History Manga / Ojojojo

Jigokumeguri Haru, within a week of moving to yet another new high school, becomes isolated from her classmates yet again due to her arrogant behavior. A lifetime of being brought up as the daughter of the head of a powerful conglomerate has caused her to act unpleasant towards the "commoners" she tries to converse with. As a result, she has never had a single, genuine friend in her life.

With no one else to talk to, Haru decides to dump her self-centered musings onto Kawayanagi Tsurezure, the resident weirdo known for his odd fashion sense and his quiet, emotionless demeanor. Being both somewhat socially awkward in their own different ways, they somehow begin an unexpected friendship.

''Ojojojo'' is a slice-of-life comedy written by Cool-kyou Shinsha[[labelnote:Literal Translation]]"A believer in the religion of Cool"[[/labelnote]], centered around Jigokumeguri Haru and the small circle of TrueCompanions she gains throughout the story. The manga is drawn in a {{Yonkoma}} format where the interactions among the characters become a steady source of humor and some very heartwarming moments.

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Tendou's motivation for befriending Haru was to ease her guilt over ignoring her when she was lonely in middle school.]]

* BirthdayEpisode: In Chapter 10, Haru becomes jealous when Kawayanagi and Tendou refuse to invite her to their outing in the city. After following them around all day, she learns that they were trying to pick out the right birthday present for her. Haru is very touched by their gesture, since it's the first time she's received such a meaningful gift.
* TheButlerDidIt: Guess who admits to taking away the missing photograph from Haru's photo album? That's right, [[spoiler: it was Gramps, or so he claims. [[SubvertedTrope It turns out that]] Tendou was the one who actually stole it.]]

* HairAntennae: Two strands of hair stick out of Tendou's hair bun. They fit her personality type -- she's the most upbeat, outgoing character out of the entire cast.

* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Haru has a brief conversation with Kawayanagi, who replies to all of her brief word fragments with "Mm". They understand each other completely, to Tendou's disbelief.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In Chapter 20, Tendou holds her narrative speech bubbles on a stick as she recaps the events of the previous chapter.

-->'''Tendou''': My job?

* ServileSnarker: Gramps, Jigokumeru's butler, who likes to make sarcastic comments at the least opportune times, but serves faithfully nonetheless.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tendou Akane ''very'' much wants Haru and Kawayanagi to get together. [[spoiler: When they finally do, she takes great pleasure in watching the two of them do things together.]]

* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She tries to gain everybody's affection with her wealth and status, but her arrogant personality turns them all away very quickly. As a result, she had to constantly change schools before the story started.

* WhenHeSmiles: After Haru tells Kawayanagi her backstory, he shows her an absolutely stunning smile (that he'd been practicing for weeks) to cheer her up. She's so stunned by it that she begs him to do it again.

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Haru and Kawayanagi. A cameo in ''Manga/KomorisanWaKotowarenai'' implies that they got married after dating for four years.]]

* BecomingTheMask: Originally, Haru's condescending attitude was [[spoiler: just a way to hide from the pain of her original friends leaving her do to her social status,]] but over time it became so ingrained in her personality that she can't stop acting that way, even if she wants to.

* JerkassFacade: Haru started off as a nice kid, but after [[spoiler: being shunned by her envious elementary school classmates for her social status]], she started acting arrogant to gain attention, even if it would also mean being hated by everyone. She acted like this for so long that the conceit became deeply rooted into her personality.

* AlphaBitch: Subverted. She tries to gain everybody's affection with her wealth and status, but her arrogant personality turns them all away very quickly.

Jigokumeguri Haru, within a week of moving to yet another new high school, becomes isolated from her classmates yet again due to her arrogant behavior. A life of being brought up as the daughter of the head of a powerful conglomerate has caused her to act unpleasant towards the "commoners" she tries to converse with, and as a result has never had a single, genuine friend in her life.

Compare ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'', another OddCouple series from the same author, except, for this time, the couple is married.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler: Haru and Akane were actually in the same class in middle school for a week, but they never talked to each other. When this happens again in high school, Akane becomes Haru's friend as a chance to make up for her mistake of never reaching out to Haru. The guilt of not telling her that they already met slowly eats away at her.]]

* JerkassFacade: Haru started off as a nice kid, but after [[spoiler: being shunned by her envious elementary school classmates for her social status]], she started acting arrogant to gain attention, even at the cost of being hated by everyone.

* ServileSnarker: Jigokumeru's butler, who likes to make sarcastic comments at the least opportune times, but serves faithfully nonetheless.
* ShipperOnDeck: Tendou Akane ''very'' much wants Haru and Kawayanagi to get together.

* TheAce: Chris is smart, athletic and far more socially aware than Haru. His only flaw is his failure to get her attention.

* IndirectKiss: Parodied. Haru wonders if Kawayanagi reading a book she read counts as an indirect ''touch''. Notably, the article she wanted him to read was ''about'' kissing.

* IndirectKiss: Parodied. Haru wonders if Kawayanagi reading a book she read counts as an indirect ''touch''.

* TheQuietOne: Though he enjoys conversing to people, Kawayanagi is so quiet because he's no good at starting conversations, and the few people he's talked to never talk to him again. He slowly opens up to Haru after enjoying (and admiring) the self-centered conversations he makes with him.

''Ojojojo'' is a slice-of-life comedy written by COOL Kyoushinsha, centered around Jigokumeguri Haru and the small circle of TrueCompanions she gains throughout the story. The manga is drawn in a {{Yonkoma}} format where the interactions among the characters become a steady source of humor and some very heartwarming moments.