History Characters / MissKobayashisDragonMaidTohru

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The fan translations use "Tooru" while Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment, Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, and Creator/{{Funimation}} use "Tohru".

* AngryCheekPuff: Tohru [[CharacterTics tends to puff one of her cheeks when she's angry or pouting]]. In episode 5, when she spies on Kobayashi working via AstralProjection, she [[ClingyJealousGirl gets so jealous of seeing Kobayashi and Takiya interacting]] that she puffs up her face so hard that [[HighPressureEmotion smoke starts to come out]].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:In a flashback showing her rivalry with Elma, the two prepare BreathWeapons and aim them right down each other's throats. Though them locking mouths ''does'' look a lot like [[HomoeroticSubtext kissing]], doesn't it?]]

* BoobsOfSteel: Subverted. Tohru claims to have a D-cup (although that's only by dragon standards, making her bust size even bigger by human standards) and is one of the most powerful characters in the series, although in this case breast size doesn't always equal power. The slightly more buxom Elma is more or less evenly matched with Tohru, but while Lucoa beats them both in both fields as per the trope, Ilulu beats them only in one (the breast size).

** She's not happy with Kobayashi [[SenpaiKohai mentoring her rival]], Elma. When she sees the two of them together, she gets anxious and starts overcompensating with her maid duties, afraid that Kobayashi won't want to spend as much time with her. Having an honest talk with Kobayashi helps her reconcile these feelings (though only after she blasts Elma miles away with a breath attack).

* NatureVersusNurture: She belongs or belonged to a faction of dragons dedicated to spreading chaos and destruction, but hasn't done anything really bad on-screen, being superficially nice and polite to everyone she comes across and proving to be more sociable than Kobayashi. Though she occasionally lapses into FantasticRacism towards humans in private moments, and is prone to considering violence as an acceptable solution to life's problems.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's rude and dismissive towards virtually everyone (especially towards Makoto and Elma), and even whenever she makes exceptions with her neighbors, like Sasakibe or Yana, she often ends up being InnocentlyInsensitive instead. The only time she's nice and friendly is when she's with her friends and Kobayashi, and even then she's prone to throwing out snark where she pleases.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Her human form before traveling to the human world wore a simple brown robe without footwear, unlike those of Elma and Kanna at the time (but not Ilulu). Justified, as being physically superhuman, she doesn't need it.

* {{Keigo}}: Her speech patterns in Japanese are typically very polite, even when she's angry or being smug. This is likely to add to her overall image as a maid, since maids are expected to speak formally.

* YouKeepTellingYourselfThat: If we go by her friendship with Elma from even before she escaped to the human world, it's more apparent that Tohru is not firmly aligned with the Chaos Faction in spite of both her own claims and the fact that she is considered extremely valuable and a standard-bearer for their cause. This, added to her experiences with The Bandit, hint that Tohru indeed used to be totally partial for the Chaos cause, but not anymore, now gravitating more towards a position of a conscientious objecter.
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* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:Chapter 116 reveals that she has a scar on her back from where the holy sword pierced her, though she normally keeps it hidden. It also dips into TheWoundThatWouldNotHeal territory, given how her HealingFactor is powerful enough to sleep off mortal wounds or instantly regrow her tail.]]

* BuxomBeautyStandard: While not as big as Lucoa's or Elma's, her chest is still large, and the hot spring chapter reveals her "D for Dragon" bust size estimate was in dragon standards, making her even more buxom in human standards. and her chest size often causes ACupAnst on Kobayashi. Ironically, the introduction of Ilulu makes Tohru further the female dragon with the ''smallest'' chest.

* ElementalEyeColors: She's a fire breathing dragon and her eyes are red with yellow highlights, which give the illusion of flames.

* ExactWords: When Kobayashi tells her to make good omurice, she takes the statement literally and is adamant about it being exceptional restaurant quality omurice. After making one she felt was only average she tries shopping for top ingredients, but since that passed the budget she instead goes back to the other world to fetch some more exotic ingredients from there to make them exceptional. Kobayashi isn't too happy at the result.

* FantasticRacism: Her experiences with humans in her world weren't the best, and she tends to think they'll all be alike no matter the dimension (with the exception of Kobayashi, though the irony there was that Kobayashi had saved her in a drunken state). She does start easing up a bit when she realizes the modern day dimension is nothing like the world she comes from and that nobody's perfect, including her own kind.

* KillAllHumans: She [[RunningGag occasionally]] threatens to do this for "flaws" she sees in humans, e.g., [[DisproportionateRetribution Kobayashi's neighbors arguing over who is making the most noise]], and honestly believes that [[LoveInterest Kobayashi]] would be the only human worth not killing. If her father is to be believed, she was more gung ho about this than most other Chaos faction dragons when she was younger.

* ThroughHisStomach: One of Tohru's reasons for putting so much effort into her cooking, so she can make something that thoroughly impresses Kobayashi and wins her heart over. One point it's taken literally when she laces a chocolate with love potion, before Kobayashi guilts her into refraining from it.