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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: If you dare to stand between Julia and her love interest, you better bring a lot of spare bones. |
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: If you dare to stand between Julia and her love interest, you better bring a lot of spare bones. |
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* [[Bifauxnen]]: When Ryou is in her performance attire, it can be really hard to tell she's a girl. |
* [[Bifauxnen]]: When Ryou is in her performance attire, it can be really hard to tell she's a girl. |
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* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Sera's photo camera. |
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* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Ran really isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. [[The Cutie|Not that this makes her any the less adorable]]... |
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Ran really isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. [[The Cutie|Not that this makes her any the less adorable]]... |
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* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Ryou likes to draw Julia (and others) into these. Julia occasionally lampshades it. |
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Ryou likes to draw Julia (and others) into these. Julia occasionally lampshades it. |
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Saeki - ironic, given that she's about the only main female cast member who's likely to be straight. |
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Saeki - ironic, given that she's about the only main female cast member who's likely to be straight. |
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** Ryou's ESP abilities -see the previous two entries- arguably count as [[Genre Savvy]]. |
** Ryou's ESP abilities -see the previous two entries- arguably count as [[Genre Savvy]]. |
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* [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man]]: Subverted when Julia goes berserk at Ran's mother: |
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Subverted when Julia goes berserk at Ran's mother: |
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{{quote| '''Saeki:''' Julia, wait...! Restrain yourself! You have to restrain yourself...<br /> |
{{quote| '''Saeki:''' Julia, wait...! Restrain yourself! You have to restrain yourself...<br /> |
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'''Saeki:''' ...so at least you don't leave any marks...<br /> |
'''Saeki:''' ...so at least you don't leave any marks...<br /> |
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* [[Homoerotic Dream]] |
* [[Homoerotic Dream]] |
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* [[Identical Panel Gag]] |
* [[Identical Panel Gag]] |
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* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: When Saeki asks Kaoru if her relationship with her young girlfriend is this, Kaoru quite cheerfully [[Averted Trope|shoots it down]]. |
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{{quote| '''Kaoru''': No, it's because she's a girl. I like girls!}} |
{{quote| '''Kaoru''': No, it's because she's a girl. I like girls!}} |
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* [[Important Haircut]]: {{spoiler|Julia}} has short hair in the very last episode. Mainly, this indicates that some time has passed, but {{spoiler|in that time Ran has disappeared, and also Julia has changed somewhat.}} |
* [[Important Haircut]]: {{spoiler|Julia}} has short hair in the very last episode. Mainly, this indicates that some time has passed, but {{spoiler|in that time Ran has disappeared, and also Julia has changed somewhat.}} |
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* [[Red String of Fate]]: A variant of it, in the cover of the first album [http://i49.tinypic.com/imuy5k.jpg\] |
* [[Red String of Fate]]: A variant of it, in the cover of the first album [http://i49.tinypic.com/imuy5k.jpg\] |
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* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: A cause of much angst in chapter 13. |
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: A cause of much angst in chapter 13. |
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* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: Averted! {{spoiler|Even though Shizuka is a famous actress with lots of power and influence, it doesn't stop Julia from putting her in 42 joint locks.}} |
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Averted! {{spoiler|Even though Shizuka is a famous actress with lots of power and influence, it doesn't stop Julia from putting her in 42 joint locks.}} |
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* [[Seme]] / [[Uke]]: Although the [[Word of God]] at the end of the first volume was that the seme and uke roles in Julia/Ran dynamic are not set in stone, {{spoiler|the former}} currently perceives herself as the "passive partner"... much to Saeki's concern. |
* [[Seme]] / [[Uke]]: Although the [[Word of God]] at the end of the first volume was that the seme and uke roles in Julia/Ran dynamic are not set in stone, {{spoiler|the former}} currently perceives herself as the "passive partner"... much to Saeki's concern. |
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* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Julia and Ran. |
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* [[Shout Out]]: ZLAY is a parody of the real life Japanese band GLAY. |
* [[Shout Out]]: ZLAY is a parody of the real life Japanese band GLAY. |
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** And Ran and Julia's names are a reference to Romeo and Juliet. |
** And Ran and Julia's names are a reference to Romeo and Juliet. |
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* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: What the plot revolves around. Chiefly between Julia and Ran, but also between {{spoiler|Rena-chan and Mutsuki.}} Also, played with between {{spoiler|Kaoru and Saeki: since practically the whole cast are gay, it is heavily implied that Saeki might actually be a closet lesbian and that Kaoru's lust for her might not be totally unrequited. This turns out to be a red herring, though.}} |
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: What the plot revolves around. Chiefly between Julia and Ran, but also between {{spoiler|Rena-chan and Mutsuki.}} Also, played with between {{spoiler|Kaoru and Saeki: since practically the whole cast are gay, it is heavily implied that Saeki might actually be a closet lesbian and that Kaoru's lust for her might not be totally unrequited. This turns out to be a red herring, though.}} |
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* [[Visible Sigh]] |
* [[Visible Sigh]] |
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* [[Will They or Won't They]]: Never really gets answered, even after they move in together. |
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Never really gets answered, even after they move in together. |
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* [[Windmill Crusader]]: Julia tends to blow things out of proportion with her [[Mr. Imagination|overactive imagination]], especially during the 'stalker incident'. Since she has a much calmer, not particularly bright character -Ran- as her [[Sempai |
* [[Windmill Crusader]]: Julia tends to blow things out of proportion with her [[Mr. Imagination|overactive imagination]], especially during the 'stalker incident'. Since she has a much calmer, not particularly bright character -Ran- as her [[Sempai-Kohai|foil and sidekick]] and she's also [[The Dulcinea Effect|blissfully unaware of any flaws in the object of her affections]], this would basically make her a [[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]] whose Sancho Panza and Dulcinea happen to be the same person. |
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* [[Word Salad Title]] |
* [[Word Salad Title]] |
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