History Manga / HidamariSketch

* ParentsAsPeople - When [[FragileFlower Nazuna]]'s parents first appeared to help Nazuna moving in, the other Hidamari residents instantly like them, since they're friendly and apparently doting. However, a few comics later there comes the entire revelation about [[ParentalAbandonment why a girl needs to rent an apartment to study in her local school]], above. [[TrueCompanions Good thing the Hidamari residents are so close-knit.]]

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship - Sae and Hiro, very frequently the subject of ShipTease. Hiro talks about giving Sae chocolate for Valentine's Day and how Sae watched over her all night when she was sick; the OP even has the NotWhatItLooksLike moment with Yuno walking in on them (with the context not even being given until the second season). Sae spends an entire episode (the 2nd special) ''freaking out'' when Hiro gets a love letter in her shoe locker, complete with an excited Yuno and Miyako misunderstanding the letter as coming from ''Sae''. And then there's the second season's opening...

* SelectiveObliviousness - How much more evident does Sae's crush on Hiro have to be, to become recognized?
** The same counts for Natsume's respective crush on Sae. In episode 10 of ''x 365'' is nearly gets spelled out for Sae, for crying out loud!
*** See ShipperOnDeck below. [[SchoolgirlLesbians A crush]] indeed.

* {{Shiritori}} - In an episode the group played this while sitting around watching Miyako's apartment leak.
** In the manga chapter where they go to Destiny Land, they use it to pass the time waiting in line.

* BrickJoke: Nazuna attempts a drawing and the characters spend a few strips trying to guess who it is. It isn't until a few ''chapters'' later that it's revealed to be the landlady.

* ChocolateOfRomance: In the anime adaptation, Sae received Valentine's Day chocolates from girls when she was in junior high.

* ColorCodedCharacters - And ''symbol'' coded as well: Yuno's X-shaped hairpins; Miyako's cat-paw mark on her stomach (which was an effect of a cat falling asleep on her while she was sunbathing); Sae's glasses; Hiro's tentacle-hair-accented hair buns; Nori's computer mouse (she's the only tenant that can use a computer -- Japan's heavy use of mobile services means few people actually bother to learn using [=PCs=]); and Nazuna's jiggly headbands.

* ContinuityNod: In episode 10B of ''Honeycomb'', the girls held another hyoza party for Chika again... And like last time (in ''X365''), there were also ''candy-shaped'' gyoza.

* EasterEgg: Pause at [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/annonymous/vlc2010-02-0601-49-49-19.png this frame]] in the first episode of ''Hoshimittsu''. The numbers in the middle (4-8322-7549-6) are the [[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4832275496/ref=s9_simi_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=AN1VRQENFRJN5&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=06B00G5Q0MQDP2XPS7Y8&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463376756&pf_rd_i=489986 ISBN-10 number of the first Hidamari Sketch manga.]] Also, the ones at the bottom are pi to 13 digits.

* FiveMoreMinutes: ''Honeycomb'' starts with a scene like that, by Yuno. This also mirrors the start of manga volume 2.
* FoodPorn: Happens virtually OncePerEpisode, courtesy of [[TeamChef Hiro]].

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Yuno is Phlegmatic, Miyako is Sanguine, Hiro is Choleric and Sae is Melancholic

* GenreSavvy: When Yuno and Miyako run out of food during a typhoon, they head for Hiro's room to get some while immediately figuring out that Nazuna and Nori are going there for the same reason.

* GrowingUpSucks: After the girls start watching part of the new version of ''Lovely Chocolat'', their old favorite TV show, Sae notes that they're [[FanHater still watching it]] even though they're in high school. (and are therefore ''supposed'' to be out of the FleetingDemographic). Upon hearing this, Hiro's hair falls flat, and she laments about how growing up is no fun. This also becomes a plot point in the manga and later anime specials, due to a lack of ComicBookTime, [[spoiler:which means that Sae and Hiro eventually graduate and move out.]]

* MoodWhiplash: The comedic focus makes the scenes where things get more serious, like Yuno wondering about a piece of art in the garbage or Hiro stressing out about [[GrowingUpSucks having to graduate someday]], stand out.

* OhCrap: The girls when they realize Hiro added extra garlic to the dish they were eating for dinner on the final day of summer vacation.

** Natsume is painfully {{tsundere}} for Sae (see below) but can't catch a break, being the losing corner of a LoveTriangle. Played up to the hilt in episode 12 of x365 when Sae joins Natsume for lunch, with the latter first getting combative before quieting down. We even get a few MaleGaze shots in that episode; when Natsume watches Sae enter the cafeteria (focusing on her hips), watching her eat (focusing on her lips), and again as Sae walks away... The flowers, the spring out of her hair, and the {{luminescent blush}} seem to put it straight into SchoolgirlLesbians territory. The very last episode has her praying at a shrine to become more honest with her feelings. And [[spoiler:guess who wrote that passionate fan letter that Sae got]]?

* TooLongDidntDub - One particular example are the two strips on page 90 of Creator/YenPress' Volume 3, quoted verbatim below:

* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Happens to Yoshinoya and the principal when she's stranded during a rainstorm and he offers her some cover. Leads to a NotWhatItLooksLike moment when they run into the Hidamari landlady.

* {{Tanabata}} - The episode of x365 described in [[Heartwarming/{{Anime}} Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] takes place on Tanabata; after Sae and Hiro make up, the girls spend the afternoon and evening decorating a bamboo the landlady planted in the garden, and hanging their wishes on it.

** In one episode Yuno's hairclip (normally an X) also takes on the shape of [[PlayStation an O, a triangle and a square]].

* FoodPorn - Happens virtually OncePerEpisode, courtesy of [[TeamChef Hiro]].

* CreepyTwins - The hairdressers, to Yuno at least.

* CornerOfWoe - The FourGirlEnsemble was having a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chankonabe chankonabe]] -- sumo wrestler's hot pot -- prepared mainly by the weight-conscious cook Hiro. And then Miyako and Sae (probably) incidentally uttered lines usually reserved for sumo wrestlers, which prompted Hiro herself to leave her apartment and sit in the CornerOfWoe in the backyard.

** The introduction of Chika, Sae's 13-year-old sister, who was unnamed and only referred to in the {{manga}}.

* AlwaysInClassOne

Despite this name change, the licensor kept the original name ''Hidamari Sketch'' in the logo's small English text above the red shape containing the translated title. The Japanese word "hidamari" is often translated to "exposure to the sun" or "sunny spot".[[/note]], and the {{anime}} is licensed by SentaiFilmworks under the original name in a subtitled-only release.

---->3. ''DaCapo''
---->4. ''{{Utawarerumono}}''

---->6. ''{{Miyuki}}''

** ''[[ShowWithinAShow Fasionable Detective Lovely Chocolat]]'', starring [[PaniPoniDash Behoimi]] and [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei Nozomu Itoshiki]].
** In episode 9 of the first season, [[PaniPoniDash Mesousa]] is seen walking past a window while the girls talk, and [[PaniPoniDash Roboko's head]] is seen in a pile of trash.

Animated in early 2007 by Creator/StudioShaft, based on a [[{{Yonkoma}} 4koma]] in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara Carat'' by Creator/UmeAoki, this series is best known for its slow pacing, focus on artistically inclined characters, and [[{{Kawaiiko}} diabetes-inducing levels]] of [[{{Kawaisa}} cuteness]]. A second season, ''[[OddlyNamedSequel Hidamari Sketch x 365]]'', aired about a year after the first, and a third, ''[[LuckyCharmsTitle Hidamari Sketch x]] ☆☆☆ ''("Hoshimittsu"), was aired in the Winter 2010 season. A fourth season, ''Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb'', began airing in October 2012. Each season (except ''Honeycomb'') has two extra OriginalVideoAnimation episodes, and there are two independent [=OVAs=] as well, ''Hidamari Sketch x SP'' (released in Fall 2011) and ''Hidamari Sketch Sae Hiro Sotsugyou-hen'' (released in Fall 2013).

** Actually, it's only a NotWhatItLooksLike scene until the next strip, wherein Sae's painting is of [[{{Yuri}} lilies]] and accompanied by a collective wideface.

** In the AnimatedAdaptation, it's possible to catch a few of these [[EasterEgg if you listen well enough]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HjFn2wzy1U Example]].

** ''Hoshimittsu'' Episode 11 shows us that Nori's computer is powered by "Shaftsoft Wonders". BillGates is still name checked, though. Also in the same episode, the "[[{{Furby}} Furbo]]".

* FanService - Fairly mild in the first two seasons, but more common in the after-season Specials. Ramped up a bit in ''Hoshimittsu'' and accompanying specials.

* FoodPorn - Happens virtually OnceAnEpisode, courtesy of [[TeamChef Hiro]].

* FuroScene - OnceAnEpisode the viewers get to see Yuno reflecting on the show's events in the bath. The main cast also once attended a public bath together, which is typically used for the purpose of comedy and not so much for FanService.

** In the first episode in ''Sotsugyou-hen'', she complained to her underclassmen about gaining 3kg during her college entrance exams as her underclassmen all made her tonkatsu for lunch. Then Sae enters with cake... [[SweetTooth No guess what happens]].

* IntoxicationEnsues - Hiro wrongly bought alcoholic juice at Yuno and Miyako's welcoming party, and the two freshmen got drunk. While Miyako is still [[CloudCuckooLander herself]], the generally innocent Yuno started ranting about [[ItJustBugsMe It Just Bugs Me's]]... and Sae uttered an EngagingConversation even though she [[ShipTease was not drunk]]...

* {{Large Ham}} - Miyako.

* OddlyNamedSequel - ''Hidamari Sketch x 365'' and ''Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆'', the latter also qualifying as a LuckyCharmsTitle.
* OnceAnEpisode - Yuno waking up to shut off her alarm clock, the DisturbedDoves in front of the school, the girls eating together, and Yuno taking a bath at the end of the day, with a cut showing the dropping of a [[http://www.lushusa.com/Bath-Bombs/bath-bombs,en_US,sc.html bath bomb]] into the water. Hoshimittsu replaces Yuno waking up with some Yoshinoya antics and having the girls do morning exercises.

* {{Sex As Rite-Of-Passage}} - (cough) When Yuno says something that sounds mature to Yoshinoya, Yoshinoya worries that Yuno has "become mature" before her, complete with a rather suggestive imagination bubble of Yuno.

* {{Shiritori}} - in an episode the group played this while sitting around watching Miyako's apartment leak.

* [[ShoutOutAnimeAndManga Shout Out]]
** Episode one shows a crossword puzzle on screen [[UnreadablyFastText for a few seconds.]] If you [[http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4714/hidamariep1crosswordpuztq3.jpg solve it]], the answers are the names of a bunch of other popular anime.

** Many of the over head shots in the anime are done in ThreeQuartersView. Some shots of the apartment layouts go even further with hidden rooms containing graphic tiles and icons straight out of ''DragonQuest''.

* UnreadablyFastText (Miyako's crossword puzzle, along with the proverbs displayed on the first episode of the second season.)

Despite this name change, the licensor kept the original name ''Hidamari Sketch'' in the logo's small English text above the red shape containing the translated title. The Japanese word "Hidamari" is often correctly translated to "Sunshine".[[/note]], and the {{anime}} is licensed by SentaiFilmworks under the original name in a subtitled-only release.

The {{manga}} is licensed by Creator/YenPress under the title ''Sunshine Sketch'', and the {{anime}} is licensed by SentaiFilmworks under the original name in a subtitled-only release.

** When Hiro lamented that new year's rice cakes made her fat, the title of the strip was ''[[MobileSuitGundam White]] [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Devil]]''.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune - All three opening themes are performed by the voice actresses of [[Creator/KanaAsumi Yuno]], [[KaoriMizuhashi Miyako]], [[Creator/YukoGoto Hiro]] and [[Creator/RyokoShintani Sae]].

** Among others, Yuno's [[PrinceOfTennis Echizen]] alarm clock (it was [[AvertedTrope "Citizen"]] in the first episodes, though), Hiro's "Pony" television.

---->1. ''[[SuzumiyaHaruhi Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu]]''

** Nazuna went to [[{{Disneyland}} Destiny Land]] for ClassTrip. Nori was jealous.

* TooLongDidntDub - One particular example are the two strips on page 90 of Yen Press' Volume 3, quoted verbatim below:

** In episode 4 of Hoshimittsu, Nazuna is identified as a ''jimoti'' ("local" people from the neighborhood), a word that [[FauxreignPronunciation sounds like an Italian surname]] to Miyako. Later, the girls visit a hardware store, where they run into a burly, foreign-looking man. Miyako inmediately identifies him as "Jimotti-san".

** In episode 4 of Hoshimittsu, Nazuna is identified as a ''jimoti'' ("local" people from the neighborhood), a word that [[ItIsPronuncedTroPay sounds like an Italian surname]] to Miyako. Later, the girls visit a hardware store, where they run into a burly, foreign-looking man. Miyako inmediately identifies him as "Jimotti-san".

** In episode 4 of Hoshimittsu, Nazuna is identified as a ''jimoti'' ("local" people from the neighborhood), a word that [[ItIsPronuncedTroPAY sounds like an Italian surname]] to Miyako. Later, the girls visit a hardware store, where they run into a burly, foreign-looking man. Miyako inmediately identifies him as "Jimotti-san".

* ActingForTwo - Creator/MiyukiSawashiro plays both the {{Landlady}} and Yuno's classmate Mami.

---->8. ''{{Kino no Tabi}}''

* CramSchool - The series discussed the existence of a type of cram school for art-stream high school students that wanted to continue doing art in college, called ''research institutes''. In fact, Arisawa's rendezvous with Yuno was related to this; she skipped Institute class that night because of the pressure and stayed at school to paint, [[spoiler:and answered Yuno's cell phone when it was accidentally left behind]].

-->--''customary introduction to the Hidamari Apartments at every year's welcoming party''