History Manga / LeGardenie

* {{Bokukko}}: Kiwi, to the point she is the only female student to wear a boy's uniform.

* ForTheEvulz: There is no reason given as for why Lemon is messing up Orange's (and by extension people who got close to him) life. She did it because she CAN.
** While she claimed that she's doing it for Orange, she must lying as well.
* HairColorDissonance: Kiwi's hair color is either light blond(as seen in the page image) or golden brown(everywhere else).

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Apple resembles Orange's mom when she was younger(seen in the prologue chapter).

* NiceGirl: Apple again; A pleasant girl and good student.

''Le Gardenie'' is a Malaysian high school drama/romance manga created by Gempakstarz's artist Benny Wong Thong Hou of ''Manga/FatalChaos'' fame. The manga was created in year 2006 and finished in 2008 in Utopia magazine's 139 issue. On June 22 2006, Le Gardenie received third place in Japan's first International Manga Award. The series is a coming-of-age tale about a group of teenagers in a secondary school which is located in a Venice-like town set in another world with [[ThemeNaming fruit-based names]] such as Lemon, Orange, Apple and Kiwi (pictured).

The artist for this series was formerly by Ben but has been since replaced by artist Juice (Normah Noh) under the alias [=GempakStarz=], as Ben is now working under a new company as a creative director. The company he works for release a new series of comic cum entertainment magazine titled ''Powder''.

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* AlphaBitch: Lemon.
* BettyAndVeronica: Apple is Betty and Lemon is Veronica. [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Kiwi, however...]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lemon.

* NewTransferStudent: Apple

* RichBitch: Lemon
* SceneryPorn

* {{Tsundere}}: Kiwi, later Lemon.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Kiwi.

* BlondesAreEvil: Lemon again.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: Ben's new romance manga ''Te@mare I Will Always Love You'' has many homages and Expies to ''LeGardenie''. Note that this is intentional.

''Le Gardenie'' is a Malaysian high school drama/romance manga created by Gempakstarz's artist Benny Wong Thong Hou of ''FatalChaos'' fame. The manga was created in year 2006 and finished in 2008 in Utopia magazine's 139 issue. On June 22 2006, Le Gardenie received third place in Japan's first International Manga Award. The series is a coming-of-age tale about a group of teenagers in a secondary school which is located in a Venice-like town set in another world with [[ThemeNaming fruit-based names]] such as Lemon, Orange, Apple and Kiwi (pictured).

* DieForOurShip: Aaron, Apple's ex.
* FanPreferredCouple: Orange and Apple. Here are the fans' theory about mixing their fruity namesakes together:
-->Orange + Lemon: too sour
-->Orange + Kiwi: OK, but an odd combination.
-->Orange + Apple: just nice.

* TheWoobie: Come to think of it, ''everyone''.

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!!This manga has following examples of:

* Expy: Mango is basically [[Fatal Chaos Max]] with thick lips.

** HairColorDissonance: Kiwi's hair color is either light blond(as seen in the page image) or golden brown(everywhere else).

* YamatoNadeshiko: Apple.

* [=~Bitch In Sheep's Clothing~=]: Lemon.

-->Orange + Kiwi: OK, but an odd combination
-->Orange + Apple: just nice

* TheLibby: Lemon