History Manga / VideoGirlAi

* {{Bokukko}}: Invoked by [[spoiler: Moemi, who in an attempt to get Youta tried to shed her YamatoNadeshiko exterior and become one of these.]] [[spoiler: It fails anyway; she returns to her YamatoNadeshiko behavior, only keeping her short hair.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Yota does this to relieve himself after spending a long and tense night sharing the bed with Moemi, who was completely naked except for a long jersey. To explain things out: [[spoiler: An [[HeroicBSOD emotionally smashed]] Moemi was deliberately trying to excite and then reject Yota to make him forget about Ai, but Yota was desperately resisting and controlling himself because poor Moemi's NearRapeExperience was still fresh on her memory. (Moemi was also counting on this to manipulate Yota, no matter how much she disliked the idea of playing dirty against Ai -- she was ''that'' out of it and desperate.) The next morning, when Moemi prepared herself to return to her home, Yota asked his penis to "Withstand just until Moemi is out of sight and then he will give him his reward."]]

* OffModel: ''Especially'' in the second episode of the anime.

* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler:Mai can release her magnetic energy as powerful energy bolts to attack and kill people if it's needed, but doing this drastically reduces her own lifespan until she is reduced to nothing. Ai copied her technique to save Yota and Natsumi from Mai's wrath, destroying Mai on the spot, but losing her own life as well. Rolex forced her to live again to continue studying her, though.]]

The Video Girl Ai anime is a six part OVA series which was produced by [[Creator/ProductionIG I.G. Tatsunoko]]. The series was released in 1992 by Jump Video. It roughly covers most of the material found in volumes 1 and 3 of the manga (and some of Volume 2). An obscure live-action movie was also made.

* AGodAmI: Rolex. He is a "Creator"! He has many traits in common with the Demiurge of {{Usefulnotes/Gnosticism}}!

* AnimeHair: Ai and her dome 'do with spirals on the sides. In some of the art, she's depicted with either green or purple hair, but its brown in the OVAs. On a lesser note, Takashi and his apparently natural side hair antennae, and Youta himself with his always spiky hair.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Of course it ends happily after Youta nearly slices himself to ribbons climbing a collapsing glass staircase in his attempt to rescue Ai. Oh wait, no it doesn't - in the OVA, it cuts to an open ending and in the manga it sets the stage for several more volumes of strife. Youta eventually has to fight through a brain block and sever Ai's connection with the physical world in order to save her from reverting back to a plain Video Girl. Only in the epilogue do you get a truly happy ending.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Yota does this to relieve himself after spending a long and tense night sharing the bed with Moemi, who was completely naked except for a long jersey. To explain things out: [[spoiler: An [[HeroicBSOD emotionally smashed]] Moemi was deliberately trying to excite and then reject Yota to make him forget about Ai, but Yota was desperately resisting and controlling himself because poor Moemi's NearRapeExperience was still fresh on her memory. (Moemi was also counting on this to manipulate Yota, no matter how much she disliked the idea of playing dirty against Ai -- she was ''that'' out of it and desperate.) The next morning, when Moemi prepared herself to return to her home, Yota asked his penis to "Withstand just until Moemi is out of sight and then he will give him his reward."]]

* {{Fanservice}}

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Natsumi, who has a weak heart [[TearJerker and later dies]]. And for worse, according to her doctors, her fragile heart was the lesser of her problems.]]

''Video Girl Ai'' (電影少女,Den'ei Shojo?, lit. "Video Girl") is a manga series created by Creator/MasakazuKatsura and published by Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. It also has an anime adaptation. The manga is published in English by Creator/VizMedia. It was formerly published in the anthology Animerica Extra by Viz. It was started in 1989 and continued until 1992, and fifteen manga volumes were produced. The first 13 volumes tell Ai Amano's story. The last two volumes, which came years later, focus on a new video girl named Len, hence the new name for these two volumes ''Video Girl Len''.

''Video Girl Ai'' (電影少女,Den'ei Shojo?, lit. "Video Girl") is a manga series created by Creator/MasakazuKatsura and published by Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. It also has an anime adaptation. The manga is published in English by Creator/VizMedia. It was formerly published in the anthology Animerica Extra by Viz. It was started in 1990 and continued until 1993, and fifteen manga volumes were produced. The first 13 volumes tell Ai Amano's story. The last two volumes, which came years later, focus on a new video girl named Len, hence the new name for these two volumes ''Video Girl Len''.

* MindReformatDeath: Zigzagged twice. In one month, Ai will cease to exist due to the videotape reaching its run time, but in the meantime, the video company's malevolent CEO, Rolex, attempts a recall [[note]]read: kill her by stopping her tape[[/note]] because she's faulty. The CEO tries this trope once by abducting Ai by stealing the cassette, but the store owner is able to save Ai's essence by redubbing (copying) it onto another cassette. In the finale, it's zigzagged again when Ai's videotape is almost over, and Rolex and Youta confront each other, with Rolex promising to fix Ai, but in a heart-wrenching betrayal, Rolex rewinds Ai's tape, rendering her mind and personality as if she had just met for the first time. However, a desperate plea from Youta brings her back to normal.

The Video Girl Ai anime is a six part OVA series which was produced by I.G. Tatsunoko. The series was released in 1992 by Jump Video. It roughly covers most of the material found in volumes 1 and 3 of the manga (and some of Volume 2). An obscure live-action movie was also made.

Has a [[Characters/VideoGirlAi Character Sheet]] that is in need of your love.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Yota does this to relieve himself after spending a long and tense night sharing the bed with Moemi, who was completely naked except for a long jersey. To explain things out: [[spoiler: A [[HeroicBSOD emotionally smashed]] Moemi was deliberately trying to excite and then reject Yota to make him forget about Ai, but Yota was desperately resisting and controlling himself because poor Moemi's NearRapeExperience was still fresh on her memory. (Moemi was also counting on this to manipulate Yota, no matter how much she disliked the idea of playing dirty against Ai -- she was THAT out of it and desperate.) The next morning, when Moemi prepared herself to return to her home, Yota asked his penis to "Withstand just until Moemi were out of sight and then he would give him his reward"]]

After making said promise and feeling like crap about it, Youta finds himself in front of [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday a video rental store he has not seen before.]] The man in charge of the store says that, since Youta truly meant what he told Moemi, he deserves a prize...like borrowing one of the videos of the store. Its name is "I'll comfort you!" and has a beautiful girl on the cover.

Youta goes back to his CoolHouse, plays the video on his VCR...and then the girl pops out from the TV! Her name is Ai Amano, and she's come to help him with his woes. Unfortunately, Youta's VCR was broken, therefore Ai-chan's programming is seriously messed up. She [[ACupAngst lost a few cup sizes,]] [[LethalChef she can barely cook,]] she's [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy,]] [[SayingTooMuch she puts her feet in her mouth,]] she [[{{Tsundere}} teases Youta mercilessly...]]and for better or for worse, [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove she develops feelings for him,]] when she's supposed to just counsel and console the boy. ''And this is just the start''.

Youta Moteuchi is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent whose father is always working abroad. Due to his bad luck with girls, he's nicknamed "Motenai" -- "Dateless", and even worse for him, he's in love with a girl pretty much deemed as perfect, the beautiful and sweet Moemi Hayakawa. During a meeting, she tells him she likes Youta's best friend Takashi Niimai... and then Youta, instead of sulking or revealing his feelings, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy promises to help her get Takashi's love]].

After making said promise and feeling like crap about it, Youta finds himself in front of [[TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday a video rental store he has not seen before]]. The man in charge of the store says that, since Youta truly meant what he told Moemi, he deserves a prize... like borrowing one of the videos of the store. Its name is "I'll comfort you!" and has a beautiful girl on the cover.

Youta goes back to his CoolHouse, plays the video on his VCR... and then the girl pops out from the TV! Her name is Ai Amano, and she's come to help him with his woes. Unfortunately, Youta's VCR was broken, therefore Ai-chan's programming is seriously messed up. She [[ACupAngst lost a few cup sizes]], [[LethalChef she can barely cook]], she's [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy]], [[SayingTooMuch she puts her feet in her mouth]], she [[{{Tsundere}} teases Youta mercilessly]]... and for better or for worse, [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove she develops feelings for him]], when she's supposed to just counsel and console the boy. ''And this is just the start''.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: In fact, you can't even ''see'' the Gokuraku store if you're not a genuinely good person. Youta saw it for his selflesness regarding Moemi; the LovableSexManiac Toshiki found the Neo Gokuraku along with Hiromu because he truly cared for his best friend, despite his lecherousness.

* JerkassFacade: Takashi purposely tries to look like a jerk, so Moemi would stop liking him and start paying attention to Yota. Unfortunately, this idea went horribly wrong.