Ema Toyama
Ema Tōyama is a mangaka who made his debut in 2003.
His works (among others) include:
- 1 Love 9
- Bocha Bocha Suieibu
- GDGD-DOGS
- Hyakuen
- I'm Here
- Kamikami Kaeshi
- Koko ni Iru yo!
- Mamacolle
- Pixie Pop (Gokkun! Pucho)
- Plain Love [one-shot]
- Watashi ni XX Shinasai!
Tropes common in his works include:
- Art Evolution: You can really tell Ema Toyama's character designs are much different when you compare his first work Pixie Pop to his most recent work Watashi ni XX Shinasai!.
- Betty and Veronica:
- Mayu and Konoha for Amamiya; Yuuki and Amamiya for Mayu in Pixie Pop.
- Black Rabbit (AKA Teru) and Hinata for Hikage in Koko ni Iru yo!.
- Akira and Shigure for Yukina; Mami and Yukina for Shigure in Watashi ni XX Shinasai!.
- The Meganekko and Wakana for Kagano in Plain Love.
- Hayate and Hinokagu for Mashiro in Kamikami Kaeshi.
- Blondes Are Evil:
- Aya from Koko ni Iru yo!, but she gets better.
- Mami from Watashi ni XX Shinasai!
- Averted with Mayu from Pixie Pop, Wakana from Plain Love, and Hinokagu from Kamikami Kaeshi.
- Character Development: Many of his heroines need to mature into stronger people, whether it concerns friends (Koko ni Iru yo!), love (Pixie Pop; Watashi ni XX Shinasai!), or freedom (Kamikami Kaeshi).
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Konoha from Pixie Pop.
- Mami from Watashi ni XX Shinasai!
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Expy: Many characters of Ema Toyama's work resemble each other.
- Shigure from Watashi ni XX Shinasai! resembles Hinata from Koko ni Iru yo!.
- Likewise, Mami resembles Hiyori from a one-shot in the above example and Momo from Hyakuen!.
- Kyouka from Hyakuen! has a resemblance to Hikage from Koko ni Iru yo! as well.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The apparent "losing" part of the triangle tends to be blonde (and usually boys) -- Teru and (possibly) Akira.
- Love Triangle
- Moe
- Plucky Girl
- School Idol: Tends to be the love interest(s).
- Shrinking Violet: Hikage (Koko ni Iru yo!), Yukina without her glasses (Watashi ni XX Shinasai!), and Kanna (GDGD-DOGS).
- Smitten Teenage Girl:
- Several of her manga have heroines desiring a respective Love Interest.
- Gender-flipped with Kazuma from Hyakuen!, who is absolutely smitten with his arranged fiancée Madoka enough to transfer to Madoka's class to find her, spends a month looking for her, and spends three hours looking at the mirrors merely because he get to see her. He even moves into the apartment next to hers and combines their balconies in case of an emergency. Yes, his Stalker with a Crush tendancies are Lampshaded.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend
- Wish Fulfillment: There's usually something a leading character in an Ema Toyama manga wants, and the plot revolves around that character trying to succeed in his or her (usually her) dreams.