History Manga / SpottedFlower

* YaoiFangirl[=/=]GuyOnGuyIsHot: The mangaka's girlfriend is this. After the mangaka told her about [[spoiler:The Husband having a one night stand with her, and that the Husband was the one penetrated]], her girlfriend ignores all the [[SarcasmMode less important details]] of that and focuses on how hot it was for the Huband to be anally taken.

** The couple decides to let the wife's grandmother name their child and she lists names from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. This is a reference to a chapter in ''Genshiken'' where an anonymous tip told Saki that a rival club says that she has an anime character-sounding name, a fact that bothers Saki because it was her grandmother who gave her that name. Turns out the grandmother purposely picked names from anime series and games, including the aforementioned Madoka as well as ''Manga/YuruYuri''.

Taking a spin from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' and its chronicle about the daily life of a group of {{Otaku}} and their different cultures, in 2009 Shimoku Kio brought ''Spotted Flower'' to serialization, it tells the story of a newlywed couple: a hard working husband that used to be a hardcore otaku and still carry some traits of it, and his pregnant wife that learned to put up with her spouse’s hobbies but nevertheless loving him for what he is and eagerly waiting for their child to be born.

''Spotted Flower'' is serialized in ''Rakuen Le Paradis'', a {{Josei}} magazine from publisher ''Hakusensha'', the series is published in a Four-monthly schedule, three short (6 to 8 pages) chapters per year.

** The couple decides to let the wife's grandmother name their child and she lists names from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. This is a reference to a chapter in ''Genshiken'' where an anonymous tip told Saki that a rival club says that she has an otaku name. Saki laments because it was her grandmother who gave her that name. Turns out the grandmother purposely picked names from anime series and games, including the aforementioned Madoka as well as ''Manga/YuruYuri''.

** Chapter 12 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:is a {{transgender}} woman. Essentially an older Hato]].

* {{Expy}}: Of several characters from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''.
** The Husband is one for Madarame and the Wife is one for Kasukabe.
** A new character introduced in Chapter 7, who is a new mother and speaks to Wife as an old friend, bears a striking resemblance to Ohno.
** Chapter 12 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:is a {{transgender}} woman. Essentially an older Hato]].
** A surly, bespectacled, formerly overweight woman is shown helping the above underclassman at a Comifes in Chapter 12.5. Like a slimmed down Yajima.

* ArtEvolution: Whether unintentional or deliberately highlighting the parallels it shares with Genshiken, the Husband has progressively started looking like Madarame.

* {{Adorkable}}: The Husband.

* YourCheatingHeart: After the Husband sees the Wife talking with her ex-boyfriend, he begins to feel insecure about his life and questions what his wife even saw in himself. [[spoiler:He then goes on to have a one-night stand with his underclassman.]]

* NoPreggerSex: Almost averted when the Wife puts on a [[StockUnderwear shimapan]], [[spoiler:but she gets too angry with him to continue on]].

* DontYouDarePityMe: It turns out the Husband is extremely insecure about his treatment by his wife and his peers, perceiving them as patronizing him and walking on egg shells around him. [[spoiler:It blows up when he decides to have sex with his underclassmen for comfort, because at least it's a decision he made for himself.]]

** Chapter 12 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:is a male-to-female {{Transsexual}}. Essentially an older Hato]].

* {{Otaku}}: the Husband, although he's more casual than he used to be; also the Wife is pretty knowledgeable on the subject.

* YaoiFangirl[=/=]GuyOnGuyIsHot: The mangaka's girlfriend is this. After the mangaka told her about [[spoiler:The Husband having a one night stand with her, and that thr Husband was thr one penetrated]], her girlfriend ignores all the [[SarcasmMode less important details]] of that and focuses on how hot it was for the Huband to be anally taken.

* YaoiFamgirl[=/=]GuyOnGuyIsHot: The mangaka's girlfriend is this. After the mangaka told her about [[spoiler:The Husband having a one night stand with her, and that thr Husband was thr one penetrated]], her girlfriend ignores all the [[SarcasmMode less important details]] of that and focuses on how hot it was for the Huband to be anally taken.

* NoNameGiven: the Husband, the Wife and Grandma, no names for them.

Taking a spin from ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' and its chronicle about the daily life of a group of {{Otaku}} and their different cultures, in 2009 Shimoko Kio brought ''Spotted Flower'' to serialization, it tells the story of a newlywed couple: a hard working husband that used to be a hardcore otaku and still carry some traits of it, and his pregnant wife that learned to put up with her spouse’s hobbies but nevertheless loving him for what he is and eagerly waiting for their child to be born.

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** Chapter 12 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:is a male-to-female {{Transsexual}}]]. Essentially an older Hato]].

** Chapter 12 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:[[DudeLooksLikeALady looks like a woman but is male]]. Essentially an older Hato]].

** Chapter 10 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[spoiler:[[DudeLooksLikeALady looks like a woman but is male]]. Essentially an older Hato]].

* ShoutOut: There are some topics during the Wife and Husband conversations that borrow from events from Manga/{{Genshiken}} itself:

** The couple decides to let the wife's grandmother name their child and she lists names from [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]]. This is a reference to a chapter in Genshiken where an anonymous tip told Saki that a rival club says that she has an otaku name. Saki laments because it was her grandmother who gave her that name. Turns out the grandmother purposely picked names from anime series and games, including the aforementioned Madoka as well as Manga/Yuru-Yuri.

** Chapter 10 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[DudeLooksLikeALady looks like a woman but is really male]]. Essentially an older Hato.

** Chapter 10 has a former university club [[SempaiKohai underclassman]] of the Husband, who's now a famous adult manga artist and doujinshi creator, hinted at having a thing for the Husband, and [[DudeLooksLikeALady look like a woman but is really male]]. Essentially an older Hato.