Harsher in Hindsight: The "promotional manga" informing the public on the use of spent nuclear fuel in manga Volume 4, supposedly put out by a Paper-Thin Disguise for the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) (complete with Maria briefly turning into a marionette with visible strings).Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Spanish and French editions were popular enough to have all volumes translated compared to the English version which only had 14.Harumi then holds the drink pouch in one hand and a manga volume in the other, and Chiri has her hands at her side, visible. During a rainstorm, Chiri gives Harumi a drink pouch under an umbrella (Harumi is holding it initially). Fridge Logic: Lampshaded once during the whole "thank-you thievery" bit.Even Ryogo Narita, the author of Durarara!!, ships them. Chiri and Fujiyoshi, who are childhood friends, are already proving to be quite a popular couple as well, and have several hints scattered around.The popularity boosted upon the revelation that Kafuka was Dead All Along. Despite the series being extremely obvious about pairing Nozomu/Kafuka, it wasn't a very popular pairing, because of Kafuka being a Manic Pixie Dream Girl to him, something that fans consider rather cliche.Finally, the author decided to Throw the Dog a Bone to the fans, by revealing that Kudou has feelings for Nozomu because of the blood transfusion he received from Kafuka, thus becoming part of Nozomu's harem in the end.And it looks like SHAFT are after picking up on it too, including some official ◊ art ◊ with ◊ teasing ◊ that wasn't present in the original manga. Not bad for a series primarily filled with girls. It has the most doujin count along with the most fanart count. Many fans find the more subdued Kudou to be much better to the depressive Nozomu than the cheerful Kafuka because Nozomu and Kudou's personalities mesh well together, despite rarely interacting in-series.Fan Nickname: The Despair Girls, for Nozomu's Unwanted Harem.Esoteric Happy Ending: Big Time! At least the main characters are happy.It's quite possible to say that nearly every single recurring or main character has their own fandom.I guess people like their Yandere Knife/ Shovel nuts? Ensemble Dark Horse: Chiri gets an awful lot of fan art dedicated to her, and she seems to get more screen/panel time than any of the other Despair Girls except maybe Kafuka (who's probably closer to a main character since she's explicitly Nozomu's foil).Suicidal teacher winning the love and affection of his students by promising to take them with him when he does it, hilarious. Crosses the Line Twice: Suicide, not funny.One memorable moment in particular during Matoi's story in Season 1, where she runs off from Arai's office, it suddenly switches to. Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Being the series it is, there is a lot in the anime.Made even better by the fact that Itoshiki's voice actor does the vocals, quite well too! The ending themes are an appropriately crazy mix of styles that manages to mesh, from swing jazz to surf rock to punk-infused cabaret. The opening themes all use a mixture of punk vocals (for the main singer), J-poppy backup singers, grunge guitar and (for the fourth OP) soaring piano melodies.Awesome Music: The soundtrack varies between hauntingly beautiful orchestral pieces as season main themes, great piano minuets for Nozomu, and the rather light, silly fare used for the rest of the show.Acceptable Targets: Frequent targets including pervy otaku or NEET guys, immigrants, and China "a certain country" whose constant spying on Japan goes unacknowledged by the government for political reasons (North Korea gets a similar treatment).I'm in despair! Debatable elements about this series have left me in despair!
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