History Main / UmbrellaOfTogetherness

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
** In TheNineties [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] Usagi and Mamoru share an umbrella at least once. Usagi once unduly flips out over Mamoru offering an older lady his umbrella out of kindness at one point.
** This trope is used early in [[Manga/SailorMoon the original manga]], except the umbrella both foreshadowed the two of them becoming a couple ''and'' saved them from a nasty fall.
** In episode 29 of TheNineties anime, Motoki offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him.
** Makoto and Shinozaki also were under his umbrella in her backstory, right after her first love rejected her LoveConfession and ran away from her in shame afterwards. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispells Usagi's squeals about them being in love when asked: she says that [[PlatonicLifePartners their friendship is actually more serious than any love she could have with a boyfriend.]]

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'':
** It has a magical umbrella which makes any two people who share it fall in love. (Is ''any'' item in that series ''not'' magical?).
** A "chapter title" illustration from the manga shows Ryoga and Akari standing happily under Ryoga's umbrella in a deliberate use of the trope.
** One chapter title one had [[LovePotion female-Ranma]] cheerfully whacking Ryouga to the ground with it.
** The "carving one's names on a tree, under an umbrella-shaped symbol" version is used several times, especially by Kuno (to Ranma's annoyance, [[WhenTreesAttack especially when the tree took it seriously]],) but Genma and Nodoka did this too when they were dating.
** 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]].
---> '''Ranma:''' Even rain that's about to freeze from cold is warmer than my heart. November rain, until my tears vanish, don't stop.
* Keiko, a previously [[FlatCharacter flat]] member of Nanami's GirlPosse in the Black Rose StoryArc of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', more or less becomes the MonsterOfTheWeek after Nanami catches Keiko under an umbrella with Touga and reacts by throwing Keiko out of the group. Turns out that Keiko does have a crush on Touga, but Nanami's simply a ClingyJealousGirl with a BigBrotherAttraction. And Mikage uses it against everyone, pushing the lonely and troubled Keiko into becoming a Black Rose duelist.
* Played with in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', where Kunimitsu Tezuka and Shuusuke Fuji share a red umbrella [[SnowMeansLove under the snow]]. They're both guys, but the flashback is seen in the middle of two episodes [[ADayInThELimelight dedicated to their relationship]] ''and'' chock-full of HoYay-tastic ShipTease.

%% * Asa's InstantFanclub in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' is called Ai Ai Asa, playing off the word "aiaigasa" as well as the chant simply meaning "love love Asa".
* In a bonus chapter of ''Manga/VampireKnight'', teenage Juuri Kuran walks home from a human school in the rain even though Haruka showed up at her school with an umbrella. They both end up getting drenched since he shuts his umbrella when it is obvious she is too irritated with him for hiding all the umbrellas in their mansion earlier that day by storming ahead of Haruka in a huff. When Juuri asks why he did such a childish thing after ranting at him for several minutes, he simply replies, "I wanted to share an umbrella with you."
%% * ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' plays it straight.

%% * ''Hakaima Sadamitsu'' has Yayoi/the Vulture using an old sketch in a wooden support beam to reveal her feelings to Sadamitsu. He's not amused when he finds it as the Vulture [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories of their childhood together]] when it possessed her; therefore, he doesn't know what the heck is going on.
* ''Anime/CandyBoy'':
** It has a whole episode devoted to Kanade setting up sharing an umbrella for her and Yukino.
** Yuki is really excited with the idea of sharing an umbrella with Kanade. It's both hilarious and heartwarming.
%% * ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic'' takes this trope to an absurd level--like most anything related to romance.
* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'' has the episode "Holding a Parasol". It ends with a picture of Yumi and Sachiko sharing an umbrella under the sun.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Hayate and Vita share an umbrella under the sun in the [[ComicBookAdaptation supplementary manga]]. And just to further drive up the LesYay of the moment, Hayate gently caresses the blushing Vita while they talk about how it would be wonderful if they could be together always.
** Nanoha and Yuuno walk home together in the snow under an umbrella at the end of ''A's''... and it was the last thing Yuuno would ever do before he was DemotedToExtra.
* Kyouka from ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'' is probably one of the few people to pull off the Umbrella of Togetherness ''indoors''. That's how much she wants to share a romantic moment.
* ''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 moments between them. (It is a Creator/{{CLAMP}} manga after all...)
* In ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'', Makoto, Chiaki, and Kōsuke are all sharing a red umbrella in a flashback. Chiaki loves Makoto, Makoto loves Chiaki, and Kōsuke probably knows that Chiaki loves Mokoto but isn't interested in her himself. [[BittersweetEnding (although she doesn't realize it until it's too late.)]]
* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'':
** Greece and Japan share an umbrella, implying the image of lovers.
** Japan's partner Italy uses the umbrella symbol in a poster, drawing himself and Germany underneath it without really understanding what it means.
%% * Occurs during one of Hosaka's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] in ''Manga/MinamiKe''.

* ''Manga/AliceAcademy'':
** In the ending credits, Hotaru and Mikan share an umbrella implying RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.
** In the manga, Mikan's parents have the umbrella scene in the Special Abilities room. Cue everybody from Special Abilities and some not getting their names added to the umbrella, with Mikan (unknowingly) writing herself as the child of her actual parents.
* Such a scene appeared in ''Manga/MidoriDays'' as not-so-subtle foreshadowing that Midori's feelings would not go unrequited for long.
* In ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', socially inept Nobita and his love interest Shizuka share an umbrella once.
* In one episode of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', Jin's GirlOfTheWeek ends up sharing her umbrella with him when he gets stuck in a heavy downpour without one. And it is implied that he'll come back for her [[spoiler:when her mandatory time on the island has ended]], so there's hope for the "togetherness" part.
* In ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', the umbrella symbol shows up on a chalkboard with Akari and Takaki's names under it. When they see it, Akari looks embarassed while Takaki hastily erases it, implying that some other kids had drawn it.
* ''Anime/FruitsBasket'':
** In the anime, we have a scene where Yuki offers his umbrella to Tohru on the way home from school, much to Kyo's dismay.
** In the manga, Tohru offers her umbrella to Kyo, since (as the Cat) he's utterly miserable in the rain. He gets flustered and angry, [[CanNotSpitItOut and turns her down]].

* Done once in a ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' episode. Miroku's hat had broken and he was left in the rain. Kagome gave Sango her spare umbrella and Sango shared the umbrella with Miroku.
* In the 10th ending credits to {{Naruto}} Shippudden ([[BeachEpisode the beach ending]]), we see at the end that Sakura and Sasuke's names are written under the umbrella symbol... only to be washed away by a passing wave.
* When Hayate of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is kicked out of the Sanzenin mansion for three days, he's left sitting in the falling snow. Hinagiku finds him and shields him with her umbrella while they talk and she even invites him to warm up at her place.
%% * Keichii and Belldandy do this once in ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''.
* Tsuda and Shino from ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' walk home this way once. They're aware that they look like a couple doing that, and so is the school CameraFiend not far behind them.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** [[http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/157/130762148744.jpg Orhime hugging Riruka on the cover of chapter 451]] under an umbrella.
** At the end of the "Everything but the Rain" flashback arc, 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. She is unsurprisingly later confirmed to be Uryuu's MissingMom.
* Non-romantic (or [[ShipTease is 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.
* In ''Anime/SasamiMagicalGirlsClub'', Anri fantasizes about sharing an umbrella with stoic, aloof girl Tsukasa. (Anri has feelings for her, SchoolgirlLesbians style.)

* The intro of ''Anime/OkusamaWaMahouShoujo'' ends with almost but not quite showing Ureshiko (grown-up MagicalGirl and YamatoNadeshiko) and Kagura under one umbrella. Ureshiko grows farther away from her husband, and closer to Kagura.
* Played with in ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' for [[spoiler: Lelouch and Shirley's]] FirstKiss. While going to meet her, he sees her standing in the rain and tries to hold the umbrella over her, but a combination of the shocking thing she tells him plus his surprise when she embraces him causes him to drop the umbrella, so they end up kissing in the rain.
* A romantic scene with an umbrella happens off-screen between Yukari and Kouichi in ''Literature/{{Another}}''. Not that it matters a lot, since said umbrella ends up giving Yukari [[spoiler: an ImpromptuTracheotomy few moments afterwards.]]

* ''[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]'' in ''LightNovel/{{Campione}}'', when Erica snaps her umbrella in half while it was raining so that she has a chance to share an umbrella with her special someone.
* In ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'', a high school student is walking through a park in the rain when he comes across an older woman sheltering under a gazebo. As it's the start of the rainy season, this happens regularly over the next few months. By the time summer happens, they keep hoping for rain so they'll have an excuse to keep meeting each other.
* In ''Manga/{{Sachiare}}'', Sachiko and Tomoharu's height difference makes it difficult for both to keep dry under one umbrella... so he picks her up and carries her. It's adorable.
* Plot point in ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. Mii indicates her love by drawing an umbrella with Kuro's name, but he crosses it out.
* ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'':
** Sakura thought she would share an umbrella with her crush in chapter 17 (animated as the first half of episode 9), but Nozaki is ObliviousToLove, and his attempts to replicate romantic moments as a manga reference just end up with both of them getting wet.
** 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. Neither of them make a big deal out of the romantic implications at the time, but the scene foreshadows [[spoiler: their [[MaybeEverAfter developing relationship]] and Masayoshi's [[WackyMarriageProposal proposal.]]]]
* Episode 2 of ''Anime/OjisanAndMarshmallow'' has Hige-san waiting under a store awning before trying to head in to work. Wakabayashi-san sees him and joins him for some quality time; eventually she decides he won't make a move, reveals she had an umbrella all along, and they walk off together. Both the waiting together and umbrella-sharing are part of an attempted RelationshipUpgrade.
* In ''Anime/HidamariSketch'', Yoshinoya-sensei is stuck due to rain, and the principal -- who seems old enough to be her grandfather -- offers to share an umbrella, since they're going to the same place. Yoshinoya gets extremely flustered when Kuwahara-sensei encounters them and comments on it.
* In a ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' omake, Miza is caught while drawing one with Naki's name. She tries to deny it, but [[ShipperOnDeck Shousei]] pledges his full support for her intentions towards his boss.
* In the "Hunterpedia" chibi segments of Manga/HunterxHunter, there is an Ai Ai Gasa with [[HoYay Gon and Killua's names under it]] drawn on the whiteboard behind them.
* The third episode of ''Anime/KotouraSan'' opens with the graffiti version on a chalkboard after Manabe very forcefully and decisively [[LoveConfession declared that he liked Kotoura]] at the climax of the second episode. He sees it the next day when the two walk into class, and he gets upset... [[SayItWithHearts because his classmates forgot to put hearts all over it]]. His unabashed pride in being openly shipped with the object of his affection had all of the other boys in the class bowing to him with respect.
* This becomes the subject of one of Kaguya and Shirogane's many BattleOfWits in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai''. Both of them have umbrellas, both of them want to share, but neither of them wants to be the one to offer since they view that as a "loss". So they both pretend to not have one and try to prove that the other does.
* Invoked by Tohru in episode 6 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' when she puts away her own umbrella so she can share with Kobayashi.

* 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. Neither of them make a big deal out of the romantic implications at the time, but the scene foreshadows [[spoiler: their [[MaybeEverAfter developing relationship]] and Masayoshi's [[WhackyMarriageProposal proposal.]]]]

* Episode 2 of Anime/OjisanAndMarshmallow has Hige-san waiting under a store awning before trying to head in to work. Wakabayashi-san sees him and joins him for some quality time; eventually she decides he won't make a move, reveals she had an umbrella all along, and they walk off together. Both the waiting together and umbrella-sharing are part of an attempted RelationshipUpgrade.
* In ''/HidamariSketch'', Yoshinoya-sensei is stuck due to rain, and the principal -- who seems old enough to be her grandfather -- offers to share an umbrella, since they're going to the same place. Yoshinoya gets extremely flustered when Kuwahara-sensei encounters them and comments on it.

** Nanoha and Yuuno also walk home together in the snow at the end of ''A's''... and it was pretty much the last thing Yuuno would ever do before he was DemotedToExtra.

* Hayate and Vita of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' share an umbrella under the sun in the [[ComicBookAdaptation supplementary manga]]. And just to further drive up the LesYay of the moment, Hayate gently caresses the blushing Vita while they talk about how it would be wonderful if they could be together always.

* In ''LightNovel/SuzumiyaHaruhi'', Haruhi walks Kyon home with the [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vlcsnap-282742.png school umbrella]]. [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend They insist a little too much that they aren't a couple]].

* The third episode of ''Anime/KotouraSan'' opens with the graffiti version on a chalkboard after Manabe very forcefully and decisively [[LoveDeclaration declared that he liked Kotoura]] at the climax of the second episode. He sees it the next day when the two walk into class, and he gets upset... [[SayItWithHearts because his classmates forgot to put hearts all over it]]. His unabashed pride in being openly shipped with the object of his affection had all of the other boys in the class bowing to him with respect.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' this how Marinette fell in love with Adrien. It was raining heavily, and Adrien hadn't made a good first impression on her. When he gave her his umbrella after explaining that it was a misunderstanding, and, seeing how nice he was.....Through when throw in the Love Square.....
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** In episode 29 of TheNineties anime, Motoki offers an umbrella to Makoto, resulting in her developing a severe crush on him. It's platonic--unless you listen to some fangirls--when Makoto and Shinozaki are under his umbrella, right after her first love breaks her heart. It's so platonic, that Makoto ''herself'' dispells Usagi's squeals about them being in love when asked. She says that [[PlatonicLifePartners their friendship is actually more serious than any love she could have with a boyfriend.]]

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

%% * Occurs during one of Hosaka's [[ImagineSpot daydreams]] in ''Manga/{{Minami-ke}}''.

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* ''ComicStrip/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."

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* Disney's ''Disney/TheRescuers'' has a scene where Miss Bianca and Bernard share an umbrella.

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* At the end of ''Film/{{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]].

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

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* In Japan couples often share an umbrella because it gives them an excuse to get close to each other without making a scene in public.
* In a traditional Japanese wedding, a red umbrella is held over the couple.
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* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', The Mother's yellow umbrella is an arc symbol signifying the love of Ted's life. Narrator -- older Ted -- made it clear that it had played a major role in their first encouter ("you know the short version [of how I met your mother], the one with the yellow umbrella"), and even before because the umrella had got lost. [[spoiler:Ted meets Tracy the Mother at the train station when it's raining. He comes to talk to her and she encourages him to cover under her umbrella with her. It's an example of MeetCute when they playfully argue over whose umbrella it really is.]]

* Used as a nice metaphor in the kdrama ''The Entertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and in heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture of support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.

* Used as a nice metaphor in the kdrama ''The Entertainer''. When the main character, Suk-Ho, briefly sees a therapist to work through guilt issues, he's asked by the therapist to draw himself. He sketches a dark, monochrome drawing of himself standing stoically in pouring rain. The female lead later finds the drawing crumpled up in a drawer and, moved to offer Suk-Ho emotional protection, draws in a gaily colored bright green umbrella. Suk-Ho in turn finds the drawing some time afterward and in heartened by Geu-Rin's gesture support. Eventually the trope becomes literal when Geu-Rin gives Suk-Ho an actual green umbrella, which he cherishes. When they finally start to come together as a couple, there's a moment when Gue-Rin is about to step out into a downpour--only for Suk-Ho to appear, the green umbrella shielding them both from the rain.

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* Disney's ''Disney/TheRescuers'' has a scene where Miss Bianca and Bernard share an umbrella.

* ''RedString'' has Kazuo offering Karen his umbrella [[http://www.redstring.strawberrycomics.com/?p=337 here]]. Karen being (at this point in the plot) [[LoveTriangle the lead girl Miharu's romantic rival]] and Kazuo being the lead guy and fiance of Miharu.

It is a romantic image in media all over the world -- but it doesn't ''quite'' have the iconic "oomph" to Westerners that it does in Japan. The Japanese equivalent of the 'John [arrow through heart] Jane' [[SweetieGraffiti love graffiti]] is drawing the pair's names standing under an umbrella.

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%%* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. John Reese and Harold Finch have done this a couple of times.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. John Reese and Harold Finch [[HoYay have done this a couple of times]].

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