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[[File:shinshidoumei.jpg|frame|Counter-clockwise: Maora, Haine, Takanari, Ushio, Maguri]]
Ex-Yanki [[Genki Girl]] Haine Otomiya's tale is typical of a shoujo series. She fell in love with a young man, Shizumasa Togu, as a child, and after a certain point she decided to [[New Transfer Student|transfer]] to the [[Elaborate University High|prestigious school he attends]] and try to win his love. Much to her despair, however, he is unexpectedly cold to her and claims to not remember her.
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''Shinshi Doumei Cross'' (or ''The Gentleman's Alliance'', as it's known in English) is an 11-volume manga by [[Arina Tanemura]] (of ''[[Full Moon wo Sagashite]]'' fame), licensed by [[Viz Media]] and fully available in English. It's Tanemura's longest manga to date<ref>although her current series, ''Sakura Hime Kaden'', looks set to overtake it</ref> and is notable for being the first of her series to not include any [[Magical Girl]] elements at all.
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* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]]
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* [[Bertha in The Attic]]: {{spoiler|Takanari in the basement!}}
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: {{spoiler|Touya}}
* [[Big Screwed
* [[Bi the Way]]: Maora is attracted to both Haine and Maguri.
** Ushio, too, ends up with Senri and is shown dating (and implied to be sleeping with) [[Really Gets Around|scores of boys]] - but the latter turns out to be a ploy for Haine's attention, who she's in love with. She even succeeds in guilting her into a (brief) relationship.
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* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Ushio claims this for a good part of the series.
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Haine - as are most readers, probably - is shocked to learn Maora's true gender. It causes her some angst the next chapter, as she worries that she might've offended Maora with her (over-)reaction to this revelation.
* [[Elaborate University High]]: The Imperial Academy. (Even [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Haine.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Takanari.
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* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Shizumasa, a male example.}}
* [[Inter Class Romance]]: Haine is poor and Shizumasa is rich. Slightly inverted in that Haine is not poor in any real sense; she's just significantly less wealthy than Shizumasa. Still, it plays just as the trope is described.
* [[Laser
* [[Long
* [[Love Bubbles]]
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]
* [[Love Triangle]]: What the [[Love Dodecahedron
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Itsuki to Haine.}}
* [[Malaproper]]: Haine, big time.
* [[May
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Most every character is to at least one other's affections, though the two greatest are Takanari in regards to Maguri's feelings for him (who is open about them to every other character, but goes into [[Cannot Spit It Out]] mode around Takanari himself) and Maguri with Maora's (though it works out for them anyway).
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Haine's teacher dresses in a bunny hood and [[Adult Child|often acts like a child, including having a crush on a cat.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Only a Flesh Wound]]}}: {{spoiler|Haine is shot in the shoulder and just sort of shrugs it off (No pun intended)}}
* [[Only Six Faces]]: In classic Arina Tanemura style.
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Yep, pretty much ''everyone'' gets paired off in the ending. Kasuga suddenly crushing on Kiriaki is particularly random.
* [[Paper
** Deliberately invoked with the Warden {{spoiler|being the high school principal.}} Haine even remarks that his uniform is in the corner of the office.
* [[Pimped
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Maika
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Ushio.
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* [[Second Love]]: And ''how!'' {{spoiler|Takanari for Haine, Ushio for Senri (and vice versa), Kazuhito for Maika, Ryokka for Itsuki, Komaki for Kusame, Maora for Maguri.}}
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Everyone is surprised when Kasuga shows up well-dressed to the hospital.
* [[
* [[Student Council President]]: {{spoiler|Takanari}}/Shizumasa. The president is referred to as "Koutei" ("Emperor") at the school. Meanwhile, Komaki is the SCP for the middle school, with Kusame as her vice-president.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Kasuga can even make a gay guy like Maguri blush. {{spoiler|She ''is'' related to the Togu twins, mind you.}}
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** Also, when {{spoiler|Haine was shot}} in Chapter 46 {{spoiler|and just sort of shrugged it off.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Twin Switch]]}}
* [[Unwanted Harem]]: Takanari has this in THE ENTIRE FEMALE (and [[Even the Guys Want Him|some of the male]]) BODY at school, to the extent where he claims homosexuality and maintains a [[The Beard|fake lover]] at all times. Haine (initially) and Maguri count as being in it, too, though he never [[Oblivious to Love|clues in]] to the latter's affections.
** Haine also had one - as is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] after Ushio's kiss, everyone in the student council sans Maguri had some degree of feelings for Haine at one point or another in the story. Shizumasa and Kusame do and did at one point, too.
* [[When She Smiles]]: Ushio
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