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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''.
The female lead is Benio Hanamura, a young woman living in [[Imperial Japan|the Taisho Era]]. Benio has been raised by a single father, a high-ranked military man, since her mom died when she was a little girl. As a result, much to the despair of Hanamura Sr., Benio is a ''huge'' [[Tomboy]]: she doesn't want to get married, scoffs at boys, smokes, drinks, likes reading and riding her bike, and her only resemblances in regards to the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] archetype are her looks and her penchant for wearing ''kimonos'' and ''hakama''. Her best friends are Tamaki Kitaouji, a more girlish but also openminded young woman, and Ranmaru Fujieda, a very girly-looking guy coming from a ''kabuki'' background.
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Eventually, Benio accepts the engagement -- to [[Please Dump Me|try scheming against it]] via telling and showing Shinobu that she's an ''horrible'' excuse for a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], so he and his family will hate her and call everything off. Yet not only Shinobu turns out to be a [[Nice Guy]] who has come to like Benio as a person and has a saint-like patience to her blunders, but she finds herself falling for him...
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* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Shinobu and Benio. {{spoiler|In a subversion, it's because of a family tragedy (see [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]) rather than mere social and economic interests.}}
** [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]: When they get to know each other better.
* [[Asian Gal
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Shinobu's grandfather plays it for weirdness.
* [[Beta Couple]]: {{spoiler|Tamaki and Shinobu's friend Shingo Onijima.}} Also, {{spoiler|Benio's father and Kichiji.}}
* {{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 ''[[wikipedia:1923 Great Kant%C5%8D earthquake|the 1923 Kanto earthquake]]'' '''and''' when Benio is about to marry her [[Second Love]] Tousei. Larissa is fatally injured via [[Diving Save|taking a]] [[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 [[Together in Death]], if not for Tousei's efforts and then acceptance of their mutual feelings. And then there's a bit of [[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, [[wikipedia:Manchuria#History after 1860|but what happened in the 20-something years after this]] made it even worse).}}
** In the anime, which [[Screwed
* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Benio likes drinking ''sake''.
* [[Broken Bird]]: Larissa, due to {{spoiler|having lost her husband [[The Mourning After|whom she loved very much]] ''and'' being both a borderline [[Fallen Princess]] and an [[Ill Girl]].}}
** {{spoiler|Kichiji}} also had her share of broken-ness in her past, though she takes it kinda in stride.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Shinobu, half-Japanese and half-German.
* [[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
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Ranmaru [[Meaningful Name|Oh, Ranmaru]].
** [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: He also pulls this more than once. Specially as Benio's "maid" when she moves into the Iijyuin home.
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* [[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.}}
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]: The Iijyuin family has two: Tenmaru and Chimaru
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Hot Scoop]]: {{spoiler|Benio}}
* {{spoiler|[[Important Haircut]]: Benio, after deciding to work with her own hands and support the Iijyuin family.}}
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* [[Meet Cute]]: First Shinobu sees Benio [[Drives Like Crazy|crash her bike]] and finds it funny, so Benio slaps him. Later, Shinobu finds Benio up a tree, then [[Crash Into Hello|catches her]] in a [[Bridal Carry]] when she falls off.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Shinobu, Benio ''and'' Ranmaru lost their mothers early in life.
* [[Names to Know
* [[Please Dump Me]]: Attempted by Benio at first. Doesn't work.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Benio, oh Benio.
* [[Raised
* [[Red Baron]]: Shingo "The Black Wolf of the Manchurian Steppe" Onijima
* [[Romantic Runner-Up]]: Larissa and {{spoiler|Tousei}}. The {{spoiler|first}} is a specially tragic case.
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