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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.

 

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

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

* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: When Kazuma and Ui eventually express their feelings for each other in the [[Tanabata|Futogoyama]] festival at the end of the anime. [[They Do|They end up together.]]}}

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]:

** Hina lampshades this with regards to her [[Overprotective Dad]] when he yells at her from the crowd to win the Hikonan Race.

* [[Big Eater]]: Ui.

** Later on, Hina, justified that she hadn't eaten a single morsel ever since she ran away from home.

* [[Bishounen]]: Kazuma, if comments from the [[Hot Mom|Hot Moms]] are anything to go by.

* [[Bridal Carry]]: {{spoiler|Kazuma carries Koyori to the finishing line in the Hikonan race. Bonus points for both of them wearing wedding costumes.}}

* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Daigo.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Kazuma voluntarily argues the resident [[Overprotective Dad]], Mr. Sakai, in Hina's stead to the point that he accepts the man's challenge to a duel in a tug-of-war match.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Daigo's mom.

** In the anime Hina mentions that she can't even handle the ''smell'' of alcoholic beverages. In the Visual Novel, {{spoiler|at a party at the Yoruzuyo Inn during the summer festival she's persuaded by the guests to have some liquor, and downs at least a whole glass, and subsequently gets [[Hilarity Ensues|completely wasted]].}}

* [[Captain Obvious]]: The following exchange.

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

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

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Koyori.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Hina really has a penchant for cute little things in general.

** Hina has started to show more varied reactions to the cute object/person depending on who or what it is. She acts like the [[Cool Big Sis]] towards Ayumu (and already [[Pet the Dog|patting him on the head]] at their first meeting), while she has a more suggestive reaction to when Kasane dresses up in a cute bear pajama suit (resulting in some bizzare sleep experience for the former when they spend the night in Kazuma's house).

** Perhaps most amusingly, {{spoiler|after her [[Overprotective Dad]] lost a tug-of-war match against Kazuma, he ended up sulking, and somehow, Hina actually found it cute that [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|she gave him a big bearhug]].}}

* [[The Ditz]]: Ui, so much that Ibuki feels the need to look after her.

* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Madoka is very fearful of guys, due to her strict upbringing (courtesy of her grandfather).

* [[Dojikko]]: Despite her many idealistic traits, {{spoiler|Tsumugi somehow becomes this during the obstacle course much to the embarrassment of her sisters. Her troubles already begin at the very start of the race where as soon as it starts she immediately trips and falls flat on her face}}.

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Ibuki in the opening sequence.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Hina Sakai, submerged under the love of the girls on the Red Team!

* [[Hair Decorations]]

'''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.

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Hina is always the tallest girl in her classes.

** [[Statuesque Stunner]].

* [[Ill Boy]]: Ayumu and Keita.

* [[Imagine Spot]]: In Episode 6, Daigo imagines the girls during various suggestive things in the bath.

** Rivaled by Kazuma's [[Covert Pervert]] tendencies.

* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: {{spoiler|After Hina runs away from home and crashes in at Kazuma's. She ends up sleeping in his room along with him with the futon spread out so they can both sleep in it. Cue [[Not What It Looks Like]] situation the next morning (see below).}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Motor Mouth]]: In the Visual Novel, {{spoiler|Madoka when she panics, complete with [[Wingding Eyes]], especially in embarrassing situations involving Kazuma. Once she hits that state she ends up just blurting out all her thoughts in practically a single breath.}}

* [[New Transfer Student]]: The Hoshino brothers.

** Also in the Visual Novel, {{spoiler|Ui's bother Hajime, who's more of a [[Knight Templar Big Brother]].}}

* [[Naked First Impression]]:

** Unfortunately for Kazuma, it didn't stop there, becoming a [[Gossip Evolution]] that spread througout the whole school (showed by groups of students talking about it when Kazuma walked by them), which Kazuma only found out eventually from Madoka.

** {{spoiler|Kazuma gets another one when Senka walks in on him in the morning with a sleeping Hina with her arms around him.}}

** {{spoiler|Inverted with Ui, who became excited when she discovered out that her older brother now has a child.}}

* [[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:

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Toudou sisters Tsumugi and Kasane, Hina and her mom, and Senka (as seen with her bangs).

* [[Real Place Background]]: A very rare case of the people the show based its setting off of not appreciating the tourism.

* [[The Runaway]]: Hina walks out of the Sakai household after she finally got tired of putting up with her [[Overprotective Dad]]'s attitude.

* [[Scenery Porn]]

* [[Second Year Protagonist]]: Kazuma's potential love interests are divided equally among the high school years: Ui and Ibuki are his classmates, Tsumugi and Hina are seniors, Madoka and Koyori are freshmen.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Hina, due to her impressive height. Especially when she's wearing a [[Show Some Leg|skimpy]] [[Qipao|Chinese dress]].

* [[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.}}

*** 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!"

** Apparently, there's a ''[[Koihime Musou]]'' fighting game in the arcade.

** In episode 4 there's [[Karate Kid|"Polish on, Polish off!"]]

** [[Koihime Musou|Rin Rin]] makes an appearance in a haunted house in episode 10, dressed in her FunyaMonya costume from ''Shin Koihime'' episode 8.

*** And right when that happens, Madoka screams "HAWAWAWAWA!!!" ([[Koihime Musou|Shuri]]'s [[Verbal Tic]])

** A character from the Visual Novel, {{spoiler|[[Idol Singer|Shii]]'s manager, when dressed for an event, looks and acts somewhat like [[Busou Renkin|Papillon]], and even wears a butterfly on his shirt in place of a tie}}.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Madoka.

* [[Split Personality]]: Visual Novel only character {{spoiler|Shii, another [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]] to Kazuma aside from Madoka, and an [[Idol Singer]], is normally [[The Quiet One]], but when she goes on stage she becomes a [[Genki Girl]].}}

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Parodied. Whenever Koyori makes the ram hand seal, she expects you to duck and cover your eyes until she leaves.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: A sizable portion of this show's ''straight male'' fandom are watching it for ''Ayumu'', finding him to be cuter than ''any'' of the girls in the cast. Applys in-universe as wekk

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Hina.

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Ui's mother is apparently one. No wonder Ui loves eating.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Ui, during episode 3.

** Kasane also says something about not taking pictures of Mugi-nee and selling them to men during episode 12, even though Kazuma never mentioned anything about it.

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Ui and Madoka.

* [[Tanabata]]: The series title alludes to this. It is also the basis of the local folklore (but retold in a different fashion, and also named Futogoyama instead) and a festival that takes place in homage of it.

* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: Daigo's mother, who's also his class' homeroom teacher, doesn't want him addressing her as "mom" while in class.

* [[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.

* [[Vapor Wear]]: Played with. {{spoiler|After the above [[Naked First Impression]] between Hina and Kazuma, Hina puts her blouse on after she's done cleaning herself, but forgets about her bra, which [[Hilarity Ensues|Kazuma spots lying on the floor nearby]].}}

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The beach episode happens on a Wednesday (in Japanese its 水曜日, or Suiyobi, literally the day of water.)

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Ayumu in a cheerleader's outfit. {{spoiler|Even Kazuma approves.}}

** {{spoiler|In the OVA he wears a [[School Swimsuit]]}}

 

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