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Hot Gimmick: A shojo romance/angst filled manga.
Hatsumi, *the main character* lives in this complex for the employees of Mrs. Taichibana, this crazy power trip sort of woman who wants everyone in the complex to behave accordingly and with dignity...Taichibana controls where Hatsumi's father works, and this man is already working overseas.
Imagine Hatsumi's surprise then when her younger sister Akane thinks she may be pregnant! This would spell out some major trouble for the family since her sister's only in Junior High! Hatsumi agrees to go buy a pregnancy test for her, but unfortunately bumps into Ryoki *rawr* Taichibana's son. Ryoki has never liked Hatsumi, and has in fact made her life a living hell since their childhood. He decides to blackmail Hatsumi and make her his 'slave' in exchange for not telling his mother about the pregnancy test for Akane. The only thing that Ryoki wants at this point is to 'practice' on Hatsumi and lose his virginity. *I still love him though*
This gets all the more complicated however when Azuza, Hatsumi's other childhood friend moves back into the complex. Azuza, who is a male model, treats Hatsumi very well and starts to protect her from Ryoki...which leads to other romantic interludes...
I shall stop there before I get the urge to REVEAL! *the new plot occurances* ...but that's the main gist of it, till you reach volume two, where things are getting insanely more complicated.
