* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Whether or not Yuki is a bad boyfriend.
* DieForOurShip: Between Ayaka, Noriko, Tohma and Yuki...
* HarsherInHindsight: In an early chapter, Shuichi [[spoiler:gets into a fight with Hiro at school.]] Shuichi goes to Yuki's house to avoid his mother seeing him all beaten up. When Yuki sees him, he jokingly asks if he had been gangbanged in gym class. A few chapters later, [[spoiler:Shuichi actually does get gang raped.]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: American fans of the series seem to quite enjoy K-san, the crazy American manager of Bad Luck who has a habit of carrying guns everywhere and threatening people with them in situations where a stern talking to would probably get the job done.
* MoralEventHorizon: Taki Aizama [[spoiler: beating up and raping Shuichi to get at Yuki.]]
** [[spoiler: During one of his drinking binges, Kitazawa molested a sixteen-year-old Yuki Eiri and hired some local thugs to ''gang-rape'' Eiri while he watched.]]

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