History Manga / LoveMode

** Jin is often referred to as a “wolf”.

* SadisticChoice: After Haruomi sells himself into servitude to Aoe Shougo, Shougo gives Haruomi two options; he can have his entire body tattooed, or he can publicly “fuck a dog”. Given the ''huge'' social stigma of tattoos in Japan, and also BestialityIsDepraved, obviously neither option is good for Haruomi. He does chooses the former though, but [[EveryoneHasStandards due to the reluctance of the tattoo artist]] Shougo himself only gets as far as tattooing two dots onto Haruomi’s forehead before Kiichi appears.

* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: Jin fell in love with one of his clients, a foreign Prince named Shareef who was supposed to join the clergy, ten years prior to the series. Their relationship however was doomed to never evolve past a host/client relationship because while Jin wanted more, the prince only sought to be “dirtied” by Jin. Then there was the fact that the prince was already in love [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins with his cousin Fai]]]]. Jin ultimately understood all of this and encouraged the pair to be together no matter if their relationship had religious or societal stigma.

* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: Jin fell in love with one of his clients, a foreign Prince who was supposed to join the clergy, ten years prior to the series. Their relationship however was doomed to never evolve past a host/client relationship because while Jin wanted more, the prince only sought to be “dirtied” by Jin. Then there was the fact that the prince was already in love [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins with his cousin]]]]. Jin ultimately understood all of this and encouraged the pair to be together no matter if their relationship had religious or societal stigma.

* Infodump: Upon their second meeting, Kiichi tells Naoya ''everything'' about Reiji, from the business’s he owns to the type of partner he’s looking for. Reiji is not amused.

* UnstoppableRage: When Arashi [[spoiler:stumbled upon Izumi being raped by a stalker]] he beat the assailant so severely that he'd thought he killed the man. After asking Kiichi about it, it's revealed Arashi ''crushed'' the man's nose and left him covered in blood.

* [[DidNotGetTheGirl Did Not Get the Guy]]: Jin fell in love with one of his clients, a foreign Prince who was supposed to join the clergy, ten years prior to the series. Their relationship however was doomed to never evolve past a host/client relationship because the prince was in love [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins with his cousin]]]]. Jin however ultimately understood this and encouraged the pair to be together no matter if their relationship had religious or societal stigma.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Upon their first meeting Reiji quickly gets fed up with Izumi’s denials over his sexuality and the nature his relationship with Takamiya. After dishing out a ReasonYouSuckSpeech over Izumi’s treatment of Takamiya, Reiji points out that Izumi ''chooses'' to hang out with Takamiya despite his protests and more or less asks, “That must mean you like him, right?!”. Izumi responds by throwing a clock at Reiji and through Takamiya’s window, [[SelectiveObliviousness screaming that he ''doesn’t'' like Takamiya]].

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Upon their first meeting Reiji quickly gets fed up with Izumi’s denials over his sexuality and the nature his relationship with Takamiya. After dishing out a ReasonYouSuckSpeech over Izumi’s treatment of Takamiya, Reiji points out that Izumi ''chooses'' to hang out with Takamiya despite his protests and more or less asks, “That must mean you like him, right?!”. Izumi responds by throwing a clock at Reiji and through Takamiya’s window, screaming that he ''doesn’t'' like Takamiya.

* BattleButler: Kashinma Haruomi, who is the housekeeper for the Aoe estate, but can kick much ass as well.

* BattleButler: Kashinma Haruomi, who is the housekeeper for the Aoi estate, but can kick much ass as well.

* FuroScene: The Jungle Bath at the Aoi estate.

* IncestSubtext: Both [[spoiler:Reiji and Takamiya]] experience this with the people closest to them in their lives [[spoiler:Kiichi and Shiki’s respectively]]. They even bond over this and their own fears over such feelings.

* {{Yakuza}}: Reiji Aoi is tall, dark, and, at least once, mistaken for yakuza. The fact that his business includes a variety of shady businesses probably doesn't help matters much.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[MistakenForServant Shakashita Izumi]] [[spoiler:is a victim of forced sex due to the similarity in names with a host of the Blue Boy club. Ultimately he]] decides he really is in love with Takamiya, but only him.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Reiji and Kiichi’s father Shougo didn’t love them. He kept them so long as they were useful to him, and the moment one of them [[spoiler:Kiichi]] lost value to Shougo he was discarded and disowned. He was also a brutal businessman who had no problem destroying lives in the pursuit of money and power. The only person Shougo ''did'' love was his lover, Nishiki, [[MoralityPet who was also the only one who could somewhat keep Shougo in line]]. But only somewhat.