History Literature / IsThisAZombie

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In Episode 9, after Eu disappears, Ayumu looks at the various wishes the girls wrote during {{Tanabata}}. Unfortunately, he wrote "May none of their wishes be granted" on his, meaning that his wish negated Eu's wish, which was to stay with him and the others forever. He comes to deeply regret writing that in the next few episodes after Eu disappears and then refuses to come back home.

* FictionalHoliday: Due to Haruna's misunderstanding of Earth culture, Ayumu and Sera walk home one night to find Haruna and Eu setting up to celebrate "Christmaween", a holiday that effectively combines Christmas, Halloween, and {{Tanabata}} together. Ayumu just goes with it. He wasn't in the mood to correct them or ruin their fun.

** The audience during the singing contest in Episode 12 looks like they were taken straight out of a PS1-era game.

** Unmistakable references to the ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' franchise in Episode 6 of Season 2, when Haruna's chainsaw re-appears in a glowing ball of lightning.

* [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Brainwashed,]] [[DemonicPossession Rinsed, and Dried]]: [[spoiler:Turns out, Kyoko was possessed at the time of her mass murder spree. Eu explains that she'd been possessed by the King of the Night.]]
** [[spoiler:This seems to have happened with Maelstrom and her Mon -- she automatically invokes it on certain triggers.]]
* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: Eu in Episode 9.]]

* [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual Glasses Have Unusual]] XRayVision: The pair of glasses that Sarasvati handed to Ayumu [[PowerPerversionPotential allows its user to see through everyone's clothes]].

* [[spoiler: HyperSpaceArsenal:]] [[spoiler:Manga-wise the fight between Kyoko and Ayumu ended up differently than the anime; in the manga Ariel had to literally stop Ayumu from killing Kyoko via pulling out [[DualWielding her]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] out of her lab coat.]]

* AccidentalMisnaming: Maelstrom does not like being called Tomonori, but unfortunately for her, that's how her alias, Yuki Yoshida, reads. Nevertheless, she's fine with Ayumu using it (save for a brief FreakOut in Episode 9 when she realizes [[spoiler:she had nearly died]]), as she found his alternative - "Yuki-chan" - far more embarrassing. The reason she doesn't like Tomonori is because it sounds too tomboyish.

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[[caption-width-right:225:The magical girl, the necromancer, and two vampires. Not pictured: the zombie.]]

* XRayVision: Happens to Ayumu twice in the series. Once early on, when he intercepts a pair of X-Ray Specs that were meant to go to Sera for use with their ninja secret messages, and proceeds to use them to gawk at the undies of every girl he passes by on the street. The second instance comes in the Season 2 OVA, where he accidentally drinks an X-Ray Potion and is able to see through the first layer of clothes again. Cue the girls realizing this, and Haruna beating the crap out of him... [[VaporWare without a bra on]].

* WhatHaveIDone: Ayumu really comes to regret what he wrote for Tanabata in Episode 9. [[spoiler: The three girls wrote various things they wished for. In Eu's case, she wanted to stay with Ayumu and the others. Ayumu, meanwhile, wrote "May none of these things come true." probably as a joke, but then Eu leaves shortly afterwards.]]

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Ayumu's situation definitely counts as The Undead, but due to his attitude and actions after his resurrection, he shows some shades of Revenant Zombie. Additionally, Eu does refer to him as her "servant", specifically invoking VoodooZombie.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Ayumu's situation definitely counts as [[The Undead]], but due to his attitude and actions after his resurrection, he shows some shades of [[Revenant Zombie]]. Additionally, Eu does refer to him as her "servant", specifically invoking [[VoodooZombie]].

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Type R.

** The argument could be made that he 'does' have a [[FemaleGaze fantastic ass]] for a guy...

** [[spoiler:BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[ExactWords Due to accidentally misusing]] [[MagicalGirl Eu's]] [[PowerIncontinence powers]], [[CovertPervert Ayumu]] gives us [[{{Stripperiffic}} bikinis]] and an [[UnstoppableRage INCREDIBLY PISSED Sera]].]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja They're ninjas]].
** And you don't need a VampireInvitation - they can eat normal food, can walk even in bright daylight, have funny marriage laws and have reflections and rules against hurting humans... except Ayumu (a zombie). They're also created when [[spoiler:a ''living'' human is granted some of Eu's blood (as opposed to a dead human like Ayumu), though it's unclear whether the vampire ninjas have a store of that blood, if their own now counts for that purpose after transformation, or they have to go to Eu for every person transformed]].

* VampireInvitation: Subverted, since Seraphim just appeared out of the blue. Justified considering the fact that she's a {{ninja}}.

!!This anime series contains examples of:

Creator/FUNimation has licensed the series and will release it under the translated title ''Is This A Zombie''. Similarly, the original manga adaptation was licensed by Creator/YenPress under that title and began publication in March 2012. Other manga adaptations, [[NoExportForYou currently only available in Japan]], are a [[{{yonkoma}} 4-panel gag series]] and a third adaptation called ''Yes, I'm Your Wife''.

** Guest seiyuus include Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, Creator/MikaKanai, TomokoKaneda, Creator/YukoMinaguchi, Creator/SatomiKoorogi, Creator/SakuraTange, YukiMatsuoka and Creator/NorikoHidaka for the first eight episodes of the first season; Creator/FumiHirano in the first OVA, Creator/AyaHisakawa in the second; and Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/OmiMinami and Kimiko Koyama for ''Of the Dead'', the latter three with whom the original actually talks to.

** Guest seiyuus include Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, Creator/MikaKanai, TomokoKaneda, Creator/YukoMinaguchi, Creator/SatomiKoorogi, Creator/SakuraTange, YukiMatsuoka and Creator/NorikoHidaka for the first eight episodes of the first season; FumiHirano in the first OVA, Creator/AyaHisakawa in the second; and Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/OmiMinami and Kimiko Koyama for ''Of the Dead'', the latter three with whom the original actually talks to.

Creator/FUNimation has licensed the series and will release it under the translated title ''Is This A Zombie''. Similarly, the original manga adaptation was licensed by Yen Press under that title and began publication in March 2012. Other manga adaptations, [[NoExportForYou currently only available in Japan]], are a [[{{yonkoma}} 4-panel gag series]] and a third adaptation called ''Yes, I'm Your Wife''.

** Guest seiyuus include Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, MikaKanai, TomokoKaneda, Creator/YukoMinaguchi, Creator/SatomiKoorogi, Creator/SakuraTange, YukiMatsuoka and Creator/NorikoHidaka for the first eight episodes of the first season; FumiHirano in the first OVA, Creator/AyaHisakawa in the second; and Creator/KikukoInoue, Creator/OmiMinami and Kimiko Koyama for ''Of the Dead'', the latter three with whom the original actually talks to.

* HaremHero: Ayumu is a Type 2.

-->'''Ayumu:''' [''after Eu wakes up''] What a relief!
'''Eu:''' Is it over?
'''Ayumu:''' For now.
'''Eu:''' Thanks. [''pauses writing''] You did well, servant.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Ariel can't be that young considering she trains millions of girls just like Haruna.

* OneNoteCook: Haruna is a great chef, as long as eggs are the only thing involved. Even the water bottles are filled with fried eggs. The stir fry she tries to create in Episode 4 ''burns through the cast iron pan and through the bedrock, like thermite.''

* PantyShot: Including multiple shots of ''[[FanDisservice male panties.]]''

* ThePowerOfTrust
-->'''Sera''': I believe in your strength. ''(charges, then pauses)'' [[ArsonMurderAndLifeSaving You're a cross-dressing maggot festering in a bag of rotting garbage, but I believe in your strength.]]

* [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale Readings Are Off The Charts]]: Haruna's idol popularity caused Orito's [=IPad=]-looking object to explode

* RecurringRiff: the first 10 seconds or so of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82B7ZFiJKGA&feature=related Kumori Nochi Hare]] seems to make its way into almost every song in the OST in one form or another.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Sera's GreenEyes turn red when she's about to kick some ass.

** [[KOn GAP MOE KYUN]]

--> '''Ayumu:''' Umm, why are we in leotards?
--> '''Eu:''' [written] Aesthetics.

** Haruna catches the whale much like Unit-01 catches one of the angels in Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion.

** Unmistakable references to the Film/{{Terminator}} franchise in Episode 6 of Season 2, when Haruna's chainsaw re-appears in a glowing ball of lightning.
-->'''Mystletainn:''' I'll be back!
** Haruna's bento boxes full of egg omelets is a reference to Nerine's omelet-related bento boxes from VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}

** [[Also goes for Haruna and Eu, while Eu is sick.]]

* TheStoic: Eu. Due to her PowerIncontinence, any emotion she shows could have [[WalkingDisasterArea dire consequences.]]

* SuperStrength: Ayumu can punch stuff stronger than an average human due to the fact that he's a zombie and is no longer constrained by the human body's natural limiters.

** Although it's semi justifiable that she's not human to begin with...

* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Gals]]: Kanami and Taeko.

* ThroughHisStomach: Haruna, with {{Tsundere}} goodness.

*** Yuki kind of overdid it when she first tried... those sauces weren't really neccessary.
**** It looked like something [[GunXSword Van]] would eat.

** In Episode 11 [[spoiler:they transformed at the same time]].

* {{Tsundere}}: Haruna (Type A) and Maelstrom (Type B).

* UnmovingPlaid: The first season ending uses this on ''everything.''

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A huge explosion blows Ayumu and the Lobster Megalo out of a window in his school's third floor. He cuts it in half with a chainsaw in mid-air, lands leaving a huge crater, stands up unhurt and the only thing his schoolmates find strange is his frilly pink outfit.

** [[spoiler: Currently, his track record includes - Six girls who are certainly in love with him: Haruna, Eu, Sarasvati, Maelstrom, Kyoko and Taeko - and a few others who seem to be leaning towards it: Seraphim, Nene and Chris.]]

** Haruna: ChainsawGood
** Seraphim: [[KatanasAreJustBetter Leaf Katana and Shurikens]]
** Maelstrom: [[ImprobableWeaponUser Tonkotsu]] [[EdibleAmmunition Ramen]]

** Saraswati: LaserBlade

* WhosLaughingNow?: [[spoiler: Kyoko wasn't laughing mad anymore when Ayumu found her weakness (her reliance on souls of people she killed in order to regenerate) and started [[ChainsawGood hacking]] [[GoryDiscretionShot away at all but her last life.]]]]

--> "Someday you will understand the pain of immortality. So please... even if that day comes, do not blame Eucliwood."

* ZettaiRyouiki: Haruna, with garterbelts.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Try looking at Sera's feeding of Haruna. [[KissOfTheVampire It]] [[FunBagAirBag leaves]] [[{{Tsundere}} Haruna]] [[LesYay breathless.]]
*** Their and Ayumu's reactions don't help.
-->'''Haruna:''' [''catching her breath''] Don't look.\\

* GivingUpTheGhost: When Orito finds out that the 3 cute girls bowling on the lane next to him and Ayumu not only know Ayumu but also live with him, he is so surprised that his ghost gives up another one.

* {{Gorn}}: [[spoiler: The many deaths of Kyoko. [[GoryDiscretionShot Thankfully we don't see much of it,]] but those '''[[HellIsThatNoise screams!]]''' A chainsaw death is never pretty.]]
** [[spoiler: That's true if Warhammer40k and GearsOfWar are anything to go by.]]

** GratuitousEnglish: Apparently, according to Orito, Sera's "white panty."

-->'''Ayumu:''' "It's 'señorita', you fantasizing maniac."

* ImagineSpot: Ayumu's is out of control. Notable in that every time he imagines the "inner" Eu, she calls him "oniichan" and is voiced by a different seiyuu, famous for their "cute" character works. Also accompanied with this phrase (in their cutest voice):
-->Our weak-kneed protagonist, Ayumu Aikawa, has selfishly imagined this voice.

* IndirectKiss: Saras does one on Ayumu after stealing a drink from his coffee/juice box in Episode 9 of Season 2. He even {{Foreshadow}}ed one earlier in the episode when Saras asked for his coffee box as payment for her ticket to him. Saras will probably consider this an act of marriage, similarly to what happened with Tomonori, but Ayumu will likely try to brush it off.

* IronButtMonkey: The girls love to wail on Ayumu, but luckily he [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow can take it.]]

* JerkAss: Ayumu becomes one briefly in Episode 10 of season 2, thanks to Ariel erasing his memory, and the girls failing to retrieve it when they were exploring his subconsciousness. [[spoiler:They manage to get him back to normal thanks to the efforts of Eu utilizing a combination of notes she first wrote to him, as well as [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice jabbing]] [[ChainsawGood Haruna's chainsaw]] through his midsection.]]

* KissOfTheVampire

*** And it's [[GirlOnGirlIsHot hot!]]

* LethalChef: Seraphim, who creates a hot pot that dissolves utensils and melts a hole through the bowl it was in. Despite her terrible cooking, she still insists on cooking whenever she gets a chance, and later food still burns/melts through the dish.

** In the second season of the anime Seraphim invokes this trope during the Tsundere challenge. She cooks Ayumu a steak made with nitroglycerin. He bravely eats it (and suffers the results).

* LoveConfession: Ayumu gets one in Episode 8 of Season 2, by [[spoiler: Kyoko, who also stabs him with her sword.]]

-->"I think you're a maggot, but I do respect your strength."
** Maelstrom later [[spoiler: becomes his wife.]]
** Saras[[SpellMyNameWithAnS (v/w)]]ati has a thing for his butt.
* MagicalLand: Virie

'''Seraphim:''' Maggot (with variations; often translated as "piece of shit" to sound even more insulting)\\

'''Sarasvati:''' Kuso-Darling (she likes his ass)

* MsFanservice: Seraphim. Classic BoobsOfSteel.

-->'''Ayumu''': It was as if the sky was crying for Eu...
-->'''Seraphim''': ''(wanting more food)'' Please hurry, you maggot.
-->'''Ayumu''': [[LampshadeHanging You've ruined the mood.]]

-->'''Ayumu''': [after Eu wakes up] What a relief!
-->'''Eu''': Is it over?
-->'''Ayumu''': For now.
-->'''Eu''': Thanks. [pauses writing] You did well, servant.
-->'''Ayumu''': Don't make it complicated.
** Dai-Sensei does one on Kyouko in Episode 8 of Season 2 when the latter was about to kiss Ayumu at a mixer. She puts on her angry, red-eyed face, which scares Ayumu.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the King of the Night, who has made it his goal to cross the MEH enough to [[spoiler:[[WhoWantsToLiveForever convince Eu to kill him.]]]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: The games the girls were playing, including Jenga, Mahjong, Twister and Badminton, ''[[SeriousBusiness all for a cup of pudding.]]''

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The anime practically starts with all of Ayumu's clothes flying off after he gets hit by a truck.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ayumu when he accidentally breaks Mystletainn in Season 2. Made more hilarious by the fact that despite being seen as a cross-dresser, it makes him even more popular, much to his chagrin at trying [[IJustWantToBeNormal living a normal, quiet life.]]

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Ayumu is a zombie magical cross-dressing guy. Seraphim, Yuki/Maelstrom and Saraswati are vampire ninjas. Eu is a Necromancer Knight. Haruna is a MadScientist MagicalGirl. [[TemptingFate Should we expect a robot any time soon]]?

--> '''Various:''' "THAT ISN'T A KICK!"

* CruelToBeKind: Ariel erases Ayumu's memory of the last few months in Episode 10 of Season 2. While it seems incredibly selfish at first, she was largely doing it to spare his life should he attempt to fight [[spoiler:Chris, her teacher.]] Unfortunately for the girls living with him, they don't like that he doesn't remember any of them, and go to great lengths to try and get [[WeWantOurJerkBack his memories back.]]

--> '''Haruna:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial (With tears in her eyes): I-I didn't cry! I-I never cry!]]

** [[spoiler:Immediately afterwards, Ariel makes it perfectly clear that she could kill Ayumu with a single thought if she wanted to -- and if he had honestly tried to take Kyoko's last life, [[BewareTheNiceOnes she would have.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Ayumu tries to fight Chris in Episode 8 of season 2. However, he's unable to do anything to her when she frees him from her spell, and were it not for her attachment to him due to the time he spent with her in earlier episodes that season, she would have destroyed him. Ariel even says she'd lose in a straight up fight against her former teacher.]]

* [[SirSwearsALot Dame Swears-A-Lot]]: Seraphim, particularly by Japanese standards. Some translations even render her vulgarity as an actual local vulgarity (e.g. "piece of shit").

* DebutQueue: Ayumu is already living with Eucliwood when he meets Haruna in Episode 1. Seraphim gets introduced in the next episode. Mael takes the longest to arrive--she's introduced halfway through the series and finally Saraswati, who pops up near the end.

* DifferentInEveryEpisode: Ayumu's fantasies of [[TheVoiceless Eucliwood]] are voiced by a different {{Seiyuu}} (frequently well known, but less commonly heard from nowadays) each episode. There is even a scrolling text placed onscreen saying who the {{Seiyuu}} is this week. This gag carries over into the english dub, crediting the actresses such as Creator/AlexisTipton, Creator/LuciChristian, JamieMarchi, and Carli Mosier, to name but a few.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Thrice in the Ova, all in one game. Orito was distracted by Sarasvati, who was standing up giving Orito a great view up her skirt. Sarasvati was in turn distracted by Ayumu's ass, and Ayumu was in turn distracted by Taeko, who loosened the front of her shirt and leaned over, allowing Ayumu to look down her top. The first was deliberate. The second was completely unintentional. The third looks natural, but was on purpose.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything
** Try looking at Sera's feeding on Haruna. [[KissOfTheVampire It]] [[FunBagAirBag leaves]] [[{{Tsundere}} Haruna]] [[LesYay breathless.]]

** [[spoiler: Chris]]'s semi-monologue [[spoiler: about a [[BalefulPolymorph middle-aged man]] who's [[{{UsefulNotes/Transgender}} really a girl]].]]

* DoubleStandard: Quick facts about Vampire-Ninja laws: if you kiss someone of the same gender it's [[HoYay really]] [[LesYay hot]], if you kiss someone of the opposite gender [[spoiler: [[AccidentalMarriage till death do you part... or sometimes not even then.]]]]

* EmotionlessGirl: Eu is easily mistaken for this, but instead she has a SugarAndIcePersonality. She has a [[WalkingDisasterArea very good reason to keep her emotion inside]].

* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies
** *ahem* introducing [[http://www.dm5.com/Comic/MH84/Comics-84181_557f8bde_page-17.htm the pedobear.]]

--> [[spoiler: "If I die again, make me a penguin. I like penguins. Forgive me, Eucliwood."]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Lots. {{Imagine Spot}}s (courtesy of Ayumu, Orito, and recently, Maelstrom/Yuki) deserve special mention.

** [[spoiler:BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[ExactWords Due to accidentally misusing]] [[MagicalGirl Eu's]] [[PowerIncontinence powers,]] [[CovertPervert Ayumu]] gives us [[{{Stripperiffic}} bikinis]] and an [[UnstoppableRage INCREDIBLY PISSED Sera]].]]
* FanDisservice: Panty shots underneath cute dresses are nice... When it isn't from a man.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Literally in the case of Ayumu, who is already a zombie, and gets pictured by a ton of cellphone-cameras when he becomes a Magical Garment Girl. Subverted in that he is able to wipe everyone's memories of the incident along with all of the pictures that they took of him using his newfound abilities.

-->'''Haruna:''' "Furiously riding down the River of Stars, a big fat man drives a sleigh pulled by two HUGE creatures! Covered from head to toe in blood and guts, he flies like a bat out of hell in search of unsuspecting prey. He carries a bag big enough to fit a grown man with him, and under the cover of darkness, he sneaks in through the windows of houses marked with fancy-looking bamboo trees in their front yards. And even though he's a demon, Thunder Clause grants wishes, but only to those who wear their hair in pony-tails!"
* FollowTheLeader: To ''PrincessResurrection'', indeed there are many similarities (male leads who're undead servants, female monsters join the household, group battling other monsters, chainsaw motif etc) but both series are original in their own right.

* FreezeFrameBonus: At the end of the first OP. Pictures include [[spoiler:images of mysterious characters, five [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon girls with psycho weapons]] who seem to be other Magical Garment Girls and a giant grinning Megalo.]]

* GenkiGirl: ''Haruna.''

{{Funimation}} has licensed the series and will release it under the translated title ''Is This A Zombie''. Similarly, the original manga adaptation was licensed by Yen Press under that title and began publication in March 2012. Other manga adaptations, [[NoExportForYou currently only available in Japan]], are a [[{{yonkoma}} 4-panel gag series]] and a third adaptation called ''Yes, I'm Your Wife''.

* AccidentalKiss: Haruna pushes Ayumu into Maelstrom, causing Ayumu to fall on top of him [[SweetPollyOliver (who turns out be a her)]] as they lock lips.
** [[spoiler:And in vampire ninja culture, the first kiss between a man and a woman [[AccidentalMarriage counts as a marriage ceremony.]]]]
** The misunderstanding is made worse in episode 6 of Season 2 when Ayumu [[spoiler: puts a magical ring on Tomonori to prevent a spell/demon in her to self-destruct again. She was unconscious at the time, but upon waking up and finding the ring on her, she seems even more convinced Ayumu wants to marry her.]]
* AccidentalMisnaming: Maelstrom does not like being called Tomonori, but unfortunately for her, that's how her alias, Yuki Yoshida, reads. Nevertheless, she's fine with Ayumu using it (save for a brief FreakOut in episode 9 when she realizes [[spoiler:she had nearly died]]), as she found his alternative - "Yuki-chan" - far more embarrassing. The reason she doesn't like Tomonori is because it sounds too tomboyish.

* AmusingInjuries: Ayumu is a zombie. [[BlackComedy And this is a comedy.]]
** After the King of the Night chops Ayumu's legs off in episode 10 of Season 1, Haruna and Tomonori stick his legs back on, using wood glue. Unfortunately they put his legs on backwards, so Haruna is forced to carry him home.
** Haruna kicks him into the wall in episode 5 of Season 2. It leaves a hilarious bloody after-image where the mark has a surprised look on its face. Later a sick Eu asks to sleep in the same bed as him, and in the next scene he has the same exact look on his face. Sera does one as well at the end of the episode.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Kyoko]]

* {{Back Stab}}bed [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice With Extreme Prejudice]]: How Ayumu died in the {{Backstory}}. He also gets impaled by a Bear Megalo when he first met Haruna.

* BadassAdorable

* BadassTeacher: Ariel said she was going to kill Ayumu if he finished off [[spoiler:Kyoko]]

* BalloonBelly: Haruna in episode 2.

** He tries it again in episode 9 of Season 2 against Seraphim, but she's much too quick for him. In the next scene he's still bloodied and knocked out in the corner of the room.
* BareYourMidriff: Sera
* BarrierWarrior: Haruna

* BeneathTheMask: Dai-Sensei aka Ariel is pretty ruthless if you overlook her cuckoo personality.
* BerserkButton: Do '''not''' belittle the seriousness or pain of death around Eu.

** In Season 2, [[spoiler: Nene and Chris are seen eating and drinking together at the end of episode 9 in Season 2.]]
* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler:Eu neutralized a fireball with [[SuperpowerLottery little effort]].]]

** Maelstrom does one for Haruna/Ayumu when some Megalo had them pinned down in episode 7.

* BigNo: Ayumu does one in episode 2 of season 2, after Haruna and Eu show him all the stuff posted online with him battling a megalo at school in the previous episode, in his magical girl outfit.

* BlandNameProduct: Ayumu and Orito eat hamburgers at "[=MaskDonald=]", where the staff wear [[MaskedLuchador luchador masks]], and Orito is drinking "Dr Poppor". Also Ayumu was seen using "Stardust Coffee" awning as shade from the sun.
** in of the Dead, videos of Ayumu pop up on Yuatube in the second episode.
** In episode 8 of Season 2, he uses [[Website/{{Google}} Zoogle]] to look up how to throw a mixer.
** Ayumu goes to a 6-Eleven in episode 9 of Season 2.
* BloodFromTheMouth: PlayedForLaughs with the man Ayumu runs into in episode 6 of Season 2. He seems to spew blood every few moments whenever he says or does something, and immediately [[LampshadeHanging mentions his doctor telling him not to say or do those things,]] such as acting cool or saying elusive things.

* BookEnds: Episode 1 of season 1, and the last, 10th episode of season 2 have the following exchange between Ayumu and Haruna
-->'''Ayumu:''' Could you get my lower half?
-->'''Haruna:''' Your lower half!? What are you, a pervert!?

* [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: Eu in episode 9.]]
* BreatheOnTheFan: The [[OnTheNext next episode preview]] at the end of episode 11 shows Eu trying to do this on one of those new unchoppy, smooth air fans... er, Dyson air multipliers. Needless to say, it doesn't work.
* BreatherEpisode: Episodes 7 & 8 are comparatively lighter in tone than 5 & 6, and episode 12 is essentially a BeachEpisode, with all the major female characters in a singing contest.

* CelebrityIsOverrated: In episode 2 of the second season, after Ayumu is once again seen in his magical girl outfit, and later in the nude, the students start taking lots of pictures and videos. His attempt to erase the memories is also stopped due to Mystletainn breaking. He immediately feels his social life is over, and when he arrives to school the next day, he is incredibly popular. Which immediately causes him to reject it and runs away from it all.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Haruna doesn't take it too well when Ayumu [[AccidentalMarriage "marries"]] Yuki.
** In episode 8 of Season 2, both Haruna and Tomonori don't like it when Ayumu is ordered by Eu to hug Taeko in a game, and pulls them apart rather quickly.
** In episode 9 of Season 2, Sera seems to exhibit this trope when Nene jokingly says that if she did do anything naughty with Ayumu, it's not a big deal since he's a man. Even though he was completely innocent, Sera doesn't believe him and whacks him on the head with her sword.
** Surprisingly enough, Eu, in the original light novels at least (Most of which was not shown in the anime). She constantly shows jealously at the other girls being close to Ayumu, such as after the mixer in volume 5 when Ayumu asks why she came, she responds with, "So that the flies don't nag Ayumu."

* ConspicuousCG: Aside from the usual fake-looking passing cars and trucks, the ferris wheel in episode 8 looks like the programming version of the DesignStudentsOrgasm.
** The audience during the singing contest in episode 12 looks like they were taken straight out of a PS1-era game.
* CooldownHug: Ayumu to Maelstrom when she was about to self-destruct in episode 9.

* CruelToBeKind: Ariel erases Ayumu's memory of the last few months in episode 10 of season 2. While it seems incredibly selfish at first, she was largely doing it to spare his life should he attempt to fight [[spoiler:Chris, her teacher.]] Unfortunately for the girls living with him, they don't like that he doesn't remember any of them, and go to great lengths to try and get [[WeWantOurJerkBack his memories back.]]
* CryCute: Haruna in episode 9 of Season 2, after seeing a NotWhatItLooksLike moment where a nearly naked Nene collapses on top of Ayumu. After running back home crying adorably, both Seraphim and Eu accompany her. Nene makes it much worse for him by not denying that something may or may not have happened, and if it did, he's a man. Cue more cute Haruna crying, as well as Sera slicing him in the head.

** [[spoiler:Ayumu tries to fight Chris in episode 8 of season 2. However, he's unable to do anything to her when she frees him from her spell, and were it not for her attachment to him due to the time he spent with her in earlier episodes that season, she would have destroyed him. Ariel even says she'd lose in a straight up fight against her former teacher.]]

* DebutQueue: Ayumu is already living with Eucliwood when he meets Haruna in episode 1. Seraphim gets introduced in the next episode. Mael takes the longest to arrive--she's introduced halfway through the series and finally Saraswati, who pops up near the end.

** [[spoiler:She finally talks outside of Ayumu's imagination in episode 11.]]

-->'''Haruna''': <catching her breath> Don't look.
-->'''Sera to Ayumu''': You were watching us? You are a despicable peeping-tom maggot.

--> "[[BreakingTheFourthWall Our protagonist is a zombie. Do not try this at home!]]"

*** Lots of it used in episode 6 of Season 2, the biggest one being Mystletainn repeatedly saying "I'll be back!"

-->'''Ayumu''': "It's 'señorita', you fantasizing maniac."

* HeavySleeper: Nene as introduced in episode 9 of Season 2. She falls asleep answering her door, giving Ayumu some MarshmallowHell, and later when he's brought some food for her, she gets out of the shower and collapses on top of him. She then later pops up from being buried under a pile of paperwork/drawings.
* HeroicBSOD: Ayumu suffers one in episode 11 after Eu refused to take his hand as the King of Night was flying away with her.

** This trope is invoked by Eu, of all people, in episode 7 of Season 2. She outright asks Ayumu why he's not doing one already. Later a jealous Haruna forces him to do one of her as well.

* IndirectKiss: Saras does one on Ayumu after stealing a drink from his coffee/juice box in episode 9 of Season 2. He even {{Foreshadow}}ed one earlier in the episode when Saras asked for his coffee box as payment for her ticket to him. Saras will probably consider this an act of marriage, similarly to what happened with Tomonori, but Ayumu will likely try to brush it off.

** [[spoiler: Averted as of episode 8 in Season 2, where she outright tells him that she's fallen in love with him, while stabbing him with her sword no less.]]
* JerkAss: Ayumu becomes one briefly in episode 10 of season 2, thanks to Ariel erasing his memory, and the girls failing to retrieve it when they were exploring his subconsciousness. [[spoiler:They manage to get him back to normal thanks to the efforts of Eu utilizing a combination of notes she first wrote to him, as well as [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice jabbing]] [[ChainsawGood Haruna's chainsaw]] through his midsection.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Seraphim is on the receiving end of a positive example of this in episode 10 when [[spoiler:Eucliwood, whose life she had spared in the previous episode, revives her after she dies in an ambush committed by Yoruno]].

* {{Lolicon}}: Ayumu is accused of being by Orito this once Chris shows up in episode 7 of Season 2. A few moments later Taeko also wonders if Ayumi is one.
* LoveConfession: Ayumu gets one in episode 8 of Season 2, by [[spoiler: Kyoko, who also stabs him with her sword.]]

** Seraphim is showing Ayumu some begrudging respect as of episodes 4 and 5. She asks him to name her new attack one episode late, [[spoiler: and in the second season/later novels she geniunely falls for him, but continues to treat him like trash]].
--> "I think you're a maggot, but I do respect your strength."

** Dai-Sensei does one on Kyouko in episode 8 of Season 2 when the latter was about to kiss Ayumu at a mixer. She puts on her angry, red-eyed face, which scares Ayumu.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In episode 9, after Eu disappears, Ayumu looks at the various wishes the girls wrote during {{Tanabata}}. Unfortunately, he wrote "May none of their wishes be granted" on his, meaning that his wish negated Eu's wish, which was to stay with him and the others forever. He comes to deeply regret writing that in the next few episodes after Eu disappears and then refuses to come back home.

** All the girls add IdolSinger to their list of occupations in episode 12, the over-the-top indoor BeachEpisode.
* [[NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine No Ayumu I Expect You To Dine]]: In episode 10, Ayumu and Haruna eat with [[spoiler:the King Of The Night]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Ariel learns that Ayumu is a Magical Garment Girl in Episode 5 and seemingly pretends to shrug it off. In Episode 6, she appears to have taken it in (though she presumably hasn't seen him in the outfit yet), and her knowledge of Ayumu being a Magical Garment Girl is confirmed in episode 9 when she summons Mystletainn to where Ayumu is standing and has him combat a dark presence surrounding the vampire ninja Maelstrom (specifically, Mysticore).

* OneNoteCook: Haruna is a great chef, as long as eggs are the only thing involved. Even the water bottles are filled with fried eggs. The stir fry she tries to create in episode 4 ''burns through the cast iron pan and through the bedrock, like thermite.''

** [[spoiler: Kyoko does so when she reveals she's a [[OhCrap Vampire Magical Garment Girl]]. There's more to it than that. Also when she shows up again in episode 8 of season 2, this is the first expression she makes when she shows up behind Ayumu right before the opening credits.]]

* ShoutOut: [[KOn GAP MOE KYUN]]

** Unmistakable references to the Film/{{Terminator}} franchise in episode 6 of Season 2, when Haruna's chainsaw re-appears in a glowing ball of lightning.
--> '''Mystletainn:''' I'll be back!

* SickEpisode: Eu gets sick in episode 5 of Season 2, and later Haruna does as well.

** Ayumu does one in episode 12 of season 1 after seeing Sarasvati on stage at the indoor pool.
** He does it again in episode 10 of season 2, after Ariel comes in to be the substitute teacher at his school.

* TemptingFate: When Nene collapses on top of Ayumu in episode 9 of Season 2, Ayumu comments that it would be really bad if someone saw them like this. Cue a doorbell ring, and Ayumu getting worried, only to find out there's no one at the door. [[spoiler: However, as soon as he closes it, a crying Haruna is seen clinging to the other side of the door. A few moments later, it turns out Haruna did in fact see Nene on top of Ayumu, and assumed they did some naughty things, made worse by Nene jokingly saying that he's a man, so what if they did.]]

** And in the previews of episodes 5-7, Haruna's a {{Meido}} of the Tsundere Cafe.

** [[spoiler: The King of Night could arguably be this as well. His main motive for summoning all the Megalo was simply so that Eu would let him die/fade away, but she initially refused because she still considered him a friend. Had she of just granted his wish when they first met in episode 8, episodes 10 & 11 probably wouldn't of happened.]]
* WeWantOurJerkBack: In episode 10 of Season 2, Dai-sensei erases Ayumu's memories of all the time he spent with the girls after he fails a test she put out. The girls ultimately decide they'd rather have the original Ayumu back rather than the new one devoid of any memories of them along with a weird personality, and go through some great lengths to restore him back to normal.
* WhatHaveIDone: Ayumu really comes to regret what he wrote for Tanabata in episode 9. [[spoiler: The three girls wrote various things they wished for. In Eu's case, she wanted to stay with Ayumu and the others. Ayumu, meanwhile, wrote "May none of these things come true." probably as a joke, but then Eu leaves shortly afterwards.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Ayumu to Seraphim in episode 9 after she tells him her superior wants Eucliwood's head for being a Megalo magnet and that she's been selected to carry out the sanction. This leads her to refrain from performing the sanction, and she continues to hold that position even after [[YouHaveFailedMe she's nearly sanctioned herself as punishment for bailing out]].