History Manga / PitaTen

* ExpressiveAccessory - Misha's rabbit hair decorations.

* ElevatorSchool: The main characters' school is apparently this; most of the cast goes to the elementary school, but Misha goes to the middle school, which has the same uniform.

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Kotarou Higuchi, a classical [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary Grade School Student]] suffering from ParentalAbandonment, suddenly finds himself [[TheGlomp glomped]] by his new VerbalTic -afflicted [[TheDitz Ditzy]] GenkiGirl neighbor, a girl named Misha. She assures him that she is an angel in training and she is on Earth to take care of him. She then proceeds to demonstrate it enrolling in his same school (although since she is seemingly older and assigned to the Middle School section, she still escapes to the elementary wing to watch over Kotarou), following and glomping him at the minor chance and often without excuse, for amusement of Kotarou's best friend Takashi Ayanokouji (aka Ten-chan). This is to the great annoyance of Koboshi Uematsu, a girl who has a crush on Kotarou, who immediately sees Misha as a rival.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Shia and Misha's sense of fashion falls here.

Complications (and [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]]) ensues when, after Kotarou discovers that Misha is ''really'' an angel, a demon apprentice named Shia arrives in town. But, while Misha is just inefficient as an angel, Shia is absolutely ''[[ReluctantMonster awful]]'' [[ReluctantMonster as a demon]], since she is [[IllGirl anemic]], sweet, considerate, and a perfect HouseWife. Then, when Misha and Shia move in together, even with both girls being aware of each other's identity and alignment, it doesn't take long to predict that things are not going to end well.

The anime is available to watch on Creator/{{Tubi}}, though it only has the Japanese version with English subtitles. [[https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/583074?start=true Link is here]].

* MoeStare: Misha.

* MoeStare: Misha. * NerdGlasses: Hiroshi.

The anime is available to watch on Creator/{{Tubi}}, though it only has the Japanese version with English subtitles. [[Linke is here https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/583074?start=true]].

%% * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The villagers to Kotaroh.

%% * BeachEpisode: Anime episode 18.

%% * BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Don't hurt Taro. Shia will go on a rampage.]]
%% * BigBallOfViolence: These tend to show up every so often in the anime.
%% * BishieSparkle
* BittersweetEnding: The manga. [[TearJerker Very much]]. Kotarou [[spoiler:is separated from Misha, but does so on his own terms and finally gains the strength to start living his own life. He doesn't get the girl but he becomes a better person than he was at the start of the series.]]
%% * BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Kotaroh's ability to see the supernatural and predict death.]]

%% * CanonForeigner
%% * CatGirl: Nya turns Kaoru into one via DemonicPossession in anime episode 17.

%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Misha.
%% * DeathCourse: The Mitarais' BigFancyHouse features one for Hiroshi's "training."
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Kotarou.
%% * TheDitz: Misha.

%% * DreamMelody: The song in the manga. Well, the lyrics, anyway.
%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Kotaroh in the manga]].
%% * EducationMama: Ten-chan is a victim of this.
%% * ElegantGothicLolita: Shia and Misha's sense of fashion falls here.

%% * ExpressiveAccessory - Misha's rabbit hair decorations.

%% * HalloweenEpisode: The manga chapter ''How to Enjoy Halloween''.
%% * HeterosexualLifePartners: Misha and Shia, in a way.
%% * HotSpringsEpisode:
%% ** The manga chapters ''How to Enjoy Oneself at the Hot Springs: Part 1'' and ''How to Enjoy Oneself at the Hot Springs: Part 2''
%% ** Anime episode 4.
%% ** The fancomic ''The Aurora Borealis Plot'' (included in the ''Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 3'') is a minor one.

%% * ImportantHaircut: Koboshi in the manga.

%% * {{Kawaiiko}}: Koboshi and Kaoru try to be ones, with varying degrees of success. Misha is genuinely one, and is perceived as annoying by the above mentioned.
%% * IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Taro]].
%% * KidAnova: Ten-chan. It's also implied that he's a budding {{Bishounen}}.
%% * KidSamurai: Hiroshi.
%% * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Shia.

%% * LoveDodecahedron

%% * {{Mentors}}: Sasha for Misha, and Nya for Shia.
%% * MinionWithAnFInEvil: Shia, who can't stop being nice. When she tries to be evil all she does is PokeThePoodle.
%% * MoeStare: Misha.
%% * NerdGlasses: Hiroshi.
%% * NewTransferStudent: Misha.
%% * NobleDemon: Nya and Shia, in a way. Shia just embodies the "noble" part, however.
%% * NoNameGiven: Nya, until the third light novel.
%% * OlderThanTheyLook: Koboshi is just short.
%% * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Shima/Shia]] goes into this mode when [[spoiler:the Great Kanto Earthquake hits and injures Taro]].

%% * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Hiroshi's attitude against Ten-chan. In exchange, Ten-chan mostly ignores Hiroshi.
%% * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Kotarou, even though he's only in 6th grade.
%% * OurAngelsAreDifferent
%% * OurDemonsAreDifferent
%% * OvertookTheManga
%% * PaperFanOfDoom: Koboshi's weapon of choice.

%% * PensieveFlashback: The main source of {{Exposition}} in later chapters.
%% * PostEpisodeTrailer
%% * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Misha, Sasha, and Shia.
%% * ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:Manga-only]].
%% * SexySantaDress: Misha's outfit in one piece of SideStoryBonusArt (the ''Pita-Ten 2001 School Calendar'''s December illustration, also included in the ''Pita-Ten Artbook'').
%% * SickEpisode: The fancomics ''The Day I Caught a Cold'' and ''How to Stay Home'' (both included in the ''Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 1'').
%% * SitcomArchnemesis: The Mitarai siblings are this, not only to Kotarou and his friends, but to each other on occasion.
%% * SnowMeansDeath
%% * SpookyPhotographs: At the end of the second light novel, ''How to Protect Those Dear to You''.
%% * TheStoic
%% * SuperDeformed
%% * TagAlongKid: Shino
%% * TokyoTower

%% * ATwinkleInTheSky: Hiroshi get this treatment occasionally.
%% * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Koboshi.
%% * UnusualEars: Koboshi. The cat ears are really a headband, but still.
%% * VacationEpisode: The second light novel, ''How to Protect Those Dear to You''.
%% * VerbalTic: Misha, with "~su".

%% * WeightWoe: Koboshi gets this in one episode in an attempt to be more feminine.

%% * {{Yandere}}: Koboshi is a mild version.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The villagers to Kotaroh.

* BeachEpisode: Anime episode 18.

* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Don't hurt Taro. Shia will go on a rampage.]]
* BigBallOfViolence: These tend to show up every so often in the anime.
* BishieSparkle
* BittersweetEnding: The manga. [[TearJerker Very much]].
** Kotarou [[spoiler:is separated from Misha, but does so on his own terms and finally gains the strength to start living his own life. He doesn't get the girl but he becomes a better person than he was at the start of the series.]]
* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler:Kotaroh's ability to see the supernatural and predict death.]]

* CanonForeigner
* CatGirl: Nya turns Kaoru into one via DemonicPossession in anime episode 17.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Misha.
* DeathCourse: The Mitarais' BigFancyHouse features one for Hiroshi's "training."
* DeadpanSnarker: Kotarou.
* TheDitz: Misha.

* DreamMelody: The song in the manga. Well, the lyrics, anyway.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Kotaroh in the manga]].
* EducationMama: Ten-chan is a victim of this.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Shia and Misha's sense of fashion falls here.

* ExpressiveAccessory - Misha's rabbit hair decorations.

* GoodColorsEvilColors: Misha (angel apprentice) wears a black dress and (demon apprentice) Shia's devilish outfit is mosty white, but when we see (full angel) Sasha's impolute white dress a possible explanation is both Heaven and Hell dress their younger members with the colors of the "Other Side".

** Also a subverion in the manga, Misha is forced to wear black as [[spoiler: punishment for supposedly driving someone to suicide]]. Shia's apparently just so non-evil that she likes wearing white.

* HalloweenEpisode: The manga chapter ''How to Enjoy Halloween''.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Misha and Shia, in a way.
* HotSpringsEpisode:
** The manga chapters ''How to Enjoy Oneself at the Hot Springs: Part 1'' and ''How to Enjoy Oneself at the Hot Springs: Part 2''
** Anime episode 4.
** The fancomic ''The Aurora Borealis Plot'' (included in the ''Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 3'') is a minor one.

* ImportantHaircut: Koboshi in the manga.

* {{Kawaiiko}}: Koboshi and Kaoru try to be ones, with varying degrees of success. Misha is genuinely one, and is perceived as annoying by the above mentioned.
* IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Taro]].
* KidAnova: Ten-chan. It's also implied that he's a budding {{Bishounen}}.
* KidSamurai: Hiroshi.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Shia.

* LoveDodecahedron
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: '''Misha.'''
** Deconstructed in the manga. [[spoiler: Misha's affection for Kotarou isn't because of Kotarou himself, but rather because he's the reincarnation of [[MyGreatestFailure a boy whose death was blamed on her]] and caused her shame, imprisonment, and misery for ''decades''. She's infatuated with Kotarou because she believes all her problems will go away if she makes him happy- and because if she fails to do so, she will be {{Unperson}}ed.]]
* {{Mentors}}: Sasha for Misha, and Nya for Shia.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Shia, who can't stop being nice. When she tries to be evil all she does is PokeThePoodle.
* MoeStare: Misha.
* NerdGlasses: Hiroshi.
* NewTransferStudent: Misha.
* NobleDemon: Nya and Shia, in a way. Shia just embodies the "noble" part, however.
* NoNameGiven: Nya, until the third light novel (see AllThereInTheManual above).
* OlderThanTheyLook: Koboshi is just short.
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Shima/Shia]] goes into this mode when [[spoiler:the Great Kanto Earthquake hits and injures Taro]].

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Hiroshi's attitude against Ten-chan. In exchange, Ten-chan mostly ignores Hiroshi.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Kotarou, even though he's only in 6th grade.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* OvertookTheManga
* PaperFanOfDoom: Koboshi's weapon of choice.

* PensieveFlashback: The main source of {{Exposition}} in later chapters.
* PostEpisodeTrailer
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Misha, Sasha, and Shia.
* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler:Manga-only]].
* SexySantaDress: Misha's outfit in one piece of SideStoryBonusArt (the ''Pita-Ten 2001 School Calendar'''s December illustration, also included in the ''Pita-Ten Artbook'').
* SickEpisode: The fancomics ''The Day I Caught a Cold'' and ''How to Stay Home'' (both included in the ''Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 1'').
* SitcomArchnemesis: The Mitarai siblings are this, not only to Kotarou and his friends, but to each other on occasion.
* SnowMeansDeath
* SpookyPhotographs: At the end of the second light novel, ''How to Protect Those Dear to You''.
* TheStoic
* SuperDeformed
* TagAlongKid: Shino
* TokyoTower

* ATwinkleInTheSky: Hiroshi get this treatment occasionally.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Koboshi.
* UnusualEars: Koboshi. The cat ears are really a headband, but still.
* VacationEpisode: The second light novel, ''How to Protect Those Dear to You''.
* VerbalTic: Misha, with "~su".

* WeightWoe: Koboshi gets this in one episode in an attempt to be more feminine.

* {{Yandere}}: Koboshi is a mild version.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Misha's pink hair and Kotarou, Shino, Hiroshi, and Kaoru's purple.

''Pita-Ten'' is a manga created by Creator/KogeDonbo, who's also known for her work on ''Anime/DiGiCharat''. The manga ran in ''Dengeki Comic Gao!'' from 1999 to 2003, with an anime adaptation that aired in 2002 for 26 episodes.

* AllThereInTheManual: The third light novel (which was never translated; see NoExportForYou below) reveals [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Nya]]'s real name: [[spoiler:Klaus Rosenberg]].

This series is incredibly sweet and light-hearted, even with the [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark past]] of almost all the cast. The original manga of this series was drawn by Creator/KogeDonbo, the mangaka who designed ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', so expect the same kind of {{Moe}} character design.

* BunniesForCuteness: Misha wears bunny shaped HairDecorations which signify her childish and cute characterization.

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:Kotaroh in the manga]].

* [[spoiler:HalfHumanHybrid]]: [[spoiler:Kotaroh and the first Shino are half-demon. Kotarou and Shino are descended from the first Shino and as such are about one-eighth demon]].

* [[spoiler:ReincarnationRomance]]: Manga-only.

* IAmAMonster: [[spoiler:Shima/Shia has one of these moments after her rampage at seeing Taro hurt after the Great Kanto Earthquake. She tells Taro to forget about her, but [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming he tells her he loves her and will never leave her]].]]

** Deconstructed in the manga. [[spoiler: Misha's affection for Kotarou isn't because of Kotarou himself, but rather because he's the reincarnation of [[MyGreatestFailure a boy whose death was blamed on her]] and caused her shame, imprisonment, and misery for ''decades''. She's infatuated with Kotarou because she believes all her problems will go away if she makes him happy- and because if she fails to do so, she's {{Unperson}}ed.]]

Complications (and [[HilarityEnsues hilarity]]) ensues when, after Kotarou discovers that Misha is ''really'' an angel, a demon apprentice named Shia arrives in town. But, while Misha is just inefficient as an angel, Shia is absolutely ''[[ReluctantMonster awful]]'' [[ReluctantMonster as a demon]], since she is [[IllGirl anemic]], sweet, considerate, and a perfect HouseWife. Then, when Misha and Shia move in together, even with both girls being aware of each other identity and alignment, it doesn't take long to predict that things are not going to end well.

** Deconstructed ''hard'' in the manga. [[spoiler: Misha's affection for Kotarou isn't because of Kotarou himself, but rather because he's the reincarnation of [[MyGreatestFailure a boy whose death was blamed on her]] and caused her shame, imprisonment, and misery for ''decades''. She's infatuated with Kotarou because she believes all her problems will go away if she makes him happy- and because if she fails to do so, she's {{Unperson}}ed.]]