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* ThreeAmigos: Kaoru the protagonist with his two good friends Sentarou and Ritsuko.
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* NiceHat: Often wears a sailor hat.
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The class representative in Kaoru's class. Ritsuko is a kindhearted and caring girl, as well as Sentarou's childhood friend. She is the poster girl of her father's record store, Welcome Records, which doubles as a hangout for Kaoru, Sentarou, and other jazz lovers. Kaoru has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she has feelings for Sentarou instead]].her.
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A beautiful second year high school student who Sentarou rescues from harassers at the beach. She has a spunky and curious personality. Sentarou has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she develops feelings for Junichi.]]
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Ritsuko's neighbor and a big brother figure to Sentarou. Junichi attends a university in Tokyo, but he visits Welcome Records whenever he's in town. He plays the trumpet. [[spoiler:Yurika develops a crush on him.]]
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Ritsuko's neighbor and a big brother figure to Sentarou. Junichi attends a university in Tokyo, but he visits Welcome Records whenever he's in town. He plays the trumpet. [[spoiler:Yurika develops a crush on him.]]
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* {{Megane}}: Wears glasses and is quite attractive with and without them (but especially with).
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* CreepyCoolCrosses: Wears a rosary around his neck. When asked about it, he quickly rebuffs the subject.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Acts to the trope quite well being a taller guy with a rather intimidating build but, outside of this, he is more of a GentleGiant than anything else.
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* SexyPriest: [[spoiler: What he ends up as at the conclusion of the story]].
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* MixedAncestry: [[spoiler:Had an American father and Japanese mother.]]
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* HighSchoolRomance: [[spoiler:He and Ritsuko are married and expecting their first child by the final manga chapter]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite his scary looks, he really is socially inept which makes him endearing at times, especially in regards to his crush on Yurika.
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* ChickMagnet: Attracts many girls after the cultural festival, much to his bewilderment.
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* ChickMagnet: Attracts many girls after the cultural festival, much to his bewilderment. [[spoiler:Ritsuko even returns his feelings for him and they become a couple]].
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* ShipperOnDeck: For Sentarou/Yurika, partly because he knows Sentarou is in love with Yurika and just wanted him to realize it and partly so Sentarou doesn't get in the way of his chances with Ritsuko. However, he is immediately guilt-ridden about his latter underhanded intentions when Sentarou appreciates how understanding he is (and when he realizes that [[spoiler:since Ritsuko is in love with Sentarou, it hurts her to see him so obviously taken with Yurika]]).
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* ShipperOnDeck: ShipperWithAnAgenda: For Sentarou/Yurika, partly because he knows Sentarou is in love with Yurika and just wanted him to realize it and partly so Sentarou doesn't get in the way of his chances with Ritsuko. However, he is immediately guilt-ridden about his latter underhanded intentions when Sentarou appreciates how understanding he is (and when he realizes that [[spoiler:since Ritsuko is in love with Sentarou, it hurts her to see him so obviously taken with Yurika]]).Yurika]]).
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Is the child of an American soldier and a Japanese mother, and suffered racism as well as disapproval from his grandmother and foster father.]]
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* HighPressureEmotion: Whenever he talks to Yurika, so much indeed that the first time he saw her wearing something else than her school uniform, her sheer beauty caused him to faint on the spot, to the surprise of everyone present.
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* SpoiledSweet: She's genuinely nice despite being TheOjou and being spoiled by her parents, but because of that upbringing and status she's not exactly aware about how dark society can be.
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* HalfBreedDiscrimination: [[spoiler: Suffers regularly from the local racism due to being half-White, so much so that his mother relinquished him to her brother and left town so as to avoid getting completely ostracized. Consequently, he cuts his hair short so as not to expose his naturally brown and wavy hair.]]
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* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Surprisingly is a devote Christian despite his delinquent label, goes to church frequently and wears his rosary. [[spoiler:He also becomes a priest-in-training in the timeskip after he runs away.]]
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The characters from the anime and manga series ''Manga/KidsOnTheSlope''.
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[[folder:Kaoru Nishimi]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/RyoheiKimura (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
TheProtagonist. Antisocial and introverted, first year high school student Kaoru has been constantly moving from town to town and transferring schools due to his father's naval job, his latest move bringing him to Kyushu. He is a classical pianist, but after befriending Sentarou and Ritsuko, he develops an interest in jazz. He has feelings for Ritsuko.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the manga's finale chapter, he and Ritsuko are expecting their first child.]]
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Sentarou's Brawn. Kaoru is intellectual, Sentarou prefers his fists.
* ChickMagnet: Attracts many girls after the cultural festival, much to his bewilderment.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Ritsuko. He goes out of his way to treat her very well, even after finding out [[spoiler:she likes Sentarou]].
* TheGlassesGottaGo: A male example. He sometimes deliberately takes off his glasses around Ritsuko after she compliments his face once.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sentarou. He becomes very attached to and concerned about him, they love playing music together and they practically become inseparable. Not that he'd admit it.
* HopelessSuitor: He has unrequited feelings for Ritsuko [[spoiler: (who has feelings for Sentarou instead), but it's subverted when she eventually moves on from Sentarou and reciprocates Kaoru's feelings]].
* HospitalHottie: Becomes a resident doctor after the timeskip.
* InSeriesNickname: Sentarou refers to him as "Bon," which is short for "Bonbon-dono"--the Kansai dialect for a green or naive man from a well-to-do family. The Crunchyroll subs adapt it as "Richie".
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Was an outcast in his past schools because of how smart and wealthy he is. In his current school it's not terribly different but he at least has Sentarou and Ritsuko with him.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He genuinely wants to support Ritsuko, in spite of his own feelings.
* {{Megane}}: Wears glasses and is quite attractive with and without them (but especially with).
* NewTransferStudent: Transfers to the school he goes to now.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Most likely inspired by Bill Evans, he's even compared to him multiple times in the series!
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother left him for certain reasons and his father is often away for work.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Sentarou's Red Oni. Sentarou is HotBlooded, Kaoru is intellectual and cynical.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Ritsuko later falls in love with Kaoru.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: For Sentarou/Yurika, partly because he knows Sentarou is in love with Yurika and just wanted him to realize it and partly so Sentarou doesn't get in the way of his chances with Ritsuko. However, he is immediately guilt-ridden about his latter underhanded intentions when Sentarou appreciates how understanding he is (and when he realizes that [[spoiler:since Ritsuko is in love with Sentarou, it hurts her to see him so obviously taken with Yurika]]).
* ThreeAmigos: Kaoru the protagonist with his two good friends Sentarou and Ritsuko.
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[[folder:Sentarou Kawabuki]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English)
Kaoru's classmate and Ritsuko's childhood friend, Sentarou often gets into fights with other students and is labeled a delinquent. He befriends Kaoru, and despite their differences, they both have a mutual passion for jazz. His preferred instrument is the drums. He has feelings for Yurika.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite his scary looks, he really is socially inept which makes him endearing at times, especially in regards to his crush on Yurika.
* AlmostKiss: With [[spoiler:Yurika. It gets interrupted by Junichi]].
* BerserkButton: Refuses to play in a music club after a [[{{Jerkass}} drunken American sailor]] makes racist comments regarding the type of music that's playing. [[spoiler:Justified since Sentarou was a victim of racism in his childhood.]]
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Kaoru's Brains. Sentarou prefers his fists, Kaoru is intellectual.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Ritsuko whom he's known since young.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: Wears a rosary around his neck. When asked about it, he quickly rebuffs the subject.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Invoked. His brown eyes matches his dyed brown hair.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Is the child of an American soldier and a Japanese mother, and suffered racism as well as disapproval from his grandmother and foster father.]]
* {{Delinquents}}: Not above picking fights on guys that annoy him and is intimidating to many people.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Does his best to be gentlemanly and helpful to Yurika to win her affections.
* GentleGiant: In spite of his label as a delinquent and his tendency to get into fights, he is particularly upbeat with Kaoru and Ritsuko, as well as a friendly and lighthearted older brother to his younger siblings.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:His "uncle" lies and says that Sentarou is the child of his dead sister and an American soldier so that he can remain in the family.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kaoru. He becomes fascinated by him, comes to be almost never seen without him and values their music duo more than anything else.
* HiddenDepths: To start off, despite his delinquent status he is helluva good drummer and a lover of jazz.
* HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler:For Yurika, who ends up with Junichi.]]
* InSeriesNickname: "Sen-bou" by Junichi. Also eventually "Sen" by Kaoru.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:The motorcycle accident that badly injures his sister.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Surprisingly is a devote Christian despite his delinquent label, goes to church frequently and wears his rosary. [[spoiler:He also becomes a priest-in-training in the timeskip after he runs away.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: He's not bright to begin with, but being around Yurika usually leads to him losing his common sense.
* MixedAncestry: [[spoiler:Had an American father and Japanese mother.]]
* NiceHat: Often wears a sailor hat.
* ObliviousToLove: Unaware of [[spoiler:Ritsuko]]'s feelings for him. He finally realizes it later on in the show but by that point [[spoiler:she had fallen in love with Kaoru.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Kaoru's Blue Oni. Sentarou is HotBlooded, Kaoru is intellectual and cynical.
* RescueRomance: He falls for Yurika immediately after rescuing her from harassers.
* ScarsAreForever: Has a X-shaped scar by his left eye.
* ShipperOnDeck: He tries to get Kaoru and Ritsuko together [[spoiler:especially after he suspects Ritsuko is falling for Kaoru]].
* ThreeAmigos: Best friends with protagonist Kaoru and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Ritsuko.
* WrongGuyFirst: [[spoiler:Ritsuko initially has feelings for him, but she eventually falls in love with Kaoru, who has always been by her side and had been supportive of her.]]
* XMarksTheHero: Is a good guy and has the scar mentioned in ScarsAreForever.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: At the start of the series, despite being brawny and intimidating, he is fifteen years old, a year younger than Kaoru.
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[[folder:Ritsuko Mukae]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/YuukaNanri (Japanese), Rebekah Stevens (English)
The class representative in Kaoru's class. Ritsuko is a kindhearted and caring girl, as well as Sentarou's childhood friend. She is the poster girl of her father's record store, Welcome Records, which doubles as a hangout for Kaoru, Sentarou, and other jazz lovers. Kaoru has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she has feelings for Sentarou instead]].
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the manga's finale chapter, she and Kaoru are expecting their first child.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: With Sentarou whom she's known since childhood.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Has unrequited feelings for Sentarou.]]
* ClassRepresentative: Is the representative of her class, and a particularly nice one at that.
* TheCutie: An adorable sweet and rather innocent girl.
* GenkiGirl: A cheerful and bubbly girl.
* GirlNextDoor: A NiceGirl who doesn't have any notable features or personality traits but nevertheless is easy to talk to.
* GirlishPigtails: A naive teenage girl who wears pigtails.
* GreenEyedMonster: Her depression and jealousy towards [[spoiler:Sentarou's closeness to Yurika during their group date to the Rendezvous Crag culminates in her having small outburst when Yurika suggests going to the top of the crag with one of the boys (where it is said a couple who does that will stay together forever) and later crying in the woods]].
* HopelessSuitor: She has unrequited feelings for [[spoiler:Sentarou]] (and is the object of Kaoru's unrequited affections), [[spoiler:but overtime, it's subverted as she eventually reciprocates Kaoru's feelings]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Ricchan" by Kaoru and "Rikko" by Sentarou.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Is a devout Christian who frequently goes to church.
* NiceGirl: Has a good personality and genuinely cares for everyone, especially Sentarou and Kaoru.
* ObliviousToLove: Isn't aware of Kaoru's feelings [[spoiler:until he confesses to her]].
* ThreeAmigos: Good friends with protagonist Kaoru and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Sentarou.
* YouthfulFreckles: A teenage girl and TheCutie who sports freckles.
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[[folder:Yurika Fukahori]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Creator/MaggieFlecknoe (English)
A beautiful second year high school student who Sentarou rescues from harassers at the beach. She has a spunky and curious personality. Sentarou has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she develops feelings for Junichi.]]
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* AlmostKiss: With [[spoiler:Sentarou. It gets interrupted by Junichi]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:She and Junichi have twin daughters.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has brown hair and brown eyes.
* DudeMagnet:
** In a dark example, a group of boys who obviously think she's cute...but are also a group of {{Jerkass}}es who refuse to respect her space. Thankfully, Sentarou rescues her.
** Following from the above, Sentarou gains a crush on Yurika the [[LoveAtFirstSight first]] time they meet.
** [[spoiler:Junichi gains feelings for her and they become an OfficialCouple later on.]]
* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Elopes with Junichi to Tokyo since her parents don't approval of their relationship.]]
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:Sick of being called Ojou-sama by Junichi, she cuts her hair to chin-length so that he'll take her more seriously. Her classmates also note afterward that she's become more rebellious.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She is briefly called [[TheOjou "Ojou-sama"]] by Junichi until he learns her name. She feels insulted by the nickname because it makes her feel like she is being mocked. [[spoiler:However, following the Christmas party and after getting charmed by Junichi's performance on-stage, she develops a better opinion of him--as well as a crush on him.]]
* LongHairIsFeminine: A very graceful girl and TheOjou, and her long hair compliments it. Contrast to Ritsuko who has shorter hair and leans toward being just cute.
* LoveAtFirstNote: [[spoiler:She falls for Junichi the moment he starts singing on-stage during the Christmas party.]]
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* ObliviousToLove: Unaware of Sentarou's crush. [[spoiler:She eventually realizes it and has some regret about hurting his feelings.]]
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Elopes with Junichi.]]
* TheOjou: A graceful and well-respected girl at her school.
* SpoiledSweet: She's genuinely nice despite being TheOjou and being spoiled by her parents, but because of that upbringing and status she's not exactly aware about how dark society can be.
* YamatoNadeshiko: A well-spoken lady... she's even a naginata fencer.
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[[folder:Junichi Katsuragi]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe[=/=][[NonSingingVoice Masayoshi Furukawa]] (Japanese), Creator/DavidMatranga (English)
Ritsuko's neighbor and a big brother figure to Sentarou. Junichi attends a university in Tokyo, but he visits Welcome Records whenever he's in town. He plays the trumpet. [[spoiler:Yurika develops a crush on him.]]
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:He and Yurika have twin daughters.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: An older guy that Sentarou (and to a less extent, Ritsuko) looks up to.
* BrokenPedestal: For Sentarou when the latter finds [[spoiler:he is involved with Yurika]].
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has brown hair and brown eyes.
* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Elopes with Yurika to Tokyo. He originally doesn't want her to because his professional future there is unsure, but he pulls her into the train with him at the last minute when he realizes her parents will make her marry someone she doesn't want to otherwise.]]
* InSeriesNickname: "Jun-nii"/"Brother Jun" by Sentarou and Ritsuko.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Elopes with Yurika.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Very likely inspired by Chet Baker's real life, in more than one way.
* RecurringCharacter: Is not a major character but still pops up on a regular basis throughout the series, especially in the latter half when his issues arise.
* SmokingIsCool: He smokes and is also the cool BigBrotherMentor.
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->Voiced by: Creator/RyoheiKimura (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
TheProtagonist. Antisocial and introverted, first year high school student Kaoru has been constantly moving from town to town and transferring schools due to his father's naval job, his latest move bringing him to Kyushu. He is a classical pianist, but after befriending Sentarou and Ritsuko, he develops an interest in jazz. He has feelings for Ritsuko.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the manga's finale chapter, he and Ritsuko are expecting their first child.]]
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Sentarou's Brawn. Kaoru is intellectual, Sentarou prefers his fists.
* ChickMagnet: Attracts many girls after the cultural festival, much to his bewilderment.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Ritsuko. He goes out of his way to treat her very well, even after finding out [[spoiler:she likes Sentarou]].
* TheGlassesGottaGo: A male example. He sometimes deliberately takes off his glasses around Ritsuko after she compliments his face once.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sentarou. He becomes very attached to and concerned about him, they love playing music together and they practically become inseparable. Not that he'd admit it.
* HopelessSuitor: He has unrequited feelings for Ritsuko [[spoiler: (who has feelings for Sentarou instead), but it's subverted when she eventually moves on from Sentarou and reciprocates Kaoru's feelings]].
* HospitalHottie: Becomes a resident doctor after the timeskip.
* InSeriesNickname: Sentarou refers to him as "Bon," which is short for "Bonbon-dono"--the Kansai dialect for a green or naive man from a well-to-do family. The Crunchyroll subs adapt it as "Richie".
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Was an outcast in his past schools because of how smart and wealthy he is. In his current school it's not terribly different but he at least has Sentarou and Ritsuko with him.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He genuinely wants to support Ritsuko, in spite of his own feelings.
* {{Megane}}: Wears glasses and is quite attractive with and without them (but especially with).
* NewTransferStudent: Transfers to the school he goes to now.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Most likely inspired by Bill Evans, he's even compared to him multiple times in the series!
* ParentalAbandonment: His mother left him for certain reasons and his father is often away for work.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Sentarou's Red Oni. Sentarou is HotBlooded, Kaoru is intellectual and cynical.
* SecondLove: [[spoiler:Ritsuko later falls in love with Kaoru.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: For Sentarou/Yurika, partly because he knows Sentarou is in love with Yurika and just wanted him to realize it and partly so Sentarou doesn't get in the way of his chances with Ritsuko. However, he is immediately guilt-ridden about his latter underhanded intentions when Sentarou appreciates how understanding he is (and when he realizes that [[spoiler:since Ritsuko is in love with Sentarou, it hurts her to see him so obviously taken with Yurika]]).
* ThreeAmigos: Kaoru the protagonist with his two good friends Sentarou and Ritsuko.
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[[folder:Sentarou Kawabuki]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English)
Kaoru's classmate and Ritsuko's childhood friend, Sentarou often gets into fights with other students and is labeled a delinquent. He befriends Kaoru, and despite their differences, they both have a mutual passion for jazz. His preferred instrument is the drums. He has feelings for Yurika.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite his scary looks, he really is socially inept which makes him endearing at times, especially in regards to his crush on Yurika.
* AlmostKiss: With [[spoiler:Yurika. It gets interrupted by Junichi]].
* BerserkButton: Refuses to play in a music club after a [[{{Jerkass}} drunken American sailor]] makes racist comments regarding the type of music that's playing. [[spoiler:Justified since Sentarou was a victim of racism in his childhood.]]
* BrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Kaoru's Brains. Sentarou prefers his fists, Kaoru is intellectual.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Ritsuko whom he's known since young.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: Wears a rosary around his neck. When asked about it, he quickly rebuffs the subject.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Invoked. His brown eyes matches his dyed brown hair.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Is the child of an American soldier and a Japanese mother, and suffered racism as well as disapproval from his grandmother and foster father.]]
* {{Delinquents}}: Not above picking fights on guys that annoy him and is intimidating to many people.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Does his best to be gentlemanly and helpful to Yurika to win her affections.
* GentleGiant: In spite of his label as a delinquent and his tendency to get into fights, he is particularly upbeat with Kaoru and Ritsuko, as well as a friendly and lighthearted older brother to his younger siblings.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:His "uncle" lies and says that Sentarou is the child of his dead sister and an American soldier so that he can remain in the family.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kaoru. He becomes fascinated by him, comes to be almost never seen without him and values their music duo more than anything else.
* HiddenDepths: To start off, despite his delinquent status he is helluva good drummer and a lover of jazz.
* HopelessSuitor: [[spoiler:For Yurika, who ends up with Junichi.]]
* InSeriesNickname: "Sen-bou" by Junichi. Also eventually "Sen" by Kaoru.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:The motorcycle accident that badly injures his sister.]]
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Surprisingly is a devote Christian despite his delinquent label, goes to church frequently and wears his rosary. [[spoiler:He also becomes a priest-in-training in the timeskip after he runs away.]]
* LoveMakesYouDumb: He's not bright to begin with, but being around Yurika usually leads to him losing his common sense.
* MixedAncestry: [[spoiler:Had an American father and Japanese mother.]]
* NiceHat: Often wears a sailor hat.
* ObliviousToLove: Unaware of [[spoiler:Ritsuko]]'s feelings for him. He finally realizes it later on in the show but by that point [[spoiler:she had fallen in love with Kaoru.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Kaoru's Blue Oni. Sentarou is HotBlooded, Kaoru is intellectual and cynical.
* RescueRomance: He falls for Yurika immediately after rescuing her from harassers.
* ScarsAreForever: Has a X-shaped scar by his left eye.
* ShipperOnDeck: He tries to get Kaoru and Ritsuko together [[spoiler:especially after he suspects Ritsuko is falling for Kaoru]].
* ThreeAmigos: Best friends with protagonist Kaoru and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Ritsuko.
* WrongGuyFirst: [[spoiler:Ritsuko initially has feelings for him, but she eventually falls in love with Kaoru, who has always been by her side and had been supportive of her.]]
* XMarksTheHero: Is a good guy and has the scar mentioned in ScarsAreForever.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: At the start of the series, despite being brawny and intimidating, he is fifteen years old, a year younger than Kaoru.
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[[folder:Ritsuko Mukae]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/YuukaNanri (Japanese), Rebekah Stevens (English)
The class representative in Kaoru's class. Ritsuko is a kindhearted and caring girl, as well as Sentarou's childhood friend. She is the poster girl of her father's record store, Welcome Records, which doubles as a hangout for Kaoru, Sentarou, and other jazz lovers. Kaoru has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she has feelings for Sentarou instead]].
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the manga's finale chapter, she and Kaoru are expecting their first child.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: With Sentarou whom she's known since childhood.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:Has unrequited feelings for Sentarou.]]
* ClassRepresentative: Is the representative of her class, and a particularly nice one at that.
* TheCutie: An adorable sweet and rather innocent girl.
* GenkiGirl: A cheerful and bubbly girl.
* GirlNextDoor: A NiceGirl who doesn't have any notable features or personality traits but nevertheless is easy to talk to.
* GirlishPigtails: A naive teenage girl who wears pigtails.
* GreenEyedMonster: Her depression and jealousy towards [[spoiler:Sentarou's closeness to Yurika during their group date to the Rendezvous Crag culminates in her having small outburst when Yurika suggests going to the top of the crag with one of the boys (where it is said a couple who does that will stay together forever) and later crying in the woods]].
* HopelessSuitor: She has unrequited feelings for [[spoiler:Sentarou]] (and is the object of Kaoru's unrequited affections), [[spoiler:but overtime, it's subverted as she eventually reciprocates Kaoru's feelings]].
* InSeriesNickname: "Ricchan" by Kaoru and "Rikko" by Sentarou.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: Is a devout Christian who frequently goes to church.
* NiceGirl: Has a good personality and genuinely cares for everyone, especially Sentarou and Kaoru.
* ObliviousToLove: Isn't aware of Kaoru's feelings [[spoiler:until he confesses to her]].
* ThreeAmigos: Good friends with protagonist Kaoru and {{Childhood Friend|s}} Sentarou.
* YouthfulFreckles: A teenage girl and TheCutie who sports freckles.
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[[folder:Yurika Fukahori]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/AyaEndo (Japanese), Creator/MaggieFlecknoe (English)
A beautiful second year high school student who Sentarou rescues from harassers at the beach. She has a spunky and curious personality. Sentarou has a crush on her, [[spoiler:but she develops feelings for Junichi.]]
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* AlmostKiss: With [[spoiler:Sentarou. It gets interrupted by Junichi]].
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:She and Junichi have twin daughters.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has brown hair and brown eyes.
* DudeMagnet:
** In a dark example, a group of boys who obviously think she's cute...but are also a group of {{Jerkass}}es who refuse to respect her space. Thankfully, Sentarou rescues her.
** Following from the above, Sentarou gains a crush on Yurika the [[LoveAtFirstSight first]] time they meet.
** [[spoiler:Junichi gains feelings for her and they become an OfficialCouple later on.]]
* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Elopes with Junichi to Tokyo since her parents don't approval of their relationship.]]
* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:Sick of being called Ojou-sama by Junichi, she cuts her hair to chin-length so that he'll take her more seriously. Her classmates also note afterward that she's become more rebellious.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She is briefly called [[TheOjou "Ojou-sama"]] by Junichi until he learns her name. She feels insulted by the nickname because it makes her feel like she is being mocked. [[spoiler:However, following the Christmas party and after getting charmed by Junichi's performance on-stage, she develops a better opinion of him--as well as a crush on him.]]
* LongHairIsFeminine: A very graceful girl and TheOjou, and her long hair compliments it. Contrast to Ritsuko who has shorter hair and leans toward being just cute.
* LoveAtFirstNote: [[spoiler:She falls for Junichi the moment he starts singing on-stage during the Christmas party.]]
%% * MeetCute
* ObliviousToLove: Unaware of Sentarou's crush. [[spoiler:She eventually realizes it and has some regret about hurting his feelings.]]
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Elopes with Junichi.]]
* TheOjou: A graceful and well-respected girl at her school.
* SpoiledSweet: She's genuinely nice despite being TheOjou and being spoiled by her parents, but because of that upbringing and status she's not exactly aware about how dark society can be.
* YamatoNadeshiko: A well-spoken lady... she's even a naginata fencer.
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[[folder:Junichi Katsuragi]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe[=/=][[NonSingingVoice Masayoshi Furukawa]] (Japanese), Creator/DavidMatranga (English)
Ritsuko's neighbor and a big brother figure to Sentarou. Junichi attends a university in Tokyo, but he visits Welcome Records whenever he's in town. He plays the trumpet. [[spoiler:Yurika develops a crush on him.]]
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:He and Yurika have twin daughters.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: An older guy that Sentarou (and to a less extent, Ritsuko) looks up to.
* BrokenPedestal: For Sentarou when the latter finds [[spoiler:he is involved with Yurika]].
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has brown hair and brown eyes.
* {{Elopement}}: [[spoiler:Elopes with Yurika to Tokyo. He originally doesn't want her to because his professional future there is unsure, but he pulls her into the train with him at the last minute when he realizes her parents will make her marry someone she doesn't want to otherwise.]]
* InSeriesNickname: "Jun-nii"/"Brother Jun" by Sentarou and Ritsuko.
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Elopes with Yurika.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Very likely inspired by Chet Baker's real life, in more than one way.
* RecurringCharacter: Is not a major character but still pops up on a regular basis throughout the series, especially in the latter half when his issues arise.
* SmokingIsCool: He smokes and is also the cool BigBrotherMentor.
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