Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。— My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected), often abbreviated as Oregairu because of its lengthy title, is a series of Light Novel written by Wataru Watari. It is adapted into an Anime aired during spring of 2013, licensed by Sentai Filmworks under My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFUnote SNAFU means a confused or chaotic state.Our protagonist is a deeply cynical, anti-social second year male high school student named Hachiman Hikigaya who believes that happiness of youth life is a lie and should just die. Concerned by his personality, a guidance counselor at his school forced Hikigaya to join a "Service Club" where he, along with an equally problematic student, Yukino Yukinoshita, must provide help for any troubled schoolmate who requests it. Hilarity Ensues as Hikigaya starts to reshape himself and those around him.The anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. Viewers in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark may watch it legally there.
Oregairu provides examples of these tropes:
Alliterative Name: The three main characters: Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Yui Yuigahama.
Always Someone Better: Take your pick: beauty, academics or sports and Yukino is this to everyone at school. However her sports position is a little nebulous because she has poor stamina in her words.
Annoying Laugh: Yukino and Yui find Hikigaya's laugh unpleasant.
Armor-Piercing Question: In episode 5, Shizuka-sensei tries to talk to Saki about her staying out late. When she tries to mention her parents may be worried, Saki immediately asks her how she would know what a parent knows since she's single. The question hilariously knocks Shizuka-sensei to the ground, and Hachiman jokes that someone should marry her already.
Author Appeal: Repetitive and alliterative names. We have Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Yui Yuigahama for main characters.
And the Author's name? Wataru Watari.
And the opening is sung by Nagi Yanagi. C-C-C-Combo!
Those who doesn't: Yumiko Miura, Komachi Hikigaya, Haruno Yukinoshita. Breaker!
But those are only minor characters in the story. Finish him!
Awesome Mc Cool Name / Meaningful Name: Zaimokuza bases his delusions of being a Samurai around one famous Shogun from Sengoku Period, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, whose surname he shares with. Hachiman's name is not to be taken lightly either since his is the same with The Great Bodhisattva Hachiman.
Beady Eyed Loser: Hachiman has beady eyes in the anime only. Although, in a sense, the loser part of the trope carries through the LN, manga and anime. The trope implies Hachiman is average looking or ugly, but in the LN (so far) his attractiveness is ambiguous.
Bitch-to-Bitch Combat: It's rare to see Yukino and Yumiko in the same place without an air of hostility.
Bookworm: Yukino is usually reading in the club room if left to her own devices.
Hachiman and his Dad are confirmed books worms in Volume 5 of the LN - ask their bookcase.
Yukinoshita knows no restrain in speaking out her opinions. This gets so bad that she makes a big girl (Yumiko) cry.
Hachiman tries to invoke this trope by being mean to Yui at the end of episode 5, then explaining that he would rather be alone than be fooled by a nice girl like her, who is polite to him and everyone else, since he doesn't want to get his hopes up. Tears well up in her eyes, she calls him a jerk, and ends up running away.
Broken Ace / Broken Bird: Yukinoshita, though it's debatable if her troubles were actually a trauma.
Call to Adventure: Hachiman is forced to leave his solitude or the known world and forced to interact with others or to explore the unknown world. Although unlike most who have this trope, he has strong opinions about said unknown world.
Chekhov's Gunman: This trope applies to Tobe and Ebina especially. Who would have guessed from the early episodes that they'd the main focus later in the series?
Dismotivation: fits Hachiman to a T. Among the usual reasons, like not wanting to be hurt again, he has an uncommon but somewhat logical argument. Hachiman, after being accused by Yukino of running away because of his dismotivation, makes his point of view clear (manga chapter 1):
"We only change to avoid the current situation. The true meaning of not running away is planting your feet firmly in the ground and doing the best you can with your present. Who's running away now? Why can't you just accept who you are and were?"
He Is Not My Boyfriend: Yukino says this to her sister in episode 6 when the latter assumes the former is dating Hachiman when they're spotted together at the mall.
High School: It's the setting where a good fraction of the events happen.
Hachiman: "Is that greeting suddenly trending or something? It sounds stupid, so stop it!"
[Saika arrives and uses the same greeting]
Hachiman: "My God, that's cute! We should start a trend with that."
Idiot Hair: Hachiman has the hair only in the manga and anime. He doesn't have the indicated traits. In the anime the cowlick is serves as expressive hair.
He eventually also gets one in the illustrations in the later volumes of the light novel.
If It's You, It's Okay: Hachiman doesn't like it when the girls doing cutesy acts, but he's completely okay if Saika is the one doing them.
Indifferent Beauty: Yukino makes it clear while criticizing Hachiman's argument for his own self worth(LN).
Yukino: "Simply put, deriving self-confidence from the superficial, such as your grades or your looks, isn't flattering at all."
Innocent Fanservice Girl: Komachi, Hachiman's younger sister, does not mind being seen by him in her underwear.
Nice Guy: Hayama Hayato. So much so that Hachiman thinks there's something wrong with him.
This trope is also lightly Deconstructed and Lampshaded. Hayato being nice to everyone causes a friction between his friends who all want to be in the same group with him in a school trip.
The Nicknamer: Yui, who notably starts calling Yukino Yukinon a day after they first meet. She also calls Hachiman Hikki despite being a classmate (a fact he isn't even aware of) is the only relationship he previously had with her.
Not A Date: A (rather complicated)mix between Type 1 and Type 3. Both Hachiman and Yukino's original intention was to go shopping for Yui's birthday presents together, but Hachiman takes his little sister along with them for help, who then decides to play a good wingman and leave them alone. To make things worse, they encounter Yukino's sister and Yui, who both immediately think they're couple on a date. Misunderstandings ensue.
Not So Different: Komachi tries to tell Saki about not wanting to be a burden on their siblings in episode 5, as Saki's brother feels like he's burdening her by having her work at night to help pay for his tuition.
One Dialogue, Two Conversations: In the end of the sixth episode, Yukino and Yui. Yui thinks Yukino is about to announce she and Hachiman are going out, while Yukino simply wants to congratulate Yui with her birthday. Luckily, Hachiman is savvy enough to detect it and clear the misunderstanding.
Opening Monologue: Hachiman gives one at the start of the series on the topic of "youth" rather than the setting.
He opens episode 2 with a monologue as well.
Opposites Attract: Inverted. Yukino says she doesn't like Hachiman, for one, because his ideals are opposite to hers.
Popular Is Dumb: Yumiko. She seems popular in class 2-F and she didn't understand, luckily perhaps, much of Yukinoshita's initial rant. It may be subverted in the future for her friends.
Running Gag: With the exception of Yui, not a single classmate remembers Hachiman. Ever.
School's Most Beautiful Girl: Likely Yukinoshita. In the LN chapter 1, Hachiman describes her as having "unparalleled looks" and "the school's number 1 beauty." Although in the anime episode 2, Yui describes Yukino as "really cool" but Yumiko as "gorgeous." But Yui has a reason to lie in that situation. Well at least to Hachiman it's true - much to his annoyance.
"Silly Me" Gesture: Komachi likes to do this, much to her brother's annoyance. Hachiman also tries to do this once in front of Hiratsuka-sensei with predictable result.
Shipper on Deck: When Hachiman and Yukino run into the latter's sister at the mall in episode 6, she understandably thinks the two are out on a date. She seems okay with him dating Yukino, despite the two character's objection.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Likely applies to Yui. According to the Other Wiki, Hachiman saved Yui's dog from a car accident that had him in hospital for 3 weeks.
Sliding Scale of Beauty: Yukino is likely a world class beauty. Because she is described as a "peerless beauty" and according to her the majority of males were infatuated with her, from her looks alone, in the past.
Yui is likely a common beauty. Because she and Yukino have similar facial features but no one has commented on her appearance so far.
If the Hikigaya siblings are right; Hachiman is pretty good looking. He would fall under imperfect beauty. Because his "fish eyes" and "gross disposition" counteract his similar when neutral facial features, bar his eyes, to Hayoto Hayama who is probably at least a common beauty. If they're wrong, Hachiman probably is Flawed Average on the scale.
Smug Smiler: Yukino sometimes does this. So far, the victims are Hachiman and her bullies of the past and present.
Tempting Fate: In episode 6, while Hachiman and Yukino are shopping for a gift for Yui, he mentions that them being seen together could lead to lots of rumors. Yukino says that as long as no one they know sees them together, they should be fine. Then they run into Yukino's sister, and moments later, Yui, both of whom assume the two are dating.
This Is a Work of Fiction: In the anime, when Hachiman starts explaining a rather (or very) biased and subjective viewpoint, a disclaimer would appear on screen, citing that "This is his personal opinion."
Two Girls and a Guy: The trope is played in a uncommon way because the guy is the protagonist. On the romance side of things, one girl is interested in the guy. The other girl's interest is somewhere between ambiguous and non-existent depending on who you ask. Although the guy finds both physically attractive, he doesn't want a relationship with either.
Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: A cause of the chemistry between Hachiman and Yukino. Although compared to the average person, it's debatable if Hachiman is a loser. Still compared to Yukino this trope is likely. Yukino is described as incredibly beautiful, a strong first academically and, in Hachiman's words (LN), the "epitome of nobility". On the other hand, Hachiman is described as having an unpleasantappearance, academically variable at best and socially awkward.
What Is This Feeling?: Hachiman once, so far, wished to befriend Yukino. There is a good chance he hadn't wanted anyone specific to be his friend for years. However his feelings were promptly crushed - courtesy of Yukino.
Viewers in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark may watch it legally there.
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