History Manga / Working

* ZettaiRyouiki: Aoi.
** Mahiru also does in her casual outfit.

''WORKING!!'' is a published {{Yonkoma}} by Karino Takatsu.

* EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs: Inami and her various hair clips. Even Souta thinks so.

** The GrandFinale is titled [[Film/LordOfTheRings Lord of the Takanashi]]. Even Souta's [[EvilMatriarch mother Shizuka]] is Sauron-like (although her character is more like Elrond), with Inami and Souta as GenderFlip Aragorn and Arwen, respectively.

* ConspicuousCG: There doesn't even seem to be a reason beyond "because we could".

* OnlySaneMan: Souta thinks everyone working in that restaurant's somewhat strange in one way or another, although he himself [[NotSoAboveItAll isn't any different]], being the ''mini''con he is.
** Seeing how Maya stays out of the craziness she might qualify--[[LivingProp if only we'd know more about her]].
*** We find out in the final episode that [[SuddenlyVoiced Maya]] indeed does think herself to be this. So much, in fact, that she tries too hard to be normal and inadvertently makes herself come off as weird.

->''"[[EarWorm Someone, one one! Someone else!]]"''

Its well-known anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010. The series has been picked up by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] in their anime collection in an English sub-only format under the title ''Wagnaria!!'', [[InternetBackdraft with polarizing reactions]] [[FlameWar from the fans]] regarding to the title change. Furthermore, their license for the first season expired in November 2015, causing it to fall out-of-print. A second season was announced in 2013, but not before an April Fools' prank making it look like a spinoff show about the ''WORKING!'' cast was getting animated and released on VHS. A third season of the anime aired as part of the Summer2015Anime season, while the (hour long!) GrandFinale, titled ''Lord of the Takanashi'', was aired during the Fall2015Anime season, on Christmas Day no less.

Compare to Manga/ServantXService, another WorkCom by Karino Takatsu, this time focusing on the misadventures of a group of government employees. Not to be confused with ''Working'', the '90s WorkCom starring Fred Savage of ''[[Series/TheWonderYears Wonder Years]]'' fame, or with the musical ''Working'' by Creator/StephenSchwartz, the songwriter for ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''.

* CoolBigSis: Subverted with all of Souta's older sisters.
** Let's see: one is an alcoholic who can't keep a job or a boyfriend (despite being quite attractive); one is a struggling romance writer who is pretty much incapable of taking care of herself; and one is a short-tempered and physically abusive lawyer who enjoys to throw big books at Souta's head. Yeah, [[AntiRoleModel good role models]], [[SarcasmMode right there]].

* CallingTheOldManOut: Souta of all people. He lays into Inami's father over his method of parenting that resulted in Inami becoming violently androphobic. This could also count as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, but considering Souta may or may not be doing this for Inami, rather for all the abuse he's been forced to take as a result of Inami's fears.

All three seasons can be watched at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/wagnaria Crunchyroll]] under the name ''Wagnaria!!'' in the following regions: [[note]]North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.[[/note]] In Germany and France all three seasons can be watched on [[http://www.viewster.com/serie/1304-19520-000/working-/ Viewster]] under the names ''Working!!'', ''Working!!2'' and ''Working!!3''. Seasons 1 & 2 have English subtitles, while Season 3 is currently being simulcast and are available with German, English and French subtitles.

An anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010. The series has been picked up by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] in their anime collection in an English sub-only format under the title ''Wagnaria!!'', [[InternetBackdraft with polarizing reactions]] [[FlameWar from the fans]] regarding to the title change. Furthermore, their license for the first season expired in November 2015, causing it to fall out-of-print.

A second season was announced, but not before an April Fools' prank making it look like a spinoff show about the ''WORKING!'' cast was getting animated and released on VHS.

A third season of the anime aired as part of the Summer2015Anime season, while the (hour long!) GrandFinale, titled ''Lord of the Takanashi'', was aired during the Fall2015Anime season, on Christmas Day no less.

All three seasons can be watched at [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/wagnaria Crunchyroll]] under the name ''Wagnaria!!'' in the following regions: [[note]]North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.[[/note]]

In Germany and France all three seasons can be watched on [[http://www.viewster.com/serie/1304-19520-000/working-/ Viewster]] under the names ''Working!!'', ''Working!!2'' and ''Working!!3''. Seasons 1 & 2 have English subtitles, while Season 3 is currently being simulcast and are available with German, English and French subtitles.

After many, ''many'' years where the webcomic was subject to AprilFoolsDay jokes for this version's anime (and finally getting printed as ''Web-ban WORKING!!''), an official anime adaptation of the predecessor manga was announced under the name of ''Manga/WWWWorking''. It aired during the Fall2016Anime season.

Despite its massive popularity, it originally started life as a spinoff to [[Manga/WWWWorking a similarly named 2002 webcomic]] which was also set in a Wagnaria restaurant. When Takatsu decided to adapt it for ''Young [=GanGan=], she moved the action to another part of the same town and focused on a different branch and its staff. Though the two are mostly unrelated, you can expect to see characters cross over from time to time.

A second season was announced, but not before an April Fools' prank making it look like a spinoff show called ''WORKING!'' (note the single exclamation point), focused on the webmanga cast, was getting animated and released on VHS.

A second season was announced, but not before an April Fools' prank making it look like a spinoff show called ''WORKING!'', based on mangaka Karino Takatsu's web version of the manga with a different cast, was getting animated and released on VHS.

Despite its massive popularity, it originally started life as a spinoff to [[Manga/WWWWorking a similarly named 2002 webcomic]] set in another Wagnaria restaurant with a different cast of characters. After many, ''many'' years where the series was subject to AprilFoolsDay jokes for this version's anime (and finally getting printed as ''Web-ban WORKING!!''), an official anime adaptation of the predecessor manga was announced under the name of ''Manga/WWWWorking''. It aired during the Fall2016Anime season.

Despite its massive popularity, it originally started life as a spinoff to [[Manga/WWWWorking a similarly named 2002 webcomic]] set in another Wagnaria restaurant with a different cast of characters. After many, ''many'' years where the series was subject to AprilFoolsDay jokes for this series (and finally getting printed as ''Web-ban WORKING!!''), an official anime adaptation of the predecessor manga was announced under the name of ''Manga/WWWWorking''. It aired during the Fall2016Anime season.

After many, ''many'' years where the series was subject to AprilFoolsDay jokes, an official anime adaptation of the predecessor manga ''Working!! Web-ban'' (set in another ''Wagnaria'' restaurant with a different cast of characters) has been announced under the name of ''Manga/WWWWorking''. It aired during the Fall2016Anime season.

* EvolvingCredits: When Aoi Yamada joins the cast, the OP and ED are changed to include her. The same applies in season two for Haruna Otoo, Youhei and Mizuki Mashiba, and Kirio Yamada.

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** In episode 6, when Inami meets Kazue, one of Souta's older sisters, for the first time, she says she "lays him out all the time". She meant she hits him, but it could also be taken as ThisAndThat.

An anime adaptation aired in the spring of 2010. The series has been picked up by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] in their anime collection in an English sub-only format under the title ''Wagnaria!!'', [[InternetBackdraft with polarizing reactions]] [[FlameWar from the fans]] regarding to the title change.

The series was licensed for home video release by [[Creator/NipponIchi NIS America]] in North America, though their license for the first season expired in November 2015, causing it to fall out-of-print.

In Germany and France all three seasons can be watched on [[http://www.viewster.com/serie/1304-19520-000/working-/ Viewster]] under the names ''Working!!'', ''Working!!2'' and ''Working!!3''. Seasons 1 & 2 have english subtitles, while Season 3 is currently being simulcast and are available with german, english and french subtitles.

* MarshmallowHell: Popura at one time gets this treatment from Kazue.

* NoRomanticResolution: [[spoiler:Averted hard come Season 3, where both main couples (Satou/Yachiyo and Souta/Inami) eventually get together.]]

* {{Lolicon}}: Despite denying it, Souta claims he is instead a ''[[InsistentTerminology minicon]]''.
** Well, it does include things like [[BreadEggsMilkSquick kitties, puppies, and water fleas (or sea monkeys)]].

* NeverTrustATrailer: The end of the third season's stinger hyped up the show's GrandFinale as a DragonQuest style adventure, with Inami turning into a fantasy heroine out to rescue Souta from the Demon Queen (his mother), with Poplar as her fairy companion. When the hour-long special finally aired, it was anything but, and actually matched up with the fairly mundane nature of the series.

** Souta invokes this trope in episode 4 of Season 2 when he suspects Inami's constant staring at Satou means she must like him. However, he tells Souma that the feelings he's having are like training a dog not to bite the owner, but the dog does it anyway, then shows affections towards another owner. Souma however, [[GenreSavvy knows it's not true]], but plays along anyway because he finds the misunderstanding [[ItAmusedMe funny]]. He also invokes this trope whenever Kirio is around Inami.

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When Nazuna comes by the restaurant to help out in episode 3 of Season 2, she makes Yamada look fairly worthless, as she knows more about the job than the latter despite only working there a few days and not being paid. Yamada then develops a dark aura, and mentions getting rid of her, to which Souma tells her it's not a good thing to be thinking. She then thinks the next sentence, but her aura is so dark Souma [[GenreSavvy knows what she's thinking.]]

** In episode 1 of season 3, Popura feels that the little girl visiting their restaurant would take over her role with Takanashi. Fortunately the little girl is GenreSavvy and was about to head home anyway, and he tells her that no one could replace his "little senpai".

* GeniusDitz: On occasion, Yamada demonstrates an extraordinary depth and variety of skills, despite spending most of the time making up for her [[{{Dojikko}} clumsiness]]. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation It makes one wonder if]] she's actually as [[CloudCuckoolander spacy]] as she seems, or if she's [[ObfuscatingStupidity hiding a much greater intellect]].

** And now, thanks to a misunderstanding, Souta's younger sister has got it into her head that [[TooKinkyToTorture Souta actually likes]] [[FreudWasRight that stuff]].