History Manga / DenkiGaiNoHonyasan

* NiceHat: Kameko is rarely seen without her poofy cap. She hides snacks in it.

* {{Meganekko}}: Sensei. She doesn't think her glasses are very attractive, but Umio goes to great lengths to explain the virtues of a girl in glasses.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Sensei hums a snippet of the credits theme in episode 8.

* {{Tsundere}}: Director picks on Hio for most of his teasing and is stricter about disciplining her because he won't be honest about how he feels. [[RealityEnsues Naturally, Hio can't figure out whether he likes or hates her.]]

* FunnyAfro: Kameko's hair under her hat is very poofy.

''Denki-gai no Honya-san!'', or ''The Electric Town's Bookstore'', is a SliceOfLife comedy series revolving around the daily misadventures of the employees of the Umanohone Bookstore, [[AffectionateParody a parody of real-life doujin stores in areas such as Akihabara]][[note]]For any reason, the centers of electronics trade in major Japanese cities are centers of the manga/anime/video game-related subculture as well[[/note]].

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Between all three primary couples.

* YaoiFangirl: Hio and the Ero-Hon G-Man, although the former denies it.

* FunnyAfro: Kameko's hair under her hair is very poofy.

** Fu Girl makes repeated references to [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 George A Romero's classic zombie films]], and even directly compares Umio to [[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 a character in the second movie.]]

** Umanohone (The Horse's Bone) is basically a reference to Tora no Ana (The Tiger's Cave).

** The art style briefly changes to that of [[Anime/ShinChan Crayon Shin-chan]] when Director is punishing Hio after she tries to imitate his ex-girlfriend.

** Several {{hentai}} {{doujinshi}} was mentioned in episode 11, including ''[[Manga/PrinceOfTennis Prince of the Shuttercock]]'' that Ero-hon G-man said to [[LampshadeHanging look like the tennis manga she reads]], and ''[[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Doeraimon]]'' that [[spoiler:a younger]] Ero-hon G-man gave Sommelier [[spoiler:when she transferred out of their [[ChildhoodFriends elementary school]].]]

** Fu Girl makes repeated references to [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead George A Romero's classic zombie films]], and even directly compares Umio to [[Film/DawnOfTheDead a character in the second movie.]]

* LimitedWardrobe: The Umanohone crew seems to wear the same outfit every day. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in episode 5 of the anime, in which Umio reveals that Sensei owns dozens of identical tracksuits. On the other hand, it was also implied she often wears the same outfit several days in a row, requiring frequent use of Fe--Fair-breeze.

* AxCrazy: Fu Girl, at least when it comes to zombies. Or people dressed like zombies.

* TrashOfTitans: Umio has to clean up his for Sensei in episode 12, particularly it is overly, or, let's say, ''stereotypically'', associated with his otaku lifestyle.

* [[spoiler: LoveConfession: Sommelier finally gives one to Fu-Girl in Chapter 34.]]

* LoveTriangle: Hio likes Director, but can't figure out how he feels about her because he's a {{Tsundere}}. Director likes Hio but can't bring himself to be honest with how he feels about her. [[spoiler: Kameko]] likes Director, but is afraid of telling him because she knows that he doesn't reciprocate and wants to avoid getting hurt.

* LimitedWardrobe: The Umanohone crew seems to wear the same outfit every day. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in episode 5 of the anime, in which Umio reveals that Sensei owns dozens of identical tracksuits.

* SickEpisode: Chapters 18/Episode 9 sees Hio taking off due to illness, and some of the staff come see her at her place, for various reasons.

* FemininityFailure: The RunningGag of Sensei-chan and her lack of "girl power."

* FeminityFailure: A running gag is Sensei-chan and her lack of "girl power."