History Manga / Nisekoi

** [[spoiler: Chapter 29, Chitoge's dad reveals that Raku, Onodera and Chitoge all knew each other when they were young with both having hazy memories of a promise to a boy they knew but not completely sure if it is Raku.]]
** [[spoiler: The ending of Chapter 31, has Raku's childhood pictures reveal that it might have been another girl he made the promise to. ]]

* 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 didn't make a promise to a ''single'' girl, and instead made the same promise to the two girls he played with while young (sound [[LoveHina familiar?]]) Those girls being Onodera and Chitoge who, like Raku, have memories all confused because of how young they were at the time.]]

* ClassIsInRoomX01: Despite [[ClicheStorm how generic many of this series' other elements are]], it averts this. The class the main cast is in is 1-C.

* ReTool: The oneshot contains different plot elements than from the series that it spawned, the primary differences being that there were no alternate love interests and that the promise the plot revolves around is different, with no mystery as to who is involved with said promise.

* RealMenCook: Raku is an excellent cook- having to take care of his Yakuza family turned out to be a good training.
** The girls, on the other hand, are {{lethal chef}}s.

* 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 didn't make a promise to a single girl, and instead made the same promise to the two girls he played with while young. Those girls being Onodera and Chitoge who, like Raku, have memories all confused because of how young they were at the time.]]

* 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.
** It is revealed early on that [[spoiler: Kosaki Onodera]] has a key from a [[spoiler: childhood promise she made]] but seems unsure about.
** Later we find that [[spoiler: Chitoge]] also made a promise with a [[spoiler: boy]] whom [[spoiler: she]] can't recall. In fact it's strongly implied [[spoiler: that they made the promise with each other.]]
*** [[spoiler:As of Chapter 27, Onodera claims to be the promised girl, when asked by Raku]].

** It is revealed early on that [[spoiler: Kosaki Onodera]] has a key from a [[spoiler: childhood promise she made]] but is sure about.

* FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler: Chitoge]] decides that she and Raku should call each other by their first names after he saves her from the forest.

* {{Yakuza}}

* ClicheStorm: And ''how''. People have been able to accurately guess every single event in the series after dropping it by just briefly peeking at discussions about it.

Raku Ichijou is your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent. well, as ordinary as he can be, being heir of Yakuza family, position he's not to happy about. Still, he lives a mostly carefree life until one day he crashes into (or, more precisely, is crashed into by) Chitoge Kirisaki - his class's [[NewTransferStudent new transfer student]]. This causes him to lose his most precious possession- [[MementoMacGuffin a pendant given to him by his first love ten years earlier.]] Some harsh words are thrown and even though Chitoge eventually helps him find the pendant, the two of them are off to a bad start.

Raku Ichijou is your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent. well, as ordinary as he can be, being heir of Yakuza family, position he's not to happy about. Still, he lives a mostly carefree life until one day he crashes into (or more precisely is crashed by)Chitoge Kirisaki - his class [[NewTransferStudent new transfer student]]. This causes him to lose his most precious possession- [[MementoMacGuffin a pendant given to him by his first love ten years earlier.]] Some harsh words are thrown and even though Chitoge eventually helps him find the pendant, the two of them are of to a bad start.

If that wasn't enough a 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 gangs leader turns out to be not only Raku's father old friend, but also Chitoge's dad! together the two heads devise plan to calm down their rowdy subordinates: 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.

* ClicheStorm: And ''how''. People have been able to accurately guess every single event in the series after dropping it by just breifly peeking at discussions about it.

* ClicheStorm

* GenreSavvy: Shuu Maiko and

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

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Tsugumi.

* MementoMacGuffin: The pendant Raku caries is not only a memento of his first love but also the only clue he has of her identity.
* NewTransferStudent: Chitoge transfer to Raku's class in chapter 1. She transfered schools ''a lot'' before because of her dad's travels.
* NotSoDifferent: At first Chitoge and Raku seem to be each other polar opposites, but eventually they find out that they have surpassingly similar experiences as heirs of crime syndicates.

* ClassIsInRoomX01: Despite how generic many of this series' other elements are, it averts this. The class the main cast is in is 1-C.