Audience Surrogate: In a story where every character besides Hiroyuki is Kemono, the fact that Hiroyuki is very much human may help players imagine themselves in this universe even if they do not personally identify as a fursona. Hiroyuki's appearance is also intentionally vague and generic.
Further supported by the fact it's possible to change Hiroyuki's name when you start the game.
Big Beautiful Man: He is inconsistently portrayed as this, even within the game itself.
Compassionate Critic: In Tatsuki's route, Hiroyuki can show he is apperently this when Torahiko asks how great is his spaghetti he has made. Hiroyuki can then choose to either compliment it or simply downright downgrade it.
Hello, Insert Name Here: Hiroyuki's surname and given name can each be changed by the player to whatever they like.
Jerkass: You can pretty much make Hiroyuki this to poor little Kounosuke during his route.
Raised by Grandparents: Averted. He lives in the city with his mother (though his dad is never mentioned), but his grandparents live in the village. It's unclear why he moved away.
Ridiculously Average Guy: In almost every way. Hiroyuki is very mild-mannered without any real personality quirks, his body is average, and his hairdo is average. About the only thing NOT average is the fact he lived in a village with a ton of beastmen. This is intentionally played straight to allow the player to feel like they are Hiroyuki, rather than just reading about a character's exploits.
Shout Out: To the Real LifeHiroyuki Nishimura who founded 2channel where the Morenatsu Project initially started. The kana reading is identical, but the real person and the fictional character have a different kanji for "-yuki": 之 vs. 行.
His grandparents are never given any sort of official description or picture in-game either, leaving it unclear if either of them are human as well. Combines with his suspiciously Invisible Parents (one of whom may not be human).
The Nine
Torahiko Ooshima
大島 虎彦 おおしま とらひこ Torahiko Ooshima
"Heh heh, a man doesn't worry about the little things!"
He is a second year student at his high school. He is a member of the swim team. He is the only son of his family, who owns an inn. Open and optimistic, "Let nature take its course" is the creed he lives by when troubled. He helps out at home by studying to become a quality chef. He's getting fired up for his team's activities because of the upcoming swim meet.
Bromantic Foil: Subverted. Torahiko has the usual personality that could be attributed to one, but he's actually the one who wants to get it on with Hiroyuki the most.
However, since you can't pick his route as of now, this is played straight.
Butt Monkey: Torahiko can sometimes be very annoying when he's teasing others, which usually results in somebody hitting him.
Cats Hate Water: Subverted. Torahiko is part of the swimming club, which plays on how tigers are excellent swimmers.
A red A-shirt that leaves nothing to the imagination. The shirt's left breast area has the word "D-GET" in white letters with a black border. The A-shirt covers less of his back than his front, leaving his shoulder blades and much of his upper back completely bare.
A blue pair of denim shorts whose leg cuffs are decorated with a black silhouette pattern shaped like grass blades. The cuffs also have drawstrings.
A thin black belt with one end always hanging halfway down his shorts.
A pair of black, white and orange sneakers.
Under his shorts, a pair of boxer shorts with white and light blue vertical stripes.
Torahiko also wears a sports speedo with an x on its center and a pair of elastic-banded goggles for swimming.
Official Couple: Hinted at being the canon game route. He appears in the Project Morenatsu splash screen, background of title screen, and the development blog's heading. Further implied by the dialog which reveals he already harbors romantic feelings towards Hiroyuki.
Refuge in Vulgarity/Toilet Humour: If you decide to spend the beach party with Torahiko, he gets Hiroyuki to change behind him. Hiroyuki doesn't want to do so, causing Torahiko to ask him if it's because he has a small dick. When Hiroyuki denies it, he then ask if it's because he has a bigone. It's clear that Torahiko wants to see Hiroyuki naked.
The Rival: He and Kouya are always fighting about something, sometimes over Hiroyuki.
Series Mascot: Torahiko is not only in the Title Screen, but he was also used by the devs in certain miscellanous tasks like debugging. Being the implied Canon Couple and the first character to appear in the game also help make Tora the most iconic character of the project.
Sink or Swim Mentor: When Torahiko tries to teach Hiroyuki how to surf, he instructs him to follow his gut feelings, basically leaving Hiroyuki to his own devices. This is not Played for Laughs and results in Kouya scolding Torahiko.
Surfer Dude: Torahiko knows his way with a surfing board, and he also has the relaxed personality nailed.
Three Amigos: Some dialogue implies that he, Hiroyuki, and Tatsuki were these in their childhood.
Tiger Versus Dragon: Averted. Torahiko and Tatsuki are pretty friendly with each other. Torahiko often calls Tatsuki when he wants to hang out with somebody.
Why Did It Have To Be Ghosts?: On Kounosuke's route, one of the first things you do is enter school at night to take photos of ghosts. While Torahiko starts off calm, he becomes more and more scared and, if you take him with you, he spends the entire time clinging to your arm.
Younger than They Look: Torahiko, along with some of the other high schoolers, look more like adults.
Tatsuki Midoriya
翠屋 辰樹 みどりや たつき Tatsuki Midoriya
"I think you're awesome! Someday, I'll build a house for you."
He is a lively and cheerful dragon. As a dragon, he has a large physique, though he's a little worried about how much his belly has grown lately. His family's business is carpentry that specializes in shrines. His father is the boss, but Tatsuki is working hard every day to become just as qualified. He dreams of being Japan's best craftsman. Kind to everybody, he is like a good big brother to everyone because he likes to help. However, little often comes out of it and he usually fails at both his job and private matters. He is the only member of the group who can drive, but a car is like a dangerous weapon when he drives.
Bottle Fairy: Emphasis on Fairy. Apparently, dragons are allowed by law to drink alcohol at age 16 since they have a high alcohol tolerance level. This explains why Tatsuki is drinking alcohol when he's only 17 (in Japan, you have to be at least 20 to drink alcohol).
Cool Big Bro: To all his friends younger than him. They even call him Tatsu-nii.
I Am Big Boned: Tatsuki insists that he's not fat, that his round belly is completely natural on a dragon. However, since the only other dragon in the game is Tatsuki's middle aged father, this is a rather dubious claim.
Informed Ability: His hobby for painting doesn't really comes out that much outside of his bio.
Kissing Under the Influence/Memetic Molester/Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Tatsuki gets horny and handsy when he's drunk. According to Kounosuke and Torahiko, Tatsuki while drunk doesn't think twice about seducing a friend, seeming to imply that he's already fucked with at least some of them. He'll get touchy-feely almost anywhere, including outside in broad daylight, in the presence of other friends. Whether he has actually had sex though is called into question by his (sober) claim that he's a virgin and that Hiroyuki is his first.
In addition, during the first sex scene, Tatsuki actually is drunk at the time. The second time Tatsuki gets amorous (right at the end of his route), Hiroyuki flatly asks if the dragon is drunk again. Surprisingly, he is not.
He seems to at least tried to fuck them. Apparently, he made Soutarou strip naked in front of everyone a previous time it happened.
Limited Wardrobe: Very limited. His open-chested black-collared blue cargo vest, fundoshi-tied red bandana, khaki pants and socks with sandals are actually him fully dressed. At various other times he's frequently seen wearing only his white Fundoshi, indoors or outdoors — it's a particular fundoshi that is not only tied around his waist and crotch, but also around his very thick tail.
Non Humans Lack Attributes: Most of the other characters, if shown, have human-shaped genitalia. Tatsuki, however, has a cloaca. This seems to be by Author Appeal, since anthropomorphic cloaca fetish also plays a role in one of the issues of Gamma's MangaBuild Tiger.
Non-Mammal Mammaries: Averted. Tatsuki and his dad are the only characters who lack nipples.
Our Dragons Are Different: Tatsuki (and his dad Tappei) are dragons, and the only anthropomorphizations of fantasy creatures in the cast. But some dragon stereotypes are absent or subverted. They never breathe fire. And Tatsuki is shown to have tiny useless wings on his back that couldn't fly a baseball, much less a sexy fatass like him.
More specifically, Tatsuki and his father are based on Eastern dragons, which have horns and sometimes an entire line of fur along their backs, with some Western qualities, like wings, mixed in.
Robotic Reveal: While not canon, an easy ending to stumble upon.
Three Amigos: Some dialogues implies he, Torahiko, and Hiroyuki used to be these back when they were younger.
Tiger Versus Dragon: Subverted. It's not rare for Tatsuki and Torahiko to get together to do something.
Troperiffic: Competing with his father Tappei for having the most associated tropes.
Turn Out Like His Father: Tatsuki's habit of getting frisky when drunk seems to be drawn directly from his father, who does the exact same thing. It might possibly be a racial trait.
He is a third year student at his high school, and a member of the juudou club. His body has reached maturity and his mind is more than mature enough. His younger twin brother, whose personality is the polar opposite, says he has "the mind and body of an old man". He's usually frowning, but that doesn't always mean he's in a bad mood. He achieved black belt status in juudou by using his full strength in a tournament. Recently he has been demonstrating his abilities thoroughly whenever Torahiko says something impolite.
When Juuichi turns around to show Hiroyuki how the fundoshi looks in the back, Hiroyuki tries to count prime numbers to stop himself from getting a boner while looking at Juuichi's nice big round butt, but is so distracted by his ass he counts even numbers instead.
Limited Wardrobe: To his credit, Juuichi has at least two common outfits — his street clothes and his judo outfit (the former being more commonly seen). But as with the other characters, his street clothes are usually the same consisting of a white undershirt and an unzipped blue and black jacket, blue string-tied trousers and a pair of sandals.
Keet/Big Fun: He has the Keet personality type nailed, but his Bara Genre body is much larger in size than the standard Keet. He would be a Boisterous Bruiser, but the bruising he does is always social, never physical. And also never intentional.
Limited Wardrobe: A white undershirt, open yellow outer shirt, blue trousers with slightly rolled up leg cuffs, a pair of sneakers, and a pair of pince-nez glasses with rimless lens tops. Kounosuke is seldom seen without his camera hanging around his neck.
Meganekko: He's even cuter and more huggable with the glasses.
He is considerate of others, however this dog has a straightforward and rebellious atmosphere to him. Usually calm, he's the type who burns quietly. He has a bit of a stubborn side. Cut off from his parents, he has been living alone since graduating from junior high. He makes a living by working and plays with his band every day, aiming to become a musician.
Limited Wardrobe: In a specific configuration too. Kouya wears a loose-fitting black tank top, a worn pair of blue jeans, a set of dog tags around his neck, and two black arm bands. One band is always on the wrist of one arm, while the other band is always further up the upper arm of his other side. Usually his left arm has the wrist band and his right arm has the upper arm band, but sometimes they appear swapped.
Ship Tease: With Shun of all people. In the original demo, he and Shun shared a love scene together (which was later removed from the newer demos and canon). Even without the scene, Kouya and Shun are close to each other with Shun calling Kouya his oniisan.
Dull Surprise: Kyouji is the character with the least number of portraits in the game, always having the same smile while only changing his clothes. Combined with how his eyes are always shut, the fans have made him a huge target of Epileptic Trees. The rest is Wild Mass Guessing.
Given the Straight Gay/Manly Gay quality shared among all characters, his popularity with the girls likely comes from his polite demeanor and good attire. It's possible he has dated a few of those girls, though.
Limited Wardrobe: As with Juuichi, Kyouji mainly has two outfits — his soccer uniform, and his street clothes. His street clothes are a white polo shirt, brown or navy slacks, and a pair of black loafers.
Only Sane Man: Shared with Juuichi and Shin. He's more relaxed than the other two though.
Ship Tease: Arguably, with Soutarou. Soutarou and Kyouji's Kohai-Senpai relationship comes almost straight of a stereotypical Boys' Love Genre, with Kyouji being the Seme and Soutarou the Uke.
He is a young black cat who lives in a Western-style house on the outskirts of the village. He seems a bit out of place in a small rural town. He has a slender and handsome figure, perfect reflexes, and gets good grades, but he has poor physical strength. He makes sweets to keep his mind off things whenever he feels down.
Big Fancy House: It's implied that Shin lives in one of those.
Bishōnen: Shin is a babyfaced prettyboy who is shorter and much slighter than most of the characters, appearing almost fragile and gaunt. But he's already in high school, so he's not necessarily younger than most of them.
Cats Hate Water: Though Shin doesn't really enjoys getting wet, it's not clear if it's because he scared of it or he's simply picky. Either way, he spends the entire beach party reading a book.
When he was forced to enter the water, he cried. This may have just been because Kounosuke was being too pushy.
Cheated Angle: For some reason Shin is always standing in a way you can only see his left eye, with his right eye remaining undrawn.
The Dandy: Moderately. Also, his winter clothes are at least as chic as his summer clothes.
Ill Boy: Shin seems to suffer asthma, which would explain why Shin is not in a club and why he does not do too much physical activity. His reflexes are fantastic though.
Limited Wardrobe: A white dress shirt, grey slacks, and a pair of leather shoes. His shirt always has the collar up, and his buttons are in various states of unbutton.
Meaningful Name: "Kuroi Shin" means "black-well depth". How dark.
Not What It Looks Like: An the beach party, you can apply UV-Screen on Shin's back. Shin thinks of it innocently at first, until they are seen by Kouya and Shun, who can see Hiroyuki's clear intentions and interpret the scene as something far more lewd.
Older than They Look: Unlike Shun and Soutarou, Shin is not hinted to be too young yet for high school. He may in fact be as old as most of the other nine, but just really diminutive.
Only Sane Man: Shin shares the sanity pool with Kyouji and Juuichi.
Also, the age of Consent in Japan is 13, unlike America, where it varies by state. He's starting high school (10th grade in Japan) next year, so he seems to be 15-16.
Ship Tease: With Kouya of all people. In the original demo, he and Kouya shared a love scene together (which was later removed from the newer demos and canon). Even without the scene, Kouya and Shun are close to each other with Shun calling Kouya his oniisan.
He is a very hard working and timid boy who loves soccer. He belongs to the local soccer club. He and his upperclassman, Kyouji, work up a sweat practicing every day. Because he grew up without a father, he relies on and adores his upperclassman Takahara. Sometimes he shows an impressive and bright smile. He moved to the village three years ago, so this is his first time meeting the main character.
Limited Wardrobe: Unlike Kyouji, Soutarou pretty much never changes out of his soccer clothes. He wears a blue soccer shirt, dark grey soccer shorts and a pair of shoes, but he's almost never seen wearing socks.
Meaningful Name: 橙, the first kanji in his surname Touno, refers to a daidai, an Asian variety of bitter orange, alluding to Soutarou's citrus-hued appearance.
Older than They Look: Same as Shun. Soutarou is most likely 15 or 16, but he looks like Shotacon. In fact, Soutarou is sometimes mistakenly (or punnily) called Shotaro on discussion boards.
Ship Tease: Arguably, with Kyouji. Soutarou and Kyouji's Kohai-Senpai relationship comes almost straight of a stereotypical Boys' Love Genre, with Kyouji being the Seme and Soutarou the Uke.
A popular alternative spelling Soutaro can press a linguist's Berserk Button, because it spells out one of the long vowels while completely ignoring the other. It could be that the Western Morenatsu fandom often spells out long vowels, but also -taro (without acknowledgment of the long vowel) is a well-recognized name ending among Western Otaku. Compare Toho and Touhou.
翠屋 辰平 みどりや たっぺい Tappei MidoriyaHe is Tatsuki's father and head of the Midoriya Group. He is 43 years old. He is an obstinate and domineering husband. A heavy drinker, like a true Toukyouite, who gives the impression of a true craftsman. While working outside he is a cheerful and playful old man. At 232 cm (~7′ 7″), he is considerably taller than Tatsuki, so much so that even socks don't fit him. He loves to smoke his pipe and is bad with machines. His wife bosses him around -- he is truly no match for her. He is a lover of both men and women, a bisexualDILF.
Anything That Moves/Memetic Molester: Tappei has absolutely no problems flirting with anyone it seems, including Hiroyuki. For example, during Tatsuki's route, you find the father and son drinking rather early in the morning, and Tappei tries to put the moves on Hiroyuki, much to Tatsuki's dismay.
Big Beautiful Man: In a Hollywood Pudgy way. It may be worth saying that if he were a man of smaller stature with that much body fat, he'd be enormous.
Shirtless Scene: Once again with the Midoriya men and their bare chests. But on occasion, Tappei can be seen wearing a sweat-stained tank top with or without his vest.
Sleeps with Everyone but You: Tappei seems to draw the line when it comes to his co-workers, much to Chuukichi's dismay.
Species First Name: The "tap-" in Tappei's name is the same kanji as the "tatsu-" in Tatsuki's name, and it means dragon.
Your Cheating Heart: It's unknown if Tappei's wife knows about his sexual escapades, but his profile out-right states he still fucks other guys even on marriage.
Botan Akagane
銅 牡丹 あかがね ぼたん Botan AkaganeHe is a 42-year-old boar. Because he is the only teacher in the village, he was the main character's teacher. He is a kind teacher, but fearsome when angered. These days he has grown fat, but he used to be an active rugby player. Although he does have a house in the village, he spends so much time keeping watching of the school that the janitor's closet has become his second home. He is Tappei's drinking buddy, but their relationship swings back and forth between public and private.
井上 哲也 いのうえ てつや Tetsuya InoueHe is a 36-year-old fox. He is a calm veteran carpenter who works for the Midoriya family. Definitely skilled, he is respected by those around him and serves as the senior apprentice. His wife and daughter live at home while he stays with the Midoriya Group. He returns home to visit them every day. Because of his levelheadedness, competency, and gentle nature, newer apprentices to the Midoriya Group are extremely dependent on him. He is usually the one who calms Tappei's temper by using a carrot-and-the-stick routine. To Chuukichi, he is "Merciful Tetsu-san".
Dull Surprise: Subverted. Tetsuya's emotions clearly show through, but it involves his face muscles moving as little as possible, with only his eyebrows, his blush, and the edge of his mouth showing any emotive variation. It's actually cute.
森 忠吉 もり ちゅうきち Chuukichi MoriHe is a 16-year-old mouse. He dove right into society when he graduated from junior high. He has a juvenile habit of saying "-ssu". He has a simple and friendly personality, and his job brings out his enthusiasm. He loves the Midoriya Group, but has a bit of bad luck and somehow almost always ends up getting the short end of the stick. Despite this, he doesn't let it get him down. He is the mood maker of the Midoriya Group. He used to be quite mean... He has never seen a human up close before, and his inexperienced hands make his heart thump. Number of times he is beaten throughout the game: 23.
Barbie Doll Anatomy: Everybody has it, but it's specially noticeable on Chuukichi case. One of his portraits displays his crotch prominently (he's flinching basically) and on the naked variation, there's nothing.
Covert Pervert: He's apparently attracted to Tatsuki and Tappei, and can be seen commenting (in parenthesis no less, indicating either whispered or internal monologue) on the difference in size between him and his boss, just before getting smacked in the face.
Furry Ear Dissonance: When Chuukichi's ears are freed from his bandana, not only are shaped like Mickey Mouse ears, but they also have hair behind them, which real rats don't have.
The Japanese language has the same word for rat and mouse — nezumi.
You Dirty Rat: Played straight and then subverted. Chuukichi used to be pretty mean, which fits the stereotype, but the way he acts now is a complete subversion, being one of the nicest characters in the game.
Younger than They Look: Chuukichi looks a bit too small to be 16 or already in the workforce.
AmbiguouslyStraight: It's possible that Akira may be one of the few characters on the game that is actually Straight... unless his runaway story is tied to that.
Narcissist: Akira rather confidently claims that his body is very beautiful and that he's descended from a line of noble horses. He also has no problem going naked in front of at least 4 other men.
Noodle Incident: Akira ran away from home, but he won't discuss the details. It's implied that he and his father did not get along at all, as he admits towards the end of Tatsuki's route that he's jealous of the relationship Tatsuki and his father have with each other, wishing he could've have something like that with his own father.
橘 時雨 たちばな しぐれ Shigure TachibanaHe is a 68-year-old dog. He is a person who is aloof from the world. He and Tatsuki's grandfather, Tappei's father, were close friends. Now he is friends with Tappei and Mr. Botan. Tappei's robustness and Shigure's frailty make them completely opposite types. He likes new things, and his hobby is watching TV shopping programs. He is active in restoring the village and attracting new people, and the happiness of the villagers is his number one priority. The current mayor, he gently watches over the people of his village.
Ax Crazy: In Tatsuki's route, if you trigger the bad end, it is revealed that Tatsuki is an android created by Shigure, who then attempts to kill Hiroyuki now that he knows.
九狸 幸春 くり ゆきはる Yukiharu KuriHe is Kounosuke's little brother. They are a few years apart in age. He is currently in his fifth year at Suigou Elementary School. He used to be very shy and reserved, always hiding himself behind Kounosuke. Now he isn't shy at all and is becoming a follow-up to his brother. He has a cheerful personality because of his brother's influence. Recently he has been becoming less dependent on his brother. This seems to make Kounosuke a little lonely.
Uncanny Family Resemblance: Save for Kounosuke's proportionally larger size and his glasses, he and Yukiharu look practically identical.
For the curious, the subtler differences are:
Yukiharu has less hair sticking out of his ears than Kounosuke.
Yukiharu has practically no chin hair, but Kounosuke has the modest beginnings of a teenage beard.
Harue Kuri
Harue KuriShe is Kounosuke's and Yukiharu's mother. Usually quiet, she has a habit of softly saying "ara ara" and is a rather easygoing person. Because of this, it's hard to tell exactly what she's thinking... However, her quietness is connected to her large capacity to tolerate as a mother. When Kounosuke was little, she would lose him as soon as she took her eyes off him. The sixth sense of a mother's love would lead her right to where he was. Just like Kounosuke and his glasses, she is usually seen wearing an apron.No picture yet.
Hiroyuki Nanafuse
七伏 博行 ななふせ ひろゆき Hiroyuki NanafuseThe personification of Suigou Elementary's Seventh Wonder. The ghost of a practical joker who loves to play with children more than anything else. In the past, his existence was more vague, but by discovering Shun's appearance and hearing the main character's name called out, he gained consciousness. As the personification of gossip, it's not possible for him to show his appearance to those who don't think he exists. When you become an adult you will realize no one is there because you are no longer influenced by suggestion. An adult that can see Nanafuse will just see him as something as vague as "one of the children", but it's possible that Nanafuse is posing as the person who knows that.
Seven is Nana: It's very likely that the famous Seventh Wonder of which Kōnosuke was speaking is actually Nanafuse, not to mention the kanji for seven (Nana) is in his name.
Shapeshifting: Assumed Shun's appearance, essentially becoming his Identical Stranger. That unsettling smile on Nanafuse's face tells him apart though.
Big Brother Instinct: His methods and concerns may be up for question, but he's rarely seen doing something that isn't part of his plans to protect Shun.
Cool Big Bro: He runs the local video game store, so as Shun's cousin he frequently hooks him up. And then there's when things get weird.
Grumpy Bear: Gaku always looks like if he is mildly annoyed at something.
