Line #252 Manga/ShinmaiShimaiNoFutariGohan


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4	->''"You always had this scary expression on your face, but you look so happy when you cook."''
5	-->-- '''Sachi to Ayari'''
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8	Sachi's father and Ayari's mother just got married, and just like that, the two girls became sisters. While moving into a new apartment, their parents suddenly leave to go travel the world for their honeymoon, leaving the girls alone with just each other. Because of their different personalities, they aren't able to connect with each other. Not to mention, Ayari's permanent DeathGlare and cold demeanor makes her seem particularly unapprochable. Everything seems hopeless and awkward, but the arrival of a leg of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamón jamón serrano]] from their parents reveal something they both have in common: Their love for food. Ayari's passion is cooking, while Sachi's is eating.
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10	With this as a gateway, they are finally able to open up to each other. And so begins the sisters' life together, as they get closer to each other through cooking.
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12	''Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan'' is a [[CookingStories cooking]] SliceOfLife manga by Hiiragi Yutaka. The manga started serialization in 2015 in the magazine Dengeki Daioh. In 2019, a live-action drama adaptation by TV Tokyo was produced and aired from October to December that same year.
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14	!! Shinmai Shimai no Futari Gohan provides examples of:
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16	* ACupAngst: Chapter 3 of the manga starts like this. Sachi sees Ayari's bra while doing laundry and notices... quite the difference in bust size. This leads to some HeightAngst, as well, as she notices that she's almost a head shorter than Ayari. All of this, in combination with Ayari's mature personality, leads to Sachi realizing that ''Ayari'' appears to be the big sister. The chapter is then dedicated to her trying to dress and act more maturely to compensate... with mixed results.
17	* ADayInTheLimeLight: Chapter 21 for Eri. It focuses on her making orangettes for Sachi and Ayari for Valentine's Day.
18	** The extra story after chapter 28 for Nao. The sisters' cooking expertise fresh in her mind, she decides to try it out for herself, starting with pancakes.
19	** Chapter 33 for aunt Minori, showing what a day of hunting is like for her.
20	* AgeStereotypicalFood: Sachi gets hit with this when a classmate compares her palate to that of a child when she mentions some of her favorite foods.[[note]]Those being omurice, takoyaki and meatballs. All of those are seen as rather childish dishes simply because they're popular with kids.[[/note]]
21	* AloofBigSister: Inverted and subverted. It's the younger sister Ayari who appears to the aloof one... Only she's not aloof at all, [[ShrinkingViolet just shy.]]
22	* AnimalMotifs: Throughout the extras and various parts of the story, Ayari tends to compare Sachi to various cute animals.
23	* AwesomeButImpractical: Making sausages using a piping gun and the skins of a leek.
24	* BaitAndSwitch: Chapter 57 starts with the sisters experiencing an earthquake, Sachi being too paralyzed with fear to take cover under a table and Ayari calling out to her... but it soon turns out that it was just a simulation as part of a disaster preparation course that everyone in their apartment complex took part in.
25	* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: In the manga, many of Sachi and Eri's interactions can be seen as this. For a prime example, look no further than chapter 12 and Sachi's ''devastated'' reaction to Eri potentially getting a boyfriend. [[note]]Though she's mostly worried about [[EatingLunchAlone having to eat her lunch alone while Eri spends her lunchtime with her boyfriend instead]]. Ultimately, Eri turns down the love confession she got, partially because she doesn't know the guy in question and partially because she knows that Sachi is "quite hopeless" without her.[[/note]]
26	** Sachi and Ayari in the drama adaptation, as well.
27	* BeachEpisode: Subverted in Chapter 36. This is what Eri thought would happen when the sisters mentioned going to the beach, so she waited for them in a bikini. When Sachi and Ayari show up, they're surprised as to why she's so lightly dressed since they're there to dig for clams.
28	-->'''Sachi''': Why are you wearing a swimsuit?
29	-->'''Ayari''': That's a little too thin for clam digging...
30	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Nao became friends with Ayari after the latter shared her lunch with her.
31	* BigEater: Sachi is almost always eating a snack or thinking about her next meal. In fact, it's almost easier to count the panels where Sachi ''isn't'' eating, talking or thinking about food. Eri unfavorably compares her to a black hole at one point.
32	** It's also [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs.]] As Eri reveals to Ayari, Sachi's gluttony has led to her sticking things in her mouth that she ''really'' shouldn't have eaten in the past. She ended up hospitalized at one point when she was in elementary school after eating some weird mushrooms during a field trip, and there's mention of her even eating a ''mud ball'' at one point (Though she apparently didn't get so much as a stomach ache from that). In the two bonus panels from chapter 27, Minori brings this up when warning the girls about poisonous plants in the mountains, and Sachi indignantly exclaims that she knows better now. A doubtful Minori extends a mountain plant towards her in response... [[NotHelpingYourCase which Sachi sticks in her mouth immediately, much to Ayari's concern.]]
33	-->'''Ayari''': ''(glares)'' Nee-san. '''Do not leave my side.'''
34	* BigFancyHouse: In the drama. By contrast, in the manga, the sisters live in an apartment complex.
35	* [[BigLittleBrother Big Little Sister]]: Downplayed in that the girls are the same age, but Sachi is a month older than Ayari, therefore making her the big sister. But Ayari is the taller one.
36	* BigSisterWorship: A variation of this trope, as they're not actually sisters: Nao develops something like this for both Sachi and Eri. ''Especially'' Sachi, even going so far as to call her by the ''very'' formal honorific "Onee-sama" after meeting her for the first time. Sachi, who had played up the "big sister" role for all it was worth in order to leave a good first impression, was shocked - Clearly, the act worked a bit ''too'' well.
37	* BirthdayEpisode: Chapter 8 focuses on the sisters celebrating Sachi's birthday. It's also revealed that this is the first time ''anybody'' has thrown a birthday party for Sachi - Her father has apparently been so busy that he's never celebrated his daughter's birthday with her in person, though she mentions that he has sent her gifts.
38	* BlendedFamilyDrama: The new stepsisters don't initially get along when left behind by their parents to travel the world, but they eventually bond over their love of food.
39	* BondingOverMissingParents: Both Sachi and Ayari are only children with busy parents.
40	* CallBack: Sachi's reaction after her first time meeting Nao mirrors Ayari's after her first meeting with Eri, many chapters earlier, highlighting how the two of them share things in common despite outward differences.
41	* CampCook: Chapter 27, which focuses on harvesting mountain greens, and chapter 39, which focuses on fishing for rainbow trout.
42	* CartoonCheese: Averted. The raclette cheese used to make fondue is pretty realistic.
43	* CharacterTic: After Sachi gives Ayari the hair tie she was using in the first chapter, Ayari always ties her hair up in a bun or ponytail with it whenever she's about to cook.
44	* ChristmasEpisode: Chapter 16 is about Sachi and Ayari's first Christmas together.
45	* CoolBigSis: This is how Ayari and Nao see both Sachi and Eri. Nao in particular even refers to Sachi as "Onee-sama". Downplayed in that the girls are the same age - It's just that Sachi and Eri are the oldest.
46	* ComfortFood: Aside from the occasional chapters focusing on exotic ingredients, most of the food shown is simple home-cooking fare or things that are easy enough to find, like melon bread. It's a point that even common meals become more delicious when made with love and shared with people you care about.
47	* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
48	** In chapter 16, when asked about how she spent her previous Christmases, Ayari reluctantly reveals that Santa has never visited her home before. Eri and Minori are both shocked that a 16-year-old girl as mature as Ayari still believes in Santa.
49	** Sachi takes the chance to reveal that Santa has never visited her either. Though this time, it's only to Minori's shock - Eri knew already.
50	* CompanionCube: Ayari's hair tie, which was given to her by Sachi in the first chapter. Since then, [[CharacterTic she always uses it to tie up her hair whenever she's cooking]].
51	* CookingStories: With one sister's love for cooking and the other's love for eating, the manga easily lends itself to this trope. Every chapter introduces a new type of food, with the full recipe and additional tips and trivia at the end.
52	* CornerOfWoe: Ayari retreats to one after scaring Rina, complete with a BrownBagMask (which Eri [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] as just making her look creepier).
53	* DeathGlare: Ayari does this unintentionally - Her face tenses up whenever she gets nervous, which tends to happen around strangers. Unfortunately, this only scares and alienates the people around her, resulting in nobody getting to know her for real and leading to her FriendlessBackground.
54	** Both Sachi and Nao were initially so scared of Ayari because of this that the former believed that an egg cutter that Ayari demonstrated for her was a device for ''[[{{Yubitsume}} cutting off her finger]]'' and the latter initially believed that a miso soup ball that Ayari gave her was ''poison'' [[DisproportionateRetribution as punishment for entering Ayari's room without permission in Sachi's case and just for talking to her in Nao's case.]] Sachi and Nao actually start to bond over this during their first meeting in chapter 28, much to poor Ayari's distress and shock.
55	* DeepFriedWhatever: Ayari makes tempura for Sachi in chapter 23 [[ItMakesSenseInContext in order to turn Sachi into an adult]].
56	* DescriptionPorn: Not only does Ayari explain every step of the cooking process, but she also goes into the origins and other factoids about every dish she cooks and every utensil she uses.
57	* DidntThinkThisThrough: After Sachi succeeds in making pudding, she then has the idea that it'd be fun to make a bigger (read: bucket-sized) one. The very next panel has her fail to put the bucket into the much smaller steamer pot.
58	* DietEpisode: Chapter 51 sees Eri go on a diet. A bit of an inversion, as well, as the chapter is actually about what she wants to eat on her Cheat Day.
59	* DisappearedDad: Sachi's dad is almost always abroad because of his work as a photographer.
60	** [[spoiler: Ayari's dad is revealed to have passed away when she was little.]]
61	* DitzyGenius: Despite what her GenkiGirl demeanor, [[BigEater gluttony]] and complete lack of even ''basic'' cooking knowledge may indicate, Sachi gets ''excellent'' grades - In fact, she's the one who gets the best grades of the main girls. She also proves herself to be very quick to learn from Ayari's cooking lessons. Ayari is shocked to find this out in chapter 4, as she was under the impression that Sachi was stupid, and tearfully apologizes to her. Though Sachi doesn't seem to realize what Ayari is apologizing for.
62	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first chapter, Eri says "I wish I had a sibling" when discussing Sachi's newfound older sister status. Later chapters, however, show that Eri ''does'' have a pair of younger siblings.
63	* EatingLunchAlone: Ayari used to spend lunchtime alone since she had no friends. This lasted until she befriended Nao.
64	* EdutainmentShow: Ayari's vast knowledge of food and cooking is prominently featured in each chapter. There's also a full recipe of the chapter's featured dish at the end, with some additional facts and tips by cooking manga researcher Kei Sugimura.
65	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Minori has a fellow female hunter blush at her presence.
66	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Japanese title of the manga almost literally translates to "New sisters have meals together".
67	* FaceOfAThug: This is ultimately Ayari's problem which has led her to have a FriendlessBackground. When she gets nervous, she tenses up, which causes her face to be locked into a [[DeathGlare scary scowl]]. This combined with her [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]] scares and alienates the people around her and gives off exactly the wrong impression of her.
68	** She seems to scare children in particular - In Eri's sister Rina's debut chapter, she gets so scared of poor Ayari that she blows into her anti-crime whistle at the sight of her and compares her face to a demon's. And in chapter 44, Ayari believes that she made an elementary schooler cry with her glare when fetching her ball from a fountain. Thankfully, she does manage to get through to them both in the end: Rina warms up to Ayari after the latter makes her crépes, and it turns out that the girl with the ball cried because she was surprised that Ayari would do that for her and gives her a homemade bookmark as thanks.
69	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: A recurring bit of humor is for someone (usually Sachi) to react with amazement or wonder at some aspect of the food being made...and then immediately deflate as Ayari impassively moves along to the next step, since she's so used to it.
70	-->'''Sachi''': ''(with sparkles)'' Red! Round! This is the octopus I remember!
71	-->''(next panel)''
72	-->'''Ayari''': I'm chopping it up.
73	-->'''Sachi''': Goodbye...
74	* FamilyOfChoice: Despite not being blood-related, both Ayari and Sachi decide that they are sisters.
75	* FancyDinner: Every dinner could be considered one when Ayari is the one cooking, though the fois gras sauté from chapter 19, in particular, stands out.
76	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Ayari and Eri are the most feminine of the main characters and both are also [[SupremeChef Supreme Chefs]].
77	** Nao and Minori are both [[{{Tomboy}} tomboys]] and don't have much in the way of cooking skills - Even when Minori looked after Ayari when the latter was a child, Ayari was the one who handled the cooking. Though Nao shows an interest in learning, and Minori shows the girls how to cook rice in bamboo stalks and is very knowledgeable about foraging and what makes wild game taste good.
78	** Averted at first with Sachi, who despite being quite bubbly and girly starts out as a LethalChef. She improves as the story progresses.
79	* FirstFriend: Ayari states that Eri is this to her. Later, Nao becomes the first friend Ayari makes on her own.
80	** Averted with Ayari and Sachi since they think of each other as sisters rather than friends.
81	* FoodPorn: Thanks to Ayari's skills in the kitchen, and by virtue of being a manga that focuses on cooking, every chapter has some mouthwatering depictions and descriptions of food.
82	* FourGirlEnsemble: After Ayari befriends Nao.
83	* GenkiGirl: Sachi and Nao.
84	* GirlsNightOutEpisode: In chapter 24, Sachi is meeting up with another friend to go to a cake buffet, so Eri decides to invite Ayari for a day out on the town instead.
85	* GrayRainOfDepression / HappyRain: Used as a contrast between Ayari and Sachi. The former sees rain as the first trope, as it [[spoiler:reminds her of the day her dad passed away]], while the latter enjoys the rain.
86	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. Ayari's skills come from years of practice, and Sachi also improves a lot thanks to her lessons.
87	* HeartbreakAndIceCream: Inverted. Sachi gets depressed because her favorite ice cream flavor was changed to a different one that year.
88	* HeroicSacrifice: Sachi tries to do one when she mistakes Ayari's aunt Minori for a criminal, yelling at Ayari to save herself. It's PlayedForLaughs.
89	* HypocriticalHumor: In chapter 9, Eri mentions how excited she is to make takoyaki, at which point Sachi calls her a glutton. Eri immediately fires back that [[BigEater Sachi]] is the ''last'' person to be allowed to say something like that.
90	* ImagineSpot: The sisters share this habit; Ayari tends to imagine Sachi as cute animals, while Sachi's imagination tends to go in odder directions, like a witch wielding an egg whisk.
91	* ImprobableFoodBudget: A small example - Every now and then, their parents send them some luxury ingredients like jamón serrano and fois gras. Otherwise, the contents of their refrigerator looks pretty average.
92	* ImprobablyFemaleCast: The only guys that have appeared so far that aren't background characters are Sachi's dad Tooru and Eri's little brother Satoshi. And even then, Tooru has only shown up twice so far and Satoshi has only had a speaking role in one chapter.
93	* ImYourBiggestFan: Nao, who is an amateur photographer, turns out to be a big fan of Sachi's father's work.
94	* ItRunsInTheFamily: Ayari learned how to cook from her cooking researcher father.
95	** Sachi, meanwhile, has great photography skills[[note]]This also seems to extend to some great creative skills in general, with the penguin she makes out of grated daikon for mizore-nabe in chapter 17 being quite impressive[[/note]], and her father turns out to be a world-famous photographer.
96	* JapaneseDelinquents: Because of [[NoSocialSkills her lack of social skills]] and FaceOfAThug, Ayari is seen as this by her fellow classmates. It even goes so far as a rumor spreading about her being a YakuzaPrincess. Thankfully, her classmates eventually get to see her true nature in chapter 48.
97	* UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics: For the first few chapters, Sachi uses "-san" on Ayari, but after being surprised by her friend immediately jumping to yobisute on Ayari, decides to do the same.
98	* LonersAreFreaks: This is what Ayari's classmates think of her. Her FaceOfAThug and [[ShrinkingViolet social anxiety]] give off the wrong impression to other people, and as a result, they always end up scared of her. Some people at her school even started a rumor about her being the daughter of a Yakuza.
99	* MidnightSnack: The plot of chapter 4 - Sachi and Ayari stay up late to study, and when Sachi turns hungry [[BigEater (as usual)]], they decide to make some "midnight soup".
100	* MistakenForProfound: The reason why Nao admires Sachi - Sachi's "big sister" act that she played up when meeting Nao for the first time worked so well that it resulted in the latter mistaking Sachi for being mature and refined. As a result, Sachi feels like she has to keep up the act whenever she and Nao hang out.
101	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Making caramel for pudding by heating up sugar in a saucepan? Using a gas torch to caramelize sugar sprinkled on top of créme brulée? Making sausages with a piping bag and the skin of a leek? Finding out that cream is added to butter chicken curry? Anything cooking-related is awesome in Sachi's eyes.
102	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sachi reacts like this in chapter 35 when she believes that she's eaten Ayari's pudding.[[note]]The puddings were made from premium eggs, which are 3 times as expensive as regular eggs.[[/note]] She spends the rest of the chapter downcast out of guilt over this. Thankfully, it's revealed that Ayari made ''three'' puddings, not two, so she'd already eaten hers and wasn't angry that Sachi ate the last one.
103	** Ayari has a moment of this in chapter 44, when she believes that she made a little girl cry by scaring her with her DeathGlare when fetching her ball from a fountain. She's upset enough about it that she actually starts crying.
104	* NoDialogueEpisode: Apart from some [[RebusBubble rebus bubbles]], the first part of chapter 33 that shows Minori during a day of hunting has no dialogue, giving the sequence a somewhat reverent feel.
105	* NoNameGiven: Both of Ayari's parents have remained unnamed so far. Especially odd in Ayari's mother's case, as ''Sachi's'' dad's name has been revealed.
106	* NonUniformUniform: Downplayed.
107	** Sachi and Eri go to the same school, but Sachi usually only wears the thin sweater part of the uniform, whereas Eri usually wears the blazer with the sweater underneath it. A panel of their classmates in chapter 10 suggests that other students customize their uniforms, as well.
108	** Nao and Ayari also go to the same school. But whereas Ayari's SailorFuku is black with buttons, Nao's top is white without buttons (Though she's briefly seen with the regular black top in her introductory chapter). Most of their classmates wear the complete black uniform, though some of them wear the white top.
109	* NoSocialSkills: Ayari is so shy that she can't interact with strangers without panicking. This coupled with her face unintentionally locking into a DeathGlare when she gets nervous has resulted in her constantly being alienated from her peers since she was a child. Though she's gotten better since meeting Sachi.
110	* ObsessedWithFood: Sachi and Ayari both have food at the forefront of their minds at all times, but in different ways: Ayari has an almost single-minded interest in cooking, whereas Sachi is almost always either eating, talking about or thinking about food. Eri [[LampshadeHanging points this out]] already in chapter 2 when she realizes that Sachi has only ever talked about Ayari's cooking and seems to know nothing else about her new sister:
111	-->'''Eri''': Sachi, I know you're a glutton, but don't tell me that food is the only thing [you and Ayari] talk about at home.
112	* OneGenderSchool: Ayari goes to an all-girls school.
113	* OnlyOneName: With the exception of Nao Shinoda, we only know the first names of the characters.
114	** Ayari finally averts this in chapter 48, where it's revealed that her last name is Tsukishiro.
115	** Sachi follows suit in chapter 53, answering the phone with Mizutani.
116	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Sachi's reactions to Ayari's cooking tend to be quite loud and descriptive. So in chapter 35, when she gives off a simple "It's good." in response to the Olivier salad, Ayari can immediately tell that something is bothering her. (That being that Sachi believed that she'd thoughtlessly eaten Ayari's pudding that she'd made with premium eggs[[note]]''Kodawari tamago'', or premium eggs, have an egg yolk that's richer and creamier than a regular egg yolk. The eggs cost almost three times as much as regular eggs.[[/note]] and felt extremely guilty about it)
117	** Ayari, [[SupremeChef as expected]], gets really excited about good-quality ingredients. So in chapter 47, when she only reacts with an "Oh. Thanks." at the fresh broccoli Sachi brings home, Sachi realizes that Ayari is troubled about something: Namely, she's worried that her [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]] and involuntary nervous DeathGlare are going to scare people away during the upcoming SchoolFestival and considers not getting involved at all because of it. Though she won't admit it until Sachi literally corners her about it.
118	* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted. Sachi and Ayari's parents decide to travel around the world - At first for their honeymoon, but later for work in Sachi's father's case. But they stay in contact with the girls through letters, and they do show up at the end of chapter 33 to check up on them.
119	** Played straight with Sachi's mom. So far, nothing has been revealed about her or why she's gone from her daughter's life. Flashbacks show that Sachi didn't have any parental figures present growing up, indicating that whatever happened to her mother, it happened when she was very young.
120	* PlatonicValentine: Eri gives friendship chocolates to Sachi every Valentine's Day. Sachi finally gets to return the favor in chapter 21.
121	* PostStressOvereating: With Ayari, it's more like Post Stress Overcooking - When she gets stuck at a math problem in chapter 4, she starts preparing the next morning's breakfast. They end up using the soup stock to make a MidnightSnack:
122	-->'''Sachi''': Wasn't [the stock] for breakfast?
123	-->'''Ayari''': ''(gloomily)'' It's OK. It's what happens when I try to run away from reality.
124	* RunningGag:
125	** Sachi's [[BigEater seemingly bottomless stomach]]. Hardly a chapter goes by when she's not snacking on something at some point.
126	** This exchange:
127	-->'''Sachi''': I love "____"! I wish I could eat "____"
128	-->'''Ayari''': Nee-san, I think...
129	-->'''Sachi''': Don't tell me... You're not saying... You can make "____"!?
130	-->'''Ayari''': I think I can!
131	* SailorFuku: Ayari's school uniform. It comes in either black or white, though most of the students seen so far wear the black one.
132	* SchoolFestival: Chapters 48 and 49 focus on Ayari's school hosting a school festival. Her class decides to run a café;, and they're left at a loss as to what to make that follows the guidelines in order to prevent food poisoning, which means that any raw foods or foods containing eggs or uncooked dairy are out of the question. This is what lets Ayari's true nature finally show to her classmates as she shows them all how to make galettes.
133	* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Ayari is almost always seen wearing her school uniform, even at home or on her days off. In the manga, [[JustifiedTrope she explains that a rule from her school says that the students must always wear their uniforms when going out, even while not at school.]] After Eri takes her out shopping in chapter 24, however, Ayari's wardrobe becomes a bit more varied.
134	** In the drama, Ayari does this after trying different outfits - She ends up being unhappy with how they look on her, so she chooses to wear her school uniform instead.
135	* ShapedLikeItself: "Yes. Egg Fluffy...is fluffy."
136	* [[SheWhoMustNotBeSeen They Who Must Not Be Seen]]: This was the case with Ayari's mom and Sachi's dad for the early parts of the manga. They would only interact with the girls through letters. [[SubvertedTrope They finally show up at the end of chapter 33.]]
137	** Sachi's mom has yet to make an appearance.
138	* ShrinkingViolet: Ayari around strangers. Unfortunately for her, her shyness results in her face getting locked into a DeathGlare, which scares people off.
139	* ShoutOut:
140	** In chapter 7, Sachi and Ayari rent Film/MarchOfThePenguins.
141	** To Manga/YuruYuri. Sachi's favorite ice cream flavor is rum raisin, and she thinks that rum raisin ice cream being sold out is equal to the world ending.
142	** In chapter 58, there is a nod to WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower in which [[https://twitter.com/yunta_0722/status/1431652062656270336 Adora and a humanized Catra appear as a couple in the background.]]
143	* SickEpisode: Chapter 37 has Ayari get a nasty cold with a fever. The chapter revolves around Sachi cooking rice porridge for her to help her recover.
144	* SupremeChef: Ayari is the most prominent one. Her father's work as a cooking researcher inspired her to take up an interest in it, too. And as she explains to Sachi, her FriendlessBackground resulted in her spending all of her free time cooking or doing research on it. As a result, she's honed her skills since she was little.
145	** While not quite at Ayari's level, Eri is no slouch in the kitchen either. It's rather telling that Ayari treats her as her equal in this regard.
146	* SwappedRoles: While chapter 40 is ostensibly about marmalade, the actual highlight is Sachi showing Ayari how to apply nail polish, taking on the teacher role that Ayari does when cooking and doing it just as well.
147	* TrainingFromHell: Ayari's skills are the result of a self-imposed version. Downplayed in that she really does love to cook.
148	* TitleDrop: Sachi does this in the first episode of the drama.
149	* TokenMiniMoe: Eri's little sister, Rina.
150	* ValentinesDayEpisode: Chapter 21 has Eri making orangettes for Sachi and Ayari as [[PlatonicValentine friendship chocolates]]. Sachi, in turn, gives her some chocolate crunch... Which was also the very first friendship chocolate Eri ever gave her.
151	* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Sachi and Ayari have both had absent parents growing up:
152	** Sachi's father is a famous photographer who's been travelling around the world for work ever since she was very young - It's even to the extent that he's apparently never even been home to ''celebrate her birthday with her''. In the New Year's chapter, she even gets a little bit gloomy talking about how she wishes he came home more often. Eri also reveals to Ayari later, [[spoiler: after their parents offer them to move to Switzerland and live with them there]], that Sachi has missed her father for a very long time. She's started to get over this, though, [[spoiler: which is why she and Ayari ultimately turn their offer down]].
153	** Likewise, Ayari's mother has also been frequently absent during her childhood, to the point where she even admits that her mother not being around is normal to her.
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156	!! Tropes exclusive to the drama:
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158	%%* AdaptationalAlternateEnding:
159	* AdaptationalComicRelief: Ayari, since her awkwardness here is played for laughs.
160	* AdaptationalIntelligence: Inverted. Sachi is more mature here than in the manga but her DitzyGenius tendencies are downplayed in favor of a more normal portrayal of a high school girl.
161	* AdaptationDeviation: Several stories are combined into one.
162	* AdaptationDyeJob: Sachi's hair goes from light brown to black/dark brown.
163	** Ayari eyes go from violet/blue to Brown.
164	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: All characters get this to a certain degree.
165	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: While the manga has some, here the BaitAndSwitchLesbians moments are more common.
166	* CompressedAdaptation: Several storylines spanning multiple chapters are combined into a single episode.
167	* EarlyAdaptationWeirdness: Ayari and Sachi's personalities are closer to their portrayal during the early part of the manga.

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