History Manga / GokinjoMonogatari

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''Gokinjo Monogatari'' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Creator/AiYazawa that ran in Shueisha's ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' magazine from 1995 to 1998. It tells the story of Mikako Koda, a teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, her childhood friend beau Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and their friends,all of them students in the Yazawa Arts High School.

Several characters have appearances in ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', which is a SpinOff continuation. It was adapted into a 50-episode anime, a feature film, and a CD-drama.

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!!''Gokinjo Monogatari'' provides examples of:

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Mikako in her past. [[ThemeNaming Miwako]] later repeats the story.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Shintaro to Mariko. He's far less troublesome than her, in fact.
* AuthorAppeal: [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in the end of course ceremony, where [[AuthorAvatar Principal Yazawa]] explains the reason the alumni of Yazagaku compete to achieve the most outlandish look is that she enjoys extravagant fashion.
* AuthorAvatar: Principal Yazawa.
* BabiesEverAfter
* TheBartender: Toku
* BeautyContest: Mariko won the annual Yazagaku beauty contest, and they mention a new edition taking place during the SchoolFestival, but nobody pays much attention to it.
* BeYourself: Even if it takes being [[spoiler: bullied by your classmates and expelled from your school.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Ayumi and Mariko really are on two opposite ''extremes'' of the scale.
* BigBrotherMentor: Tokumori for both Tsutomu and Mikako.
* BishieSparkle: Seiji's sparkles are visible not only to the readers, but to the cast too, earning him a nickname 'The Sparkling Alien'. (Once he jokingly tells Mikako he comes from another planet and has special powers. [[spoiler: ''She believes him'']].)
* BlandNameProduct: Mariko loves ''Chanyel''.
* TheCameo: Midori and Akira from Ai Yazawa's previous manga ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', show up in the street market. Mamirin appears in the final chapter in the background while Mikako is in London. Takigawa appears as a tutor in a side story chapter
* CatchPhrase: [[GratuitousEnglish Waaaarp!!]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Mikako and Tsutomu. Also, Mariko and Shuu.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: Mikako
* ComingOfAgeStory
* {{Deconstruction}}: Not so much as ''Manga/{{Nana}}'' or ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', but still deals with some issues rather seriously for a shoujo manga.
* {{Delinquent}}: Jirô. The cast sometimes start talking in delinquent slang, and he calls them off on it believing they are mocking him.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Pii-chan
* ExtremeDoormat: Ayumi, Ayumi, and Ayumi. When she's chosen as the receptionist at the fashion contest and can't move from the hall, she even gets a comment from Yuusuke, that it suits her just perfectly.
* FlashStep: Mikako's "Warrrrp!", which is just her running really fast.
* GenreSavvy
* GratuitousEnglish: All the time. Mikako is particularly fond of it.
* HiddenDepths: Mariko again.
* HighSchoolSweethearts
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Tsutomu is very tall, Mikako is basically a shrimp.
* IdenticalStranger: Tsutomu and a pop-idol Nakamura Ken.
* ImportantHaircut: Mikako's life can be recounted by those.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yuusuke, all the way.
* {{Kawaiiko}}: Mikako and Pii.
* LadykillerInLove: {{Gender flip}}ped with Mariko.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: again, Mariko.
* LoveTriangle
* TheMasochismTango: [[spoiler:Mariko and Yuusuke's]] relationship quickly turns into this.
* MediumAwareness: It's a Ai Yazawa thing.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A sparkling foreign gay alien prince? Pii-chan loves it!
* NoFourthWall: Again, ''Ai Yazawa''.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Common female reaction to Seiji's beauty.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Ruriko misunderstand a passing comment by Miwako and gets all paranoid about her daughter spending all that time alone with Tsutomu.
* PetHomosexual: Seiji's character is a thorough aversion of this trope.
* PimpedOutDress: Just see Mikako's creation on the fashion contest.
* RummageSaleReject: Often, Mikako.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Ayumi for Yuusuke]].
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Mariko may have a reputation of a easy lay, before hanging out with the cast but she is really one of these.
* SlapSlapKiss: Literally, but well, if you bring up a topic of your love's "octopus lips" in the middle of romantic scene...
* SliceOfLife
* SorryImGay: Or in this case, [[spoiler:don't worry, I'm gay.]] [[spoiler:He lied]]. [[Manga/ParadiseKiss Probably]].
* SpoiledBrat
** Mariko
** Mikako even more, since she may be a little less spoiled, but more in "bratty", not {{Ojou}} way.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Tsutomu wonders if he's the main male character, or Yuusuke. He has every reason to.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Yuusuke
* {{Tsundere}}: Mikako
* UnlimitedWardrobe: And how. Well, the heroine ''is'' a fashion designer in training.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Subverted, Yuusuke doesn't acknowledge that he's the princess in this case ... and it causes a ''problem''.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Poor Yuusuke was wrong, he never got to star in his own manga. To be fair, [[SpotlightStealingSquad he was pretty close to being one in this very series]], while [[ThoseTwoGuys Jirô]], [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Shintaro]] and [[ButtMonkey Noriji]] had similar delusions. Noriji, though, gets a cameo in [[Manga/ParadiseKiss the continuation]], where he's briefly presented as "some random ojii-san".

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* {{Cameo}}: Midori and Akira from Ai Yazawa's previous manga ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', show up in the street market. Mamirin appears in the final chapter in the background while Mikako is in London. Takigawa appears as a tutor in a side story chapter

* ChristmasCake: As usual, a female teacher. Althoug 27-year old Hama-chan-sensei doesn't seem to be very concerned.

* {{Bishounen}}: Most of the male cast qualifies (with an exeption of Noriji), but Seiji Kisaragi takes it [[UpToEleven up to eleven]].

Several characters have appearances in ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', which is a SpinOff continuation. It was adapted into a 50-episode anime, a feature film, a soundtrack CD, with a CD-drama also released.

Several characters have appearances in ''Manga/ParadiseKiss'', which is a SpinOff continuation. It was adapted into a 50-episode anime, a feature film, a soundtrack CD and a CD-drama were also released.

''Gokinjo Monogatari'' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Creator/AiYazawa that ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 1995 to 1998. It tells the story of Mikako Koda, a teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, her childhood friend beau Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and their friends,all of them students in the Yazawa Arts High School.

* WellExcuseMePrincess: Subverted, Yuusuke doesn't acknowledge that he's the princess in his care... and it causes a ''problem''.

''Gokinjo Monogatari'' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Creator/AiYazawa than ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 1995 to 1998. It tells the story of Mikako Koda, a teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, her childhood friend and beau Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and their friends, all of them students in the Yazawa Arts High School.

* {{Cameo}}: Midori and Akira, from Ai Yazawa's previous manga ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', show up in the street market. Mamirin appears in the final chapter in the background while Mikako is in London. Takigawa appears as a tutor in a side story chapter

* HelloNurse: Mariko "Nice Body-ko" Nakasu.

* {{Cameo}}: Midori and Akira, from Ai Yazawa's previous manga ''Manga/TenshiNankaJaNai'', show up in the street market.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: Not so much as Manga.{{Nana}} or Manga/ParadiseKiss, but still deals with some issues rather seriously for a shoujo manga.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Poor Yuusuke was wrong, he never got to star in his own manga. To be fair, [[SpotlightStealingSquad he was pretty close to being one in this very series]], while [[ThoseTwoGuys Jirô]], [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Shintaro]] and [[ButtMonkey Noriji]] had similar delusions. Noriji, though, gets a cameo in [[ParadiseKiss the continuation]], where he's briefly presented as "some random ojii-san".

* {{Deconstruction}}: Not so much as {{Nana}} or ParadiseKiss, but still deals with some issues rather seriously for a shoujo manga.

'''''Gokinjo Monogatari''''' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Creator/AiYazawa than ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 1995 to 1998. It tells the story of Mikako Koda, a teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, her childhood friend and beau Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and their friends, all of them students in the Yazawa Arts High School.

* NoFourthWall

* MediumAwareness

* AuthorAvatar

'''''Gokinjo Monogatari''''' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Creator/AiYazawa than ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 1995 to 1998.
It tells the story of Mikako Koda, a teenager who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, her childhood friend and beau Tsutomu Yamaguchi, and their friends, all of them students in the Yazawa Arts High School.

'''''Gokinjo Monogatari''''' (''Neighborhood Story'') is a seven-volume SliceOfLife manga by Ai Yazawa than ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine from 1995 to 1998.

* {{Cameo}}: Midori and Akira, from Ai Yazawa's previous manga ''TenshiNankaJaNai'', show up in the street market.

* HollywoodPudgy: Apparently, Pii-chan is so chubby that she has trouble finding clothes that fit her and thus has to sew her own. FridgeBrilliance when you realize sizes are very limited in japan, specially in lolita style where clothes tend to be one size fits all.

* HotShounenMom: Mikako's mother.
* HotShoujoDad: Yes, Mikako's father.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Mikako and Tsutomu. Also, Mariko and Shuu.]]

* AdultChild: Mikako's mother Ruriko.

Several characters have appearances in ''ParadiseKiss'', which is a SpinOff continuation. It was adapted into a 50-episode anime, a feature film, a soundtrack CD and a CD-drama were also released.