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2 | ''Mahoraba'' ("Splendid Place") is a {{shonen|Demographic}} manga by Akira Kojima, which was serialized in ''Monthly Gangan WING'' from 2000 to 2006 and compiled into 12 volumes. It was adapted to a 26-episode anime that aired in 2005. |
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4 | First-Year College student Shiratori Ryuushi moves into the boarding house, Narutakisou. Under the tender care of Aoba Kozue, Narutakisou provides a home to people whose personal lives are all painful in one way or another; yet together, somehow, they make up a true family. Not only does Shiratori find a home at Narutakisou, but he also finds himself falling in love with a girl who is far more than she seems. |
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6 | Compare with ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'', which has a similar setup of a romance at a boarding house, but is more grounded and [[{{Seinen}} aimed at an older audience]]. Not to be confused with ''Literature/{{Maburaho}}'', which sits comfortably on the exact opposite end of the romantic comedy spectrum. |
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8 | The anime adaptation is free to stream on [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/mahoraba-heartful-days Crunchyroll.]] |
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10 | !!This series provides examples of: |
11 | * AllPeriodsArePMS: Momono and Shiratori go to the theater and watch a horror film. When Shiratory asks how girl could see such a bloody film and not be bothered Momono replies, "Girls are used to seeing a lot of blood. Er... Was that a little vulgar?". |
12 | * AllThatGlitters: The episode when the residents embark on a treasure hunt. |
13 | * AlphaBitch: Michiyo acts like an AlphaBitch {{Ojou}} towards Asami, [[spoiler:but it's really because she's too insecure that Asami won't like her.]] |
14 | * AmusingInjuries: Inflicted upon Michiyo and Ero-Freak Boy on a semi-regular basis. |
15 | * BattleAura: Tamami and the Occult Club President can see each others' battle auras, but almost nobody else can. |
16 | * BeachEpisode |
17 | * BittersweetEnding: Manga Only: Wherein Ryuushi has fallen in love with ALL of Kozue-chan's personalities but [[spoiler:his love for her gradually cures her insanity and causes all her personalities, each lovely human-beings unto themselves, to be absorbed into her primary psyche, never to emerge again.]] Afterwards we are introduced to [[spoiler:Kozue-chan and Ryuushi's four daughters, who each [[GenerationXerox bore an uncanny resemblance to the four personalities whom their mother once transformed into]].]] |
18 | * BlankWhiteEyes |
19 | * BrandX: Ahashi beer. |
20 | * CanNotSpitItOut |
21 | * CloudCuckooLander: Sayoko at one point practices her significant artistic talents by carving most of the trees in the courtyard into sculptures of her daughter Asami. Haibara spends his days fishing in a tiny, obviously fishless pond in the courtyard and only talks through his hand-puppet, Johnny. And those are just a couple of the less bizarre examples. |
22 | * ColourfulThemeNaming: An impressive list: |
23 | ** Kozue '''Ao'''ba: Blue. |
24 | ** Saki '''Aka'''saka: Red. |
25 | ** Nanako '''Kana'''zawa: Gold. |
26 | ** Chiyuri '''Midori'''kawa: Green. |
27 | ** Natsume '''Kon'''no: Navy blue. |
28 | ** Ryuushi '''Shira'''tori: White. |
29 | ** Megumi '''Momo'''no: Peach. |
30 | ** Tamami '''Cha'''nohata: Brown. |
31 | ** Asami '''Kuro'''saki: Black. |
32 | ** Yukio '''Hai'''bara: Grey. |
33 | ** Erica '''Vermilion''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Vermilion]]. |
34 | ** Youli '''Huang''': Yellow. |
35 | ** Asahi '''Chigusa''': Light greenish-blue. |
36 | ** Michiyo '''Asagi''': Pale blue-green. |
37 | ** Tsubasa '''Yamabuki''': Pale yellow. |
38 | ** Ryuutarou '''Shi'''ba: Purple. |
39 | ** Mahiru '''Mi'''nazuki: Greenish sky blue. |
40 | ** Satsuki '''Matsuba''': Dark green. |
41 | ** Risona '''Ai'''zawa: Indigo. |
42 | ** Miyabi '''Shirogane''': Silver. |
43 | ** Haruka '''Tobi'''ta: Reddish brown. |
44 | ** Mizuho '''Ama'''ne: Pale yellow. |
45 | * ComedicSociopathy: In the beginning, mostly at Sayoko's expense, and quite a lot from Saki's side once [[spoiler:she hooks up with Ryuushi, because she's too embarrassed. She tries her best to avoid it, but fails a lot]]. |
46 | * CornerOfWoe |
47 | * CreditsRunningSequence |
48 | %%* CuteClumsyGirl |
49 | * DistantFinale: The last chapter of the manga. |
50 | * DrivenToSuicide: Played for ''laughs'' of all things with poor Sayo-chan in the very beginning of the manga. Due to "network regulations", this was changed to merely severe depression in the anime. |
51 | * ExpressiveHair |
52 | * EyeCatch |
53 | * {{Facefault}} |
54 | * FanOfUnderdog |
55 | * FirstGirlWins |
56 | * FirstNameBasis |
57 | * FlungClothing |
58 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Kozue is sanguine (so is Nanako, because she's a kid version of Kozue), Saki is choleric, Chiyuri is phlegmatic, Natsume is melancholic. It's probably worth mentioning that this "ensemble" consists of Kozue's alternate personalities |
59 | * FunbagAirbag: Asami with Tachibana. |
60 | * GeckoEnding |
61 | * GenderVocabularySlip: Shiratori Ryuushi, DoggedNiceGuy and TheChewToy of Mahoraba, was dressed up (against his will and while asleep) to look like a ''very'' cute and beautiful blonde. When confronted with Chiyuri, one of his landlady's five personalities who does ''not'' know him, he accidentally uses "boku" ([[UsefulNotes.JapanesePronouns polite masculine pronoun]]) to refer to himself. Subverted in that Chiyuri finds this contrast quite {{Moe}}, and that although unusual for a girl, "boku" is used as a pronoun by the nicer [[TomBoy tomboys]] out there. |
62 | * GenericCuteness |
63 | * TheGlomp |
64 | * HandBehindHead |
65 | * HiddenEyes |
66 | * ImageSong |
67 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Sa-chan and her book attack, Tamami and just about ''anything'' (tennis balls, bonsai trees). |
68 | * ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: When the Club-President takes a shining to Asami-chan, she asks Tamami whether she could do this to the little one. |
69 | * InstantDogend: Haibara does this a lot. |
70 | * KewpieDollSurprise |
71 | * KissingCousins: Shiratori and Kozue-chan are actually second-cousins; a fact that is mentioned once in the beginning with a lampshade on how second cousins can get married[[note]]technically, in Japan, even first cousins can get married and this does not evoke the same levels of {{Squick}} that Americans would have, but all the same it's good to keep your relations straight[[/note]]. As such, this fact is fairly quickly forgotten about for the rest of the series. |
72 | * LyingOnAHillside |
73 | * LovableSexManiac: Shiratori's male art school friend. |
74 | * MaximumFunChamber: Shirogane-sensei's room. |
75 | * {{Meido}}: Sakura and Tachibana. |
76 | * NinjaMaid: Tachibana, who serves the Minazuki family, has a habit of materializing in rooms like one. She even goes through a car chase sequence to rescue Mahiru from the Italian mafia. |
77 | * NoblewomansLaugh |
78 | * NoNameGiven: Only in the anime. |
79 | ** Shiratori's three art school friends. The plot for one of the drama [=CDs=] [[LampshadeHanging revolves around]] their trying to get names. The manga does give them names in the end: Ero Freak's name is [[spoiler:Yamabuki Tsubasa]], the yaoi fangirl is [[spoiler:Aizawa Risona]], and the 'normal' girl with the nail bat is [[spoiler:Amane Mizuho]]. |
80 | ** The Occult Club President also was never given a name, until the end when it was revealed to be [[spoiler:Erika Vermilion]]. |
81 | * OfficialCouple: Loaded with them, including two nameless background characters. |
82 | * {{Ojou}} |
83 | * OneWordTitle |
84 | * PercussiveMaintenance: Momono calls it the "Russian Repair Method": "Wish it to be fixed, and pound it." [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]] |
85 | * ThePowerOfFriendship |
86 | * PuniPlush |
87 | * RetailRiot: Episode 5 has a mob of crazy shoppers make life hard for Asami. |
88 | * SchoolFestival: Episode 20, in Kozue's school. |
89 | * SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler:Sayako and Asami]] |
90 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Kozue's personality switching [[spoiler:is a defense mechanism against hard times and problems, justified by her rather [[{{Break The Cutie}} horrifying past]].]] |
91 | * ShoutOut: In chapter 58, the books that won the novel contest share the same titles of games made by Treasure such as ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'' or ''{{VideoGame/Ikaruga}}''. |
92 | * SpaceWhaleAesop: Before each episode, they warn about sitting too close to the TV. The consequences involve things like a monster from the TV eating you. |
93 | * SuicideAsComedy: Poor Sayo-chan in the manga '''regularly''' tries to hang herself, but either the branch or the rope breaks whenever she tries. This is removed altogether in the anime. |
94 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kozue loves pickled plums. |
95 | * {{Tsundere}}: Kozue's "Akasaka Saki" personality. |
96 | * TsurimeEyes: Tachibana. |
97 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Tamami]]. |
98 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: |
99 | ** Averted for Shiratori's male friend, who never get to see [[spoiler:that the girl he obsesses about really is [[WholesomeCrossdresser Shiratori in drag]]]]. |
100 | ** Chiyuri, on the other hand, finds out, and doesn't react well. |
101 | * UnwantedHarem: |
102 | ** Generally averted. Shiratori lives with five cute girls but four of them have no romantic interest in him. |
103 | ** Subverted when Momono appears to take Shiratori on a date, it turns out she was just "testing" herself. |
104 | ** Played straight if you consider Kozue's five personalities as a harem unto herself... themselves... whatever. |
105 | * VictoriousChildhoodFriend - Shiratori and Kozue met as children about ten years before the start of the story. Shiratori has forgotten about it, but Kozue still remembers their meeting quite well. |
106 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Tamami and Momono. |
107 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: Downplayed, but when the Occult Research Club President is cleansed by visiting a shrine, Tama starts to miss her annoying personality. |
108 | * YamatoNadeshiko: |
109 | ** Kozue-chan's primary personality; she takes care of everyone and also has personal responsibility for the boarding house. |
110 | ** Shirogane-sensei is like this, but don't you dare to mess up your homework. |
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