History Manga / KakushigotoMyDadsSecretAmbition

* {{Expy}}: Hime's friends looks very similar to [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Itoshiki Nozomu]]'s students. Their names are even anagrams of said characters. In the final chapter, Hime is in the same art class with a Harumi lookalike.

* PermanentPlaceholder: Goto comments at one point that his characters' ridiculous names weren't really meant to be their final names. He just put them in while he was planning the story, intent on coming up with something better later, only to find himself eventually unable to see them with any other names.

* SurvivorsGuilt: [[spoiler:Hime's mother was losing her ability to see color and wanted to visit the island the family visited once for vacation so she can see the color blue for the final time. She went alone while Kakushi stayed home to watch over Hime on the same day she went missing and has never forgiven himself for letting her go.]]

* {{Expy}}: Hime's friends looks very similar to [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Itoshiki Nozomu]]'s students. Their names are even anagrams of said characters.

** Literally, within the first 5 minutes of the first episode, Kakushi screams “''What if Hime ever found out?!''”[[note]]''Hime ni shiraretara DOU SURU?!''[[/note]] in the exact same way [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Itoshiki Nozumu]] says his catchphrase.[[note]] After being restrained from taking his own life, often he experiences a close call from actually losing his life and screams to the other person “''WHAT IF I DIED?!''”, or ''SHINDARA DOU SURU?!''[[/note]] It’s amplified by the fact that they’re both voiced by the same voice actor, they both have [[PunnyName punny names]], and the art style is incredible similar to each other.

* ShoutOut: In the dub, Kakushi mutters "Oh my ''god''" [[https://twitter.com/TheHowardWang/status/1301961401217417216 in the same way]] as [[Anime/KemonoFriends Serval]].

An anime adaptation by Ajia-do Animation Works began airing in April 2020. Funimation handles its English release and localization.

* {{Expy}}: Hime's friends looks very similar to [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Itoshiki Nozomu]]'s students.

'''''Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition''''', frequently shortened to just ''Kakushigoto'', is a manga series by Creator/KojiKumeta that was serialized in Monthly Shonen Magazine from December 5, 2015 to July 6, 2020.

'''''Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition''''', frequently shortened to just ''Kakushigoto'', is a manga series by Creator/KojiKumeta that began serialization in Monthly Shonen Magazine in December 2015.

* FlashbackBPlot: Stories from the A plot are bookended by flash forwards, now following a teenage Hime instead of Kakushi, [[spoiler:after Kakushi’s accident and subsequent coma]].

* FlashbackBPlot: Inverted. Stories from the A plot are bookended by flash forwards, now following a teenage Hime instead of Kakushi, [[spoiler:after Kakushi’s accident and subsequent coma]].

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: Inverted. Stories from the A plot are bookended by flash forwards, now following a teenage Hime instead of Kakushi, [[spoiler:after Kakushi’s accident and subsequent coma]].

* TwoLinesDifferentTimes: Inverted. Stories from the A plot are bookended by flash forwards, now following a teenage Hime instead of Kakushi, [[spoiler:after Kakushi’s death]].

* MissingMom: Hime's mum is only shown in flashbacks and is nowhere to be seen, but is still spoken of fondly. However, both Hime and Kakushi avoid talking about her. It is heavily implied that she died. [[spoiler: It's latered heavily implied that she the ship she was on went missing]].

* PetTheDog: The FlashForward has Tomaruin speak about Kakushi in a much more respectful, and he's offended at the suggestion that he broke Kakushi's trust.

* AscendedExtra: Naru, the high schooler who wants to be an idol singer. She was introduced as one of three new women that Kakushi accidentally wins over, in addition to the already established Rokujo, and has gone on to appear in more episodes since.

* MissingMom: Hime's mum is only shown in flashbacks and is nowhere to be seen, but is still spoken of fondly. However, both Hime and Kakushi avoid talking about her. It is heavily implied that she died.

* FlashForward: There are occasional flash forwards at the beginning and/or end of episodes that feature a teenage Hime visiting her now abandoned home. They have a noticeably more dramatic and serious atmosphere than the rest of the show, and Kakushi isn't present in them.

* FlashForward: There are occasional flash forwards at the beginning and/or end of episodes that feature a teenage Hime visiting her now abandoned home. They have a noticeably more dramatic and serious atmosphere than rest of the show, and Kakushi isn't present in them.

* UptownGirl: Implied to be what Hime's mother was, given that her father has a personal driver and can spend money on things that he knows Hime never uses.