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* LoveYouAndEverybody: On his route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to everyone, she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
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* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Kaoru's long silences and difficulty with communicating his emotions has led the protagonist to believe he's not interested in her romantically and/or sexually. This is so bad that it continues even after they ''start dating,'' although he does make himself clear once he realizes how confused the protagonist is.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: By proxy during Minato's route. [[spoiler:Minato]] delivers a stern dressing-down to [[spoiler:Senator Igarashi]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Kazuyuki]] for giving him up to an orphanage [[spoiler:in a misguided attempt to protect him from catching fallout from the then-current affair scandal]], arguing that given the choice he'd much rather have grown up with his parents.
* FriendlessBackground: [[spoiler:Minato, according to Shusei]]. He had to move repeatedly as a child and transferred from school to school, leaving him with a lot of difficulty opening up to others or making friends. It didn't help that the friends he had managed to make in previous schools never stayed in touch despite promising to do so.
* FriendlessBackground: [[spoiler:Minato, according to Shusei]]. He had to move repeatedly as a child and transferred from school to school, leaving him with a lot of difficulty opening up to others or making friends. It didn't help that the friends he had managed to make in previous schools never stayed in touch despite promising to do so.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: By proxy during Minato's route. [[spoiler:Minato]] Minato delivers a stern dressing-down to [[spoiler:Senator Igarashi]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Kazuyuki]] for giving him up to an orphanage [[spoiler:in a misguided attempt to protect him from catching fallout from the then-current affair scandal]], arguing that given the choice he'd much rather have grown up with his parents.
* FriendlessBackground:[[spoiler:Minato, according According to Shusei]]. He Shusei, Minato had to move repeatedly as a child and transferred from school to school, leaving him with a lot of difficulty opening up to others or making friends. It didn't help that the friends he had managed to make in previous schools never stayed in touch despite promising to do so.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Shusei's room is as likely as not to be a disaster area, depending on how engrossed he's been in work and/or a video game recently.
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* GentleGiant: Kaoru Kirishima. Is in reality rather shy.
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Kaoru Kirishima]]'s previous girlfriend was killed in a traffic accident. He saw it happen but wasn't able to do anything to prevent it, and the grief and guilt have left him reluctant to get too close to other people because he's afraid of losing anyone else he cares about.
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* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Kaoru Kirishima]]'s [[spoiler:His previous girlfriend was killed in a traffic accident. He saw it happen but wasn't able to do anything to prevent it, and the grief and guilt have left him reluctant to get too close to other people because he's afraid of losing anyone else he cares about.]]
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* OneHeadTaller: Kaoru is described as ''very'' tall, and the artwork shows this trope to be in effect for him and the protagonist. Outside of the complicated logistics of kissing, the protagonist quite likes his height -- she can always find him in a crowd, after all.
* TheQuietOne: Kaoru is ''very'' quiet, speaking no more than he can help most of the time.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Kaoru, of course.
* TheQuietOne: Kaoru is ''very'' quiet, speaking no more than he can help most of the time.
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* OneHeadTaller: Kaoru is described as ''very'' very tall, and the artwork shows this trope to be in effect for him and the protagonist. Outside of the complicated logistics of kissing, the protagonist quite likes his height -- she can always find him in a crowd, after all.
* TheQuietOne:Kaoru is ''very'' quiet, speaking Speaks no more than he can help most of the time.
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* ClosetGeek: Shusei is a closet video gamer.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: On Shusei's route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to ''everyone'', she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
* NiceGuy: Shusei, who Minato describes as "everyone's happy-smiley pal".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Loyal childhood friend Minato happily informs the protagonist that Shusei is scared of bugs -- particularly cockroaches. Later on, the protagonist "motivates" Shusei to clean his room by innocently wondering if there may be bugs lurking in the piles of clothes strewn about.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: On Shusei's route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to ''everyone'', she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
* NiceGuy: Shusei, who Minato describes as "everyone's happy-smiley pal".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Loyal childhood friend Minato happily informs the protagonist that Shusei is scared of bugs -- particularly cockroaches. Later on, the protagonist "motivates" Shusei to clean his room by innocently wondering if there may be bugs lurking in the piles of clothes strewn about.
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* ClosetGeek: Shusei is a closet Is an avid video gamer.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: OnShusei's his route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to ''everyone'', everyone, she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
* NiceGuy:Shusei, who Minato describes him as "everyone's happy-smiley pal".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Loyal childhood friend Minato happily informs the protagonist that Shusei is scared of bugs -- particularly cockroaches. Later on, the protagonist"motivates" motivates Shusei to clean his room by innocently wondering if there may be bugs lurking in the piles of clothes strewn about.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chiaki is described at first as "gentlemanly" and having a "sweet face," and he exerts himself to come across as pleasant and cheerful to his co-workers. His true self, however, is something less pleasant, as the protagonist soon discovers.pleasant.
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* TenderTears: The Growler cries during animal documentations, much to the protagonist's amusement.
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* TheGadfly: The protagonist quickly recognizes that a lot of Minato's comments are made with the express intention of trying to rile her up, and indeed he makes no secret of the fact that he'd be disappointed if she kept her cool and went along with the things that he says. Even when she does try her best not to take the bait, he persists until he manages to get under her skin anyway.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Kaoru is ''terrible'' at expressing himself. Much of the conflict of both his route and his epilogue springs primarily from his inability to communicate his feelings, compounded by the protagonist's tendency to hold in her own feelings rather than risk burdening Kaoru with them.
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* CannotSpitItOut: Kaoru is ''terrible'' at expressing himself. Much of the conflict of both his route and his epilogue springs primarily from his inability to communicate his feelings, compounded by the protagonist's tendency to hold in her own feelings rather than risk burdening Kaoru sharing them with them.him.
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler: Because of this Kaoru is reluctant to let himself care about anyone for fear of having to suffer the pain of losing them.]]
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* TheStoic: Not only is Kaoru quiet, he's not at all expressive either, which makes him very hard to read.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kaoru again; as always for the quiet types in these games, his cool and uncommunicative exterior hides a sweet, caring nature.
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* FreudianExcuse: After a couple of bad experiences, Chiaki has become distrustful of women in general, and goes to an effort to avoid making himself vulnerable to them lest he be taken advantage of.
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* DaEditor: Akiyoshi is Chief Editor and thus the boss of the rest of the main cast. He's strict and stern enough in this position that the protagonist has nicknamed him "the Growler.""
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Minato and the protagonist, thanks to the combination of his arrogant alpha male behavior and his active enjoyment of picking on her until he gets a reaction, and her willingness to sass back.
* CallingTheOldManOut: By proxy during Minato's route. [[spoiler:Minato]] delivers a stern dressing-down to [[spoiler:Senator Igarashi]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Kazuyuki]] for giving him up to an orphanage [[spoiler:in a misguided attempt to protect him from catching fallout from the then-current affair scandal]], arguing that given the choice he'd much rather have grown up with his parents.
* FriendlessBackground: [[spoiler:Minato, according to Shusei]]. He had to move repeatedly as a child and transferred from school to school, leaving him with a lot of difficulty opening up to others or making friends. It didn't help that the friends he had managed to make in previous schools never stayed in touch despite promising to do so.
* TheGadfly: The protagonist quickly recognizes that a lot of Minato's comments are made with the express intention of trying to rile her up, and indeed he makes no secret of the fact that he'd be disappointed if she kept her cool and went along with the things that he says. Even when she does try her best not to take the bait, he persists until he manages to get under her skin anyway.
* HeelRealization: Downplayed in Minato's sequel when the protagonist explains to him that Wataru's behavior toward her is a lot like the things Minato himself did early in their relationship. Minato, seeing his own past actions in the context of someone ''else'' treating the protagonist that way, comes to the dismayed realization that he was actually kind of awful.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In Shusei's route towards him and the protagonist]]
* WhatIsThisFeeling: In Minato's sequel, Minato finds himself completely unable to fathom why he gets so worked up over Wataru and the protagonist going out shopping together and taking an unusually long time to come back. He's quite surprised when the protagonist explains to him some chapters later that it was jealousy he was feeling; he'd never experienced the emotion before.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Kaoru spends a lot of his spare time napping on the porch, and within the first few chapters of his route the protagonist realizes that she's developed a habit of peeking at his face while he sleeps because he looks so cute.
* CannotSpitItOut: Kaoru is ''terrible'' at expressing himself. Much of the conflict of both his route and his epilogue springs primarily from his inability to communicate his feelings, compounded by the protagonist's tendency to hold in her own feelings rather than risk burdening Kaoru with them.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everybody except the protagonist has Kaoru's feelings pegged by about halfway through his route, and the other guys take no end of delight in teasing him about it.
* GentleGiant: Kaoru Kirishima.
* KindheartedCatLover: Kaoru, whose affection for his cat is the earliest sign that, despite his trouble communicating, he's not unfeeling.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Kaoru Kirishima]]'s previous girlfriend was killed in a traffic accident. He saw it happen but wasn't able to do anything to prevent it, and the grief and guilt have left him reluctant to get too close to other people because he's afraid of losing anyone else he cares about.
* OneHeadTaller: Kaoru is described as ''very'' tall, and the artwork shows this trope to be in effect for him and the protagonist. Outside of the complicated logistics of kissing, the protagonist quite likes his height -- she can always find him in a crowd, after all.
* TheQuietOne: Kaoru is ''very'' quiet, speaking no more than he can help most of the time.
* TheStoic: Not only is Kaoru quiet, he's not at all expressive either, which makes him very hard to read.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kaoru again; as always for the quiet types in these games, his cool and uncommunicative exterior hides a sweet, caring nature.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Kaoru, of course.
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[[folder:Hayakawa Shusei]]
* ClosetGeek: Shusei is a closet video gamer.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: On Shusei's route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to ''everyone'', she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
* NiceGuy: Shusei, who Minato describes as "everyone's happy-smiley pal".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Loyal childhood friend Minato happily informs the protagonist that Shusei is scared of bugs -- particularly cockroaches. Later on, the protagonist "motivates" Shusei to clean his room by innocently wondering if there may be bugs lurking in the piles of clothes strewn about.
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[[folder:Yuasa Chiaki]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chiaki is described as "gentlemanly" and having a "sweet face," and he exerts himself to come across as pleasant and cheerful to his co-workers. His true self, however, is something less pleasant, as the protagonist soon discovers.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of the first things we see Chiaki do in the prologue is cheerfully accept a gift of homemade cookies from one of his female co-workers... and then dump the cookies in the trash as soon as he thinks no one's looking.
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* DaEditor: Akiyoshi is Chief Editor and thus the boss of the rest of the main cast. He's strict and stern enough in this position that the protagonist has nicknamed him "the Growler."
* BelligerentSexualTension: Minato and the protagonist, thanks to the combination of his arrogant alpha male behavior and his active enjoyment of picking on her until he gets a reaction, and her willingness to sass back.
* CallingTheOldManOut: By proxy during Minato's route. [[spoiler:Minato]] delivers a stern dressing-down to [[spoiler:Senator Igarashi]] on behalf of [[spoiler:Kazuyuki]] for giving him up to an orphanage [[spoiler:in a misguided attempt to protect him from catching fallout from the then-current affair scandal]], arguing that given the choice he'd much rather have grown up with his parents.
* FriendlessBackground: [[spoiler:Minato, according to Shusei]]. He had to move repeatedly as a child and transferred from school to school, leaving him with a lot of difficulty opening up to others or making friends. It didn't help that the friends he had managed to make in previous schools never stayed in touch despite promising to do so.
* TheGadfly: The protagonist quickly recognizes that a lot of Minato's comments are made with the express intention of trying to rile her up, and indeed he makes no secret of the fact that he'd be disappointed if she kept her cool and went along with the things that he says. Even when she does try her best not to take the bait, he persists until he manages to get under her skin anyway.
* HeelRealization: Downplayed in Minato's sequel when the protagonist explains to him that Wataru's behavior toward her is a lot like the things Minato himself did early in their relationship. Minato, seeing his own past actions in the context of someone ''else'' treating the protagonist that way, comes to the dismayed realization that he was actually kind of awful.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: In Shusei's route towards him and the protagonist]]
* WhatIsThisFeeling: In Minato's sequel, Minato finds himself completely unable to fathom why he gets so worked up over Wataru and the protagonist going out shopping together and taking an unusually long time to come back. He's quite surprised when the protagonist explains to him some chapters later that it was jealousy he was feeling; he'd never experienced the emotion before.
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* BeautifulDreamer: Kaoru spends a lot of his spare time napping on the porch, and within the first few chapters of his route the protagonist realizes that she's developed a habit of peeking at his face while he sleeps because he looks so cute.
* CannotSpitItOut: Kaoru is ''terrible'' at expressing himself. Much of the conflict of both his route and his epilogue springs primarily from his inability to communicate his feelings, compounded by the protagonist's tendency to hold in her own feelings rather than risk burdening Kaoru with them.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everybody except the protagonist has Kaoru's feelings pegged by about halfway through his route, and the other guys take no end of delight in teasing him about it.
* GentleGiant: Kaoru Kirishima.
* KindheartedCatLover: Kaoru, whose affection for his cat is the earliest sign that, despite his trouble communicating, he's not unfeeling.
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Kaoru Kirishima]]'s previous girlfriend was killed in a traffic accident. He saw it happen but wasn't able to do anything to prevent it, and the grief and guilt have left him reluctant to get too close to other people because he's afraid of losing anyone else he cares about.
* OneHeadTaller: Kaoru is described as ''very'' tall, and the artwork shows this trope to be in effect for him and the protagonist. Outside of the complicated logistics of kissing, the protagonist quite likes his height -- she can always find him in a crowd, after all.
* TheQuietOne: Kaoru is ''very'' quiet, speaking no more than he can help most of the time.
* TheStoic: Not only is Kaoru quiet, he's not at all expressive either, which makes him very hard to read.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kaoru again; as always for the quiet types in these games, his cool and uncommunicative exterior hides a sweet, caring nature.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Kaoru, of course.
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* ClosetGeek: Shusei is a closet video gamer.
* LoveYouAndEverybody: On Shusei's route, the protagonist quickly finds herself falling for him in large part because he's always so kind and affectionate toward her... but since Shusei is nice to ''everyone'', she spends a lot of the route desperately trying to remind herself not to read too much into his casual displays of affection.
* NiceGuy: Shusei, who Minato describes as "everyone's happy-smiley pal".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Loyal childhood friend Minato happily informs the protagonist that Shusei is scared of bugs -- particularly cockroaches. Later on, the protagonist "motivates" Shusei to clean his room by innocently wondering if there may be bugs lurking in the piles of clothes strewn about.
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[[folder:Yuasa Chiaki]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chiaki is described as "gentlemanly" and having a "sweet face," and he exerts himself to come across as pleasant and cheerful to his co-workers. His true self, however, is something less pleasant, as the protagonist soon discovers.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of the first things we see Chiaki do in the prologue is cheerfully accept a gift of homemade cookies from one of his female co-workers... and then dump the cookies in the trash as soon as he thinks no one's looking.
[[folder:Zaizen Akiyoshi]]
* DaEditor: Akiyoshi is Chief Editor and thus the boss of the rest of the main cast. He's strict and stern enough in this position that the protagonist has nicknamed him "the Growler."
