History VisualNovel / Shuffle

* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: More like love hexagon, but Rin has to choose between the obviously magical Sia, Primula, or Rina, the completely human Kaide, or the almost completely human--save for having contained magical powers--Asa. In the anime at least, [[spoiler:Asa wins.]]

* {{Badass}}: Just watch the beginning of episode 4 and try saying with a straight face that Nerine isn't.
** Shortly afterwards, in the same episode, Rin's teacher Ms. Beni scared both the dads when saying it's time for a parent\teacher conference (to put this into perspective, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome SHE SCARED GOD AND SATAN]]).

* Bookends:

* BookEnds:

There's also a second season, ''SHUFFLE! Memories'' (which is basically a recap of the first anime), an UpdatedRerelease named ''Shuffle! Essence+'' and three spin-off games: ''Tick! Tack!'', ''Really? Really!'' and ''SHUFFLE! Love Rainbow''. The original game, ''Tick! Tack!'' and ''Really? Really!'' were officially released in English by Mangagamer.

'''''SHUFFLE!''''' is an HGame that was [[BleachedUnderpants adapted]] into a successful [[HaremGenre Harem Anime]]. The series is notable for its vivid character designs, catchy tunes, and interesting plot twists. While still a comedy, ''SHUFFLE!'' is far more emotional than many of its counterparts in the harem genre.

** There's a little kid called Masato who likes to pull up the girls' skirts at the tea shop Kareha works at. She's not very disturbed by it. The temp waitress, on the other hand, is terrified, for the simple reason that she [[GoingCommando lost her panties]] earlier.

[[Characters/{{Shuffle}} Character sheet can be found here]].

* BumblingDad: Sia's father, Eustoma.
** In the {{H-Game}}, both Sia and Nerine's dads.

* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: This happened to Kaede when her parents died. She was so hopeless that Rin made her think that he was at fault so she'd at least live to ''hate'' him since she was just fading away otherwise.]]

* FloralThemeNaming: ''lots'' of it:

* [[TwoTeacherSchool One Teacher School]]: Ms. Beni is the only faculty member ever shown at school.
* [[OlderThanTheyLook Older Than She Looks]]: Primula has the appearance of a twelve/thirteen year-old girl. She's actually only one year younger than the main characters, who are in high school.

* ThemeNaming: A lot of names are themed around plants, especially flowers.

'''This show provides examples of:'''

** Really? Really! has scenes [[Franchise/AceAttorney similar to a certain series' cross-examination.]] It even has Rin point his finger out and shout "Really!" (similar to "Igiari", the Japanese equivalent of "Objection") when you present evidence of a contradiction.

** Really? Really! has scenes [[AceAttorney similar to a certain series' cross-examination.]] It even has Rin point his finger out and shout "Objection!" when you present evidence of a contradiction!

*** Really? Really! retcons her not disliking her breasts by having her adjust their size in multiple memories. She always gets called out on it and gets depressed that nobody goes along with it.

* ThemeTuneDrop: In the anime, the theme song is played in the arcade where Rin meets Primula.

There's also a second season, ''SHUFFLE! Memories'' (which is basically a recap of the first anime), and two three spin-off games: ''Tick! Tack!'', ''Really? Really!'' and ''SHUFFLE! Love Rainbow''. Both the original game and ''Tick! Tack!'' were officially released in English by Mangagamer, with ''Really? Really!'' coming soon.

* EyeScream: In their flashbacks together, Kaede is seen dropping a boxcutter in such a way so that it slices Rin's eye. He gets better, though.

* RunningGag: [[MarryThemAll Fortunately, the world of gods allows polygamy!]] It's never [[WhatCouldHaveBeen followed through on]] in the game, though.

* ScareChord: A couple in the game. Uses such as when Benibara Nadeshiko first appears or when Rin and Kaede realize their match teacher may give them a really tough assignment are borderline parody.

* SecondYearProtagonist

** In Kareha's route Kaede and the other original Shuffle girls (apart from Asa, who is basically included in this decision despite her absence) pull Rin aside to let him know that while they're accepting of his relationship with her, they're not going to give up yet. When Rin tells Kareha about it, she just says that she doesn't know if she'd get jealous or not but if Rin wants to she doesn't really have any problem with the idea. She ''is'' from the world of the gods, even if she's been attending Rin's school for a few years.

* MarryThemAll: [[spoiler:In one of Sia's endings, she shares him with her twin sister that shares her body.]] Sia also notes that the world of the gods is polygamous, thus leaving things potentially open ended.

* ThemeNaming: A lot of names (Lisianthus, Primula, Verbena Academy) have names themed around flowers.