Line #184 Characters/Tamayura


1	The Character sheet for all iterations of the Tamayura series, starting from the [=OVAs=] onward to Hitotose and More Aggresive.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	[[folder:Potte and her friends (the Main Characters)]]
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7	!Fuu Sawatari
8	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/AyanaTaketatsu
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10	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_potte_94.png]]
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12	The series heroine, Fuu, otherwise known as Potte by her friends, is a shy girl usually seen with an old-style camera in hand. As of the start of the series, she and her family had just moved back to Takehara, her father's hometown, a place she had avoided returning to for a long time due to his sudden death several years prior.
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14	This, as well as the resurgence in her love for photography, all point to Fuu finally coming to terms with her father's passing, as well as finally moving forward and finding her own path in life.
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16	Among her friends, Fuu's love of photography represents the sense of sight.
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18	* ChildhoodFriends: With both Kaoru and Chihiro.
19	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: While her group of friends all display some weirdness at one time or another, Fuu is more prone to odd mental wanderings. Also she seems to disregard her own safety when trying to take pictures.
20	* ClubPresident: Come ''~ More Aggressive''.
21	* CuteClumsyGirl: Fuu's tendencies give rise to her nickname, ''Potte'', an onomatopoeic device for falling objects.
22	* CutenessProximity: Around Momoneko-sama.
23	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife
24	* DisappearedDad: Fuu's deceased father provides a driving force for the story.
25	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Fuu and her friends all met before as kindergarteners (circa 1999) at Shiomichi, but all were too young to remember it.
26	* GirlishPigtails: Prior to moving to Takehara
27	* InSeriesNickname:
28	** ''Potte,'' given to her by Sayomi, during Fuu's first visit to Takehara when Fuu, Kaoru and Sayomi were still little.
29	** ''Fuu-nyon,'' used by Chihiro.
30	* NewTransferStudent: During the OVA and the first episode of ''~ Hitotose''.
31	* NoSocialSkills: Fuu's [[ShrinkingViolet inherent shyness]] when meeting new people reduces her speech to [[TheUnintelligible an incoherent stream of words]].
32	* NumberOneDime: The train ticket with no apparent destination, which was sent by Shihomi to Fuu when they first started to correspond with each other.
33	* ProperTightsWithASkirt
34	* ShrinkingViolet: Gradually grows out of this.
35	* SoProudOfYou: Several times people tell Fuu what her father would have thought or felt about her.
36	* TellMeAboutMyFather: A large part of the anime is about Fuu researching or discovering things about her father.
37	* VerbalTic: ~ Na no de.
38	** Episode 6 of the second season confirms that Fū's deceased father did the exact same thing when he was still alive. Perhaps she picked it up from her dad when she was younger, and it stuck?
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40	!Kaoru Hanawa
41	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/KanaAsumi
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43	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_kaoru_5232.png]]
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45	A native of Takehara, Kaoru is Fuu's first friend, having befriended the latter when Fuu visited the town as a child. When Fuu suddenly stopped visiting Takehara in the wake of her father's death, this made her very concerned for her friend, as Fuu stopped communicating altogether. Needless to say, Kaoru was glad when Fuu and her family finally moved to Takehara permanently, doubly so since her friend seemed to be okay now.
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47	Kaoru loves experimenting and making home-made fragrances, and by the end of ~Hitotose, had decided to study perfume-making when she graduates. Although come ~Sotsugyou Shashin she decided to keep it as a hobby and became wedding organizer instead.
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49	Due to her sensitive nose, and love of creating potpourri fragrances, Kaoru represents the sense of smell.
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51	* ChildhoodFriends: With both Potte and Norie.
52	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife
53	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The girls all met before as kindergarteners (circa 1999) at Shiomichi, but all were too young to remember it.
54	* InSeriesNickname: Kao-tan, used by Norie.
55	** BerserkButton: Unfortunately, Kaoru doesn't like the nickname, and will often rebuke Norie for doing so. Not that it stops the latter.
56	* MeaningfulName: Kaoru's name is written in hiragana (かおる); when written in kanji (馨), it means "fragrance".
57	* StraightMan: For her group of friends.
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59	!Maon Sakurada
60	--> '''Voiced By''': Yuko Gibu
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62	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_maon_1844.png]]
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64	Norie's classmate, Maon is a quiet girl who prefers to communicate through her whistles. Because they're initially in different classes, she only befriends both Fuu and Kaoru through Norie, and even then only after she gets interested in the photo of Potte's father that was displayed at Hinomaru.
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66	Although a native of the island of Osaki-Shiomachi in Mitarai (where incidentally Potte's paternal grandfather also lives in), she moves to Takehara during middle school, to help overcome her shyness. While in Takehara, she lives in an apartment run by one of her aunts. At Shiomachi island her family runs a ''ryokan'', but since she's the only child there's always the concern of whether or not she'd eventually take over running the inn, or find her own way in the world.
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68	Aside from whistling, Maon loves listening to music, and also plays an ocarina. As such, she represents the sense of hearing among her group of friends.
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70	* CharacterTics: Maon has a habit of whistling to express her thoughts.
71	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife
72	* FleetingPassionateHobbies: Maon has, amongst other things, wished to be a manga artist, puppeteer and a magician.
73	** Come ~More Aggressive however, she seems to have settled on combining facets of these old hobbies, to become a writer/storyteller instead.
74	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The girls all met before as kindergarteners (circa 1999) at Shiomichi, but all were too young to remember it.
75	* HimeCut
76	* NonUniformUniform: As shown in the picture above, Maon wears a pink sweater instead of the long-sleeved blouse the rest of her friends use.
77	* TheQuietOne: Maon only speaks on occasion and prefers whistling over speaking.
78	* ShrinkingViolet: Prior to meeting Norie, Maon had a real hard time making friends.
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80	!Norie Okazaki
81	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/YukaIguchi
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83	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_norie_7261.png]]
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85	Another Takehara native, and Kaoru's childhood friend, excitable Norie dreams of someday becoming a pastry chef. She's notable thrilled to learn that Fuu's grandmother is the proprietress of Cafe Tamayura, and what's more, an expert confectionery maker. As such she tries to visit the cafe whenever she can, to both learn grandma's secrets, as well as show off her own personal creation.
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87	Norie is especially enamored of Fuu's younger brother Kou, which makes Komachi's near-constant presence around the boy a continuing annoyance.
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89	Given Norie's love of sweets, she represents the sense of taste among her friends.
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91	* AmbiguouslyBi: Her infatuation with Kou doesn't change when she learns he is a boy instead of a girl. She also had a crush on a boy her age when she was younger, and playfully flirts with Kaoru from time to time.
92	* CutenessProximity: Norie just goes wild around Kou.
93	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Averted. Among the friends, she's the one with a set goal from the beginning, which is to say becoming a professional patissier.
94	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The girls all met before as kindergarteners (circa 1999) at Shiomichi, but all were too young to remember it.
95	* GenkiGirl
96	* GirlishPigtails: Her trademark hairstyle.
97	* SitcomArchnemesis: Norie and Komachi don't get along. At all.
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99	[[/folder]]
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101	[[folder:Friends and Family]]
102
103	!Kazuma Sawatari
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105	Fuu's late father.
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107	* TheFaceless: He appears as such in her photographs of him.
108	* PosthumousCharacter
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110	!Kou Sawatari
111	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/KanakoMiyamoto
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113	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_kou_5453.png]]
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115	Fuu's younger brother, Kou is an grade-schooler who doesn't seem to have a hostile bone in his body, and is pretty much friendly to everyone he meets. When not at school, he generally helps around Cafe Tamayura, mostly with serving the dishes his mother and grandmother prepares.
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117	While far too young to realize it, Kou's got the potential to be quite a ladies man due to his ladylike looks. Both Komachi and Norie are attracted to him, and often get into comic spats while trying to get his attention.
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119	* CheerfulChild: Kou is generally happy and encouraged Fuu to rekindle her interests in photography.
120	* DisappearedDad
121	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Kou looks ''very'' effeminate, and more than one character has mistaken him for Fuu's ''sister'' than her younger brother, at least at first.
122
123	!Tamae Sawatari
124	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/MegumiOgata
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126	* InSeriesNickname: Tamayu-san, among the other bikers of the Touring Club she used to be in.
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128	!Grandma Sawatari
129	--> '''Voiced By''': Yoshiko Matsuo
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131	* CoolOldLady: Fuu's grandmother.
132	* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: Fuu's grandmother is noticeably shorter than the rest of the characters.
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134	!Sayomi Hanawa
135	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/SayakaOhara
136	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_sayomi_8390.png]]
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138	Kaoru's older sister, Sayomi is a student in an unnamed university outside of Takehara, and as such is only able to come home during holidays or during her days off from her also-unspecified part-time work. While generally well-meaning, Sayomi's flighty nature often just ends up annoying her younger sister, especially when she ends up dragging Kaoru and the rest of her friends on her "trips".
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140	Like Fuu, Sayomi likes taking pictures, but this has slowly become secondary to the hobby she picked up at college, which is to say finding scenic but secluded spots in the countryside to hike to. While the places do end up being breathtaking, the fact that they often take upwards of an hour to hike to ''after'' disembarking made these trips infamous among her younger sister's friends.
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142	* [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Annoying Older Sister]]: Mostly due to her pushy personality, as well as how she usually drags Kaoru and her friends off in her trips, Sayomi is usually treated with a whole lot less respect than you'd expect by her younger sister.
143	* CoolBigSis: What Sayomi wants to be treated as. Sadly more often than not it backfires.
144	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Sayomi definitely follows the [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Yukari-chan school of driving]], and it's come to the point that the girls count their blessings that they were able to arrive at their destinations ''alive'' with Sayomi driving.
145	* TheNicknamer: It was Sayomi that gave Fuu her nickname "Potte".
146	* WomanChild
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148	!Chihiro Miyoshi
149	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/MinakoKotobuki
150	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_chihiro_1904.png]]
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152	Fuu's best friend from Shioiri, Chihiro is a sensitive girl who loves making stuffed toys, as well as giving goofy nicknames to the aforementioned stuffed toys. In fact, the cat-themed camera case that Fuu stores her cherished Rolei camera as well as the tag holder was made by her, as a parting gift prior to Fuu's move to Takehara.
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154	Although introduced in the first episode of ''~ Hitotose'', Chihiro doesn't actually meet the rest of Fuu's new friends until she visits Takehara during the summer of Fuu's first year. Come ''~ More Aggressive'', Fuu and the others return the favor, this time visiting Chihiro at Shioiri for the fireworks festival there.
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156	Among Fuu's friends, Chihiro's love of sewing and making stuffed toys represents the sense of touch.
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158	* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Due to Chihiro's sensitive nature, she's fairly keyed in to Fuu's issues connected to her father's sudden death and, during Fuu's last year in Shioiri, tried her best to keep her friend from brooding too much on it.
159	* ChildhoodFriends: With Fuu.
160	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals
161	* HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim: Chihiro specifically mentions that she's doing the crying that Fuu ''should'' be doing, had the latter not bottled up her feelings regarding her father's passing.
162	* ShrinkingViolet: A trait she shares with Fuu, and probably THE main reason the two became fast friends (because they were too shy to try to make friends with their other classmates in grade school). Extends a bit into the present day, when one considers the difficulty Chihiro showed in approaching Tomo-chan.
163	* TenderTears: Chihiro is a very sensitive soul, and is often prone to this, even if the thing she's crying for ''wasn't even hers to begin with''.
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165	[[/folder]]
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167	[[folder:Residents of Takehara]]
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169	!Momoneko-sama
170	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/YukariFukui
171	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_momoneko_8567.png]]
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173	* CuteKitten: Momoneko-sama is a fluffy pink ...cat...ball...thing.
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176	!"Maestro"
177	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/JojiNakata
178	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_maestro_8649.png]]
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180	The owner and proprietor of the Hinomaru Photo Studio, the local and likely ''only'' shop that provides camera repair and photo developing services in town. Given Fuu's hobby, this naturally means that his place gets visited often by the girls, and serves as a secondary hangout of sorts for them. Aside from minding the shop, he also apparently runs photo tours of the area.
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182	A classmate and close friend of Fuu's father, he opted to stay in town and take over his family's studio, unlike his friends Kazuma and Nozomu who sought out their fortunes elsewhere. Right now, he's content to look after Fuu in his own indirect way, in place of her father.
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184	* CoolOldGuy
185	* DirtyOldMan: As Kaoru notes, Maestro is a little ''too'' friendly with the female customers of his shop.
186	* EyesAlwaysShut
187	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's called Maestro because of his technical skill with cameras and photos.
188	** Even his highschool friend never refers to him as more than 'that guy from Hinomaru'.
189
190	!Riho Shihomi
191	--> '''Voiced By''': Erino Hazuki
192	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_riho_3190.png]]
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194	A professional photographer who Fuu admires and eventually befriends, Shihomi's specialty is taking pictures of the sky. The two meet for the first time after Fuu receives a ticket to one of Shihomi's exhibitions.
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196	* AmbiguouslyGay: She's never seen showing interest in men, gets ''extremely'' enthusiastic when she meets Fuu, and moves in with Chimo.
197	* BigSisterMentor: She helps guide Fuu to be a better photographer due to her own experiences in the field.
198	* CoolBigSis: Despite not being related to the Sawataris, Riho fills this role for Fuu.
199	* PutOnABus: She disappears after the first ''Sotsugyō Shashin'' movie, when she [[spoiler:moves to Tokyo to help out at her mentor's gallery]].
200	* {{Squee}}: Her reaction when she and Fuu first meet.
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202
203	!Chimo Yakusa
204	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/MiyuMatsuki
205	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_chimo_3598.png]]
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207	The proprietress of ''Hoboro'', the okonomiyaki place that Potte and her friends often visit to eat out at. Given its location and the fact that the okonomiyaki are delicious as well, it's inevitable that many of the characters of the series drop by the restaurant.
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209	It is revealed in ''~ Hitotose'' that Chimo herself used to be an artist, but stopped after she returned to Takehara to take over the management of Hoboro. She runs the restaurant on her own, but gains a companion later on when Shihomi moves in as a semi-permanent border.
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211	* AmbiguouslyBi: She is quick to let Riho live with her, and there are [[{{Subtext}} subtle hints sprinkled throughout that they are indeed together]]. In the second ''Sotsugyō Shashin'' movie, after [[spoiler:Riho has moved to Tokyo]], she announces [[spoiler:her engagement--to Dougou]].
212	* CoolBigSis
213	* InSeriesNickname: Hoboro-san.
214	* ObliviousToLove: Everyone but Chimo seems to notice how Dougou is head-over-heels attracted to her.
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216	!Komachi Shinoda
217	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/RyoHirohashi
218	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_komachi_5157.png]]
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220	A grade-schooler and schoolmate of Fuu's brother Kou, Komachi is a competitive girl who initially challenged both Norie and Fuu because she though they were using their hobbies to get close to him. This is the main reason she picked up photography as a hobby (to challenge Fuu), and even participates in the "We" exhibition the girls put on at the end of the year.
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222	Come ''~ More Aggressive'', Komachi's skill and confidence had grown enough that she's started to actively submit her pictures to photography magazines, much to everyone's surprise.
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224	She started liking Kou after the Sawatari family moves to Takehara, and like many people, initially thought he was a girl. Somewhat conveniently, her grandmother lives in Shiomachi, which meant that she was around for Kou's visit to Maon's home.
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226	* BrattyHalfPint: Komachi takes much amusement in driving Norie up the wall.
227	* ClingyJealousGirl: Komachi exhibits clinginess towards Kou.
228	* SitcomArchnemesis: Norie and Komachi don't get along. At all.
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230	[[/folder]]
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233	[[folder:People from Takehara South High School]]
234
235	!Kazutaro Dougou
236	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/JunjiMajima
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238	* DoggedNiceGuy. [[spoiler:He gets better.]]
239	* PungeonMaster: Dougou-sensei loves making terrible puns based on local landmarks, to the dismay of his class. He'll stop if a new teacher comes.
240	* SenseiChan: Dougou is a rare ''male'' variant. The girls however are decidedly bothered by this.
241
242	!Kanae Mitani
243	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/AiKayano
244	[[quoteright:129:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tamayura_kanae_7418.png]]
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246	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife
247	* SixthRanger: Newly added to the cast in ''~More Aggressive~'', she doesn't become as close a friend as the main characters until the end of the season.
248	* VerbalTic: Has a tendency to repeat herself, reflecting her shy nature.
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250	!Mutsuko Shimokamiyama
251	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/ChinamiNishimura
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253	* GenkiGirl: An grown up version.
254	* SenseiChan
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258	[[/folder]]
259
260	[[folder:Others]]
261
262	!Manami Hoshi
263	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/MegumiNakajima
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265	!Shimako Tobita
266	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/ChiwaSaito
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268	!Tomo-chan
269	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/NaoTouyama
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271	* ChekhovsGunman: Is the nameless girl mentioned by Chihiro that she wanted to befriend in ''~ Hitotose'', but we only get to meet her in person in ''~ More Aggressive''.
272	* GenkiGirl
273	* MotorMouth: It's hard to stop her once she starts her barrage of questions.
274	* OnlyOneName: Aside from Maestro, she's the only recurring character whose family name is never stated, not even on the anime's website.
275	** This while the creators had no trouble naming random strangers who don't even appear (e.g. the contestants in the Higashikano Shrine sparkler contest).
276	* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Chihiro, although it appears to [[RelationshipUpgrade move into actual romantic territory]] over the course of the series.
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278
279	!Nozomu Natsume
280	--> '''Voiced By''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa
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284	[[/folder]]
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