History Manga / BoardingSchoolJuliet

* LoveDodecahedron: There is the OfficialCouple, but then there's also their supporting cast: Romio is a CluelessChickMagnet, not just with Juliet, but also Hasuki, Teria, Leon and (very debatably for the next examples) Char and adoptive sister Shuna. However, Char is also secretly in love with Juliet, as is Scott and Maru (or rather, Maru is in love with Juliet's male alter-ego Julio). Char, Scott and Maru all "want to kill" Romio for that matter. Hasuki's younger brother Kougi (who other characters believe is a huge siscon, hence another person to have a beef with Romio) has a potential LoveTriangle of his own with Shuna and Ameria. [[spoiler:And for a little dramatic flair, Romio's mother and Juliet's father are ex-lovers.]]

* OverlyLongGag: TheBigDamnKiss that the manga had been withholding for so long. After the splash page, there are a few panels of {{Reaction Shot}}s of the other characters, then a couple of smaller panels repeating the scene, until...

* MeetTheInLaws: Romio decides to take advantage of the field trip to go to Juliet's hometown and formally meet her parents. It's bad enough that he already met Rackdoll before (and not in a good way) but there's also the matter of Juliet's father Turkish [[spoiler:not wanting Juliet to suffer the same hardships as he did because of a failed SecretRelationship.]]

* MeetTheInLaws: Romio decides to take advantage of the field trip to go to Juliet's hometown and formally meet her parents. It's bad enough that he already met Rackdoll before (and not in a good way) but there's also the matter of Juliet's father Turkish [[spoiler:forbidding Juliet from suffering through the same hardships as he did because of a failed SecretRelationship.]]

* WhatTheHellTownspeople: When a Cathedral guard forbade the Black Dogs entry for no reason (and having allowed White Cats inside just a few minutes earlier) some Westians start backing him up. However, the White Cats in question return outside in defense of their classmates. The [[PapaWolf two]] [[MamaBear headmasters]] also call the crowd out for the bias treatment, when they are on an official school trip.

** Anyone who becomes a SecretKeeper would repeatedly voice their disapproval of the relationship. Char and Hasuki have said it several times, although [[spoiler:Airu]] only said it once. This continues even after the secret is out.

** The audience during the crossdressing pageant is based on the "crowd reaction" meme.

* DeusExitMachina: At the third and final day of the West Field Trip:
** It is free time for the students, with most of the important players using that time to go sightseeing without supervision. This leaves only a few students at the dorm to protest Turkish's intentions when he shows up. Explicitly, [[spoiler:the large presence of both White Cats and Black Dogs who confront Turkish at his estate on Romio and Juliet's behalf]] convince him that the couple ''have'' changed Dahlia for the better. (he even directly contrasts them to his own past schoolmates)
** Char leaves [[spoiler:to prepare for her debutante ball.]] Her presence (she ''is'' a princess after all) alone would have made all the characters' struggles in the next few chapters much easier. This was actually lampshaded by Kohitsuji.

** It is free time for the students, with most of the important players using that time to go sightseeing without supervision. This leaves only a few students at the dorm when Turkish arrives and protest his intentions. Explicitly, [[spoiler:the large presence of both White Cats and Black Dogs who confront Turkish at his estate on Romio and Juliet's behalf]] convince him that the couple ''have'' changed Dahlia for the better. (he even directly contrasts them to his own past schoolmates)

* DeusExitMachina: At some point during the West Field Trip, Char leaves [[spoiler:to prepare for her debutante ball.]] Her presence (she ''is'' a princess after all) alone would have made all the characters' struggles in the next few chapters much easier.

** Fitting for the characters' [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet namesake]], balconies, of which where some of their crucial developments occur. Some substitutes are used but has the same general imagery, like Romio scaling up to a dressing room to see Juliet, the second-floor landing of the White Cats dorm where Airu accuses them of their relationship, and even a LighthousePoint.

* SchoolOfNoStudying: There ''may'' be actual schooling going on the school. We don't know. We certainly never see any.
* ShoutOut
** The audience during the crossdressing pageant is based on the "crowd reaction" meme.
** Somali invokes a ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' reference with Aby during the boat trip to West.
** Furthering the ''Romeo and Juliet'' references is the name of Juliet's hometown: ''Verora'' City.
* SlobsVsSnobs: The Black Dogs and White Cats, respectively. Juliet is actually surprised that the former have a ''library''.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Far'' on the former end. The only conflict caused by anything more than [[PoorCommunicationKills ignorance]] is the war, and even that isn't an actual war anymore and conducted with scrupulous honor on both sides.

** Anyone who becomes a SecretKeeper would repeatedly voice their disapproval of the relationship. Char and Hasuki have said it several times, although [[spoiler:Airu]] only said it once.

** During the harvest festival, Romio decides to join the Wang twins so they won't be lonely, and promises to keep his date to see the fireworks with Juliet...except eventually the fireworks show has come and gone, and Juliet spent the whole event inside a barrel.

** While in West Village searching for Char, Romio and Juliet split up to make the search easier. Romio finds Char working part-time at a café, and he is forcibly conscripted into working there after accidentally hurting the owner. Romio and Char work the evening shift for a couple chapters and after some hijinks finally close for the night, only to find Juliet waiting for them this whole time, justifiably angry at them.

** Romio and Juliet make a personal contest over who gets to become freshman MVP at the upcoming Sports Fest, with the loser having to obey to any command the winner asks. Romio believes this is his chance to go FirstNameBasis with Juliet, although she seems to think that he had dirtier wishes in mind. Juliet uses her win for a simple wish: to dance with Romio.

** Fitting for the characters' [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet namesake]], balconies, of which where some of their crucial developments occur.

* DraggedIntoDrag: In the Culture Festival, Romio and a few other boys get tricked into entering a crossdresing beauty contest hosted by Rex. Cait is the only one convincing enough to look like an actual girl, but Sieber forcefully draws him out of the contest because he ruined his own "beauty" image by [[CloudCuckooLander just being Cait]]. The actual winner is Kohitsuji because, apparently, not having his [[BlindingBangs entire face shown]] has become appealing to the audience.

* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Char has to very, ''very'' reluctantly hide one of Romio and Juliet's secret rendezvous from almost every important character up to thay point: Scott (twice!), the Wang twins, Maru and his gang, and Cait Sith and Sieber.

* DraggedIntoDrag: In the Culture Festival, Romio and a few other boys get tricked into entering a crossdresing beauty contest hosted by Rex. Caith is the only one convincing enough to look like an actual girl, but the winner is Kohitsuji because, apparently, not having his [[BlindingBangs entire face shown]] has become appealing to the audience.

** Romio gets mad that his first date with Juliet [[note]]which was also her first appearance as Julio[[/note]] doesn't go as he had planned, until Juliet reminds him that, to her, a date involves the couple getting to know each other better. Later, Juliet asks Romio out (something that he realizes was a first for her) and that date didn't go as well as she had planned, either. Romio even reminds her of what she said in the first date.

* HourglassPlot: Two examples, one lighthearted, and the other more dramatic.

* TalkToTheFist: After rescuing Percia from Maru's ambush but seemingly being mistaken for the assaulter by her, Inuzuka gets so pissed with Maru's group that he punches the daylights out of them before they can even finish complaining about how he ruined their plan.

** Crosses. It doesn't just refer to rosaries (a slightly important mcguffin in earlier chapters) but the anime uses the visual of crossing swords to foreshadow the first important climax of the series [[spoiler:when Romio and Juliet have to duel in order to keep up the charade and lift Romio's brother's suspicion off of them.]]

** The first and last chapters are titled solely after the two main characters, with the difference being the latter omits their last names, [[spoiler:probably because it focuses on their wedding. [[note]]depending on culture, one of them has to adopt the other's last name[[/note]]]]