History Manga / ShinigamiSamaTo4NinNoKanojo

''Shinigami-sama to 4-nin no Kanojo''[[note]]The Grim Reaper and the 4 girlfriends[[/note]] is an ongoing manga by Suyama Shinya, the author of ''[[GakkouNoSensei Gakkou no Sensei]]'' and ''[[AkumaJiten Akuma Jiten]]'', with [=CHuN=] (of ''[[MaouSamaNoYuushaToubatsuki Maou-sama no Yuusha Toubatsuki]]'' fame) in charge of art. At only 1 volume in Japan as of February 2014, mixes sweet, scary, tension and tactics like no other. Expect plenty of laughs and cold sweat.

* ShoutOut: A hilarious one to DeathNote in ch. 8.

* CutShort: Due to its cancelling, the story ends with a lot of plot threads unexplained

* No Romantic Resolution: [[spoilers: the series ends without Kaoru actually picking one of the girls that likes him]]

** [[Spoiler: played straight in the last chapter, where she transfers into his class]]

* TheCorruptor: [[spoiler:A far less sinister version. Lisa started dating Karou to "corrupt" his purity. So that he would fit her sexual tastes]]

* CluelessChickMagnet: Kaoru did get 4 girls to like him enough to date him, without even personally knowing them.

** Becomes a Type 7 when the 4 girls accept his confession and start dating him (everything in the same chapter, no less!).

* CovertPervert: Lisa Umikai's intimate face. She has no knowledge about relationships, and the first reference manual we see consulting is a porn magazine.

* ClassRepresentative: Lisa fulfills the place to a T. A perfectly cool, distant student that serves without calling attention to herself and stays at the top of her class.

* IKnowMortalKombat: Kaoru's knowledge of Shoujo manga make him oddly good at keeping a harem.

* ClassRepresentative -- Lisa fulfills the place to a T. A perfectly cool, distant student that serves without calling attention to herself and stays at the top of her class.
* DefrostingIceQueen -- Kaoru has this effect upon Lisa and Emily. Whether this is ''positive'' or not is left as an exercise for the reader.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness -- It is used quite a bit, both for laughs and for drama.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer -- Aoi's outgoing, cheerful and all-around optimistic personality earns her popularity with guys and girls. Though this is her public personality.
* {{Expy}} -- Lisa resembles [[Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo Shino]] quite a bit, as well as having a [[CovertPervert similar personality]], the only real difference is Lisa has GagBoobs, which would probably kill [[ACupAngst Shino]].

* GagBoobs -- Each of Lisa's breasts are larger than her head.
* GenreSavvy -- Karou, due to reading a lot of manga, is really good at making excuses towards the girls that raises their affection towards him. He's also suspicious of why a girl of Lisa's status would say yes to someone like him.
** Airi is as well, she and Karou usually converse in tropes.
* GuileHero -- Kaoru has shown himself to be pretty good at getting out of situations, using lies and his knowledge of {{Shoujo}} manga.

* IndyPloy -- Almost all of Kaoru's plans are pretty much "try to do damage control with what I can use at the moment". [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because he has absolutely '''no''' experience dating girls.
* ItAmusedMe -- Airi cannot directly intervene in Kaoru's daily life, so she resorts to indirect manipulation in order to put him at risk of failure with his girlfriends. What she really wants is to reap Kaoru, but her real motivation is to amuse herself seeing how Kaoru gets his ass out of the troubles she sets up.
* {{Kuudere}} -- Lisa Umikai's public face, befitting of a ClassRepresentative.

* LonersAreFreaks -- Kaoru is seen as such due to his deep shyness and cloudy mind (which would prove to be serious weaknesses in the days to come).
* LoveTriangle -- Type 3: The 4 girls like Kaoru for their own reasons.

* ManipulativeBastard -- Airi fully expects Kaoru to fail and loves to exploit his 4 girlfriends' character traits in order to put him in dangerous situations.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone -- Since getting 4 girlfriends, a good chunk of Kaoru's thoughts are this. It's used to show that he clearly understands what he's become and how it contradicts his own ideals of love and romance.
* {{NEET}} -- Kaoru became one for about a chapter, planning to let 3 months pass by without having a chance to meet the girls. He quickly gave up when he realized the girls could come to his house and he would have no way to stop them.
* NewTransferStudent -- Subverted, Airi enjoys playing around too much to transfer. Kaoru even asks if she was.
* NiceGuy -- Kaoru is actually a nice guy. He originally used dating as a last shot. He was surprised as hell when not only did one girl accept, but all FOUR did. You can tell he feels really sorry for the girls, and makes an effort to at least be a good fake boyfriend to each of the girls.
* NotAMorningPerson -- Airi.
* OffOnATechnicality -- Kaoru avoided certain death by stating he wants to become a success on his dying breath. Airi immediately stops and saves him because were she to reap a successful person (or one with that goal) she'd be punished with a severe pay cut.

* OffscreenTeleportation -- [[spoiler: Aoi does this in chapter 7, it was [[NightmareFuel a pure, raw scare]].]]
* OhCrap -- Happens a lot to Kaoru due to Airi. But a great face is [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/shinigami_sama_to_4_nin_no_kanojo/c007/48.html this]]
* {{Ojou}} -- Emily Oogawara's public face.

* {{Otaku}} -- Both Kaoru and Airi.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest -- [[spoiler:It is hinted that Aoi is one. It doesn't mix well with Yandere.]]
* {{Sadist}} -- Yui's intimate face. Her first romantic encounter with Kaoru involved her biting Kaoru's ear intentionally and getting off on it. Kaoru admitting she was biting so hard, he was scared she was going to rip it off.

* SchoolIdol -- Yui and Aoi. Yui because she's actually an IdolSinger and Aoi because she's [[TheAce the best of the school's swimming team]].
* ShoutOut -- A hilarious one to DeathNote in ch. 8.

* ThereAreNoTherapists -- The cast could certainly use professional help (with the exception of [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Ai]][[{{Shinigami}} ri]]).
* {{Tsundere}} -- Emily's intimate face, and she heavily leans on the "tsun" side, what with her punches to the arm and her detached, offensive demeanor.
* UnwantedHarem -- For Kaoru. One of the few cases where it's actually and completely ''his'' fault.
* {{Yandere}} -- Aoi Sawatari's intimate face. Her introduction on ch. 7 instantly reaches ParanoiaFuel heights.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair -- Look at the picture, Yui has pink hair and Emily's blond. While Yui can be justified as an Idol, it can be simply dyed.
* '''YourCheatingHeart''' -- The Series.

* AccidentalPervert -- Downplayed.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited -- [[spoiler:All of the girls fall more and more in love with Kaoru, but in all honesty, he's more worried about saving his ass than on romance.]]
* AllTheOtherReindeer -- Kaoru has no friends. The concept is so foreign to him, the idea of a phone being used to contact people besides his family was very shocking for him. He is also bullied by every boy due to his open love of shojo manga. But it is more limited to them calling him fag and such.
* BattleOfWits -- Between Airi (who wants to kill Kaoru and positions the girlfriends in places that would give his cheating away) and Kaoru (who wants to fulfill the conditions set by Airi for his release and strives to keep his cheating in secret).
* BeneathTheMask -- All the girls have 2 faces: their public image (always a positive one) and the intimate one (far more sinister).
* ButtMonkey -- Kaoru goes straight to this but barely avoids it due to his incredible ability to improvise.
* CatSmile -- Airi pulls one of these in the first chapter.

* CluelessChickMagnet -- Kaoru did get 4 girls to like him enough to date him, without even personally knowing them.
* CovertPervert -- Lisa Umikai's intimate face. She has no knowledge about relationships, and the first reference manual we see consulting is a porn magazine.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting -- At first Kaoru wonders if this happened between him and Airi.

* GenreSavvy -- Karou due to reading a lot of manga, is really good at making excuses towards the girls that raises their affection towards him.

* AllTheOtherReindeer -- Kaoru has no friends. The concept is so foreign to him, the idea of a phone being used to contact people besides his family was very shocking for him. He is also bullied by every boy due to his open love of shojo manga. But it is more limited to them calling him fag and such.

* ChasteHero: Kaoru actively attempts to get too physical with the girls, as he feels their feelings are wasted on him.

* DefrostingIceQueen -- Kaoru has this effect in Lisa and Emily. Whether this is good or not is left as an exercise for the reader.

* {{Expy}} -- Lisa resembles [[Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo Shino]] quite a bit, as well as having a [[CovertPervert similar personality]], the only real difference is Lisa has GagBoobs, which would probably kill [[ACupAngst Shino]]

* GagBoobs -- Lisa, a single breast is larger than her head.

* GuileHero -- Kaoru has shown himself to be pretty good at getting out of situations, using lies and his knowledge of {{Shoujo}} manga.

* ItAmusedMe -- Airi cannot directly intervene in Kaoru's daily life, so she resorts to indirect manipulation in order to put him at risk of failure with his girlfriends. What she really wants is to reap Kaoru, but her real motivation is to amuse herself seeing how will Kaoru get his ass out of the troubles she sets up.

* LonersAreFreaks -- Kaoru is seen at this due to his deep shyness and cloudy mind (which would prove to be serious weaknesses in the days to come).

* {{NEET}} -- For about a chapter Kaoru became this, planning to let 3 months pass by without having a chance to meet the girls. He quickly gave up when he realized the girls could come to his house and he would have no way to stop them.
* NewTransferStudent -- Subverted, Airi enjoys playing around too much to transfer. Kaoru even asks if she was.
* NiceGuy -- Kaoru is actually a nice guy. He originally used dating as a last shot. He was surprised as hell not only did one girl accepted, but all FOUR did. You can tell he feels really sorry for the girls, and makes an effort to at least be a good fake boyfriend to each of the girls.

* {{Tsundere}} -- Emily's intimate face, and she heavily leans on the "tsun" side. Notorious are her punches to the arm and her detached, offensive demeanor.

* {{Yandere}} -- Aoi Sawatari intimate face. Her introduction on ch. 7 instantly reaches ParanoiaFuel heights.

* AllTheOtherReindeer -- Kaoru has no friends. The concept is so foreign to him, the idea of a phone being used to contact people besides his family was very shocking for him. He is also bullied by every boy due to his love of shojo manga. But it is more limited to them calling him fag and such.

** [[spoiler:Later hinted in chapter 6, that this occurred between Karou and Aoi]]

** This helps explain her {{Tsundere}} tendencies: seeing that she has easy access to money, people in the past have tretaed her as a wallet. One of the direct strikes Kaoru unintentionally shots at her heart is paying for the net café himself in their first date and explaining that a gentleman cannot allow his date to pay.
* {{Otaku}} -- Both Kaoru and Airi are these.
* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest -- [[spoiler:It is hinted that Aoi is one. It does not mix well with Yandere]]

* SchoolIdol -- Yui and Aoi are these. Yui because she's actually an IdolSinger and Aoi because she's [[TheAce the best of the school's swimming team]].
* ShoutOut -- An hilarious one to DeathNote in ch. 8.

** In an interesting twist, Kaoru's only way to survive. Or not, if he doesn't play this the right way.

* OffscreenTeleportation -- [[spoiler: Aoi does this in chapter 7, it was [[NightmareFuel pure, raw scare]].]]

* AllTheOtherReindeer: Kaoru has no friends. The concept is so foreign to him, the idea of a phone being used to contact people besides his family was very shocking for him. He is also bullied by every boy due to his love of shojo manga. But it is more limited to them calling him fag and such.

* CluelessChickMagnet: Kaoru did get 4 girls to like him enough to date him, without even personally knowing them.

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: It is used quite a bit, both for laughs and for drama.

* {{Expy}}: Lisa resembles [[Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo Shino]] quite a bit, as well as having a [[CovertPervert similar personality]], the only real difference is Lisa has GagBoobs, which would probably kill [[ACupAngst Shino]]

* GagBoobs: Lisa, a single breast is larger than her head.
* GenreSavvy: Karou due to reading a lot of manga, is really good at making excuses towards the girls that raises their affection towards him.

* NewTransferStudent: Subverted, Airi enjoys playing around too much to transfer. Kaoru even asks if she was.

* NotAMorningPerson: Airi,

* OffscreenTeleportation: [[spoiler: Aoi does this in chapter 7, it was pure nightmare fuel]]
* OhCrap: Happens a lot to Kaoru due to Airi. But a great face is [[http://www.mangahere.com/manga/shinigami_sama_to_4_nin_no_kanojo/c007/48.html this]]

* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: [[spoiler:It is hinted that Aoi is one. It does not mix well with Yandere]]

*** Ch. 9 takes some not-so-kind jabs at [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Magica]]. Especially hilarious is the scene of Homura with Madoka's panties in her head.

** [[spoiler:Later hinted in chapter 6, that this occurred between Karou and Aoi]]
* GenreSavvy: Karou due to reading a lot of manga, is really good at making excuses towards the girls, that raises their affection towards him.

* {{Sadist}} -- Yui's intimate face. Her first romantic encounter with Kaoru involved her biting Kaoru's ear intentionally and getting off on it.