History Manga / KimiWaPetto

* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Yuri, for all her good intentions, tries to get Sumire to do this in regards to Hasumi.
-->'''Sumire:''' W...well, those things happen eventually and naturally...
-->'''Yuri:''' WRONG! LOVE IS A SERIOUS FIGHT! YOU TAKE IT OR YOU LOSE IT! THERE IS NO VICTORY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT USE THE FEMALE WEAPON TO THEIR ADVANTAGE! *ThunderShock flashes in the background*

* ChildProdigy: Miiko, the little girl with an IQ of 200.

* DysfunctionJunction: Where to begin?

* HappilyMarried: The penultimate chapter is set about 15 years in the future and features [[spoiler:Sumire and Momo's daughter, and Yuri's two daughters. It's implied that Momo and Sumire are still happily moving all over the globe to follow his career as a dancer and hers as a freelance journalist.]]

* IdenticalStranger: A new character is introduced in Sumire's department who decides she is envious of Sumire's success. Cue a change of makeup, perfume, and hair colour to look as much like Sumire as possible.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Shiori tells Sumire to stay away from Hasumi unless she can promise to "live happily ever after" with him.

* MagicalRealism: Hints of it throughout the story, good example would be the time-travel/dream in the last chapter.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Prepare for some SurpriseCreepy when Momo steps out of character.

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 52; [[spoiler:Sumire agrees to marry Hasumi after she finds out Momo wants to study in Belgium.]]

-->Hasumi: "I'm too surprised to say anything... I can't believe you want to [[spoiler:be my pet]]!"

* AgentScully - Literal non-example: Sukenari called Emma "Scully" when she wouldn't believe his theory that Sumire was an alien princess. How he came to that conclusion [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext is anyone's guess.]]
* ArtShift - When events are shown from Eddie Sukenari's perspective.
* AuthorAvatar - Many of the throwaway and background characters have the same design Yayoi Ogawa uses for herself in the author's notes, and are referred to as 'So-and-so Ogawa' (i.e.: Genevieve Ogawa the horoscope columnist).
* BadassFamily - The Iwaya family. Sumire demonstrates absurd strength, [[TheStoic Shinobu]] and [[BadassBiker Akane]] both kick ass, and their grandfather and [[ActionMom mother]] are both implied to be very strong as well.
* BatmanInMyBasement - Momo, [[spoiler:and, eventually, Shiori. ("Fuku-chan!")]]

* BetaCouple - Quite a few! Yuri and her husband, though he's never seen, as well as [[spoiler:Hasumi and Shiori, who eventually get married and have their own happy ending, and Emma and Hugh, Sumire's coworkers.]]
* BettyAndVeronica - Multiple sets. Hasumi and Momo for Sumire, Sumire and Fukushima for Hasumi, Rumi and Sumire for Momo.

* BigDamnKiss - The one in Belgium if not the one at Sumire's house before [[spoiler:Momo leaves]].
* BigFancyHouse - The Iwaya family compound.
* BishieSparkle - Hasumi very often, Momo (especially when dancing) and '''Eddie Sukenari''' when he loses the glases.
* BlandNameProduct - "Pepti".
* BreakingTheFourthWall - Done by Momo, frequently.

* CosplayOtakuGirl - The sister-in-law of Momo's dance teacher.

* DoubleEntendre - Momo's 'seaman' joke.
* DreamSequence - Whenever Sumire's particularly stressed about something, she'll have a weird dream that gives her the answer she subconsciously already knows.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness - Actually a stylistic choice of the mangaka. All of the characters when in a neutral mood are drawn without lights in their eyes except Sumire. Momo gets them for a panel when he discovers that [[spoiler:Sumire is pregnant with his child.]]
* DysfunctionJunction - Where to begin?

* EarCleaning - Something Momo enjoys greatly.
* EarnYourHappyEnding - Both Sumire and Momo definitely earned theirs.
* EasyAmnesia - One chapter has Sumire getting bonked on the head by a glass jar. After the doctor assures Momo her memory should come back and the amnesiac period will be forgotten completely, Momo tells Sumire that they're dating.
* FamilyVersusCareer - The entire series is a major deconstruction of this trope.
* FirstGirlWins - Subverted. [[spoiler:Although Momo shows up first in the manga, backstory reveals that Sumire and Hasumi first hooked up in university. Momo doesn't end up with Rumi, Sumire and Hasumi end up with other people after dating for two years, in fact, ''no one'' ends up with the first love.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}} - In chapter 13, during Sumire's daydream, the pet salesman, when speaking of the variety of pets he has, mentions a pig. Kind of odd, right? When Emma is introduced, guess what kind of pet she has.
* GreyAndGrayMorality - a real-world version. Shiori's a manipulative little skank who will fake and blackmail her way into Hasumi's life/pants/apartment, but Sumire herself is keeping a young man in her apartment and never does tell the man she dates for over a year and [[spoiler: agrees to marry at one point]] about it, even when [[spoiler: they break up, which actually makes it all the sadder when one considers that Hasumi thinks so well of her for forgiving him for lying to her about Fukushima staying (read: blackmailing her way into) in his apartment]].
* HappilyMarried - The penultimate chapter is set about 15 years in the future and features [[spoiler:Sumire and Momo's daughter, and Yuri's two daughters. It's implied that Momo and Sumire are still happily moving all over the globe to follow his career as a dancer and hers as a freelance journalist.]]

* HypnotizeThePrincess - A chapter late in the series has Sumire being victimised by a psychologist turned hypnotist-rapist. Unfortunately Sumire's emotions are so conflicted at this point that she happily takes the chance to check out, and can't be woken until Momo comes to rescue her.
* IdenticalStranger - A new character is introduced in Sumire's department who decides she is envious of Sumire's success. Cue a change of makeup, perfume, and hair colour to look as much like Sumire as possible.

* ImagineSpot - Sumire has many.
* IsThatCuteKidYours - In the sixth volume, plus a twist on the whole Christmas Cake Eater aspect; the woman in the park who comments to Sumire about how cute her 'daughter' is also comments on how nice it must be to have such a young, energetic husband to keep up with the kids.
* IWantGrandkids - Grandpa Izawa really wanted great-grandkids.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy - Shiori tells Sumire to stay away from Hasumi unless she can promise to "live happily ever after" with him.

* KarmaHoudini - [[spoiler:Shiori]]. Guilty of stalking, blackmailing, guilt tripping, and manipulation. Still gets her man in the end.
* KissingCousins - Hasumi's impression after [[spoiler: he finds out that Iwaya is marrying her "second cousin".]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister - Sumire and Momo for the early part of the series. Momo even introduces himself as Sumire's second cousin.
* MagicalRealism - Hints of it throughout the story, good example would be the time-travel/dream in the last chapter.

* MarshmallowHell - Sumire does this to Momo when she's feeling extra affectionate (like when she's [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl drunk]]). [[AllMenArePerverts Not that he minds, though.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy - Neither Sumire nor Momo fit traditional gender roles. [[spoiler: That's what makes them right for each other.]]
* MistressAndServantBoy - Pretty much the entire premise.
* MoralityPet - Sumire [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] thanks to one of these.
* NotSoDifferent - Realizing this allows Sumire and Emma to finally break the ice.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness - Prepare for some SurpriseCreepy when Momo steps out of character.

* OddFriendship - [[TheStoic Shinobu]] and [[{{Keet}} Momo]] get on surprisingly well.
* {{Otaku}} - Sumire, Momo, and Sukenari. [[CloudCuckooLander Mostly Sukenari.]]

* RelationshipUpgrade - First for [[spoiler:Emma and Hugh]], then for [[spoiler:Sumire and Momo]], then for [[spoiler:Hasumi and Shiori]].

* ScoobyDooHoax - [[spoiler:Sumire and Momo take a trip to a hot springs resort to follow up on a story Sumire was sent about mermaids. The legend says that mothers who die and leave children behind turn into mermaids. The story starts out as OurMermaidsAreDifferent, but is actually a ScoobyDooHoax that almost turns into a SuicidePact between two of the previously referenced orphaned children.]]

* SlasherSmile - Momo pulls one while threatening someone ''with a knife.'' Seriously. ''[[{{Keet}} Momo]]''.
* SuicidePact - Between [[spoiler:the two children in the mermaid village.]] Luckily, Sumire found them in time and slapped some sense into the teenage one.

* {{Take That}}/{{Take That Me}} - From what we've seen of the little comments in the margins of the comic, it appears that Ogawa likes to take stabs at her own characters; when Sumire and Hasumi are hugging, the former thinking about her own confused feelings, the latter thinking about sex, it says, "These two will never learn." Conversely, if one of the [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatars]] shows up in some form, one of the characters will probably snark about it, like when Emma saw an ad on her TV for a mixer that was developed by "Caroline Ogawa" and she immediately thinks, "She looks like a flake.")

* ThatDidntHappen - [[spoiler:It's implied that Shiori and Hasumi had a night together, and Hasumi ''thinks'' they did, but Shiori later admits nothing happened.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - Sumire and Yuri in high-school and college. Sumire is still the Tomboy to an extent, with her love of video games and pro wrestling.

* WarIsHell - Momo meets an elderly woman named Mrs. Takeuchi in the park. After they become friends, she tells him about her younger days during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. As you can imagine, it's an unhappy story with a [[BittersweetEnding more bitter than sweet ending]].

* WhamEpisode - Chapter 52; [[spoiler:Sumire agrees to marry Hasumi after she finds out Momo wants to study in Belgium.]]

* WhamLine - [[Film/{{Alien}} "The core has begun to melt. Engines will overload."]]

* WhyCantIHateYou - Sumire's admired more than she notices, even by her rivals.
* YourCheatingHeart - Sumire's father cheated on her mother before the start of the story, though it's only mentioned to show that Sumire rarely ever spoke to anyone (human) about her problems, even as a child. Also, [[spoiler:Hasumi]] cheated on his fiancé with [[spoiler:Sumire]] back in university, prompting him to call off the marriage. And Sumire's boyfriend before Hasumi, whom she was planning to marry, cheated on her.... Not to mention [[spoiler:Yuri's]] husband [[DysfunctionJunction ALSO cheated....]]

* BadassFamily - The Iwaya family. Sumire demonstrates absurd strength, [[TheStoic Shinobu]] and [[BadassBiker Akane]] both kick ass, and their [[BadassGrandpa grandfather]] and [[ActionMom mother]] are both implied to be very strong as well.

* GreyAndGreyMorality - a real-world version. Shiori's a manipulative little skank who will fake and blackmail her way into Hasumi's life/pants/apartment, but Sumire herself is keeping a young man in her apartment and never does tell the man she dates for over a year and [[spoiler: agrees to marry at one point]] about it, even when [[spoiler: they break up, which actually makes it all the sadder when one considers that Hasumi thinks so well of her for forgiving him for lying to her about Fukushima staying (read: blackmailing her way into) in his apartment]].

* MayDecemberRomance: Gender-inverted from the norm with Momo being 12 years younger than Sumire.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale - Sumire to Momo, though it could be argued that it's actually consensual.

* ChristmasInJapan - Lampshaded by Sumire, who points out that she's not religious or Christian to avoid explaining why she really hates Christmas.

* WarIsHell - Momo meets an elderly woman named Mrs. Takeuchi in the park. After they become friends, she tells him about her younger days during WorldWarII. As you can imagine, it's an unhappy story with a [[BittersweetEnding more bitter than sweet ending]].

* OCCIsSeriousBusiness - Prepare for some SurpriseCreepy when Momo steps out of character.

* BaddassFamily - The Iwaya family. Sumire demonstrates absurd strength, [[TheStoic Shinobu]] and [[BadassBiker Akane]] both kick ass, and their [[BadassGrandpa grandfather]] and [[ActionMom mother]] are both implied to be very strong as well.

* ActionGirl - Sumire.
** [[BadassFamily It seems to run in the family.]] [[TheStoic Shinobu]] and [[BadassBiker Akane]] both kick ass and their [[BadassGrandpa grandfather]] and [[ActionMom mother]] are both implied to be very strong as well.

* ActionGirl - Sumire, who regularly beats up muggers and and other unsavory types with some excellent karate, including once while drunk (and not remembering it the next day). Lampshaded with a chapter in volume three that has her dressed as 'Spark Girl', one of the mascots for a theme park.

* ShoutOut: Sumire and Momo like to hum anime OPs and make numerous references to real life comic books, TV shows, celebrities, actors, models, singers, pro wrestlers, etc. After [[spoiler: Sumire broke up with Hasumi after realizing she loved Momo]], there were several mentions of SergeantFrog.

''Kimi wa Petto'' (literally "You Are My Pet," published as ''Tramps Like Us'' in English) is a 14 volume {{Josei}} manga series by Yayoi Ogawa detailing the life of Sumire Iwaya, a journalist and career woman.

''Kimi wa Petto'' (published as ''Tramps Like Us'' in English) is a 14 volume {{Josei}} manga series by Yayoi Ogawa detailing the life of Sumire Iwaya, a journalist and career woman.

** Hasumi, as soon as [[spoiler:his relationship with Sumire comes to an end]], becomes... [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness different]]. In a very bad way.

* ArtShift - When events are shown from Eddie Sukenari's perspective, they're rather... [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo-looking.]]