Line #15 Anime/DiamondDaydreams


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3	->''Do you know the legend of the diamond dust? They say if you see it with the one you love, the two of you are guaranteed to be happy together.''
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5	Atsuko, Karin, Kyoko, Suomi, Shoko and Akari live in different cities on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. The girls have very diverging life styles, but they all share the belief in the mythical properties of "diamond dust", which occurs [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_dust when pretty floating ice crystals form in freezing air.]]
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7	The anime, also known as ''Kita e ~Diamond Daydreams~'' or ''Kita e ~Diamond Dust Drops~'', was released in 2004 and is loosely based on the ''Kita e'' series of {{visual novel}}s by Creator/RedEntertainment. The stories, with little to no overlap between them, [[SliceOfLife depict the girls' moments of happiness and hardship]], mostly regarding feelings of love. In most cases the girls' feelings involve a man, although two stories deal with friendship and family relations.
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9	All of the girls [[ComingOfAgeStory become stronger and more independent]] through their experiences, which gives the series a very positive feel.
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12	!! Tropes :
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14	* AcquaintedInRealLife: Karin begins receiving emails from a "fan" who she believes to be her doctor at the hospital, on whom she develops a crush. [[spoiler: She later finds out that she's actually been communicating with the doctor's nurse and girlfriend, who'd wanted to help her gain the courage to receive life-saving surgery.]]
15	* AnimeAccentAbsence: Suomi's Japanese is impeccable.
16	* ArrangedMarriage: There is one set up for Atsuko, but she won't have any of it. [[spoiler: It runs in the family.]]
17	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Atsuko's great-grandmother asking Minoru if he can make her happy. After this, he stops taking the marriage for granted and vows to become a better potential husband for Atusko.
18	* BackForTheFinale: Some of the girls meet each other in the last episode.
19	* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The girls are depicted as a group of friends, which would have been interesting.
20	* BittersweetEnding: Kyoko rediscovers her passion for film-making and becomes a supportive captain for the film club, but [[spoiler: Yu only comes back some time later, in the last episode]].
21	* BrandX: Karin's "Aivo" laptop.
22	* CatchPhrase: "To the North!"
23	** Kyoko's "Let me clarify one thing."
24	* CelebrityIsOverrated
25	* TheChewToy: Jurota.
26	* CipherScything: The SliceOfLife Nature of the Series is the result of the male main character of the {{Visual Novel}}s upon which it was based being removed and, with him, his storyline which served to tie the stories of the girls together.
27	* ComingOfAgeStory
28	* CuteClumsyGirl: Atsuko & Akari.
29	* DreamSequence: Karin has a few, which are at times [[NightmareDreams pretty scary.]]
30	* DysfunctionJunction: Subverted, since all girls straighten themselves up after a while.
31	* EveryEpisodeEnding: The ending theme starts a few seconds before the real ending.
32	* EyeCatch: In which the current girl shouts "Kita e" ("To the north") while pictures of prominent places in Hokkaido are shown.
33	* FirstNameBasis: Karin won't have her new doctor call her by her first name. Also, Kyouko feels insulted when someone of her camera crew tries this.
34	* {{Flashback}}: Numerous.
35	* FuroScene: There is one for Shoko, which actually has a very symbolic meaning.
36	* HeelRealization: It isn't until [[spoiler: Kyoko's boyfriend walks out on her]] that she realizes how hard she was being on everybody for not matching her standards.
37	* HistoryRepeats: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Atsuko's mother. The reason she is so wary about Kurata is because she doesn't want Atsuko making the same mistake she did, [[spoiler: abandoning her arranged marriage with Minoru's father in order to marry Atsuko's father.]]
38	* IndirectKiss: Haruto gets one through Suomi's chopsticks. She also gives him a kiss on the forehead just before leaving for Finland.
39	* MeaningfulName: Suomi means "Finland" in Finnish--which is perhaps a bit of an odd name for someone coming from that country.
40	* {{Motifs}}: The diamond dust, of course.
41	* {{Otaku}}: Akari's father loves panning for gold.
42	* PhenotypeStereotype: Suomi. This is somewhat justified, since a Finnish person has a higher likelihood of being blond and blue-eyed.
43	* PluckyGirl: All of the girls, really.
44	* ThePromise: Several, but most notably the one between Suomi and Hanna.
45	* RealPlaceBackground: The series shows off many of Hokkaido's [[SceneryPorn eye-catching locales]], including the towns of Sapporo, Hakodate and Asahikawa.
46	* RunningGag: Jurota being humiliated. How he ends up in all the girls' stories is anyone's guess.
47	* SceneryPorn: Sometimes the series feels like an advertisement for Hokkaido.
48	* SliceOfLife: In purity perhaps only surpassed by ''Anime/{{Piano}}.''
49	* SnowMeansLove: The whole premise of the show, since diamond dust fulfils the role of snow just fine.
50	* SoapOperaDisease: The illness of Akari's father. Somewhat.
51	* SparklingStreamOfTears: Hanna after her emotional talk with Suomi.
52	* StalkerWithACrush: Shoko has one, but doesn't mind after a while. [[spoiler: He actually turns out to be rather nice.]]
53	* SweetTooth: Suomi ''loves'' cream puffs.
54	* TeamShot
55	* ThereAreNoTherapists: For some reason Karin gets absolutely no professional counselling for her fear of surgery.

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