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* SenpaiKohai: Shiina is sempai senpai to Takagai, who's a relatively new hire. hire, but while Takagai addresses Shiina with the appropriate respect(even while criticizing or snarking at her), she's good enough at her job that Shiina doesn't seem to mentor her. Shiina is also sempai senpai to most of the minor characters, [[spoiler:including her ex-boyfriend Ryoji's wife]], and they respect her for her guidance.
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Haruki Shiina is a 33-year-old career woman who is [[ChristmasCake desperate to settle down and get married before it is too late]]. One night, she goes out drinking with a male coworker named Okada, gets drunk and wakes up in a hotel room [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no memory of the previous night]]. She assumes that Okada took her home, but it was actually Risa Takagai, a cold but talented 23-year-old employee.
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Haruki Shiina is a 33-year-old career woman who is [[ChristmasCake [[OldMaid desperate to settle down and get married before it is too late]]. One night, she goes out drinking with a male coworker named Okada, gets drunk and wakes up in a hotel room [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no memory of the previous night]]. She assumes that Okada took her home, but it was actually Risa Takagai, a cold but talented 23-year-old employee.
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Haruki Shiina is a 33-year-old career woman who is [[ChristmasCake desperate to settle down and get married before it is too late]]. One night, she goes out drinking with a male coworker named Okada, gets drunk and wakes up in a hotel room [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no memory of the previous night]]. She assumes that Okada took her home, but it was actuallly actually Risa Takagai, a cold but talented 23-year-old employee.
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* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Shiina's desperation to get married causes friction between her and her partners when the latter isn't as desperate. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is the cause of her and Ryouji braking Ryoji breaking up, and causes a rift between her and Takagai in Chapter 5]].
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* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: Shiina's desperation to get married causes friction between her and her partners when the latter isn't as desperate. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is the cause of her and Ryouji braking up, and causes a rift between her and Takagai in Chapter 5]].
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* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Shiina and her ex-boyfriend Ryoji. While the two parted on bad terms due to Shiina's desperation to be married, they have a more amicable reunion in the final chapter, partly because Shiina has Takagai now.]]
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''Mr. Right Turned Out To Be A Younger Woman'' Woman!?'' (alternatively known as ''The Marriage Partner of My Dreams Turned Out To Be… My Female Junior at Work?! '') is a YuriGenre manga by Miura Koizumi.
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->"I had no idea that one day, I'd be in this kind of relationship with a junior from work."
-->--'''Haruki Shiina''', opening narration
''Mr. Right Turned Out To Be A Younger Woman'' (alternatively known as ''The Marriage Partner of My Dreams Turned Out To Be… My Female Junior at Work?! '') is a YuriGenre manga by Miura Koizumi.
Haruki Shiina is a 33-year-old career woman who is [[ChristmasCake desperate to settle down and get married before it is too late]]. One night, she goes out drinking with a male coworker named Okada, gets drunk and wakes up in a hotel room [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no memory of the previous night]]. She assumes that Okada took her home, but it was actuallly Risa Takagai, a cold but talented 23-year-old employee.
The series is six chapters long, and can be purchased digitally on [[https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/142845 Renta!]].
!The manga contains examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: Takagai resists the temptation to make a move on the drunken Shiina. In fact, when she and Shiina go on a business trip, Takagai proposes sleeping in separate rooms.
* TheAce: Takagai is a promising new employee who won a new employee award. Her talent for her job makes Shiina feel even more insecure.
* AgeGapRomance: Shiina is 33 and Takagai is 23. Shiina's shocked to learn that Takagai's mother is 45, meaning that Shiina is a mere 12 years younger than her girlfriend's mother.
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Shiina and her ex-boyfriend Ryoji. While the two parted on bad terms due to Shiina's desperation to be married, they have a more amicable reunion in the final chapter, partly because Shiina has Takagai now.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Shiina and Takagai get together as a couple, despite knowing that Japan not only does not allow same-sex marriages, but discriminates against same-sex couples. They watch some of their coworkers, many of whom are significantly younger than Shiina, get married, but their catching the BouquetToss implies their turn might come soon]].
* BouquetToss: The final scene of the manga takes place at [[spoiler:one of Shiina's coworkers' weddings]], in which the bouquet is tossed. [[spoiler:Shiina and Takagai]] catch it.
* BrutalHonesty: Takagai never minces words, whether criticizing Shiina for her bad habits or calling out the other employees on how they're making Shiina uncomfortable.
* ChristmasCake: Shiina is rather sensitive about being 33 years old and single, and believes that at her age, her next relationship must be "the one."
* CliffHanger: Chapter 4 ends with Shiina on top of Takagai, asking Takagai to sleep with her, as had been shown at the start of the series, [[spoiler:with Takagai begging Shiina to stop]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Shiina is known as an "old man" around the office, because of her tomboyish personality. Takagai calls some of her coworkers out after they call her that at a meeting.
* FirstNameBasis: In the Renta! translation of the manga, Shiina and Takagai call each other by their first names.
* {{Gayngst}}: Shiina tries to deny her feelings for Takagai because same-sex couples can't get married in Japan, and thus a fling with a female coworker won't accomplish her goals.
* InMediasRes: The first chapter begins with a flash-forward to the end of Chapter 4, when Shiina asks Takagai to have sex with her.
* LastNameBasis: In the original Japanese and knight heron's translation, Takagai and Shiina refer to each other by their surnames; Takagai uses "sempai" on Shiina, while Shiina uses yobisute on Takagai.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: One reason Shiina is in a rush to get married is that she's running out of time to have children.
* SempaiKohai: Shiina is sempai to Takagai, who's a relatively new hire.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Takagai has a reputation as an IceQueen at the office, and can be rather critical of Shiina, but holds her work in high regard and doesn't want to lose to her.
* TimeSkip: Chapter 4 skips ahead a month from Shiina and Takagai's trip to the sake brewery to their first date. The final scene is an unknown amount of time after the previous scene, since [[spoiler:Shiina has recovered from her injuries in the accident]].
*WhatDidIDoLastNight: The last thing Shiina remembers is going home with Okada. She doesn't realize that Takagai took her home until the latter tells her.
-->--'''Haruki Shiina''', opening narration
''Mr. Right Turned Out To Be A Younger Woman'' (alternatively known as ''The Marriage Partner of My Dreams Turned Out To Be… My Female Junior at Work?! '') is a YuriGenre manga by Miura Koizumi.
Haruki Shiina is a 33-year-old career woman who is [[ChristmasCake desperate to settle down and get married before it is too late]]. One night, she goes out drinking with a male coworker named Okada, gets drunk and wakes up in a hotel room [[WhatDidIDoLastNight with no memory of the previous night]]. She assumes that Okada took her home, but it was actuallly Risa Takagai, a cold but talented 23-year-old employee.
The series is six chapters long, and can be purchased digitally on [[https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/142845 Renta!]].
!The manga contains examples of:
* AboveTheInfluence: Takagai resists the temptation to make a move on the drunken Shiina. In fact, when she and Shiina go on a business trip, Takagai proposes sleeping in separate rooms.
* TheAce: Takagai is a promising new employee who won a new employee award. Her talent for her job makes Shiina feel even more insecure.
* AgeGapRomance: Shiina is 33 and Takagai is 23. Shiina's shocked to learn that Takagai's mother is 45, meaning that Shiina is a mere 12 years younger than her girlfriend's mother.
* AmicableExes: [[spoiler:Shiina and her ex-boyfriend Ryoji. While the two parted on bad terms due to Shiina's desperation to be married, they have a more amicable reunion in the final chapter, partly because Shiina has Takagai now.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Shiina and Takagai get together as a couple, despite knowing that Japan not only does not allow same-sex marriages, but discriminates against same-sex couples. They watch some of their coworkers, many of whom are significantly younger than Shiina, get married, but their catching the BouquetToss implies their turn might come soon]].
* BouquetToss: The final scene of the manga takes place at [[spoiler:one of Shiina's coworkers' weddings]], in which the bouquet is tossed. [[spoiler:Shiina and Takagai]] catch it.
* BrutalHonesty: Takagai never minces words, whether criticizing Shiina for her bad habits or calling out the other employees on how they're making Shiina uncomfortable.
* ChristmasCake: Shiina is rather sensitive about being 33 years old and single, and believes that at her age, her next relationship must be "the one."
* CliffHanger: Chapter 4 ends with Shiina on top of Takagai, asking Takagai to sleep with her, as had been shown at the start of the series, [[spoiler:with Takagai begging Shiina to stop]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Shiina is known as an "old man" around the office, because of her tomboyish personality. Takagai calls some of her coworkers out after they call her that at a meeting.
* FirstNameBasis: In the Renta! translation of the manga, Shiina and Takagai call each other by their first names.
* {{Gayngst}}: Shiina tries to deny her feelings for Takagai because same-sex couples can't get married in Japan, and thus a fling with a female coworker won't accomplish her goals.
* InMediasRes: The first chapter begins with a flash-forward to the end of Chapter 4, when Shiina asks Takagai to have sex with her.
* LastNameBasis: In the original Japanese and knight heron's translation, Takagai and Shiina refer to each other by their surnames; Takagai uses "sempai" on Shiina, while Shiina uses yobisute on Takagai.
* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: One reason Shiina is in a rush to get married is that she's running out of time to have children.
* SempaiKohai: Shiina is sempai to Takagai, who's a relatively new hire.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Takagai has a reputation as an IceQueen at the office, and can be rather critical of Shiina, but holds her work in high regard and doesn't want to lose to her.
* TimeSkip: Chapter 4 skips ahead a month from Shiina and Takagai's trip to the sake brewery to their first date. The final scene is an unknown amount of time after the previous scene, since [[spoiler:Shiina has recovered from her injuries in the accident]].
*WhatDidIDoLastNight: The last thing Shiina remembers is going home with Okada. She doesn't realize that Takagai took her home until the latter tells her.
