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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yamato's middle school crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest Arai]], who only shows interest once he gets more good-looking, but by then, he isn't attracted to her anymore. Asami, Aiko, and Megumi have unrequited feelings for Yamato; Kai has unrequited feelings for Mei. Subverted with Nakanishi's crush on Asami, Masashi's crush on Aiko, and Chiharu's crush on Hayakawa. Their crushes were initially unrequited, but they were reciprocated in the end.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yamato's middle school crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest [[SatelliteLoveInterest Arai]], who only shows interest once he gets more good-looking, but by then, he isn't attracted to her anymore. Asami, Aiko, and Megumi have unrequited feelings for Yamato; Kai has unrequited feelings for Mei. Subverted with Nakanishi's crush on Asami, Masashi's crush on Aiko, and Chiharu's crush on Hayakawa. Their crushes were initially unrequited, but they were reciprocated in the end.
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** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
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** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
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** HopelessSuitor: Since Mei and Yamato are very much in love.
** HopelessSuitor: Since Mei and Yamato are very much in love.
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** [[spoiler:Megumi]] later pulls this after seeing how Yamato was always thinking of Mei.
** [[spoiler:Megumi]] later pulls this after seeing how Yamato was always thinking of Mei.
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** Episode 11 shows much more of Megumi's background, [[spoiler: and how she was a lot like Mei, in that kids also made fun of her until she changed her image to match her friendly, GenkiGirl facade. Which quickly begins to break down when she starts turning on the people hanging out with her.]]
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** In episode 11, after Yamato receives a call from Megumi's talent agency:
-->'''Yamato:''' [[spoiler: Kitagawa, they can't get in touch with her!]]
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* DeathGlare: Megumi gives one to Mei when Asami was asking her to join them with tea. Her look ultimately causes Mei to turn the invitation down.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: A couple of examples:
** Mei when she kicks Yamato after Nakanishi tried to peek up her skirt on the staircase in the first episode.
** Inverted with Kai chopping Megumi on her head after she gives him a gift basket from the Land amusement park. He was excited to receive it at first, but then immediately questions why she didn't think about what those girls felt when they gave her the gift, and how giving it to him would be cheapening the feelings, even if she had no use for such a thing.
* DivideAndConquer: Megumi attempts to steal away Mei's friends in order to isolate her in episode 10, then spreads rumors around to make it look like she's cheating on Yamato with Kai.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: A couple of examples:
** Mei when she kicks Yamato after Nakanishi tried to peek up her skirt on the staircase in the first episode.
** Inverted with Kai chopping Megumi on her head after she gives him a gift basket from the Land amusement park. He was excited to receive it at first, but then immediately questions why she didn't think about what those girls felt when they gave her the gift, and how giving it to him would be cheapening the feelings, even if she had no use for such a thing.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kai gives one to Yamato in episode 10, telling him about how the latter seemed to be ignoring Mei's feelings, and how he always secretly hated him for doing that when they were younger.
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* NecktieLeash: In Episode 7, while internally working out her insecurities about their relationship, Mei wordlessly walks up to Yamato in the school halls, grabs his tie, pulls him towards her, and kisses him.
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** Yamato does this with Mei in episode 8 after he finds out that his modeling job and the rumor that there was something going on with him and Megumi was [[LoveHurts affecting her deeply.]]
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yamato has known Asami and Aiko since middle school. Hayakawa and Aiko are FriendsWithBenefits. Mei's co-worker Chiharu is the childhood friend of Hayakwa, Hayakawa, who is also Yamato's friend. A regular customer at the bakery is Kai, who turns out to be Yamato's middle school friend who was bullied.
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* ForeShadowing: In episode 3, Yamato tells Mei about his friend in middle school who was bullied and ended up transferring. Although he's seen at the very end of episode 7, and as a weird customer in episode 8 in the bakery Mei works at, he isn't formally introduced until episode 9, as Kai Takemura. Yamato then reveals to Mei that Kai was the friend who was bullied.
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-->'''Kai:''' [[spoiler: Tachibana Mei. I think...I like her...]]
* WhatDoesHeSeeInHer: Megumi's main reaction after Yamato tells her he's quitting his modeling job so as not to upset Mei anymore in episode 9.
-->'''Kai:''' [[spoiler: Tachibana Mei. I think...I like her...]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Yamato starts to realize this when Aiko [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out]] on the rumor that he was seen leaving Megumi's apartment. He initially doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, since he states there's nothing going on between them, and he's simply going there for dinner. Aiko then asks him that if the situation were reversed, where Mei was going to another guy's house without his knowledge, if Yamato would be okay with that. He runs off and begins searching for Mei, canceling his photo shoot with Megumi in the process.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Aiko, of all people, tells Yamato in episode 8 that him going to Megumi's apartment for dinner and not telling Mei about it is really [[LoveHurts hurting her]] a lot. Then Aiko shows him the magazine interview of Megumi, who states that she still has a crush on a guy, and despite being turned down once, hasn't given up on him yet. He begins to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize what's going on]]
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Mei seems to have received one in episode 2 after she defends Asami from two girls who insult her breasts. Judging by the injuries on her cheek, they may have scratched her face as well during the slap.
** Asami delivers one to Aiko in episode 7 after the latter is being too [[BrutalHonesty blunt]] with Mei while unsure about her feelings towards Yamato.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Megumi is instantly enamored with Yamato upon seeing him for the first time in episode 6. At the end of the school day, she waits for him at the entrance, then bluntly asks him if he has a girlfriend. Then she immediately starts trying to hook up with him, but he immediately rejects her, stating that he has no interest in girls who are only interested in his looks. She then takes it down a notch and tries to get to know him first, with the intention of breaking him up with Mei so she can snag him.
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* NotSoDifferent: After Yamato tells Mei more about his little sister Nagi in episode 5, she begins to realize that Mei was treated by her "friends" much in the same way she was. Mei's "friends" went over to her house often, and she often provided snacks for them, but they always left her out of anything they were doing, such as playing games. Eventually she started making up excuses for them to not be able to use her house, and then started skipping school altogether because of how they used her.
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* BrokenBird: While all of the girls qualify, Mei is probably the biggest one. Due to friends betraying her when she was younger, she avoided making friends in high school, and tried to be as inconspicuous as possible to avoid standing out.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Due to Yamato's popularity with most girls, Mei unintentionally causes several girls to fall into this trope. It only infuriates them further that Mei didn't seem to do anything special, such as losing weight or putting on lots of makeup, yet attracted Yamato's attention.
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* LonersAreFreaks: Mei is rumored to be this due to her extreme isolation and non-interaction with other students.
* [[LoveAtFirstPunch Love At First Kick]]: Yamato tells Mei he fell in love with her when she tried to do a roundhouse kick to him after Nakanishi tries to peek up her skirt.
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* WhamLine: Aiko delivers one to Mei in episode 3.
-->'''Aiko:''' [[spoiler: Why would he choose you over someone he's slept with?]]
-->'''Aiko:''' [[spoiler: Why would he choose you over someone he's slept with?]]
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''Say "I Love You"'' is a 2008 {{shojo}} manga by Kanae Hazuki.
[[TheQuietOne Quiet and unassuming]], sixteen-year-old Mei Tachibana has spent her high school years without making friends or getting a boyfriend after an incident in her childhood causes her to believe that all people betray each other. When she encounters [[SchoolIdol popular boy]] Yamato Kurosawa, he becomes interested in her and it is through their tentative friendship and blossoming relationship that Mei ultimately begins to branch out and befriend others.
An anime adaptation has been scheduled to air as a part of the Fall2012Anime season.
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!This series contains the following tropes:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yamato's middle school crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest Arai]], who only shows interest once he gets more good-looking, but by then, he isn't attracted to her anymore. Asami, Aiko, and Megumi have unrequited feelings for Yamato; Kai has unrequited feelings for Mei. Subverted with Nakanishi's crush on Asami, Masashi's crush on Aiko, and Chiharu's crush on Hayakawa. Their crushes were initially unrequited, but they were reciprocated in the end.
* BetaCouple: Nakanishi and Asami.
* BettyAndVeronica: Mei and Aiko (later Megumi) for Yamato. Kai and Yamato for Mei.
* BigEater: Mei.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Kai and Mei. They have both been bullied in the past, have difficulty with being looked at, being around a lot of people, or participating in group activities (e.g. karaoke), and thus they can understand each other fairly well and talk to each other easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Megumi.
* BrutalHonesty: Mei.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Hayakawa and Chiharu.
* FakeOutMakeOut: Yamato does this to Mei to get rid of a regular at her bakery who has been stalking her, unwittingly taking her FirstKiss.
* FirstLove: Yamato's first crush, Arai.
* FirstNameBasis[=/=]LastNameBasis: Upon meeting each other, Yamato quickly refers to Mei by her first name while Mei formally refers to Yamato by his last name. It is only a while after they start dating that she begins calling him by his first name.
* GenkiGirl: Asami and Chiharu. Megumi appears to be this.
* GirlishPigtails: Asami.
* TheGlomp: Asami.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** Mei's first signs of having feelings for Yamato are through her jealousy of his first crush Arai. After learning from Asami that Yamato seems to be able to kiss any girl (including Mei) instead of his crush, Mei feels insulted. Her jealousy only deepens when she learns that Yamato and Aiko had sex in middle school, but she gets over it.
** Hayakawa envied Yamato because all the girls love him while he has to sleep around to get their interest.
** Aiko was jealous of Mei because, in her perspective, Mei effortlessly hooked up with Yamato while Aiko pushed herself to lose weight and make herself look pretty in hopes that she would be noticed.
** Yamato is jealous of Mei's friendliness with Kai and how [[BirdsOfAFeather natural]] it is for them to talk and understand each other. Kai's implied feelings for Mei, as well as Megumi's attempt to sabotage Mei's and Yamato's relationship by constantly telling Yamato how close Kai and Mei are, also doesn't help their situation.
** Megumi cannot see why Yamato [[WhatDoesHeSeeInHer would choose such a "plain" girl]] like Mei for a girlfriend when he could have her and is determined to [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage]] Mei's relationship with Yamato, as well as distance Mei from her friends Asami and Aiko, so she can get rid of Mei and have Yamato for herself.
* HeelFaceTurn: Aiko.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mei and Asami. Yamato with Nakanishi and Kai.
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Aiko and Megumi.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hayakawa.
* {{Kuudere}}: Mei.
* LoveDodecahedron: Both Asami and Aiko had feelings for Yamato before ending up with their love interests Nakanishi and Masahi respectively; Megumi also has unrequited feelings for Yamato, who ends up dating Mei, who is the object of Yamato's best friend Kai's affections.
* MaliciousSlander: Asami suffers from this due to her breasts, causing people to think that she ReallyGetsAround or is involved with CompensatedDating. Yamato's younger sister Nagi ends up in this situation when classmates at school tease her about having a brother complex to the extent where she refuses to return to school.
* NewTransferStudent: Megumi transfers to the gang's high school in hopes of becoming closer to Yamato.
* ObliviousToLove: Yamato towards Megumi, and Mei towards Kai.
* OfficialCouple: Yamato and Mei, Nakanishi and Asami, Hayakawa and Chiharu, and Aiko and Masashi.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yamato has known Asami and Aiko since middle school. Hayakawa and Aiko are FriendsWithBenefits. Mei's co-worker Chiharu is the childhood friend of Hayakwa, who is also Yamato's friend. A regular customer at the bakery is Kai, who turns out to be Yamato's middle school friend who was bullied.
* OppositesAttract: Yamato and Mei.
* TheQuietOne: Mei.
* ReallyGetsAround: Aiko and Hayakawa. Naturally, both of them are FriendsWithBenefits until Hayakawa starts dating Chiharu.
* RelationshipSabotage: Megumi tries to pull this on Mei and her relationship with Yamato by trying to get closer to Mei's friends and twisting Mei's moments with Kai to seem as though she's closer to Kai than Yamato. Eventually, Yamato, as well as Asami and Aiko, see through what Megumi is scheming.
* TheRival: Aiko is this to Mei until she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and decides to let Yamato and Mei be together. Megumi, a model who develops a crush on Yamato, later fills in as a rival to Mei. Kai becomes this to Yamato once the former begins developing feelings for Mei.
* SchoolIdol: Yamato and Hayakawa.
* ShallowLoveInterest:
** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
* ShojoGenre
* SickeninglySweethearts: Nakanishi and Asami.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy:
** Inverted. It is Yamato who first develops feelings for Mei, but she quickly reciprocates [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove without initially]] realizing it.
** Played straight with Megumi's crush on Yamato.
* SliceOfLife
* StalkerWithACrush: A regular at Mei's bakery follows her in the first chapter. Mei ends up calling Yamato for help, which leads to a FakeOutMakeOut. Chapter 2 has this PlayedForLaughs with Mei stalking Yamato and his interactions with Arai.
* ThreeAmigos: Mei, Asami, and eventually Aiko form a trio.
* {{Tsundere}}: Yamato and Aiko.
* WrongGuyFirst: Gender-flipped with Yamato and Arai. Yamato used to have a crush on Arai until she overheard her talking to her friends about how he wasn't her type. It is only once he's become "taller and cooler" that she shows interest, but by then, Yamato's already interested in Mei.
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''Say "I Love You"'' is a 2008 {{shojo}} manga by Kanae Hazuki.
[[TheQuietOne Quiet and unassuming]], sixteen-year-old Mei Tachibana has spent her high school years without making friends or getting a boyfriend after an incident in her childhood causes her to believe that all people betray each other. When she encounters [[SchoolIdol popular boy]] Yamato Kurosawa, he becomes interested in her and it is through their tentative friendship and blossoming relationship that Mei ultimately begins to branch out and befriend others.
An anime adaptation has been scheduled to air as a part of the Fall2012Anime season.
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!This series contains the following tropes:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Yamato's middle school crush on [[ShallowLoveInterest Arai]], who only shows interest once he gets more good-looking, but by then, he isn't attracted to her anymore. Asami, Aiko, and Megumi have unrequited feelings for Yamato; Kai has unrequited feelings for Mei. Subverted with Nakanishi's crush on Asami, Masashi's crush on Aiko, and Chiharu's crush on Hayakawa. Their crushes were initially unrequited, but they were reciprocated in the end.
* BetaCouple: Nakanishi and Asami.
* BettyAndVeronica: Mei and Aiko (later Megumi) for Yamato. Kai and Yamato for Mei.
* BigEater: Mei.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Kai and Mei. They have both been bullied in the past, have difficulty with being looked at, being around a lot of people, or participating in group activities (e.g. karaoke), and thus they can understand each other fairly well and talk to each other easily.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Megumi.
* BrutalHonesty: Mei.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Hayakawa and Chiharu.
* FakeOutMakeOut: Yamato does this to Mei to get rid of a regular at her bakery who has been stalking her, unwittingly taking her FirstKiss.
* FirstLove: Yamato's first crush, Arai.
* FirstNameBasis[=/=]LastNameBasis: Upon meeting each other, Yamato quickly refers to Mei by her first name while Mei formally refers to Yamato by his last name. It is only a while after they start dating that she begins calling him by his first name.
* GenkiGirl: Asami and Chiharu. Megumi appears to be this.
* GirlishPigtails: Asami.
* TheGlomp: Asami.
* GreenEyedMonster:
** Mei's first signs of having feelings for Yamato are through her jealousy of his first crush Arai. After learning from Asami that Yamato seems to be able to kiss any girl (including Mei) instead of his crush, Mei feels insulted. Her jealousy only deepens when she learns that Yamato and Aiko had sex in middle school, but she gets over it.
** Hayakawa envied Yamato because all the girls love him while he has to sleep around to get their interest.
** Aiko was jealous of Mei because, in her perspective, Mei effortlessly hooked up with Yamato while Aiko pushed herself to lose weight and make herself look pretty in hopes that she would be noticed.
** Yamato is jealous of Mei's friendliness with Kai and how [[BirdsOfAFeather natural]] it is for them to talk and understand each other. Kai's implied feelings for Mei, as well as Megumi's attempt to sabotage Mei's and Yamato's relationship by constantly telling Yamato how close Kai and Mei are, also doesn't help their situation.
** Megumi cannot see why Yamato [[WhatDoesHeSeeInHer would choose such a "plain" girl]] like Mei for a girlfriend when he could have her and is determined to [[RelationshipSabotage sabotage]] Mei's relationship with Yamato, as well as distance Mei from her friends Asami and Aiko, so she can get rid of Mei and have Yamato for herself.
* HeelFaceTurn: Aiko.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Mei and Asami. Yamato with Nakanishi and Kai.
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Aiko and Megumi.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hayakawa.
* {{Kuudere}}: Mei.
* LoveDodecahedron: Both Asami and Aiko had feelings for Yamato before ending up with their love interests Nakanishi and Masahi respectively; Megumi also has unrequited feelings for Yamato, who ends up dating Mei, who is the object of Yamato's best friend Kai's affections.
* MaliciousSlander: Asami suffers from this due to her breasts, causing people to think that she ReallyGetsAround or is involved with CompensatedDating. Yamato's younger sister Nagi ends up in this situation when classmates at school tease her about having a brother complex to the extent where she refuses to return to school.
* NewTransferStudent: Megumi transfers to the gang's high school in hopes of becoming closer to Yamato.
* ObliviousToLove: Yamato towards Megumi, and Mei towards Kai.
* OfficialCouple: Yamato and Mei, Nakanishi and Asami, Hayakawa and Chiharu, and Aiko and Masashi.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yamato has known Asami and Aiko since middle school. Hayakawa and Aiko are FriendsWithBenefits. Mei's co-worker Chiharu is the childhood friend of Hayakwa, who is also Yamato's friend. A regular customer at the bakery is Kai, who turns out to be Yamato's middle school friend who was bullied.
* OppositesAttract: Yamato and Mei.
* TheQuietOne: Mei.
* ReallyGetsAround: Aiko and Hayakawa. Naturally, both of them are FriendsWithBenefits until Hayakawa starts dating Chiharu.
* RelationshipSabotage: Megumi tries to pull this on Mei and her relationship with Yamato by trying to get closer to Mei's friends and twisting Mei's moments with Kai to seem as though she's closer to Kai than Yamato. Eventually, Yamato, as well as Asami and Aiko, see through what Megumi is scheming.
* TheRival: Aiko is this to Mei until she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and decides to let Yamato and Mei be together. Megumi, a model who develops a crush on Yamato, later fills in as a rival to Mei. Kai becomes this to Yamato once the former begins developing feelings for Mei.
* SchoolIdol: Yamato and Hayakawa.
* ShallowLoveInterest:
** Yamato's first love Arai, who rejected him in middle school because she wasn't his type. She only starts expressing interest in him once he becomes "taller and cooler."
** Megumi, who is pretty much introduced as a self-absorbed model, obsessed with good looks, and is only after Yamato because he resembles a prince. Her whole motivation revolves around having Yamato as a boyfriend and her EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling Yamato, who she only just met at a karaoke hangout, that she wants to date him for his looks.
* ShojoGenre
* SickeninglySweethearts: Nakanishi and Asami.
* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy:
** Inverted. It is Yamato who first develops feelings for Mei, but she quickly reciprocates [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove without initially]] realizing it.
** Played straight with Megumi's crush on Yamato.
* SliceOfLife
* StalkerWithACrush: A regular at Mei's bakery follows her in the first chapter. Mei ends up calling Yamato for help, which leads to a FakeOutMakeOut. Chapter 2 has this PlayedForLaughs with Mei stalking Yamato and his interactions with Arai.
* ThreeAmigos: Mei, Asami, and eventually Aiko form a trio.
* {{Tsundere}}: Yamato and Aiko.
* WrongGuyFirst: Gender-flipped with Yamato and Arai. Yamato used to have a crush on Arai until she overheard her talking to her friends about how he wasn't her type. It is only once he's become "taller and cooler" that she shows interest, but by then, Yamato's already interested in Mei.
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