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''Club 9'' is a five-volume {{Seinen}} manga by Kobayashi Makoto that tells the story of innocent country girl Haruo Hattori who becomes a club hostess in Tokyo. The first three volumes are available in English.

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!!''Club 9'' provides examples of:

* ACupAngst: Chinatsu has a flat figure, and while she's still considered Club 9's number one hostess for her elegance and conversational skills, she's still bitterly jealous of buxom women like Aki and Haruo, and tends to grope them when [[CantHoldHerLiquor she gets drunk]].
* AuthorAvatar: Konbayashi Makoto is a parody of Kobayashi Makoto. Who could've guessed?
* BetaCouple: Fuyumi is the only girl with a steady LoveInterest, a young actor that visits the cabaret just for her. They never get much focus, but ended up getting married at the end.
* ButLiquorIsQuicker: Pity the man who thought a drink or two would make Chinatsu more open for his advances. See CantHoldHerLiquor below.
* ByTheHair: [[spoiler:When a DirtyOldMan stalker attempts to kill Aki, he grabs her by the hair whie pursuing her, and ends up cutting it while trying to slash her with a knife.]]
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Haruo and Aki both have sizable busts, and are the {{Dude Magnet}}s of the cast.
* CantHoldHerLiquor: Chinatsu after even an itty bitty sippy cheerfully mocks and torments her customers without bounds.
* CityMouse: The main premise of the story of following the life of country girl Haruo as she tries to adapt to like in Tokyo.
* CoolCar: Haruo's pink "''Fahrrari Tahstarossa''".
* CuteClumsyGirl: Haruo. No cure comes from becoming hostess Hello-chan.
%%* TheDitz: Haruo's own Ma.
* FanserviceWithASmile: It's a hostess club after all.
* HairFlip: ProudBeauty Aki flips her hair as her CharacterTic. [[spoiler:Which she tragically has to stop doing after her stalker cut her hair while trying to kill her]].
%%* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Hello-chan.
* KimonoFanservice: The competing club has one hostess in kimono.
* LadyInRed: Hello-chan in Mama's "more daring little number". Not classy but definitely, definitely sexy.
* NatureAdoresAVirgin: The men are pretty smitten with Hello-chan to begin with, but the madness only really begins when they learn that she is a virgin.
* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Mangaka Lewis and his assistants have been working on a deadline rush for the last days non-stop. The much attractive, much appreciated Hello-chan visits wearing one of her Mama's more daring little numbers, [[LadyInRed red even]], and makes the men weep along the lines of PleasePutSomeClothesOn. An emergency cover is improvised from cardboard boxes.
* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: While Haruo has promised to be loyal to her [[UnableToSupportAWife financially struggling boyfriend]] Kingoro, she's often tempted by the handsome rich men that court them, such as Kyosuke Hanazono and Koji Uryu.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Haruo the [[SlidingScaleOfBeauty average pretty]] farmgirl becomes Hello-chan the "world-class, could-live-on-it beauty".
* SkinshipGrope: Haruo's Ma has a "my little girl has grown all up" moment; Chinatsu the relative board chest has "[[ACupAngst I wish I has luscious funbags like these]]" moments with Haruo and/or Aki.
* StreetSmart: Aki, the first of the girls to befriend Haruo, is the most street-smart of the girls and is often teaching CityMouse Haruo about life in the big city.
* SupermodelStrut: A confident strut is a proud tradition of Ginza girls. SFX: B♥♥M BA-DA B♥♥M. But ProudBeauty Aki does this the most often.
* TaremeEyes: Aki, who's something of a HookerWithAHeartOfGold and has no qualms about manipulating her customers into buying her stuff.
* TsurimeEyes: Chinatsu, who gives a more high-class and elegant air than the other hostesses.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Kingoro, Haruo's boyfriend from her hometown, is a struggling baseball player and the fact he's unable to support Haruo is a big source of drama, especially since many rich men are after her.
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