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* [[The Ditz]] -- Kanako knows she's an idiot and is proud of it. When she opened Sachi's notes for her supplementary exams that "even an idiot could understand", she failed to even understand ''those''.

* [[Does Not Like Men]] -- Due to a grade-school experience (losing her recorder and PE uniform), Kanako is allergic to men. So does Shizu, courtesy of ''her own twin brother''.

* [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune]] --

* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]] --

** The opening for both seasons ("''Hanaji''" and "''Runrunriru Ranranrara''") are sung by [[Yuu Kobayashi]], and the second season's opening for the first 2 episodes ("''Mousou Senshi Miyamae Kanako''") is by [[Tomokazu Sugita]].

** The two seasons' ending themes, however, are covers of Yellow Magic Orchestra's "''Kimi ni, Mune Kyun''" and Linda Yamamoto's "''Dounimo Tomaranai''", as sung by Kobayashi, [[Asami Sanada]] and [[Marina Inoue]].

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* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] -- One of "The Final Countdown" plays during some shocking moments.

* [[Kuudere]] -- Kiri.

* [[Last Episode New Character]] -- Jayano Enjouji. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]: {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream|she's entirely in Kanako's dream]]}}.

* [[Last-Episode New Character]] -- Jayano Enjouji. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] and [[Inverted Trope|inverted]]: {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream|she's entirely in Kanako's dream]]}}.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] -- Kanako, though mostly to Mariya, says some perverted things without a second thought, and joined the school specifically to hit on girls.

* [[Love Letter Lunacy]] -- Kiri gets a letter from a man she met on the train and tries to reject him, but it just doesn't work. Kanako remains in the dark during this entire segment. Then a letter from the man ends up with Sachi...

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'''God:''' "DVD player..." [Bribery and corruption indeed] }}

* [[Measuring Day]]

* [[Medium Awareness]] -- When one episode has pop-up notes on idioms and other random factoids, Mariya and Matsurika somehow become aware of them towards the end of the episode. Mariya himself indicates he cosplays in [[Meido|maid]] and [[Hello Nurse|nurse]] outfits to provide [[Fan Service]] during an episode, noting how little screentime he's gotten.

* [[Medium Awareness]] -- When one episode has pop-up notes on idioms and other random factoids, Mariya and Matsurika somehow become aware of them towards the end of the episode. Mariya himself indicates he cosplays in [[Meido|maid]] and [[Hello, Nurse!|nurse]] outfits to provide [[Fan Service]] during an episode, noting how little screentime he's gotten.

** In the [[Omake]] at the end of volume 1, Kanako states that she's just [[No Fourth Wall|''read through the volume itself'']], and Mariya answers a letter from a male reader who [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|asks Mariya to marry him]], and responds in [[Biting the Hand Humor|no uncertain terms how he feels about such propositions]].

** In episode 4 of ''Alive'', Kanako comes to the conclusion that Mariya is prosecuting her because he wants her spot as the main character of the show (which isn't helped by the fact that his name is on the title). Matsurika just tells her that it's the least of her concerns.

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** [[Tomokazu Sugita]]: [[Sexy Priest|Father]] [[Chick Magnet|Touichirou Kanae]]

** [[Megumi Toyoguchi]]: [[Hot Teacher|Fumi Kumagai]]

** [[Akeno Watanabe]]: [[Last Episode New Character|Jayano Enjouji]]

** [[Akeno Watanabe]]: [[Last-Episode New Character|Jayano Enjouji]]

** [[Chiaki Omigawa]]: Komachi Yamako

** [[Emiri Katou]]: [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Miki Miyamae]]

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** The second season ending, ''Dou mi Mou Tomaranai'', is also a cover of an 80's tune.

* [[Red Armband of Leadership]]: The committee for the Virgin Mary festival.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]] -- [[Jerkass|Mariya]] has them.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] -- [[Jerkass|Mariya]] has them.

* [[Rule of Cool]] -- Meido Guitar!

** Note that this refers not to a meido playing a guitar but a meido [[Rule of Funny|used as a guitar]].

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* [[The Seven Mysteries]] -- Kanako is responsible for all of them, generally due to profuse [[Nosebleed|nosebleeding]]. Kumagai-sensei later tells her that the school's seven mysteries change annually, but seven ''other'' mysteries about God have never changed, ranging from the genuinely mysterious ("[[Older Than They Look|How old is she?]]") to mundane [[Fridge Logic]] ("Why are Virtual Boys not banned along with the other electronics?" -- she later claims she likes things with a tragic history...). If anyone happens to learn all seven mysteries, the dorm manager will do... [[Noodle Incident|well, something, anyway]].

* [[Serious Business]] -- Shizu's attitude towards the inheritance competition. Mariya thinks otherwise.

* [[Shout Out]] -- C'mon, it's ''[[Studio Shaft]]''. Father Kanae's speech appears in bubbles just like the salamander-thingy in ''[[Pani Poni Dash]]'', and later has a moment of [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|quadruple-shot bout of despair]].

* [[Shout-Out]] -- C'mon, it's ''[[Studio Shaft]]''. Father Kanae's speech appears in bubbles just like the salamander-thingy in ''[[Pani Poni Dash]]'', and later has a moment of [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|quadruple-shot bout of despair]].

** Kanako also borrows [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Itoshiki-sensei's]] despair animation.

*** And then proceeds to reflect on how happy she was.

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* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]] -- Kanako and Father Kanae are extremely similar, except she's [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lesbian]] and he's [[Hot for Student]], and they both even engage in [[Inner Monologue|Inner Monologues]] which are preceded by [[Surrogate Soliloquy|"Dear mother/mama up in heaven."]]

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] -- Kanako towards Mariya. For that matter, the audience towards Mariya. He does make a ''really'' good woman.

* [[Super Deformed]] -- Things often become super deformed during Kanako's imaginings and other funny moments.

* [[Super-Deformed]] -- Things often become super deformed during Kanako's imaginings and other funny moments.

* [[Surreal Theme Tune]] -- The OP tune itself is mostly straightforward, but the imagery associated with it in the title sequence pushes it into absurd territory.

** The theme tune is sung from the point of view of a young lesbian who is tortured by a [[Villainous Crossdresser]]. Except it's sung by [[Yuu Kobayashi]] (Mariya). It would fit as a mockery by Mariya.