Line #24 Manga/ItsudatteMySanta


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3	''Itsudatte My Santa!'' (いつだってMyサンタ!?, translating literally to ''Always My Santa!'') is a short manga series by Creator/KenAkamatsu, published before his better known work, ''Manga/LoveHina'', was serialized. It stars a boy named Santa who hates Christmas, due to being born on Christmas Eve. However, a girl named Mai who's a student at the Santa Claus Academy is sent to him, being tasked with the mission of improving his luck and changing his views on Christmas for the better.
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5	The manga ran in 1997 for only two issues of ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine''. It later received a two-episode OVA adaptation in 2005.
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7	!!Contains examples of:
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9	* AccidentalPervert: It's not actually Santa's fault, but he does get to see Mai naked...and get punished for it.
10	* ACupAngst: Although not nearly as pronounced as other examples, Mai is offended when Santa teases her about her chest.
11	* AdaptationExpansion: The manga only tells the story told in episode one, and only has two characters, Mai and Santa. The anime adds a second episode and introduces the characters of Sharry, [=MaiMai=], and Miss Noel.
12	%% * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [=MaiMai=].
13	%% * BarbieDollAnatomy: Used in the manga, averted in the anime.
14	%% * BeachEpisode: The beginning of episode 2.
15	* BigEater: Sharry (and [=MaiMai=]) devour a mountain of cantaloupes while Sharry {{Info Dump}}s about she and Sharry's relationship.
16	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Santa's entire attitude towards Mai changes once she [[spoiler:transforms into her true form, with larger breasts]].
17	* {{Delinquents}}: A recurring group of characters are a gang leader and his entire gang, carrying food that [[RunningGag inevitably gets smashed]].
18	* EmbarrassingFirstName: Santa is obviously very embarrassed about his name.
19	%% * EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Despite being native Japanese citizens.
20	* TheFaceless: Mineko, the girl Santa has a crush on, is always shown from behind when Santa goes to her party, although this doesn't seem to be entirely intentional. There is one shot of her face, although it's from very far away and hard to make anything out.
21	* {{Fanservice}}: As this is an Akamatsu work, there is a lot.
22	%% * GenkiGirl: Mai
23	* TheGrinch: Santa, though he has a semi-valid reason, what with his parents abandoning him every Christmas and all.
24	%% * HotBlooded: Sharry.
25	* HairAntennae: Again, a staple of Creator/KenAkamatsu's work, the female lead has a pair of antennae-like hairs standing on end.
26	* IncomingHam: "Ho, ho, ho! Long time no see, Mai and [=MaiMai=]!"
27	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: It seems Mai has no idea how short her skirt is in the beginning of the first OVA - though she ''does'' get a taboo during her shower scene.
28	* InnocentInnuendo:
29	** When Mai asks Santa to spend the night with her in the first OVA, to the shock and mutters of people around them ("Kids these days...") Mai realizes the implications and hits Santa, telling him she's not that kind of girl (even though it wasn't really his fault).
30	** Happens again in the second OVA, with an unfortunate misunderstanding about "oil".
31	* IntimateLotionApplication: When Santa and Mai go to the beach, she produces a bottle of suntan oil and offers to rub it on his back, and he gets nervous at the prospect. The crowd who overhears this thinks they're being indecent, which causes Mai to [[UnprovokedPervertPayback conclude he was thinking perverted things and she beats him up for it.]]
32	* IronicName: Santa, being named after the symbol of Christmas actually hates the holiday.
33	%% * MagicalGirlfriend: Mai.
34	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: The plot is partially centered around GenkiGirl Mai getting Santa to come out of his shell.
35	%% * PaperFanOfDoom: Mai unleashes one of these at least once.
36	* ParentalAbandonment: Santa suffers from this, to a certain extent - according to him, the ''only'' gift they ever sent him was a photo of them, smiling, ''and surrounded by other children''.
37	* PerenniallyOvershadowedBirthday: The protagonist [[BirthdayHater hates his birthday]] because it's also Christmas and it contributes to his overall sense of feeling neglected and unloved. To make matters worse, his parents [[EmbarrassingFirstName chose to name him Santa]]. However, he soon discovers that the kids at his high school ''do'' [[NotSoForgottenBirthday remember his birthday]] and when he shows up to a party they try to invite him in because they're celebrating him as well as Christmas, a revelation that starts to change his viewpoint.
38	%% * TheRival: Sharry to Mai.
39	* RunningGag: [=MaiMai=] biting Sharry on the rear in the second OVA.
40	* SantasExistenceClause: Not only does Santa exist, but he is actually several hundred cute teenage girls!
41	* SexySantaDress: Worn by Mai in her [[MagicalGirl Santa form]] and in the EyeCatch.
42	* ShowerOfAwkward: Santa sees Mai completely naked during her shower (although he's fully dressed).
43	* ShowerScene: Mai takes a shower when she gets to Santa's apartment, which ends with her bursting out and giving Santa [[AccidentalPervert a full view of everything]].
44	* TransformationSequence: When Mai transforms into Santa Claus.
45	* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: According to Mai, this is a celebration of the birth of... the protagonist, Santa.
46	%% * {{Tsundere}}:
47	%% ** Sharry
48	%% ** Mai also has shades of this.
49	* TsurimeEyes: Sharry's eyes notably slant upward.
50	* UnbuiltTrope: The series tends to use Mai [[PervertRevengeMode beating up]] Santa for being an AccidentalPervert as a gag, just like Akamatsu's later ''Manga/LoveHina'' and many, many harem series from then on. However, the first time she does this -- in front of an entire crowd -- [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome she gets hauled off by security for it]].
51	* UnluckyEverydude: Santa, as per the usual for Akamatsu's protagonists.
52	* VitriolicBestBuds: As Mai states, she and Sharry fight every time they see each other since their ways of thinking and sense of values are different, but they've always been best friends.
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