Little House With an Orange Roof/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Arc Fatigue - The series falls dangerously close to Myth Stall after the major obstacles to Natsumi and Shoutarou's marriage are properly resolved, providing a volume's worth of material unnecessary to the narrative or filler that more-or-less rehashes the same theme of family unity until it nears the end.
  • Fridge Logic - They bought a house without doing a title search? Did they pay cash for this house? There's no check to put a stop-payment on? If it's a mortgage, how did they both get a mortgage on the same house?
    • It's strongly implied that Natsumi paid cash, and Shoutarou has a mortgage. Both of them were a little distracted by other events in their lives to do things like a title search, not to mention they're both rather gullible. It's implied the conman was pretty good at his schtick too.
    • In the earlier chapters, Natsumi gets called out by her sister for this, saying that she bought real estate "as if she was windowshopping."
  • Karma Houdini - The manga tends to stress forgiveness and understanding in every situation, including to a man who strikes a little girl in the head hard enough to knock her over, and to in-laws that come close to murdering a single mother.
    • This is directly derived from the author's Christian beliefs (as explained in the main entry); the relevant Biblical injunctions in this case are almost certainly the ones to turn the other cheek and to forgive one's enemies "seven times seven".
  • Periphery Demographic - The manga is officially designated Seinen, but tends toward a softer art style and nuanced romance that would not be out of place in a Shojo publication.
  • Puppy Love - Ryo and Luna.
  • Tastes Like Diabetes - For some. Others will take this opportunity to indulge their respective sweet teeth.