History Manga / HotGimmick

The series received a live action adaptation in 2019, with Miona Hori and Hiroya Shimizu in the leading roles. A sequel novel, ''Hot Gimmick S'', was released after the end of the manga and further explores Hatsumi's love life. The novel is also translated and published by Viz.

''Hot Gimmick'' is a 12-volume {{shojo}} manga by Miki Aihara, serialized in the Shogakugan magazine ''Betsucomi'' from 2000 to 2005. The English release is currently published by Viz Media under its ''Shoujo Beat'' label.

A sequel novel, ''Hot Gimmick S'', was released after the end of the manga and further explores Hatsumi's love life. The novel is also translated and published by [=ViZ=].

''Hot Gimmick'' is a 12-volume shōjo manga by Miki Aihara. The English release is currently published by Viz Media.

* {{Adorkable}}: Hatsumi and Subaru.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Azusa]], although ''he'' ruined that relationship himself. Also, [[spoiler: Shinogu]] sort of fits, considering that he and Hatsumi [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings are not related by blood]]. But then again, he gets the last laugh in the Hot Gimmick novel which is an Alrernate Universe, and becomes the VictoriousChildhoodFriend. ]]
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Technically, [[spoiler:Ryoki]] but in the Hot Gimmick S novel (an AU version of the manga), Hatsumi actually [[spoiler: ends up with her [[NotBloodSiblings adopted brother]] Shinogu]].

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Azusa]], although ''he'' ruined that relationship himself. Also, [[spoiler: Shinogu]] sort of fits, considering that he and Hatsumi [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings are not related by blood]]. But then again, he gets the last laugh in the novels and becomes the VictoriousChildhoodFriend. ]]
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Technically, [[spoiler:Ryoki]] but in the Hot Gimmick S novel, Hatsumi actually [[spoiler: ends up with her [[NotBloodSiblings adopted brother]] Shinogu]].

* TheSociopath: Azusa. Some have said that Ryoki qualifies as one, but he seems to be more of a Borderline, or perhaps Narcissistic Personality. Hatsumi, meanwhile, seems to have some traits of Dependent Personality Disorder. Actually, most of the characters are probably diagnosable with some sort of mental illness or personality disorder.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Ryoki towards Hatsumi, though given the [[BastardBoyfriend genre]] it's intended as FetishFuel.

* AManIsNotAVirgin:
** Played completely straight with Ryoki, who is extremely ashamed that he ''still'' is.
** Azusa later mocks Ryoki for it and [[spoiler: decides that Ryoki should have "first dibs" on Hatsumi during the gang rape scene.]]

* HotGuysAreBastards:
** Ryoki. Or is it that [[BastardBoyfriend Bastard Guys Are Hot]]?
** [[spoiler:Azusa]]

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Ryoki, if you substitute "jerkass" for "evil."

-->Ryoki: But last night when I was touching you, by the look on your face it didn’t seem that bad.\\
Hatsumi: Th-That’s not true! I wasn’t enjoying it!\\
Ryoki: You were, I could tell by your voice and stuff.

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* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Azusa]], although ''he'' ruined that relationship himself. Also, [[spoiler: Shinogu]] sort of fits, considering that he and Hatsumi [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings are not related by blood]] But then again, he gets the last laugh in the novels and becomes the VictoriousChildhoodFriend. ]]

Hot Gimmick (ホットギミック , Hotto Gimikku) is a 12-volume shōjo manga by Miki Aihara. The English release is currently published by Viz Media.

!!'''This series has examples of: '''

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Played completely straight with Ryoki, who is extremely ashamed that he ''still'' is.

* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Azusa tries to get Hatsumi raped by some of his friends as revenge]], but is foiled by Ryoki (naturally, Hatsumi [[RescueRomance starts developing feelings]] for Ryoki after that).

* HotGuysAreBastards: Ryoki. Or is it that [[BastardBoyfriend Bastard Guys Are Hot]]?

* {{Jerkass}}: Ryoki, all the way.

* TooDumbToLive: Hatsumi. Notice a trend yet?

** PsychoticLoveTriangle: And how!

* ThePenIsMightier: Ryoki saves Hatsumi from [[spoiler:being gang-raped by Azusa's gang]] this way.

** Ryoki himself also tries to rape and/or assault Hatsumi several times, but is always thwarted by [[ContrivedCoincidence a third person walking in on them.]]

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Hatsumi and Akane. Akane wears pretty clothes, cares for her appearance, we see her using make-up and she acts very girly. Meanwhile Hatsumi is pathologically shy, doormaty and restrained. Akane also seems more interested in dating than Hatsumi, or than in her future career. She's just assertive in her relationships, while Hatsumi acts like an [[ExtremeDoormat extreme doormat]].

* ReunionRevenge: [[spoiler: Azusa]] does this to Hatsumi, attempting to [[spoiler: have her raped]], although it was not due to her actions but her father's. Except that [[spoiler: it actually wasn't her father but ''Ryoki's'' father]].

* SexSlave: He never goes that far, but this is basically can be interpreted as to what Ryoki had in mind when he blackmailed Hatsumi into being his slave. But mainly falls under CaptiveDate without the physical bonds.

* NotBloodSiblings

* RapeIsLove: Ryoki seems to feel this way. As does the manga itself.

* SexSlave: He never gets quite that far, but this is basically what Ryoki had in mind when he blackmailed Hatsumi into being his slave.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: In the Hot Gimmick S novel, Hatsumi actually [[spoiler: ends up with her [[NotBloodSiblings adopted brother]] Shinogu]].

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Hatsumi and Akane. Akane wears pretty clothes, cares for her appearance, we see her using make-up and she acts very girly. Meanwhile Hatsumi is patologically shy, doormaty and restrained. Akane also seems more interested in dating than Hatsumi, or than in her future career. She's just assertive in her relationships, while Hatsumi acts like an [[ExtremeDoormat extreme doormat]].

* ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt: Ryoki seems to believe this, although it was sexual assault rather than rape.
-->Ryoki: But last night when I was touching you, by the look on your face it didn’t seem that bad.
-->Hatsumi: Th-That’s not true! I wasn’t enjoying it!
-->Ryoki: You were, I could tell by your voice and stuff.

* PrincessCurls: Ruri, complete with the attitude.

* GuiltyPleasure: Many reviews of this series, especially [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hot-gimmick-vizbig-edition/gn-1 the one at Anime News Network]], comment on how addictive it is in spite of its misogynistic elements and characters one either wants to smack some spine into or drag to therapy/jail.

* {{Adorkable}} - Hatsumi and Subaru.
* AlphaBitch - Mrs. Tachibana is the neighborhood libby, and Ruri is the [[RichBitch rich libby]] that Ryoki's mother keeps trying to set him up with.
* AManIsNotAVirgin - Played completely straight with Ryoki, who is extremely ashamed that he ''still'' is.

* ApologizesALot - Hatsumi. She even apologizes to Azusa when [[spoiler: he's about to have her gang-raped.]]
* AttemptedRape - [[spoiler: Azusa tries to get Hatsumi raped by some of his friends as revenge]], but is foiled by Ryoki (naturally, Hatsumi [[RescueRomance starts developing feelings]] for Ryoki after that).

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend - Ryoki. Glasses? Check. Good-looking? Check. Totally nasty to Hatsumi, interspersed with trying to drag her off to bed against her will? Check and check. She falls for him like a ton of rocks regardless? ''Check.'' The kichiku megane is ''go''.
* BetaCouple - Akane and Subaru provide some bits of normal romance in between all the melodrama.
* BitchInSheepsClothing - [[spoiler: Azusa]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil - Ryoki, if you substitute "jerkass" for "evil."
* ButtMonkey - Hatsumi. If something bad can happen to her, it will.
* TheCheerleader - Although not technically a cheerleader, Akane, at least in the beginning, is pretty, stupid, slutty, and bitchy.
* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds - Having Shinogu [[spoiler: decide to go off and become a monk after Hatsumi decides to stay with Ryoki]]. A different outcome is presented in the Hot Gimmick S novel.
* CrashIntoHello - How Hatsumi met Ryoki at the start of the series. It's also what caused her to drop the pregnancy test kit, leading to a bunch of drama.
* CrazyJealousGuy - Ryoki towards Hatsumi, though given the [[BastardBoyfriend genre]] it's intended as FetishFuel.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa - On one occasion, Hatsumi passes out drunk next to Ryoki. He takes this as an invitation to start groping and stripping her.
* ExtremeDoormat - Hatsumi definitely qualifies. She is so spineless she nearly ''defines'' this trope.
* ForcefulKiss - Ryoki to Hatsumi, frequently.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend - Sort of. Hatsumi doesn't really ''forget'' Ryoki as she just only remembers him trying to kill her (or so it seemed to her--in truth, it was all an accident). Ryoki, on the other hand, [[spoiler: remembers some of the happier moments they had before she befriended Azusa, which was what caused his jealousy and angry outburst]].
* GuiltyPleasure - Many reviews of this series, especially [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/hot-gimmick-vizbig-edition/gn-1 the one at Anime News Network]], comment on how addictive it is in spite of its misogynistic elements and characters one either wants to smack some spine into or drag to therapy/jail.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation - Hatsumi lives this trope.
* HotGuysAreBastards - Ryoki. Or is it that [[BastardBoyfriend Bastard Guys Are Hot]]?
* ICanChangeMyBeloved - Hatsumi believes that she can get Ryoki to be nicer to her if [[spoiler: she agrees to marry him. So she does.]]
* IfICantHaveYou - At one point Hatsumi tells Ryoki that she can't be with him anymore when he orders her to make the impossible decision of choosing between him or her family. When she leaves him, he's shown thinking to himself "That stupid woman... If she can't be mine she should just die."
* ItsAllAboutMe - Ryoki, Ryoki, ''Ryoki.'' As an example, when Hatsumi is crying because [[spoiler: she [[RapeAsDrama nearly got gang-raped]] by her boyfriend, whom she now realizes never loved her]], Ryoki's response is “You’re supposed to be my slave, so quit saying other guys’ names.”
* ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt - Ryoki seems to believe this, although it was sexual assault rather than rape.

* {{Jerkass}} - Ryoki, all the way.

* LonelyRichKid - Ryoki.
* LoveMartyr - Hatsumi to Ryoki, and [[spoiler: Shinogu]] to Hatsumi.
* ManipulativeBastard - Azusa and Ryoki are both pretty good at manipulating Hatsumi.

* {{Otaku}} - Subaru is known for being a typical nerdy otaku, collecting anime figurines.
* PantyShot - Akane creates one to get the attention of Ryoki (and Subaru).
* PrincessCurls - Ruri, complete with the attitude.
* RapeIsLove - Ryoki seems to feel this way. As does the manga itself.
* ReallyGetsAround - Akane.
* RescueRomance - Hatsumi's feelings for Ryoki really start developing when he rescues her from [[spoiler: getting raped by Azusa's henchmen]].
* ReunionRevenge - [[spoiler: Azusa]] does this to Hatsumi, attempting to [[spoiler: have her raped]], although it was not due to her actions but her father's. Except that [[spoiler: it actually wasn't her father but ''Ryoki's'' father]].
* RichBitch - Mrs. Tachibana and Ruri.
* SacredFirstKiss - Hatsumi's first kiss is with [[spoiler: Ryoki]], although she tries to convince herself that it doesn't count, and that her first kiss is with [[spoiler: Azusa]].
* SexSlave - He never gets quite that far, but this is basically what Ryoki had in mind when he blackmailed Hatsumi into being his slave.
* ShrinkingViolet - Hatsumi.
* SiblingYinYang - Hatsumi and Akane.
* SingleTargetSexuality- Can we all just assume that both [[spoiler: Shinogu]] and Ryoki are Hatsumisexuals?
* ThePenIsMightier - Ryoki saves Hatsumi from [[spoiler:being gang-raped by Azusa's gang]] this way.

* ThisLoserIsYou - Hatsumi, oooh, boy...
* TooDumbToLive - Hatsumi. Notice a trend yet?

* TroubledButCute - Ryoki.
* TroubledFetalPosition - Hatsumi, when she returns home after [[spoiler: the averted gang-rape.]]
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend - [[spoiler: Azusa]], although ''he'' ruined that relationship himself. Also, [[spoiler: Shinogu]] sort of fits, considering that he and Hatsumi [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings are not related by blood]] But then again, he gets the last laugh in the novels and becomes the VictoriousChildhoodFriend. ]]
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend - In the Hot Gimmick S novel, Hatsumi actually [[spoiler: ends up with her [[NotBloodSiblings adopted brother]] Shinogu]].
* {{Yandere}} - Between Ryoki and [[spoiler: Azusa]], Hatsumi is like some kind of Yandere-magnet.
** PsychoticLoveTriangle - And how!

* BastardBoyfriend - Ryoki.

* SpectacledSadist - Ryoki. Glasses? Check. Good-looking? Check. Totally nasty to Hatsumi, interspersed with trying to drag her off to bed against her will? Check and check. She falls for him like a ton of rocks regardless? ''Check.'' The kichiku megane is ''go''.

** YandereLoveTriangle - And how!

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl - Akane is the tomboy to Hatsumi's girly girl.
** Akane, a tomboy? She's very feminine: she wears pretty clothes, cares for her appearance, we see her using make-up and she acts very girly too. Even if you take the trope as "romantic girl VS independent girl", Akane seems more interested in dating than Hatsumi, or than in her future career. She's just assertive in her relationships, while Hatsumi acts like an [[ExtremeDoormat extreme doormat]].