History Manga / TheDangersInMyHeart

** [[https://twitter.com/lovely_pig328/status/1218120904481198080 One Twitter comic]] pokes fun at Ichikawa's resemblance to ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''[='s=] eponymous Kitarō, with Moeko joking that he might fire off remote-controlled geta or shoot out hair needles if he gets angry. Later on, Yamada finds him making a paper doll of Papa Eye in the library.

* {{Chuunibyou}}: While he keeps it to himself, Ichikawa has this '''bad''', often having "dark" thoughts about his classmates and life in general. Justified because he actually '''is''' a middle school student.

* TheDitz: Among Yamada's circle of friends (and to Ichikawa), she's this. Ichikawa once managed to convince a teacher to let Yamada off the hook by basically pointing out that Yamada was such a ditz that she probably wrongly admitted to the crime she was accused of. He wisely did this by using such abstract language Yamada didn't fully get that she was being subtly insulted, but she mentioned feeling put out for some reason despite her gratitude.

* LoveInterestVsLustInterest: Kyotaro Ichikawa has a crush on Anna Yamada, looks out for her, and starts spending time getting to know her. Sho Adachi also has a crush on her, and much to Ichikawa's annoyance, he can't shut up about whatever sexual fantasies he has about her. When Ichikawa asks Adachi about anything else he likes about Yamada besides her face, he gets confused and goes on about the rest of her looks.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Ichikawa's not one to laugh in general, but even he can't help but chuckle when Chii tells him about how Yamada tried to wipe Crêpes cream off her face with more cream.

* AdaptationDeviation: Yamada is only ''implied'' to have been sniffing Ichikawa's jersey through subtle details throughout the chapter, and she gives it back to him in the libary. In the anime they head to the nurses' room instead, and the crime in progress is shown.
** In Karte 108, Kobayashi tells Ichikawa about [[spoiler: Yamada's audition]]. In Episode 24, she only comments on Yamada and Moeko and Yoshida show up before Kobayashi could elaborate any further. This leads to Ichikawa [[spoiler: finding out about it on his own.]] Ichikawa passingly cheering her up as a group leader comes much later in Episode 25 after they [[spoiler: send Yamada off.]]

*** His later EurekaMoment [[spoiler: presents flashbacks of moments in the episode itself, showing him piecing things together. In addition to him sharing his earlier troubles in school with her in Episode 12 to contextualize her reasoning for why she's staying on the air. Ichikawa's reaction is also played up, shedding for Yamada upon figuring she was crying over the phone and he didn't figure it out from her breathing. And also him running to the girl's dormitories to see her, leading to the events of Karte 112.]]
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In Karte 49, Yamada does a simulation of this to give Ichikawa a good night's sleep over the phone by having him stroke his own head four times. Unbeknownst to Ichikawa, she's stroking the head of one of her stuffed animals at the same time.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Ichikawa has this opinion about his mother when she comes to school for a parent-teacher meet. He's especially horrified when it turns out his mother is sitting right next to Yamada and her much more glamorous mother while waiting for him.

** [[spoiler: Yamada turns down Nanjou for the last time, stating that she likes "someone else" and indirectly confirming to Ichikawa that she's in love with him. She breaks into tears from the emotional discharge of actually [[CannotSpitItOut verbalizing her feelings for Ichikawa]] to someone else for the first time.]]

* AnimalMotif: Cats for Ichikawa and dogs for Yamada. Sometimes it's interchangeable.

* BigDamnHug: Yamada gives Ichikawa an "apology" hug in Karte 43, to make up for her FakeOutMakeOut from the chapter before making him uncomfortable and causing him to avoid her. She tries to back off thinking he HatesBeingTouched, but he pulls her back and assures her that he doesn't, leading to another hug.
** She gives him another one in Karte 57, when he confesses to his feelings of isolation from his first time in middle school up until he starting connecting with her. This time, he hugs her back.
** ''Ichikawa'' gives Yamada one in Karte 63. Previous events (From [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter her childhood]], to Ichikawa breaking his arm for her) feeding into her GuiltComplex and a fear of her loved ones getting sick of her leads to Yamada breaking down in tears. When Yamada brings up him avoiding her for in Karte 43 and doubting ''why'' he did it, Ichikawa gives her a CooldownHug and apologizes for not telling the truth.

* ShowWithinAShow: '' Kimi-Iro Octave''. [[note]]Or ''Your Color's Octave'' english. Or just ''Kimi Iro''/''Kimi Oct'' for short[[/note]], a shoujo romance manga that Yamada reads (And the only manga she seems to read). Ichikawa becomes a regular reader after she loans her books to him. Certain scenes in the series are used as parallel to Ichikawa and Yamada's growing relationship. The female lead is an identical clone of Yamada and the male lead Nigorikawa shares a significant number of Ichikawa's personality traits (Which he subconsciously denies). Nigorikawa himself eventually manifests into a [[AnthropomorphicPersonification imaginary representation of Kyōtarō's growing self-esteem and true desires.]]

** In Karte 108, Kobayashi tells Ichikawa about [[spoiler: Yamada's audition]]. In Episode 24, she only comments on Yamada and Moeko and Yoshida show up before Kobayashi could elaborate any further. This leads to Ichikawa [[spoiler: finding out about it on his own.]] There's also none of Ichikawa passingly cheering her up as a group leader.

*** His later EurekaMoment [[spoiler: presents flashbacks of moments in the episode itself, showing him piecing things together. In addition to him sharing his earlier troubles in school with her in Episode 12 to contextualize her reasoning for why she's staying on the air. Ichikawa's reaction is also played up, crying for Yamada and running to the girl's dormitories to see her, leading to the events of Karte 112.]]

** [[spoiler: Kyōtarō cries from anxiety upon finally confessing to Yamada, while also convincing her to go to the live drama audition she wanted rather than miss it for his sake.]]

* TheBigDamnHug: Yamada gives Ichikawa an "apology" hug in Karte 43, to make up for her
** She gives him another one in Karte 57, when he confides in her his feelings of isolation during his first time in school up until connecting with her. This time he hugs her back.
** Mix with a CooldownHug, ''Ichikawa'' gives Yamada one in Karter 63, when previous events feeding into her GuiltComplex start to make her cry. It's also to apologize for avoiding her in Karte 43 and not tell the truth about why.

** [[spoiler: Played straight in Karte 127. The two share their FirstKiss in a stairway during Kana's concert after Yamada hears the song the Ichikawa siblings wrote; which was a remodel based on Yamada's LoveConfession.]]
** [[spoiler: Karte 140 has Ichikawa initiating his own kiss for the first time, to ease her admitted guilt about having sexual thoughts about him and to ensure his goal of [[ShutUpKiss keeping Yamada from saying]] "I'm sorry" on their date.]]

* BlessedWithSuck: When the class changes seats in Karte 41, Ichikawa is placed across from Yamada... [[HugeSchoolgirl and he can't see any notes from behind her]] during class. That, and [[HormoneAddledTeenager Adachi]] is seated near them.

* ShowWithinAShow: '' Kimi-Iro Octave'' or ''Your Color's Octave'', a shoujo romance manga that Yamada reads (And the only manga she seems to read). Ichikawa becomes a regular reader after she loans her books to him. Certain scenes in the series are used as parallel to Ichikawa and Yamada's growing relationship. The female lead is an identical clone of Yamada and the male lead Nigorikawa shares a significant number of Ichikawa's personality traits (Which he subconsciously denies). Nigorikawa himself eventually manifests into a [[AnthropomorphicPersonification imaginary representation of Kyōtarō's growing self-esteem and true desires.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Kyōtarō cries from anxiety while finally confessing to Yamada, in addition to convincing her to go to a movie audition she wanted.]]

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* TheBigDamnKiss: Hilariously subverted. [[spoiler:Yamada initially ''tries'' to kiss Ichikawa after finally confessing to him. They're both still too shy to do it and do a quick HeadbuttOfLove instead. Double Subverted when Yamada kisses him on the cheek and runs out of the library yelling "We did it!"]]
** [[spoiler: Played straight in Karte 127. The two share their FirstKiss in a stairway during Kana's concert.]]