Tramps Like Us

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name = Tramps Like Us


caption = Manga cover
ja_name = きみはペット
ja_name_trans = Kimi wa Pet
genre = Comedy, RomanceInfobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Yayoi Ogawa
publisher = flagicon|Japan Kodansha
publisher_en = flagicon|USA Tokyopop
publisher_other = flagicon|Germany Tokyopop flagicon|France Kurokawa flagicon|Italy Editions Star Comics
demographic = Josei
magazine = Kiss
first = 2000
last = 2005
volumes = 14Infobox animanga/Drama
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network = TBS
first = April 9 2003
last = June 18 2003
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episodes = 10

nihongo|"Tramps Like Us"|きみはペット|Kimi wa Petto|lit. "You're My Pet" is a josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa, which was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003. The manga won the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.cite web | url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml | author=Joel Hahn | title=Kodansha Manga Awards | work=Comic Book Awards Almanac | accessdate=2007-08-21]

Plot

The story concerns Sumire Iwaya, a journalist at a major newspaper. A career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well, Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. She also has hobbies that are very un-feminine, such as being a fan of pro wrestling, K-1, and shōnen anime.

After her fiancé leaves her for his mistress and Sumire is demoted at work, she stumbles across a young injured homeless man in a box outside her condominium. She takes him in and becomes attached to him. As a joke, she says she wants to keep him as a pet. To her surprise, the young man agrees. She names him Momo, after her beloved dog from childhood. Sumire provides room and board, and Momo provides unconditional love and loyalty. Sumire says there is no sex in their relationship, and she will only sleep with men who have the "three highs": higher pay, higher education and higher height (i.e. taller than her 170 cm.) Despite this, there is definite sexual tension in their relationship.

Sumire later learns that Momo's real name is Takeshi Gouda, and that he is a dance prodigy who studied classical ballet but was too short to take the lead roles. He switched to modern dance, and lived a semi-homeless life before meeting Sumire. When it is revealed that he and Sumire know one another, Momo passes himself off as Sumire's second cousin.

Complications arise when Sumire is reunited with the man with whom she was infatuated during her time at Tokyo University, Shigehito Hasumi. Hasumi meets all of Sumire's requirements. However, Sumire cannot quite open up to Hasumi-senpai, or give up her attachment to Momo. For example, Sumire lets Momo call her by her personal name, while she struggles to let Hasumi call her "Iwaya" instead of "Iwaya-san." Takeshi (a.k.a. Momo) starts to have feelings for Sumire-chan (Iwaya), as well and they began to have feelings that go way beyond those of a pet and its Master.

When Hasumi meets Momo, he recognizes Momo's face but can't put a name to him. When Hasumi does some research on Iwaya-san's so-called cousin, he discovers that Takeshi was a child ballet prodigy and becomes friends with him. Takeshi, of course, has to keep the fact that he is also "Momo" to himself, even when Hasumi repeatedly brings the topic of Sumire's pet up in their conversations.

Characters

Main characters

*nihongo|Sumire Iwaya|巌谷 澄麗|Iwaya Sumire "Drama role by":Koyuki
*nihongo|Momo|モモ|, or nihongo|Takeshi Gouda|合田 武志|Gōda Takeshi "Drama role by":Jun Matsumoto
*nihongo|Shigehito Hasumi|蓮實 滋人|Hasumi Shigehito "Drama role by":Seiichi Tanabe

Other characters

* "Drama role by":Sarina Suzuki : Sumire's childhood friend, a housewife and mother of Ran
* "Drama role by": Satomi Ishihara: Momo's ex-girlfriend, a dancer (Vol.2 -)
* "Drama role by":Wakana Sakai : A dental assistant (manga)/office worker (drama) determined to seduce and marry Hasumi-senpai (Vol.3- )
* Emma Owen and Hugh Oswald: Two American journalists who work under Sumire (Vol.5-)

* Satoshi Asano "Drama role by": Kyozo Nagatsuka
* Junpei Horibei "Drama role by": Eita
* Mayumi Haruki "Drama role by": Misa Uehara
* Yuuta Ishida "Drama role by": Sato Riyuuta

Manga

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* Rule 1
* Rule 2
* Rule 3
* Rule 4
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* Sumire
* Momo
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*Momo
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*Rule 41
*Rule 42: Why We Stay
*Rule 43: In Her Memory
*Rule 44: A Suggestion of Adventure
*Rule 45: You Are My Pet
*Rule 46: Against the Rules
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*Momo
Summary = Sumire visits Hatsumi in Hong Kong.
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*Rule 53: Mutual therapy
*Rule 54: Ice Queen
*Rule 55: Woman of the Cancer sign
*Rule 56: Kotobuki-Taisha
*Rule 57: Some kind of En
*Rule 58: Priorities
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*Momo
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*Rule 59: Ultra-Frustration
*Rule 60: A Dangerous Vacation
*Rule 61: Confession
*Rule 62: Jumpy
*Rule 63: Happy Birthday
*Rule 64: Just For Tonight
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*Rule 65: Initiation
*Rule 66: Your Slave
*Rule 67: What's With Her?
*Rule 68: I've lost interest in every man on Earth
*Rule 69: Last Dance
*Rule 70: Wait a minute here
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*Rule 77: How to make a family
*Rule 78: L'etranger
*Rule 79: Gently, without touching
*Rule 80: Girls
*Rule 81: Nothing happens
*Last Rule: Our future
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Episodes

References

External links

;Manga
* [http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~asasin/ EXTRA HEAVY SYRUP] (Yayoi Ogawa's official website) ja icon;Drama TV series
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/kimipe/ Official TV Website] ja icon
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435969/ IMDB for the 2003 TV series]