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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unlike her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes. The series was licensed in USA by Viz Media (under the name ''Happy Marriage?!''), France by Kazé and Germany by Tokyopop.
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!!Hapi Mari invokes these tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: The main conflict of the story. Hokuto and Chiwa marry each other out of his grandfather's wish, not for their own will.
* TheBeautifulElite: Everyone in the Mamiya family is beautiful.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mamiya clan.
* BumblingDad: Chiwa's dad, who ''always'' makes his way into making new businesses that always end up in failure and drown him and Chiwa in debts.
* TheConfidant: Yagami works as this for Chiwa, listening to all her problems while they have a drink. It makes Hokuto a bit jealous.
* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto). It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Chiwa, at first. She ends up developing a good harem of her own.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Chiwa claims to have never cooked before, yet manages to make quite a menu everyday for Hokuto.
* GenericCuteness: Chiwa is supposed to be plain-looking (at least by rich people's standards) yet she's as pretty as any other female character.
* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under his mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Chiwa goes drinking ''a lot'' to try to forget about her problems.
* HouseWife: Chiwa ends up becoming this: she's the one who cooks and cleans the house. [[spoiler: And ends up becoming one for real after resigning from her job.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her re-encounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
* MaritalRapeLicense: Sometimes Hokuto gets a bit too aggresive on the sex whether Chiwa wants him to or not. However, it's mostly averted, since he usually stops if he sees she's not comfortable. Also, Hokuto once jokingly threatens to rape Chiwa if she doesn't shut up.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: Chiwa ends up falling in love with her husband... and it's very possible Hokuto ends up loving her as well.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Hokuto's house is incredibly dirty before Chiwa moves in and starts keeping it proper.
* MissingMom: Chiwa's mother is nowhere to be found. Also, [[spoiler: Hokuto's mom died in a car crash.]]
* NewOldFlame:
** Asahina, Chiwa's boyfriend from university.
** Also Misaki Shitara, a CEO from a famous make-up and clothes brand [[spoiler: who dated Hokuto before he married Chiwa.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* PropertyOfLove: Hokuto considers that after their marriage, she belongs to him, and he belongs to her.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Shitara.]]
* SecondActBreakUp: [[spoiler:After Chiwa is kidnapped and Hokuto gets hurt protecting her, Chiwa decides to take a divorce and leave the company. He ends up visiting her at her father's house and they make up.]]
** [[spoiler: This happens again at the end, when Hokuto leaves the Mamiya family and decides to divorce Chiwa to avoid her being targeted by those who wanted to kill him. Later they remarry, this time for real.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a company's president, Hokuto usually wears his hair slicked back and very expensive-looking suits. The only one who usually sees him dressed more informal is Chiwa.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
* SlapSlapKiss: Happens constantly.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hokuto.
* TenderTears: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
* TheirFirstTime: They plan it over and over, yet they always fail: at first, because Chiwa is a virgin and can't bring herself to have sex with a man she doesn't love. Later, when she's already fallen in love with him, something ''always'' happens that interrupts them both. [[spoiler: They do it on chapter 16.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: Aya and Sayaka, Chiwa's workmates.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she loves him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud and can't stand when he isn't direct too.
* UnluckyEverydude: Chiwa is mostly an average woman, but she has had ''really'' bad luck in life because of her father being too innocent and often asking the yakuza for money (without knowing it was them) This caused her to drop out of university in her first year and to accept Hokuto's offer in the first place.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
[[caption-width-right:225:Our heroine and her new husband.]]
Chiwa Takanashi is an average 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unlike her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes. The series was licensed in USA by Viz Media (under the name ''Happy Marriage?!''), France by Kazé and Germany by Tokyopop.
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!!Hapi Mari invokes these tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: The main conflict of the story. Hokuto and Chiwa marry each other out of his grandfather's wish, not for their own will.
* TheBeautifulElite: Everyone in the Mamiya family is beautiful.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mamiya clan.
* BumblingDad: Chiwa's dad, who ''always'' makes his way into making new businesses that always end up in failure and drown him and Chiwa in debts.
* TheConfidant: Yagami works as this for Chiwa, listening to all her problems while they have a drink. It makes Hokuto a bit jealous.
* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto). It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Chiwa, at first. She ends up developing a good harem of her own.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Chiwa claims to have never cooked before, yet manages to make quite a menu everyday for Hokuto.
* GenericCuteness: Chiwa is supposed to be plain-looking (at least by rich people's standards) yet she's as pretty as any other female character.
* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under his mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Chiwa goes drinking ''a lot'' to try to forget about her problems.
* HouseWife: Chiwa ends up becoming this: she's the one who cooks and cleans the house. [[spoiler: And ends up becoming one for real after resigning from her job.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her re-encounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
* MaritalRapeLicense: Sometimes Hokuto gets a bit too aggresive on the sex whether Chiwa wants him to or not. However, it's mostly averted, since he usually stops if he sees she's not comfortable. Also, Hokuto once jokingly threatens to rape Chiwa if she doesn't shut up.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: Chiwa ends up falling in love with her husband... and it's very possible Hokuto ends up loving her as well.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Hokuto's house is incredibly dirty before Chiwa moves in and starts keeping it proper.
* MissingMom: Chiwa's mother is nowhere to be found. Also, [[spoiler: Hokuto's mom died in a car crash.]]
* NewOldFlame:
** Asahina, Chiwa's boyfriend from university.
** Also Misaki Shitara, a CEO from a famous make-up and clothes brand [[spoiler: who dated Hokuto before he married Chiwa.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* PropertyOfLove: Hokuto considers that after their marriage, she belongs to him, and he belongs to her.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Shitara.]]
* SecondActBreakUp: [[spoiler:After Chiwa is kidnapped and Hokuto gets hurt protecting her, Chiwa decides to take a divorce and leave the company. He ends up visiting her at her father's house and they make up.]]
** [[spoiler: This happens again at the end, when Hokuto leaves the Mamiya family and decides to divorce Chiwa to avoid her being targeted by those who wanted to kill him. Later they remarry, this time for real.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a company's president, Hokuto usually wears his hair slicked back and very expensive-looking suits. The only one who usually sees him dressed more informal is Chiwa.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
* SlapSlapKiss: Happens constantly.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hokuto.
* TenderTears: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
* TheirFirstTime: They plan it over and over, yet they always fail: at first, because Chiwa is a virgin and can't bring herself to have sex with a man she doesn't love. Later, when she's already fallen in love with him, something ''always'' happens that interrupts them both. [[spoiler: They do it on chapter 16.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: Aya and Sayaka, Chiwa's workmates.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she loves him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud and can't stand when he isn't direct too.
* UnluckyEverydude: Chiwa is mostly an average woman, but she has had ''really'' bad luck in life because of her father being too innocent and often asking the yakuza for money (without knowing it was them) This caused her to drop out of university in her first year and to accept Hokuto's offer in the first place.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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[[caption-width-right:225:Our heroine and her new husband.]]
Chiwa Takanashi is an average 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unlike her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes. The series was licensed in USA by Viz Media (under the name ''Happy Marriage?!''), France by Kazé and Germany by Tokyopop.
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!!Hapi Mari invokes these tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: The main conflict of the story. Hokuto and Chiwa marry each other out of his grandfather's wish, not for their own will.
* TheBeautifulElite: Everyone in the Mamiya family is beautiful.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mamiya clan.
* BumblingDad: Chiwa's dad, who ''always'' makes his way into making new businesses that always end up in failure and drown him and Chiwa in debts.
* TheConfidant: Yagami works as this for Chiwa, listening to all her problems while they have a drink. It makes Hokuto a bit jealous.
* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto). It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Chiwa, at first. She ends up developing a good harem of her own.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Chiwa claims to have never cooked before, yet manages to make quite a menu everyday for Hokuto.
* GenericCuteness: Chiwa is supposed to be plain-looking (at least by rich people's standards) yet she's as pretty as any other female character.
* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under his mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Chiwa goes drinking ''a lot'' to try to forget about her problems.
* HouseWife: Chiwa ends up becoming this: she's the one who cooks and cleans the house. [[spoiler: And ends up becoming one for real after resigning from her job.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her re-encounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
* MaritalRapeLicense: Sometimes Hokuto gets a bit too aggresive on the sex whether Chiwa wants him to or not. However, it's mostly averted, since he usually stops if he sees she's not comfortable. Also, Hokuto once jokingly threatens to rape Chiwa if she doesn't shut up.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: Chiwa ends up falling in love with her husband... and it's very possible Hokuto ends up loving her as well.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Hokuto's house is incredibly dirty before Chiwa moves in and starts keeping it proper.
* MissingMom: Chiwa's mother is nowhere to be found. Also, [[spoiler: Hokuto's mom died in a car crash.]]
* NewOldFlame:
** Asahina, Chiwa's boyfriend from university.
** Also Misaki Shitara, a CEO from a famous make-up and clothes brand [[spoiler: who dated Hokuto before he married Chiwa.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* PropertyOfLove: Hokuto considers that after their marriage, she belongs to him, and he belongs to her.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Shitara.]]
* SecondActBreakUp: [[spoiler:After Chiwa is kidnapped and Hokuto gets hurt protecting her, Chiwa decides to take a divorce and leave the company. He ends up visiting her at her father's house and they make up.]]
** [[spoiler: This happens again at the end, when Hokuto leaves the Mamiya family and decides to divorce Chiwa to avoid her being targeted by those who wanted to kill him. Later they remarry, this time for real.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As a company's president, Hokuto usually wears his hair slicked back and very expensive-looking suits. The only one who usually sees him dressed more informal is Chiwa.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
* SlapSlapKiss: Happens constantly.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hokuto.
* TenderTears: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
* TheirFirstTime: They plan it over and over, yet they always fail: at first, because Chiwa is a virgin and can't bring herself to have sex with a man she doesn't love. Later, when she's already fallen in love with him, something ''always'' happens that interrupts them both. [[spoiler: They do it on chapter 16.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: Aya and Sayaka, Chiwa's workmates.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she loves him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud and can't stand when he isn't direct too.
* UnluckyEverydude: Chiwa is mostly an average woman, but she has had ''really'' bad luck in life because of her father being too innocent and often asking the yakuza for money (without knowing it was them) This caused her to drop out of university in her first year and to accept Hokuto's offer in the first place.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
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* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapter.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]]]
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapters.
* ShutUpKiss : Hokuto does this to Chiwa almost every chapters.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke Unlike her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
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* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her reencounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her reencounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
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* [[spoiler: SecondActBreakUp: After SecondActBreakUp: [[spoiler:After Chiwa is kidnapped and Hokuto gets hurt protecting her, Chiwa decides to take a divorce and leave the company. He ends up visiting her at her father's house and they make up.]]
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.hair.
* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto) It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto) Hokuto). It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under her mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under her his mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Someone inside the Mamiya family has been plotting everything from the start to obtain the chairman position, [[spoiler: including killing Hokuto's mother (who later turns out to be an accident, since the target was Hokuto) It turns out it was Satoshi's mother.]]
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* HappilyMarried: Averted at first. However, [[spoiler:the series ends with Hokuto and Chiwa getting married again (this time even with a ceremony) under her mother's surname, and with the intention of being together forever.]]
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** This happens again at the end, when Hokuto leaves the Mamiya family and decides to divorce Chiwa to avoid her being targeted by those who wanted to kill him. Later they remarry, this time for real.]]
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* MaritalRapeLicense: Sometimes Hokuto gets a bit too aggresive on the sex whether Chiwa wants him to or not. However, it's mostly averted, since he usually stops if he sees she's not comfortable. Also, Hokuto once jokingly threatens to rape Chiwa if she doesn't shut up.
** Also Misaki Shitara, a CEO from a famous make-up and clothes brand [[spoiler: who dated Hokuto before he married Chiwa.]]
* PsychoExGirlfriend: [[spoiler: Shitara.]]
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who firts appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
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* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who firts first appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Asahina two-timed both Chiwa and another female friend at university. She hasn't forgiven him yet, [[spoiler: but he claims he actually wasn't dating them both and that he's still interested in Chiwa.]]
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* CriesALot: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
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* TenderTears: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
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* CriesALot: In almost every chapter, Chiwa ends up like this.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because LoveTriangle: [[spoiler: Eventually, Chiwa ends up in one: she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.very much in love with Hokuto, who reciprocates her feelings, but her reencounter with Asahina (who seems to still love her) awakens doubts on her mind.]]
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* [[spoiler: MissingMom: Chiwa's mother is nowhere to be found. Also, [[spoiler: Hokuto's mom died in a car crash.]]]]
* NewOldFlame: Asahina, Chiwa's boyfriend from university.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* NewOldFlame: Asahina, Chiwa's boyfriend from university.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old 23-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
* BumblingDad: Chiwa's dad, who ''always'' makes his way into making new businesses that always end up in failure and drown him and Chiwa in debts.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Chiwa claims to have never cooked before, yet manages to make quite a menu everyday for Hokuto.
* HouseWife: Chiwa ends up becoming this: she's the one who cooks and cleans the house. [[spoiler: And ends up becoming one for real after resigning from her job.]]
* [[spoiler: SecondActBreakUp: After Chiwa is kidnapped and Hokuto gets hurt protecting her, Chiwa decides to take a divorce and leave the company. He ends up visiting her at her father's house and they make up.]]
* SlapSlapKiss: Happens constantly.
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* TheirFirstTime: They plan it over and over, yet they always fail: at first, because Chiwa is a virgin and can't bring herself to have sex with a man she doesn't love. Later, when she's already fallen in love with him, something ''always'' happens that interrupts them both.
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* TheirFirstTime: They plan it over and over, yet they always fail: at first, because Chiwa is a virgin and can't bring herself to have sex with a man she doesn't love. Later, when she's already fallen in love with him, something ''always'' happens that interrupts them both. [[spoiler: They do it on chapter 16.]]
* ThoseTwoGirls: Aya and Sayaka, Chiwa's workmates.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Aya and Sayaka, Chiwa's workmates.
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* UnluckyEverydude: Chiwa is mostly an average woman, but she has had ''really'' bad luck in life because of her father being too innocent and often asking the yakuza for money (without knowing it was them) This caused her to drop out of university in her first year and to accept Hokuto's offer in the first place.
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* TheConfidant: Yagami works as this for Chiwa, listening to all her problems while they have a drink. It makes Hokuto a bit jealous.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Chiwa goes drinking ''a lot'' to try to forget about her problems.
* MenCantKeepHouse: Hokuto's house is incredibly dirty before Chiwa moves in and starts keeping it proper.
* SharpDressedMan: As a company's president, Hokuto usually wears his hair slicked back and very expensive-looking suits. The only one who usually sees him dressed more informal is Chiwa.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she ends up loving him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she ends up loving loves him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud.loud and can't stand when he isn't direct too.
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''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes.
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''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes.
volumes. The series was licensed in USA by Viz Media (under the name ''Happy Marriage?!''), France by Kazé and Germany by Tokyopop.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, he despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
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Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, he she despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
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* DoesNotLikeMen: Chiwa, at first. She ends up developing a good harem of her own.
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* TheBeautifulElite: Everyone in the Mamiya family is beautiful.
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* InSeriesNickname: Chiwa's alias at the host club was "Chihuahua" (in Japanese it's written "Chiwawa", so it's basically repeating the last syllabe of her name) Later in the series Hokuto frequently compares her to this dog breed.
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* [[spoiler: MissingMom: Hokuto's mom died in a car crash.]]
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[[caption-width-right:225:Our heroine and her new husband]]
Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, he despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes.
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!!Hapi Mari invokes these tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: The main conflict of the story. Hokuto and Chiwa marry each other out of his grandfather's wish, not for their own will.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mamiya clan.
* GenericCuteness: Chiwa is supposed to be plain-looking (at least by rich people's standards) yet she's as pretty as any other female character.
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: Chiwa ends up falling in love with her husband... and it's very possible Hokuto ends up loving her as well.
* PropertyOfLove: Hokuto considers that after their marriage, she belongs to him, and he belongs to her.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hokuto.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she ends up loving him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who firts appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
[[caption-width-right:225:Our heroine and her new husband]]
Chiwa Takanashi is an average 22-year-old office clerk working for the powerful Mamiya company. Unilke her workmates, he despises men and it's been ages since she had a boyfriend: the reason is she works as a club hostess at night to pay for her father's debts. One day at her night job, a handsome but rude costumer throws a tantrum that causes her to get fired; the next day she's called in by the Mamiya Company president... and she discovers the client was Hokuto Mamiya, the young president of the company, ''who's been engaged to her by his grandfather...'' Unable to pay her father's debts, Chiwa doesn't have a chance to refuse, even if she'll only know about her husband's real personality after marrying him.
''Hapi Mari'' (short for ''Happy Marriage?!'') is a {{josei}} manga by Maki Enjouji (who also wrote ''Manga/PrivatePrince'') It was serialized in Shogakugan's ''Petit Comic'' from 2009 to 2012, spawning a total of 10 volumes.
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!!Hapi Mari invokes these tropes:
* ArrangedMarriage: The main conflict of the story. Hokuto and Chiwa marry each other out of his grandfather's wish, not for their own will.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mamiya clan.
* GenericCuteness: Chiwa is supposed to be plain-looking (at least by rich people's standards) yet she's as pretty as any other female character.
* IWantGrandkids: Hokuto's grandfather feels this way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Taeko Souma, Hokuto's pretty secretary, knows him since childhood because she's ''55 years old'', yet she doesn't look any day older than 30.
* MarriageBeforeRomance: Chiwa ends up falling in love with her husband... and it's very possible Hokuto ends up loving her as well.
* PropertyOfLove: Hokuto considers that after their marriage, she belongs to him, and he belongs to her.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Hokuto.
* {{Tsundere}}: Chiwa ends up being this for Hokuto: she ends up loving him, but can't bring herself to tell it out loud.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Hokuto's cousin's wife Saeko, who firts appears with a kimono who matches well with her black hair.
