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The manga and anime are available in North America via Viz Media. The DVD releases are on indefinite hiatus, only going as far as episode 28. However, all 52 episodes are available on Hulu<ref>However, they are based on Viz Media's DVD masters. Additionally, the episodes are subtitled only</ref>.

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Izumi's mother.

** And then it gets ''more'' confusing. {{spoiler|Meroko in fact loves Izumi back but he rejected her a long time ago by breaking her heart (but they work it out). Mitsuki reciprocates Takuto's love...only to leave Eichi locked out of it.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do ''not'' let Takuto catch you messing with, flirting with and/or hugging Mitsuki. [[I'll Kill You!|He. Will. Kill. You]].

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the manga, Jonathan {{spoiler|is revealed to be a disguise for Sheldan, the head of the death pediatrics ward.}} In the anime, however, Jonathan is pretty much a throwaway character who only exists to follow Izumi around and annoy him. Sort of justified when you remember that the relevant events in the manga didn't occur in the manga until long after the anime had ended.

* [[Did They or Didn't They?]]: Unlike Oshige and the president, whose sexual encounters are explicitly implied, there's a scene where an emotionally distressed Meroko rushes home {{spoiler|after discovering [[The Reveal|her past]] and attacking Mitsuki}}. She lets Izumi [[Intimate Healing|"comfort" her with a kiss]]. What follows that is really a mystery.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: In the manga, how people become Shinigami. Takuto explains this early on, paving the way for [[Woobie|tragic]] [[Backstory]] later on. There's also some debate as to whether this is a a punishment or [[Our Angels Are Different|not]].

** In the anime, [[Jerkass]] Izumi tries to {{spoiler|drive Mitsuki}} to accidental suicide by performing [[Complete Monster|the cruelest of spells...]]

* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Mitsuki's classmate asks her if Takuto is the person she likes, to which she denies a little TOO hastily. [[Resistance Is Futile|Hint hint.]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: In the anime when Mitsuki learns that {{spoiler|Eichi had died two years ago.}} Also goes through a brief one in the manga after {{spoiler|the Shinigami find out that Eichi has been dead for two years.}}

** In the manga, this happens to {{spoiler|Sheldan and the Death Master}}.

* [[Hot Shoujo Dad]]: Subverted by Wakaouji-sensei, since he's dead.

* [[Inconsistent Dub|Inconsistant Translation]] / [[Bad Export for You]]: Untranslated songs and signs aside, in the Hulu version,<ref> which again, is based on the R1 DVD version</ref> the first four episodes present the opening credits in their original Japanese (complete with the "Sit away from the TV" message), with the eyecatches featuring the original Japanese title. From episode 5 up to episode 8, overlays are used, with translated versions of the credits, and the logo removed from the eyecatches, and the aforementioned "Sit away from the TV" message also removed. From episode 9 to episode 16 however, no credits (or episode titles) appear at all (though one episode reveals the name of an episode in the subtitles), and the wrong ending<ref> specifically the first</ref> is used, compromising the "ending theme starts before credits" effect. Beginning with episode 17, the translated credits, translated episode titles, and the correct opening(s) all mysteriously return, staying for the remainder of the series.

** In episodes 40 and 41, some lines of dialogue aren't even translated at all, and at least a couple translations either have the wrong context, or are just plain wrong outright. On subject of missing translations however, it seems to only happen when the characters think, including during flashbacks, with the subs randomly showing up then disappearing. The Hulu versions use soft subtitles based on Hulu's closed captioning feature, with thoughts sppearing in italics, so it may or may not be possible that the episodes were being uploaded incorrectly.

* [[It Was with You All Along]]: In the manga. {{spoiler|Mitsuki's wish is to be with Eichi again, to the point where around the middle of the manga she resolves to commit suicide until Takuto and Meroko snap her out of it. Near the end of the manga, the question is raised that since Takuto and Meroko have changed Mitsuki's fate, how come she can still see shinigami if she's not about to die? The answer: It is possible to see shinigami if a spirit acts as a "filter" to see them through - that is, Eichi's spirit has been with Mitsuki all along, refusing to leave her.}} This was in fact foreshadowed in an earlier chapter, when Takuto notes that {{spoiler|the dying Eichi refused to surrender his soul to Takuto, implying that it went somewhere else, thus "robbing" Takuto of his soul until Eichi accepts Meroko's happiness at the epilogue of the manga and finally ascends to heaven.}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler|Meroko decides this for Takuto and Mitsuki.}}

** This trope also applies to {{spoiler|Takuto for Mitsuki until he learns Eichi is dead.}}

* [[I Will Definitely Protect You]]: Takuto to Mitsuki.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Takuto is a mild example, bit more in the manga than anime.

** Izumi could also be considered an example of this, at least in the manga. In the anime, [[Adaptation Decay|he's just]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk|a jerk.]]

* [[Likes Older Women]]: Hilariously averted when Meroko thinks Takuto likes Fuzuki, who is Mitsuki's grandmother. He doesn't. The subtitle when Meroko panics says "She's a fool".

* [[Littlest Cancer Patient]]: Mitsuki

* [[Magical Girl]]

* [[Magic Idol Singer]]

** Reiterating the whiplash, After Mitsuki is devastated by {{spoiler|losing Takuto and Meroko}} the very end {{spoiler|brings them ''all'' together one last time.}} It does not help that the song playing in the background is 'NEW FUTURE'.

** The upbeat first volume of the manga contrasts heavily with later ones.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: {{spoiler|''Jonathan''.}}

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Mitsuki, WHY can't you realize that Takuto loves you? {{spoiler|"They eventually get together".}}

* [[Overtook the Manga]]: Possibly one of the greatest examples, since the anime started in the same month that the fifth chapter was published and ended a year earlier.

* [[Orphean Rescue]]: The final volumes of the manga have {{spoiler|Takuto and Meroko rescuing Mitsuki's soul}}.

* [[Paparazzi]]

* [[The Power of Love]]: One of the most emotional examples shown in anime: {{spoiler|Takuto loses all of his memories, yet when the time comes for Mitsuki to die, he protests, saying he can still feel her ''in his heart''}}.

* [[Princess Curls]]: Mitsuki in normal form.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: Meroko used to wear white as Izumi's partner, but switched to black once he rejected her. Rubbing salt in the wound was that the black outfit was his color.

** And also, Izumi was the one who gave her the outfit that she changed to.

* [[Screw Destiny]]: Part of Meroko's and Takuto's job is to stop the person or people who would prevent Mitsuki's death in the coming spring. {{spoiler|In the end, they save her life themselves.}}

** More of a {{spoiler|[[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]] mainly because the people who save Mitsuki from death...''are'' Meroko and Takuto.}}

** The [[Screw Destiny]] trope is played ''very'' straight when {{spoiler|Takuto mutters "What's so great about fate? Stupid crap! If she can't change it, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|I'M going to change it ''for'' her!"]] }}

* [[Second Love]]: Mitsuki's first love was Eichi. She {{spoiler|ends up with her second love, Takuto}}.

* [[Shinigami]]: Two exceedingly cute shinigami give Mitsuki a new lease on life. There are a few other mischievous Shinigami that get tied up with Mitsuki.

* [[Snow Means Death]]

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