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Some stories feature a female antagonist who adopts a burikko persona to manipulate men and will target the FMC's Love Interest if she has one. However, said love interest will get fed up with the burikko's hogwash and tell her off. That said, all this warrants Manga Soprano its own Kawaiiko page.
- In stories where Erica is the one acting cutesy, a Time Skip will happen at some point; she'll still act cutesy well into her fourties, annoying and disturbing her male coworkers.
- A woman who is incompetent, but who continued to be coveted for her beauty→When she turned 40
: Erica is a new employee who acts all cutesy to manipulate her male coworkers, even bullying Kanade for being plain and badmouthing her boss Teruyama behind her back. - The end of a woman who was popular only because she was young, 20 years later: Like the story mentioned above, Erica is a new employee who becomes Ram's junior, in a time where women started working (set in 1992). However, she takes advantage of her cuteness to charm men into doing her works for her and turn them against Ram.
- A woman who is incompetent, but who continued to be coveted for her beauty→When she turned 40
- "A woman who is a snobbish self-torturer who changes her attitude in front of men...." [sic]: Junko adopts a burikko persona around her male bosses to get out of work and Haru has to cover for her. However, Narita coldly rejects her advances and is the first person to speak sternly to her. When his stern attitude caused the General Manager to turn on her, she angrily quit the company.
- 'A woman who imitates all my clothes and makeup → "I'm a better woman than you"': Yuka acts all cutesy around her boss Takeuchi despite not looking the part and harassed Haru by copying her wardrobe at work. Moreover, she even tried to steal Narita from her only to be rejected and scolded for being annoying.
- "A misunderstood woman who pretends to be a lover when she is not even in a relationship": Misato acts cutesy around her male coworkers, even when she is way too old for it. Furthermore, she puts down Kanade for being plain while forcing the latter to cover for her just to admire herself in the mirror. When Alto showed up at the office for an inspection, she attempted to flirt with him only to be chewed out and ordered to resign. Even when she has been reduced to work at a snack bar thanks to Alto informing surrounding businesses about her, she still talks in a cutesy way.
- "On the eve of the wedding, my fiancée was snatched away by a bratty junior colleague...": Shiho acts cutesy and even made a kind gesture to Ram and Kinoshita-kun. However, once she found out both were engaged, she steals him from Ram. Whenever Ram took her to task for it, she fake-cried and accused her of being a violent bully, which results in her being transferred to another branch.
- "Heaven forbid a pretentious woman with falsehoods in a night pool": Nana always put on a cutesy act well into college, which drove away other girls except for Haru, who was her Only Friend. However, for all her boasting at the swimming pool, she is insecure about her body and always tries to hide it, as it turns out her ample breasts are actually pads when a flashy guy accidentally shoved her, Haru, and Narita into the pool.
- "A woman pretending to be cute and courting a boy on a school trip, what is her true nature?": Maki acts cutesy and adopts a "goofy girl"note persona to attract the attention of boys and Ram seems to be the only one who sees through the facade. However, when Kanade shows up and reveals she's a real goofball, Maki feels threatened.
- "Part time worker claims herself as stupid & ugly→her reaction when her co workers agree" [sic]: Hanami-san got a job at a coffee shop as an excuse to flirt with Baccarat, acting cutesy around him while acting cold towards Kanade. Moreover, she always slacked off and always messed up whenever she did work. At the BBQ held by Narita, Hanami-san still slacked off and insulted Kanade and Onpu's cooking, which was the last straw for everyone else.
- "A female teacher who seduces a man strictly to a woman" [sic]: Ruru Kawai is a teacher who acted cutesy around the boys in her class, especially Narita, whom she considered her favorite student while doling out punishments to the girls for anything she could find objectionable. Moreover, she punished Haru the most because she was close to Narita.
- "A handsome man sanctions an annoying woman who pretends to be his girlfriend": Satomi is obsessed with Narita and acted cutesy around him; she thought of herself as his girlfriend despite his feelings for Haru. She even followed him while he went shopping thinking it was a date; he had to go along with it for fear of what she would do if he turned her down. The next day when she showed up, Narita gave her a piece of his mind and revealed his feelings for Haru. After despairing for a bit, she has a change of heart and the three of them become friends.
- "A 42 yr old female boss is only easy on guys what happens when she seduces the new guy": Ram's boss, Uzami-san, wore heavy makeup to work and acted cutesy around Kairi despite being 42 years old. All in all, she is willing to bully Ram in order to drive her away from Kairi and have him all to herself. However, when she tried to seduce Kairi, he tells her to do her job and calls her an "old lady," picking on her makeup style and rebuffing her deluded belief in being Kairi's girlfriend.
- "When a self-proclaimed goofy person appeals to a man, the actions taken by a real goofy are.." [sic]: Yui adopted a "naïve" persona to get attention from the guys in class, especially Narita. However, she starts to feel threatened when Kanade shows up and attracts the guys with her genuinely naïve behavior. When she tried to fake being cold as a last resort, Kanade hurried to make a bonfire to warm her up and had her blow into a stick to keep her warm, which was the last straw for Yui and drove her to show her true colors. To add insult to injury, everyone already knew Yui was faking it.
- "Girl with revealing outfit scared of boys staring at her→ boy points out her outfit has holes": Shiori always put on a "cutesy weak girl" act to get guys' attention, even when Ram and Haru see through her show. Moreover, she misinterpreted girls hated her because they were jealous. She tried to appeal to Kairi, but he sees through her facade and calls her out for every trick she attempts to pull on him. When she tried to sway the other guys to her side, they eventually grew tired of her antics and call her out as well, comparing her "weak girl" gimmick to an elderly person who needs nursing care.
- "Self-Proclaimed Naive Girl Forgets Swimsuit → So The Real Naive Girl Dove Under The Sea And…": Kaori adopted a "naïve" persona to attract guys. She tried to seduce Narita in this way, not knowing he sees through her facade. Moreover, she feels threatened by and acts cold towards Kanade, who is a true ditz. When they arrived at the beach, she decided to arrive naked and pretended to forget her swimsuit, but it backfired when Kanade set off into the sea to find Kaori's swimsuit and found seaweed. Exasperated, Kaori blows up at everyone before running off and coming back to the beach with her clothes on. Eventually, both girls become friends.
- "What Happens When A Fake Naive Girl And A Real Naive Girl Get Stuck For 24 Hours In The Pool": Kaori adopts a "naive girl" facade to attract guys and planned to make Narita fall for her, but he sees through her facade. When Kanade appears and surprises everyone with her real naivety, she feels threatened and starts acting cold towards her. When the gang goes to a pool park for summer, Kaori wears a fancy bikini that emphasizes her assets and manipulates Kanade into leaving early to have Alto and Narita all to herself after the pool closes with the three of them inside, but her plan was foiled when Kanade returned because Kaori forgot to tell her to wait outside the pool gates.
- "Pretentious coworker with 6 boyfriends flirts with my fiancé.But it will be exposed ..." [sic]: Moka Kiyoi always used her pretty appearance to put on a "ditzy" cutesy act that made her popular among male employees. Moreover, she used it to force other female employees to do her assigned jobs and resorted to Crocodile Tears to sic the men on those who refused. On the company trip to the hot springs, she constantly flirted with Mr. Tanaka, ignoring the reprimands from Ram and other coworkers. The next day, she tried to pull this on Ram's fiancé Kairi, but he sees through her crap and rejects her and exposes her affair with six boyfriends. The six men fight among themselves until they turn on Moka; all of them reported it to Kairi for advice while being unaware of each other's affair with the same woman. Eventually, Kairi has her transferred to a branch with only elderly employees for her trouble.
- "My female colleagues want and get anything. She said she wanted my fiance too...": Eri Matsuda made herself look cute around the men to bully female employees she didn't like. Moreover, she always badgered other employees to give her their stuff, resorting to Crocodile Tears whenever they refused knowing the men would come to her aid and chew out whoever made her cry. When she got invited to the company dinner, she tried to steal Ram's fiancé Kairi. When Eri confessed her feelings to Kairi in the hopes he would dump Ram, he isn't having any of it and tells her he prefers women who stand on their own feet. Disillusioned, she goes ballistic on Kairi's stern honest answer and eventually walks away.
- "Flirty Friend Faces The Reality When Handsome Guy Gets Drunk And Starts Preaching To Her...": Tomomi pretended to be drunk to attract guys at matchmaking parties, earning her the hate from other women because not only she flirted with and stole their boyfriends but accused said women of bullying her whenever they took her to task. Moreover, when she found out Haru was friends with Narita, she tried to go after him but Haru pulled her into a girls' night out with Kanade and Ram to keep her from doing so. However, Tomomi shows her true colors to them, ruining the afterparty until Narita shows up. When Tomomi got him plastered and tried to pull her usual shtick, he called her out, mocked her for it, and confessed he was only interested in Haru, driving her away.
- "A woman pretends to be stalked by a man. On the other hand, if the real victim...": Meiko fakes being stalked to make guys want to protect her and make them fall in love with her. Moreover, she seeks out Alto for this purpose to show up Kanade. Later on, when they catch Takeuchi and Meiko chews him out for stalking her, he reveals he only stalked Kanade. Moreover, it turns out the guy who did stalk Meiko was actually Casino, whom she asked to play the part of the stalker by taking advantage of his feelings for her.
