History Characters / BokuwaTomodachiGaSukunai

* {{Delinquent}}: So most of his schoolmates assume him as, on account of his blond hair which contrasts with his Japanese face (a result of [[ButNotTooForeign mixed-race parentage]]), as well as a very bad first-day-at-school impression, when he comes in looking haggard, barely making it to school in time, then staggering in fatigue towards his teacher with his arms forward and fingers curled ([[NotWhatItLooksLike making his classmates assume he is about to attack their teacher]]) after introducing himself.

* AccidentalPervert: Twice, towards Sena -- completely naked during his visit to the Kashiwazakis' mansion in Season 1 Episode 8, and then topless during the BeachEpisode. Subverted with Kobato (his little sister, of course), whom he doesn't care about seeing naked ([[InnocentFanserviceGirl and neither does Kobato]]). He also stumbles in on Kate in the shower, but since it was clearly an accident and he apologizes immediately she doesn't care. It got so bad every girl in the Neighbors Club brings up a time when he's seen her naked, except for Rika, who just mentions him walking in on the Student Council.

* DeadpanSnarker: Be it towards her master, his daughter, or her friends.

* SenseiChan: [[spoiler:Turns out she wasn't even a teacher at all, but was placed into such a position by Kate because nobody else would take care of her. Then, in a ploy to save the Neighbors Club from Aoi, Sena calls her father to have her officially declared as one.]]

* NunsAreMikos: She's a ten-year-old nun, whose family's females also don the habit as part of a long-standing tradition.

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Ultimately it is '''she''', not Yozora or Sena, who wins the battle for Kodaka's heart.]]

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Ultimately it is '''she''', not Yozora or Sena, who ultimately wins the battle for Kodaka's heart.]]

** Kodaka pulls this off ''again'' 5 episodes later, when he comments that Rika would look better with cute clothing, as opposed to the school uniform which she seemesd to wear all the time. Once again, Rika's face turns red and none of the other girls are too pleased about hearing that.

* SupremeChef: His food is good according to Maria and Kobato, and in episode 10 he laments that of all the club members, he's the only one that can cook.

** She also has a passing resemblance to [[Manga/FairyTail Lucy Heartfillia.]]

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:In Volume 7/''NEXT'' Episode , it turns out that Kodaka and Sena have known each other ever since kindergarten age, joining Yozora as one of Kodaka's childhood friends. Moreover, their fathers have also arranged for the two to marry each other when they grow up.]]
* FreudianSlip: In Volume 8 and episode 11 of season 2, she inadvertently [[spoiler: proposes to Kodaka]] while playing a galge, setting in motion the series' WhamEpisode.

* JapanesePronouns: "Watakushi"

* ShoutOut: Shares a [[SanadaYukimura historical namesake]] and [[{{Keigo}} formal pattern of speaking]] with [[LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts Hideyoshi Kinoshita]], another character with gender issues.

* [[spoiler:UnsettlingGenderReveal: A partial one to Kodaka on Episode 8, and a full one to the entire Club come Volume 5 of the LightNovel/''NEXT'' episode 4. ''Yukimura'' was the most unsettled, in a rare inversion/reflection of the trope.]]

-->'''Kodaka:''' "[[LampshadeHanging You will just wear a lab coat over it, like you always do.]]"

** During the rollercoaster ride in Volume 5/Episode 4 of NEXT her mouth [[ClusterFBomb goes berserk on her]] and she pretends to have no memory of the event afterwards. To Quote:

-->Episode 4: "'''[[Anime/TurnAGundam Universe!!!]]'''" (while [[TheImmodestOrgasm climaxing]] as she reads aloud a Gundam x Evangelion H-doujin)
-->Episode 8: "'''Pride!'''" (while imagining herself in BarelyThereSwimwear)
-->Episode 10: "'''Excalibur!!!'''" (after imagining Kodaka and Yukimura as a pair of YaoiGuys)

* {{Expy}}: Shares the same name as [[{{Kobato}} an angelic healer of hearts]], and looks like [[LightNovel/OreNoImoutoGaKonnaNiKawaiiWakeGaNai Kuroneko]] with [[{{Dissimile}} blonde hair, heterochromia, twintails, less snark, and more cuteness]] -- complete with the [[Creator/KanaHanazawa same voice actress]].

* {{Sensei-chan}}: [[spoiler:Turns out she wasn't even a teacher at all, but was placed into such a position by Kate because nobody else would take care of her. Then, in a ploy to save the Neighbors Club from Aoi, Sena calls her father to have her officially declared as one.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese) and Creator/BrandonPotter (English)

* ShesGotLegs: Pretty evident in episode 7 when she's sitting in Kodaka's kitchen.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: In the anime, while she's seen in earlier episodes and the opening title for season 2, she doesn't have a speaking role until episode 12 of season 2.

* EmotionlessBoy

''LightNovel/BokuWaTomodachiGaSukunai'' revolves around the daily lives of the seven members -- six students, one adviser -- of the Neighbors Club, a school club within St. Chronica Academy whose ostensible goal is to help its members learn social skills and open up to society.

->'''Voiced by:''' RyoheiKimura (teenager) and Akiko Seri (child) (Japanese), Creator/JerryJewell (English)

The main protagonist and a second-year transfer to St. Chronica after he and his younger sister Kobato decide to stay behind when their father Hayato went to America to work. Unfortunately, his naturally blond hair (inherited from their deceased English mother Airi) earned him an unwanted reputation as some delinquent. He, together with fellow loner Yozora, is a co-founder of the Neighbors Club.

* AccidentalPervert: Twice, towards Sena -- completely naked during his visit to the Kashiwazakis' mansion in Season 1 Episode 8, and then topless during the BeachEpisode. Subverted with Kobato (his little sister, of course), whom he doesn't care about seeing naked ([[InnocentFanserviceGirl and neither does Kobato]]). He also stumbles in on Kate in the shower, but since it was clearly an accident and he apologizes immediately she doesn't care.
** It gets so bad every girl in the Neighbors Club brings up a time when he's seen her naked, except for Rika, who just mentions him walking in on the Student Council.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards his younger sister, Kobato.
** He also develops a minor one towards Maria.

* CannotTellAJoke

* CluelessChickMagnet: At least within the Neighbor's Club. [[spoiler:Subverted; he's just pretending to be clueless.]]

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: In episode 2 of Season 2, Kodaka runs into a Rika in the club room without her glasses on. She tells him her vision is perfect, and the glasses are actually fake. She then asks him what he thinks of her, and he has a brief ImagineSpot where he says she's like a wildflower blooming on a hill, and right in his strike zone. In the English dub, he frankly states that "Hells yeah, he'd hit that." Rika's face then [[HighPressureEmotion turns red]], and he earns himself some slight scorn from [[ClingyJealousGirl Yozora, Sena, and Yukimura]].
** Kodaka pulls this off AGAIN in episode 7 when he comments that Rika looks cute and that cute clothing would look good on her, as opposed to her school uniform which she seemed to wear all the time. Once again, Rika's face turns red and none of the other girls are too pleased about hearing that.

* NewTransferStudent
* NiceGuy: Contrary to his classmates' instant assumptions. He has seen Sena completely naked on one occasion, and topless on another, but each time he denied having seen it, the first by claiming he was drunk when she was chasing after Kobato naked in her mansion, and the second time he claims he was putting suntan on Kobato so didn't get a look at the beach.

* [[spoiler:ObfuscatingStupidity: Eventually it turns out he is not so clueless - he is just pretending that he is.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Appears to be a straight case of this in the beginning, but gets PlayedWith various ways later on.

* SecondYearProtagonist
* SelectiveObliviousness: When his failure to recognize the girls around him grows too strong, Rika begins to suspect that he's going out of his way to never, ever notice how they feel. [[spoiler:Further events make it plain that he knows and is intentionally ignoring the issue. This culminated with Rika confronting him at the end of the novel, where Kodaka made it clear he'd rather ignore their feelings. Rika was willing to pretend it never happened like he wanted, but made it clear that one of the other girls was going to take a shot soon and he really needed to be ready for that. He wasn't: Sena openly confessed and he ran away.]]

--->'''Kodaka:''' There's all kinds of rumors like how I supposedly raped Yozora and Sena, forced Yukimura to be my errand boy, raped Rika too, made a move on a sister, and even that I make a little girl walk around school in goth loli clothes...[[note]]original quote: 夜空と星奈を手籠めにしているだの、幸村を無理矢理パシリにしているだの、理科を陵辱しただの、シスターに手を出しただの、幼い少女にゴスロリ服を着せて連れ回しているだの……。[[/note]]

* UnreliableNarrator: In the light novels, since [[spoiler:we're led to believe that he's ObliviousToLove, but he's actually more aware of the girls' feelings than he lets on.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarinaInoue (teenager) and Ayane Sakura (child) (Japanese), Whitney Rodgers (English)

* [[spoiler:ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the second season, Yozora leaves Kodaka and the others.]]
* {{Byronic Hero}}ine
* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: She instantly recognized Kodaka as "Taka", but couldn't bring herself to say anything due to frustration over the fact that he doesn't seem to remember her. Though, to Kodaka's defense, not only was her hair much shorter back then, but he also thought she was a boy. It isn't until he sees her after she [[ImportantHairCut cuts her hair short]] that he realizes that she was "Sora".]]

* [[spoiler:ChildhoodFriendRomance: A deconstruction. Perhaps due to her clear social cluelessness, throughout most of the series Yozora simply assumes that being Kodaka's childhood friend means that him loving her is inevitable regardless of anything else that happens. When she realizes that, in real life, this isn't an instant romance button, she has a very bad freak out. (All the more so because the entire time, she's only been able to control her envy of Sena's various merits by constantly telling herself that none of it matters, because she is the childhood friend and thus no amount of beauty, talent, wealth or even genuine love on Sena's part would win her Kodaka. When she discovers that he's actually known and was friends with Sena since long before he ever knew her, she falls into utter despair once again.)]]

* ConsummateLiar: The other club members, save Kodaka and Rika, are pretty much at her mercy.

** [[spoiler: In season 2 episode 8, Sena cuts her down to size by saying that her past with Kodaka does not matter, which led to her running out of the room crying in the same way Sena usually does.]]

* DialogueReversal: The first time Yozora gets cut down to size by ''Sena'', she angrily storms out of the room.
--> "''Kashiwazaki Sena you stupid!''"
* EntitledToHaveYou

* FoeRomanceSubtext: Her constant squabbles with Sena imply something beyond their name-calling and the occasional catfight, a fact that wasn't lost on Kodaka.

* FriendshipMoment: She has at least two. One occurs early on when she says she won't tell Kodaka her nickname, because nicknames are something only friends give to each after. Not long after, she gives Sena the nickname "[[GagBoobs Meat]]". Insulting, but still a nickname. Later, in Volume 6 of the novels, she shows genuine remorse over hurting Sena's feelings, unlike when they seem to be mostly playing around. She's apparently pretty happy when Sena's mood improves thanks to Kobato.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Special mention goes to episode 11 of ''NEXT'', [[spoiler:when she cancels their films because Rika got sick saying it wouldn't be fair if all seven of them couldn't watch it.]]
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Yozora's main reason for creating the club was [[spoiler: to be reacquainted with Kodaka]], and then Sena joined the club. Soon after, other girls followed.

* {{Jerkass}}: Yozora denies being a bully, but [[RichBitch Sena]] would probably disagree.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's self-centered and a bitch, true, but she isn't without redeeming qualities. She has a soft spot for [[FriendToAllChildren kids]] and [[KindheartedCatLover cats]], and has shown genuine remorse for her actions and pranks on occasion.

* SecondYearProtagonist

* SourOutsideSadInside

* StepfordSnarker: Talking to an ImaginaryFriend and acting like a total {{Jerkass}} towards everybody else (especially Sena) may indicate some issues beneath her snarkiness. [[spoiler:May or may not have something to do with her past with Kodaka.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto (Japanese), {{Creator/Jad Saxton}} (English)

* TheAce

* CatchPhrase: "Yozora no Baka!" ("Stupid Yozora!") and variations thereof, usually before or while storming off in tears.

* CovertPervert: When she's caught playing an eroge, she insists that the H-scene is beautiful and artful. Then Yozora gets her to read it aloud... and naturally, it's ''extremely'' raunchy.
** Later novels/Episode 2 of NEXT show that Sena is [[spoiler:an eroge fan to such a degree that shocks even [[LoveableSexManiac Rika]]]].

* CuteLittleFangs

* DudeMagnet

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:In Volume 7/Episode 9 of NEXT, it turns out that Kodaka and Sena have known each other ever since kindergarten age, joining Yozora as one of Kodaka's childhood friends. Moreover, their fathers have also arranged for the two to marry each other when they grow up.]]

* GagBoobs[=/=]{{Gainaxing}}

** She also actively plays {{Eroge}} which are typically aimed at men - S2 E02 has her play a game with a LittleSisterHeroine the game's protagonist has sex with. Said heroine looks exactly like Kobato to boot.

* LovableAlphaBitch

* MsFanservice

* RichBitch

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Being the headmaster's daughter really helps. [[spoiler:When Aoi points out the fact that Maria is not an official teacher/nun in order to delegitimize the club, she manages to turn the tables with just a brief phone call to her papa, who decides to make Maria a special part-time lecturer.]]
* SeriousBusiness: Her games.
** How serious? A character in one of her games wanted to go swimming...which was her sole reason for asking Kodaka to teach her. ''She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of said character by not being able to swim''.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yozora.

->'''Voiced by:''' Nozomi Yamamoto (Japanese), Ashleigh Domangue (English)

* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Only cares about serving at Kodaka's side. [[spoiler: Though that doesn't stop her from making friends with Aoi.]]

* {{Keigo}}

* NiceGuy
* NoSocialSkills

* TheQuietOne

* [[spoiler:RecursiveCrossdressing]]

* [[spoiler:UnsettlingGenderReveal: A partial one to Kodaka on Episode 8, and a full one to the entire Club come Volume 5 of the LightNovel/NEXT episode 4. ''Yukimura'' was the most unsettled, in a rare inversion/reflection of the trope.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese), AlexisTipton (English)

* CargoShip: InUniverse -- She's a fan of mecha-on-mecha pairings.

* CloudCuckoolander

* GenkiGirl

* TheGlassesComeOff: Before Season 2 of the anime and up to halfway through Volume 4 of the light novels, Rika wears her glasses. During this time, she's largely comic relief. She takes them off just as she begins to seriously try to get Kodaka's attention and to understand his behavior, gradually becoming a much more serious character.

* LargeHam
* LovableSexManiac: Probably the most perverted Creator/MisatoFukuen role since [[Manga/RosarioToVampire Kurumu Kurono]].
** When it's revealed in Season 2 Episode 4 that [[spoiler:Yukimura is actually a girl]], Rika decides to confirm this by ''fingering'' [[spoiler:Yukimura]] in front of everyone.

* [[spoiler: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivers one to Kodaka, demanding he face the girls rather than run from their feelings.]]
* ObfuscatingInsanity: While genuinely quirky, she plays up the attitude a great deal and seems to be more friendly, well adjusted and perceptive than the rest of the club. [[spoiler:It's not Sena or Yozora that catch on to Kodaka's distant attitude, it's ''Rika''.]]
* OtakuSurrogate
* PurelyAestheticGlasses

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaHanazawa (Japanese), Alison Viktorin (English)

* BigBrotherAttraction: Towards Kodaka, which leads to her rivalry with Maria, who also adores him as a big brother.
* BigBrotherWorship

* CosplayOtakuGirl
* CuteLittleFangs

* ElegantGothicLolita
* EvilLaugh: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with her "ku ku ku".

* GirlishPigtails

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaIguchi (Japanese), Kristi Kang (English)

* ButtMonkey

** In episode 3 of Season 2, she reads a couple of otherwise erotic lines innocently, not really understanding what she was saying.

* CuteLittleFangs

* ImprobableAge: She's a nun/teacher at ''ten years old''.
** [[spoiler:Maria finds out in volume 8 of the novel/episode 11 of season 2 that she is '''not''' officially a nun or a teacher at the school and only Kate is, which does give a valid explanation about her Improbable Age but raises more questions about her sister.]]

* MultiethnicName
* NunsAreFunny

* {{Sensei-chan}}

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Lavender Hair]]

->'''Voiced by:''' RyotaroOkiayu (Japanese), Brandon Potter (English)

* MultiethnicName
* OlderThanHeLooks
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Uses his power to admit the Hasegawa siblings due to Hayato's overseas work.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokaYuzuki (Japanese), Creator/CaitlinGlass (English)

* {{Bifauxnen}}
* TheComicallySerious
* DeadpanSnarker

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EmiriKatou (Japanese), Creator/BrinaPalencia (English)

* MultiethnicName
* NunsAreFunny
* NunsAreMikos
* NunTooHoly

!! Aoi Yusa

->'''Voiced by:''' MariyaIse (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English)

Sena's classmate and student council treasurer, who harbors an intense rivalry with Sena due to being perpetually just behind the latter in exams. She also sees Kodaka as a "cool guy", unlike many other students who are afraid of him.

* CuteLittleFangs

* GreenEyedMonster: Her motivation for trying to break up the Neighbor's Club, since she believes Sena has everything, such as intelligence and good looks, and wanted to bring her down a notch.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English)

* StudentCouncilPresident

* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Only cares about serving at Kodaka's side.

* ShesGotLegs: Pretty evident in episode 7 when she's siting in Kodaka's kitchen.

* HeroWorshipper: Maria loves Kodaka-[[JapaneseSiblingTerminology onii-chan]] and his lunchboxes.

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: In episode 2 of Season 2, Kodaka runs into a Rika in the club room without her glasses on. She tells him her vision is perfect, and the glasses are actually fake. She then asks him what he thinks of her, and he has a brief ImagineSpot where he says she's like a wildflower blooming on a hill, and right in his strike zone. Rika's face then [[HighPressureEmotion turns red]], and he earns himself some slight scorn from [[ClingyJealousGirl Yozora, Sena, and Yukimura]].

* ShoutOut: Shares a [[SanadaYukimura historical namesake]] and [[{{Keigo}} formal pattern of speaking]] with [[BakaToTestToShoukanjuu Hideyoshi Kinoshita]], another character with gender issues.

->'''Voiced by:''' EmiriKatou (Japanese), Creator/BrinaPalencia (English)

* StudentCouncilPresident

* ImportantHairCut: She has one at the end of episode 11 in the first season due to her hair getting singed and doused with water used to put out fireworks. [[spoiler: As a result, Kodaka is able to recognize his ChildhoodFriend Sora, who was Yozora with shorter hair.]]

* RapunzelHair

* BigBrotherInstinct: Develops a minor one towards Maria.

->'''Voiced by:''' RyoheiKimura (teenager) and Akiko Seri (child) (Japanese), JerryJewell (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' YukaIguchi (Japanese), Kristi Kang (English)

* {{Expy}}: She's essentially [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]] with lavender hair, a navy blue habit, less {{tsundere}} and more ditzy, down to the [[YukaIguchi same voice actress]].

->'''Voiced by:''' EmiriKatou (Japanese), BrinaPalencia (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), BrittneyKarbowski (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' EmiriKatou (Japanese)

->'''Voiced by:''' MariyaIse (Japanese)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese)

->'''Voiced by:''' MisatoFukuen (Japanese), AlexisTipton (English)

* LovableSexManiac: Probably the most perverted MisatoFukuen role since [[Manga/RosarioToVampire Kurumu Kurono]].

->'''Voiced by:''' MarinaInoue (teenager) and Ayane Sakura (child) (Japanese), Whitney Rodgers (English)