Kotarou Higuchi, a Cute Shotaro Boy and classical Ordinary Grade School Student suffering from Parental Abandonment, suddenly finds himself glomped by his new Verbal Tic -afflicted DitzyGenki Girl neighbor, a girl named Misha. She assures him that she is an angel in training and she is on Earth to take care of him. She then proceeds to demonstrate it enrolling in his same school (although since she is seemingly older and assigned to the High School section, she still escapes to the elementary wing to watch over Kotarou), following and glomping him at the minor chance and often without excuse, for amusement of Kotarou's best friend Takashi Ayanokouji (aka Ten-chan). This is to the great annoyance of Koboshi Uematsu, a girl who has a crush on Kotarou, who immediately sees Misha as a rival.Complications (and hilarity) ensues when, after Kotarou discovers that Misha is really an angel, a demon apprentice named Shia arrives in town. But, while Misha is just inefficient as an angel, Shia is absolutely awfulas a demon, since she is anemic, sweet, considerate, and a perfect housewife. Then, when Misha and Shia move in together, even with both girls being aware of each other identity and alignment, it doesn't take long to predict that things are not going to end well.This series is incredibly sweet and light-hearted, even with the dark past of almost all the cast. The original manga of this series was drawn by Koge-Donbo, the mangaka who designed Di Gi Charat, so expect the same kind of Moe Moe character design.This series provides examples of:
The Ace: Ten-chan. He consistently has the highest marks in class, is good at sports, and a lot of girls have crushes on him due to his good looks, not to mention his energetic and friendly personality. However, he reveals that he actually works very hard to achieve such high marks.
This troper found the manga's ending to be meaningful and empowering. Kotarou is separated from Misha, but does so on his own terms and finally gains the strength to start living his own life. He doesn't get the girl but he becomes a better person than he was at the start of the series, and that's better.
Blessed with Suck: Kotaroh's ability to see the supernatural and predict death.
But Now I Must Go: More like But Now You Must Go, when in the manga Kotarou asks Misha to use her magic to take away his ability to see the supernatural, meaning they won't be able to see each other anymore.
Cats are Mean: Nya, a ranking demon, spends most of the series (in the anime, the entire series) in the body of a black cat.
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Misha (angel apprentice) wears a black dress and (demon apprentice) Shia's devilish outfit is mosty white, but when we see (full angel) Sasha's impolute white dress a possible explanation is both Heaven and Hell dress their younger members with the colors of the "Other Side".
Also a subverion in the manga, Misha is forced to wear black as punishment for supposedly driving someone to suicide. Shia's apparently just so non-evil that she likes wearing white.
Fate Worse than Death: Failure to pass the angel or demon exams will result in Misha or Shia to be deleted from existence and all memories of them expunged.
First Girl Wins: Manga-only, subverted; Kotaru knew Koboshi first, but Misha is introduced to the readers first.
The Glomp: Misha is very quick to do it to Kotarou. Heck, the title is a contraction of Pittari Tenshi, or Clinging Angel!
Half-Human Hybrid: Kotaroh and the first Shino are half-demon. Kotarou and Shino are descended from the first Shino and as such are about one-eighth demon.
Invisible to Normals: All supernatural beings. Misha and Shia can be seen because they have fallen to a level that low, and others can only be seen by Kotarou and Shino due to their demon heritage.
Kawaiiko: Koboshi and Kaoru try to be ones, with varying degrees of success. Misha is genuinely one, and is perceived as annoying by the above mentioned.
Anime episode 18 has a scene where Misha's leaning over to look out the window Koboshi's next to, resulting in near-Marshmallow Hell for Koboshi. Koboshi's trying to push Misha away, but the way it's animated makes it look like Koboshi's copping a feel.
Likes Older Women: Ten-chan and his infatuation with Shia, who may or may not be Really 700 Years Old, but is significatively older than him in any case.
Living With The Villain: Deliciously lampshaded and subverted, since Misha and Shia don't see each other as enemies, even if as a race, they must... but again, both are the most ineffective members of their respective groups, so...
Missing Episode: A side story where Kotarou has a crush on a girl in his study class. The only indication that this side story exists is that it was mentioned by Koge-Donbo in the Writer's Talk afterword of the Pita-Ten Official Fan Book Vol. 3.
Sexy Santa Dress: Misha's outfit in one piece of Side Story Bonus Art (the Pita-Ten 2001 School Calendar's December illustration, also included in the Pita-Ten Artbook).
Translation Convention: To differentiate the main character 湖太郎 (Kotarou) from his ancestor 小太郎 (also Kotarou), the second is spelled Kotaroh in Tokyopop's translation.
The Verse: Pita-Ten shares a universe with Koge-Donbo's one-volume manga Yoki Koto Kiku. Shima, along with Nya (apparently as a normal cat), appears in chapters five and six of Yoki Koto Kiku.
Weight Woe: Koboshi gets this in one episode in an attempt to be more feminine.
What Have I Become?: Shima/Shia finally decides to leave for the demon world when she nearly kills her own son to take his life force.
The White Prince: Hiroshi and Ten-chan are a parody and a Lampshade Hanging of this: Ten has the looks and part of the attitude, while Hiroshi just has the financial power.
The novel stories How to Make Friends, How to Laugh It Up in Heaven, How to Meet People in the Human World and How to Defeat Your Rivals (all included in the first light novel, How to Spend a Day Slightly in the Past).
The manga chapters How to Peek Upon an Unknown Time Part 1, How to Peek Into an Unknown Time: Part 2, How to Find What You're Looking For: Part 2, How to Find What You're Looking For: Part 3 and How to Find What You're Looking For: Part 4.
Winged Humanoid: Misha and her sister Sasha, both being angels.
Wrecked Weapon: The top of Shia's staff gets broken during the Hot Springs Episode. In the manga she keeps it anyway; in the anime it isn't seen again.
You Are Too Late: A more tragic version in the manga: Shia finally regains her memories of her time as Shima, and her promise to return to Taro, only to find that he has already died.
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