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The star of ''[[RIN-NE]]'', known in Japan as ''[[Kyoukai no Rinne]]'' or "Rinne of the Boundary," is [[Sakura Girl|Sakura]] Mamiya, who has been [[I See Dead People|able to see ghosts]] since an incident in her childhood. Now in [[High School]], she views them as more than a nuisance than anything. One day, Rinne Rokudo, a student who has been absent since the beginning of the year appears in class, strangely-dressed and visible only to Sakura -- yet after school, she [[Crash Into Hello|finds him to be solid]], unlike any ghost she has seen.

 

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Rinne's father is a perfect example of financial abuse.

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Twice in the same arc. {{spoiler|Chapter 100 continues an arc where Sakura has lost her ability to see ghosts, and just when a whole lot of them are after her for the A-1 Grand Prix. Tamako gives Rinne a gift of a doll that can take on the form of a given person, after achieving a strand of hair. The doll takes Sakura's form in order to redirect the ghosts to it, but Tsubasa thinks it's some kind of sex doll, and calls Rinne a pervert. Continuing from there, in chapter 101, Rinne, wearing his haori, slips into Sakura's room to check on her just as her mom is calling her for the bath. If the shinigami wasn't such a decent guy, he would've seen even more than he already had.}} This means that this is no longer the Rumiko Takahashi odd-one-out, in the respect that {{spoiler|we finally see some cleavage}}. Not counting the Nirvana House oneshot chapter.

* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: As of the latest chapters, Tsubasa indefinitely qualifies. Chapters 82 and 83 have introduced a ghost girl named Yayoi, who needs the feeling of being loved in order to pass on. However, Yayoi's true intentions are {{spoiler|to have Tsubasa join her in the afterlife so she can be loved. It doesn't help that Tsubasa looks like the boy she had a crush on}}. At the end of the arc, after having gone through the perils Yayoi put him through, he is admitted to the hospital; but only "''for a little while''". It was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] twice when both a student and the doctor say that an ordinary person would have ''died'' from what he went through.

* [[I See Dead People]]: Sakura, of course.

* [[Killer Yoyo]]: A giant one with blades, in chapter 47.

* [[Kotatsu]]:- Ageha is tricked into buying one thinking it has [[Love Potion]] -- like effects and will help her get closer to Rinne, but ironically enough, despite it having no such ability, the kotatsu does help all the main characters bond with each other.

* [[Loan Shark]]: Toichi (see [[Meaningful Name]] below) loans power to ghosts, and when they can't pay it back, {{spoiler|they get assimilated into Toichi}}.

* [[Love Chart]]: [[Played for Laughs]] and used to help the reader understand the ''very'' simple, would-be [[Love Triangle]] involving the [[Not Quite Dead|still-alive]] [[Monster of the Week|ghost of the week]], his girlfriend, and his best friend in chapter 13, and again in chapter 16.

** This may not be the case in other languages, however. The Indonesian translation gives his name as Akulo, from "Aku, lo" ("It's me")...which may make sense if he's some kind of corny [[Evil Overlord]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]

** This one might or might not be meant as a reference: In chapter 51, when Tsubasa summons the spirits of the power stone, he says "[[Slayers|Light, come forth!]]"

* [[Smashing Watermelons]]: Done by ghosts in chapter 61.

** [[I Am Not Shazam]]: Keep in mind, though, that "''RIN-NE''" is the series! When referring to the character in the actual translation, it's still written "Rinne".

* [[Spirit World]]

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]

** The [[Student Council President]] apparently looks ''exactly'' like her mother (and thus her mother's twin sister) did when she was her age.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Ranko & Rinko

* [[Unfinished Business]]: And if they don't come to terms with their regrets, they can become evil spirits. It's not all bad, though; Sakura's saves her life.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Tamako looks like she's in her twenties, and Sabato could pass for Rinne's older brother.

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: Averted in the case of Tsubasa Jumonji; his response to anything supernatural is almost always to throw sacred ashes, and it's seldom effective.

* [[Wingding Eyes]]: Suzuki has star-eyes.

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Ageha

* [[Zigzag Paper Tassel]]

 

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