History Literature / DeepLove

This is a one volume manga, a prequel showing what Pao's life was like before Ayu found him in the park. It's equally as miserable as every other story in the series.

* LongLostSiblings: Pao gets separated from his brother and sister early on. He finds his sister at the dog pound.

''Deep Love (Ayu no Monogatari - The Story of Ayu)'' is a tragedy story that started the genre known as "Text Novels". It was written in 2003 by "Yoshi".

* TeenPregnancy
* TimmyInAWell: Pao shows two main examples of this. Granny tells him to fetch Ayu since she cannot, and at the end, [[spoiler:Ayu asks him to deliver a Christmas present to Yoshiyuki and he delivers a present back]].

''Deep Love (Ayu no Monogatari - The Story of Ayu)'' is a tragedy story that [[GenreLaunch started the genre known as]] "Text Novels". It was written in 2003 by "Yoshi".

It tells the story of Ayu, who works as a prostitute, believing that money is the most important thing in the world and that all men want is to have sex. She lives with her drug addict "boyfriend", Kenji, and occasionally goes to school, [[OnlyFriend where only one person looks forward to seeing her: Reina]], who also sells herself for extra money (named Reika in the live adaption). Things slowly change when she meets an old lady that changes her outlook and one adorable dog that follows her around.

* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:After Reina is raped in the karaoke room, she gets pregnant and names her daughter Ayu.]]

* DisappearedDad: Ayu's biological father and Reina's.

** At the very end, it's said all in one sentence: [[spoiler:"Yoshiyuki's father committed suicide the following spring."]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Granny becomes this to Ayu, being the only responsible adult around. She even calls Ayu her daughter.

* PermaStubble: Yoshiyoki's father, in the manga.

* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:The men at Ayu's work do this (along with the help of TheBully) in an attempt to rape her.]]

** Granny also. Being very old and living on a hill, she still runs around looking after young people. Once a month she takes the long walk to her husband's grave and prays to him for a whole hour, wind and ran.

* NoNameGiven: Granny and Yoshiyuki's parents.

* GreenEyeMonster: The fuel for TheBully who torments Ayu at her job at the restaurant.

* YourCheatingHeart: Yoshiyuki's father and in the television show, they give the justification that Keiko, the head bully, picks on Reina so much because her boyfriend took her out once.

** Yoshiyuki's father, shouting at and usually neglecting Yoshiyuki, abandoning him at Granny's until he got married to a woman who would look after him instead, and not bothering to help with his operation fees.

* PermaStubble: Yoshiyoki's father.

* YourCheatingHeart: In the television show, they give the justification that Keiko, the head bully, picks on Reina so much because her boyfriend took her out once.

* ParentIncest: In the live action version, [[spoiler:Ayu was raped by her step-father and later she sleeps with him.]]

* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:Ayu says this when Granny dies.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The television show adds more to the story, little conversations and things - like fleshing out Kenji's story - but it does change the order of some things.

* BigBrotherBully: [[spoiler:Ayu's step-brother]] keeps saying she's the devil with a human face.

* ParentIncest: In the live action version, [[spoiler:Ayu slept with her father multiple times.]]

* ParentlyIncest: In the live action version, [[spoiler:Ayu slept with her father multiple times.]]

It tells the story of Ayu, who works as a prostitute, believing that money is the most important thing in the world and that all men want is to have sex. She lives with her drug addict "boyfriend", Kenji, and occasionally goes to school, where only one person looks forward to seeing her: Reina, who also sells herself for extra money (named Reika in the live adaption). Things slowly change when she meets an old lady that changes her outlook and one adorable dog that follows her around.

* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Reina is blackmailed into remaining quiet about the rape or girls who set her up would pass around the photographs of her.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: One of Reina's johns kills himself, and several pages later [[spoiler:Kenji, who was back on his drug addiction]].

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Reina after some girls set her up]].

* WhenSheSmiles: Reina even starts crying when Ayu smiles at her, in the manga. In the television series she merely comments on it.

The book was a big success and spawned a two-book manga series, a 13-episode live action drama and one movie. Spin-off mangas for Reina (''Reina no Monogatari'') and Pao (''Pao no Monogatari'') were also written. There is also the manga sequel ''Deep Love: REAL'' which is a continuation of the story and about [[spoiler:Yoshiyuki's life as a host]]; this got turned into the twelve episode show ''Deep Love ~Host~''.

* AbandonedWarehouse: A change from the karaoke room, in the live action version [[spoiler:Reina is raped there]].

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Granny.
* ExpandedAdaptation: The television show adds more to the story, little conversations and things - like fleshing out Kenji's story - but it does change the order of some things.

* DisproportionateRetrobution: In the live action version, Keiko is given a reason to torture Reina... she spent the day with her boyfriend. She didn't know it was her boyfriend... Ouch.

* KarmaHoudini: After all they did to Reina, the bullies get no punishment except Ayu throwing drinks at them, calling them out in public and threatening them if they did anything else to her.
** Not in the live action version, where Ayu attacks her and swears next time she'll kill her.

* ParentalSubstitute: Granny becomes this to Ayu, being the only responsible adult around.

* RapeAndRevenge: [[spoiler:Ayu goes after the girls and the rapists who set Reina up. She]] says next time [[spoiler: -she-]] would kill them.
** In the live action version, this interaction is more violent, including scalding coffee and a stab to the leg.

* AlphaBitch: The nameless head bully who torments Reina in the television adaption.

* DrugsAreBad: Kenji's drug addiction and debts.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Reina and Ayu, later in the story.

* [[IllGirl Ill Child]]: Yoshiyuki.

* KarmaHoudini: After all they did to Reina, they bullies get no punishment except Ayu throwing drinks at them, calling them out in public and threatening them if they did anything else to her.