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* CatSmile: Seen so often on Maiko this could be his default expression. Other characters portray one from time to time as well.

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* GeniusDitz: Chitoge's mom. She is an excellent businesswoman, but is rather dumb when it comes to being a good mom. Her heart's in the right place, but she just can't communicate very well with Chitoge.

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* GeniusDitz: GeniusDitz:
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Chitoge's mom. She is an excellent businesswoman, but is rather dumb when it comes to being a good mom. Her heart's in the right place, but she just can't communicate very well with Chitoge.



%%* GenreSavvy: Shuu Maiko and Ruri Miyamoto



* LemonyNarrator: In Romeo & Juliet SchoolPlay, Shuu plays the narrator, while taking the chance to make a joke whenever the plos goes OffTheRails.

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* LemonyNarrator: In Romeo the "Romeo & Juliet Juliet" SchoolPlay, Shuu plays the narrator, while taking the chance to make a joke whenever the plos plot goes OffTheRails.



** Despite only being forced to be a couple at the start, Raku and Chitoge eventually grow to really like each other for real. They still don't admit it for a long time, since both think their feelings for the other are one-sided.

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** Despite only being forced to be a couple at the start, Raku and Chitoge eventually grow to really like each other for real.other. They still don't admit it for a long time, since both think their feelings for the other are one-sided.



* OffTheRails: The performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in a SchoolPlay adds nonsensical subplots into the play's story for the enjoyment of the audience but for the chagrin to some of its casts.

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* OffTheRails: The performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in a SchoolPlay adds nonsensical subplots into the play's story for the enjoyment of the audience audience, but for the chagrin to some of its casts.



* SleepCute: Raku and Kosaki at the end of the chapter 144.

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* SleepCute: Raku and Kosaki fall asleep next to each other during a bus ride at the end of the chapter 144.



* SupportingHarem: The premise is about Raku and Chitoge going from fake lovers to the OfficialCouple. Even though Raku attracts the attention of several girls, the only one who may have chance against Chitoge is Onodera. Even then, Raku's preference for the former becomes painfully obvious even to him.

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* SupportingHarem: The premise is about Raku and Chitoge going from fake lovers to the OfficialCouple. Even though Raku attracts the attention of several girls, but the only one who may have chance against Chitoge is Onodera. Kosaki. Even then, Raku's preference for the former becomes Chitoge is painfully obvious even to him.



** Chitoge is typically a Type A towards Raku, often violent and abusive towards him.
** Played very straight with a secondary character; Ruri Miyamoto. Although she's usually the one who supports and gives advice to Onodera in terms of relationships, she constantly admits that she has never been in love and doesn't care about it either. But whenever her counterpart Shu Maiko comes up, she usually beats him whenever she see him flirting with other girls.
** Seishirou is mostly a Type B, usually sweet unless something or Raku ticks her off. In episode 11, she [[HighPressureEmotion turns red]] and says that it would be quite a bother if Raku came to the party, but he could come if he were to twist her arm or something. He angrily replies that if him being there is that much of a bother, he won't come. She then immediately changes her stance and tells him to come, further confusing him.
** Haru.
* TwiceShy: Raku and Onodera have a crush on each other but are too timid to tell each other. Further complicating things is the ongoing question of who he promised to marry when he grew up and how much it matters compared to how people feel ''now.'' [[spoiler:Eventually, this state of relationship limbo takes too long and causes Raku to realize he's more interested in Chitoge despite Onodera being the actual promise girl.]]

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** Chitoge is typically a Type A towards Raku, often violent and abusive towards him.
Raku, but she grows to love him despite trying to deny it.
** Played very straight with a secondary character; Ruri Miyamoto. Although she's usually the one who supports and gives advice to Onodera in terms of relationships, she constantly admits that she has never been in love and doesn't care about it either. But whenever her counterpart Shu Maiko comes up, she usually beats him whenever she see him flirting with other girls.
** Seishirou is mostly a Type B, usually sweet unless something or Raku ticks her off. In episode 11, she [[HighPressureEmotion turns red]] and says that it would be quite a bother if Raku came to the party, but he could come if he were to twist her arm or something. He angrily replies that if him being there is that much of a bother, he won't come. She then immediately changes her stance and tells him to come, further confusing him.
** Haru.
* TwiceShy: Raku and Onodera Kosaki have a crush on each other but are too timid to tell each other. Further complicating things is the ongoing question of who he promised to marry when he grew up and how much it matters compared to how people feel ''now.'' [[spoiler:Eventually, this state of relationship limbo takes too long and causes Raku to realize he's more interested in Chitoge despite Onodera being the actual promise girl.]]

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** Shuu and Ruri also begin to develop this sort of dynamic, with the difference that Shuu actually seems to enjoy provoking extreme reactions from Ruri. While he does enjoy annoying other girls as well, they're not balanced by other more explicit ShipTease.

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** Shuu and Ruri also begin to develop this sort of dynamic, with the difference that Shuu actually seems to enjoy provoking extreme reactions from Ruri. While he does enjoy annoying other girls as well, they're not balanced by other more explicit ShipTease.



* BigDamnHug: In Chapter 227, [[spoiler:after Raku and Chitoge confess their love for each other, Chitoge cries out of happiness and runs into Raku's arms for a hug.]]



%%* LemonyNarrator: Shuu in episode 20's Romeo & Juliet play.

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%%* * LemonyNarrator: Shuu in episode 20's In Romeo & Juliet play.SchoolPlay, Shuu plays the narrator, while taking the chance to make a joke whenever the plos goes OffTheRails.



%%* LonelyRichKid: Both Chitoge and Marika



* MutualPining:
** Raku and Kosaki have liked each other for quite some time, but they're so nervous about the other not feeling the same way that neither gathers the courage to confess. [[spoiler:When Kosaki finally tells Raku how she feels, he has already moved on to loving Chitoge.]]
** Despite only being forced to be a couple at the start, Raku and Chitoge eventually grow to really like each other for real. They still don't admit it for a long time, since both think their feelings for the other are one-sided.



* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Raku feels like this in respect for Chitoge. [[BelligerentSexualTension Or at least he thinks so...]]
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: At least in respects of Marika.
* NoRomanticResolution: Episode 20 of the anime doesn't resolve the love plot, though it does give each of the main girls up to this point some time with Raku. And considering the manga hasn't resolved it either, the anime team probably played it safe in this regard...

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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Raku feels like this in respect for Chitoge. Chitoge, calling her an unatttractive "gorilla woman". [[BelligerentSexualTension Or at least he thinks so...]]
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: At least in respects
tries to convince himself of Marika.
* NoRomanticResolution: Episode 20 of the anime doesn't resolve the love plot, though it does give each of the main girls up to this point some time with Raku. And considering the manga hasn't resolved it either, the anime team probably played it safe in this regard...
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** Eventually pretty much '''everyone''' falls into this.



%%* OffTheRails: The performance of "Romeo and Juliet."

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%%* * OffTheRails: The performance of "Romeo and Juliet."Juliet" in a SchoolPlay adds nonsensical subplots into the play's story for the enjoyment of the audience but for the chagrin to some of its casts.



* PoliceAreUseless: Raku and Chitoge's families never seem to have to deal with any law enforcement, so if they were to start a gang war it logically ''would'' lead to rampant destruction.
** Later when Marika Tachibana arrives, its revealed that she is the Police Commissioners daughter and the police aren't much better then the gangsters and would only speed up a city wide destruction rather than prevent it.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Raku and Chitoge's families never seem to have to deal with any law enforcement, so if they were to start a gang war it logically ''would'' lead to rampant destruction.
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destruction. Later when Marika Tachibana arrives, its revealed that she is the Police Commissioners daughter and the police aren't much better then the gangsters and would only speed up a city wide destruction rather than prevent it.



* POVBoyPosterGirl: Raku and Chitoge respectively. Even a cursory glance at the series would lead one to believe that Raku is the protagonist, but every Jump protagonist group shot except for the first one ''Nisekoi'' was involved in uses Chitoge instead of Raku.
** Even the english Weekly Shonen Jump, which even changed their logo in January 2013 in an attempt to seem more manly, uses Chitoge instead of Raku where they would show their series protagonists (except when they can't, like in the table of contents when Chitoge's absent from a chapter).
** And then ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' decides to just use Chitoge to represent the series instead of Raku. (Incidentally, it's pretty much on par with which characters that game's [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual predecessor]] the ''VideoGame/JumpSuperStars'' series chose to represent ''Nisekoi'''s Jump [[Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent fore]][[Manga/{{IS}} fathers]]: ''Not'' their male protagonists neither.)

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* POVBoyPosterGirl: Raku and Chitoge respectively. Even a cursory glance at the series would lead one to believe that Raku is the protagonist, but every Jump protagonist group shot except for the first one ''Nisekoi'' was involved in uses Chitoge instead of Raku.
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Raku. Even the english Weekly Shonen Jump, which even changed their logo in January 2013 in an attempt to seem more manly, uses Chitoge instead of Raku where they would show their series protagonists (except when they can't, like in the table of contents when Chitoge's absent from a chapter).
** And then
chapter). Then ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'' decides to just use Chitoge to represent the series instead of Raku. (Incidentally, it's pretty much on par with which characters that game's [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual predecessor]] the ''VideoGame/JumpSuperStars'' series chose to represent ''Nisekoi'''s Jump [[Manga/StrawberryOneHundredPercent fore]][[Manga/{{IS}} fathers]]: ''Not'' their male protagonists neither.)



%%* SenseiChan: Yui Kanakura, as well as her predecessor [[OnlyOneName Kyôko.]]



* ShipTease: Only natural for a romantic comedy.

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* ShipTease: Only natural for a romantic comedy.ShipTease:



%%* SpoilerOpening: The anime does this.
%%* SpringtimeForHitler: The cake shop incident.



* {{Yakuza}}: Raku's side of the equation

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* {{Yakuza}}: Raku's side of family runs the equationtown's local yakuza group.
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Misplaced, moving to the correct tab: Y-san's trope is Promoted Fanboy (real-life fan gets a nod), not Ascended Fanboy (fan character gets to live the dream).


* AscendedFanboy: Y-san from Chiba Prefecture gets a nod in universe, as [[spoiler:he's one of the suitors in line for Marika (his favorite of the girls) in the epilogue]].

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* ADayInTheLimelight: All of the girls get several chapters here and there, where they are the focus and they spend their time with Raku with little to no interferience from the others.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: All of the girls get several chapters here and there, where they are the focus and they spend their time with Raku with little to no interferience interference from the others.


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* WrongBathroomIncident: After Riku rescues Tsugumi from the school's swimming pool, he takes her into the boy's locker room, not knowing Tsugumi is a girl. Riku undresses her so her wet clothes won't give her a chill. Tsugumi regains consciousness, realizes she's being denuded and reacts accordingly. Only then does Riku discover that Tsugumi is a girl. The two hide in a locker when the vengeful Chitoge bursts in seeking Riku.

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The Beard is specifically about LGBT+ characters faking being in a straight relationship to hide their sexuality.


If that wasn't enough, a [[TheMafia new gang]] shows up in town and start getting into fights with Raku's family - a conflict that could escalate into full-blown gang war. Through the power of coincidence, the gang's leader turns out to be not only Raku's father's old friend, but also Chitoge's dad! Together the two heads devise a plan to calm down their rowdy subordinates: [[TheBeard Raku and Chitoge will have to pretend to be a couple!]] The two of them are not too happy about that, but agree to play along to avoid a bloody conflict.

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If that wasn't enough, a [[TheMafia new gang]] shows up in town and start getting into fights with Raku's family - a conflict that could escalate into full-blown gang war. Through the power of coincidence, the gang's leader turns out to be not only Raku's father's old friend, but also Chitoge's dad! Together the two heads devise a plan to calm down their rowdy subordinates: [[TheBeard [[FakeRelationship Raku and Chitoge will have to pretend to be a couple!]] The two of them are not too happy about that, but agree to play along to avoid a bloody conflict.



* BaitAndSwitch: Chapters 113 and 114 has [[TheBeard Ruri and Raku pretend to be a couple]] for the benefit of her ailing great-grandfather that seems to be a set-up for her joining his UnwantedHarem. In Chapter 115, Ruri [[spoiler:admits the truth before they can get any really "romantic" hijinks going]], and it ends with a ShipTease moment between her and [[spoiler:Shuu, not Raku]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: Chapters 113 and 114 has [[TheBeard Ruri and Raku pretend to be a couple]] couple for the benefit of her ailing great-grandfather that seems to be a set-up for her joining his UnwantedHarem. In Chapter 115, Ruri [[spoiler:admits the truth before they can get any really "romantic" hijinks going]], and it ends with a ShipTease moment between her and [[spoiler:Shuu, not Raku]].



* TheBeard:
** Chitoge and Raku have to pretend to be a couple to prevent a gang war. Hilariously both Chitoge and Raku forget about it from time to time, causing a lot of hijinks and misunderstandings to occur as a result.
** In a chapter of ''Nisekoi: Urabana'' (''Inside Stories''), Shuu and Ruri pretend to be dating to enter a couples contest.


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* FakeRelationship:
** Chitoge and Raku have to pretend to be a couple to prevent a gang war. Hilariously both Chitoge and Raku forget about it from time to time, causing a lot of hijinks and misunderstandings to occur as a result.
** In a chapter of ''Nisekoi: Urabana'' (''Inside Stories''), Shuu and Ruri pretend to be dating to enter a couples contest.
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* IntimateLotionApplication: When the cast goes to the beach in episode 18, Marika [[TheTease enjoys teasing Raku]] by undoing her bikini top and asking him (in her cutesy voice) if he could help rub sunscreen lotion on her back. Raku gets extremely tempted but refuses, but the fact he got tempted at all [[ClingyJealousGirl still makes Chitoge jealous]], and [[MegatonPunch she ends up punishing him by punching him into the sky]]. Amusingly, when it's pointed out why Marika just doesn't have her attendant Honda apply it for her, she [[BlatantLies gives an absurd lie about Honda having an "aversion to sunscreen"]].
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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation premiered in January 2014, with a second season following in April 2015. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.

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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation premiered in January 2014, with a second season following in April 2015. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.
2018. For its anniversary in 2023, ''Nisekoi'' also started seeing a complete series omnibus publication, with each volume coming with extra pages of the cast 10 years after the story ended.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: While not as drama inducing as some [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} other anime,]] this is also a big reason for the romance being so stalemated. With no one really, except Marika, willing to press an advantage.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: While not as drama inducing as some [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} [[Literature/{{Toradora}} other anime,]] this is also a big reason for the romance being so stalemated. With no one really, except Marika, willing to press an advantage.
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* UndressingTheUnconscious: PlayedForLaughs. Raku rescues Tsugumi from the school's swimming pool and takes the victim's clothes off in the male locker room, supposedly to prevent chills. At the time Tsugumi is thought to be a male student; as Ichijo starts unbuttoning Trugumi's shirt, ''she'' regains consciousness, and severely objects to Ichijo's first aid attempt, with her open SexySoakedShirt making it [[UnsettlingGenderReveal very clear to him why]].
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* ArtImitatesArt: Marika makes a gigantic chocolate statue of Raku for Valentines Day, with the same size and pose of ''Art/{{David}}''.

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* ArtImitatesArt: Marika makes a gigantic chocolate statue [[{{Sculptures}} statue]] of Raku for Valentines Day, with the same size and pose of the ''Art/{{David}}''.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: "Zawsze" is supposed to pronounced "zav-sheh," but the katakana spell out "Zakusya."
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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation aired in the Winter2014Anime season, with a second season in the spring 2015 anime season. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.

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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation aired premiered in the Winter2014Anime season, January 2014, with a second season following in the spring 2015 anime season.April 2015. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.
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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation aired in the Winter2014Anime season, with a second season in the Spring2015Anime season. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.

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The manga was picked up for an English release by Creator/VizMedia, which ran in their English ''Shonen Jump'' anthology. An anime adaptation aired in the Winter2014Anime season, with a second season in the Spring2015Anime spring 2015 anime season. A live-action film released in Dec 2018.

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* ArmorPiercingSlap:
** Chitoge delivers one to Raku in episode 6 for criticizing her diet habits. She hits him rather hard, as in their next interaction, he still has a [[AmusingInjuries red handprint]] on his cheek.
** She delivers another one to him in episode 19, after he tells her that he wants nothing to do with her after she says it. Raku mentions that this particular slap seemed to hurt a bit more than her usual attacks on him.



** In episode 7 of season 2, after Haru says Raku got a {{panty shot}} in due to some strong wind blowing through the hallway, Chitoge does a MegaTonPunch on him. Later that day he once again goes flying when Haru does an ArmorPiercingSlap on him after a goose lifts her skirt up in front of him.

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** In episode 7 of season 2, after Haru says Raku got a {{panty shot}} in due to some strong wind blowing through the hallway, Chitoge does a MegaTonPunch on him. Later that day he once again goes flying when Haru does an ArmorPiercingSlap a slap on him after a goose lifts her skirt up in front of him.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Chitoge and Raku end up giving each other one in episode 19 about why their relationship has gone sour lately. Raku's is particularly harsh, causing Chitoge to give him such a loud ArmorPiercingSlap that several students nearby are able to hear it.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Chitoge and Raku end up giving each other one in episode 19 about why their relationship has gone sour lately. Raku's is particularly harsh, causing Chitoge to give him such a loud ArmorPiercingSlap slap that several students nearby are able to hear it.

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* {{Kimodameshi}}: In episode 10, the main cast's class holds a test of courage where boys are paired with girls to walk into a dark forest. A group of students dressed as monsters for the test of courage come up to Chitoge to ask for help when one of them suddenly gets a stomachache. Chitoge agrees to become their ghost for the test despite her fear of the dark.

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* {{Kimodameshi}}: In episode Chapter 24/Episode 10, the main cast's class holds a test of courage where boys are paired with girls to walk into a dark forest. A group of students dressed as monsters for the test of courage come up to Chitoge to ask for help when one of them suddenly gets a stomachache. Chitoge agrees to become their ghost for the test despite her fear of the dark.



* PaperThinDisguise:
** Played straight with Chitoge in episode 14, who wore a jacket with hood, mask, and glasses. Marika recognizes her almost right away in the park. Her disguise also makes her look shady, and she gets chased by the police because of it.
** Averted with Seishirou, who just wore a wig and some girly clothing making her look very different from her usual outfits. Raku was unaware that it was her, which ticked her off a little.

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* PaperThinDisguise:
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PaperThinDisguise: Played straight with Chitoge in episode Chapter 34/Episode 14, who wore a jacket with hood, mask, and glasses. Marika recognizes her almost right away in the park. Her disguise also makes her look shady, and she gets chased by the police because of it.
** Averted with Seishirou, who
it. Meanwhile, Seishirou just wore a wig and some girly clothing making her look very different from her usual outfits. Raku was unaware that it was her, which ticked her off a little.little.
* PiggybackCute:
** In Chapter 18/Episode 8, Tsugumi [[HighHeelHurt hurts her feet from wearing high heels]] and Raku gives her a piggyback ride on their way back home.
** In Chapter 43/Episode 17, the FestivalEpisode, Raku carries Kosaki on his back after the strap on her sandal broke.
** In Chapter 205, Raku once again gives Tsugumi a piggyback ride because she got her foot hurt as she accidentally got it stuck in a ditch.



* PrinceAndPauper: In chapter 136, Raku and Chitoge run into Maruusha Lu Vieh Nonbeeri, a [[IdenticalStranger foreign princess who looks just like]] Chitoge. The princess ran away from her bodyguards because she wanted to see Japan with her own eyes, so Chitoge decides they should switch places so that the princess can freely go look around town with Raku while Chitoge distracts her bodyguards.

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* PrinceAndPauper: In chapter Chapter 136, Raku and Chitoge run into Maruusha Lu Vieh Nonbeeri, a [[IdenticalStranger foreign princess who looks just like]] Chitoge. like Chitoge]]. The princess ran away from her bodyguards because she wanted to see Japan with her own eyes, take a tour around Japan, so Chitoge decides they should switch places so that for a day. This way, the princess can freely go look walk around town with Raku while Chitoge distracts her bodyguards.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Seishirou.

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Seishirou.Seishirou works as a hitman and dresses like a pretty boy, but is actually a girl.



* CensorSteam: Used repeatedly in Chapter 23.

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* CensorSteam: Used repeatedly in Chapter 23.In the HotSpringsEpisode, steam is used to cover the girls' naughty bits.



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* EasyAmnesia: Happens to Raku in chapter 87.

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* EasyAmnesia: Happens to Raku in In chapter 87.87, Raku gets hit on the head by a baseball, resulting in him getting amnesia.



* EvilIsHammy: Dr. Maikou in the first half of episode 8 in season 2.

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* GenreSavvy: Shuu Maiko and Ruri Miyamoto

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* %%* GenreSavvy: Shuu Maiko and Ruri Miyamoto



* {{Kimodameshi}}: One happens in episode 10.

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* {{Kimodameshi}}: One happens in In episode 10.10, the main cast's class holds a test of courage where boys are paired with girls to walk into a dark forest. A group of students dressed as monsters for the test of courage come up to Chitoge to ask for help when one of them suddenly gets a stomachache. Chitoge agrees to become their ghost for the test despite her fear of the dark.



* LemonyNarrator: Shuu in episode 20's Romeo & Juliet play.

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* LonelyRichKid: Both Chitoge and Marika

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* OfficialCouple: Though for most of the manga Raku believes he's in love with Onodera, the story is based around his relationship with Chitoge. It takes him a very long time to realize how he feels about her, though.

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* OfficialCouple: Though for most of the manga Raku believes he's in love with Onodera, the story is based around his relationship with Chitoge. It takes him a very long time to realize how he feels about her, though. [[spoiler:The manga ends with them about to get married.]]



* OffTheRails: The performance of "Romeo and Juliet."

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* SenseiChan: Yui Kanakura, as well as her predecessor [[OnlyOneName Kyôko.]]

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* SpoilerOpening: The anime does this.
* SpringtimeForHitler: The cake shop incident.

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* %%* SpoilerOpening: The anime does this.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Putting Seishirou and Marika aside, you have Kosaki and Chitoge respectively fitting the two archetypes just about perfectly.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Putting Seishirou and Marika aside, you have Kosaki and Chitoge respectively fitting fit the two archetypes just about perfectly.perfectly. Kosaki is the sweet-natured GirlNextDoor contrasting Chitoge, the {{Tsundere}} daughter of a gangster boss. Raku spends almost the entire series struggling with his attraction to both of them.



* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Averted. Although Kosaki was the promised girl, Raku chose Chitoge in the end.]]

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* FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Averted. Although [[spoiler:Subverted. Kosaki was the promised girl, girl and the first of Raku's childhood friends to reunite with him. Raku chose did have a crush on Kosaki for a long time, but in the end, he realizes he has come to love Chitoge in the end.more and chooses to date her.]]
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* OldManMarryingAChild: Subverted. After the final rejection from Raku, Marika is forced by her mother into an arranged marriage with a man at least old enough to be her father. However, it turns out the man only ''very'' grudgingly agreed to the idea because he both owed Chika a debt and because Marika hadn't protested. He is in fact a widower who still loves his wife and a perfectly decent guy, so he instantly leaves the moment it's made clear that Marika doesn't want to marry him. This removes the pressing urgency of the situation and removes one potential complication, but it's clear that this is only postponing the issue and only slightly at that.

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* CannotSpitItOut: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]], to the point of being a staple of the story. From the onset, Onodera and Raku are TwiceShy. Later, when Chitoge realizes she'd developed feelings for Raku, she can't bring herself to admit it either. And even past Tsugumi, new harem members tend to join in, such as [[spoiler:Haru Onodera and Nonbeeri princess]]. The only two resolved romantic confessions involve Shuu, not Raku.

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* CannotSpitItOut: CannotSpitItOut
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[[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]], to the point of being a staple of the story. From the onset, Onodera and Raku are TwiceShy. Later, when Chitoge realizes she'd developed feelings for Raku, she can't bring herself to admit it either. And even past Tsugumi, new harem members tend to join in, such as [[spoiler:Haru Onodera and Nonbeeri princess]]. The only two resolved romantic confessions involve Shuu, not Raku.Raku.
** It's strongly implied that Marika clearly remembers the entirety of the episode when she and the rest of the main cast were children and making complicated marriage promises. However, she always goes silent when the subject comes up because the information she holds is not favorable to her.



* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: One of most important plot points is that Raku made one with girl he knew ten years before the start of the series. Unfortunately he doesn't remember her name or face. His only lead is fact that she has key to lock in his pendant. [[spoiler:It turns out that he was misremembering things; he might not have made a promise to a ''single'' girl, and instead made the same promise to the two girls he played with while young (sound [[Manga/LoveHina familiar?]]) Those girls being Kosaki and Chitoge who, like Raku, have memories all confused because of how young they were at the time.]] Then Chapters 220 and 221 turn everything on its head and confirm that [[spoiler: while Chitoge gave the idea, the girl Raku made the promise to was solely Kosaki.]]

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* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: One of most important plot points is that Raku made one with girl he knew ten years before the start of the series. Unfortunately he doesn't remember her name or face. His only lead is fact that she has should have a key to the lock in his pendant. [[spoiler:It turns out that he was misremembering things; he might not have made a promise to a ''single'' girl, and instead made the same promise to the two girls he played with while young (sound [[Manga/LoveHina familiar?]]) Those girls being Kosaki and Chitoge who, like Raku, have memories all confused because of how young they were at the time.]] Then Chapters 220 and 221 turn everything on its head and confirm that [[spoiler: while [[spoiler:while Chitoge gave the idea, the girl Raku made the promise to was solely Kosaki.Kosaki. But he still ends up with Chitoge because he had decided the promise was less relevant than his current feelings. Ironically, the decision to prioritize the present over the past was originally made to justify dating Kosaki even if she wasn't the one in his memories, but ended up working against her.]]



* LoveTriangle: While Raku has more than two admirers, the primary story drama comes from whether he promised to marry Chitoge or Onodera when he was younger on top of the fact that he's initially attracted to Onodera while forced to pretend he's dating Chitoge and thus is unable to progress. [[spoiler:He eventually comes to the conclusion that the childhood marriage promise shouldn't dictate his present relationships and ends up staying with Chitoge despite finally figuring out the promise girl was Onodera all along.]]



* TwiceShy: Raku and Onodera, and that was before all the weirdness started.

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* TwiceShy: Raku and Onodera, Onodera have a crush on each other but are too timid to tell each other. Further complicating things is the ongoing question of who he promised to marry when he grew up and that was before all how much it matters compared to how people feel ''now.'' [[spoiler:Eventually, this state of relationship limbo takes too long and causes Raku to realize he's more interested in Chitoge despite Onodera being the weirdness started.actual promise girl.]]
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


* FanService: Kept at very low level considering the genre... until the [[UpToEleven 2 part]] [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs Chapter]] that is.

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* FanService: Kept at very low level considering the genre... until the [[UpToEleven 2 part]] part [[HotSpringsEpisode Hot Springs Chapter]] that is.

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