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When Asuka Masamune was young, his father left his mother... to become a transsexual. This shock
Now 16, Asuka is widely considered the manliest man in school. He's top in the country at kendo, is extremely talented at judo as well, and is seen by all his peers as the pinnacle of manly, manly perfection.
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A [[Live Action Adaptation|TV soap opera]] about the manga was created last August 2009, spanning 12 episodes. It is only loosely based on the actual plot of the manga though, as pretty much the whole thing was rewritten from scratch.
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* [[Action Girl]] - Ryo, lead to [[Battle Couple]]
* [[Adaptation Expansion]] - Some new plots and a slew of new characters were added into the live-action drama.
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** Even Kurokawa can count, if his eyes showed up a lot more.
** And they all pale in comparison to school doctor Ooji Suzaku, also known as Prince Pheromone. Wherever he goes he's surrounded by fainting female students ("little kittens" and "butterflies" as he calls them) and adoring males.
* [[Bland
* [[Blinding Bangs]] - Kurokawa has these.
* [[Bowdlerization]]: George's band Fuckin' Bones became Freak Bones in the American edition.
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** Also, [[Chivalrous Pervert]].
* [[Halloween Episode]] - the live drama's Episode 3.
* [[Ho Yay]] - Juta and Asuka, in spades. It's carefully balanced with [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]], though.
** When Asuka takes it upon himself to find out if Juta has a girlfriend, he unconsciously follows the usual shoujo [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] routine, including stalking Juta, confronting him about having a lover, telling him "I won't allow you to flirt with other girls in my presence!" and demanding to see Juta's home (and then making a beeline for his room). The chapter ends with the two of them being [[Mistaken for Gay]].
** Tonomine and Asuka also have
** Yamato's 'confession' to Asuka... actually [[It Makes Sense in Context|not romantic]], but sure looks like that. He also likes to fanboy Asuka as "the ideal man," and once even [[It Makes Sense in Context|took him to a date]].
** And then there's [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Ooji]] [[Even the Guys Want Him|Suzaku]] who flirts with Kasuga and Tetsuya, his interactions with Asuka drip with [[Ho Yay]].
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* [[Moe]] - Otowa [[Invoked Trope|deliberately plays up]] moe traits and stereotypes in order to manipulate people. Even her name is ''Moe''matsu Otowa. {{spoiler|In reality she's anything ''but'' moe.}}
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]
* [[Long
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - Asuka's dad, when he eventually reveals himself.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]
* [[Meta Guy]]: Juta, although he keeps it to internal monologues.
* [[Mistaken for Gay]] - When Juta hugs Asuka for being so nice, the girls who were trying to find out who he was favoring suddenly walk in... after that, Ryo informs Juta and Asuka that the girls have found out who Juta's favorite is.
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** [[Disappeared Dad]] - Asuka's missing dad.
** [[Missing Mom]] - Ryo's mother passed away when she was very young.
* [[Paper
** Even worse; a bonus chapter reveals that the fictional Asuka has the same ''last name'' as him.
** Lampshaded when {{spoiler|Kasuga easily figures it out}}. It seems {{spoiler|Kitora}} knows as well.
* [[Precision F
* [[Promotion to Parent]] - {{spoiler|That harem of women waiting for Juta at home? ''All ten'' of them are his sisters. Their parents went on a round-the-world trip, and the childern are now living off of Juta's royalties.}}
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] - ...of Juta's manga.
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]] - Asuka ultimately tries to accept himself as such - unlike his father, he's happy with being male, so long as he's allowed to indulge in cuteness. Also, given the number of guys besides Asuka who start reading ''Love Chick'' in their school, this might be more common there than it first seems.
* [[The Rival]]: Tonomine is Asuka's bitter rival, although Asuka doesn't really regard him as such.
* [[Scary Musician, Harmless Music]]: After it is revealed that {{spoiler|they used to be an acoustic folk-music girl duo (by use of crossdressing)}}, [[Visual Kei]] singer Hanamasa and {{spoiler|his older brother}}, hard rock guitarist George, eventually {{spoiler|get back together, merge their bands, and perform gentle soft-rock love songs}}. It becomes a huge success, of course.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] - Kasuga.
* [[Secret Test of Character]] - Asuka's mom does this to him in Episode 2 of the drama.
* [[Shout
** There are also shout outs to ''[[Lovely Complex]]'' and ''[[Honey and Clover]].''
** And ''[[Seven Samurai]].''
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* [[Shower of Awkward]] - Ryo walks in on a very naked Asuka in the bathroom. ''He'' freaks out, ''she'' doesn't even seem to notice.
* [[Show Within a Show]] - Jewel Sachihana's ''Love Chick''.
* [[Sitting
* [[Stoic Spectacles]] - Tonomine, so much.
** Kasuga, too.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]] - Ooji Suzaku's sheer sex appeal makes even ''Kasuga'' flustered. His nickname is "Prince Pheromone."
* [[The Matchmaker]] - Juta for Asuka and Ryo.
* [[
* [[Tsundere]] - Tonomine, sort of: the author coined the phrase "tsunsama" (the "tsun" part of tsundere + [[Japanese Pronouns|oresama]]) to describe him. Usually he's red hot on the "tsun" (irritable) front but he has revealed his "dere" (soft) side a number of times.
* [[Uncanny Valley Makeup]] - It would would be impolite to comment on Yamato's first attempt to wear makeup, so we will leave that with Tonomine.
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* [[Visual Kei]] - House Dust.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] - Juta is forced to do this to {{spoiler|protect his identity as the author of ''Love Chick''}}.
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