History Manga / LoveIsInTheBag

** In fact, you could say it's...''all in the bag.''

''Love is in the Bag'' is a [[WidgetSeries weird]] SliceOfLife comedy {{Manga}} about a girl named Kate Menella, who has a crush on local hottie [[ObliviousToLove Calvin Jacobs]]. It would be somewhat typical if it weren't for the fact that [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting she turns into a bag everytime she gets excited]]. With the help of her best friend, Kara Francesco, Kate gets over her shyness and is able to get together with Calvin. Except for all the things standing in her way, such as basketball tournaments and a girl claiming to be Calvin's previous girlfriend.

* MultipleEndings: ''The Lorelei Wang Case Files: Mystery of Valehollow'' is a Chosen Path book with 13 different endings.

* TimeSkip: The second ending of Love is in the Bag Volume 5 takes place in college.
** In the sequel Bag Together, there is a second TimeSkip of one year, as the story follows the gang as [[spoiler:Kate enters her third year in college]].

** This is eventually followed by a DistantFinale that takes place [[TimeSkip three years later]], when the main characters are already in college.

* ChasteHero: Calvin Jacobs. He doesn't even get the meaning of "date".

* ArtEvolution: Discussed by the author [[http://acevitangcol.multiply.com/journal/item/49 here.]]

* MediumAwareness: The series delves into this occasionally, but Fourth Wall Guy takes the cake for this.
* MetaGuy: There's a random guy that appears every now and then, and he's quite GenreSavvy and [[MysteriousWatcher aware of the situation at all times]].

* TheNapoleon: Lorelei is sometimes teased by Mark, Mara, Calvin and Louis for her stature, to which she takes offense.

* HotMom: Kate's mom.

* YaoiFan: Chloe, who fantasizes about Mark and Calvin. A lot.

** Ruthlessly done in Volume 3, where Chloe does a chain of shout outs to {{Batman}} while trying to squeeze Louis's secret out of him. Even lampshaded by Fourth Wall Guy.

* TheNapoleon: Lorelei is sometimes teased by Mark, Mara, Calvin and Louis for her stature, to which she takes offense.
* DatePeepers: Kara usually does this, although many of the characters (including Kate herself!) have had their moments as DatePeepers.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Lulu [[spoiler:asks Calvin to do this to Kate at the start of Volume 4.]]

''Love is in the Bag'' is at its fifth and final volume, but WordOfGod has delivered spin-offs, including a CluelessMystery light novel ''The Great Donut Caper!,'' and the SliceOfLife graphic novel ''Bag Together'' which is set 3 years after the events of the final volume. The comic's Facebook page can be found [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-is-in-the-Bag/11283522124 here.]]

''Love is in the Bag'' is at its fifth and final volume, but WordOfGod has delivered spin-offs, including a light novel "The Great Donut Caper!" and the graphic novel "Bag Together" which is set 3 years after the events of the final volume. The comic's Facebook page can be found [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-is-in-the-Bag/11283522124 here.]]

Another manga by the same makers is AngelCrush, which is set in the same universe and features cameos from ''Love is in the Bag'' characters.

Written by Ace Vitangcol and produced by [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Studio Studio]], it is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Filipino]] comic drawn in a manga style.

''Love is in the Bag'' is at its fifth and final volume, but WordOfGod says they are planning spin-offs. There are currently no scans over the internet, but there is apparently [[http://www.148apps.com/reviews/mrm-comics-love-bag-vol1-issue-1/ an iPhone app]] that provides the manga. The comic's Facebook page can be found [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-is-in-the-Bag/11283522124 here]], while the author's blog can be found [[http://acevitangcol.multiply.com/ here.]]

* RunningGag: There's a guy that appears in Volume Two onwards [[TheChewToy who gets something falling on him everytime.]] Before the thing in question hits him, he says "[[CurseCutShort What the - ]]". It's a {{Homage}} to a friend of the author.

* MistakenForGay: Mark, by Louis, because he thought that [[HoYay Mark was peeping at Calvin.]] Even more so by Volume 4, where Louis misunderstood what Calvin said about Mark [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean came out of the closet.]]