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Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''Anime/ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
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Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe Creator/ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''Anime/ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
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* BerserkButton: Busunako [[hottip:*:A portmanteau of "ugly" and "Sunako"]]. After Kyohei unleashes Sunako's rage unintentionally in the TV series, he starts invoking this trope on a regular basis whenever the mooks of the week need to be beat up. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Sunako does this once to herself.]]
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* BerserkButton: Busunako [[hottip:*:A [[note]]:A portmanteau of "ugly" and "Sunako"]]."Sunako"[[/note]]. After Kyohei unleashes Sunako's rage unintentionally in the TV series, he starts invoking this trope on a regular basis whenever the mooks of the week need to be beat up. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Sunako does this once to herself.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Aside from her crippling lack of self-confidence and mania for the horror genre, Sunako already *is* a perfect Japanese lady. The irony comes when her aunt needs to learn how to be a proper Japanese housewife. Her instructor? ''Sunako.''
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* DistressedDude: Kyohei is kidnapped very frequently.
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* JamesBondage: Kyohei ''is'' this trope. In fact, within the first volume, he literally gets kidnapped and put into bondage gear.
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* AbusiveParents: Kyohei's mother apparently said a ton of terrible things to her son when he was still living with her, the reason being she was jealous of his beauty. Her husband mentioned offhandedly to Sunako that the mom was bipolar, but whether he was serious or exaggerating was difficult to tell.
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* {{Obasan}}: The Landlady is called Auntie by the residents of her mansion (though it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in Sunako's case because she really is the Landlady's niece). In the anime's WholeEpisodeFlashback showing how all of the boys came to the mansion, the Landlady visibly jumped and exclaimed "Auntie!?", looking upset when she was called this the first time. In the manga version, however, calling her that added fuel to her already [[UnstoppableRage overflowing rage.]]
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc. There's also her friend from Hokkaido, Yuki, who is a yuki-onna. And there's ghosts, too. And a vampire, once. And that time Sunako traveled through time and [[spoiler:met Child!Kyohei, who proposed to her]]. So yeah, pretty much anything goes in this series.
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc. There's also her friend from Hokkaido, Yuki, who is a yuki-onna. And there's ghosts, [[DemonicPossession possession by ghosts]], too. And a vampire, ClassicalMovieVampire, once. And that one time Sunako [[StableTimeLoop traveled through time time]] and [[spoiler:met Child!Kyohei, who proposed to her]]. met [[spoiler:Kyohei]] as a child. So yeah, [[RuleOfCool pretty much anything goes in this series.]]
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* PrettyFreeloaders: Gender-inverted and subverted: The boys ''want'' to be this, but whether or not they get their free rent has yet to be seen. However, it's played straight in that they never help Sunako around the house.
** Averted completely with Sunako herself, who does all of the cooking and chores.
** Averted completely with Sunako herself, who does all of the cooking and chores.
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc. There's also her friend from Hokkaido, Yuki, who is a yuki-onna. And there's ghosts, too. And a vampire, once. And that time Sunako traveled through time and [[spoiler:met Child!Kyohei, who proposed to her]]. So yeah, pretty much anything goes in this series.
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc.
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc. There's also her friend from Hokkaido, Yuki, who is a yuki-onna. And there's ghosts, too. And a vampire, once.
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* MagicRealism: Sunako's dark aura that causes lights to dim, bulbs to burst, flowers to wilt, etc.
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* NakedApron: In the anime episode "Pirates of Tres Bien," everyone starts hallucinating because of Captain Wing's powers. Noi sees a naked Takenaga in an apron preparing food for her, while Takenaga sees Noi as . . . a dinosaur. [[LovableNerd He really wanted to find a dinosaur fossil, you see.]]
** In the manga, Sunako is seen in one of these when she suffers a trauma that causes her to think she's already wearing clothes.
** In the manga, Sunako is seen in one of these when she suffers a trauma that causes her to think she's already wearing clothes.
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* LargeHam: The Landlady. There's shades of it in Sunako, too.
** And don't forget '''KINOYAMA, FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!'''
** And don't forget '''KINOYAMA, FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!'''
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* LargeHam: The Landlady. There's shades of it Who ''isn't'' in Sunako, too.
** And don't forget '''KINOYAMA, FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!'''this series?
** And don't forget '''KINOYAMA, FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!'''
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Common in the anime, especially during the Road to Womanhood segments.
**"This segment was totally pointless. . . ."
**"If this weren't a comedy, we'd be dead for sure!"
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**"If this weren't a comedy, we'd be dead for sure!"
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** And don't forget '''KINOYAMA, FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!'''
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* SayMyName: The main boys seem to like saying Sunako's name a lot; that is, except Kyohei, who says [[FullNameUltimatum her full name]] more often than not.
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* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save Your Love Interest:]] Kyohei and Sunako tend to do this to each other.
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* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save Your Love Interest:]] Interest]]: Kyohei and Sunako tend to do this to each other. other.
* ArtisticAge: All the members of the main cast are supposed to be 15 years old while looking like 20-somethings.
* ArtisticAge: All the members of the main cast are supposed to be 15 years old while looking like 20-somethings.
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* YoungerThanTheyLook: All the members of the main cast are supposed to be 15 years old while looking like 20-somethings.
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* LetsGetDangerous: When Sunako is drawn in the same style as everyone else usually is, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Perfect_Girl_Evolution/24/37/ shit just got real]].
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* LetsGetDangerous: When Sunako is drawn in the same style as everyone else usually is, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Perfect_Girl_Evolution/24/37/ shit just got real]].real.
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* CelebrityParadox: In chapter 107, a character mentions the actor who played Kyōhei in the live-action TV series. The best part is that instead of mentioning his name, she says that he played Kyōhei on TV, directly referencing the TV series based on the manga they exist in.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: You can't help but wonder why Kyohei seemed to be in ''such a bad mood'' when Sunako kept hanging around that constellation guy...
** And that was NOTHING compared to how he reacted when he thought Sunako and the biology teacher were secretly dating...
*** Ranmaru and Takenaga were viciously pissed off at each other when each got into a compromising situation with the other's LoveInterest.
** And that was NOTHING compared to how he reacted when he thought Sunako and the biology teacher were secretly dating...
*** Ranmaru and Takenaga were viciously pissed off at each other when each got into a compromising situation with the other's LoveInterest.
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** You can't help but wonder why Kyohei seemed to be in ''such a bad mood'' when Sunako kept hanging around that constellationguy...
**guy... And that was NOTHING compared to how he reacted when he thought Sunako and the biology teacher were secretly dating...
*** ** Ranmaru and Takenaga were viciously pissed off at each other when each got into a compromising situation with the other's LoveInterest.
** You can't help but wonder why Kyohei seemed to be in ''such a bad mood'' when Sunako kept hanging around that constellation
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* AbsurdlyLongLimousine: One shows up in the anime adaptation.
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''The Wallflower'' is about Sunako Nakahara, whose first love, in response to her confession told her ''[[KickTheDog "I don't like]] [[BerserkButton ugly girls"]]''. In response, she took to shunning light forever, hiding her face behind long black hair and devoting her life to horror, gore and darkness. That is, until her well-meaning but melodramatic rich Aunt sets Kyohei, Oda, Yuki, and Ranmaru -- her harem of teenage {{bishonen}} -- on Sunako with the task to turn her into the [[YamatoNadeshiko perfect lady]]. In exchange for this, they will get free accommodation in her BigFancyHouse whilst the Aunt jet sets around the world in search of her true love. If they fail, they must pay ''triple'' rent for the accommodations they have used. (And with the costs of housing in Japan, this is a dire penalty indeed.)
Unfortunately for the boys, Sunako has absolutely no intention of playing along with them. She's a Creature of Darkness and damn well proud of it. The issue is made worse because she can't actually look at "Bright Creatures" like them without getting a [[NoseBleed nose bleed]], and this predictably puts some [[strike: strain]] [[IncrediblyLamePun stains]] on their relationship.
Unfortunately for the boys, Sunako has absolutely no intention of playing along with them. She's a Creature of Darkness and damn well proud of it. The issue is made worse because she can't actually look at "Bright Creatures" like them without getting a [[NoseBleed nose bleed]], and this predictably puts some [[strike: strain]] [[IncrediblyLamePun stains]] on their relationship.
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''The Wallflower'' is about Sunako Nakahara, whose first love, in response to her confession told her ''[[KickTheDog "I don't like]] [[BerserkButton ugly girls"]]''. In response, she took to shunning light forever, hiding her face behind long black hair and devoting her life to horror, gore and darkness. That is, until her well-meaning but melodramatic rich Aunt sets Kyohei, Oda, Yuki, and Ranmaru -- her harem of teenage {{bishonen}} -- on Sunako with the task to turn her into the [[YamatoNadeshiko perfect lady]]. lady. In exchange for this, they will get free accommodation in her BigFancyHouse whilst the Aunt jet sets jets around the world in search of her true love. If they fail, they must pay ''triple'' rent for the accommodations they have used. (And with (With the costs of housing in Japan, this is a dire penalty indeed.)
Unfortunately for the boys, Sunako has absolutely no intention of playing along with them. She's a Creature of Darkness and damn well proud of it. The issue is made worse because she can'tactually look at "Bright Creatures" like them without getting a [[NoseBleed nose bleed]], and this predictably puts some [[strike: strain]] [[IncrediblyLamePun stains]] on their relationship.
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* WifeHusbandry: Ranmaru's father explicitly says he did this with Ranmaru's mom, and wants his son to do the same with the fiancée they've picked for him. It was even lampshaded within the dialogue.
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Sunako is supposed to become one, but is most of the time the polar opposite. Two side characters have at least some of the traits required. It's interesting to note that she ''does'' have YamatoNadeshiko traits, but they're covered up by her other qualities.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.
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* YamatoNadeshiko: The challenge before the boys is to make Sunako is supposed to become one, one of these but is most of the time she is the polar opposite. Two side characters have at least some of the traits required. It's interesting to note that she ''does'' have YamatoNadeshiko traits, traits (HimeCut, cooking etc), but they're covered up by her other qualities.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.qualities.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.
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* [[SoBeautifulItsACurse So Beautiful, It's A Curse]]: Kyohei actually has a legitimate claim to this, considering how often he's stalked, kidnapped, and sexually harassed because of his looks. [[MillionairePlayboy Ranmaru]] is a bit more [[{{Casanova}} arrogant about it]], and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yuki]] sometimes complains of this when he's [[CrossDresser cross dressing]] or not being taken seriously.
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* [[SoBeautifulItsACurse So Beautiful, It's A Curse]]: Kyohei actually has a legitimate claim to this, considering how often he's stalked, kidnapped, and sexually harassed because of his looks. [[MillionairePlayboy Ranmaru]] is a bit more [[{{Casanova}} [[TheCasanova arrogant about it]], and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yuki]] sometimes complains of this when he's [[CrossDresser cross dressing]] or not being taken seriously.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nn1aIQ4Xjc Ping Pong.]] [[RuleOfCool That is all.]]
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* LadykillerInLove: It's hinted that Ranmaru's becoming this, in regards to his fiance by an arranged marriage, Tomoe.
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** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/FridayThe13th'' ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: [[ZigZaggingTrope Played with extensively]]. The boys are charged with turning Sunako into a lady against his will, even though she wants nothing to do with it. An early chapter/episode even subverts this trope by showing Sunako's face behind her BlindingBangs to be quite pretty, only to then show that it only ''looked'' that way because of some flour that had fallen on her and that she actually has bad skin. (Which is only because of her poor hygiene and self-neglect, and not a dermatological problem ''per se''.) However, later on, it does turn out that Sunako really ''is'' BeautifulAllAlong whenever she gains enough confidence to break out of her SuperDeformed mode.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: [[ZigZaggingTrope Played with extensively]]. The boys are charged with turning Sunako into a lady against his her will, even though she wants nothing to do with it. An early chapter/episode even subverts this trope by showing Sunako's face behind her BlindingBangs to be quite pretty, only to then show that it only ''looked'' that way because of some flour that had fallen on her and that she actually has bad skin. (Which is only because of her poor hygiene and self-neglect, and not a dermatological problem ''per se''.) However, later on, it does turn out that Sunako really ''is'' BeautifulAllAlong whenever she gains enough confidence to break out of her SuperDeformed mode.
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* ShoutOut: Being a [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]]-directed series, it contains {{ShoutOut}}s to MobileSuitGundam (Episode 23 & 24), and StarTrek (Episode 24), among others.
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* ShoutOut: Being a [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]]-directed series, it contains {{ShoutOut}}s to MobileSuitGundam (Episode 23 & 24), and StarTrek Franchise/StarTrek (Episode 24), among others.
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Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
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Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''ExcelSaga'') ''Anime/ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
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->''We'll turn Sunako Nakahara into a magnificent lady!''
''YamatoNadeshiko Shichi Henge'' (Perfect Girl Evolution / My Fair Lady) known by fans as ''TheWallflower'' or Yama Nade.
''The Wallflower'' is about Sunako Nakahara, whose first love, in response to her confession told her ''[[KickTheDog "I don't like]] [[BerserkButton ugly girls"]]''. In response, she took to shunning light forever, hiding her face behind long black hair and devoting her life to horror, gore and darkness. That is, until her well-meaning but melodramatic rich Aunt sets Kyohei, Oda, Yuki, and Ranmaru -- her harem of teenage {{bishonen}} -- on Sunako with the task to turn her into the [[YamatoNadeshiko perfect lady]]. In exchange for this, they will get free accommodation in her BigFancyHouse whilst the Aunt jet sets around the world in search of her true love. If they fail, they must pay ''triple'' rent for the accommodations they have used. (And with the costs of housing in Japan, this is a dire penalty indeed.)
Unfortunately for the boys, Sunako has absolutely no intention of playing along with them. She's a Creature of Darkness and damn well proud of it. The issue is made worse because she can't actually look at "Bright Creatures" like them without getting a [[NoseBleed nose bleed]], and this predictably puts some [[strike: strain]] [[IncrediblyLamePun stains]] on their relationship.
Though she can eventually deal with living with the other three, Sunako and Kyohei's relationship isn't the best, resulting in some early murder attempts on Sunako's part, lots of bickering, fighting, occasional saving each other and...you guessed it, everyone in the cast trying to set them up.
Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
A live-action version began airing in January 2010, and finished airing with 10 episodes.
Warning: The manga, at least, is completely food-obsessed. You will probably get hungry reading it.
This page is for all examples from the manga/anime/drama.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AccidentalKiss: And a FirstKiss to boot.
* AccidentalMarriage: Sunako was frighteningly close to being a victim of this in one chapter. (We say 'frightening' because it wasn't to Kyohei.)
* AdaptationExpansion[=/=]AdaptationDistillation: Definitely the live-action drama. It tended to mix and match similar chapters in the manga and add new material to make the episodes flow better and last for 45 minutes each. It also played around with characterization. Whether that was good or bad is up for interpretation, but no one denies that [[spoiler: the resolution of the Kyohei and Sunako UST]] was a good thing.
* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save Your Love Interest:]] Kyohei and Sunako tend to do this to each other.
* AttractiveBentGender: When Kyouhei is kidnapped, the rest of the gang have to crossdress in order to get to where he's being held. When Noi sees Takenaga, she goes all EvenTheGirlsWantHer / inverted SweetOnPollyOliver on him.
** Just Yuki in general.
* AuthorAppeal: Bishounen boys and the look of visual kei bands are clear preferences of the {{mangaka}}, Tomoko Hayakawa; her notes in many chapters are about seeing concerts, in fact. Building on this, each one of the main male characters is based on some aspect of Hayakawa's favorite musician, Kiyoharu, with the most attractive one (Kyouhei) resembling him the most. At one point Kyouhei is even seen wearing Kiyoharu's exact outfit from SADS' "Porno Star" PV. One can also presume by its prevalence that bondage scenes involving such boys are also one of her fetishes.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Though Sunako and Kyohei's relationships is made up mostly of bickering and fighting, it's obviously clear in many moments that they place each other's well-being on a very high level, admitting it to themselves or not.
* BattleCouple: Kyouhei and Sunako. Perhaps most prominent in the live-action adaption.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[ZigZaggingTrope Played with extensively]]. The boys are charged with turning Sunako into a lady against his will, even though she wants nothing to do with it. An early chapter/episode even subverts this trope by showing Sunako's face behind her BlindingBangs to be quite pretty, only to then show that it only ''looked'' that way because of some flour that had fallen on her and that she actually has bad skin. (Which is only because of her poor hygiene and self-neglect, and not a dermatological problem ''per se''.) However, later on, it does turn out that Sunako really ''is'' BeautifulAllAlong whenever she gains enough confidence to break out of her SuperDeformed mode.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Sunako and Kyohei.
* BerserkButton: Busunako [[hottip:*:A portmanteau of "ugly" and "Sunako"]]. After Kyohei unleashes Sunako's rage unintentionally in the TV series, he starts invoking this trope on a regular basis whenever the mooks of the week need to be beat up. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Sunako does this once to herself.]]
* BigFancyHouse
* BirdsOfAFeather: Sunako and Kyohei.
* BishieSparkle: Turned up to 11.
* {{Bishonen}}: Kyohei, Ranmaru, Takenaga, Yuki and apparently, when his glasses are off [[spoiler: the gloomy Prince.]]
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: The interaction between Hiroshi, an anatomical model, and the {{Bishonen}} boys in the ColdOpening of every episode takes on the character of a manzai routine.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Sunako and Kyohei. So, so much.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sunako. E.g. the manga chapter where she takes up body-building to look like one of her anatomical models. Related to this, because of her isolation, she's sometimes incredibly clueless about things in the world.
* CookingDuel: The literal variety occurs later on in the manga, with Sunako battling Kyohei's InstantFanClub. Subverted somewhat in that she wins through [[spoiler:''modesty'']]. Not going to happen at home, though; Sunako's cooking is excellent while none of the boys seem to manage anything above functional.
* CrazyJealousGuy: You can't help but wonder why Kyohei seemed to be in ''such a bad mood'' when Sunako kept hanging around that constellation guy...
** And that was NOTHING compared to how he reacted when he thought Sunako and the biology teacher were secretly dating...
*** Ranmaru and Takenaga were viciously pissed off at each other when each got into a compromising situation with the other's LoveInterest.
* DeusExMachina: Auntie.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: [[spoiler: In an [[PlayedForLaughs absolutely hilarious]] twist of events in Chapter 73, Sunako becomes this trope. And to a much lesser extent, in an earlier chapter which has her becoming a {{Bifauxnen}}.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The reason Kyohei can't keep a job is because his bosses always sexually harass him, be they male or female.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Except Kyohei and Sunako themselves.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Auntie]]: The Landlady's real name is [[spoiler:Mine Nakahara]]. Justifed, since in Japan, it is common practice to address older women unrelated to the speaker "Auntie" (''oba-san'')
** Plus points is that she is Sunako's paternal Aunt.
* {{Expy}}: Sunako Nakahara is an Expy of [[TheRing Sadako Yamamura]].
* FacelessMasses: Essentially everyone in the series have been depicted as such, frequently for the majority of the episode.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Sunako is an excellent cook, at least with Japanese food, and it's one of the big signs that she really is BeautifulAllAlong and Feminine All Along.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Sunako being rejected by her first love made her adverse to any ideas of future romance.
** Partially inverted in the live action adaptation, since she was actively bullied after being called ugly, giving her more grounds to become a hermit.
* FiveManBand: The main characters.
** {{The Hero}}ine: Sunako Nakahara
** TheLancer: Kyohei Takano
** TheSmartGuy: Takenaga Oda
** TheBigGuy: Ranmaru Morii
** TheChick: Yukinojo "Yuki" Toyama
** TheSixthRanger: Noi Kasahara
* GivingUpTheGhost: This happens to Sunako in the manga when her aunt tries to get her to sleep with Kyohei.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Auntie/The Landlady often spouts a greeting or farewell in some random language. Further dissection of her mannerisms show that most of the time, it's GratuitousFrench.
* HappilyMarried: Sunako's parents seem to be this.
** The landlady and her husband were also this until the husband passed away.
* HaremGenre: Kinda-sorta, only one of them is really a ''love interest'' for her, but all of the boys count towards it, in a way.
* HelloNurse: The guys provoke this kind of reaction from just about every girl who's not Sunako. ''And'' quite a few guys too.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Sunako to the point of using her hair as a veil to keep her isolated even when she's right next to someone.
* HotMom: Sunako's mother, much to everyone else's surprise after seeing her decidedly scary father.
* HotSpringsEpisode: With Sunako seen bathing alone, since everyone thinks that she's a [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghost]].
* {{Housewife}}: despite her scary demeanour, Sunako is an excellent homemaker, something the boys realize every time she's not cooking for them and cleaning up after them. She's also good with money and getting bargains on things, and looking after kids.
* HyperspaceMallet: Sunako's scythe. Also, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Old Man Rocket Launcher!]]
* ImagineSpot: Often. Taken even further in the manga- nearly every chapter has had one of these at one time or another, with the rest of the cast frequently [[ImagineSpotting commenting on their implausibility]].
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Sunako can shred an opponent's clothes completely with a single leaping sword attack.
* ImprobableFoodBudget: In an inversion of the normal trope, that it's so low, given the opulent surroundings and Sunako's aunt's seeming extreme wealth. Most likely it's the aunt's way of making sure the boys are broke enough for the prospect of cheaper rent to motivate them, and to encourage them to get Sunako to cook for them and thus socialize.
* InnocentCohabitation: Sunako and Kyohei did this for awhile, although the {{UST}} was as strong as ever.
* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Sunako and Kyohei towards their [[spoiler: kiss(es)]] and [[spoiler: (denied) feelings for each other.]]
* JamesBondage: Kyohei ''is'' this trope. In fact, within the first volume, he literally gets kidnapped and put into bondage gear.
* LadykillerInLove: It's hinted that Ranmaru's becoming this, in regards to his fiance by an arranged marriage, Tomoe.
* LampshadeHanging: Towards the end of the anime, one of the boys comment on the amount of kidnapping in the storyline.
* LargeHam: The Landlady. There's shades of it in Sunako, too.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Sunako is drawn in the same style as everyone else usually is, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Perfect_Girl_Evolution/24/37/ shit just got real]].
* LimpAndLivid
* LonelyDollGirl: Sunako has two anatomical dolls that she considers to be her friends.
* LoveBubbles
* MarketBasedTitle: Since ViewersAreMorons, the name of this series is changed to "Perfect Girl Evolution"/"The Wallflower"/"My Fair Lady" depending on country. Never mind that in the West, traditional Japanese women tend to be less popular than {{Tsundere}} types.
* MindScrew: Sunako is usually drawn SuperDeformed (see below), or when she's in attack mode, as a scary wraith. When SD, people say she is "ugly," and when wraith-y she is treated as beautiful but frightening, but confusion sets in when she switches from SD to wraith mode every other panel. Is she repeatedly going from ugly to pretty? Is it the art style for when she moves around a lot? What the hell is going on?
* NightmareFetishist: Sunako loves horror movies, blood, skulls... everything dark, disgusting and squelchy, just to drive the 'unladylike' point home.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Again, the Landlady.
* NoNameGiven: Auntie/The Landlady, also the Prince.
** In the manga, Ranmaru's fiancee is only known as Ojou-sama/"the princess."
* TheNoseBleed: Aside from Sunako's reaction to seeing beautiful people, the tenants have a habit of triggering them with half the girls they meet.
* ObliviousToLove: Guess.
--> '''Sunako''': ''"Love is just an illusion."''
--> '''Kyohei''': ''"I love her...cooking."''
--> '''Fangirls''': ''"URGH!"''
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sunako frequently attempts to kill Kyohei; but whenever someone else tries (surprisingly often), she defends him, demanding that he die by her hands alone.
* TheOphelia: Sunako is a comedic play on this trope.
* OverprotectiveDad: Sunako's dad.
* PleaseDumpMe: Ranmaru tries to get get out of an ArrangedMarriage with this tactic, with the usual result.
* PuttingOnTheReich: Sunako on Episode 3
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The "Goth Loli" sisters.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Sunako and Takenaga.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Kyohei, about Sunako, numerous times. Give it up, dude, we ''all'' know where you two are going.
* ShipperOnDeck: Noi becomes a Kyohei/Sunako shipper early on, regularly fangirling about their "moments" together. It isn't long before [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the rest of the cast follow suit]].
* ShoutOut: Being a [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]]-directed series, it contains {{ShoutOut}}s to MobileSuitGundam (Episode 23 & 24), and StarTrek (Episode 24), among others.
** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Auntie and her late husband were this, and sometimes Takenaga and Noi.
* SlapSlapKiss: Let's just put it this way: Sunako and Kyohei's first kiss was after they both spent a good page or so insulting the others faults.
* [[SoBeautifulItsACurse So Beautiful, It's A Curse]]: Kyohei actually has a legitimate claim to this, considering how often he's stalked, kidnapped, and sexually harassed because of his looks. [[MillionairePlayboy Ranmaru]] is a bit more [[{{Casanova}} arrogant about it]], and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yuki]] sometimes complains of this when he's [[CrossDresser cross dressing]] or not being taken seriously.
* SparklingStreamOfTears
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Sunako is frequently mistaken for one when she's got her scary on.
* SuperDeformed: Sunako almost all the time. This is even funnier, since everyone has to kneel down to her height in order to converse with her face-to-face.
* SweetTooth: Sunako is a chocolate addict who consumes pretty much all of the insane quantities of chocolate the boys receive on Valentine's Day, over the year, and at times appears to be existing on a chocolate-only diet, even though she's a good cook. This of course gives her horrible pimples. She has several times spent the household food budget on chocolate, despite her normal good financial sense, and at one post-Valentine's Day blowout gained weight enough to be persuaded to start an exercise program ... resulting in ''that'' being taken to extremes and her trying to match the musculature of her beloved anatomical models.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Throwing the patient into the midst of four complete strangers is the ''exactly'' wrong way to treat social phobia.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nn1aIQ4Xjc&feature=related Ping Pong.]] [[RuleOfCool That is all.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: The tenants -- particularly Yuki -- seem to spend more time in women's clothes than men's.
** Sunako, in a manga chapter, dresses as a boy as a way to go to a 'boys and girls mixer' [[AllergicToLove without falling in love]]. And makes a [[{{Bifauxnen}} damn fine job of it]].
* WifeHusbandry: Ranmaru's father explicitly says he did this with Ranmaru's mom, and wants his son to do the same with the fiancée they've picked for him. It was even lampshaded within the dialogue.
-->'''Ranmaru''': I must say that it is impossible for me to become like ''Hikaru Genji''.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Sunako and Kyohei have quite possibly surpassed [[{{Friends}} Ross and Rachel]] with their stalling, except they're not nearly as romance-filled or dramatic as the latter.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sunako is supposed to become one, but is most of the time the polar opposite. Two side characters have at least some of the traits required. It's interesting to note that she ''does'' have YamatoNadeshiko traits, but they're covered up by her other qualities.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: All the members of the main cast are supposed to be 15 years old while looking like 20-somethings.
* YourFavorite: Strawberries! Ebi (fried shrimp) for Kyohei.
* YumYum: The episode with the popsicles. [[FetishFuel Oh the popsicles.]]
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->''We'll turn Sunako Nakahara into a magnificent lady!''
''YamatoNadeshiko Shichi Henge'' (Perfect Girl Evolution / My Fair Lady) known by fans as ''TheWallflower'' or Yama Nade.
''The Wallflower'' is about Sunako Nakahara, whose first love, in response to her confession told her ''[[KickTheDog "I don't like]] [[BerserkButton ugly girls"]]''. In response, she took to shunning light forever, hiding her face behind long black hair and devoting her life to horror, gore and darkness. That is, until her well-meaning but melodramatic rich Aunt sets Kyohei, Oda, Yuki, and Ranmaru -- her harem of teenage {{bishonen}} -- on Sunako with the task to turn her into the [[YamatoNadeshiko perfect lady]]. In exchange for this, they will get free accommodation in her BigFancyHouse whilst the Aunt jet sets around the world in search of her true love. If they fail, they must pay ''triple'' rent for the accommodations they have used. (And with the costs of housing in Japan, this is a dire penalty indeed.)
Unfortunately for the boys, Sunako has absolutely no intention of playing along with them. She's a Creature of Darkness and damn well proud of it. The issue is made worse because she can't actually look at "Bright Creatures" like them without getting a [[NoseBleed nose bleed]], and this predictably puts some [[strike: strain]] [[IncrediblyLamePun stains]] on their relationship.
Though she can eventually deal with living with the other three, Sunako and Kyohei's relationship isn't the best, resulting in some early murder attempts on Sunako's part, lots of bickering, fighting, occasional saving each other and...you guessed it, everyone in the cast trying to set them up.
Stylistically similar to ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', with a similar 'Reverse' Harem setup, the manga is written and drawn by Tomoko Hayakawa, while the anime is directed by ShinichiWatanabe (Nabeshin from ''ExcelSaga'') who makes cameos as various side characters and... totem poles? The manga it is based on is ongoing.
A live-action version began airing in January 2010, and finished airing with 10 episodes.
Warning: The manga, at least, is completely food-obsessed. You will probably get hungry reading it.
This page is for all examples from the manga/anime/drama.
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!!This show provides examples of:
* AccidentalKiss: And a FirstKiss to boot.
* AccidentalMarriage: Sunako was frighteningly close to being a victim of this in one chapter. (We say 'frightening' because it wasn't to Kyohei.)
* AdaptationExpansion[=/=]AdaptationDistillation: Definitely the live-action drama. It tended to mix and match similar chapters in the manga and add new material to make the episodes flow better and last for 45 minutes each. It also played around with characterization. Whether that was good or bad is up for interpretation, but no one denies that [[spoiler: the resolution of the Kyohei and Sunako UST]] was a good thing.
* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save Your Love Interest:]] Kyohei and Sunako tend to do this to each other.
* AttractiveBentGender: When Kyouhei is kidnapped, the rest of the gang have to crossdress in order to get to where he's being held. When Noi sees Takenaga, she goes all EvenTheGirlsWantHer / inverted SweetOnPollyOliver on him.
** Just Yuki in general.
* AuthorAppeal: Bishounen boys and the look of visual kei bands are clear preferences of the {{mangaka}}, Tomoko Hayakawa; her notes in many chapters are about seeing concerts, in fact. Building on this, each one of the main male characters is based on some aspect of Hayakawa's favorite musician, Kiyoharu, with the most attractive one (Kyouhei) resembling him the most. At one point Kyouhei is even seen wearing Kiyoharu's exact outfit from SADS' "Porno Star" PV. One can also presume by its prevalence that bondage scenes involving such boys are also one of her fetishes.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Though Sunako and Kyohei's relationships is made up mostly of bickering and fighting, it's obviously clear in many moments that they place each other's well-being on a very high level, admitting it to themselves or not.
* BattleCouple: Kyouhei and Sunako. Perhaps most prominent in the live-action adaption.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[ZigZaggingTrope Played with extensively]]. The boys are charged with turning Sunako into a lady against his will, even though she wants nothing to do with it. An early chapter/episode even subverts this trope by showing Sunako's face behind her BlindingBangs to be quite pretty, only to then show that it only ''looked'' that way because of some flour that had fallen on her and that she actually has bad skin. (Which is only because of her poor hygiene and self-neglect, and not a dermatological problem ''per se''.) However, later on, it does turn out that Sunako really ''is'' BeautifulAllAlong whenever she gains enough confidence to break out of her SuperDeformed mode.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Sunako and Kyohei.
* BerserkButton: Busunako [[hottip:*:A portmanteau of "ugly" and "Sunako"]]. After Kyohei unleashes Sunako's rage unintentionally in the TV series, he starts invoking this trope on a regular basis whenever the mooks of the week need to be beat up. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Sunako does this once to herself.]]
* BigFancyHouse
* BirdsOfAFeather: Sunako and Kyohei.
* BishieSparkle: Turned up to 11.
* {{Bishonen}}: Kyohei, Ranmaru, Takenaga, Yuki and apparently, when his glasses are off [[spoiler: the gloomy Prince.]]
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: The interaction between Hiroshi, an anatomical model, and the {{Bishonen}} boys in the ColdOpening of every episode takes on the character of a manzai routine.
* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: Sunako and Kyohei. So, so much.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sunako. E.g. the manga chapter where she takes up body-building to look like one of her anatomical models. Related to this, because of her isolation, she's sometimes incredibly clueless about things in the world.
* CookingDuel: The literal variety occurs later on in the manga, with Sunako battling Kyohei's InstantFanClub. Subverted somewhat in that she wins through [[spoiler:''modesty'']]. Not going to happen at home, though; Sunako's cooking is excellent while none of the boys seem to manage anything above functional.
* CrazyJealousGuy: You can't help but wonder why Kyohei seemed to be in ''such a bad mood'' when Sunako kept hanging around that constellation guy...
** And that was NOTHING compared to how he reacted when he thought Sunako and the biology teacher were secretly dating...
*** Ranmaru and Takenaga were viciously pissed off at each other when each got into a compromising situation with the other's LoveInterest.
* DeusExMachina: Auntie.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: [[spoiler: In an [[PlayedForLaughs absolutely hilarious]] twist of events in Chapter 73, Sunako becomes this trope. And to a much lesser extent, in an earlier chapter which has her becoming a {{Bifauxnen}}.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The reason Kyohei can't keep a job is because his bosses always sexually harass him, be they male or female.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Except Kyohei and Sunako themselves.
* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Auntie]]: The Landlady's real name is [[spoiler:Mine Nakahara]]. Justifed, since in Japan, it is common practice to address older women unrelated to the speaker "Auntie" (''oba-san'')
** Plus points is that she is Sunako's paternal Aunt.
* {{Expy}}: Sunako Nakahara is an Expy of [[TheRing Sadako Yamamura]].
* FacelessMasses: Essentially everyone in the series have been depicted as such, frequently for the majority of the episode.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Sunako is an excellent cook, at least with Japanese food, and it's one of the big signs that she really is BeautifulAllAlong and Feminine All Along.
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Sunako being rejected by her first love made her adverse to any ideas of future romance.
** Partially inverted in the live action adaptation, since she was actively bullied after being called ugly, giving her more grounds to become a hermit.
* FiveManBand: The main characters.
** {{The Hero}}ine: Sunako Nakahara
** TheLancer: Kyohei Takano
** TheSmartGuy: Takenaga Oda
** TheBigGuy: Ranmaru Morii
** TheChick: Yukinojo "Yuki" Toyama
** TheSixthRanger: Noi Kasahara
* GivingUpTheGhost: This happens to Sunako in the manga when her aunt tries to get her to sleep with Kyohei.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Auntie/The Landlady often spouts a greeting or farewell in some random language. Further dissection of her mannerisms show that most of the time, it's GratuitousFrench.
* HappilyMarried: Sunako's parents seem to be this.
** The landlady and her husband were also this until the husband passed away.
* HaremGenre: Kinda-sorta, only one of them is really a ''love interest'' for her, but all of the boys count towards it, in a way.
* HelloNurse: The guys provoke this kind of reaction from just about every girl who's not Sunako. ''And'' quite a few guys too.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Sunako to the point of using her hair as a veil to keep her isolated even when she's right next to someone.
* HotMom: Sunako's mother, much to everyone else's surprise after seeing her decidedly scary father.
* HotSpringsEpisode: With Sunako seen bathing alone, since everyone thinks that she's a [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghost]].
* {{Housewife}}: despite her scary demeanour, Sunako is an excellent homemaker, something the boys realize every time she's not cooking for them and cleaning up after them. She's also good with money and getting bargains on things, and looking after kids.
* HyperspaceMallet: Sunako's scythe. Also, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Old Man Rocket Launcher!]]
* ImagineSpot: Often. Taken even further in the manga- nearly every chapter has had one of these at one time or another, with the rest of the cast frequently [[ImagineSpotting commenting on their implausibility]].
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Sunako can shred an opponent's clothes completely with a single leaping sword attack.
* ImprobableFoodBudget: In an inversion of the normal trope, that it's so low, given the opulent surroundings and Sunako's aunt's seeming extreme wealth. Most likely it's the aunt's way of making sure the boys are broke enough for the prospect of cheaper rent to motivate them, and to encourage them to get Sunako to cook for them and thus socialize.
* InnocentCohabitation: Sunako and Kyohei did this for awhile, although the {{UST}} was as strong as ever.
* ItDoesntMeanAnything: Sunako and Kyohei towards their [[spoiler: kiss(es)]] and [[spoiler: (denied) feelings for each other.]]
* JamesBondage: Kyohei ''is'' this trope. In fact, within the first volume, he literally gets kidnapped and put into bondage gear.
* LadykillerInLove: It's hinted that Ranmaru's becoming this, in regards to his fiance by an arranged marriage, Tomoe.
* LampshadeHanging: Towards the end of the anime, one of the boys comment on the amount of kidnapping in the storyline.
* LargeHam: The Landlady. There's shades of it in Sunako, too.
* LetsGetDangerous: When Sunako is drawn in the same style as everyone else usually is, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Perfect_Girl_Evolution/24/37/ shit just got real]].
* LimpAndLivid
* LonelyDollGirl: Sunako has two anatomical dolls that she considers to be her friends.
* LoveBubbles
* MarketBasedTitle: Since ViewersAreMorons, the name of this series is changed to "Perfect Girl Evolution"/"The Wallflower"/"My Fair Lady" depending on country. Never mind that in the West, traditional Japanese women tend to be less popular than {{Tsundere}} types.
* MindScrew: Sunako is usually drawn SuperDeformed (see below), or when she's in attack mode, as a scary wraith. When SD, people say she is "ugly," and when wraith-y she is treated as beautiful but frightening, but confusion sets in when she switches from SD to wraith mode every other panel. Is she repeatedly going from ugly to pretty? Is it the art style for when she moves around a lot? What the hell is going on?
* NightmareFetishist: Sunako loves horror movies, blood, skulls... everything dark, disgusting and squelchy, just to drive the 'unladylike' point home.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Again, the Landlady.
* NoNameGiven: Auntie/The Landlady, also the Prince.
** In the manga, Ranmaru's fiancee is only known as Ojou-sama/"the princess."
* TheNoseBleed: Aside from Sunako's reaction to seeing beautiful people, the tenants have a habit of triggering them with half the girls they meet.
* ObliviousToLove: Guess.
--> '''Sunako''': ''"Love is just an illusion."''
--> '''Kyohei''': ''"I love her...cooking."''
--> '''Fangirls''': ''"URGH!"''
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sunako frequently attempts to kill Kyohei; but whenever someone else tries (surprisingly often), she defends him, demanding that he die by her hands alone.
* TheOphelia: Sunako is a comedic play on this trope.
* OverprotectiveDad: Sunako's dad.
* PleaseDumpMe: Ranmaru tries to get get out of an ArrangedMarriage with this tactic, with the usual result.
* PuttingOnTheReich: Sunako on Episode 3
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The "Goth Loli" sisters.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Sunako and Takenaga.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Kyohei, about Sunako, numerous times. Give it up, dude, we ''all'' know where you two are going.
* ShipperOnDeck: Noi becomes a Kyohei/Sunako shipper early on, regularly fangirling about their "moments" together. It isn't long before [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the rest of the cast follow suit]].
* ShoutOut: Being a [[ShinichiWatanabe Nabeshin]]-directed series, it contains {{ShoutOut}}s to MobileSuitGundam (Episode 23 & 24), and StarTrek (Episode 24), among others.
** Not to mention all of Sunako's favorite movies, such as ''NightmareBeforeChristmas'', ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/FridayThe13th'' , ''EdwardScissorhands'', and ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Auntie and her late husband were this, and sometimes Takenaga and Noi.
* SlapSlapKiss: Let's just put it this way: Sunako and Kyohei's first kiss was after they both spent a good page or so insulting the others faults.
* [[SoBeautifulItsACurse So Beautiful, It's A Curse]]: Kyohei actually has a legitimate claim to this, considering how often he's stalked, kidnapped, and sexually harassed because of his looks. [[MillionairePlayboy Ranmaru]] is a bit more [[{{Casanova}} arrogant about it]], and [[DudeLooksLikeALady Yuki]] sometimes complains of this when he's [[CrossDresser cross dressing]] or not being taken seriously.
* SparklingStreamOfTears
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Sunako is frequently mistaken for one when she's got her scary on.
* SuperDeformed: Sunako almost all the time. This is even funnier, since everyone has to kneel down to her height in order to converse with her face-to-face.
* SweetTooth: Sunako is a chocolate addict who consumes pretty much all of the insane quantities of chocolate the boys receive on Valentine's Day, over the year, and at times appears to be existing on a chocolate-only diet, even though she's a good cook. This of course gives her horrible pimples. She has several times spent the household food budget on chocolate, despite her normal good financial sense, and at one post-Valentine's Day blowout gained weight enough to be persuaded to start an exercise program ... resulting in ''that'' being taken to extremes and her trying to match the musculature of her beloved anatomical models.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Throwing the patient into the midst of four complete strangers is the ''exactly'' wrong way to treat social phobia.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nn1aIQ4Xjc&feature=related Ping Pong.]] [[RuleOfCool That is all.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: The tenants -- particularly Yuki -- seem to spend more time in women's clothes than men's.
** Sunako, in a manga chapter, dresses as a boy as a way to go to a 'boys and girls mixer' [[AllergicToLove without falling in love]]. And makes a [[{{Bifauxnen}} damn fine job of it]].
* WifeHusbandry: Ranmaru's father explicitly says he did this with Ranmaru's mom, and wants his son to do the same with the fiancée they've picked for him. It was even lampshaded within the dialogue.
-->'''Ranmaru''': I must say that it is impossible for me to become like ''Hikaru Genji''.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Sunako and Kyohei have quite possibly surpassed [[{{Friends}} Ross and Rachel]] with their stalling, except they're not nearly as romance-filled or dramatic as the latter.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sunako is supposed to become one, but is most of the time the polar opposite. Two side characters have at least some of the traits required. It's interesting to note that she ''does'' have YamatoNadeshiko traits, but they're covered up by her other qualities.
** Tomoe, Ranmaru's [[ArrangedMarriage fiance]] is this.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: All the members of the main cast are supposed to be 15 years old while looking like 20-somethings.
* YourFavorite: Strawberries! Ebi (fried shrimp) for Kyohei.
* YumYum: The episode with the popsicles. [[FetishFuel Oh the popsicles.]]
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