History Main / UmbrellaofTogetherness

-->Bus stop, wet day, she's there I say\\

Bus stop, bus go, she stays love grows\\

* This is the romance is kicked-off in ''Literature/TheAngelNextDoorSpoilsMeRotten'' Amane Fujiyama shares his umbrella with Mahiru Shiina [[SchoolIdol the most beautiful girl in school]] after finding her sitting crying in the rain - he decides to give her it to stop her getting a cold, which is how she notices him. When she realises he lives next door to her, and he lives alone, she starts cooking and cleaning for him as a thank you for his kindness which causes them to grow closer.

* Used as a nice metaphor in the K-drama ''The Entertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in the pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and is heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture of support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.

** It has a magical umbrella which makes any two people who share it fall in love. (Is ''any'' item in that series ''not'' magical?).

---> '''Ranma:''' Even rain that's about to freeze from cold is warmer than my heart. November rain, until my tears vanish, don't stop.

* In a ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' omake, Miza is caught while drawing one with Naki's name. She tries to deny it, but [[ShipperOnDeck Shousei]] pledges his full support for her intentions towards his boss.

* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart break in ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' when he offers to walk Anne home in the rain with his umbrella, and the for-once-oblivious heroine innocently says she already has an escort, which is her distant cousin Mr Elliot, her father's heir. What's worse, the ladies in Captain Wentworth's company immediately start gossiping about Anne and Mr Elliot as a soon-to-be-engaged couple.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. In "Provenance", our heroes have to go to a black tie event. John Reese having rejected [[CrazyPrepared any umbrella that doesn't double as a weapon]], Harold Finch holds his own umbrella over him while walking from their taxi in the rain. It happens again while they're visiting the cinema in "Proteus". [[HomoeroticSubtext It's like the producers are trying to tell us something.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', look close at the blackboard in the classroom -- there's one of those Japanese umbrella diagrams. While the names are considerably lo-res, and thus almost unreadable, but if you get close to them a dialogue box will pop up with the text "Karane + Caw...".

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In "Stoneheart," the second part of the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Origins 2-parter]], we learn that this is how Marinette falls in love with Adrien. After he'd failed to make a good first impression on her, he offers her his umbrella when she's caught without one in the rain. Unfortunately for Marinette, however, he's [[LovesMyAlterEgo already in love with her superhero identity]].

It is a romantic image in media all over the world--but it doesn't ''quite'' have the iconic "oomph" to Westerners that it does in Japan, where this trope is known as ''aiaigasa'' (相合い傘). The word literally means "sharing an umbrella", but it is also a {{Pun}} for "love-love umbrella" (愛愛傘). The Japanese equivalent of the "Alice [arrow through heart] Bob" [[SweetieGraffiti love graffiti]] is drawing the pair's names standing under an umbrella. This one is rooted in Shinto weddings, where newlyweds are [[https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6122380971_6a1719bf9b_b.jpg officiated under a red parasol]].

** Yuki is really excited with the idea of sharing an umbrella with Kanade. It's both hilarious and heartwarming.

* In ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'', there is such an umbrella drawn on the wall of the old playground, with Yumeji and Isana names.

* Lucia and Hanon in ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' get caught in the rain under an umbrella, and although they really can't stand the implications, they haven't got a choice, since [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent getting wet will turn them into mermaids in the middle of the street]]. This doesn't stop Hanon from latching onto [[HotForTeacher her teacher]] at the first opportunity, leaving Lucia open to share her umbrella with Kaito.

* Takahata's ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'' when Teako [[spoiler:decides to stay at the farm instead of going back to city, followed by ghost-like (yet charming) visions of herself and her classmates.]] She meets with Toshio, and as they walk side by side, the children construct a wooden 'together umbrella' and follow them with it [[spoiler:to assure the audience that the two will get together and have a happy future.]]

* ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' shows this is how Yu Ominae befriended Rie Yamabishi [[AdaptationExpansion at the orphanage as children while living in America]]. Both of them are lonely and refusing to mix with other children, with Rie sitting under a tree crying all the time. She's doing so even when it's pouring rain, [[LonelyTogether so Yu brings her an umbrella]].

* ''Animation/FlowerFairy'': It is shown in Season 1 episode 20 that the [[HowDadMetMom first interaction An'an's mother and father ever had with each other]] was in the park during a rainy day. Her mother Lily happens to be out in the rain while her father Xiamu is looking for plant seeds; he sees Lily, who happily obliges to coming with him under his umbrella.

* Inverted in ''Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor''. The title character isn't happy about being [[IWorkAlone forced to work with]] rookie cop Dubin. Dubin is holding an umbrella over Grom's head as they walk, while rambling excitedly non-stop about their assigned case. When he finally stops, he looks up and finds Grom standing several yards behind him, scowling.

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', The Mother's yellow umbrella is an arc symbol signifying the love of Ted's life. Narrator -- older Ted -- made it clear that it had played a major role in their first encounter ("you know the short version [of how I met your mother], the one with the yellow umbrella"), and even before because the umbrella had got lost. [[spoiler:Ted meets Tracy the Mother at the train station when it's raining. He comes to talk to her and she encourages him to cover under her umbrella with her. It's an example of MeetCute when they playfully argue over whose umbrella it really is.]]

* Used as a nice metaphor in the K-drama ''The Entertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and is heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture of support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', look close at the blackboard in the classroom -- there's one of those Japanese umbrella diagrams. While the names are considerably lo-res, and thus almost unreadable, but if you get close to it a dialogue box will pop up with the text "Karane + Caw...".

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' played this trope as a love as first sight kind of thing between Arnold and Helga as the first time she saw him, and ever felt that anyone ever saw '''her''', was when the rain stopped falling on her and she noticed Arnold holding an umbrella over her head.

** [[spoiler: In season 4, this exact scene is recreated in ''Mr Pigeon 72'', except this time it's Marinette who offers this same umbrella. It happens after Marinette newfound duties as a guardian estranged her from Adrien for a moment, and [[RuleOfSymbolism emphasize the fact that Marinette accepts her love for him once again.]] Furthermore, it seems to indicate the moment when Adrien starts to fall for Marinette.]]

** Someone drew an umbrella sketch with Eri's and Harima's names under it after the sports fest. [[BerserkButton Unfortunately for Harima]]...

* ''Manga/{{Spriggan}}'' shows this is how Yu Ominae befriended Rie Yamabishi at the orphanage as children while living in America as an AdaptationExpansion. Both of them are lonely and refusing to mix with other children, with Rie sitting under a tree crying all the time. She's doing so even when it's pouring rain, [[LonelyTogether so Yu brings her an umbrella]].

* ''Anime/{{Spriggan}}'' shows this is how Yu Ominae befriended Rie Yamabishi at the orphanage as children. Both of them are lonely and refusing to mix with other children, with Rie sitting under a tree crying all the time. She's doing so even when it's pouring rain, [[LonelyTogether so Yu brings her an umbrella]].

* ''Anime/{{Spriggan}}'' shows this is how Yu Ominae befriended Rie Yamabishi at the orphanage as children. Both of them are lonely and refusing to mix with other children, with Rie sitting under a tree crying all the time. She's doing it even when it's pouring rain, [[LonelyTogether so Yu brings her an umbrella]].

It is a romantic image in media all over the world--but it doesn't ''quite'' have the iconic "oomph" to Westerners that it does in Japan, where this trope is known as ''aiaigasa'' (相合い傘). The word literally means "sharing an umbrella", but it is also a {{Pun}} for "love-love umbrella" (愛愛傘). The Japanese equivalent of the "Alice [arrow through heart] Bob" [[SweetieGraffiti love graffiti]] is drawing the pair's names standing under an umbrella. This one is rooted in Shinto weddings, where newlyweds are [[https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6122380971_6a1719bf9b_b.jpg officiated under a red umbrella]].

* In the seventh episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', "The School of Hard Knocks", in the corner of Kaito's picture of Giselle, their names are written under the umbrella in kanji. 4Kids edited out the easter egg, obviously, because anything remotely Japanese or romantic is evil.

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': A variation of this occurs in "The Past Car". One of [[spoiler:Amelia's]] memories shows [[spoiler: her]] and [[spoiler: her]] ChildhoodSweetheart taking shelter from the rain in a phone booth and laughing. Amusingly, Tulip, who is only 13 and incredibly logic-driven, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint dismisses the memory as unhelpful]] when she sees it.

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'': A variation of this occurs in "The Past Car". One of [[spoiler:Amelia's]] memories shows [[spoiler: her]] and [[spoiler: her]] ChildhoodSweetheart taking shelter from the rain in a phone booth and laughing. Amusingly, Tulip, who is only 13 and incredibly logic-driven, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint dismisses the memory as unhelpful]].

** In the manga and 2019, Tohru offers her umbrella to Kyo, since (as the Cat) he's utterly miserable in the rain. He gets flustered and angry, [[CanNotSpitItOut and turns her down]].

** In the ending credits, Hotaru and Mikan share an umbrella implying RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.

* In ''Anime/SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'', Anri fantasizes about sharing an umbrella with stoic, aloof girl Tsukasa. (Anri has feelings for her, SchoolgirlLesbians style.)

** According to [[https://www.instagram.com/alya.ladyblogger/ Alya's instagram]], they also shared such a moment as Cat noir and Ladybug [[https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b3/39/07/b339077bb2159fd702929e7044514cb2.jpg during a rainy patrol]].

** Used to ship Harima and Eri. Harima offered to walk Eri home after her father left her in the rain.

** Harima got a flash of inspiration for a manga and used Eri's umbrella to scratch it on the ground (it was a dud) trashing it in the process and he was forced to walk her home.
** [[GenreSavvy Tenma]] tried to invoke this trope between herself and emotionless Kurasuma in the first manga volume, offering him to share an umbrella.

Back in the day, it was not seen as kosher for a young woman to be seen in public with a man who was not a family member. One exception was during a rainy day, when a man could offer to share his umbrella with a young maiden in the street if she hadn't one herself.

* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is it]]?) example: ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a flashback with {{Berserker}} Shizuo Heiwajima standing in the rain by the jail after being set up for a crime, feeling and looking completely alone. Off screen, we hear a voice calling his name. It's a very close friend he lost contact with, who then holds his umbrella up over Shizuo's head as they walk off together. This is the anime version of Tom Tanaka's defining character moment, as he's been there for Shizuo ever since.
* In ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', the umbrella symbol shows up on a chalkboard with Akari and Takaki's names under it. When they see it, Akari looks embarassed while Takaki hastily erases it, implying that some other kids had drawn it.

* In ''Anime/HidamariSketch'', Yoshinoya-sensei is stuck due to rain, and the principal -- who seems old enough to be her grandfather -- offers to share an umbrella, since they're going to the same place. Yoshinoya gets extremely flustered when Kuwahara-sensei encounters them and comments on it.

** Local {{Bifauxnen}} Kashima [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer flirts with the girls]] this way in the same chapter--and ends up completely surrounded by a 360 degree shell of umbrellas.

** The song "November Rain" from one of the albums is about a rather sad, subverted version of this trope. The entire reason why Ranma is singing the song is because he's heartbroken over his fiancée, Akane, ditching him under the umbrella they were sharing with each other. Since him hurting her feelings was what caused her to leave, he laments throughout the song over how [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he just can't seem to be tender with her]].

** Makoto and Shinozaki also were under his umbrella in her backstory, right after her first love rejected her LoveConfession and ran away from her in shame afterwards. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispells Usagi's squeals about them being in love when asked: she says that [[PlatonicLifePartners their friendship is actually more serious than any love she could have with a boyfriend.]]

* In episode 2 of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'', Masayoshi sees Goto walking in the rain. He gets out of the Taxi to join him, and they share Goto's umbrella. Neither of them make a big deal out of the romantic implications at the time, but the scene foreshadows [[spoiler:their [[MaybeEverAfter developing relationship]] and Masayoshi's [[WackyMarriageProposal proposal.]]]]

* [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6c/78/d8/6c78d81d88dd9139445697c82dc70832.jpg Painting]] ''Little Red Umbrella'' (''The Lovers'') by Josef Manes, a Czech artist from 19th century. The lovers take it a bit too far as they are lying on the ground, which would not be considered very proper. It's a hot summer and the sky looks as if there was a storm coming.
* French etching called [[http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a610/JanaToNth/Le-Bon-Genre-1No40_zps63388d86.jpg "Le Parapluie Officieux" No 40]], from the ''Le Bon Genre'' series published in the 1820s, show two lovers sheltering under an umbrella in the rain. Through the umbrella you can see a chaperone.

* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' features a strip were Denise is muttering and cursing until it starts to rain, to which she squeals with delight. Peter comments on their newfound closeness; "Wow, good thing you brought this umbrella."

* In ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'', when David and Margaret have a date, it starts raining for the first time in Pleasantville (being the ideliazed 50's sitcom, it was always sunny there). Later David gives Margaret a red umbrella which he found among theatre props -- she doesn't know what it is at first, but she loves it. They later share a kiss, hiding under the umbrella and enjoying HappyRain.

* In the German novel ''Gottes Bodenpersonal: Eine unwahrscheinliche Liebesgeschichte'' (God's ground crew, an unlikely lovestory), the Christian preacher against the evils of prostitution offers to share his umbrella with a hooker. The offer is platonic.[[spoiler:The ensuing relationship is not.]] The hooker asks whether that wouldn't hurt his reputation, which he counters with an AsTheGoodBookSays.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' frequently made use of this trope. Comically so, on occasion--Mulder (David Duchovny) has quite a bit of height on Scully (Gillian Anderson), usualy causing [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/21d0f38859a25901f7c17511d1dd877a/tumblr_nhkydi6zw41u78pf4o2_r1_250.gif this sort of scene.]] Definite ShipTease.

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* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', The Mother's yellow umbrella is an arc symbol signifying the love of Ted's life. Narrator -- older Ted -- made it clear that it had played a major role in their first encouter ("you know the short version [of how I met your mother], the one with the yellow umbrella"), and even before because the umbrella had got lost. [[spoiler:Ted meets Tracy the Mother at the train station when it's raining. He comes to talk to her and she encourages him to cover under her umbrella with her. It's an example of MeetCute when they playfully argue over whose umbrella it really is.]]

* Used as a nice metaphor in the kdrama ''The Entertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and is heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture of support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.

* In ''VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari'', at some point the PlayerCharacter will find himself umbrella-less in a suddenly rainy day. Two girls will make offers to walk him home under her umbrella: the first is [[spoiler:his PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Mikae]] and the other is [[spoiler:GoodBadGirl Mayumi]]. The PC can only choose one of them, though, risking to lose love points with one girl while increasing them with the other.

** The Gaang was given an umbrella from a man that was told by a FortuneTeller that it will rain. Since Sokka is caught up in ArbitrarySkepticism, Katara and Aang are the only ones using it come rainfall.

* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'', socially inept Nobita and his love interest Shizuka share an umbrella once. There is also a gadget that invoke this trope; when a guest enter under the umbrella he become very ''affectionate'' to the user.