| 1 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Hourou-Musuko-Wandering-Son-Anime2_5343.jpg]] |
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| 3 | Here's a list of characters and related tropes for the series ''Manga/WanderingSon''. Beware of spoilers. |
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| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !Main Trio |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder: Shuuichi Nitori]] |
| 11 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/112627_251.jpg]] |
| 12 | ->'''Voiced by''': Kousuke Hatakeyama |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * AttractiveBentGender: Due to the fact that she is a trans girl, it actually goes ''both'' ways: |
| 15 | ** Since most of the society recognizes Nitori as a boy, she gets a lot of "Oh, Nitori is so pretty when he crossdresses!" in-universe, which make several boys crushing on her before learning that or despite knowing that she is trans. |
| 16 | ** She is also very attractive when presenting as a boy. When she went to her elementary school reunion dressed in mostly masculine clothes with a short haircut she got a lot of attention from the girls. One of the girls from her elementary class even had a crush on her. |
| 17 | * BettyAndVeronica: During the brief Shuuichi-Maho-Seya SiblingTriangle. Socially, Maho as Seya's classmate and a cis girl fits the Betty role, while Shuuichi as "the mysterious girl" later revealed to be Maho's trans little sister, places as Veronica. Personality-wise it's obviously the other way around. |
| 18 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Nitori never becomes violent, but when she finally stands up for herself, she gets to [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome tremendously]] [[BreakThemByTalking break verbally]] her former bully, Doi, almost making him cry. [[YamatoNadeshiko She's]] [[SilkHidingSteel actually incredibly tough, emotionally.]] |
| 19 | * BulliedIntoDepression: She fell into a rut when boys at school bullied her after she [[spoiler:went to school in a girl's uniform]]. |
| 20 | * ChickMagnet: She attracts a lot of girls. Apparently even in her original elementary school she was this. |
| 21 | %%* TheCutie |
| 22 | * DelinquentHair: Right before high school began she dyed her hair bright red, and this was how others reacted. Alas it only lasted one chapter. |
| 23 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Her hair was a lighter brown in elementary but darkened within a few volumes. The manga handwaves it by implying it's puberty related. |
| 24 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: Nitori ''is'' a girl, but few people actually acknowledge this, so this trope is in a full effect in-universe, with the boys being perplexed about how they are attracted to the "girly-looking" Nitori-kun. |
| 25 | * ExpositoryHairStyleChange: Grew her hair out after hitting a depression then cut it even shorter than before due to the stigma of a boy having long hair. |
| 26 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: She is shown in early chapters to like baking. |
| 27 | * {{Expy}}: In terms of design she's this to the protagonist of an earlier manga by the mangaka. |
| 28 | * HeightAngst: Becomes dysphoric over her height once she begins hitting growth spurts. |
| 29 | * InSeriesNickname: "Nitorin". |
| 30 | * MeaningfulEcho: Throughout the story, whenever she talks or confesses about her transgenderism, she always says, "I want to be a girl." [[spoiler:But in the final line of the manga - the title of her book - she instead simply says, "I am a girl."]] |
| 31 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After finally deciding to transition at the end of the manga, she asks Yuki to give her a feminine name. She calls her "Lily".]] |
| 32 | * OfficialCouple: With Anna. |
| 33 | * PassFail: |
| 34 | ** The first time was when she got a haircut and it ended up looking more boyish than she expected because she was hitting puberty. |
| 35 | ** In high school a few women talk behind her back about her because of her voice. |
| 36 | * ProneToTears: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d ([[LackOfEmpathy rather cruelly]]) by Maho: |
| 37 | -->'''Anna''': ...I made your little brother cry.\ |
| 38 | '''Maho''': Huh? Shuu always cries. |
| 39 | * SignatureHeadgear: Nitori is associated with headbands. She's a trans girl whose LGBTAwakening was being forced to wear a headband by classmates as a joke. Nitori initially wore headbands to pass as a girl, but she phased them out as a part of her CharacterDevelopment. |
| 40 | * SupremeChef: When it comes to baking at least. This was referenced often in elementary, but it stopped being brought up after a few volumes. |
| 41 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Maho. The two can pass as twins when they're in elementary. Their resemblance is increased when Nitori grows out her hair into a near-identical style to Maho. |
| 42 | * YamatoNadeshiko: Sorta. She's a soft-spoken, docile child who's good at baking and is quite feminine. She says what she feels and has spoken up for her friends at times. In later chapters she's begun to break more out of this trope but still fits. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder: Yoshino Takatsuki]] |
| 46 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/77535_9603.jpg]] |
| 47 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AsamiSeto |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | * AdaptationDyeJob: His eyes are black (stylized brown) in the manga but golden in the anime. |
| 50 | * AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Most of the manga presents Takatsuki as a counterpart to trans girl Nitori and depicts him as a transgender boy. In high school, the line starts to blur and [[spoiler:ultimately she comes to the conclusion she would rather live as a girl, though she's still depicted as confused over her gender. Considering the situations surrounding the revelation and the bittersweet way it's presented, fans are stumped. WordOfGod is that it's up to the reader on whether they see the character as trans or not.]] |
| 51 | * AttractiveBentGender: Similarly to Nitori, though more complicated (see AmbiguousGenderIdentity). However it's safe to say that whatever Takatsuki identifies as, he's still going to look damn good when dressed as opposite gender. |
| 52 | * BerserkButton: Bullying Nitori. Also, his period and, to a lesser extent, other physical or social aspects of femininity coming from his being assigned female at birth. Teasing him about it made some boys in their elementary school seriously beaten. He's generally only tough in situations he feels pressured in. |
| 53 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: He has black eyes (presumably stylized brown) and black hair. |
| 54 | * DCupDistress: He hates it when his breasts begin to grow. He even goes to buy a binder to flatten his chest so that he does not have to wear a bra. |
| 55 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His hair was brown in the first two volumes instead of black. His eyes were originally brown before turning black. |
| 56 | * EvenTheGuysWantHim: He attracts a lot of guys, albeit ones that see him as a girl. |
| 57 | * FirstPeriodPanic: He got his first period early on and hated it from the start. It's his BerserkButton. |
| 58 | * GirlinessUpgrade: [[spoiler:Takatsuki was treated as a transgender boy for most of the run and showed general dysphoria and a disdain for feminine things. Part way during high school, Takatsuki became a model but started androgynous. Eventually Takatsuki grows her hair out, begins wearing girl's clothes, and decides not to transition. In the end she leans more towards a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak than {{Bifauxnen}} {{tomboy}}.]] |
| 59 | * HeightAngst: He's tall for a girl, but he wishes he was taller so that he wouldn't be short for a guy. |
| 60 | * KickTheDog: Telling Saori that her beloved Nitori-kun now dates Anna, and thus completely crushing the girl? Not cool, Takatsuki. He regrets it almost immediately, though |
| 61 | * OneOfTheGirls: Due to being raised a girl, Takatsuki spends most of his time around female characters. |
| 62 | * PlatonicLifePartners: Seems to be this with Nitori. [[spoiler:Subverted in the end. She's grown somewhat distant from Nitori, who has an unrequited crush on Takatsuki. Though her final appearance in the manga together shows that their friendship was very important to both of them]]. |
| 63 | * RealMenWearPink: If the colored art is to be believed Takatsuki has a thing for pastel colors. His hoodies are apparently ''pink''. Could be his parents buying the clothes though. |
| 64 | * ShadingColourDissonance: He had dark brown hair for the first few volumes but it was shaded in a way that made it look black. Later, he was {{retcon}}ned into having black hair. |
| 65 | * SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: No, Nitori really isn't his girlfriend. And Chiba isn't his girlfriend either. |
| 66 | * TeacherStudentRomance: He seems a bit confused about whether it was a crush or not. He felt pressured by everyone else to have a crush on somebody, but other people thought he fell for a teacher in middle school. |
| 67 | * TransTribulations: Specifically a transgender man. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted, as she goes back to identifying as a girl in highschool. Maybe, WordofGod says it's up to readers to decide for themselves if Takatsuki is still trans or not.]] |
| 68 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: |
| 69 | ** By his own admission cheesecake is this. |
| 70 | ** Takatsuki is shown drinking orange juice a lot. |
| 71 | * UnresolvedSexualTension: With Nitori. The legion of [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers On Deck]] doesn't help. And then the tension with Chiba. |
| 72 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: At his first day in the high school to a girl named Kayoko Masuda. Well, about the fact of being physically female, anyway. |
| 73 | [[/folder]] |
| 74 | |
| 75 | [[folder: Saori Chiba]] |
| 76 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/111533_483.jpg]] |
| 77 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukaNanri |
| 78 | ---- |
| 79 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Her eyes are black [[ArtEvolution past-elementary]] but the anime still has her with brown eyes. |
| 80 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's always been distant from others and has very few friends. |
| 81 | * BrokenAce: Chiba is a talented, intelligent, beautiful girl who attracts most of the boys despite not caring for them, but she also is emotionally unstable, can't get along with majority of people, and can't win love of the person she desires. |
| 82 | * CannotTellAJoke: She only tries once in the manga but her "joke" didn't come off as one. It just created an awkward silence. |
| 83 | * CharacterisationClickMoment: Saori's character clicked in the latter half of elementary. After her failed LoveConfession to Nitori, her aloofness and attitude became set in place (though she [[CharacterDevelopment tries to become nicer in high school]]). |
| 84 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: A {{Justified|Trope}} case. In early volumes her personality was very different, but then, again - it ''is'' a story partially about how adolescence and circumstances in it can form child's character. |
| 85 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She originally had brown eyes which were later changed to a stylized black, which matches her black hair. |
| 86 | * DeadpanSnarker: She's quite sarcastic and snappy. |
| 87 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Though the series arguably shows ''both'' of the processes, frosting and defrosting, with the IceQueen period during her middle school years. |
| 88 | * DudeMagnet: Most of the named boys from her grade, as well as Fumiya, have a crush on her. She despises most of them and is indifferent to the rest, partly because [[{{Irony}} of how different they are from Nitori]]. |
| 89 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Her character design was originally presented as younger looking, but when her characterization changed, she switched from TaremeEyes to TsurimeEyes and became more mature looking. Her eyes also were originally brown but later became a more stylized black. |
| 90 | * FriendlessBackground: She can't get along neither with girls (except for Sasa) nor boys. When [[LoveHurts love problems appear and cause a rift between her and her two transgender friends]], Saori ends pretty much alone, excluding her only cis girl friend and another trans girl. Some other people still keep trying to get close to her, but she isn't too willing to cooperate. |
| 91 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Or more like, The Friend That Doesn't Like (almost) Anybody Else, with some of the others finally losing patience for it. |
| 92 | * GirlishPigtails: Wore them in middle school, and oddly ''only'' while at school; she had her usual cut when in casual clothes. |
| 93 | * GoodEyesEvilEyes: Her eye style changed early on. Originally she had the more wide-eyed expression everyone else does, though she eventually permanently changed. She essentially went from TaremeEyes to TsurimeEyes. |
| 94 | %%* GreenEyedMonster: Toward Takatsuki. |
| 95 | * InSeriesNickname: At least Sasa calls her "Saorin". |
| 96 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Sort of, with Nitorin. She likes Nitorin and Nitorin likes girls, but Saori sees Nitorin as a boy, which certainly doesn't help their relationship. |
| 97 | * {{Jerkass}}: She certainly doesn't hesitate to throw tantrums all around her. |
| 98 | %%** JerkassHasAPoint: More often than not. |
| 99 | * LoveHurts: Arguably the biggest victim of this. She even can't stay as close to Nitori as she gets to be to Takatsuki and poor girl seems to be slightly afraid of her extreme personality. |
| 100 | * MaybeEverAfter: Oddly enough, the series ends with her and [[spoiler:Doi]] on that note, with Fumiya treated a bit like a DisposableFiance. |
| 101 | %%* NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted}}. |
| 102 | * NoSocialSkills: Atypically, not PlayedForLaughs and not supposed to be cute. |
| 103 | %%* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Fumiya]]. |
| 104 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Several characters have black hair and pale skin but Saori fits the archetype most. |
| 105 | * SingleTargetSexuality: For most of the manga she only has eyes for Nitorin. |
| 106 | %%* TheSnarkKnight |
| 107 | * StepfordSnarker: Early chapters aside, Saori is prone to sarcastic remarks and sass. She tries to dial it back in high school. |
| 108 | * TurnToReligion: In elementary, she converts to Christianity to absolve herself of her guilt towards her behavior. |
| 109 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: It's unclarified how much she likes it but Saori is repeatedly shown drinking green tea. |
| 110 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Acts this way towards Nitori occasionally. Oka can tell a tale on that subject. |
| 111 | * {{Yandere}}: She doesn't go AxCrazy or outright psycho over her unrequited love, but sometimes loses it, and is the most realistic example available. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | !Peers |
| 115 | [[folder: Makoto Ariga]] |
| 116 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ArigaMako_9236.jpg]] |
| 117 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuichiIguchi |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Her eyes went from brown to black. |
| 120 | * AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Introduced as a {{foil}} to Nitori but never got the same amount of transgender-related focus as Nitori, most fans thought Mako was a CampGay WholesomeCrossdresser. In high school, it's shown otherwise [[spoiler:and she even comes out to her mom]]. The anime didn't seem to think she was female either as she's dressed as a boy in an ImagineSpot, while the manga parallel has her in a girls uniform. |
| 121 | * BigOlEyebrows: Not incredibly big but still larger than most of the other characters. |
| 122 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Mako originally had OpaqueNerdGlasses however within a few chapters it was changed so that her eyes could be seen constantly. |
| 123 | * {{Foil}}: To Nitori, being much more self-anxious and nervous about presenting as a girl. |
| 124 | * GenderBlenderName: "Makoto" is a unisex name, which is lucky for her since she's trans. |
| 125 | * IAmNotPretty: Unlike Nitorin, whose physique makes somehow easier for her to present as a girl, Mako is very self-conscious about not getting this: "Oh, so cute!" reactions when she dresses as a girl. |
| 126 | * HopelessSuitor: To Oka and a couple of [[TeacherStudentRomance male teachers]]. |
| 127 | * NerdGlasses: Originally her eyes were hidden behind her glasses. |
| 128 | * OddFriendship: She gets along surprisingly well with Saori. |
| 129 | * SeriousBusiness: Hair clippers and dressing up as girls. |
| 130 | * TheSmartGirl: Perceptive and sometimes more self-confident than Nitori, she frequently supports and defends her from others' inadequate aggression, even cutting Maho's bullying of her sister and shutting her up once. |
| 131 | * SobriquetSexSwitch: Makoto requests for Nitori to refer to her as "Mako-chan" not soon after they begin being friends. She usually goes by "Mako". |
| 132 | * TeacherStudentRomance: Incurable case. |
| 133 | * YouthfulFreckles: She gets her freckles from her rather youthful mom. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder: Anna Suehiro]] |
| 137 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/112663_6550.jpg]] |
| 138 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiHorie |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Anna's eyes are brown in the manga, violet in the anime |
| 141 | * CoolBigSis: To Nitori, initially; a much needed one when the biological sister was a BigSisterBully. They later become love interests. |
| 142 | * {{Foil}}: To Maho. Maho is more out-going and appears approachable, but has a strong {{jerkass}} streak and cannot treat Nitori being transgender civilly. Anna is reserved and a lot of people thinks she looks scary and cold, but is kind to Nitori, becoming a CoolBigSis to her first and girlfriend later, and is even at ease with Nitori planning to transition. |
| 143 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: For Nitori in the last chapter, declaring that she's a lesbian since Nitori is a girl. |
| 144 | * NightmareFetishist: Mild. She finds some unusual things to be cute. |
| 145 | * OfficialCouple: With Nitori. |
| 146 | * ShrinkingViolet: Though you wouldn't guess at first glance. |
| 147 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She originally bullied Nitori and was mean towards Maho, but it turns out she's pretty nice on default. |
| 148 | * {{Tsundere}}: It seems like she was this with Nitori but it's just her SugarAndIcePersonality showing. |
| 149 | * TsurimeEyes: One of the few characters with such. She sometimes gets a "cat eyed" expression. |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder: Shinpei Doi]] |
| 153 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/111587_8617.jpg]] |
| 154 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroyukiYoshino |
| 155 | ---- |
| 156 | * BelligerentSexualTension: At various points of the story he was implied to be attracted to Chiba as much as he disliked her. [[spoiler:And he asks her out in the last chapter.]] |
| 157 | * BullyTurnedBuddy: Throughout elementary and middle school, he and Oka bullied Nitori for being girly. When they're put in the same all-boys school, they become reluctant friends. |
| 158 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At the time of getting into high school (when he stops being TheBully and gets slightly picked on by upperclassmen). |
| 159 | * HiddenDepths: He turns out to have quite a comical talent and generally to be not so awful person, after he gains some respect for Nitori. |
| 160 | * {{Jerkass}}: Initially, though he gets some development, even becoming sort of friends with Nitori later. And after becoming her friend, he turns into a full-on JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 161 | * LikesOlderWomen: He felt attracted to Yuki to the point of forcing Nitori to let him visit her. |
| 162 | * MaybeEverAfter: Oddly enough, [[spoiler:hinted with Chiba in the last chapter, as we don't see her answer to his confession, and she reacts to it more emotionally than to any other signs of interest from the boys in the manga.]] |
| 163 | %%* TsurimeEyes |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder: Riku Seya]] |
| 167 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RIkuSeya_2570.jpg]] |
| 168 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * AdaptationDyeJob: His eyes went from brown to golden. |
| 171 | * AttractiveBentGender: He doesn't look so bad in a maid costume. Even the girls thought he looked cute. |
| 172 | * BelligerentSexualTension: Seya's history of becoming Maho's boyfriend wasn't very easy. |
| 173 | * BrutalHonesty: When Maho (rather rudely) ask him directly if he has a crush on her, he flatly responds that yes... but he's recently met a mysterious beauty whom he likes better. |
| 174 | * ChastityCouple: Maho blurts out in high school that they've never had sex despite dating for years. |
| 175 | * DemotedToExtra: Sometime after dating Maho he became regulated to just being "Mako's boyfriend". |
| 176 | * NiceGuy: Despite their, well, awkward encounters in the past, he cares for Nitori's emotional well-being and treats her far better than Nitori's own sister does. |
| 177 | * TsurimeEyes: To the point where they're often drawn almost like cat eyes |
| 178 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: When you're dating a {{Jerkass}} BrattyTeenageDaughter with HairTriggerTemper, you don't have much of a choice. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder: Kanako Sasa]] |
| 182 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KanakoSasa_368.jpg]] |
| 183 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YoshinoNanjo |
| 184 | ---- |
| 185 | * DemotedToExtra: In high school. She only sparingly appears. |
| 186 | * TheDitz: Thinking too much makes her head itchy. |
| 187 | * ExpositoryHairStyleChange: She stopped wearing her signature pigtails in high school. |
| 188 | * GenkiGirl: Less so than Chizuru though. |
| 189 | * GirlishPigtails: Until high school. |
| 190 | * TheHeart: She just wishes for everyone to stay friends. |
| 191 | * InSeriesNickname: 'Sasa-chan' and 'Kanabun'. |
| 192 | * MoralityPet: To Saori. |
| 193 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: {{Averted}}, which shocks some of her friends. |
| 194 | * SailorFuku: Her high school uniform. |
| 195 | * ShooOutTheClowns: She starts appearing less and less when middle school comes around and the plot takes a more serious twist. |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | [[folder: Chizuru Sarashina]] |
| 199 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SarashinaChi_5930.jpg]] |
| 200 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SaekoChiba |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: A platonic version. She would really, ''really'' like to be Chiba's friend. The feeling is not mutual. |
| 203 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Her eyes have a golden hue in the anime. In the manga they're just brown. |
| 204 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: She can pass as a long haired boy when wearing a gakuran. |
| 205 | * DemotedToExtra: In high school. She only appears a few times. |
| 206 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has an... odd way of thinking. |
| 207 | * {{Crossdresser}}: She seems to prefer female or androgynous styles in casual wear outside of school, but she doesn't think twice about dressing in her male middle school uniform. She even wore it on the first day of school. |
| 208 | * GenkiGirl: She's ''very'' spunky. |
| 209 | * GirlishPigtails: Wore them occasionally in middle school. In high school it was her default style, which contrasts with Kanako and Saori, who stopped wearing theirs at the same time. |
| 210 | * LargeHam: Often coupled with her ThirdPersonPerson |
| 211 | * NoIndoorVoice: She has a tendency to speak loud for no reason. |
| 212 | * SailorFuku: Her high school uniform. |
| 213 | * ShooOutTheClowns: She coincidentally gets sent to a far-off high school with Kanako and Momoko right when the high school chapters begin. |
| 214 | * ThirdPersonPerson: She occasionally speaks like this. |
| 215 | * TsurimeEyes: A pronounced example. |
| 216 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: She likes to wear the male school uniform in middle school. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | [[folder: Momoko Shirai]] |
| 220 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MomokoShirai_1580.jpg]] |
| 221 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AkiToyosaki |
| 222 | ---- |
| 223 | * AmbiguouslyGay[=/=]AmbiguouslyBi: She doesn't seem to really like boys, she just cares about Chi. One character mentions that she might like Oka, however. |
| 224 | * ClingyJealousGirl: To Chizuru. |
| 225 | * DemotedToExtra: Appears sparingly after gradating middle school. |
| 226 | * FlatCharacter: There's not much to her besides her friendship with Chizuru and her clingingly personality. |
| 227 | * SailorFuku: Her high school uniform. |
| 228 | * SatelliteCharacter: She revolves around Chizuru. |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder: Fumiya Ninomiya]] |
| 232 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FumiyaNino_8985.jpg]] |
| 233 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KaoruMizuhara |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * AscendedExtra: For a while in high school. |
| 236 | * CreepyCrossdresser: Not really creepy, but his reasons for crossdressing are rather petty. |
| 237 | * DemotedToExtra: He was Nitori and Mako's upperclassman in high school but eventually took a backburner to Doi. Not even [[spoiler:dating Saori]] helped him get more spotlight. |
| 238 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To Chiba. He can be bit cocky and a liar though, so the "nice" part is somewhat debatable. |
| 239 | * ExpositoryHairStyleChange: He grew his hair out after Saori [[spoiler:started dating him]]. |
| 240 | * NoSmoking: His smoking isn't in the anime because underage smoking isn't allowed in anime. |
| 241 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: When he was first shown showing, he couldn't have been older then thirteen. |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder: Oka Takanori]] |
| 245 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hourou_112_18_8468.png]] |
| 246 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MutsumiTamura |
| 247 | ---- |
| 248 | * BullyTurnedBuddy: Throughout elementary and middle school, he and Doi bullied Nitori for being girly. When they're put in the same all-boys school, they become reluctant friends. |
| 249 | * HopelessSuitor: He has a very hopeless crush on Saori, who despises him. |
| 250 | * ObliviousToLove: Makoto likes him but he can't tell. |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !Family |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder: Maho Nitori]] |
| 256 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/112066_2569.jpg]] |
| 257 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NanaMizuki |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Seya. |
| 260 | * AscendedFangirl: When she makes it to the same model agency where Maiko-chan works. |
| 261 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Shuuichi and Seya, occasionally. |
| 262 | * BettyAndVeronica: During the brief Shuuichi-Maho-Seya SiblingTriangle. Socially, Maho as Seya's classmate and a cis girl fits the Betty role, while Shuuichi as "the mysterious girl" later revealed to be Maho's trans little sister, places as Veronica. Personality-wise it's obviously the other way around. |
| 263 | * BigSisterBully: She spends much of her screentime bullying her sister. |
| 264 | * BigSisterInstinct: She abuses Shuuichi constantly, but [[HypocriticalHeartwarming NOBODY (else) MESSES WITH HER "BROTHER"]]! |
| 265 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: She starts out as a preteen but otherwise fits. |
| 266 | * {{Fangirl}}: THE fangirl of Maiko. |
| 267 | * HairTriggerTemper: She gets mad very easily. She gets worse as time goes on, but by high school she begins to cool down. |
| 268 | * {{Jerkass}}: Aside of UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} problems and the lack of understanding from her environment, having this sister alone would gain Shuuichi status of TheWoobie. |
| 269 | * KickTheDog: About 90% of her treatment of Shuuichi. Though slightly justified in cases when her transitioning complicates her life, or when she tries her underwear on... |
| 270 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted. First {{Foreshadow|ing}}ed in Chapter 7, and it finally arrives in Chapter 30. |
| 271 | * OfficialCouple: With Seya (after some complications [[LoveTriangle involving]] younger sister). |
| 272 | * PetTheDog: Anytime she's nice to Shuuichi. |
| 273 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Shuuichi and Anna. |
| 274 | * TeacherStudentRomance: In her first year of middle school she fell for an off-screen teacher; however, it matches the description of the teacher both Mako and [[spoiler:Takatsuki]] seemed to like. |
| 275 | * {{Tsundere}}: Acts this way towards her boyfriend Seiya prior to dating. She also acts like this towards Shuuichi. |
| 276 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: With Shuuichi. She even lampshades it, saying after the audition that they could've said that're twins. |
| 277 | * WhatTheHellHero: Makoto gives Maho one of these, when witnessing her mistreatment of Shuuichi. Interestingly, having to deal with an assertive and self-confident girl so different from her sister, Maho cannot really tell her off. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder: Satomi Nitori]] |
| 281 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/112067_2110.jpg]] |
| 282 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SayakaOhara |
| 283 | ---- |
| 284 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga her eyes are black but they're a dark shade of blue in the anime. |
| 285 | * AscendedExtra: She's a bit character for most of the series but gets spotlight in the high school chapters. |
| 286 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In early chapters her hair was brown but it was eventually changed to black. |
| 287 | * ParentsAsPeople: She wants to understand Shuuichi's gender issues but it's stressful for her. |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | !Miscellaneous |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder: Yuki Yoshida]] |
| 293 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/YukiYoshi_4612.jpg]] |
| 294 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakakoHonda |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Brown eyes to red eyes. |
| 297 | * AlliterativeName: '''Y'''uki '''Y'''oshida. |
| 298 | * BulliedIntoDepression: A bunch of bullies was why Yuki became a hikikomori as a middle schooler. She eventually recovered from her troubles, but she spent several of her preteen and teen years locked away in her bedroom after some bullies really got to her. |
| 299 | * CoolBigSis: She acts as a cool older friend to Nitori, Takatsuki, and to a lesser extent Mako. |
| 300 | * GenkiGirl: She's rather perky. |
| 301 | * {{Hikikomori}}: She was one throughout most of middle school and high school. |
| 302 | * MistakenForCheating: When Shiina was first introduced, she believed Yuki was cheating with Takatsuki, who couldn't have been older than 10 at the time. |
| 303 | * MistakenForPedophile: Though she ''is'' rather touchy with Takatsuki and often teases him but it doesn't seem to be serious. |
| 304 | * MentorInQueerness: Yuki acts as an older, more mature transgender peer to Nitori, Takatsuki, and to a lesser extent Makoto. She helps when their family and friends can't. |
| 305 | * OfficialCouple: With Shiina. |
| 306 | * ShipperOnDeck: Toward Nitori and Takatsuki. |
| 307 | * SobriquetSexSwitch: Yuki's birth name is "Hiroyuki". |
| 308 | * TheTease: She likes to tease men and jokingly flirts with Takatsuki when they meet. |
| 309 | * TechnicolorEyes: In the anime, she has red eyes. |
| 310 | * UnkemptBeauty: She used to be very dressed up but has become more casual ever since meeting Takatsuki's and Nitori's 6th grade teacher. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder: Shiina]] |
| 314 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03_7584.png]] |
| 315 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KeijiFujiwara |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * OfficialCouple: With Yuki. |
| 318 | * OnlyOneName: He's only ever called "Shiina" or "Shii-chan" |
| 319 | * SmokingIsCool: He smokes a lot and is a pretty cool guy. |
| 320 | * UnderstandingBoyfriend: He's Yuki's understanding boyfriend. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder: Taichirou Ebina]] |
| 324 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hourou_103_02_6975.png]] |
| 325 | ---- |
| 326 | * LateComingOut: Ebina is a 30+ years old, predominantly closeted, UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}} woman who contrasts with the 20-something year old Yuki and teenage Nitori. Her unresolved arc revolves around her juggling her want to transition with her adult life. She's raising a toddler on her own after her wife died, which exasperates everything as Ebina's worried about how transitioning will affect her daughter. She also feels insecure in her [[PassFail inability to pass]] and is jealous of Nitori's youthful androgyny. |
| 327 | * PassFail: She can't pass as a woman and is well aware of it. This makes her a bit jealous at Nitori. |
| 328 | * {{Salaryman}}: She works as one. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder: Saisho Manabu]] |
| 332 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/110888_1642.jpg]] |
| 333 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KazuyaNakai |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * SenseiChan: More realistic and level-headed than other examples but still there. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder: Kaneda Kentaro]] |
| 339 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4758-826292793_290.jpg]] |
| 340 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakayukiKondo |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * AlliterativeName: '''K'''aneda '''K'''entaro |
| 343 | * HotTeacher: A large sum of the girls that go to the middle school are said to have a crush on him at one time another. Makoto, Chizuru, Maho, [[spoiler:and possibly Takatsuki]] all have had a crushes on him. |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder: Maiko]] |
| 347 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/77470_9937.png]] |
| 348 | ->'''Voiced by''': Ai Takabe |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * DemotedToExtra: She was Anna and Maho's friend in middle school but eventually stopped appearing often. |
| 351 | * GirlishPigtails: Her main style, though late in the manga she cuts it into a pixie. |
| 352 | * IdolSinger: On top of being a model she's a singer. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
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