Line #56 Anime/LoveFlops


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: Living and learning to love together!]]
3	->''"It's not right for me to live with so many girls under one roof!"''
4	-->-- '''Asahi Kashiwagi'''
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6	''Love Flops'' is an original anime series produced by Kadokawa Corporation and animated by Passione. Directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama (''Manga/MyGirlfriendIsShobitch'', ''Manga/HappySugarLife''), it aired from October to December 2022.
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8	TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, UnluckyEverydude Asahi Kashiwagi has a bizarre dream of a mysterious girl in a white dress. This dream ends when he is awoken by his talking alarm clock, Loverin. He watches the news before school and an AI fortune teller states that people with his birthday are destined for a fateful encounter, with five key words marking his fate. Throughout his morning routine, he encounters five people in incidentally [[AccidentalPervert sexually charged situations]] and when he arrives in class he finds that ''all'' five of them are [[ContrivedCoincidence transfers into his class]].
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10	Things get stranger when Aoi, the only one native to Japan, confesses her love to him. The other four follow suit. Baffled, Asahi decides to return home, only to receive a message from his father. All of them, including the [[GayOption Bulgarian boy, Ilya]] and his [[HotForStudent homeroom teacher, Mongfa]], are potential brides for him. They will be living with him until he makes a decision on which, if any of this people he's going to marry. HilarityEnsues.
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14	!!!''Love Flops'' provides examples of the following tropes:
15	* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: It's implied that the series takes place some time in the future, as robots and ArtificialIntelligence are rather common. [[spoiler:This is later confirmed to be the case, especially with the reveal of just how advanced [=AIs=] have become and the fact that bananas have apparently become very scarce.]]
16	* ACupAngst: Amelia has a complex about her small breasts and is the butt of several jokes, but pretty much all of the girls feel insecure about their chest size in comparison to [[BuxomBeautyStandard Mongfa's bustiness]].
17	* AccidentalPervert: The universe contrives Asahi to grope the girls' breasts, make his face plant into their crotches, and for a banana he's carrying to conveniently end up right by ''his'' crotch, a cleaning robot actually steals a girl's bra and panties. [[spoiler:This is likely the simulation's physics engine warping him into these scenarios.]]
18	* ActionGirl:
19	** Mongfa is actually quite a capable fighter [[spoiler:since she's actually a cybernetic killing machine trying to escape her old life.]]
20	** Karin is [[spoiler:a MagicalGirlWarrior who uses her powers to fight off an AlienInvasion.]]
21	* AlienInvasion: [[spoiler:Episode 6 has "Ball Taker" aliens invading the world with the objective to sterilize all men.]]
22	* AllWomenAreLustful: Every woman Asahi comes across is incredibly attracted to him. and they tend to openly lust after him. [[spoiler:This is a product of them being AI that only understands the physical aspect of love initially. In the real world, women act as you would expect people in their position to act.]]
23	* AndYourRewardIsEdible: [[spoiler:Asahi was paid for his services playtesting the VR simulation in bananas. Notably, these bananas are implied to be ''incredibly'' rare in the time period this series takes place in.]]
24	* ArrangedMarriage: All five of the transfers were arranged to be "potential brides" by Asahi's father. This includes [[GayOption Ilya]].
25	* ArtShift: Through Episode 7, the anime uses an odd line style using a solid color rather than traditional black lines. After the reveal, characters [[spoiler:in the real world]] use the traditional style.
26	* BadBadActing: In episode 5, Mongfa makes a poor job of acting like she doesn't know how to fight or who the people attacking her and Asahi are.
27	* BeachEpisode: Episode 7 centers around a trip to the beach. Things get worse from there.
28	* BestialityIsDepraved: PlayedForLaughs as both Asahi and Ilya gets mounted by a large horny dog in the first episode, with both being very creeped out by it.
29	* BetweenMyLegs:
30	** When Aoi confesses to Asahi at the end of episode 1, there's a shot of her framed between his legs as she tries to gather the courage.
31	** [[spoiler:In episode 4, just after Ilya lost her towel, Asahi walks in on her and the audience is treated with a show of him staring at her between her legs. At first it makes him look like he's seeing her naked, but she's actually donning the Tengu mask while using HandOrObjectUnderwear.]]
32	* BiggerIsBetterInBed: In episode 4, Asahi is in awe at how large Ilya's package is. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a fake GagPenis.]]
33	* BlackComedyRape: Asahi is nonconsensually penetrated by a dog in the first episode.
34	* BoobBasedGag: Mongfa's large bust is often a source of gags, causing Asahi to get DistractedByTheSexy, the [[ACupAngst other girls to feel self-concious]] and causing MarshmallowHell when she hugs others.
35	* BoundAndGagged: When Asahi gets kidnapped by some villains, he's tied and gagged in BDSM gear, much to Mongfa's delight when she arrives to rescue him.
36	* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:All of the most recent AI tech in the series' future is based on the brain uploads of Asahi's deceased ChildhoodFriend, Ai.]]
37	* CeilingCling: In episode 2, Asahi finds Mongfa clinging to the ceiling in his bedroom in order to surprise him.
38	* ChildhoodFriend: All the girls have moments of recollection of Asahi. [[spoiler:This is because their memories are based on Asahi's real ChildhoodFriend, Ai.]]
39	* ClothingDamage: While playing ping pong, Mongfa hits the ball so hard, it ricochets on the wall and hits Karin so many times it destroys the entire outfit on the spot.
40	* CrashIntoHello: Asahi meets both Aoi and Karin by crashing on them while trying to make his way to school, and [[SuggestiveCollision accidentally sees under their skirt both times]].
41	* CripplingCastration: [[spoiler:The "Ball Buster" alien invaders try to sterilize humanity by slapping chastity belts on males, which then explode, taking on their genitals. When they're defeated, everyone's genitals also magically return.]]
42	* {{Cyberspace}}: [[spoiler:The first seven episodes take place in a simulation to teach AI girls about love.]]
43	* {{Cyborg}}: The underworld boss was almost killed by Mongfa in the past, and had to turn his body into a cyborg to survive.
44	* ADayInTheLimelight: Every potential LoveInterest gets one in episodes 3-6. [[spoiler:When it's Aoi's turn, she initially appears to be RetGone... only for her to use her control of the simulation to RetGone ''everyone else'' and reveal herself as a {{Yandere}}. From this point on, Aoi is the series' main villain, with her obsessive love having negative effects even on reality.]]
45	* DeadlineNews: In episode 6, one of the aliens attacks the broadcast, [[CripplingCastration sterilizing the male reporter on the spot.]]
46	* DinnerBathOrSexOffer: In episode 2, when Asahi returns home, he finds all five of his suitors at his house and they welcome him home and give him the stand "Dinner, bath or me" offer, which annoys him given they're an UnwantedHarem.
47	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Episodes 10 and 11 climaxed with Mongfa, Karin, Irina, and Amelia [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing themselves]], but at the end of the finale, they have been uploaded into bodies of their own in the real world.]]
48	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: True in episodes 1-6, Averted for effect in episode 7. Not only is that version wholly instrumental, but [[spoiler: all images of the girls are expunged from the ending, leaving only the Loverin rabbit clock.]]
49	** Creator/MikuIto (Aoi [[spoiler: and Ai]]) performed the end theme for episodes 8-11.
50	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: In episode 8, [[spoiler:Asahi gets these once he learns the truth about the {{Cyberworld}}.]]
51	* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Ai appears in a dream in episode one, and in the OP. Her face is pixelated in the latter, however.]]
52	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Asahi is able to better process Ai's death by talking with her in the simulation. Doing so solves the crisis created by her malfunctioning, and in Asahi's real life, he's more capable of opening himself up to new relationships with people. [[DisneyDeath The other AI girls who had been deleted in their attempt to reach Ai, were restored with new robotic bodies in the real world]]. Yoshino's research was effectively used to give all AI human emotions.]]
53	* FakeOutMakeOut: While Mongfa is being pursued by some thugs in episode 2, she pulls Asahi into a corner and starts sucking at his neck, tricking the men into thinking they're just a couple. Expect when they're gone, she still keeps on sucking him until he [[PostKissCatatonia almost passes out]].
54	* FlungClothing: When the girls take off their swimsuits in the BeachEpisode, they dramatically rip them off and flung them in the air in this fashion.
55	* FromDressToDressing: When Asahi gets his hands cut in episode 5, Mongfa rips off her qipao in order to bandage his wounds.
56	* FromRoommatesToRomance: By the end of episode 2, Asahi and his five suitors end up all living together at his house, leaving to several romantic and sexual tension gimmicks.
57	* GagCensor: Whenever nudity occurs that isn't covered by SceneryCensor in the broadcast version, the character's naughty bits get covered by [[SeriesMascot Loverin]] making different expressions, such as an impressed face when covering [[BuxomBeautyStandard Mongfa's chest]] but a disappointed one when covering [[ACupAngst Amelia's chest]].
58	* GagPenis: Ilya sports one in Episode 4. [[spoiler:As she is actually a girl, it's made by placing a tengu mask over the ModestyTowel covering crotch.]]
59	* GayOption: Ilya. [[spoiler:In episode 4, it's [[SubvertedTrope revealed]] that Ilya's actually a girl named Irina who was RaisedAsTheOppositeGender.]]
60	* {{Gonk}}: The proprietress of the hot springs in episode 4 is a tall, old woman with bizarre facial features, to the disappointment of Amelia who expected her to be a great elegant beauty.
61	* GrayRainOfDepression: [[spoiler:In episode 8, when the depressed Asahi visits Ai's grave, it's under the pouring and a grey scenery.]]
62	* GroinAttack:
63	** Karin punches Asahi in the crotch after their CrashIntoHello, when she thinks he has a RagingStiffie over seeing her underwear.
64	** Asashi gets hit in the groin by a ball when Mongfa unleashes her SuperStrength while playing ping pong.
65	* HotForStudent: Mongfa boldly goes after Asahi alongside the others in the second episode. When Asahi points out that such a relationship is illegal, she brushes it off as a natural attraction.
66	* HotSpringsEpisode: Episode 4 has the cast visiting a hot spring resort, resulting in the expected {{fanservice}} shenanigans and Ilya being [[spoiler:revealed as a girl.]]
67	* InstantCostumeChange: The girls inexplicably change outfits in an instant a couple of times, such as in episode 2, Karin manages to change out of her school uniform into a wedding dress or in episode 5 when Monfa is able to switch to a battle qipao in an instant. [[spoiler:This is a hint that they're in a digital world.]]
68	* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: [[spoiler:Yoshino, Ubukata and all their fellow AI researchers all wear white labcoats as their uniforms.]]
69	* LensFlareCensor: In the broadcast version of episode 7, some convenient light rays cover up the naughty bits of Asahi and the girls when they get naked on the nudist beach.
70	* LoveConfession: Episode 2 has Asahi receiving a love confession for all five of his "brides", which weirds him out given he just met them. [[spoiler:This is because they're all [=AIs=] who don't fully understand how a real relationship works.]]
71	* MagicalGirl: [[spoiler:Karin accepts a deal to become one which is explored in Episode 6. She uses the PowerOfLove and the PowerOfLust to defeat alien invaders who wish to sterilize humanity. Irina and Amelia get in on the action to fight their way into the simulation's central area in episode 10.]]
72	* MarshmallowHell: Given she's both tall and busty, Mongfa tends to bury people into her breasts when she hugs them.
73	* MidSeasonTwist: Halfway through the series, it's revealed that [[spoiler:the entire harem setup is actually a virtual simulation that Asahi willingly took part in. Each member of the harem was actually an ArtificialIntelligence, and the simulation was meant to teach [=AIs=] how to love]].
74	* MissingMom: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. Asahi's mom isn't seen nor mentioned during the first half of the series, [[spoiler:because he's in the {{Cyberworld}} where she's irrelevant. In the real world, he lives with her.]]
75	* MultinationalTeam: Of the main cast, only Asahi, Aoi, and Yoshio are Japanese. Karin is German, Ilya is Bulgarian, Mongfa is Chinese, and Amelia is American. They will occasionally slip into GratuitousForeignLanguage to remind the audience of their ethnicity. [[spoiler:It turns out that this is because each of the girls in the harem is an ArtificialIntelligence designed by a team from a different country.]]
76	* ModestyTowel: During the HotSpringsEpisode, both Asahi and Ilya keep themselves wrapped in towels while bathing together, but while Asahi has it on his waist, Ilya brings it up to his chest [[spoiler:because she's actually a girl and is trying to hide her chest.]]
77	* MsFanservice: All five of the girls are played for fanservice at different times, with the story often putting them in fanservice and perverted situations and providing several MaleGaze shots on their bodies.
78	* NakedFreakOut:
79	** In episode 2, Aoi is mortified when she loses her panties and a gust of wind ends up exposing herself to Asahi.
80	** In episode 4, when Karin suffers from ClothingDamage and ends up completely naked, she yelps and dives under the tennis table while [[HandOrObjectUnderwear covering herself with her hands]].
81	** In episode 5, Asahi is deeply embarrassed about being caught tied up and naked by Mongfa, especially when she describes what she saw as "[[TeenyWeenie adorable]]".
82	** In episode 12, Asahi panics when he discovers he's naked in front of [[spoiler:Yoshino and Ubukata, with the former amused while the later yelling at him to PleasePutSomeClothesOn.]]
83	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: As part of his status as a ButtMonkey, Asahi often ends up naked in front of a girl, with his humiliation PlayedForLaughs.
84	* NewTransferStudent: Four of the five girls are new transfer students that moved into Asahi's class. The last one, Mongfa is the new ''teacher'' who just transferred in.
85	* NotWhatItLooksLike:
86	** In episode 3, Asahi goes to talk to Amelia in her room but he ends up hearing [[TheModestOrgasm suggestive moans]] and [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown assumes he just caught her masturbating]], but she was actually practicing her kanji (albeit with a hentai book).
87	** In episode 5, after Asahi and Mongfa's adventure with the underworld criminals, they arrive home and pass out on the sofa in a SleepCute position, while he's half naked and covered in lotion. When the girls find him, they assume they had sex in the living room sofa.
88	* ThePeepingTom: Asahi has a hard time bathing without one of the girls (usually Karin or Amelia) attempting to peep on him, be it at his house or at the hot springs.
89	* PervertedSniffing: Karin often steals Asahi's clothes so she can sniff them.
90	* PervertRevengeMode: In episode 1, the universe conspires to put Asahi in AccidentalPervert situations with his transfer suitors and they often retaliate with violence. After that, they all end up falling for him and no longer seem to mind whenever they he gets into an AccidentalPervert moment.
91	* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Ai, who passed away of a brain tumor two years prior to the events of the series.]]
92	* PostKissCatatonia: Asahi falls to his knees in a trance after having a FakeOutMakeOut session with Mongfa.
93	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The underworld boss is much tougher than the rest of the {{mooks}} working for him, even before the [[RoboticReveal reveal that he's a cyborg]].
94	* RetGone: [[spoiler:Aoi is seemingly gone with no explanation in episode 7, until it's revealed she grew too jealous of the simulation and has started to take control of it, and uses said control to erase all of the ''other'' girls instead.]]
95	* RevengeByProxy: The underworld boss that wants revenge on Mongfa for her destroying his organization attempts to get his revenge on her by killing Asahi, but that just triggers her into becoming a ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend.
96	* RoboticReveal: Mongfa seemingly strangles the underworld boss, but soon after he comes back, revealing he's not easily killed since he's now a {{Cyborg}}.
97	* RuleOfSymbolism: Bananas. While the VisualInnuendo and EroticEating are obvious, [[spoiler:in reality, bananas symbolize how the real world society has become overly dependent on the AI based on Ai's consciousness, to the point that massive parts of their system glitch up when said AI goes through emotional distress. This parallels the Cavendish banana, which Yoshino's company is named after, which is similarly critically endangered in the time period this anime takes place in because of the genetic uniformity of the breed.]]
98	* SeriesMascot: Loverin, the pink cartoon bunny that serves as Asahi's alarm clock.
99	* SexySurfacingShot: In episode 2, Asahi finds Amelia scuba diving in the tub to [[ThePeepingTom peep on him]]. When he demands her to leave, she just stands up in the bath, revealing she's naked, much to his shock. The [[SceneryCensor view of the audience is blocked by his head]].
100	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Subverted. During the BeachEpisode, the cast ends up in a nudist beach and seemingly none of the girls mind stripping in front of Asahi... but then it's revealed they put an eye-covering mask on him.
101	* ShareTheMalePain: After Yushio gets hit with the Ball Buster aliens [[CripplingCastration sterilizing bomb]], every boy clutches their crotch in sympathy and horror.
102	* ShouldersUpNudity: During the BeachEpisode, when the girls get to a nudist beach, several shots only display them from the shoulders up, alongside some SceneryCensor and LensFlareCensor. One shot in particular has all of them side by side, with the small Amelia getting cropped at the neck while the tall Mongfa has most of the top of her breasts still visible.
103	* {{Sideboob}}: When Amelia is watching Mongfa undressing in episode 5, there's a shot of the side of Mongfa's chest, in order to emphasize its size, and thus [[ACupAngst Amelia's envy]].
104	* SleepCute: In episode 1, Asahi first meets Mongfa when she decides to sit right next to him, even though they're in a completely empty train, then she quickly falls asleep and rests her head on his shoulder, causing him to be very uncomfortable. At the end of episode 5, they also end up falling asleep together atop each other once they get back home.
105	* ThanksForTheMammary: When Asahi first meets Mongfa on the train, she falls asleep on top of him and starts cuddling him, and they eventually end up on the floor, with him accidentally cupping her breasts. She's still sleepy, but still [[PervertRevengeMode instinctively attempts to kick him]] and barely misses, and he promptly runs away.
106	* ToastOfTardiness:
107	** Asahi first meets Aoi while she's running to school with a piece of toast in her mouth. Naturally, this results in a CrashIntoHello.
108	** Episode 8 has Asahi running to school with a banana on his mouth.
109	* TooHotForTV: The broadcast version frequently covers the girls with SceneryCensor and LensFlareCensor to make it suitable for television.
110	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When the girls bathe at Asahi's house, the only thing shown is their bare backs that are turned towards the audience. There are also similar shots when they undress during the HotSpringsEpisode.
111	* TransformationSequence: [[spoiler:Karin gets the cliché MagicalGirl transformation sequence in episode 6.]]
112	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: [[spoiler:Episode 4 mostly resolves around Ilya trying to prevent her true identity from being exposed while also sharing a bath with Asahi. After many shenanigans, it does end up happening when she loses her towel and gives him a full frontal view.]]
113	* UndressingTheUnconscious:
114	** Inverted in episode 4. [[spoiler:Ilya slips on a bar of soaps and ends up hitting her head and passing out while also up losing her ModestyTowel in front of Asahi, giving him an UnsettlingGenderReveal. When she next wakes up, she's in a bed wearing a robe and realizes with dread he must have dressed her, and thus knows her secret.]]
115	** In episode 5, Asahi is kidnapped by the villains to lure in Mongfa, and he wakes up to find himself tied and naked in a strange bedroom. When she arrives to rescue him, she [[EatingTheEyeCandy doesn't miss the opportunity to enjoy the view]].
116	** In episode 12, [[spoiler:Yoshino stripped down Asahi while he was in the {{Cyberworld}} to check on his vitals. He's not pleased about it when he wakes up.]]
117	* UnwantedHarem: Asahi is very reluctant to have all these girls move in with him.
118	* VillainInAWhiteSuit: The underworld boss that's pursuing Mongfa is a huge man wearing a pristine white suit.
119	* WardrobeMalfunction: [[spoiler:When trying the open-air bath, Illya ends up losing her ModestyTowel to a gust of wind, forcing her to rely on using a Tengu mask to hide her face and [[HandOrObjectUnderwear cover her body with her hands]] to prevent an UnsettlingGenderReveal.]]
120	* WhamEpisode: Episode 8 reveals that [[spoiler:the world that Asahi was in for the last few episodes was in a simulation to teach multiple [=AIs=], the girls, about human emotions, with the episode's [[TheStinger post-credits scene]] revealing that Aoi has started to hack the digital infrastructure of the planet.]]
121	* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Most characters tend to have impossible hair colors (Asahi and Ai having deep blue, Mongfa having bright green, Aoi having purple, Illya white, and Amelia bright red) and this is never treated as anything out of the ordinary.
122	* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:The VR simulation that the first six episodes take place in was perceived by Asahi as two months. Outside the simulation, only a day had passed.]]

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