History Manga / OniisamaE

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: As of 2012, ''Oniisama e'' has been '''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-20/viki-streams-black-jack-21-oniisama-e-master-of-epic-waimo-kun licensed overseas.]]'''

* [[NaiveEverygirl Naive Everygirl]]/[[NaiveNewcomer Naive Newcomer]]: Nanako and Tomoko

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: As of 2012, ''Oniisama e'' has been '''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-20/viki-streams-black-jack-21-oniisama-e-master-of-epic-waimo-kun licensed over overseas.]]'''

* DoesNotLikeMen: Mariko. [[spoiler: Blame it on ehr father.]]

''Oniisama e'' ("To Big Brother") is a GirlsLove {{manga}} series by RiyokoIkeda, also the author of ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles''. Written in the 1970s, it is one of the earliest examples of the genre, and seems to have had a considerable effect on the series that came after it. It was adapted into an {{anime}} series in the early '90s.

** Also, in the anime we're fooled into believing that Nanako and [[spoiler: Fukiko]] will have a LesYay-tastic "moonlight swim". [[spoiler: But then Fukiko ''almost drowns Nanako'' to scare her off, via hooking her foot under a log and then leaving. She only survives because Fukiko didn't mean to go for the kill and returns to her soon.]] The scene goes from prospect LesYay to [[NightmareFuelUnleaded utterly chilling]] in few seconds flat.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Played straight with SupremeChef Nanako and LethalChef Kaoru. Subverte with Tomoko, who's both a SupremeChef ''and'' a {{Tomboy}}.

** [[spoiler: Ogiwara]] does this when she either [[spoiler: tries to slap Junko's friends around for supporting the dissolution of the Sorority]] (anime), or when she [[spoiler: throwes papers at Rei and insults her for saying the Sorority should be disbanded.]] (manga).

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Kaoru and Rei both have sizable female fanclubs.

** And Fukiko later gets a bath tub scene of angst, [[spoiler: after Rei's deaht]]

** [[spoiler: Ogiwara]] does this when she [[spoiler: tries to slap Junko's friends around for supporting the dissolution of the Sorority.]]

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Played straight with Nanako and Mariko. While cute, mild-mannerd Nanako sits firmly on the YamatoNadeshiko spectrum, Mariko is a [[RavenHairIvorySkin fair-skinned, raven-haired]] {{Yandere}} from day one.

* {{Bifauxnen And Ladette}}: Rei and Kaoru, again.

* LesYay: A given.

* ButchLesbian: Rei. It's more obvious in her relationship with Nanako (who would be the femme in this case).

* ClingyJealousGirl: Mariko to Nanako. Eventually she gets better.

* AlphaBitch: Aya Misaki; Fukiko also counts.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Rei and Kaoru.

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Rei, the only major character to ''not'' get handed the BaitAndSwitchLesbians card. The circumstances of her death differ between the two versions: suicide in the manga, an accident in the anime (though people ''think'' she killed herself at first).]]

* DoesNotLikeMen: Mariko.

* KickTheDog: Aya does this quite a bit, but an especially good example is when she mocks both Nanako's middle-class background ''and'' [[spoiler: Mariko's dysfunctional relationship with her father.]] Doubled when, some time later, she publically annunces to her classmates that [[spoiler: Mariko's parents are getting divorced in a very scandalous manner.]]

* SchoolgirlLesbians: Yep, again ''lots'' of them, even though [[spoiler:almost all of the girls wind up with guys in the end]].

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: [[spoiler:Kaoru aka Kaoru-no-Kimi (marries Takehiko in both manga and anime, with different results on each continuity), Mariko (implied to enter a relationship with Fukiko's brother Takeshi, though only in the manga), Fukiko (revealed to have loved Takehiko all along, then [[TheMourningAfter deciding to remain celibate]] after Rei's death and Takehiko hitching up again with Kaoru). Nanako is a tricky case: in the manga there are not hints of anything aside of her mourning for Rei, but in the end of the anime she mentions that she fancies an "university student" -- but we don't know if said student is a boy or a girl, since in the original Japanese she uses gender-neutral pronouns when talking about them. (Granted, it doesn't come off as well in subs).]]

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: [[spoiler:Kaoru aka Kaoru-no-Kimi (marries Takehiko in the end), Mariko (implied to enter a relationship with Fukiko's brother Takeshi at the end of manga), Fukiko (revealed to have loved Takehiko all along). Nanako in the anime may not count because, despite mentioning that she fancies an "university student", we don't know if said student is a boy or a girl.]]

** The first years: Tomoko (Child), Nanako (Mother), Mariko (Seductress). More in the anime, tho, due to Tomoko being an AscendedExtra.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Arguably, Tomoko, if you see her and Nanako's relationship as RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Fukiko.]]

* BlackAndWhiteBeauty: Mariko.
** Also "Mona Lisa" Komabayashi. Her "Mona Lisa" alias comes half from this, half from having a "mysterious" smile.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Played straight with Nanako and Mariko. While cute, mild-mannerd Nanako sits firmly on the YamatoNadeshiko spectrum, Mariko is a [[BlackAndWhiteBeauty fair-skinned, raven-haired]] {{Yandere}} from day one.

* BaitAndSwitchLesbians: [[spoiler:Kaoru aka Kaoru-no-Kimi (marries Takehiko in the end), Mariko (implied to enter a relationship with Fukiko's brother Takeshi at the end of manga), Fukiko (revealed to have loved Takehiko all along). Nanako in the anime may not count because, despite mentioning that she fancies an "university student", we don't know if said student is a boy or a girl. (To be fair, that doesn't come up well in fansubs, thus it's easy to assume she dates a boy.)]]

* {{Funbag Airbag}}: No doubt happens whenever Nanako runs into Rei's chest despite the fact her chest [[ViewerGenderConfusion looks male under her jacket]].

** Expecially Rei, given that the fit the Japanese idea of a [[ButchLesbian Butch]]/[[LipstickLesbian Femme]] role so closely.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Played straight with Nanako and Mariko. While cute, mild-mannerd Nanako sits firmly on the YamatoNadeshiko spectrum, Mariko is a [[BlackAndWhiteBeauty fair-skinned, raven-haired]] Yandere from day one.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Nanako and either Rei or Tomoko. Arguably with Mariko too, who's very feminine-looking but much more straightforward.

''Oniisama e'' ("To Big Brother") is a GirlsLove {{manga}} series by Ikeda Riyoko, also the author of ''RoseOfVersailles''. Written in the 1970s, it is one of the earliest examples of the genre, and seems to have had a considerable effect on the series that came after it. It was adapted into an {{anime}} series in the early '90s.