History Manga / LivingGame

* SenpaiKohai -- Izumi always refers to Raizo as "sempai", [[spoiler:even after they become lovers]].

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[[caption-width-right:213:Izumi and Raizo]]

* CanNotSpitItOut -- Averted. In fact, almost all the characters are remarkably good about being honest with themselves and others.

* FirstGirlWins -- Averted. Technically the first girl is Raizo's ex-girlfriend Tokiko, who he remains friends with. Though every other character thinks it's strange that they still hang out, especially considering she's now married.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent -- Averted. Izumi ''is'' perfectly ordinary, [[spoiler:but she dropped out of high school when she left Shimane.]]

* ParentalAbandonment -- Averted. Although Izumi initially is estranged from her parents, she returns home for a while to work things out.

* UnwantedHarem -- Averted. Although both Raizo and Izumi have a few admirers, they're both fairly blunt in explaining they're not interested.
** Although when it comes to being an unwanted impediment, their co-workers certainly try their best.

''Living Game'' is a {{Seinen}} RomanticComedy, which ran 10 volumes from 1990 to 1993, and is set over the same time period. Raizo Fuwa, the protagonist, is a 25 year old Salaryman for a small direct shipping business in Tokyo, during the end of Japan's economic boom of the 80s. After his company's office is condemned after an earthquake because of unsafe construction, he's pressured into moving the entire business into his small apartment until they're able to find a new location. At the same time a new employee arrives, 15 year old Izumi Hiyama, a high school dropout, who Raizo's boss has promised to look out for as a favor to her family. After Izumi's first apartment is torn down for new construction, she has to move in with Raizo as well, because nobody else will rent out an apartment to a 15 year old. Raizo now has to juggle literally living at work, a rapidly declining economy, and a teenager with an obvious crush on him.

* [[CrazyCatLady Crazy Snake Lady]] -- The woman Isseki meets when he's pretending to be Raizo. [[spoiler:He's freaked out at first, but by the end of the story they're still together and are expecting a baby.]]

* InnocentCohabitation -- Innocent on Izumi's side. Raizo knows he has to be mature, but he's definitely tempted. [[spoiler:After a couple of years of story time, it becomes not-so-innocent.]]

* SempaiKohai -- Izumi always refers to Raizo as "sempai", [[spoiler:even after they become lovers]].

* {{Lolicon}} -- {{Invoked|Trope}}. Izumi's not legally jailbait (something Raizo's co-workers like to goad him about through unasked-for faxes), but he still feels like a pervert for being attracted to her because of their age difference.

* FaceFault -- Lots, of the "flying" style that KenAkamatsu likes to use.

* {{Lolicon}} -- Raizo feels like a pervert for being attracted to the much younger Izumi. Meanwhile, his co-workers goad him on, faxing him unasked-for explanations that Izumi's not legally jailbait.

* SempaiKohai -- Izumi always refers to Raizo as "sempai", [[spoiler:even after they become lovers.]]

* ChasteTeens -- Averted. Izumi dropped out of High School and moved to Tokyo after her father found out [[spoiler:she had sex with her friend at 14]].

* AdultChild -- Tokiko being a very...special case, especially compared to the much younger Izumi.

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* AnimeAnatomy -- Part and parcel of the rather simplistic artwork and character designs; it doesn't hurt the story in the slightest and tones down what little {{fanservice}} exists.

* RightThroughTheWall -- Raizo and Izumi have to deal with this in one of their apartments. [[spoiler:It's an unusual case, as the couple [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean making the noise]] is three floors ''below'' them, but can be heard in the wall through the electrical conduit which joins all the floors together. Raizo spooks them by talking like a ghost.]]

* {{A-Cup Angst}} -- Tokiko isn't exactly flat-chested, but after their first meeting she is quite jealous of Izumi's endowments. In the final chapter, [[spoiler:she brags about how big her boobs have gotten due to her being ''very'' pregnant]].

* DrowningMySorrows -- Izumi suggests this to a {{ronin}} who has failed his exams again, but he [=~Can't Hold His Liquor~=] and she winds up drinking everything for him. Also indulged in by other characters from time to time.

* InnocentCohabitation -- Innocent on Izumi's side. Raizo knows he has to be mature, but he's definitely tempted. [[spoiler: After a couple of years of story time, it becomes not-so-innocent.]]
* [=~It's A Small World After All~=]: