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Depicting the [[SliceOfLife everyday life]] of four pre-adolescent girls and their older sister figure, ''Ichigo Mashimaro'' (Strawberry Marshmallow) doesn't have excessive drama, or supernatural events, or giant robots. Just the antics of four girls, two 12 year olds, two 11 year olds, somewhat cuter acting and more childlike than perhaps is entirely realistic. This notwithstanding, for raw cuteness with added snark, the anime, and the manga, should be recommended.
Originally a {{shonen}} manga series by Barasui, created in 2001, later adapted in 2005 to a video game, and an anime series in 2005. An OAV adaptation was released in early 2007 and another one, entitled ''Encore'' in early 2009.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* ACupAngst: Oh Miu, poor deluded Miu.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Chika occasionally has this reaction to Miu.
* AdultChild: Nobue, to an extent; on more than one occasion, she acts less mature than her 12 year old sister.
** Nobue isn't really a 20 year old, [[NoSmoking she just plays one on TV]], so some childish behaviour is to be expected.
* AllJustADream: The first episode of ''Encore'', after Miu gets knocked out while attempting to do a backflip.
* AnimeAccentAbsence: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]]. Ana Coppola is notably a Japanophile who knows more about Japanese culture than her native friends.
** Plus she forgot how to speak English despite being from England.
* ArtEvolution: ''Very'' noticeable if one reads the series from the first few issues.
* AsleepInClass: At one point Ana falls asleep, and when the teacher goes to wake her, Matsuri protests that they should let her sleep. In another classroom, {{Jerkass}} [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine boke]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Miu falls asleep, and the ''teacher'' asks ''Chika'' not to wake her.
* AttentionWhore: Miu.
* AudienceSurrogate: Nobue.
* BeachEpisode
* BigSisterInstinct
* BigFancyHouse: Ana's.
* BigFriendlyDog: Frusciante, who is friendly to anyone but Miu.
* BirdRun
* BlandNameProduct: Nobue's Mild Even cigarettes.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Episode 5.
* BlindWithoutEm: Matsuri, which leads to some very dangerous situations in the public bath.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Every scene involving Miu doing something stupid and Chika commenting on it.
** Taken UpToEleven in chapter 61 with many repeated cuts of Miu giving a dumb excuse for her mistakes and Chika giving a different comment each time.
---> '''Miu:''' "I'm worried about the future of Japan."
---> '''Chika:''' "How does that make you late?!"
* BrokeEpisode: An ongoing theme is Nobue's lack of funds.
* ButNotTooForeign: Ana, who hails from [[TheWestCountry the West Country]] (Cornwall, to be precise), in South West England.
** Ana's actually an interesting variation, in that she really is pure-blooded British, but has lived in Japan so long she's for all intents and purposes a [[GoingNative native]].
*** Its a RunningGag that out of all the girls, Ana is actually the '''WORST''' at speaking English.
* ButtMonkey: Whenever the younger-younger girls' rarely-seen male classmate Sasazuka does appear, he's usually being told by the teacher to [[StandingInTheHall stand in the hall]].
** Miu seems to think that Ana and Matsuri are this. Everyone else ''knows'' Miu is.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Likely non-romantic, although with Miu all bets are off.
* CoolBigSis: Nobue.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Quite a few people mis-labeled it as {{Shojo}}, such as [[http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Marshmallow-Cute-Does-Vol/dp/B000F3AAMK Amazon.com]] They even go so far as to say that it's obviously targeted at adolescent girls and that older viewers will find it cloying.
* TheCutie: Miu.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Happens to Ana whenever she shows that she can actually speak very good Japanese (and next to no English).
* {{Dojikko}}: Matsuri.
* DropInCharacter: Miu, even in the middle of the night.
* HairDecorations: Miu and Chika are usually shown wearing hair decorations.
* FauxPaw: In episode 51, Matsuri and Miu each don kitty ears. Matsuri does the FauxPaw maneuver (just batting, no licking), to Nobue's delight. Miu behaves more like a cat that's lashing out. Nobue doesn't think so highly of this.
* FestivalEpisode
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Miu.
** To a point. Occasionally [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]] in some parts of the anime and manga where the girls still invite her to places and include her in their general daily life despite what a pain she is. Nobue outright states in the manga "You and Chika are our best friends too." and goes to effort to console Miu when she has her breakdown. Chika is arguably Miu's toughest critic and she still gets the most visibly and tearfully upset if Miu is seriously hurt. It's more that she's just a loopy sister to these girls instead of being someone they resent on any level.
* FriendlyTickleTorture: Nobue and Miu are pretending that Miu's dead. One of Nobue's "proofs" is that Miu, despite "having been" very ticklish, doesn't react to the most severe tickling. Except that she does, of course.
* TheGenericGuy: Chika.
* GirlishPigtails: Miu.
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HairColors: Miu is the classic red-haired anime character, British-born Ana the blond, Chika the typical anime brown or black haired girl, and Matsuri is ''gray'' at ''eleven'', just to round out the mix with a touch of the unusual.
* HeadbuttThermometer
* HotMom: Ana's mother is a [[PhenotypeStereotype blond]], [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] beauty. From the glimpse we get of Nobue and Chika's mother we can conclude she is rather pretty too.
* HotSpringsEpisode
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Nobue's first interaction with the character Ana is to examine her, note things about her that make her cute, and then suddenly grab her proclaiming, "She's MINE!!" In her defense, she was really drunk when this happened.
* {{Jerkass}}: Miu.
* {{Kotatsu}}
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted, there's quite a variety of clothes worn throughout the series.
* {{Lolicon}}: Nobue is accused and [[LittleMissSnarker teased]] about this this by Miu on occasion for her ImTakingHerHomeWithMe tendencies and reactions to Matsuri and Ana's CutenessProximity.
* LookBehindYou: Subverted and played straight in one scene.
* MagicalGirl: Shinohara the angel, from Miu's dream sequence.
* {{Meganekko}}: Matsuri. Ana's mother also appears to be one.
* MustHaveNicotine: Nobue. Big time.
* NoFourthWall
* NoSmoking: Nobue is 16 in the manga, but is depicted as 20 in the anime, giving her an excuse to freely smoke and drink.
** Though she first claims to be 20 while wearing what is clearly a high school uniform.
** There is a chapter in the manga in which Nobue tries to stop smoking, [[MustHaveNicotine with funny results]]. At the beginning she actually adresses the reader that 16 year old girl's aren't allowed to smoke in japan.
* ObliviousYoungerSibling: subverted.
* TheOjou: Ana.
* OtakuSurrogate
* PantyShot: After staying "clean" for 15 episodes, Miu finally has a pair of them in Encore.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PhenotypeStereotype: Nobue fawns over Ana's "typically British" blond hair & blue eyes, while Miu is jealous of Ana's breasts developing before hers.
** And of course Ana's mother is blond too.
** Light hair is fairly common in Britain (compared to the more southerly European nations), so arguably it is "typical" that Ana and her mum are fair-haired.
* PokeThePoodle: ''Encore'' introduces the cutest, most pathetic attempts at a demon facilitating hell.
* PottyDance: Miu does it while lying on the bed because holding it in is temporarily preferable to entering the bathroom without a [[{{Metroid}} Varia Suit]].
* PuniPlush: Rather evident, but throttled to new heights in the ''Encore'' {{OVA}}.
* RealPlaceBackground: The girls apparently live in the town of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, and the author sometimes sneaks in local landmarks.
* RunningGag: Miu lying face-down on the floor after skipping some off-screen violence.
** This is played with one time in the manga where in the following panel Nobue says she hasn't hit her yet, and Miu says she thought she could skip that part if she lay down in advance. Cue Miu lying down again, this time with a bump on her head.
* SadistTeacher: The teacher in Ana's class is constantly punishing one particular student at any opportunity and for no reason.
---> ''Ana is sleeping in class. The teacher walks over to her desk''
---> '''Teacher:''' "My my, what a magnificent nap we're having."
---> '''Matsuri:''' "Shhhhh! Shhhhh! Please don't wake her up!"
---> ''Teacher stares at Matsuri for a moment''
---> '''Teacher:''' "Wouldn't Sasazuka like to have a nap too?"
---> '''Sasazuka:''' "Huh?"
---> ''cut to teacher starting his lesson with Sasazuka absent''
* SantaClaus
* SceneryPorn
* {{Seinen}}
* ShoutOut: Matsuri's ferret is named John, and Ana's dog is called Frusciante, leading one to believe that Barasui is a Music/RedHotChiliPeppers fan.
** Barasui references a lot of western music in various ways throughout - for example, Nobue is a big fan of AphexTwin and µ-Ziq.
* StandingInTheHall
* StraightMan: Chika.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Miu and Nobue's friend, when independently asked, think of Nobue like a boss.
* StrawberryShorthand
* SurpriseSantaEncounter
* TalkingWithSigns: Manga chapter 24.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* [[WeaselMascot Ferret Mascot]]: John, a normal, if mischievous, ferret.
* WeNeedADistraction
* WholePlotReference: Miu retells Cinderella in one chapter of the manga, with Matsuri as Cinderella, Chika and Ana as the stepsisters, Nobue as the prince, and herself as the fairy godmother who [[spoiler: marries the prince at the end]].
* WikiWalk
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[[caption-width-right:320:Chika, Miu, Ana, Nobue & Matsuri]]
Depicting the [[SliceOfLife everyday life]] of four pre-adolescent girls and their older sister figure, ''Ichigo Mashimaro'' (Strawberry Marshmallow) doesn't have excessive drama, or supernatural events, or giant robots. Just the antics of four girls, two 12 year olds, two 11 year olds, somewhat cuter acting and more childlike than perhaps is entirely realistic. This notwithstanding, for raw cuteness with added snark, the anime, and the manga, should be recommended.
Originally a {{shonen}} manga series by Barasui, created in 2001, later adapted in 2005 to a video game, and an anime series in 2005. An OAV adaptation was released in early 2007 and another one, entitled ''Encore'' in early 2009.
----
!!This show provides examples of:
* ACupAngst: Oh Miu, poor deluded Miu.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Chika occasionally has this reaction to Miu.
* AdultChild: Nobue, to an extent; on more than one occasion, she acts less mature than her 12 year old sister.
** Nobue isn't really a 20 year old, [[NoSmoking she just plays one on TV]], so some childish behaviour is to be expected.
* AllJustADream: The first episode of ''Encore'', after Miu gets knocked out while attempting to do a backflip.
* AnimeAccentAbsence: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]]. Ana Coppola is notably a Japanophile who knows more about Japanese culture than her native friends.
** Plus she forgot how to speak English despite being from England.
* ArtEvolution: ''Very'' noticeable if one reads the series from the first few issues.
* AsleepInClass: At one point Ana falls asleep, and when the teacher goes to wake her, Matsuri protests that they should let her sleep. In another classroom, {{Jerkass}} [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine boke]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Miu falls asleep, and the ''teacher'' asks ''Chika'' not to wake her.
* AttentionWhore: Miu.
* AudienceSurrogate: Nobue.
* BeachEpisode
* BigSisterInstinct
* BigFancyHouse: Ana's.
* BigFriendlyDog: Frusciante, who is friendly to anyone but Miu.
* BirdRun
* BlandNameProduct: Nobue's Mild Even cigarettes.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Episode 5.
* BlindWithoutEm: Matsuri, which leads to some very dangerous situations in the public bath.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Every scene involving Miu doing something stupid and Chika commenting on it.
** Taken UpToEleven in chapter 61 with many repeated cuts of Miu giving a dumb excuse for her mistakes and Chika giving a different comment each time.
---> '''Miu:''' "I'm worried about the future of Japan."
---> '''Chika:''' "How does that make you late?!"
* BrokeEpisode: An ongoing theme is Nobue's lack of funds.
* ButNotTooForeign: Ana, who hails from [[TheWestCountry the West Country]] (Cornwall, to be precise), in South West England.
** Ana's actually an interesting variation, in that she really is pure-blooded British, but has lived in Japan so long she's for all intents and purposes a [[GoingNative native]].
*** Its a RunningGag that out of all the girls, Ana is actually the '''WORST''' at speaking English.
* ButtMonkey: Whenever the younger-younger girls' rarely-seen male classmate Sasazuka does appear, he's usually being told by the teacher to [[StandingInTheHall stand in the hall]].
** Miu seems to think that Ana and Matsuri are this. Everyone else ''knows'' Miu is.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Likely non-romantic, although with Miu all bets are off.
* CoolBigSis: Nobue.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Quite a few people mis-labeled it as {{Shojo}}, such as [[http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Marshmallow-Cute-Does-Vol/dp/B000F3AAMK Amazon.com]] They even go so far as to say that it's obviously targeted at adolescent girls and that older viewers will find it cloying.
* TheCutie: Miu.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Happens to Ana whenever she shows that she can actually speak very good Japanese (and next to no English).
* {{Dojikko}}: Matsuri.
* DropInCharacter: Miu, even in the middle of the night.
* HairDecorations: Miu and Chika are usually shown wearing hair decorations.
* FauxPaw: In episode 51, Matsuri and Miu each don kitty ears. Matsuri does the FauxPaw maneuver (just batting, no licking), to Nobue's delight. Miu behaves more like a cat that's lashing out. Nobue doesn't think so highly of this.
* FestivalEpisode
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Miu.
** To a point. Occasionally [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]] in some parts of the anime and manga where the girls still invite her to places and include her in their general daily life despite what a pain she is. Nobue outright states in the manga "You and Chika are our best friends too." and goes to effort to console Miu when she has her breakdown. Chika is arguably Miu's toughest critic and she still gets the most visibly and tearfully upset if Miu is seriously hurt. It's more that she's just a loopy sister to these girls instead of being someone they resent on any level.
* FriendlyTickleTorture: Nobue and Miu are pretending that Miu's dead. One of Nobue's "proofs" is that Miu, despite "having been" very ticklish, doesn't react to the most severe tickling. Except that she does, of course.
* TheGenericGuy: Chika.
* GirlishPigtails: Miu.
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HairColors: Miu is the classic red-haired anime character, British-born Ana the blond, Chika the typical anime brown or black haired girl, and Matsuri is ''gray'' at ''eleven'', just to round out the mix with a touch of the unusual.
* HeadbuttThermometer
* HotMom: Ana's mother is a [[PhenotypeStereotype blond]], [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] beauty. From the glimpse we get of Nobue and Chika's mother we can conclude she is rather pretty too.
* HotSpringsEpisode
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Nobue's first interaction with the character Ana is to examine her, note things about her that make her cute, and then suddenly grab her proclaiming, "She's MINE!!" In her defense, she was really drunk when this happened.
* {{Jerkass}}: Miu.
* {{Kotatsu}}
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted, there's quite a variety of clothes worn throughout the series.
* {{Lolicon}}: Nobue is accused and [[LittleMissSnarker teased]] about this this by Miu on occasion for her ImTakingHerHomeWithMe tendencies and reactions to Matsuri and Ana's CutenessProximity.
* LookBehindYou: Subverted and played straight in one scene.
* MagicalGirl: Shinohara the angel, from Miu's dream sequence.
* {{Meganekko}}: Matsuri. Ana's mother also appears to be one.
* MustHaveNicotine: Nobue. Big time.
* NoFourthWall
* NoSmoking: Nobue is 16 in the manga, but is depicted as 20 in the anime, giving her an excuse to freely smoke and drink.
** Though she first claims to be 20 while wearing what is clearly a high school uniform.
** There is a chapter in the manga in which Nobue tries to stop smoking, [[MustHaveNicotine with funny results]]. At the beginning she actually adresses the reader that 16 year old girl's aren't allowed to smoke in japan.
* ObliviousYoungerSibling: subverted.
* TheOjou: Ana.
* OtakuSurrogate
* PantyShot: After staying "clean" for 15 episodes, Miu finally has a pair of them in Encore.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PhenotypeStereotype: Nobue fawns over Ana's "typically British" blond hair & blue eyes, while Miu is jealous of Ana's breasts developing before hers.
** And of course Ana's mother is blond too.
** Light hair is fairly common in Britain (compared to the more southerly European nations), so arguably it is "typical" that Ana and her mum are fair-haired.
* PokeThePoodle: ''Encore'' introduces the cutest, most pathetic attempts at a demon facilitating hell.
* PottyDance: Miu does it while lying on the bed because holding it in is temporarily preferable to entering the bathroom without a [[{{Metroid}} Varia Suit]].
* PuniPlush: Rather evident, but throttled to new heights in the ''Encore'' {{OVA}}.
* RealPlaceBackground: The girls apparently live in the town of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, and the author sometimes sneaks in local landmarks.
* RunningGag: Miu lying face-down on the floor after skipping some off-screen violence.
** This is played with one time in the manga where in the following panel Nobue says she hasn't hit her yet, and Miu says she thought she could skip that part if she lay down in advance. Cue Miu lying down again, this time with a bump on her head.
* SadistTeacher: The teacher in Ana's class is constantly punishing one particular student at any opportunity and for no reason.
---> ''Ana is sleeping in class. The teacher walks over to her desk''
---> '''Teacher:''' "My my, what a magnificent nap we're having."
---> '''Matsuri:''' "Shhhhh! Shhhhh! Please don't wake her up!"
---> ''Teacher stares at Matsuri for a moment''
---> '''Teacher:''' "Wouldn't Sasazuka like to have a nap too?"
---> '''Sasazuka:''' "Huh?"
---> ''cut to teacher starting his lesson with Sasazuka absent''
* SantaClaus
* SceneryPorn
* {{Seinen}}
* ShoutOut: Matsuri's ferret is named John, and Ana's dog is called Frusciante, leading one to believe that Barasui is a Music/RedHotChiliPeppers fan.
** Barasui references a lot of western music in various ways throughout - for example, Nobue is a big fan of AphexTwin and µ-Ziq.
* StandingInTheHall
* StraightMan: Chika.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Miu and Nobue's friend, when independently asked, think of Nobue like a boss.
* StrawberryShorthand
* SurpriseSantaEncounter
* TalkingWithSigns: Manga chapter 24.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* [[WeaselMascot Ferret Mascot]]: John, a normal, if mischievous, ferret.
* WeNeedADistraction
* WholePlotReference: Miu retells Cinderella in one chapter of the manga, with Matsuri as Cinderella, Chika and Ana as the stepsisters, Nobue as the prince, and herself as the fairy godmother who [[spoiler: marries the prince at the end]].
* WikiWalk
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[[caption-width-right:320:Chika, Miu, Ana, Nobue & Matsuri]]
Depicting the [[SliceOfLife everyday life]] of four pre-adolescent girls and their older sister figure, ''Ichigo Mashimaro'' (Strawberry Marshmallow) doesn't have excessive drama, or supernatural events, or giant robots. Just the antics of four girls, two 12 year olds, two 11 year olds, somewhat cuter acting and more childlike than perhaps is entirely realistic. This notwithstanding, for raw cuteness with added snark, the anime, and the manga, should be recommended.
Originally a {{shonen}} manga series by Barasui, created in 2001, later adapted in 2005 to a video game, and an anime series in 2005. An OAV adaptation was released in early 2007 and another one, entitled ''Encore'' in early 2009.
----
!!This show provides examples of:
* ACupAngst: Oh Miu, poor deluded Miu.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Chika occasionally has this reaction to Miu.
* AdultChild: Nobue, to an extent; on more than one occasion, she acts less mature than her 12 year old sister.
** Nobue isn't really a 20 year old, [[NoSmoking she just plays one on TV]], so some childish behaviour is to be expected.
* AllJustADream: The first episode of ''Encore'', after Miu gets knocked out while attempting to do a backflip.
* AnimeAccentAbsence: [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]]. Ana Coppola is notably a Japanophile who knows more about Japanese culture than her native friends.
** Plus she forgot how to speak English despite being from England.
* ArtEvolution: ''Very'' noticeable if one reads the series from the first few issues.
* AsleepInClass: At one point Ana falls asleep, and when the teacher goes to wake her, Matsuri protests that they should let her sleep. In another classroom, {{Jerkass}} [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine boke]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Miu falls asleep, and the ''teacher'' asks ''Chika'' not to wake her.
* AttentionWhore: Miu.
* AudienceSurrogate: Nobue.
* BeachEpisode
* BigSisterInstinct
* BigFancyHouse: Ana's.
* BigFriendlyDog: Frusciante, who is friendly to anyone but Miu.
* BirdRun
* BlandNameProduct: Nobue's Mild Even cigarettes.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Episode 5.
* BlindWithoutEm: Matsuri, which leads to some very dangerous situations in the public bath.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Every scene involving Miu doing something stupid and Chika commenting on it.
** Taken UpToEleven in chapter 61 with many repeated cuts of Miu giving a dumb excuse for her mistakes and Chika giving a different comment each time.
---> '''Miu:''' "I'm worried about the future of Japan."
---> '''Chika:''' "How does that make you late?!"
* BrokeEpisode: An ongoing theme is Nobue's lack of funds.
* ButNotTooForeign: Ana, who hails from [[TheWestCountry the West Country]] (Cornwall, to be precise), in South West England.
** Ana's actually an interesting variation, in that she really is pure-blooded British, but has lived in Japan so long she's for all intents and purposes a [[GoingNative native]].
*** Its a RunningGag that out of all the girls, Ana is actually the '''WORST''' at speaking English.
* ButtMonkey: Whenever the younger-younger girls' rarely-seen male classmate Sasazuka does appear, he's usually being told by the teacher to [[StandingInTheHall stand in the hall]].
** Miu seems to think that Ana and Matsuri are this. Everyone else ''knows'' Miu is.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Likely non-romantic, although with Miu all bets are off.
* CoolBigSis: Nobue.
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Quite a few people mis-labeled it as {{Shojo}}, such as [[http://www.amazon.com/Strawberry-Marshmallow-Cute-Does-Vol/dp/B000F3AAMK Amazon.com]] They even go so far as to say that it's obviously targeted at adolescent girls and that older viewers will find it cloying.
* TheCutie: Miu.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Happens to Ana whenever she shows that she can actually speak very good Japanese (and next to no English).
* {{Dojikko}}: Matsuri.
* DropInCharacter: Miu, even in the middle of the night.
* HairDecorations: Miu and Chika are usually shown wearing hair decorations.
* FauxPaw: In episode 51, Matsuri and Miu each don kitty ears. Matsuri does the FauxPaw maneuver (just batting, no licking), to Nobue's delight. Miu behaves more like a cat that's lashing out. Nobue doesn't think so highly of this.
* FestivalEpisode
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Miu.
** To a point. Occasionally [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]] in some parts of the anime and manga where the girls still invite her to places and include her in their general daily life despite what a pain she is. Nobue outright states in the manga "You and Chika are our best friends too." and goes to effort to console Miu when she has her breakdown. Chika is arguably Miu's toughest critic and she still gets the most visibly and tearfully upset if Miu is seriously hurt. It's more that she's just a loopy sister to these girls instead of being someone they resent on any level.
* FriendlyTickleTorture: Nobue and Miu are pretending that Miu's dead. One of Nobue's "proofs" is that Miu, despite "having been" very ticklish, doesn't react to the most severe tickling. Except that she does, of course.
* TheGenericGuy: Chika.
* GirlishPigtails: Miu.
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HairColors: Miu is the classic red-haired anime character, British-born Ana the blond, Chika the typical anime brown or black haired girl, and Matsuri is ''gray'' at ''eleven'', just to round out the mix with a touch of the unusual.
* HeadbuttThermometer
* HotMom: Ana's mother is a [[PhenotypeStereotype blond]], [[{{Meganekko}} bespectacled]] beauty. From the glimpse we get of Nobue and Chika's mother we can conclude she is rather pretty too.
* HotSpringsEpisode
* {{ILLKILLYOU}}
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Nobue's first interaction with the character Ana is to examine her, note things about her that make her cute, and then suddenly grab her proclaiming, "She's MINE!!" In her defense, she was really drunk when this happened.
* {{Jerkass}}: Miu.
* {{Kotatsu}}
* LimitedWardrobe: Averted, there's quite a variety of clothes worn throughout the series.
* {{Lolicon}}: Nobue is accused and [[LittleMissSnarker teased]] about this this by Miu on occasion for her ImTakingHerHomeWithMe tendencies and reactions to Matsuri and Ana's CutenessProximity.
* LookBehindYou: Subverted and played straight in one scene.
* MagicalGirl: Shinohara the angel, from Miu's dream sequence.
* {{Meganekko}}: Matsuri. Ana's mother also appears to be one.
* MustHaveNicotine: Nobue. Big time.
* NoFourthWall
* NoSmoking: Nobue is 16 in the manga, but is depicted as 20 in the anime, giving her an excuse to freely smoke and drink.
** Though she first claims to be 20 while wearing what is clearly a high school uniform.
** There is a chapter in the manga in which Nobue tries to stop smoking, [[MustHaveNicotine with funny results]]. At the beginning she actually adresses the reader that 16 year old girl's aren't allowed to smoke in japan.
* ObliviousYoungerSibling: subverted.
* TheOjou: Ana.
* OtakuSurrogate
* PantyShot: After staying "clean" for 15 episodes, Miu finally has a pair of them in Encore.
* ParentalAbandonment
* PhenotypeStereotype: Nobue fawns over Ana's "typically British" blond hair & blue eyes, while Miu is jealous of Ana's breasts developing before hers.
** And of course Ana's mother is blond too.
** Light hair is fairly common in Britain (compared to the more southerly European nations), so arguably it is "typical" that Ana and her mum are fair-haired.
* PokeThePoodle: ''Encore'' introduces the cutest, most pathetic attempts at a demon facilitating hell.
* PottyDance: Miu does it while lying on the bed because holding it in is temporarily preferable to entering the bathroom without a [[{{Metroid}} Varia Suit]].
* PuniPlush: Rather evident, but throttled to new heights in the ''Encore'' {{OVA}}.
* RealPlaceBackground: The girls apparently live in the town of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, and the author sometimes sneaks in local landmarks.
* RunningGag: Miu lying face-down on the floor after skipping some off-screen violence.
** This is played with one time in the manga where in the following panel Nobue says she hasn't hit her yet, and Miu says she thought she could skip that part if she lay down in advance. Cue Miu lying down again, this time with a bump on her head.
* SadistTeacher: The teacher in Ana's class is constantly punishing one particular student at any opportunity and for no reason.
---> ''Ana is sleeping in class. The teacher walks over to her desk''
---> '''Teacher:''' "My my, what a magnificent nap we're having."
---> '''Matsuri:''' "Shhhhh! Shhhhh! Please don't wake her up!"
---> ''Teacher stares at Matsuri for a moment''
---> '''Teacher:''' "Wouldn't Sasazuka like to have a nap too?"
---> '''Sasazuka:''' "Huh?"
---> ''cut to teacher starting his lesson with Sasazuka absent''
* SantaClaus
* SceneryPorn
* {{Seinen}}
* ShoutOut: Matsuri's ferret is named John, and Ana's dog is called Frusciante, leading one to believe that Barasui is a Music/RedHotChiliPeppers fan.
** Barasui references a lot of western music in various ways throughout - for example, Nobue is a big fan of AphexTwin and µ-Ziq.
* StandingInTheHall
* StraightMan: Chika.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Miu and Nobue's friend, when independently asked, think of Nobue like a boss.
* StrawberryShorthand
* SurpriseSantaEncounter
* TalkingWithSigns: Manga chapter 24.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* [[WeaselMascot Ferret Mascot]]: John, a normal, if mischievous, ferret.
* WeNeedADistraction
* WholePlotReference: Miu retells Cinderella in one chapter of the manga, with Matsuri as Cinderella, Chika and Ana as the stepsisters, Nobue as the prince, and herself as the fairy godmother who [[spoiler: marries the prince at the end]].
* WikiWalk
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* FableRemake: Miu retells Cinderella in one chapter of the manga, with Matsuri as Cinderella, Chika and Ana as the stepsisters, Nobue as the prince, and herself as the fairy godmother who [[spoiler: marries the prince at the end]].
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* WholePlotReference: Miu retells Cinderella in one chapter of the manga, with Matsuri as Cinderella, Chika and Ana as the stepsisters, Nobue as the prince, and herself as the fairy godmother who [[spoiler: marries the prince at the end]].
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* ButNotTooForeign: Ana.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Ana.Ana, who hails from [[TheWestCountry the West Country]] (Cornwall, to be precise), in South West England.
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* PantyShot: Miu has one in the second episode of Encore.
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* PantyShot: After staying "clean" for 15 episodes, Miu finally has one a pair of them in the second episode of Encore.
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* {{Lolicon}}:In-universe, Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!" Miu teases her about this on many occasions.
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* {{Lolicon}}:In-universe, {{Lolicon}}: Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan accused and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!" Miu teases her [[LittleMissSnarker teased]] about this this by Miu on many occasions.occasion for her ImTakingHerHomeWithMe tendencies and reactions to Matsuri and Ana's CutenessProximity.
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* {{Lolicon}}: The author and artist himself has said in an {{Omake}} that so long as he gets to draw little girls, it's fine... The series was basically an excuse for the artist to draw cute little girls. There's surprisingly - or [[{{Squick}} disturbingly]] - little objection to this.
** Well, it is not overdone and the jokes are often simply very funny. As long as you thoroughly entertain people, you can get away with a lot.
*** And maybe there's little objection because you don't have to be a lolicon to love little girls.
** The comment does get the author [[LampshadeHanging some funny looks from the cast]].
** In-universe, Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!" Miu teases her about this on many occasions.
** Well, it is not overdone and the jokes are often simply very funny. As long as you thoroughly entertain people, you can get away with a lot.
*** And maybe there's little objection because you don't have to be a lolicon to love little girls.
** The comment does get the author [[LampshadeHanging some funny looks from the cast]].
** In-universe, Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!" Miu teases her about this on many occasions.
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* {{Lolicon}}: The author and artist himself has said in an {{Omake}} that so long as he gets to draw little girls, it's fine... The series was basically an excuse for the artist to draw cute little girls. There's surprisingly - or [[{{Squick}} disturbingly]] - little objection to this.
** Well, it is not overdone and the jokes are often simply very funny. As long as you thoroughly entertain people, you can get away with a lot.
*** And maybe there's little objection because you don't have to be a lolicon to love little girls.
** The comment does get the author [[LampshadeHanging some funny looks from the cast]].
** In-universe,{{Lolicon}}:In-universe, Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!" Miu teases her about this on many occasions.
** Well, it is not overdone and the jokes are often simply very funny. As long as you thoroughly entertain people, you can get away with a lot.
*** And maybe there's little objection because you don't have to be a lolicon to love little girls.
** The comment does get the author [[LampshadeHanging some funny looks from the cast]].
** In-universe,
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* LesYay: Miu's behavior toward Nobue is ambiguous. Chika is often a more straightforward victim of Miu's rather..affectionate side.
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** In-universe, Nobue is a lolicon, going so far as to declare "Matsuri-chan and Ana-chan are going to be grade schoolers forever!!"forever!!" Miu teases her about this on many occasions.
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* WeaselMascot: Ferret, a normal, if mischievous, ferret.
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* WeaselMascot: Ferret, [[WeaselMascot Ferret Mascot]]: John, a normal, if mischievous, ferret.
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** When Miu says she and Chika have kissed, Chika doesn't deny it.
*** Chika had headphones on, and was listening to music at the time. She wouldn't have heard it; she didn't even notice the other four girls making a ruckus behind her for a bit.
*** Chika had headphones on, and was listening to music at the time. She wouldn't have heard it; she didn't even notice the other four girls making a ruckus behind her for a bit.
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* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Miu and Chika are usually shown wearing hair decorations.
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* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: HairDecorations: Miu and Chika are usually shown wearing hair decorations.
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* RealPlaceBackground: The girls apparently live in the town of Hamamatsu in Japan's Shizuoka prefecture, and the author sometimes sneaks in local landmarks.
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** Plus she forgot to speak English despite being from England.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Matsuri, which leads to some very dangerous situations in the public bath.
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* BlindWithoutEm: Matsuri, which leads to some very dangerous situations in the public bath. bath.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Every scene involving Miu doing something stupid and Chika commenting on it.
** Taken UpToEleven in chapter 61 with many repeated cuts of Miu giving a dumb excuse for her mistakes and Chika giving a different comment each time.
---> '''Miu:''' "I'm worried about the future of Japan."
---> '''Chika:''' "How does that make you late?!"
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Every scene involving Miu doing something stupid and Chika commenting on it.
** Taken UpToEleven in chapter 61 with many repeated cuts of Miu giving a dumb excuse for her mistakes and Chika giving a different comment each time.
---> '''Miu:''' "I'm worried about the future of Japan."
---> '''Chika:''' "How does that make you late?!"
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** When Miu says she and Chika have kissed, Chika doesn't deny it.
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** When Miu says she and Chika have kissed, Chika doesn't deny it. it.
*** Chika had headphones on, and was listening to music at the time. She wouldn't have heard it; she didn't even notice the other four girls making a ruckus behind her for a bit.
*** Chika had headphones on, and was listening to music at the time. She wouldn't have heard it; she didn't even notice the other four girls making a ruckus behind her for a bit.
