History Manga / ShirokumaCafe

Shirokuma Cafe (Polar Bear's Cafe) is a SliceOfLife manga that received an anime adaptation premiering in the spring of 2012.

!!Tropes featured in Shirokuma Cafe:

** In episode 18, Shirokuma tells a horror story that [[{{Doraemon}} he changed color due to a mouse chewing on his ear and he feared mice because of it]].

* SeldomSeenSpecies: One of the recurring characters is a tamandua, a type of anteater. A tapir and a sea cow appeared in episode 3, and a shoebill was the editor of a local food magazine.

* PutOnABus:[[spoiler: The zoo transfers Full-Time Panda to the zoo in Singapore, and Panda takes it very poorly.]]

* [[spoiler: PutOnABus: The zoo transfers Full-Time Panda to the zoo in Singapore, and Panda takes it very poorly.]]

* [[invoked]]FridgeBrilliance: Panda is horrified that his little sister finds ''Handa'' (her 'prince') attractive. She points out that Handa's pandaesque physique accounts for that.
** [[Creator/KikukoInoue Grizzly's mother]] claiming she's only seventeen years old, and the other animals' surprise at her looks for her age which follows, is realistic if you think of a wild grizzly's lifespan.
----> '''Panda Mama:''' What? You don't look it at all! You're older than me?
----> '''Grizzly's Mom:''' Well, [[LampshadeHanging I am a bear.]]

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Happens to Panda in Episode 12 after telling Handa that he'd be more enthusiasthic at work if he had a girlfriend, prompting this exchange:
-->'''Handa:''' Well, to me, all of you at the zoo are like my significant other.\\

* AffectionateNickname: Grizzly's mom calls him Guri-chan[[note]]Translated as Lil' Grizz[[/note]], although to Grizzly it is more of an EmbarrassingNickname, specially because he's an adult now.

* FridgeBrilliance: Panda is horrified that his little sister finds ''Handa'' (her 'prince') attractive. She points out that Handa's pandaesque physique accounts for that.

-----> '''Panda Mama:''' What? You don't look it at all! You're older than me?
-----> '''Grizzly's Mom:''' Well, [[LampshadeHanging I am a bear.]]

-----> '''Panda Mama:''' What? You don't look it all! You're older than me?

---> Panda: The Smartphone was the accessory...

** Grizzly gets one too in Episode 49 when his mother calls for him using his EmbarrassingNickname for ''all'' of the cafe to hear. Although, given it's his mother it's more of an AffectionateNickname that's embarrassing to him.[[note]]She calls him Guri-chan, or Little Grizz translated.[[/note]]

* SpitTake: Performed by Kirino after hearing Handa tell their dates what panda ''poop'' smells likes.[[note]]Apparently, lemons.[[/note]]
** Grizzly gets one too when his mother calls for him using his EmbarrassingNickname for ''all'' of the cafe to hear. Although, given it's his mother it's more of an AffectionateNickname that's embarrassing to him.[[note]]She calls him Guri-chan, or Little Grizz translated.[[/note]]

** Grizzly gets one too when his mother calls for him using his EmbarrassingNickname for all of the cafe to hear. Although, given its his mother it's more of an AffectionateNickname that's embarrassing to him.[[note]]Guri-chan, or Little Grizz translated.[[/note]]

* GenderBender: Mr. Raccoon from Sasako and Llama's flashbacks, had been for some unknown reason, rewritten as Ms. Raccoon in a later episode. [[{{Retcon}} Though seeing as Sasako instantly recognizes her as Ms. Raccoon (Having not seen her for years)]] rules out any sex change operation WMG.

* GenderBender: Mr. Raccoon had been for some unknown reason, rewritten as Ms. Raccoon in a later episode. [[{{Retcon}} Though seeing as Sasako instantly recognizes her as Ms. Raccoon (Having not seen her for years)]] rules out any sex change operation WMG.

* UncannyValley: When Polar Bear and Panda which jobs for the day (The first time Panda runs the cafe) Panda dresses like Polar Bear and dyes his black spots white. The fact this is the only scene in the entire show where you see his actual eyes (They look just like Polar Bears's), rather warrants this trope.