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In Episode 2 of _Tonikaku Kawaii_ (Fly Me to the Moon), there are a couple of
instances when the lead male character Yuzaki Nasa is overwhelmed by something
unexpected and adorable that his wife Tsukasa does or says. This is shown
visually by Nasa taking a longer than usual pause before responding, but then
instead of responding he suffers some reaction that causes him to cough
violently, I think? The visual shows some white froth spraying from his mouth,
but his back is turned to the camera, so I'm not entirely certain that it is a
cough. Both times, Tsukasa is taken aback by his reaction and asks him in a
concerned manner whether he is feeling alright.

[![Nasa's reaction when Tsukasa invites him to lie down beside her on the
futon.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tXvKp.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tXvKp.jpg)

[![Nasa's reaction upon seeing Tsukasa in her
pyjamas.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/msxaX.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/msxaX.png)

These events are clearly played for a gag, but I think I'm missing some
context behind them. I have seen anime nosebleeds, and their meaning has been
discussed on this site before: [Does the "bloody nose" trope necessarily imply
a sexual situation?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/39/60264). This case
does not seem to be a nosebleed, though. The anime has not shied away from
depicting fountains of blood (for comedic purposes, of course) in Episode 1,
so I'm sure they would have coloured the expulsion red if that was intended.

[![A fountain of blood erupting from Nasa's head after he is injured from the
traffic
accident.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p6iwF.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p6iwF.jpg)

What exactly is happening to Nasa in these two instances?


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What is happening to Nasa here when Tsukasa does something adorable?


As **[Aki Tanaka](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2516/aki-tanaka)** has
said in the comments, this is most likely the **[Spit
Take](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpitTake)** trope.

> **A Reaction Shot to an unexpected event that involves spraying food or,
> more commonly, a drink from a character's mouth.** ... A common Lampshade
> Hanging for this trope is when a character pauses to take a drink just so he
> has something to spit out in reaction. (emphasis mine)

[![A spit take shot of Ryuuji Takasu from the anime
"Toradora".](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Uj8b.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Uj8b.png)

This trope is also used for comedic purposes, as seen in the image of Ryuuji
Takasu above. This trope is also used when someone is surprised or excited,
similar to the [**nose
bleed**](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Nosebleed) trope that is
commonly found within anime and manga. You've said that Nasa Yuzaki reacts
that way whenever Tsukasa does something he sees as cute. It is possible that
this spit take trope is being applied the same way a nose bleed is.

[**Source**](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpitTake)


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