Line #28 Manga/Colorful


1	[[quoteright:334:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Colorful_6553.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:334:Colorful!]]
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4	->''Roses are red.\
5	Violets are blue.\
6	This show's about panties.''
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8	''Colorful'' is a 1997 manga created by Torajirō Kishi of ''Manga/MakaMaka2003'' and ''Manga/OtomeNoTeikoku'' fame, and was serialized in [[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]]; and was later adapted into a short anime in 1999 by Creator/TriangleStaff and was broadcast on [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]] (16 episodes, each about seven minutes long).
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10	It is about males and their obsession with panties (and sometimes breasts). It's quick-paced with little to nothing in the way of actual plot, focusing instead on delivering {{ecchi}} humor in whatever way it can.
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12	Not many characters show up more than once, and those that do lack depth. Among the recurring ones are Hirokawa and Itani (two college students), Yamamoto (a cute athletic girl), Yamamoto's coach, the English teacher, Steve (an American transfer student obsessed with photography), and Shimoi (a TV reporter).
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14	As Website/TheOtherWiki says, "Anime fanatics tend to either love or hate the series as it is considered either wildly funny, or tasteless and depraved."
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16	Not to be confused with the Japanese animated film also titled ''Anime/{{Colorful\|2010}}''.
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19	!!Tropes:
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21	%%* AccidentalPervert: Jamie
22	%%* AffectionateParody
23	%%* AllMenArePerverts: This is "All Men Are Perverts: The Series".
24	%%* AmusingInjuries
25	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In one episode, there is a movie about a giant man with a camera. [[spoiler: He shrinks back to normal when he spots a [[PantyShot pantyshot]].]] In a later episode, there's a [[HugeSchoolgirl 50 foot]] [[{{joshikousei}} high school girl]].
26	%%* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor
27	%%* BilingualBonus
28	%%* {{Butterface}}: One of the running gags, frequently done by a DiscretionShot.
29	%%* CatchPhrase
30	%%* [[TheChikan Chikan]]
31	%%* CuteClumsyGirl
32	%%* DerangedAnimation
33	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: The theme song plays on TV in one episode.
34	%%* {{Ecchi}}
35	%%* FanDisservice
36	%%* {{Fanservice}}
37	%%* FunnyForeigner: Steve
38	%%* GenericCuteness
39	%%* {{Gonk}}
40	%%* GratuitousEnglish: Some of which is surprisingly good.
41	%%* HandOrObjectUnderwear
42	%%* HotLibrarian: Actually a hot English teacher.
43	%%* ImagineSpot
44	%%* {{Joshikousei}}
45	%%* MaleGaze: The point of the series, both for the audience and as far as the male characters are concerned.
46	%%* MsFanservice: Nearly every female in the entire show.
47	%%* NegativeContinuity
48	%%* {{Nosebleed}}
49	* ObliviouslyEvil: From casually dropping her empty Pocky box onto the road to shattering windows thanks to her cellphone ringing, the 50-foot tall high school girl seems completely unaware of the damage that she causes to the city she's visiting.
50	%%* OcularGushers
51	* PhenotypeStereotype: Steve (an American exchange student) and the school's English teacher are both blond-haired and blue-eyed.
52	%%* {{Pixellation}}
53	%%* PoorPredictableRock
54	%%* RapidFireComedy
55	%%* RunningGag: Japan's exotic upside-down Fuji. Also, "L... R... L... R..."
56	* ShaggyDogStory: The last episode plays out as a fanservice-free OutOfGenreExperience, with the reporter character Shimoi presenting a special about a mysterious psychic, who appears at the end to display his powers. The psychic chants and gestures dramatically, there's an uncomfortable pause... [[spoiler:and Shimoi's skirt falls down. Cue [[MaleGaze close-up of her underwear]].]]
57	%%* ShoutOut
58	%%* ShowWithinAShow
59	%%* StockFootage
60	%%* SuperDeformed
61	%%* WingdingEyes

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