History Manga / Sumire16Sai

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - Subaru Tamiya just disappeared after chapter 13 and was never heard from again. [[spoiler:He comes back during the epilogue, where it is revealed that he's been working as an theater actor]].

* WeWillMeetAgain: Akebi promises this to Kazuma, who was leaving Japan to get heart surgery overseas. [[spoiler: They do end up meeting again, and even get [[TheyDo married]] along the way.]]

* [[TheChick Renge Ohyama]] - An OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who always was [[TheWoobie bullied and never had any real friends]]. She almost gets drafted into being the gofer for the school's hoodlums, but gets rescued by Sumire, whom she befriends.

** Lex returned to England, and became the apprentice of a famous ventriloquist.

* DoWrongRight: Sumire decides to use the hot springs with the other girls , despite the problems that would raise. Akebi is angry with the Old Man...not because he's a man in a hot spring with naked high school girls, but because he's wearing clothes at a hot spring.

* ElectionDayEpisode: As part of Ageha's latest scheme to charm the male student body, she decides to run for class president. Sumire joins the fray, however, but Ageha takes the lead due to her [[MsFanservice campaign assets]]. Sumire's friends fire back with their own brand of {{Fanservice}}-- the ''Old Man'', after they've cleaned him and suited him up. Sumire wins by a [[LandslideElection landslide]] thanks to the female student body's larger presence in the school.

** If the Old Man's clothings are reminiscent of ninja outfit's origins, the Mysterious Woman's attire (basically a [[InnocentFanserviceGirl slightly see-through]] version of his own) are reminiscent of the fishnet-heavy ''kunoichi'' stereotypical attire.

* HypocriticalHumor: About 95% of Sumire and Sakura's interactions will have this trope being involved. Whatever weird thing one calls out, the other one also invokes because they're a weird acting puppet as well.

* LetsGetDangerous: The old man never fights back when attacked (other than using Sumire's arm for any slap that RuleOfFunny might demand), as he never breaks character. However, when forcefully separed from Sumire and held down in an arm lock, he's able to ''dislocate his own shoulder'' to break free and get back to puppeting.

* LoveConfession: In ''17-sai'', after finding out that Sakura was in love with a popular boy named Shuuji, Sumire pulled out all the stops to make him available for her to confess to on Valentine's Day. However, in the process, Shuuji ends up confessing to ''Sumire'' during that exact same confession, having fell in love with her through her antics and mistaking her friend's confession for her own on ''her'' behalf.
* LoveDodecahedron: Lex is in love with the Yamabuki, who has a one sided crush on the Old Man. Sakura is love with Yamabuki as well, and Ageha has ''some'' sort of infatuation with the Mysterious Woman. Sumire's friend Sakura has a crush on Shuuji, who has a crush on Sumire, who has some small crushes here and there. And that's not even getting into the rest of the many admirers she has across the two series...

** Ageha Kuroki. All she wants the [[AttentionWhore attention]] and servitude of the male student body, and she'll do anything to get it.

* MisaimedFandom: In-universe example. The otaku-crowd that started frequenting the MaidCafe after they saw maid-Sumire and her puppet-master.

* RedLightDistrict: When the trio of ''17-sai'' try to spy on the Old Man to see what he's like outside of school, he see him enter a building here. At first the girls think that he's getting Sumire into seedy situations, but it turns out that he just helps at a daycare that's situated here, for some odd reason.
* RiddleForTheAges: Invoked by the mangaka in the last chapter's epilogue, where he actually states he's ''taking to his grave'' the secret of [[spoiler:who the Old Man is, why he's puppeting Sumire, how many times he's puppeted her through a new school year with a different generation of classmates, and how long he's been doing that]].

* TeacherStudentRomance: Part of the LoveDodecahedron, from Sakura, a doll, to the math-teacher.

* UnusualEuphemism: Akebi mentioning Renge's two greatest "talents".

* TenderTears: InvokedTrope for Sumire, thanks to the little bottle of [[PracticalEffects teathrical tears]] the old man [[CrazyPrepared carries in case she should cry]].

* WeWillMeetAgain: Akebi promises this to Kazuma, who was leaving Japan to get a heart surgery overseas. [[spoiler: They do end up meeting again, and even get [[TheyDo married]] along the way.]]
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Taken to a whole new level: Three of the chapters are dedicated to Sumire's musing about her earlier childhood. These chapters are named, quite aptly, ''Sumire 10 Sai!!''. Hilariously, Renge and Akebi go from balking at the obvious FridgeHorror that the Old Man has been doing this for six years,[[note]]albeit the last episode reveals that he [[spoiler:"resets" Sumire to grow a year after ''six'' years]], meaning that he might have been at this for ''36'' years instead[[/note]] to eagerly anticipating the third flashback.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: In ''17-sai'', Saki tried to do this to the Old Man and frame him for attempted rape by seducing him and making him fall over her. He ''does'' go on top of her... but only because [[SubvertedTrope there was a hornet's nest]] above where they were sitting and he was going to protect her from the stinging.

* LetsGetDangerous: The old man never fights back when attacked (other than using Sumire's arm for any ArmorPiercingSlap that RuleOfFunny might demand), as he never breaks character. However, when forcefully separed from Sumire and held down in an arm lock, he's able to ''dislocate his own shoulder'' to break free and get back to puppeting.

* IllBoy: Kazuma, who seemed to have a bad case of anemia, but was really [[spoiler: suffering from heart problems and needed to be sent overseas for an operation]].

* {{Dojikko}}: Renge gets classified as one by the Otakus at the MaidCafe.

%%* {{Tsundere}} - Mizuki gets classified as one by the Otakus at the MaidCafe.

** Nearly everyone in ''16-sai'' has an expy in ''17-sai''. Justified since [[spoiler:the Old Man repeatedly goes to high school with a different generation each time.]]

* RiddleForTheAges: Invoked by the mangaka in the last chapter's epilogue, where he actually states he's ''taking to his grave'' the secret of [[spoiler:who the Old Man is]], why he's puppeting Sumire, how many times he's puppeted her through a new school year with a different generation of classmates, and how long he's been doing that]].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer - Renge was bullied in middle school.
* AlphaBitch - Ageha Kuroki.

* AttemptedRape - Happens to both Renge and Ageha. Luckily, Sumire and Sakura, respectively, intervene.

* BlitheSpirit - Sumire (especially in the ''Sumire 17'' chapters). The fact that the cheerful schoolgirl who inspires everyone to become better people is not even a real person is part of the MindScrew.
* ButtMonkey - The old man's willing to suffer to keep up the masquerade that Sumire's a real girl. And boy, does he suffer.
* BystanderSyndrome - Basically the entire point of Takao's introduction story. He learns to ditch the attitude once he sees the Mysterious Woman being picked on.

* {{Delinquent}} - Ryuuji Sakura, a tough-acting puppet manned by an extremely meek girl.
* DemonHead - Akebi brings out her "Yakuza face" sometimes.

* {{Dojikko}} - Renge gets classified as one by the Otakus at the MaidCafe.
* DoWrongRight - Sumire decides to use the hot springs with the other girls , despite the problems that would raise. Akebi is angry with the Old Man...not because he's a man in a hot spring with naked high school girls, but because he's wearing clothes at a hot spring.

* FreakyFridayFlip - Sumire and Sakura accidentally switch puppet masters during a thunderstorm. The Old Man takes the opportunity to run with this trope. The Mysterious Woman controlling Sakura is not amused.
* FunnyForeigner - Lex Begonia, the English teacher, whose knowledge of Japan could [[CloudCuckooLander not match reality]] any less.

* GenkiGirl - Sumire, Akebi as well.

* HilarityEnsues
* HypocriticalHumor - About 95% of Sumire and Sakura's interactions will have this trope being involved.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl - The Mysterious Woman should ''really'' consider wearing thicker clothing.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation - Mizuki Tsukamoto, before Sumire and the others befriend her.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold - Ryuuji Sakura.
* KarmaHoudini - Ageha doesn't really change her ways (despite being saved by Sumire ''twice'' in situations where her vamp-like tendencies land her in serious trouble) and yet, got a reasonably happy ending.
* LaserGuidedKarma - Takao chides Sakura for going out of his way to get himself involved in other people's business, such as molestation and bullying, and thinks he's better than Sakura because he doesn't bother himself with that. Afterwards he gets beaten up by a thug, with tons of people passing by and watching, but nobody doing anything. It's especially driven home when he looks out to crowd to help [[spoiler: only for him to see other Takaos walking around.]]

* MadMathematician - The math teacher, Reiko Yamabuki, is a mild version.
* MafiaPrincess - Akebi Kiryuu.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl - Played with in Sumire. She acts like one, and would probably qualify if she wasn't a doll!
* ManipulativeBitch - Ageha Kuroki. All she wants the [[AttentionWhore attention]] and servitude of the male student body, and she'll do anything to get it.

* MisaimedFandom - In-universe example. The otaku-crowd that started frequenting the MaidCafe after they saw maid-Sumire and her puppet-master.
* MindScrew - What is that old man anyway? [[spoiler: How many "iterations" has Sumire gone through?]]

* NoNameGiven - Everybody just calls the old man "Sumire", likewise for Sakura's puppet master.
** [[spoiler:A single panel of ''Sumire 17'' adresses him as "underling Tsukushi Nobuhiko".]]
* ObliviousToLove - Mizuki and Shirakaba: "Why is it that when I'm around him I feel so at ease?". This despite vehemently denouncing having any relationships when asked by Sumire a few pages before.
* OnlySaneMan - Renge and Mizuki both fit this. Yeah, that's right -- with Sumire, you definitely need more than one main character to remind you how ridiculous it is.

* {{Ojou}} - Ringo "Are you trying to oppose me!?" Hime.

* PaperThinDisguise - Sumire uses a wig to dress up as Mizuki to set the latter up on a date. Even Akebi can't ignore how badly it'll fail.

* PutOnABus - [[spoiler: Sakura gets expelled because he wants to "travel the world". Ageha drops out once a talent agency scouts her.]]

* RiddleForTheAges: Invoked by the mangaka in the last chapter's epiloge, where he actually states he's ''taking to his grave'' the secret of who [[spoiler:the Old Man is]], why [[spoiler:he's puppeting Sumire]], how many [[spoiler:times he's puppeted her through a new school year with a different generation of classmates]], and how long [[spoiler:he's been doing that]].

* ShrinkingViolet - Renge Ohyama.

* StoicSpectacles - Mizuki Tsukamoto.
* StupidSexyFlanders - Throughout both series, Sumire has her fair share of admirers. More than one of them are fully aware that she's a puppet controlled by an old man. One of them likes her ''because'' she's a puppet controlled by an old man.
* TeacherStudentRomance - Part of the LoveDodecahedron, from Sakura, a doll, to the math-teacher.
* {{Tsundere}} - Mizuki gets classified as one by the Otakus at the MaidCafe.
* UnusualEuphemism - Akebi mentioning Renge's two greatest "talents".
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight - Averted for most of the cast, except those the principal has spoken to... who somehow are forced to accept Sumire as a normal high school girl.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback - Taken to a whole new level: Three of the chapters are dedicated to Sumire's musing about her earlier childhood. These chapters are named, quite aptly, ''Sumire 10 Sai!!''. Hilariously, Renge and Akebi go from balking at the obvious FridgeHorror that the Old Man has been doing this for six years,[[note]]albeit the last episode reveals that he [[spoiler:"resets" Sumire to grow a year after ''six'' years]], meaning that he might have been at this for ''36'' years instead[[/note]] to eagerly anticipating the third flashback.

* EmptyEyes: In the faces of ''any'' adult (be it teachers or [[spoiler:former classmates]]) who is misterioulsy failing to notice Sumire is a puppet. Often noticed, discussed [[spoiler:and eventually invoked]] by Sumire's friends, who wonder what's it all about until they realize [[spoiler:the Old Man has been puppeting Sumire for ''years'' and]] they all were people who knew of, and were willing to keep, the masquerade; [[spoiler:at that point, ''they'' do it themselves. Even discussing who had done the EmptyEyes better afterwards.]]

* {{Determinator}}: '''''NOTHING''''' will keep the old man from keeping the masquerade.
** The '''one''' time when he was even ''implied'' to have broken masquerade, something that took Yamabuki's life being endangered to acomplish, he (''IF'' he really broke it) did it ''off-panel''.

* {{Expy}} - The wrestling team's [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant Ando the Giant]]. The girls wonder if he really is a high schooler.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: The Old Man's simple, form-fitting plain black clothes are deliberately evocative of what inspired the stereotypical ''ninja costume'' - that of a Kabuki theatre prop handler, or Kuroko - which are by convention to be simply ignored by the audience. Said convention is continuously and humorously ignored as ''everybody'' notices him.

** [[spoiler:A single panel of ''Sumire 17'' adress him as "underling Tsukushi Nobuhiko".]]

A manga by Nagayoshi Takeru that takes quite a different spin on the usual high school comedy manga. Originally published as ''Sumire 17 sai!!'', an 18 chapter series running in ''Weekly Shonen Magazine'' in 2006, it gathered enough popularity to be expanded into a 52 chapter comic in ''Magazine Special'' under the new name ''Sumire 16 sai!!''. The new series ran between 2006 and 2008, and was adapted into a 12-episode live-action [=JDrama=] TV series.

* SecondYearProtagonist: Sumire in ''17-sai''.

* {{Dojikko}} - Renge gets classified as one by the Otakus at the MaidCafe.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback - Taken to a whole new level: Three of the chapters are dedicated to Sumire's musing about her earlier childhood. These chapters are named, quite aptly, ''Sumire 10 Sai!!''. Hilariously, Renge and Akebi go from balking at the obvious FridgeHorror that the Old Man has been doing this for six years, to eagerly anticipating the third flashback.

** If the Old Man's clothings are reminiscent of ninja outfit's origins, the Misterious Woman's attire (basically a [[InnocentFanserviceGirl slightly see-through]] version of his own) are reminiscent of the fishnet-heavy ''kunoichi'' stereotypical attire.

* Tendertears: InvokedTrope for Sumire, thanks to the little bottle of [[PracticalEffects teathrical tears]] the old man [[CrazyPrepared carries in case she should cry]].

* Tendertears: InvokedTrope for Sumire, thanks to the little bottle of [[SpecialEffects teathrical tears]] the old man [[CrazyPrepared carries in case she should cry]].

* LetsGetDangerous: The old man never fights back when attacked (other than using Sumire's arm for any ArmorPiercingSlap that RuleOfFunny might demand), as he never breakscharacter. However, when forcefully separed from Sumire and held down in an arm lock, he's able to ''dislocate his own shoulder'' to break free and get back to puppeting.