History Manga / GakuenBabysitters

''Gakuen Babysitters'' (学園ベビーシッターズ, "School Babysitters") is a SliceOfLife [[ShoujoDemographic shoujo]] manga written and illustrated by Hari Tokeino (of ''Manga/MeAndMyBrothers'' fame). It began serialization in Hakushensa's ''[=LaLa=]'' magazine in 2009, and is still ongoing. It also received an animated adaptation directed by Shūsei Morishita for Creator/BrainsBase in winter 2018, simulcasted by Crunchyroll.

* DelayedReaction: When Kazuma has to stay home with the flu one day, Takuma ''seems'' alright at first, until he wakes up from his nap and it finally sinks in to him that Kazuma isn't there too.

* BarbershopEpisode: Chapter 69 where Umi gives Takuma and Kazuma GagCuts when Kazuma's too afraid of the barber.

* OverprotectiveDad: Kousuke is terrified when he learns his sons have gone out for an errand by themselves.

* EyeTake: In Episode 3, Takuma and Kirin give one to Kazuma when he panics and cries at seeing his father ([[CannotTellFictionFromReality it's because watching him as an antagonist in a movie shown by their mother caused him to see him as a scary stranger]]).

* EyeTake: In Episode 3, Takuma and Kirin give on to Kazuma when he panics and cries at seeing his father ([[CannotTellFictionFromReality it's because watching him as an antagonist in a movie shown by their mother caused him to see him as a scary stranger]]).

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Not all sunshines and rainbow with siblings in the series; Taka usually bugs Kamitani enough to get smacked, and Inui finds Mika's obsession with love (especially when Kamitani is involved) annoying. Even Kotarou isn't immune to this, as Ryuuichi once relates a story about how Kotarou took his phone and flushed it down the toilet.

* BabysFirstWords: At the end of Usaida's SickEpisode, the infant Midori -- who so far could only incoherently babble -- pulls on his pants and exclaims "Udda!" twice; the shocked Ryuuichi wonders whether or not that was her attempting to say Usaida's name. Midori's mother's reaction after being informed that her daughter spoke the name of her '''babysitter''' instead of, say, either "Mama" or "Papa" is to pout in frustration while grudgingly telling Usaida that it's probably unfair to blame him for this coincidence.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Not all sunshines and rainbow with siblings in the series; Taka usually bugs Kamitani enough to get smacked, and Inui finds Mika's obsession with love (especially when Kamitani is involved) annoying.

* BoyfriendBlockingDad: The toddlers' fathers tend to react unnecessarily in regards to their young daughters. Kirin's dad Satoru thinks all men (and toddler-aged boys) are beasts after his daughter, Midori's dad Yutaka sounds rather threatening when he sees Satoru holding on to Midori longer than he'd like him to, and the twins' dad Kousuke is terrified when he learns his sons have gone out for an errand by themselves.

* OverprotectiveDad: The three dads, not counting the distant Hebihara, tend to react unnecessarily in regards to their children. Kirin's dad Satoru thinks all men (and toddler-aged boys) are beasts after his daughter, Midori's dad Yutaka sounds rather threatening when he sees Satoru holding on to Midori longer than he'd like him to, and the twins' dad Kousuke is terrified when he learns his sons have gone out for an errand by themselves.

** After mistakenly believing Kotarou has experienced his first love and needlessly preparing red beans and rice (see Wiki/TheOtherWiki on ''sekihan''), Saikawa promises Ryuuichi that he would prepare ''sekihan'' as well for when Ryuuichi actually ''does'' experience his first love. A few chapters later, he ''does'' prepare the dish when Ryuuichi receives a love letter in his locker.

* CryCute:
** Inomata cries near the end of her introductory chapter as she unleashes the stress and worries over her constant studying, but does so in a cute way.
** The babies are all understandably adorable even when they cry.
** The few times Ryuuichi sheds tears doesn't make him look ugly.

** PlayedForLaughs when Takuma begins to idolize Kamitani and ignore Kazauma, Usaida compares it like it was a soap opera.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Most of the time when the kids misbehave it's because they're trying to make someone happy and [[InnocentlyInsensitive don't]] ''[[InnocentlyInsensitive quite]]'' [[InnocentlyInsensitive understand yet that sometimes what they do is wrong]], such as Kirin trying to cheer up Ushimaru by giving her a handful of bugs. Played hilariously in one particular chapter where Kotarou's reaction to hearing a ghost story about a murderous ghost in the school bathroom is to look for said ghost whenever he goes potty in order to play with her.

** The girls at the school half-joking say that ''any'' girl who sought a relationship with Ryuuichi would be in a love triangle with Kotarou, because Ryuuichi is such a responsible elder brother.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: InUniverse. After Kirin gets upset when she begins to realize that witches aren't real, the chairwoman implies that she is one in order to cheer her up.

* AdultFear:
** Ryuuichi outright panics whenever one of the children wanders off and he cannot find them. More so when it is his own little brother. The idea of something bad happening to them terrifies him; examples include Kirin jumping off a ledge believing she could fly, and a shady masked man (actually Takuma's father) picking up one of the twins.
** Ryuuichi sometimes delves into the fact that he is Kotarou's only living relative alive and is now responsible for him. He wonders what he will have to do once they inevitably leave the Chairwoman's house to sustain both of them.
** While some of the children accidentally locking their caretakers/family members outside is initially PlayedForLaughs, Ryuuichi has to sternly scold them because if one of the kids was hurt, the adults wouldn't be able to get in.
** Chapter 64 has Shizuka and Ryuuichi in a panic when Taka runs away. Ryuuichi is frantically searching for him, while Shizuka is stuck at home stewing on the dual fears that he either followed a random stranger or got run over because he's too small for a driver to notice.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: For the most part, the author's hair color choices are normal. However, Ryuuichi has dark-reddish hair, Taka's is blue, Kirin's is dark green, and Usaida's is... magenta.

* FakeMystery: Played for laughs inn chapter 102, where one of Kirin's dolls goes missing. Saikawa immediately declares this an abduction case and enlists the daycare kids to investigate the case and find the doll. Later, one of Ryu's schoolmates mention that the doll is a collector item and could sell for good price, making Ryu and Kamitani beileve that someone really did stole the doll (Kamitani suspects Usaida). It is later revealed that Midori broke the doll while the other kids were playing outside, and Saikawa made them play detective to distract them while Usaida tries to fix the doll.

* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Ryuichi and Hayato are both much older than their younger brothers, being teenagers while their brothers are preschoolers. This results in Ryuichi being a parental figure to Kotaro as well as his brother, especially [[PromotionToParent their parents have passed away]].

* ElevatorSchool: Morinomiya has a middle school section and a high school section. The series sees Ryuuichi and his cohort transition from their last year of middle school to their first year of high school.