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As the new school year starts, Ryuuji finds himself in the same class as his friend Yuusaku Kitamaru, and his crush Minori Kushieda (whom he is too bashful to approach). His class also includes the infamous Taiga Aisaka (a.k.a. the "Palmtop Tiger"), the pint-sized terror of the school with a fuse even shorter than her stature, and Minori's best friend.
After an unfortunate first encounter that ends with Taiga [[One
After much ado and a few sword-blows, Ryuuji and Taiga strike a tenuous deal: to use their positions as Best Friends to help each other bag their respective crushes. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Ami. She's smarter than most of them, though--she's [[Kawaiiko|all sweetness and smiles and "Ami-chan is so airheaded!"]] most of the time, and only reveals the [[Alpha Bitch]] within when she thinks she can get away with it. Of course, being one of the main characters, she's played a bit more sympathetically than most other Alpha Bitches/ In later episodes, she drops the facade almost entirely, even around [[Those Two Guys|Kihara and Nanako]] and the rest of the class. Everyone knows how she really is now but [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|love her anyway.]]
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Episode 8. It's probable that {{spoiler|this is where Taiga begins to like Ryuuji, when she yells at everyone for not saving him, and then yelling that he belonged to her.}} Of course, she tries to play it off as looking after her "dog", but the context is there.
* [[Armor
** Once Ami groks the situation (which does take several episodes/books), she becomes like a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|ninja sniper]]. She especially likes to catch Ryuuji by the vending machines with these. Ryuuji gets her back (without realizing it) by calling her a {{spoiler|"kid" after Minori and Yuri praised her for her maturity. This seems to be what convinces her to stay in school, and she later admits that all she wants in life is someone who can pierce her armor.}}
** Minori delivers one in episode 23 which leads to the final [[Drama Bomb]] of the series.
* [[Armor
* [[Art Shift]]
** Twice by Minori when she's trying to scare someone. May overlap into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwDJHvD_rdA Nightmare Fuel for some.].
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* [[Bi the Way]]: Minori, very probably.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Seems to be this, but then [[The Stinger]] turns it into a full-blown [[Earn Your Happy Ending]].}}
* [[Bland
** Sudohbucks Coffee is Starbucks Coffee. Even Ryuuji [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] "How come this place has yet to be sued?" There's also Jonny's (Denny's), and knockoffs of Pocari Sweat and Asahi beer.
** Starbucks is one of the more heavily counterfeited brands IRL and overseas. The odds of actually ''finding'' a "Sudohbucks Coffee" in Japan are reasonably good. The logo will be a reasonable facsimile as well. This is made explicit in the novels.
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* [[Disappeared Dad]] -- Ryuuji's father is missing from the start of the series, possibly dead. {{spoiler|At the end of the series his mother admits they were never married and he ran off with another woman while she was pregnant.}}
* [[Disorganized Outline Speech]]: Taiga is prone to these.
* [[Distracted By the Sexy]] -- In episode 8, the boys were smitten at the sight of Ami in a two-piece bikini (within the school pool, no less). [[Played for Drama]] for all its worth, with Ryuuji nearly drowning after being accidentally shoved over the pool, forcing Taiga, who could barely swim, to rescue him, then [[What the Hell, Hero?|call them out for failing to notice him]] before [[Cry Cute|crying that Ryuuji is hers]].
* [[Dojikko]]
** Taiga, especially around Kitamura, when she is reduced to a quivering wreck. Ami fakes being one; it's all part of her [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative bitchiness.]]
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** There was some commotion made about the cooperation between [[JC Staff]] and Takemiya to ensure an accurate adaptation of Volume 10, which came out near the end of the anime's run. However, there are some fairly large and important differences between versions that indicate that [[JC Staff]] had a rough outline at most to work with, most notably that {{spoiler|in the novel Taiga never transfers, and reunites with Ryuuji and friends come third year, rather than on graduation day}}. There are some other differences with [[Filler]]/Anime original bits of the story that were different or absent in the original novel. For instance:
** Minori supported {{spoiler|Taiga and Ryuuji running away more emphatically, although she didn't give them her life's savings in the novel}}.
** Minori's [[Romantic Two
** In the novel, Ami has {{spoiler|a ''massive'' [[Cry Cute]] moment when she finds out that Taiga has gone with her mother, tearfully declaring her friendship with everyone and her wish to continue the life she's had with her friends}}.
* [[Genki Girl]]
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* [[Hot Blooded]] -- Minori can get quite like this.
* [[Hot Mom]] -- Yasuko.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] -- Ryuji and Taiga.
* [[Identical Grandson]]-- despite being almost identical to his father, Ryuji also resembles his grandfather on Yasuko's side of the family.
* [[Idiot Ball]]
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* [[Lower Deck Episode]] -- The short story "The Palmtop Tiger of Happiness," included at the end of Book 3, is told from the perspective of a freshman who believes Ryuuji is a junior yakuza who's keeping Taiga as some kind of love slave. His attempts to rescue her backfire spectacularly. The anime adaptation abandons this almost entirely, reducing the freshman to a role no larger than Haruta and Noto.
* [[Marshmallow Hell]] -- Ya-chan to Taiga, in a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|warm and fuzzy manner]].
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]] -- Ryuuji & Taiga
* [[Matchmaker Crush]] -- Originally Ryuuji offered to help set up Taiga with Kitamura, with the understanding that later she would help set him up with Minori. {{spoiler|Due to the amount of time they spend together however, it becomes pretty clear who they're going to really end up with.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]] -- Ryuuji (Dragon) and Taiga (Tiger), explicitly called attention to in episode 2.
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** Ya-chan.
** Ami anyone?
* [[Nakama]] -- Yes, it's a [[Love Dodecahedron]], and yes, [[Dysfunction Junction|they ''all'' have issues]], but the [[Five
* [[
* [[Nausea Fuel]]-- In-universe; Inko-chan is considered to be this by Taiga.
* [[Neat Freak]] -- Ryuuji fits this trope to a T. If he sees anything unsanitary, dirty, or messed up clothing, he usually drops whatever he was doing in order to clean/fix it. Becomes a [[Running Gag]] later in the show, such as when they go to the girl's dorm during the ski trip, and the first thing he does is start sorting out socks strewn about the messy room.
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{{quote| "In the cave, it was nothing but a string of failures. Didn't you think 'there’s no way that Kitamura could be this unreliable' or something?"<br />
"Ah, not really, I just thought, 'so this guy really is an idiot?'" }}
* [[Odd Couple]] -- Friendly, [[Nice Guy|nice]] [[Neat Freak|neat freak]] with the [[Face of a Thug|face of a thug]] and [[The Napoleon|short]], [[Hair
* [[Official Couple]] -- Taiga x Ryuuji. For Pete's sake, it's one of the show's alternate titles.
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]] -- "What can you say about a person calling herself airheaded?"
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* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]:
** [[Rie Kugimiya|Taiga]] and [[Yui Horie|Minori]] are no longer "love rivals" in like [[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Louise and Siesta]]. And There's Hirofumi Nojima, [[Shakugan no Shana|Ike's seiyu]].
* [[Romantic Two
** Minori and Taiga's relationship has some elements of this, especially from Minori's side.
** In episode 24, {{spoiler|Minori confesses to Ami that she doesn't know whether she's sad because she's lost Ryuuji to Taiga or Taiga to Ryuuji. Ami later comments that Minori, [[Genki Girl]] that she is, broke down after being dumped by both Ryuuji ''and'' Taiga.}}
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* [[Super Drowning Skills]] -- Taiga has this, though she can kick really well.
* [[Supporting Harem]] -- As it is [[Portmanteau Couple Name|suggested by the title]], this is more of a romantic comedy with two extra girls than a [[Harem Anime]].
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] -- Ami and also Sumire.
* [[Tempting Fate]] -- When Minori and Ryuji are in a dark storeroom, Minori comments that it'd be interesting if they were to suddenly get locked in there. Queue door being shut by the manager who thought she left the door unlocked.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] -- Ami gives a particularly harsh one to Minori during the ski trip. It seems to [[Berserk Button|legitimately piss off]] Minori for the first time ever, and while it seems they let it slide, the next day Ami seems to keep getting hit by the sled ridden by Taiga and Minori. {{spoiler|It's likely that this happened because Ami likes Ryuuji, but was told in an earlier episode by Taiga not to interfere with him while he tries to confess his love for Minori. But Minori continues to hide behind her [[Genki Girl]] facade, and act as if nothing happened. Considering all the mistakes and slip ups Minori was making in earlier episodes, Ami has reason to be angry, since she can't stand Minori not being true to her feelings, and at least giving Ryuuji a clear answer so in the event she rejects him, she could then legitimately move in on him.}}
* [[Those Two Guys]]
** Noto and Haruta.
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* [[Training Montage]] -- Ryuuji teaches Taiga how to swim. Comes complete with a ''Chariots of Fire'' [[The Jimmy Hart Version|sound-alike]] and a balancing exercise on a pole against a sunset!
* [[Trash of the Titans]] - Taiga's apartment when Ryuuji visits her the first time.
* [[Two
* [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]] -- This series is rather fond of this trope. {{spoiler|Taiga falls for Kitamura after rejecting his initial confession; too bad by this point he's moved on to pine after Sumire. Towards the end of the series, Minori finally admits that she returns Ryuuji's feelings for her - right after he's realized that he's moved on and is in love with Taiga instead.}}
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] -- Ami and Taiga and {{spoiler|Ami and Minori}} appear to have this kind of relationship by the end of the series.
* [[Waif Fu]] -- Despite her frail, doll-like appearance, Taiga manages to put up quite a fight against strong adversaries.
* [[What Do You Mean
{{quote| '''Eternal Circle of Transmigration!'''}}
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]] -- Minori. She practically rivals [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Touya Kinomoto]] for all the part-time jobs she's taking. In a variation, she keeps all these jobs because of something she heard from one of [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Nozomu Itoshiki]]'s lectures.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]] -- Taiga and Ryuuji. Pretty firm on the 'They Will' side, though, given that the show's ''title'' means 'Tiger and Dragon' (Taiga x Ryuu, in other words).
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] -- Minori, although its hard to tell what genre she ''thinks'' she's in. Probably all of them.
* [[Yaoi Fangirl]] - In the novels, when the boys propose a [[Cosplay Cafe]] for the [[School Festival]], several unnamed girls counter with a Yaoi Cafe:
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