History Manga / ItazuraNaKiss

** [[spoiler: Kotoko and Naoki's daughter]] Kotomi looks like her mother but has her father's eyes and hair colour. [[spoiler: And also shares the same deal of adoration towards Naoki, though in her case is an OedipusComplex]].

* OedipusComplex: Little Kotomi ''worships'' her father and competes with her mother for his attention.

** Also has one of the main characters is from [[KansaiRegionalAccent Osaka]], her hometown, as elements from Osaka are always present.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Kinnosuke has a thick KansaiRegionalAccent and is perhaps the [[LargeHam hammiest]] character.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: Kinnosuke has a very thick Kansai dialect. He also has the lively personality to go along with it.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: [[spoiler:TheyDo and in all three cases (Kotoko and Naoki, Kinnosuke and Chris, Sudou and Matsumoto).]]

[[caption-width-right:225:InnocentCohabitation at best, SlapSlapKiss at worst.]]

* InnocentCohabitation: It starts this way, at least for Naoki, but Kotoko is living with her crush, after all. [[spoiler: Eventually subverted since they get married.]]

* IUhYouToo: The closest thing to a LoveConfession from Naoki [[spoiler: before TheReveal]] is when he takes Kotoko to a NotADate and tells her he's fine with their InnocentCohabitation since she has made his life more interesting and says ''he doesn't hate her''.

%%* ArmorPiercingSlap: A good number of these delivered throughout the series, usually between couples.

* IllGirl: Akiko is a patient stuck in a wheelchair.

A manga by Kaoru Tada that ran from 1990 to 1999, ''Itazura Na Kiss'' (also known as ''[=ItaKiss=]'') follows the story of Kotoko Aihara and Naoki Irie. Beginning in their senior year of high school, Kotoko, rejected by Naoki, the guy she likes, finds she and her father homeless after their house collapses in an earthquake due to shoddy construction. Hearing the news, her father's childhood friend invites them to stay with them. Concidentally, she finds her father's friend is Naoki's father, and comes to live in their house with her cold, distant crush.

A manga by Kaoru Tada that debuted in 1990, ''Itazura Na Kiss'' (also known as ''[=ItaKiss=]'') follows the story of Kotoko Aihara and Naoki Irie. Beginning in their senior year of high school, Kotoko, rejected by Naoki, the guy she likes, finds she and her father homeless after their house collapses in an earthquake due to shoddy construction. Hearing the news, her father's childhood friend invites them to stay with them. Concidentally, she finds her father's friend is Naoki's father, and comes to live in their house with her cold, distant crush.

* AdaptationExpansion: Considering the [[DiedDuringProduction author's death]] before the manga was completed, most adaptations do this, especially regarding later development.

* AlwaysSecondBest: Naoki has a rival in the person of Seiichi Funatsu, who no matter how hard he works, he never managed to beat Naoki in anything. Naoki eventually calls him on this, and has a PetTheDog moment saying he should start focusing on what he could do with that good brain of his instead of spending his time trying to beat him. [[spoiler: But since at that time he was hitting on his wife to spite him, he [[KickTheDog kicks the dog]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments saying he'll be always number two, no matter what and repeatedly calling him NumberTwo]].]]

* BerserkButton: Put a tennis racket in Sudou's hand and he becomes a sadist with UnstoppableRage. It's why the tennis club has so many dropouts.
* BetaCouple: [[spoiler: Kinnosuke and Christine]] are the couple who gets the more development after the OfficialCouple. In few episodes they even serve as a {{Foil}}.

* BigBrotherWorship: Yuuki has a bad case of this. He follows his brother's example in everything he does, though he's lucky to be smart almost like him, otherwise he would be ridiculous. In the manga he even is content to be one day his brother's NumberTwo at the FamilyBusiness though he's the one actually interested to the job. After [[spoiler: Naoki TookALevelInKindness, he discusses with him that he admired his cool demeanour, but admires him even more now that he learned to pursue his dream and even start a family.]]
* BigDamnKiss: It ''finally'' happens [[spoiler: when Naoki declares to Kotoko. He even tells her that she doesn't need to keep count from now.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: Considering the [[AuthorExistenceFailure author's death]] before the manga was completed, most adaptations do this, especially regarding later development.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Yuuki, Naoki's younger brother.
* ArcWelding: The anime does some serious arc welding. Also, minor arcs covered by the manga are entirely [[TimeSkip skipped away]] into the abyss.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: A good number of these delivered throughout the series, usually between couples.

* DatePeepers: Kotoko, Sudou and Matsumoto are occasionally guilty of this.
* DefrostingIceKing: Naoki. He personally admits that he only started to feel certain emotions after meeting Kotoko.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Since Naoki is the the [[{{Deuteragonist}} male lead]], it's rather obvious that Kinnosuke eventually wouldn't get Kotoko.

* GenkiGirl: Kotoko, her mother, and [[spoiler:her daughter, Kotomi]].

* GratuitousEnglish: Naoki and Christine converse this way in one episode.

* HopelessSuitor: Both subverted ([[spoiler: Kotoko and Chris]]) and played straight ([[spoiler: Kinnosuke and Keita]]).
* HospitalHottie: Who wouldn't want to be taken care of by Dr. Irie and Nurse Kotoko? [[http://dl10.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1485/1485930qmel61oxr3.png Seriously!]]

* LethalChef: Both Kotoko and and her mother, thankfully having a professional chef as husband/father.

* PluckyGirl: Kotoko, and how.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl:
** [[GenkiGirl Kotoko]] and [[InsufferableGenius Naoki]], of course,
** Naoki's younger brother Yuuki and his [[spoiler:girl]]friend Konomi are their JuniorCounterpart,
** Inverted with [[spoiler:Kinnosuke and Chris]].

* ShoujoDemographic

* YouFool/UsefulNotes/{{Baka}}: You'd get very, ''very'' drunk if you start a DrinkingGame for every time Naoki calls Kotoko ''baka''.
* Creator/YukoGoto - Christine (Also, she shows off her [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish Surprisingly]] GratuitousEnglish in one episode. "Surprisingly" because she also voiced [[Anime/SketchbookFullColors Kate]].)

A manga by Kaoru Tada that debuted in 1991, ''Itazura Na Kiss'' (also known as ''[=ItaKiss=]'') follows the story of Kotoko Aihara and Naoki Irie. Beginning in their senior year of high school, Kotoko, rejected by Naoki, the guy she likes, finds she and her father homeless after their house collapses in an earthquake due to shoddy construction. Hearing the news, her father's childhood friend invites them to stay with them. Concidentally, she finds her father's friend is Naoki's father, and comes to live in their house with her cold, distant crush.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Naoki is several times subjected to this trope.
** Even after she and Naoki having been living under the same roof for years [[spoiler: and eventually got married]] Kotoko keeps calling him [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Irie-kun]], which strangers find a bit weird.
** Mrs. Irie mainly refers to her son, Naoki, as "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology oniichan]]" regardless of context, when it's generally used by a younger sibling to refer to an older/elder brother.