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2	[[caption-width-right:301:Roboco was [[{{Pun}} maid]] for this.]]
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4	In the not too distant future, intelligent robots have become commonplace. Most notably, ultra-capable AI-powered robotic maids called [=OrderMaids=], which are massively popular worldwide in no small part because of their [[{{Moe}} cuteness]]. Everybody has their own [=OrderMaid=]. Everyone, that is, except for 10-year-old Bondo Taira, whose family can't afford one. However, that changes when Roboco shows up at his door.
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6	Now, Roboco isn't like other [=OrderMaids=]. She's weirdly muscular, she's lousy at housework, she can produce chicken tenders, she has laser vision, she can fly, and she has a whole host of other oddities. No one even knows where she came from, since Bondo's mother never placed an order.
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8	''Me & Roboco'' (僕とロボコ, ''Boku to Roboko'') is a {{shonen\|Demographic}} comedy manga written and illustrated by Shuhei Miyazaki, which began serialization in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenJump'' on July 6, 2020. An anime adaptation by Creator/StudioGallop premiered on Creator/TVTokyo on December 5, 2022.
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11	!!Me & Roboco contains examples of:
12	* BitingTheHandHumor: ''Jump's'' offices are consistently portrayed as a mangaka's nightmare, with both mangaka and editor alike treated as bitter rivals and slaves. Second Year, our most recurring editor, walks around in chains and tattered clothes and cannot argue for better treatment. One of his focus chapters even has him and another editor [[ComicallyMissingThePoint wonder out loud]] why a new hire quit and called the office a "black company" after experiencing ''workplace abuse for no reason''.
13	* BodyMotifs: Guaranteed, if it has to do with Roboco, it's gotta be the knee. Her defined "Nappa style" knees are her most notable feature, and she won't let anyone forget it.
14	* CastingGag: To hammer home the ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' references even further, in the anime, Bondo's mother is voiced by Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, who currently voices Nobita's mom, Tamako in the 2005 version.
15	* CastOfExpies: Considering that the series constantly lampshades its "''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' [[RecycledInSpace with robo-maids]]" status, it's no wonder that the cast is full of ''Doraemon'' expies:
16	** Bondo and Roboco serve as ones for Nobita and Doraemon, respectively. Roboco even has her own Dorami expy in her younger sister Robomi.
17	** Motsuo and Gorilla Gachi act as this for Suneo and Gian, albeit they're nicer from the getgo and are explicitly friends with Bondo (but only ''appear'' to bully him at first glance).
18	** Madokaaaa hits most of Shizuka's traits, and Gachi's younger sister plays the role of a prettier version of Gian's sister.
19	** Even Dekisugi gets an expy in Motosugi, but Bondo is only moderately jealous of the boy (in fact it's the other way around, with Motosugi developing an obsession with Bondo).
20	* CompanyCrossReferences: Too many to count! The manga's pretty much a celebration of everything ''Jump'', so references to other successful and running series are to be expected.
21	* DisappearedDad: Bondo's father isn't seen until the 100th chapter, since he's a traveler and part of what seems to be a Doctors Without Borders type of organization. Bondo mentions that he never gets to see him, and when he does, it's not for long.
22	* FanDisservice: Literally any PantyShot of Roboco often used as ComedicUnderwearExposure.
23	* GoofyPrintUnderwear:
24	** Roboco's panties have a random phrase written on the seat, often changing between different panels.
25	** Bondo has a pair of briefs that Roboco had sewn an appliqué in the image of her face on the back that he's unaware of.
26	* {{Homage}}: Every single volume cover is modeled after covers from other successful series.
27	** Volume 1: ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''
28	** Volume 2: ''Manga/OnePiece''
29	** Volume 3: ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'' [[note]]Interestingly, this one is taken from one of the TPN color pages instead of the cover.[[/note]]
30	** Volume 4: ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''
31	** Volume 5: ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''
32	** Volume 6: ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''
33	** Volume 7: ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''
34	** Volume 8: ''Manga/OshiNoKo''
35	** Volume 9: ''Manga/DeathNote''
36	** Volume 10: ''Manga/ChainsawMan''
37	** Volume 11: ''Manga/HunterXHunter''
38	** Volume 12: ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
39	** Volume 13: ''Manga/{{World Trigger}}''
40	** Volume 14: ''Manga/{{Sakamoto Days}}''
41	* LateArrivalSpoiler: Done in the English translation. One chapter has Roboco try out slang, but in one instance she ends up dancing and proceeds to imitate the "Dabi Dance" from the ''Hero Academia'' chapter of the same name. In the English translation, the slang was misinterpreted as "Bust a T", which according to her means "Bust a [[spoiler:Toya]]"--while it still refers to "Dabi Dance", it instead outright reveals the twist of the chapter ([[spoiler:that Dabi is in fact Endeavor's assumed dead son Toya]]).
42	* MediumAwareness: Everyone in the cast, at one point, acknowledges they're living in a manga. The chapter that was released on the same day of their anime announcement pronounces this trope loud and clear since it centers around the cast trying to make itself more marketable for the viewing audience and for the censors.
43	* MysteriousPast: For all of her wacky antics, Roboco is very reluctant to actually say where she came from since she's not actually an Order Maid. Multiple chapters hint that she came from a combative background, with some people from her past explicitly being people from a battle organization.
44	%%* NoFourthWall: Characters occasionally acknowledge the fact that they're in a manga across multiple chapters.
45	* NonIndicativeName: From the ''Jump'' editorial office, Second Year the fourth year editor. Even when he ''got'' the nickname, it was nonindicative since he was a ''first'' year at the time (he did the work of a second year in that era), and years of neglect and mistreatment from ''Jump'' higher-ups made it so that they won't call him anything else.
46	* PungeonMaster: Mr. Inuchika, the old man who looks uncannily like a dog, spouts dog puns
47	* ProductionThrowback: Many references to ''The Promised Neverland'' end up being this since Shuhei Miyazaki was originally the artist for the parody ''Promised Neverland'' manga ''The Parodied Jokeland''.
48	* ProductPlacement: An early chapter does this for the live-action ''The Promised Neverland'' film adaptation, with Bondo and pals attempting to catch it in theatres.
49	* RobotBuddy: Ordermaids as a general rule are friendly companions to humans, the only potential subversion (so far) being Roboco herself.
50	* RobotMaid: [=OrderMaids=] are a whole line of these, being highly advanced AI-powered robots that resemble girls in maid outfits. Roboco herself is a rather atypical example, being rather heavyset with muscular legs and terrible at housework.
51	* SeinfeldianConversation: Characters often discuss other ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' manga. For instance, Chapter 58 has Motsuo and Gachi arguing about who was the real female lead of ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}''.
52	* ShoutOut: While the lion's share of the parodies are of other Jump titles, the series isn't above throwing in a good gag about other properties:
53	** When drawing Manga, Roboco often wears ''Creator/OsamuTezuka'''s iconic beret.
54	** The art of Chapter 83 "Akane & Roboco" evokes ''Creator/JunjiIto'''s iconic style, particularly in the characters facial expressions.
55	** Motsuo's recurring love interest Chiyoko Ueshiro is a walking reference to ''Manga/KimiNiTodoke'', right down to her appearance and her shoujo-style delusions resembling the manga. Also doubles as a {{Company Cross Reference\|s}}, since ''Kimi ni Todoke'' ran in ''Bessatsu Margaret'', which is owned by Sheuisha.
56	* SmallNameBigEgo: Roboco has a high opinion of herself, whether it's socially, regarding her looks, or her skills as a maid. That said, her ego is easily popped like a soap bubble.
57	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Temple Demon (a disembodied head with arms) in Chapter 7 and the head fly (a cherub-like creature with a censored face) in Chapter 50 are treated as perfectly normal
58	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Bondo's main (male) friends Kaneo and Gachi are an unusual example; the default gag with them involves ''apparently'' mocking Bondo, but then following up with something turning the whole thing into a compliment. Depending on RuleOfFunny, they might be 100% sincere, or just engaging in super passive-aggressive PolitenessJudo.
59	** Roboco herself falls into this from time to time. From having bouts of jealousy over her friends to having low opinions of them, she can be rather dismissive of or say outright falsehoods about them.

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