Line #8 Manga/Nononono


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3	Nono Nonomiya's father was a skilled ski jumper, but never won an Olympic medal. His dreams of his children winning one were destroyed when Nono inherited all his ability and not her brother Yuuta, as women are not allowed into the sport. After the death of both her father and Yuuta, Nono decides to honour their memory by taking on her brother's identity and enrolling in a college famed for producing winter sports athletes. But she quickly discovers it will be very hard to keep her secret, let alone earn the respect of her fellow students while aiming to become the school's best jumper.
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5	''Nononono'' is a {{seinen}} manga by Creator/LynnOkamoto of ''Manga/ElfenLied'' fame, which was serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump'' from 2007 to 2010. Unlike Okamoto's other works, this one is substantially less violent and is not fantasy or science-fiction, though it can still get quite dark at times.
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8	!!This series provides examples of:
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10	* AbusiveParents: A flashback reveals Yuuta suffered physical abuse due to his lack of ski jumping skills from his {{Serious Business}} father.
11	* AcademicAthlete: Aside from being a ski jumping prodigy, Nono is also revealed as one of her school's top students, easily competing with the General Curriculum aces.
12	* AccidentalPervert: Played with more than once after Nono seizes the assumption that s/he's a pervert transvestite rather than a girl.
13	* AfroAsskicker: Shiriya, before he switched to a more normal hairstyle.
14	* AlliterativeName: Also RepetitiveName protagonist Nono Nonomiya.
15	* AlphaBitch: Kourogi
16	** LovableAlphaBitch: Despite the first impression she usually makes, deep down she is actually quite a decent person that cares about others deeply.
17	* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Everything involving coach Hino. Twice.
18	** Hino's sabotage plot gets swept under the rug by both sides - to honor Shiriya's sacrifice and to avoid a scandal, respectively - but his forced resignation reveals his massive embezzlement of club funds. When we see him again, he seems to have avoided embezzlement charges.
19	** After Hino's second scheme falls apart and he gets arrested, we learn that he '''had''' been sentenced for embezzlement and was on parole when [[spoiler:he decided to enslave Nono]]. Once again, we are not shown how his second case was handled, but it seems to have worked out according to [[spoiler:Kishitani's]] improvised "plan" - when realistically, it would be impossible to keep the truth under wraps for long.
20	* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: [[spoiler:Kishitani's]] renewed injury during Inter High screams artistic license. The main problem with this injury were the damaged, slowly regenerating muscles, while the skin had plenty of time to heal. It doesn't stop [[spoiler:him]] from bleeding all over the place and coughing up blood in the end.
21	* AssholeVictim: Even though his suicide is intended to be a Tearjerker moment, it's really hard to feel any sympathy for [[spoiler:Yuusuke Nonomiya]], because of his cruel and abusive treatment towards [[spoiler:Yuuta]].
22	* AttemptedRape: Ogata was fooled by his new roommate 'Yuuta', but [[DepravedHomosexual that was the problem]].
23	* AttractiveBentGender: Nono looks decidedly feminine but still attracts female admirers.
24	* BarbieDollAnatomy: Averted when [[spoiler:Kishitani "helps" dress 'Yuuta' when she is sick and bedridden.]]
25	* BerserkButton: Amatsu will let any and all personal insults slide off his back, but anyone who insults his family (due to their earning several silver medals but never gold) earns his eternal enmity.
26	** Do not call the First Emperor Shiriya-san (Shiri for butt, ya for shop). He will pulverize you just like what he did to [[DepravedBisexual Ogata.]]
27	** Never insult Nono's father or brother.
28	** Terashi and his love of cats. Do not insult cats and do not imply that he rapes them, if you know what's good for you.
29	* BloodFromTheMouth: When [[spoiler:Kishitani's wound reopens during the Inter High]], it gets so bad that just before the last jump he starts coughing up blood.
30	* BornLucky: Kishitani. Many people in the series believe that luck is the special skill that he brings to the Okushin team, as he's normally a wildly inconsistent jumper. [[spoiler: A flashback to when he was younger and Chapters 140 and 141]] all but cement that he's blessed by some outside force.
31	* BullyingADragon: The top students of the General Curriculum despise 'Yuuta' for being an honor student despite being from the Sports Curriculum, in addition to being [[ChickMagnet the most popular guy around]]. They decide to gang up on Nono while she's returning from her practice. Not only does she defeat them, but she humiliates their leader by giving him her barbell as a weapon... which he promptly drops on his foot, unable to handle the weight.
32	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: All that ski jumping has given Nono incredible leg strength, allowing her to beat up people twice her size if need be. [[spoiler:Later, she casually {{Wall Jump}}s to catch a young girl's balloon.]] Even better? [[spoiler: Swinging a barbell ''one handed'' in the aforementioned showdown.]]
33	* ChekhovsGun: Kishitani's red jumpsuit, which [[spoiler:masks his bleeding]] until the last moment.
34	* ChickMagnet: Yuuta, and Nono has to deal with the consequences.
35	** Nono, after she takes Yuuta's place, starts to attract girls. Also, when she's not crossdressing she's the [[DudeMagnet inverse]].
36	* CosmicDeadline: The final chapter comes very suddenly, forgetting all about the numerous plot threads that were just introduced in the last tournament.
37	* CovertPervert: Kishitani.
38	* DepravedBisexual: It's noted that Ogata isn't purely homosexual, but girls would be more likely to file rape charges, so he's regularly given a male "sacrifice" just to keep him under control.
39	* DistantFinale: After the Inter High arc, the last chapter gives us a TimeSkip to 'Yuuta', [[FastForwardToReunion Amatsu]] and Shiriya (as well as Terashi and Makino) becoming Japan's olympic representatives.
40	* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Averted and discussed when Nono gets assigned to Ogata's room. The admins are suitably disgusted with Ogata's habits, but continue to feed him new boy toys to prevent a scandal, since boys never file rape charges.
41	* DudeLooksLikeALady: That girl in chapter 102 who could tell that Nono is a girl? That's a dude.
42	* EarnYourHappyEnding: The final image of the manga shows Nono having finally won the gold medal she struggled so long and hard for.
43	* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Shingu sabotages Shiriya's run in revenge for being sabotaged, and also to be allowed into a prestigious training institution. It turns out that the revenge was purely a very bad misunderstanding and that Shiriya purposely ignored the fact that Shingu sabotaged his skies for Shingu's sake, and to challenge Nonomiya and Amatsu to stretch themselves (they had to make up for his fall in their own jumps). Shingu breaks down, admits his crime, and says he will turn himself in to the police. The team manager and his associate interrupt him and ask him not to do that. Whilst not exactly forgiving him, they understand his anger, and they do not want to disrespect Shiriya's decision.]]
44	* ExtremityExtremist: Nono will always kick people when they start irritating her. Since she's actually female, can also count as a KickChick.
45	* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jerks Have Standards]]:
46	** Terashi may be incredibly arrogant, as well as being possibly the biggest jerk in the series, but he loves cats and will not tolerate any negative remarks towards them.
47	** Negita may be a borderline sociopath, but even he finds the jury's attempt to rig the inter-high competition to be over the line.
48	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: At least one guy has an erotic dream about Nono without knowing that in reality he is a she, and that isn't counting the one guy that tried to rape Nono ''because'' [[DepravedHomosexual he thinks she's a boy.]]
49	* FaceHeelTurn: Yuusuke Nonomiya starts out as a kind and caring father to his son Yuuta and daughter nono. However after being publicly shamed for losing in a skiing competition, he becomes a cold and abusive parent.
50	* {{Flashback}}
51	* [[spoiler:ForgottenFirstMeeting: Nono and Kishitani first met at an elementary skiing competition that Kishitani entered so he wouldn't have to lose to Amatsu.]]
52	* [[GratuitousEnglish Gratuitous Norwegian]]: In chapter 3 page 9 are some guys talking Norwegian. Norwegians use å, not ä. So the correct spelling would be forstått not forstätt. And it's one word as you can see. Forstått means understood.
53	* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Sure, Yuusuke got publicly humiliated and treated with scorn because he lost the gold medal, but that does not at all justify or excuse his horrific treatment of his son, Yuuta. And while nobody calls him out for this, Yuusuke himself admits that his reasons for abusing Yuuta were selfish and completely inexcusable during his HeelRealization.
54	* HalfIdenticalTwins
55	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Yuuta.
56	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Kishitani]]'s second jump in the Inter High. While [[spoiler: he]] ultimately survives, when we last see [[spoiler:him]] before the finale, [[spoiler: he]] is stuck in a wheelchair and undergoing rehabilitation.
57	* HumansAreBastards: This is from the author of Elfenlied, so go figure. While this isn't meant to be a theme of the manga, there are enough assholes, (pseudo)rapists, and off-putting scenes that you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise.
58	* IdiotBall: Yuuta grabs it big time toward the end of the backstory arc. [[spoiler:Realizing he'll never be any good at ski jumping, he burns the house down and kills himself while wearing Nono's jacket so she'll be considered dead and can take over his identity. Apparently he never considered simply switching places with her.]]
59	** Besides, how could he know that [[spoiler:his body would burn beyond recognition?]]
60	** [[spoiler:Hino]] grabs one firmly as he plans his revenge on Nono. The plan quickly goes from "blackmail into submission" to "do whatever the hell I want". What could go wrong with that?
61	* ImportantHaircut: "Goodbye, Nonomiya Nono."
62	* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:Kishitani was forced to changing Nono's clothes after she got into a fever when trying to look for the Emperor's trinket. Kishitani believes that since he likes ''her'' and considers her a ''guy'', it is perfectly fine for him to erotically change her clothes.]]
63	* ItsAllAboutMe: Coach Hino '''knows''' what he's doing is wrong, but still believes he doesn't deserve any punishment. When his plans seem to come to fruition, he starts ranting about "justice prevailing". When it all falls apart, he doesn't show any remorse.
64	** When Hino's arrested [[spoiler:after trying to rape Nono and stabbing Kishitani]], he's genuinely surprised that he will go to jail, despite just having '''severely violated his parole conditions'''. Even then, his main interest is getting out of jail quick enough to ruin Nono before the Olympics.
65	** Yuusuke made Yuuta enter olympic skiing so he could win the gold medal for Yuusuke just to make himself look good, and would beat and scream at Yuuta for losing during training.
66	* {{Jerkass}}: Many, many characters, ranging from the violent assholes to the snobby elitists.
67	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The Emperor is a violent asshole, shameless pervert to boot, and is quite possibly psychotic. However, he is eventually shown to genuinely care about his teammates.
68	* LoveDodecahedron: Nono likes Amatsu, who likes Kourogi, who likes Yuuta (Nono), who like Kourogi. [[spoiler:Kishitani]] likes Nono after finding out she's a girl, and the Emperor falls for her as well after seeing her dressed as a girl named Noriko. Komachi, the Emperor's sister, has a crush on Nono's disguise as Yuuta. There's also Satou, a side character, who has his fascination with "Yuuta" explored in a chapter of the manga.
69	* NearRapeExperience: Nono has near rape moments, uncomfortably sexual personal space violations, creepy stalkers, and gotten felt up.
70	** Taken up to eleven when [[spoiler:Hino]] finally enacts his revenge.
71	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: The Emperor]] gets one of these moments shortly after it is revealed that he [[spoiler: purposely took a dive in a ski-jump competition to help out Shingu.]]
72	* ThePollyanna: Nono was like this in the backstory until her father shut her down.
73	* ProtagonistTitle: Sorta. Her full name's Nono Nonomiya.
74	* RapeAsDrama: Squeezed for almost every drop of drama and squick when [[spoiler:Hino]] finally gets his hands on Nono.
75	* RecursiveCrossdressing: Kourogi "forces" Nono to wear a maid's outfit while they're living together, which she secretly couldn't be happier about.
76	** Of which fact Kourogi is fully aware.
77	* RepetitiveName: Nono Nonomiya. Also an AlliterativeName.
78	* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Yuuta ''chose'' to have Nono become him, committing suicide by causing the fire.]]
79	* ReusedCharacterDesign: Most characters are basically the same from Manga/ElfenLied
80	** Nono Nonomiya is Yuka.
81	** Mikage Kourogi is Lucy/Nyu.
82	** Sora is Nozomi.
83	** Muramatsu is Dr. Arakawa.
84	* SchoolIdol: Kourogi, a national figure skating champion.
85	* SeriousBusiness: It makes sense that the practitioners of ski jumping take their sport seriously, but it's still a relatively minor sport in Japan -- which makes the response to Nono's father losing the Gold medal rather excessive, but also more understandable.
86	** The measures and plans that some of coaches lay out are pretty underhanded and unnecessary, but it's taken to the next level when a juryman tries to rig the Inter-High competition in a team's favor by giving other teams absolutely unsafe conditions to attempt a jump in.
87	* ShownTheirWork: [[Creator/LynnOkamoto Okamoto]] did quite a bit of travelling to study ski jumping rules and techniques, and shows great attention to detail with each jump the characters make.
88	* SlasherSmile: It's from the creator of ''Manga/ElfenLied'', what do you expect? The Emperor gets the best ones by far, but Nonomiya of all people gets plenty of good ones too. Mostly when she's trying to play it up for intimidation.
89	* SpeedSmartsAndStrength: Nono, Amatsu, and Kishitani are gradually forming this dynamic.
90	* SpitTake: How Kourogi reacted to [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Nonomiya]] asking her what "jerking off" means, the fact that Kourogi thinks Nonomiya is a man made the question all the more awkward to her.
91	* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Chapter 52 to 57 describes how Nono's father goes from a respectable guy into one of the most AbusiveParents in the series. He's got a problem with his left knee costing a critical loss for the Olympic Gold Medal. Also where Nono herself gets an ImportantHaircut.]]
92	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Kourogi does this whenever anyone catches her training.
93	* SweetPollyOliver: The whole premise is Nono Nonomiya passing of as her (deceased) twin brother Yuuta, in order to make it into the ski jump Olympics and win a gold medal. She does this since women aren't allowed to compete professionally in that event.
94	* TookALevelInBadass: Kishitani who pretty much was just in the middle rank does a [[spoiler: BigDamnHeroes when Nono was about to be raped by a sore loser. Feet meet face.]]
95	* UnwantedHarem: Yuuta left several girlfriends behind, who Nono now has to deal with.
96	** Nono herself seems to be getting one of these whether disguised as Yuuta or just being herself.
97	* TrainingFromHell: Shiriya's ski jumping practice.
98	** Yuuta's training as well, to the point where it [[spoiler:drove him to suicide]].
99	* {{Tsundere}}: Kourogi, after the first few chapters. Unusually, she is ''not'' ObliviousToLove, confessing (and being rejected) at their first meeting, and continuing to declare herself his girlfriend throughout the series. Also unusually, the boy she is tsundere for (Yuuta) is actually a girl (Nono).
100	** Also possibly Nono herself occasionally, though the "dere" is sympathy rather than actual attraction, and the "tsun" is a justified response to perverted behavior.
101	** Nono turns up the Tsundere routine whenever she has to use her Noriko persona to influence Shiriya. Notably, the ''tsun'' part is more understandable than the ''dere'' one, since he always cuts straight to sexual propositions.
102	* TheWatson: Every ski jumping scene has someone around who doesn't know anything about the sport, just so they can have the statistics of each jump explained to them.
103	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Nonomiya.
104	* WigDressAccent: Inverted, in that Nonomiya is actually a girl in the first place. When Nonomiya wears the dress that [[spoiler:Kourogi]] left out, she takes a trip to Nagoya so she can be a girl for once [[spoiler:with Sora, who knows her secret. Two of her teammates turn up unexpectedly, including her rival...]] but no-one recognises her. [[spoiler:Except Amatsu.]]
105	* YouBastard: Yuusuke was endlessly scorned by every single person in Japan after "stealing" the gold medal.
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