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'''''Haikara-san ga Tōru''''' (はいからさんが通る?), also known as ''Smart-san'', is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Waki Yamato. It was serialized by Kodansha in the magazine Shōjo Friend from 1975 to 1977, and released in eight volumes. The title can be literally translated into English as ''Here Comes Miss Modern'' or ''Here Comes Miss High-Collar'' ("haikara" being the Japanese version of "high collar"), or ''Fashionable Girl Passing By.'' In 1977, it was awarded the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It also has been adapted into an anime series from the late seventies, and then into a film and some ''doramas''.

* [[Asian Gal Withwith White Guy]]: Genderflipped Shinobu (mixed ethnicity) and Larissa (Russian). {{spoiler|He still ends up with the full-blooded Japanese Benio.}} Also subverted since Shinobu, due to his [[Hair of Gold]] and [[Blue Eyes]], looks ''very'' Western.

* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]] ''and'' [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]}}: The manga. On one hand, {{spoiler|Benio and Shinobu overcome their difficulties, find each other again ''and'' finally get married; not to mention, Tamaki and Shingo get together too, and so do Benio's dad and Kichiji.}} On the other, [[ {{spoiler: |this happens right after ''[[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant<!--1923 C58D_earthquakeGreat Kant%C5%8D earthquake|the 1923 Kanto earthquake]]'' '''and''' when Benio is about to marry her SecondLove[[Second Love]] Tousei. Larissa is fatally injured via [[DivingSaveDiving Save|taking a]] FallingChandelierOfDoom[[Falling Chandelier of Doom]] for Shinobu; since he has recovered his memories, her last wish is to have him go search for Benio and make her happy. Benio herself is thought to be MIA after the Catholic church in which she was about to marry Tousei collapses; she has actually survived, so she an Shinobu find each other, but both are injured and are THIS close to be TogetherInDeath[[Together in Death]], if not for Tousei's efforts and then acceptance of their mutual feelings. And then there's a bit of FridgeHorror[[Fridge Horror]] when you recall that the now-together Tamaki and Shingo are leaving ''to Manchuria'' (it already wasn't an easy place to live in, [[httpwikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchuria#History_after_1860History after 1860|but what happened in the 20-something years after this]] made it even worse).]] -->}}

** In the anime, which [[Screwed Byby the Network|was cut short due to bad ratings]], it's rather... different. {{spoiler|In the final episode, Benio is told that the mysterious Russian count is not Shinobu; Larissa has a photograph of their wedding day to prove it. However, an epilogue narration reveals that Larissa found Shinobu in Siberia; he was severely hurt, and was the spitting image of her late husband (and his long lost half-brother). The final episode concludes with Benio finally being reunited with the not-amnesiac-anymore Shinobu.}}

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Benio}} tries to drown herself twice when {{spoiler|she believes Shinobu is dead.}} In the backstory, {{spoiler|Kichiji attempted to commits suicide after losing her lover, an army officer, in [[World War OneI]].}}

* [[He -Man Woman Hater]]: Tousei. Uncommonly for the trope, he has a [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|his [[Brainless Beauty]] of a mother all but abandoned him, thus he has serious issues towards women. Doesn't stop him from falling for Benio, though, since she's the only woman he truly trusts.}}

* [[Hot Chick Withwith a Sword]]: Benio is a kendo student so she has a trusty kendo stick

* {{spoiler|[[Long -Lost Relative]]: Shinobu and Larissa's dead husband, Sasha, were half-brothers: Sasha was born from the marriage between Shinobu's [[Missing Mom]] and a Russian count. Too bad he was a high-ranked officer of the Russian Army, and was killed trying to protect the Royal Family; this [[Break the Cutie|totally broke Larissa]], and then she found Shinobu without knowing he was her older brother-in-law...}}

* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Benio and Shinobu to a degree. Benio and Ranmaru play it straighter, though.

* [[Names to Know Inin Anime]]: [[Keiko Yokozawa]] (Benio), [[Katsuji Mori]] (Shinobu), [[Rihoko Yoshida]] (Tamaki), [[Kazuko Sugiyama]] (Ranmaru), [[Mami Koyama]] (Larissa), [[Yoshito Yasuhara]] (Shingo)

* [[Raised Byby Grandparents]]: Shinobu

* [[Romantic Runner -Up]]: Larissa and {{spoiler|Tousei}}. The {{spoiler|first}} is a specially tragic case.

* {{spoiler|[[Star -Crossed Lovers]]: Benio and Shinobu, after he goes MIA in Manchuria and loses his memories.}}

* [[Trauma -Induced Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Shinobu.}}