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* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfullyWeddedLife 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 [[AwfullyWeddedLife [[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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** Many people assume that Hazama from "Trouble With The Neighbors" is having an affair with Mrs. Ukita, or--even if they haven't--would eventually go that route. The fact that their [[HotGuyUglyWife respective]] [[UglyGuyHotWife spouses]] aren't good-looking by normal standards clearly exacerbate the suspicion.
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** Many people assume that Hazama from "Trouble With The Neighbors" is having an affair with Mrs. Ukita, or--even if they haven't--would eventually would go that route. The fact that their [[HotGuyUglyWife respective]] [[UglyGuyHotWife spouses]] aren't good-looking by normal standards clearly exacerbate the suspicion.
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* ChubbyChaser: Hazama's wife eats a lot and has a round figure. He proudly shows her picture to his neighbors and colleagues, and doesn't seem to understand their less than flattering remarks about her.
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* ChubbyChaser: Hazama's wife eats a lot and has a round figure. He proudly shows her picture to his neighbors and colleagues, and doesn't seem to understand their less than flattering remarks about her.her appearance.
* MayDecemberRomance: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers leaving his [[AwfullyWeddedLife unhappy marriage]] to pursue a relationship her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Zigzagged depending on the story. It's usually averted unless the relationship between the in-laws is the main focus of the story, but some does play it straight.
** The Tonegawas are probably the worst example of the trope. The younger Mrs. Tonegawa (Ruruko) clearly wasn't aggrieved by her mother-in-law's death and is rumoured to have abused the older woman. [[spoiler:It's actually the other way round. The elder Mrs. Tonegawa emotionally abused her daughter-in-law by spreading nasty rumours about her and pulling a WoundedGazelleGambit when Ruruko tries to call her out on it.]]
** "Scene of the Crime" has a variation in which the wife gets along just fine with her mother-in-law, but couldn't stand her sister-in-law. The former readily gives the reins of the household to the wife, and never complains about the house rule she sets. The latter, on the other hand, complains whenever things are different from what she's used to from her mother.
** The Tonegawas are probably the worst example of the trope. The younger Mrs. Tonegawa (Ruruko) clearly wasn't aggrieved by her mother-in-law's death and is rumoured to have abused the older woman. [[spoiler:It's actually the other way round. The elder Mrs. Tonegawa emotionally abused her daughter-in-law by spreading nasty rumours about her and pulling a WoundedGazelleGambit when Ruruko tries to call her out on it.]]
** "Scene of the Crime" has a variation in which the wife gets along just fine with her mother-in-law, but couldn't stand her sister-in-law. The former readily gives the reins of the household to the wife, and never complains about the house rule she sets. The latter, on the other hand, complains whenever things are different from what she's used to from her mother.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.Japanese.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
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* TheAlcoholic: Pops from "The Merchant of Romance".
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* TheAlcoholic: Pops from "The Merchant of Romance".Romance" has to be constantly dragged out of bars to even show up on a job.
* AmicableExes: Yukari is divorced, but she still gets along quite well with her ex-husband Keiichi even if they're not overly friendly. She mentions that they separated for practical reasons, so neither has any resentment towards the other. In fact, Keiichi expresses concern over her business, and Yukari quite welcomes the idea of getting back together with him.
* AmicableExes: Yukari is divorced, but she still gets along quite well with her ex-husband Keiichi even if they're not overly friendly. She mentions that they separated for practical reasons, so neither has any resentment towards the other. In fact, Keiichi expresses concern over her business, and Yukari quite welcomes the idea of getting back together with him.
* ChubbyChaser: Hazama's wife eats a lot and has a round figure. He proudly shows her picture to his neighbors and colleagues, and doesn't seem to understand their less than flattering remarks about her.
* DomesticAbuse: Shimoda from "Happiness List" is a drunk who beats his wife. [[spoiler:Not that Mrs. Shimoda isn't capable of assaulting her husband in retaliation, though.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and spread all sorts of terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out on it, her mother in law then procedded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''. What's worse,'' it worked''.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and spread all sorts of terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out on it, her mother in law then procedded proceeded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''. What's worse,'' it worked''.]]
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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".
* MistakenForCheating: Mr.Furuda.
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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".
Love" is a 90 year-old woman who is about the size of a doll. Flashbacks show that she is normal-sized in her youth, though.
* MistakenForCheating:Mr.Furuda.Quite a lot of example.
** In "Teen Papa", Furuda's wife and son finds a picture of him with a high school girl, whom they assume is someone he [[EnjoKosai paid to date]]. In actuality, he just asked her to help operate the photo booth when getting home drunk and they talked quite a bit afterwards, but he fell off the bridge as he was leaving her, causing his memory loss.
** Many people assume that Hazama from "Trouble With The Neighbors" is having an affair with Mrs. Ukita, or--even if they haven't--would eventually go that route. The fact that their [[HotGuyUglyWife respective]] [[UglyGuyHotWife spouses]] aren't good-looking by normal standards clearly exacerbate the suspicion.
* MistakenForCheating:
** In "Teen Papa", Furuda's wife and son finds a picture of him with a high school girl, whom they assume is someone he [[EnjoKosai paid to date]]. In actuality, he just asked her to help operate the photo booth when getting home drunk and they talked quite a bit afterwards, but he fell off the bridge as he was leaving her, causing his memory loss.
** Many people assume that Hazama from "Trouble With The Neighbors" is having an affair with Mrs. Ukita, or--even if they haven't--would eventually go that route. The fact that their [[HotGuyUglyWife respective]] [[UglyGuyHotWife spouses]] aren't good-looking by normal standards clearly exacerbate the suspicion.
* 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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* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.Japanese.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
* YourCheatingHeart: Subverted. Whenever the middle-aged (male) protagonist falls in love with a much younger girl and considers having an affair with her, she would almost invariably end up being HappilyMarried with (or is at least seriously dating) someone else.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be oye, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-laws strange behavior(which was due to a largo 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 oye, one, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-laws strange behavior(which was due to a largo 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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* TheWoobie: There is atleast one in each episode.
** Poor, Poor Ruruko.(See LoveMartyr for details).
** Mr.Domito might be stern and intimidating, but you cant help but feel sorry for him, after 30 years of hardwork as a salaryman, he lost his job when his company went bankrupt. The way he cries after confiding in one of his coworkers shows that he wasnt a bad guy.
** Mr.Furuda was underappreciated by his family, who werent even sympathetic to his amnesia or noticed that he didnt want to move without them...atleast until they have a JerkassRealization.
** Poor, Poor Ruruko.(See LoveMartyr for details).
** Mr.Domito might be stern and intimidating, but you cant help but feel sorry for him, after 30 years of hardwork as a salaryman, he lost his job when his company went bankrupt. The way he cries after confiding in one of his coworkers shows that he wasnt a bad guy.
** Mr.Furuda was underappreciated by his family, who werent even sympathetic to his amnesia or noticed that he didnt want to move without them...atleast until they have a JerkassRealization.
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and sordas terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out in it, her mother in law then procedded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''.]] What's worse,''it worked''.
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and sordas spread all sorts of terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out in on it, her mother in law then procedded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''.]] ''her''. What's worse,''it worse,'' it worked''.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and sordas terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out in it, her mother in law then procedded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''.]] What's worse,''it worked''.
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Ruruko's mother-in-law not only abused her and sordas terrible rumors about her to the neighbors, when Ruruko, in tears, called her out in it, her mother in law then procedded to pull a WoundedGazelleGambit and made everyone think Ruruko was abusing ''her''.]] What's worse,''it worked''.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The mother-in-law in "Extra-Later Size Happiness" turns out to be oye, despite initially coming off as stern and exasperated by her daughter-in-laws strange behavior(which was due to a largo 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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* TheWoobie: There is atleast one in each episode.
** Poor, Poor Ruruko.(See LoveMartyr for details).
** Mr.Domito might be stern and intimidating, but you cant help but feel sorry for him, after 30 years of hardwork as a salaryman, he lost his job when his company went bankrupt. The way he cries after confiding in one of his coworkers shows that he wasnt a bad guy.
** Mr.Furuda was underappreciated by his family, who werent even sympathetic to his amnesia or noticed that he didnt want to move without them...atleast until they have a JerkassRealization.
** Poor, Poor Ruruko.(See LoveMartyr for details).
** Mr.Domito might be stern and intimidating, but you cant help but feel sorry for him, after 30 years of hardwork as a salaryman, he lost his job when his company went bankrupt. The way he cries after confiding in one of his coworkers shows that he wasnt a bad guy.
** Mr.Furuda was underappreciated by his family, who werent even sympathetic to his amnesia or noticed that he didnt want to move without them...atleast until they have a JerkassRealization.
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* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: The Baby Ghost. The wife believed that it was trying to sabotage her attempts to move her family out of their apartment and after they missed their appointment, they discover that a landslide happened in the neighborhood with the house they wanted to buy.It turns out, the baby ghost was trying to protect them.]]
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* LoveMatyr: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Ruruko. She had to put up with an abusive mother-in-law who hated her, belittled her and spread slanderous rumors about her to the neighbors, all because she didn't want to share her son with her. The only solace in her life was the love of her husband, only for him to die with his mother in a car accident and even worst, his final word was "Mother". Even after all of that and her still dealing with the effects of the rumors, she still loves her late husband and misses him. You just can't help but want to hug the poor girl.]]
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* LoveMatyr: LoveMartyr: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Ruruko. She had to put up with an abusive mother-in-law who hated her, belittled her and spread slanderous rumors about her to the neighbors, all because she didn't want to share her son with her. The only solace in her life was the love of her husband, only for him to die with his mother in a car accident and even worst, his final word was "Mother". Even after all of that and her still dealing with the effects of the rumors, she still loves her late husband and misses him. You just can't help but want to hug the poor girl.]]
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* LoveMatyr: [[spoiler: Poor, poor Ruruko. She had to put up with an abusive mother-in-law who hated her, belittled her and spread slanderous rumors about her to the neighbors, all because she didn't want to share her son with her. The only solace in her life was the love of her husband, only for him to die with his mother in a car accident and even worst, his final word was "Mother". Even after all of that and her still dealing with the effects of the rumors, she still loves her late husband and misses him. You just can't help but want to hug the poor girl.]]
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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 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 was released by Viz [[Creator/VizMedia Viz]] in 1996.
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* BigOlEyebrows: Gorgeous the dog has a pair drawn on. It's permanent marker so they never wash off.
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* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler: Mrs. Todokoro's is that she wanted to give her husband his anniversary present.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Pitto from "The Tragedy of P". Even Mrs. Kakei wanted to pet him when she found out.
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* TheUnsmile: Mr. Domoto's "smile" is enough to scare away customers!
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* DrivenToSuicide: Hazuki from "Aberrant Family F" is worried her parents plan to commit family suicide after her father loses their money. [[spoiler: Turns out she was right, but not because of their debt. Rather because the father believed he was dying and couldn't bear to leave his family alone. They all survive and it turns out he wasn't dying after all.]]
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* TheAlcoholic: Pops from "The Merchant of Romance".
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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".
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* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".Love".
* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.
* YouNoTakeCandle: The Thai part time worker in "As Long As You Are Here". She gets better towards the end of the episode when she's had time to learn more Japanese.
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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 from "Extra-Large Size Happiness". He barely looks human.human.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Risa Hoshino in "One Hundred Years of Love".
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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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* EasyAmnesia: Mr. Furuda gets beaned on the head and wakes up with a memory that only stretches to when he was thirteen.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The mother-in-law from "Hidden in the Pottery". She effectively ruins poor Ruruko's life just because she wanted her son all to herself.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The mother-in-law from "Hidden in the Pottery". She effectively ruins poor Ruruko's life just because she wanted her son all to herself.]]]]
* {{Gonk}}: The Baby-Ghost from "Extra-Large Size Happiness". He barely looks human.
* {{Gonk}}: The Baby-Ghost from "Extra-Large Size Happiness". He barely looks human.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The mother-in-law from "Hidden in the Pottery". She effectively ruins poor Ruruko's life just because she wanted her son all to herself.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: The mother-in-law from "Hidden in the Pottery". She effectively ruins poor Ruruko's life just because she wanted her son all to herself.]]
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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 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 was released by Viz in 1996.1996.
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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.
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 Viz in 1996.
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 Viz in 1996.
