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** In the Yotsukubi arc, each of the children and Yuri are all transported to [[LotusEaterMachine that seem to be perfectly in line with what they wish for the most]]...until the unnerving elements start to kick in.
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** In the Yotsukubi arc, each of the children and Yuri are all transported to [[LotusEaterMachineWorlds [[LotusEaterMachine that seem to be perfectly in line with what they wish for the most]]...until the unnerving elements start to kick in.
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** In the Yotsukubi arc, each of the children and Yuri are all transported to [[LotusEaterMachineworlds [[LotusEaterMachineWorlds that seem to be perfectly in line with what they wish for the most]]...until the unnerving elements start to kick in.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Any bargain made with a ghost is generally this. Aono in particular looks for any opportunity he has to force Yuri into agreeing to let him possess her in exchange for saving her or other people.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: the scenes where Aono possesses Yuri tend to have him loom over her while she's lying down and press part of himself into her or between her legs.
* Doppelgänger: Whenever Aono possesses someone he becomes a BodySnatcher. Interestingly, that includes being body-snatched by *himself* when Dark Aono takes over, as well as when he possesses Yuri or Fujimoto.
** Ghosts also seem to be able to temporarily take on other people's forms to deceive the living. Aono pretends to be Yuri to get into Mio's home, and later pretends to be Fujimoto as well. [[spoiler:Aono's mother]] also takes on Yuri's form in front of Fujimoto.
* Doppelgänger: Whenever Aono possesses someone he becomes a BodySnatcher. Interestingly, that includes being body-snatched by *himself* when Dark Aono takes over, as well as when he possesses Yuri or Fujimoto.
** Ghosts also seem to be able to temporarily take on other people's forms to deceive the living. Aono pretends to be Yuri to get into Mio's home, and later pretends to be Fujimoto as well. [[spoiler:Aono's mother]] also takes on Yuri's form in front of Fujimoto.
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* MagicallyBindingContract: Ghosts and the living are magically bound to obey the terms of any trade or agreement they make together.
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** It's implied that Aono's mother [[spoiler:had obsessive feelings towards Aono, possibly to the point of ParentalIncest, while despising his younger brother. There's a dream sequence flashback that shows Aono remembers a time when his mother convinced him to lock his younger brother inside of the closet while they went for ice cream and a movie together.]]
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** It's implied that Aono's mother [[spoiler:had obsessive feelings towards Aono, possibly to the point of ParentalIncest, while despising his younger brother. There's a [[FlashbackNightmare dream sequence flashback sequence]] that shows Aono remembers a time when his mother convinced him to lock his younger brother inside of the closet while they went for ice cream and a movie together.together. Yuri also guesses that the reason Aono abandoned his brother was because his mother had told him to.]]
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* Yandere: Dark Aono takes on shades of this, including telling Yuri he deliberately pretended to disappear for a while because her distress and worry would make her think of him more, and asking her to kill Fujimoto to prove he's the one most important to her.
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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: Dark Aono takes on shades of this, including telling Yuri he deliberately pretended to disappear for a while because her distress and worry would make her think of him more, and asking her to kill Fujimoto to prove he's the one most important to her.
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* AbusiveParents: A few examples.
** Yuri's parents coped very, very badly with the death of her older brother, and took it out on Midori as a child. Now when Midori passes the abuse on to her younger sister, they look the other way and tell Yuri to cope with it.
** It's implied that Aono's mother [[spoiler:had obsessive feelings towards Aono, possibly to the point of ParentalIncest, while despising his younger brother. There's a dream sequence flashback that shows Aono remembers a time when his mother convinced him to lock his younger brother inside of the closet while they went for ice cream and a movie together.]]
** Yuri's parents coped very, very badly with the death of her older brother, and took it out on Midori as a child. Now when Midori passes the abuse on to her younger sister, they look the other way and tell Yuri to cope with it.
** It's implied that Aono's mother [[spoiler:had obsessive feelings towards Aono, possibly to the point of ParentalIncest, while despising his younger brother. There's a dream sequence flashback that shows Aono remembers a time when his mother convinced him to lock his younger brother inside of the closet while they went for ice cream and a movie together.]]
* CannotTellALie: Ghosts apparently can't lie while making a contract, although that doesn't stop them from being able to [[YouDidntAsk manipulate things in their favour.]]
* FlowerMotifs: Flowers seem to symbolize some connection to death and the spirit world.
* GlamourFailure: Nozomi can see Dark Aono's true form, and it isn't pretty.
* GlamourFailure: Nozomi can see Dark Aono's true form, and it isn't pretty.
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* OpenTheIris: A warning sign LoveTriangle: One eventually forms between Aono, Yuri and [[spoiler:Fujimoto]], and begins taking on a prominent role in the plot in the ninth volume.
* MrExposition: Mio frequently fills this role, due to a combination of her interest in horror and ghost story tropes and a clever mind thatDark Aono has can draw together the pieces of information everyone gathers to come out.up with new, generally correct theories on whatever supernatural difficulties the cast is facing (and how to fix them).
* MustBeInvited: Ghosts can't enter homes without permission. [[spoiler:According to Horie's theories, that's because everyone lives in a separate but intersecting world, and only the living have automatic permission to traverse them.]]
* MrExposition: Mio frequently fills this role, due to a combination of her interest in horror and ghost story tropes and a clever mind that
* MustBeInvited: Ghosts can't enter homes without permission. [[spoiler:According to Horie's theories, that's because everyone lives in a separate but intersecting world, and only the living have automatic permission to traverse them.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Yuri has a few of these, particularly whenever she's forced to confront that her self-martyring tendencies are making Aono feel the same way she'd feel if he hurt himself for her.
** Yuri also has one when she finds out that [[spoiler:her suicide attempt was probably what brought Aono back as a corrupted spirit, thus transforming him from a kind person to something monstrous.]]
* NightmareSequence: Frequently. It's generally unclear to what extent they're the result of supernatural influences like Aono.
** In the Yotsukubi arc, each of the children and Yuri are all transported to [[LotusEaterMachineworlds that seem to be perfectly in line with what they wish for the most]]...until the unnerving elements start to kick in.
** Yuri also has one when she finds out that [[spoiler:her suicide attempt was probably what brought Aono back as a corrupted spirit, thus transforming him from a kind person to something monstrous.]]
* NightmareSequence: Frequently. It's generally unclear to what extent they're the result of supernatural influences like Aono.
** In the Yotsukubi arc, each of the children and Yuri are all transported to [[LotusEaterMachineworlds that seem to be perfectly in line with what they wish for the most]]...until the unnerving elements start to kick in.
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* OpenTheIris: A warning sign that Dark Aono has come out.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Played with. [[spoiler: One of Yuri's bargains with Aono gives her permanent red eyes, but while they're associated with the terrifying Dark Aono,]] she remains a friendly and harmless person.
* RuleOfThree: One of the rules when dealing with Aono's ghost seems to be that if you guess his identity wrong three times, he gets an "advantage" in any future bargains.
* RuleOfThree: One of the rules when dealing with Aono's ghost seems to be that if you guess his identity wrong three times, he gets an "advantage" in any future bargains.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Yuri gradually blossoms into a more outgoing, confident person over the course of the series, until she's finally able to start talking back when her mother and sister attempt to tear her down.
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* WhatHaveIBecome: Aono does not take well to being a malicious spirit who can at any point suddenly attempt to harm his loved ones.
* Yandere: Dark Aono takes on shades of this, including telling Yuri he deliberately pretended to disappear for a while because her distress and worry would make her think of him more, and asking her to kill Fujimoto to prove he's the one most important to her.
* Yandere: Dark Aono takes on shades of this, including telling Yuri he deliberately pretended to disappear for a while because her distress and worry would make her think of him more, and asking her to kill Fujimoto to prove he's the one most important to her.
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* CameBackWrong: As the story goes on, it becomes clear that coming back as a ghost has changed Aono for the worse, particularly when his Dark Aono side rears its head.
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''I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die'' (''Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai'') is a {{seinen}} manga by Umi Shiina. It began serialization in ''Monthly Afternoon'' in 2016, and is still ongoing.
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''I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die'' (''Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai'') is a {{seinen}} romance/horror manga by Umi Shiina. It began serialization in ''Monthly Afternoon'' in 2016, and is still ongoing.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fujimoto is more realistic in his reactions to rumors and [[NotWhatItLooksLike contrived scenarios]] that suggest a romance between him and Yuri; he's mostly just annoyed and shrug it off rather than act overtly embarrassed, even with the hints that he might actually be developing feelings for Yuri.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fujimoto is more realistic in his reactions to rumors and [[NotWhatItLooksLike contrived scenarios]] that suggest a romance between him and Yuri; he's mostly just annoyed and shrug it off rather than act overtly embarrassed, even with the hints (and eventual confirmation) that he might actually be developing feelings for Yuri.
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* LoveConfessor: Fujimoto admits to Aono in Chapter 28 that he does indeed like Yuri, but hasn't acted on his feelings out of consideration for Aono's ghost.
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''I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die'' (''Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai'') is a {{seinen}} manga by Umi Shiina. It began serialization in ''Monthly Afternoon'' in 2016, and is still ongoing.
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A live-action television series adaptation is set to air in 2022.
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Yuri Kariya has never had a boyfriend, but that's just changed. She confessed to Ryuhei Aono in the class next door, and though he seems confused by her confession, he accepts and the two become a couple.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Fujimoto is more realistic in his reactions to rumors and [[NotWhatItLooksLike contrived scenarios]] that suggest a romance between him and Yuri; he's mostly just annoyed and shrug it off rather than act overtly embarrassed.
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* RealityEnsues: Fujimoto is more realistic in his reactions to rumors and [[NotWhatItLooksLike contrived scenarios]] that suggest a romance between him and Yuri; he's mostly just annoyed and shrug it off rather than act overtly embarrassed.
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* CovertPervert: Fujimoto appears somewhat offended that Yuri would rather lose her virginity to a stranger instead of him.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Fujimoto is forced to deal with this as rumors about him and Yuri begins to spread.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Fujimoto is forced to deal with this as rumors about him and Yuri begins to spread.
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* VirginSacrifice: Yuri, Horie, and Fujimoto at one point theorize that Yuri might've accidentally offered herself as a sacrifice to Dark Aono and reach the point where they believe ridding her of her virginity might break the contract.
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* SurpriseCreepy: As the description states, the series starts off mostly innocently enough, seemingly being some SliceOfLife romance about Yuri and Aono's ghost. That is, until Aono suddenly demands that Yuri allow him to possess her near the end of the first chapter, revealing the horror aspects of the manga.
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* BodyHorror: Often in the form of both people and ghosts shriveling up into humanoid masses of veins
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* DiseaseBleach: Repeated possession at Aono's hand eventually bleaches Yuri's hair.
* MistakenForRomance: Yuri and Fujimoto's collaboration to help Aono move on has led to their school gossiping about their potential relationship. Yuri is highly embarrassed and ashamed due to still "being" with Aono, while Fujimoto is incredulous about the whole situation. Though, there are still bits and pieces sprinkled throughout the manga to imply that Fujimoto might have budding feelings for her.
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* PosthumousSibling: Yuri is one. She tells Aono that she had an older brother that died when her older sister was little.
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* PosthumousSibling: Yuri is one. She tells Aono that she had an older brother that died when her older sister was little.little.
* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Fujimoto is forced to deal with this as rumors about him and Yuri begins to spread.
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** Despite Fujimoto being adamant about not getting with Yuri, there are various moments throughout the series that shows the two might be developing feelings for each other.
** Chapter 14 heavily implies that Horie had developed a crush on Fujimoto.
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* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Fujimoto is forced to deal with this as rumors about him and Yuri begins to spread.
* ShipTease:
** Despite Fujimoto being adamant about not getting with Yuri, there are various moments throughout the series that shows the two might be developing feelings for each other.
** Chapter 14 heavily implies that Horie had developed a crush on Fujimoto.
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* DaylightHorror: It's rare for anything to happen other than during a brightly-lit day.
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* OpenTheIris: A warning sign that Dark Aono has come out.
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This all sounds like the setup for a heartwarming, bittersweet almost SliceOfLife story about [[ABoyAndHisX a girl and her ghost boyfriend]], but [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope it isn't]]. Though the first couple chapters focus on romantic hijinks between the two, it doesn't take long for Yuri and Aono to notice that something's not quite right with Aono now that he's a ghost.
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Yuri's sister Midori throws a fit when she sees Yuri wearing her clothes despite the fact she'd already told her mother that she didn't wear them anymore. She forces Yuri to take the clothes off despite her having just barely walked in the door, only to throw them in the trash. Their mother is disturbingly nonchalant about it. [[spoiler:She also sneaks condoms into Yuri's room to make their mother think Yuri ReallyGetsAround.]]
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Yuri's sister Midori throws a fit when she sees Yuri wearing her clothes despite the fact she'd already told her mother that she didn't wear them anymore. She forces Yuri to take the clothes off despite her having just barely walked in the door, only to throw them in the trash. Their mother is disturbingly nonchalant about it. [[spoiler:She also sneaks condoms into Yuri's room to make their mother think Yuri ReallyGetsAround.ReallyGetsAround, and the mother believes her even when Yuri says that she's lying.]]
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* {{Hikikomori}}: Mio Horie in Yuri's class is one, having not come to school since May.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. Yuri getting hers towards the end of the first chapter actually hinders Dark Aono's attempt to "go inside" of her.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Nozomi Watase at the elementary school can see ghosts. After forcing her to do the Yotsukubi-sama ritual with them, Yuina and Hiroto can, too.
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Yuri's sister Midori throws a fit when she sees Yuri wearing her clothes despite the fact she'd already told her mother that she didn't wear them anymore. She forces Yuri to take the clothes off despite her having just barely walked in the door, only to throw them in the trash. Their mother is disturbingly nonchalant about it. [[spoiler:She also sneaks condoms into Yuri's room to make their mother think Yuri ReallyGetsAround.]]
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* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Yuri's sister Midori throws a fit when she sees Yuri wearing her clothes despite the fact she'd already told her mother that she didn't wear them anymore. She forces Yuri to take the clothes off despite her having just barely walked in the door, only to throw them in the trash. Their mother is disturbingly nonchalant about it. [[spoiler:She also sneaks condoms into Yuri's room to make their mother think Yuri ReallyGetsAround.]]]]
* PosthumousSibling: Yuri is one. She tells Aono that she had an older brother that died when her older sister was little.
* PosthumousSibling: Yuri is one. She tells Aono that she had an older brother that died when her older sister was little.
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Yuri Kariya has never had a boyfriend, but that's just changed. She confessed to Ryuhei Aono in the class next door, and though he seems confused by her confession, he accepts and the two become a couple.
Two weeks later, Aono dies in a traffic accident.
Filled with despair, Yuri contemplates suicide, only for Aono's ghost to stop her. Despite the strange circumstances, Yuri is overjoyed to see him again and the two decide to remain a couple.
This all sounds like the setup for a heartwarming, bittersweet almost SliceOfLife story about [[ABoyAndHisX a girl and her ghost boyfriend]], but [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope it isn't]]. Though the first couple chapters focus on romantic hijinks between the two, it doesn't take long for Yuri and Aono to notice that something's not quite right with Aono now that he's a ghost.
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Two weeks later, Aono dies in a traffic accident.
Filled with despair, Yuri contemplates suicide, only for Aono's ghost to stop her. Despite the strange circumstances, Yuri is overjoyed to see him again and the two decide to remain a couple.
This all sounds like the setup for a heartwarming, bittersweet almost SliceOfLife story about [[ABoyAndHisX a girl and her ghost boyfriend]], but [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope it isn't]]. Though the first couple chapters focus on romantic hijinks between the two, it doesn't take long for Yuri and Aono to notice that something's not quite right with Aono now that he's a ghost.
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