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->''The world's greatest Gal.''

''Super Gals'' (2001-2002) is a 52-episode shoujo anime series, based on the manga ''Gals!'' by Mihona Fujii, which was serialized in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' magazine from 1998 to 2002 and collected into 10 volumes.

It mainly revolves around three high school "[[GyaruGirl kogals]]": [[GenkiGirl Ran Kotobuki]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast Miyu Yamazaki]] and [[NiceGirl Aya Hoshino]], and their "adventures" around Shibuya, Japan.

For the series' 20th anniversary, a one-shot chapter where the girls are transported to Shibuya in TheNewTens was made. Later in 2019, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-29/gals-shojo-manga-returns-after-17-years/.152737 the series announced a sequel]] from the perspective of the now adult aged gals.

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!!Tropes used in this series include:

* AbusiveParent: Miyu's mother blames Miyu for her divorce and [[ParentalNeglect barely acknowledges Miyu's presence]]. She gives Miyu enough to live on until the second series where she outright [[ParentalAbandonment abandons Miyu]].
* ActionGirl: A number of Gals are very good fighters, and could easily beat up men. Ran is probably the best, but Miyu, Mami and Harue aren't bad either.
* ActionMom: Ran's mother is a police officer.
* AllegedLookalikes: When the group visits Taiwan for a study tour, Ran is frequently mistaken by the locals for artist Vivian Lin. However, due to their different hairstyle and perpetual expressions, they look [[OnlySixFaces no more alike than the rest of the main cast]].
* AlmostKiss: Between [[OfficialCouple Rei and Aya]] in Chapter 36.
* ArtEvolution: The way Ran's face was drawn was different in the first chapter, giving her more TsurimeEyes. Subsequent chapters improved until about the fourth chapter, where the iconic OnlySixFaces began to regulate itself.
* ArtShift: When Sayo and Masato really get into pretending to be detectives.
* BadassLongcoat: In the earlier chapters, Ran is often dressed in a red longcoat, and kicks ass in them.
* BalloonBelly: Towa in episode 31 after eating a bunch of giveaway food.
* BlandNameProduct: With inverted UsefulNotes/McDonalds arches and Burger Queens.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Miyu is blonde, Aya has brown hair, while Ran has her signature red highlight. The blonde and red hair come from bottles, but still.
* ButtMonkey: The Tan Trio appear only to be humiliated by Ran. Even more notable because Ran would normally ignore them, but they always try to compete with her...
* CallingYourAttacks: Ran does this on a number of occasions.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tatsuki's younger brother, Naoki, is very quick to fall in love with someone and declare them his "soulmate". Unfortunately, he tends to go after girls who are already taken (first Ran, then Miyu, Sayo, and finally Aya), so none of his pursuits ever work out for him.
* CirclingSaw: One of the ways Kasumi Tsukino tries to ruin Ran's reputation as the #1 Gal in Shibuya is to try sawing a circle underneath her while Ran is on stage during a contest at the school festival. Kasumi succeeds in making Ran fall through the circle, however, Kasumi realizes at the last minute that all she did was make Ran and the wooden floor circle land on herself, squishing her underneath without anyone noticing (and it doesn't succeed in ruining Ran's reputation, either).
* CompensatedDating: Before joining Ran's gang, Aya "work" as an EnjoKosai who dates older men for money to rebel against her parents.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ran, to some extent, thanks to her whole family being made up of police officers and her father giving her a rather extreme training so she could become one.
%%* DancingTheme: A bit of it in the opening.
* {{Dramedy}}: On the surface, the series seem to be a comedy/slice-of-life about the ko-gal subculture of Japan, but it also delves into heavy issues like crime, broken families, gang violence and sexual harassment in the workplace.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first chapters, one member of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tan Trio]] wasn't tan, and they mocked Ran on the fact [[ChasteHero she was still a virgin]] instead for not being tan.
* EducationMama: Aya's parents expect their daughter to earn high grades and get accepted in a top university. They later pressure her to give up her friends in favor of more studying.
%%* EnjoKosai: Aya, before Ran knocked some sense into her.
%%* GenkiGirl: Ran, her sister Sayo, and Miyu.
%%* FireBreathingDiner: Mami and Harue in Episode 6 after eating super-spicy burgers.
%%* FreakyFridayFlip: Between Ran and Sayo in one episode.
%%* GratuitousEnglish: Mainly from Ran and Tatsukichi. Sometimes reversed into GratuitousJapanese in the English dub.
%%* GratuitousFrench
* GyaruGirl: The main focus of this series is how the three girls enjoy engaging in Gyaru lifestyles. The series provides one of the page images.
* HappilyMarried: Taizo and Kiyako Kotobuki, Ran's parents.
* HighPressureEmotion: Miyu in Episode 31 steams from embarrassment when she barges in on Yamato and Towa working in the Cafe.
* InnocentCohabitation: Downplayed and subverted. After [[spoiler:being abandoned by her mother]], Miyu briefly moves into the Kotobuki household, where her boyfriend (and the rest of his family) lives. But she moves out shortly after, because both she and Yamato thinks it inappropriate for them to live in the same residence before marriage. Ran and Sayo were more sad to see her leave.
%%* JapaneseDelinquents
* JerkassHasAPoint: Although he's an absolute douche about it, Otohata actually does have a point when it comes to how he sees Aya and their relationship. Neither of them should be engaged in it if it's out of obligation or if it's an uneven relationship where one person feels like a burden to the other. He also makes the very good point that Aya needs to start taking more control of her life and making decisions to do the things she actually wants to do rather than what she thinks others expect of her.
* KidDetective: What Sayo and Masato imagine themselves as. In truth they are just two kids (three, if Naoki (Tatsuki's younger brother) joins in) playing detective and [[SnoopingLittleKid snooping around]].
* LuckyCharmsTitle: Each one of the episode titles has a heart and an arrow in it somewhere.
%%* LuminescentBlush: Nearly ''everyone'' is prone to this at times.
* MegatonPunch: Ran does this numerous times throughout the show to various men.
* MoodWhiplash: The series spends most of its time on wacky SliceOfLife antics, so when the drama bombs hit, they hit hard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ran has a minor version of this after she robbed Otohata's bag and realized that what she did was technically a crime. She later tried to give it back to him, though he told her to keep it.
* NiceHat: Sayo has a large collection of hats, and is almost never seen without them. According to one bonus chapter, her cute hats was the reason why Masato fell in love with her.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Otohata and Ran. They meet each other in what looks like a MeetCute moment, and they frequently cross paths ever since. Otohata is the only one who can cool Ran down when she gets too wild, and Ran's [[ManicPixieDreamGirl enthusiasm]] all but [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted him]]. Ran has also opened up emotionally to Otohata more than she has with other people. But in the end, Ran shows no romantic interest in Otohata and becomes an OfficialCouple with Tatsuki, and while Otohata briefly had a crush on Ran, he finally reciprocates Aya's feelings in the last three manga volumes.
* OcularGushers: Happens often to Aya and Tatsuki, and sometimes Ran and Miyu.
* {{Ojou}}: Mami Honda. Ran also gets turned into one for an episode.
* OnlySixFaces: When it comes down to it, the girls all have two faces, with the difference being that some have TsurimeEyes and others don't.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In Volume 6 of the manga, a student is busted for copying answer keys for exams. Said student flat out calls the teachers of the Honan Highschool "stupid" because the password for the computers? [=Honan2=].
* PoorCommunicationKills: The last few episodes of the anime involves a BAD case of this. Rumors start swirling about a LoveTriangle involving Ran, Aya and Otohata. Aya, already dealing with the stress from Otohata admiting point-blank that he does like Ran, begins pulling away from Ran [[LockedOutOfTheLoop without telling her what's going]] on while Otohata flat-out doesn't give enough of a shit to say anything either way to disuade the rumors. By the time word gets to Ran about what's going on, her friendship with Aya is in a tailspin and she has to make a mad dash across Shibuya to find Aya and set things straight.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Aya has a pretty trippy dream in the start of Episode 35.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** This series is chock full of them, but none of them hit quite as hard as Ran's utter destruction of Gunjou's SadistTeacher habits. It hits him so hard [[spoiler: that it earns Ran a deck to the face in return.]]
--->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.\\
'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?\\
'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.\\
'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]
** Miyu also gets to dish these out from time to time with her best coming at the end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after getting sexually harassed at a job.
--->'''Miyu''': You think I'm stupid? You think I'm impressed with your [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT!?]] [[PretenderDiss You're just a looser pretending to be a pimp!]] DON'T STEP TO ME, PASTRY BOY! [[KneelBeforeZod Now get down on your knees and apologize for being a PERVERT!]]
* TheRival: Mami Honda is always trying to outdo Ran in almost everything, and she's the only other Gal whom Ran takes seriously as a threat (as opposed to the [[ButtMonkey Tan Trio]]).
* RomanticFalseLead: After Aya's relationship with Otohata begins to fall apart in volume 6, we are introduced to Katase. He's Aya's classmate in the special class, who also leads the student council, and seems very kind, caring and supportive towards Aya. However, Aya still loves Otohata (even though the latter is still very cold towards her), and is reluctant to return Katase's feelings. Later, Katase turns out to be rather controlling (he tries to get Aya leave her friends, whom he deems are bad influence to her), and [[spoiler:revealed to be a cheat who steals exam questions to achieve high grades]].
* SadistTeacher: Gunjou. He pushes his students to achieve in sports, antagonizes Ran when she defeated his class in the sports festival, and was eventually fired for actually hitting Ran during an argument.
* SatelliteCharacter: Mami's {{sidekick}} Harue doesn't seem to have any other personality other than being, well, Mami's sidekick. She briefly gets more focus when it was revealed [[spoiler:that she used to be a member of Miyu's rival gang -- the eagles]], but the issue gets quickly resolved [[spoiler:by Mami reminding her that she is now an Ikebukuro gal]], and she reverts to being Mami's friend, with no visible change in her overall behaviour.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Gunjou's attitude towards the athletic fest.
* SerialRomeo: Tatsuki's brother Naoki easily falls in love and has repeatedly found "soulmates" in girls who are otherwise unavailable, i.e. Ran, Miyu, Sayo and Aya.
* ShowWithinAShow:
** In one episode they're able to solve a case by comparing it to episodes of said television show where the main actor of Odaiba Shark says it's similar to one episode where the villian was hiding in a factory outside of town and by freak chance they were...
** Also, the action show Pink Panther X, of which Ran is a great fan... And has taken the place of the main actor in two different occasions (and cosplayed the main character once). The fact it's a kid show doesn't matter anything to her.
* SlipperySwimsuit: Happens to Yuya in Episode 5 after going down a waterslide on his stomach.
%%* StalkerWithACrush: Miyu runs into one of these.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Ran's childhood friends, Rie and Satsuki, is rarely given any focus or significant character development. Only appearing very occasionally to join in Ran's weirder antics, complain about their lack of boyfriends, and swooning over Otohata.
* TotallyRadical: Most present in English dub Ran, though the Japanese version of Ran is often like this as well.
* UnCancelled: The North American DVD release went through this. After Creator/ADVFilms released the first 26 episodes over six volumes in 2003-04, they didn't release any more due to lackluster sales. A few years later, Right Stuf licensed the second season and released it as a single boxed set, although without English audio.
* UnexpectedVirgin: Gals are notoriously known for their promiscuity, but Ran proudly declares herself as a virgin, to the amusement of her rivals.
* VerbalTic: Sayo peppers her sentences with "datchu" ("you bet").
* WeWantOurJerkBack: In volume 3's omake, Ran gets hit on the head and becomes a demure, hardworking, nice girl. Sayo, who believed that Ran was alien possessed, spent the whole episode trying to bring her back to normal, crying about how her rude, wild and HotBlooded self was the sister she loves best. In a subversion though, Sayo and Tatsuki seem to be the only ones who are not happy with Ran's change. Everyone else either welcomes it or is indifferent to it.
* WelcomeEpisode: Aya wasn't initially a part of Ran's group, but finally becomes one of her best friends in the second chapter, and is now closer to her than her two old friends -- Rie and Satsuki.
* YourSecretsSafeWithMeSuperman: Sayo and co. believe the main actor in the show Odaiba Shark is the actual character. Whenever they meet up he pretends to be him so not to break their dreams. Later when he's [[spoiler:written temporarily out of the show]] he plays a coach in a Kid's Show, Sayo shakes him (the character) as a look-a-like.
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->''The world's greatest Gal.''

''Super Gals'' (2001-2002) is a 52-episode shoujo anime series, based on the manga ''Gals!'' by Mihona Fujii, which was serialized in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' magazine from 1998 to 2002 and collected into 10 volumes.

It mainly revolves around three high school "[[GyaruGirl kogals]]": [[GenkiGirl Ran Kotobuki]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast Miyu Yamazaki]] and [[NiceGirl Aya Hoshino]], and their "adventures" around Shibuya, Japan.

For the series' 20th anniversary, a one-shot chapter where the girls are transported to Shibuya in TheNewTens was made. Later in 2019, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-29/gals-shojo-manga-returns-after-17-years/.152737 the series announced a sequel]] from the perspective of the now adult aged gals.

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!!Tropes used in this series include:

* AbusiveParent: Miyu's mother blames Miyu for her divorce and [[ParentalNeglect barely acknowledges Miyu's presence]]. She gives Miyu enough to live on until the second series where she outright [[ParentalAbandonment abandons Miyu]].
* ActionGirl: A number of Gals are very good fighters, and could easily beat up men. Ran is probably the best, but Miyu, Mami and Harue aren't bad either.
* ActionMom: Ran's mother is a police officer.
* AllegedLookalikes: When the group visits Taiwan for a study tour, Ran is frequently mistaken by the locals for artist Vivian Lin. However, due to their different hairstyle and perpetual expressions, they look [[OnlySixFaces no more alike than the rest of the main cast]].
* AlmostKiss: Between [[OfficialCouple Rei and Aya]] in Chapter 36.
* ArtEvolution: The way Ran's face was drawn was different in the first chapter, giving her more TsurimeEyes. Subsequent chapters improved until about the fourth chapter, where the iconic OnlySixFaces began to regulate itself.
* ArtShift: When Sayo and Masato really get into pretending to be detectives.
* BadassLongcoat: In the earlier chapters, Ran is often dressed in a red longcoat, and kicks ass in them.
* BalloonBelly: Towa in episode 31 after eating a bunch of giveaway food.
* BlandNameProduct: With inverted UsefulNotes/McDonalds arches and Burger Queens.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Miyu is blonde, Aya has brown hair, while Ran has her signature red highlight. The blonde and red hair come from bottles, but still.
* ButtMonkey: The Tan Trio appear only to be humiliated by Ran. Even more notable because Ran would normally ignore them, but they always try to compete with her...
* CallingYourAttacks: Ran does this on a number of occasions.
* CasanovaWannabe: Tatsuki's younger brother, Naoki, is very quick to fall in love with someone and declare them his "soulmate". Unfortunately, he tends to go after girls who are already taken (first Ran, then Miyu, Sayo, and finally Aya), so none of his pursuits ever work out for him.
* CirclingSaw: One of the ways Kasumi Tsukino tries to ruin Ran's reputation as the #1 Gal in Shibuya is to try sawing a circle underneath her while Ran is on stage during a contest at the school festival. Kasumi succeeds in making Ran fall through the circle, however, Kasumi realizes at the last minute that all she did was make Ran and the wooden floor circle land on herself, squishing her underneath without anyone noticing (and it doesn't succeed in ruining Ran's reputation, either).
* CompensatedDating: Before joining Ran's gang, Aya "work" as an EnjoKosai who dates older men for money to rebel against her parents.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Ran, to some extent, thanks to her whole family being made up of police officers and her father giving her a rather extreme training so she could become one.
%%* DancingTheme: A bit of it in the opening.
* {{Dramedy}}: On the surface, the series seem to be a comedy/slice-of-life about the ko-gal subculture of Japan, but it also delves into heavy issues like crime, broken families, gang violence and sexual harassment in the workplace.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first chapters, one member of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tan Trio]] wasn't tan, and they mocked Ran on the fact [[ChasteHero she was still a virgin]] instead for not being tan.
* EducationMama: Aya's parents expect their daughter to earn high grades and get accepted in a top university. They later pressure her to give up her friends in favor of more studying.
%%* EnjoKosai: Aya, before Ran knocked some sense into her.
%%* GenkiGirl: Ran, her sister Sayo, and Miyu.
%%* FireBreathingDiner: Mami and Harue in Episode 6 after eating super-spicy burgers.
%%* FreakyFridayFlip: Between Ran and Sayo in one episode.
%%* GratuitousEnglish: Mainly from Ran and Tatsukichi. Sometimes reversed into GratuitousJapanese in the English dub.
%%* GratuitousFrench
* GyaruGirl: The main focus of this series is how the three girls enjoy engaging in Gyaru lifestyles. The series provides one of the page images.
* HappilyMarried: Taizo and Kiyako Kotobuki, Ran's parents.
* HighPressureEmotion: Miyu in Episode 31 steams from embarrassment when she barges in on Yamato and Towa working in the Cafe.
* InnocentCohabitation: Downplayed and subverted. After [[spoiler:being abandoned by her mother]], Miyu briefly moves into the Kotobuki household, where her boyfriend (and the rest of his family) lives. But she moves out shortly after, because both she and Yamato thinks it inappropriate for them to live in the same residence before marriage. Ran and Sayo were more sad to see her leave.
%%* JapaneseDelinquents
* JerkassHasAPoint: Although he's an absolute douche about it, Otohata actually does have a point when it comes to how he sees Aya and their relationship. Neither of them should be engaged in it if it's out of obligation or if it's an uneven relationship where one person feels like a burden to the other. He also makes the very good point that Aya needs to start taking more control of her life and making decisions to do the things she actually wants to do rather than what she thinks others expect of her.
* KidDetective: What Sayo and Masato imagine themselves as. In truth they are just two kids (three, if Naoki (Tatsuki's younger brother) joins in) playing detective and [[SnoopingLittleKid snooping around]].
* LuckyCharmsTitle: Each one of the episode titles has a heart and an arrow in it somewhere.
%%* LuminescentBlush: Nearly ''everyone'' is prone to this at times.
* MegatonPunch: Ran does this numerous times throughout the show to various men.
* MoodWhiplash: The series spends most of its time on wacky SliceOfLife antics, so when the drama bombs hit, they hit hard.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ran has a minor version of this after she robbed Otohata's bag and realized that what she did was technically a crime. She later tried to give it back to him, though he told her to keep it.
* NiceHat: Sayo has a large collection of hats, and is almost never seen without them. According to one bonus chapter, her cute hats was the reason why Masato fell in love with her.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Otohata and Ran. They meet each other in what looks like a MeetCute moment, and they frequently cross paths ever since. Otohata is the only one who can cool Ran down when she gets too wild, and Ran's [[ManicPixieDreamGirl enthusiasm]] all but [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted him]]. Ran has also opened up emotionally to Otohata more than she has with other people. But in the end, Ran shows no romantic interest in Otohata and becomes an OfficialCouple with Tatsuki, and while Otohata briefly had a crush on Ran, he finally reciprocates Aya's feelings in the last three manga volumes.
* OcularGushers: Happens often to Aya and Tatsuki, and sometimes Ran and Miyu.
* {{Ojou}}: Mami Honda. Ran also gets turned into one for an episode.
* OnlySixFaces: When it comes down to it, the girls all have two faces, with the difference being that some have TsurimeEyes and others don't.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: In Volume 6 of the manga, a student is busted for copying answer keys for exams. Said student flat out calls the teachers of the Honan Highschool "stupid" because the password for the computers? [=Honan2=].
* PoorCommunicationKills: The last few episodes of the anime involves a BAD case of this. Rumors start swirling about a LoveTriangle involving Ran, Aya and Otohata. Aya, already dealing with the stress from Otohata admiting point-blank that he does like Ran, begins pulling away from Ran [[LockedOutOfTheLoop without telling her what's going]] on while Otohata flat-out doesn't give enough of a shit to say anything either way to disuade the rumors. By the time word gets to Ran about what's going on, her friendship with Aya is in a tailspin and she has to make a mad dash across Shibuya to find Aya and set things straight.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Aya has a pretty trippy dream in the start of Episode 35.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** This series is chock full of them, but none of them hit quite as hard as Ran's utter destruction of Gunjou's SadistTeacher habits. It hits him so hard [[spoiler: that it earns Ran a deck to the face in return.]]
--->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.\\
'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?\\
'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.\\
'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]
** Miyu also gets to dish these out from time to time with her best coming at the end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after getting sexually harassed at a job.
--->'''Miyu''': You think I'm stupid? You think I'm impressed with your [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT!?]] [[PretenderDiss You're just a looser pretending to be a pimp!]] DON'T STEP TO ME, PASTRY BOY! [[KneelBeforeZod Now get down on your knees and apologize for being a PERVERT!]]
* TheRival: Mami Honda is always trying to outdo Ran in almost everything, and she's the only other Gal whom Ran takes seriously as a threat (as opposed to the [[ButtMonkey Tan Trio]]).
* RomanticFalseLead: After Aya's relationship with Otohata begins to fall apart in volume 6, we are introduced to Katase. He's Aya's classmate in the special class, who also leads the student council, and seems very kind, caring and supportive towards Aya. However, Aya still loves Otohata (even though the latter is still very cold towards her), and is reluctant to return Katase's feelings. Later, Katase turns out to be rather controlling (he tries to get Aya leave her friends, whom he deems are bad influence to her), and [[spoiler:revealed to be a cheat who steals exam questions to achieve high grades]].
* SadistTeacher: Gunjou. He pushes his students to achieve in sports, antagonizes Ran when she defeated his class in the sports festival, and was eventually fired for actually hitting Ran during an argument.
* SatelliteCharacter: Mami's {{sidekick}} Harue doesn't seem to have any other personality other than being, well, Mami's sidekick. She briefly gets more focus when it was revealed [[spoiler:that she used to be a member of Miyu's rival gang -- the eagles]], but the issue gets quickly resolved [[spoiler:by Mami reminding her that she is now an Ikebukuro gal]], and she reverts to being Mami's friend, with no visible change in her overall behaviour.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Gunjou's attitude towards the athletic fest.
* SerialRomeo: Tatsuki's brother Naoki easily falls in love and has repeatedly found "soulmates" in girls who are otherwise unavailable, i.e. Ran, Miyu, Sayo and Aya.
* ShowWithinAShow:
** In one episode they're able to solve a case by comparing it to episodes of said television show where the main actor of Odaiba Shark says it's similar to one episode where the villian was hiding in a factory outside of town and by freak chance they were...
** Also, the action show Pink Panther X, of which Ran is a great fan... And has taken the place of the main actor in two different occasions (and cosplayed the main character once). The fact it's a kid show doesn't matter anything to her.
* SlipperySwimsuit: Happens to Yuya in Episode 5 after going down a waterslide on his stomach.
%%* StalkerWithACrush: Miyu runs into one of these.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Ran's childhood friends, Rie and Satsuki, is rarely given any focus or significant character development. Only appearing very occasionally to join in Ran's weirder antics, complain about their lack of boyfriends, and swooning over Otohata.
* TotallyRadical: Most present in English dub Ran, though the Japanese version of Ran is often like this as well.
* UnCancelled: The North American DVD release went through this. After Creator/ADVFilms released the first 26 episodes over six volumes in 2003-04, they didn't release any more due to lackluster sales. A few years later, Right Stuf licensed the second season and released it as a single boxed set, although without English audio.
* UnexpectedVirgin: Gals are notoriously known for their promiscuity, but Ran proudly declares herself as a virgin, to the amusement of her rivals.
* VerbalTic: Sayo peppers her sentences with "datchu" ("you bet").
* WeWantOurJerkBack: In volume 3's omake, Ran gets hit on the head and becomes a demure, hardworking, nice girl. Sayo, who believed that Ran was alien possessed, spent the whole episode trying to bring her back to normal, crying about how her rude, wild and HotBlooded self was the sister she loves best. In a subversion though, Sayo and Tatsuki seem to be the only ones who are not happy with Ran's change. Everyone else either welcomes it or is indifferent to it.
* WelcomeEpisode: Aya wasn't initially a part of Ran's group, but finally becomes one of her best friends in the second chapter, and is now closer to her than her two old friends -- Rie and Satsuki.
* YourSecretsSafeWithMeSuperman: Sayo and co. believe the main actor in the show Odaiba Shark is the actual character. Whenever they meet up he pretends to be him so not to break their dreams. Later when he's [[spoiler:written temporarily out of the show]] he plays a coach in a Kid's Show, Sayo shakes him (the character) as a look-a-like.
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''Super Gals'' (2001-2002) is a 52-episode shoujo anime series, based on the manga ''Gals!'' (1999-2002) by Mihona Fuji, serialzed in ''Ribon'' magazine that eventually collected into 10 ''tankoubon'' volumes.

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''Super Gals'' (2001-2002) is a 52-episode shoujo anime series, based on the manga ''Gals!'' (1999-2002) by Mihona Fuji, serialzed Fujii, which was serialized in ''Ribon'' ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' magazine that eventually from 1998 to 2002 and collected into 10 ''tankoubon'' volumes.

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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: This series is chock full of them, but none of them hit quite as hard as Ran's utter destruction of Gunjou's SadistTeacher habits. It hits him so hard [[spoiler: that it earns Ran a deck to the face in return.]]
-->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.
-->'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?
-->'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.
-->'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]

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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: ReasonYouSuckSpeech:
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This series is chock full of them, but none of them hit quite as hard as Ran's utter destruction of Gunjou's SadistTeacher habits. It hits him so hard [[spoiler: that it earns Ran a deck to the face in return.]]
-->'''Ran''': --->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.
-->'''Gunjo''':
Gunjou-Teach.\\
'''Gunjo''':
Gold Plate?
-->'''Ran''':
Plate?\\
'''Ran''':
Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.
-->'''Gunjo''':
tarnish.\\
'''Gunjo''':
[[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]
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--->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.
--->'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?
--->'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.
--->'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]

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--->'''Ran''': -->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.
--->'''Gunjo''': -->'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?
--->'''Ran''': -->'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.
--->'''Gunjo''': -->'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: In volume 3's omake, Ran gets hit on the head and becomes a demure, hardworking, nice girl. Sayo, who believed that Ran was alien possessed, spent the whole episode trying to bring her back to normal, crying about how her rude, wild and HotBlooded self was the sister she loves best. In a subversion though, Sayo and Tatsuki seemed to be the only ones who were not happy with Ran's change. Everyone else either welcomes it or is indifferent to it.

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* WeWantOurJerkBack: In volume 3's omake, Ran gets hit on the head and becomes a demure, hardworking, nice girl. Sayo, who believed that Ran was alien possessed, spent the whole episode trying to bring her back to normal, crying about how her rude, wild and HotBlooded self was the sister she loves best. In a subversion though, Sayo and Tatsuki seemed seem to be the only ones who were are not happy with Ran's change. Everyone else either welcomes it or is indifferent to it.
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* CirclingSaw: One of the ways Kasumi Tsukino tries to ruin Ran's reputation as the #1 Gal in Shibuya is to try sawing a circle underneath her while Ran is on stage during a contest at the school festival. Kasumi succeeds in making Ran fall through the circle, however, Kasumi realizes at the last minute that all she did was make Ran and the wooden floor circle land on herself, squishing her underneath without anyone noticing (and it doesn't succeed in ruining Ran's reputation, either).
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** Miyu also gets to dish these out from time to time with her best coming at the end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown after getting sexually harassed at a job.
--->'''Miyu''': You think I'm stupid? You think I'm impressed with your [[PrecisionFStrike BULLSHIT!?]] [[PretenderDiss You're just a looser pretending to be a pimp!]] DON'T STEP TO ME, PASTRY BOY! [[KneelBeforeZod Now get down on your knees and apologize for being a PERVERT!]]
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Otohata and Ran. They meet each other in what looks like a MeetCute moment, and they've crossed paths since then. Otohata is the only one who can cool Ran down when she gets too wild, and Ran's [[ManicPixieDreamGirl enthusiasm]] all but [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted him]]. Ran has also opened up emotionally to Otohata more than she has with other people. But in the end, Ran shows no romantic interest in Otohata and becomes an OfficialCouple with Tatsuki, and while Otohata briefly had a crush on Ran, he reciprocates Aya's feelings in the last three manga volumes.

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* TheNotLoveInterest: Otohata and Ran. They meet each other in what looks like a MeetCute moment, and they've crossed they frequently cross paths since then.ever since. Otohata is the only one who can cool Ran down when she gets too wild, and Ran's [[ManicPixieDreamGirl enthusiasm]] all but [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosted him]]. Ran has also opened up emotionally to Otohata more than she has with other people. But in the end, Ran shows no romantic interest in Otohata and becomes an OfficialCouple with Tatsuki, and while Otohata briefly had a crush on Ran, he finally reciprocates Aya's feelings in the last three manga volumes.
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%%* SixStudentClique: Namely when three of the boys are involved.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Although he's an absolute douche about it, Otohata actually does have a point when it comes to how he sees Aya and their relationship. Neither of them should be engaged in it if it's out of obligation or if it's an uneven relationship where one person feels like a burden to the other. He also makes the very good point that Aya needs to start taking more control of her life and making decisions to do the things she actually wants to do rather than what she thinks others expect of her.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: This series is chock full of them, but none of them hit quite as hard as Ran's utter destruction of Gunjou's SadistTeacher habits. It hits him so hard [[spoiler: that it earns Ran a deck to the face in return.]]
--->'''Ran''': You shine like a gold plate, Gunjou-Teach.
--->'''Gunjo''': Gold Plate?
--->'''Ran''': Yeah. [[BitchInSheepsClothing You look nice at first but that's just on the surface. Underneath, cheap crap.]] You seem a little slow, so let me spell it out for you: It's normal for students-especially your students-not to tell teachers what they think, that's just how it goes. Just because your students do what you tell them that doesn't mean they respect you, do you follow me? I wonder if they'll still listen when the gold plate comes off and all you are is rust and tarnish.
--->'''Gunjo''': [[RageBreakingPoint I said SHUT UP!]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: The last few episodes of the anime involves a BAD case of this. Rumors start swirling about a LoveTriangle involving Ran, Aya and Otohata. Aya, already dealing with the stress from Otohata admiting point-blank that he does like Ran, begins pulling away from Ran [[LockedOutOfTheLoop without telling her what's going]] on while Otohata flat-out doesn't give enough of a shit to say anything either way to disuade the rumors. By the time word gets to Ran about what's going on, her friendship with Aya is in a tailspin and she has to make a mad dash across Shibuya to find Aya and set things straight.

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