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7->''Please let me heal you!''
8Kobato Hanato has a wish. There's a specific place she wants to go to, but she is unable to travel there. In order for this wish to be granted, she's been tasked with filling up a large glass bottle with healed hearts. Her progress is overseen by Ioryogi, a foul-tempered blue stuffed dog who has his own reasons for seeing Kobato succeed: if she doesn't fill the bottle before the end of the fourth season, he and his colleges will be permanently stuck in their current, less powerful forms.
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10To start her quest, Kobato is dropped into a small but thriving city. At first, her attempts to help the troubled all fail; earnest and cheerful though she is, she lacks a certain amount of common sense. In fact, she winds up ''being'' helped by Sayaka Okiura, a gentle woman who runs and teaches at a local kindergarten. She hires Kobato without any reservations, something that irks her employee Kiyokazu Fujimoto, a handsome young man with a sarcastic streak.
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12As her days at the kindergarten unfold, Kobato will learn what it truly means to heal wounded hearts... and maybe even fall in love.
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14''Kobato.'' (こばと。) is an urban fantasy seinen manga by [[Creator/{{Clamp}} CLAMP]]. It started serialization in ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' in 2005 before moving to ''Monthly Newtype'' in 2006. It ended in 2011, finishing at six volumes. Creator/YenPress released the English translation of the series.
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16A 24 episode anime adaptation premiered during the Fall 2009 season. Production was handled by Creator/{{Madhouse}}. It is available for streaming on Creator/AmazonPrime.
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18!! This series provides examples of:
19%% * ActualPacifist: Kobato
20%% * AffablyEvil: Okiura
21* AntiHero: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Okiura is not actually that much of a villain. It's revealed that he's playing the part of the villain to keep his father from getting involved. He still has genuine feelings for Sayaka]].
22* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: In the manga/anime, Heaven, Hell, and the Otherworld follow strict pact of nonaggression, with violators getting turned into stuffed animals.
23%% * BenevolentBoss: Sayaka
24* BigBad: Okiura is the main antagonist,[[spoiler: but he's really protecting Sayaka from the real villain, his father.]].
25* BookDumb: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: Despite not being very street-smart (at all), Kobato ''does'' seem to understand the basics of how the world works, such as knowing what a prostitute is, but not realizing that's what others thought she was in the first chapter.
26* TheCameo: Misaki, Tamayo and Ringo from ''Manga/AngelicLayer''; Toya and Clow Reed from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''; Chitose, Chi (renamed as Chiho), Freya (renamed Chise), Ueda and Yumi from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''; Kakei, Kazahaya, and Rikuo from ''Manga/DrugAndDrop''; Primera from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''; Hinata and Shiro from ''Manga/SukiALikeStory''; Usagi-san (as a costume) from ''Manga/{{Wish}}''; Yuko, Watanuki, Himawari and the Lady Fortune Teller from ''Manga/XxxHolic''. As expected from ''Creator/{{CLAMP}}''. Ushagi-san appears as a messenger of god, just like he did in Wish, and both Kohaku and Shuichiro from the same manga are featured often.
27%% * CherryBlossoms: One of the prettiest examples is the first episode of the anime.
28%% * CheshireCatGrin: Okiura
29* CloudCuckoolander: Kobato mostly early on. Justified, since [[spoiler: she has no memories]] and very little knowledge of the world.
30%% * ContinuityCameo: Piffle Pizza
31* CrashIntoHello: Kobato bumps into meeting both Takashi and some [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] woman.
32* CrossOver:
33** Both the anime and the manga cross over with ''Manga/{{Wish}}''.
34** The anime now crosses over with ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', as of episode 20.
35** And ''Manga/XxxHolic'' in episode 17.
36* CuteClumsyGirl: Kobato keeps running into people and sometimes delicate objects.
37* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kobato herself, though the manga and anime provide different explanations for how she died. She [[NeverBareheaded always wears]] one of her nice hats, and not having her hat ever removed is SeriousBusiness, though the fact that she wears several different ones means she ''can'' take them off. Turns out the reason for them is to hide a spiritual crown that signals her as being dead.]]
38%% * TheDitz: One word: Kobato.
39* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Kobato. At the end when she starts to disappear, she confesses her love to Fujimoto.]]
40%%* EarlyBirdCameo
41%% * EnjoKosai: Kobato is ''believed'' once to be into this.
42* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Sayaka often teases Fujimoto about having some kind of affection for Kobato. Doumoto even said that she seemed to be "very important to him".
43* {{Expy}}: Kobato and Fujimoto look disturbingly like older, longer-haired versions of respectively Sakura and Syaoran from ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle''. With major personality changes.
44%% * EyepatchOfPower: Ginsei
45%% * FairWeatherMentor: Ioryogi
46%% * FishOutOFWater: Kobato
47* {{Flanderization}}: In the anime, Kobato can come off as more stupid rather than naive, and Fujimoto's even more jerkass than in the manga.
48* GeckoEnding: The anime received one due the manga being on hiatus at the time of airing. [[spoiler:Kobato fails to fill her bottle with konpeito. But before she can be erased from existence, Fujimoto arrives in time for her to tell him that he was her "most important person". This causes Fujimoto's heart to heal and the konpeito that is produced pushes her mission result from "failure" to "pass". But unlike the manga, Kobato is not allowed to change her wish. This results in her returning to her loved ones and being erased from everyone else's memories. Because of this, Ioryogi and his gang give up their chances at returning to their true forms in order for Kobato and Fujimoto to reunite and gain their memories back.]]
49* GenkiGirl: Kobato is quite enthusiastic and energetic at times.
50* GreaterScopeVillain: Okiura's Father, that is the boss of the recurring main antagonist Okiura, [[spoiler: and the true villain.]]
51%% * {{Hellfire}}: Ioryogi's signature power.
52* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Okiura's justification for closing down the nursery, since he wanted to protect Sayaka from his father.]]
53* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Is there anyone in the manga who ''doesn't'' claim this at some point?
54%% * IdiotCrows: Episode 5 of the anime. Can you guess who's getting called an idiot?
55%% * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: ...Episode Title. (anime only)
56%% * TheIngenue: Kobato's personality really fits into this trope. She should be the poster image for that trope's page.
57* InvisibleBackupBand: Kobato uses hers right off the bat in the anime. She's accompanied not only by a piano, but also by synth effects, a spotlight, and [[CherryBlossoms flower petals]].
58* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
59** Fujimoto, for all his bluster, is honestly concerned about Sayaka, even to the point of juggling multiple jobs for her.
60** Ioryogi. He constantly punishes and yells at Kobato, but secretly cares for her very much.
61%% * LoanSharks: Okiura, again.
62%% * LuminescentBlush: Well, seeing how this is Creator/{{CLAMP}} ...
63%% * MentorMascot: Ioryogi
64%% * TheMessiah: Kobato is one in training.
65%% * MissionFromGod
66%% * MoodWhiplash: That eyecatch can be ''very'' jarring. Particularly when it comes after listening to a child screaming his grief to the snow on Christmas.
67%% * MrExposition: Genko.
68* MysteriousPast: Setting the other characters' pasts aside, even Kobato's past and reasons for her "mission" is unknown.
69%% * NaiveEverygirl: Kobato is maybe one of the straightest examples in quite a while.
70* NeverBareheaded: Kobato herself is never seen in public without some kind of hat. This turns out to be justified, since [[spoiler:her hats hide a spiritual crown which indicates that [[DeadAllAlong she's actually dead]]]].
71%% * OnlyOneName: Ioryogi, Ginsei, Genko and Zuisho.
72%% * OurAngelsAreDifferent
73%% * OurDemonsAreDifferent
74* PerpetualPoverty: Kobato has very few belongings.
75* RageAgainstTheHeavens: In the manga/anime, it's mentioned that Ioryogi's current form is punishment for trying to start a war with Heaven. It's never stated why, but it's implied he did it for love. [[spoiler: In recent chapters of the manga, it is confirmed that he started the war to obtain an angel he loved.]]
76* ReincarnationRomance: [[spoiler: Kobato reincarnates and is reunited with her beloved Fujimoto in the ending. Both anime and manga.]]
77* RescueRomance: Fujimoto saves Kobato from a DirtyOldMan the first time they meet, and sure enough, there is a romance between them.
78%% * RetGone: This happened to [[spoiler: Kobato at the end of the anime and manga. But it soon gets better.]]
79%% * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Ushagi-san
80%% * TheRival: Ginsei
81* RunningGag: Kobato falling down, {{lampshaded}} by Ioryogi ("Her running gag strikes again...")
82%% * SavingTheOrphanage: Well, kindergarten, but same idea.
83* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: Ioryogi. We don't know exactly what he is unsealed, but he caused a lot of trouble in Heaven, where he is hoping to return.
84%% * SeriesGoal
85%% * ShoutOut
86%% * SliceOfLife: While the series does have a plot, it does tend to be put on the back-burner
87%% * SmokingIsCool: Okiura
88%% * StoicSpectacles: Fujimoto
89* ThatCameOutWrong: When Kobato attempts to heal others by asking them point-blank 'Please let me heal you!'. This either labeled her as a weirdo or, by one man, a prostitute.
90%% * TimeSkip: In the anime.
91%% * {{Tsundere}}:
92%% ** Kobato
93%% ** Mutsumi are both Type B {{Tsundere}}.
94%% ** Fujimoto is a male Type A in the anime.
95%% * UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Used in episode 3 of the anime.
96* UnlimitedWardrobe: Kobato's outfit changes every day. This is weird, considering [[PerpetualPoverty she has little money, and her only possessions are a futon, a bottle, and an empty suitcase]]. Though this is probably the least mysterious thing about her.
97* WorkOffTheDebt: Fujimoto is working not for himself, but instead to alleviate Sayaka's debt.
98%% * WoobieOfTheWeek: This is more prominent in the anime.
99%% * {{Yakuza}}: Okiura has some connection to them.

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