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* [[Anthology Comic]]: The manga as a whole consists of various one-shot short stories, though a number of them either follow the same characters over time or are in some manner interconnected.
* [[Anthology Comic]]: The manga as a whole consists of various one-shot short stories, though a number of them either follow the same characters over time or are in some manner interconnected.
* [[Book Ends]]: The first and very last stories (the latter being a [[Time Skip]]) are this.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Many stories tend to end like this. An actual, straightforward "good end" is relatively rare.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Many stories tend to end like this. An actual, straightforward "good end" is relatively rare.
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Deconstructed in a couple of stories, in which the childhood friend in question is only being used for sexual satisfaction or experimentation.
* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Deconstructed in a couple of stories, in which the childhood friend in question is only being used for sexual satisfaction or experimentation.
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: The mangaka makes no qualms about how the stories relate to young love in Japan.
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: The mangaka makes no qualms about how the stories relate to young love in Japan.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Some of the characters, particularly a number of the boys, are this.
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Some of the characters, particularly a number of the boys, are this.
* [[Friends with Benefits]]: Brought up in a number of the stories. Though more often than not, not everyone in the relationship is really happy with the arrangement.
* [[Friends with Benefits]]: Brought up in a number of the stories. Though more often than not, not everyone in the relationship is really happy with the arrangement as it can tend to be either out of peer pressure or plain desperation.
* [[Maybe Ever After]]: Sometimes, it's left open whether the relationship between one young couple is really going to begin or last.
* [[Maybe Ever After]]: Sometimes, it's left open whether the relationship between one young couple is really going to begin or last.
* [[Otaku]]: In one story, one girl tries to attract the affections of a handsome if nerdy guy in school by feigning to like the same interests as him, [[Becoming the Mask|only to become an otaku herself]].
* [[Otaku]]: In one story, one girl tries to attract the affections of a handsome if nerdy guy in school by feigning to like the same interests as him, [[Becoming the Mask|only to become an otaku herself]].
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* [[Reality Ensues]]: One of the major points of the manga. More often than not, the relationships shown don't always seem to work out in the end or are doomed to fail, if not lead to unintended consequences.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: One of the major points of the manga. More often than not, the relationships shown don't always seem to work out in the end or are doomed to fail, if not lead to unintended consequences.
* [[Slice of Life]]: Many of the stories focus on snippets of high school life or the love lives of young people in general.
* [[Slice of Life]]: Many of the stories focus on snippets of high school life or the love lives of young people in general.
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: To a rather jarring degree.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Averted. More than a few of the female characters are shown to be as manipulative, selfish and debased as some of the male ones.
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Averted. More than a few of the female characters are shown to be as manipulative, selfish and debased as some of the male ones.