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3	''Aishiteruze Baby'' ("I Love You, Baby"; "Aishiteru ze" is a casual, masculine way of saying "I love you") is a {{Shojo}} manga written and illustrated by Yoko Maki, which was serialized in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' from 2002 to 2005. It received a 26 episode anime adaptation by Creator/TMSEntertainment in 2004.
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5	Kippei Katakura is a lazy high-school playboy. He returns home one day to find that his sister has charged him with the upbringing of his five year old cousin Yuzuyu; this is because Miyako, Yuzuyu's mother, couldn't stand the stress of raising her as a single parent and (at least temporarily) can't handle being around Yuzuyu. Kippei then takes up the task with great gusto, and the series deals with his character development as he cares for Yuzuyu.
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7	The series alternates between Yuzuyu at pre-school, Kippei at high school, and their life together at home, and is chock full of heartwarming moments.
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9	!!Tropes:
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11	* AbusiveParents: One plotline deals with this happening to one of Yuzuyu's friends at school, Shouta Nashiya, who's badly abused by his mom. [[spoiler: Yuzuyu walks into Mrs. Nashiya beating Shouta and suffers an HeroicBSOD, which uncovers the whole situation to the school]].
12	** It's later revealed that the real reason Miyako left Yuzuyu to the Katakura household was because [[spoiler: she once lost control and hit her daughter, and is afraid that her behavior towards Yuzuyu might grow worse]].
13	* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Little Brother]]: Satsuki, despite being the youngest of his siblings, seems to be the most introverted and reserved of the Katakura family.
14	* BrokenBird: Miki. How it happened is a very harrowing tale in and of itself.
15	%%* BlueWithShock
16	%%* CharacterDevelopment
17	* CheerfulChild: Yuzuyu is always very bubbly and full of energy.
18	* ChickMagnet: Kippei, especially with Yuzuyu in tow. It seems like half the female cast members have a crush on him. Something of a subversion, Kippei is shown to be completely aware of the girl's crushes and doesn't hesitate to [[ThanksForTheMammaries take advantage of that]], but the guy acts like he isn't aware of the implications and is pretty much sincere in how he treats them.
19	* ChildCareAndBabysittingStories: The plot revolves around Kippei, whose irresponsible life gets turned upside down when he's asked to care for his little cousin Yuzuyu. Despite his lack of knowledge of child-raising, Yuzuyu slowly brings a responsible and caring side of him as the two bond together.
20	* ChildrenRaiseYou: The main premise of the series is to show how much Kippei changes after Yuzuyu comes into his life.
21	%%* CoolBigSis: Kippei's sister Reiko, mostly to Yuzuyu.
22	%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Kokoro.
23	%%* DissonantSerenity: Miki.
24	* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:The manga ends with Yuzuyu as a teenager, writing to Kippei. It's also implied that she's together with Shouta]].
25	* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Miki tries to either jump to her death (anime) or stab herself (manga).]]
26	* EarlyBirdCameo: Shota, Yuzuyu's abused classmate, shows up in Episode 7, during the sports fest. He's shown waving at him abusive mom. He would later be introduced in episode 13.
27	* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: Yuzuyu says she plans to marry Kippei in one conversation with Satsuki.
28	* FieryRedhead: Reiko. She has red hair and a short temper.
29	* FishOutOfWater: Kippei, who is initially unfamiliar with child-rearing.
30	* FriendlyTickleTorture: In one episode, Kippei playfully tickles Yuzuyu after she wakes him up from his nap.
31	* FriendsWithBenefits: Kippei is implied to have several of these before he meets Yuzu, the most prominent being Natsumi, a girl who cheerfully jumps at him wanting to "play" on a few occasions early on. At one point she kisses him, and only when he continues to refuse does she tell him to stop groping her under her shirt.
32	* GenkiGirl: Aki.
33	* GoodParents: Kippei's parents, in comparison to nearly every single other parent(s) in the series.
34	** Kippei quickly becomes one for Yuzuyu.
35	* GratuitousEnglish: In the OP.
36	* HappilyAdopted: Yuzuyu warms up to Kippei and his family very quickly, and clearly loves living with them.
37	* HappilyMarried: Kippei's parents (and grandparents), relative to the rest of the families shown throughout the series.
38	* IdiotBall: Much of the conflict in the beginning of the manga/anime results from Kippei leaving Yuzu alone on the way to pick her up from kindergarten, after picking her up or some variation thereof, e.g. 'Please wait here alone in the middle of the street while I take my own sweet time to buy some caramel sweets for you', to the point where Yuzu wises up and refuses to leave her class until Kippei shows up.
39	* LoveBubbles: Used straight a lot, as this is a Shojo series.
40	* LoveTriangle: They don't last very long, however.
41	* MaliciousSlander: [[spoiler: Ayumi]] is a victim of this.
42	* MissingMom: A major plot point, and the basis of the story. [[spoiler: This is because Miyako has been widowed recently, and has been in quite the a massive HeroicBSOD state ever since. Hence why she decides to leave Yuzu with Kippei]].
43	* OfficialCouple: There's little doubt that Kippei and Kokoro will end up together by the first third of the show. Or by the first third of the TitleSequence.
44	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Kippei in spades. Specifically, he tends to be really affectionate with girls without realizing that it raises flags all over the place.
45	* ParentalAbandonment: Yuzuyu's mother Miyako. Kokoro also has the same issues, having lost her mother at an early age and having her father leave with another family.
46	* ParentWithNewParamour:
47	** Kokoro's father. She doesn't live with him and his new wife, but in [[BigFancyHouse a rather nice apartment]].
48	** [[spoiler: Later in the manga, Miyako is revealed to be this as well. Reiko does not take it well]].
49	* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Kippei's stalker who picks on Yuzuyu out of jealousy.
50	* {{Shoujo}}
51	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kokoro doesn't give in to Kippei's advances until she realizes how good he is with Yuzuyu.
52	* SliceOfLife
53	* SpoiledBrat: Marika, at least until she gets some CharacterDevelopment.
54	* {{Squee}}: InUniverse the girls in Kippei's school when Yuzuyu brings him his lunch.
55	* StalkerWithACrush:
56	** Kippei's stalker who is EasilyForgiven despite traumatizing Yuzuyu by telling her that no one wants an abandoned orphan.
57	** Kokoro has one, Itagaki. Kippei sets him straight in a very frank manner.
58	* TheStoic: Satsuki, Kippei's younger brother. Which makes it all the more surprising when [[spoiler: he gets a girlfriend later in the manga, and a model at that!]]
59	* ThoseTwoGuys: Kokoro's two friends, [[GenkiGirl Aki]] and [[TheStoic Motoki.]]
60	* ThirdPersonPerson: Yuzuyu talks like this, as she's only five.
61	* TransferStudentUniforms: There's an episode devoted to Yuzuyu having to switch to the new school's uniform.
62	* WhenSheSmiles: Kokoro. Kippei even says so himself.
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