Line #149 Manga/PlaceToPlace


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2	''Place to Place'' (あっちこっち, ''Acchi Kocchi'') is a {{seinen}} {{slice of life}} {{yonkoma}} manga written and illustrated by Ishiki, which began serialization in ''Magazine/MangaTimeKirara'' in 2006. It was adapted into a [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 13-episode anime series]] during the spring 2012 season.
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4	This series follows a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group]] of five first-year best friends [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin going from place to place]]. The interaction between the [[CatGirl cat-like]] [[{{tsundere}} Tsumiki Miniwa]] and the [[TheStoic stoic]] Io Otonashi, her best friend [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest and longtime crush]], drives a lot of the plot. With them, the [[TheDitz ditzy]] [[CuteClumsyGirl Hime Haruno]], [[GenkiGirl excitable]] [[GadgeteerGenius Mayoi Katase]], and goofball [[ButtMonkey Sakaki Inui]] add their own flairs to the group.
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6	The [[MundaneMadeAwesome common is often extraordinary]] - whether it's a game of kick-the-can, air hockey, or frisbee, home economics class, or a walk home. {{Slapstick}}, {{nosebleed}}s, and [[AnimalMotifs cat references]] are nearly constant and extremely cute. The series is one big SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}-inducing cutefest punctuated by jokes.
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8	The series is currently available to stream online in the US via [[http://www.hulu.com/place-to-place Hulu]].
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11	!!This work contains examples of:
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13	* TheAce: Tsumiki and Io (in general), Mayoi (technology).
14	* ACupAngst: Tsumiki. Sakaki and Mayoi learned the hard way.
15	* AdaptationDistillation: The anime is condensed into a 13-episode series. The manga is at least three times that many chapters.
16	* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In Chapter 4 of the manga, Tsumiki and Mayoi didn't know Io has a job in the Hatch Potch (the store where Sakaki, Hime, and Io works). In the anime, this was never used to explain how Io got his job.
17	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Io pets and pats Tsumiki nearly anytime she's within reach. [[spoiler:One manga chapter reveals that most of the time he isn't even aware he's doing it.]]
18	* AlwaysSecondBest: Sakaki's dynamic with Io. He's the only character who actively tries to one-up the resident [[ParodySue Parody Stu]] and they're actually shown to be evenly matched whenever Sakaki isn't getting horribly maimed.
19	* AmusingInjuries: Usually with [[IronButtMonkey Sakaki]] as the target but Mayoi and Io get their turns too.
20	* AnimalMotif: Cats. Tsumiki spends half her screentime sprouting cat ears, Mayoi has a permanent cat smile, Io seemingly attracts cats, the town they live in (along with the train stations and schools, by extension) has a cat name, even the cakes at Hatch Potch are sometimes cat-shaped.
21	* ArcWelding: The anime tends to merge certain storylines together and condenses a few storylines that are usually related.
22	* ArtEvolution: The manga's artwork becomes progressively better in each chapter.
23	* BadassAdorable[=/=]CuteBruiser: Tsumiki. She can throw you into walls, blast through giant snowballs, and even kick your virtual ass in fighting games, and look cute while doing it.
24	* BearsAreBadNews: In Episode 10, Mayoi spends a lot of the episode trying to scare people wearing a bear costume.
25	* BerserkButton:
26	** Tsumiki: Breasts and Io. Don't talk about her chest or tease her about her crush on Io.
27	** Io: Food. He will fight seriously for food. He'll even get annoyed if you don't eat a balanced diet.
28	** Hime: Weight. Just ask Sakaki (onion squirted in eyes) and Mayoi (launched out of the cabin door).
29	* BirdsOfAFeather: Tsumiki with Io share calm, laid-back demeanor. On opposite site Sakaki and Mayoi are both hyperactive and like to tease others. This fact has been realized openly by others in the team.
30	* BishieSparkle: Io, anytime he says or does something pleasant.
31	* BrickJoke: Tsumiki's use of her superhuman strength and power, which ends in hilarious results.
32	* BrownBagMask: In Episode 10, Sakaki puts one on to join [[BearsAreBadNews bear-suited]] Mayoi in scaring Kikue-sensei.
33	* ButtMonkey: Sakaki, Mayoi, and Kyouya are all repeatedly injured, beaten, lambasted, thrown through walls, blasted with snow, given cranial protusions, and so forth, especially the first two.
34	* CallBack: During the Home Economics, Mayoi learns that [[EyeScream onion juice isn't good for eyes]]. Later during the BeachEpisode she passes the knowledge on to Sakaki... [[RuleOfFunny the obvious way]].
35	* CannotSpitItOut: Tsumiki towards Io.
36	* CatGirl: Tsumiki often [[SproutingEars sprouts]] cat ears. Also Mayoi to a certain extent with her cat smile and verbal [[VerbalTic -nya]].
37	* CharacterTics:
38	** Hime and Tsumiki's [[{{Nosebleed}} nosebleeds]].
39	** Tsumiki's [[SproutingEars cat ears]].
40	** Io's pencil twirling. He's so badass he can actually ''deflect snowballs'' twirling chopsticks or do it with burning sparkler-type fireworks.
41	* ChasteHero: Io, played completely straight.
42	%% * ChristmasEpisode: Episode 10-B.
43	* ChuckingChalk: Kikue-sensei throws a piece of chalk at Io's head for twirling his pen at high speeds. [[RuleOfFunny Somehow]], it curves to hit [[ButtMonkey Mayoi]] instead.
44	* ClingyJealousGirl: Tsumiki. Moreso in the manga.
45	* CloudCuckooLander: Sakaki and Mayoi have very interesting thought processes. Io even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}s this calling them "Team Chaos" during Episode 3-A, they accept the moniker in stride.
46	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Io and Tsumiki to Sakaki and Mayoi respectively.
47	* CluelessChickMagnet: Io. Sakaki himself in the manga as well to an extent.
48	%% * TheComicallySerious: Io.
49	* CoolBigSis: Miiko Inui, Sakaki's elder sister.
50	* CovertPervert: Given how often the girls are prone to nosebleeds. Highlighted in Episode 6-B, when all they can remember from the study meet is [[spoiler:the scent of Io's shirt]].
51	%% * CrazyPrepared: Mayoi, even {{lampshaded}} by Io and Sakaki.
52	%% * CrushBlush: Tsumiki. Io on occasion.
53	%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Hime, Kikue-sensei.
54	* CuteKitten: Tsumiki can even be considered this. In addition to SproutingEars, she's been demonstrated to meow and terrorize fish with her mere presence.
55	%% * DeadpanSnarker: Tsumiki on occasions.
56	%% * TheDitz: Hime.
57	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Tsumiki can occasionally display a rather poor grasp on her superhuman strength (compared to the other characters).
58	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: All the voice actors (mostly the main characters) do the opening song. Rumi Ookubo does the ending song.
59	* EngagingConversation: [[SupremeChef Io's]] [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood cooking]] in Episode 3 elicits this reaction from all viewing girls.
60	* EpicFail: Sakaki's attempt at the "longer your sparkler stays on, the more popular you are" game. His sparkler falls the moment he lights it.
61	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Tsumiki and Io. When the gang look through love horoscopes in a magazine and see Tsumiki and Io are compatible, they wave it off as obvious.
62	* {{Expy}}:
63	** Tsumiki would be Konata from ''Manga/LuckyStar'' if the latter was a SmittenTeenageGirl and not a total {{otaku}}.
64	** Hime shares traits with Tsukasa -- the friendly appearance, the ditzy, feminine personality and [[Creator/KaoriFukuhara the voice talent]] say so.
65	* EyeScream: PlayedForLaughs twice, with Kana to Mayoi by accident by spraying her eyes with onions, and Mayoi and Hime spraying Sakaki's eyes when he remarks that girls do not like the sound trains make while driving on the railroad.
66	* FailuresOnIce: Mayoi makes two of the biggest in Episode 13: landing on her face and elbow-slamming Sakaki by accident.
67	* FeminineWomenCanCook: {{Discussed\|Trope}} by the girls. Poor Mayoi can't cook though.
68	%% * FestivalEpisode: Episode 8-B.
69	* FirstNameBasis: Tsumiki and Io with each other (no honorifics).
70	* FlatCharacter: All of them. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Nearly all of the gags play off their exaggerated personalities and traits.]]
71	* FriendToAllLivingThings:
72	** Io, especially to cats.
73	** In the GoldfishScoopingGame in Episode 8, goldfish actually jump into Io's bowl of their own volition.
74	* FuroScene: Averted. In Episode 7, Sakaki considers peeking at the girls bathing; lampshading it with his reasoning being it often happens in media. Io strongly advises against it.
75	* GadgeteerGenius: Mayoi. From repairing room heaters and broadcast microphones to building an automatic snowball cannon with its own AI.
76	%% * GamerChick: Tsumiki and Mayoi.
77	* GeckoEnding: Due to the manga still going on at this point, the anime ends with thirteen episodes.
78	* GoodAngelBadAngel: Tsumiki has these pop up (with Hime as her Angel and Mayoi as her Devil) when debating whether to go through Io's stuff.
79	* GratuitousEnglish: Mayoi's Snowball Bazooka delivers status messages and prompts in English. Her speech pattern is full of it as well.
80	* GroinAttack: By accident from Mayoi to Sakaki on Chapter 30.
81	* HammerSpace: Mayoi somehow takes a lifebuoy out from her overalls in the cabin episode. For some reason.
82	%% * HiddenBuxom: [[spoiler:Mayoi.]]
83	* HonestAxe: Io tries this with Sakaki, but fails when the real one shows up.
84	* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
85	** Io and Tsumiki.
86	** Sakaki and Mayoi as well. Guys generally seem to be tall and lanky in this anime while girls of the same age tend to be petite.
87	* IAteWhat: Io and Sakaki do ''not'' react well to learning that the chocolate Mayoi gave them contained [[spoiler: frog meat]].
88	%% * IdiotHair: Tsumiki and Io.
89	* ImagineSpot: Each character has one, but Tsumiki's ''always'' has to do with Io.
90	* ImprobableAimingSkills:
91	** Io, especially the cabin trip episode when he uses sticks to catch fish, thinking it's impossible. Cue the fishes floating dead in the water.
92	** Later on, he repeatedly snipes ''mosquitoes'' with toothpicks.
93	* IronButtmonkey: Mayoi gets her head thrown through concrete walls and takes a frisbee to the ''neck'' and gets back up a few seconds later. Sakaki takes two frisbees to the face and gets continually blasted by fireworks both unharmed.
94	* LapPillow: Tsumiki provides one for a snoozing Io in Episode 7. [[note]](This is heavily enjoyed by Mayoi, Sakaki, and Hime who takes pictures and gets a nosebleed, respectively.)[[/note]]
95	%% * LargeHam: Mayoi and Sakaki.
96	* LethalChef: Mayoi. Thankfully, no one tries her half-cooked, demon-faced egg mountain.
97	* LikeBrotherAndSister: How Io views Miiko, Sakaki's older sister.
98	* MadeOfIron: Kana plows through the wooden trap made by Mayoi. Poor Hime isn't.
99	* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:At this time, the anime's ending doesn't exactly resolve the question of Io and Tsumiki's relationship.]] The manga may have.[[note]]The anime consistently portrays Io being closer to Tsumiki (they end most episodes alone with each other, for one thing) than the other girls and the general absence of CharacterDevelopment means that no one else gets closer to him.[[/note]]
100	* MomentKiller: Cue MoodWhiplash below when Tsumiki has her moments with Io.
101	* MoodWhiplash:
102	** Whenever Tsumiki's at the moment, she often goes berserk. The other characters ''especially'' do this when Tsumiki's at her moments with Io.
103	** Episode 13-A and Chapter 19 involve a sad moment when Tsumiki fails to give Io her chocolate when it's raining, but heartwarmingly, he accepts it anyway. Then he rubs her face mainly for her to not get sick (in the case in the manga, it happened once). Cue {{Nosebleed}}.
104	* MundaneMadeAwesome: Air hockey, snowball fights, kick the can, volleyball, frisbee... pretty much any game they play.
105	* {{Nosebleed}}: It's BloodyHilarious and PlayedForLaughs.
106	** Hime and Tsumiki shoot fountains and make puddles of blood in response to Io's kind words, actions, or uncovered body parts.
107	** Hime herself gets them when she gets excited, often when she sees a Tsumiki and Io moment.
108	** In Episode 4, Io's statements during their school TV interview cause all the girl in class (and presumably other classes) to shoot blood everywhere.
109	* NotSoAboveItAll: Io will frequently get caught up in whatever competition Sakaki starts, assuming they aren't on the same side.
110	* ObliviousToLove:
111	** Io. Emphasized in Chapter 4 when he doesn't know what Miiko (Sakaki's older sister) is talking about when she specifically says being an "Ally to a maiden in love".
112	** [[spoiler: In Episode 11, Tsumiki's expression of care induces a blush and love in Io that he doesn't understand. Oblivious? Perhaps. Unable to love? Definitely not.]]
113	** Kyouya has as much as a poor grasp to romance as Io, but unlike Io, Kyouya apparently does not know the meaning to give gifts to others as opposed to Io. Which is ironic actually. Also lampshaded by Kyouya regarding the subject.
114	* OhCrap: Several things will happen if you tease Tsumiki, or if you unintentionally piss her off, to the point she'll break something in half. Literally.
115	* OverlyLongGag: The girls' nosebleeds. Particularly in the episodes/chapters involving Tsumiki waking Io up... by nosebleed.
116	* ParodySue: Io's particular character trait is being irresistible to girls (and clueless about it) and incredibly competent in everything the cast has to do (except technology which is Mayoi's field) but it's usually (and [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools effectively]]) PlayedForLaughs against Sakaki failing miserably.
117	* PerpetualSmile: Mayoi's face has a cat smile perpetually.
118	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Don't let Tsumiki's height fool you.
119	* {{Pun}}: Many of the jokes in both versions utilize Japanese wordplay, a staple of the {{yonkoma}} genre.
120	%% * TheQuietOne: Tsumiki, sometimes Io.
121	* RedStringOfFate: Io and Tsumiki in the main theme - symbolized by a red scarf.
122	* {{Roboteching}}: Sakaki proves to be a firework magnet. Luckily he's an IronButtMonkey.
123	* SchoolFestival: Episode 9.
124	* SexySantaDress: The ladies sure didn't mind Io in a Santa suit, during Episode 10.
125	* ShipperOnDeck: Everyone (including Miiko) towards Tsumiki and Io.
126	* ShipTease: Mayoi does this to Tsumiki ''all the time''. Sakaki does this sometimes as well with Mayoi. Go too far, you know what happens next.
127	* ShoutOut:
128	** Tsumiki pulls a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgSAOxwr0xE parrying move]] against [[Franchise/StreetFighter Xia-Li's Super Move]], then finishes it off with a Shun Goku Satsu Super Move.
129	*** This is also a shout-out to Daigo Umehara's comeback victory against Justin Wong in EVO 2004.
130	** Mayoi's snowball launcher is also one, with its voice and her use of [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha "Zenryoku zenkai!"]]. It's quoted again in Episode 5.
131	** In Episode 5/Chapter 29, Mayoi talks about [[Film/ThreeHundred 300 Spartans]] who dines in hell (complete with their battlecry).
132	** Sakaki refer to the frogs in the school pool as "[[Manga/SgtFrog Sergeants]]" during Episode 6.
133	*** He does it again in Episode 12 when he tells Mayoi he'll draw eyes on her buns and call her Sergeant if she put frog in her chocolates again.
134	** Episode 8 has [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial a bike flying against the moon]], along with speaking about aliens.
135	** After neko Tsumiki "defeats" Mayomancer (Mayoi as a witch in a shared dream), a victory fanfare suspiciously sounds like the one from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
136	** Chapter 41 has a [[VideoGame/MetalGear snake hiding inside a cardboard box]], Mayoi saying "[[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Search and Destroy]]", and Sakaki saying [[Film/HouseOfWax1953 "Shall I turn you into a doll?"]]
137	* ShrinkingViolet: Hime, but not painfully shy, but more into not get into situations her friends put her through.
138	* SingleTargetSexuality: Tsumiki for Io. [[spoiler:Io for Tsumiki]].
139	%% * SliceOfLife
140	* SourceMusic: In Episode 8 of the anime Io plays the soundtrack for one scene transition on a keyboard ''while falling asleep''.
141	* SpinToDeflectStuff: Io could deflect snowballs by twirling ''chopsticks''. Tsumiki can do the same with a simple towel.
142	* StalkerWithACrush: Mayoi hypothesizes this regarding Tsumiki's [[ContrivedCoincidence morning run-ins was systematic to meet with Io]]. She's dead on.
143	* SuperStrength: Tsumiki, in Episode 3, is able to lift an ''enormous'' snowball, and throw it at least several feet into the air. She can also throw people through concrete, blast clean holes through giant snowballs, and pounce like a cat after a considerable leap.
144	* TokenMiniMoe: Tsumiki is by far the shortest character.
145	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The characters tend to discuss a lot the fact that Hime (whose name means "princess") is very feminine and acts cutely, while Mayoi is the exact opposite. Interestingly enough, they are both mediated by Tsumiki who has both girlish and boyish qualifies.
146	* TouchOfDeath: Despite Sakaki's IronButtMonkey status, Io can disable him with a light tap. However, this may be due to MinorInjuryOverreaction by the former.
147	* {{Tsundere}}:
148	** Tsumiki, who's both types. It even gets {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d when she utters an archetypal tsundere line in Episode 1. It's even flat-out stated in the manga. In addition, Tsumiki becomes Type A whenever being teased by Io or embarassed.
149	** Even Kyouya has his tsundere moment in Episode 12.
150	* UnwantedHarem: Io, however since he's completely ObliviousToLove in this regard, he wouldn't notice. And Tsumiki goes ClingyJealousGirl mode when girls are thinking about him, touching him, or considering going out with him.
151	* VerbalTic: Interestingly used. Tsumiki has a recurring cat motif but hardly ever uses cat onomatopoeia when it's not being invoked. Mayoi on the other hand tends to throw a 'Nya' into every other sentence.
152	* WhenSheSmiles:
153	** Io, and it's near deadly to Tsumiki and Hime. Complete with BishieSparkle.
154	** Not even Mayoi is immune. Io's caring smile and occasional charming words cause area-of-effect [[{{Nosebleed}} nosebleeds]].
155	* WouldHitAGirl:
156	** Io, of all people, did this to Mayoi, when she got distracted by video games during their study session in Io's room. Io is shown to be clearly irked afterwards.
157	** He also pinches Mayoi's cheeks in irritation when she admits that she was not able to bring her notes. {{Justified\|Trope}} in the fact that the whole idea to have a study session in Io's room was all Mayoi's idea.
158	** Also shown to pinch Mayoi's cheeks when she lifts up his shirt to "sneak attack" Tsumiki and Hime in Episode 7.

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