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* {{Bokukko}}: Nao, due to the fact that she played football during middle-school. She's trying to change though, but every so often a "boku" manages to slip out.
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* {{Keigo}}: Due to her upbringing, Wakaba speaks in a very formal register. She's trying her best to stop this.
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''Wakaba Girl'' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series ''Manga/KiniroMosaic''). The manga ran in ''Otome Tsushin'' from 2010 to 2013, ending after the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An anime adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

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''Wakaba Girl'' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series ''Manga/KiniroMosaic''). The manga ran in ''Otome Tsushin'' from 2010 to 2013, ending after the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An anime adaptation by NEXUS aired during in the Summer2015Anime season.
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''Wakaba Girl'' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic). The manga ran in Otome Sushin in 2010 before the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

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''Wakaba Girl'' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic). ''Manga/KiniroMosaic''). The manga ran in Otome Sushin in ''Otome Tsushin'' from 2010 before to 2013, ending after the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An anime adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Nao.
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* HairColors: You can practically see who's important by who has the odd hair color in Wakaba's class (hint:it's the girls close to her seat, all three of whom become her friends).
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]----

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Worn by Moeko.

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Worn by Moeko.
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* HairDecorations: Wakaba's flower hairclips, Moeko's twintail scrunchies, and Nao's clip on her bangs. Oh, and Wakaba's hairclips are apparently ''a family heirloom'', passed to her by her grandmother, and she in turn plans to pass these on to her own children.
---> '''Mao''': To think a hair accessory had such a backstory...
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* IThoughtItMeant: Wakaba ends up buying a galge, because she thought it was a game that focuses on ''gyaru''.
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'''Wakaba Girl''' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic). The manga ran in Otome Sushin in 2010 before the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

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'''Wakaba Girl''' ''Wakaba Girl'' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic). The manga ran in Otome Sushin in 2010 before the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in 2013. An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.
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** I turns out both her mom ''and'' older sister are also out-of-touch with what normal people consider mundane -- see how her mom recommended ''flying to France for lunch.''

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** I It turns out both her mom ''and'' older sister are also out-of-touch with what normal people consider mundane -- see how her mom recommended ''flying to France for lunch.''

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* ACupAngst: As their little trip to the water park reveals, Moe is a little sensitive about her size, especially when the bikini she had bough the previous year fit Wakaba ''perfectly''.

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* ACupAngst: As their little trip to the water park reveals, Moe Moeko is a little sensitive about her size, especially when the bikini she had bough the previous year fit Wakaba ''perfectly''.


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* TheCutie: Moeko, for certain.


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* GirlishPigtails: Moeko.
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* BrickJoke: When listing reasons not to touch Wakaba's front gate while preparing to ask her mother and sister for permission to take her to the summer festival, Mao says it might be electrocuted. At the end of Episode 10, we see that Wakaba's post-curfew home security measures include, among other things, visible electric current over the gate bars.
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* EvolvingCredits: In episode 9, the opening song is sung by several of the girls, rather than just one.

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* EvolvingCredits: EvolvingMusic: In episode 9, the opening song is sung by several of the girls, rather than just one.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: After winning the beauty contest in episode 9, Wakaba is asked who she'd like to commemorate this win to. The camera focuses on Nao, who was supposed to originally enter but couldn't due to being sick, but helped with the outfit she wore. Wakaba in a brief brain-fart moment, says "my deceased grandmother" instead. She does later present the trophy to Nao, though the latter declines it, saying she wants to win it on her own merits.


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* EvolvingCredits: In episode 9, the opening song is sung by several of the girls, rather than just one.


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* HypocriticalHumor: A very stressed Nao tells a rather calm Wakaba not to worry during the contest in episode 9.


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* InstantBandages: In episode 9, after Mao says that Wakaba would stand a better chance of winning the beauty contest than Nao, she is hit on the head. In the next scene, she has a bandage on her head, while Nao leads Wakaba to the dressing room.
* InstantFanClub: "Wakaba-chan Fever" spreads after she wins the beauty contest in episode 9. She is greeted by several fangirls while going to school.


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* SchoolFestival: Episode 9. Wakaba is rather excited as this is the first one she's been able to attend without being sick or transferred first.


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* SickEpisode: Subverted with Nao in episode 9, due to dumping water on herself from the previous episode. She initially shows up sick, but then when Wakaba enters the beauty contest, she seems fine and isn't wearing a mask any longer.

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* BeautyContest: Nao says she's going to enter one in episode 8 to become more feminine.



* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Wakaba does this in episode 8 while wandering the school with Moe before the culture festival. Moe joins in shortly afterwards.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Moe sports some in episode 8 after Nao mentions writing a scene in which she fights a member of the judo club while suspended in mid-air.



* TheGlassesGottaGo: Nao attempts this in episode 8, but the other girls comment that she still looks the same, minus the glasses.



* TheInsomniac: Wakaba at the end of episode 8. She is too excited about the school's culture festival the next day, and is unable to sleep. When she calls Moe to ask for advice, she's told that it's three in the morning.



* YaoiFan: Nao, much to the surprse of her friends. She even lends Wakaba an Otome game.

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* YaoiFan: Nao, much to the surprse surprise of her friends. She even lends Wakaba an Otome game.
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* ACupAngst: As their little trip to the water park reveals, Moe is a little sensitive about her size, especially when the bikini she had bough the previous year fit Wakaba ''perfectly''.


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* StopDrowningAndStandUp: Turns out Wakaba can't swim, and the first thing Moe finds her doing at the water park is flailing around... in the kiddie pool.
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* FriendToAllAnimals: Wakaba feeds some crows in episode 5, and they seem rather friendly with her. One even perches on her head and poses with her.

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* FriendToAllAnimals: FriendToAllLivingThings: Wakaba feeds some crows in episode 5, and they seem rather friendly with her. One even perches on her head and poses with her.

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Crunchyroll is streaming the anime, which can be [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/wakabagirl viewed here]] for folks in the following regions: [[note]]United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.[[/note]]



* BlindedByTheLight: Mao in episode 5 when Wakaba greets her in the morning. Her cheerful smile and persona seems so bright that Mao gets blinded by it.



* FriendToAllAnimals: Wakaba feeds some crows in episode 5, and they seem rather friendly with her. One even perches on her head and poses with her.
* GreenEyedMonster: Mao in episode 5, after she comes to school in a very foul mood. It turns out she normally tries to stand next to a boy she likes on the train, but that morning another girl was standing by him, and seemed rather chummy with him.



* InsaneTrollLogic: In episode 5, Mao decides that she has to follow around Wakaba and copy her in order to give off a rich girl persona. She concludes that Wakaba is the ultimate example. Then the following day she finds out Wakaba was trying to copy her, then claiming she was the ultimate example. Whatever she was thinking, it helped lift the sour mood she had from the previous day.
* IThoughtItMeant: Wakaba ends up buying a galge, because she thought it was a game that focuses on ''gyaru''.



* IThoughtItMeant: Wakaba ends up buying a galge, because she thought it was a game that focuses on ''gyaru''.


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* OvershadowedByAwesome: In episode 5, Mao attempts to shadow Wakaba and copy her movements and persona in order to give off a rich girl vibe. However, everything she does seems to be impossible for Mao, such as Wakaba walking on air, or at least looking like she does, and owning more than fifty dresses. She concludes that Wakaba is the ultimate rich girl example. Then the next day Mao finds out Wakaba was copying her moves in an attempt to blend in more with regular girls.


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* SleepyHead: Wakaba falls asleep in class during episode 5. Made more hilarious because she was sleeping with her eyes open, and standing up in order to answer a question their teacher asked.
* StalkerWithACrush: Mao mentions there's a boy on the same train she takes to school that she likes. It seems innocent enough, until she mentions she also secretly takes pictures of him. Nao tells her to stop doing that.
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Wakaba*Girl never ran in Kirara Max, and all the new information can be checked against her blog and the afterword in the tankobon.


Published in ''MangaTimeKirara Max'' since 2010, '''Wakaba Girl''' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic, which is ''also'' published in Max). An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.

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Published in ''MangaTimeKirara Max'' since 2010, '''Wakaba Girl''' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic, which is ''also'' Manga/KiniroMosaic). The manga ran in Otome Sushin in 2010 before the magazine was canceled. Hobunsha later picked up the rights and published a tankobon with an extra chapter in Max).2013. An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.
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* CreditsRunningSequence: Done by the main girls at the beginning, though technically they appear to be speedwalking.


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* FishOutOfWater: Wakaba's sheltered life means she hasn't had many opportunities to spend time with regular girls. As such, she ends up doing things wrong, and is pretty clueless about what friends do together. For example, she tells the girls she has a cell phone, but it turns out to be a cordless phone that she took to the park with her.


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* LethalChef: Wakaba ends up burning the cake she made using Moe's recipe in episode 4 because she left it in the oven too long.


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* SupremeChef: Moe seems to be very good at baking sweets. So good that in episode 4 she ends up not letting any of the other girls help her, probably because they've never cooked before.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mao tends to refer to herself this way.

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* HairDecorations: Wakaba's flower hairclips, Moeko's twintail scrunchies, and Nao's clip on her bangs.

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* HairDecorations: Wakaba's flower hairclips, Moeko's twintail scrunchies, and Nao's clip on her bangs. Oh, and Wakaba's hairclips are apparently ''a family heirloom'', passed to her by her grandmother, and she in turn plans to pass these on to her own children.
---> '''Mao''': To think a hair accessory had such a backstory...



** Moeko is, well, moe, something that both Mao and Nao recognize.

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** Moeko is, well, moe, something that both Mao and Nao recognize.acknowledge, usually with accompanying BishieSparkle.
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-> '''Mao''': (talking about Nao) She's... ''rotten''.

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-> ---> '''Mao''': (talking about Nao) She's... ''rotten''.

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* FastForwardGag: Done in episode 3 when Nao's explaining to Wakaba about Otome games.



* MeaningfulName: Wakaba means "young leaf", as in literally the new sprouts from a tree. Wakaba herself is a sheltered rich girl who's enthusiastic about learning new experiences.

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Wakaba means "young leaf", as in literally the new sprouts from a tree. Wakaba herself is a sheltered rich girl who's enthusiastic about learning new experiences.experiences.
** Moeko is, well, moe, something that both Mao and Nao recognize.



* NiceGirl: Moeko.



* OnceAnEpisode: Wakaba seeing off her friends at the intersection after school, and Wakaba with her mother and sister learning of yet another facet of commoner life.



* ShelteredAristocrat: Wakaba is ignorant about quite a lot of things, which is why she's ''always'' excited to try new things, even stuff her friends would find otherwise mundane (like going out to eat ice cream).

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Wakaba is ignorant about quite a lot of things, which is why she's ''always'' excited to try new things, even stuff her friends would find otherwise mundane (like going out to eat ice cream).cream).
** I turns out both her mom ''and'' older sister are also out-of-touch with what normal people consider mundane -- see how her mom recommended ''flying to France for lunch.''


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-> '''Mao''': (talking about Nao) She's... ''rotten''.
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* IThoughtItMeant: Wakaba ends up buying a galge, because she thought it was a game that focuses on ''gyaru''.


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* YaoiFan: Nao, much to the surprse of her friends. She even lends Wakaba an Otome game.

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* CloudCuckooLander: Wakaba has some odd notions about how a "normal" high school should act. Her friends are quick to put her straight.
* ColorFailure: Wakaba experiences this when her friends suggest putting off their trip to the ice cream parlor in episode 2.



* DCupDistress: Nao's quite sensitive about her developing bust.



* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]][[/labelnote]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: Worn by Moeko.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Wakaba and her friends.]]

Wakaba, the youngest child of a well-to-do family, is finally starting high school, and she wants to turn a new leaf. Maybe this time around, she can actually make new friends, and even ''properly'' experience what it feels to be a "normal" high school girl?

That's what she intends to find out.

Published in ''MangaTimeKirara Max'' since 2010, '''Wakaba Girl''' (わかば*ガール) is another SliceOfLife comedy from Yui Hara (known more for her other series Manga/KiniroMosaic, which is ''also'' published in Max). An adaptation by NEXUS aired during the Summer2015Anime season.
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!!Wakaba Girl provides examples of the following:

* {{Bokukko}}: Nao, due to the fact that she played football during middle-school. She's trying to change though, but every so often a "boku" manages to slip out.
* CustomUniform: Wakaba's long skirt, which stands out compared to the minis all her classmates wear.
* FourGirlEnsemble: Wakaba and her three friends Nao, Mao, and Moeko, of course!
* FriendlessBackground: Due to her family's social status, and the fact that she's had to change schools fairly often, Wakaba was never able to have friends before.
* HairColors: You can practically see who's important by who has the odd hair color in Wakaba's class (hint:it's the girls close to her seat, all three of whom become her friends).
* HairDecorations: Wakaba's flower hairclips, Moeko's twintail scrunchies, and Nao's clip on her bangs.
* {{Keigo}}: Due to her upbringing, Wakaba speaks in a very formal register. She's trying her best to stop this.
* MeaningfulName: Wakaba means "young leaf", as in literally the new sprouts from a tree. Wakaba herself is a sheltered rich girl who's enthusiastic about learning new experiences.
* {{Meganekko}}: Nao.
* NewTransferStudent: Wakaba. She also reveals that she's often transferred between schools a lot during grade school and middle school.
* TheOjou: Wakaba herself.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Worn by Wakaba.
* SchoolgirlSeries: Is a Kirara series, this should be expected.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Wakaba is ignorant about quite a lot of things, which is why she's ''always'' excited to try new things, even stuff her friends would find otherwise mundane (like going out to eat ice cream).
* {{Yonkoma}}: Much like Yui Hara's [[Manga/KiniroMosaic other series]].
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Wakaba is fond of saying that she wants to be a "gyaru", without an inkling of what the word actually ''means'' (to her, it means being a "normal" high school girl). [[labelnote:Explanation]]Literally "ギャル" or "gal", a fashionable and peer-conscious girl... Except these days it's come to mean flighty young women with a lack of interest in working or marriage.[[/labelnote]]

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