History Characters / HighSchoolOfTheDead

* PragmaticHero: With shades of NominalHero. He's aloof and willing to do whatever it takes to ensure his groups' survival, even if it means cutting loses, or abandoning others to die - as he did [[spoiler: with Asami]]. Though the fact that he made an exception to save Alice and Zeke shows that even ruthlessness [[EveryoneHasStandards has its limits.]]

* MsFanservice: The original, as she provided breast bouncing and {{Panty Shot}}s in the prologue alone. There's also an entire episode in which she's only clad in ModestyBedsheet due to getting massage therapy.

* MsFanservice: She’s arguably the most popular character for this reason. Tall, dark, and sexy, with a calming deep voice, is shown in a state of undress many times, and is the star of the Matrix Boobs scene. She also shared kissing scenes with both [[PromotedtoLoveInterest Takashi]] and a lesbian one with [[GirlonGirlisHot Rei]] in the OVA, though the former was a hallucination.

* MsFanservice: She’s arguably the most popular character for this reason. Tall, dark, and sexy, with a calming deep voice, is shown in a state of undress many times, and is the star of the Matrix Boobs scene. She also shared kissing scenes with both [[PromotedtoLoveInterest Takashi]] and [[GirlonGirlisHot Rei]] in the OVA, though the former was a hallucination.

* AmbiguouslyBi: She has her moments with Rei, with the two largest being when Rei groped her in the shower in the anime (and she moaned in response) and in the Cosplay of the Dead bonus chapter where she dressed Rei in a very revealing outfit and tried making it even more revealing by tearing the skirt. When Saya tells her it might be too much, Saeko questions what was so wrong with that.

* MsFanservice: She’s arguably the most popular character for this reason. Tall, dark, and sexy, with a calming deep voice, is shown in a state of undress many times, and is the star of the Matrix Boobs scene.

* LustObject: The anime plays up Takashi's attraction to Saeko far more than the manga does. Such as when he first sees she's wearing nothing but an apron and a thong in episode 6, and slips up twice while staring at her breasts. But the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA exaggerates the [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] by having Taka here's a ZombieApocalypse outside.

* CoolLoser: The first episode had Saya calling him pathetic for always feeling sorry for himself, over Rei breaking up with him. While the manga's [[{{Flashback}} third bonus chapter]] had him and Morita lamenting the fact that neither of them could get a girlfriend. Now he's got ''different'' [[LoveTriangle girl problems.]]

* TheHero: He is, after all, [[{{Lampshading}} the main character]].

%%* LackOfEmpathy

* BoobsOfSteel: Well-endowed and is the group's best fighter.

* BoobsOfSteel: Yuriko is a great shot and is as stacked as most of the female characters in this series.

* BoobsOfSteel: One of the most competent {{Action Girl}}s in the series and is as well-endowed as most female characters.

* BladeOnAStick: Her first weapon in the form of a sports javelin before she [[TookALevelInBadass upgraded]]. Nowadays she carries a rifle with a [[BayonetYa bayonet]], but uses the latter more than the former.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Her voice is really deep in the English dub.

-->'''Rei: (incredulous)''' "What the heck is THAT!? Aren't you embarrassed showing off like that!? I can't believe you're walking around like that!!"

* GagBoobs: Shizuka's breasts are so ginormous that she [[http://sadeeyore.com/anime-screencaps/picture.php?/180662-thumb_0278/category/246-episode_1_spring_of_the_dead can use them as pillows]] and, in chapter 26, Zeke/Zero got launched from her cleavage after being stuck between them. They even make dull spring-like sound effects whenever she moves.

* SkinshipGrope: During the bath scene in episode 6, she was incredulous at [[GagBoobs the sheer size of Shizuka's breasts]] and absolutely ''had to'' see, for herself, if they were real. After a few good gropes, she realized they ''were'', then began scoping out Saeko's and Saya's breasts to see how hers measured up to theirs.

-->'''Rei: (absolutely incredulous)''' "Th-'''[[GagBoobs THEY'RE HUGE!!]]'''"
-->'''Shizuka: (smug, while fluffing her breasts)''' "Yeah... I get that a lot."

* MegaTwintails: Her pigtails are impressive in terms of sheer length ''and'' volume, with each individually being near equal the width of her head.

[[folder:Koichi Shidou]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KisshoTaniyama (JP), Creator/IllichGuardiola (EN)

Class 3-A's teacher. Rei had beef on him since he flunked her out [[spoiler:because of their fathers' radically differing political beliefs]]. He doesn't care much for the lives of others, and even in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, is apparently planning to build a cult centered on himself.

[[folder:Rika Minami]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (JP), Melissa Davis (EN)

A special ops police officer who happened to be Shizuka's roommate. Cold sniper at heart, or not so cold. She had been held up in the airport along with other special forces, clearing zombies so that the airport can be used by survivors to escape.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Has a chapter involving her situation in the airport, to [[spoiler:Tajima's HeroicSacrifice]], and finally able to contact Shizuka. And seeing an EMP bomb out the airport window until the chapter ends.
* BackToBackBadasses: With her partner, Tajima.
* BoobsOfSteel: One of the most competent {{Action Girl}}s in the series and is as well-endowed as most female characters.
* CliffHanger: Last seen getting ready to head back to the mainland to look for Shizuka.
* CrazyPrepared: Kept a stockpile of ammunition and high powered weapons in her own home.
* FairCop: Member of the police special forces and is as good-looking as the rest of the cast.
%%* FriendlySniper
* GoodLookingPrivates: She was in the military prior to her police career.
* GunNut: Perhaps even morso than Hirano, as she kept the locker in her apartment loaded with a bevy of illegal firearms and assault rifles.
* TheGunslinger: Rika is almost as proficient at headshots as Hirano, though his speed is shown to be greater.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: After she sees her partner [[spoiler: Tajima]]'s been bitten, she salutes him then leaves him to take himself out along with the fuel tanker. Which also [[TakingYouWithMe took out all the zombies in the vicinity of the blast.]]
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* StrictlyProfessionalRelationship: Though Tajima flirts with her on occasion, their partnership is a platonic one.

[[folder:Hisashi Igo]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (JP), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN)

Rei's new boyfriend and Takashi's best friend. He's shown to be calm and cool-headed, and was even willing to believe Takashi when told about a murder in front of the school, even arming them with makeshift weapons. By these characteristics, one could be forgiven for thinking he would be the protagonist.

Unfortunately, despite boasting hand-to-hand combat abilities, he was bitten by a zombie teacher and asked Takashi to mercy kill him. However, Takashi hesitated and Hisashi became a zombie before finally being killed. Rei was haunted by his death and as a result distrusted Takashi for a while.

[[folder:Asami Nakaoka]]
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An 18 year old female patrol officer that Takashi's group meets at the mall. She has a kind heart and a rather timid personality, often referring to herself as "this officer". Because she's inexperienced, she tends to overcompensate when helping civilians.

When her CO[[note]]"Commanding Officer" (i.e. direct superior)[[/note]] left the mall to go for help, she was left in charge of overseeing the other mall survivors. Maintaining order proved to be a difficult task for her, until Hirano and the others came to her aid. She quickly developed feelings for Hirano, creating an uncomfortable love triangle between them and Saya.

* BadassAdorable: She has her moments.
* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted. She may not have been the one to stop Shimada from raping Shizuka, but she at least stalled him long enough for Hirano to show up. [[spoiler: And she sacrificed herself to save a child, despite fearing for her own life]].
* TheCutie: It's apparent from the moment Takashi and the others first meet her. She's presented as cheerful, perky, and eager to make a good impression as a police officer.
* EarlyBirdCameo: She's first seen in chapter 0, being chewed out by her CO, Matsushima. [[spoiler: Sadly, both of them are eventually killed]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:The last we see of her is a smile and salute, through [[MercyKill Kohta's sniper scope]]]].
* TheGlomp: Towards Kohta.
* GotOverRapeInstantly: [[spoiler: Hirano saves Asami from Shimada's attempted rape. Immediately afterward she thanks him on the rooftop and heavily implies that she's available and interested in him.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Despite all she'd done to help the mall survivors, seeing how calm and rationally Hirano was handling things, following the incident at the clinic, made her feel inadequate as an adult and as an officer. Being rejected by him moments later, only made it worse.
* HonorBeforeReason: Justified by her status as a police officer. This culminates in her [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice heroically sacrificing herself]] to rescue the bratty kid who had earlier shanked one of the mall survivors]].
* KillTheCutie: A newly assigned traffic officer stationed alone at a mall during a ZombieApocalypse, without so much as a sidearm to protect herself. [[spoiler:Who then went above an beyond the call of duty to save a kid from "them", despite being terrified. You can guess how it ended for her]].
* LuminescentBlush: Seen when she first fell in love Hirano and while she was dropping hints that she was available ''and interested'', while they were alone on the roof.
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler:Takashi's group first met her in chapter 18 and she was given seven chapters worth of focus and development before she sacrificed herself, to cover their escape]].
* MercyKill: Does one for Tamaru, after he was caught by "them". [[spoiler: Five chapters later, she asked Hirano to do the same for her, before "they" got to her]].
* NewMeat: Asami gives off the sense that she has just graduated from the police academy and has never really had a serious assignment before all hell broke loose.
* NiceGirl: Right down to having InnocentBlueEyes and willing to do whatever it takes to help the survivors left in her care.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She was fresh from the academy and only recently assigned to her post at the mall, so her inexperience showed. Which made her an easy scapegoat for the group of survivors, who foisted the responsibility for their situation squarely on her, despite all her efforts to help them.
* RescueRomance: She fell hard for Hirano after he stood up to Shimada for her and followed him up to the roof, moments later, to thank him. Then she made it clear how she felt about him.
* SayItWithHearts: Or simply a heart, period, upon seeing Hirano take charge for once.
* ShootTheDog: Used after [[spoiler:Hirano]] turns her down, to make the rejection hurt less.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Japanese police officers are specifically trained to never use first-person pronouns when speaking to other people and instead refer to themselves as "this officer". Asami, [[NewMeat being the nervous rookie she is]], slips between this variant and the regular ThirdPersonPerson variant, mainly because she is so inexperienced. She only addresses herself as "I" [[spoiler:right before she dies]].
* YankTheDogsChain: She was offered a chance at happiness with Hirano and his friends, but circumstance and her duties as a police officer [[KillTheCutie wouldn't allow it.]]

[[folder:Soichirou and Yuriko Takagi]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata (Soichirou - JP), Creator/YoshikoSakakibara (Yuriko - JP), Creator/AndrewLove (Soichirou - EN), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (Yuriko - EN)

Parents of Saya Takagi. Soichirou is a Japanese ultranationalist who married Yuriko, a woman who had connections with the New York Stock Exchange and therefore their family fortunes increased.

After the initial stages of the outbreak their mansion was converted to a stronghold and refuge for survivors within the area. They take a liking to Takashi, Saya's childhood friend. Soichirou also expresses interest in Saeko, daughter of the Busujima family, and presented his sword to her.

* ActionDad: Soichirou, who is able to behead several of "them" with just one slash of his katana.
* ActionDressRip: Yuriko on her own accord.
* ActionMom: Yuriko. Before giving birth to Saya, she trained to protect herself from muggers in New York. This becomes really useful when the ZombieApocalypse starts. She's even introduced after using a flamethrower to save everyone.
* BadassFamily: Just look at their other tropes and what their daughter's like.
* BattleCouple: Hell yes. They fight back-to-back while taking out the zombies overtaking the mansion.
* BenevolentBoss: Both to their Ultranationist followers and Takashi's group.
* BigDamnHeroes: Yuriko pulls this one off in Episode 8.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:They're last seen fighting "them" at their own mansion. We haven't heard from them since.]]
* BoobsOfSteel: Yuriko is a great shot and is as stacked as most of the female characters in this series.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: If this was not the 21st century, Soichirou would have been ''the'' paragon of what it means to be a [[{{Samurai}} Japanese Warrior]], in martial skill AND nobility of soul.
* CrazyPrepared: They live in an extremely fortified, semi-self sufficient compound. Even though it's temporary, it proves to be one of the safest shelters against the zombies.
* TheDon: Soichirou is the leader of an uyoku dantai, or right-wing nationalist group. He commands a small army of loyal, militarized men and protects and controls a territory after the fall of law and order. As a bonus, uyoku dantai have historically had an association with [[{{Yakuza}} organized crime in Japan]], but this is not confirmed or denied in the Takagis' case.
* DoWithHimAsYouWill: As soon as [[spoiler:he discovers that Shidou flunked Rei because her father was investigating Shidou's own CorruptPolitician father, Soichirou gives Rei free reign to take revenge and kill him. When Rei ultimately decides he's NotWorthKilling, Soichirou instead banishes Shidou and his followers from his estate.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: While they suffer from HonorBeforeReason, offering shelter and protection to even the civilians that actively oppose their efforts to keep Them under control, Shidou and his followers are just too evil for them to tolerate. As soon as Soichirou learns from Rei what a scumbag Shidou really is [[spoiler:and how he flunked Rei on his CorruptPolitician father's orders, he [[DoWithHimAsYouWill gives Rei free reign to take revenge on him]], and when Rei decides he's [[NotWorthKilling not worth it]]]], he forces Shidou and his students to leave.
* FourthDateMarriage: They got married ''the day after they met'', according to Saya.
* GetOut: Having seen Shidou's true colors and cowardice with his own eyes, Soichirou orders him to leave along with his students, recognizing that said students have been [[CorruptionOfAMinor tainted by Shidou's evil]].
-->'''Soichirou''': Get outta here! And take your students! The ones who have already been infected by your evil!
* TheGunslinger: In contrast of her husband, Yuriko whips out a sub-machine gun, and [[ImprobableAimingSkills is pretty damn good with it]].
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Soichirou wields a sword while Yuriko uses a sub-machine gun.
* HonorBeforeReason: They offer shelter and protection to civilians, even those who actively oppose their efforts to keep "them" under control. Except Shidou and his followers.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Yuriko, who plays the quiet, demure wife in public, is singlehandedly responsible for a hundredfold increase in the Takagi family fortune. And her firearm skills dwarf most.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Soichirou rejects guns in favor of his sword. Considering he can cut three or four zombies with each slice, he is probably right.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Yuriko is wearing an elegant gown during her and her husband's LastStand.
* LadyOfWar: Yuriko.
* LargeHam: Soichirou. It helps that Creator/JojiNakata is PERFECTLY cast for this role.
* LastStand: [[spoiler:Both choose to hold off "them" while Saya and her friends escape to safety.]] Exactly how this ended remains unknown.
* MsFanservice: Like majority of the female characters, Yuriko is well-endowed and is in great shape. Hirano even ogles her.
* NonIdleRich: They are pretty wealthy, as their BigFancyHouse shows. That doesn't stop them from fighting off the zombies overtaking their mansion.
* PatrioticFervor: While downplayed, they are explicitly the head of an ''uyoku dantai'', a Japanese type of group or fraternity characterized by intense nationalism, reactionary politics, imperial apologetics and protests of leftist and foreign interests.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** In Episode 10, he correctly identifies Hirano as a badass--pretty damn impressive, considering he's on the floor weeping like a baby at the time--and stops his men from trying to take his guns.
** And in Episode 11: [[spoiler:"What's that, little girl, you say this man, the son of my political ally, flunked you because your father was investigating his for corruption? Well, okay then, you have my permission to kill him." So basically, to Soichirou, if you avenge your ne'er-do-well father on his well-meaning antagonist's daughter, it's a MoralEventHorizon and grounds for a summary execution by your victim.]]
* SilkHidingSteel: Whenever her husband is speaking, Yuriko can be seen maintaining a demure composure... Until "they" break into the complex and she and her husband have to fight for their lives.
* StacysMom: Hirano ogles her during her ActionDressRip.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Soichirou is imposing both physically and in character.

[[folder:Miku Yuuki]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Airi Sakuno (JP), Creator/EmilyNeves (EN)

One of the Fujimi High School Students who had escaped and joined Shidou's group. She helped Shidou enter the Takagi compound using her sex appeal.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Shidou and his group are able to enter the Takagi compound by using Yuuki's ample bust size to distract the guards.
* FanserviceExtra: She's a minor character whose sole purpose is to provide T&A, as evidenced by each of the few scenes she's featured in.
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: The guard outside the Takagi Estate was about to turn Shidou's group away. So Miku leaned out the bus window to dangle her large breasts and her visibly erect nipples in front of his face. The appreciative guard immediately changed his mind and let them in.
* MsFanservice:
** She's featured prominently during the orgy bus scene, with one panel placing emphasis on her breasts and her see-through mesh halter top. Two focus on her thighs, the latter one shows one of the boys spreading her legs as he was preparing to enter her.
** A few chapters later, she uses her sizeable endowments to persuade the guard outside the Takagi Estate to let them into the compound. It works.
* ReallyGetsAround: Prior to the outbreak, there were rumors about her being spread around school. While the validity of the rumors is never confirmed, she's later shown having sex with several boys during the orgy scene. One panel even shows her having a three-way.

[[folder:Misuzu Ichijou]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Naoko Seto (JP), Melissa Davis (EN)

Toshimi's BFF, whose [[DirtyCoward cowardice]] ends up getting them both killed.

* CharacterDeath: At least in the anime; in the manga, she simply gets turned.
* DeathByAdaptation: In the anime, she doesn't make any further appearances after she and Toshimi get killed, so the viewer is left to assume that the zombies [[OffWithHerHead crushed her head]] instead of simply turning her.
* DeathByIrony: A rather humorous one at that.
* DeathByPragmatism: She tried to save herself by throwing Toshimi under the bus. Less than a minute later, she was either dead (anime) or turned (manga).
* DirtyCoward: Her FatalFlaw, as all of the entries here can tell us.
* FatalFlaw: Her cowardice.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: In the anime.
* KarmicDeath: Guess what happened after she kicked Toshimi down the stairs?
* OffWithHerHead: At least in the anime, where she doesn't make any further appearances afterward; in the manga, she's shown to have "hooked up" with Morita in (un)death.
* RedShirt: She and Toshimi only seem to exist as examples of what not to do in a zombie apocalypse to last more than minutes; Misuzu in particular is a classic case of cowardice leading to a very bad end, to put it lightly.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Not long after betraying Toshimi, Misuzu is attacked and killed by zombies.
* TooDumbToLive: She couldn't have picked a worse moment to be yellow in the face of danger.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Even she thought that if she and Toshimi stuck together, they'd make it through alive. Rather quickly, her cowardice gets the better of her as Toshimi gets snatched by the zombies, and you probably know what happens to them next.

[[folder:Toshimi Niki]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriShimizu (JP), Creator/LuciChristian (EN)

Misuzu's BFF, who loses her life when she's grabbed by a zombie mob on the stairs and dragged to her fate.
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* CharacterDeath: Unlike Misuzu, she's confirmed to be dead.
* FanDisservice: The last thing seen from poor Toshimi in the anime is her lower body, with [[PantyShot her yellow panties on display]] as she's EatenAlive.
* RedShirt: She and Misuzu only seem to exist as examples of what not to do in a zombie apocalypse if you want to last more than minutes; Toshimi in particular is a classic case of hopeless idealism that's put down before she was onscreen for even one minute.
* TooDumbToLive: Sure, Misuzu being too yellow (not to mention too ''[[OurZombiesAreDifferent noisy]]'') to live didn't help matters, but Toshimi is the one who walked blindly into the clutches of the zombies.
* WrongGenreSavvy: She and Misuzu practically ''skip'' hand-in-hand away from the zombies chasing them, harping on about how [[ThePowerOfLove the power of their]] PseudoRomanticFriendship will carry them through the dark times ahead. Then poor Toshimi gets grabbed, and it goes as wrong as expected...
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[[folder:Takuzo]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (JP), Creator/DavidWald (EN)

A leader of his own survival party who briefly joins Takashi's group. His own group scatters after he dies, except for his girlfriend Naomi, who chooses to die with him.
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* RedShirt: He dies in the same chapter he was introduced in, only minutes later, as he and his group were trying to get to the buses to escape.
* SixthRanger: Briefly to Takashi's group, but was killed soon after.
* TogetherInDeath: With his girlfriend, Naomi, who chose to die with him when she saw he no longer had the chance to escape.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: In the anime version, he dies before he even has a chance to reveal his name. The manga at least had Naomi call out to him.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: After Hisashi's death, though the void he left is quickly filled by Takashi.

* ItsPersonal: She can't stand the sight of Shidou, knowing he was responsible for making her repeat a grade just to get back at her father, for exposing ''his'' father's corruption. Rei held her temper and kept it to herself, since her father assured her that he'd be able to arrest both of them if his investigation went smoothly. But when she confronted him at the Takagi Estate, she couldn't contain her anger any longer and nearly killed him for what he'd done to her.

** It's used only once in the manga (chapter 10), after Rei's love confession. The next panel shows them silhouetted as they makeout with each other.

* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Best defines the contrasts between Rei and Saeko. Rei's the wholesome GirlNextDoor, Saeko's the sexy BloodKnight.
** Whereas Rei is a MartialPacifist (noted directly below), Saeko is AxCrazy and a BloodKnight. In her recount of how she'd once been accosted by a would-be rapist, Saeko told Takashi that seeing his fear was exhilarating for her and incited her beat him savagely. For Rei, seeing Shidou's fear had the opposite effect.
** This is also reflected in their ongoing LoveTriangle with Takashi, with Rei being the 'wholesome' girl with a crush, while Saeko prefers to be the seductress and lets her sex appeal do the talking. Which is further reflected by the difference in how they dress, which Rei lampshades in chapter 27:

* NaginatasAreFeminine: She was a member of the Soujutsu Club, before the outbreak, and spent years being taught at home by her father as well. Her starting weapon was a makeshift polearm, but later upgrades to an Springfield [=M1A1=] .308 battle rifle with a bayonet attachment.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished. Her sparing Shidou comes back to bite the team big time, twice. First when the [=EMP=] goes off, he loses control of the bus, breaking a barricade and letting "them" storm Saya's family estate, and then Shidou goes to Rei's neighborhood, and with his cult manages to convince the neighbors to lock Rei's mother out while she was foraging for supplies.
* OldFlame: Rei used to date Takashi, back when they were in middle-school, but they drifted apart during a particularly rough time in Rei's life. She realized she still had feelings for him in the aftermath of Hisahi's death, and is hoping to rekindle what they once had.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe:

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Maintains the most aspects of her school uniform.
* SecretKeeper: Honoring her father's request to withhold the truth about why she had to repeat her junior year, is what eventually lead to her breakup with Takashi.

** She also gives him an earful, while she was being treated at the Takagi Estate, for using her breasts to repeatedly absorb the recoil from firing a sniper rifle, and worsened her back injury.

* ActionMom: She ends up essentially adopting Alice as her daughter while still constantly fighting off zombies. And she will go in MamaBear mode whenever anyone threatens Alice.

* BerserkButton: She's {{tsundere}} as it is, but she really hates when Alice refers to her as "Saya-chan", rather than than the more respectful term of address, "Saya Onee-sama".

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She used to have a crush on Takashi, when they were younger, and it was implied she might've still had feelings for him at the beginning of the manga. But she's gotten over it and has moved on, since developing an attachment to Hirano.

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: She has [[BedmateReveal a Type 2]] with Shizuka near the end of ''"Drifters of the Dead"'', after hallucinating spending the night with [[spoiler: her Mom]]. By morning, the effects had worn off and she sees she's lying naked on top of Shizuka, who's also naked. It's never said whether they actually had sex, but they [[ThatDidntHappen agree to pretend it didn't happen.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: It takes awhile for them to get there, but by chapter 28, it's obvious that the others support the idea of her and Hirano hooking up. Alice most of all.

* GirlishPigtails: Has the typical hairstyle of a {{Tsundere}}. No points for guessing why.

* IncestSubtext: (anime only): In the OVA, Saya accidentally inhales hallucinogenic smoke that causes her to mistake Shizuka for her mom. During which, Saya strips her and imagines cuddling naked with her mom in a hot spring. The drugs wear of by morning, revealing she's naked on top of Shizuka, who's also naked. Instead of being shocked by the implication, Saya seems more disappointed that her hallucination wasn't real.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] in universe. When she asks what weapon she gets to use, Kohta tells her that he, Takashi, and [[TeamPet Zeke/Zero]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments are her weapons]]. At the same time though, they do acknowledge that eventually she's going to need to be given a weapon. They're just trying to avoid [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior making her do so]] for as long as they can manage.

* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: The guard outside the Takagi Estate was about to turn Shidou's group away. So Miku leaned out the bus window to dangle her large breasts and her visibly erect nipples in front of the his face. The appreciative guard immediately changed his mind and let them in.

* ReallyGetsAround: Prior to the outbreak, there were rumors about her being spread around school. While the validity of the rumours is never confirmed, she's later shown having sex with several boys during the orgy scene. One panel even shows her having a threeway.

* DirtyCoward: Her FatalFlaw, as all of the entries here tell us.

* OffWithHerHead: At least in the anime, where she doesn't make any further appearances afterwards; in the manga, she's shown to have "hooked up" with Morita in (un)death.

* BadassDriver: Don't let her [[TheDitz ditzy]] [[TheChick and emotionally supportive]] demeanor fool you - she's one mean badass behind the wheel.

* TheChick: She takes care of the group's injuries and serves as the TeamMom. On the other hand, she has not handled any sort of weapon thus far; subverted in that her driving gives her a very high kill count.
-->'''Shizuka:''' "[[LampshadeHanging I'm not supposed to be this kind of character!]]"