History Manga / TaiyouNoIe

* CoolPet: Wakaba the turtle, even if he freaked Mao out at first.

* FrendlessBackground: Mao before being befriended by Hiro, Hina and Daiki as a child.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: Mao's cell phone novel "House of the Sun" (under the penname "Kuukai") is basically her living with Hiro, but changing their names (e.g. Mao to Kaoru, Hiro to Takeshi). Hiro doesn't realize this, mistakes the kanji for "Kuukai" as "Sorami," and thinks the novel is by his co-worker Sugimoto because she is rumored to writes novels and he feels as though "Kaoru" is similar to Sugimoto; in reality, Sugimoto is merely a fan of Mao's novel.

* [[spoiler: SiblingTriangle: Mao likes Hiro, who is starting to reciprocate. So far so good, then comes recent chapters that revel that Daiki has feelings for Mao also.]]

* InSeriesNickname: Hiro, and sometimes Daiki too, calls Mao "Magyo" because it's cuter. While Mao calls Chihiro, her best friend, "Chii" and miss Sugimoto by her nickname "Radical".

* LoveDodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro whom [[spoiler: her new friend Sugimoto]] also likes.

* ParentalAbandonment: Mao's mother said that she'll keep in contact with her... but while it's never showed it's hinted that she never saw her again, and on the other side Mao's father dumped her to somebody else the second he had a chance. While Hiro's parents died in a car accident.

* ShipperOnDeck: Mao's father ships her with Hiro[[spoiler: gaining Hiro's contempt, since he knows her father most likely wants to "free" himself of her]], "miss Radical" ships Kaoru and Takeshi, Chihiro supports Mao and whomever Mao loves [[spoiler: even if that meant she (Chii) would have to give up her love]].

* LoveDodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro whom her new friend Sugimoto also likes.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Oda[[spoiler: and recently Hiro towards Mao]].

* ObliviousToLove: Mao's is dense even towards her own feelings... she doesn't even notices Oda's[[spoiler: until he T-O-L-D her. Hiro seems to be either this or [[SelectiveObliviousness just trying quite strongly]] to erase any idea of the possibility that what he feels towards Mao might not be brotherly love.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Daiki can be rather jerkish at times, but usually means well.

* ShipperOnDeck: Mao's father ships her with Hiro[[spoiler: gaining Hiro's contempt, since he knows her father most likely wants to "free" himself of her]], "miss Radical" ships Kaoru and Takeshi, Chihiro supports Mao and whomever Mao loves [[spoiler: even if that meant she(Chii) would have to give up her love]].

* ContrivedCoincidence: What are the chances that thebiggest fan of Mao's cellphone novel turned out to be in love with the same guy as her?
* DudeMagnet: Mao is confensed to regularly (though off camera) and once when she was younger a boy who used to bully her confessed to her.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Hiro towards his sibling, Daiki and Hina, and [[LikeBrotherAndSister Mao too]].

* DoggedNiceGuy: Oda towards Mao,[[spoiler: Chii towards Oda, Mao and Radical/Sugimoto towards Hiiro]].
* GirlsPreferBadBoys: in Yuzu's case it didn't even matter if the guy in question scammed before.

* LoveDodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro whom her new friend Sugimoto, also likes.

* ParentalAbandonment: Mao's mother said that she'll keep on contact with her... but while it's never showed it's hinted that she never saw her again, and on the other side Mao's father dumped her to somebody else the second he had a chance. Hiro's parents also died in a car accident.

Mao Motomiya spends most of her time with her neighbors, the Nakamura family, rather than at her own home, as her parents are constantly working for her sake and are rarely home. When her parents get a divorce and she is conflicted with choosing between them, the eldest son of the Nakamura family, Hiro, suggests for her to live with them. Though secretly glad, Mao rejects the offer and chooses to stay with her father. In spite of moving two stations over, Mao continues to visit the Nakamura family until the death of Hiro's parents; Hiro's younger siblings are taken in by relatives and only Hiro remains in the Nakamura house.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Literally the only requited love was between Hina's (dead) parents.

* InSeriesNickname: Hiro calls Mao "Magyo" because it's cuter. Mao calls Chihiro, her best friend, "Chii".

* [[spoiler: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mao would do anything for Hiro. She wants to repay all the kindness he has given to her and the last thing she wants to be is a bother to him... But sometimes she falls under contradictory feelings or actions regarding how to make him happy.]]

* LoveDodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro who her friend Sugimoto, also likes.

* {{Workaholic}}: Hiro's parents when she was young [[spoiler: though that was more to avoid seeing each other.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Mao's mum towards her dad which eventually leads to their divorce.

* DudeMagnet: Mao is confensed to regularly (though off camera) and once when she was younger a boy who used to bully her confensed to her.

* ParentalAbandonment: Mao's mother said that she'll keep on contact with her... but while it's never showed it's hinted that she never saw her again, and on the other side Mao's father dumped her to somebody else the second he had a chance.

* LoveDodecahedron: Chii likes Oda, who likes Mao, who likes Hiro, who likes Sugimoto, who likes him back.

* InSeriesNickname: Hiro calls Mao "Magyo" because it's cuter.

* MayDecemberRomance: What Hiro's and Mao's romantic relationship would fall into. She is 17 and he is 23, and while they don't have a big age difference he doesn't aprove of the idea.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Oda.
* ObliviousToLove

* ThreeAmigos: Mao, Chii, and Oda.

Mao Motamiya spends most of her time with her neighbors, the Nakamura family, rather than at her own home, as her parents are constantly working for her sake and are rarely home. When her parents get a divorce and she is conflicted with choosing between them, the eldest son of the Nakamura family, Hiro, suggests for her to live with them. Though secretly glad, Mao rejects the offer and chooses to stay with her father. In spite of moving two stations over, Mao continues to visit the Nakamura family until the death of Hiro's parents; Hiro's younger siblings are taken in by relatives and only Hiro remains in the Nakamura house.

* AlliterativeName: Mao Motamiya.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Oda.

* ParentalAbandonment
* ShoujoDemographic

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* LadykillerInLove: According to Chii, Hiro was a ladies' man. After falling for Mao, he changes.