History Manga / GohanNoOtomo

** Likewise, their respective best friends (Sayu and Dai's unnamed friend) seem to have started developing interest in each other but they interact even less than Dai and Suzu due to their divergent social circles.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Many of the characters that gets featured in later chapters have been introduced as cameos in earlier ones. For example, the girl Tabuchi whom ran into in the first chapter is Mai, who would see her limelight in the second chapter. The regular who frequents the ''Daifuku mame'' store Mai part-times in is Nametake, who stars in chapter 3, and Mai’s professor would be re-introduced in chapter 7 as Kuma’s wife.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Dai and Suzu has known each other from kindergarten all the way to middle school, and they are obviously interested in each other. However, they seem to have different social circles at school and are almost never seen directly interacting until chapter 17. Still, they are familiar enough with each other to be on FirstNameBasis, as Suzu's grandparents know Dai's parents well.
* ComfortFood: The whole point of Chapter 3, where the [[NoNameGiven unnamed main character]] is having a bad day, and starts craving for ''nametake'' (enoki mushrooms cooked in soy sauce) to make himself feel better. When his quest to buy the food actually made things worse, he is eventually treated to his cravings by Kuma, giving him not only the food, but also some friends, and a regular place to eat.

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Nobu the café owner is described as gentle and [[CoolBigSis big sisterly]], and is good at styling hair. [[spoiler:A flashback shows how he likes to wear pretty hairbands as a teenager, which may suggest that he’s a closeted transwoman, although it is also possible that he simply has feminine interests, which he hides as an UnmanlySecret.]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Downplayed, as the series' muted colours makes the contrast less obvious than most examples, but Mai and her two friends Tomo and Noe are obviously meant to be brunette, blonde and redhead (or auburn), respectively.

* TwiceShy: The opening volume and end-of-chapter illustrations feature a pair of teenagers (later named Dai and Suzu) who are constantly ogling at the other while they aren’t looking, but would quickly look away when the other turns back. Assuming that they are actually looking at the person and not the food the other is eating (like Tabuchi did in Chapter 1), they’ve been mutually pining for each other since kindergarten, but they never actually approach one another.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Zigzagged with Dai and Suzu, the TwiceShy couple who had attended the same school from kindergarten all the way to middle school. Despite knowing each other for such a long time, they don't seem to actually be friends, as they seem to belong to different social circles and are never seen to directly interact with one another.
* ComfortFood: The whole point of Chapter 3, where the [[NoNameGiven main character]] is having a bad day, and starts craving for ''nametake'' (enoki mushrooms cooked in soy sauce) to make himself feel better. When his quest to buy the food actually made things worse, he is eventually treated to his cravings by Kuma, giving him not only the food, but also some friends, and a regular place to eat.

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* BaitAndSwitch: In chapter 1, Tabuchi spends the first half of the story getting nagged by various people to get a girlfriend. Then, while shopping in the convenience store, he bumps into a girl and seemingly falls in LoveAtFirstSight with her. He takes a day off later, and goes on a rush, presumably to meet her. However, as it turns out, he was simply interested in the recipe the girl was reading, and couldn’t wait to try it out.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Zigzagged with Dai and Suzu, the TwiceShy couple who had attended the same school from kindergarten all the way to high school. Despite knowing each other for such a long time, they don't seem to actually be friends, as they seem to belong to different social circles and are never seen to directly interact with one another.

* TwiceShy: The opening volume and end-of-chapter illustrations feature a pair of teenagers (later named Dai and Suzu) who is constantly ogling at the other while they aren’t looking, but would quickly look away when the other turns back. Assuming that they are actually looking at the person and not the food the other is eating (like Tabuchi did in Chapter 1), they’ve been mutually pining for each other since kindergarten, but they never actually approach one another.

Everyone needs to eat, regardless of their age, background or status. This allows food to unite the unlikeliest people together, and there is no greater joy than to share a good meal with loved ones.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite his best efforts to not get along with his baby sister Niko, Ichita couldn’t help his protective instincts when he notices a suspicious stranger staring at her. And, of course, when he does try to , he immediately gets suckered by her cute charms.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Many of the characters that gets featured in later chapters have been introduced as cameos in earlier ones. For example, the girl Tabuchi whom ran into in the first chapter is Mai, who would see her limelight in the second chapter. The regular who frequents the Daifuku mame store Mai part-times in is Nametake, who stars chapter 3, and Mai’s professor would be re-introduced in chapter 7 as Kuma’s wife.

* BaitAndSwitch: In chapter 1, Tabuchi spends the first half of the story getting nagged by various people to get a girlfriend. Then while shopping in the convenience store, he bumps into a girl, and seems to fall in LoveAtFirstSight. He takes a day off later, and goes on a rush, seemingly to meet her. However, as it turns out, he was simply interested in the recipe the girl was reading, and couldn’t wait to try it out.

* NumericalThemeNaming: Ichita and [[FamilyThemeNaming his baby sister]] Niko is named after the numbers one and two, respectively.

* TwiceShy: The opening volume and end-of-chapter illustrations feature a pair of teenagers (later named Dai and Suzu) who is constantly ogling at the other while they aren’t looking, but would quickly look away when they turn back. Assuming that they are actually looking at the person and not the food the other is eating (like Tabuchi did in Chapter 1), they’ve been mutually pining for each other since kindergarten, but they never actually approach one another.