History Manga / SkipAndLoafer

* PowerOfFriendship: This series utilizes a low-key version where despite Mitsuki's running into obstacles when trying to befriend people, she still tends to get through to the people she wants to befriend. Notably, Tokiko learns to relax around her and has a dream sequence reflecting real life where she misses the bus and begins to cry, but a cat-Mitsuki is there for her.

* BetterAsFriends: [[spoiler:After much teasing, Mitsumi and Shima finally give dating a try...and it makes both of them uncomfortable. Shima especially is not having a good time on his first real date with her even though he was the one who suggested they go out (and only because he thought it's what Mitsumi wanted), so they hold off on it and go back to being friends.]]

* GenderConcealingWriting: Averted in the manga with Nao, who explicitly mentions she's biologically male and is introduced as the "younger brother" of Mitsumi's father, while the story maintains that she's Mitsumi's transgender aunt. The anime meanwhile introduces her as Mitsumi's father's '''sibling''' (''kyoudai'', which covers a range of older-brother/younger-siblings and is written in hiragana in the Japanese subtitles to preserve ambiguity).

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Mitsumi slowly develops a crush on Shima, and while he cares for her, he isn't sure if he does so romantically or platonically. [[spoiler:They briefly date before Mitsumi offers to break it off, sensing that the feelings she has for him are the same as the ones he has for her. But then Shima is implied to be jealous when his classmates gossip that she and Ujiie are a thing...]]

** Sōsuke is old friends with his fellow child performers Chris and Ririka, though had a falling-out with the latter at some point. Looking at them, Mitsumi compares the unique dynamic between them to her and her own childhood friend Fumi.

* InformedAttractiveness: Sōsuke and Yuzuki are repeatedly said to be two of the best-looking people in their grade.

** The central friendship, uptight country bumpkin Mitsumi and carefree and popular urbanite Sōsuke, are mentioned to be an odd duo.

** Sousuke has posters of ''Music/BohemianRhapsody'' and ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' in his room. In the anime, this is slightly changed into "Pomeranian Rhapsody" and "The International Game Brothers", the latter being the ''Blues Brothers'' poster but with [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] instead.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Mitsumi slowly develops a crush on Sōsuke, and while Sōsuke cares for her, he isn't sure if he does so romantically or platonically. [[spoiler:They briefly date before Mitsumi offers to break it off, sensing that the feelings she has for him are the same as the ones he has for her. But then Sōsuke is implied to be jealous when his classmates gossip that she and Ujiie are a thing...]]

** Sousuke has posters of ''Music/BohemianRhapsody'' and ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' in his room. In the anime, this is slightly changed into "Pomeranian Rhapsody" and "The International Games Brothers", the latter being the ''Blues Brothers'' poster but with [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] instead.

* ShoutOut: The movie the main characters get together to watch in episode 3 is ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', albeit the characters have their names tweaked (Rhett Butter instead of Rhett Butler; Scarlet Ohana instead of Scarlet O'Hara).

* SunkCostFallacy: Mentioned by Shima in "Tingling and Scraping". Mitsumi comes up with a method to reduce her time wasting, but then is told by her senpai that its probably not a good idea, since she herself realized that her method is flawed and its hard to say what is and isn't a regret until later. Mitsumi wants to give her method a try after having wasted a night getting it together, but Shima points out that such a thing would be an even greater waste of time. Mitsumi is surprised at his brutally cold, but reasonable logic.

* BlandNameProduct: Mitsumi, Shima and Kurume visit a "Sutama" together for drinks, a parody of the Japanese named for Starbucks, "Sutaba".