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Oota, an emotionally abrasive high schoolboy, decides to make it his life's goal to provoke a reaction from his classmate Kashiwada. HilarityEnsues.

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Oota, an emotionally abrasive high schoolboy, school boy, decides to make it his life's goal to provoke a reaction from his classmate Kashiwada. HilarityEnsues.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nevertheless, Oota does realize at times when he went too far in his bullying and apologizes to Kashiwada for it in his own way.

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** * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nevertheless, Oota does realize at times when he went too far in his bullying and apologizes to Kashiwada for it in his own way.
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* KickTheDog: When he invites Kashiwada to his room in an attempt to scare her with cheap tactics, he mockingly tells her that she wasn't a girl. When he saw that it hurt her, he quickly changes tune explaining that he thought that she was more special.

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* KickTheDog: When he Oota invites Kashiwada to his room in an attempt to scare her with cheap tactics, he mockingly tells her that she wasn't a girl. When he saw that it hurt her, he quickly changes tune explaining that he thought that she was more special.

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* DissonantSerenity: Kashiwada's older brother always smiles despite the circumstance. Even when he threatens to rip Oota to pieces because of a misunderstanding.



** Kashiwada tends to like to play with Oota.

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** ** Kashiwada tends to like to play with Oota.

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* BeachEpisode: Chapter 34 entirely revolves around Oota and friends hanging out at the beach as well as a tidbit of {{Fanservice}} courtesy of Oota's older sister.



* KickTheDog: When he invites Kashiwada to his room in an attempt to scare her with cheap tactics, he mockingly tells her that she wasn't a girl. When he saw that it hurt her, he quickly changes tune explaining that he thought that she was more special.



* PerpetualSmiler: Oota's older sister sports it whenever she appears.



* {{Troll}}: Kashiwada tends to like to play with Oota.

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* {{Troll}}: {{Troll}}:
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Kashiwada tends to like to play with Oota.Oota.
** Oota's sister loves to mess with him one instance being where she forged a letter to Kashiwada in which Oota "confesses" to her. She also has a shit-eating grin on her face at all times.
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** Several jabs are taken at Kashiwada having a small dot for a mouth often when she is eating.


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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Beans and bean bread are Kashiwada's favorites. So much so, Tabuchi buys all the bean bread at the school store...only to realize she got the wrong kind.
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Written and illustrated by Fuyu Azuma, the manga also has a spin off series named ''This Girl Will Express Herself in 100 Days'' which is exactly as it entails.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Kashiwada's brother nearly ''ends'' Oota out of a misunderstanding.
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** When the kids fail one of their tests, Sata notes that he didn't fail because he wasn't in the panel shot.
** When Kashiwada's older brother assumes that Oota was taking advantage of his sister, Oota notices that the font doesn't match his expressionless face.


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* TranquilFury: Kashiwada's older brother angrily clasps the table he and Oota were sitting at and goes as far as to crack the wall by slamming it with his fist. And yet, his [[DissonantSerenity facial expressions]] never change.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Nearly everyone can see that Kashiwada has feelings for Oota, but Oota himself is clueless about it. Alternatively, he could realize this to be the case on a subconscious level, but chooses to deny it.


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* HiddenDepths: Chapter 27 reveals that Oota is a great cook when he cooks vegetable soup for Kashiwada.

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* TheStoic: Kashiwada has an emotionless glare as a default expression.



* TheStoic: Sata is an apathetic young man who acknowledges the assumption that he was dead inside. The only real emotion he projects is one of amusement for Oota and Kashiwadas' antics.

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* TheStoic: Sata TheStoic:
** Kashiwada has an emotionless glare as a default expression.
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is an apathetic young man who acknowledges the assumption that he was dead inside. The only real emotion he projects is one of amusement for Oota and Kashiwadas' Kashiwada's antics.
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* TheBully: Oota ''lives'' to harass Kashiwada in an attempt to elicit some emotional response from her.



** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nevertheless, Oota does realize at times when he went too far in his bullying and apologizes to Kashiwada for it in his own way.
* MistakenForGay: Sometimes when Oota's pranks blow up in his face, the teacher would assume that his advances were towards him making the situation even more awkward.
* SickEpisode: Kashiwada becomes sick with a cold as a consequence of her getting soaked in Chapter 27.
* TheStoic: Sata is an apathetic young man who acknowledges the assumption that he was dead inside. The only real emotion he projects is one of amusement for Oota and Kashiwadas' antics.



* {{Tsundere}}: Oota becomes so invested with trying to elicit a reaction from Kashiwada, he refuses to acknowledge that he does it in part because he liked her to an extent.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Oota becomes so invested with trying to elicit a reaction from Kashiwada, he refuses to acknowledge that he does it in part because he liked her to an extent.extent.
* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Oota and Kashiwada both share on in Chapter 27, albeit Oota tries to keep it a secret from the other students when walking home with her.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Tabuchi is grossly obsessed with Kashiwada. She even made a fan club.


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* GenkiGirl: Odajima who loves reading the expressions of other people.
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* TheStoic: Kashiwada has an emotionless glare as a default expression.
* {{Jerkass}}: Oota does whatever it takes to get some kind of response from Kashiwada even if it involves harassing her.
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Oota, an emotionally abrasive high schoolboy, decides to make it his life's goal to provoke a reaction from his classmate Kashiwada. HilarityEnsues.

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!!The manga provides examples of:
* EmotionlessGirl: Obviously so as this makes up most of the premise of the manga.
* {{Troll}}: Kashiwada tends to like to play with Oota.
* {{Tsundere}}: Oota becomes so invested with trying to elicit a reaction from Kashiwada, he refuses to acknowledge that he does it in part because he liked her to an extent.

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