, and for a banana he's carrying to conveniently end up right by HIS crotch, a cleaning robot actually steals a girl's bra and . [[spoiler: Likely the simulation's physics engine warping him into these scenarios.]]

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* AccidentalPervert: The universe contrives Asahi to grope the girls breasts, make his face plant into their crotches, and for a banana he's carrying to conveniently end up right by HIS ''his'' crotch, a cleaning robot actually steals a girl's bra and .and panties. [[spoiler: Likely the simulation's physics engine warping him into these scenarios.]]



* ChildhoodFriend: While all the transfers, even Mongfa have moments of reccolection of Asahi [[spoiler: this is because their memories are based on Asahi's real ChildhoodFriend Ai.]]

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* ChildhoodFriend: While all the transfers, even Mongfa have moments of reccolection recollection of Asahi Asahi, [[spoiler: this is because their memories are based on Asahi's real ChildhoodFriend Ai.]]



* VirtualReality:[[spoiler: The first 7 episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]
* {{Yandere}} [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predecessor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]

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* VirtualReality:[[spoiler: VirtualReality: [[spoiler: The first 7 episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]
* {{Yandere}} {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predecessor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]
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* VirtualWorld:[[spoiler: The first 7 episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]

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* VirtualWorld:[[spoiler: VirtualReality:[[spoiler: The first 7 episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]
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* UnluckyEverydude: Asahi is perpetually forced into awkward situations by the will of the universe.
* UnwantedHarem: Asahi is very reluctant to have all these girls move in with him.
* VirtualWorld:[[spoiler: The first 7 episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]
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->''"It's not right for me to live with so many girls under one roof"''

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->''"It's not right for me to live with so many girls under one roof"''roof!"''

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''Love Flops'' is an original echi harem anime by Passione. It began airing in October of 2022.

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''Love Flops'' is an original echi ecchi harem anime by Passione. It began airing in October of 2022.



* GayOption: Ilya. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Ilya, actually Irina is a girl RaisedAsTheOppositeGender in Episode Four.]]

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* GayOption: Ilya. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It is revealed [[SubvertedTrope revealed]] that Ilya, actually Irina is a girl RaisedAsTheOppositeGender in Episode Four.]]



* {{Yandere} [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predesccor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]

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* {{Yandere} {{Yandere}} [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predesccor predecessor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]]]
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* PervertRevengeMode: When the universe conspires to put Asahi in AccidentalPerver situations, the transfers often retaliate with violence.

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* PervertRevengeMode: When the universe conspires to put Asahi in AccidentalPerver AccidentalPervert situations, the transfers often retaliate with violence.

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* AllWomanAreLustful: Every woman Asahi comes across are incredibly attracted to him. [[spoiler: This is a product of them being AI that only understand the physical aspect of love initially. In the real world women act as you would expect people in their position to act.]]

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* AllWomanAreLustful: AllWomenAreLustful: Every woman Asahi comes across are incredibly attracted to him. [[spoiler: This is a product of them being AI that only understand the physical aspect of love initially. In the real world women act as you would expect people in their position to act.]]



* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitusForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity.

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* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitusForeignLanguage GratuitousForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity.


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* PervertRevengeMode: When the universe conspires to put Asahi in AccidentalPerver situations, the transfers often retaliate with violence.

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* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Mongfa is actually a cybernetic killing machine trying to escape her old life.]]



* ArrangedMarriage: All five of the transfers were arranged to be "potential brides" by Asahi's father. This includes Ilya.
* BestialityIsDepraved: Asahi is mounted by a dog in the First Episode.
* BeachEpisode: Episode Seven centers around a trip to the beach. Things get worse from there.
* BlackComedyRape: Asahi is nonconsensually penetrated by a dog in the First Episode.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler: "Ilya" is revealed to be one in episode Four.]]
* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: All of the most recent AI tech in the series's future is based on the brain uploads of Asahi's deceased ChildhoodFriend, Ai.]]
* ChildhoodFriend: While all the transfers, even Mongfa have moments of reccolection of Asahi [[spoiler: this is because their memories are based on Asahi's real ChildhoodFriend Ai.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler: Ai appears in a dream in episode one, and in the OP. Her face is pixelated in the latter, however.]]
* GayOption: Ilya. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Ilya, actually Irina is a girl RaisedAsTheOppositeGender in Episode Four.]]
* {{GIRL}}: [[spoiler: Inverted. Yoshio is actually AI researcher Yoshina Feynman in reality.]]



* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese.

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* MagicalGirl: [[spoiler: Karin accepts a deal to become one which is explored in Episode Six. She uses the PowerOfLove and the PowerOfLust to defeat alien invaders who wish to sterilize humanity.]]
* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitusForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity.
* OccidentalOtaku: Amelia is an American who learned kanji from hentai manga. This leads to several rounds of CringeComedy until Asahi buckles down and works with her on her writing skills.
* {{Tsundere}}: Amelia has shades of this trope. Initially mad at Asahi for stealing her clothes, [[PervertRevengeMode she slaps him.]] Later in the episode she apologizes after realizing that the robot responsible wasn't his fault.
* {{Yandere} [[spoiler: Aoi goes mad for love of Asahi, and unlike her predesccor Ai, she wasn't capable of handling it. As a result she tries to trap him in the simulation, force logs off everyone else, and interferes with Yoshio/Yoshina's attempts to contact him. It takes the original Ai upload to get him out of the simulation.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Living and learning to love together!]]
->''"It's not right for me to live with so many girls under one roof"''
-->-- '''Asahi Kashiwagi'''

''Love Flops'' is an original echi harem anime by Passione. It began airing in October of 2022.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture UnluckyEverydude Asahi Kashiwagi has a bizarre dream of a mysterious girl in a white plain. This dream ends when he is awoken by his talking alarm clock, Loverin. He watches the news before school and an AI fortune teller states that people with his birthday are destined for a fateful encounter, with five key words marking his fate. Throughout his morning routine he encounters five people in [[ContrivedCoincidence incidentally]] [[AccidentalPervert sexually charged situations]] and when he arrives in class he finds that ALL five of them are transfers into his class.

Things get stranger when Aoi, the only one native to Japan, confesses her love to him. The other four follow suit. Baffled, Asahi decides to return home, only to receive a message from his father. All of them, including the [[GayOption Bulgarian boy, Ilya]] and his [[HotForStudent Homeroom teacher, Mongfa]], are potential brides for him. They will be living with him until he makes a decision on which, if any of this people he's going to marry. HilarityEnsues.


!!!''Anime/LoveFlops'' provides examples of the following tropes:

*AccidentalPervert: The universe contrives Asahi to grope the girls breasts, make his face plant into their crotches, and for a banana he's carrying to conveniently end up right by HIS crotch, a cleaning robot actually steals a girl's bra and . [[spoiler: Likely the simulation's physics engine warping him into these scenarios.]]
*AllWomanAreLustful: Every woman Asahi comes across are incredibly attracted to him. [[spoiler: This is a product of them being AI that only understand the physical aspect of love initially. In the real world women act as you would expect people in their position to act.]]
*HotForStudent: Mongfa boldly goes after Asahi alongside the others in the second episode. When Asahi points out that such a relationship is illegal, she brushes it off as a natural attraction.
*MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese.

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