History Characters / ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Yukimura can be cold and insensitive but he's never intentionally rude. And even at his worst, he only asks Kanade for embarrassing information. He does care for the people around him such as reassuring Kosuke that there is nothing wrong with his hobbies and attempting to calm down a random high school girl he bumped into.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: Yukimura admits he's lived most of his life without girls and thus has never fallen in love. This added with his refusal to accept concepts if there isn't creditable proof is the cause for Yukimura and Himuro's research.

* CallingTheOldManOut: When his student Kagurano's father badmouths her as a worthless idiot, Yukimura immediately defends her and tells him explicitly that his [[AbusiveParents constant harsh insults to his daughter]] are the cause for her academic indifference.

* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveDad his father frequently, brutally beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still act mild-mannered during his violent acts and believes that as long as he can keep a “normal” image, everything else he does, no matter how violent or immoral, is justified.

* AbusiveParent: Her father frequently berates her for not doing well in school, calling her an idiot. After bad-talking Haru to Yukimura's face, he receives a well-deserved tongue-lashing from the latter, who states that the constant verbal abuse is the main reason Haru has no desire to study in the first place.

* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveParent his father frequently, brutally beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still act mild-mannered during his violent acts and believes that as long as he can keep a “normal” image, everything else he does, no matter how violent or immoral, is justified.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Demure on the outside, demented on the inside.

* CallingTheOldManOut: When his student Kagurano's father badmouths her as a worthless idiot, Yukimura immediately defends her and tells him explicitly that his [[AbusiveParents constant harsh insults to his daughter]] are the cause for her academic difficulties.

* CluelessChickMagnet: He manages to capture the hearts of quite a number of women without any effort: his childhood friend/colleague Himuro, his student Haru, and even [[spoiler:his kouhai Kanade]].

* AmbiguouslyBi: There's no confirmation either way, but there are a few hints that Ibarada does have a thing for women as well as men

** Most of her ship-tease moments with Kosuke appear one-sided for his part, with her finding his actions humorous, ridiculous, or sometimes kind-hearted. [[spoiler:However the events regarding their wedding kiss in the festival arc have called into question whether she genuinely likes Kosuke back, with implications that she does to a degree feel the same.]]

* IKnowMortalKombat: All of his dating experience comes from dating sims, but it still makes him a useful frame of reference for the love experiments, and it is the closest anyone else has to date experience.

* DefrostingIceKing: He cares, it's just that often he expresses that caring by being intimidating. He gets intense when emotional. Naturally, his colour motifs are grey and blue.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Himuro is actually very insecure about her relationship with Yukimura, at times even wondering if she's destined to be alone after spending most of life as such.

A undergraduate senior girl working at Ikeda Lab for her final project, who also acts as the voice of reason for the cast.

* BadassBookworm: Her career path is science, but her family runs a martial arts dojo and she was taught self-defense from a young age. She put Yukimura into a wristlock once and has performed a shoulder throw on him twice, once while drunk, and reveals that she does so reflexively when someone approaches her from behind. It's hinted at early on that it caused her to do ''something'' in high school that haunts her to this day - which turned out to be [[spoiler:throwing the teacher she had a crush on during their first date because he tripped while playfully chasing her. She slammed him onto the pavement, which knocked him unconscious and possibly broke a bone, requiring him to be hospitalized]].

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kanade desires to be normal and blend in as shown by her drunken rant in [=S1E07=]. This mentality of hers is {{Deconstructed}} in the second half of Season 2, when the circumstances behind such motivation and the associated trauma become a major focal point in the story: [[spoiler:She reflexively shoulder threw the teacher she was in love with in high school on her first date with him. He was in rather bad shape and had to be taken to the hospital. In her mind, her "abnormality" (her martial arts background) caused her to not only hurt someone she cared for deeply, but also placed a thoroughly uncomfortable spotlight on them, both from onlookers at the scene and in the aftermath, with nasty rumors about her and her teacher spreading like wildfire through her school]]. Ever since then, she has done everything possible to not call attention to herself, suppressing many of her genuine desires in the process, which puts her at odds with Yukimura's ProudToBeAGeek philosophy when he had never known, and does not bother to know, what "being normal" is.

* LargeHam: As most of his collegues have various degrees of stoicism, his bombastic behavior and wild reactions make him stand out among the main cast and establish him as the series' PluckyComicRelief.

* HulkingOut: When angered, Professor Ikeda goes from an average looking man of average height to an extremely muscular giant with fists the size of a human head, towering over a standing Kosuke (the tallest of the students) while sitting down.

!!Saitama University misc.

* OneHeadTaller: Towers over the diminuitive Kamiya.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Is first seen on the beach hanging out with Yuuichi, the sleazy pickup artist that unsuccessfully hit on Himuro several episodes earlier. He later gives a presentation at the same conference the other characters do, revealing that he is also a science student. Later, he bumps into Kanade and the two start dating.

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Wore these when she was a child, although in present day she changed to contacts, due to BeautyEqualsGoodness.

[[folder:Naoya Shikijou (SPOILERS UNMARKED)]]

* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveParent his father frequently, violently beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still act mild-mannered during his violent acts and believes that as long as he can keep a “normal” image, everything else he does, no matter how violent or immoral, is justified.

[[folder:Kosuke Inukai]]

* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveParent his father frequently, violently beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still act mild-mannered during his violent acts.

* HotScientist: While she’s already very attractive in her normal clothes, Yukimura admits that she is "2.5 to 3 times hotter than normal" when he saw her in a swimsuit during the BeachEpisode.

* SheCleansUpNicely: When she shows up in actual date clothes instead of a lab coat for the dating experiment, Yukimura becomes flustered and unable to speak dispassionately as usual. He enters several tabulations for "times feeling captivated".

* ArmorPiercingSlap: To Yukimura. [[spoiler: When he chews Himuro for feeling jealous about his hug with Kanade, she snaps and slaps him.]] Contrarily to the {{Dope Slap}}s shown earlier in the show, which is never shown on screen and always for comedy, this time Himuro did it for a serious cause.

* ArtsyBeret: She's a manga artist who occasionally wear a purple beret.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Judges everything based on how "normal" it is, which wouldn't be catastrophic if his perception of normality wasn't completely bonkers. To him, "normal" is an entirely outwardly, skin-deep concept, where it only matters that you play along with what others expect of you. Everything else is irrelevant - so long as he acts like a pleasant young man and goes through the motions, he feels entitled to everything and justified doing anything, including repeatedly stabbing the prongs of an active stun gun into the face of one of his associates. Likewise, Kanade going "off-script" with his perfect dating life and rejecting him makes her "abnormal", and he therefore feels justified doing anything to her so long as it changes her mind, including kidnapping and AttemptedRape.

!!Other characters
[[folder:Rikekuma]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MomoAsakura (Japanese), Creator/TaraSands (English)

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A bear mascot who explains certain complicated science details for the audience.

* MrExposition: He usually pops up to explain certain complex science terms for the audience.
* ShoutOut: Appeared in an [=S1E05=] skit dressed as Yoda from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
* VerbalTic: Rikekuma the Science Bear says "kuma", Japanese for "bear", at the end of his sentences. The dub follows with him saying "bear" at the end of his lines.

[[folder:Arika Yamamoto]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiOgura (Japanese), Creator/CheramiLeigh (English)

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An aspiring mangaka and former student of Professor Ikeda's, who starts writing a manga based on Yukimura and Himuro's romance.

* ArtsyBeret: She's a manga artist who occasionally wear a purple beret.
* AuthorAvatar: The mangaka of the series is Alfred Yamamoto who also graduated from a science college and became a mangaka. The manga makes it even more obvious since Arika is shown with the avatar Alfred uses in the extras.
* KnightOfCerebus: Arika's arrival is the point where the series starts getting more serious, [[spoiler:and she deliberately plays the part in [=S1E12=], sabotaging Himuro's attempt to make up with Yukimura just for the sake of creating drama to use for her manga.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: [=S1E12=] reveals that Arika [[spoiler:intentionally damaged Himuro's gift to Yukimura for the drama of it]]. As a result, Ibarada intentionally ordered extensive room service that Arika has to pay for as punishment.
* {{Melodrama}}: Arika justifies her actions by saying she only did what she did to make the story more interesting.
* MuseAbuse: Arika manipulates events according to RuleOfDrama. For example, when Himuro is about to give Yukimura a present, [[spoiler:Arika swaps it with a broken one so that it's more dramatic when she gives him the real gift and they make up]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:She sabotages Himuro's attempt to apologize to Yukimura in order to prolong the tension between them and orchestrate a dramatic resolution. After Yukimura calls her out on it, she reveals she had no malicious intent, and simply swapped the spectacle case that was intended to be his gift for an identical damaged one that she purchased herself. She then nudges Yukimura in the right direction to help him settle things with Himuro]].
* WriteWhoYouKnow: InUniverse — Arika uses Himuro and Yukimura as the basis for her next romance story, and is implied to draw inspiration from anyone else around her where needed.

[[folder:Suiu Fujiwara]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Marina Yamada (Japanese)

A researcher of the biology department, who likes to dress and talk in a seductive way.

* AmbiguouslyBi: She's in a long-term relationship with Chris but it does not stop her from trying to seduce other women, including Himuro and Kanade.
* BetaCouple: Her established and unabashed romance with Chris serves to contrast Yukimura and Himuro's budding relationship.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: She is first introduced to the main cast roleplaying as a courtesan from the feudal age, complete with a ''kiseru'' pipe.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: She speaks in a rather sultry Kyoto dialect.
* MsFanservice: Wears a very revealing dress which is only partially covered by her lab coat. Chris often expresses his disapproval of her showing too much skin.
* OneHeadTaller: She's one head taller than her boyfriend Chris due to the latter's rather short stature.
* PeekABangs: Her long hair covers her right eye, complementing her sultry appearance.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Chris. They have no qualms about public display of affection and the main cast instantly call them a "stupid couple."

[[folder:Chris Floret]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiKaji (Japanese), Creator/ChrisHackney (English)

Suiu's research partner and boyfriend, who fancies himself as a gentlemanly knight.

* BetaCouple: His established and unabashed romance with Suiu serves to contrast Yukimura and Himuro's budding relationship.
* CharacterTic: Makes a lot of comparisons involving Cornwall.
* {{Keet}}: In contrast to the overly stoic and rational Yukimura, Chris wears his heart on his sleeve and loves doing things in bombastic ways.
* LargeHam: Whenever he declares his chivalry and his love for Suiu.
* OneHeadTaller: Chris is rather short compared to his colleagues, making him one head shorter than Suiu.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Suiu. They have no qualms about public display of affection and the main cast instantly call them a "stupid couple."

[[folder:Haru Kagurano]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RenaHasegawa (Japanese)

A high-school girl whom Yukimura tutors. Despite being the daughter of a prominent professor, she shows no interest in studying and acts like a typical GyaruGirl.

* AffectionateNickname: "Yukipi-sensei" for Yukimura.
* AbusiveParent: Her father frequently berates her for not doing well in school, calling her an idiot. After bad-talking Haru to Yukimura's face, he receives a well-deserved tongue-lashing from the latter, who states that the constant verbal abuse is the main reason Haru has no desire to study in the first place.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Yukimura defending her against her father's harsh treatment is what solidifies her feelings for her tutor.
* BrilliantButLazy: As Yukimura finds out, she is actually capable of studying well once he frames his lessons in a way that's easy for her to understand. Once Haru is set on entering Saitama University (where Yukimura works), she is able to study on her own.
* GyaruGirl: A textbook example, complete with dyed hair, various accessories, acting ditzy and using teen slangs.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bubble tea. Yukimura decides to frame his first lesson around it to get her attention.

[[folder:Naoya Shikijou (SPOILERS UNMARKED)]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshitakaYamaya (Japanese), Creator/NicolasRoye (English)

A student from the Tokyo University of Science and Technology that the group first encounter on the beach in Okinawa. Starts dating Kanade in season 2, but after she indicates that she doesn't want to continue their relationship, he snaps and shows his [[{{Yandere}} true colors]].

* AttemptedRape: He and his friends are very close to raping Kanade until Yukimura’s timely intervention.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Demure on the outside, demented on the inside.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Judges everything based on how "normal" it is, which wouldn't be catastrophic if his perception of normality wasn't completely bonkers. To him, "normal" is an entirely outwardly, skin-deep concept, where it only matters that you play along with what others expect of you. Everything else is irrelevant - so long as he acts like a pleasant young man and goes through the motions, he feels entitled to everything and justified doing anything, including repeatedly stabbing the prongs of an active stun gun into the face of one of his associates. Likewise, Kanade going "off-script" with his perfect dating life and rejecting him makes her "abnormal", and he therefore feels justified doing anything to her so long as it changes her mind, including kidnapping and AttemptedRape.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Is first seen on the beach hanging out with Yuuichi, the sleazy pickup artist that unsuccessfully hit on Himuro several episodes earlier. He later gives a presentation at the same conference the other characters do, revealing that he is also a science student. Later, he bumps into Kanade and the two start dating.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His dismal failure at giving his presentation. As Yukimura points out in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, the presentation seemed impeccable at first glance, styling itself as tackling complex topics that were way beyond the comprehension of his peers. However, it falls apart the moment someone experienced starts questioning any part of it, revealing the substance to be thoroughly rotten.
* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveParent his father frequently, violently beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still act mild-mannered during his violent acts.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He accuses Kanade, a girl who has trouble controlling her reflexes stemming from her martial arts training, of not being normal despite himself being a violent psychopath, which is considered anything but normal.
* KnightOfCerebus: His actions and reactions after being turned down by Kanade takes the show to a much darker place than it had ever gotten even close to prior.
* NotGoodWithRejection: The first hint of his true nature. At the SchoolFestival, when Kanade blurts out "sorry" after he asks her out again, his pleasant demeanor vanishes as he asks her what he has done wrong with a deranged expression.
* ObviousVillainSecretVillain: His first appearance shows him hanging out with the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain mildly unpleasant pickup artist]] Yuuichi, where he appeared to be a nice kid who’s not good at picking friends. Who could've guessed that his true nature makes Yuuichi look like a harmless puppy?
* {{Yandere}}: When he first appears, he acts like an awkward NiceGuy. The moment Kanade rejects him after he asks her out again, he kidnaps her and tries to “correct” her alongside his equally messed-up friends, while constantly saying that if Kanade was “normal”, she wouldn’t have rejected him. During that incident, he frequently switches back and forth between a warm smile and a deranged one.
* WalkingSpoiler: His true nature as a VERY messed-up individual.

[[folder:Yoshitaka Taniguchi]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiOokubo (Japanese)

A well-mannered student from Saitama University's Education Department. Participated in the group date experiment with Kamiya.
%%I'm assuming that they're learning to be teachers, but the only description of their role so far is that they're from the Teaching Department, which could mean that they're teachers themselves?

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: He and Kamiya make up the bickering (at least on her end) WillTheyOrWontThey couple to contrast the other satellite couple of the series, SickeninglySweethearts Chris and Suiu.
* NiceGuy: Pleasant and genuine, his main goal in his few appearances has been to ensure that Kamiya has a good time.
* OneHeadTaller: Towers over the diminuitive Kamiya.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Has yet to interact with anyone other than Kamiya despite occasionally participating in plot-relevant events.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: He and Kamiya aren't dating and ostensibly only participate in the group date experiment for the money, but it quickly becomes clear that the two care for each other more than they let on.

[[folder:Madoka Kamiya]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoyoTakayanagi (Japanese)

A student from Saitama University's Education Department. Participated in the group date experiment with Taniguchi.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Is disappointed when Taniguchi is totally unaffected by the rapidly advancing sexual tension while on an observation deck with the other couples.
* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: Among the satellite couples, she and Taniguchi make up the bickering (at least on her end) WillTheyOrWontThey couple to contrast SickeninglySweethearts Chris and Suiu.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Has yet to interact with anyone other than Taniguchi despite occasionally participating in plot-relevant events.
* {{Tsundere}}: Is very strict with Taniguchi and doesn't pull punches when he's being indecisive or unreliable. She's keenly aware of this, though, and mentally berates herself whenever she loses her temper with him, worrying that he won't want anything to do with her if she keeps it up.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: She and Taniguchi aren't dating and ostensibly only participate in the group date experiment for the money, but it quickly becomes clear that the two care for each other more than they let on.

* ObviousVillainSecretVillain: His first appearance shows him hanging out with the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain mildly unpleasant pickup artist]] Yuuichi, where he appeared to be a nice kid who maybe picked sub-par friends. Who could've guessed that his true nature makes Yuuichi look like a harmless puppy?

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His dismal failure at giving his presentation. As Yukimura points out in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, the presentation seemed impeccable at first glance, styling itself as tackling complex topics that were way beyond the comprehension of his peers. However, it falls apart the moment someone experienced starts questioning any part of it, revealing the substance to be thoroughly rotten.

* ObviousVillainSecretVillain: His first appearance shows him hanging out with the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain mildly unpleasant pickup artist]] Yuuichi, where he appeared to be a nice kid who maybe picked sub-par friends. Who could've guessed that his true nature makes Yuuichi look positively saintly?

A student from the Tokyo University of Science and Technology that the group first encounter on the beach in Okinawa. Starts dating Kanade in season 2.

* FreudianExcuse: According to him, [[AbusiveParent his father frequently, violently beat him up]] while still looked like a mild-mannered model citizen to others. This apparently warped his view of “being normal” and led to him becoming a deranged man who can still acts mild-mannered during his violent acts.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: He explained this trope to Himuro when they were children via the Halo Effect. A gloomy and unkempt person studying bugs is considered creepy but a bright and groomed person studying bugs is considered intelligent. Thus, he is a rsharply dressed individual.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: He explained this trope to Himuro when they were children via the Halo Effect. A gloomy and unkempt person studying bugs is considered creepy but a bright and groomed person studying bugs is considered intelligent. Thus, he is a sharply dressed individual.

* LoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Ends up in one with Himuro and Kanade, with both of whom have feelings for him.]]

* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Kosuke wears a LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine like the other characters but also wears a sports jersey and shorts. This is meant to show his lack of interest in science compared to the other characters.

* WalkingSpoiler: His true nature as a VERY mess-up individual.

* GuiltComplex: She constantly blames herself and her “abnormal” state for anything bad happening to her and those around her. This becomes most apparent when [[spoiler:Shikijou kidnaps her and tries to sexually assault her alongside his friends, as she keeps saying sorry to her would-be assailants and thinks of being raped as punishment for not being normal]].

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Kanade desires to be normal and blend in as shown by her drunken rant in [=S1E07=]. This turns out to be a {{Deconstructed}} example in the second half of Season 2, when the circumstances behind such motivation and the associated trauma become a major focal point in the story: [[spoiler:She reflexively shoulder threw the teacher she was in love with in high school on her first date with him. He was in rather bad shape and had to be taken to the hospital. In her mind, her "abnormality" (her martial arts background) caused her to not only hurt someone she cared for deeply, but also placed a thoroughly uncomfortable spotlight on them, both from onlookers at the scene and in the aftermath, with nasty rumors about her and her teacher spreading like wildfire through her school]]. Ever since then, she has done everything possible to not call attention to herself, suppressing many of her genuine desires in the process, which puts her at odds with Yukimura's ProudToBeAGeek philosophy when he had never known, and does not bother to know, what "being normal" is.