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''A Youth Like This'' is an independent 20-minutes Japanese short film directed and writted by [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Tomoko Kuroki]] starring Asuka Katou, Yuri Tamura, Kotomi Komiyama and Hina Nemoto. It was presented as a DoubleFeature in the same function [[MorePopularSpinoff with the much more well-received]] "''A Stupidcool Daily Life''" for the Firefly Light Festival of the Harajuku Makuhari High School.

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''A Youth Like This'' is an independent 20-minutes Japanese short film directed and writted by [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Tomoko Kuroki]] starring [[TeamMom Asuka Katou, Katou]], [[TheStoic Yuri Tamura, Tamura]], [[FriendlyEnemy Kotomi Komiyama Komiyama]] and [[PerpetualSmiler Hina Nemoto.Nemoto]]. It was presented as a DoubleFeature in the same function [[MorePopularSpinoff with the much more well-received]] "''A Stupidcool Daily Life''" for the Firefly Light Festival of the Harajuku Makuhari High School.
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* NoBudget: The film was shot entirely with smartphone cameras and with a bunch of the director's friends and acquaintances for no pay.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Originally, the scene where Nemoto starts making lewd noices had her doing them on screen before a teacher deemed inapropiate for a school festival and asked it to be edited out, which is why in the movie proper the scene changes to scenes of landscapes.


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* MorePopularSpinoff: "''A Stupidcool Daily Life''" was originally made as a complement to this movie but got a much better reception of the audience.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original idea for the movie was to recreate that feeling of previous problems before a school festival by setting up the filming of someone holding the data while running to the school before the time to project the movie runs out at the same time the rest of students buy time by ad-libing.
** Later on, it was considered the same idea as a FramingDevice but was dropped after the director messed up the introduction.
** A subplot involving Mari getting a male love interest, played by Tomoki Kuroki was considered.
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Every character in the movie is female. There are no boys to be found anywhere, not in the Literature Club, not in the Student Council, and not even as extras. [[spoiler:Mari is even impregnated by another girl, albeit one with "both sets of equipment]].

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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Every character in the movie is female. There are no boys to be found anywhere, not in the Literature Club, not in the Student Council, and not even as extras. [[spoiler:Mari is even impregnated by another girl, albeit one with "both sets of equipment]].equipment"]].
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* ImprobablyFemaleCast: Every character in the movie is female. There are no boys to be found anywhere, not in the Literature Club, not in the Student Council, and not even as extras. [[spoiler:Mari is even impregnated by another girl, albeit one with "both sets of equipment]].
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* BigEater: Implied. Shizue noted how fast the rest of the Club eated the ramen and the DistantFinale has one of the girls mentioning the club spends more time eating that reading.

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* BigEater: Implied. Shizue noted how fast the rest of the Club eated ate the ramen and the DistantFinale has one of the girls mentioning the club spends more time eating that reading.



** Kichida's only part of the Student Council because she's a notorious delinquent they want to keep a close eye on. And implicitly use as a sex slave.

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** Kichida's only part of the Student Council because she's a notorious delinquent {{delinquent|s}} they want to keep a close eye on. And implicitly use as a sex slave.



* HappinessInSlavery: Downplayed but despite her being forced as a sex slave and as a member of the council, Kichida doesn't seem to dislike being a part of the council.

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* HappinessInSlavery: Downplayed but despite her being forced as a sex slave {{sex slave}} and as a member of the council, Kichida doesn't seem to dislike being a part of the council.



* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The continued existence of the Second Literature Club is so important that its members are willing to go on a quick recruitment drive, beat the Student Council at a game of baseball, and even spend money bribe the umpire to set the game's rules in their favor. Likewise, the Student Council are willing to do the same thing to shut the club down (even though they could have done so easily without the trouble).

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* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The continued existence of the Second Literature Club is so important that its members are willing to go on a quick recruitment drive, beat the Student Council at a game of baseball, and even spend money bribe bribing the umpire to set the game's rules in their favor. Likewise, the Student Council are willing to do the same thing to shut the club down (even though they could have done so easily without the trouble).



* SerialRapist: All of the members of the Student Council are rumored to have sexually asaulted Kichida frequently.

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* SerialRapist: All of the members of the Student Council are rumored to have sexually asaulted assaulted Kichida frequently.



* TokenRomance: Neither Mari nor Kichida ever interact, but they hook up offscreen some time after the baseball game [[spoiler:and conceive a child together.]]

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* TokenRomance: Neither Mari nor Kichida ever interact, but they hook up offscreen some time after the baseball game [[spoiler:and conceive a child together.]]together]].

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* LameComeback: Tomoka doesn't have the most spirited response to Sasayama's pre-game taunt.
-->'''Sasayama''': I'm impressed that you didn't run away. \\
'''Tomoka''': Ah, yeah. \\
'''Glasses''': [[LampshadeHanging You can give a better response than that.]]



* OnlySaneMan: Glasses. Who is the only character who lampshade the inconsistencies of the movie.

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* OnlySaneMan: Glasses. Who is the only character who lampshade lampshades the inconsistencies of the movie.
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* InformedFlaw: Mari isn't good at eating contests according to Glasses. However, she along with the other three core members of the club are shown to be incredibly fast eaters in the second ramen restaurant scene.

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* ClubStub: The Literature Club consists of only four members. One of the conditions they have to meet to keep it afloat is to get at least five, at least one of whom be a first year student. They find one in Shizue.


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* ClubStub: The Literature Club consists of only four members. One of the conditions they have to meet to keep it afloat is to get at least five, at least one of whom must be a first year student. They find one in Shizue. [[spoiler:At the end, it's down to three members, since Nemoto died and Glasses has apparently skipped a year and is heading off to a university, leaving it questionable how long it will be preserved.]]
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* ClubStub: The Literature Club consists of only four members. One of the conditions they have to meet to keep it afloat is to get at least five, at least one of whom be a first year student. They find one in Shizue.


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* RealitySubtext: The writer and director of the film had at one point in the past tried to form a club without any real stated purpose, which was soundly rejected by her school's student council. So she wrote a story about a school club that comes under fire from the student council for not doing its stated purpose.


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* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: The continued existence of the Second Literature Club is so important that its members are willing to go on a quick recruitment drive, beat the Student Council at a game of baseball, and even spend money bribe the umpire to set the game's rules in their favor. Likewise, the Student Council are willing to do the same thing to shut the club down (even though they could have done so easily without the trouble).

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* AdamWesting: Hina Nemoto plays a more depraved version of herself.



* AdamWesting: Hina Nemoto plays a more depraved version of herself.



* DownToTheLastPlay: Tomoka takes up the bat while the Literature Club has two outs, bases loaded, and is tied with the Student Council, meaning that whatever she does will determine who wins the game. As it turns out, the Literature Club.



* DownToTheLastPlay: Tomoka takes up the bat while the Literature Club has two outs, bases loaded, and is tied with the Student Council, meaning that whatever she does will determine who wins the game. As it turns out, the Literature Club.



* HatedByAll: Besides Mari, all of the students seem to think rather poorly of the other members of the club which is why they had a hard time finding anyone willing to help them against the Student Council.



* HatedByAll: Besides Mari, all of the students seem to think rather poorly of the other members of the club which is why they had a hard time finding anyone willing to help them against the Student Council.



* RunningGag: Mari and Tomoka's arguments over where they want to eat. Mari always wants ramen, while Tomoka wants katsudon.



* RunningGag: Mari and Tomoka's arguments over where they want to eat. Mari always wants ramen, while Tomoka wants katsudon.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Student Council already had the power to close the Literature Club and the members weren't putting resistance in the first place, is only because they gave them a chance to compete to keep their club that they lose.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Student Council already had the power to close the Literature Club and the members weren't no one in it was putting up any resistance in the first place, is only place. The club ends up staying in place because they gave the Council allowed it to on the condition that its members beat them in a chance to compete to keep their club that they lose.game of baseball.

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* ExtremeDoormat: All the members of the Second Literature Club besides Glasses put up no Resistance to the posibility of their club closing.

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* ExtremeDoormat: All the members of the Second Literature Club besides Glasses put up no Resistance resistance to the posibility of their club closing.


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* VillainHasAPoint: Even the members of the Literature Club admit that they don't do anything related to reading in their club and that the Student Council is completely within its rights to abolish it.

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