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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:cit_prunus_girl_-_beach_trip.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''My name is Aikawa Kizuna, and [[Dropped a Bridget On Him\|despite how I look, I'm male]]!''}} While looking at the results of his high school entrance exam, Maki has a fated encounter with a cute girl. To his horror, the "girl" -- Aikawa Kizuna -- happily announces that he's a ''guy'' during their class introductions. Aikawa mercilessly teases Maki thereafter about his ambiguous gender -- which aside from Aikawa's own claims [[Ambiguous Gender\|isn't definitively proven]] -- and an [[Dropped a Bridget On Him\|awkward relationship]] is formed. ''[[Prunus Girl]]'' is an ongoing [[Shounen]] manga series by Tomoki Matsumoto, with four volumes out so far.{{when}} An example of [[Otokonoko Genre]]. ---- {{tropelist}} * [[The Ace]] --: Maki's a real winner at everything: sports, grades, girls... you name it! ** As long as it's not Aikawa [[Mind Screw\|Mind Screwing]] him with his [[Recursive Crossdressing\|visually]] [[Ambiguous Gender\|ambiguous]] gender, of course. * [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] --: The school's Director gives the Student Council free rein to do largely as it pleases provided it doesn't interfere with classes, because she believes the students ''are'' the school. Notable in that the Director apparently set it up that way personally {{spoiler\|with Kandaka-sensei and Substitute Director Ranbashi when they were students}}. * ~~'''~~[[Ambiguous Gender]]~~'''~~: Used ''mercilessly'' against Maki; Aikawa repeatedly admits to being male but makes for a very convincing girl. {{quote\| '''Aikawa:''' Am I a guy? Or a girl? Which do you think is true?~~<br />~~ '''Maki:''' W-which? Well, a guy... No, you totally look like a girl, so...~~<br />~~ '''Aikawa:''' I'm fine with whichever you end up thinking. }} When he does [[I See London\|accidentally find out]]... it's ''still'' left ambiguous, as it's covered up by Maki's [[Spit Take]]. Then he says "I finally understand..." but in a loss for words, [http://www.mangareader.net/439-42640-16/prunus-girl/chapter-9.html he eventually drops the matter]. * The ambiguity rises to a meta level on this point because [http://www.batoto.com/read/_/191/prunus-girl_ch9_by_no-group/15 another translation]{{Dead link}} strongly implies what Maki "finally understands" is whether Aikawa wears boys' or girls' underwear, not anything conclusive about Aikawa's sex... So whether this particular [[The Un -Reveal\|Unreveal]] even ''happened'' is up for debate. ** Aikawa does eventually show up at Maki's dorm room in a boy's uniform and removes the shirt, showing off a tank top and absolutely no curves. Of course, this proves nothing, but... * [[Ambiguously Bi]] --: Yaotome. She has flirted with Maki, Aikawa and Shion. Maki couldn't tell if she was serious or not as she confessed to all of them with no changes to her facial expression or tone of voice. Further comments seem to support her bisexuality, but she really could be messing with everyone. * [[Bedmate Reveal]] -- Maki wakes up one morning... only to find Aikawa lying right next to him. * [[Boy Meets Girl]]/[[Meet Cute]] -- Parodied in Chapter 27 {{spoiler\|with a crossdressing Maki and Kadoyama}}. * [[Bridal Carry]] -- One "couple", [https://web.archive.org/web/20140110225037/http://mangafox.me/manga/prunus_girl/v01/c007/25.html two] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120401131919/http://mangafox.me/manga/prunus_girl/v05/c029/20.html occasions]. * [[Brilliant but Lazy]] -- Maki is somewhat, but the real exemplar here must be Kadoyama, of all people - he gets the absolute best test scores in their class yet still copies Maki's homework. * [[Brother -Sister Incest]] -- {{spoiler\|Kei appears to have a brother complex towards her younger twin brother, Ken. It seems to be one-sided on her part, though. At least until chapter 31, where he openly checks out her breasts when she asks him about his breast size preference.}} * [[Beach Episode\|Beach Chapter]] -- Chapter 2. Kadoyama, in particular, is eager to see what Aikawa wears, but it ends up being a hoodie. * [[Capture the Flag]] -- Chapters 12 and 13. With [[Water Guns and Balloons]]. And it was ''[[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~It's Not Awesome?\|awesome]]''. * [[Cast Full of Gay]] -- Let's see... Three [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] (two a couple) {{spoiler\|and another lesbian couple in the school faculty}}, [[Even the Guys Want Him\|everyone is gay for Aikawa]], one [[Ambiguously Bi]] class representative, [[Single -Target Sexuality\|Aikawa only shows interest in Maki]], and [[Everyone Can See It\|Maki struggles desperately to maintain any claim to heterosexuality]]. About the only ones who can get away with claiming to be unambiguously straight are the [[Yaoi Fangirl]], [[Hopeless Suitor]] [[Just Friends\|Asakura Asami]], and {{spoiler\|Sasakino Kei, who is interested only in her ''twin brother'' Ken. Who may return that interest}}. Oh, and possibly the old chemistry teacher, who we've heard nothing about at all. * [[Class Is in Room X -01]] -- Class A, which seems to be composed of a bunch of nuts for whom Maki gets to play [[Straight Man]]. Not that the rest of the school is much better. * [[Class Representative]] -- Yaotome. * [[Clingy Jealous Girl\|Clingy Jealous "Girl"]] -- Aikawa, already clingy, acts a bit jealous whenever any hint comes up that Maki might have a love life outside of him. Line 33 ⟶ 34: * [[Covert Pervert]] -- Yaotome, right out the gate. Though some of it may be an act. * [[Cuteness Proximity]] -- [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]]. If shown a picture of a cute kitty-cat, Maki will instantly take a chance to stroke its fur after school. ** [[Animal -Eared Headband\|Cat ears]], however, are an abomination. * [[Cosplay Otaku Girl\|Cosplay Otaku Girl(?)]]: Aikawa loves to dress up at any available opportunity, such as during club recruitment and the summer festival. [[Ambiguous Gender\|We're still wondering about the "girl" part of this trope.]] * [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"\|Don't Call Me]] [[Gratuitous Japanese\|Knight]]! -- Apparently, it doesn't match with his appearance. * [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]] -- Logically, Maki "knows" that Aikawa is a guy, but he still can't help but be frequently embarrassed by Aikawa's antics (and occasionally be tempted to take up offers to personally verify gender). Meanwhile, his friend Kadoyama is hopeless over Aikawa, declaring "who cares as long as (s)he's cute!" and getting really worked up. A nameless herd of classmates seem to agree. ** Also done to [[New Transfer Student]] and Maki's old friend, Hanasaka Shion, who is a lesbian. Doesn't stop her from trying to steal Aikawa from Maki even after the Bridget is dropped. * [[Emotionless Girl]] -- Somewhere between this and [[Deadpan Snarker]] for Yaotome, only she never drops the deadpan. * [[Everyone Can See It]] -- About the only people who don't assume Maki and Aikawa are somehow involved with each other are those who think they look perfect together anyway. Especially the [[Yaoi Fangirl]]. * [[Fridge Logic]] -- Invoked in the following conversation. {{quote\| ''(Aikawa washes his hands in the boys' room. Maki watches.)''~~<br />~~ '''Maki''': You know, just looking at you walk out the cubicle gives me the heebie-jibbies.~~<br />~~ '''Aikawa''': So, what? You're saying I should use the girls' room? That's sick.~~<br />~~ '''Maki''': [[Sarcasm Mode\|Like being in the boys' room dressed like a girl isn't.]] }} * [[Friendly Tickle Torture]] -- For two pages in the fourteenth chapter, Maki discovers that Aikawa's tingly spot is somewhere at the back and with compelling curiosity, he proceeds with the full course. And since we're talking about [[The Tease\|Aikawa]] here, the results are pretty obvious. Line 56 ⟶ 57: * [[Hidden Depths]] -- You'd be forgiven for not knowing that Kadoyama is the highest scoring student in the main class and among the best in school. * [[Hopeless Suitor]] -- Any third party who vies for Maki or Aikawa's affections, but especially Asami, whom [[Butt Monkey\|circumstances conspire to taunt]] about her crush on Maki very nearly every time she appears, from the start of the series. Even when the Student Council promises a date for anyone who can catch Maki or Aikawa during the culture festival, all she can even imagine asking is for Maki to accompany her shopping. * [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl\|Huge Guy, Tiny Guy]] -- Maki is one of the tallest guys in his grade, and Aikawa is ''tiny''. * [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]] -- Yaotome and the rest of the student council to Naitou. * [[If ~~Its~~It's You ~~Its~~It's Okay]] -- Maki is the only guy Shion considers remotely worth going straight for, and has admitted she loves him - only [[The Four Loves\|not romantically]], she only likes girls for that. Aikawa, meanwhile, seems to inspire this in every otherwise-straight adolescent male he comes across. ** {{spoiler\|Non believes this is the nature of her attraction to Shion for a long time, that it's a one-off interest in Shion herself. And then Non starts finding Kana terribly attractive as well, and [[Averted Trope\|realizes she's just gay]].}} * [[Incompatible Orientation]] -- So far, Maki's only real objection to being with Aikawa. Increasingly flimsy, however. * [[Large Ham]] -- Student council president Chris <s>[[Gratuitous Japanese\|Naitou]]</s> Knight ''loves'' [http://www.mangareader.net/prunus-girl/19/3 big introductions.] ** Does he remind you of [http://sekirei.wikia.com/wiki/Minaka_Hiroto anyone]? * [[Last -Name Basis]] -- Maki never refers to anyone by their given name unless pushed to, and then goes right back to using surnames afterward. Understandable with most of the cast given he only just met them at the start of the school year, but more noticeable with Shion and Kana, who were classmates and friends of his in middle school. Meanwhile, even the other guys (who mostly stick to surnames as well) call Maki by his given name. * [[Mask Power]] -- Maki dons a fox mask and becomes the legendary hero... "[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin\|Fox Mask]]"... [[Rescue Romance\|to drive off some guys bothering Aikawa]]. * [[~~Motifs~~Motif]] -- Aikawa has one for peaches, cherries, and plums. Which are of the [[Meaningful Name\|genus]] [[Fridge Brilliance\|Prunus]]. * [[Necktie Leash]] -- [http://www.mangareader.net/439-37678-6/prunus-girl/chapter-8.html Shion's tugging on Maki's necktie.] * [[Not a Date]] -- Aikawa encountered a suitor, and in a panic said he had a boyfriend. So he goes on a date with Maki to throw the guy off. Maki comments that their "date" is basically what they do normally, but from the suitor's perspective they act like the ''perfect'' loving couple. {{spoiler\|And after he finally leaves, Maki and Aikawa ''continue'' their "date".}} Line 71 ⟶ 72: The two face a Round Two in Chapter 18 when student council chairperson Yaotome barges in what looks like a makeout session between the two of them (it's one-sided, as usual) on the rooftop which is supposedly out-of-bounds. And again in a bonus chapter after chapter 32 when, {{spoiler\|dressed up as a vampire for Halloween, Aikawa "bites" Maki's neck and leaves a hickey which lasts through the next day, and everyone notices}}. Kadoyama in particular leaps once more to conclusions about [[This and That]]. * [[Off -Model]] -- possibly due to the 2011 Earthquake in Japan, chapter 22 is quite literally half-finished, with a majority of the pages not fully inked in. * [[Only One Name]] -- Maki's surname has still never been revealed. Everyone just calls him by his given name, even just after first meeting him, though [[Last -Name Basis\|he only ever uses people's surnames]]. Even his doorplate has only been shown with his given name on it, despite other doorplates having surnames. * [[Pocky]] [[Spaghetti Kiss\|Kiss]] -- Aikawa tried this on poor Maki. Luckily for him, she let him off the hook. * [[Real Men Wear Pink]] -- Not as bad as some ''[[Toradora ~~(Light Novel)\|Toradora~~!]]'' yankee, but still, Maki is quite skilled at chores. * [[~~The Reason You Suck Speech\|~~"The Reason You Suck" Speech]] -- Appearances aside, <s>[[Do Not Call Me "Paul"\|Naitou]]</s> ''Chris'' is a [[Ridiculously Average Guy]] in everything else. * [[Recursive Crossdressing]] -- Aikawa teases Maki with this theory. Could Aikawa have been lying about his gender all this time? ** And if one were to assume Aikawa is a guy, in Chapter 17, he goes to school in a boy's uniform, it weirds people out, especially Maki (whose uniform Aikawa was wearing, coincidentally) and he went back to wearing the girl's uniform like normal at the end of the chapter. * [[Rescue Romance]] -- Aikawa gets accosted by two thugs but gets rescued by Maki in a fox mask, who easily scares the thugs away with crazy kung-fu skills and sweeps Aikawa off his feet (and onto some steps to repair Aikawa's broken sandal). Subverted, though, as apparently the whole production was to prevent ''Aikawa'' from kicking their asses and getting in trouble. He gets an unwanted kiss on the cheek for his efforts. Cue the festival fireworks. * [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] -- Shion really likes girls. {{spoiler\|But it seems after a little coercing, she has given some thought about going for a boy. And when she says "boy", she means ''[[If ~~Its~~It's You ~~Its~~It's Okay\|just Maki]]''.}} {{spoiler\|Later developments reveal that the entire reason Shion moved to the new school is because her girlfriend's father reacted poorly when they came out of the closet to him. When the other girl, Kana, follows her in the new school they return to being a couple.}} {{spoiler\|When posed with the question that she has somebody whom she likes, Non realises she has developed feelings for Shion. Much to Non's chargin, it takes a turn for the worse when she becomes attracted to Shion's girlfriend, Kana, upon eavesdropping on their reunion.}} ** {{spoiler\|Kandaka-sensei and Substitute Director Ranbashi were pretty close when they were schoolgirls. When Shion suggests they still may be doing "all kind of intimate things at night", Kandaka's answer indirectly confirms it. And a later chapter when Ranbashi finally appears ''directly'' confirms it.}} * [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]] -- Maki and Aikawa as seen by everyone around them, despite not actually having a romantic relationship. Almost entirely thanks to Aikawa, though Maki has the rare moment that is shockingly romantic coming from someone as reticent as him. Also, {{spoiler\|Shion and Kana ''so very much'', almost once a chapter, once they get back together}}. * [[Single -Target Sexuality]] -- Aikawa is the only person who ever gets a reaction out of Maki, who is otherwise completely uninterested in "girls". He "deals with" one love letter off-page "thinking that ever since starting high school~~[[hottip::~~<ref>[[Dropped a Bridget On Him\|ahem]]</ref> those letters failed to get him worked up" and obliviously brushes aside the attempts of another girl to get his attention. * And in reverse point of view, Maki is the only boy Aikawa's interested in. * [[The Slacker]] -- Maki wants to approach high school life with this attitude, hating the idea of joining clubs, dating, or otherwise doing more than strictly necessary; but he also approaches any task he ''has'' to do (like tests and chores) with the attitude that doing it right the first time is best, to get it out of the way. Aikawa's interference keeps him from getting to laze about in his free time with comics and cooking magazines like he wants, though. Aikawa is more of a true slacker, gleefully grabbing hold of whatever excuse crops up to avoid schoolwork. Line 92 ⟶ 93: * [[Teach Him Anger\|Teach Her Seduction]] -- Aikawa teaches fellow girl classmates how to make advances towards guys. Later, one of said girls 'seduces' Aikawa. And it's a [[Chekhov's Skill]]. * [[The Tease]] -- Aikawa loves being coy around Maki. * [[The Un -Reveal]] -- Aikawa's "pretty unusual for a guy" issue regarding unwanted body hair. {{quote\| '''Maki''': [[Too Much Information\|I didn't need to hear that!]]~~<br />~~ ''(That night, Maki had a nightmare.)'' }} ** A later chapter does reveal this, in passing; {{spoiler\|"Is that why there's no hair down there?"}} Line 101 ⟶ 102: * [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] -- Aikawa. * [[Wingding Eyes]] -- Aikawa gets [[Heart Symbol\|heart]] eyes after eating a "love candy". * [[Yaoi Fangirl]] -- {{spoiler\|The tragic fate of Haruko Satou, the girl whose plan to get Maki's attention was interrupted by Aikawa in the first chapter, as revealed in an omake (with a side-by-side comparison of her initial appearance).}} [[Shipper Onon Deck\|Rabid shipper]] of Aikawa and Maki. {{reflist}} [[Category:Otokonoko Genre]] [[Category:Manga]] [[Category:~~Prunus Girl~~{{PAGENAME}}]]