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1* AmericansHateTingle: While the manga was never a smash hit in Japan, it was ''deeply'' unpopular in North America, to the point where the translated version was unceremoniously dropped after only a few volumes, presumably due to dismal sales. Even after gaining a new publisher, it's extremely obscure.
2* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The series is about a sadistic double-faced crossdresser who torments and abuses a perverted lesbian teenager at an all-girls school. It hasn't fared well with many people, especially in the U.S. and other countries, due to the homophobic sounding premise.
3* BaseBreakingCharacter:
4** Kanako is either a poor little woobie who is hit with lots of undeserved misfortune, or a perverted moron who never learns how to not bring said misfortune on herself.
5** Mariya is either a hilarious troll who manages to fool everyone in an all-girls school or just a sadistic jerkass.
6* CoveredUp: The cover of "Kimi Ni Mune Kyun" that serves as the anime's ending theme is far better known than [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYN-6R_YQ_I the original 1983 version]] by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra.
7* MemeticMutation: That one scene from the OP, where Mariya rips open Matsurika's top. It has been re-done/photoshopped with ''countless'' other fandoms. Ditto the shot of Mariya playing Matsurika like a guitar.
8* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of "The Final Countdown" plays during some shocking moments.
9* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: It's pretty much ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'' on crack and acid, except for the small detail of being intentionally alienating to the YuriGenre audience.
10* TheWoobie: Kanako. Especially when the abuse and misfortune she suffers goes too far.

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