History Manga / Moyashimon

''Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' (also known as just ''Moyashimon'') is a manga series, adapted to anime by Creator/TMSEntertainment in 2007 (with [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-22/moyashimon-returns-to-tv-in-new-anime-this-july a second season]] in 2012) and live-action in 2010, which tells the account of Tadayasu Sawaki. The son of a yeast maker and a first-year college student at an agricultural university, Tadayasu has the ability to see, touch and talk with all sorts of micro-organisms and bacteria. These microbes appear to him as bug-sized creatures that come in all sorts of shapes with whom Tadayasu can interact. It concluded in 2014 after ten years of intense work.

%%* WidgetSeries: ...Yep.

%%* {{Bokukko}}: Aoi Mutou.

** CursedWithAwesome: But eventually, he accepts that he has this ability and that people are willing to make use of it, and the microbes accept him in turn. [[spoiler: His newfound confidence to be useful also allows him to temporarily let others see microbes like he can]].

* {{Bokukko}}: Aoi Mutou.

* CoolOldGuy: The professor.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Kei's attachment for Sawaki.
* FatAndSkinny: Misato and Kawahama.

* {{Irony}}: Oikawa is a neat-freak who has an issue with germs in general. Come the end of the second season however, as Sawaki soon finds out, she's apparently a microbe-magnet on the scale of the owner of the Hiyoshi Liquor Store, to the point Sawaki could no longer ''see'' her anymore under the cloud of microbes orbiting around her.

* SayItWithHearts

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Sawaki with Kei.
** Interestingly enough, Kei will also deny this thanks to an internalized belief that two men shouldn't be professing love to each other, even when most of the main cast immediately call out that Kei is [[GreenEyedMonster literally the last person]] [[ReunionKiss who should be]] [[RaceForYourLove saying that]].

* ShipperOnDeck: The ''A. oryzae'' from Sawaki's household heavily endorse a relationship between Sawaki and any girl that shows interest, this includes [[spoiler:Kei]]. This includes holding up signs that say "True Wife" and "Just go for it!"
** Everyone else in the main cast just assumes they're together as well.

* [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Speaks Fluent Germ]]: Tadayasu.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Misato and Kawahama.
* TrashOfTheTitans: The student-run dorm, especially Misato and Kawahama's room.

* WallOfText : Itsuki-sensei is prone to delivering these in increasingly small font sizes. Sometimes everyone else gets squished between the speech bubbles.

* WhipItGood: Hasegawa.

* OverprotectiveDad: Hasegawa's father.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The live action series, which starts off the bootlegging sake scene much earlier and Kei appears later on as a student [[spoiler:in his crossdressing guise]], rather than joining the school with Sawaki at the same time.

* SchoolFestival: Very unusual in that everyone is locked in for entire time the festival is on and you have to figure out the rules for this year's event before the rules hit you.

** Everyone else in the main cast just assume they're together as well.

* {{Tsundere}}: Haruka Hasegawa (who enforces her tsudere-ness with a bullwhip) and Hazuki Oikawa.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime: Well, eleven eps plus three "Microbe Deluxe Theatre" EducationalShort films.

* WallOfText : Itsuki-sensei is prone to delivering these in increasingly small font-sizes. Sometimes everyone else gets squished between the speech bubbles.

** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case to above, but to a lesser degree. Proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thighs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that put her self-declared sexuality into question. On the other hand , she didn't seem to think anything of taking a bath with Kaneshiro, and her main reaction to being kissed by Hasegawa appeared to be annoyance.]]

** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case to above, but to a lesser degree. Proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that put her self-declared sexuality into question. On the other hand , she didn't seem to think anything of taking a bath with Kaneshiro, and her main reaction to being kissed by Hasegawa appeared to be annoyance.]]

* BastardGirlfriend: Hasegawa. In-universe Misato is horrified by Hasegawa's drunken advances.

** Kei Yuuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did act visibly flustered while meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright shocked/exhausted after being taken to a strip club in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpretation (especially considering how much more relaxed in comparison he was around Kaneshiro ).]]

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The microbes and several cars in the anime.

* ConspicuousCG: The microbes and several cars in the anime.

* '''Kei Yuuki''' - Tadayasu's childhood friend, the son of a ''sake'' brewer who secretly thinks of herself as a [[{{Transgender}} girl trapped in a boy's body]] and is also in love with Tadayasu.

* ElegantGothicLolita: Kei is one.

* {{Transgender}}: Kei Yuuki.

** Aoi Mutou: [[spoiler: she's much closer to being [[AmbiguouslyGay Ambiguously Gay]] really.In the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she has only shown to display attraction toward her own sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble getting intimately physical with other girls ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow") and complimenting them on how "cute" they are, seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against her thighs), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Besides that, she also seems to prefer the company of women and is shown not to socialize with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike constant fraternizing with the female members). There's also her habit of slipping into masculine pronouns.]]

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she has only shown to display attraction toward her own sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble getting intimately physical with other girls ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow") and complimenting them on how "cute" they are, seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against her thighs), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Besides that, she also seems to prefer the company of women and is shown not to socialize with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike with the female members). Considering all of the above, as well as her habit of slipping into masculine pronouns, a slightly [[AmbiguouslyGay different picture could be painted.]]]]
** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case to above, but to a lesser degree. Proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that put her self-declared sexuality into question. On the other hand though, she didn't think anything of taking a bath with Kaneshiro, and her main reaction to being kissed by Hasegawa appeared to be annoyance.]]
** Kei Yuuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did act visibly flustered while meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright shocked/exhausted after being taken to a strip club (where maximal level of exposition were breasts) in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpretation (especially considering how much more relaxed in comparison he was around Kaneshiro ).]]

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she has only shown to display attraction toward her own sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble getting intimately physical with other girls ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow") and complimenting them on how "cute" they are, seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against her thighs), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Besides that, she also seems to prefer the company of women and is shown not to socialize with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike with the female members). Considering all of the above, as well as her habit of slipping into using [[StringyBokkuko masculine pronouns]], a slightly [[StringyAmbiguouslyGay different picture could be painted.]]]]

** Kei Yuuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did act visibly flustered while meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright shocked/exhausted after being taken to a "sex show" (strip club) in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpretation (especially considering how much more relaxed he was around Kaneshiro).]]

** Kei Yuuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did act visibly flustered while meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright shocked/exhausted after being taken to a "sex show" (strip club) in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpretation (especially considering that he was considerably more relaxed around Kaneshiro).]]

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she's been only shown to display attraction toward her own sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble getting intimately physical with other girls ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow") or complimenting on how "cute" they, seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Besides that, she also seems to prefer the company of women and is shown not to socialize with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike with the female members). Considering all of the above, as well as her habit of slipping into using [[StringyBokkuko masculine pronouns]], a slightly [[StringyAmbiguouslyGay different picture coould be painted.]]]]
** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case as above, but to a lesser degree. Proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that puts her self-declared sexuality into question]]
** Kei Yuuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did appear pretty flustered while meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright shocked/exhausted after being taken to a "sex show" (strip club) in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is much more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpretation.]]

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she's been only shown to display attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting other girls on how "cute" they are or getting intimately physical with them ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow"), seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women and isn't shown socializing with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike with the female members).]]
** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case as above, but to a lesser degree. Proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that puts her declared sexuality into question]]
** Kei Yuki: [[spoiler: whatever feelings he may have for Sawaki, he did appear to be pretty flustered meeting Marie for the first time (shyly commenting on how pretty she is), and was downright exhausted after being taken to a "sex show" (strip club) in New Orleans by her. While the latter might be caused by his classically conservative japanese upbringing, the former is much more ambiguous in nature and left to reader's interpreation.]]

** Sawaki mentions that Kei often dislikes being called feminine and girl-looking as a kid, though mysteriously anyone that did it back then found their sheds lit aflame [[StringyHairedGhostGirl by a mysterious white-robed woman.]][[spoiler: As it is later revealed, the real perpetrator behind the arsons was Sawaki's brother - Kei was also present, but according to him, he was there to put down the fires]]

** Kei Yuki: [[spoiler: of whatever nature his feelings for Sawaki are, he does look pretty flustered/shocked after being taken to a "Sex show" (strip club) in New Orleans by Marie]]

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she's been only shown to display attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting other girls on how "cute" they are or getting intimately physical with them ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow"), seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her], it's not in [Aoi's] nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women and isn't shown socializing with guys from the lab in her free time very often (unlike female members).]]

* DudeLooksLikeALady: The author apparently had to remind readers in early chapters of the manga that Kei was the ''son'' of a sake brewer, not the daughter. [[spoiler: May have been {{foreshadowing}} for Kei coming out as {{transgender}}.]]
** Sawaki mentions that Kei often dislikes being called feminine and girl-looking as a kid, though mysteriously anyone that did it back then found their sheds lit aflame [[StringyHairedGhostGirl by a mysterious white-robed woman]].

** Aoi Motou: [[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she's only shown displaying attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting other girls on how "cute" they, getting close to physical with them ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow"), seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a stay over, jokingly stating that "even if [Haruka] were to attack [her],it's not in her nature to go against anything pleasurable". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!"). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women and isn't shown interacting with guys in her free time outside of lab much.]]
** Hazuki Oikawa: [[spoiler:similar case as above. Her proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that puts her declared sexuality into question]]

** [[spoiler: Aoi Motou: ]][[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she is only shown displaying attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting other girls on how "cute" they are or getting touchy with them ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow"), seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing her face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a sleepover, jokingly stating that it's "not in her nature to go against anything pleasurable, even if [Haruka] were to attack [her]". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women and isn't shown interacting with guys outside of lab much.]]
** [[spoiler: Hazuki Oikawa: ]][[spoiler:similar case as above. Her proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that puts her declared sexuality into question]]

** [[spoiler: Aoi Motou: ]][[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she is only shown dosplaying attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting other girls on how "cute" they are or getting touchy with them ("You're perfect size for a hug body pillow"), seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing her face against them), later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind (her reaction to the sight of two cute girls doing technically erotic thing? "thumb up!"), and insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a sleepover, jokingly stating that it's "not in her nature to go against anything pleasurable, even if [Haruka] were to attack [her]". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Hasegawa's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women and isn't shown interacting with guys outside of lab much.]]

** [[spoiler: Aoi Motou: ]][[spoiler: in the past she allegedly had boyfriend of some kind, but during course of the story she only shows attraction toward same sex: she hooks up with Oikawa, has no trouble complimenting girls on how "cute" they are, seems to be mesmerized by Kosaka's legs (to the point of rubbing her face against them), and later talks the same Kosaka into biting Hasegawa's neck from behind, while looking very pleased with the whole scene ("thumb up!"). She also insists on sleeping in the same bed as Haruka during a sleepover, and at the same time jokingly stating that it's "not in her nature to go against anything pleasurable, even if [Hasegawa] were to attack [her]". Not to mention their very first interaction was Aoi spontaneously kissing Haruka's back ("It was just a kiss! Your back [was] so pretty that I did without thinking!). Overall, she also seems to prefer the company of women, and not interacting with guys much outside of lab.]]
** [[spoiler: Hazuki Oikawa: ]][[spoiler:similar case as above. Her self proclaimed preference toward older men didn't stop her from having sex with Aoi, massaging Kosaka's thigs while excitedly shouting "That's what girls are like these days!", or doing other things that puts her declared sexuality into question]]