Line #59 Manga/LoveRoma


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4	''Love Roma'' is a [[ScrewballComedy screwball]] RomanticComedy by Minoru Toyoda, which follows [[TheFool Hajime Hoshino]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Yumiko Negishi]]. The series starts off the bat with Hoshino [[LoveConfession confessing his love]] to Negishi. It turns into one big awkward moment and only gets more so. This turns out to be the first time they have ever really talked, Negi claims she does not even know his name.
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6	The series progresses as they grow closer and get into a very comfortable and equally awkward relationship. They meet many side characters and have rivals in their romance, a few fights and a few make ups. The series is SliceOfLife on Japanese school children and some what a ComingOfAgeStory for both the protagonists. The story has a very sitcom, "doing nothing" feel but is rarely boring. The wide cast of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits misfits]] provides constant entertainment because honestly, the next one is crazier than the last, and that's saying something for this series.
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8	''Love Roma'' started as a published one shot, and evolved into a manga series that was serialized in the {{seinen}} magazine ''Afternoon'' from 2003 to 2005. The chapters were compiled into five volumes.
9	!!This series contains examples of:
10	* AllMenArePerverts: Even Hoshino. Even TheStoic Tsukahara.
11	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Negi's younger brother has few scenes but does fufill this role.
12	* ArtEvolution: The character designs in the first chapter are notably different from subsequent ones, less stylised and slightly more realistic.
13	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The readers basic reaction to the end of every chapter
14	* BeachEpisode: In universe too. Negi wants to got to the beach with Hoshino, but there are road blocks...
15	* BecomingTheMask: PlayedForLaughs when Yoko takes the role of the [[Literature/AliceInWonderland red queen]] way too seriously.
16	* BetaCouple: Tsukuhara and Yoko.
17	%% * BickeringCouple - Almost every couple in this series, Hoshino and Negi could easily become the gods of this trope.
18	* BishieSparkle: When ever Ryou-chan has a fantasy.
19	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hoshino leaves for college in America, but Negi agrees to wait for him, and it even hints that she may join him overseas.]]
20	* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded to death and back]].
21	--> '''Hoshino''': "We make a good couple, we're like comedians, [[BlatantLies I'm Tsukkomi and you're Boke]]".
22	** [[spoiler:He's not Tsukkomi, and she is not Boke... Decidedly not.]]
23	* BrutalHonesty: Hoshino ''never'' learns, does he?
24	* CherryBlossoms
25	* ChivalrousPervert: Hoshino will admit whenever he has dirty thoughts, often resulting in a DopeSlap.
26	* CloudCuckoolander: Everyone, but most notably, Hoshino's mom.
27	* CoolBigSis: Rei-chan to Hoshino, she plays it to a T.
28	* CostumePorn: Negishi's wedding dress.
29	* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone gets their moments, but Yoko and Tsukahara own this like no ones business.
30	* DefrostingTheIceQueen: Yoko has her moments, especially with [[spoiler: Tsukahara,]] but most attempts to defrost her do not end well.
31	* TheDitz: Hoshino's Mom... dear god... Hoshino's Mom...''shudder''...
32	* DopeSlap: Negi pulls at least a dozen per chapter on Hoshino.
33	* DysfunctionalFamily: Hoshino's Family has some problems. ''Hilarious'' problems... but still...
34	* EmotionlessGirl: Yoko, the only smile she ever shows [[CheshireCatGrin is not reassuring]]...
35	* FlowerMotifs: Yoko pulls this during her BishieSparkle.
36	* GarageBand: All those secondary characters with little screen time? They have a band!
37	* FortuneTeller: Wada, who did you think?
38	* GreenEyedMonster: If anyone hits on Hoshino or Negi, their other half will [[BewareTheNiceOnes mess you UP]].
39	%% * [[spoiler: HappilyMarried - in a FlashForward, Hoshiro proposes to Negi. Most fans assumes she said yes]], I mean this ''is'' an upbeat romantic comedy.
40	* {{Improv}}: In-universe, during the school play, Hoshino saves Negi from a ConcertKiss she really doesn't want.
41	* TheIngenue: Both Negi and Hoshino.
42	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tsukahara is a JerkAss the whole series, but in a Flashback, (twice) it's shown he really cares for Hoshino.
43	* LadyDrunk: ''Negi'' of all people.
44	* LethalChef: Negi. At one point she describes her cooking as "evil".
45	--> '''Hoshino''': Negishi-chan's cooking... brings back bad memories..."
46	* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: They literally get into an argument on if they argue or not.
47	* LoveableSexManiac: Yoshitsune.
48	* LoveConfession: The first panel of the entire series no less.
49	--> '''Hoshino''': "Negishi-san I like you, will you go out with me?"
50	** Again with '''Negishi''':[[IronicEcho "Hoshino-san I like you, will you go out with me?"]].
51	** Again with [[spoiler: Ryou-chan to Hoshino]].
52	* LoveLetterLunacy: It's how Ryou-chan is introduced.
53	* LoveTriangle: a couple, but all get resolved because Hoshino and Negi [[ThePowerOfLove love each other]]...
54	* LuminescentBlush: A lot of this.
55	* MistakenForGay: Maki when he delivers Ryou's love letter.
56	* {{Nosebleed}}: A rare female example.
57	--> '''Ryou-chan''': "This is the happiest day of my life! I almost had a nosebleed!"
58	* NotSoAboveItAll: Negi sometimes 'causes' the [[ZanyScheme zany schemes]].
59	* ObliviousToLove: Ryou to [[spoiler: Maki]] which makes you feel kinda bad for [[spoiler: [[TheWoobie him]]]]
60	* OddCouple: The whole premise of the series.
61	* OddFriendship: Both the main characters have a friend who is a DeadpanSnarker which seems odd with their [[WideEyedIdealist world views]].
62	* OnlySaneMan: Negi is the only one who doesn't willingly go with all of their [[ZanyScheme crazy plans]].
63	* OralFixation: Yoko usually has something in her mouth, whether it's a lollipop, the straw from a juice box, or something else.
64	%%* OurGhostsAreDifferent
65	* PetTheDog: First chapter, they feed a stray cat.
66	* PhonyPsychic: Wada, although they never say if she is for real, but this is realistic fiction, so most likely no.
67	%%* PunctuatedPounding: Negi of course.
68	* QuirkyHousehold: Both Negi and Hoshino have these, but Hoshino definitely wins.
69	* RuleOfFunny: All of the plots.
70	* SeeminglyWholesome50sGirl: Negi drifts into this, although it may not be an 'American' fifties girl.
71	* {{Slapstick}}: One wonders how Hoshino hasn't died yet. also the various crashes he has on bikes.
72	* SpookyPhotographs: However we never get a clear look because Negi tears it up in defiance.
73	* StalkerWithACrush: Ryou delves in this a bit, she starts riding the same bus as Hoshino to watch if they break up.
74	* TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler:Hoshino and Negi, it is as awkward as you'd expect from this series, but none the less sweet.]]
75	* TragicDream: [[spoiler: Ryou. Her one sided affection costs her the love of Maki]]
76	** [[spoiler: He still hasn't given up.]]
77	* UnfinishedBusiness: The library ghost returns at [[ArcNumber 7:07:07]] every night to find her lost belongings.
78	* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted. They spend a really long time talking about [[spoiler: TheirFirstTime and it actually goes to plan... ish...]]
79	** Their first Christmas together didn't end up as they planned, unless caring for your hallucinating boyfriend was part of Negi's plan.
80	** Negi's plan when thought out plan for visiting Hoshiro's family goes so badly you won't even believe...
81	* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:HE PROPOSED FROM F***ING OUTTER SPACE! that sets the bar pretty high for every one else...]]
82	* WideEyedIdealist: Hoshino. He wants to be an ''astronaut!''
83	* WhiteElephant: The giraffe...

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