Hot Gimmick (ホットギミック) is a 12-volume shōjo manga by Miki Aihara that was serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Betsucomi from December 2000 to July 2005. The English release is currently published by VIZ Media. In addition to the manga, there are also two drama CDs and an alternate ending novel entitled Hot Gimmick S.

The story revolves around Hatsumi Narita, a passive 16-year old girl who lives in a company housing complex that is ruled by the tyrannical Mrs. Tachibana, the wife of the company's president. How a family behaves in the housing complex can affect an employee's status in the company. When her promiscuous younger sister Akane thinks she might be pregnant, poor Hatsumi gets talked into buying her a pregnancy test. Unfortunately, things don't go exactly as planned and Hatsumi is blackmailed by Ryoki Tachibana, the bratty, geeky teenage son of the powerful Tachibana family who bullied her as a kid, into being his slave.

The first volume of this series is mostly an introduction for all the characters and plotlines, and any possible readers of this series are warned that things do not stay as they seem for long. The main male characters (Ryoki, Azusa and Shinogu) all quickly swap places as the story continues on through the series. For this reason, Hot Gimmick is targeted much more at a mature audience, as it addresses several adult themes that are not entirely appropriate for younger readers. Hot Gimmick delves into a deeper side found in every society, while still maintaining its shojo roots.

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Hot Gimmick is giving me agita...
Rei_no_Otaku (Jeromie Jackson) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:45:41 -0000
Hot Gimmick is giving me agita...
@RealKevinNash I'm just sayin it appears to be their gimmick- hot n naughty. You should hve had them rip each others clothes off tho!!!
IsistheAmazon (Isis the Amazon) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:04:13 -0000
@RealKevinNash I'm just sayin it appears to be their gimmick- hot n naughty. You should hve had them rip each others clothes off tho!!!
Last two volumes of Hot Gimmick: http://www.thespectrum.net/manga_scans/?preview=manga_Hot-Gimmick, also new One Piece and Naruto
spectrumnexus (Spectrum Nexus) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:30:10 -0000
Last two volumes of Hot Gimmick: http://www.thespectrum.net/manga_scans/?preview=manga_Hot-Gimmick, also new One Piece and Naruto
@BeAtJuNkie07 gimmick? How? She's dope. But being a lesbian? FUCK THAT.. hot girls shouldn't be lesbians
JustKC (KC Psalms) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:44:00 -0000
@BeAtJuNkie07 gimmick? How? She's dope. But being a lesbian? FUCK THAT.. hot girls shouldn't be lesbians
@lorenanr Yep, train wreck is the appropriate analogy for "Hot Gimmick" & I felt so guilty after looking at it as it happened. 2 much DRAMA!
Omarissister (Omari's Sister) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:16:19 -0000
@lorenanr Yep, train wreck is the appropriate analogy for "Hot Gimmick" & I felt so guilty after looking at it as it happened. 2 much DRAMA!
@Omarissister Oh, yeah, Hot Gimmick was like a train wreck for me -- I didn't want to look, but couldn't help myself.
lorenanr (Lorena Nava Ruggero) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:09:01 -0000
@Omarissister Oh, yeah, Hot Gimmick was like a train wreck for me -- I didn't want to look, but couldn't help myself.

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