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Taro Sado is a masochist. For years, this has left him unable to confess to a girl he saw at his job. At the advice of his friend, he goes to join the school's Second Volunteer Club. The first one is for normal volunteer purposes. The second is for personal problems and everything else. When he arrives, Taro meets Mio Isurugi, the club president with a sadistic personality, and Arashiko Yuno, a shy girl who's also part of the Volunteer Club. A masochist and a sadist meet, and [[Hilarity Ensues]].
Based on a series of 10 [[Light Novels]],<ref>With the 10th ending on a Cliffhanger that will never be resolved, see [[Author Existence Failure]] below</ref>
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* [[Adults Dressed
▲* [[A Cup Angst]]: Mio and Noa.
▲* [[Adults Dressed As Children]]: Shizuka and Tomoko attempting to enter the school's beauty pageant.
* [[A God Am I]]: Mio, naturally.
* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male|Abuse Is]] '''[[Played for Laughs|Funny]]''' [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male|When It Is Female On Male]]: Come on, Taro's [[Too Kinky to Torture|begging for more]]! It has ''got'' to be funny.
* [[Action Prologue]]: The series opens with on Mio chasing down Taro with a bokken (wooden practice sword), very nearly killing him.
* [[Adult Child]]: Taro's mother and older sister.
* [[All Women
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Tomoko and Shizuka's "phase four". Old photo albums and everything else from Taro's childhood is brought up.
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Based on the [[Light Novels]].
* [[Attempted Rape]]: How Arashiko came to not like men in the first place.
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: Tatsukichi whenever he crossdresses. Now, also Taro in episodes 8 and 12.
* [[A Twinkle in
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: [http://www.animenewsnetwork.
* [[Balanced Harem]]: Mio and Arashiko have equal chances with Taro. Other love interests, like [[Incest Is Relative|his sister and mother]], are [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Batter Up]]: Mio, complete with ''projectile baseballs''.
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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Mio appears as cute as can be when Taro first meets her, but that facade is pretty quickly stripped away ten minutes into the first episode alone.
* [[Berserk Button]]
** Never try to insult Mio in any way (especially [[A
** [[Lolicon|Yukinojo]] doesn't like it when Noa uses her age-upping pills.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: The Sado family.
* [[Blue
* [[Bromantic Foil]]: Tatsukichi seems this to Taro, though subverted since Yumi likes him.
* [[Bunny Girl]]: Arashiko and Mio thinks this'll help get rid of Taro's [[Mind Control|hypno-induced]] [[Single
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Played straight, subverted and inverted. Taro ([[All Men Are Perverts|and most other males]]) certainly notices Arashiko's "gifts", but at the same time Mio is still considered by many to be more beautiful, [[Pettanko|despite lacking horizontally]]. Inverted with [[Lolicon|Yukinojo]], who very much does ''not'' like his beloved Noa using her special pills.
* [[Camera Fiend]]: Michiru always has her camera at the ready to take shots of Mio's latest de-M-ing device or cute people in lavish get-ups. ''Especially'' cute people in lavish get-ups.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Arashiko's "I'm scared of men!" cry every time Taro accidentally touches her physically.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Arashiko
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: {{spoiler|Taro's masochism finally works for him in during his fight with Yoshioka in the third episode. Now, that's using your [[Incredibly Lame Pun|M!]]}}
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Noa was a super genius back in her childhood days, and [[Teen Genius|she's definitely not getting any dumber every minute]].
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* [[Class Representative]]: Kirino Ayasegawa.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: The 10th (and [[Author Existence Failure|final]]) novel ends with {{spoiler|Taro being confessed to by Mio, when he is already in a relationship with Arashiko. By this point in time Noa already confessed as well}}.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl
** [[Incest Subtext|Tomoko and Shizuka]] are this for Taro.
** Or between Noa and Yuno in Episode 6, as they bicker over Taro.
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** Michiru takes it much further, being an actual sadist, while Mio is merely a rather violent tsundere.
* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|Cosplay Otaku Woman]]: Michiru has costumes for any occasion, and will dress people up in them just so that she can take pictures of them in her get-ups.
* [[Cross
* [[Cry Cute]]
** Mio in episode 9, after being frightened by a bakeneko (monster cat) in the Horror House, revealing to Taro her fear of cats.
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Tatsukichi is Taro's mystery girl.
* [[Does Not Like Men]]
** Yuno tends to respond with a [[Megaton Punch|punch]] whenever a guy touches her (even accidental ones). Tatsukichi doesn't invoke this when he's [[
** Yumi even more so, though it's out of plain old disgust rather than a phobia.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]
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* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: Oh, where to start?
** Taro suffers from a very extreme case of [[Too Kinky to Torture|sexual masochism]], which is of course the central point of the show.
** [[Parental Incest|Tomoko]] and [[Brother
** Yuno has extreme [[Does Not Like Men|androphobia]], though thanks to the efforts of the Second Volunteer Club she has started to get better.
** Yuno's friend Yumi, in contrast, isn't as [[Does Not Like Men|androphobic]] as her, but she's definitely [[Romantic Two
** Tatsukichi [[Wholesome Crossdresser|enjoys dressing up as a woman]], and displays some dissociative tendencies as manifested in his "[[Ojou]]" persona.
** Noa is ''extremely'' maladjusted thanks to [[Child Prodigy]] exploitations during her childhood, and definitely has a complex about [[Older Than She Looks|her appearance]].
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** Mio {{spoiler|[[Ill Girl|spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals, or at least bedridden]], and so}} isn't the best at interacting with others. Worse still, it looks like she's starting to enjoy her "treatments" for Taro.
** Michiru enjoys taking pictures of cute girls, especially [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|when they're in costumes]], and her reactions tend to suggest ''that'' kind of enjoyment.
** The Dōmyōji Shop Manager whom Taro's acquainted to in the festival half of the Episode 7 is rabid [[Otaku]] with a
** Kirino Ayasegawa is the ringmaster of Mio's [[Instant Fanclub]]... and a [[Knight Templar|viciously fanatic]] one at that.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Episode 11.
* [[Fan Service
* [[Fetish]]: ''MM!'' wouldn't be ''MM!'' without it.
** Becomes a plot point (as in ''literal'' fetish fuel) in episode 5. {{spoiler|Specifically, Taro uses a piece of Noa's [[Mad Scientist]] tech to transform his perversion into raw power, effectively becoming a [[Dragonball Z|Super Saiyan]] for the duration of the episode.}}
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* [[First Episode Spoiler]]: Tatsukichi is the "girl" Taro is after.
* [[First Kiss]]: Happens between Mio and Taro in Episode 4, as part of a plan to cure Taro's masochism. Yes, it was both their first times.
* [[First
** Yuno and Taro get on these terms with each other in Episode 2. But it turns out Taro didn't fulfill his end of the bargain. And Yuno is using it as a way to get around her androphobia... [[Yank the
** Mio doesn't quite realize that she called Taro by his first name for the very first time in Episode 11. She also calls his name out in the last episode.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Noa
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* [[Gratuitous English]]: All over the place! Blatant mentions ahoy!
** Strike one: The opening theme. Oh ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|God]]'', the opening theme.
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"Go. To. Hell. Desu!" }}
** Strike two: fourth episode. Theoretically, if Taro upsets Mio, he gets a kick in the face. "Oh, mai God-doh!"
** Strike three: Episode Eight had "Pretty Heart Max!" and "Let's! Over the rainbow!" and "My sweet honey!"
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Just another one of Michiru's bright ideas to get Arashiko to satisfy her fetishes again.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Tomoko, Taro's mom, who is so young and cute she looks like Taro's ''little'' sister.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Noa specializes in these, at various scales. She also [[Transforming Mecha|has one that turns into a cannon]].
* [[Hypno Fool]]: The premise of Episode 8. Taro isn't convinced at first, but not long after, he begins to develop [[Lolicon|even]] [[Handsome Lech|stranger]] [[Single
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Noa
* {{spoiler|[[Ill Girl]]: Mio, of all people.}}
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: To the Sados. Well, two out of three of them, that is.
** [[Brother
** [[Parental Incest]]: And then there's [[Hot Mom|Tomoko]]...
* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: The [[Wham! Episode]] where Mio suddenly has [[Blood From the Mouth]]! Impending Death! The entire series takes a darker turn! Or it's just another deliberately [[Invoked Trope]] [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Indirect Kiss]]: In Episode 8.
* [[Informed Attractiveness]]: Most characters commented on how beautiful Mio is, [[Generic Cuteness|but really she's not more beautiful than Arashiko or any other girl]]... or for that matter, [[Wholesome Crossdresser|She!Tatsukichi]].
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* [[Japanese School Club]]
* [[Jerk Jock]]: Yoshioka. Hell befalls any girl that rejects him. Too bad his last victim turned out to have a "boyfriend" who's [[Made of Iron]]. {{spoiler|And said guy managed to punch him out, leaving him for his last "girlfriend's" best friend to finish the job.}}
* [[Journey to
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Yoshioka. Everything turns [[Darker and Edgier]] when he's around.
* [[Knight Templar]]: The Mio Fan Club thinks that by hanging out with Mio, Taro will ruin her life. The club would use any methods necessary to get rid of Taro if it will maintain Mio's lifestyle in the way the club sees it.
* [[Laser
* [[Lolicon]]: Yukinojo takes this [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: (Sort of?) Tatsukichi, Yumi, Noa, and Yukinojo could probably fit in there somewhere. Taro had a crush on Tatsukichi's [[Wholesome Crossdresser|alter ego]] until he found out that Tatsukichi and the alter ego were one and the same. Yumi showed [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|interest in Arashiko,]] [[Bi the Way|but also Tatsukichi]]. [[Lolicon|Yukinojo]] likes [[Token
* [[Love Letter Lunacy]]: In Episode 5.
* [[Lover Tug of War]]: Episode 4. Arashiko << Taro >> Mio. With ''[[Visual Pun|real]]'' tug ropes to boot.
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* [[Made of Iron]]: Thanks to his masochism, Taro has a very high pain tolerance. This allows him to hold himself pretty well when {{spoiler|he is getting beat up by Yoshioka, who is an amateur kick-boxer}} in Episode 3.
* [[Magical Realism]]: The setting of the anime shifts more and more towards this as the story progresses. Unusually, most of the magical and sci-fi aspects of the story are fueled by the characters' perversions.
* [[Male Gaze]]: ''Everywhere'', but special mention goes to a [http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRzc7t-Zgjs9CTUJq3s30MnJc5VF6Rpk8ZoI7r0V1pS5ng8UB4 triple ass shot]{{Dead link}} in the [[Beach Episode]].
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: After Taro recovers from amnesia, he learns things that makes him see himself as [[Really Gets Around|a horrible cross-dressing pervert with no limits as to who he would have his way with]].
* [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling|My Lolicon Radar Has Gone Off]]: Yukinojo knows when Noa is using her [[Overnight Age
* [[Naked Apron]]: One of Michiru's ideas for a photo shoot at the end of Episode 6.
* [[Nice Girl]]: Arashiko, so much so [[Omochikaeri|you'd wanna take her home with you too.]]
* [[Nice Guy]]: Despite his masochism, Taro's actually a do-good dude.
* [[
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Taro's not quite feeling the affection from anyone in his [[Unwanted Harem]].
** [[Selective Obliviousness]]: He knows of [[Incest Is Relative|his mother and sister's affection]] and wants no part of it, though.
* [[Oddly Visible Eyebrows]]
* [[Off
* [[Older Than They Look]]
** Shizuka is Taro's ''older'' sister.
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* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: Ominous chanting of some sort serves as Taro's [[Leitmotif]] when he's having powerful masochist moments.
* [[Once Per Episode]]: Mio trying some new torture method on Taro to "cure him" usually involves her dressing up, thanks to [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|Michiru-nee-sensei]], natch.
* [[Out
* [[Overnight Age
* [[Panty Shot]]: Completely [[Averted Trope|averted]]. Even with such load of fanservice and ecchi, and even more "shotty" scenes, [[Tempting Fate|not a single one occurred to viewers]]. {{spoiler|... Until episode 12, that is. Mio saved it for Taro's Christmas present.}}
* [[Paper
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]]: As if Mio's [[Batter Up|baseball bat]] isn't enough already...
* [[Pocky]] [[Spaghetti Kiss|Kiss]]: Episode 12. Thanks to Mio's overcompetitiveness, she and Taro wind up accepting a challenge to this, much to their chagrin.
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* Sensei-chan: Quoth Mio Isurugi, "Michiru-nee".
* [[Shana Clone]]: Mio
* [[Shout
** Yumi is a subtle nod to [[Fist of the North Star
** Perhaps one to ''[[
{{quote|
** In Episode 5, Mio dresses up as [[
** In the opening, figures of [[Love Plus
** Episode 6 for Mio donning [[Macross Frontier
** Episode 7 brings back the {{spoiler|[[Dragonball Z|Super Saiyan]] [[Kamen Rider]] belt}} and ''[[
** Episode 8 features Himura paraphrasing [[Fist of the North Star
** The opening of Episode 9 has [[Vocaloid
** Episode 10's second [[Eyecatch]] has the shop owner pose with [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
** Episode 12 has the shop owner visiting the cake store, ordering cake for himself, and spare ribs for his [[Kanokon
* [[Smashing Watermelons]]: Only the watermelon is Taro's head.
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Mio, or pretty much any cute girl who runs into Yumi and her godly massage techniques.
* [[Sound
* [[Split Personality]]: If Tatsukichi is called "beautiful", he slips into an [[Ojou]]-like personality that praises himself and damns everyone else. Especially Mio.
* [[Teen Genius]]: Noa
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* [[There Are No Therapists]]
** Taro's unchecked masochism is the most obvious example; he seems to feel his best option lies in a school club rather than seeking professional help.
** A more serious case is that of {{spoiler|1=Yuno. Her [[Attempted Rape]] left her so androphobic she can't even share a train car with them for fear of close contact, yet no mention of her getting professional counseling is ever made and she relies entirely on Mio and Taro to overcome her phobia (this is justified, however. See [[MM
* [[Third Person Person]]: Noa
* [[Title Drop]]: Episode One ends with Mio referring to Taro as an MM!
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Taro. Though he has his limits. He may be a masochist, but he doesn't want to actually ''die''.
* [[Tsundere]]: Mio is a type A. Arashiko is a type B.
* [[Twelve
* [[Unmoving
* [[Unwanted Harem]]
** Taro so far has Mio, Arashiko, Noa, [[Incest Subtext|Tomoko and Shizuka]].
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* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Tatsukichi, all the way.
** Taro also pulls this twice. He was [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|so convincingly feminine]] that the second time it happened, it was [[Genre Savvy|used and abused in a cafe]] to bring in male customers.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have to Be Cats?]]: Mio's afraid of cats. Even cute little kittens. So much so in Episode 9 she [[Cry Cute|broke down crying in Taro's arms]] after a bakeneko (monster cat) hologram spooks her out inside the Horror House.
* [[Wife
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: The colors of the main cast are as many as there are personal problems.
** Arashiko: medium purple
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** Yukinojo: silver blue
** The unnamed shop owner: blond
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Oh, wow... Mio and Noa have [[A
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