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* SleepDeprivation: She has trouble sleeping when she's stressed. [[spoiler:After Kaori dies, Shizuku looks like she hasn't slept in days]].
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* WritersBlock: In Chapter 25, after [[spoiler:Kaori temporarily slips into unconsciousness]], Shizuku is briefly unable to write anything, unable to think of how to write the Kaori in her story. She ends up not visiting for a few days until Kaori begs her to.
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* WritersBlock: In Chapter 25, after [[spoiler:Kaori temporarily slips into unconsciousness]], Shizuku is briefly unable to write anything, unable to think of how to write the Kaori in her story. She ends up not visiting for a few days until Kaori begs her to.to, and only gets out of her slump after telling Kaori about why she stopped work on her web novel.
* DeadManWriting: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:she leaves behind a letter for Shizuku, as well as her diary, and Shiori mentions that Kaori gave letter(s) to everyone else who knew her]].
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** To Shizuku. Both are close to Kaori and no one else, but Shizuku used to be more outgoing and popular, while there is no indication Shiori was ever close to anyone beides Kaori. Shiori is close to her sister, while Shizuku is distant from her sister and the rest of her family.
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** To Shizuku. Both are close to Kaori and no one else, but Shizuku used to be more outgoing and popular, while there is no indication Shiori was ever close to anyone beides besides Kaori. Shiori is close to her sister, while Shizuku is distant from her sister and the rest of her family.
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[[folder:Tropes applying to both]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: They're both girls, but their dynamic fits the trope perfectly. Shizuku's regret over her past as a bully made her deeply depressed, socially withdrawn and filled with self-loathing, but Kaori's bright, kindhearted and compassionate nature helps Shizuku open up to her and accept her emotional support.
* HairContrastDuo: Inverted. Whereas the white-haired Shizuku is brooding and shy, the dark-haired Kaori is upbeat and sociable.
* OppositesAttract: Shizuku is introverted, timid and depressed, while Kaori is extroverted, cheerful and always tries to stay positive through hard times. They couldn't be more different, but they fall in love during their summer together.
* RedOniBlueOni: Shizuku is the depressed and quiet blue oni to Kaori's outwardly cheerful and energetic red oni. This is reflected by Shizuku's blue eyes and Kaori's red eyes.
* RomanticFakeRealTurn: Their relationship starts with Kaori asking Shizuku to pretend to be dating her during the summar break, using Shizuku's need for inspiration to write a new novel as a pretext. The closer they get throughout the summer, the more they act like a real couple.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: They're both girls, but their dynamic fits the trope perfectly. Shizuku's regret over her past as a bully made her deeply depressed, socially withdrawn and filled with self-loathing, but Kaori's bright, kindhearted and compassionate nature helps Shizuku open up to her and accept her emotional support.
* HairContrastDuo: Inverted. Whereas the white-haired Shizuku is brooding and shy, the dark-haired Kaori is upbeat and sociable.
* OppositesAttract: Shizuku is introverted, timid and depressed, while Kaori is extroverted, cheerful and always tries to stay positive through hard times. They couldn't be more different, but they fall in love during their summer together.
* RedOniBlueOni: Shizuku is the depressed and quiet blue oni to Kaori's outwardly cheerful and energetic red oni. This is reflected by Shizuku's blue eyes and Kaori's red eyes.
* RomanticFakeRealTurn: Their relationship starts with Kaori asking Shizuku to pretend to be dating her during the summar break, using Shizuku's need for inspiration to write a new novel as a pretext. The closer they get throughout the summer, the more they act like a real couple.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReinaUeda ([=ichijinshaPV=])
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* RedOniBlueOni: The depressed and quiet blue oni to Kaori's red.
* ReformedButRejected: Shizuku immensely regrets having hurt Ruri with her bullying in elementary school. Kaori tries to help her make peace with Ruri by arranging them to meet so Shizuku can properly apologize, but neither Ruri nor Seri want to forgive her for what she did and only agreed to meet her again because Kaori asked them. Later on, it gets downplayed when Ruri realizes Shizuku has really changed and wants them to get into more civil terms, even though she still doesn't feel ready to forgive Shizuku.
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AzumiWaki ([=ichijinshaPV=])
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The nice of herself, Ruri and Seri. She hopes that Shizuku can forgive herself for her past transgressions, but also concedes that Ruri is under no obligation to forgive her.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: NiceMeanAndInbetween: The nice of herself, Ruri and Seri. She hopes that Shizuku can forgive herself for her past transgressions, but also concedes that Ruri is under no obligation to forgive her.
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* RedOniBlueOni: The at least outwardly cheerful and energetic red oni to Shizuku's blue.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The in-between of herself, Kaori and Seri. While she still is traumatized from Shizuku's bullying and is unable to forgive her, she also acknowledges Shizuku has changed.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: NiceMeanAndInbetween: The in-between of herself, Kaori and Seri. While she still is traumatized from Shizuku's bullying and is unable to forgive her, she also acknowledges Shizuku has changed.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The mean of herself, Kaori and Ruri. She still bears a grudge against Shizuku for bullying Ruri.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: NiceMeanAndInbetween: The mean of herself, Kaori and Ruri. She still bears a grudge against Shizuku for bullying Ruri.
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: After learning of Kaori's terminal illness, Shizuku goes into Denial, trying to convince herself and Kaori that it isn't as bad as Kaori think. During the second aquarium date, she has a bout of Bargaining, wishing there was something she could do to save Kaori. [[spoiler:After Kaori dies, Shizuku goes into a mixture of Depression and Denial, unable to face Kaori's death, but reaches Acceptance after reading Kaori's letter and diary]].
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: After learning of Kaori's terminal illness, Shizuku goes into Denial, trying to convince herself and Kaori that it isn't as bad as Kaori think.thinks. During the second aquarium date, she has a bout of Bargaining, wishing there was something she could do to save Kaori. [[spoiler:After Kaori dies, Shizuku goes into a mixture of Depression and Denial, unable to face Kaori's death, but reaches Acceptance after reading Kaori's letter and diary]].
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* ObviouslyNotFine: She insists that she's fine when going to apologize to Ruri, but is so overwhelmed with anxiety that Kaori realizes, "You're ''not'' okay!" and ends up having to rest for a while.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: In Chapter 22, after Kaori mentions that Shiori think that Kaori's a kind person, Shizuku asks if Kaori's kidding, given how hostile Shiori was to Kaori in the previous two chapters.
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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To Hanna Adachi of ''Manga/TheGirlIWantIsSoHandsome''. Hanna has the fewest interactions with Hinami out of all the cast, while Ruri's character arc involves her struggling with the question of whether to forgive Shizuku for bullying her. Hanna is calm and unflappable, while Ruri is timid and emotionally vulnerable. Hanna is tall and athletic, while Ruri is short and not good at sports, at least in elementary school. As mentioned with Seri, Hanna and Rei are the BetaCouple, while Ruri and Seri are only friends.
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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To Rei Miyamoto of ''Manga/TheGirlIWantIsSoHandsome''. Both are relatively hostile to the main protagonists, but while Rei doesn't know Hinami and is simply being hard on her for her clumsiness, Seri hates Shizuku for bullying Ruri. Rei has apparently met Shiki relatively recently, and they are on a LastNameBasis, while Seri has been friends with Kaori since at least fifth grade, albeit meeting her through their mutual friend Ruri, and Kaori calls Seri by her first name while Seri calls Kaori "[[AffectionateNickname Kao-chan]]." Lastly, Rei and Hanna are the BetaCouple while Seri's friendship with Ruri appears to be entirely platonic.
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** Initially, she finds Kaori annoying and reluctantly goes along with Kaori's plans, but becomes more proactive in the relationship. For example, in Chapter 5, she agrees to let Kaori call her "Shizuku," because she doesn't care what she's called(and continues calling Kaori "Asaka-san"), but in Chapter 11, she asks Kaori to use her first name, and starts calling Kaori by hers. In the first half of the series, Kaori visits Shizuku at home, but in the second half, Shizuku visits Kaori in the hospital.
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** Initially, she finds Kaori annoying and reluctantly goes along with Kaori's plans, but she gradually becomes more proactive in the relationship. For example, in Chapter 5, she agrees to let Kaori call her "Shizuku," because she doesn't care what she's called(and continues calling Kaori "Asaka-san"), but in Chapter 11, she asks Kaori to use her first name, and starts calling Kaori by hers. In the first half of the series, Kaori visits Shizuku at home, but in the second half, Shizuku visits Kaori in the hospital.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: For all her flaws, Shizuku is a good person at heart who cares about others, and is quite fond of the family dog, Shion.
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* HeroesLoveDogs: For all her flaws, Shizuku is a good person at heart who cares about others, and is quite fond of the family dog, Shion. A picture of him serves as her phone's profile photo.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: She, as the main character of the novel, is an amateur writer who uses writing as a way to deal with her problems, from her guilt over bullying Ruri to writing an apology to Ruri.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: She, as the main character of the novel, series, is an amateur writer who uses writing as a way to deal with her problems, from her guilt over bullying Ruri to writing an apology to Ruri.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: She, as the main character of the novel, is an amateur writer who uses writing as a way to deal with her problems, from her guilt over bullying Ruri to writing an apology to Ruri.
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* ImproperlyParanoid: She sometimes jumps to conclusions about other characters, such as that Kaori is plotting revenge on Ruri's behalf or that Seri lied to her about Kaori's illness out of spite, but never acts on them.
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* ImproperlyParanoid: She sometimes jumps to conclusions about other characters, such as thinking that Kaori is plotting revenge on Ruri's behalf or that Seri lied to her about Kaori's illness out of spite, but never acts on them.
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** Due to [[WritersBlock struggling with her novel about herself and Kaori]], as well as a few other factors- [[spoiler:Kaori slipping unconscious and not being able to have visitors for a day or two]], as well as worrying that she might be visiting too often, Shizuku temporarily stops visiting Kaori. When Kaori calls her and begs her to visit, not wanting to die without seeing Shizuku again, Shizuku realizes that she was wrong and rushes to Kaori's side.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In elementary school, she was tactless and short-tempered, but still took it upon herself to help Ruri [[spoiler:and also Kaori, on one occasion]]. [[DeconstructedTrope Unfortunatey, her abrasiveness ended up negating her good intentions as far as Ruri was concerned]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In elementary school, she was tactless and short-tempered, but still took it upon herself to help Ruri [[spoiler:and also Kaori, on one occasion]]. [[DeconstructedTrope Unfortunatey, her abrasiveness ended up negating her good intentions as far as Ruri was concerned]].
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** Due to [[WritersBlock struggling with her novel about herself and Kaori]], as well as a few other factors- [[spoiler:Kaori factors—[[spoiler:Kaori slipping unconscious and not being able to have visitors for a day or two]], as well as worrying that she might be visiting too often, Shizuku temporarily stops visiting Kaori. When Kaori calls her and begs her to visit, not wanting to die without seeing Shizuku again, Shizuku realizes that she was wrong and rushes to Kaori's side.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In elementary school, she was tactless and short-tempered, but still took it upon herself to help Ruri [[spoiler:and also Kaori, on one occasion]]. [[DeconstructedTropeUnfortunatey, Unfortunately, her abrasiveness ended up negating her good intentions as far as Ruri was concerned]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In elementary school, she was tactless and short-tempered, but still took it upon herself to help Ruri [[spoiler:and also Kaori, on one occasion]]. [[DeconstructedTrope
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* ReformedBully: In elementary school, Shizuku spoke without a filter and her definition of "helping" her classmate Ruri basically amounted to verbally putting her down, but since she wasn't told off for it, Shizuku thought she was doing a good thing. It wasn't until Seri called her out for what she did that Shizuku realized how bad her actions really were. In the present day, she's no longer the outspoken girl she once was, and with Kaori's help, manages to reconcile with Ruri, though the process is long and hard.
