Line #54 Characters/KaseSan


1	Characters for ''Manga/KaseSan'' and its sequel ''Yamada to Kase-San''.
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3	'''WARNING: UNMARKED SPOILERS AHEAD'''
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10	!!Main Duo
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12	[[folder:Yui Yamada]]
13	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/214970.jpg]]
14	->'''Voiced by:''' Minami Takahashi (Japanese), Creator/BrynApprill (English)
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16	One of the two protagonists of the series. She's a girl with a love for flowers and thus spends her time at her high school taking care of them. After a meeting with star athlete Kase, Yamada falls heads over heels in love for her too. She decides to pursue a career in horticulture by the time she reaches college.
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18	* AlliterativeName: '''Y'''ui '''Y'''amada.
19	* ClingyJealousGirl: She doesn't say it out loud but she does get jealous when it's rumored that Kase's old senior harbors feelings for her. This gives her no shortage of angst due to her rather low self-esteem.
20	* CovertPervert: Yamada, normally a sweet, naive girl with little knowledge of anything sexual, is at one point cornered by Kase and [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted]] by her big boobs... though this might be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
21	* CrushBlush: She gets one mutually with Kase the first time they meet outside school, wearing normal clothes.
22	* CuteClumsyGirl: Yamada is a royal mess, flustered to a fault and has two left feet by default.
23	* DelicateAndSickly: Downplayed. She states that she faints easily when she gets nosebleeds, as she's somewhat anemic. As she's clumsy, she's also rather susceptible to injury.
24	* ExtremeDoormat: Yamada has considerable trouble saying "no" to people. Though this is somewhat subdued at school, it starts to glare in college.
25	* FirstNameBasis: She tries but is still too shy and unused to using Kase's first name. She does say she's working on it in order to finally become comfortable enough with using Kase's first name, though.
26	* FriendlessBackground: To the point that prior to meeting Kase, Mikawa was her only friend. In the sequel manga, and for the first time, she makes a friend at college all on her own.
27	* TheIngenue: Yamada is a newbie in most of the stuff she engages into with Kase, so she tends to be markedly innocent and naive; this is rather important in the story, as Yamada is often approached by boys.
28	* LastNameBasis: Is this with Kase because she's not used to using first names with her but she says she's working towards it in order to finally properly call Kase by her first name. In college, she opts not to, as she feels that it's pointless to change something so fundamental just because they're in a different environment.
29	* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Yamada had initially told her mother that she'd go to her alma-mater to study literature like her mom did, but later changed that in her third year to attend a horticultural college in Tokyo. As it's shown, ''[[WhatTheHellHero mama was not pleased]]'', especially for how late she decided and how suddenly she did.
30	* LipstickLesbian: She's pretty girly but it doesn't stop her from being in love with Kase.
31	* NiceGirl: Very much so. This is also part of the reason why Kase fell in love with her: she didn't care that Kase is the star athlete and just treated her like any other person.
32	* ShrinkingViolet: Yamada is rather shy, sometimes balking at being at the center of attention. It's also shown that she's the passive party in her relationship with Kase.
33	* TheirFirstTime: She and Kase have sex for the first time during the final chapter of ''Kase-san and Morning Glories''.
34	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The girly girl to Yamada's tomboy.
35	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Often on the receiving end of this from Kase. Whenever Yamada starts selling herself short, Kase always tells Yamada about how the latter inspires her.
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38	[[folder:Tomoka Kase]]
39	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/214971.jpg]]
40	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaneSakura (Japanese), Creator/MorganBerry (English)
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42	The second main protagonist of the series and the titular protagonist. She's the star athlete of the track team in her and Yamada's high school. She falls in love with Yamada after seeing how dedicated she is in taking care of the school's flowers. She continues to do track and field when she reaches college.
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44	* TheAce: She is the shining star of the track and field club and the best runner in the inter-collegiate competitions.
45	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:During the cultural festival, and after clearing the misunderstanding regarding her senpai (they were ''not'' dating), she tells Yamada that she could not possibly fall in love with someone like she did with her]].
46	* ButchLesbian: Downplayed as she doesn't have any of the stereotypical traits associated with the trope.
47	* ClingyJealousGirl: She's definitely this since she doesn't really like people, men in particular, getting close to Yamada. This is best seen in chapter 7 of the sequel series ''Yamada and Kase-san'' where Kase [[https://i.imgur.com/xPvwkvv.jpg joins the mixer that Yamada is attending]] [[WholesomeCrossdresser while wearing a suit]] because she doesn't want anyone putting the moves on her girlfriend.
48	* CovertPervert: Just as nice as her girlfriend, but is way more sexually savvy. For example, when Yamada invited Kase to her house, the latter immediately thought that meant they were going to have sex.
49	* FirstNameBasis: Tried moving into this with Yamada but the latter wasn't used to it.
50	* LastNameBasis: With her girlfriend Yamada. She tried moving to FirstNameBasis but Yamada wasn't used to it. However, Kase is willing to wait until Yamada finally becomes comfortable with using their first names.
51	* LesbianJock: She's a lesbian and she's athletically inclined. She's the star runner of the track team during her high school days.
52	* NiceGirl: Unfailingly polite and always supportive of her friends and girlfriend. It's this trait of Kase's that made Yamada fall for her to begin with.
53	* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Her surname is the series' title, but Kase is the second main focus after Yamada.
54	* SkewedPriorities: She has a tendency of being a people pleaser, which becomes a point of contention in ''Yamada to Kase-san'' because it begins getting in the way of her promises to Yamada.
55	* TheirFirstTime: She and Yamada have sex for the first time during the final chapter of ''Kase-san and Morning Glories''.
56	* {{Tomboy}}: She has more interest in doing activities normally considered to be boyish such as track and field. She also prefers wearing boy's clothes. And she [[https://i.imgur.com/xPvwkvv.jpg doesn't look bad in a suit either]], much to Yamada's surprise.
57	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The tomboy to Yamada's girly girl.
58	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She ''will not'' tolerate anyone wronging Yamada. When she saw Yamada being harassed by a bunch of drunks, she immediately kicked the chair next to them and told them to go away.
59	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She firmly believes this to be the case regarding Yamada. When the latter continuously sells herself short, Kase always tells Yamada about how the latter inspires her.
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62	!!Secondary Characters
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64	[[folder:Mikawa]]
65	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mikawaasagaotokase_sanfull2284604.png]]
66	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IbukiKido (Japanese), Creator/ApphiaYu (English)
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68	Yamada's best friend in high school. Yamada often confides in her regarding her feelings for Kase.
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70	* AffectionateNickname: Yamada tends to refer to her as "Mikawacchi" during their conversations.
71	* AfraidOfBlood: She can't stand the sight of blood and shivers at the mere mention of it.
72	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Early on, she didn't know about Yamada and Kase secretly dating each other so she tends to unknowingly hurt Yamada's feelings by sharing some rumors she heard about Kase.
73	* OnlyFriend: It seems like Mikawa is this to Yamada until she meets Kase-san.
74	* OnlyOneName: So far, she's only referred to as "Mikawa"; her full name has yet to be established.
75	* SpannerInTheWorks: She is, unwittingly, the source of many insecurities that Yamada has with Kase, as she told Yamada that Kase had previous girlfriends in the track and field club; it's later revealed that [[spoiler:this was not the case, as Kase was too busy in club to even think of engaging in that, even when the possibility was open]].
76	* ShipperOnDeck: She eventually becomes aware of Yamada and Kase's relationship and supports them.
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79	[[folder:Aikawa Mao]]
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81	A runner from South High and a self-proclaimed rival to Kase in track and field.
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83	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: She wanted to be Kase's friend, choosing her high school to go with Kase, but Kase ended up choosing West High because it was closer to her house. Aikawa is shown to always be expectant to meet Aikawa every time there's an opportunity to do so.
84	* TheRival: She thinks herself one to Kase.
85	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: She tries to antagonize Kase, but she's usually fended off by her kindness.
86	* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kase, whom she not so secretly admires as a sportsman and person.
87	* UnknownRival: Kase is not aware that Aikawa considers herself her rival.
88	* WhatTheHellHero: She is mad at Kase for choosing West High instead of South High like she had told Aikawa.
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91	[[folder:Inoue Akane]]
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93	A college student and Kase's senior in the track and field team. She is implied to have had a relationship with Kase in the past, and she attends the college where Kase wants to go to in Tokyo.
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95	* TheBeautifulElite: The first thing that Yamada thinks when she meets her is that she is stunningly beautiful.
96	* TheDragAlong: During her last year of high school, her teammates put her in conflict with Kase due to the fact that they wanted Inoue to compete instead of Kase, their junior, in spite of being slower. What ends up endearing Kase to her is that Kase, instead of getting upset at her, chooses to help her and train with her for the meets.
97	* NiceGirl: She deeply cares about Kase because of her support of her in spite of the previous conflict between them.
98	* TheRival:
99	** She is one to Yamada in terms of love for Kase. [[spoiler:Turns out, this was never the case, as her relationship with Kase was not romantic in nature]].
100	** She was one for Kase in track and field.
101	* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:She subjects Yamada to one, as she had heard that she was dating her dear underclassman. Her visit to the cultural festival served to gauge Yamada as someone worthy of being with Kase. She ends up giving the [=OK=] and her blessing]].
102	* {{Tomboy}}: She is as rowdy as Kase, but she's more girly-looking.
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105	[[folder:Hana Yoshimura]]
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107	First appearing in ''Yamada to Kase-San'', Hana is a classmate of Yamada at her horticultural college. The daughter of a flower-growing farm family, Hana is shown to be just as dutiful a gardener as Yamada, if not more. She becomes Yamada's first friend at college.
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109	* TheAce: Yamada considers her this, as being from a flower-growing farm family, she's a "thoroughbred".
110	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She's an even more dutiful gardener than Yamada.
111	* CountryMouse: She comes from a small country village and has a marked accent to accompany it.
112	* TheIngenue: One of the first things she wants to do in Tokyo is to attend a mixer event, not knowing what it might entail, and what risks it can bring.
113	* NiceGirl: To befriend Yamada, she'd have to be one.

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