Line #9 Manga/EightySevenClockers


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3	''87 Clockers'' is a manga about overclocking by Tomoko Ninomiya, creator of ''Manga/NodameCantabile''. It was serialized from 2011 to 2016, starting out in ''Jump X'' and moving to ''Weekly Young Jump'' in 2014.
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5	Ichinose, a violin music student, is coming towards a crossroads in his life. He has to decide what to do with his future, but he doesn't feel pulled towards any one particular dream. In the absence of any ambition, he decides to work alongside his mother, who is a piano teacher, and teach violin. But one night, he sees a pretty, sad girl standing barefoot outside an apartment. A little investigation shows that she seems to share the apartment with a cat and a mysterious guy called Mike. Will meeting her be the trigger that can change his dull life?
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8	!!This work contains examples of the following:
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10	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Oh boy, this gets quite a workout in this manga!
11	** Hana and Julia towards Mike
12	** Kanade towards Hana
13	** [[spoiler: Hana]]'s fiancé, Hijiri, even had [[StalkerShrine a theme park]] built just [[RejectionAffection to show his affections]] for her!
14	* BlandNameProduct: For example, a video card that looks a lot like a typical [=nVidia=] card but which is labeled "VT 600R"
15	* CharacterNameAlias: In the first tournament, Mike and Hana as Chestnut and Peach.
16	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Applies to Kanade, who despite being in music school, no longer competes in musical competitions and music having lost its glamour to him.
17	* ExplosiveInstrumentation: Kanade's first computer exploded once he started tinkering with it after Hana left.
18	* ExtremeOmnivore: Mike is know to eat cat food from time to time. That's how he met Kanade [[spoiler: and Hana]].
19	* FreudianSlip: When Kanade was being woken by Hana do to some farm work for Murata, he thought it was his mom who was waking him up.
20	* GamerChick: Julia
21	* GrapesOfLuxury: Averted. Hana (who works at a pineapple processing factory) serves Mike pineapples for dinner so much that Mike has grown tired of it. To put things in context, Mike is more or less living in poverty, while fruits of any kind are considered luxury items in Japan.
22	* GoodOldWays: Julia prefers air-cooled machines rather than water-cooled or even LN2 cooling. They almost won the first tournament with it.
23	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Kanade's ear for music proved extremely useful in a few instances.
24	** During the first tournament as a player, he was able to locate enemies in a dark since he was able to hear the slightest of sounds.
25	** While in the farm trying to qualify for the 3D overclocking contest, he saved Murata from failure when he heard the insulation pot starting to separate from the rest of the machine. [[spoiler: They ended up setting a world record.]]
26	* LovableAlphaBitch: Though his feelings for her are genuine, [[spoiler: Hana]] may appear to be this while [[spoiler: Hikiri]] was telling his story of his rejection after rejection despite improving himself. He managed to solicit both Murata and Kanade's sympathy and [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe irritation]].
27	* MealTicket: The ulterior motive behind Mike's and Julia's 'friendship' with Kanade.
28	* {{Noob}}: The manga is more or less Kanade's journey in the world of computer overclocking from the very beginning.
29	** Mike, of all people, is one of these for FirstPersonShooter games, with hilarious results during the first tournament.
30	* OverclockingAttack: Refers to both the literal and original version. The main theme of the manga is how far you can get away with it without destroying your machine.
31	* SelfMadeMan: Played with, as one of [[spoiler: Hana]]'s criticism of Hikiri was that he was mooching off his father. This drove him into founding his own gaming company with a college colleague without outside help, which ended up somewhat successful.
32	* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler: Hana's]] father and aunt towards her fiancé.
33	* ShoutOut: One of the characters is named after and has an eyepatch like [[Manga/TomorrowsJoe Danpei Tenge]]
34	* ShownTheirWork: LN2 cooling, Super PI world records, the whole works.
35	* TheAce: Mike is pretty much competing to be this in the overclocking world.
36	* TheCasanova: To the horror of his mother and delight of his sister, they think Kanade is becoming one. Misleading evidence include Hana's and Julia's visits home, and Julia's call card to her workplace (a cabaret).
37	* TrainingFromHell: Julia pretty much put Kanade through this in preparation for both tournaments.
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