History Manga / SensualPhrase

* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Sakuya's mother Reiko, after being abandoned by her husband, drank herself to death.]]

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love melody, thus it seems that Aine and Sakuya [[FateDrivesUsTogether meet for a reason]]; she dreams to become a lyricist and Sakuya is a musician.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Aine compliments Sakuya on his blue eyes to cheer him up when Sakuya reveals to her considering his blue eyes are a curse [[spoiler:that made his stepdad left his mom and his mom blamed him for it resulting her neglecting him until her death]].
* WhenSheSmiles: Aine is said to have a very pretty smile. This causes her some angsts later [[spoiler:when she becomes the post girl for some ads and can't give a true smile.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Aine and Sakuya. Before meeting Sakuya, despite she comes from a quite stable family, Aine seemed lonely as her parents are obviously [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] to her. And ever since going public as Sakuya's girlfriend, she goes through so many obstacles[[note]]from becoming [[YokoOhNo the target of Sakuya's die-hard fans]] to getting raped by Sakuya's enemies[[/note]]. Sakuya definitely fits the trope; [[spoiler: [[ChildByRape he was born from rape]]]], [[ParentalNeglect her mom neglected him]] until her death, [[FinancialAbuse financially abused by his manager]] that he grew cold, aloof and carefree. But, ever since he met and fell in love with Aine, he's changed to be more caring about others and certainly becomes loving and faithful as Aine's boyfriend-later-husband and father to their son, Shion. After going through so many tests in their relationship, they eventually earn their dream happy lives.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Aine and Sakuya. Before meeting Sakuya, despite she comes from a quite stable family, Aine seemed lonely as her parents are obviously [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] to her. And ever since going public as Sakuya's girlfriend, she goes through so many obstacles[[note]]from being hated by Sakuya's die-hard fan to getting raped by Sakuya's enemies[[/note]]. Sakuya definitely fits the trope; [[spoiler:he was born from rape]], [[ParentalNeglect her mom neglected him]] until her death, [[FinancialAbuse financially abused by his manager]] that he grew cold, aloof and carefree. But, ever since he met and fell in love with Aine, he's changed to be more caring about others and certainly loving and faithful as Aine's boyfriend-later-husband and father to their son, Shion. After going through many tests in their relationship, they eventually earn their dream happy lives.

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love melody, thus it seems that Aine and Sakuya [[FateDrivesUsTogether meet for a reason]]; she dreams to become a lyricist and Sakuya is a singer/musician.
* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: Former [[HighClassCallGirl male escort]] turned rock star, Sakuya, chases after the virginal and innocent OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, Aine. He initially planned on just selfishly using her and is a FetishizedAbuser for much of their early relationship, but he eventually falls in love with her for real.

** Sakuya: ([[spoiler:His father rapes his mother Reiko, her husband leaves her prior to his birth, and [[LadyDrunk Reiko]] subsequently drinks herself to death in few years. 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.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Aine compliments Sakuya on his blue eyes to cheer him up.
* WhenSheSmiles: Aine is said to have a very pretty smile. This causes her some angst later [[spoiler:when she becomes the post girl for some ads and can't give a true smile.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Aine and Sakuya. Before meeting Sakuya, despite she comes from a normal middle-class family, Aine seemed lonely as her parents are obviously [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] to her. Sakuya definitely fits the trope; [[spoiler:he was born from rape]], her mom neglected him until her death, [[FinancialAbuse abused by his manager]] that he grew cold, aloof and carefree. But, ever since he met and fell in love with Aine, he's changed into a far better man; faithful and more caring about others. After going through many tests in their relationship, they eventually earn their dream happy lives.

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love sound that it seems that Aine and Sakuya [[FateDrivesUsTogether meet for a reason]]; she dreams to become a lyricist and Sakuya is a singer.

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love sound, no wonder she falls in love with a musician. And it seems that Aine and Sakuya [[FateDrivesUsTogether meet for a reason]]; she dreams to become a lyricist and Sakuya is a singer.

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love sound, no wonder she falls in love with a musician and it seems that Aine and Sakuya [[FateDrivesUsTogether meet for a reason]].

* MeaningfulName: Aine means love sound, no wonder she falls in love with a musician.

* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: Former HighClassCallBoy turned rock star, Sakuya, chases after the virginal and innocent OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, Aine. He initially planned on just selfishly using her and is a FetishizedAbuser for much of their early relationship, but he eventually falls in love with her for real.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sakuya is the handsome but aloof with the DarkAndTroubledPast and Aine is the innocent and sweet ordinary girl who can tame.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Sakuya is the handsome but aloof with the DarkAndTroubledPast and Aine is the innocent and sweet ordinary girl who can calm him down.

%% * JerkAss: Sakuya, both in the anime and the manga.

* MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent: Former HighClassCallGirl turned rock star, Sakuya, chases after the virginal and innocent OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, Aine. He initially plans on just selfishly using her and is a FetishizedAbuser for much of their early relationship, but he eventually falls in love with her for real.

* MoreExperiencedChasesAfterInnocent: Former HighClassCallGirl turned rock star, Sakuya, chases after the virginal and innocent OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, Aine. He initially plans on just selfishly using her and is a FetishizedAbuser for much of their early relationship, but he eventually falls in love with her for real.

* MoreExperiencedChasesAfterInnocent: The former male-escort, Sakuya, chases after the virginal and innocent Aine. He initially thought to just selfishingly uses her, before eventually falling in love with her for real.

According to Wiki/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.

%% * GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Though Sakuya's... goodness is very questionable.

%% * BastardBoyfriend: Sakuya is a Conflicted type, aka "TroubledButCute with a Really Bad Past and an Even Worse Attitude".

%% * GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Though Sakuya's... [[BastardBoyfriend goodness]] is very questionable.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: [[spoiler:Tomoyuki hypnotizes Aine into thinking she's his sister Yumi and forgetting about Sakuya. Sakuya almost dies to try get her back.]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: Sakuya is supposed to be this. Whether it works or not...

* WhenSheSmiles: Aine is said to have a very pretty smile. This causes her some angst later [[spoiler:whens he becomes the post girl for some ads and can't give a true smile.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Yoshioka, the president of Astarot Productions, [[spoiler: and Aine's rapist]], attempts to invoke this when Sakuya declares, in no uncertain terms, his intention to kill Yoshioka slowly and painfully. Yoshioka, already wounded by Sakuya, goads him into killing him [[OneHitKill instantly]] by taunting him about [[spoiler: Sakuya's mother's rape and how he himself was conceived by it]], topping it off by telling Sakuya that he [[spoiler: used contraception while raping Aine]]. All this sends Sakuya into a berserk rage... however, Ralph's people and the tax investigators intervene before Sakuya can follow through.

--> '''Atsuro''' (to [[ClingyJealousGirl Riri]]): "If you want to [[spoiler: make my relationship with my older sister public]], then do it. But if it hurts [[spoiler: her]] feelings... If so, I will personally make sure your life is a living hell. For [[spoiler: my sister]], '''I can even be a devil.'''"

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Aine is [[spoiler: raped and then tries to kill herself twice.]]

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

* ClingyJealousGirl: 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.

%% * CompensatedDating: Sakuya is a rare male example, and in fact this is how he [[spoiler: got hooked up with Ayako in the past.]]

%% * DistressedDude: Sakuya once gets whacked with the DistressBall thanks to [[spoiler: Ralph]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: After she gets raped, Aine attempts suicide twice.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler: Sakuya's mother Reiko, after being abandoned by her husband, drank herself to death.]]

* 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 SecretTestOfCharacter from him to try seeing if Sakura-chan can handle the pressure of dating a super-star ''and'' teach her a lesson about her treatment of Aine.]]

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

%% * HappilyMarried: Yuki, in the manga. [[spoiler: Later Sakuya and Aine, then Atsuro and Yuka]]

* HeroicBSOD: Aine suffers a bad one after she [[spoiler: gets raped.]]

* HypnotizeThePrincess: [[spoiler: Tomoyuki hypnotizes Aine into thinking she's his sister Yumi and forgetting about Sakuya. Sakuya almost dies to try get her back.]]

* IWillWaitForYou: In the manga. [[spoiler: When Λucifer is slated to go to the USA and Aine cannot follow them, Sakuya asks if she can wait for the day he'll return to her as a world sfaous star. Aine gives him a hug and says she will.]]

* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler: Sakuya nearly rapes Aine in a fit of misguided jealousy.]]

** Sakuya: ([[spoiler: His father rapes his mother Reiko, her husband leaves her prior to his birth, and [[LadyDrunk Reiko]] subsequently drinks herself to death in few years. 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.
** 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 willingly retakes his acting career.]]
** Atsuro [[spoiler: is kicked out of the house for similarly choosing the band over more sensible options, but after some loud arguments and intervention by his adoptive sister Yuuka ([[FlirtyStepsiblings totally sister. In conclusion, sister]]) he returns home.]]
** 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 daughter]], which made him distance himself from them as he grew up.]]
** [[ParentsAsPeople Aine's parents]] are preoccupied with their own relationship difficulties to the point of being criminally negligent, but they do occasionally feel the need [[ParentalMarriageVeto to provide appropriate parental censure.]] [[spoiler: They mellow out when, after Aine's highschool graduation, they invite Sakuya to have dinner with them and he manages to convince them that he and Aine will be happy together.]]

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Aine gets raped by the president of Λucifer's label in an attempt to break Sakuya. Sakuya's mother was raped by an American and Sakuya was born from that.]]

* RomanticFalseLead: Several, but Aine's first love Kiminobu fits the most. [[spoiler: To the point that he ''proposes'' to Aine.]]
* SecretKeeper: Aine finds out about [[spoiler: Atsuro and Yuka]] and promises to be this. [[spoiler: She does her best to keep her word, but then they get caught by some {{paparazzi}}. Whoops.]]

%% ** Also, Yuki and Maria's son Yukihiko and [[spoiler: Sakuya and Aine's son Shion]].

* WhenSheSmiles: Aine is said to have a very pretty smile. This causes her some angst later [[spoiler: whens he becomes the post girl for some ads and can't give a true smile.]]

* YokoOhNo: Not only Aine was attacked by Aucifer rabid fanbrats, but in the manga she actually ''lost a friend'' named Sakura when the other girl found out she was Sakuya's girlfriend. [[spoiler: Sakuya was NOT happy when he found out and played a small BatmanGambit to punish Sakura and teach her that Aine wasn't having it easier.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: In the anime, Santa was dating the vocalist of his and Yuki's former band, Yumi. When she cheated on him due to emotional abandonment, he and Yuki left the group.

%% * BreakTheCutie: Ends as this, specially after [[spoiler: she's raped and then tries to kill herself twice.]]

%% * CampStraight: Towa, who in the manga is dating his stylist and VictoriousChildhoodFriend Miya.

%% * BareYourMidriff: Sakuya and Yuki and all the band members in the final concert, in the anime.