History Manga / MidnightSecretary

* NobleDemon: The leader of vampire clan. Although he disapproves Kyouhei and Kaya, even banishing him from the clan, he still upholds his end of the bargain.

* OlderThanTheyLook: the bane of Kaya's life (and why she started wearing glasses). A one-off chapter about her earlier daily life illustrates that a shopkeeper who's known her for years thinks she's about to graduate middle school rather than high school. An early chapter has Kaya delivering some important documents to Kyouhei at a corporate office; since she's soaked from the rain, has taken off her glasses and is wearing casual clothes, the doorman refuses to let her go up, saying looks the same age as his middle-school daughter. Kyouhei has to come down to the lobby to get the package.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Kaya gets one of these when [[spoiler:Kyouhei proposes her and then treats marriage as something of convenience. She gets angry and calls him out on it. Both note that it's not very like her.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The vampires in Midnight Secretary are in most respects typical of the Japanese Vampire. With the major exception of Kyouhei, whose hair is black without explanation, almost all the vampires seen are pale blonde. All of them are beautiful and pale, wealthy, and supernatural rather than undead. Vampires in this story can only reproduce with humans, not with other vampires, and they generally choose only successful humans to breed with. They are weakened by direct sunlight but can tolerate it to a degree, and the presence of genuine Christian faith (rather than just the trappings; a silver cross in the hands of a non-Christian does nothing) weakens them.

* PunyEarthlings: How vampires see humans. To them, humans are just source of food, tools, and an occasional sex toy.

* {{Workaholic}}: both Kyouhei and Kaya - it's one of cornerstones of their relationship. [[spoiler: One of the last scenes of the manga has Kaya fully dressed for their wedding, talking on the phone scheduling a business meeting!]]

* PunyEarthlings: How vampires see humans. To them, humans are just source of food and tools.

* SexEqualsLove: Zigzagged and Inverted. Kaya and Kyouhei were in love before they started sleeping with each other, with Kyouhei not really aware (or accepting) his feelings for Kaya. However, they start to realize that a purely sexual relationship isn't enough for them, and the more they have sex, the harder it becomes to hide their feelings, and the sex (plus bloodsucking for Kyouhei) is less and less satisfying. After they confess their love to each other, they find the ensuing lovemaking the most pleasurable they ever have ([[spoiler:it lasted an entire night, and Kyouhei didn't drink a single drop of Kaya's blood]]), resulting in Love Equals Sex or GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex.

* BastardBoyfriend: Kyouhei has outright hid information from Kaya, just so she'll worry and squirm more because it's more amusing to him than to tell her. He's not especially violent and does know how to take no for an answer but their relationship is half mind game and half love affair.
* TheBeautifulElite: Invoked by vampire society. While vampires can only reproduce with humans, the offspring has only a fifty-fifty chance of [[SuperpowerfulGenetics being a vampire]]. So in order to sustain vampire society, vampires are generally only allowed to marry and breed with humans who pass certain standards of beauty, intelligence, wealth and position. [[spoiler: Being a baby-faced working-class young woman, Kaya only fits the second, which puts roadblocks to the long-term future of her romance with Kyouhei. His working behind the scenes to fix this is part of his CharacterDevelopment.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: What Kaya appears to be at first, until the end of the first chapter when we find out that the glasses are non-prescription and just for show, to make her look more serious and less baby-faced. She continues to wear the glasses at work, however, so she fits this trope when in her secretary persona.

''Midnight Secretary'' is a {{Josei}} manga series by Ohmi Tomu about a conservative secretary, Satozuki Kaya, who is appointed as the private secretary of notorious lecher Touma Kyouhei, Director of the Touma tableware company.

* TheBabyTrap: [[spoiler:At end of the series, when it's confirmed that Kaya is pregnant, she fears this is what Kyouhei will think. [[TearJerker He doesn't. He knows her better than that.]]]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Kaya and Kyouhei. He's way over OneHeadTaller and more than twice as wide at the shoulder.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Whenever the vampires are actually evil is up to debate, but they are weakened by the crosses, and symbols and places of sincere faith. Kyouhei copes with eating at a restaurant located in a former church, but mentions that the devout Christian faith of the owner and his wife (who the dinner meeting is with) is part of why he has such a hard time (he's nauseous and extremely hungry in the limo afterward).

* NonIdleRich: The Touma family. Kyouhei's father and his older brother both have high level positions in the company, and are very good at their jobs. When Kyouhei leaves the Touma Group to start his own company, he says outright he already has enough money to live a life of extravagant luxury, but he'd be bored silly.

* OlderThanTheyLook: the bane of Kaya's life (and why she started wearing glasses). A one-off chapter about her earlier daily life illustrates that a shopkeeper who's known her for years thinks she's about to graduate middle school rather than high school. An early chapter has Kaya delivering some documents to Kyouhei at a hotel; since she's soaked from the rain, has taken off her glasses and is wearing casual clothes, the doorman refuses her entry, saying she's too young to enter the hotel bar and she should go home since it's a school night.

* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: Reason why Kyouhei doesn't want to have kids.
* {{Workaholic}}: both Kyouhei and Kaya - it's one of cornerstones of their relationship. [[spoiler: One of the last scenes of the manga has Kaya fully dressed for her wedding, talking on the phone scheduling a business meeting!]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Late in the series, Kaya is diagnosed as anemic, and has to start taking iron tablets and adjust her diet to compensate. As might be expected for someone regularly feeding a vampire.

* HolyBurnsEvil: Whenever the vampires are actually evil is up to debate, but they are weakened by the crosses, and symbols and places of sincere faith. Kyouhei copes with eating at a restaurant located in a former church, but mentions he would have hard a much harder time if the church was actively being used as a place of worship.

* BenevolentBoss: the foundation of Kyouhei's initial relationship with Kaya. Before and during the series, Kaya encounters several executives who don't take secretaries seriously. Kyouhei might be a jerkass to her personally, but once Kaya demonstrates how good she is at her job, he thoroughly respects her professionally. Kaya says outright that one of the reasons she gives him such UndyingLoyalty is how Kyouhei gives everyone a chance to prove themselves, and once they do he treats them with the respect they deserve.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: the bane of Kaya's life (and why she started wearing glasses). A one-off chapter about her earlier daily life illustrates that a shopkeeper who's known her for years thinks she's about to graduate middle school rather than high school. An early chapter has Kaya delivering some documents to Kyouhei at a hotel; since she's soaked from the rain, has taken off her glasses and wearing casual clothes, the doorman refuses her entry, saying she's too young to enter the hotel bar and she should go home since it's a school night.

* TheBeautifulElite: Invoked by vampire society. While vampires can only reproduce with humans, the offspring has only a fifty-fifty chance of [[SuperpowerfulGenetics being a vampire]]. So in order to sustain vampire society, vampires are generally only allowed to marry and breed with humans who pass certain standards of beauty, intelligence, wealth and class. [[spoiler: Being a baby-faced working-class young woman, Kaya only fits the second, which puts roadblocks to the long-term future of her romance with Kyouhei. His working behind the scenes to fix this is part of his CharacterDevelopment.]]

* HoYay / LesYay: outright denied. The vampires in this world don't feed on donors of the same sex. In the English edition, it's said to be "forbidden", which brings up an interesting question: is it biological (due to blood chemistry, hormone overload or even Yin/Yang symbolism) or [[FridgeBrilliance societal]], thanks to Japanese society in general having a great many issues with homophobia during the past few centuries?

* AccidentalAesop: Kaya's point of view, and several mini-arcs focused on her working life all illustrate one. Secretaries, personal assistants, and administrative staff in general do important work and deserve to be respected for it; furthermore, having competent and well-trained people in these positions is essential to make a business successful and run smoothly.