From left to right: Nanami, Shinichirou, Sunao, Sora, and Matsuri.
Sukisho is a light novel series based off the Sukisho game series.
The series as a whole provides examples of:
- Adaptation Dye-Job: Sunao actually has “brick colored hair” in the games. Ran is originally the only one who has pink.
- Affectionate Nickname: As children, Sora referred to Sunao as "Nao" and Sunao referred to Sora as "Kuu-chan" and they call each other this on occasion. Matsuri addresses Sunao as "Nao-kun" and Shinichiro is called "Onii-chan" by Sora and Sunao.
- All There in the Manual: Numerous artbooks, game guides, novels, audio dramas, and manga have been released for the series. One guide even goes as far as to detail the characters' daily schedules and school report cards.
- Beta Couple: Shinichirou and Nanami.
- Cast Full of Pretty Boys: There are no women in Sukisho! There are only extremely girly men! The school in the fourth game does open it's doors to members of the opposite sex, but until then, women may as well have been extinct in Sukisho. And even then, the few women that show up barely register as background characters.
- The Chessmaster: Matsuri is quite good at this.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Hiromu invokes this on Sora, threatening suicide though he, as a 'ghost' cannot die multiple times until Sora agrees to go along with his dream 'date.'
- Designated Parents: Shinichirou and Nanami, 'natch.
- Duality Motif: Whenever Yoru takes over Sora's body, one of his eyes turns gold while the other remains blue.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Sunao
◊, Ran◊, and Nanami◊. Also, in the games, Hiromu post-time skip - Easy Amnesia: Very much abused by the writers, especially in the games where Gaku and Shiina also get hit with one.
- Flashback Nightmare: Sora has some really bad ones.
- Gratuitous English: "Good morning", "Dinner", and "Doctor" among others.
- Happily Married
- Though most probably not legally married, Shinichirou and Nanami qualify for this trope. They have wedding bands and are pictured in the Sukisho artbook driving in a 'Just Married' car; Shinichirou in tux and Nanami in bridal gown.
- Yoru and Ran in one of the endings of the fourth game... much to Sora and Sunao's shock and dismay◊.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Mainly Shinichirou accusing Nanami of cheating on him with Aizawa or Soushi, though one instance in the games has Nanami accusing Shinichirou of cheating on him with Sora.
- One Head Taller: Every couple.
- Parental Marriage Veto: Inverted with Kitamura opposing his mother's marriage to Hano's father in the anime, while in the games it was Hano who disapproved.
- Punny Name: The main cast's Phantom Thief personas code numbers. For example, Phantom 416 is Shi-Ichi-Roku.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Yoru and Ran.
- Seme: Sora, Yoru, and Shinichiro; though Sora can be an uke in certain relations.
- Those Two Guys: Gaku and Hano fill this role for the most part.
- Tsundere: Sunao is Type A, but Split Personality Ran is Type B.
- Uke: Nearly all of Sora's potential lovers and Sora himself in certain relationships in the game; the anime has Sunao, Ran, and Nanami.
