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''Koko ni Iru yo!'' is a manga series by [[Ema Toyama]].
Hikage Sumino has [[Extreme Doormat|zero]] [[Shrinking Violet|presence]].
None of her classmates appear to notice her, and it seems as though she'll never make friends. She's constantly in the shadows, and her only source of contact is [[Friending Network|blogging]], where she is ''Himawari'' and her online friends ''Black Rabbit'' and ''MegaPIG'' cheer her on to make new friends. ''Black Rabbit'' assures Hikage that she can change her world, but Hikage isn't so sure.
But when she starts getting noticed by Hinata Mutou and Teru Mikami--the two most [[Bishounen|popular]] [[School Idol|boys]] at her school--Hikage might finally be able leave the shadows and take her first step into the sunlight...
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* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: In a flashback to when Teru was a child, following his parents arguing to divorce, Teru's mother slaps Teru and claims that their marriage would have been [[You Should Have Died Instead|easier without him]], leading Teru to believe his parents' divorce was his fault.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: ''Black Rabbit'' (Betty; Hikage's first friend who has always supported her) and Hinata (Veronica; the seeming "unattainable" popular guy) for Hikage, {{spoiler|though when ''Black Rabbit'' is revealed to be Teru--and given Teru's somewhat abrasive personality--it can be interchangeable; Hinata can be the Betty (for his pleasant personality) and Teru can be the Veronica (for his jerk-like tendencies).}}
* [[Birds of a Feather]]:
** Hinata and Hikage, having similar pleasant personalities.
** {{spoiler|Teru, as ''Black Rabbit'' grew closer to Hikage because of their similar [[Lonely Together|lonely backgrounds]], Teru for his shaky family relationship and Hikage for being isolated from her peers. Teru felt that if he went to the places that Hikage went to in her sunset pictures, then he could feel her. He even gave his first comment to Hikage after going to one of the places on her blog.}}
* [[Bishounen]]: Hinata and Teru. {{spoiler|1=''MegaPIG'' is revealed to be one too.}}
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Hiyori suggests this to ''MegaPIG''/Aoi Nanjou, in spite of not knowing how to speak [[Kansai Regional Accent|Kansai-ben]].
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]:
** Hinata's reason for not telling Hikage who ''Black Rabbit'' is (out of jealousy, thinking Hikage might like ''Black Rabbit'', {{spoiler|and because of his growing suspicion that Teru is ''Black Rabbit'', as Hinata specifically called Teru that when they were children, and recently Hikage and Teru had been becoming "friendlier" than before}}).
** {{spoiler|Teru not telling Hikage and Hinata that he is ''Black Rabbit'' until Chapters 12 and 14 respectively.}}
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* [[Character Development]]: Over the course of the series, Hikage slowly changes from being [[Shrinking Violet|too shy and insecure]] to fight her own battles or [[Extreme Doormat|speak her mind]] to a much more [[Plucky Girl|stronger and determined person]] in the end.
* [[Cooldown Hug]]: {{spoiler|Hikage to Aya in Chapter 19.}}
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]:
** Hinata witnessed Hikage attempting to save a cat from getting hit by a car in the flashback (from Chapter 1), and ended up watching over Hikage and falling in love with her.
** {{spoiler|Teru, as ''Black Rabbit'', had went to Hikage's blog by accident. He did not know they they were from the same school and that ''Himawari'' was Hikage until he saw that the sunflower she was growing was the same one from ''Himawari'''s blog.}}
* [[Cue the Sun]]:
** Hikage relates Hinata and Teru as "suns"--being the center of their classroom. They're bright, friendly, and everyone is easily drawn to them.
*** And Chapters 17-18 show just what happens when {{spoiler|the "suns" disappear, leaving the whole class distraught and distressed.}}
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Aya started out just like Hikage--alone and desiring friends. When Aya started liking Hinata, many girls befriended her out of their mutual affections for Hinata and made Aya feel like she belonged. And everyone defended Hikage from her, Aya lost both her friends and her reputation--leading to her [[Woman Scorned]] revenge on Hikage. She gets better.}}
* [[Friending Network]]
* [[Friendless Background]]:
** All three main characters, with Hinata and Teru having no friends as children (Teru only having people around him because he's "loud," and Hinata being too shy to make friends; this ironically leads Hinata and Teru to becomes each other's first friend and best friend).
** {{spoiler|Aya, prior to liking Hinata and making friends. So when Aya loses all of that, well... she gets [[Woman Scorned|very, ''very'' vengeful]].}}
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** When Hinata starts noticing Hikage and {{spoiler|Teru}} growing "friendlier" following the summer fireworks festival, he grows jealous and starts to think something happened between them, unaware that prior to the festival {{spoiler|Teru revealed that he was ''Black Rabbit'' to Hikage.}}
** {{spoiler|Although Teru purposely gave up Hikage as both ''Black Rabbit'' and is in denial of his own feelings for her, he slowly grows jealous of Hikage's and Hinata's closeness during their amusement park date and realizes he's in love with her.}}
* [[Hair of Gold]]:
** Teru and Arisa.
** Also, Aya... though Aya is ''another'' type of [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde]]. Subverted--{{spoiler|see [[Freudian Excuse]].}}
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** {{spoiler|When Hikage must choose between Hinata and Teru, she recieves a message from "Teru" telling her that he wants to be with her, and if Hikage doesn't choose him, then his relationship with Hinata and their class will never be the same. It's really Aya sending the message after she found Hikage's cell phone. Hikage, not wanting the relationship between Hinata and Teru as well as the class to break, is forced to choose Teru over Hinata.}}
** In Chapter 19, {{spoiler|Teru decides to let Hikage and Hinata be together after Hikage realizes her feelings for Hinata.}}
* [[Jerkass Facade]]:
** The reason for Teru's [[Kick the Dog]] moments towards Hikage were actually to protect her, {{spoiler|especially when she tries to find ''Black Rabbit'', who is Teru.}}
** ''MegaPIG''. See [[A Darker Me]]/[[GIFT]].
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Teru.
* [[Keet]]: Hinata and Teru are the female students' idols. They are often described as being the "suns" in the classroom.
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
** Teru defends Hikage when Hinata's fangirls gang up on her, only to say that she's pitiful and that Hinata was helping her because she couldn't be left alone. The only reason Teru said that was to get the fangirls to ease up, but it was still a big hit to Hikage's self-esteem and initially caused her to believe that Hinata would always look at her out of pity.
** Again, Teru to poor Hikage when she's desperately looking for ''Black Rabbit'' {{spoiler|after he mysteriously left her blog, telling Hikage an abrupt "goodbye."}} Teru tells Hikage it's useless, and yet again tramples on her feelings. And this was just Teru trying to help Hikage move on {{spoiler|and to cover-up the fact that he's really ''Black Rabbit''.}}
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* [[Light Is Good]]: See [[Cue the Sun]].
* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Hikage, in regards to the identity of ''Black Rabbit''. {{spoiler|Until Chapter 12.}}
* [[Lonely Together]]:
** ''Himawari'' (AKA Hikage) and ''Black Rabbit'' ({{spoiler|AKA Teru}}).
** Hinata and Teru when they were children, which led them to become friends.
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* [[Malaproper]]: People often get Hikage's last name wrong, and call her either, "Sumiyama," "Sumimoto," or "Sumita." Arisa calls Hikage, "Suminon," but it's not because she's forgotten Hikage's name; it's because adding an "n" to the end of a person's name is a sign of friendly affection in Japanese culture.
* [[Malicious Slander]]: Nasty rumors spread and girls gang up on Hikage whenever she's being "friendly" with Hinata. Among them include:
** All of Hinata's fangirls gang up on Hikage the moment they hear a rumor of Hikage leaving the gym storehouse with Hinata the other night (Hikage's group left her behind, thinking she already left, and Hikage was locked in until Hinata found her). Teru rescues her.
** When a picture of Hikage and Hinata hanging out together is leaked at school, everyone thinks Hikage ''forced'' Hinata on a date and is taking advantage of his sympathy. Aya, The [[Alpha Bitch]], grabs Hikage by the hair and tries to force her to apologize to her classmates and say she'll never get close to Hinata again. Hikage manages to escape, but ultimately returns to redeem herself in front of her classmates.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Aya.
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** Hikage tells Hinata that she won't run away and become a person who can be near him (and faces her bullies). Hinata tells Hikage almost the exact same thing later on (and faces {{spoiler|Teru, who he has begun suspecting is ''Black Rabbit''}}).
** In the end, Hikage supports ''MegaPIG'' with the same advice he once gave to her, giving him the strength to chase after Hiyori.
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* [[Mysterious Protector]]: ''Black Rabbit'' and ''MegaPIG'' are one for Hikage, constantly cheering her on to be stronger. Teru is a bit of one for Hikage too, but he goes back and forth between helping her and standing by and letting her fight her own battles. {{spoiler|Ironically enough, ''Black Rabbit'' and Teru are revealed to be the same person.}}
* [[Name's the Same]]: This Teru Mikami has nothing to do with ''[[Death Note]]''.
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* [[Pinky Swear]]: Hikage promises Hinata that to not score a zero on their up-coming test and watch the fireworks with him. When Hikage is late to the festival because of her supplementary classes, Teru helps her keep her promise to Hinata.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Eventually Hikage, thanks to her [[Character Development]].
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]:
** Hikage is under the belief that Hinata might be {{spoiler|''Black Rabbit''}} after hearing them say similar things and overhearing a conversation between Hinata and Teru on how Hinata wants Hikage to focus more on reality than her blog. When Hinata refuses to tell Hikage anything, she begins to doubt him and even thinks that if Hinata was {{spoiler|''Black Rabbit''}}, then perhaps Hinata had been making fun of her all this time. After {{spoiler|''Black Rabbit''}} tells her to meet with him and he'll tell her everything, Hikage is overjoyed, hoping that this'll end their conflict and that Hinata and she will be able to move up. As it turns out, {{spoiler|Hinata isn't ''Black Rabbit'' and had nothing to with it the entire time. ''Black Rabbit'' is Teru.}}
** {{spoiler|Hikage decides to choose Teru over Hinata after he sends her a message telling her that if Hikage doesn't choose him, then his relationship with Hinata and their class will never be the same (something that Hikage does not want to happen); it's really all a scheme by Aya to ruin Hikage's relationships with everyone. At the same time, Hinata discovers the message left by "Teru" and is under the impression that Teru is threatening her, while Teru is under the same impression about Hinata after he finds a letter from "Hikage." After the conflict is resolved, Hikage chooses to be with Hinata, who she is in love with.}}
** In Chapter 19.5, Aoi Nanjou (''MegaPIG'') goes to Hikage (''Himawari'') for advice on love via cell phone. When his crush Hiyori overhears him say, "I'm just really... in love right now" and sees him smiling, it misleads her into thinking that the person Aoi talks to on his cellphone is his girlfriend, saddening Hiyori, as she feels she can't make him smile like that. They get better.
* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|Hinata is not ''Black Rabbit''. It's Teru.}}
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** In Chapter 19.5, ''MegaPIG''/Aoi Nanjou has to tell his crush Hiyori this when she comes to conclusions that Hikage is his girlfriend.
* [[Shojo]]
* [[Shrinking Violet]]:
** Hikage, but who can blame her?
** When he was a child, Hinata was shy until he became friends with Teru.
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** ''Black Rabbit'', who gives Hikage tough love advice that's ultimately to help her mature. {{spoiler|It helps that Teru and ''Black Rabbit'' are the same person.}}
** According to Hikage in Chapter 19.5, ''MegaPIG'' is one.
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Aya has one when she finally confronts Hikage and reveals how she lost all her friends because of her and wants Hikage to feel the same way.}}
* [[Wham! Line]]:
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* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Hikage never did seem to send ''Black Rabbit'' and ''MegaPIG'' the stuffed animals. It's explained in a short comic that Hikage sleeps with the stuffed animals because she can't sleep by herself. [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Hinata and Teru find out.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Aya.
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