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** [[spoiler:Ao Tagami]] gave up her goddess powers inherited from her mother in exchange for her freedom.


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* OhCrap: Masaki's face in several CG images just scream this. Most notably the ones when Yuki gets angry that he has Moyori in a BridalCarry (to take her to the infirmary) and when he finds that Nuki had snuck into his bed overnight.
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* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Yuki repeatedly delivers bodily harm to Masaki without any consequences. But when Masaki slaps Ao's hand away to sever his previous ties with her, half of the school is out for his blood because he "attacked" her.


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* {{Sarashi}}: Mashiro, Yuki's mother, wears these.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Ao most definitely qualifies after having followed Masaki to Tagami from Tokyo.

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* AdultChild: Masaki's mother, Mami.



* Really700YearsOld: Both Madoi and [[spoiler:Ao Tagami]] are at least 100.

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* Really700YearsOld: Both Madoi and [[spoiler:Ao Tagami]] are at least 100. Shiro is much older, but no exact age is given for her.


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* ShoutOut: In a room full of cigarette smoke, "Mami-chan complained, breathing as if she were [[Franchise/StarWars that guy wearing a skull helmet from the dark side.]]"


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* ThirdPersonPerson: Mami, a.k.a., Masaki's mother.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Masaki ends up in a lot of these situations, especially when Yuki finds him in the mere presence of another girl.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Sakura and Moyori get rather drunk on sugar and quite heavily flirt with Masaki during February's ZanyScheme to keep them away from Kouhei.


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* Really700YearsOld: Both Madoi and [[spoiler:Ao Tagami]] are at least 100.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shiro's casual statement that she has mothered children. One of them shows up later.

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* BettyAndVeronica: Doubled up on both sides! Both Shiro and Yuki can be considered a Veronica for Masaki at the start of the series, then both Nuki and Ao show up in April to each fill a side of a Betty.



* BoobsOfSteel: Nuki is a superb athlete, stands at 6'2", and has the largest bust.



* CloudCuckoolander: Both Mami and Nuki Konno.



* GreenEyedMonster: Yuki is not happy to see Masaki BridalCarry another girl before her.
** Masaki actually weaponizes this to get Sanae to get Kouhei out of his way early in April.



** Ao is even worse as she can also get most people to take her side quite easily since they don't know her true nature like Masaki does.



* StatuesqueStunner: Nuki Konno is a first-year in high school and stands at 188 cm. (6'2").



* TakeOurWordForIt: The narration's description of "the amazingly beautiful and intelligent doctor with great legs," who insists on being called such near the end of the first chapter.

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* TakeOurWordForIt: The narration's description of "the amazingly beautiful and intelligent doctor with great legs," who insists on being called such near the end of the first chapter. She may or may not be the same doctor introduced in April, complete with character portrait.



* [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica and Veronica]]: Neither Shiro nor Yuki qualify as a Betty for Masaki.

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* BareYourMidriff: Sanae's casual spring outfit.



* BridalCarry: After Moyori faints, Masaki tries carrying her to the infirmary this way. [[{{Yandere}} Yuki is]] [[GreenEyedMonster not pleased]].



* DemotedToExtra: Shiro does not appear at all in February's chapter.

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* DemotedToExtra: Shiro does not appear at all in February's chapter.the February or March chapters. She's also demoted to third billing behind Ao and Yuki in the Spring chapter intros.



* FromBadToWorse: For Masaki when his LoveTriangle expands into a LoveDodecahedron in spring.



* TheGlomp: How Nuki greets Masaki when they're reunited at the start of April.



* LoopholeAbuse: The resolution to the January story. [[spoiler:Mizuho cannot cross from Togami to Sagashima to see Madoi, so Masaki takes her into Sagashima via a third prefecture.]]

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* LoopholeAbuse: The resolution to the January story. [[spoiler:Mizuho cannot cross from Togami Tagami to Sagashima to see Madoi, so Masaki takes her into Sagashima via a third prefecture.]]



** On a last name basis, Sakura Tagami and Ao Tagami.



** In February, Sanae asks Masaki to think about his dating life back in Tokyo. Doing so causes him to cry for 10 minutes.

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** In February, Sanae asks Masaki to think about his dating life back in Tokyo. Doing so causes him to cry for 10 minutes. [[spoiler:April's chapter reveals why he has a damn good reason to cry about it.]]



* OverTheShoulderCarry: Masaki switches to this after the BridalCarry above draws Yuki's wrath. Moyori wakes up during this, finds it degrading, and beats up on Masaki until he drops her, leading to a-
* PantyShot: Not shown to the reader, but Moyori's have a teddy bear on them.



* RealityEnsues: Yuki quickly learns just how difficult it is to care for a baby during the March chapter and gives her a much-needed wake-up call on rushing in to have one of her own.

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* RealityEnsues: Yuki quickly learns just how difficult it is to care for a baby during the March chapter and gives her a much-needed wake-up call on rushing in to have one of her own. [[spoiler:Doesn't stop her from wanting one eventually though.]]
** Also illustrated in April when the stress of everything Masaki is going through gives him an ulcer.



* WhamLine: Delivered to Masaki when he goes to seek Shiro's advice about Ao and the latter shows up.
-->'''Shiro:''' Ao?
-->'''Ao:''' [[spoiler:Mother?]]



* ZettaiRyouiki: Sakura Tagami is a Grade B while Moyori Uesugi is a Grade A.

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* ZettaiRyouiki: Sakura Tagami is a Grade B while Moyori Uesugi is a and Ao Tagami are Grade A.

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* DisappearedDad: There are no indications of what happened to either of Masaki or Sanae's dads.



* GirlishPigtails: Masaki's mother, Mami.

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** The first chapter has one that ends with the entire main cast soaking together with poor Masaki being the only one actually naked.
** January has a heartwarming one between Mizuho and Madoi.
* GirlishPigtails: Masaki's mother, Mami. One of the reasons why she looks (and acts) younger than her own son.



* {{Jerkass}}: Shiro when at her worst. It's hard to side with her when she [[spoiler:tells Masaki to have sex with her in front of Yuki before she'll save them from freezing to death.]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: JerkassGod: Shiro when at her worst. It's hard to side with her when she [[spoiler:tells Masaki to have sex with her in front of Yuki before she'll save them from freezing to death.]]



* MilesGloriosus: Moyori Uesugi believes she can invoke her family name to get what she wants, until she's told that she herself has done nothing to contribute to the family's influence and therefore is just full of hot air.



* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Mizuho.

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* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Mizuho.Mizuho in both her school uniform and casual winter clothes.
* RealityEnsues: Yuki quickly learns just how difficult it is to care for a baby during the March chapter and gives her a much-needed wake-up call on rushing in to have one of her own.
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* BabysittingEpisode: March's story.
* BaitAndSwitch: Why Masaki is in a bookstore during the prologue of the March chapter.
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* NamesTheSame: Shiro and her wolf guardian, Shirou.

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* NamesTheSame: InUniverse, Shiro and her wolf guardian, Shirou.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Masaki gives Moyori an epic one during February when she tries to intimidate him using her family name. It basically boils down to, "I may have to be afraid of your family's influence, but there's no reason to be afraid of ''you''."


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* WhatTheHellHero: Masaki gives one to Sanae when he finds she hasn't done her part in their Valentine's Day plan.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Madoi, despite being over 100 years old, resembles a 9-year old boy.

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* ButtMonkey: Masaki more than anyone else, though Kouhei often shares the pain.



* TheChessmaster: Masaki is a heroic example and ''very'' good at it. It's best-illustrated when Mizuho figures him out near the end of January and he still has another move up his sleeve afterwards.

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* TheChessmaster: Masaki is a heroic example and ''very'' good at it. It's best-illustrated best illustrated when Mizuho figures him out near the end of January and he still has another move up his sleeve afterwards.


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* DemotedToExtra: Shiro does not appear at all in February's chapter.


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** Sanae's mother's restaurant is named ''Sanae'' after her.


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* NoExceptYes: Sanae and Mizuho are shocked that don't find any porn in his room. His internal thoughts state that of course he doesn't have any in his room because it's hidden behind the garage instead.


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* ShotgunWedding: The fate of the men seduced by the Towada women for the past 100 years. Yuki's father is very happy that Masaki didn't fall into the same trap he did.
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* {{Yandere}}: Good grief, Yuki!

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* {{Yandere}}: Good grief, Yuki!Yuki!
* ZanyScheme: Masaki's plan to keep the two juniors who like Kouhei away from him on Valentine's Day so Sanae can give him chocolates first. And it works!
* ZettaiRyouiki: Sakura Tagami is a Grade B while Moyori Uesugi is a Grade A.
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* [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica and Veronica]]: Neither Shiro nor Yuki qualify as a Betty for Masaki.

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* HopelessWithTech: Yuki, courtesy of never having been exposed to modern technology. It's revealed early on she never even saw a television until junior high.



* InnocentInnuendo: Both Mizuho and Kouhei think Madoi's request to "wash his front" meant something other than rinsing some leftover shampoo out of the front of his hair when he and Mizuho are taking a bath together.



* TakeOurWordForIt: The narration's description of "the amazingly beautiful and intelligent doctor with great legs," who insists on being called such near the end of the first chapter.



* WeirdnessMagnet: Again, Masaki. Though he welcomes it because he's fascinated by the unreal.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Shiro complains that the worst part of being a god is that new experiences that fascinate her are few and far between these days.

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* WeirdnessMagnet: Again, Masaki. Though he welcomes it because he's fascinated by the unreal.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Shiro complains that the worst part of being a god is that new experiences that fascinate her are few and far between these days. It's also one of the reasons why she takes a husband every 100 years.

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''Harvest December'' is a series of [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local rich girl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.

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''Harvest December'' is a series of [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local rich girl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. They both find out and HilarityEnsues from there.



* SenseiChan: Masaki's mother, Mami, is a parental version of this. She looks younger than Masaki and even Yuki's mother calls her, "Mommy-chan."

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* RunningGag: When someone needs a favor from Shiro or Yuki, they promise to give Masaki to them in exchange despite his protests.
* SenseiChan: Masaki's mother, Mami, is a parental version of this. She looks younger than Masaki and even most of the characters call her "Mami-chan." Even Yuki's mother calls her, "Mommy-chan."


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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Shiro complains that the worst part of being a god is that new experiences that fascinate her are few and far between these days.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Shiro again. A good example of this is in January when she suggests visiting a certain family not because they may be able to help their search, but because she likes the offerings they usually give her.

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* TheChessmaster: Masaki is ''very'' good at this.

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* TheChessmaster: Masaki is a heroic example and ''very'' good at this.it. It's best-illustrated when Mizuho figures him out near the end of January and he still has another move up his sleeve afterwards.


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* TricksterMentor: Shiro to Mizuho during January.

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* HeelRealization: A non-evil variant: Mizuho has one near the end of January when she realizes [[spoiler:she was doing what she thought was best for Madoi but not actually what he wanted.]]


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* JerkassRealization: A non-evil variant. Mizuho has one near the end of January when she realizes [[spoiler:she was doing what she thought was best for Madoi but not actually what he wanted.]]
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''Harvest December'' is a series of petite [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local rich girl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.

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''Harvest December'' is a series of petite [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local rich girl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.



The petite novels were originally released one at a time for PC over the course of 2007 but the entire series became available in a complete package for the Nintendo3DS near the end of 2015.

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The petite novels were originally released one at a time for PC over the course of 2007 but the entire series became available in a complete package for the Nintendo3DS near the end of 2015.2015 as ''Petit Novel Series: Harvest December''.

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* ICallItVera: Yuki's naginata is named "Kubikirimaru," which translates to, "Head Slicer."

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* ICallItVera: Yuki's naginata CannotSpitItOut: This is named "Kubikirimaru," which translates to, "Head Slicer."Sanae's dilemma for the February story.


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* ICallItVera: Yuki's naginata is named "Kubikirimaru," which translates to, "Head Slicer."
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* NiceGuy: Despite his situation, Masaki wouldn't hurt a fly.


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* SlasherSmile: Yuki sports one whenever she gets angry. It's even scarier when she draws Kubikirimaru at the same time.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Whoever has the first-person narration for any given chapter is also usually that chapter's central character.


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* ValentinesDay: The central focus of the February chapter, of course.
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* ICallItVera: Yuki's naginata is named "Kubikirimaru," which translates to, "Head Slicer."


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* HammerSpace: Yuki tends to pull her Naginata out of nowhere.


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* NaginatasAreFeminine: Yuki's weapon of choice that she keeps close at all times.


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** Mizuho can be one too, but almost exclusively towards her older brother.
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The petite novels were originally released one at a time for PC but the entire series is also available in a complete package for the Nintendo3DS.

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''Harvest December'' is a series of petite [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local RichGirl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.

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''Harvest December'' is a series of petite [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local RichGirl rich girl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.


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* LinearVisualNovel: There isn't a single dialogue option in the entire series.
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''Harvest December'' is a series of petite [[VisualNovel Visual Novels]] that has a different story take place each month over the course of one year. In early December, city boy Masaki Konno moves to a small town in the Tagami prefecture. Within moments of arrival, the local god, Shiro, asks him to be her husband and he accepts. On the first day of school, local RichGirl Yuki Towada asks him to be her boyfriend and he accepts. HilarityEnsues from there.

While the LoveTriangle between Masaki, Shiro, and Yuki is an issue that covers the over-arching plot of the entire series, individual stories per month will focus on an individual within Masaki's circle of friends and the situation they find themselves in for that brief period of time, contributing to the overall story and everyone's individual CharacterDevelopment.

The petite novels were originally released one at a time for PC but the entire series is also available in a complete package for the Nintendo3DS.
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!!''Harvest December'' includes examples of the following:
* AGodAmI: Shiro flaunts her authority as one quite often.
* AttractiveBentGender: Madoi when the girls dress him up like one. Kouhei nearly assaults him after seeing him in buruma for the first time!
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Kouhei has a lot of female admirers because, despite being a bit of a pervert and playing ero games, he's very nice to the girls in real life.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Kouhei will not hesitate to attack anyone he thinks is a threat to Mizuho, despite her doing things like stealing his ero games and selling them.
* TheChessmaster: Masaki is ''very'' good at this.
* ChickMagnet: Masaki has a lot of admirers beyond his two girlfriends.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Mizuho will very-readily beat up on Shiro whenever she crosses the line.
* FridgeHorror: InUniverse example. After Yuki's father is happy that Masaki did not become another "victim," Masaki realizes that Yuki's parents are 34 while she's only 17 and does the math from there.
* FuroScene: Several.
* GirlishPigtails: Masaki's mother, Mami.
* HeelRealization: A non-evil variant: Mizuho has one near the end of January when she realizes [[spoiler:she was doing what she thought was best for Madoi but not actually what he wanted.]]
* HomeFieldAdvantage: The primary thing that allowed Shiro's VictoryByEndurance below.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: After meeting Mizuho, Madoi no longer wanted to be a god.
* {{Jerkass}}: Shiro when at her worst. It's hard to side with her when she [[spoiler:tells Masaki to have sex with her in front of Yuki before she'll save them from freezing to death.]]
* KillOrBeKilled: Shiro's reasoning for why she [[spoiler:killed Madoi's parents when his father attempted to invade her land]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Mizuho adopts Madoi as her little brother almost immediately and their interactions are ''adorable''!
* LoopholeAbuse: The resolution to the January story. [[spoiler:Mizuho cannot cross from Togami to Sagashima to see Madoi, so Masaki takes her into Sagashima via a third prefecture.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: "Never underestimate a Towada woman," is a very valid warning. It doesn't help that the Towada women often threaten to flaunt their power and risk people's livelihood over petty reasons.
* NamesTheSame: Shiro and her wolf guardian, Shirou.
* NoodleIncident: The entire situation of putting Kouhei on a crabbing ship that gets attacked by pirates right before New Years in the first chapter.
** In February, Sanae asks Masaki to think about his dating life back in Tokyo. Doing so causes him to cry for 10 minutes.
* ObliviousToLove: Kouhei is as dense as a brick wall when it comes to realizing at least three different girls like him.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Mizuho.
* SenseiChan: Masaki's mother, Mami, is a parental version of this. She looks younger than Masaki and even Yuki's mother calls her, "Mommy-chan."
* SchoolSwimsuit: Mizuho is briefly seen wearing one in the first chapter.
* SliceOfLife: What the series boils down to, despite casual interaction with local gods on a regular basis.
* StockholmSyndrome: Masaki is afraid he's succumbing to this with Yuki feeding him lunch every day come February.
* TakeAThirdOption: The first chapter's resolution: [[spoiler:Freeze to death while stranded in a shrine vs. utterly humiliating the daughter of the most powerful family in town? Masaki would rather run the risk of climbing down the mountain in the middle of a blizzard with Yuki on his back!]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Shiro and ice cream.
* {{Troll}}: Shiro is this in her lighter moments.
* VictoryByEndurance: How Shiro [[spoiler:killed Madoi's father. Since he was slowly being poisoned by being outside of his boundaries, Shiro just kept him chasing her until he was weak enough to finish off.]]
* WeirdnessMagnet: Again, Masaki. Though he welcomes it because he's fascinated by the unreal.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Yuki in her moments of normality.
* {{Yandere}}: Good grief, Yuki!

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