History Manga / YokohamaKaidashiKikou

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The female robots have unusual hair colors (green for Alpha, light purple for Kokone, an unusual reddish-orange for Maruko).

** [[YuriFanboy Despite what fan works may have you believe]], this is all that Alpha and Kokone's relationship canonically amounts to in the end. Kokone and Makuro, well... they're another story.

* CosyCatastrophe

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: "Ojisan", a major character in the early series, vanishes without fanfare midway through the final volume. Even Alpha doesn't seem to notice, which didn't sit well with some readers. [[spoiler:Although, since this happens right after a TimeSkip, and we're shown his gas station overgrown with two unmarked graves beside it, it's likely that he died of old age some time before and she'd already shed her tears over him.]]

* {{Iyashikei}}

* ArtifactTitle: ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'' translates to "Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip". The first chapter is about just that - a shopping trip to Yokohama - but the place is only visited occasionally through the rest of the series. Like as not, the "first chapter" was actually produced as a one-shot stand-alone which was then optioned into a series, carrying along its now mostly vestigial title.

!! This manga contains examples of:

* DownerEnding: Maybe not necessarily, but it sure has a downer ''beginning''.

Written by Hitoshi Ashinano, ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'' (''Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip'') is a slow, quiet vision of the peaceful decline of humanity. Perhaps very little happens, but then it's not about things happening. YKK is a manga series that gives you something to think about, and time in which to do it. After all, there's all the time in the world.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: The Misago, [[spoiler:Alpha in her flying dreams]].

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: [[spoiler:In one of the last chapters, a now-teenaged Takahiro is heavily implied to have spent the night in Alpha's company just before leaving town for good. Whether this even happened, and whether anything happened if it ''did'', is just one more mystery.]]
* [[spoiler: DistantFinale: Throughout the last volume, there's a couple years between chapters, with the final chapter taking place at least a decade after the one before and an epilogue whose placement on the timeline can only be guessed.]]
* DiscountLesbians: if, and only ''if'', you accept that Kokone, Alpha and Maruko are "like that".

* {{Fanservice}}: Given the prominently cute, female cast, the manga is astonishingly ''devoid'' of this. The {{OVA}}s cut loose a bit, but are still notably restrained.
* FantasticArousal: In an early chapter, Kokone tells Alpha how she gets a little "charge" out of her scooter whenever she starts the ignition. (Later, she takes it in to a mechanic who mentions off-hand that her android body shares some parts with that model... and then immediately apologizes for getting "too personal".)
* {{Flight}}: A recurring theme in the story. Nai's plane, the model engine plane that Alpha repairs, the Taapon (the gigantic plane that endlessly flies overhead), and Alpha's dream-like visions of flying [[spoiler:which she may or may not actually be doing...yet another unanswered question.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Maruko is jealous of Alpha and Kokone's relationship and is rather catty to Alpha when they first meet. Likewise, until she gets to know Alpha, Maki is jealous of Alpha and Takahiro's relationship.

* OlderThanTheyLook: {{Inverted}}; although never explicitly stated, in the beginning of the series Alpha may be quite a bit ''younger'' than her adult-looking form suggests. [[spoiler:Played straight by the end of the series.]]
* OneGenderRace: {{Subverted}} - there ''were'' male androids, but almost all of them died out due to an unidentified design flaw. Throughout the series, we only ever even hear of one survivor.

* ShotaCon:

* TimeSkip: For most of the series time passes at about the same rate as the real-time of initial serialization, but [[spoiler: during the final volume, more time passes between chapters, sometimes years between. Each skip is another sucker punch in the gut as [[WeAreAsMayflies human "ships" pass on]], leaving Alpha behind -- just as she warned they would all series]].
* WalkingTheEarth: Ayase and other Kamasu-carriers. Alpha's owner. Alpha does a little of it too.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Largely averted, but hinted at in chapters 45 and 93 as the obvious reason why robots wouldn't want any romantic involvement with humans. Which, together with the fact that nearly [[{{OneGenderRace}} all surviving robots are female]], makes for a rather limited [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship range of options]]...

Occasionally compared to ''{{Manga/ARIA}}'', which it predates by some six years, for ''ARIA'''s similar ScienceFiction setting, heavy use of SceneryPorn, and clear parallels and similarities between the cast of characters [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and their relationships]].

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Largely averted, but hinted at in chapters 45 and 93 as the obvious reason why robots wouldn't want any romantic involvement with humans. Which, together with the fact that nearly [[{{OneGenderRace}} all surviving robots are female]], makes for a rather limited [[{{RomanticTwoGirlFriendship}} range of options]]...

* AnimeAnatomy: The Misago, [[spoiler:Alpha in her flying dreams]].

* FridgeBrilliance: Alpha's owner sends her a present together with a coded message which must needs be delivered by a robot. In hindsight, this is obviously a ploy to make Alpha meet other androids, make new friends and break her isolation.

* [=~Can't Hold His Liquor~=]: Alpha, by her own admission. In one chapter, she makes herself a single drink and wakes up the next morning in front of a gas station a couple of kilometers away.

* CosyCatastrophe

* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Those all-female androids? They transfer data to each other ''by pressing their tongues together''. Believe it or not, though, this actually [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes a fair bit of sense in context]].
** Carried to an extreme by the relationship between Maruko and Kokone, though; see GreenEyedMonster above.

* {{Iyashikei}}
* TheMagicComesBack

* NoExportForYou

* RobotGirl
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: [[YuriFanboy Despite what fan works may have you believe]], this is all that Alpha and Kokone's relationship canonically amounts to in the end. Kokone and Makuro, well... they're another story.

* ShotaCon: There is a subtle attraction between Takahiro and Alpha throughout the series, and it is most prominent when Takahiro is about twelve. When asked about it by Makki, though, Alpha says that although she has feelings for Takahiro she knows that they can never be realized because the two belong to different "ages".

* WeAreAsMayflies

* [=~Who's On First?~=]: The lone male android is named "Nai", Japanese for "nothing," which causes some confusion when Alpha asks for his name.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Largely averted, but hinted at in chapters 45 and 93 as the obvious reason why robots wouldn't want any romantic involvement with humans. Which, together with the fact that nearly [[{{OneGenderRace}} all surviving robots are female]], makes for a [[{{LesYay}} rather limited]] [[{{RomanticTwoGirlFriendship}} range of options]]...

* DiscountLesbians: if, and only ''if'', you accept that Kokone, Alpha and Maruko are [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "like that" ]].

** The {{OVA}}s hint that Kokone harbors an unrequited physical attraction to Alpha.

** The {{OVA}}s hint that Kokone harbors an unrequited physical attraction to Alpha, but

* FantasticArousal: In an early chapter, Kokone tells Alpha how she gets a little [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "charge"]] out of her scooter whenever she starts the ignition. (Later, she takes it in to a mechanic who mentions off-hand that her android body shares some parts with that model... and then immediately apologizes for getting "too personal".)

RobotGirl Alpha Hatsuseno runs a cafe outside Yokohama, nearly deserted after a catastrophic flood, implied to have been part of a longer chain of disasters. Soon, another robot comes with a delivery of a camera, beginning...well, not much, really. Don't let [[ChekhovsGun the gun]] fool you; it's a pretty laid-back show.

Written by Hitoshi Ashinano, ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'' (''Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip'') is a quietly stunning vision of the peaceful decline of humanity. Perhaps very little happens, but then it's not about things happening. YKK is a manga series that gives you something to think about, and time in which to do it. After all, there's all the time in the world.

A bit of advice: If you try to speed read through the manga, you'll probably find it very boring and pointless. The story is told through the visuals, not the words. This also means that the untranslated work is still enjoyable for non-Japanese speakers, which is a boon since it [[NoExportForYou hasn't been officially released in the West]] (though an unofficial {{scanlation}} is floating around on the Internet). Sit back and stare at the artwork. Philosophy and SceneryPorn at its finest.

* AfterTheEnd / JustBeforeTheEnd: Arguably could fit either, depending on how you look at the story.
* [[IdiotHair Ahoge:]] The Misago. In the OVAs the first we see of her is this, though replace "idiot" with "wild" for her behavior.
* AnimeAnatomy: The Misago; Alpha in her flying dreams.

* BeachEpisode: One chapter, a swimming trip with Alpha, Kokone, Maruko, and Makki. It's the closest the entire series comes to FanService, but as with all the other chapters, character interaction is the overwhelming focus.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The first and last chapters are shopping trips to Yokohama.]]
* [=~Can't Hold His Liquor~=]: Alpha, by her own admission even. In-story, she makes herself a drink and wakes up the next morning in front of a gas station.

* ContemplateOurNavels: Oh boy, does it ever...but at least it does it very, very well.
* CosyCatastrophe: Like a warm, apocalyptic blanket.
* TheCutie: Each of the robots display this when they're first introduced, and Alpha and Kokone occasionally lapse back into this trope, to very well-executed effect.
* CuteKidsAndRobots: Alpha's interaction with Takahiro and Makki is often heartwarming.
* CuteLittleFangs: Misago has them
* CuteMute: Misago.

* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:Throughout the last volume, there's a couple years between chapters, with the final chapter taking place at least a decade after the one before]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Ojisan obviously dies due to old age, but it hardly gets any attention -- not even from Alpha, even though he was so important to her earlier in the series. All we see at one point are [[spoiler:two unmarked graves where he and sensei are likely buried]].

** Despite its premise being the [[EndOfAnAge End of an Era]], there are still a few signs of hope here and there. For example, its shown that humans are still capable of procreating. There also appears to be [[spoiler: a large spacecraft, possibly a colony ship, orbiting the Earth. This gives the impression that mankind may be able to continue on elsewhere.]]

* EndOfAnAge: Alpha experiences the passing of a twilit age.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou'' translates to "Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip." Superficially, the series is about...a shopping trip. To Yokohama. With a bajillion chapters of [[ContemplateOurNavels navel contemplation]] and SceneryPorn in between.

* {{Flight}}: A recurring theme in the story. Nai's plane, the model engine plane that Alpha repairs, the Taapon (the gigantic plane that endlessly flies overhead), and Alpha's dream-like visions of flying...[[spoiler:which she may or may not actually be doing...yet another unanswered question.]]
* FuroScene: In one chapter, Alpha and Takahiro share a hot bath after both get soaked in a storm. It's an awkward moment for both, but it doesn't hurt their relationship as the story progresses.

* HandWave: The lack of male-type robots; among all the female models there is only a single male one. Also: what the heck actually ''happened'' to the world?
** Probably a lot of things. One in particular blew a chunk out of the top of Mt. Fuji; probably a Mt. St. Helens moment. Wild Mass Guessing has ideas; see the EpilepticTrees entry above.
* [[HoYay Les Yay]]: Alpha and Kokone; their data ports are ''on their tongues''. It's taken further between Kokone and Maruko.
* IHaveTheHighGround: As seen above.
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: as far as robots are concerned, anyway. All of them are female, and they're all ''cute''.

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Subverted; Alpha and Takahiro have an obvious romantic connection, but neither of them pursue their mutual feelings because Takahiro will eventually age and die and Alpha will not. Alpha also sees Takahiro as a brother figure, and refers to him as such several times. Of course, this doesn't stop some [[{{Hentai}} H-artists]], though....

* NoExportForYou: Apparently. Dammit.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Although never explicitly stated, in the beginning of the series Alpha may be quite a bit younger than her adult-looking form suggests.
* {{OVA}}: Adapted not as a television series but as two two-episode video releases.

* RealPlaceBackground: A lot of places Alpha visits exist for real, even though they are now largely reclaimed by the sea or highly run-down. Special mention goes to Yokohama (of course), Miura and Kamakura.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Alpha and her kind are basically human, except for the fact that they never age -- and probably can't reproduce either.
** They seem to have the necessary equipment, though. It would seem that the only reason they can't reproduce is because there's only ''one'' male robot left and he just isn't interested. It's one of the many EpilepticTrees in the manga.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Seriously, this is all the relationship between Alpha and Kokone amounts to; [[{{YuriFanboy}} get your minds out of the gutter!]]
** Well, technically they aren't even girls anyway, since they are not human, even though they are anatomically correct. Why robots would have romantic feelings is never explained in the first place.
*** Why would robots eat and taste food? Seems easiest to assume the robots were designed as near-replacement humans.
**** There actually is a good reason to make them eat food. When the A7 model (to which all Robots shown in the series belong) was created, humanity was already declining, natural energy sources like sunlight or food were the best choise as main energy supply, as they would stay available for far longer than processed fuels like gasoline or electric energy.
** In the anime, it is strongly hinted that Kokone is physically attracted to Alpha: for example, in the scene where [[spoiler:Alpha is asleep and Kokone touches her breast.]]
* SceneryPorn: The whole series lives and breathes this trope. Several entire chapters are devoted to Alpha enjoying this.
* SchizoTech: On the one hand you've got a giant orbital whatsit and RidiculouslyHumanRobots and direct-to-brain cameras, and on the other you have standard 20th-century fare.

* SilenceIsGolden: ...and mandatory here.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Needless to say it's firmly on the Idealism side of the scale, despite being AfterTheEnd and all.

* WeAreAsMayflies: Used as a rather poignant central plot point.

* [=~Who's On First?~=]: "Nai" is Japanese for "nothing," which results in this being invoked when Alpha asks for Nai's name.

* PinkBishoujoGhetto: as far as robots are concerned, anyway. All of them are female, and they're all ''cute''.

Occasionally compared to ''{{ARIA}}'', which it predates by some six years, for ''ARIA'''s similar ScienceFiction setting, heavy use of SceneryPorn, and clear parallels and similarities between the cast of characters [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship and their relationships]].