History Characters / NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopularOtherClassmates

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Judging by chapter 154, focaccia. The perspective of eating it is one of the few things that make her [[CatSmile change expression]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: She claims she doesn't care for Sachi and Koharu's badmouthing and gossip-mongering, but Mako ends up engaging in it with them when she catches Masaki chatting with Tomoki due to her strong disapproval of the former's attraction to the latter. Mako is also shown to have a manipulative side very similar to Sachi's, which she displays when she goes to the spa for the express purpose of keeping Masaki separated from Tomoki, and makes a point to ensure Yuri stays asleep when she starts stirring from her nap simply so that Mako won't feel any need to attend to her. Similarly, her fixation on Masaki which often manifests in jealousy whenever she starts associating with other people, is very similar to Yuri's own fixation on Tomoko, which Mako previously reprimanded her for. This fixation on Masaki also gives her ManipulativeBastard tendencies, trying to push Sachi towards Tomoki just so she can have Masaki all to herself. Sachi tried to bail herself out of being manipulated by Mako noticing this, but failed to do so.

* BigEater: Recently, for the Culture Festival, whenever Koharu is seen, she's seen eating something, and despite how much she's eaten, she can pack it all away with ease. It doesn't help her case whenever Sachi calls her fat, with the latter wondering if she's actually going to consume so much on just the first day of the Festival.

* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: Unknowingly set up to be one. After Sachi realizes that Tomoko and Tomoki are siblings, she wonders if she ever bullied the latter and decides that in case she did, she would blame it all on Koharu so she can continue having a good relationship on Tomoki]].

* TheScapegoat: [[spoiler: After realizing that Tomoko and Tomoki are sibilings, she wonders if she ever bullied the latter and decides that in case she did, she would blame it all on Minami so she can continue having a good relationship on Tomoki]].

* ShipperWithAnAgenda: She's been attempting to cut short Masaki's attraction to Tomiki by trying to pair him with Sachi. Most blatantly in Chapter 214 after learning that Tomoki and Yoshida are among those present at the bathhouse together, she contacts Sachi (also so that she won't be walking alone)and mentions Tomoki's presence there to convince her, and then upon seeing Masaki lying next to Tomoki, she convinces Sachi to lie down on his opposite side. Mako at a later time tells Sachi that she'll be cheering on both her and Masaki in their feelings for Tomoki, but Sachi (an experienced ManipulativeBitch) quickly suspects that she actually wants to keep Masaki from getting a boyfriend, and more or less confirms it by baiting Mako with the idea that Masaki might fit Tomoki better.

* NotSoAboveItAll: She claims she doesn't care for Sachi and Koharu's badmouthing and gossip-mongering, but Mako ends up engaging in it with them when she catches Masaki chatting with Tomoki due to her strong disapproval of the former's attraction to the latter. Mako is also shown to have a manipulative side very similar to Sachi's, which she displays when she goes to the spa for the express purpose of keeping Masaki separated from Tomoki, and makes a point to ensure Yuri stays asleep when she starts stirring from her nap simply so that Mako won't feel any need to attend to her. Similarly, her fixation on Masaki which often manifests in jealousy whenever she starts associating with other people, is very similar to Yuri's own fixation on Tomoko, which Mako previously reprimanded her for.

* SoreLoser: Her reaction to losing to any game is inmediatly give an blatant excuse on why that happened and challenge the other person to something she can easily win (mostly videogames)

* NotSoAboveItAll: She claims she doesn't care for Sachi and Koharu's badmouthing and gossip-mongering, but Mako ends up engaging in it with them when she catches Masaki chatting with Tomoki due to her strong disapproval of the former's attraction to the latter. Mako is also shown to have a manipulative side very similar to Sachi's, which she displays when she goes to the spa for the express purpose of keeping Masaki separated from Tomoki, and makes a point to ensure Yuri stays asleep when she starts stirring from her nap simply so that Mako won't feel any need to attend to her.

* OnlyFriend: [[spoiler:She was pretty much the only person in their clique that Sachi actually liked. Once Sachi completely sabotages things the other girls, Koharu becomes her only friend for real.]]

[-[[Characters/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopularMainCharacters Main Characters]] ('''Tomoko Kuroki''') | '''Other Classmates''' | [[Characters/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopularTomokosSchool Tomoko's School]]]]-]]]

[[Characters/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Main Character Index]]

* CuteLittleFangs: Has an enlarged left fang, which is visible when she's talking. [[spoiler:Tomoko making a quip about it in chapter 117 almost made Yuri [[NotSoStoic burst out laughing]] for the first time.]]

* {{Nerd}}: Certainly ''seems'' like one, at least. He's [[GeekPhysiques fat]], wears [[NerdGlasses glasses]] and [[{{Otaku}} is in the manga club]]. Tomoko even guesses that he has no friends at all just by looking at him. Since we don't actually get to see what his social life is like though, this is entirely an assumption.

* {{Nerd}}: Has all of the standard traits of one, at least. He's [[GeekPhysiques rail-thin]], [[OpaqueNerdGlasses wears thick glasses]] and [[CannotTalkToWomen gets anxious around pretty girls]]. Tomoko even calls him one in her thoughts. Like Hatsushiba, though, we see so little of him that this is entirely an assumption.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Despite Tomoko reading her wrong, there are some hints she might not actually be completely off the mark concerning her sexuality. Mako has shown a growing interest in Masaki, and really doesn't like the idea of her dating boys or kissing girls. She also has a bigger problem with the former than she does the latter.

* MistakenForGay: Her often behavior around Tomoko, particularly one incident where she drags Tomoko into a bathroom stall, has convinced the Tomoko that she's a lesbian.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: To the point where she makes [[UpToEleven Ucchi look ordinary in comparison]]. Her blank dot eyes and triangular mouth are already strange enough, but unlike Ucchi, [[PerpetualExpression they almost never change expression]].

[[folder:Hina Nemoto]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hina_color_v11.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Yūko Kurose (Japanese), Creator/MargaretMcDonald (English)

Tomoko's classmate and the first person in Tomoko's class that Tomoko is able to talk to on a semi-regular basis.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Subverted. She seems to have light-colored hair in the manga, and the cover of volume 11 (published after the anime concluded) shows her with red or pink hair, while she has brown hair in the anime. However, in the manga, she dyes her hair, and the flashback in chapter 110 shows her natural hair color is indeed brown or black.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Due to winning a poll, she got a special chapter devoted to her that went into detail in her middle school years, and explained why she became a ClosetGeek in high school.
* AmbiguousInnocence: As Tomoko gets to know her better, it becomes increasingly harder to tell apart when she's genuinely trying to be nice to her from when she's passive-aggressively antagonizing her. [[spoiler:That aside, chapter 139 makes it abundantly clear that she's more innocent than she thinks when it comes to sex, as she finds hardcore uncensored eroge ''very'' uncomfortable to watch.]]
* AscendedExtra: Appears as a background character as early as chapter 4 of the manga/the first episode of the anime. She becomes a recurring character starting with chapter 39. By the third year, she moves from recurring to part of the main cast as a member of Tomoko's group of friends.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: While she typically acts cheerful and friendly, as Hina gets to know Tomoko more, she starts to display more of a blunt side that she previously didn't show anyone. It's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] though, in that Hina doesn't want to be mean, she just wants to be more honest, and she enjoys the pushback Tomoko gives her when her buttons get pressed.
* BrutalHonesty: When that topic comes up, she trashes the anime that Tomoko's watching, much to Tomoko's annoyance. [[spoiler:In chapter 139 Hina also tells Tomoko that she doesn't think that Tomoko would be able to get a job regardless of what club she joins at the university.]]
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: More of a case where this largely applies to the way she was depicted in an adaptation. Hina was little more than a prop for the first few volumes of the manga, so the anime portrayed her as a pretty normal girl who was capable of frowning, looking serious, or scowling visibly if she got angry. As her character was expanded upon in later volumes of the manga, it became more firmly established that she almost ''never'' stops smiling no matter how aggravated she gets.
* ClosetGeek: Likes SliceOfLife anime and wishes to be a voice actress, which she hides from her friends. Tomoko accidentally discovers her secret in Chapter 97, [[spoiler:and in Chapter 122 she finally comes out of the closet about it]]. A special chapter published in 2018 suggests that the reason why she stayed in the closet [[spoiler:was the memory of the two otaku girls who were her friends in middle school, who were mocked by their classmates because of their interests. This eventually led to the end of their friendship with Hina, as they wrongly assumed that she mocked them just as the rest of their classmates did.]]
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Her eyes darken considerably and lose their shine whenever she starts to feel aggravated. [[PerpetualSmiler Since Hina never stops smiling]], it's really the only way to gauge her mood.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She's not above being blunt and teasing towards Tomoko, but an omake showed she doesn't approve of Minami's mean-spirited gossip.
* {{Foil}}: She is pretty much what Tomoko would be like if she had better social skills and cared about fitting in with the popular crowd -- while privately keeping her geeky hobbies and abrasive attitude.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Chapter 110 reveals that she and Tomoko took their high school entrance exam together, and afterward even talked briefly and fist-bumped. However, Tomoko ignored Hina when she was trying to introduce herself. Zig-zagged, as Tomoko, remembers the meeting itself, but not that the girl she met was Hina. [[spoiler:Even in chapter 117, after Hina made an impersonation of Tomoko that directly referenced the event, Tomoko still has trouble connecting the dots.]]
** Seemingly because of this (and Tomoko still being unable to remember her), subsequent chapters have shown that even the mere ''mention'' of an entrance exam has become a sort of BerserkButton for Hina, as her passive-aggressiveness just ramps up as a result.
* TheGadfly: In later chapters, she seems to like to make Tomoko uncomfortable just for the fun of it. [[spoiler:And in chapter 129 she decides that, if she ever has to dub a HGame, she will tell Akane just to watch her reaction. In chapter 139 she actually starts a contest with Tomoko to see who can freak out Akane the most.]]
* IAmWhatIAm: Zigzagged in chapter 122. [[spoiler:Tomoko boldly proclaiming that she is looking for a boyfriend during her introduction at the beginning of the third year of high school inspires Hina to stop being a ClosetGeek and admit that she wants to be a voice actress in her own introduction. However, Tomoko notices that her hands are shaking afterward, and Hina asks Tomoko to teach her how to live as a loner if the worst comes to the worst, showing that Hina isn't sure that she did the right thing. Later chapters keep it ambiguous whether Hina made peace with this; in chapter 124 she goes so far as to skip out on hanging out with Okada to watch anime, but on the other hand, she gets angry in chapter 135 when Tomoko claims that she acts like an otaku and a [[{{Chuunibyou}} chuuni]].]]
* InSeriesNickname: Tomoko comes up with a nickname "Nemo" for Hina, but she only uses it in her inner monologues [[spoiler:until chapter 126, when she says it out loud, and Hina demands her to use it when talking to her from now on]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: While her prediction about Tomoko having a hard time finding a job due to her poor social skills is insulting, Nemo is right that a lot of the time employment comes down to who you know and not what you know.
* LaserGuidedKarma: In Chapter 139, she decides to freak out her friend, Akane, purely ForTheLulz, only for Tomoko to freak ''her'' out in that same chapter, and again later in her own special chapter, ''without even trying''.
* LivingProp: Started out like this. In the early chapters and in the anime she was simply yet another popular kid in the background, and she had even less presence than [[ThoseTwoGuys Okada and Kiyota]]. Hina's line in chapter 39, when she notes that her presence is usually forgotten, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall seems to refer to this more than to anything shown in the story itself]]. Her importance in the story gradually increases starting with that very chapter, where she and Tomoko talk for the first time.
* LongingForFictionland: In a special chapter published in 2018 Hina mentions that she wants her life to be like a SliceOfLife anime, with no conflicts and everyone getting along, and wants to invoke and experience anime cliches in her life. Downplayed, as the life she wishes for actually isn't much different from the life she's leading already, as noted by Tomoko.
* MistakenForGay: After Hina lends her some chapstick, Tomoko interprets it as an IndirectKiss and starts to believe her classmate must be a lesbian who has a crush on her. Tomoko seems quite open to the idea of swinging the other way, despite her insistence that she is completely straight...until Hina shares her chapstick with another girl, leading Tomoko to assume she just got two-timed.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Shares the surname of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunichi_Nemoto Shunichi Nemoto]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Whenever her smile drops, her chipper demeanor disappears, and/or she actually gets angry, even slightly, it means a line has been crossed. Notable is how cold and serious Hina gets when Tomoko says Hina might need to sleep her way to the top if she wants to make it as a voice actor. Even Hina is shocked by her reaction, noting how in the past, she would let anything that annoyed her just roll off her back.
* PerpetualSmiler: Almost never seen without a smile on her face, even when she's acting abrasive and hostile towards someone. Tomoko finds it very unsettling. [[spoiler:It takes Tomoko talking about how Hina's panties, pubic hair, and ''genitals'' looked for her to finally drop the smile and smack her in a state of mad panic.]]
* SitcomArchnemesis: For Yuri. There's some tension between the two, with Yuri often getting jealous of the attention Hina garners from Tomoko. This manifests in Yuri going out of her way to passive-aggressively brag about her greater familiarity of Tomoko to Hina, often to the latter's confusion and annoyance.
* StepfordSmiler: Hina almost ''never'' stops smiling. She keeps smiling even when she's angry or annoyed, and Tomoko finds those particular expressions of hers very unnerving.
* UnwantedAssistance: On two occasions her well-meaning attempts to reach out to Tomoko ended rather poorly for Tomoko:
** In chapter 39, when the time comes for Tomoko to introduce herself at the first day of her second year, it turns out that Hina not only thought that Tomoko's introduction at the beginning of the first year was great, but also told everyone about it, and thus everyone in the class is looking forward to another great introduction. This causes Tomoko to panic and publicly embarrass herself.
** In chapter 43, Hina gets curious about what Tomoko is searching the Internet for on her phone (during class) and asks Tomoko about this. This startles Tomoko so much that she drops her phone and it ends up in their teacher's hands with some NSFW images still onscreen.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Her relationship with Tomoko is this. The Comiket trip arc shows that despite their willingness to trade barbs and be competitive they do care about one another and Nemo is usually the first person to offer Tomoko support or encouragement when she needs it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Akane Okada]]
[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akane_okada2.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaAsai (Japanese), Ashley Miller (English)

A popular girl in Tomoko's class who is friends with Hina.
----

[[folder:Asuka Katou]]
[[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asuka.PNG]]
Tomoko's classmate with an interest in make-up. Implied to be very attractive in-universe.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Initially it seemed that she simply felt like doting on Tomoko due seeing her as a younger sister of sorts but as the series progresses and she continues to strengthen her friendship with Tomoko it becomes clear her interest in Tomoko goes deeper than that. To wit, she has become focused on her and Tomoko going to the same college together, she's continuously by Tomoko's side regardless of the circumstances, offers Tomoko the chance to grope her breasts and takes Tomoko's absence really hard after the latter was suspended a week by riding a scooter in school uniform.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Ever since Tomoko admitted to sexually harassing her friends, Asuka's interest in her has only grown, getting to the point where she even offers to let Tomoko grope her own breasts since that's what she expected Tomoko to do to her friends. When Tomoko turns her down, Asuka seems oddly melancholy about it.
* AscendedExtra: Made brief appearances in chapters 71 (sitting next to Tomoko on the train) and 90 before becoming a recurring character. Even earlier she was Tomoko's classmate who called her home in chapter 58 (as confirmed in chapter 164). Much like Akane, after the amusement park trip, she became part of Tomoko's group of friends and thus part of the main cast. Chapter 166 confirms she was the cheerleader Tomoko was ogling in chapter 87.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: She manages to keep up her poise even while suffering a nosebleed. Averted after she vomits.
* BettyAndVeronica: Tomoko possibly serves as the Archie to Asuka's Betty and Ucchi's Veronica.
* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: Asuka is among the prettiest and most popular girls in school yet is genuinely interested in having an honest and open friendship with Tomoko, her complete opposite. Even Tomoko doesn't get it.
* CosmeticCatastrophe: Asuka has attempted to give Tomoko a makeover several times. Both times involving makeup turn into a struggle for Hina to not laugh outright. It's unclear if it's because of Katou's incompetence as a beautician or from Tomoko getting a makeover in general. Dyeing Tomoko's hair silver works much better, though sadly her mother forces Tomoko to dye it back immediately afterward. Averted completely when she gives Tomoko a makeover in chapter 199.3 which [[SheCleansUpNicely turns out very well]].
* CovertPervert:
** She shows shades of this the longer she interacts with Tomoko. It starts with her being unfazed by Tomoko's admission of her tendency to sexual harass her friends, to offering Tomoko the chance to grope her breasts to unwind and as of chapter 156, taking Tomoko's innocent suggestion of touching her hair as Tomoko wanting to touch her pubes, with her only reaction being getting flustered at the idea. Chapter 166 reveals she was perfectly aware of Tomoko ogling her during the second year's athletic meet, ''before'' they talked for the first time.
** In chapter 157 she refuses to tell Fuuka what happened between her and Tomoko, arguing that isn't the kind of topic that can be talked in the open, proving she's perfectly aware of how unusual her actions are.
** She's one of only four students in the school to get a perfect score on the health and phys ed exam (a test with mostly sex-related questions) along with Mako, Komiyama, and Hatsushiba.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Inadvertently does this to Tomoko without ever realizing there was an ice queen to defrost in the first place. Tomoko starts off leery towards Asuka, interpreting her (well-meaning) words in the worst way and finding her doting tendencies patronizing. [[TastesLikeFriendship One surprise churro in the mouth]] later, and Tomoko is instantly lovestruck by Asuka.
* DisappointedInYou: Downplayed. While she never expresses it openly, Asuka always reacts unhappily whenever she suspects that Tomoko isn't taking her studies seriously. Luckily, Tomoko usually proves her wrong in short order without ever realizing she disappointed her, which repairs Asuka's impression of her.
* {{Foil}}: To Ucchi. Both are among the more stereotypically popular and pretty crowd of girls at school and both share an odd fascination with Tomoko and a desire to get closer to her and know her better. But whereas Ucchi's attempts are much more comedic, frantic and roundabout, Asuka's are generally treated with more seriousness and sweetness, are much more laid back, and much more direct.
* EndearinglyDorky: When she realizes that Tomoko tends to be on edge around her because of [[CoolKidAndLoserFriendship how high up on the social ladder Asuka is compared to her]], she tries to bridge the gap between them by cultivating this image, making corny jokes to look a lot less idyllic to the green-eyed girl. It only ends up confusing Tomoko.
* GreenEyedMonster: It becomes very apparent that she wants to be the main, if not only, recipient of Tomoko's attention. Most notably when Tomoko was suspended she frets over only getting a simple response from her but is relieved when she finds out that Nemo and Yuri never got responses... then showed irritation when she hears Tomoko also talked to Yuu, leading to clear jealousy on her part in subsequent chapters. It is a bit more downplayed in that her jealousy is something she keeps mostly private and doesn't bleed over all that much into her interactions with the other girls. Notably, despite clearly being jealous of the attention Tomoko gives Yuu, she gets along with Yuu just fine when they meet in person
* HeadTurningBeauty: Asuka is ''very'' pretty, with even Tomoki's classmate commenting on how hot she is. Her official profile lists her Charisma as five (shared only with, ironicaly, [[SheCleansUpNicely Tomoko]]), the max possible score, while the same profile states that she has the figure of a fashion model (shared with [[GenericCuteness Ucchi]]).
* TheHeart: In chapter 128 she convinces Akane [[spoiler:to try to make up with Hina]].
* HellishPupils: Her pupils get very small and very thin when she's upset.
* HiddenDepths: There's a lot more to Asuka aside from being a pretty face.
** While not outright stated, Asuka's apparently one of the most academically-capable girls of her class. [[spoiler:Among the girls in the summer cram school, she's the only one to be part of Class A; for comparison Tomoko starts in Class C]].
** She also has a bit of a dreamy side to her as well -- for example, the reason why she's applying for Aoyama? It's not because of its academics (that's just a bonus); instead it's because of the ''annual Christmas festivities''.
** As mentioned in previous entries, Asuka's been very possessive with regards to Tomoko's attention. This seems to come as a surprise ''even to herself''.
* HugeSchoolgirl: At 167 cm, Asuka is easily the tallest of Tomoko's close acquaintances. This ''also'' makes her OneHeadTaller than Tomoko's petite 148 cm.
* MyBelovedSmother: Show shades of this after convincing Tomoko to take the exam for the same college as her. Since then she continuously pushes Tomoko to study together. In chapter 164 she even admits to Tomoko that she's worried that she's being too pushy with her.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Shares the surname of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shohei_Kato Shōhei Katō]].
* NiceGirl: Shown to be kind and helpful to her classmates, even unpopular ones such as Tomoko or one of Kakinuma's nerdy friends in chapter 120. [[spoiler:She remains kind and friendly to Tomoko even after the latter confesses to being a huge pervert in chapter 140.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: As her apparent crush on Tomoko grows, it's shown that she can be prone to jealousy and even possessiveness despite otherwise being a NiceGirl.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: It turns out she and Yuu share a mutual friend named Sawa who goes to the same school as the latter.
* PositiveFriendInfluence: In chapter 164 Tomoko outright acknowledges that without Asuka's friendship she would've not made an effort to pick a college or work at improving herself. Asuka, on the other hand, realizes that Tomoko is the kind of person that needs to be pushed to do something.
* TeamMom: Her eagerness to help out and accommodate her fellow students prompts Tomoko to wonder if Katou thinks of herself as the class mom. [[DontYouDarePityMe Tomoko initially finds her attempts to be nice patronizing]], but comes to enjoy them.
* {{Troll}}: She's shown to intentionally be ambiguous while talking with Fuuka about her relationship with Tomoko for no other reason than getting a rise out of Fuuka's flustered reactions. As she tells Yuu, she also enjoys teasing Tomoko since she thinks Tomoko's cute.
* TwiceShy: For a while, she was of the opinion that Tomoko didn't really have any interest in her due to the latter appearing to be more comfortable around girls like Yuri, Hina and Ucchi. She hadn't quite realized at the time that the source of Tomoko's discomfort was her own crush on Asuka. In chapter 170, Yuu finally explains to her the reasons behind Tomoko's behavior and from that point on, Asuka starts acting more astonishingly forward, though Tomoko still doesn't quite seem to get it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mako Tanaka]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mako_1.jpg]]
A friend of Yuri's who becomes acquainted with Tomoko through their mutual relationship with her.
----