History Manga / SenryuGirl

* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the 119.5 ku, Nanako and the main girls are bating at a hot springs resort and in 145th ku, Nanako and some of her friends bathing in the hot spring, but no visible nipples are drawn.

''Senryu Girl'' (川柳少女 Senryū Shōjo, or Senryuu Shoujo) is a 4-page {{Yonkoma}} comic released by ''Weekly Shonen Champion'' written and illustrated by Masakuni Igarashi.[[note]]The series isn't strictly divided into 4-page [[{{Yonkoma}} yonkomas]]; not all of the "ku" (or chapters) are four pages or even {{Yonkoma}}.[[/note]] It has be serialized since October 2016, and the first volume was released in April 2017. An anime adaptation ran from April 6, 2019 to July 22, 2019, and is licensed by Creator/SentaiFilmworks. The anime is currently available for streaming on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, [[Creator/AnimeNetwork HiDive]], and Creator/{{VRV}}, and can be viewed [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/senryu-girl here]]

* BarbieDollAnatomy: In the 145th ku, Nanako and some of her friends bathing in the hot spring, but no visible nipples are drawn.

* AccidentalPervert: Mukai always has something wrong with his pants. When he confidently [[LoveConfession confessed]] to Nanako, [[spoiler:his fly was ''wide'' open, flashing her]]; during Sports' Day, he made sure not to wear something with a fly, instead [[spoiler:his gym shorts ''and'' underwear split open, so he mooned the entire gymnasium]]. He didn't realize it himself either time.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Minor example. If you watch the ending credits, you'll see Kino and Tao walking together. Tao herself explains this in the manga where Kino and Tao are best friends who are in the same class, and travel together. The anime makes little interactions with the two when they're on-screen together.

** Eiji has this opinion about his own parents and opts to claim his house has burnt down, and only introduce Nanako to his little sister. Episode 8 showcases his reasons why he thinks of his parents this way, and the 55th ku shows that Eiji's worries are not unfounded, ''especially [[DirtyOldMan his own father]]''.

** A recurring theme for Eiji is that people are really afraid of him due to his [[FaceOfAThug facial features]] and his ''unintentional'' [[DeathGlare death glares and demon-aura smiles.]] Despite his benign reasons to get close to people, they are scared that he might hurt them. Eiji is not entirely unaware of the problem, but that hasn't seemed to help him any. His classmates also have him ranked as "Most likely to have connections with the Yakuza, no.1" (none, by the way), "Most likely to have spent more time in prison than out, no.1" (Eiji didn't know where to start on that one), and "Attending the most unlikely club based on one's outer appearance, no.2" (no.1 is Koto; she's in the Modern U.S. Army Combative Club).

* AlternateCharacterReading: When Nanako, Eiji, and Amane meets Tao Hanakai, they get their fortunes read based on various readings. Amane would fall in love with the first guy she meets, and Eiji and Nanako are very incompatible. Then it turns out Tao misspelled their names by using different letters for their actual names (for example, she wrote Eiji's last name, Busujima with "ブス," a derogatory term for an ugly woman). When Tao corrects this, it turns out that Amane won't fall in love with the first guy she meets, and Eiji and Nanako are actually extremely compatible.

* TechnicolorEyes: Nanako and Kino both have deep red eyes in the manga. [[AdaptationDyeJob In the anime,]] Nanako's eyes are brown instead.
** Tao has [[PurpleEyes dark violet eyes.]]

* QuarterHourShort: The anime adaptation clocks at 12-13 minutes.

* TechnicolorEyes: Nanako and Kino both have deep red eyes in the manga. [[AdaptionDyeJob In the anime,]] Nanako's eyes are brown instead.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Apparently, Nanako hides her tanzaku boards this way.

* CharacterTic:

** Kino is very quiet, and so she often draws her thoughts. When both her and Nanako are communicating with each other, the girls show excitement upon becoming friends. Both Eiji and Amane remarks how awkwardly quiet the whole thing is.
** A minor one: Eiji only wears "gakuran" (a common Japanese male school uniform); he even has "pyjama gakuran." This only ever changes when a third party interferes, and even then, gakurans remain his default.

* BaitAndSwitch: Occurs a few times, most of the incidents are small, but not all of them.

* CovertPervert: Sort of... Amane can ''only'' draw nudes, even of [[UpToEleven fruit!]] She also has a back fetish.

* AccidentalPervert: Mukai always has something wrong with his pants. When he confessed to Nanako, [[spoiler:his fly was ''wide'' open, flashing her]]; during Sports' Day, he made sure not to wear something with a fly, instead [[spoiler:his gym shorts ''and'' underwear split open, so he mooned the entire gymnasium]]. He didn't realize it himself either time.

* ACupAngst: Tao has a case of this. At one point she takes one look at Nanako's well-endowed chest that she asks a store clerk for a swimsuit with "melon" padding.

* {{Bishounen}}: Apparently [[AccidentalPervert Mukai]] is one, not that anyone remembers him for that.

* CovertPervert: Sort of... Amane can ''only'' draw nudes, even of [[UpToEleven fruit!]]

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Outside of any special arcs (e.g. volume 9), the manga has "ku" instead of chapters.[[note]]"Ku" (句) is Japanese for a section of text.[[/note]]

* BaitAndSwitch: In the 19th ku, near the end of the main event of the chapter, Kino is show to have a longing look on her face, and Amane notices this in the 24th ku. When Koto and Amane spies on her, she actually ''doesn't'' have a crush on Eiji, but that she sees Nanako as a CoolBigSis, since she is an only child.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: How Nanako met Eiji and how they hit it off: Nanako was the only one who actually liked Eiji's senryu and never once panic when he was around her. Eiji in return tells her if she has trouble speaking out her thoughts, then she should write them with senryu. That point in Christmas is where it all started.

** Nanako ''attempted'' to pull this off in the 52nd ku, but she's too nice to even think about neglecting Eiji that she apologizes for it.

* CantHoldHisLiquor: Koto and Nanako can get easily drunk. Koto when she got drunk just for smelling alcohol, and Nanako when she drank amazake, which mind you, has ''low alcohol'' content (so low that liquor laws do not apply to it).

* ChristmasEpisode: Nanako first met Eiji on a Christmas Day at a senryu meeting. ''A Lightless Christmas'' 4-parter in the manga also takes place on a Christmas Day, but takes a serious turn with the introduction of Akari.

** A recurring theme for Eiji is that people are really afraid of him due to his FaceOfAThug facial features and his ''unintentional'' [[DeathGlare death glares and demon-aura smiles.]] Despite his benign reasons to get close to people, they are scared that he might hurt them. He sometimes notices it too. Apparently, he's in the same FaceOfAThug Club with [[Manga/AngelDensetsu Seiichirou Kitano]] and [[Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu Nako Sunao]]. His classmates also have him ranked as "Most likely to have connections with the Yakuza, no.1" (none, by the way), "Most likely to have spent more time in prison than out, no.1," and "Attending the most unlikely club based on one's outer appearance, no.2" (no.1 is Koto; she's in the Modern U.S. Army Combative Club).

** A recurring theme for Eiji is that people are really afraid of him due to his FaceOfAThug facial features, and he ''unintentionally'' gives a DeathGlare. Despite his benign reasons to get close to people, they are scared that he might hurt them. He sometimes notices it too. Apparently, he's in the same FaceOfAThug Club with [[Manga/AngelDensetsu Seiichirou Kitano]] and [[Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu Nako Sunao]]. His classmates also have him ranked as "Most likely to have connections with the Yakuza, no.1" (none, by the way), "Most likely to have spent more time in prison than out, no.1," and "Attending the most unlikely club based on one's outer appearance, no.2" (no.1 is Koto; she's in the Modern U.S. Army Combative Club).

'''Eiji:''' It's weirdly quiet...[[note]]In the manga, nearly the same exchange occurs.[[/note]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Three of the six main characters have unnatural hair and eye colour:

** Kino has white hair with deep red eyes.

** When Eiji first meets Nanako's father and is trying to explain that they are classmates, he abbreviates "classmates" to "C," which also is the Japanese equivalent of "fourth-base" (i.e. sex). Eiji found out what "C" meant after the fact.

** Nanako's father thinks Nanako is going through a rebellious phase, and the first signs of it is her waking really tired (she's not wearing contacts, and has earplugs). [[FailedASpotCheck He also misses Nanako leaving the house]] and assumes Nanako is holed up in her room until Hiro tells him she's already gone to meet her "thug friend" to which he thinks she'll turn into a delinquent.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: 3 of the 6 main characters have differently colored hairs and eyes:

** Kino has white hair with red eyes.
** Tao has dark violet hair and eyes.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Nanako gets lost very easily, especially in crowds, and then cannot find her way back, usually getting more lost. Her attempts to ask for directs usually also fail, due to the way she communicates.

** A recurring theme for Eiji is that people are really afraid of him due to his FaceOfAThug facial features, and he ''unintentionally'' gives a DeathGlare. Despite his benign reasons to get close to people, they are scared that he might hurt them. He sometimes notices it too. Apparently, he's in the same FaceOfAThug Club with [[Manga/AngelDensetsu Seiichirou Kitano]] and [[Manga/HitoribocchiNoOOSeikatsu Nako Sunao]].

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Chapter 114 has Kino draw a (working) QR code which [[https://twitter.com/igagarashi/status/1083947441173319681 links it to Igarashi's Twitter account]]. The message reads: "There's nothing special to say here."

* AlternateCharacterReading: When Nanako, Eiji, and Amane meets Tao Hanakai, they get their fortunes read based on various readings. Amane would fall in love with the first guy she meets, and Eiji and Nanako are very incompatible. Then it turns out Tao misspelled their names by using different letters for their actual names (for example, she wrote Eiji's last name, Busujima with "ブス", a derogatory term for an ugly woman). When Tao corrects this, it turns out that Amane won't fall in love with the first guy she meets, and Eiji and Nanako are actually extremely compatible.

* BlandNameProduct: The manga clearly identifies the game system Eiji wanted to win, but Amane wins it, is called the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. The anime version calls the system "Famistation", which is more or less the portmanteau of [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]] and {{PlayStation}}.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Chapter 114 has Kino draw a (working) QR code which [[https://twitter.com/igagarashi/status/1083947441173319681 links it to Igarashi's Twitter account]]. The message reads: "There's nothing special to say here".

"I can be with you".

* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Hilariously occurs in the first ku: when Eiji tells a friend of his that he really is going to stop fighting, Eiji says it's because he's been feeling better than ever before and "throwing up" everywhere. One way to refer to the act of composing a senryuu is "throwing up," however, frequent vomiting is also one common sign of drug addiction, which is how his friend understood it.[[note]]This is somewhat LostInTranslation. Eiji uses the term "haku" or "吐く", which actually refers to releasing, emitting, expressing, or expelling. So it can also refer to vomiting, hence the confusion.[[/note]]

* AccidentalPervert: Mukai always has something wrong with his pants. When he confessed to Nanako, [[spoiler:his fly was ''wide'' open]]; during Sports' Day, he made sure not to wear something with a fly, instead [[spoiler:his gym shorts and underwear split open]].

* AdaptationDistillation: The manga is 100+ chapters long while the anime is 12 episodes long, each episode being around 13 minutes long.

** Nanako's father is an overdramatic mess. The first things that comes to mind when Nanako asks her brother about her weight and what to wear is her dad suddenly shocked by it. In episode 6, he manages to come to the conclusion that Nanako is undergoing a rebellious phase. Apparently, he's been doing this sort of thing for years, since Hiro often ends up telling his mother "He's doing it again."

** When Eiji first meets Nanako's father and is trying to explain that they are classmates, he abbreviates "classmates" to "C," which also is the Japanese equivalent of "fourth-base." Eiji found out what "C" meant after the fact.

* AccidentalPervert: Mukai always has something wrong with his pants.