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'''a.k.a.''' ''Hare Nochi Guu'', ''Hare+Guu'', ''Haré+Guu'', ''Jungle Hare Nochi Guu'', ''Haré and Guu''
'''''Haré+Guu''''' (Japanese: ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ, Hepburn: ''Janguru wa Itsumo Hare nochi Gū'', literally "The Jungle Was Always Sunny, Then Came Guu") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by [[Renjuro Kindaichi]]. Fan names for the series include ''Hare Nochi Guu'', ''Haré+Guu'', ''Jungle Hare Nochi Guu'', ''Haré and Guu'', and ''Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu''


Haré is a boy who lives in a jungle village with his young, slightly-alcoholic mother Weda. Life is good in the jungle, and Haré is a happy boy, until the day a monster eats him. He wakes up the next morning, uneaten and in his own bed. While he is wondering if it was all a dream, Weda announces that she has adopted a little girl named Guu. With her pink hair, shining eyes, and sweet smile, Guu charms Haré's mother -- but when Weda's back is turned, Guu becomes a scowling dark presence that frightens Haré. Not only that, she is capable of swallowing ''anything'' she takes a fancy to -- whole bananas, live birds, even people and landscapes -- and Haré discovers that anything Guu swallows is ''still alive inside her, in a completely different world...''
Haré is a boy who lives in a jungle village with his young, slightly-alcoholic mother Weda. Life is good in the jungle, and Haré is a happy boy, until the day a monster eats him. He wakes up the next morning, uneaten and in his own bed. While he is wondering if it was all a dream, Weda announces that she has adopted a little girl named Guu. With her pink hair, shining eyes, and sweet smile, Guu charms Haré's mother -- but when Weda's back is turned, Guu becomes a scowling dark presence that frightens Haré. Not only that, she is capable of swallowing ''anything'' she takes a fancy to -- whole bananas, live birds, even people and landscapes -- and Haré discovers that anything Guu swallows is ''still alive inside her, in a completely different world...''
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Haré's life turns into an endless parade of torments by Guu as he tries to keep her out of trouble, and find out what kind of creature she really is. This is all made rather difficult by the wide array of paranormal abilities she possesses, the bizarre supernatural events that happen around her, and her enjoyment in toying with Hare's neurosis.
Haré's life turns into an endless parade of torments by Guu as he tries to keep her out of trouble, and find out what kind of creature she really is. This is all made rather difficult by the wide array of paranormal abilities she possesses, the bizarre supernatural events that happen around her, and her enjoyment in toying with Hare's neurosis.


Despite the apparent horror overtones, this is actually a rather wild and surreal comedy, kind of like the Cthulhu Mythos as written by Mel Brooks or perhaps [[Airplane!|Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker]]. It's filled with sight gags and absurdities (the "primitive" jungle village, for instance, is filled with all manner of conveniences such as a public address system and video games). Still, there are serious elements hidden behind the comedy -- for instance, Haré is almost 10, and his mother is only 24, and he worries about ''why'' she moved to the jungle village. A severe [[Mood Whiplash]] results {{spoiler|when it turns out Weda got pregnant ten years ago by a character who ''COMES BACK'', making Haré realize he's been a bastard child all this time.}}
Despite the apparent horror overtones, this is actually a rather wild and surreal comedy, kind of like the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] [[X Meets Y|as written by]] [[Mel Brooks]] or perhaps [[Airplane!|Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker]]. It's filled with sight gags and absurdities (the "primitive" jungle village, for instance, is filled with all manner of conveniences such as a public address system and video games). Still, there are serious elements hidden behind the comedy -- for instance, Haré is almost 10, and his mother is only 24, and he worries about ''why'' she moved to the jungle village. A severe [[Mood Whiplash]] results {{spoiler|when it turns out Weda got pregnant ten years ago by a character who ''COMES BACK'', making Haré realize he's been a bastard child all this time.}}

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== The title of the series is a rather elaborate pun that can be read several different ways, due to different readings of some of the words: ==


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The title of the series is a rather elaborate pun that can be read several different ways, due to different readings of some of the words:
* In the Jungle was Always Hare but then came Guu
* In the Jungle was Always Hare but then came Guu
* The Jungle was Always Nice, Then Came Guu
* The Jungle was Always Nice, Then Came Guu
* The Jungle Is Always Sunny or Hungry
* The Jungle Is Always Sunny or Hungry


== and the most obscure, a pun on a common phrase in Japanese weather forecasts: ==
and the most obscure, a pun on a common phrase in Japanese weather forecasts:

* The Jungle Is Always Clear, With A Chance of Showers
* The Jungle Is Always Clear, With A Chance of Showers
* The Jungle is Always Clear, With Scattered Guu
* The Jungle is Always Clear, With Scattered Guu
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=== ''Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu'' provides examples of: ===

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Dama takes this to nightmare levels if she sees any male with white hair - or even a white wig, due to their 'resemblance' to her late husband.
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Dama takes this to nightmare levels if she sees any male with white hair - or even a white wig, due to their 'resemblance' to her late husband.
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]
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* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Guu's is not as much annoying as it is ''blood-curdingly creepy''!.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Guu's is not as much annoying as it is ''blood-curdingly creepy''!.
* [[Another Dimension]]: Guu's stomach. {{spoiler|ONE of them, at least.}}
* [[Another Dimension]]: Guu's stomach. {{spoiler|ONE of them, at least.}}
* [[Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other]]: There are hints sprinkled throughout the series that Guu cares more about Haré than she lets on.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: There are hints sprinkled throughout the series that Guu cares more about Haré than she lets on.
** Of course, those mostly get offset by the moments when she [[Jerkass|lets him suffer]].
** Of course, those mostly get offset by the moments when she [[Jerkass|lets him suffer]].
* [[Balloon Belly]]: Guu in episode 14 and Ova Haré+Guu FINAL 2.
* [[Balloon Belly]]: Guu in episode 14 and Ova Haré+Guu FINAL 2.
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* [[Beach Episode]]
* [[Beach Episode]]
* [[Big Eater]]: Guu, loosely speaking.
* [[Big Eater]]: Guu, loosely speaking.
* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Weda
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Haré, mostly through Guu's doing.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Haré, mostly through Guu's doing.
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Haré
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: Haré
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* [[Creepy Child]]: Guu, again.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Guu, again.
* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: Bel, though it's only shown in the manga.
* [[Creepy Crossdresser]]: Bel, though it's only shown in the manga.
* [[Dark Skinned Redhead]]: A few minor characters in the village.
* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: A few minor characters in the village.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Guu is perhaps the living embodiment of this trope, as she almost ''never'' stops snarking. Even when she does, she talks in the ''exact same tone of voice''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Guu is perhaps the living embodiment of this trope, as she almost ''never'' stops snarking. Even when she does, she talks in the ''exact same tone of voice''.
* [[Deranged Animation]]: Oh yes. Often accompanied by [[Art Shift]].
* [[Deranged Animation]]: Oh yes. Often accompanied by [[Art Shift]].
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* [[Epunymous Title]]
* [[Epunymous Title]]
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]
* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]]
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]
* [[Extreme Omnivore]] (duh)
* [[Extreme Omnivore]] (duh)
* [[Eyecatch]], in the anime.
* [[Eyecatch]], in the anime.
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* [[Gainax Bounce]]: Done (disturbingly) with the Elder's ''chest hair'', in the third episode.
* [[Gainax Bounce]]: Done (disturbingly) with the Elder's ''chest hair'', in the third episode.
** Weda also has this.
** Weda also has this.
* [[Hard-Drinking Party Girl]]: Weda
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: The aptly-named Lazy. Problem is, he's the ''teacher.''
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: The aptly-named Lazy. Problem is, he's the ''teacher.''
* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: Rikako Aikawa voiced Hare, and Naoko Watanabe as Guu. For dubbers, those watching this nowadays would know that Hare was voiced by [[Philece Sampler]], who was starting her ADR anime career, and Guu by [[Stephanie Sheh]] (both credited under different names). The other characters are sprinkled with viewer déjà vu as well.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Rikako Aikawa voiced Hare, and Naoko Watanabe as Guu. For dubbers, those watching this nowadays would know that Hare was voiced by [[Philece Sampler]], who was starting her ADR anime career, and Guu by [[Stephanie Sheh]] (both credited under different names). The other characters are sprinkled with viewer déjà vu as well.
* [[Homage]]: To [[Alien|Aliens]], of all things, complete with ominous motion tracker beeping and Hare taking the role of Hicks nervously checking the ceiling passages.
* [[Homage]]: To [[Alien|Aliens]], of all things, complete with ominous motion tracker beeping and Hare taking the role of Hicks nervously checking the ceiling passages.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: {{spoiler|Uighur}} with regard to Weda.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: {{spoiler|Uighur}} with regard to Weda.
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* [[Kafka Komedy]]
* [[Kafka Komedy]]
* [[Love Freak]]: Marie.
* [[Love Freak]]: Marie.
* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: Haré asks his mother one day who his father is. She pretty much tells him point blank that it's {{spoiler|Dr. Clive. The Bad Doctor himself was also unaware.}} ''Neither'' of them reacts well to this revelation.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Haré asks his mother one day who his father is. She pretty much tells him point blank that it's {{spoiler|Dr. Clive. The Bad Doctor himself was also unaware.}} ''Neither'' of them reacts well to this revelation.
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: See [[Gainax Bounce]]. Your eyes will never feel clean again.
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: See [[Gainax Bounce]]. Your eyes will never feel clean again.
* [[Meta Guy]]: Haré.
* [[Meta Guy]]: Haré.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Haré.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Haré.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Most of the characters have at least the multi-shaded variety, including Haré.
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Most of the characters have at least the multi-shaded variety, including Haré.
* [[Nightmare Fuel Stationattendant]]: Guess who.
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Guess who.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[No Fourth Wall]]
* [[Non Nude Bathing]]: One episode had Guu convince Haré this was a new fad.
* [[Non-Nude Bathing]]: One episode had Guu convince Haré this was a new fad.
* [[Nosebleed]]: This is Bell's most frequent gag toward an apparent [[Les Yay]] over Weda... and she drains BUCKETS of them!
* [[Nosebleed]]: This is Bell's most frequent gag toward an apparent [[Les Yay]] over Weda... and she drains BUCKETS of them!
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: Poor, poor Haré.
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: Poor, poor Haré.
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* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Weda dons the costume during the game show bit.
* [[Playboy Bunny]]: Weda dons the costume during the game show bit.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Lazy with regard to his little sister Marie.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Lazy with regard to his little sister Marie.
* [[Raised By Animals]]: Rebecca was raised by Pokute, according to Elder. Also Haré, according to Guu.
* [[Raised by Wolves]]: Rebecca was raised by Pokute, according to Elder. Also Haré, according to Guu.
* [[Reality Warper]]: This is basically Guu's shtick. Anything she wants will happen, no exceptions, no matter how crazy it is.
* [[Reality Warper]]: This is basically Guu's shtick. Anything she wants will happen, no exceptions, no matter how crazy it is.
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: "Normal" Guu has these, and they're just the tip of the iceberg as far as her weirdness goes...
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: "Normal" Guu has these, and they're just the tip of the iceberg as far as her weirdness goes...
* [[Rock Paper Scissors]]: Guu, Hare, and Wigur settle a dispute this way. Guu wins... [[Invisible Anatomy|somehow]].
* [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Guu, Hare, and Wigur settle a dispute this way. Guu wins... [[Invisible Anatomy|somehow]].
* [[Rubber Hose Limbs]]: Happens quite frequently to Guu, starting in the opening credits.
* [[Rubber Hose Limbs]]: Happens quite frequently to Guu, starting in the opening credits.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: Guu can basically do anything, all of which is used for the purpose of being funny. And freaking out Hare.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: Guu can basically do anything, all of which is used for the purpose of being funny. And freaking out Hare.
* [[Running Gag]]: Rain pours every time Guu's chaotic plans are complete and starts their mental breakdown on Haré. Usually at the end of an episode. Lampshaded, as Guu almost always opens an umbrella right before it does.
* [[Running Gag]]: Rain pours every time Guu's chaotic plans are complete and starts their mental breakdown on Haré. Usually at the end of an episode. Lampshaded, as Guu almost always opens an umbrella right before it does.
* [[Schizo Tech]]
* [[Schizo-Tech]]
* [[Screwy Squirrel]] Guu.
* [[Screwy Squirrel]] Guu.
* [[Seashell Bra]]: Worn by Guu at the beach.
* [[Seashell Bra]]: Worn by Guu at the beach.
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* [[Spank the Cutie]]: Haré, thanks to a body switch misunderstanding.
* [[Spank the Cutie]]: Haré, thanks to a body switch misunderstanding.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]
* [[The Speechless]]: Two of the students. They're always seen in the background, and whenever one of them would speak, [[The Un Reveal|something seems to prevent us from hearing it.]]
* [[The Speechless]]: Two of the students. They're always seen in the background, and whenever one of them would speak, [[The Un-Reveal|something seems to prevent us from hearing it.]]
* [[Spell My Name With an S]]: Weda/Ueda, Leiji/Lazy, Hale/Hare, Goo/Guu. In the manga, her name is spelled "Goo" in English.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Weda/Ueda, Leiji/Lazy, Hale/Hare, Goo/Guu. In the manga, her name is spelled "Goo" in English.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: Frequently. And of course... it's usually Guu's doing.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: Frequently. And of course... it's usually Guu's doing.
{{quote| '''Guu:''' And today's lesson is... no underwear.}}
{{quote|'''Guu:''' And today's lesson is... no underwear.}}
* [[Super Deformed]]
* [[Super-Deformed]]
* [[Super Mode]]: If pushed, Guu can {{spoiler|transform into a much older, much more serious-looking, goddess-like version of herself}}. This happens very rarely and always heralds a serious asskicking.
* [[Super Mode]]: If pushed, Guu can {{spoiler|transform into a much older, much more serious-looking, goddess-like version of herself}}. This happens very rarely and always heralds a serious asskicking.
* [[Swallowed Whole]]: Haré and a whole lot more...
* [[The Sweat Drop]]
* [[The Sweat Drop]]
* [[Two Teacher School|One Teacher School]]: Then again, this ''is'' the middle of the jungle...
* [[Two-Teacher School|One Teacher School]]: Then again, this ''is'' the middle of the jungle...
** It becomes an actual two teacher school in the [[OVA|OVAs]].
** It becomes an actual two teacher school in the [[OVA|OVAs]].
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Guu can do this, apparently.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Guu can do this, apparently.
* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Dr. Clive. {{spoiler|It was bleached, but then he dyed it black to get Dama to leave him alone.}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Dr. Clive. {{spoiler|It was bleached, but then he dyed it black to get Dama to leave him alone.}}
* [[X Meets Y]]: None of them come close to being a perfect description of the show, but many have come up with great ones.
* [[X Meets Y]]: None of them come close to being a perfect description of the show, but many have come up with great ones.
** If Mel Brooks wrote the Cthulhu Mythos (as stated)
** If Mel Brooks wrote the Cthulhu Mythos (as stated)
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** An anime [[Dr. Seuss]] with even more crack
** An anime [[Dr. Seuss]] with even more crack
** A children's book story gone wrong
** A children's book story gone wrong
** ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan (Light Novel)|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'' meets ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''... In Cancun!
** ''[[Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan|Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan]]'' meets ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]''... In Cancun!
* [[Yandere]]: Yamada. She's introduced trying to kill herself in order to come back as a ghost to haunt the man who wronged her.
* [[Yandere]]: Yamada. She's introduced trying to kill herself in order to come back as a ghost to haunt the man who wronged her.


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Latest revision as of 18:14, 18 January 2022

Haré+Guu (Japanese: ジャングルはいつもハレのちグゥ, Hepburn: Janguru wa Itsumo Hare nochi Gū, literally "The Jungle Was Always Sunny, Then Came Guu") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Renjuro Kindaichi. Fan names for the series include Hare Nochi Guu, Haré+Guu, Jungle Hare Nochi Guu, Haré and Guu, and Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu

Haré is a boy who lives in a jungle village with his young, slightly-alcoholic mother Weda. Life is good in the jungle, and Haré is a happy boy, until the day a monster eats him. He wakes up the next morning, uneaten and in his own bed. While he is wondering if it was all a dream, Weda announces that she has adopted a little girl named Guu. With her pink hair, shining eyes, and sweet smile, Guu charms Haré's mother -- but when Weda's back is turned, Guu becomes a scowling dark presence that frightens Haré. Not only that, she is capable of swallowing anything she takes a fancy to -- whole bananas, live birds, even people and landscapes -- and Haré discovers that anything Guu swallows is still alive inside her, in a completely different world...

Haré's life turns into an endless parade of torments by Guu as he tries to keep her out of trouble, and find out what kind of creature she really is. This is all made rather difficult by the wide array of paranormal abilities she possesses, the bizarre supernatural events that happen around her, and her enjoyment in toying with Hare's neurosis.

Despite the apparent horror overtones, this is actually a rather wild and surreal comedy, kind of like the Cthulhu Mythos as written by Mel Brooks or perhaps Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker. It's filled with sight gags and absurdities (the "primitive" jungle village, for instance, is filled with all manner of conveniences such as a public address system and video games). Still, there are serious elements hidden behind the comedy -- for instance, Haré is almost 10, and his mother is only 24, and he worries about why she moved to the jungle village. A severe Mood Whiplash results when it turns out Weda got pregnant ten years ago by a character who COMES BACK, making Haré realize he's been a bastard child all this time.

The title of the series is a rather elaborate pun that can be read several different ways, due to different readings of some of the words:

  • In the Jungle was Always Hare but then came Guu
  • The Jungle was Always Nice, Then Came Guu
  • The Jungle Is Always Sunny or Hungry

and the most obscure, a pun on a common phrase in Japanese weather forecasts:

  • The Jungle Is Always Clear, With A Chance of Showers
  • The Jungle is Always Clear, With Scattered Guu

(where "Hare" means "clear" and "Guu" means "showers").

Any way you read it, it means Guu is turning Hare's life upside down.

Tropes used in Haré+Guu include:

Guu: And today's lesson is... no underwear.

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