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Dust Spot has its own work page, so I've moved the Anchored Teleprotation example over to there. (Note: Dust Spot was not included in the original Japanese 5-volume manga series that contains all stories in everything in Viz's Rumic Theater, Vol. 1 and the 2003 TV series. It's also a 5-chapter-long story, unlike all the rest of the stories included in Viz's Rumic World/Theater collections, all of which are single-chapter standalone stories.)


* AnchoredTeleportation: In a short story titled "Dust Spots", one of the main characters can teleport from one pile of trash to another.

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* %%* AnchoredTeleportation: In a short story titled "Dust Spots", one of the main characters can teleport from one pile of trash to another.another. %% note: this one has its own work page at Manga/DustSpot
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* AnchoredTeleportation: In a short story titled "Dust Spots", one of the main characters can teleport from one pile of trash to another.
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Explain that the manga stories from the volume titled Rumic Theater, Vol. 2 in the U.S. are not included in the TV series, whereas those from Rumic Theater, Vol. 1 'are included in the TV series... yes, it's confusing.


The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by Creator/VizMedia in 1996.[[labelnote:additional details]]Viz has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's manga short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' anime TV series from 2003, under these titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume). Note that the exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. for the 2003 TV series and nothing else -- i.e. Viz didn't use that as the title of any of their English-translated manga volumes, nor did Creator/CentralParkMedia use it as the title of any/all of their English-translated versions of the short-feature-length [=1980s-era=] OVA adaptations of three of Takahashi's manga short stories.[[/labelnote]]

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The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by Creator/VizMedia in 1996.[[labelnote:additional details]]Viz has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's manga short stories in 1996, under the title ''Rumic Theater, Vol. 1''.[[labelnote:notes about U.S., which partially overlap with the release history]]Somewhat confusingly, Viz published another collection of Takahashi's manga short stories included in the ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' anime TV series from 2003, under these titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume). Note that the exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. for under the 2003 title ''Rumic Theater, Vol. 2: One or Double''; however, in Japan, that volume's stories are considered part of a separate series, and therefore were not included in the ''Rumic World Trilogy'' anime TV series and nothing else -- i.e. Viz didn't use that as the title of any of their English-translated manga from 2003. Apart from those two volumes, nor did Creator/CentralParkMedia use it as the title of any/all of their English-translated versions of the short-feature-length [=1980s-era=] OVA adaptations of three Viz has published 4 more collections of Takahashi's manga short stories.stories in the U.S., under the titles ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (a 3-volume series, as its title implies) and ''Came the Mirror'', none of which were included in the 2003 TV adaptation, but did include three short stories that have been adapted into standalone [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]]: ''Manga/FireTripper'' (1985), ''Manga/MarisTheChojo'' (1986), and ''Manga/TheLaughingTarget'' (1987), all of which were released in the U.S. by Creator/CentralParkMedia. Also note that, in the U.S., the exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used only for the 2003 TV series, not for the manga or the [=OVAs=].[[/labelnote]]
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clarify that this only applies to the 2003 TV series, not the 1980s OVAs or the manga


The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.[[labelnote:additional details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. only for the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]

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The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] Creator/VizMedia in 1996.[[labelnote:additional details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used details]]Viz has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's manga short stories in the U.S. only for , which partially overlap with the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories included in the ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' anime TV series from 2003, under these titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume). Note that the exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S., which partially overlap with for the stories included in 2003 TV series and nothing else -- i.e. Viz didn't use that as the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came title of any of their English-translated manga volumes, nor did Creator/CentralParkMedia use it as the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]
title of any/all of their English-translated versions of the short-feature-length [=1980s-era=] OVA adaptations of three of Takahashi's manga short stories.[[/labelnote]]
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move the labelnote that I added about the U.S. version of the manga to the 2nd paragraph


''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'', also known as ''Rumic Theater'', is a 5-volume collection of short stories written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.[[labelnote:U.S. release details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. only for the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]

The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.

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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'', also known as ''Rumic Theater'', is a 5-volume collection of short stories written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.[[labelnote:U.S. release details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. only for the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]

Creator/RumikoTakahashi.

The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first volume was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.
1996.[[labelnote:additional details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. only for the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]
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I'm absolutely certain that Geneon released this anime on DVD in the U.S. (because I own a copy of it), and I can't find any mentions of it on Discotek's website or any other evidence online that Discotek licensed it.


''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'', also known as ''Rumic Theater'', is a 5-volume collection of short stories written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.

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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'', also known as ''Rumic Theater'', is a 5-volume collection of short stories written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi. \n[[labelnote:U.S. release details]]The exact title ''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' was used in the U.S. only for the anime version, and not for the manga version. However, Creator/VizMedia has published a total of 6 volumes of Takahashi's short stories in the U.S., which partially overlap with the stories included in the anime series, under other titles: ''Rumic Theater'' (2 volumes), ''Rumic World Trilogy'' (3 volumes), and ''Came the Mirror'' (1 volume)[[/labelnote]]



A 13-episode anime adaptation was aired from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia.

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A 13-episode anime adaptation was aired from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia.
[[Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan Geneon]].

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In "As Long as You are Here," a young man goes into the bakery and orders some pastries, and Atahcara, the Thai exchange student working there, tends to him. When he doesn't like what he's served, he complains and asks for his money back, Atchara tries to reason with him in broken Japanese, which makes the customer angry and not only does he want his money back, but also demands the manager fire her for being an ignorant foreigner who doesn't speak the language. Domoto, the unemployed executive who was amazed at her work ethic, isn't impressed by the customer's attitude and asks him to leave, when the customer refuses to go until he gets what he wants Domoto decides he's done trying to reason with him, and power bombs him and kicks him out the bakery for being a racist douche-bag.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In "As Long as You are Here," a young man goes into the bakery and orders some pastries, and Atahcara, Atchara, the Thai exchange student working there, tends to him. When he doesn't like what he's served, he complains and asks for his money back, Atchara tries to reason with him in broken Japanese, which makes the customer angry and not only does he want his money back, but also demands the manager fire her for being an ignorant foreigner who doesn't speak the language. Domoto, the unemployed executive who was amazed at her work ethic, isn't impressed by the customer's attitude and asks him to leave, when the customer refuses to go until he gets what he wants Domoto decides he's done trying to reason with him, and power bombs him and kicks him out the bakery for being a racist douche-bag.


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* WhiteCollarCrime: Domoto becomes unemployed when [[CorruptCorporateExecutive several other executives were caught doing illegal business dealings]], and the company was shut down. Domoto himself was investigated, but was cleared of any wrong doing when there was no evidence that he partook in any criminal schemes.
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* LethalChef: Shinichi Hara from "Positive Cooking" tries to cook his own meal while his wife is busy pursuing her own cooking ambition, and his first attempt results in an oyster and beansprout ramen that tastes as terrible as it looks. He gets hospitalized with food poisoning shortly afterwards, and it is implied that his own food caused this illness.
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Everything's better with penguins was disambiguated per TRS thread. Deleting examples that are just "penguins exist"


* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Pitto from "The Tragedy of P". Even Mrs. Kakei wanted to pet him when she found out.
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* CripplingOverspecialization: In "As Long as you are Here," Domoto's no-nonsense attitude made him a good executive, being quick to make hard decisions and telling people what's on his mind, but tending to customers on the bakery makes them scared of him, and risks making the bakery lose business.


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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In "As Long as You are Here," a young man goes into the bakery and orders some pastries, and Atahcara, the Thai exchange student working there, tends to him. When he doesn't like what he's served, he complains and asks for his money back, Atchara tries to reason with him in broken Japanese, which makes the customer angry and not only does he want his money back, but also demands the manager fire her for being an ignorant foreigner who doesn't speak the language. Domoto, the unemployed executive who was amazed at her work ethic, isn't impressed by the customer's attitude and asks him to leave, when the customer refuses to go until he gets what he wants Domoto decides he's done trying to reason with him, and power bombs him and kicks him out the bakery for being a racist douche-bag.
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* {{Gonk}}: The Baby-Ghost from "Extra-Large Size Happiness". He barely looks human.

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* {{Gonk}}: The Baby-Ghost Baby-Ghost[[note]]a type of {{Youkai}} known as a ZashikiWarashi[[/note]] from "Extra-Large Size Happiness". He barely looks human.
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* DelusionsOfBeauty: Risa Hoshino from "One Hundred Years of Love" is a shriveled up, 92-year-old woman who lives in regret for rejecting a fellow patient's love confession and driving him to suicide. Whenever she tells this story to the others, the young Risa is drawn as a stereotypical StockShoujoHeroine with sparkly eyes and delicate appearance, while her lost love is a handsome young man. Later, the patient she rejected (who didn't actually die, but simply lost his footing by the cliff and broke his leg), retold the story in a much less dramatic--and probably more accurate--manner. In his recollection, Risa is shown to have a stockier figure and plainer face, while he himself was rather dorky-looking boy, with NerdGlasses and shorn hair (the handsome man that Risa imagined him as was actually the guy she rejected him for).

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be one, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-law's strange behavior (which was due to a large baby ghost that only she could see at the time) and threatening to not invest in a house they want to buy. However, after overhearing her daughter-in-law breaking down in tears to her husband over the entire thing, she shows concern for her well being and reconciles with her.
* SignificantNameOverlap: In "Positive Cooking", the protagonist, Shinichi Hara, gets himself hospitalized due to food poisoning. Later, when his wife and father come to visit him, they are informed by a nurse that he had passed away. But this was a mistake, and the one who died is another patient with the exact same name. However, the shock of her "husband"'s death seems to bring the Mrs. Hara back to her senses, and she quits her cooking school and return to being a housewife.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be one, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-law's strange behavior (which was due to a large baby ghost that only she could see at the time) and threatening to not invest in a house they want to buy. However, after overhearing her daughter-in-law breaking down in tears to her husband over the entire thing, she shows concern for her well being well-being and reconciles with her.
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** Downplayed in "Daytime Daytrip", where the protagonist decide to attend a high school reunion arranged by his old crush, Shima Seiko, to escape his AwfulWeddedLife. When he arrives, his classmates mention how much Shima is looking forward to see him, especially after her divorce, which brings his hopes up. However, the Shima in question turns out to be an ugly, overweight woman named "Takai Shimako" and not the Shima he's looking for. He does eventually get to meet his crush (who is still as pretty as he remembers her to be), but she's currently HappilyMarried with four children.
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In "Positive Cooking", the protagonist, Shinichi Hara, gets himself hospitalized due to food poisoning. Later, when his wife and father come to visit him, they are informed by a nurse that he had passed away. But this was a mistake, and the one who died is another patient with the exact same name. However, the shock of her "husband"'s death seems to bring the Mrs. Hara back to her senses, and she quits her cooking school and return to being a housewife.
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Hirooka's boss collects strange trinkets and statues from all over the world, which his wife sees as trash

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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Hirooka's boss collects strange trinkets and statues from all over the world, which his wife sees as trashtrash.

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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' is a 2003 thirteen episode anime based on ''Rumic Theater'', itself a collection of short manga written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.

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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' is a 2003 thirteen episode anime based on Anthology'', also known as ''Rumic Theater'', itself is a 5-volume collection of short manga stories written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.



The anime and from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia.

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The A 13-episode anime and adaptation was aired from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003 and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia.



* CollectorOfTheStrange: Hirooka's boss collects strange trinkets and statues from all over the world, which his wife sees as trash



* FaceDoodling: In "The Director's Dog", Kogure's son scribbled eyebrows on his expensive dog's face using permanent marker, kickstarting the plot.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be one, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-laws strange behavior(which was due to a large baby ghost that only she could see at the time)and threatening to not invest in a house they want to buy. However, after overhearing her daughter-in-law breaking down in tears to her husband over the entire thing, she shows concern for her well being and reconciles with her.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be one, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-laws daughter-in-law's strange behavior(which behavior (which was due to a large baby ghost that only she could see at the time)and time) and threatening to not invest in a house they want to buy. However, after overhearing her daughter-in-law breaking down in tears to her husband over the entire thing, she shows concern for her well being and reconciles with her.her.
* SignificantNameOverlap: In "Positive Cooking", the protagonist, Shinichi Hara, gets himself hospitalized due to food poisoning. Later, when his wife and father come to visit him, they are informed by a nurse that he had passed away. But this was a mistake, and the one who died is another patient with the exact same name. However, the shock of her "husband"'s death seems to bring the Mrs. Hara back to her senses, and she quits her cooking school and return to being a housewife.
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The anime was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia and ran from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003.

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The anime was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia and ran from July 5, 2003 to September 27, 2003.
2003 and was licensed by Creator/DiscotekMedia.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfulWeddedLife unhappy marriage]] to pursue a relationship her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else closer to her age.

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* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfulWeddedLife unhappy marriage]] to pursue a relationship with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else closer to her age.
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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' is a 2003 thirteen episode anime based on ''Rumic World'', itself a collection of short manga written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.

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''Rumiko Takahashi Anthology'' is a 2003 thirteen episode anime based on ''Rumic World'', Theater'', itself a collection of short manga written and illustrated by famed manga-ka Creator/RumikoTakahashi.
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The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first two volumes was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.

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The manga has been published periodically by Rumiko Takahashi since 1987. New stories are published annually in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Original''. The majority of chapters/episodes are domestic stories, each with a unique twist. An English language edition of the first two volumes volume was released by [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfulWeddedLife unhappy marriage]] to pursue a relationship her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.

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* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfulWeddedLife unhappy marriage]] to pursue a relationship her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.else closer to her age.
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* MistakenForCheating: Quite a lot of example.

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* MistakenForCheating: Quite a lot While several stories dabbles with the possibility of example.adultery, none of them ended happening.



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Sits quite firmly on the idealistic side. Although a lot of the stories deal with adult issues like unhappy marriages, problematic children, difficult in-laws, and the like, all of them end on a positive note.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Sits quite firmly on the idealistic side. Although a lot of the stories deal with adult issues like unhappy marriages, problematic children, difficult in-laws, and the like, all of them end on a positive note. Even the Shimodas, who is initially shown to have an abusive relationship, ends with the couple realising that AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther.

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