Kakeru Daichi, sixteen years old. Collector of rare cans. Considering the first two things, no wonder he's never had a girlfriend. That is, until he finds a can of melon soda he purchased transforms into a girl. She is an Akikan, one of the few that have begun to appear recently. A strange take on the Magical Girlfriend genre, but with all the same craziness. The rest of the cast is quirky, including the government officials researching the case and Kakeru's classmates.Based on a series of Light Novels. Compare with Inukami!.
Provides Examples Of:
Above the Influence — Even Kakeru is moral enough to not give into Najimi's drunken demands.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! — Yell proves herself to be easily distracted by tiny moving objects (a feather held by Kakeru) and large moving objects (see Gainaxing below).
Butt Monkey — Goro Amaji, Kakeru's friend. He makes his first appearance by fading in as if he were invisible. It gets worse, since nobody can remember who he is. At all.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Melon, who got upset that Kakeru would "drink" another brand of juice. She also beats him up at the end of episode 12 when he tries to take on another Akikan.
Najimi in episode 5 and at the end of episode 12.
Both Yell and Melon don't seem too happy when Najimi and Kakeru seem to be getting close to each other during their date at the water park in episode 8. Yell even tries to disrupt/break down the ferris wheel before Melon stops her.
Yurika towards Najimi anytime she thinks Kakeru makes her cry, or is getting too friendly with her.
Combined Energy Attack — Melon, Yell and Budoko combine their powers to take down the strongest Akikan in one shot.
Conservation of Ninjutsu — In the final battle, the three main Akikan take out dozens of fake Akikan with little trouble.
Covert Pervert — Najimi's mind goes to some dirty places when Kakeru is involved. With the smiling and the laughter and the blushing...
Day in the Life — Episode ten, which focuses on the three Akikan girls at home alone with the human cast either being reduced to cameos or not appearing at all.
Declaration of Protection — When Najimi tells Melon about her backstory with Kakeru where 2 years before the show started, he saved her from some thugs by wrestling the gun away from them, and then shooting and wounding them. It caused a lot of controversy in the city he lived in however, so he was forced to move to a new place.
And then there's putting a straw into Melon's soda can....
Double Standard: Abuse—Female on Male — Kakeru usually deserves any attacks he receives from the female cast, with the possible exception in episode 5 with Yell's attack on him.
Kissing Under the Influence — Najimi, tipsy, orders a sports drink that turns out to be an Akikan. Akikan can only be female, which leaves her shocked. Yell, however, sees it as no big deal.
Large Ham — Kakeru tends to ham it up when he's thinking about perverted things.
Likes Older Women — Kakeru starts coming onto Kizaki (she's also their teacher).
Moe Anthropomorphism — It's a series about soda can girls, this trope is out in full force.
Mood Whiplash — Episode 5 starts out pretty innocent enough, then after Kakeru cancels his date with Najimi, she accidentally catches a glimpse of them going to a baseball game. In the heat of the moment, orders Yell to punish him. Yell responds by giving Kakeru a pretty deep cut to his stomach, which bleeds pretty severely.
Mundane Utility — Yell using her Isotonic Sword for household chores like remove trading stamps from empty bags of chips or cutting vegetables.
Naked First Impression — When Melon first appears, Kakeru is wearing nothing but a towel. He remains this way until the commercial break.
Yandere — Najimi falls into this trope briefly, ordering Yell to "punish" Kakeru after accidentally seeing them attending a baseball game together in episode 5. Yell manages to strike a pretty deep cut into Kakeru before being stopped.
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