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13	''MM!'' is a series of LightNovels written by Akinari Matsuno, with illustrations by the two-member illustrator unit [=QP:flapper=]. It was published under the MF Bunko J imprint from 2007 to 2010 for 12 volumes; the series remains unfinished due to Matsuno's death in 2011. The series has a manga adaptation that was serialized in ''Magazine/MonthlyComicAlive'' from 2008 to 2012, and an anime adaptation that aired in the Fall 2010 anime season.
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15	Taro Sado is a masochist. For years, this has left him unable to confess to a girl he saw at his job. At the advice of his friend, he goes to join the school's Second Volunteer Club. The first one is for normal volunteer purposes. The second is for personal problems and everything else. When he arrives, Taro meets Mio Isurugi, the club president with a sadistic personality, and Arashiko Yuno, a shy girl who's also part of the Volunteer Club. A masochist and a sadist meet, and HilarityEnsues.
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17	!!''MM!'' provides examples of:
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19	* ACupAngst: Exploited. Taro insults Mio's flat chest in order to get her to follow him to a surprise birthday party for her. Taro does this knowing that Mio wouldn't resist trying to beat him to a pulp for insulting her small boobs.
20	%% * AdultsDressedAsChildren: Shizuka and Tomoko attempting to enter the school's beauty pageant.
21	* ActionPrologue: The series opens with on Mio chasing down Taro with a kendo practice sword.
22	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Tomoko and Shizuka's "phase four". Old photo albums and everything else from Taro's childhood is brought up, all for the sake of trying to embarass Taro enough into not dating anyone.
23	* AnimatedAdaptation: Based on the LightNovels.
24	* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:How Arashiko came to dislike men in the first place. It happened at the hands of her abusive ex-boyfriend, who then [[MaliciousSlander spread rumors of her sleeping around for refusing his sexual advances]]. When Taro finds out, [[WifeBasherBasher he promptly beats the crap out of the guy]].]]
25	%% * AttractiveBentGender: Tatsukichi whenever he crossdresses. Now, also Taro in episodes 8 and 12.
26	* BalancedHarem: Mio and Arashiko have equal chances with Taro. Other love interests, like his sister and mother, are PlayedForLaughs.
27	* BatmanGambit: When the club is throwing Mio a surprise birthday party, Taro gets Mio to follow him by [[ACupAngst insulting her small boobs]] and calling her "the queen bitch of the universe." Knowing that Mio would chase Taro to beat him to a pulp for insulting her, the gambit works like a charm.
28	* BatterUp: Mio once pulled a baseball bat out of {{hammerspace}}, complete with projectile baseballs and a baseball player's uniform, to punish Taro with.
29	%% * BeachEpisode: Episode seven, which also counts as a FestivalEpisode.
30	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mio appears as cute as can be when Taro first meets her, but that facade is pretty quickly stripped away ten minutes into the first episode as she reveals herself to be a sadistic {{tsundere}}.
31	* BerserkButton
32	** Never try to insult Mio in any way (especially [[ACupAngst her chest]]). ''Never''. Put to good use once, when Taro exploited this to [[BatmanGambit get her to follow him, knowing her Berserk Button would be pressed]].
33	** [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]] doesn't like it when Noa uses her age-upping pills.
34	* BlueWithShock: Taro's reaction when he sees his sister Shizuka enter the beauty contest. Followed with a ColorFailure when he sees ''their mom'' Tomoko follow suit.
35	%% * BrotherSisterIncest: Taro's not exactly having enough personal space with Shizuka around.
36	%% * BromanticFoil: Tatsukichi seems this to Taro, though subverted since Yumi likes him.
37	* BunnyGirl: Arashiko and Mio dress this way at one point, hoping that it will get rid of Taro's [[MindControl hypno-induced]] SingleTargetSexuality for Tatsukichi. It doesn't work.
38	* BustContrastDuo: The two female leads, Mio and Arashiko, are respectively a flat-chested and violent tsundere with ACupAngst and a busty, shy, and sweet girl who fears being touched by men.
39	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Zigzagged. Taro ([[AllMenArePerverts and most other males]]) certainly notices Arashiko's "gifts", but at the same time Mio is still considered by many to be more beautiful, despite suffering from ACupAngst. Inverted with [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]], who very much does ''not'' like his beloved Noa using her special pills.
40	* CameraFiend: Michiru always has her camera at the ready to take shots of Mio's latest de-M-ing device or cute people in lavish get-ups. ''Especially'' cute people in lavish get-ups.
41	* CannotSpitItOut:
42	** Arashiko does eventually get over her fear of men thanks to Taro's NiceGuy attitude (masochist perversion notwithstanding). However, Arashiko has a lot of trouble actually working up the nerve to tell him.
43	** Mio also develops a crush on Taro, but she can't spit it out because of her {{tsundere}} tendencies. When Taro isn't around, Mio is asked point-blank how she feels about Taro. All Mio can respond with after a few flustered seconds is "I don't know how I feel about him!"
44	* CharacterCatchphrase: Arashiko's "I'm scared of men!" cry every time Taro accidentally touches her physically.
45	* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:Taro's masochism finally works for him in during his fight with Yoshioka in the third episode. Now, that's using your [[IncrediblyLamePun M!]]]]
46	* ChildProdigy: Noa was a super genius back in her childhood days. When the story picks up, she's a TeenGenius and the top of the class.
47	* ChivalrousPervert: Taro. TooKinkyToTorture on the outside; NiceGuy on the inside. For all of his masochism, he does try to treat Mio and Noa nicely. [[spoiler:It causes both of them to develop crushes on him.]]
48	%% * ClassRepresentative: Kirino Ayasegawa.
49	* {{Cliffhanger}}: The 10th (and final) novel ends with [[spoiler:Taro being confessed to by Mio, when he is already in a relationship with Arashiko. By this point in time, Noa already confessed as well]].
50	* ClingyJealousGirl: For all of her teasing, taunting, and sadistic behavior towards Taro, Mio wants him to herself. When he briefly gets hypnotized into SingleTargetSexuality, or even just looks at someone else, Mio defaults to "what do they have that I don't?!" with Taro.
51	%% ** [[IncestSubtext Tomoko and Shizuka]] are this for Taro.
52	%% ** Or between Noa and Yuno in Episode 6, as they bicker over Taro.
53	%% ** Yumi is this for Tatsukichi.
54	* CombinedEnergyAttack: Taro uses one to stop Noa's incoming destruction, gathering the energy of perverts from around the world.
55	* ComedicLolicon: Yukinojo cranks the dial up to eleven, including [[BerserkButton going ballistic]] whenever [[OlderThanTheyLook Noa]], the object of his perversions, uses some pills to [[OvernightAgeUp temporarily make her look like the teenager she really is]].
56	* ComedicSociopathy: Mio takes this to unparalleled levels. She refers to Taro as "Pig Taro," routinely subjects him to physical punishments (including [[GroinAttack kicking him in the balls]]), and generally beats the crap out of him on a whim. The only reason she gets away with it is because Taro's such a masochist that he enjoys it. Taro's constant enjoyment of Mio's abuse, as well as Mio's increasingly desperate attempts to try and stop him from enjoying his kink, are all played for comedy.
57	* CosplayOtakuGirl: Michiru has costumes for any occasion, and will dress people up in them just so that she can take pictures of them in her get-ups.
58	* CrossdressingVoices: Tatsukichi is voiced by Creator/RinaSato. And guess what, the voice isn't the only thing [[WholesomeCrossdresser Tatsukichi's crossdressing]].
59	* CutenessProximity: Arashiko around animals. ''Any'' animal. This puts Arashiko in contrast with Mio, who averts this hard. Since Mio is deathly afraid of cats -- even cute little kittens -- it causes a few tense moments between them.
60	%% * DancingTheme: The ED, in a few parts.
61	%% * DatePeepers: Michiru, Arashiko and Tatsukichi on Mio and Taro's date/love therapy session.
62	* DefrostingIceQueen: Mio, sort of. She retains her ComedicSociopathy and {{Tsundere}} tendencies throughout the story, but she does warm up to Taro quite a bit. [[spoiler:She even admits she has a crush on him with time, but Taro's love life has become such a LoveDodecahedron that it only complicates things.]]
63	* DoesNotLikeMen
64	** Yuno tends to respond with a [[MegatonPunch punch]] whenever a guy touches her (even accidental ones). Tatsukichi doesn't invoke this when he's [[{{Crossdresser}} crossdressing]].
65	** Yumi even more so, though it's out of plain old disgust rather than a phobia.
66	* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Justified. Taro gets the ever-loving crap beaten out of him by Mio, the sadistic {{tsundere}} who likes using him as a punching bag, and by Arashiko whenever he triggers her [[DoesNotLikeMen androphobia]]. It's all played for laughs, in part because Taro is a hardcore masochist who loves being hit and actively provokes Mio and Arashiko into beating him. It helps take the sting out of some of the more extreme abuse.
67	%% * DudeLooksLikeALady
68	%% ** Tatsukichi, according to his backstory. His height doesn't quite help matters either, really.
69	%% ** Mio makes Taro pull this off to bring in customers in Episode 12.
70	* DysfunctionJunction: Oh, where to start?
71	** Taro suffers from a very extreme case of [[TooKinkyToTorture sexual masochism]], which is of course the central point of the show.
72	** [[ParentalIncest Tomoko]] and [[BrotherSisterIncest Shizuka]] both appear to want to jump Taro's bones, something he ''definitely'' does not want. Oh, and both of them are incredibly emotionally stunted.
73	** Yuno has extreme [[DoesNotLikeMen androphobia]], though thanks to the efforts of the Second Volunteer Club she has started to get better.
74	** Yuno's friend Yumi, in contrast, isn't as [[DoesNotLikeMen androphobic]] as her, but she's definitely not as straight, either.
75	** Tatsukichi [[WholesomeCrossdresser enjoys dressing up as a woman]], and displays [[BecomingTheMask some dissociative tendencies]] as manifested in his "{{ojou}}" persona.
76	** Noa is ''extremely'' maladjusted thanks to ChildProdigy exploitations during her childhood, and definitely has a complex about [[OlderThanSheLooks her appearance]].
77	** Yukinojo, Noa's [[ComedicLolicon pedophilic admirer]], [[BerserkButton goes on a rampage]] whenever he senses she decides to use some growth pills that turn her into a lady befitting her age.
78	** Mio [[spoiler:[[DelicateAndSickly spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals, or at least bedridden]], and so]] [[NoSocialSkills isn't the best at interacting with others]]. Worse still, it looks like she's starting to enjoy her "treatments" for Taro.
79	** Michiru enjoys taking pictures of cute girls, especially [[CosplayOtakuGirl when they're in costumes]], and her reactions tend to suggest ''that'' kind of enjoyment.
80	** The Dōmyōji Shop Manager whom Taro's acquainted to in the festival half of the Episode 7 is rabid {{Otaku}} with a [[{{Fetish}} lusty craze]] for {{eroge}} girls.
81	** Kirino Ayasegawa is the ringmaster of Mio's InstantFanClub... and a [[KnightTemplar viciously fanatic]] one at that.
82	%% * EasyAmnesia: Episode 11.
83	* EnslavedTongue: Mio [[HypnoFool hypnotizes]] Taro into saying "hugetastic boobs".
84	%% * FanserviceWithASmile: The cat MaidCafe at the festival.
85	* {{Fetish}}: ''MM!'' wouldn't be ''MM!'' without it.
86	** Taro is a masochist. As he describes it, he "totally get[s] off on being cussed out and beaten by women." Mio finds this so objectionable that she makes it her life's mission to cure him of this perversion. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that Taro's masochism came from when a girl he liked slapped him.]]
87	** Becomes a plot point (as in ''literal'' fetish fuel) in episode 5. [[spoiler:Specifically, Taro uses a piece of Noa's MadScientist tech to transform his perversion into raw power, effectively becoming a [[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] for the duration of the episode.]]
88	** The Domyoji Shop Manager loves his eroge girls.
89	* FirstEpisodeTwist: Tatsukichi is the "girl" Taro is after.
90	* FirstKiss: Happens between Mio and Taro in Episode 4, as part of a plan to cure Taro's masochism. Yes, it was both their first times. It doesn't work.
91	* FirstNameBasis
92	** Yuno and Taro get on these terms with each other in Episode 2. But it turns out Taro didn't fulfill his end of the bargain. And Yuno is using it as a way to get around her androphobia... [[YankTheDogsChain because that's also the name of a dog that she used to own]].
93	** Mio doesn't quite realize that she called Taro by his first name for the very first time in Episode 11. She also calls his name out in the last episode.
94	%% * GadgeteerGenius: Noa
95	* GenericCuteness: As far as contemporary typical anime standards go, no one is seriously ugly in this show.
96	* AGodAmI: Played for laughs. Mio fits into the "kamidere" archetype; a character who acts like they're above everyone else, no matter who they are. Once, Mio literally referred to herself as God while attempting to cure Taro's perversion, and calls herself his "personal deity" a few times. She also refers to herself as "[[ThirdPersonPerson Lady Mio]]" and acts like everyone else isn't worth her time. [[spoiler:However, she turns out to be a Type A {{Tsundere}} after all of her attempts at curing Taro's masochism end up making her like him when she sees he's a decent fellow underneath it all.]]
97	* GratuitousEnglish: All over the place! Blatant mentions ahoy!
98	** Strike one: The opening theme. Oh ''[[{{Pun}} God]]'', the opening theme.
99	-->"No, Jesus Christ is oh my God!"\
100	"Go. To. Hell. Desu!"
101	** Strike two: fourth episode. Theoretically, if Taro upsets Mio, he gets a kick in the face. "Oh, mai God-doh!"
102	** Strike three: Episode Eight had "Pretty Heart Max!" and "Let's! Over the rainbow!" and "My sweet honey!"
103	* GroinAttack: The one thing that can get through Taro's masochism is a hit to the family jewels. When Mio does it to him after he gives her a compliment, Taro instantly takes it back.
104	* {{Hammerspace}}: Mio has pulled all manner of objects from nowhere when she's mad at Taro. She's pulled out a baseball bat (complete with baseballs), a paper fan, and entire outfits from thin air.
105	* HappyEndingMassage: Mamiya Yumi specializes in giving massages that make the client or, more often, victim feel more than a little too good. She doesn't just specialize in this though, she has a deep (and later demonstrably perverse) love of doing this to cute girls, whether the girls in question want it or not.
106	%% * HumongousMecha: Noa specializes in these, at various scales. She also [[TransformingMecha has one that turns into a cannon]].
107	* HypnoFool: The premise of Episode 8. Taro isn't convinced at first, but not long after, he begins to develop [[ComedicLolicon even]] [[HandsomeLech stranger]] [[SingleTargetSexuality fetishes]].
108	%% * IJustWantToBeNormal: Noa
109	%% * IncestantAdmirer: PlayedForLaughs.
110	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The WhamEpisode where Mio suddenly has BloodFromTheMouth! Impending Death! The entire series takes a darker turn! Or it's just another deliberately InvokedTrope that is completely PlayedForLaughs.
111	%% * IndirectKiss: In Episode 8.
112	* InformedAttractiveness: Most characters commented on how beautiful Mio is, [[GenericCuteness but really she's not more beautiful than Arashiko or any other girl]]... or for that matter, [[WholesomeCrossDresser She!Tatsukichi]].
113	* InnocentInnuendo: When it looks like Taro and Noa are going at it, the camera pulls back to reveal they're playing a children's game.
114	* InstantFanClub: The Mio-sama Fan Club, or MFC for short. Very fanatic and vicious. Their leader is Kirino Ayasegawa. [[IfICantHaveYou And they don't like it when Taro hangs out with Mio.]]
115	* JapaneseSchoolClub: The central group of characters all go to an after-school club. [[spoiler:Taro exploits this to lead Noa into a surprise birthday party by tricking her into following him to the club.]]
116	* JerkJock: Yoshioka. Hell befalls any girl that rejects him. Too bad his last victim turned out to have a "boyfriend" who's MadeOfIron. [[spoiler:And said guy managed to punch him out, leaving him for his last "girlfriend's" best friend to finish the job.]]
117	%% * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Happens twice in episode 8.
118	* KnightTemplar: The Mio Fan Club thinks that by hanging out with Mio, Taro will ruin her life. The club would use any methods necessary to get rid of Taro if it will maintain Mio's lifestyle in the way the club sees it. Thankfully they peacefully disband after Mio personally confronts them concerning her relationship to Taro.
119	%% * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Taro in Episode 11.
120	* LegFocus: The camera focuses on Mio's legs quite a bit when she shows up in a new outfit while attempting to "cure" Taro's perverted masochism. At one point, Taro thinks that "getting crushed between those legs would be paradise" as a slow-motion shot of Mio jumping out of the window focuses on [[ZettaiRyouiki the thigh-high socks she has on]].
121	* LoveDodecahedron: Tatsukichi, Yumi, Noa, and Yukinojo could probably fit in there somewhere. Taro had a crush on Tatsukichi's [[WholesomeCrossdresser alter ego]] until he found out that they are one and the same. Yumi showed interest in Arashiko, but also Tatsukichi. [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]] likes [[TokenMiniMoe Noa]], who in turn likes Taro.
122	%% * LoveLetterLunacy: In Episode 5.
123	* LoverTugOfWar: Episode 4 has Arashiko and Mio doing this with Taro as they argue over him. With ''[[VisualPun real]]'' tug ropes to boot.
124	* LoveTriangle: A potential Type 3, or possibly Type 7, with [[{{Tsundere}} Mio]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Arashiko]] both showing interest in Taro. Granted, Taro is probably happy to be with any girl who will [[TooKinkyToTorture satisfy his masochistic urges]], but only Mio and Arashiko [[RomanceEnsues seem to have deeper feelings for Taro]] (or vice versa).
125	* MadeOfIron: Thanks to his masochism, Taro has a very high pain tolerance. This allows him to hold himself pretty well [[spoiler:when he is getting beat up by Yoshioka, who is an amateur kick-boxer,]] in Episode 3.
126	* MagicalRealism: The setting of the anime shifts more and more towards this as the story progresses. Unusually, most of the magical and sci-fi aspects of the story are fueled by the characters' perversions.
127	%% * MaleGaze: ''Everywhere'', but special mention goes to a [[http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTRzc7t-Zgjs9CTUJq3s30MnJc5VF6Rpk8ZoI7r0V1pS5ng8UB4 triple ass shot]] in the BeachEpisode.
128	* TheMasochismTango: Mio and Taro have this sort of relationship, considering she's trying to cure him of his masochism by subjecting him to pain. He draws the line at anything that might actually kill him, but Taro seems to quite enjoy being abused, which just drives Mio even further into more extreme versions of her "cures" for his kink.
129	* MotiveDecay: Mio started tormenting Tarou on the principle that there is a level of pain that even ''he'' could not stand. After a certain point, she just seems to be doing it because she likes to.
130	%% * MumLooksLikeASister: Tomoko, Taro's mom, who is so young and cute she looks like Taro's ''little'' sister.
131	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Taro recovers from amnesia, he learns things that makes him see himself as [[ReallyGetsAround a horrible cross-dressing pervert with no limits as to who he would have his way with]].
132	%% * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Yukinojo knows when Noa is using her [[OvernightAgeUp pills]].
133	%% * NakedApron: One of Michiru's ideas for a photo shoot at the end of Episode 6.
134	* NiceGirl: Arashiko is very cordial and polite to people, most of the time. The only time she lets this drop is if Taro ever touches her, at which point she says "I'm scared of men!" and beats him up. Even then, Arashiko is fiercely apologetic afterwards.
135	* NiceGuy: Despite his masochism, Taro's actually a do-good dude. [[spoiler:Most of the girls in his social circle develop crushes on him because of his positive attitude, especially once he has a moment of being a WifeBasherBasher.]]
136	%% * NoblewomansLaugh: Tatsukichi in his {{Ojou}} persona.
137	* ObliviousToLove: Taro's not feeling the affection from anyone in his UnwantedHarem. Mio, in particular. He likes the physical abuse as a masochist, but he thinks that's as far as it goes. [[spoiler:Mio has to spell it out for Taro to his face that she likes him before he finally gets it.]]
138	%% * OddlyVisibleEyebrows
139	%% * OlderThanTheyLook
140	%% ** Shizuka is Taro's ''older'' sister.
141	%% ** Teen Genius, Noa.
142	* OminousLatinChanting: Ominous chanting of some sort serves as Taro's {{leitmotif}} when he's having powerful masochist moments.
143	* OncePerEpisode: Mio trying some new torture method on Taro to "cure him" usually involves her dressing up, thanks to [[CosplayOtakuGirl Michiru-nee-sensei]], natch.
144	* OutOfGenreExperience: Episode 5's second half consists of an elaborate shounen action parody in which [[spoiler:Taro foils a plan to turn the world into perverts using a [[TransformationTrinket Rider Belt]] and his own extraordinary perversion, which turns him into ero-[[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]. Seriously.]]
145	* OvernightAgeUp: Noa has an aging potion that makes her stop looking like an grade schooler and start looking like a woman. [[ComedicLolicon Yukinojo]] [[BerserkButton does not respond well.]]
146	%% * ParentalIncest
147	* PaperThinDisguise: In Episode 12, Mio and Taro, on a part-time job at a cafe, wear nothing but glasses while invading their rivals' shop.
148	* PaperFanOfDoom: As if Mio's [[BatterUp baseball bat]] isn't enough already, she pummels Taro several times with a paper fan. In one episode, she even swings it like her baseball bat, which still sends Taro flying.
149	%% * PlayingHouse: Noa roped Taro and Arashiko into this in Episode 7.
150	* ThePowerOfLove: Averted. Mio's date with Taro was her once again trying to get rid of his masochism. Like all of her other tries, it doesn't work.
151	* PunnyName: Sado, the Masochist (Sado-Masochism).
152	* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Taro's [[PowerLevel pervert level]], after he [[spoiler:gathers energy from perverts all around the world to perform a shonen-like attack]].
153	* RearrangeTheSong: The OP has two variations, "Hell side" (just Mio) and "Heaven side" (Mio and Arashiko). Both are used as openings.
154	%% * RecursiveCrossdressing: Creator/RinaSato voicing Tatsukichi.
155	* RunningGag: Every time Taro accidently touches Arashiko, [[HatesBeingTouched she'll beat him up]]. Taro, being a masochist, [[TooKinkyToTorture enjoys every second of it]].
156	%% * {{Sarashi}}: Arashiko in Episode 10.
157	%% * SchoolFestival: Episode 9.
158	%% * SchoolNurse: Michiru Onigawara. [[spoiler:And yet, it's Taro bringing Mio to the hospital when she goes down with fever.]]
159	%% * SenseiChan: Quoth Mio Isurugi, "Michiru-nee".
160	* ShoutOut
161	** Yumi is a subtle nod to [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]]: she's a practitioner ''and'' successor to a martial art style that causes pain ''and'' pleasure to her opponents [[PressurePoint with a single finger]], much like Hokuto Shinken. She even assumes his ''Tenha Kasattsu'' stance when she is about to [[spoiler:punish the girlfriend beating loser Yoshioka at the end of Episode 3]]. She also has a tendency to use Kenshiro's high-pitched Creator/BruceLee style {{Kiai}} when she [[RapidFireFisticuffs rapidly strike the pressure points of her enemies with her fingers]]. Finally, her surname "Mamiya" also happens to be the name of the love interest of Kenshiro's best friend Rei.
162	** Perhaps one to ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' in the beginning of episode 4.
163	-->'''Michiru:''' I pray for your success.
164	** In Episode 5, Mio dresses up as [[Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] with a wizard hat. The episode also features [[spoiler:a Franchise/KamenRider belt that turns the user into a [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Saiyan]]]]. Also, [[spoiler:after all students in the school have been turned into perverts]], there's a scene of two girls confessing their love for each other in a style nearly ripped straight off ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs''.
165	** In the opening, figures of [[VideoGame/LovePlus Manaka]], [[Manga/KOn Azusa]], [[Literature/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Miharu]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka]] can be seen. The first three [[ActorAllusion share the same seiyuu]] as [[Creator/AyanaTaketatsu Mio]].
166	** Episode 6 for Mio donning [[Anime/MacrossFrontier Sheryl's]] concert clothes.
167	** Episode 7 brings back the [[spoiler:[[Manga/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] Franchise/KamenRider belt]] and ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
168	** Episode 8 features Himura paraphrasing [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Raoh's]] LastWords, Taro dressing up a la [[Franchise/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]], and Taro and Noa flirting by dropping ''Anime/PrettyCure'' references at each other.
169	** The opening of Episode 9 has [[{{Music/Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] and Music/BlackRockShooter viewed from the back. Also, at the start of the episode, there's a very obvious color-swapped Miku holding an equally color-swapped leek, and a [[Manga/MartianSuccessorNadesico Ruri Dakimakura]].
170	** Episode 10's second {{Eyecatch}} has the shop owner pose with [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha a blue Bardiche]], [[Anime/MacrossFrontier a microphone]], and [[Manga/KOn a guitar]]. Also, an unconscious Taro has a dream of Mio kicking him into the sky and screaming "[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Looks like I'm blasting off again!]]" before vanishing into ATwinkleInTheSky. And [[MindScrew for some reason]], the final scene bears some resemblance to ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'', of all things. [[FridgeHorror Interesting...]]
171	** Episode 12 has the shop owner visiting the cake store, ordering cake for himself, and spare ribs for his [[Literature/{{Kanokon}} Nozomu]] figure.
172	* SmashingWatermelons: Occurs in the BeachEpisode, only the watermelon is Taro's head. He draws the line at that, because even though he's a masochist, he's not about to have his head split open with a wooden sword.
173	%% * SkinshipGrope: Mio, or pretty much any cute girl who runs into Yumi and her godly massage techniques.
174	%% * SoundOnlyDeath: Knockout, anyway. [[spoiler:Yoshioka when being punished by Yumi, accompanied by PsychoStrings.]]
175	* SplitPersonality: If Tatsukichi is called "beautiful", he slips into an {{ojou}}-like personality that praises himself and damns everyone else. Especially Mio.
176	%% * TeamMom: Michiru.
177	%% * TeenGenius: Noa
178	%% * TigerVersusDragon: Shows up in episode 10.
179	* ThereAreNoTherapists
180	** Taro's unchecked masochism is the most obvious example; he seems to feel his best option lies in a school club rather than seeking professional help.
181	** A more serious case is that of [[spoiler:Yuno. Her AttemptedRape left her so androphobic she can't even share a train car with men for fear of close contact, yet no mention of her getting professional counseling is ever made and she relies entirely on Mio and Taro to overcome her phobia.]]
182	%% * ThirdPersonPerson: Noa
183	%% * TitleDrop: Episode One ends with Mio referring to Taro as an "MM!".
184	* TooKinkyToTorture: Taro. When Mio does things like put burning candles on his chest, strap him to a water wheel, and smash him with baseballs, he finds it enjoyable. Though he has his limits. He may be a masochist, but he doesn't want to actually ''die''.
185	* {{Tsundere}}: Mio is a type A, being extremely violent to Taro while secretly harboring romantic feelings for him. Thanks to this, Taro never catches on that Mio's feeding his masochism is because she likes him. [[spoiler:At least, not until she just spells it out for him.]]
186	%% * TwelveEpisodeAnime
187	%% * UnmovingPlaid: In the ED.
188	%% * UnsettlingGenderReveal: Tatsukichi is Taro's mystery girl.
189	* TheUnsolvedMystery: In the anime, only Mio's story is really "resolved" by the end. Unfortunately, we may never get any conclusions at all due to the [[DiedDuringProduction death of the author.]]
190	%% * UnwantedHarem
191	%% ** Taro has Mio, Arashiko, Noa, [[IncestSubtext Tomoko and Shizuka]].
192	%% ** An in-series example In Episode 7 when they were playing house and everybody claimed to have a relationship with Taro.
193	* VerbalTic: Noa, with her child-like "desu".
194	%% * WeirdnessCoupon: The most bizarre stuff happens whenever Noa gets involved.
195	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Tatsukichi, all the way.
196	** Taro also pulls this twice. He was [[StupidSexyFlanders so convincingly feminine]] that the second time it happened, it was [[GenreSavvy used and abused in a cafe]] to bring in male customers.
197	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mio's afraid of cats. Even cute little kittens. So much so in Episode 9 she broke down crying in Taro's arms after a monster cat hologram spooks her out inside the Horror House where ghosts cannot faze her (unlike poor Taro).
198	* WifeBasherBasher: [[NiceGuy Taro usually doesn't like to hurt people]]. However, upon finding out that [[spoiler:Yuno's fear of men steams from being beaten by an abusive ex-boyfriend who then [[MaliciousSlander spread rumors of her sleeping around for refusing his sexual advances]], he storms to the latter's boxing gym and, despite lacking any fighting skill and with words of inspiration from Mio, eventually knocks him out and ultimately leaves him at Yumi's mercy]].

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