History Manga / AKB49RenaiKinshiJourei

* AccidentalPervert: Minoru, in the first chapter, to the senbatsu member, no less. After he becomes Minori and is walking in on the kenkyuusei girls changing, he makes a point to not look and goes to change in the bathroom.

* ADayInTheLimelight: A few chapters focuses on the main senbatsu members, and their [[CoolBigSis interactions]] with the kenkyuusei girls.

* {{Baka}}: How Maeda refers to Minori when she's talking to Maya.

* BigDamnHeroes: Minoru has performed a few. Saving a Okabe in a DateRapeAverted situation, saving Team K from a pair of inescrupulous {{Paparazzi}}, kicking down a locked door to save Maeda...

* CareerEndingInjury: It is hinted on the flashbacks that Minoru was a Baseball player until an elbow injury left him unable to play anymore and turned him apathetic to his life, mentioning that "Having dreams is pointless."

* [[GrillingTheNewbie Grilling the Newbies]]: The senbatsu members do this to the new kenkyuusei the first time they meet on the [=AKB=] theather.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The reason why Minoru had continued with his cross-dressing is because he had realised the importance of "Minori" as a pillar of support to Hiroko.
* IdolSinger: The [=AKB48=] is essentially a group of idol singers, complete with ContractualPurity.[[note]] This particular clause is well-known, which led it to be adopted as the sub-title.[[/note]]

* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Minori's HoldingTheFloor moment starts as a sequence of [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame Puns]] then turns into this after the other girls join her in the stage.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Invoked by Minori during her HoldingTheFloor moment.

* IdolSinger: The [=AKB48=] is essentially a group of idol singers, complete with ContractualPurity.[[hottip:*: This particular clause is well-known, which led it to be adopted as the sub-title.]]

* ImpossibleTask: Producer Akimoto is fond of giving the kenkyuusei (especially Minoru) extremely difficult tasks to force them to improve themselves; the most notable being the "Day X" performance, where the kenkyuusei are required to attract a full house (250 people) in the AKB Theatre with a ticket price of 10000 yen per seat within two months, failing which they would be disbanded.[[hottip:*:For comparison, performances of regular members have ticket prices of 3000 yen each.]]

* PunnyName: The group &Jewel has one. Going by the pronunciation in the manga "エンジェル"[[hottip:*:En-je-ru]], it seems to be XtremeKoolLetterz for "Angel".

* TheMessiah: Sort of. The first pages of the first chapter announces the Idol who transformed [=AKB48=] from national to world stars.

* BlandNameProduct: Played straight with references to [[{{Google}} Coogle]] and [[NicoNicoDouga Nuco Nuco Douga]]; averted with Website/YouTube and a straight up [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] cosplay.

* TheThreeFacesOfEve: The trio from the GJ subunit. Minori as the Child, Hiroko as the Wife and Ai as the Seductress, though they tend to change positions from time to time.

* Portmanteau: Haruko refers to Maeda Atsuko as "[=MaeAtsu=]"

* PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse, it seems that Oshima Yuuko and the other senbatsu members refers to Takamina's crush on Minori as "TakaMino".

* LoopholeAbuse: Minori couldn't win against &Jewel during the [[ShowWithinAShow Hell Bath Time Attack]] because Haruka would get fired if she did, but no one said anything about not standing out more than the winner.

* WigDressAccent: Minoru's disguise relies simply on a blond wig, a change in dress, and a heightened voice.

* GrinOfAudacity: Minori when she founds out that Okabe's and Yoshinaga's mics weren't working.

* OhCrap: Maya during the GJ arc. Every single time the GJ girls are doing (or about to do) something out of her expectations.

* FirstNameBasis: Hiroko allowed "Minori" to call her by that in Chapter 15, marking the strong friendship between them

Urayama Minoru, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, is disillusioned and apathetic towards his current life and future prospects. His crush, Yoshinaga Hiroko, is however secretly aspiring to become an IdolSinger. When Minoru found out that Hiroko is making a final attempt to pass the audition for the famous idol group [[Music/{{AKB48}} AKB48]], he decided to support her dream at all costs, even if it meant [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]] to participate in the same audition and watch over her from the back. A heated outburst in the audition caught the attention of the group's producer and both Hiroko and Minoru - who assumed the name "Urakawa Minori" - unexpectedly passed the audition and became trainee members, or kenkyuusei, of [=AKB48=]. Now Minoru must not only protect Hiroko's dream, but also his true identity as well as he plunges unwittingly into the entertainment world.

* BlandNameProduct: Played straight with references to [[{{Google}} Coogle]] and [[NicoNicoDouga Nuco Nuco Douga]]; averted with {{Youtube}} and a straight up [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] cosplay.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kisaki is actually the director of Queen Records which manages Minoru, Hiroko and Okabe and, according to producer Akimoto, the "[[OldMaster old master]] of the entertainment world", but likes to appear as a [[DirtyOldMan perverted]] janitor.

* RecursiveCrossdressing: Minoru claims that he is working part-time in a male cross-dressing café to throw off [=AKB48=] Team B member [[GenreSavvy Watanabe]] [[OtakuSurrogate Mayu]]'s suspicions on his true gender. Thankfully for him, it works.

* ApatheticTeacher: Okudaira-sensei, a classic literature teacher in Minoru's school was on the verge of becoming one until he caught a glimpse of a kenkyuusei performance and became [[MusicForCourage touched by their determination]], especially that of "Minori" who had persisted in continuing the performance even after being injured on an accident on-stage. His subsequent devotion towards supporting the kenkyuusei's determination makes him [[CoolTeacher rather cool]] after all.

* {{Bishounen}}: Kijima Taichi, the manager for [[spoiler: Minoru, Hiroko and Okabe]] later in the series, is one. He even appears with BishieSparkle.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Kisaki is actually the director of Queen Records [[spoiler: which manages Minoru, Hiroko and Okabe]] and, according to producer Akimoto, the "[[OldMaster old master]] of the entertainment world", but likes to appear as a [[DirtyOldMan perverted]] janitor.

* TownGirls: Okabe, Hiroko and Minoru[[spoiler: eventually formed a stand-alone unit under [=AKB48=] called "Gekoku Jou" with Kijima as their manager.]]

** [[spoiler: Maya and the &Jewel group seem to be a straight example.]]

Urayama Minoru, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, is disillusioned and apathetic towards his current life and future prospects. His crush, Yoshinaga Hiroko, is however secretly aspiring to become an IdolSinger. When Minoru found out that Hiroko is making a final attempt to pass the audition for the famous idol group [[{{AKB48}} AKB48]], he decided to support her dream at all costs, even if it meant [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]] to participate in the same audition and watch over her from the back. A heated outburst in the audition caught the attention of the group's producer and both Hiroko and Minoru - who assumed the name "Urakawa Minori" - unexpectedly passed the audition and became trainee members, or kenkyuusei, of [=AKB48=]. Now Minoru must not only protect Hiroko's dream, but also his true identity as well as he plunges unwittingly into the entertainment world.

* TheAce: Maeda Atsuko, a lead member in [=AKB48=] Team A, is often described as one; among the kenkyuusei Okabe Ai can be counted as one, being naturally talented in both singing and dancing.

* GeniusDitz: Kijima is really TheKlutz is not for the fact that he is very sincere about his work and knows what is the best for his clients.
* GrudgingThankYou: Okabe to Minoru after the latter saved her from a [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfired sabotage]]. Marks the beginning of her CharacterDevelopment.

* NotADate: Minoru was invited to a few one-to-one meetings by various regular [=AKB48=] members, which would appear as dates if not for the fact that they are unaware of Minoru's true identity and simply treat those meetings as between friends or senior and junior. [[spoiler: Except for Maeda, who knew about him being male but would still meet up with him as a way to mentor him about the way of an idol singer.]]

* RunningGag: Takahashi Minami, the captain of [=AKB48=], getting extremely flustered whenever she interacts with "Minori".

** [[spoiler: Maya and the &Jewel team seem to be a straight example.]]

* RunningGag: Takahashi Minami, the leader of [=AKB48=], getting extremely flustered whenever she interacts with "Minori".

Urayama Minoru, an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, is disillusioned and apathetic towards his current life and future prospects. His crush, Yoshinaga Hiroko, is however secretly aspiring to become an IdolSinger. When Minoru found out that Hiroko is making a final attempt to pass the audition for the famous idol group [[{{AKB48}} AKB48]], he decided to support her dream at all costs, even if it meant [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]] to participate in the same audition and watch over her from the back. A heated outburst in the audition caught the attention of the group's producer and both Hiroko and Minoru - who assumed the name "Minori Urakawa" - unexpectedly passed the audition and became trainee members, or kenkyuusei, of [=AKB48=]. Now Minoru must not only protect Hiroko's dream, but also his true identity as well as he plunges unwittingly into the entertainment world.

* ShoutOut: Being a manga based off [=AKB48=], it is not surprising that the series makes numerous references about it, ranging from song lyrics sang by [=AKB48=] to real life events pertaining towards [=AKB48=] members.

* Bishounen: Kijima Taichi, the manager for [[spoiler: Minoru, Hiroko and Okabe]] later in the series, is one. He even appears with BishieSparkle.

* SecretSecretKeeper: Producer Akimoto and Maeda are aware that Minoru is really male, but keep that secret by themselves because they thought the entire premise is interesting.

* TownGirls: Okabe, Hiroko and Minoru eventually formed a stand-alone unit under [=AKB48=] called "Gekoku Jou" with Kijima as their manager.