History Manga / IrisZero

* TheBeard: [[spoiler:Hijiri pretends to be Kuga's boyfirend because Kuga doesn't have enough courage to inform her mother that she and Houjou have broken up. Her mother finds out anyway.]]

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Sasamori, who else? This startles the hell out of Toru when she mutters that she likes him [[SickEpisode while asleep with a fever]], [[TalkingInYourSleep until she carries on saying she likes Asahi, Hijiri, and others too.]] And then [[spoiler:she comes back around to saying she ''really, really'' likes Toru, which he [[SelectiveObliviousness ignores the significance of completely]].]]

The manga began serialization in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Monthly Comic Alive'' in 2009. It went on a lengthy hiatus starting in July 2012, due to one of the creators falling ill. It resumed serialization in October 2013, picking up right where it had left off. It has slipped in and out of hiatus ever since then depending on the creator's health.

* PoisonousFriend: Asahi [[spoiler:is the person who outed Toru as a Zero]] in their shared backstory. Also, [[spoiler:Tokita briefly looks like he may be so to Kuga]].

This semi-fantasy {{manga}} written by Piro Shiki and Hotaru Takana tells of Toru's time in high school as he struggles to maintain his low profile while assisting the ever-annoying (well, to him anyway) Koyuki who stands out too much. Rounding out the cast are [[EyesAlwaysShut Hijiri Shinozuka]], Toru's only friend who sees past Toru for being an Iris Zero; [[FieryRedhead Asahi Yuki]], Koyuki's friend; [[EmotionlessGirl Nanase Kuga]], who's even more withdrawn than Toru; and [[StoicSpectacles Harumi Tokita]], Kuga's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]].

This {{shounen}} semi-fantasy {{manga}} written by Piro Shiki and Hotaru Takana tells of Toru's time in high school as he struggles to maintain his low profile while assisting the ever-annoying (well, to him anyway) Koyuki who stands out too much. Rounding out the cast are [[EyesAlwaysShut Hijiri Shinozuka]], Toru's only friend who sees past Toru for being an Iris Zero; [[FieryRedhead Asahi Yuki]], Koyuki's friend; [[EmotionlessGirl Nanase Kuga]], who's even more withdrawn than Toru; and [[StoicSpectacles Harumi Tokita]], Kuga's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]].

The series went on a lengthy haitus starting in July 2012, due to one of the creators falling ill. It resumed serialization in October 2013, picking up right where it had left off. It has slipped in and out of hiatus ever since then depending on the creator's health.

* HandHidingSleeves: Of the hiding secrets variety

** Hijiri wears longs sleeves [[spoiler: to hide scars from self harm]]
** Kuga used to wear long sleeves as a kid [[spoiler: to hide abuse from her father]]

* ColorCodedCharacters: The phone straps obtained at the end of the Sasamori-gift mini arc are shown to be a lead in to this when Hoshimiya's [[http://www.simple-scans.com/slide/read/iris_zero/en/6/28/page/3 tease page]] is released, with each character's background being colored the same as their phone strap. In addition, the [[http://www.simple-scans.com/slide/read/iris_zero/en/7/30/page/3 re-introduction page]] that showcases the characters after the manga came off of hiatus also color-codes them in the same mode. It should be noted that their designated colors appear to be either their eye color, for most of the cast, or their hair color for Tokita.

* LoveChart: A fairly straightforward [[http://www.mangareader.net/iris-zero/10/3 diagram]] appears at the beginning of its third volume in an omake section of sorts.

** A rare case involving the mangaka: most manga sites list the name as "Pro Shiki", but read the name on the manga and it says "Piroshiki". Of course, the latter is hard to find, but if you are [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/iris_zero/v01/c004/54.html observant enough...]]

** The background conversation on [[http://www.mangareader.net/iris-zero/27/6 this page]] sums it up pretty well.

* ACupAngst: In volume 1's [[BonusMaterial side comic]], Koyuki and Kuga even form a "The No Breast Friends Club":

* BonusMaterial: In the volume collections; usually composed of a short side story and a FourthWall-breaking comic [[SelfDeprecatingHumor full of the characters mocking the writer, artist, and the series in general]].

* [[spoiler:DarkAndTroubledPast]]: [[spoiler:Kuga's father used to abuse her and possibly even cheated on her mother, but Kuga couldn't tell her mother because she didn't want to hurt her feelings. It still came out anyway, and led to her parents' divorce.]]
* [[DecadentCourt Decadent School]]:

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: When Hijiri [[spoiler:thought he failed to save Tachibana, whom he likes]]. Fortunately, Toru helped him.

* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: [[spoiler:Kuga, during the Iris Hunter arc.]] [[ResetButton Turned around at the end]] [[spoiler:when it's brought home to Kuga the damage she's doing and how it's going to harm someone she cares about.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: The ''[[AvertedTrope lack]]'' of fanservice is lampshaded in a [[BonusMaterial side comic]] published in the first collected volume, where Toru frets that they'll be renamed "Sex Appeal Zero" because the bath scene in chapter 4 is a single panel with someone's arm sticking in from off-panel. The most skin readers see in a remotely sexy way is a brief glimpse of Asahi's modest (by fanservice standards) cleavage when her robe is a bit loose during an overnight field trip.

* LoveChart: A fairly straightforward [[http://www.mangareader.net/iris-zero/10/3 diagram]] appears at the beginning of its third volume in an [[BonusMaterial omake section]] of sorts.

* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse]]: [[spoiler:Hijiri's classmate [[{{Yandere}} Katagiri]] was planning to kill Tachibana to have Hijiri to herself]]. Good thing Toru put an end to it.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: A humorous example in the third volume's [[BonusMaterial omake]]. [[ForTheLulz To get back at Toru]], other characters from the main band tell Koyuki [[NoodleIncident about the bathroom scenes]]. Harumi even goes as far as saying that [[NoodleIncident Toru pushed him down]] ([[ForTheLulz and forgets to add "into a trap"]]). Koyuki's reaction is priceless.

** Lampshaded in the BonusMaterial for volume 5, with a simple three-step "[[http://www.batoto.net/read/_/116566/iris-zero_v5_ch27.5_by_simple-scans/15 how to draw Tokita (not that anyone cares)]]" guide to drawing [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a super-deformed version of Tokita]]. The artist notes, "The picture at step 2 is so simple you still can't really tell who you are drawing," and only becomes distinctly Tokita when a few locks of messy hair and his glasses are added in step 3.

** In each volume's [[BonusMaterial omake]], the characters announce a "new direction" for the series starting next volume:

* [[spoiler:TheEmpath: [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] with Kuga. Her empathic abilities made her put other people's welfare before her own, leading to her DarkAndTroubledPast.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Iris Zero'' went through a few different forms during planning, mostly outlined in BonusMaterial:
** Toru was originally supposed to have been the only one with an Iris, surrounded by normal people—one old idea was someone who could see the RedStringOfFate connecting others but could not fall in love himself—until the creator decided he had no distinguishing features other than his power and switched it around.
** The original series was supposed to have been a set of one-shots with a different protagonist every chapter, collected into a single volume. (Toru, Koyuki, Asahi, Hijiri, and Harumi in that order.) The publisher decided they liked the idea enough to request serialization instead of a limited run.

* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:See MurderTheHypotenuse]].

* [[DeadlyDecadentCourt Deadly Decadent School]]:

* ZettaiRyouiki: Sasamori. From volume 2, anyway.

The series went on a lengthy haitus starting in July 2012, due to one of the creators falling ill. It resumed serialization in October 2013, picking up right where it had left off.

* JerkassFacade: Toru, at times.

** And yet questioned by Asahi in chapter 27, who points out that [[spoiler:Hijiri is secretive and refuses to open up about himself, Kuga still feels guilty, Tokita is only there because Kuga is, Toru is pretending not to notice Sasamori likes him, and Asahi herself can't stop checking to see if the others are lying. If Sasamori was gone they'd fall apart.]]

* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Explicitly invoked by Toru, who regularly hides behind an MP3 player and a book to help maintain his minimal exposure.

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