Line #16 Manga/OkujyouHime


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3	''Okujyou Hime'' (''Rooftop Princess'') is a short manga by TOBI, the author of ''Manga/MeganeNaKanojo''. The manga, at only 21 chapters and published in 2010, makes up for a enjoyable, bittersweet romance drama.
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5	Mayuzumi Youhei, Genjyou Nobutada and Ijyuuin Yuiko have been best friends since elementary. Mayu is the timid, nerdy one; Nobu, the confident, outgoing one and Yuiko, the only girl of the trio, the introverted and cute one. It's a new high school and a new season, one that has the trio in high spirits and high hopes.
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7	When Yuiko gets hitted-on by some random skirt chaser, she's saved by a tall, beautiful white-haired girl. That's when Mayu sees Kasugami Sumika, the ''Rooftop Princess'', for his first time. Obviously, something happens inside Mayu at that time.
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9	That very same afternoon, he sees Sumika dropping a bouquet of roses from the rooftop, and when he goes there to return the flowers, he gets out with the cool, sad princess as his new girlfriend. And so it begins a story of love, loss, sadness and strength.
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11	!!This series provides examples of:
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13	* AllLoveIsUnrequited -- [[spoiler:Nobu loves Yuiko, Yuiko loves Mayu, Mayu loves Sumika and Sumika's still carrying a torch for her dead brother.]] It's actually sadder that what you might think; the author pulled this ''very well''.
14	* BigBrotherAttraction -- [[spoiler:The reason for Sumika's suffering and loneliness.]]
15	* BrokenBird -- Sumika is stoic and detached for a very good reason.
16	* DefrostingIceQueen -- Mayu's innocence and sincerity makes more effect in Sumika's heart than what he actually realizes.
17	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer -- Comes with the SchoolIdol package for free.
18	* FreudianSlip -- Chapter 14 has one that slaps the reader and sets the sadness spiral in motion.
19	* LonersAreFreaks -- Sumika is seen as this sometimes.
20	** Mayu gets a free out-of-trope card by virtue of his friends and because he's seen as "extremely normal". The comparison doesn't sound well with him in chapter 10.
21	* LoveTriangle -- [[spoiler:Yuiko is in love with Mayu, who is in a relationship with Sumika. Sumika then dumps Mayu in realization that she was seeing him just as a replacement of Kyouya.]]
22	* MysticalWhiteHair -- Played with. Sumika does not boast any extraordinary powers[[note]]and the darkness on her heart is actually a plot point and CharacterDevelopment for her and Mayu[[/note]], but her white, long hair adds to her special, mystical aura.
23	* SchoolFestival -- The climax of the story is placed in one of these.
24	* SchoolIdol -- Sumika is admired by the entire school and respected by the rest.
25	** Nobu is a bit of this too, the girls in the first chapter giggling when finding out that he's going to the same high school as them are evidence that he's moderately popular with the opposite sex.
26	* TheFace -- Of the trio, Nobu is the most popular and outgoing. Actually, he's well liked by the girls. It never reaches ChickMagnet or TheCasanova levels because he's a good, honest man and [[spoiler:his infatuation with Yuiko]].
27	* TheReveal -- Comes in 2 parts:
28	** One, the small, but completely out-of-nowhere phrase that gets readers sucker-punched in chapter 5.
29	--->'''Sumika:''' In the end, I definitely [[spoiler:love Nii-sama...]]
30	** The second one, near the climax of the story, when she tells Mayu and Yuiko the sad, horrible truth of her actions.
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