History Manga / Mahoromatic

* HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahoromatic/v07/c001/113.html Okay, she doesn't DIE, but still.]]

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy

* ThemeTuneCameo: Mahoro hums part of the opening theme while walking home in one episode.

''Mahoromatic'' is a manga originally written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and illustrated by Bow Ditama. In 2001, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Creator/StudioGainax and Shaft, and directed by Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga.

** Saint and Vespar seem to have rules of engagement that they've informally agreed upon, foremost amongst them is that innocent bystanders should not be dragged into their conflict unless it's absolutely unavoidable.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Mahoro, Minawa and two of Suguru's friends in the OVA when everyone dons a {{Meido}} outfit.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Suguru's porn buddies Kawahara and Hamadi, though Hamadi does step into the spotlight a bit in the second season [[spoiler: and in the manga epilogue, he did marry Minawa]].

** [[spoiler: Suguru is now a HeartbrokenBadass, who's sole purpose in life is to kill combat androids. He's kept Mahoro's brooch as a reminder of her, and why he hates combat droids.]]

*** The ending can be interpreted in two ways, which is up to the individual viewer:

*** For a more EarnYourHappyEnding version, [[spoiler:Suguru is still wounded, but may likely survive it, given the likely advances in technology from Saint, and gets reunited with Mahoro, who probably no longer has any time restrictions left on her. They go back to Japan and reunite with their high school friends, and Minawa is implied to be there as well.]]

* AboveTheInfluence: Suguru. He never takes advantage of Mahoro, and always brushes off Shijiko-sensei's advances, and treats his female classmates with respect, much to all of their chagrin at times.

** PlayedForLaughs in episode 7 of Season 2, when during the town mock battle two of the citizens attacks Minawa, trying to knock the flower out of head. She trips, and somehow manages to knock both of the attacker's flowers out, and apologizes. Then proceeds to somehow knock out some more flowers without really trying. One of the townsfolk even wonders if it's a drunken style fighting, then settles on "Apology Fu".

** [[spoiler:Feldrance finding out about Vesper ordering Mahoro to investigate something buried beneath Suguru's school seems to mean something's not right with Minawa, with episode 7 season 2 confirming it]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Mahoro did a SuicideAttack on Feldrance who wanted to kill Suguru. Suguru's Grandfather smuggled Slash in the party to wipe out The Management's leadership, it was shown at the that he didn't survive too.]]

** Later, [[spoiler: Mahoro sacrifices herself by holding onto Feldrance, then showing him how to properly use the energy from the energy blade his bosses stole from Vesper, and blows herself up along with him.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Feldrance, himself an android, has a cold utilitarian view of his own kind.
--> '''Feldrance''': "We’re knives; we’re meant to cut our enemies. We’re guns; we’re meant to pierce our enemies. We’re bombs; we’re meant to blow our enemies away. We simply repeat that cycle, until we are destroyed by the enemy. Tell me, why do you want to be like them so badly? We’re lies, we’re all fake. That’s right, we don’t even have a Hell to go to."

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Invoked by both the Management scientist who tries to capture Mahoro, which is then immediately followed by his android assistant Feldrance does it on him, stating he's still got a mission to complete [[spoiler: to return the data on Mahoro to another Management scientist, before shooting the first scientist and taking the escape pod with only one seat available.]]

* BlatantLies: Mahoro does this when she realizes Suguru doesn't seem comfortable with her being too honest when his teacher asks her personal questions. His friends seem to buy her story, but the Shikijo-sensei still seems suspicious of it.

''Mahoromatic'' is a manga originally written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and illustrated by Bow Ditama. In 2001, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Creator/StudioGainax and Creator/{{Shaft}}, and directed by Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga.

''Mahoromatic'' is a manga originally written by Bunjūrō Nakayama and illustrated by Bow Ditama. In 2001, it was adapted into an anime series produced by Creator/StudioGainax and Creator/{{SHAFT}} and directed by Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga.

!!Tropes:

* ACupAngst: Though not quite flat, Mahoro wishes for a larger chest, and Shikijo often insults her chest size. The ending song even makes reference to her relative lack of endowment.

* BenevolentAlienInvasion: The Saint, somewhat. [[spoiler:In episode 11 of Season 1, one of the Saint members gives a little backstory on how the members of Saint went throughout the galaxy looking for new species to contact, but were quite surprised at not finding any kind of life anywhere. And then when they find Earth, the first response humans have is of violence towards them, to the point where they end up having to make some combat androids to counter the human's hostilities.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Suguru does one the final episode of Season 1, which ends up saving Mahoro.

* BuxomIsBetter: Shikijo-sensei likes to flaunt this trope around.

* CatchPhrase: "I think dirty thoughts are bad!"
** An idea that seems common to all androids and cyborgs alike.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Shijiko-sensei doesn't like that Suguru doesn't seem interested in her anymore after Mahoro shows up in his life, to the point where she shows up at his house repeatedly.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Minawa, [[spoiler:although her klutziness may be due to repeated bone alteration experiments at the hands of Management. It's more than a little disturbing to see the X-ray results of her limbs near the end of the second season, and one character's comments that she should be in constant, extreme pain.]]

* DancingTheme: Very simple dance steps used in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GioUWV3GNHw 1st ED]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLdZaFcG9r0 2nd ED]].

* TheThingThatGoesDoink: At the hot springs in episode 10.

* {{Shotacon}}: Shikijo-sensei

* ArtificialHuman: Mahoro, Minawa, Ryuga, etc. Comes with being a cyborg.

* {{Dojikko}}: Minawa, [[spoiler:although her klutziness may be due to repeated bone alteration experiments at the hands of Management. It's more than a little disturbing to see the X-ray results of her limbs near the end of the second season, and one character's comments that she should be in constant, extreme pain.]]
** PlayedForLaughs in episode 7 of Season 2, when during the town mock battle two of the citizens attacks Minawa, trying to knock the flower out of head. She trips, and somehow manages to knock both of the attacker's flowers out, and apologizes. Then proceeds to somehow knock out some more flowers without really trying. One of the townsfolk even wonders if it's a drunken style fighting, then settles on "Apology Fu".

*** [[spoiler: there is some debate as to whether or not Mahoro comes back in the flesh or not. It is mentioned that Saint is releasing "a memory" back to Suguru before moving on, and in the haunted school episode it's implied that unfulfilled purposes can create ghosts. Mahoro may have come back as such a ghost, and Suguru died in the epilogue episode, making the haunted school episode an example of Foreshadowing]].

* TrashOfTheTitans: Suguru's house prior to Mahoro arriving.

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: If it is true for Suguru in the anime that is... ]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Mahoro, in spades. She's always saying "dirty thoughts are bad" but.........