Hatsukoi Limited

Ayumi Arihara and her friends are curious about love, with Ayumi to be the first one to find out the trials love can bring. Misao Zaitsu, a student one year older than her with a terrifying visage, gives her a love letter. She is frightened out of her wits. This is but the start of a Love Dodecahedron that encompasses Ayumi, her friends and classmates.

By Mizuki Kawashita, the creator of Ichigo 100%, the Hatsukoi Limited manga was cut short in its run, but it got an anime adaptation in Spring 2009 by J.C. Staff.


 * All Love Is Unrequited
 * All Men Are Perverts -- A good amount of the male cast, and the main cause of distress for the (well-endowed) Meguru.
 * Always Someone Better -- Meguru, to Takei.
 * A-Cup Angst -- Koyoi and Ayumi.
 * Big Brother Worship -- Koyoi does this so much that her friends can almost predict when it will happen.
 * Brother-Sister Incest -- Runs in both directions. Ayumi's brother is a little too into her, while Koyoi is pretty much defined by her brother complex.
 * Big Breasts, Big Deal-- Type 2 with Meguru, who puts her swiming career on hold due to all the unwanted attention
 * Cannot Spit It Out -- Goes for a lot of the couples, but Kei and Kusuda are the ones that display it the most.
 * Class Representative -- Meguru.
 * Cool Big Sis -- Misaki plays this role to Mamoru.
 * Cosplay -- The ending credits are a slideshow of the many girls of the cast in various cosplay outfits.
 * Crash Into Hello -- Combined with Dropped Glasses for Sogabe and Nao's Meet Cute.
 * Crossdresser -- Kusuda has few qualms about donning a female cheerleader outfit for the sake of class spirit.
 * Date Peepers -- Koyoi.
 * Diegetic Theme Cameo -- Ayumi and Koyoi's not-very-good duet of the opening theme with karaoke.
 * Dojikko -- Soako
 * Dude, She's Like, in a Coma -- Done deliberately on the part of Kusuda and his sleep-inducing pun storm. Subverted when, whether she was toying with them or really in some form of sleepwalking, Misaki begins performing wrestling moves on Mamoru when he gets close.
 * Dynamic Entry -- (particularly in the Anime) Ayumi barges into Mamoru's class to deliver a bento to him, bowling over Kusuda and Sogabe humorously (with her outstretched hands) in the process with little warning (well, she did give a warning, but she was moving to fast for anyone to respond).
 * Fan Service
 * Face of a Thug -- Misao Zaitsu, though he's really just a shy guy who's fallen in love with Ayumi.
 * Gag Boobs -- A major source of distress for Meguru (she quit swimming because her boobs got big quite early, and would draw a lot of stares especially if she was in a swimsuit; she goes as far as to wear bras a few cup sizes smaller to hide them)
 * The Glomp -- Koyoi to her brother, whenever she can.
 * Hotblooded Sideburns -- Gengoro Takei sports a magnificent pair of these.
 * Hurricane of Puns -- To the point it puts Misaki to sleep. That's talent.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold -- Etsu Kusuda, although even when he is nice he gets shot down by Kei.
 * Lolicon -- The twentysomething man seen proposing to Kei Enomoto in a Flash Back.
 * Love Chart -- Keeping track so you don't have to.
 * Love Dodecahedron
 * Love Letter Lunacy -- What starts the story.
 * Master of the Mixed Message -- Rika Dobashi gives canonical Love Interest Haruto Terai the impression that she's leading him on, until she gives him their First Kiss.
 * Meet Cute -- Lollipop in the mouth means love as far as Misaki is concerned.
 * Meganekko -- Meguru.
 * Oral Fixation Fixation -- Misaki Yamamoto and her lollipops.
 * Panty Shot -- no shortage of them.
 * Small Name, Big Ego -- Sogabe.
 * Tear Jerker -- An in universe example, when Yukito's sudden departure sends Nao running in tears.
 * Tsundere -- Kei Enomoto.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend -- Mamoru in relation to Misaki. She's been his next door neighbor for years, he loves her, but she loves Ayumi's brother.
 * Vapor Wear -- The side story features Soako and her adventures running around the school without panties. Hilarity ensues, of course.
 * Waif Fu -- Ayumi has the body of a middle school student and some impressive kicking power. She even manages to double-team with Misao in the Valentine's Day episode and intercept Misaki's chocolate with gusto.
 * Walking Shirtless Scene -- Takei, whom Meguru admires, is a member of the swim club, and goes around in swim trunks and not much else...all the time.
 * Wrestler in All of Us -- Beware of a sleeping Misaki. She's a wrestling fan, and knows the moves.