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4''Shizuku-chan'' (しずくちゃん) is a Japanese {{Kodomomuke}} media franchise created by Ritsuko Gibo for the stationery company Q-Lia. Set in a world of anthropomorphic fairies, it stars the namesake young raindrop fairy and friends.
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6Originally appearing in magazines for girls and women in the early 2000s, Shizuku-chan stars in a long line of picture and activity books. In 2006, TMS-e produced an anime series entitled ''Pururun! Shizuku Chan''. It was given a second season titled ''Pururun! Shizuku-chan Aha''. A separate anime series, ''Picchipichi Shizuku-chan'', was produced by Creator/AsahiProduction and aired from October 2012 to September 2013. A manga series featuring human versions of the cast, ''Nijiiro Fairy Shizuku-chan'', was published in 2019.
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8The first anime season had been exported to Italy, where it was dubbed in Italian, titled ''Shizuku'', and aired on Mediaset's Hiro channel.
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11!!Tropes featured include:
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13* AdaptationalVillainy: Numao-kun is a swamp water fairy who likes to scare his classmates but likes to do activities like gardening and selling sweet food. In the anime, he is more villainous and attacks the fairies in the last episode of the second season.
14%% * AnIcePerson: The snow fairy Koyuki-chan and the icicle fairy Tsurara-chan.
15* CaptainErsatz: The titular character looks almost exactly like a [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Chao]]. Compare the page image with [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/d/d6/Chao-3.png/revision/latest?cb=20111117162316 this.]]
16%% * ChickMagnet: Colon, since he is an Eau-de-Cologne sprite.
17%% * GreenThumb: Urara-chan. Can leave out plants behind her path.
18* FryingPanOfDoom: The red tea sprite Letty uses frying pans, instead of a traditional Japanese weapon that her sisters use.
19%% * HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:Shizuku Chan and Uroi Chan's]] wedding in the GrandFinale of ''Pururun! Shizuku Chan''.
20* {{Kappa}}: A female kappa appears in an episode in ''Picchipichi Shizuku Chan'' as a character of the day.
21%% * LevelAte: Donut Island, a land of sweets Shizuku-chan and friends visit.
22* MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico: Amigo Hanagedes, the Mexican-themed cactus sprite from the original anime, has a moustache that is used as a weapon by spinning rapidly and [[CombatTentacles grabbing others with tentacle-like extensions]].
23%% * MakingASplash: Shizuku-chan and other water sprites.
24%% * NaginatasAreFeminine: The green tea sprite Midoriko uses naginatas.
25%% * {{Parody}}: One episode parodies scenes of ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (with Donkey!), ''Film/MenInBlack'', and so forth.
26* PinkMeansFeminine: Uruoi is pink and has a sense of fashion as well as a crush on Shizuku.
27%% * PintsizedPowerhouse: Milk-chan, who can hold very large objects despite his small size and very young age.
28%% * PlayingWithFire: Maguman, the lava sprite who lives in a volcano.
29%% * TagAlongKid: Milk-chan.
30%% * TwoShorts
31* WaterIsBlue: Shizuku, a raindrop sprite, and his family are blue.
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