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* The very unusual ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' spinoff manga ''Gunnota no Onna'' combines this with GenderFlip, starring a female [[CharClone Char]] named Gunnota who tries to hide her {{Otaku}} tendencies while being in a LoveTriangle with Fem!M'Quve and Man!Kycilia.

* Both main characters in the GirlsLove {{manga}} ''Manga/EbisuSanAndHoteiSan'' are office ladies.

* ''Manga/TheGreatestLadyBossTakizawaSan'' (''Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san'') centers around office employee Kyouko Takizawa. Slightly subverted as Takizawa-san is actually a manager in charge of the male co-lead and the department they work in.

* ''Manga/GreatestLadyBossTakizawaSan'' (''Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san'') centers around office employee Kyouko Takizawa. Slightly subverted as Takizawa-san is actually a manager in charge of the male co-lead and the department they work in.

* ''Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san'' centers around office employee Kyouko Takizawa. Slightly subverted as Takizawa-san is actually a manager in charge of the male co-lead and the department they work in.

* ''Power Office Girls'' is a WorkCom centered around a group of office ladies designated to do the company's menial tasks, but the natures of these girls lead them into situations that result in them getting tangled up in much bigger plots.

* Ebichu's owner ('the Mistress') in ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'' is unnamed, but otherwise referred to as ''O.L.'' in the source material. She's also her "boyfriend"'s [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]].
* In ''Manga/MidoriDays'', Seiji's sister Rin dresses like an Office Lady, although she leads a biker gang. God help the poor fool who tries to pinch her butt!

* Wendy in the ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' OVA seems to be an OL, [[spoiler: although this [[TakeALevelInBadass changes]] when she appears in the Read or Dream TV.]]
* In ''Manga/YoureMyPet'', career woman Sumire is envied by her OL coworkers.
* Izumi in ''Anime/AndroidAnnouncerMaico2010''.
* The titular Hotaru from ''Manga/HotarusWay'' is one. She's content to remain single until she finds herself involved with a younger man.
* ''Manga/ButterfliesFlowers'': The heroine, Choko.
* In ''Manga/LiarGame'', one of the players who makes it to the fourth round is Mika Mikamoto, who goes by the nickname of "Office Lady". [[spoiler: She's a follower of Harimoto's cult and thus one of his loyal minions.]]

* Linna Yamazaki in ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis Tokyo 2040'' (not to be confused with the OVA version of her character, who was an aerobics instructor and later a stockbroker.)
* The very unusual ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' spinoff manga ''Gunnota no Onna'' combines this with GenderFlip, starring a female [[CharClone Char]] named Gunnota who tries to hide her {{Otaku}} tendencies while being in a LoveTriangle with Fem!M'Quve and Man!Kycilia.

* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', the Commission of Counter-Ghoul employees quite a few of these to handle interaction with the public. When Kaneki and Touka go to the headquarters to give false information, they are greeted by a cheerful and attractive young woman. She spends time fawning over the TallDarkAndHandsome FairCop that just transferred to their branch, establishing her firmly as one of these. In the sequel, Sasaki is introduced being fawned over by another such standard cute Office Lady.
* Kaoru from ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'' works at some unnamed company. To her annoyance, she makes less money than her husband (he does web design).
* {{Deconstructed}} in ''Manga/CatsEye'', where Mitsuko Asatani, an ambitious police officer with the investigative and [[ActionGirl combat skills]] to back it up, finds herself thrust in the role because she's a woman in TheEighties' Japan, [[OnlySaneWoman even if she has more common sense than all her squadmates put together]]. Her frustration with this and [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon its influence with her wedding chances]] plays a large part in her short temper, not helped by [[LethalChef her cooking having laxative and potentially lethal effects]].
* Parodied once in ''Manga/CityHunter'' (from the same author as ''Cat's Eye'' above): during one arc [[ActionGirl Kaori]] was to bodyguard a woman, actually her long lost older sister, who, being the director of a newspaper and wishing her sister to abandon her rather dangerous life, asked her to take the role, justifying it as a cover. [[HilarityEnsues Kaori's attempt at using a photocopier (who hadn't the plug in place) ended with her smashing it with a giant hammer, and it was only the beginning]].
* The titular character of Creator/{{Sanrio}}'s ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' shorts/TV series, who sings death metal karaoke when she gets frustrated with her life, which is often. Being an OL, she frequently has to endure her dickish boss who keeps telling her to make copies and get him tea.

* ''Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san'' centers around office employee Kyouko Takizawa.
** Slightly subverted as Takizawa-san is actually a manager in charge of the male co-lead and the department they work in.

* ''ShomuNi'' is a WorkCom centered around a group of office ladies designated to do the company's menial tasks, but the natures of these girls lead them into situations that result in them getting tangled up in much bigger plots.
* Yoko Yagami/Pink Racer of ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' is one of these.

* Two [=OLs=] meet a very disgusting end in one of the ''Bible Black'' shorts, by way of cleverly-applied shotgun.

* ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' features the creepy Smart Lady, representative of the Smart Brain company run by the villains. She never has a name beyond that and her role seems to be to cheerfully welcome guests and cheerfully threaten Orphenochs who turn down the MonsterOfTheWeek gig.

* Emilia Justina in ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' turned from TheHero in [[StandardFantasySetting Ente Isla]] to a contract worker named Yusa Emi working in a call center upon her arrival on Earth. She still has yet to give up on her quest to defeat the demon lord, who is actually [[BurgerFool living poorer]] than her.

Traditionally, the "[[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/japans-office-ladies-wont-file-and-forget-1318393.html office flower]]" was selected for being attractive and gracious to clients and expected to work for only a few years [[QuittingToGetMarried (just long enough to meet a nice young executive to marry)]], so it was not considered a "real" career. Some companies have [=OLs=] on separate career tracks to their "real employees" (who would generally be expected to stay with the company for their entire working life, and progress up the corporate ladder accordingly) -- and give female hires a choice of which track they want to be on.

* ''Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san'' centers around office employee Kyouko Takizawa and her GagBoobs.

In works for teenagers, the CoolBigSis or [[PromotionToParent the one taking care of her younger siblings]] is likely to be an OL, while in {{josei}} (women's manga), it's a likely career for TheProtagonist. In {{seinen}} (men's manga) there is also often a titillating aspect to OL characters, since [=OLs=] are traditionally supposed to be good-looking, attentive to men and unmarried, so it's a likely choice for MsFanservice or the LoveInterest. She will also likely [[ChristmasCake worry about trying to find a husband]] and [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking having children]].

** RIG character [[LampshadeHanging OL-runa]] is [[HornyDevils Alruna the succubus]] as an office lady.

* Found in ''Manga/HotaruNoHikari''

Compare GirlFriday, PluckyOfficeGirl, SassySecretary and SexySecretary.