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TeenIdol Tachibana Julia is not thrilled when told she has to look after a newbie... at least, [[LoveAtFirstSight until she gets a look at said newbie, Ran Asakawa]]. She changes her mind ''really'' fast, and so starts the story about [[YuriGenre their love]] and [[HilarityEnsues whatever wacky things happen to them and their friends]].

Written by Hayashiya Shizuru, the author of ''HayateXBlade'', ''StrawberryShakeSweet'' started off as a story in ''YuriShimai'' and eventually ''YuriHime''. As expected of the author of ''HayateXBlade'', the story is chock full of many absolutely hysterical moments and a bunch of quirky characters as well. Definitely a recommended read for anyone who enjoys the [[YuriGenre yuri genre]] and comedy.

Was originally called just ''Strawberry Shake'', but got the ''Sweet'' added for legal reasons when it changed publishers.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AccidentalKiss: Saeki gets one from Julia while trying to stop Julia from stealing a kiss from Ran.
* AccidentalPervert: Saeki. See NotWhatItLooksLike below.
* AffectionateNickName: Ranran.
* AttemptedRape: Played for [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale laughs]] with [[spoiler:Kaoru]]'s fumbling attempt to seduce/force herself onto [[spoiler:Saeki]].
* BattleDiscretionShot: when Julia takes on [[spoiler:Ran's mum]] in chapter 17.
* BehindTheBlack / StealthHiBye: Done often by Ryou and occasionally by Ran. Always lampshaded for laughs.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Saeki hates her job, but she sticks with it. Have to wonder why...
* BelligerentSexualTension: Of sorts, between [[spoiler:Rena and Sera]]. Also, between [[spoiler:Kaoru and Saeki. You may need your [[ShippingGoggles yuri goggles]] to perceive it, though...]]
* BetaCouple: Rena/Sera.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: If you dare to stand between Julia and her love interest, you better bring a lot of spare bones.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: When Ryou is in her performance attire, it can be really hard to tell she's a girl.
* BlandNameProduct: Sera's photo camera.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Ryou likes to draw Julia (and others) into these. Julia occasionally lampshades it.
* BrainlessBeauty / KindheartedSimpleton: Ran really isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. [[TheCutie Not that this makes her any the less adorable]]...
* BridalCarry: when her sempai falls and sprains her ankle, Ran dutifully comes to the rescue... [[http://mangafox.me/manga/strawberry_shake/v01/c001/13.html]]
* ButLiquorIsQuicker: [[spoiler: Julia just wants to loosen up a bit; she's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally not trying to get Ran drunk.]] Same thing with Kaoru: she only wants to share a friendly glass with Saeki...]]
* TheCasanova: Ryou has supposedly bedded ''thousands'' of girls, but she is prone to exaggeration...
* CannotSpitItOut: Julia's structural failure to convey her feelings to Ran makes up for most of the comedy (and drama) of the series.
* CastFullOfGay: To Saeki's chagrin.
* ChattyHairdresser: Kaoru.
* ChristmasCake: Saeki and Kaoru are both around 27 and single. When discussing her friend's relationship with Haruna, Saeki heavily implies that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Kaoru ought to stop fooling around with girls and get herself a husband.]]
* ClosetKey: Ran is this to Julia, who didn't even know what it was like to feel attracted to another person (let alone another ''girl'').
* CovertPervert: Julia, oh so much...
* CrushBlush
* CursedWithAwesome: Ryou likes to complain about being constantly besieged by hordes of raving fangirls.
* DeadpanSnarker: Reki to Ryou
* ElegantGothicLolita: Reki of ZLAY. [[spoiler:Julia and Ran also end up dressed like this when Zlay drag them into their concert.]]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Saeki seems to attract a fair share of unwanted female attention. She's also very popular among the manga's [[YuriFan female fandom]].
* EvilMatriarch: Ohtori Shizuka [[spoiler:who also happens to be Ran's mother.]]
* FacePalm: Saeki does this a lot in response to Julia's antics.
* FanService: Avoided with extreme prejudice, even in Julia's [[HomoeroticDream erotic fantasies]].
* FingerSuckHealing: chapter 4.
* FirstKiss: Finally happens in [[spoiler:chapter 14]]. Partially subverted in that [[spoiler:the readers [[KissingDiscretionShot hardly get to see it]] ]], unlike most first kiss scenes in {{Shoujo}} fiction.
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne / [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling My Yuri Sense Is Tingling]]: Ryou, for hilarious effect.
* {{Gaydar}}: Ryou has one that is so sensitive that apparently she can tell when a "comrade" is born.
* GenreSavvy: Saeki - ironic, given that she's about the only main female cast member who's likely to be straight.
** Ryou's ESP abilities -see the previous two entries- arguably count as GenreSavvy.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Subverted when Julia goes berserk at Ran's mother:
-->'''Saeki:''' Julia, wait...! Restrain yourself! You have to restrain yourself...
-->'''Saeki:''' ...so at least you don't leave any marks...
-->'''Julia:''' Right.
* GirlsLove: Played very straight--no pun intended.
* GratuitousSpanish: Kaoru in the New Year's special; at least in the English [[{{Scanlation}} scanlated]] version.
--> '''Kaoru''': Get naked for me, ''por favor!''
* HairContrastDuo: Julia and Ran.
* HilarityEnsues
* HomoeroticDream
* IdenticalPanelGag
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: [[spoiler: Ran]], practically OncePerEpisode... until [[spoiler: she realizes her own feelings and is afraid of even coming close to Julia.]]
* IfItsYouItsOkay: When Saeki asks Kaoru if her relationship with her young girlfriend is this, Kaoru quite cheerfully [[AvertedTrope shoots it down]].
--> '''Kaoru''': No, it's because she's a girl. I like girls!
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler: Julia]] has short hair in the very last episode. Mainly, this indicates that some time has passed, but [[spoiler: in that time Ran has disappeared, and also Julia has changed somewhat.]]
* ImprobablyFemaleCast: As with most GirlsLove series.
* InVinoVeritas: One glass is enough to [[spoiler: transform the shy, insecure and -up to that point- mostly straight Ran [[http://mangafox.me/manga/strawberry_shake/v01/c006.5/13.html into]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/strawberry_shake/v01/c006.5/14.html this]]]]
* IntertwinedFingers: Julia and Ran doing it in [[spoiler:chapter 15]] symbolizes the next stage of their relationship.
* TheJailBaitWait: Kaoru is careful to point out that she has no intention of "crossing the line" with Haruna as long as the girl is under the legal age of consent (''teasing'' her to no end is a different matter...)
* LargeHam: Ryou of ZLAY is absolutely ''fabulous''.
* LostInTranslation: According to WordOfGod, much of the humor is based on puns or references to Japanese popular culture and media. Western readers who only know the manga from {{Scanlation}} are probably missing out on a lot...
* LovableSexManiac: Kaoru and Ryou
* LoveAtFirstSight: Julia changes her mind about being Ran's senpai ''really'' quickly after seeing her once.
* MaidAndMaiden: Saeki is a kind of mentor/surrogate mother to orphaned Julia. She also plays the part of a strict chaperone for most of the manga.
* MayDecemberRomance: more like April-July, actually, since Haruna is 15 and Kaoru must be around 27.
* {{Meganekko}}: Sera. Saeki has the glasses but definitely not the personality.
* [[MrImagination Mrs Imagination]]: Julia. Holy schlamoly.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Julia as a result of Ran [[{{Moe}} doing something Julia perceives as cute]].
** Lampshaded on these [[spoiler:[[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/strawberry_shake/v02/c015/8.html two]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/strawberry_shake/v02/c015/9.html pages.]]]]
* NoExportForYou: Sadly.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Several, though one in particular was during New Years when Saeki, pissed off at Kaoru's flirtations, ties her up and threatens to throw her out with the trash. Cue Julia and Ran walking in at that very moment and add the fact that both know Kaoru has a thing for Saeki...
* ObliviousToLove: Ran, for a good chunk of the manga.
** Also, Sera Mutsuki.
* OfficeRomance: all over the place.
* OneHeadTaller: Ran and Julia.
** Also, Ryou and Reki.
* OnlySaneMan: The way Saeki sees herself.
* PillowFight: Invoked in chapter 12.
* [[PunchClockVillain Punch Clock]] [[TheAntagonist Antagonist]]: Saeki is constantly blocking Julia's advances towards Ran. However, at first she's under the assumption that Julia is just [[SchoolgirlLesbians going through a phase]], and it doesn't even cross her mind that Ran could reciprocate her feelings; later, she's just doing her job, trying to avoid a scandal that might destroy the two girls' careers; in the end, she's more than happy to quit playing chaperone for them.
* RedStringOfFate: A variant of it, in the cover of the first album [[http://i49.tinypic.com/imuy5k.jpg]]
* SacredFirstKiss: A cause of much angst in chapter 13.
* SchoolgirlLesbians: invoked by Saeki, who keeps insisting that Julia must "grow up" and give up on Ran. Ultimately averted.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Averted! [[spoiler:Even though Shizuka is a famous actress with lots of power and influence, it doesn't stop Julia from putting her in 42 joint locks.]]
* {{Seme}} / {{Uke}}: Although the WordOfGod at the end of the first volume was that the seme and uke roles in Julia/Ran dynamic are not set in stone, [[spoiler:the former]] currently perceives herself as the "passive partner"... much to Saeki's concern.
* SempaiKohai: Julia and Ran, Saeki and Megumu.
* ShoutOut: ZLAY is a parody of the real life Japanese band GLAY.
** And Ran and Julia's names are a reference to RomeoAndJuliet.
** Also, Ran's real name, Ran Ohtori, is the name of a famous {{Takarazuka}} actress. As for her false name, Ran Asakawa... well, just [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar google it and see]].
** In the first chapter, Julia is stopped short of performing the infamous, trademarked [[LupinIII Lupin dive]] on Ran.
** There's also a discreet visual reference to [[HeidiGirlOfTheAlps Heidi, Girl of the Alps]] in the second chapter.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Ran in chapter 11, in one of her most endearing moments.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Julia, most likely. She never shows any interest or attraction towards ''anyone'', male or female, other than Ran.
* {{Slapstick}}: less frequent than in other Hayashiya Shizuru titles such as ''HayateXBlade'', but there are some instances. It usually ends up in a CranialEruption or some other kind of AmusingInjuries.
* SpitTake: Rena, twice within three pages, courtesy of Ran.
* StalkerWithACrush: Ran thinks that there is one after her in one of the subplots; Saeki is convinced Julia is one and is afraid she'll take it too far.
** Also, in the final chapter we learn that [[spoiler:while Ran was supposedly living overseas with her father, she was actually still in Japan and regularly stalking Julia.]]
* TheStoic: When Ran first appears, she gives off this impression due to her rather sleepy look and lack of expression. This changes as the story goes on.
* StrawberryShorthand
* StupidSexyFlanders:
-->'''Julia:''' How can a tall idiot like that manage to look so cute? [[http://mangafox.me/manga/strawberry_shake/v01/c001/6.html]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial / BlatantLies:
-->'''Julia:''' I'm just drinking to soothe my nerves [...] I don't want to get Ranran drunk and take advantage of her.
** (Made worse by the fact that she's ''only talking to herself'')
* SweatDrop
* TeenIdol: Julia, Haruna-chan and eventually Ran.
* TheTalk: With zero clue as to how two women...get intimate, Julia calls up a pro on the subject: Kaoru. [[spoiler: She still doesn't do anything with Ran.]]
* TheirFirstTime: Invoked by Ryou.
* ThisAndThat: Invoked by Julia in chapter 3.
* ThunderShock
* TomBoyAndGirlyGirl: Played with. The short-haired, boyish-looking Ran is the more gentle and feminine one, whereas Julia is an aggressive KickChick.
* {{Tsundere}}: Rena acts this way towards Sera, the one she loves, with emphasis on the tsuntsun side.
** At one point, Julia thinks it may be better to act more cold towards Ran during work and more friendly during free time. All she succeeds in doing is confusing Ran even more.
* TwiceShy
* UnresolvedSexualTension: What the plot revolves around. Chiefly between Julia and Ran, but also between [[spoiler:Rena-chan and Mutsuki.]] Also, played with between [[spoiler:Kaoru and Saeki: since practically the whole cast are gay, it is heavily implied that Saeki might actually be a closet lesbian and that Kaoru's lust for her might not be totally unrequited. This turns out to be a red herring, though.]]
* UnwantedHarem: Things get pretty hot around [[spoiler:Saeki]] in chapter 4. Sadly, it only lasts for that one chapter.
* VisibleSigh
* VisualKei: Zlay.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: Julia spends a good chunk of the first chapter [[http://mangafox.me/manga/strawberry_shake/v01/c001/6.html wondering why it feels so funny around Ran.]] [[spoiler: In the end, Saeki has to spell it out for her.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Never really gets answered, even after they move in together. They're ''trying'', though.
-->'''Julia:''' Ran-Ran! It turns out we do need experience points! Let's try our best to do it tonight!
* WindmillCrusader: Julia tends to blow things out of proportion with her [[MrImagination overactive imagination]], especially during the 'stalker incident'. Since she has a much calmer, not particularly bright character -Ran- as her [[SempaiKohai foil and sidekick]] and she's also [[TheDulcineaEffect blissfully unaware of any flaws in the object of her affections]], this would basically make her a Literature/DonQuixote, with Ran being both her Dulcinea ''and'' Sancho Panza.
* WordSaladTitle
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