History Manga / LovelyComplex

* FunTShirt: In the prequel[=/=]WhereAreTheyNow collection of stories called ''Love Com D'', Yoshi is seen wearing a shirt with a [[https://i.imgur.com/PbZOcV3.png very interesting NSFW phrase]] on it. Needless to say, it was removed by Viz for English-speaking readers.

* FunTShirt: In the prequel[=/=]WhereAreTheyNow collection of stories called ''Love Com D'', Yoshi is seen wearing a shirt with a very interesting NSFW phrase on it. Needless to say, it was removed by Viz for English-speaking readers.

Creator/VizMedia licensed the manga series in the U.S., while Creator/DiscotekMedia released the anime series as a sub-only DVD in 2012, with an updated, fully-dubbed Blu-Ray set to release sometime in 2024.

Creator/VizMedia licensed the manga series in the U.S., while Creator/DiscotekMedia released the anime series as sub-only in 2012.

* {{Bishonen}}: Many major male characters qualify. Suzuki, Otani, Haruka, Kohori, but especially Maitake.

* KansaiRegionalAccent: It's noticeable that the series not only plays the dialect completely straight (as an aspect of the region rather than the characters in general, since they all live in Osaka), but that it also plays the [[TheIdiotFromOsaka character trope]] completely to the hilt. Aside from the "manzai duo" that the main couple are seen as by their peers, they go to ''Maido'' Academy.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: While Otani surely isn't Mr. Sweet most of the time, he is the main target of a variety of girls who fall for him... including Koizumi, who is hardly Miss Sunshine, either.

* {{Bishonen}}: Many major male characters qualify. Suzuki, Otani, Haruka, Kohori, but especially Maitake and Seiko.

At 172 cm (about 5'7"), high school student Risa Koizumi is way taller than most other girls. This makes her very self-conscious, which she tries to cover up by acting strong-willed and sarcastic, rarely showing her more sensitive side in public. That her name means "Little Spring"[[labelnote:Important!]]As in hot springs, not spring weather.[[/labelnote]] adds to her problem.

''Lovely Complex'' is a RomanticComedy [[{{Shojo}} shojo]] manga by Aya Nakahara that was published by ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2006. It has been adapted as an anime by Creator/ToeiAnimation that aired in 2007, and a live-action movie starring Ema Fujisawa as Koizumi and Teppei Koike as Otani. The manga also counts with a compilation of extra stories that was published a few years after the original ending of the manga, ''Love Com D''.

At 172 cm (about 5'7"), high school student Risa Koizumi is way taller than most other girls. This makes her very self-conscious, which she tries to cover up by acting strong-willed and sarcastic, rarely showing her more sensitive side in public. That her name means "Little Spring"[[labelnote:Important!]] As in hot springs, not spring weather[[/labelnote]] adds to her problem.

*** Each of them also has a younger kid fall for them: Seiko for Otani (who was initially receptive towards her until he learned that [[spoiler:she's {{Transgender}}]], after which he only saw her as a friend) and Kohori for Koizumi (once she starts working at the same restaurant as him). Meanwhile, Abe has her own unrequited crush on Kohori.

* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Seiko]] is an ''epic'' version of this trope. Notable in that all the characters are very unbothered by it, after the initial surprise.

** In the manga, the team that otani has to play against as captain are a bunch of pompador {{Delinquent}} types. In the Anime, however, they're replaced with a [[Manga/KurokosBasketball very familiar team of Americans]] ...

* CaughtOnTheJumbotron: Two characters get caught having a heart-to-heart discussion about their relationship.

* BirdsOfAFeather: this is ultimately what draws Risa and Otani together; they share a great deal of hobbies and [[WhenAJerkLovesATsundere personality]] [[HeightAngst traits]], and this is part of why [[EveryoneElseCanSeeIt everyone else expects them to start dating]].

* ShoutOut: in the manga, the team that otani has to play against as captain are a bunch of pompador {{Delinquent}} types. In the Anime, however, they're replaced with a [[Manga/KurokosBasketball very familiar team of Americans]] ...

* ForcefulKiss: Koizumi gives one to Otani in rage after he [[spoiler: accidentally steals her first kiss while sick]]. Later, Otani does this to Koizumi when confessing to her.

''Lovely Complex'' is a RomanticComedy [[{{Shojo}} shojo]] manga by Aya Nakahara that was published by ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2006. It has been adapted as a anime that aired in 2007, and a live-action movie starring Ema Fujisawa as Koizumi and Teppei Koike as Otani. The manga also counts with a compilation of extra stories that was published a few years after the original ending of the manga, ''Love Com D''.

* ForcefulKiss: Koizumi gives one to Otani. And Otani does this to Koizumi when confessing to her.

''Lovely Complex'' is a RomanticComedy [[{{Shojo}} shojo]] manga by Aya Nakahara that was published by ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from 2001 to 2006. It has been adapted as a anime and a live-action movie, starring Ema Fujisawa as Koizumi, and Teppei Koike as Otani. The manga also counts with a compilation of extra stories that was published a few years after the original ending of the manga, ''Love Com D''.

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[[caption-width-right:320:Otani & Koizumi in the anime.]]

** Happens twice in the manga with [[spoiler:Koizumi and Otani. The first time, they're interrupted by Mimi in Otani's room and the second time they are interrupted by Nobu and Nakao while the two are on the bridge after Otani found out he passed his exam.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Koizumi and Kohori]]

%%* BetaCouple: The matchmaker friends.

%%* ButtMonkey: Poor Kohori

%%* ClassTrip: with a very central role to the plot

* GratuitousEnglish: Once Otani proclaims that he [[spoiler:is breaking with Koizumi, he punctuates that it's ''FOLEVER''.]]

** Koizumi's not actually going out with someone else but [[spoiler: Maity-sensei takes it upon himself to make Otani jealous, getting him to ''finally'' realize he likes Koizumi. It's the OperationJealousy variation. Though in a twist of it, it is the rival and not the object of affection implanting it.]]
** Similarly, after [[spoiler: Seiko starts flirting with Otani, Koizumi starts getting jealous as well, which leads her to start admitting she likes Otani.]]

* InstantFanClub: Koizumi starts one for [[HotTeacher Maitake]] as soon as he comes to the school.

%%* KaraokeBox
%%* {{Kimodameshi}}

%%* LoveDodecahedron

* MatchmakerCrush: The "matchmaker" part takes place in the first episode when both of them trying to fix each other up with two of their friends (said friends end up together at the end of the episode). The crush part comes later.
* TheMatchmaker: Everyone for Koizumi and Otani, but especially Nobuko.

%%* NoodlePeople: Even Otani looks noodly sometimes.

* RomanticFalseLead: Chiharu for Otani and Suzuki for Koizumi.
%%* SchoolFestival

* SexyManInstantHarem: Maitake, who looks like he comes straight from an [[RomanceGame otome game]] as the main character's love interest. Naturally, he becomes the crush of many of his students, Koizumi included.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Both Otani and Koizumi constantly remind that they are not in a relationship to their peers, [[spoiler: even ''after'' the former has kissed her of his own accord. And after they get the RelationshipUpgrade, when Koizumi is asked if Otani is her boyfriend, she says he isn't, ''because he didn't say they were a couple!'']]

* SickEpisode: Otani one, with Koizumi helping him out.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Koizumi plays one in the haunted house during the culture festival, and becomes incredibly good at it (due to channeling her resentment at Otani), that nobody wants to come unless she's there.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Haruka. He frequently sulks about it.

%%** Haruka and Seiko probably also qualify.

%%* {{Bishonen}}: Suzuki, Otani, Haruka, Kohori, but especially Maitake and Seiko.
%%* BishieSparkle: Maitake's "magic".
%%* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Nobu (blonde), Chiharu (brunette), and Koizumi (redhead).
%%** Suzuki (blond), Nakao (brown hair), and Otani (redhead).

%%* ForcefulKiss: Koizumi does this to Otani. And Otani does this to Koizumi when confessing to her.

%%* ImagineSpot: Used to great effect in the anime.

%%* SickEpisode: Otani gets sick, Koizumi helps him out.
%%* SickeninglySweethearts: Nakao and Ishihara.