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[[File:hoshizoraimage_7249.jpg|frame| It's like the [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|colors of the rainbow]]... Too bad, though. <ref> [[Ichiban Ushiro no Dai Maou|Someone got the nickname]] [[Fan Nickname|Color Wars]] first.</ref>]]

 

Kazuma Hoshino and his little brother Ayumu are moving to the countryside, to the small town of Yamabiko. Ayumu is sickly, and some country air will do him good. As they try to reach the Yoruzuyo Inn, the place where they'll be staying, Ayumu's hat is stolen by a monkey, leading to Kazuma to chase it down. In the process, he runs into Ui Nakatsugawa, and the two accidentally kiss. The next day, Kazuma discovers that Ui in his class, signaling the start of an exciting new life.

 

Originally a [[Visual Novel]] by Feng (''[[Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka]]''), ''[[Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi]]'' (''A Bridge to the Starry Skies'') was adapted into an anime in the [[Spring 2011 Anime|spring of 2011]].

* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Madoka's kimono manages to loosen in the ping pong match.

* [[Accidental Kiss]]: Kazuma and Ui at the riverbank.

{{quote|'''Kazuma''': So, [Hina] senpai, how did you end up this way?

'''Hina''': I ran away from home.

'''Kazuma''': Yes, I know! }}

* [[The Caretaker]]: Ibuki for Ui, despite those two not being related.

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: The first episode title (and Ui) make note of such. Kazuma was lucky he only ran into a monkey.

* [[Expy]]: Hina is very similar to [[Azumanga Daioh|Sakaki]] in both [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|appear]][[Huge Schoolgirl|ance]] and [[Sugar and Ice Personality|person]][[Cuteness Proximity|ality]].

{{quote|'''Senka''': Say, Kazuma-kun, what type of girls do you like?

'''Koyori''': What did you say? Ui-cchu matches that perfectly! }}

** {{spoiler|Played brutally straight in the anime's timeline: Kazuma gets Ui in the end.}}

** Hina too, by just ''walking'' (during a closeup shot of her chest if [[Male Gaze|you look carefully]]) towards Kazuma's house for their study session.

** Madoka again during her ping-pong match with Koyori. Tsumugi can also perform it simply by sitting in a massage chair.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Koyori, Kasane and Ui.

* [[Girls Are Really Scared of Horror Movies]]: {{spoiler|Ibuki in the Visual Novel}}

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Senka when she catches Daigo trying to peep on the girls.

* [[Gossipy Hens]]: Kasane is one of them.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Ibuki to Kazuma in [[Beach Episode|episode 8]]

* [[She's Not My Girlfriend|He's Not My Boyfriend!]]: Koyori, in reference to Kazuma.

* [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler|Madoka}} and {{spoiler|Ibuki}} stop attempting to pursue Kazuma once they realize that he likes Ui. {{spoiler|Madoka finds this out after their date, and how he keeps mentioning Ui, while Ibuki realizes it after their date after Kazuma rejects her casual comment of seriously dating her}}. They even help out slightly in getting the two together near the end, and then joke about getting rejected.

* [[Large Ham]]: Daigo. Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in Episode 5, where he is the sports fest's commentator.

* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: Koyori does this when spying on Kazuma and Madoka's date as a "disguise". Played more straight in the Visual Novel {{spoiler|when she starts exploring her femininity as she develops feelings towards Kazuma.}}

* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Ui tries to convince herself that this is how she sees Kazuma. {{spoiler|That's perhaps to stave away the pain of losing her [[Big Brother Attraction|older brother to his wife]]. She eventually gets over it with just one phone call to her brother, and since that point begins to see Kazuma as something else.}}

* [[Offhand Backhand]]: {{spoiler|At the start of Episode 12 Senka swats a bee this way with a wooden spoon while carrying on a conversation with Kazuma.}}

* [[Odango]]/[[Girlish Pigtails]]: Koyori

* [[Overly Long Name]]: [[Bromantic Foil|Daigorou Minamikokubaru]], and [[Hot Mom|his mother]], by proxy.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: After Kazuma asks [[The Runaway]] Hina about her next move, Hina pulls this off, with [[Bishie Sparkle]], to {{spoiler|beg him to let her crash in at his place}}. He even lampshades it:

* [[Ship Tease]]: {{spoiler|Ayumu and Kazane in the Visual Novel, starting with a hilarious [[Naked First Impression]] in the onsen, followed by a cute conversation between them in the following scene.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]

*** Immediately followed by "If you're truly related by blood, this is a prank [[The World Only God Knows|God only knows]]", to which Kazuma replies with "[[Collective Groan|You people...]]"

** Episode 4 Previews: "She's like your [[Strike Witches|Strike]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Uitch]], Oniichan!"

* [[Title Drop]]: Kazuma invoked it on episode 6 after listening to Ui talking about a well-known Japanese myth. He does it again at the end of the series.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Ui ''loves'' cheese.

* [[Tsundere]]: Ibuki and Koyori. Both were hostile to Kazuma when he first met either of them.

** Ibuki is called out to be a [[Tsundere]] by Daigo in the [[Visual Novel]] multiple times, and even goes so far as to ask Kazuma to hurry up and get to the dere side of hers.

 

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