History Main / UmbrellaOfTogetherness

** Local {{Bifauxnen}} Kashima [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer flirts with the girls]] this way in the same chapter--and ends up completely surrounded by a 360 degree shell of umbrellas. * In episode 2 of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'', Masayoshi sees Goto walking in the rain. He gets out of the Taxi to join him, and they share Goto's umbrella. This scene introduces the "umbrella theft" theme of the episode, and foreshadows [[spoiler: their [[MaybeEverAfter developing relationship]] and Masayoshi's proposal]]

** Local {{Bifauxnen}} Kashima [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer flirts with the girls]] this way in the same chapter--and ends up completely surrounded by a 360 degree shell of umbrellas.
%% * Masayoshi and Goto share an umbrella in episode 2 of ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco''.

* Played with in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', where Kunimitsu Tezuka and Shuusuke Fuji ([[HoYay who are both male]]) [[ShipTease share a red umbrella]] [[SnowMeansLove under the snow]].

* ''Manga/XxxHolic'' has a situation where Watanuki doesn't want to walk under one with Doumeki (whom he's an UnknownRival of) because they're both guys and he has this trope in mind. This is just one of many HoYay moments between them. (It is a Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga after all...)

* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is]] [[HoYay it]]?) example: ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a flashback with {{Berserker}} Shizuo Heiwajima standing in the rain by the jail after being set up for a crime, feeling and looking completely alone. Off screen, we hear a voice calling his name. It's a very close friend he lost contact with, who then holds his umbrella up over Shizuo's head as they walk off together. This is the anime version of Tom Tanaka's defining character moment, as he's been there for Shizuo ever since.

* [[HoYay Masayoshi and Goto]] share an umbrella in episode 2 of Anime/SamuraiFlamenco

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}: [[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' has Kanji getting flustered over the idea of doing this with [[spoiler: Naoto]]. Just to their right, Yu and Yosuke [[HoYay don't seem to have a problem with it]].

* ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakiKun'':

* French folk singer Music/GeorgesBrassens had a song called "Un P'tit Coin d'Parapluie" ("a little piece of umbrella") about a boy who shares his umbrella with a girl, and whose chorus went: "A little piece of umbrella/For a piece of heaven/She sure looked like an angel".

* ''{{Foxtrot}}'' features a strip were Denise is muttering and cursing until it starts to rain, to which she squeals with delight. Peter comments on their newfound closeness; "Wow, good thing you brought this umbrella."

* [[http://www.dotchan.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=1519&mode=search This]] bit of ''RanmaOneHalf'' picture {{Shipping}} Ranma and Akane has the drawn version of the Together Umbrella (as the protagonists themselves [[IntertwinedFingers hold hands]]).

* ''Anime/GakuenAlice'':

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' frequently made use of this trope. Comically so, on occasion--Mulder (David Duchovny) has quite a bit of height on Scully (Gillian Anderson). Definite ShipTease.

* At the end of ''The Art of War'' (2000) the protagonists walk off arm in arm after faking their deaths and moving to a small French village. The romance of the scene is subverted when [[SinisterSurveillance an unknown man is shown taking their photograph]].

* At the ending of ''The Art of War'' (2000) the protagonists walk off arm in arm after faking their deaths and moving to a small French village. The romance of the scene is subverted when [[TheEndOrIsIt an unknown man is shown taking their photograph]].

* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart break in ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' when he offers to walk Anne home in the rain with his umbrella, and the for-once-oblivious heroine innocently says she already has an escort, which is her distant cousin Mr Elliot, her fathe's heir. What's worse, the ladies in Captain Wentworth's company immediately start gossiping about Anne and Mr Elliot as a soon-to-be-engaged couple.

* You can actually ''hear'' Captain Wentworth's heart break in ''Literature/{{Persuasion}}'' when he offers to walk Anne home in the rain with his umbrella, and the for-once-oblivious heroine innocently says she already has an escort! What's worse, the ladies in Capain Wentworth's company immediately start gossiping about Anne and Mr Elliot as a soon-to-be-engaged couple.

The power of this image in Japan stems from a time in Japan when it was considered inappropriate for a woman to be seen with a man in public that was not a family member. The one exception to this rule was, on a rainy day, a man could offer his umbrella to a woman who did not have one herself.

The origin of this imagery stems from a time in Japan when it was considered inappropriate for a woman to be seen with a man in public that was not a family member. The one exception to this rule was, on a rainy day, a man could offer his umbrella to a woman who did not have one herself.

* During the Momoyo Route of ''VisualNovel/Majikoi'', Yamato takes Momoyo out for a date in a bid to win her love. When it starts to rain, you have the option of buying one or two umbrellas. If you chose one, this trope ensues.

** At the end of the "Everything but the Rain" flashback arc, [[spoiler: Ryuuken walks out into the GrayRainOfDepression, [[HeroicBSOD fully intending]] never to return home again. His NinjaMaid Kanae, who has been {{ShipTease}}d with him throughout the arc, [[YouAreNotAlone coaxes him to come back with her]]. Under the umbrella she's holding. After that, no one was very surprised when they were [[TheyDo confirmed to marry later]] and have be the parents of Uryuu Ishida.]]

* In VisualNovel/TrueLoveJunaiMonogatari, at some point the PlayerCharacter will find himself without an umbrella in a suddenly rainy day. Two girls will make offers to walk him home with an umbrella: the first is [[spoiler: his childhood friend Mikae]] and the other is [[spoiler: GoodBadGirl Mayumi]]. The PC can only choose one of them, though.

* In ''VisualNovel/TrueloveJunaiMonogatari'', during a rainy day the MC gets an offer to enact the trope from [[spoiler: PatientChildhoodLoveInterest Mikae]]. If he refuses, he'll get another from [[spoiler: GoodBadGirl Mayumi]].

* Sakura thought this would happen in chapter 17 of ''Manga/GekkanShoujoNozakiKun'' (animated as the first half of episode 9), but of course Nozaki is ObliviousToLove, and his attempts to replicate romantic moments as a manga reference just end up with both of them getting wet. On the other hand, local {{Bifauxnen}} Kashima [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer flirts with the girls]] this way in the same chapter--and ends up completely surrounded by a 360 degree shell of umbrellas.

Compare ParasolOfPrettiness, OldFashionedRowboatDate.

* A ''platonic'' Umbrella of Togetherness (according to [[{{Shipping}} most]]) is conjured by Tris for her and Sandry in the ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' series.

** The song "November Rain" from one of the albums is about a rather sad, subverted version of this trope. The entire reason why Ranma is singing the song is because he's heartbroken over his fiancee, Akane, ditching him under the umbrella they were sharing with each other. Since him hurting her feelings was what caused her to leave, he laments throughout the song over how [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he just can't seem to be tender with her]].

** The song "November Rain" from one of the albums is about a rather sad, subverted version of this trope. The entire reason why Ranma is singing the song is because he's heartbroken over his fiancée, Akane, ditching him under the umbrella they were sharing with each other. Since him hurting her feelings was what caused her to leave, he laments throughout the song over how [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he just can't seem to be tender with her]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'': Have you noticed how the kanji for "rain" [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4473 resembles an Umbrella of Togetherness]]?

* Done once in a ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' episode. Miroku's hat had broken and he was left in the rain. Kagomi gave Sango her spare umbrella and Sango shared the umbrella with Miroku.