Line #49 Anime/DoItYourself


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4	Yua Serufu is starting her life as a high schooler. Carefree, clumsy, and laidback, she doesn't think much of what will come... until she finds her path crossing with a club devoted to DIY crafts.
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6	''Do It Yourself!!'' is a SliceOfLife [[AnimeFirst original anime]] by Pine Jam which aired in the Fall 2022 season. The series is directed by Creator/KazuhiroYoneda, of ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' and ''Manga/{{Gleipnir}}'' fame, and its head writer is Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, from ''Manga/EncouragementOfClimb'' and ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit''. The manga debuted the same year in Creator/SquareEnix's ''Manga Up!'' digital service, written by IMAGO and illustrated by Beru Koyubita.
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8	A LiveActionAdaptation of the series aired in 2023 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) and Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem (TBS) channels.
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11	!!Some of the tropes constructed by the DIY Club include:
12	* TwentyMinutesInTheFuture: While the year isn't stated, the series takes place in a time where package-delivering drones, self driving buses, and high schools teaching 3D printing and other technologies are considered normal. Depsite this [[NextSundayAD technology such as cellphones, computers and tablets seems to still be kicking around at that age.]]
13	* ActorAllusion: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is also the head writer for anime juggernaut ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'', which stars Creator/AyaneSakura, and he slips in a few references to her other role.
14	** Serufu coos "Cocoa...", the name of Sakura's character, while staring at Yasaku.
15	** In the second episode, Serufu suggests opening a cafe. It segues into an ImagineSpot where Serufu twirls around with a tray of coffee like Sakura's character from that show, while Sakura herself stands stoically behind the counter pouring coffee like her character's little sister Chino.
16	* BattleCry: The D.I.Y. Club uses '''"Do It Yourself!"'''
17	* BeachEpisode: Episode 6 focuses on the DIY club (plus Purin) going to the beach to find materials they can use for handicrafts to sell.
18	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Jobko has to head back to America and the DIY club doesn't have enough members to receive official support, but there is still interest in the club and Serufu and Miku have gotten their friendship back together.]]
19	* {{Cliffhanger}}: Episode 9 ends with the girls finding that the materials intended for their treehouse are missing, implied to have been taken by a truck.
20	* ClubStub: At the beginning of the series, the DIY club only has one member, which places it on the chopping block if it can't find new members.
21	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Appropriately enough, "Dokidoki Idea wo Yoroshiku!"[[note]]Translates into English as something like "Thank you for your heart-pounding ideas!"[[/note]] is sung by the voice actresses of the DIY club. And like the episode titles, it has '''D''', '''I''', and '''Y''' in the song title.
22	* DoubleMeaningTitle: While ''Do It Yourself'' could mean simply DIY in general, given how the main character's name is a corruption of the word "yourself", it could also mean "Do it, Yua Serufu!"
23	* {{Expy}}: Yua Serufu is blatantly based on Yui Hirasawa from ''Manga/KOn'', right down to the spacey accent and the way she squeezes her eyes shut and smiles whenever somebody expresses doubt.
24	* FamousNamedForeigner: [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double Subverted.]] When Serufu tries to guess Jobko's real name, she rattles off a list of American presidents. Takumi immediately calls her out on it. Jobko ''then'' reveals her name is [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Queen Elizabeth]] [[UsefulNotes/HenryVIII VIII]].[[note]] ''While Juliet is a common western name, the play is being taught to Serufu's class in the first episode, which is clearly where most Japanese people would be familiar with it.''[[/note]]
25	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each Episode has "D", "I", and "Y" in its title somewhere.
26	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Jobko strikes up a tight bond with Miku, who'd be several grades ahead of anyone Jobko's age, when they're properly introduced to each other. Said episode ends with them rooming together as a homestay for Jobko.
27	* InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoomba: Miku has a robotic jellyfish that works like a vaccuum machine, it's also appears to be a bit "sentient" as it's tries to have conversations with her. Miku always ignores them though.
28	* JapaneseSchoolClub: The show is about the "DIY Club" of Gagagata Girls' High School, a group of like-minded girls interested in everything hand-crafted like furniture, glass art and architecture. They're also incredibly short on numbers at the beginning of the show and need five members total in order to stay active.
29	* LetsMeetTheMeat: Serufu's 3rd and closest pet is a pig actually named "Meat". He looks nervous whenever Serufu has pork to eat.
30	* MeaningfulAppearance: The contrast between Serufu and Miku's hairstyles say a lot about them, Serufu having a messy, dust-colored mop of hair and Miku having a sleek bob cut dyed purple; Serufu's represents her clumsiness and affinity for hands on building while Miku is focused on efficiency and thinking ahead towards what's in the future.
31	* OlderIsBetter: PlayedWith; the theme of old vs. new is a recurring theme through the show, contrasting the hands-on and rustic DIY club with the vast and high-tech setting the characters live in. While characters like Miku argue that DIY would become obsolete in the future due to construction tools improving, it's reinforced that the process and accomplishment of building is what matters most to the club, as well as the community the characters build through it. Noteworthy too is that a fair number of high-tech tools are used to aid the club like UV ovens or 3D software for making blueprints, showing that neither "old or bad" beats the other and both of their tools can coexist for different purposes.
32	* OneGenderSchool: Gatagata High School and Yuyu Girls' Vocational High School are both all-girls high schools which are located very close to each other. Serufu, Takumi, Jobko and Rei go to Gatagata, while Miku and Kokoro go to Yuyu.
33	* PunnyName: Several.
34	** Yua Serufu = Yoo-ah-se-re-foo = '''Yourself'''.
35	** Suride Miku isn't, but her nickname, "Purin" from Serufu is. "su'ree-dee pu'rin-tah" - '''3D-Printer'''.
36	** Takumi means "artisan."
37	** "Shii" is a complicated one. '''Kouki''' Kokoro is her real name; ''koukishin'' means "curiosity" and "shi" is death. So "'''Curiosity Killed the Cat'''".
38	* RobotBuddy: Miku's house has a semi-sapient robot, something like a cross between a sea jelly and a mushroom, that does chores and provides Miku daily info.
39	* RunningGag:
40	** Serufu inevitably injuring herself in the DIY shed followed by a trip to the nurse's office. The nurse even comments on her "perfect attendance."
41	** Meat's nervous reactions whenever Yua and her mom have food, even when it's ''not'' pork, Meat clearly keeps an ear out to see what they're having.
42	** Miku's jellyfish robot practically begging her for attention and being ignored.
43	* SchoolgirlSeries: The cast primarily consists of female high-schoolers all engaging in club activities together, and what few male characters exist are all in the background.
44	* SliceOfLife: The series is a low-key and relaxed story about a group of high schoolers running a home improvement club.
45	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Serufu and Miku's mothers look almost like grown-up versions of their daughters, and even carry similar attitudes like Serufu's lax energy and Miku's professionalism.
46	* TeenGenius: Well, not even a teenager yet. Jobko is more than capable of keeping up with the advanced curriculum of Purin's school, even secondhand.
47	* TitleDrop: At the end of the first episode, Yasaku explains what DIY stands for after hearing Serufu's full name for the first time, tying her name into the acronym as a DoubleMeaningTitle.
48	* TokenMinority:
49	** Jobko is a White American girl attending a school mostly populated by Japanese students. The reality of that makes her feel isolated when she first arrives.
50	** Shii is implied to be South Asian from a flashback of life outside of school.
51	* {{Tsundere}}:
52	** Miku acts angry and gruff towards Serufu ever since they didn't get into the same school (never mind they are right next to each other), but clearly misses her friend.
53	** Jobko spends all of episode 3 antagonizing the DIY club in what's obviously a bitter way to vent her frustration. Once she actually gives them a chance, she's still too embarrassed to actually muster any nice words, despite appreciating finally having company.

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