History Manga / InsideMari

* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: [[spoiler:Isao catches ''himself'' doing it. Isao-in-Mari's-body walks in on himself masturbating on the toilet, after being aroused by Mari's body. He then tells himself to continue while he's watching.]] It's a really weird situation.

* DecoyProtagonist: First Isao, then Mari... the true protagonist is Yori.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: ''Subverted''. Isao is not happy to be in Mari's body.]]

* MultiGenderedSplitPersonalities: There's a [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane recurring ambiguity]] whether Isao actually exists and had his mind put in Mari's body or is just her split personality. [[spoiler:Ultimately, it's proven the Isao "inside Mari" is a constructed personality, and not even the only one, but is based on a real Isao.]]

* StalkerWithACrush: Isao at the beginning of the story. This is ''not'' played for laughs.

* GenderBenderAngst: Isao is horrified of being in Mari's body and the fact he literarly has to look at her nude to shower and such is a massive issue. When Isao has his first period, he hates it.

* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: ''Subverted''. Isao is not happy to be in Mari's body and can't even bring himself to look at her intimate parts. [[spoiler: He eventually gets to look at Mari's breasts, though.]]

* GenderBenderAngst: Isao is horrified of being in Mari's body. He initially wouldn't even look at her nude body. When Isao has his first period, he hates it.

* GrandTheftMe: For Isao, the change is mostly terrifying. He doesn't know how he came to occupy Mari's body, doesn't know how to act when Mari's friends are around, and is afraid that he will ruin her social life. [[spoiler: This trope is later subverted when we learn that [[NotHimself Isao was never actually in Mari's body]]. Double Subverted when we learn Mari may be so broken that Isao/Mari is actually a SplitPersonality based on Isao's identity.]]

''Inside Mari'' (''Boku wa Mari no Naka'') is a manga by Shuzo Oshimi (author of ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'' and ''Manga/WelcomeBackAlice''), which ran in ''Manga Action'' from 2012 to 2016.

* BishieSparkle: Chapter seventy-seven displays this during a flashback from Mari's point of view as we see how Mari initially saw Isao. This is in stark contrast to both the fact that [[spoiler:she was watching Isao as he did things like enjoy ADateWithRosiePalms and nearly everyone in this sequence looking like creatures out of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'']].

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** A pretty graphic depiction at that. [[spoiler:It ends with Mari apparently calling Isao/Mari.]]
** Later again [[spoiler:when Isao/Mari gives a hand job to 'normal' Isao]]. It comes off more as an expression of contempt than anything else.

* GrandTheftMe: For Isao, the change is mostly terrifying. He doesn't know how he came to occupy Mari's body, doesn't know how to act when Mari's friends are around, and is afraid that he will ruin her social life. [[spoiler: This trope is later subverted when we learn that [[NotHimself Isao was never actually in Mari's body]]. Double Subverted when learn Mari may be so broken that Isao/Mari is actually a SplitPersonality based on Isao's identity.]]

''Inside Mari'' (''Boku wa Mari no Naka'') is a manga by Shuzo Oshimi (author of ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil''), which ran in ''Manga Action'' from 2012 to 2016.

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's implied that the real Mari may have some form of disorder. [[spoiler:When Isao/Mari tells Mari's mother repeatedly that he is not Mari, she responds with a somewhat strained smile and some pills. Later, Mari seems to be gradually recovering some memories that Isao could not have.]] This is later confirmed.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Yori and Mari's relationship appears to have begun as a mutual crush. [[spoiler: Mari's mind appears to have broken when it evolved into something deeper.]]

* SchoolgirlLesbians:
** Yori is in love with Mari. She holds Isao in utter contempt but decides to help him anyway to free Mari from his influence.
** It's implied that Mari might also be attracted to Yori, as Isao/Mari kisses her and then later comments that [[spoiler:his body felt as if it was moving on its own]]. The real Mari also purchased [[spoiler:dirty magazines targeted at straight men]] (that formerly belonged to Isao, meaning that [[spoiler:her buying them]] could possibly be due to her StalkerWithoutACrush tendencies toward him), and rejected any boy who asked her out.

''Inside Mari'' (''Boku wa Mari no Naka'') is a manga by Shuzo Oshimi (author of ''Manga/TheFlowersOfEvil'') and tells the story of Isao Komori, a recluse shut-in with no social life whatsoever who spends most of his time playing video games. He is also in love with a young schoolgirl he usually sees when he goes to the convenience store to buy food, but since he is too shy to talk to her, Isao prefers to stalk her while she is walking home. Then, one day, [[FreakyFridayFlip he suddenly finds himself in the body of Mari Yoshizaki]], the very girl he is so fond of stalking.

* NotSoDifferent: Isao and Mari. Both are broken by intolerable social pressures, though they actually break in very different ways.

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Inside Mari can be read on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/comics/manga/inside-mari/volumes Crunchyroll]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's implied that the real Mari may have some form of disorder. [[spoiler: When Isao/Mari tells Mari's mother repeatedly that he is not Mari, she responds with a somewhat strained smile and some pills. Later, Mari seems to be gradually recovering some memories that Isao could not have.]] This is later confirmed.

* BatDeduction: One of the girls in the school, Yori Kakiguchi, correctly deduces that someone else is inside Mari's body [[spoiler: because the UnresolvedSexualTension was suddenly missing from their relationship]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Mari and Yori don't end up together and part ways after graduating high school, but Mari at least seems like she's in a better place mentally and emotionally after her ordeal. Additionally, the fact that her parents are seen together at the end seems to suggest that the family may at least be trying to work through their issues. The real Komori also seems to be doing better after having moved back in with his parents.]]

* GenderBenderAngst: Isao is horrified of being in Mari's body. He initially wouldn't even look at her nude body. When Isao has his first period, he hates it. * GrandTheftMe: For Isao, the change is mostly terrifying. He doesn't know how he came to occupy Mari's body, doesn't know how to act when Mari's friends are around, and is afraid that he will ruin her social life. [[spoiler: This trope is later subverted when we learn that [[NotHimself Isao was never actually in Mari's body]]. Double Subverted when learn Mari may be so broken that Isao/Mari is actually a SplitPersonality based on Isao's identity.]]

* DeconstructorFleet: Pretty much deconstructs every trope it touches.

* WebcomicTime: The series takes place entirely in the year it was released. Mari was born in 1995 but is a high school student.

* FrozenInTime: The series subverts ComicBookTime or WebcomicTime in that it perpetually takes place in the year it was released. Mari was born in 1995 but is a high school student.