History Manga / StrobeEdge

* CompressedAdaptation: The film rearranged parts of the story, eliminated some of the side characters (notably Toda, Yuu, Manabu, Non-chan, and Tamaki), and also removed other plot points (such as Daiki and Sayuri's arcs). It also changed some minor details, such as the climax of the story taking place during the cultural festival insead of the sports festival.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Mayuka breaks up with Ren because she knows that she is holding Ren back from accepting his feelings for Ninako.]] Next, [[spoiler:Yuu]] gets [[spoiler:Sayuri]] to make up with [[spoiler:Daiki]] since he realizes that she's already moved on from him and he has no chance with her again. After, [[spoiler:Mao]] tries to get [[spoiler:Ando and Ninako]] together despite that she likes him. Finally, the cincher: [[spoiler:Ando]] encourages [[spoiler:Ninako]] to go after [[spoiler:Ren]].

* UnwantedHarem: Ren rejects all of the love confessions he recieves from the girls at school because he has a girlfriend.

* FiveManBand: Ninako and her friends are banded in a group of five, which consists of...
** TheHero: Ninako.
** TheLancer: Sayuri.
** TheBigGuy: Tsukasa.
** TheSmartGuy: Tamaki.
** TheChick: Noriko.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: There's never an instance where Noriko is ''not'' called "Non-chan." Similarly, everyone never refers to Yuu by his full name, Yuutarou, but as simply "Yuu" or "Tera." To a lesser extent, Manabu is also known by the nickname "Ga-chan" (since "Gaku" is an alternate pronunciation to "Manabu") but his family, Ren, and Yuu still refer to him by his real name. The English version by Creator/VizMedia does away with the nicknames and LastNameBasis, so this trope is nearly nonexistent in tne English translation.

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Creator/IoSakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for [[BreakthroughHit boosting Sakisaka's fame]], it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a LiveActionAdaptation was announced (probably to cash in on Sakisaka's fame with her successor, ''Manga/AoHaruRide'') and released in March 2015.

** LoveDodecahedron: Sayuri and [[spoiler:Mao]] are in love with Daiki and Ando respectively, who are in love with Ninako, who is in love with Ren, who is dating Mayuka but is slowly developing feelings for Ninako that he is initially in denial of.

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for [[BreakthroughHit boosting Sakisaka's fame]], it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a LiveActionAdaptation was announced (probably to cash in on Sakisaka's fame with her successor, ''Manga/AoHaruRide'') and released in March 2015.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first volume of the series dealt with the Daiki-Ninako-Ren LoveTriangle, and by then the characters and plot hadn't completely settled. The story gets better by the time Ando is introduced in the story, and marketing seems to agree -- the vomic, drama [=CDs=], and even the film begin after the events of volume 1 and are practically divorced from Daiki's subplot.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The film rearranged parts of the story and completely eliminated Daiki's subplot as well as some of the side characters (notably Toda, Yuu, Manabu, Non-chan, and Tamaki). It also changed some minor details, such as the climax of the story taking place during the cultural festival insead of the sports festival.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The film rearranged parts of the story and completely eliminated Daiki's subplot.

Ninako Kinoshita is a [[NaiveEverygirl naive]] [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school student]] who [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove doesn't really know what love is]]. Her friends convince her that she must be in love with her childhood friend Daiki Korenaga, who has always held feelings for her. But Ninako gradually realizes what love is through her growing feelings for Ren Ichinose, the school's enigmatic heartthrob. More conflict arises when Ninako learns that Ren... has a ''girlfriend,'' Mayuka Korenaga - a famous model and Daiki's estranged older sister. Not only that, but Takumi Andou, Ren's middle school friend, develops feelings for Ninako too. For a girl who once didn't know what love was, what is Ninako to do?

* ADayInTheLimelight: Mayuka, Andou, Yuu, and Manabu each receive their own side stories in the printed volumes of the manga.

* BettyAndVeronica: Daiki is the Betty and Ren is the Veronica to Ninako's Archie. Come the middle of the series, the roles switch to Ren being the Betty and Andou being the Veronica.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Daiki and Andou for Ninako, who is a gender-flipped version for Ren.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first volume of the series dealt with the Daiki-Ninako-Ren LoveTriangle, and by then the characters and plot hadn't completely settled. The story gets better by the time Ando is introduced in the story, and marketing seems to agree -- the vomic, drama [=CDs=], and even the film begin after the events of volume 1 and are completely divorced from Daiki's subplot.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Mayuka breaks up with Ren because she knows that she is holding Ren back from accepting his feelings for Ninako.]] Next, [[spoiler:Yuu]] gets [[spoiler:Sayuri]] to make up with [[spoiler:Daiki]] since he realizes that she's already moved on from him and he has no chance with her again. After, [[spoiler:Mao]] tries to get [[spoiler:Andou and Ninako]] together despite that she likes him. Finally, the cincher: [[spoiler:Andou]] encourages [[spoiler:Ninako]] to go after [[spoiler:Ren]].

* LoveTriangle: The series starts off with Daiki liking Ninako, and Ninako liking Ren while simultaneously maintaining the Ninako-Ren-Mayuka triangle. After volume 2, Andou takes Daiki's spot, and by volume 5, [[spoiler:the Ninako-Ren-Mayuka triangle is broken when Ren and Mayuka break up.]] The remainder of the series focuses on the Andou-Ninako-Ren triangle.
** LoveDodecahedron: Sayuri and [[spoiler:Mao]] are in love with Daiki and Andou respectively, who are in love with Ninako, who is in love with Ren, who is dating Mayuka but is slowly developing feelings for Ninako that he is initially in denial of.
* MaybeEverAfter: It's really ambiguous as to whether [[spoiler:Andou and Mao]] get together in the end, especially since it's not mentioned in the epilogue. The same thing applies to [[spoiler:Manabu and Ritsuko]].
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Ninako and Daiki were friends since childhood (although Ninako has never met Mayuka before, as his parents had been divorced by then). Ren and Andou were classmates and friends in middle school. Tsukasa and Manabu were classmates in middle school. Yuu went to the same supplementary courses as Sayuri [[spoiler:and also dated her]] in middle school.

* SacredFirstKiss: Ninako runs into problems with this in the post-finale chapter, [[spoiler:as Andou had stolen her first kiss]].
* SecondLove: Sayuri for Daiki, and [[spoiler:Ninako for both Ren and Andou.]]
* ShoutOut: Andou sings [[Music/{{Perfume}} "Chocolate Disco"]] in one chapter.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Ren, Andou, and Ninako.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Ren and Andou usually don't consider each other as friends unless they're in a good mood.

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for [[BreakthroughHit boosting Sakisaka's fame]], it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a LiveActionAdaptation was announced (probably to cash in on Sakisaka's fame with her successor, ''Manga/AoHaruRide'') and is set to release in March 2015.

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--->"'''Love'... what kind of feeling is it? It makes your chest tighten, it tears at your heart, it makes you want to cry for no reason, and your chest hurts like something's been stabbed into it... but it's not a bad feeling at all.''"

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''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for [[BreakthroughHit boosting Sakisaka's fame]], it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a live-action {{Film}} adaptation was announced and is set to release in March 2015.

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for boosting Sakisaka's fame, it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a live-action {{Film}} adaptation was announced and is set to release in March 2015.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: There's never an instance where Noriko is ''not'' called "Non-chan." Similarly, everyone never refers to Yuu by his full name, Yuutarou, but as simply "Yuu" or "Tera." To a lesser extent, Manabu is also known by the nickname "Ga-chan" (since "Gaku" is an alternate pronunciation to "Manabu") but his family, Ren, and Yuu still refer to him by his real name.

* LoveHurts

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for boosting Sakisaka's fame, it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four LightNovel adaptations. In 2014, a live-action {{Film}} adaptation was announced and is set to release in 2015.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Ninako and Daiki were friends since childhood (although Ninako has never met Mayuka before). Ren and Andou were classmates and friends in middle school. Tsukasa and Manabu were classmates in middle school. Yuu went to the same supplementary courses as Sayuri [[spoiler:and also dated her]] in middle school.

* BigManOnCampus: Ren.

* ChickMagnet: Ren.
* CoolBigSis: Mayuka.
* DefrostingIceKing: Ren.

* LoveTriangle: Ninako, Ren, and Daiki. Ninako, Ren, and Andou. Ninako, Ren, and Mayuka.

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Ren and Andou were classmates and friends in middle school. Tsukasa and Manabu were classmates in middle school. Yuu went to the same supplementary courses as Sayuri [[spoiler:and also dated her]] in middle school.

* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Daiki for Ninako. [[spoiler:Eventually Ren and Mayuka become this as well.]]

->"'''Love'... what kind of feeling is it? It makes your chest tighten, it tears at your heart, it makes you want to cry for no reason, and your chest hurts like something's been stabbed into it... but it's not a bad feeling at all.''"

* BookEnds

''Strobe Edge'' is a shoujo manga by Io Sakisaka and ran in the magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2007 to 2010. Credited for boosting Sakisaka's fame, it was compiled in ten volumes. Throughout its run, it was met with widespread success, spawning a voice-over comic, two drama [=CDs=], and four light novels.

Ninako Kinoshita is a [[NaiveEverygirl naive]] [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school student]] who [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove doesn't really know what love is]]. Her friends convince her that she must be in love with her childhood friend Daiki Korenaga, who has always held feelings for her. But Ninako gradually realizes what love is through her growing feelings for Ren Ichinose, the school's enigmatic heartthrob.

More conflict arises when Ninako learns that Ren... has a ''girlfriend,'' Mayuka Korenaga - a famous model and Daiki's estranged older sister. Not only that, but Takumi Andou, Ren's middle school friend, develops feelings for Ninako too. For a girl who once didn't know what love was, what is Ninako to do?

** It's hard to say who is the Betty and who is the Veronica when it comes to Ninako and Mayuka. They appear to be the Betty and Veronica respectively, but only in appearance--Ninako is our main heroine so the audience sympathizes with her more, but Mayuka is Ren's longtime girlfriend while Ninako sort of meddles into their relationship [[spoiler:and is more or less the reason why Mayuka breaks up with Ren.]]

** LoveDodecahedron: Daiki and Andou are in love with Ninako, who is in love with Ren, who is dating Mayuka but is slowly developing feelings for Ninako that he is initially in denial of.