History Manga / BunnyDrop

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: As Daikichi buys things for Rin after taking her in, he asks why she hasn't picked out any skirts. she replies that it's a dress code for day care. A {{beat]] goes by before Daikichi realizes he forgot to enter Rin into a day care, and the next day is a Monday.

* ExplainExplainOhcrap: As Daikichi buys things for Rin after taking her in, he asks why she hasn't picked out any skirts. she replies that it's a dress code for day care. A {{beat]] goes by before Daikichi realizes he forgot to enter Rin into a day care, and the next day is a Monday.

* MayDecemberRomance: Daikichi's grandpa and Masako.

* PottyFailure: Rin's bedwetting in chapter 4 and episode 3 of the anime; partly stress, partly scared to enter the bathroom alone at night.

** "This isn't VideoGame/DragonQuest!"

When Daikichi Kawachi questions his mother, he learns that the six-year-old girl is Rin, his grandfather's ''illegitimate daughter.'' When everybody else in the family makes excuses to avoid taking care of her, Daikichi gets pissed off and impulsively takes her in himself.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Daikichi. To his '''entire family''' at their treatment of Rin.
* CanonDiscontinuity: The anime only covers the events of manga volumes 1-4, explicitly ignoring the TimeSkip in Volume 5 and implying that Daikichi will start a relationship with Kouki's mother. That said, most fans seem to prefer it this way given the radical changes made after the timeskip.

* FacePalm: Please note: asking a little girl to keep a secret [[http://www.mangareader.net/1618-50996-13/usagi-drop/chapter-20.html will have unexpected results]].

* ParentalAbandonment: Rin; father dead, mother's whereabouts unknown. Once mother's whereabouts discovered, [[spoiler:mother still wants ''nothing'' to do with her because she's irresponsible.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime version does not adapt the later volumes of the manga and implies a completely different ending, since the original ending was hated by fans and received very negative reviews in the anime community.
* {{Retcon}}: [[spoiler: Rin not being related to Daikichi by blood after all.]]

* WifeHusbandry: Rin and Daikichi, towards the end of the manga -- [[spoiler:first, we find out that Rin isn't related to Daichiki's grandfather, and therefore isn't a relative of Daichiki at all. Then Daichiki and Rin start dating two years later. Wife/girlfriend. Squick]]

** [[spoiler:Further chapters beat you over the head with this between Daikichi and Ms. Nitani as well -- before it turns out that Daikichi ends up with ''adoptive daughter.'']]

* SinkOrSwimFatherhood

* WifeHusbandry: Rin and Daikichi, towards the end of the manga- [[spoiler:First,we find out that Rin isn't related to Daichiki's grandfather- she's not related to him at all. Then Daichiki and Rin start dating two years later. wife/girlfriend. Squick]]

** Rin and Kouki are at this stage when the post-TimeSkip arc begins.
** [[spoiler:Further chapters beat you over the head with this between Daikichi and Ms. Nitani as well.]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: Adaptation does not take into account controversial volumes and in fact, implies the other end, since the original end was hated by fans and received very negative reviews in the anime community.

* HarshWordImpact

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Rin has a parental figure in Daikichi, but calls him by his name. She doesn't see him as a father, and in the manga at least [[spoiler:this foreshadows how she eventually falls for Daikichi as a teen]]. Rin refers to her biological father as "Grandpa" because he was a senior, even though he's her dad. [[spoiler: This also foreshadows in the manga that Rin isn't biologically Daikichi's grandfathers child.]]

* CallingTheOldManOut: Daikichi. To his '''entire family''' at their treatment of Rin. Both a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming along with a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* MaamShock: Male version -- her first morning with Daikichi, Rin calls him "oji-san", which shocks him as much because he's just 30 as because she's his ObaSan in the relationship sense. The official translation obscures the joke by rendering these as "mister" and "ma'am".

The series is licensed by Creator/YenPress, which has started releasing it in North America. An anime (viewable on [[http://www.hulu.com/bunny-drop Hulu]]) ran in the Creator/{{noitaminA}} block in the summer 2011 anime season, and a live-action movie was released in July of that year.

The series is licensed by Creator/YenPress, which has started releasing it in North America. An anime (viewable on [[http://www.hulu.com/bunny-drop Hulu]]) ran in the Creator/{{noitaminA}} block in the Summer2011AnimeSeason, and a live-action movie was released in July of that year.

* SickEpisode: Rin gets sick in episode 10. Fortunately for a worried Daikichi, Yuriko stops by to visit them and help him take care of Rin.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood

* EvolvingCredits: in the anime, the ending sequence changes slightly to match the content of the episode during the first section and also in the colored pencil/chalk pastel drawing of Rin towards the end

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A few in the anime, one of them involves Rin playing on her new futon while Daikichi is on the phone

* HappilyAdopted: Rin.

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Rin has a parental figure in Daikichi however calls him by his name. She doesn't seem him as a father, and in the manga at least [[spoiler:this foreshadows how she eventually falls for Daikichi as a teen]]. Rin refers to her biological father as "Grandpa" because he was a senior, even though he's her dad. [[spoiler: This also foreshadows in the manga that Rin isn't biologically Daikichi's grandfathers child.]]

* WifeHusbandry: Rin and Daikichi, towards the end of the manga- [[spoiler:First,we find out that Rin isn't related to Daichiki's grandfather- she's not related to him at all. Then Daichiki and Rin start dating two years later. Geez, so he raised her all along to be his wife/girlfriend. Squick]]

The series is licensed by Creator/YenPress, which has started releasing it in North America. An anime (viewable on [[http://www.hulu.com/bunny-drop Hulu]]) ran in the {{noitaminA}} block in the Summer2011AnimeSeason, and a live-action movie was released in July of that year.

* DelayedReaction: When Daikichi takes Rin shopping for some clothes, he asks how some she doesn't get a skirt. She mentions that skirts aren't allowed at nursery school. He agrees with her for a moment, then it hits him that he needs to register her for school.

** Daikichi and Rin do the Algorithm Dance from ''PitagoraSuicchi''.

* ElectiveMute: Rin.

* MayDecemberRomance:
** Daikichi's grandpa and Masako.
** The manga ending has [[spoiler:Rin marrying Daichiki who is about 26 years older than her.]]

* MayDecemberRomance: Daikichi's grandpa and Masako.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The anime only covers the events of manga volumes 1-4, explicitly ignoring the TimeSkip in Volume 5 and implying that Daikichi will start a relationship with Kouki's mother.That said, most fans seem to prefer it this way given the radical changes made after the timeskip.

* IronicEcho:
** "This is sweat!"

* MissingMom - A plot point is Daikichi learning the identity of Rin's mother and confronting her.

* [[NotBloodSiblings Not Blood Related]]: [[spoiler:Chapter 54 reveals that Rin isn't Souichi's biological daughter.]]

* WifeHusbandry: Rin and Daichiki, towards the end of the manga- [[spoiler:First,we find out that Rin isn't related to Daichiki's grandfather- she's not related to him at all. Then Daichiki and Rin start dating two years later. Geez, so he raised her all along to be his wife/girlfriend. Squick]]

* WifeHusbandry: Rin and Daichiki, towards the end of the manga- [[spoiler:First,we find out that Rin isn't related to Daichiki's grandfather- she's not related to him at all. Then Daichiki and Rin start dating. Geez, so he raised all along to be his wife. Sqick]]

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Averted; the later chapters deal with Rin as a teenager. See TimeSkip.
* [[NotBloodSiblings Not Blood Related]]: [[spoiler:Chapter 54 reveals that Rin isn't Souichi's biological daughter.]]