Ashita no Nadja: Difference between revisions

''Ashita no Nadja'' (明日のナージャ, Ashita no Nāja, lit. "Tomorrow's Nadja") also had a manga adaption started after the anime run started and before the anime run ended. It was serialized by Kodansha in the manga magazine Nakayoshi and collected in two bound volumes. The anime series was produced by Toei Animation right after the [[Ojamajo Doremi|end of one]] [[Cash Cow Franchise]], and before the [[Pretty Cure|beginning of another.]] It premiered in Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV Asahi network, as well as several local cable channels. The series is available on DVD (in Japanese) containing two to three episodes each.

 

* [[Adult Child]]: Leonardo and Thierry

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Nadja loves Francis, but also is attracted to {{spoiler|his twin brother Keith}} because of this.

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Leonardo and Julietta, which becomes a [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] once [[Character Development|Leonardo gets over himself]]. {{spoiler|Francis and Marianne ''were'' going to be betrothed, but Nadja appears and throws a huge wrench in the plans.}}

* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Nadja uses this twice in the series.

* [[Body Double]]: {{spoiler|Since both she and Nadja are sweet-faced, blue-eyed, blonde pre-girls, Rosemary plays this role and impersonates Nadja ''real'' well.}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Colette was ''very'' broken at some point. Nadja gets broken later, as well. And Rosemary gets so broken that she [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope|jumps off the slippery slope.]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Colette and Hermann (siblings), Keith and Francis (twins), Nadja and Rosemary (childhood friends). The two latter get better.}}

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: {{spoiler|Colette}} gives this to her dad, when {{spoiler|she finds out about the whole deception.}}

* [[Changeling Fantasy]]: Subverted: Rosemary loved to dream she was a lost princess who would someday find her true noble family, {{spoiler|but the "princess" was Nadja and not her... And when she found out... boy, did she ''snap''.}}

* [[Character Development]]: One of the reasons why the series is so enjoyable.

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To a degree, both Oliver and Kennosuke.

* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Just another reason to hate Hermann Preminger.

** Also, {{spoiler|Miss Applefield got a shelf dropped on her. It happened pretty much off-screen, save a flashback, and only to have the [[Orphanage of Love]] disbanded and give Nadja ''yet another'' reason to angst.}}

** Let's not forget {{spoiler|how Jose gets hit by a carriage ''right'' after he and Carmen have resolved to separate but stay in friendly terms until they truly reach their dreams.}}

* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: Kennosuke, Nadja and Rita. Rosemary too before she became an [[Evil Orphan]].

* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Francis is a male example.

** Also, Nadja is voiced by Ami Koshimizu. IIRC, it was Koshimizu's first famous role.

** There's also Youta Mochizuki as Thierry, Fuuko Misaki as Marianne and Kouji Yamamoto as Raphael, whereas Shishido played Sakurako... ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'' reunion, indeed.

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Harvey Livingston

* [[Jerkass]]: Fernando, Hermann, Duke Preminger and {{spoiler|Rosemary}}.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Though Hermann, Rosso and Bianco go to jail, Rosemary goes away without more punishment aside of Nadja slapping her once and beating her verbally.}}. Also, Antonio never was punished for his [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] mentality, {{spoiler|aside of failing to woo Julietta.}}

* [[Kidanova]]: Nadja. Oh God, Nadja.

* [[Sad Clown]]: Abel Geiger is a more or less normal one with great wisdom and knowledge, but his backstory is [[Tear Jerker|maybe the saddest]] in the whole series.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Of ''course'' this one would happen.

* [[Shorttank]]: Nadja, again

* [[Shoujo]]: To the core.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Francis, Colette, Count Waltmuller, Oscar, Hilda.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Oh, Francis.}}

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: Oliver, for Nadja. Marianne, for Francis. {{spoiler|Count Waltmuller used to be this, but he became Colette's [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: What happens when Thomas is given booze.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|Colette's kind second husband and Nadja's stepfather, Count Gerhard Waltmueller. Doubles as [[Second Love]].}}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Hermann has one at the end.

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