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In General
- Ordinary High-School Student: Most of the teenage cast is pretty average for the most part. They just happen to have crazy personalties.
- Wacky Homeroom: Class 1-5 just happens to contain a lot of the main characters.
Takuhiko Koizumi
The main protagonist of the series, Takuhiko is a perverted otaku who spends most of his time watching anime, reading manga, playing video games, and doing any other activity that would consider him lazy. But when his mother confiscates his computer, he is forced to interact with people, much to his chagrin. But he makes the best of his situation and promises to build the best Harem he possibly can.
- Agent Scully: Played for Laughs, as he dismisses Misery's claims of being magical as Chuninbyou despite being confronted by a Demonically Possessed Misery at least twice.
- Bigger Is Better in Bed: Claimed to have a bigger "manhood" than Keiichi among other things.
- Book Dumb: He barely met the required test score in order to get into Sakuragi High.
- Cannot Talk to Women: Has a hard time talking to women at first, but eventually gets used to it by the time he meets Neko. Case and point, when he compliments a girl...on her breasts due to having nothing better not come up with.
- Casanova Wannabe
- The Cuckoo Lander Was Right: He was correct in that Sakutaro was faking his cuteness.
- The Ditherer: Wants to focus one the Harem at large rather than "the one" just yet
- Entitled to Have You: Feels that he deserves women due to spending several years isolated, albeit by choice.
- Erotic Dream: Before he knew his tutor was Aya, he dreamed that she was a stereotypical Yuri girl accompanied by her more masculine-looking "best friend". The dream ends before the good parts can happen though.
- Hypocritical Humor: Saying he's a Hypocrite is an understatement. In one case, he calls one of Neko's Otome Games about vampire wizards "stupid", but says he likes a game that's basically the same except with the genders reversed.
- Jerkass: Has plenty of moments like this, especially in early chapters.
- Lazy Bum: Is trying to improve ,but he'd rather play video games and watch anime rather than study.
- Longing for Fictionland
- Loony Fan: Is this to Mai to the point of being a borderline-Stalker with a Crush. And keep in mind that she's retired now!
- Loser Protagonist: Except unlike other Harem examples, women don't fall for him as quickly as he expects it and in some cases it works against him.
- Mistaken Age: Has been mistaken for a middle schooler if not even younger on a few occasions. However this is one of many Berserk Button.
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Moe: Not only does he survive off of it, Keiichi argues that he provides many male examples such as his short height and large eyes. Unfortunately he wants to seen as sexy and not cute. - The Napoleon: He's both insecure, and not just his Height Angst, and is provoked rather easily.
- No Bisexuals: He never even heard of the concept of bisexuality until he met Keiichi.
- Nosebleed: Claims to have had frequent ones ever since he was a child.
- No Social Skills
- Otaku: Specially a Moe Otaku.
- Personality Blood Types: According to Misery, he's Type-B. Which is fitting since people with this type are characterized as wild, passionate, and laid-back ,but also selfish, irresponsible, and lazy.
- Perverse Sexual Lust: Takuhiko prefers 2D women to the real thing with some exceptions.
- Rose-Haired Sweetie. Subverted as while he tries to be the romantic type he is a Jerkass with No Social Skills.
- Siblings Wanted: Always wanted a little sister...however he got a brother instead. Although she probably would've turned out the same way anyway.
- Significant Birth Date: Also according to Misery, his is on Valentine's Day. It's even more fitting since in Japan, women are the ones to give chocolate instead of men.
- Socially Awkward Hero
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Denies that he ever thought of infiltrating an all-girl's school Disguised in Drag. What's strange is that he's pretty shameless about his other turn-ons.
- Tiny Schoolboy: Takuhiko is rather short compared to even some of his female classmates, which he is rather insecure about.
- This Loser Is You: Parodies otaku that are the target audience of romance and Moe.
- Yuri Fanboy: Definitely proves himself to be this instead of just thinking Girl on Girl Is Hot with a Dream Sequence involving two lesbians styled like something in the Yuri Genre.
Neko Sumisu
First introduced at the end of the second chapter, Neko seems like the perfect girlfriend for Takuhiko. She's attractive, an otaku, and oozes with Moe. Seems like the perfect head of his Harem. After they actually meet, she reveals herself to be a crazy Weaboo that thinks they're reliving a past life. Now Takuhiko is very unsure.
- A Cat Named Neko: Although "-ko" is a common suffix in Japanese girl names.
- Anime Accent Absence: Averted as Takuhiko describes her as having an American accent when speaking Japanese.
- Cat Girl: She claims to be one in both her past and current life due to her hairstyle being reminiscent of cat ears.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Neko is rather ditzy and suffers from Chuninbyou.]
- Genki Girl
- Giver of Lame Names: Assuming her story of reincarnation is fictional, she's this for adding an "-a" at the Latin name for cat ,"Felis", and just calling the prince the Latin name for rabbit.
- Gratuitous Japanese: Neko's dialogue is written in the style of when translators feel the need to leave certain words untranslated despite having normal English overall. Her normal Japanese is apparently fine according to Takuhiko, it's just we don't hear that thanks to Translation Convention.
- Magical Girl: One of her many claims.
- Mr. Imagination: Or Chuninbyou in this case.
- Naïve Everygirl
- Nice Girl: Chuninbyou aside, she's pretty nice and even chill at times.
- Occidental Otaku
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Neko's real name is currently unknown.
- Otaku Surrogate: Downplayed as she likes stuff made for both girls and men. Although either way it has to have some kind of cuteness factor even in the latter's case.
- Pink Is Feminine: Wears pink-striped knee socks. And she's also a magical princess apparently.
- Reincarnation Romance: She quickly realizes that Takuhiko looks like Prince Lepus and thinks it's meant to be.
- Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Neko's hair is orange as opposed to blonde like in most Japanese media ,but she stands out as a foreigner regardless even where pink is a natural color.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: Phrases things like she's a character in a Romance Manga.
- Whole-Plot Reference: Neko's entire story about her past life and being a Magical Girl is almost a word for word rip-off of Sailor Moon. Even Takuhiko lampshades this.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: As an Otaku, she's often referencing Japanese anime stories and tropes. She's usually guessing the wrong tropes are in play.
Aya Waseda
A shy and clumsy girl in Takuhiko's class who becomes his tutor. And it seems effective because she is apparently so cute that Takuhiko pays more attention to her than the actual teacher. She seems like another perfectly good candidate for his Harem.
- Apologizes a Lot: Even when it's not her fault by any means.
- The B Grade: Would've gotten into a prestigious school if she had only gotten that one point on her entrance exams.
- Catholic School Girls Rule: Takuhiko thought she was the Yuri Genre version of this trope. However Aya more or less averts this stereotype as she seems disinterested in any romantic relationships.
- The Chikan: Never brought up directly ,but she does mention riding the all-women's subway car
. - Cram School: She attends one in-between her after school club and tutoring Takuhiko.
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- Education Mama: She indicates that her mother is one and even says that Takuhiko's has "low standards". Hence why Takuhiko wonders why the both of them are even friends.
- Fantasy-Forbidding Mother: The fact that her mother has a dislike for otaku indicates this.
- Fish out of Water: Feels very out of place at The Manga Maid Cafe especially since she has to do radically different things than in most "normal places".
- Grade Skipper: She's at least a year younger than her fellow first year students, due to skipping sixth grade.
- He's Not My Boyfriend: Assures the Meido Waitress that she and Takuhiko are not a couple. She doesn't hear it, but at least the guy next to them is relieved.
- Moe: Enough to give Takuhiko a Nosebleed apparently.
- Nervous Wreck
- Proper Tights with a Skirt: Although Takuhiko wishes they were stockings
- Shy Blue-Haired Girl
- Speech-Impeded Love Interest: Often stutters.
- Spock Speak: Does not use contractions, likely to emulate keigo.
- Teen Genius
- Token Mini-Moe: Averted, since she's only a year younger than the other freshmen.
- True Blue Femininity
- Verbal Tic: Often says "ummm" in her sentences, usually at the beginning.
Maiko "Mai" Kirigoe
A recently "graduated" idol who transfers to Sakuragi High School after losing interest in fame and her fans.
- All Men Are Perverts: Or at least her fanbase is.
- Celebrity Is Overrated: Enjoyed the spotlight for a while, until she realized how empty fame was.
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Contractual Purity: One of many reasons why she left. - Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Is incredibly wealthy and has purple hair.
- Fan Dumb: In-universe Mai thinks most of her fanbase is this. As she feels like most of them are perverts and pedophiles that control her life when it's otherwise none of their business.
- Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight: At least, until she got sick of it enough to quit.
- Idol Singer: As MY☆UTA.
- Lucky Charms Title: Lampshaded by Takuhiko says the star in MY☆UTA's name is silent.
- Ojou
- Stage Names: MY☆UTA
- Stepford Smiler: Even Takuhiko had a hard time watching her final concert knowing she didn't like her fanbase.
- Shout-Out: Her last name is Kirigoe....let's hope things go well for her!
- Transfer Student Uniforms: Has one that looks like out of the Victorian Era.
- Tsundere: Or at least that's what Takuhiko thinks. Although Word of God described her as a Himedere.
Misery
The mysterious leader of the Occult Club who may or may not have supernatural powers.
- Black Eyes of Evil: As if his red eyes weren't terrifying enough, he gains these when possessed.
- Cigarette of Anxiety: Gives this justification for smoking on the Koizumis' front porch.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Demonic Possession: Gets possessed by the spirit of an Ainu for most of Chapter 6 and his dialogue implies that he's more or less dead in that timeframe.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
- The Eeyore: Has a rather cynical and pessimistic point of view.
- Everyone Has Standards: Doesn't care about school, but apparently doesn't want to see one of his classmates fail.
- Expy: Word of God admitted that he was based on Anne Gwish from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.
- Goth: Of the Gloomy variety.
- Goth Boys Know Magic: It's currently unclear, but he at least thinks this enough to lead an entire club about it.
- Hidden Eyes: His left eye is covered by his hair.
- Japanese School Club: Is the President of the Occult Club, much to Takuhiko's confusion.
- Living Lie Detector
- Messy Hair: His hair seems to be inspired by Edward Scissorhands.
- Metal Head: Seems to be a fan of Marilyn Manson in particular.
- Missing Mom: We don't know anything about his biological mother right now ,but at some point his father remarried.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Misery is not a legitimate Japanese name. Not even his stepmother knows it.
- Parental Neglect: Out of nowhere on August 23, 2016; Takuhiko's Waifu posted a strange picture on her DeviantArt of a black birthday cake with red pentagrams. The accompanying text seems to be a note written by a mother who is apologizing for forgetting her child's birthday. It was later revealed in the following chapter that the woman who wrote the note is Misery's stepmother who is so forgetful that she doesn't even know his real name.
- Parent with New Paramour: While Shion despite shows no signs of a Wicked Stepmother ,Misery is sort of justified since her forgetfulness causes her to be pretty neglectful.
- The Stoic: Doesn't even get a line until the end of Chapter 4.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Male example. He ends up slouching and with even worse hair while possessed by Turushno.
- Telepathy
- Voice of the Legion: Gains this when Turushno takes over his body.
- You're Not My Mother: He dislikes Shion so much that he calls her by her name instead of "mom". In fact, when he firsts mentions her, Takuhiko thinks he's being a stereotypical goth with his real mom.
Keiichi Fujiwara
A popular, attractive boy at school who Takuhiko declared as his romantic rival.
- The Ace
- Big Man on Campus
- Berserk Button: Downplayed. While he doesn't seem to go into rage mode, he is visibly upset by Takuhiko's problematic Stay in the Kitchen beliefs about women.
- Bromantic Foil: He's basically the opposite of Takuhiko in every way.
- First-Name Basis: Strangely, Takuhiko refers to him like this. Although he did find out in Chapter 5 and started to go on a Last-Name Basis from now on due to their rivalry.
- Nice Guy: Although he does have his limits with Takuhiko.
- Princely Young Man: Not only is he the Big Man on Campus, but he implies that his family is wealthy enough to go on luxury vacations like the Bahamas.
- School Idol
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: A lot of things Takuhiko does is mainly to spite him despite how it'll pretty much have little to no impact on him.
- The Social Expert: Although he is unsuccessful in teaching Takuhiko even the bare basics.
- Super Gullible: Easily fell for Takuhiko's Cobra Hydra trick.
Kaori Koizumi
A pretty successful manga artist and Takuhiko and Sakutaro's mother
- Author Appeal: It seems like male Token Mini-Moe and Yaoi show up quite a bit in her work.
- Bishōnen Jump Syndrome: It can be argued that her work suffers from this.
- Doting Parent: Used to be this until she realized that giving her older son everything she wanted ended up being a lazy shut-in.
- Doujinshi: And apparently pretty dirty doujinshi at that.
- Yaoi Fangirl: She apparently has plenty of gay couples in her work.
- You Are Grounded!: Taking away Takuhiko's computer privileges actually kickstarts the plot.
Sakutaro Koizumi
The five and a half year old brother of Takuhiko who he has a small sibling rivalry with.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: So much so that if he actually was a girl, he would be a subversion of the Little Sister Heroine.
- The Antichrist: Although that's only what Takuhiko thinks, in reality he is a normal kid.
- Big Brother Worship: Inverted very hard since he doesn't seem to have that much respect for Takuhiko adding more fire to the fuel.
- Bromantic Foil: Not only is he kind of a polar opposite to Takuhiko as he exploits his cuteness ,but they are also literally brothers.
- Covert Pervert: Even with how he uses Mai's breasts as a pillow, most of the girls excuse his actions under the guise of Children Are Innocent.
- Child Prodigy: He is barely six and can already read surprisingly well and keep in mind this probably includes kanji. Although he keeps that a secret from others to keep their guard down.
- Children Are Innocent: Despite being a Covert Pervert and Dirty Kid he admits to being too young to understand certain sexual situations such as why kindergarten uniforms are popular among girls.
- Deliberately Cute Child: Does so to get attention to girls.
- Dirty Kid: While he was the first to get boob-related action, he's actually not romantically interested in Takuhiko's friends.
- Fake Cutie: While not full-on Antichrist like Takuhiko suggests, he's a pretty Manipulative Bastard.
- Genre Savvy: Sakutaro has carefully studied manga featuring male Token Mini Moes and exploited their tropes.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Even with The Reveal, he isn't that threatening since he wants attention from girls ,but not in a romantic sense.
- Token Mini-Moe: Exploited to the maximum!
