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* DramaBombFinale: The anime does get dramatic in the last two episodes. [[spoiler:Heeding Sora's words, Senko leaves Nakano's apartment for the spirit world, apparently to never return -- all without Nakano's knowledge. Once Nakano comes back from his short vacation, Senko is missing from his apartment unit. Meanwhile, in the spirit world, Sora lectures Senko on why the latter has to continuously pamper Nakano despite his recurring negative black aura, even showing her a flashback where [[DiedInYourArmsTonight Nakano's ancestor died in Senko's arms]]. Senko never lets up, knowing that Nakano would die someday, but she's still pressing on her mission to keep on pampering him, believing in the power of ReincarnationRomance. Senko and Nakano eventually reunite to view the cherry blossoms at night, with Shiro and Kouenji later joining in.]] Considering the overall tone of the series, the finale's still cheerfully positive.
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** First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping 2 and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor human.
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* MistakenForPedophile: ''Twice.'' First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor human. Second, his neighbor Kouenji walks in on him trying to get to touch Senko's ears as promised earlier, and almost calls the police on him before Senko manages to buy her silence with food.
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* MistakenForPedophile: ''Twice.'' ''
** First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child norhuman. human.
** Second, his neighbor Kouenji walks in on him trying to get to touch Senko's ears as promised earlier, and almost calls the police on him before Senko manages to buy her silence with food.
** First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor
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* RealityEnsues: As detailed in MistakenForPedophile, the author is not pulling any punches of what Senko and Nakano's relationship and interactions looks like to those not in the know.
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** As detailed in MistakenForPedophile, the author is not pulling any punches of what Senko and Nakano's relationship and interactions looks like to those not in theknow.know.
** At a time where tight deadlines need to be fulfilled, Nakano can't take paid leave even if he wants to. Nevertheless, his coworker and boss both chastise him for attempting to bail out.
** As detailed in MistakenForPedophile, the author is not pulling any punches of what Senko and Nakano's relationship and interactions looks like to those not in the
** At a time where tight deadlines need to be fulfilled, Nakano can't take paid leave even if he wants to. Nevertheless, his coworker and boss both chastise him for attempting to bail out.
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* CrackOhMyBack: During the BeachEpisode's beach volleyball segment, Senko attempts to one-up the competition (Shiro's team) by powering-up her strike, [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]-like aura and all. But before she can strike the ball, her back gives in to cracking.
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* ReincarnationRomance: Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
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** Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
** Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The anime turns Nakano's video game collection into a fluffy tail-themed clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and some appropriately fluffied-up games. This also shows up to a degree in the manga, with games like [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Fox]] and a VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} clone with (fluffy-tailed) Tanuki instead of Inklings.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The anime turns Nakano's video game collection into a fluffy tail-themed clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and some appropriately fluffied-up games. This also shows up to a degree in the manga, with games like [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Fox]] and a VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} clone with (fluffy-tailed) Tanuki instead of Inklings. The system itself and the controllers for it more closely resemble the UsefulNotes/Playstation4, though.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The anime turns Nakano's video game collection into a fluffy tail-themed clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and some appropriately fluffied-up games. This also shows up to a degree in the manga, with games like [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Fox]].Fox]] and a VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} clone with (fluffy-tailed) Tanuki instead of Inklings.
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: All of the demifox girls.
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* AuthorAvatar: The author made a cute fox spirit avatar for the author's notes of the manga. She gets a cameo in the anime on episode 3, as one of the fighters in a videogame.
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* AuthorAvatar: The author made a cute fox spirit avatar for the author's notes of the manga. She gets a cameo in the anime on episode 3, as one of the fighters in a videogame.video game.
* BeachEpisode: Episode 8. Nakano has a one-day summer break, and Shiro takes this opportunity to rope him, Senko, and Kouenji into a beach vacation.
* BeachEpisode: Episode 8. Nakano has a one-day summer break, and Shiro takes this opportunity to rope him, Senko, and Kouenji into a beach vacation.
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* FoodAsBribe: Nakano's neighbour Kouenji walks in on him looking like he's about to assault Senko, [[MistakenForPedophile assumes the worst,]] and calls the police. Senko bribes her to keep her mouth shut with delicious food.
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* {{Kitsune}}: Senko and her fellow ''Inari'' ''inari'' colleagues/sisters, naturally. Unlike more malicious kitsune that play pranks or worse on humans, as ''Inari'' an ''inari'' Senko is instead a rather kinder and more helpful fox spirit.
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* LivingLegend: Senko turns out to be this amongst ''Inari'', with Suzu, a young kitsune who is just starting her training as an ''Inari'', telling Senko that she admires her and has heard many tales about her (though she doesn't realise the person she's talking to [[ActuallyIAmHim is Senko herself]] until later).
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* LivingLegend: Senko turns out to be this amongst ''Inari'', with Suzu, a young kitsune who is just starting her training as an ''Inari'', ''inari'', telling Senko that she admires her and has heard many tales about her (though she doesn't realise the person she's talking to [[ActuallyIAmHim is Senko herself]] until later).
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* MistakenForPedophile: ''Twice.'' First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor human. Second, his neighbour Kouenji walks in on him trying to get to touch Senko's ears as promised earlier, and almost calls the police on him before Senko manages to buy her silence with food.
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Koenji mistakens Senko's getup for a ''[[ShowWithinAShow Little Yoko, Inari Girl]]'' cosplay because of her ears and tail.
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Koenji mistakens Kouenji mistakes Senko's getup for a ''[[ShowWithinAShow Little Yoko, Inari Girl]]'' cosplay because of her ears and tail.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The anime turns Nakano's video game collection into a fluffy tail-themed clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and some appropriately fluffied-up games.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The anime turns Nakano's video game collection into a fluffy tail-themed clone of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and some appropriately fluffied-up games. This also shows up to a degree in the manga, with games like [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Fox]].
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* ShoutOut: The title page of chapter 29 is a reference to ''Film/TheProfessional'', of all things, with Nakano as Léon and Senko as Mathilda.
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* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler: Senko and Suzu most likely met before, as Senko had visited O-Gin, Suzu's master, (relatively) recently. However, neither remember, as it was before Suzu had assumed a human form]].
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* LivingLegend: Senko turns out to be this amongst ''Inari'', with Suzu, a young kitsune who is just starting her training as an ''Inari'', telling Senko that she admires her and has heard many tales about her (though she doesn't realise the person she's talking to [[ActuallyIAmHim is Senko herself]] until later).
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* ReincarnationRomance: Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Koenji mistakens Senko's getup for a ''[[ShowWithinAShow Little Yoko, Inari Girl]]'' cosplay because of her ears and tail.
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* EarCleaning: Senko does this to Nakano.Nakano in the fifth chapter. Apparently, she is very famous for her ear cleaning skills.
* FakeInteractivity: The anime features OncePerEpisode segments called "Super Senko-san Time", where Senko pampers the audience.
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* LapPillow: Senko frequently lets Nakano rest on her lap.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: As a being who's several hundred years old, Senko has to adapt to modern-day amenities. One scene, in particular, shows her struggling with machinery and electronics while Nakano's away for work.
* FoodAsBribe: Nakano's neighbour Kouenji walks in on him looking like he's about to assaultSenko,[[MistakenForPedophile Senko, [[MistakenForPedophile assumes the worst,]] and calls the police. Senko bribes her to keep her mouth shut with delicious food.
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* CharmPerson: Shiro can read mortal's minds and discover their deepest desires, and even control and influence their actions using that information.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Just relax, and accept the pampering![[note]]Bottom-Left, Counter-Clockwise: Senko, Kuroto Nakano, Shiro, Koenji, and Sora[[/note]]]]
Kuroto Nakano is just your average Japanese office worker--stuck in an exploitative company that puts far more work on him than is reasonable, safe, or even ''sane,'' putting in such long hours he has no time for relaxation or socialization with friends, and finally going home alone to his apartment at the dead of night.
His situation has gotten so bad that a dark, ominous miasma has begun to leak out from him, so large his suffering and stress spreads to other people and makes ''them'' miserable just by being near him. Such a life is unsustainable, the key to an early grave if he doesn't change things soon, but what can one man at the end of his rope do...?
Accept the pampering and care of a compassionate ''kitsune'' demi-goddess, that's what!
''The Helpful Fox Senko-san'' (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san) is a slice-of-life manga by リムコロ ("Rimukoro"), featuring the daily life of Nakano and Senko doing most everything she can to make it easier, providing help in the form of doing his chores for him, keeping him company, or (once per day) letting him touch her fluffy tail. While everything starts off simply enough, matters get more complicated as more individuals both mortal and semi-divine barge into their lives...
Debuting in Oct. 2017, the manga is currently ongoing, published in Comic Newtype. An anime by Creator/{{Dogakobo}} is currently airing for the Spring 2019 season and being dubbed by [=FUNimation=].
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!! This work provides examples of:
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Befitting her true age, Senko uses long-disused and ancient Japanese words in her speech, though this doesn't come through as easily in English translations. Instead, they tend to pepper her words with "Dear" and very formal speech mannerisms.
* AuthorAppeal: The [[https://i.imgur.com/X9NAVGu.png?1 entire reason]] the series was created was because the author could not find any works featuring ragged, stressed-out salarymen being cared for by cute, fluffy fox-goddesses. There is also a ''massive'' focus on just how fluffy and soft Senko's tail is, with Nakano constantly being distracted by it and relishing the times he is allowed to touch it.
* AuthorAvatar: The author made a cute fox spirit avatar for the author's notes of the manga. She gets a cameo in the anime on episode 3, as one of the fighters in a videogame.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Aside from Senko, the rest of the fox demi-goddesses shown are not fans of footwear. Shiro does wear stockings, though.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime's opening song is sung by Senko (Azumi Waki) and Shiro (Maaya Uchida), while the ending is only by Senko.
* EarCleaning: Senko does this to Nakano.
* FantasticArousal: Senko getting her tail fluffed elicits ''very'' suggestive reactions from her.
* FoodAsBribe: Nakano's neighbour Kouenji walks in on him looking like he's about to assault Senko,[[MistakenForPedophile assumes the worst,]] and calls the police. Senko bribes her to keep her mouth shut with delicious food.
* HasAType: Senko. See ReincarnationRomance.
* {{Kitsune}}: Senko and her fellow ''Inari'' colleagues/sisters, naturally. Unlike more malicious kitsune that play pranks or worse on humans, as ''Inari'' Senko is instead a rather kinder and more helpful fox spirit.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Nakano and Senko. The issue of her being effectively immortal while Nakano is most definitely ''not'' has been brought up, and the reason Senko isn't so bothered by it is alluded to in ReincarnationRomance.
* MistakenForPedophile: ''Twice.'' First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor human. Second, his neighbour Kouenji walks in on him trying to get to touch Senko's ears as promised earlier, and almost calls the police on him before Senko manages to buy her silence with food.
* NatureSpirit: Senko is a harvest deity, rice especially. It's particularly obvious whenever she serves up rice that she piles it on several times higher than the bowl can normally take.
* NiceGirl: Senko, who's always caring and helpful.
* {{Kitsune}}: Senko is one, as are her "sisters"/fellow deities.
* RealityEnsues: As detailed in MistakenForPedophile, the author is not pulling any punches of what Senko and Nakano's relationship and interactions looks like to those not in the know.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: 800, actually. Senko looks like a little girl, but acts like someone's great, great, ''great'' grandmother.
* ReincarnationRomance: Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
[[caption-width-right:350:Just relax, and accept the pampering![[note]]Bottom-Left, Counter-Clockwise: Senko, Kuroto Nakano, Shiro, Koenji, and Sora[[/note]]]]
Kuroto Nakano is just your average Japanese office worker--stuck in an exploitative company that puts far more work on him than is reasonable, safe, or even ''sane,'' putting in such long hours he has no time for relaxation or socialization with friends, and finally going home alone to his apartment at the dead of night.
His situation has gotten so bad that a dark, ominous miasma has begun to leak out from him, so large his suffering and stress spreads to other people and makes ''them'' miserable just by being near him. Such a life is unsustainable, the key to an early grave if he doesn't change things soon, but what can one man at the end of his rope do...?
Accept the pampering and care of a compassionate ''kitsune'' demi-goddess, that's what!
''The Helpful Fox Senko-san'' (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san) is a slice-of-life manga by リムコロ ("Rimukoro"), featuring the daily life of Nakano and Senko doing most everything she can to make it easier, providing help in the form of doing his chores for him, keeping him company, or (once per day) letting him touch her fluffy tail. While everything starts off simply enough, matters get more complicated as more individuals both mortal and semi-divine barge into their lives...
Debuting in Oct. 2017, the manga is currently ongoing, published in Comic Newtype. An anime by Creator/{{Dogakobo}} is currently airing for the Spring 2019 season and being dubbed by [=FUNimation=].
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!! This work provides examples of:
* AntiquatedLinguistics: Befitting her true age, Senko uses long-disused and ancient Japanese words in her speech, though this doesn't come through as easily in English translations. Instead, they tend to pepper her words with "Dear" and very formal speech mannerisms.
* AuthorAppeal: The [[https://i.imgur.com/X9NAVGu.png?1 entire reason]] the series was created was because the author could not find any works featuring ragged, stressed-out salarymen being cared for by cute, fluffy fox-goddesses. There is also a ''massive'' focus on just how fluffy and soft Senko's tail is, with Nakano constantly being distracted by it and relishing the times he is allowed to touch it.
* AuthorAvatar: The author made a cute fox spirit avatar for the author's notes of the manga. She gets a cameo in the anime on episode 3, as one of the fighters in a videogame.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Aside from Senko, the rest of the fox demi-goddesses shown are not fans of footwear. Shiro does wear stockings, though.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The anime's opening song is sung by Senko (Azumi Waki) and Shiro (Maaya Uchida), while the ending is only by Senko.
* EarCleaning: Senko does this to Nakano.
* FantasticArousal: Senko getting her tail fluffed elicits ''very'' suggestive reactions from her.
* FoodAsBribe: Nakano's neighbour Kouenji walks in on him looking like he's about to assault Senko,[[MistakenForPedophile assumes the worst,]] and calls the police. Senko bribes her to keep her mouth shut with delicious food.
* HasAType: Senko. See ReincarnationRomance.
* {{Kitsune}}: Senko and her fellow ''Inari'' colleagues/sisters, naturally. Unlike more malicious kitsune that play pranks or worse on humans, as ''Inari'' Senko is instead a rather kinder and more helpful fox spirit.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Nakano and Senko. The issue of her being effectively immortal while Nakano is most definitely ''not'' has been brought up, and the reason Senko isn't so bothered by it is alluded to in ReincarnationRomance.
* MistakenForPedophile: ''Twice.'' First, Nakano comes to the logical conclusion that if someone sees a young child without her parents in his apartment in the dead of night (and wearing what appears to be an ancient kimono, and fox ears plus tail, no less), he would be arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and child molestation, and ''hoo boy'' would the news have a field day with ''that.'' He kicks her out, until Senko phases through his door and proves she's not exactly a young child nor human. Second, his neighbour Kouenji walks in on him trying to get to touch Senko's ears as promised earlier, and almost calls the police on him before Senko manages to buy her silence with food.
* NatureSpirit: Senko is a harvest deity, rice especially. It's particularly obvious whenever she serves up rice that she piles it on several times higher than the bowl can normally take.
* NiceGirl: Senko, who's always caring and helpful.
* {{Kitsune}}: Senko is one, as are her "sisters"/fellow deities.
* RealityEnsues: As detailed in MistakenForPedophile, the author is not pulling any punches of what Senko and Nakano's relationship and interactions looks like to those not in the know.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: 800, actually. Senko looks like a little girl, but acts like someone's great, great, ''great'' grandmother.
* ReincarnationRomance: Senko states that the reason she chose Nakano to pamper and care for above the hordes of other stressed-out and overworked office workers is because he's the type of young man she prefers. Flashbacks show that he looks almost exactly like a man she used to love, back in pre-industrial Japan...
