History Manga / AiKora

* AccidentalPervert: Not nearly as often as being an ''actual'' pervert, mind you.
* AlmostKiss: Happens a few times, like between Yukari and Hachibei in chapter 77.

* AccidentalPervert: Not nearly as often as being an ''actual'' pervert, mind.

* RunningGag: A number of these, including Ayame distracting Maeda with a belly dance, and Maeda's ability to judge whether a girl has one of his favorite parts in half a second.

Thus begins ''Ai Kora: Love & Collage'', an endearingly warped and {{ecchi}} take on harem comedies and every fetish you can possibly imagine, from the creator of ''Manga/MidoriNoHibi''. As Maeda quests (with limited success) to win over the girls, he finds himself learning more about them (and himself) as he learns to appreciate them for more than their parts.

** Many of the characters look like the characters from the artist's previous series ''MidoriDays''.

Thus begins ''Ai Kora: Love & Collage'', an endearingly warped and {{ecchi}} take on harem comedies and every fetish you can possibly imagine, from the creator of ''MidoriNoHibi''. As Maeda quests (with limited success) to win over the girls, he finds himself learning more about them (and himself) as he learns to appreciate them for more than their parts.

** [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15631-6/ai-kora/chapter-13.html Hachibei's own Ideon gauge lights up]] after hearing a DoubleEntendre from Kirino in chapter 13.
** An omake strip gives us [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15637-19/ai-kora/chapter-19.html this parody]] of [[Anime/CaptainHarlock a certain space pirate.]]
** Chapter 27 has a picture of Yukari and her doujinshi circle dressed up as [[http://tenmanga.com/chapter/AiKora27/134904-3.html Millia, Bridget, May and Baiken]] from VideoGame/GuiltyGear.
** In chapter 48, [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15666-10/ai-kora/chapter-48.html Maeda tails Shibusawa in]] [[http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/523/Nakano+Broadway.html Nakano Broadway]]... er, [[BlandNameProduct Sideway]].
** In [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15671-13/ai-kora/chapter-53.html Chapter 53]], we see one girl dressed as [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne]].
** An [[http://tenmanga.com/chapter/AiKora54/134931-12.html obvious reference]] to {{Initial D}} occurs during Tsubame's racing scene in chapter 54, when she suddenly displays a hilariously out-of-place [[ArtShift realistic face]].
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-29282-10/ai-kora/chapter-93.html Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0 boom-de-yada...]]
** During the ghost girl's second appearance in chapter 91, Shibusawa is [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15709-17/ai-kora/chapter-91.html shown trying to exorcise her]] using what looks like [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Wolfwood's cross-gun]].
** [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-51940-10/ai-kora/chapter-115.html This]] looks like something [[Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka a certain teacher]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/114-4207-14/great-teacher-onizuka/chapter-82.html would do]].

** This manga is very similar to Love Hina in terms of characters: Sakurako = Naru, Yukari = Shinobu, Kirino = Motoko, and Tsubame = Mitsune; however Hachibei is less like Keitaro, and more like [[UruseiYatsura Ataru Moroboshi]].

** During the ghost girl's second appearance in chapter 91, Shibusawa is [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15709-17/ai-kora/chapter-91.html shown trying to exorcise her]] using what looks like [[{{Trigun}} Wolfwood's cross-gun]].

* {{Sensei-chan}}: Tsubame-sensei. Though partially subverted because she doesn't mind being single and doesn't want to get married.

** Maeda's thing for perfectly straight legs apparently came from watching an anime called [[SallyTheWitch Sunny the Witch]] as a kid.

** Chapter 27 has a picture of Yukari and her doujinshi circle dressed up as [[http://tenmanga.com/chapter/AiKora27/134904-3.html Millia, Bridget, May and Baiken]] from VideoGame/{{Guilty Gear}}.

** [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-51940-10/ai-kora/chapter-115.html This]] looks like something [[GreatTeacherOnizuka a certain teacher]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/114-4207-14/great-teacher-onizuka/chapter-82.html would do]].

%% * ArtShift

* DCupDistress: Yukari's first chapter revolves around her growing tired of people pointing at her breasts and trying to wear a bra that's several sizes too small in hopes they'll eventually shrink. It causes her significant pain, and Hachibei eventually convinces her to stop.

%% * FourTemperamentEnsemble

* GeniusBonus: Yukari being an archery champion (archery being a sport that famously requires its female participants to possess flat chests, while Yukari has GagBoobs) is a joke that would go right over most people's heads.

* NoExportForYou: It started in 2005 and ended in 2008. Licensed? In French, yes, but not in English...

%% * NotHelpingYourCase

%% * AlmostKiss

** Which makes Hachibei someone who LikesOlderWomen.

%% * NotHimself

* StupidSexyFlanders: Haiji.

%% * TemporaryBulkChange
%% * ThirdOptionLoveInterest

%% * ThroughHisStomach

** In [[http://www.mangareader.net/220-15671-13/ai-kora/chapter-53.html Chapter 53]], we see one girl dressed as [[{{Disgaea}} Flonne]].

* BettyAndVeronica: Yukari is Betty and Ayame is Veronica. Sakurako is actually in the best position but since she's [[{{Tsundere}} not]] [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend vocal]] about it, most of the bickering over Maeda is between the former two. See ThirdOptionLoveInterest, though Sakurako is actually the first option in just about [[FirstGirlWins every]] [[CrashIntoHello other]] [[ShipTease regard]].

* HotBlooded: Maeda.

* NiceHat: Not as a cool factor or anything, but Sakurako is often seen wearing her beret. It even serves the plot a bit during their {{Crash into Hello}} moment because it prevented Maede from seeing her [[WhatBeautifulEyes beautiful eyes]].

* SupportingHarem: probably.

* TheIdiotFromOsaka: Tsubame Ameyagi-sensei, the drunken idiot.
* TheUnwantedHarem: subverted: Maeda ''definitely'' [[HaremSeeker wants these girls]], if only because each has one of the parts he's looking for.
** Could even be inverted. As noted above, while it's Maeda who wants the girls, it's the girls ''who don't want him.'' [[spoiler: Until recently. And only in some cases. And then there's ''Ayame'', who's [[StalkerWithACrush just nuts]], but lately seems to have developed feelings for Haiji.]]
** [[spoiler:Double subverted in the last chapter when he finally returns home from an accidental trip to England; he's mobbed by [[RescueRomance all the girls he saved on the way back]].]]

This series provides examples of:

* HotMom: Tenmaku's mom shows where the eyes came from, and Hachibei's certainly qualifies.

* XMeetsY: ''LoveHina'', starring [[GreatTeacherOnizuka Eikichi Onizuka]] as Keitaro.

* FootFocus: Strangely enough seemingly one of the few parts not mentioned in the series.

* AlmostKiss
* ArtShift

* FourTemperamentEnsemble

* IndecisiveParody
* InstantCosplaySurprise

* LoveBubbles

* NotHelpingYourCase
* NotHimself

* OfficialCouple

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Kirino leaves the dormitory for a new school when her career picks up.]]
** [[spoiler:TheBusCameBack not too long after that, though. Or you could say she's BackForTheFinale.]]

* RefugeInAudacity

* SeriousBusiness

* SnapBack
* SpitTake

* TemporaryBulkChange
* ThirdOptionLoveInterest

* ThisAndThat
* ThroughHisStomach

* YearsTooEarly

* SecretSecretKeeper: Tsubame seems to have figured out Hachibei attraction to her legs, as she seems to use that to get him to massage her legs.

The good news is, he's offered a place to stay... in the girls' dorm... with four beautiful women, each of whom has one of the attributes he's looking for in a girl (fiery redhead Sakurako and [[WhatBeautifulEyes her eyes]], shy and bespectacled Yukari and [[BuxomIsBetter her breasts]], twenty-something teacher Tsubame and [[ShesGotLegs her legs]], and sarcastic {{ninja}}-girl Kirino and [[AudioErotica her voice]]).

* CuteGhostGirl: Who's got a ToplessnessFromTheBack scene.

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness

** Don't insult the Ninja Way around Kirino

* TenchiSolution: [[spoiler: The series ends with this heavily suggested]].