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* [[Deconstructed Trope]]: [[True Companions]], as Takayuki and Mitsuki's devotion to Haruka takes '''huge''' tolls on the three.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: If you only see the anime, you wouldn't notice that some extras like ''the doctor'' or some of her assistants, and Mayu/Ayu can be love interests. Of course, some may be for the best, if you look at the [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]] section...

* [[Evolving Credits]]: The series doesn't have the normal opening until the third episode, when the main story takes place.

* [[Faux Yay]]: Takayuki on Shinji in episode 1. Shinji is less than amused.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Takayuki, after the accident. He stays that way until Mitsuki finally snaps him out of it.

* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: Hayase Mitsuki, a once-in-a-generation swimming prodigy, has the makings of an Olympic-Grade Champion. {{spoiler|She leaves it behind to take care of her best friend Haruka's boyfriend Takayuki, so suicidally depressed over Haruka's car-accident induced coma (which Mitsuki blames herself for) that he could not finish high school, and ends up with Takayuki herself. Three years later when Haruka awakens, Takayuki flirts on the edge of leaving Mitsuki. Adding insult to injury, Mitsuki (now a mere office lady) meets an old rival who is now an Olympic-level champion swimmer herself, doubly reminding her of the [[Senseless Sacrifice|meaninglessness of her sacrifice]]. And to make matters worse, once she reveals what she did to the awakened Haruka, Haruka did NOT take it well and drove her away, destroying their friendship and really leaving Mitsuki with literally ''nothing''.}}

* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: See [[Half Truth]] above.

** Also Akane. Did her parents even bother to tell her that "Takayuki won't be seeing her anymore, since we told him to stop coming"? Nope, hence the incredibly painful to watch scene where Akane tells both of them off for not coming to visit (in the latter case, Mitsuki actually wanted to visit but was called a traitor by Akane herself).

* [[Running Gag]]: Haruka getting involved in a vehicle accident carries over to age's other works like [[Muv Luv Alternative]] and Ayu-Mayu Theater.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The producers of the anime series did their research on PTSD as it applies to Takayuki, and it shows.

* [[The Klutz]]: Mayu. She even has band-aids all over her face. Which begs the question, why didn't she have one handy when Takayuki cut his finger in the anime?

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Mitsuki hums the opening at the beginning of Episode 8.

* [[Utsuge]]

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Referenced in Mayal's Gift in the final episode.

 

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