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''Satou-kun and Tanaka-san - The Blood High School'' is a {{Josei}} manga by Yun Kouga, creator of ''{{Manga/Loveless}}''. Originally a one-shot published in the anthology magazine Arcana under the title ''To Cross the River'', it was picked up for serialization in 2007 and continues the plot from where the one-shot left off.

70 years ago, a vampire named Jedaiah was in love with a woman named Fumiko. She rejected him, choosing to marry Saburou Tanaka instead, and the vampire promised to return someday. Now, Fumiko is an old lady with a granddaughter, Misaki Tanaka. She is a high school girl who is [[IdenticalGrandson a spitting image of her grandmother when she was young]]. Jedaiah, now going by the name Satou, decides to infiltrate Tanaka's high school on a mission to make her grandmother fall in love with him.

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!!Tropes in ''Satou-kun to Tanaka-san'' include:

* BookDumb: Tanaka.
* CuteLittleFangs: Satou [[spoiler:and Akashi Watanabe]].
* CrypticConversation: Satou and Akashi's talk of the "Happy Bird Report" and of [[spoiler:"harvesting" Arisa]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Satou.
* [[spoiler:{{Dhampyr}}: Arisa Watanabe's daughter claims her father is Satou, making her this.]]
* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad: If what Akashi Watanabe says is true, Satou was this for her.]]
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Satou.
* GirlishPigtails: Fumiko wore her hair in long braids in her youth.
* [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Granddaughter]]: Tanaka looks just like Fumiko did years ago. (It bothers Satou, to say the least.)
** Arisa Watanabe's daughter, Akashi, looks just like her.
* {{Joshikousei}}: Tanaka and the other female students.
* LastNameBasis: Practically everyone, since this is Japan and only close friends and relatives call each other by first name. (Tanaka's given name is Misaki, [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle in case you were wondering]]. Satou's (both his original and alias) are unknown.)
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Satou's love for Fumiko.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Such as being cold-blooded, like reptiles.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Satou and Tanaka (depending on the color art).
* [[SadistTeacher Sadist Tutor]]: Suzuki.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Satou thinks that if Tanaka is dumb enough to get possessed by a ghost, it's her fate and won't help her.
* StoicSpectacles: Satou.
* TrueLoveIsBoring: Apparently the mindset of [[spoiler:Satou's ex, Arisa]].
* {{Tsundere}}: ''Satou'', so much.
* VampireVannabe / VampireHunter: Tanaka wants to be a vampire, and she's willing to threaten Satou with bodily harm (in the form of garlic, crosses and silverware) in order to get it. She doesn't genuinely want to hurt Satou, though.
* VegetarianVampire: Satou is only ever seen eating normal things, like watermelon, but they make him sick. (Tanaka claims he must be anorexic.)
* VitriolicBestBuds: Tanaka and Satou's classmates think they're this.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Satou isn't, but supposedly, anyone he bites would be. (First generation vamps are supposed to be stronger.)
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