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One summer, a message from outer space is sent to Earth, carrying only the message "We're coming to play!", setting several organizations into motion.
Kio Kakazu lives an ordinary life on the Japanese island of Okinawa with the girl next door, an old friend he watches movies with, and his party-loving uncle. At a funeral for his grandfather, he meets a [[Catgirl]] named Eris, who claims that her ship crashed near the site, and was looking for some food. Surprised, Kio accidentally takes a sip of his uncle's beer and passes out immediately. A few hours later, he wakes up to find [[Bedmate Reveal|Eris sleeping in his bed]]. She is a Catian, one of the aliens who sent the original message, and she's here to learn all she can about Earth. However, both she and Kio are unaware of the organizations close to them that want to investigate the aliens for reasons unknown.
Originally a series of [[Light Novels]], ''Asobi ni Iku yo!'' (あそびにいくヨ!, litreally "Let's Go Play!") was further adapted into both a manga and an anime. The anime series aired in the summer of 2010 produced by [[AIC]]. An OVA was released in the Spring 2011 season. [[
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* [[A
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]] -- No one seems to care about the headlocks that Manami likes to put Kio in.▼
* [[Accidental Pervert]]
* [[Achilles' Heel]]
** Two of 'em, actually - the
** Also the Catian [[Latex Space Suit]] deactivates when the user is 'In heat', with no visible [[Override Command]]. While it is a safety measure, it also can leave the user vulnerable.
* [[Action Prologue]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]
** The anime covers the first four light novels, with the ending borrowed from book 6, Momiji's opening action in episode 1 scene adapted from a flashback in book 9, and a side story from book 9 used as episode 9 (Lawry). In the first 10 books, at least, Manami
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[Alien Catnip]]
* [[Aliens Speaking English|Aliens Speaking Japanese]]
* [[All Part of the Show]]
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]] -- The Dogisians, according to galactic law. The one we've seen so far is an alien arms dealer, and trading with them is deemed illegal.▼
▲* [[An Asskicking Christmas]] -- Episodes 10-12
* [[Anime Accent Absence]]
▲* [[Angels Pose]] -- Done (minus the silhouette) by Aoi, Manami and Eris in the opening.
▲* [[Anime Accent Absence]] -- While the aliens speak perfect Japanese, Jack, Manami's friend from the Company, has a significant accent to hers.
** Almost all the Earth-native characters speak Kyushu dialect, as well.
* [[Awesome By Analysis]]
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Badass Automaton]]
* [[Balanced Harem]]
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]
* [[Bathtub Bonding]]
* [[Beach Episode]]
* [[Beam Spam]]
** The dog lady's ship in episode 12 has a form of attack like this as well.
* [[Bedmate Reveal]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Beware
* [[Bland
** The Shimaneko (Striped Cat) Delivery Service counter in Episode 4. Notable as the same episode had earlier included a [[Shout
* [[Blood
* [[Boobs of Steel]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Bridal Carry]]
* [[Buxom Is Better]]
** Aoi just goes "Imported?!"
*** Becomes a ''plot point'' in Episode 7
* [[The Cameo]]
** Episode four is a bonanza of cameos. In addition to Louise of ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'' and Cecily of ''[[Sacred Blacksmith]]'', there is even a brief shot of [http://myfigurecollection.net/item/3235 this] figurine of Nanael from ''[[
** Episode six has a brief appearance by ''[[Kage Kara Mamoru!]]!'''s Mamoru and Yuna, outside the restaurant.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]
** Eris, too. Though that's apparently more an issue of her being, or soon to be, in heat.
* [[Cat Fight]]: And dogfights too.
* [[Catgirl]]
** According to the novels, the Catian female/male ratio is 30:1.
** {{spoiler|Ichika is also a cat girl with real cat ears and tail as revealed in The OVA and on the light novels}}
* [[Censor Box]]
* [[Censor Steam]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Spaceship]]
* [[Clarke's Third Law]]
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
** Eris gets a little jealous
* [[Conspicuous CG]]
** Every car sans Maki's in the first shot of episode 2. Note that ''it'' has more lines and choppier movement.
* [[Cool Boat]]
* [[Cool Starship]]
* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]
** Eris, though not an otaku, certainly appreciates the effects of cat ears combined with school swimsuits on the bureaucracy of Japan.
* [[Couch Gag]]
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
* [[Crowd Song]]
* [[Cursed
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]
* [[Cute and Psycho]]
** And Aoi too, you will probably freak out when she pull out that [[Hand Cannon]] out of thin air. These 2 are rather interesting variant that they are (sort of) in love, but without becoming [[Yandere|Yanderes]].
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]
* [[Death in All Directions]]
* [[Defeat
**
* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]
* [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]]
** Doctor Durel is quick to point out that the Captain Future Insert Song can be purchased online.
* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]
** Manami tries to justify her and Aoi's jobs as SP and the fact that Kio's house is now the Catian embassy site as an excuse to let her shoot off, but Kio would have none of it ([[Values Dissonance|check Japanese laws and cultural attitudes on guns]]) and wouldn't take her excuse.
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]
* [[Do You Want to Copulate?]]
* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]
▲* [[Do You Want to Copulate]] -- Hormone-overdosed Catians on their mating seasons act pretty... bold. [[Fridge Brilliance|Probably because of this]] their whole culture seems to be quite frank about sex.
▲* [[
* [[Driven to Suicide]]
* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[Emergency Transformation]]
* [[Evolving Credits]]
** The Assistaroids in the opening credits change constantly, reflecting episodal changes.
* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]]
▲* [[
* [[Expy]]
* [[Fan Boy|Fanboys]]
** Also the catgirl cult in episode four.
* [[Family
* [[Fan Service]]
** The OVA takes this up to 11. Cue [[Nosebleed]].
* [[Fantastic Anthropologist]]
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]
** Ichika
* [[Faux Paw]]
* [[For the Lulz]]
* [[Freeze
* [[Furo Scene]]
* [[Gag Boobs]]
* [[Gender Blender Name]]
* [[Genre Busting]]
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]
* [[Godiva Hair]]
* [[Gratuitous French]]
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]
* [[Groin Attack]]
* [[Guilty Pleasure]]
* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[Gun Porn]]
* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Half
* [[Hammerspace]]
* [[Hands
* [[Harem Hero]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
* [[How Unscientific]]
**
* [[Humongous Mecha]] - Unyuu from Episode 4 is turned into one of these in Episode 7, in a attempt to make him "feel like a real Assistaroid". He even comes with a missile launcher and [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] - which get used.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]]. {{spoiler|Aoi has the ability to warp any object within 50 metres of her}}.
** Captain Kuune and other high-ranking officers also have access to a [[Hyperspace Arsenal]] through their neck-bells.
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in
** It was quite justified that even though Manami is a gun nut, it was shown that she barely know how to handle guns. And seemingly Kio is better at marksmanship than she is.
* [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]
** In part, this is a example of [[Truth in Television]] - as anyone who's ever fired a full-auto weapon knows...there's enough jitter caused by the multiple recoils as to make perfect (or even reasonable) accuracy nigh impossible.
* [[Imported Alien Phlebotinum]]
* [[Improbable Age]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]
* [[Innocent Aliens]]
* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]
** Nor do the rest of the Catians.
* [[Instant Expert]]
** It was their assistaroids who did the flying.
* [[Ironic Echo]]
* [[Isn't It Ironic?]]
* [[Jumped At the Call]]
** Applies to both her and Aoi when Eris mentions having them work as security for the temporary Catian Embassy, aka Kio's house.
* [[Laser Blade]]
* [[Laser Sight]]
* [[Late for School]]
* [[Latex Space Suit]]
**
* [[Leotard of Power]]
* [[Lethal Chef]]
** Aoi is also better than most [[Lethal Chef]] characters. [[Hilarity Ensues|She's actually willing to taste her own cooking.]]
* [[Lens Flare Censor]]
* [[Licensed Game]]: In July 27, 2006, Idea Factory made, ''[[Cat Planet Cuties ~ Chikyû Pinchi no Konyaku Sengen~]]'', a video game adaptation for the [[PlayStation 2]].
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]
* [[Love Epiphany]]
* [[Macho Camp]]
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Magic From Technology]]
*** {{spoiler|More like bought the talismans. In episode 11 Ichika said those talisman are sold by mages who aren't too picky about their customers.}}
* [[
* [[Male Gaze]]: Constantly. ''Constantly''.
** Not quite ''constantly'' - [[Female Gaze|inverted]] during that scene in Episode 3 with Kio in the bath. Although the second half of the scene did invoke this trope.
* [[Male
** Episode 12 reveals that
***
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]
** In the OVA, Kio briefly gets subjected to a Marshmellow ''Pie'' Hell when his head is trapped between Manami's chest, Aoi's butt, and Eris' next move during a game of Twister. All three girls are aware of it.
* [[Meaningful Name]]
** Becomes FAR more literal in Episode 10
* [[Mecha
* [[Megane]]
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
** Episode 10 as well -
* [[The Mole]]
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[Narrator]]
* [[New Transfer Student]]
* [[Nice Guy]]
** The girls at his Film Club outright call him this and put him in the "diamond-in-the-rough" category.
* [[Nice Hat]]
** Which conceals a big secret!
* [[Ninja Maid]]
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]
** Eris' service drones. They can withstand
* [[No One Could Survive That]] / [[Not Quite Dead]]
** Aoi should probably have been crippled or killed after she fell out of the moving subway car, but she didn't even end up with any bruises or abrasions other than some scrapes on her left arm when she stood up immediately after getting kicked off. Her fast recovery is noticed later on.
* [[Nosebleed]]
* [[Now or Never Kiss]]
* [[Oblivious to Love]]
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]
** In Episode 5, an obvious cue (looking back) for a [[Fan Service]] scene is skipped to set up a twist.
* [[Opening Narration]]
** Episode 3-4: ''[[Star Trek:
** Episode 5: ''[[Mission: Impossible (TV series)||Mission Impossible]]''
** Episode 6: ''[[
** Episode 7: ''[[
** Episode 8: ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]''
** Episode 11: ''[[
** Episode 12: ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]''
** OVA: ''[[I
* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]
* [[Overly Long Name]]
** The record right now goes to Antonia Lirimonie Norfedras Papanorgas Arecroteles Cnorses Morfenoss.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
** There might be more to the reasons why her parents left her behind if the DIA file on her from Episode 3 is accurate.
* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]
* [[Pervert Revenge Mode]]
* [[Petite Pride]]
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]
* [[Playing Cyrano]]
* [[Polyamory]]: --
* [[Porn Stash]]
** And Eris keeps finding them... and using them as cultural references.
* [[Powered Armor]]
** Turns out that the armor is actually
* [[Power Perversion Potential]]
** It's also a blatant copy of the Holodeck from ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Pretty Freeloader]]
* [[Product Placement]]
** And when we're at computers - you don't have to be too perceptive to notice that OS on screen after closing credits of episode 9 is Windows 7 (taskbar and general looks).
** Also see [[Gun Porn]], they do put THAT much detail on the guns in close up view.
* [[Psychic Power]]
* [[Real Place Background]]
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]
** Also Itokazu's group wanted to get rid of Eris at first just for THIS reason alone.
* [[Retro Rocket]]
* [[Robot Girl]]
* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]
* [[OVA]]: ''"Come Drop By"''
* [[Scenery Porn]]
** The author of the light novels is a native of Okinawa and is proud of his home.
* [[Serious Business]]
* [[School Swimsuit]]
* [[Senseless Violins]]
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]
* [[Shipper
**
* [[Shoot the Messenger]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
** This is more of a Japanese cliche that's seen in multiple shows - the person put through [[Training
* [[Shout
* [[Shower Scene]] - with Jens in episode 9, and Eris in episode 2.
* [[Sleeper Hit]]
* [[Space Elevator]]
* [[Special Effects Failure]]: In-universe example - in the OVA, the movie with Aoi and Manami in it has a guy in a rubber suit which catches on fire, which seems to be accidental. The guy in the suit even pats one of the fires out.
* [[Spell My Name
** Also Catia/Cathea/Kyatia.
** Antonia/Antnia
** Muttley/Matray/Matlay/Madlay
* [[Starfish Aliens]]
* [[Strip Poker]]
* [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]]
* [[Super Multi
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]
** Despite this, both Kio and Eris know Antonia is inside that "robot", but they largely play along until the end.
* [[Taking You
* [[Talking
* [[Their First Time]]
* [[The Nudifier]]
* [[This Is Reality]]
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]
** Manami also gives Eris a tongue-lashing in episode 12, stating similar reasons to Aoi about how she came in and "stole" him away from her. After hearing her gripes, Eris smiles, and
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Title Drop]]
** In ''every single episode'', at the [[Eyecatch]], spoken by various characters.
* [[Token
** In the light novels, Chaika has three daughters; the youngest is 3-4, the oldest 16-17. She and Kuune were childhood friends. Ichika, on the other hand,
* [[Tomboy]]
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Transformation Sequence]] - Subverted; although the senior Catian officers can use this to change into their uniforms, Chaika isn't given that privilege and has to change manually.
* [[Tsundere]]
** Aoi towards Manami, later on in the series anytime Manami brings up the subject of Kio; a type B situation.
* [[Twelve
* [[Tyke Bomb]]
* [[Uncanny Valley]]
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]
** Kio shows increasing signs of being an [[Action Survivor]]. And he might even be an [[Ordinary High School Student]] yet.
**
*** Technically, if the OVA is after the series, then Kio has already turned back.
* [[Unrequited Love]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]
** If you look, you'll see that the Catians have ''four'' ears - the two cat-style ones on the tops of their heads, and two very human-shaped ones in the usual places - usually covered by their hair.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]
** Unusually, Eris' [[Unusual Ears|unusual body parts]] also seems to be ignored by a lot of people. [[Lampshaded]] by Manami.
*** Since Catians have FOUR ears, with two very human-looking - it's easy for Catians to pass as human cosplayers with good costumes. Slips into [[Uncanny Valley]] when it's forced on the humans' attention that these are indeed real aliens - - such as in the diplomatic negotiation in episode 3. School swimsuits didn't help there at all.
** And then there was one time Manami kept waving a revolver inside a regular restaurant. No one really reacts about it.
*** It's Japan. Handguns are nearly nonexistent outside the police and the armed forces. However, realistic replica airguns are perfectly common, and people are likely to assume that any gun they see is one of these, unless it's actually fired. Furthermore, it's legal to carry around a gun in Japan, it's just illegal to buy or sell them.
** Unless some major peace/alliance treaties were signed in this universe, it's a bit odd that there are NATO tanks and helicopters on Russian soil. They sort of try to justify it in-universe, but it's still kind of [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] that the Russians are allowing M1 Abrams tanks and Apache helicopters to roam on their lands like that.
***
* [[Verbal Tic]]
* [[We Have Reserves]]: The Dogisian attitude to their assistaroids.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
** Borders on a Subverted Trope - there's a trope overused in action movies where the victim tries to (and succeeds) in guilting their captor into letting them go by bringing the captor's faults to their attention. In Aoi's case, it fails - as the [[Oh Crap|expression on the terrorist's face]] reveals.
* [[White
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]
** One could also make an argument for ''most of the human race'' for trying to insist on seriousness in a universe inherently skewed toward silliness on the [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness|sliding scale.]]
** Poor Maki doesn't live in a universe of [[Starfish Aliens]]. The members of Beautiful Contact try to KILL Eris because she doesn't fit the [[Starfish Aliens]] trope. At the very least, she'd accept [[Little Green Men]] as an alternative.
* [[X Meets Y]]: It's ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' meets ''[[Please Teacher
* [[You Are in Command Now]]
* [[You Are Number Six]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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