History Manga / PeachGirl

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A sequel, ''Peach Girl NEXT'' (which is set 10 years later), was serialized in ''Be Love'' from 2016 to 2019.

%%* {{Bishonen}}: Jigoro, Toji, Kairi, and Ryo.

A sequel, ''Peach Girl NEXT'', was serialized in ''Be Love'' from 2016 to 2019.

%%* OffModel: In the anime.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Sae is tricked by Kairi into expounding on her WoundedGazelleGambit routine, and how she has repeatedly made Momo look like a monster before the class. Unknown to her, [[spoiler:Touji is right around the corner, and hearing her bragging finally wakes him up, and he, in turn, makes damn sure the class knows who and what Sae really is. The worst part was, they kind of already did, but admitted falling for an act they themselves had been victimized by before--and sadly, would again before all was done]].

* UnfocusedDuringIntimacy: Momo is in a LoveTriangle with Touji and Kairi. In one scene, Touji gives her the ultimatum of choosing between him or Kairi. In the midst of being kissed or about to have sex with Touji, in the anime and manga respectively, her mind goes to Kairi. Touji notices the tears going down her face and comes to the IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy conclusion.

* WhatsHeGotThatIAintGot: Sae builds herself up by bringing other people down and stealing things they want from them such as her friend's boyfriends. When Momo and Toji finally manage to get together Sae is bothered by how happy Momo seems with her non extravagant relationship with him. She tries to fill the hole that her jealousy and insecurities bring her by having her rich boyfriend buy out stores for her. When she is surrounded by all her new items she still isn't satisfied and angrily blurts out "I have way better things than her! Yet why does she (Momo) seem so damn happy all the time?! What does she have that I don't?!" She destroys some of her purchases before thinking that there must be something about Momo being with Touji that makes it seem like she's "winning" over Sae. So Sae then decides to try to steal Toji from Momo.

* WrongGuyFirst: [[spoiler:Momo has a huge crush on Toji who's biggest flaw is being easily susceptible to Sae'shemes and believing most of the MaliciousSlander against Momo, despite constant evidence against it. This destroys their relationship and Momo end up with Kairi, the only guy who consistently saw through Sae and could see Momo for the inexperienced, naiveyoung girl she actually really is.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sae is one of the greatest examples of this trope in all of anime and manga. She uses her innocent looks as a foil to Momos dark skin and bleached hair to her* advantage. She tries to act innocent while trying to undermine Momo and turn people against her.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Happens A LOT due to all the manipulation that occurs.
** It's Toji and Goro for Sae.
** And both Misao, Sae, and even briefly Momo, misjudge Ryo.

* InsidiousRumorMill: One of [[BitchInSheepsClothing Sae's]] specialties. She isolated Momo ''before even meeting her'' by spreading a rumor that Momo was absent from school due to a teen pregnancy. Sae uses this to become Momo's sole [[FalseFriend friend]] and ruin her life by continuously spreading rumors to support the idea [[SlutShaming she's easy]] and keeping Momo from getting together with her crush Toji. When her lies are eventually revealed, the whole school shuns her.

** Momo-Sae-Toji at first.
** Later it's Momo-Toji-Kairi.
** Then briefly Momo-Kairi-Morika, but in reality it's Momo-Kairi-[[spoiler: Misao]].
** And finally there's Sae-Ryo-[[spoiler: Misao]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sae is one of the greatest examples of this trope in all of anime and manga. She uses her innocent looks as a foil to Momos dark skin and bleached hair to her advantage. She tries to act innocent while trying to undermine Momo and turn people against her.

[[DarkSkinnedRedHead Momo Adachi]] has had a crush on Kazuya "Toji" Tojigamori for years, but has kept it a secret on account of a rumor that Toji considered dark skin and blond hair to be a turn-off. Her first time telling someone about this crush is during the course of turning down [[ChivalrousPervert Kairi Okayasu]], unknowingly within earshot of Toji and [[AlphaBitch Sae Kashiwagi]]. Toji confesses his love to Momo, they get together, Sae uses assorted {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry to try to break them up and generally make Momo's life miserable, Kairi consistently proves a SpannerInTheWorks to Sae's schemes, and Momo starts falling for Kairi.

%%* DarkSkinnedBlonde: Momo is this in the manga.
%%* DarkSkinnedRedHead: Momo, as a result of her dedication to the swim team. (At least, in the anime.)

* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: Despite what [[DarkSkinnedBlonde her appearance]] may [[GyaruGirl suggest]], Momo is a NaiveEveryGirl, who has never been on a date because everyone assumes she ReallyGetsAround and every guy that does approach her is only going for what they think will be an easy lay. While she herself pursues the equally dense and naive Toji, it's the ChivalrousPervert and class flirt Kairi that pursues Momo as he's one of the few people who sees her for who she really is. Momo, is not pleased [[spoiler:at first. She ends up [[LastGuyWins picking him over Toji]] by the manga's end]].

* DidntThinkTHisThrough: Sae learns the hard way that when your classmates discover that you've tried to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit on an innocent girl and lie that she's the one bullying you, ''everyone'' will turn against you.

[[DarkSkinnedRedHead Momo Adachi]] has had a crush on Kazuya "Toji" Tojigamori for years, but has kept it a secret on account of a rumor that Toji considered dark skin and blond hair to be a turn-off. Her first time telling someone about this crush was during the course of turning down [[ChivalrousPervert Kairi Okayasu]], unknowingly within earshot of Toji and [[AlphaBitch Sae Kashiwagi]]. Toji confessed his love to Momo, they got together, Sae used assorted {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry to try to break them up and generally make Momo's life miserable, Kairi consistently proves a SpannerInTheWorks to Sae's schemes, and Momo starts falling for Kairi.

%%* BastardBoyfriend:
%%**Ryo
%%** Toji acts like this for [[spoiler: Momo]] due to [[spoiler: Sae's]] blackmail.
* BastardGirlfriend: Sae to Goro, who she leads on in her efforts to undermine Momo. She also ends up manipulating Goro to do a fake AttemptedRape on Momo so she could take pictures and use them as blackmail.

* UnrequitedLove: A constant throughout the series. In fact, it happens to every major character.

%%* WrongGuyFirst: Sort of. More like Best Guy Last.

* HiddenEyes

* HollywoodHomely: In universe. Misao is considered to be this. She's drawn to a bit plainer than Sae or Momo, with large glasses and slightly chubbier face. She's just as pretty however in reality.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: At least twice each for Toji and Kairi.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kairi, going hand in hand with HiddenDepths.
** For thing he is the only person aside from Misao who doesn't fall for Sae's tricks.

* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: Played with. When Sae gets put in danger of it as revenge for her putting Momo in the same situation previously, Momo rescues her as soon as she finds out. [[spoiler:Being rescued for a second time plays it straight, though.]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Momo is bullied by Sae for the majority of the story, though Sae lies to people about this, trying to make it seem like [[WoundedGazelleGambit it's Momo who's bullying her.]] Also, Momo is put down by her classmates and other people for having tan skin and [[strike:bleached]] red hair, because they believe this means she is a [[GyaruGirl kogal]].

And it gets [[LoveDodecahedron even more confusing]] from there.

* ActionGirl: Momo when the situation calls.

* RealityEnsues: Sae learns the hard way that when your classmates discover that you've tried to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit on an innocent girl and lie that she's the one bullying you, ''everyone'' will turn against you.

Written and illustrated by Miwa Ueda, ''Peach Girl'' was first published in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Friend'' magazine from 1997 to 2003 for a total of 72 chapters. The manga was first picked up by Creator/{{Tokyopop}} for an English-language release in North America, but after its shutdown, Kodansha Comics USA acquired the rights to publish it. A TV drama aired in Taiwan in 2001. The anime was produced by Creator/StudioComet and aired in early 2005 on TV Tokyo for 25 episodes; it was licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}} in North America. A live-action film, directed by Koji Shintoku, was released in 2017.

** The anime condenses the manga chapters into 25 episodes.

[[DarkSkinnedRedHead Momo]] has had a crush on Toji for years, but has kept it a secret on account of a rumor that Toji considered dark skin and blond hair to be a turn-off. Her first time telling someone about this crush was during the course of turning down [[ChivalrousPervert Kairi]], unknowingly within earshot of Toji and [[AlphaBitch Sae]]. Toji confessed his love to Momo, they got together, Sae used assorted {{Magnificent Bastard}}ry to try to break them up and generally make Momo's life miserable, Kairi consistently proves a SpannerInTheWorks to Sae's schemes, and Momo starts falling for Kairi.

In 2016, a sequel, ''Peach Girl NEXT'', began serialization in ''Be Love''.

* TheBabyTrap:
Sae believes herself to be pregnant (this is later proved to be psychological) and tries to use this to bind Ryo to her who she loved when he loved Misao instead. When Ryo refuses her and tries to leave with Misao she blurted out that she was pregnant.

* BastardGirlfriend: Sae to Goro, who she leads on in her efforts to undermine Momo. She also ends up manipulating Goro to do a fake AttemptedRape on Momo so she could take pictures and use them as blackmail.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Sae is one of the greatest examples of this trope in all of anime and manga. She uses her innocent looks as a foil to Momos dark skin and bleached hair to her advantage. She tries to act innocent while trying to undermine Momo and turn people against her.

%%* BastardGirlfriend: Sae to Goro.

%%* BitchInSheepsClothing:
%%** Sae is one of the greatest examples of this trope in all of anime and manga.