Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu ("Iriya's Sky, UFO's Summer") is a Light Novel series written by Akiyama Mizuhito, which was published from 2001 to 2003 under the Dengeki Bunko imprint for four volumes. It tells the story of Iriya Kana and Asaba Naoyuki, involving aliens, love, and angst. Lots of it.
A six-episode OVA adaptation produced by Toei Animation was released from February to July 2005, and a manga adaptation illustrated by Touko Kanno was serialized in Dengeki Maoh from 2007 to 2009.
Iriya no Sora, Ufo no Natsu contain following tropes:
- All Deserts Have Cacti: The "all deserts are sandy wastelands" variation is used to portray Nevada, complete with a raging sandstorm.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Yuuko Asaba - Naoyuki's little sister is obnoxious and often berates him. She also occasionally stalks him.
- Attempted Rape: in ep. 5 of the anime a seemingly homeless-looking man tries to have his way with Iriya. Fortunately she succesfully fends him off using a hidden dagger. Or does she...?
- Chastity Dagger: User to fend off a potential rapist in ep. 5.
- Hollywood Drowning: When Asaba trespesses into the school pool to take a dip, he finds Iriya there (he didn't know her back then). She's so surprised that she falls into the water and begins desperately beating the water to stay afloat since she can't swim. No screaming though.
- No Social Skills: Iriya being raised as a space fighter pilot has little to no clue on how normal human society works.
- Phlebotinum Girl: Kana Iriya is the only person who can pilot a super-advanced fighter jet.
- The Xof Y: An unusual case in that there's two "of"s but no "The".
