History Manga / Amanchu

* LesYay: Hikari's habit of standing ''very'' close to Futaba, holding hands with her and gazing into her eyes, especially in the first volume.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Futaba, although her shyness doesn't match the archetype.
** Katori-sensei matches the archetype perhaps a bit more, even though she [[OneOfTheKids cherishes her inner child]].

** Katori-sensei matches the archetype perhaps a bit more, even though she [[AdultChild cherishes her inner child]].

** Akane appears to be quite heart-broken when she discovers that Futaba has found "someone else".

** Akane appears to be quote heart-broken when she discovers that Futaba has found "someone else".

** Akane seems to be ''very'' shocked to discover that Futaba has found "someone else".

* SuperDeformed: Hikari's SD face is a bit jarring.
** UncannyValley / NightmareFuel: Oh dear lord, the eyes, ''the eyes!''

* AdultChild: Katori-sensei, to some degree. At least she's not above some mild competition with her students.

* HimeCut: Chizuru.

Hikari Kohinata is a cheerful 15 year-old girl who lives near the ocean and she spends much of her time diving as a result. On her first day of high school, she meets a teacher who also likes scuba diving. There's also a 16 year-old classmate, Futaba, who gets dragged along in Hikari's maelstrom as soon as they meet at school. Most of the manga so far details the relationship between the two girls, which quickly seems to move into {{romantic two girl friendship}}-territory.

** Akane seems to be ''very'' shocked to find out that Futaba has found "someone else".

* RealPlaceBackground: Amano extensively uses locales from the town of Ito, located on the Japanese Izu peninsula.

[[caption-width-right:350:strike:Futaba & Hikari]]

* CuteKitten: Leave it to Amano to put cats in there somewhere, by force if necessary.

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Leave it to Amano to put cats in there somewhere, by force if necessary.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/futuba-hikari.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[strike:Futaba & Hikari]]\\
Dotty & Pikari]]

* {{Anvilicious}}: No chance is spared to emphasize the importance of having fun.

* DudeNotFunny: Ai's violent urges are rather questionable, but [[spoiler:luckily she loosens up a lot later on]].
* [=~Everything's Cuter With Kittens~=]: Leave it to Amano to put cats in there somewhere, by force if necessary.

* {{Moe}}: Futaba. I mean, [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/amanchu/v02/c014/ COME]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/amanchu/v01/c004/23.html ON!]]

* LesYay: Hikari's habit of standing ''very'' close to Futaba, holding hands with her and gazing into her eyes. Mostly dropped after the first volume.

* LesYay: Hikari has the habit of standing ''very'' close to Futaba, holding hands with her and gazing into her eyes. Mostly dropped after the first volume.

Begun in the November 2008 issue of ''ComicBlade'', ''Amanchu!'' is perhaps most notable as the newest creation of {{ARIA}}'s Kozue Amano. Rather than being located on Neo-Venezia however it takes place in the modern-day Japanese town of Ito in the Shizuoka prefecture, although Amano also put in some well-known landmarks from other places in that region. It seems to focus on scuba diving and high school life. The comic itself, Hikari in particular, uses a lot of diving jargon even when not diving.

* {{Expy}}: Hikari is ''{{ARIA}}'s'' Akari, but with the weirdness-factor turned {{up to eleven}}. The likeness is emphasized by her school uniform, which looks very much like the outfits worn by the undines in ''{{ARIA}}''.

* ShoutOut: Several characters from ''{{Aria}}'' have appeared on posters the background, including Akari and the president cats.

** Though there are two male teachers shown both on the [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/amanchu/v01/c003/ cover for the third chapter]] as well as on [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/amanchu/v01/c003/4.html a couple]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/amanchu/v01/c003/5.html other pages]]. There's also the Principal [[spoiler: who owns 'Tea-sensei', whose real name is {{Aria}}, supposedly]].