History Literature / MM

** In Episode 5, Mio dresses up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] with a wizard hat. The episode also features [[spoiler:a Franchise/KamenRider belt that turns the user into a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]]]. Also, [[spoiler:after all students in the school have been turned into perverts]], there's a scene of two girls confessing their love for each other in a style nearly ripped straight off ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs''.

** In Episode 5, Mio dresses up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] with a wizard hat. The episode also features [[spoiler:a Franchise/KamenRider belt that turns the user into a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]]]. Also, [[spoiler:after all students in the school have been turned into perverts]], there's a scene of two girls confessing their love for each other in a style nearly ripped straight off ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs''.

** Episode 12 has the shop owner visiting the cake store, ordering cake for himself, and spare ribs for his [[{{LightNovel/Kanokon}} Nozomu]] figure.

''MM!'' is a series of LightNovels written by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations by the two-member illustrator unit [=QP:flapper=]. It was published under the MF Bunko J imprint from 2007 to 2010 for 12 volumes. The series has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Magazine/MonthlyComicAlive'' from 2008 to 2012, and an anime adaptation that aired in the Fall 2010 anime season.

Based on an unfinished series of 10 LightNovels, '''''MM!''''', after a false alarm from the creators stating they ''wanted'' to be [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted into an anime]] in late 2007, was finally adapted into a TwelveEpisodeAnime in fall 2010.

** In the opening, figures of [[VideoGame/LovePlus Manaka]], [[Manga/KOn Azusa]], [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Miharu]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]] can be seen. The first three [[ActorAllusion share the same seiyuu]] as [[Creator/AyanaTaketatsu Mio]].

%% * ShanaClone: Mio

%% * OffModel: [[http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2162/vlcsnap2010100216h36m42.png Legs just don't bend that way.]]

* BuxomIsBetter: Zigzagged. Taro ([[AllMenArePerverts and most other males]]) certainly notices Arashiko's "gifts", but at the same time Mio is still considered by many to be more beautiful, despite suffering from ACupAngst. Inverted with [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]], who very much does ''not'' like his beloved Noa using her special pills.

* ShesGotLegs: The camera focuses on Mio's legs quite a bit when she shows up in a new outfit while attempting to "cure" Taro's perverted masochism. At one point, Taro thinks that "getting crushed between those legs would be paradise" as a slow motion shot of Mio jumping out of the window focuses on [[ZettaiRyouiki the thigh-high socks she has on]].

%% * {{Gainaxing}}: Arashiko

** Mio [[spoiler:[[IllGirl spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals, or at least bedridden]], and so]] [[NoSocialSkills isn't the best at interacting with others]]. Worse still, it looks like she's starting to enjoy her "treatments" for Taro.

* IllGirl: [[spoiler: Mio, of all people, hides that fact that she's SecretlyDying. In a wedding, she even collapses at the altar, forcing Taro to run with her in a bridal carry to the hospital.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mio's afraid of cats. Even cute little kittens. So much so in Episode 9 she [[CryCute broke down crying in Taro's arms]] after a monster cat hologram spooks her out inside the Horror House where ghosts cannot faze her (unlike poor Taro).

* CryCute
** Mio in episode 9, after being frightened by a bakeneko (monster cat) in the Horror House, revealing to Taro her fear of cats.
** Mio again in episode 12, when [[spoiler:she finally gets her first ever birthday celebration.]]

* PantyShot: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Even with such load of fanservice and ecchi, and even more "shotty" scenes, [[TemptingFate not a single one occurred to viewers]]. [[spoiler:...Until episode 12, that is. Mio saved it for Taro's Christmas present.]]

* BalancedHarem: Mio and Arashiko have equal chances with Taro. Other love interests, like [[IncestIsRelative his sister and mother]], are PlayedForLaughs.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Taro gets the ever-loving crap beaten out of him by Mio, the sadistic {{tsundere}} who likes using him as a punching bag. It's all played for laughs, even if Taro's masochism helps take the sting out of some of the more extreme abuse.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The colors of the main cast are as many as there are personal problems.
** Arashiko: medium purple
** Yumi: carnation pink
** Noa: jade green
** Mio: golden blond
** Michiru-sensei: indigo
** Tatsukichi: blond
** Taro: prussian blue
** Yukinojo: silver blue
** The unnamed shop owner: blond

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** Strike one: The opening theme. Oh ''[[IncrediblyLamePun God]]'', the opening theme.

** Yuno's friend Yumi, in contrast, isn't as [[DoesNotLikeMen androphobic]] as her, but she's definitely [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship not as straight]], either.

* LoveDodecahedron: Tatsukichi, Yumi, Noa, and Yukinojo could probably fit in there somewhere. Taro had a crush on Tatsukichi's [[WholesomeCrossdresser alter ego]] until he found out that they are one and the same. Yumi showed [[SchoolgirlLesbians interest in Arashiko,]] but also Tatsukichi. [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]] likes [[TokenMiniMoe Noa]], who in turn likes Taro.

** Episode 10's second {{Eyecatch}} has the shop owner pose with [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha a blue Bardiche]], [[Anime/MacrossFrontier a microphone]], and [[Manga/KOn a guitar]]. Also, an unconscious Taro has a dream of Mio kicking him into the sky and screaming "[[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Looks like I'm blasting off again!]]" before vanishing into ATwinkleInTheSky. And [[MindScrew for some reason]], the final scene bears some resemblance to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'', of all things. [[FridgeHorror Interesting...]]

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The 10th (and [[AuthorExistenceFailure final]]) novel ends with [[spoiler:Taro being confessed to by Mio, when he is already in a relationship with Arashiko. By this point in time, Noa already confessed as well]].

* TheUnsolvedMystery: In the anime, only Mio's story is really "resolved" by the end. Unfortunately, we may never get any conclusions at all due to the [[AuthorExistenceFailure death of the author.]]

Based on a series of 10 LightNovels[[note]]With the 10th ending on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved, see AuthorExistenceFailure in the trivia page[[/note]], '''''MM!''''', after a false alarm from the creators stating they ''wanted'' to be [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted into an anime]] in late 2007, was finally adapted into a TwelveEpisodeAnime in fall 2010.

** Episode 8 features Himura paraphrasing [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh's]] FamousLastWords, Taro dressing up a la [[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], and Taro and Noa flirting by dropping ''Anime/PrettyCure'' references at each other.

Based on a series of 10 LightNovels[[note]]With the 10th ending on a Cliffhanger that will never be resolved, see AuthorExistenceFailure in the trivia page[[/note]], '''''MM!''''', after a false alarm from the creators stating they ''wanted'' to be [[AnimatedAdaptation adapted into an anime]] in late 2007, was finally adapted into a TwelveEpisodeAnime in fall 2010.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Mio shows up in various outfits while trying to "purify" Taro of masochism. Nearly all of these outfits feature thigh-high covering of some sort. The camera [[ShesGotLegs makes a point of emphasizing this]].

** In Episode 5, Mio dresses up as [[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] with a wizard hat. The episode also features [[spoiler:a Franchise/KamenRider belt that turns the user into a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]]]. Also, [[spoiler:after all students in the school have been turned into perverts]], there's a scene of two girls confessing their love for each other in a style nearly ripped straight off ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru''.