History Manga / NGLife

* ChivalrousPervert: Shinogu. He's happy to have a harem of [[{{Joshikousei}} high school girls]], but he doesn't take advantage of them as some clearly want him to.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Smyrna big time, even when she gets reincarnated ''as'' a guy. The one man that she... ''perhaps'' didn't hate quite as much as the others happened to be Sirix.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus to Sirix. Loleus was Sirix and Serena's matchmaker, but Loleus and Sirix were mighty close friends who went through a lot together and cared deeply for one another. While confronting Delos, Loleus basically admits that Sirix is his most important person; Now in their reincarnated forms, Serizawa still puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted in that their bond in their past life was what paved the way for Loleus to be reincarnated as Serizawa in the first place, and ultimately actually ''be'' Keidai's true love-interest.]]

* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus to Sirix. Loleus was Sirix and Serena's matchmaker, but Loleus and Sirix were mighty close friends who went through a lot together and cared deeply for one another, and while confronting Delos, Loleus basically admits that Sirix is his most important person; Now in their reincarnated forms, Serizawa still puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Serizawa finally ''does'' get Keidai.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Yuuma and Shinogu are extreme Type A's towards Keidai... particularly Shinogu, who exhibited identical behavior as Lady Smyrna towards Sirix. It's all but stated that bullying him is how Smyrna/Shinogu covers for actually caring about Sirix/Keidai.

* FirstGirlWins: In the long run, though [[spoiler: Loleus isn't yet a girl]].

** Not to mention there's also an omake that heavily implies that yes, Loleus loved both Sirix and Serena so it was a double helping in his case. In hindsight that may've been why Loleus encouraged Sirix to start a relationship with her in the first place.

** Not to mention there's also an omake that heavily implies that yes, Loleus loved both Sirix and Serena so it was a double helping in his case.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus to Sirix. While confronting Delos, he basically admits that Sirix is his most important person, even though Sirix is happily married to Serena and Loleus was not only good friends with Serena, but influenced their relationship to happen in the first place; Serizawa puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Serizawa finally ''does'' get Keidai.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Loleus towards Sirix and Serena. It helps that all three of them care deeply for each other. Later, he says it almost word-for-word, no less.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Loleus, towards Sirix and Serena; he later puts himself between Sirix and Delos' blade. He says it almost word-for-word, no less.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Smyrna, even when she's reincarnated ''as'' a guy.

* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus, while confronting Delos, basically admits that Sirix is his most important person, even though Sirix is happily married to Serena and Loleus was not only good friends with Serena, but influenced their relationship to happen in the first place; Serizawa puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Serizawa finally ''does'' get Keidai.]]

* TheNotLoveInterest: Loleus, while confronting Delos, basically admits that Sirix is his most important person though Sirix is happily married; Serizawa puts Keidai before even her own feelings. [[spoiler: Subverted when Serizawa finally ''does'' get Keidai.]]

* OneOfTheBoys: How Keidai treats Serizawa for most of their friendship, mostly because he sees her as his male best friend.

* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: Hey, guess what? Your best friend who'd do anything for you is now a cute girl with a crush on you! Too bad you're still hung up on your past-life wife, who's jumped the gender barrier ''in reverse''.

''NG Life'' is a nine-volume romantic dramedy shoujo series by Mizuho Kusanagi, the mangaka responsible for ''Mugen Spiral'' and ''GameXRush''. Licensed for North America and published in English by {{TOKYOPOP}}, all nine volumes have been released as of July 8 2011.

* TakeAThirdOption: When Raoul tells him that he can "only protect one thing" - go to Serena or rescue Loleus and Aglaia - Sirix refuses to choose. [[ItGotWorse It... doesn't go so well]] and results in a form of crosslife HeroicBSOD.

* MagneticHero: Sirix. Everyone who wasn't a CompleteMonster at least respected him; Keidai has a similar effect on people despite being [[{{Buttmonkey}} somewhat less impressive]] on the surface.

A {{shojo}} manga based on the [[OlderThanSteam age-old tale]] of [[ReincarnationRomance reincarnated lovers]]... with a twist.

* JumpingTheGenderBarrier: Hey, guess what? Your best friend who'd do anything for you is now a cute girl with a crush on you! Too bad you're still hung up on your past-life wife...

Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii; this means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. Keidai exists in two worlds, one of which is long dead: His little sister in his past life is married to his former rival, and they turned out to be his parents, his male best friend is now a cute girl with a crush on him, and his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as a short-tempered ''boy'' who's crushing on his best friend! And of course, Keidai is literally incapable of seeing them as anything ''but'' their past-life selves.

[[caption-width-right:350:Talk about [[IncrediblyLamePun double-vision]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Basically this, ''all the time''.]]

Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii. This means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. His little sister in his past life is now married to his former rival, and they turned out to be his parents; his male best friend is now a cute girl with a crush on him. Worst of all, his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as a short-tempered ''boy'' who's crushing on Kedai's aforementioned best friend. And of course, Keidai is literally incapable of seeing them as anything ''but'' their past-life selves.

Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii. This means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. His little sister in his past life is now married to his former rival, and they turned out to be his parents; his male best friend is now a cute girl with a crush on him. Worst of all, his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as a short-tempered ''boy'' who's crushing on Kedai's aforementioned best friend. And of course, Keidai is literally incapable of seeing them as anyone else ''but'' their past-life selves.

Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii. This means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. His little sister in his past life is now married to his former rival, and they turned out to be his parents; his male best friend is now a cute girl with a crush on him. Worst of all, his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as a short-tempered ''boy'' who's crushing on Kedai's aforementioned best friend.

[[caption-width-right:350:Basically this, ''all the time''.]]

Keidai Saeki, average Japanese high school student, remembers living an entirely different life as Sirix, a gladiator in ancient Pompeii. This means he has a hard time existing in the ''present'', especially when no-one else seems to have memories of their own. His little sister in his past life is now married to his former rival, and they turned out to be his parents; his male best friend is now a cute girl with a crush on him. Worst of all, his beloved wife Serena has been reborn as a short ''male'' underclassman with anger issues... who, of course, likes Keidai's aforementioned best friend.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Loleus, towards Sirix and Serena; he later puts himself between Sirix and Delos' blade. He says it almost word-for-word!
-->'''Loleus:''' "Sirix.... I want you to be happy. I want you and Serena to be happy."

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Sirix says it almost word-for-word [[DiedInYourArmsTonight he cradles a dying Loleus]].