History Manga / SensualPhrase

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Sakuya is much taller than Aine. Once they try to [[FuroScene share a hot bath]] and they barely fit into the tub because of Sakuya's size.

* BareYourMidriff: Sakuya and Yuki and all the band members in the final concert, in the anime.
* BastardBoyfriend: Sakuya is a Conflicted type, aka "TroubledButCute with a Really Bad Past and an Even Worse Attitude".
* BathTubBonding: Averted: Aine and Sakuya try to do it in the manga, but Sakuya's huge height and the small size of the traditional ''furo'' tubs ruin their chance.

* BigBrotherMentor: Yuki and Towa take turns at this.

* BoisterousBruiser: Santa
* CampStraight: Towa, who in the manga is dating his stylist and VictoriousChildhoodFriend Miya.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Aine can be this for Sakuya. It doesn't help that Sakuya is a CrazyJealousGuy.
** Also, Sakuya's ex-girlfriend Ayako Sakura.
** IdolSinger Riri Kinoshita from the manga is one for Atsuro, going as far as [[spoiler: forcing him to make a rather scandalous news report with her, in exchange for not revealing his and Yuka's FlirtyStepsiblings bond. She then verbally attacks Yuka, which makes Atsuro snap - see BewareTheNiceOnes.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: For Aine, sort of.
** BreakTheCutie: Ends up closer to this, specially after [[spoiler: she's raped and then tries to kill herself twice.]]
* CompensatedDating: Sakuya is a rare male example, and in fact this is how he [[spoiler: got hooked up with Ayako in the past.]]
* CoolBigSis: Yuka, specially in the anime
* CorruptTheCutie: Aine, though she already was a CovertPervert judging by her lyrics.
* CuteBookworm: Aine, a quite cute girl with quite the songwriting talent.

* DistressedDamsel: Poor Aine, specially in volume 16 where [[spoiler: she almost gets killed in front of Sakuya.]]
* DistressedDude: Sakuya once gets whacked with the DistressBall thanks to [[spoiler: Ralph]]
** IHaveYourWife: The aforementioned culprit attempts to blackmail Aine after capturing him.

* TheDutifulSon: Yuki is supposed to be this, but he refuses.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Towa, much to his embarrassment.

* FlatCharacter: Poor Santa never gets real development.
* FieryRedhead: Santa
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Sakuya Ookuchi
** TheLancer: Yukifumi "Yuki" Todou
** TheBigGuy: Yoshihiko "Santa" Nagai
** TheSmartGuy: Kazuto "Towa" Sakuma and Aine Yukimura
** TheChick: Atsuro Kiryuu, and Aine does double duty here.
** SixthRanger: Yuka Kiryuu
* FlippingTheBird: Sakuya, to Ralph. Alongside a nice [[GratuitousEnglish "Fuck you!"]]
* FlirtyStepsiblings: Atsuro and Yuka, in the manga. [[spoiler: They get symbolically married in the end.]]
* ForcefulKiss: Ralph, on Aine.
* GenericCuteness: Aine seems to think lowly of her looks as she's not as gorgeous as other girls in the media. Miya also has this trouble.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Though Sakuya's... [[BastardBoyfriend goodness]] is very questionable.
* HappilyMarried: Yuki, in the manga. [[spoiler: Later Sakuya and Aine, then Atsuro and Yuka]]

* IntercourseWithYou: Λucifer's songs. And how.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Yumi to Santa, in the anime.

* JerkAss: Sakuya, both in the anime and the manga.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Towa is androgynous and pretty, Miya is tomboyish and considers self plain-looking

* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Nickname]]: Santa's nickname comes form him being born in Christmas.

* RichBitch: Misa

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Santa and Yuki, Sakuya and Yuki. Atsuro and Towa... [[WholesomeCrossdresser sort of]]
** Also, Yuki and Maria's son Yukihiko and [[spoiler: Sakuya and Aine's son Shion]].
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Yuki
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sakuya

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Aine and Yuka, though more in the anime.
* TroubledFetalPosition: Aine, when she doesn't know if she can remain as Λucifer's lyricist.
* {{Tsundere}}: Yuka, a Type B (deredere)

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The last volume of the manga.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Towa

* {{Yandere}}: Sakuya, his first girlfriend Ayako Sakura, Tomoyuki and others.

According to TheOtherWiki, ''Sensual Phrase'' (''Kaikan Furēzu'') is a shōjo manga series created by Creator/MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Creator/StudioHibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

The driver is Sakuya Ookuchi, lead singer from a band named Λucifer that is known for its sexy music (Aine herself isn't exactly a fan, but she knows how famous they are). He grabs a hold of the lyric sheets and takes them with him... and, after singing the song on-stage in front of a bewildered and confused Aine, he manages to convince the girl to become the songwriter for the group. Aine reluctantly accepts, aware that her life will take a turn for either the worse or the best, as she and Sakuya become involved in a very tormented and complicated relationship: not only the poor girl is ''completely'' unprepared for the bitterness of fame, but Sakuya turns out to be ''extremely'' screwed up...

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the manga, Aine and Sakuya are married and have a son named Shion. And in the special chapter of [[Manga/LoveCeleb Love Celeb]] it is revealed that they have another child on the way.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicBastard: Sakuya isn't only this, but he was born from ''rape''.]]

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the manga, Aine and Sakuya are married and have a son named Shion.]]

According to TheOtherWiki, ''Sensual Phrase'' (''Kaikan Furēzu'') is a shōjo manga series created by Creator/MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by StudioHibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

According to TheOtherWiki, ''Sensual Phrase'' (''Kaikan Furēzu'') is a shōjo manga series created by MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by StudioHibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

* {{Defictionalization}}: There is actually a real VisualKei band named Λucifer.

* ExecutiveMeddling: There was a rather ugly fight between MayuShinjo and the Shogakukan people, as according to her they did NOT inform her that they were making an anime and a movie. It was apparently a corollary to the abuse that Shinjo received from them, which led her to go freelance.

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Aine, though she didn't ''start'' as an Λucifer fangirl.

According to TheOtherWiki, Sensual Phrase (快感♥フレーズ; Kaikan Furēzu) is a shōjo manga series created by MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by StudioHibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

* HotDad: Yuki, in the manga. [[spoiler: And Sakuya, later.]]
** Hot Mom: Yuki's wife Maria. [[spoiler: And Aine.]]

* NamesToKnowInAnime:
** TV series: MasayaMatsukaze (Sakuya), AtsukoEnomoto (Aine), ShinichiroMiki (Yuki), TakahiroSakurai (Santa), Creator/SusumuChiba (Towa), KenichiSuzumura (Atsuro), TomokoIshimura (Yuka), NobuoTobita (Ralph), RioNatsuki (Yumi), MasakoKatsuki (Misa), ChiyokoKawashima (Reiko)...
** CD drama: TakehitoKoyasu (Sakuya), HoukoKuwashima (Aine), ToshiyukiMorikawa (Yuki), MitsuoIwata (Santa), ShinichiroMiki (Towa), HikaruMidorikawa (Atsuro).

** TV series: MasayaMatsukaze (Sakuya), AtsukoEnomoto (Aine), ShinichiroMiki (Yuki), TakahiroSakurai (Santa), SusumuChiba (Towa), KenichiSuzumura (Atsuro), TomokoIshimura (Yuka), NobuoTobita (Ralph), RioNatsuki (Yumi), MasakoKatsuki (Misa), ChiyokoKawashima (Reiko)...

** HotMom: Yuki's wife Maria. [[spoiler: And Aine.]]

** Sakuya: ([[spoiler: His father rapes his mother Reiko, her husband leaves her prior to his birth, and [[LadyDrunk Reiko]] subsequently drinks herself to death. He's adopted by Reiko's landlord, but Sakuya quickly realizes that [[FinancialAbuse the man wants him as a tool to get Reiko's debts paid]].]]. He shows the SEVERE effects of this and has to deal with meeting his remaining family ([[spoiler: specially, his evil half-brother Ralph]]) as an adult.

Aine Yukimura is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with rather low self-esteem, who is good only in one subject at school: Japanese. Her dream is to become a song writer, and as practice she writes some ''very'' raunchy lyrics for a song and goes to the post office to send them for a contest. On the way there, Aine is almost run over by a car... The driver is Sakuya Ookuchi, lead singer from a band named Λucifer that is known for its sexy music (Aine herself isn't exactly a fan, but she knows how famous they are). He grabs a hold of the lyric sheets and takes them with him... and, after singing the song on-stage in front of a bewildered and confused Aine, manages to convince the girl to become the songwriter for the group. Aine reluctantly accepts, aware that her life will take a turn for either the worse or the best, as she and Sakuya become involved in a very tormented and complicated relationship: not only the poor girl is ''completely'' unprepared for the bitterness of fame, but Sakuya turns out to be ''extremely'' screwed up...

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's implied that [[spoiler: Tomoyuki]] had unrequited feelings for [[spoiler: his Yumi. Which wouild explain a LOT about [[spoiler: his obsession with Yumi's IdenticalStranger, Aine.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: Sakuya and Aine, for each other.

* CompensatedDating: Sakuya is a rare male example.

** IHaveYourWife: The culprit attempts to blackmail Aine after capturing him.

* FlirtyStepsiblings: Atsuro and Yuka, in the manga. [[spoiler: They get married in the end.]]

* JerkAss: Sakuya. Both in the anime and the manga.

** Sakuya: ([[spoiler: His father rapes his mother Reiko, her husband leaves her prior to his birth, and [[LadyDrunk Reiko]] subsequently drinks herself to death. He's adopted by Reiko's landlord, but Sakuya quickly realizes that [[FinancialAbuse the man wants him as a tool to get Reiko's debts paid]].]]. Sakuya shows the effects of this and has to deal with meeting his remaining family ([[spoiler: specially, his evil half-brother Ralph]]) as an adult.
** Yuki is disinherited for choosing the band above his family duty of Noh acting, but the family still obviously love each other and turn to each other in times of difficulty. [[spoiler: When Λucifer is disbanded, he returns to them and retakes his acting career.]]

** Towa is mysteriously estranged, but [[BerserkButton he reacts strongly]] to the others not trying to maintain relationships with their parents. [[spoiler: Side materials imply that, being the youngest of several sons, Towa was pretty much RaisedAsTheOppositeGender as a little boy since [[WhycouldntYouBeDifferent his parents desperately wanted a girl]], which made him distance himself from them as he grew up.]]

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Aine gets raped by the president of Λucifer's label in an attempt to break Sakuya.]]

* SecretKeeper: Aine finds out about [[spoiler: Atsuro and Yuka]] and promises to be this. [[spoiler: Then, they get caught by some {{paparazzi}}.]] Whoops.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue

According to TheOtherWiki, Sensual Phrase (快感♥フレーズ; Kaikan Furēzu) is a shōjo manga series created by MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's implied that [[spoiler: Tomoyuki]] had unrequited feelings for [[spoiler: his DeadLittleSister Yumi.]] Which wouild explain a LOT about [[spoiler: his obsession with Yumi's IdenticalStranger, Aine.]]

* DeadLittleSister: Tomoyuki from the band ''Jesus'' had a sister named Yumi, who died last year. [[spoiler: Aine bears an uncanny resemblance to Yumi, so Tomoyuki goes {{Yandere}} for her and this makes Sakuya go {{Yandere}} too.]]

* [[DroppedabridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget On Her]]: In the manga, Λucifer producer Hitoshi Takayama is ''so'' pretty that Aine thinks he's yet another Sakuya fangirl at first.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Misa, Ayako, [[spoiler: Sakuya's MissingMom Reiko]]

* BlueEyes: Sakuya. [[spoiler: Actually a plot point, as he inherited them from his rapist American father, and people used to discriminate him because of them.]]
** WhatBeautifulEyes: Aine tells him this to cheer him up.

Aine Yukimura is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with rather low self-esteem, who is good only in one subject at school: Japanese. Her dream is to become a song writer, and as practice she writes some ''very'' raunchy lyrics for a song and goes to the post office to send them for a contest.

On the way there, Aine is almost run over by a car. The driver is Sakuya Ookuchi, lead singer from a band named Λucifer that is known for its sexy music (Aine herself isn't exactly a fan, but she knows how famous they are). He grabs a hold of the lyric sheets and takes them with him... and, after singing the song on-stage in front of a bewildered and confused Aine, manages to convince the girl to become the songwriter for the group. Aine reluctantly accepts, unaware that her life will take a turn for either the worse or the best, as she and Sakuya become involved in a very tormented and complicated relationship: not only the poor girl is ''completely'' unprepared for the bitterness of fame, but Sakuya turns out to be ''extremely'' screwed up...

* ExecutiveMeddling: There was a rather ugly fight between Shinjou and the Shogakukan people, as according to her they did NOT inform her that they were making an anime and a movie. It was apparently a corollary to the abuse that Shinjou received from them, alongside other Shogakukan authors.

** Towa is mysteriously estranged, but [[BerserkButton he reacts strongly]] to the others not trying to maintain relationships with their parents.

* YokoOhNo: Poor Aine is accosted by fangirls many, many times.

On the way there, Aine is almost run over by a car. The driver is Sakuya Ookuchi, lead singer from a band named Λucifer that is known for its sexy music. He grabs a hold of the lyrics and manages to convince Aine to become the songwriter for the group. Aine reluctantly accepts, unaware that her life will take a turn for either the worse or the best, as she and Sakuya become involved in a very tormented relationship.

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the manga, Aine and Sakuya are married and have a son.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: It's implied that [[spoiler: Tomoyuki]] had unrequited feelings for [[spoiler: his DeadLittleSister Yumi.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Aine only appears in the second half.

* ExecutiveMeddling: There was a rather ugly fight between Shinjou and the Shogakukan people, as according to her they did NOT inform her that they were making an anime and a movie.
* FanGirl: Sakura-chan, a girl whom Aine befriends but their friendship is strained when she learns about Aine and Sakuya, right when they're going in a rather harsh spot. [[spoiler: She gets to date Sakuya... but it's a sort-of BatmanGambit from him to try seeing if she can handle the pressure of dating a super-star and teach her a lesson about her treatment of Aine.]]

* GenericCuteness: Aine seems to think lowly of her looks as she's not as gorgeous as other girls in the media.

* JerkAss: Sakuya, in the anime. Oh BOY, is Sakuya unbearable there.

** TV series: MasayaMatsukaze (Sakuya), AtsukoEnomoto (Aine), ShinichiroMiki (Yuki), TakahiroSakurai (Santa), SusumuChiba (Towa), KenichiSuzumura (Atsuro), Kyouko Tsuruno (Yuka), NobuoTobita (Ralph), RioNatsuki (Yumi), MasakoKatsuki (Misa), ChiyokoKawashima (Reiko)...

** Sakuya: ([[spoiler: His father rapes his mother Reiko, her husband leaves her prior to his birth, and [[LadyDrunk Reiko]] subsequently drinks herself to death. He's adopted by Reiko's landlord, but Sakuya quickly realizes that the man wants him as a tool to get Reiko's debts paid.]]. Sakuya shows the effects of this and has to deal with meeting his remaining family ([[spoiler: specially, his evil half-brother Ralph]]) as an adult.

** Towa is mysteriously estranged, but he reacts strongly to the others not trying to maintain relationships with their parents.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Sakuya, specially in the anime.
* TenderTears: Aine

!!SensualPhrase has examples of the following tropes:

On the way there, Aine is almost run over by a car. The driver is Sakuya Ookuchi, lead singer from a band named Aucifer that is known for its sexy music. He grabs a hold of the lyrics and manages to convince Aine to become the songwriter for the group. Aine reluctantly accepts, unaware that her life will take a turn for either the worse or the best, as she and Sakuya become involved in a very tormented relationship.

* [[DroppedabridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget On Her]]: In the manga, Aucifer producer Hitoshi Takayama is ''so'' pretty that Aine thinks he's yet another Sakuya fangirl at first.

* HoYay: Atsuro and Towa, in the anime

* IntercourseWithYou: Aucifer's songs. And how.

** Yuki is disinherited for choosing the band above his family duty of Noh acting, but the family still obviously love each other and turn to each other in times of difficulty. [[spoiler: When Aucifer is disbanded, he returns to them and retakes his acting career.]]

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirl]]: Aine, though she didn't ''start'' as an Aucifer fangirl.

* TroubledFetalPosition: Aine, when she doesn't know if she can remain as Aucifer's lyricist.

According to TheOtherWiki, Sensual Phrase (快感♥フレーズ, Kaikan Furēzu?) is a shōjo manga series created by MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.

According to TheOtherWiki, Sensual Phrase (快感 フレーズ, Kaikan Furēzu?) is a shōjo manga series created by MayuShinjo. The manga was published by Shogakukan in Shōjo Comic between 1997 and 2000, and collected in 18 bound volumes. It was adapted as a 44-episode anime television series by Studio Hibari, a CD drama, and as a series of novels.