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Kakeru Daichi, sixteen years old. Collector of rare cans. Considering the first two things, no wonder he's never had a girlfriend. That is, until he finds a can of melon soda he purchased transforms into a girl. She is an '''Akikan''', one of the few that have begun to appear recently. A strange take on the [[Magical Girlfriend]] genre, but with all the same craziness. The rest of the cast is quirky, including the government officials researching the case and Kakeru's classmates.

* [[Above the Influence]] -- Even—Even Kakeru is moral enough to not give into Najimi's drunken demands.

* [[All Your Powers Combined]] -- The—The "strongest Akikan" that appears has the powers of everyone.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]] -- Yell—Yell proves herself to be easily distracted by tiny moving objects (a feather held by Kakeru) and large moving objects (see Gainaxing below).

* [[Amusing Injuries]] -- The—The Kakeru-shaped burn in his closet door.

* [[Animal Reaction Shot]] -- lots—lots and lots of cats.

* [[Animation Bump|Canimation Bump]] -- Compare—Compare episode 11 to any of the others.

* [[The Assimilator]] -- Reason—Reason why the "mixed juice" Akikan is the strongest in the end.

* [[Beach Episode]] -- Episode—Episode eight, though it's an indoor water park rather than a beach proper.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru and Melon

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]] -- Budoko—Budoko

* [[Butt Monkey]] -- Goro—Goro Amaji, Kakeru's friend. He makes his first appearance by fading in as if he were invisible. It gets worse, since nobody can remember who he is. At all.

* [[Catgirl]] -- Yell—Yell, when under the effects of [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]].

* [[Cat Smile]] -- Yell—Yell. See above.

* [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekov's Can]]/[[Chekhov's Gunman|Canman]] -- The—The reaction cat turns out to be {{spoiler|the mixed juice Akikan's owner.}}

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]] -- In—In the final battle, {{spoiler|the three main Akikan take out dozens of fake Akikan with little trouble.}}

* [[Covert Pervert]] -- Najimi—Najimi's mind goes to some dirty places when Kakeru is involved. With the smiling and the laughter and the blushing...

* [[Credits Jukebox]] -- Every—Every episode has a rearranged version of the ending song.

* [[Cuteness Proximity]] -- Kizaki—Kizaki loses her cool entirely around kittens. It doesn't help that she's apparently a ''magnet'' for them.

* [[Date Peepers]] -- Melon—Melon, Yell, Yurika, ''and'' Goro.

* [[Day in the Life]] -- Episode—Episode ten, which focuses on the three Akikan girls at home alone with the human cast either being reduced to cameos or not appearing at all.

* [[Depraved Homosexual]] -- Government—Government official Hidehiko Otoya.

* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru usually deserves any attacks he receives from the female cast, with the possible exception in {{spoiler|episode 5 with Yell's attack on him.}}

* [[Drama Bomb Finale]] -- In—In a way, there's two of them.

* [[Erotic Eating]] -- In—In this case, the possibly suggestive imagery of lips on the edge of a soda can is taken to its logical extreme.

* [[Fan Service|Can Service]] -- Oh—Oh yes.

* [[Fantastic Racism|Cantastic Racism]] -- There—There appears to be some tension between the aluminum and steel cans.

* [[First-Name Basis]] -- Inverse—Inverse of its usual use. Airin Kizaki, Otoya's secretary, does not like being called by her first name.

* [[Gainaxing]] -- Yuririririri—Yuririririri *boing boing*

* [[Girly Run]] -- Najimi—Najimi shows herself to have quite an exaggerated one in episode eight.

* [[Hot Springs Episode]] -- The—The OVA released after the series. [[Skinship Grope|Skinship Gropes]]s are out in full force from both the male and female side of the bath.

* [[I Have the High Ground]] -- The—The mixed-juice Akikan loves to do this, and the other Akikans get in on the act from time to time.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]] -- The—The Japanese name of every episode contains the syllable カン "Kan"

* [[Intertwined Fingers]] -- Between—Between Najimi and Yell in episode seven.

* [[I Will Protect Her]] -- When—When Najimi tells Melon about her backstory with Kakeru {{spoiler|where 2 years before the show started, he saved her from some thugs by wrestling the gun away from them, and then shooting and wounding them. It caused a lot of controversy in the city he lived in however, so he was forced to move to a new place.}}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru

* [[Kissing Under the Influence]] -- Najimi—Najimi, tipsy, orders a sports drink that turns out to be an Akikan. Akikan can only be female, which leaves her shocked. Yell, however, sees it as no big deal.

* [[Large Ham]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru tends to ham it up when he's thinking about perverted things.

* [[Likes Older Women]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru starts coming onto Kizaki (she's also their teacher).

* [[Locked in a Freezer]] -- Happens—Happens in episode 2.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] -- Kakeru—Kakeru is completely shameless in his behavior, believing himself to be the ultimate ladies' man.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]] -- Everyone—Everyone in the main cast except for the two little girls.

* [[Meaningful Name]] -- Can—Can you guess the sexual orientation of [[Yuri|Yurika]]ka? [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Correct]]!

* [[Meido]] -- Yell—Yell. Melon, too.

* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]] -- It—It's a series about soda can girls, this trope is out in full force.

* [[Mood Whiplash]] -- Episode—Episode 5 starts out pretty innocent enough, then after Kakeru cancels his date with Najimi, she accidentally catches a glimpse of them going to a baseball game. In the heat of the moment, orders Yell to punish him. Yell {{spoiler|responds by giving Kakeru a pretty deep cut to his stomach, which bleeds pretty severely.}}

* [[Mundane Utility]] -- Yell—Yell using her [[Laser Blade|Isotonic Sword]] for household chores like remove trading stamps from empty bags of chips or cutting vegetables.

* [[Naked First Impression]] -- When—When Melon first appears, Kakeru is wearing nothing but a towel. He remains this way until the commercial break.

* [[New Job Episode]] -- Episode—Episode nine.

* [[New Transfer Student]] -- Melon—Melon. She claims to be a cousin of Kakeru's from Denmark. Yell too, but this time no one even bothers with a backstory.

* [[Off-Model]] -- Oh—Oh dear.

* [[Rearrange the Song]] -- The—The ED has as many remixes as there are episodes.

* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]] -- Yurika—Yurika

* [[Sacred First Kiss]] -- Yes—Yes, it's with a soda can. But it still counts.

* [[Schoolgirl Lesbian]] -- Yurika—Yurika towards Najimi. Falls into [[Psycho Lesbian]] territory from time to time as well.

* [[Sexy Secretary]] -- Kizaki—Kizaki

* [[Shout-Out]] -- A—A movie theater is showing ''Denpa Teki na Kanojo'', another work animated by Brains Base.

* [[Single-Target Sexuality]] -- Akikans—Akikans towards their owners.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]] -- Melon—Melon hums the second opener in episode 10.

* [[There Can Be Only One]] -- The—The Akikan Elect competition, steel vs. aluminum to decide which material will be used.

* [[Third Person Person]] -- Najimi—Najimi. Perhaps thankfully, CoalGuys ignore it.

* [[Token Loli]] -- Budoko—Budoko. She speaks with a [[Speech Impediment|lisp]], making it tough to understand her sometimes.

* [[Trash of the Titans]] -- Najimi—Najimi's apartment is quite messy at first, until Yell starts to clean it up.

* [[Tsundere]] -- Melon—Melon. Type A.

* [[Undead Tax Exemption]] -- Melon—Melon and Yell apparently get this to enroll at school.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] -- The—The aptly-named Najimi.

* [[Unrequited Love]] -- Several—Several examples.

* [[What Have I Done]] -- Najimi—Najimi quickly regrets having Yell "punish" Kakeru after seeing what she does to him in episode 6.

* [[Yandere]] -- Najimi—Najimi falls into this trope briefly, ordering Yell to "punish" Kakeru after accidentally seeing them attending a baseball game together in episode 5. {{spoiler|Yell manages to strike a pretty deep cut into Kakeru before being stopped.}}