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[[folder: Sakamoto]]
!!Sakamoto
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa
The titular character who is Gakubun High School's first year student. Despite being a first year freshman, he already has the attention of the student body due to how amazingly cool he is. He is intelligent, good-looking, stylish, and most of all, does everything flawlessly with a touch of stylish flair. The story revolves around his seemingly ordinary school life, which is, to others, a life brimming with awesome coolness.
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!!!Sakamoto's stylish and cool tropes
* TheAce: Sakamoto is a guy who pretty much excels in ''everything.'
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A bit too perfect; always prepared, walks sideways down a riverbank at one point, superhuman athleticism, attracts the paranormal, outright teleports a couple of times, always wears his school uniform, nothing is known about his home life, [[spoiler: [[ButNowIMustGo leaves the school under mysterious circumstances after one year, claiming to be going to America to work with NASA but Hayabusa claims he's lying]]]]...
* {{Bishonen}}: The most good-looking and stylish guy in school; bearing all the beauty tropes below:
** BeautyIsNeverTarnished: A male example that is PlayedForLaughs. Whatever bad things some people do to him that might tarnish his looks or style are instantly negated due to Sakamoto's innate ability to make anything into {{Bishie Sparkles}} or his penchant for being CrazyPrepared. Therefore, even pranks that are designed to make him look bad only end up making him look even cooler.
** BeautyMark: Beneath towards the end of his left eye.
** BishieSparkle: Every drop of water he used, and sweat he makes will all become his sparkles...''even the dust.''
** DramaticWind: Like his [[BishieSparkle bishie sparkles]], he can summon the wind to pump up his attractiveness; [[CherryBlossoms flying flower pedals]], or [[PerpetualMolt birds flying in the air]] are [[UpToEleven extra bonuses]].
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
* BubblePipe: He blew bubbles with Acchan, KEN KEN and Mario for fun during class break, which Mr. Kakuta mistook as illegal underage smoking on campus. Sakamoto was so stylish at that activity, Acchan, for the sake of blowing bubbles, ''[[SmokingIsNotCool actually quits smoking cigarettes!]]''
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, he leaves the school for America.]]
* ChasteHero: Despite the fact that both women and (occasionally) men practically throw themselves at him, he shows no romantic interest in anyone.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When working as an errand boy for Maruyama, Sakamoto worked so hard that he converted gym equipment into what looked like a very comfortable bed. He was even going to sing a lullaby to help Maruyama sleep. When he gets dismissed from the job, Sakamoto thinks it's because he's a bad singer.
* ColdHam: Is quiet and reserved at all times and still manages to ham it up; especially when he [[CallingYourAttacks calls his attacks]].
* CrazyPrepared: Sakamoto always has something on hand to avoid getting things on himself.
** An umbrella was somehow inside the boys' toilet room, and Sakamoto used it to block the water-dump prank KEN KEN supposedly executed.
* DungeonCrawling: His whole segment of illegally renting porn for Acchan's gang.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He has a very soft spot for animals and will always go out of his way to help them.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: When trying to get close to Sakamoto, Aina tries to sit on his left, so his right arm doesn't get on the way while he writes. She then finds him writing on a scroll with both hands simultaneously and from the center to the edges.
* ICallItVera: Sakamoto calls his ruler 'Mr. Smith'.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very aloof, which not-infrequently slips into outright rudeness, and there's the occasional sign that he actively enjoys winding certain characters up (particularly Mr. Kakuta), but he will ''always'' lend a hand if someone's genuinely in trouble.
* OneNameOnly: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. Aino wanted to call him by his first name, but realized that she didn't know it. She tried to ask him directly, but it got censored out by one of the other girls running her nails down the chalkboard at just the key moment.
--> '''Aina:''' He's not allowed to say it on the air?
** Averted later when in a date party he tells the group that his full name is [[spoiler:Slope Book Sakamoto]].[[note]] Congratulations! If you believed it, ''[[WhamLine you have been fooled]]''. [[RepetitiveName "Slope Book" is the literal kanji translation for "Sakamoto" in English.]][[/note]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: An orchestra with a saxophone solo at the beginning plays whenever he pulls off an antic.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone just addresses him as Sakamoto, his first name was never mentioned in the story.
* LiteralMinded: Hayabusa wants Sakamoto to 'lend him his face' for a while, meaning to talk. Sakamoto pulls out a slab of clay, ''slams his face against it'' and hands over the clay-mould.
* {{Megane}}
** AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge.
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's quite intelligent, and the glasses only add to his coolness.
** StoicSpectacles: Is quite reserved and calm.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: It is basically Sakamoto's super power to make everything he does incredibly stylish to an often ridiculous degree. It's the core to what makes him THE coolest guy around, and ''it's not a joke''.
* ParasolParachute: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He made use of the strong wind to fly himself up with his umbrella to save a bird who was hit by a flying store sign.]]
* PersonalSpaceInvader: Rare anime character example. Sakamoto will go to extreme lengths to aid people whenever he felt is necessary; it may be ''stylish'', but it can also be creepy at the same time depending on your point of view.
* PhraseCatcher: Expect to hear the phrase "Sakamoto is so cool!" or variants of it whenever Sakamoto does something unbelievable.
* SexyManInstantHarem
** ChickMagnet: Sakamoto has a plethora of fangirls who just can't get enough of his coolness.
** EvenTheGuysWantHim: Acchan became his fanboy.
** FemaleGaze: When he was changing clothes while working in WcDonalds and another time when he makes a make-shift bandage for Kubota.
** MrFanservice
** ObliviousToLove: Whether he just doesn't notice that the girls are chasing after him, or it just happens so often that he just doesn't notice, Sakamoto never seems to realize when someone's affection has crossed the line.
* SillyWalk: When Sakamoto is seen from the side while climbing a stairway, he seems to be sliding upwards on LimitedAnimation. A proper look at what he is doing reveals he's climbing a half-dozen degrees with each step while his upper body remains static.
* StealthMentor: His actions often lead to others bettering themselves in some way or another.
* TheStoic: Sakamoto remains preternaturally calm, even in dangerous and/or ridiculous situations.
** NotSoStoic: In the final episode he has some flashes of genuine emotion, especially when [[http://i.imgur.com/aXwzjfA.png he gets one last look]] at his classmates calling to him from the window.
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[[folder:Class 1-2 Classmates]]
!!Atsushi "Acchan" Maeda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita
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* BiTheWay: Played straight instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] interestingly. The reason Acchan started to lead his gang to bully Sakamoto was due to Sakamoto [[GreenEyedMonster grabbing all the girls attention away from him]], but in the end, he started to [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler form a crush]] on Sakamoto due to Sakamoto not reporting the teachers on him, and ends up treating his situation as being like a "youth with junior high crushes…"..
** AmbiguouslyGay: As the episodes goes by, he's shown to be more and more active in pursuing Sakamoto's affection. A post-credits scene after episode 5 shows that he's developed a crush on Hayabusa as well. His type seems to be cool [[PrettyBoy pretty boys.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Manipulated by Fukase to believe that Sakamoto is the source of all his problems. Kinda like some psychotic killers manipulate people to kill their loved one. This makes him go after Sakamoto with a bat attempting to kill him during Sakamoto's speech to the graduation crowd [[note]]By Japanese tradition, high school staff would pick a non-graduating junior representative to give a farewell speech on behave of the school body to the graduation students.[[/note]] in chapter 23]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Acchan winked to the viewers to advise which restroom to use in order to get the most "peaceful experience."
* HatOfAuthority: He's the pack leader of his class' "Gangster 3", and wears a red beanie.
* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:When he wakes up from his [[{{brainwashed}} brainwashing]] and hurt Sakamoto]].
* JapaneseDelinquents
* SchoolGirlLesbians: {{Gender flip}}ped with him being this for Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsNotCool: He's been smoking since episode 1, but by episode 4, he quits tobacco and started [[BubblePipe blowing bubbles]] thanks to Sakamoto being his influence.
* TerribleTrio: With KEN KEN and Mario.
!!KEN KEN
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama
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* JapaneseDelinquents
* LargeHam: He earns this thanks to [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama his voice actor]] hamming every line; even when he's scared, his voice is still hammed!
* ShipperOnDeck: He tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and Mario.
!!Mario
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenTakeuchi
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Being a tanned Japanese using an Italian AffectionateNickname has some audiences question his ethnicity.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* ShipperOnDeck: Alongside KEN KEN, he to tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and KEN KEN.
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows are reduced to tiny connect-the-dots as his sense of fashion.
!!Yuuya Sera
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo
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* BigBeautifulMan: A magazine model who noticeably has more belly fat than the rest of the cast.
* BigFun
* FanDisservice: While he took great care of his facial looks and maintained good fashion sense, he opted to go [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]], saved for his undies and all, [[note]]Top with his [[FullFrontalAssault full frontal belly fat assault.]][[/note]] cracking jokes just to stand out thanks to [[TheAce Sakamoto]] beating him in every [[{{Pun}} sense]] of word.
* TheFashionista
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
** [[FaceDoodling Belly Doodling]]: Someone from his class wrote "Partner Wanted" on his round belly when he was napping with only his undies on.
** FullFrontalAssault: To distract the whole student body away from mocking [[spoiler: Yagi when she failed to succeed Sakamoto in their relay race, he ''strips completely naked'']] down to the finish line. But of course, he still [[HandOrObjectUnderwear has the pennant]], otherwise his class would not be ranked in.
* NiceGuy: Arguably the friendliest guy in class 1-2, and truly shows his colors by making fool of himself in front of the whole student body to distract them from Yagi's failure.
* PetTheDog: Offers Kubota some hairstyle tips when he is considering what to get.
!!Yoshinobu Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
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* {{Adorkable}}: Socially awkward yet kinda cute.
* BigBeautifulMan: If he lost some kilos he probably would be a [[{{bishonen}} feminine]] LongHairedPrettyBoy due to him liking to keep his hair long.
* BurgerFool: To address how Kubota has been extorted by bullies, Sakamoto gets him hired in a burger joint. Kubota isn't too happy with it at first, but quickly learns to work efficiently and, as Sakamoto hoped, grows a sense of self-worth.
* DesignatedMonkey: Straight example. Kubota is a character who often becomes the bully target by his school's delinquents.
** ButtMonkey: The poor guy cannot catch a break. He was bullied by some schoolmates during episode 2, have to deal with the obsession of his mother towards Sakamoto in episodes 3 and in 5, Hayabusa's subordinates shaved his hair to draw Sakamoto into a battle against their leader.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: He looks exactly like his mother, and once wore a diving suit to a beach field trip, making the girls in his class think he was a local pearl-diving older woman.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: RunningGag. Kubota enjoys hair-styling as his hobby, but wasn't able to pursue it often due to his allowance being constantly taken away by bullies. But ever since he befriended Sakamoto and saved his allowance for himself, Kubota switches his hairstyle constantly to build back his own [[{{Narcissist}} confidence]].
* FanDisservice: He's [[{{Gonk}} not attractive]]. But thanks to Sakamoto befriending him, DramaticWind plays to his favor... with hair stuck on his lip for "extra bonus."
* FatBestFriend: Of Sakamoto's, maybe, of the ashamed type.
* {{Gonk}}: {{Zigzagged}}. Compared to other of the male characters of the series, he is short, fat and is not handsome. However, he is not that hard to look at and has gentle features in his face, making him [[UglyCute somewhat cute]].
* OnlyFriend: To Sakamoto. Most of the town likes and respects the guy to some extent, and Sakamoto's a decent enough person to reciprocate, but Kubota is the only one who actually has a proper day-to-day friendship with him, and Sakamoto keeps a particular eye out for his wellbeing.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Whenever he gets bullied by others.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks exactly like his mother.
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender- and age-inverted, Kubota's dad is fairly attractive, but he is ugly.
* YouthfulFreckles
!!Megumi Fujita
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiNakahara
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 6.
* ClassRepresentative
* {{Paparazzi}}: Since she's into photography, she would stalk Sakamoto using her camera.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* ShrinkingViolet
* StalkerWithACrush: For Sakamoto, but eventually grows out of it.
* YamatoNadeshiko
!!Mii-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda
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* HimeCut
* {{Foil}}: Of Megumi. Since Megumi's an introverted ClassRepresentative, Mii-chan often speaks up on Megumi's behalf to grab the class' attention.
* {{Meganekko}}
!!Aina Kuronuma
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie
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* AnimalMotif: She's often compared to a gorilla, though rarely directly.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Yagi and Tanaka but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Kana-chan, her hair's much shorter.
* LittleMissBadass: She'll do whatever it takes to own something related to Sakamoto, even if it means [[spoiler: giving ''[[{{Badass}} 8823-sempai]] a PowerFist.'']]
* MusclesAreMeaningless
* SchoolIdol: She's the most popular girl in their class.
* SuperSpeed: She pulls off a subtle ninja-entrance to beat all females in her class to be first to get a portrait sketch of herself from Sakamoto.
* SuperStrength: She's able to move a 10-yen coin in a direction opposite from two other girls combined. She also easily catches a desk that is about to fall with one hand, even if she's "never lifted anything that heavy before".
** Her classmates estimates her grip power to be a [[KillerGorilla 300kg Chimpanzee Level]].
** Sakamoto ''stylishly'' sums her character up with a DoubleMeaning drawing of her as a "[[TheCutie Cute Girl]] seeking affection with a KillerGorilla impression" for art class.
!!Kana-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariTamura
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* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Aina, her hair's longer and wears her lower.
* HimeCut
* ScreamingWoman: She's the default first girl to scream upon their class hornet bee intrusion, and to the living snail appearing on the lettuce she was working with during culinary class.
!!Erika
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoTakahashi
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The female equivalent of Sera. But unlike Sera's BigFun, Erika's of HeroicBuild, and doesn't hide her love for fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's very keen on fashion trends, and even takes Sakamoto's "personal style" as trend predictions.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Kana-chan sweeping the floor within the first segment of episode 4.
!!Yagi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Tanaka.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Tanaka
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SakiFujita
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* HairDecorations: Wears a hairclip to secure her bangs.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Yagi.
!!Morita and Yasuda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Morita), and Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (Yasuda)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 8.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]]: They're normally the easy going boys in Sakamoto's class, until they ticked in [[ADayInTheLimelight episode 8]].
* RecurringCharacter: These guys are characters with borderline LivingProp status, since their job in this show is to serve as representatives for those with no names or characteristics within class 1-2.
* ThoseTwoGuys
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Second and Third-Year Students]]
!!8823 Sempai (Shou Hayabusa)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
Gakubun High School's second-year delinquent leader. Charismatic and cool-headed, he goes by the code name "8823," and is [[RedBaron named]] "The Charisma Delinquent" of his school.
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* {{Badass}}: He is able to match Sakamoto in the sumo game for hours, and although he ultimately lost, it was the closest anyone else came.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: When most audience thought [[spoiler: Fukase gave his face a hard grind in the cotton-candy machine]], it only resulted a tiny scar on his nose.
* {{Bishounen}}
* ButNotTooForeign: Based on how his family is presented, Hayabusa's implied to be a half-Caucasian Japanese.
* CodeName: [[JapaneseLanguage Played with.]] As "8823" [[AlternateCharacterReading stands for his surname]], "Hayabusa." [[note]]"Ha" as in "Hatsu", the On-yomi for "Eight," "Ya" as the Kun-yomi for "Eight," "Bu" is a tweak on the word "Fu," the Kun-yomi for "Two," and "Sa" is the tweak on "San", the On-yomi for "Three."[[/note]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Hayabusa, as one of highest ranking delinquents in school openly expressed his distaste towards Maruyama going overboard in abusing Sakamoto for his own usage.
* [[FairPlayVillain Fair Play Antagonist]]: Not really a villain, but when going up against Sakamoto he stops his minions from cheating for him against Sakamoto.
* TheFettered: Even as a delinquent, he holds a strong code of honor and takes responsibilities in fixing his subordinates' wrongdoings.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: Side braided and in a ponytail.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hayabusa usually goes by "[[CodeName 8823]]," with his full name rarely mentioned in the manga.
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent]]: [[spoiler: Hayabusa is raised by a single parent dad, and has 3 little brothers [[TheCaretaker to look after]].]] He's not perfect, but at least he [[TheDutifulSon tried his best]] to meet his family's needs.
* ScarsAreForever: Recieves a scar on his nose [[spoiler: after Fukase slams his head into a cotton candy machine,]] and it stays there even after the segment is over.
* SmokingIsCool
* [[spoiler: TwoBeingsOneBody]]: Played with in episode 10, [[spoiler: Hayabusa asked Sakamoto for some last-minute help in aiding him about French dining etiquette. Sakamoto came up with the idea of hiding inside Hayabusa's clothing using his hands to perform the etiquette while Hayabusa just eat whatever Sakamoto feeds him. They then swapped places to Sakamoto being the head with Hayabusa hidden inside controlling the body to fight off the con artists who took advantage of Hayabusa's dad]].
!!Maruyama
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada
Gakubun High School's second-year vice-leader delinquent.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He tricked Sakamoto into becoming his manservant, but he performed every task so much better than could be expected that it took all the fun out of it. Finally, he tells Sakamoto to serve him of his own free will. [[PersonalSpaceInvader Sakamoto goes overboard in that too]], chasing Maruyama around the school just to make him more comfortable; even when he's ''[[spoiler: using the toilet]].''
* DelinquentHair
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* SmokingIsNotCool
!!Fukase
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuoIwata
Gakubun High School's third year senior who's well in his adulthood due to years of nonqualification to graduate, and is the most dangerous of delinquents.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Despite being a scheming and intelligent person, he deliberately never graduates since he fears life outside of school.
* EyesAlwaysShut: He rarely opens his eyes.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. [[spoiler:After the other students forcibly "graduate" him by pushing him out the school, he evidently decides to finally mature and drops out of school to become a surfer.]]
* HeldBackInSchool: He's been held back for an unknown number of years due to the fact that he rarely comes to school.
* {{Hunk}}
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Not exactly an extreme example, but he's pretty genuinely treated as an unnerving creep with little to no funny qualities, being an adult who seems to get a kick out of ruining the lives of high schoolers to "kill time", and who physically threatens and harms Hayabusa. This escalates later on, when he [[spoiler: brainwashes Acchan to turn against Sakamoto and try to kill him in front of the whole school during the graduation ceremony, a 'game' that could have ended in serious injury for either student and could have gotten Acchan expelled or worse.]] Yikes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Teachers, Parents, and Others]]
!!Shigeru Kobayashi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masahito Yabe
Class 1-2's homeroom teacher. Despite his old age, he is very outspoken, and was implied to be adventurous since his youth.
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* AdventurerOutfit: He wears the safari type when he's out in the jungle.
* BoldExplorer: Even at his old age, he still manages to travel across multiple regions of jungles to explore new things.
* TheFace: His class used his image to design their class flag for their school's sports festival.
* StockUnderwear: After the bee intrusion, he always shows up wearing the common men's tank.
!!Mr. Kakuta
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata
Class 1-2's Physical Education teacher who speaks in KansaiRegionalAccent.
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* AffectionateNickname: His students calls him "Kaku-sen," short for "Kakuta-sensei."
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Not unlike another [[Manga/DetectiveConan character from the Kansai region]].
** Justified. Since Mr. Kakuta's a PE teacher, he's out in the sun longer than most people; which logically speaking, [[ButNotTooWhite it would be weirder if he doesn't have bronze skin]].
* InelegantBlubbering: He sometimes ends up in tears from Sakamoto's manipulations.
!!Shigemi Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Kujira}}
Mother of Yoshinobu Kubota who developed a crush on her son's classmate, Sakamoto.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Played with. While Sakamoto himself doesn't seem to object to the attention or even notice her affection for him, it certainly bothers her son. Therefore, Sakamoto proceed to hide from her after their first meeting at Yoshinobu's request.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Towards Sakamoto.
* FatBitch: Because LoveMakesYouEvil.
* HotGuyUglyWife: Her husband is far more attractive than her.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Korean romance drama-inspired music.
* LoveHungry: Due to Sakamoto having the same look as her idol, Chorizo Chon, she formed an unhealthy obsession towards Sakamoto. Hell, she even attempted to feed Sakamoto ''[[YourCheatingHeart in front of her own husband and son!]]''
* MrsRobinson: A not very beautiful example towards Sakamoto.
* StalkerWithACrush: What she would have become towards Sakamoto if he didn't manage to escape.
** [[spoiler:When she figures out that the TV-story was a lie. One day Yoshinobu is down with a cold, she dresses up in his clothes to go as him to stalk Sakamoto at school.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her son looks just like her to the point that she can convincingly pass off as him just by wearing his school uniform.
!!Chorizo Chon
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama
A Korean actor who Shigemi Kubota idolize, he stars in a Korean drama series [[ShoutOut called]] ''"[[Series/WinterSonata Prism of Winter]]."''
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* IdenticalStranger: Of Sakamoto, minus the glasses and BeautyMark.
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
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'''WARNING:''' [-'''Unmarked spoilers ahead, please self-advise. Based on how the work is choreographed, various tropes here contain major plot spoilers!'''-]
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[[folder: Sakamoto]]
!!Sakamoto
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa
The titular character who is Gakubun High School's first year student. Despite being a first year freshman, he already has the attention of the student body due to how amazingly cool he is. He is intelligent, good-looking, stylish, and most of all, does everything flawlessly with a touch of stylish flair. The story revolves around his seemingly ordinary school life, which is, to others, a life brimming with awesome coolness.
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!!!Sakamoto's stylish and cool tropes
* TheAce: Sakamoto is a guy who pretty much excels in ''everything.'
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A bit too perfect; always prepared, walks sideways down a riverbank at one point, superhuman athleticism, attracts the paranormal, outright teleports a couple of times, always wears his school uniform, nothing is known about his home life, [[spoiler: [[ButNowIMustGo leaves the school under mysterious circumstances after one year, claiming to be going to America to work with NASA but Hayabusa claims he's lying]]]]...
* {{Bishonen}}: The most good-looking and stylish guy in school; bearing all the beauty tropes below:
** BeautyIsNeverTarnished: A male example that is PlayedForLaughs. Whatever bad things some people do to him that might tarnish his looks or style are instantly negated due to Sakamoto's innate ability to make anything into {{Bishie Sparkles}} or his penchant for being CrazyPrepared. Therefore, even pranks that are designed to make him look bad only end up making him look even cooler.
** BeautyMark: Beneath towards the end of his left eye.
** BishieSparkle: Every drop of water he used, and sweat he makes will all become his sparkles...''even the dust.''
** DramaticWind: Like his [[BishieSparkle bishie sparkles]], he can summon the wind to pump up his attractiveness; [[CherryBlossoms flying flower pedals]], or [[PerpetualMolt birds flying in the air]] are [[UpToEleven extra bonuses]].
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
* BubblePipe: He blew bubbles with Acchan, KEN KEN and Mario for fun during class break, which Mr. Kakuta mistook as illegal underage smoking on campus. Sakamoto was so stylish at that activity, Acchan, for the sake of blowing bubbles, ''[[SmokingIsNotCool actually quits smoking cigarettes!]]''
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, he leaves the school for America.]]
* ChasteHero: Despite the fact that both women and (occasionally) men practically throw themselves at him, he shows no romantic interest in anyone.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When working as an errand boy for Maruyama, Sakamoto worked so hard that he converted gym equipment into what looked like a very comfortable bed. He was even going to sing a lullaby to help Maruyama sleep. When he gets dismissed from the job, Sakamoto thinks it's because he's a bad singer.
* ColdHam: Is quiet and reserved at all times and still manages to ham it up; especially when he [[CallingYourAttacks calls his attacks]].
* CrazyPrepared: Sakamoto always has something on hand to avoid getting things on himself.
** An umbrella was somehow inside the boys' toilet room, and Sakamoto used it to block the water-dump prank KEN KEN supposedly executed.
* DungeonCrawling: His whole segment of illegally renting porn for Acchan's gang.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He has a very soft spot for animals and will always go out of his way to help them.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: When trying to get close to Sakamoto, Aina tries to sit on his left, so his right arm doesn't get on the way while he writes. She then finds him writing on a scroll with both hands simultaneously and from the center to the edges.
* ICallItVera: Sakamoto calls his ruler 'Mr. Smith'.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very aloof, which not-infrequently slips into outright rudeness, and there's the occasional sign that he actively enjoys winding certain characters up (particularly Mr. Kakuta), but he will ''always'' lend a hand if someone's genuinely in trouble.
* OneNameOnly: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. Aino wanted to call him by his first name, but realized that she didn't know it. She tried to ask him directly, but it got censored out by one of the other girls running her nails down the chalkboard at just the key moment.
--> '''Aina:''' He's not allowed to say it on the air?
** Averted later when in a date party he tells the group that his full name is [[spoiler:Slope Book Sakamoto]].[[note]] Congratulations! If you believed it, ''[[WhamLine you have been fooled]]''. [[RepetitiveName "Slope Book" is the literal kanji translation for "Sakamoto" in English.]][[/note]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: An orchestra with a saxophone solo at the beginning plays whenever he pulls off an antic.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone just addresses him as Sakamoto, his first name was never mentioned in the story.
* LiteralMinded: Hayabusa wants Sakamoto to 'lend him his face' for a while, meaning to talk. Sakamoto pulls out a slab of clay, ''slams his face against it'' and hands over the clay-mould.
* {{Megane}}
** AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge.
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's quite intelligent, and the glasses only add to his coolness.
** StoicSpectacles: Is quite reserved and calm.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: It is basically Sakamoto's super power to make everything he does incredibly stylish to an often ridiculous degree. It's the core to what makes him THE coolest guy around, and ''it's not a joke''.
* ParasolParachute: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He made use of the strong wind to fly himself up with his umbrella to save a bird who was hit by a flying store sign.]]
* PersonalSpaceInvader: Rare anime character example. Sakamoto will go to extreme lengths to aid people whenever he felt is necessary; it may be ''stylish'', but it can also be creepy at the same time depending on your point of view.
* PhraseCatcher: Expect to hear the phrase "Sakamoto is so cool!" or variants of it whenever Sakamoto does something unbelievable.
* SexyManInstantHarem
** ChickMagnet: Sakamoto has a plethora of fangirls who just can't get enough of his coolness.
** EvenTheGuysWantHim: Acchan became his fanboy.
** FemaleGaze: When he was changing clothes while working in WcDonalds and another time when he makes a make-shift bandage for Kubota.
** MrFanservice
** ObliviousToLove: Whether he just doesn't notice that the girls are chasing after him, or it just happens so often that he just doesn't notice, Sakamoto never seems to realize when someone's affection has crossed the line.
* SillyWalk: When Sakamoto is seen from the side while climbing a stairway, he seems to be sliding upwards on LimitedAnimation. A proper look at what he is doing reveals he's climbing a half-dozen degrees with each step while his upper body remains static.
* StealthMentor: His actions often lead to others bettering themselves in some way or another.
* TheStoic: Sakamoto remains preternaturally calm, even in dangerous and/or ridiculous situations.
** NotSoStoic: In the final episode he has some flashes of genuine emotion, especially when [[http://i.imgur.com/aXwzjfA.png he gets one last look]] at his classmates calling to him from the window.
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[[folder:Class 1-2 Classmates]]
!!Atsushi "Acchan" Maeda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita
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* BiTheWay: Played straight instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] interestingly. The reason Acchan started to lead his gang to bully Sakamoto was due to Sakamoto [[GreenEyedMonster grabbing all the girls attention away from him]], but in the end, he started to [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler form a crush]] on Sakamoto due to Sakamoto not reporting the teachers on him, and ends up treating his situation as being like a "youth with junior high crushes…"..
** AmbiguouslyGay: As the episodes goes by, he's shown to be more and more active in pursuing Sakamoto's affection. A post-credits scene after episode 5 shows that he's developed a crush on Hayabusa as well. His type seems to be cool [[PrettyBoy pretty boys.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Manipulated by Fukase to believe that Sakamoto is the source of all his problems. Kinda like some psychotic killers manipulate people to kill their loved one. This makes him go after Sakamoto with a bat attempting to kill him during Sakamoto's speech to the graduation crowd [[note]]By Japanese tradition, high school staff would pick a non-graduating junior representative to give a farewell speech on behave of the school body to the graduation students.[[/note]] in chapter 23]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Acchan winked to the viewers to advise which restroom to use in order to get the most "peaceful experience."
* HatOfAuthority: He's the pack leader of his class' "Gangster 3", and wears a red beanie.
* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:When he wakes up from his [[{{brainwashed}} brainwashing]] and hurt Sakamoto]].
* JapaneseDelinquents
* SchoolGirlLesbians: {{Gender flip}}ped with him being this for Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsNotCool: He's been smoking since episode 1, but by episode 4, he quits tobacco and started [[BubblePipe blowing bubbles]] thanks to Sakamoto being his influence.
* TerribleTrio: With KEN KEN and Mario.
!!KEN KEN
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama
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* JapaneseDelinquents
* LargeHam: He earns this thanks to [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama his voice actor]] hamming every line; even when he's scared, his voice is still hammed!
* ShipperOnDeck: He tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and Mario.
!!Mario
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenTakeuchi
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Being a tanned Japanese using an Italian AffectionateNickname has some audiences question his ethnicity.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* ShipperOnDeck: Alongside KEN KEN, he to tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and KEN KEN.
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows are reduced to tiny connect-the-dots as his sense of fashion.
!!Yuuya Sera
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo
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* BigBeautifulMan: A magazine model who noticeably has more belly fat than the rest of the cast.
* BigFun
* FanDisservice: While he took great care of his facial looks and maintained good fashion sense, he opted to go [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]], saved for his undies and all, [[note]]Top with his [[FullFrontalAssault full frontal belly fat assault.]][[/note]] cracking jokes just to stand out thanks to [[TheAce Sakamoto]] beating him in every [[{{Pun}} sense]] of word.
* TheFashionista
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
** [[FaceDoodling Belly Doodling]]: Someone from his class wrote "Partner Wanted" on his round belly when he was napping with only his undies on.
** FullFrontalAssault: To distract the whole student body away from mocking [[spoiler: Yagi when she failed to succeed Sakamoto in their relay race, he ''strips completely naked'']] down to the finish line. But of course, he still [[HandOrObjectUnderwear has the pennant]], otherwise his class would not be ranked in.
* NiceGuy: Arguably the friendliest guy in class 1-2, and truly shows his colors by making fool of himself in front of the whole student body to distract them from Yagi's failure.
* PetTheDog: Offers Kubota some hairstyle tips when he is considering what to get.
!!Yoshinobu Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
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* {{Adorkable}}: Socially awkward yet kinda cute.
* BigBeautifulMan: If he lost some kilos he probably would be a [[{{bishonen}} feminine]] LongHairedPrettyBoy due to him liking to keep his hair long.
* BurgerFool: To address how Kubota has been extorted by bullies, Sakamoto gets him hired in a burger joint. Kubota isn't too happy with it at first, but quickly learns to work efficiently and, as Sakamoto hoped, grows a sense of self-worth.
* DesignatedMonkey: Straight example. Kubota is a character who often becomes the bully target by his school's delinquents.
** ButtMonkey: The poor guy cannot catch a break. He was bullied by some schoolmates during episode 2, have to deal with the obsession of his mother towards Sakamoto in episodes 3 and in 5, Hayabusa's subordinates shaved his hair to draw Sakamoto into a battle against their leader.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: He looks exactly like his mother, and once wore a diving suit to a beach field trip, making the girls in his class think he was a local pearl-diving older woman.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: RunningGag. Kubota enjoys hair-styling as his hobby, but wasn't able to pursue it often due to his allowance being constantly taken away by bullies. But ever since he befriended Sakamoto and saved his allowance for himself, Kubota switches his hairstyle constantly to build back his own [[{{Narcissist}} confidence]].
* FanDisservice: He's [[{{Gonk}} not attractive]]. But thanks to Sakamoto befriending him, DramaticWind plays to his favor... with hair stuck on his lip for "extra bonus."
* FatBestFriend: Of Sakamoto's, maybe, of the ashamed type.
* {{Gonk}}: {{Zigzagged}}. Compared to other of the male characters of the series, he is short, fat and is not handsome. However, he is not that hard to look at and has gentle features in his face, making him [[UglyCute somewhat cute]].
* OnlyFriend: To Sakamoto. Most of the town likes and respects the guy to some extent, and Sakamoto's a decent enough person to reciprocate, but Kubota is the only one who actually has a proper day-to-day friendship with him, and Sakamoto keeps a particular eye out for his wellbeing.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Whenever he gets bullied by others.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks exactly like his mother.
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender- and age-inverted, Kubota's dad is fairly attractive, but he is ugly.
* YouthfulFreckles
!!Megumi Fujita
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiNakahara
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 6.
* ClassRepresentative
* {{Paparazzi}}: Since she's into photography, she would stalk Sakamoto using her camera.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* ShrinkingViolet
* StalkerWithACrush: For Sakamoto, but eventually grows out of it.
* YamatoNadeshiko
!!Mii-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda
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* HimeCut
* {{Foil}}: Of Megumi. Since Megumi's an introverted ClassRepresentative, Mii-chan often speaks up on Megumi's behalf to grab the class' attention.
* {{Meganekko}}
!!Aina Kuronuma
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie
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* AnimalMotif: She's often compared to a gorilla, though rarely directly.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Yagi and Tanaka but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Kana-chan, her hair's much shorter.
* LittleMissBadass: She'll do whatever it takes to own something related to Sakamoto, even if it means [[spoiler: giving ''[[{{Badass}} 8823-sempai]] a PowerFist.'']]
* MusclesAreMeaningless
* SchoolIdol: She's the most popular girl in their class.
* SuperSpeed: She pulls off a subtle ninja-entrance to beat all females in her class to be first to get a portrait sketch of herself from Sakamoto.
* SuperStrength: She's able to move a 10-yen coin in a direction opposite from two other girls combined. She also easily catches a desk that is about to fall with one hand, even if she's "never lifted anything that heavy before".
** Her classmates estimates her grip power to be a [[KillerGorilla 300kg Chimpanzee Level]].
** Sakamoto ''stylishly'' sums her character up with a DoubleMeaning drawing of her as a "[[TheCutie Cute Girl]] seeking affection with a KillerGorilla impression" for art class.
!!Kana-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariTamura
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* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Aina, her hair's longer and wears her lower.
* HimeCut
* ScreamingWoman: She's the default first girl to scream upon their class hornet bee intrusion, and to the living snail appearing on the lettuce she was working with during culinary class.
!!Erika
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoTakahashi
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The female equivalent of Sera. But unlike Sera's BigFun, Erika's of HeroicBuild, and doesn't hide her love for fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's very keen on fashion trends, and even takes Sakamoto's "personal style" as trend predictions.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Kana-chan sweeping the floor within the first segment of episode 4.
!!Yagi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Tanaka.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Tanaka
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SakiFujita
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* HairDecorations: Wears a hairclip to secure her bangs.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Yagi.
!!Morita and Yasuda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Morita), and Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (Yasuda)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 8.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]]: They're normally the easy going boys in Sakamoto's class, until they ticked in [[ADayInTheLimelight episode 8]].
* RecurringCharacter: These guys are characters with borderline LivingProp status, since their job in this show is to serve as representatives for those with no names or characteristics within class 1-2.
* ThoseTwoGuys
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Second and Third-Year Students]]
!!8823 Sempai (Shou Hayabusa)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
Gakubun High School's second-year delinquent leader. Charismatic and cool-headed, he goes by the code name "8823," and is [[RedBaron named]] "The Charisma Delinquent" of his school.
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* {{Badass}}: He is able to match Sakamoto in the sumo game for hours, and although he ultimately lost, it was the closest anyone else came.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: When most audience thought [[spoiler: Fukase gave his face a hard grind in the cotton-candy machine]], it only resulted a tiny scar on his nose.
* {{Bishounen}}
* ButNotTooForeign: Based on how his family is presented, Hayabusa's implied to be a half-Caucasian Japanese.
* CodeName: [[JapaneseLanguage Played with.]] As "8823" [[AlternateCharacterReading stands for his surname]], "Hayabusa." [[note]]"Ha" as in "Hatsu", the On-yomi for "Eight," "Ya" as the Kun-yomi for "Eight," "Bu" is a tweak on the word "Fu," the Kun-yomi for "Two," and "Sa" is the tweak on "San", the On-yomi for "Three."[[/note]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Hayabusa, as one of highest ranking delinquents in school openly expressed his distaste towards Maruyama going overboard in abusing Sakamoto for his own usage.
* [[FairPlayVillain Fair Play Antagonist]]: Not really a villain, but when going up against Sakamoto he stops his minions from cheating for him against Sakamoto.
* TheFettered: Even as a delinquent, he holds a strong code of honor and takes responsibilities in fixing his subordinates' wrongdoings.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: Side braided and in a ponytail.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hayabusa usually goes by "[[CodeName 8823]]," with his full name rarely mentioned in the manga.
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent]]: [[spoiler: Hayabusa is raised by a single parent dad, and has 3 little brothers [[TheCaretaker to look after]].]] He's not perfect, but at least he [[TheDutifulSon tried his best]] to meet his family's needs.
* ScarsAreForever: Recieves a scar on his nose [[spoiler: after Fukase slams his head into a cotton candy machine,]] and it stays there even after the segment is over.
* SmokingIsCool
* [[spoiler: TwoBeingsOneBody]]: Played with in episode 10, [[spoiler: Hayabusa asked Sakamoto for some last-minute help in aiding him about French dining etiquette. Sakamoto came up with the idea of hiding inside Hayabusa's clothing using his hands to perform the etiquette while Hayabusa just eat whatever Sakamoto feeds him. They then swapped places to Sakamoto being the head with Hayabusa hidden inside controlling the body to fight off the con artists who took advantage of Hayabusa's dad]].
!!Maruyama
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada
Gakubun High School's second-year vice-leader delinquent.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He tricked Sakamoto into becoming his manservant, but he performed every task so much better than could be expected that it took all the fun out of it. Finally, he tells Sakamoto to serve him of his own free will. [[PersonalSpaceInvader Sakamoto goes overboard in that too]], chasing Maruyama around the school just to make him more comfortable; even when he's ''[[spoiler: using the toilet]].''
* DelinquentHair
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* SmokingIsNotCool
!!Fukase
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuoIwata
Gakubun High School's third year senior who's well in his adulthood due to years of nonqualification to graduate, and is the most dangerous of delinquents.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Despite being a scheming and intelligent person, he deliberately never graduates since he fears life outside of school.
* EyesAlwaysShut: He rarely opens his eyes.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. [[spoiler:After the other students forcibly "graduate" him by pushing him out the school, he evidently decides to finally mature and drops out of school to become a surfer.]]
* HeldBackInSchool: He's been held back for an unknown number of years due to the fact that he rarely comes to school.
* {{Hunk}}
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Not exactly an extreme example, but he's pretty genuinely treated as an unnerving creep with little to no funny qualities, being an adult who seems to get a kick out of ruining the lives of high schoolers to "kill time", and who physically threatens and harms Hayabusa. This escalates later on, when he [[spoiler: brainwashes Acchan to turn against Sakamoto and try to kill him in front of the whole school during the graduation ceremony, a 'game' that could have ended in serious injury for either student and could have gotten Acchan expelled or worse.]] Yikes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Teachers, Parents, and Others]]
!!Shigeru Kobayashi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masahito Yabe
Class 1-2's homeroom teacher. Despite his old age, he is very outspoken, and was implied to be adventurous since his youth.
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* AdventurerOutfit: He wears the safari type when he's out in the jungle.
* BoldExplorer: Even at his old age, he still manages to travel across multiple regions of jungles to explore new things.
* TheFace: His class used his image to design their class flag for their school's sports festival.
* StockUnderwear: After the bee intrusion, he always shows up wearing the common men's tank.
!!Mr. Kakuta
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata
Class 1-2's Physical Education teacher who speaks in KansaiRegionalAccent.
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* AffectionateNickname: His students calls him "Kaku-sen," short for "Kakuta-sensei."
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Not unlike another [[Manga/DetectiveConan character from the Kansai region]].
** Justified. Since Mr. Kakuta's a PE teacher, he's out in the sun longer than most people; which logically speaking, [[ButNotTooWhite it would be weirder if he doesn't have bronze skin]].
* InelegantBlubbering: He sometimes ends up in tears from Sakamoto's manipulations.
!!Shigemi Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Kujira}}
Mother of Yoshinobu Kubota who developed a crush on her son's classmate, Sakamoto.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Played with. While Sakamoto himself doesn't seem to object to the attention or even notice her affection for him, it certainly bothers her son. Therefore, Sakamoto proceed to hide from her after their first meeting at Yoshinobu's request.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Towards Sakamoto.
* FatBitch: Because LoveMakesYouEvil.
* HotGuyUglyWife: Her husband is far more attractive than her.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Korean romance drama-inspired music.
* LoveHungry: Due to Sakamoto having the same look as her idol, Chorizo Chon, she formed an unhealthy obsession towards Sakamoto. Hell, she even attempted to feed Sakamoto ''[[YourCheatingHeart in front of her own husband and son!]]''
* MrsRobinson: A not very beautiful example towards Sakamoto.
* StalkerWithACrush: What she would have become towards Sakamoto if he didn't manage to escape.
** [[spoiler:When she figures out that the TV-story was a lie. One day Yoshinobu is down with a cold, she dresses up in his clothes to go as him to stalk Sakamoto at school.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her son looks just like her to the point that she can convincingly pass off as him just by wearing his school uniform.
!!Chorizo Chon
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama
A Korean actor who Shigemi Kubota idolize, he stars in a Korean drama series [[ShoutOut called]] ''"[[Series/WinterSonata Prism of Winter]]."''
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* IdenticalStranger: Of Sakamoto, minus the glasses and BeautyMark.
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
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[[folder: Sakamoto]]
!!Sakamoto
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa
The titular character who is Gakubun High School's first year student. Despite being a first year freshman, he already has the attention of the student body due to how amazingly cool he is. He is intelligent, good-looking, stylish, and most of all, does everything flawlessly with a touch of stylish flair. The story revolves around his seemingly ordinary school life, which is, to others, a life brimming with awesome coolness.
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!!!Sakamoto's stylish and cool tropes
* TheAce: Sakamoto is a guy who pretty much excels in ''everything.'
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A bit too perfect; always prepared, walks sideways down a riverbank at one point, superhuman athleticism, attracts the paranormal, outright teleports a couple of times, always wears his school uniform, nothing is known about his home life, [[spoiler: [[ButNowIMustGo leaves the school under mysterious circumstances after one year, claiming to be going to America to work with NASA but Hayabusa claims he's lying]]]]...
* {{Bishonen}}: The most good-looking and stylish guy in school; bearing all the beauty tropes below:
** BeautyIsNeverTarnished: A male example that is PlayedForLaughs. Whatever bad things some people do to him that might tarnish his looks or style are instantly negated due to Sakamoto's innate ability to make anything into {{Bishie Sparkles}} or his penchant for being CrazyPrepared. Therefore, even pranks that are designed to make him look bad only end up making him look even cooler.
** BeautyMark: Beneath towards the end of his left eye.
** BishieSparkle: Every drop of water he used, and sweat he makes will all become his sparkles...''even the dust.''
** DramaticWind: Like his [[BishieSparkle bishie sparkles]], he can summon the wind to pump up his attractiveness; [[CherryBlossoms flying flower pedals]], or [[PerpetualMolt birds flying in the air]] are [[UpToEleven extra bonuses]].
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
* BubblePipe: He blew bubbles with Acchan, KEN KEN and Mario for fun during class break, which Mr. Kakuta mistook as illegal underage smoking on campus. Sakamoto was so stylish at that activity, Acchan, for the sake of blowing bubbles, ''[[SmokingIsNotCool actually quits smoking cigarettes!]]''
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, he leaves the school for America.]]
* ChasteHero: Despite the fact that both women and (occasionally) men practically throw themselves at him, he shows no romantic interest in anyone.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When working as an errand boy for Maruyama, Sakamoto worked so hard that he converted gym equipment into what looked like a very comfortable bed. He was even going to sing a lullaby to help Maruyama sleep. When he gets dismissed from the job, Sakamoto thinks it's because he's a bad singer.
* ColdHam: Is quiet and reserved at all times and still manages to ham it up; especially when he [[CallingYourAttacks calls his attacks]].
* CrazyPrepared: Sakamoto always has something on hand to avoid getting things on himself.
** An umbrella was somehow inside the boys' toilet room, and Sakamoto used it to block the water-dump prank KEN KEN supposedly executed.
* DungeonCrawling: His whole segment of illegally renting porn for Acchan's gang.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He has a very soft spot for animals and will always go out of his way to help them.
* HeroicAmbidexterity: When trying to get close to Sakamoto, Aina tries to sit on his left, so his right arm doesn't get on the way while he writes. She then finds him writing on a scroll with both hands simultaneously and from the center to the edges.
* ICallItVera: Sakamoto calls his ruler 'Mr. Smith'.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's very aloof, which not-infrequently slips into outright rudeness, and there's the occasional sign that he actively enjoys winding certain characters up (particularly Mr. Kakuta), but he will ''always'' lend a hand if someone's genuinely in trouble.
* OneNameOnly: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. Aino wanted to call him by his first name, but realized that she didn't know it. She tried to ask him directly, but it got censored out by one of the other girls running her nails down the chalkboard at just the key moment.
--> '''Aina:''' He's not allowed to say it on the air?
** Averted later when in a date party he tells the group that his full name is [[spoiler:Slope Book Sakamoto]].[[note]] Congratulations! If you believed it, ''[[WhamLine you have been fooled]]''. [[RepetitiveName "Slope Book" is the literal kanji translation for "Sakamoto" in English.]][[/note]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: An orchestra with a saxophone solo at the beginning plays whenever he pulls off an antic.
* LastNameBasis: Everyone just addresses him as Sakamoto, his first name was never mentioned in the story.
* LiteralMinded: Hayabusa wants Sakamoto to 'lend him his face' for a while, meaning to talk. Sakamoto pulls out a slab of clay, ''slams his face against it'' and hands over the clay-mould.
* {{Megane}}
** AdjustingYourGlasses: By the bridge.
** SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's quite intelligent, and the glasses only add to his coolness.
** StoicSpectacles: Is quite reserved and calm.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: It is basically Sakamoto's super power to make everything he does incredibly stylish to an often ridiculous degree. It's the core to what makes him THE coolest guy around, and ''it's not a joke''.
* ParasolParachute: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He made use of the strong wind to fly himself up with his umbrella to save a bird who was hit by a flying store sign.]]
* PersonalSpaceInvader: Rare anime character example. Sakamoto will go to extreme lengths to aid people whenever he felt is necessary; it may be ''stylish'', but it can also be creepy at the same time depending on your point of view.
* PhraseCatcher: Expect to hear the phrase "Sakamoto is so cool!" or variants of it whenever Sakamoto does something unbelievable.
* SexyManInstantHarem
** ChickMagnet: Sakamoto has a plethora of fangirls who just can't get enough of his coolness.
** EvenTheGuysWantHim: Acchan became his fanboy.
** FemaleGaze: When he was changing clothes while working in WcDonalds and another time when he makes a make-shift bandage for Kubota.
** MrFanservice
** ObliviousToLove: Whether he just doesn't notice that the girls are chasing after him, or it just happens so often that he just doesn't notice, Sakamoto never seems to realize when someone's affection has crossed the line.
* SillyWalk: When Sakamoto is seen from the side while climbing a stairway, he seems to be sliding upwards on LimitedAnimation. A proper look at what he is doing reveals he's climbing a half-dozen degrees with each step while his upper body remains static.
* StealthMentor: His actions often lead to others bettering themselves in some way or another.
* TheStoic: Sakamoto remains preternaturally calm, even in dangerous and/or ridiculous situations.
** NotSoStoic: In the final episode he has some flashes of genuine emotion, especially when [[http://i.imgur.com/aXwzjfA.png he gets one last look]] at his classmates calling to him from the window.
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[[folder:Class 1-2 Classmates]]
!!Atsushi "Acchan" Maeda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita
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* BiTheWay: Played straight instead of [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] interestingly. The reason Acchan started to lead his gang to bully Sakamoto was due to Sakamoto [[GreenEyedMonster grabbing all the girls attention away from him]], but in the end, he started to [[FirstEpisodeSpoiler form a crush]] on Sakamoto due to Sakamoto not reporting the teachers on him, and ends up treating his situation as being like a "youth with junior high crushes…"..
** AmbiguouslyGay: As the episodes goes by, he's shown to be more and more active in pursuing Sakamoto's affection. A post-credits scene after episode 5 shows that he's developed a crush on Hayabusa as well. His type seems to be cool [[PrettyBoy pretty boys.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Manipulated by Fukase to believe that Sakamoto is the source of all his problems. Kinda like some psychotic killers manipulate people to kill their loved one. This makes him go after Sakamoto with a bat attempting to kill him during Sakamoto's speech to the graduation crowd [[note]]By Japanese tradition, high school staff would pick a non-graduating junior representative to give a farewell speech on behave of the school body to the graduation students.[[/note]] in chapter 23]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Acchan winked to the viewers to advise which restroom to use in order to get the most "peaceful experience."
* HatOfAuthority: He's the pack leader of his class' "Gangster 3", and wears a red beanie.
* InelegantBlubbering: [[spoiler:When he wakes up from his [[{{brainwashed}} brainwashing]] and hurt Sakamoto]].
* JapaneseDelinquents
* SchoolGirlLesbians: {{Gender flip}}ped with him being this for Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsNotCool: He's been smoking since episode 1, but by episode 4, he quits tobacco and started [[BubblePipe blowing bubbles]] thanks to Sakamoto being his influence.
* TerribleTrio: With KEN KEN and Mario.
!!KEN KEN
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama
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* JapaneseDelinquents
* LargeHam: He earns this thanks to [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama his voice actor]] hamming every line; even when he's scared, his voice is still hammed!
* ShipperOnDeck: He tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and Mario.
!!Mario
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenTakeuchi
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Being a tanned Japanese using an Italian AffectionateNickname has some audiences question his ethnicity.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* ShipperOnDeck: Alongside KEN KEN, he to tries his sincere best to create more opportunities for Acchan to interact with Sakamoto.
* SmokingIsCool
* TerribleTrio: With Acchan and KEN KEN.
* UnusualEyebrows: His eyebrows are reduced to tiny connect-the-dots as his sense of fashion.
!!Yuuya Sera
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo
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* BigBeautifulMan: A magazine model who noticeably has more belly fat than the rest of the cast.
* BigFun
* FanDisservice: While he took great care of his facial looks and maintained good fashion sense, he opted to go [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]], saved for his undies and all, [[note]]Top with his [[FullFrontalAssault full frontal belly fat assault.]][[/note]] cracking jokes just to stand out thanks to [[TheAce Sakamoto]] beating him in every [[{{Pun}} sense]] of word.
* TheFashionista
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
** [[FaceDoodling Belly Doodling]]: Someone from his class wrote "Partner Wanted" on his round belly when he was napping with only his undies on.
** FullFrontalAssault: To distract the whole student body away from mocking [[spoiler: Yagi when she failed to succeed Sakamoto in their relay race, he ''strips completely naked'']] down to the finish line. But of course, he still [[HandOrObjectUnderwear has the pennant]], otherwise his class would not be ranked in.
* NiceGuy: Arguably the friendliest guy in class 1-2, and truly shows his colors by making fool of himself in front of the whole student body to distract them from Yagi's failure.
* PetTheDog: Offers Kubota some hairstyle tips when he is considering what to get.
!!Yoshinobu Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida
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* {{Adorkable}}: Socially awkward yet kinda cute.
* BigBeautifulMan: If he lost some kilos he probably would be a [[{{bishonen}} feminine]] LongHairedPrettyBoy due to him liking to keep his hair long.
* BurgerFool: To address how Kubota has been extorted by bullies, Sakamoto gets him hired in a burger joint. Kubota isn't too happy with it at first, but quickly learns to work efficiently and, as Sakamoto hoped, grows a sense of self-worth.
* DesignatedMonkey: Straight example. Kubota is a character who often becomes the bully target by his school's delinquents.
** ButtMonkey: The poor guy cannot catch a break. He was bullied by some schoolmates during episode 2, have to deal with the obsession of his mother towards Sakamoto in episodes 3 and in 5, Hayabusa's subordinates shaved his hair to draw Sakamoto into a battle against their leader.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: He looks exactly like his mother, and once wore a diving suit to a beach field trip, making the girls in his class think he was a local pearl-diving older woman.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: RunningGag. Kubota enjoys hair-styling as his hobby, but wasn't able to pursue it often due to his allowance being constantly taken away by bullies. But ever since he befriended Sakamoto and saved his allowance for himself, Kubota switches his hairstyle constantly to build back his own [[{{Narcissist}} confidence]].
* FanDisservice: He's [[{{Gonk}} not attractive]]. But thanks to Sakamoto befriending him, DramaticWind plays to his favor... with hair stuck on his lip for "extra bonus."
* FatBestFriend: Of Sakamoto's, maybe, of the ashamed type.
* {{Gonk}}: {{Zigzagged}}. Compared to other of the male characters of the series, he is short, fat and is not handsome. However, he is not that hard to look at and has gentle features in his face, making him [[UglyCute somewhat cute]].
* OnlyFriend: To Sakamoto. Most of the town likes and respects the guy to some extent, and Sakamoto's a decent enough person to reciprocate, but Kubota is the only one who actually has a proper day-to-day friendship with him, and Sakamoto keeps a particular eye out for his wellbeing.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Whenever he gets bullied by others.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks exactly like his mother.
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Gender- and age-inverted, Kubota's dad is fairly attractive, but he is ugly.
* YouthfulFreckles
!!Megumi Fujita
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiNakahara
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 6.
* ClassRepresentative
* {{Paparazzi}}: Since she's into photography, she would stalk Sakamoto using her camera.
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* ShrinkingViolet
* StalkerWithACrush: For Sakamoto, but eventually grows out of it.
* YamatoNadeshiko
!!Mii-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaUeda
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* HimeCut
* {{Foil}}: Of Megumi. Since Megumi's an introverted ClassRepresentative, Mii-chan often speaks up on Megumi's behalf to grab the class' attention.
* {{Meganekko}}
!!Aina Kuronuma
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie
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* AnimalMotif: She's often compared to a gorilla, though rarely directly.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Yagi and Tanaka but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Kana-chan, her hair's much shorter.
* LittleMissBadass: She'll do whatever it takes to own something related to Sakamoto, even if it means [[spoiler: giving ''[[{{Badass}} 8823-sempai]] a PowerFist.'']]
* MusclesAreMeaningless
* SchoolIdol: She's the most popular girl in their class.
* SuperSpeed: She pulls off a subtle ninja-entrance to beat all females in her class to be first to get a portrait sketch of herself from Sakamoto.
* SuperStrength: She's able to move a 10-yen coin in a direction opposite from two other girls combined. She also easily catches a desk that is about to fall with one hand, even if she's "never lifted anything that heavy before".
** Her classmates estimates her grip power to be a [[KillerGorilla 300kg Chimpanzee Level]].
** Sakamoto ''stylishly'' sums her character up with a DoubleMeaning drawing of her as a "[[TheCutie Cute Girl]] seeking affection with a KillerGorilla impression" for art class.
!!Kana-chan
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariTamura
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* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails: Compared to Aina, her hair's longer and wears her lower.
* HimeCut
* ScreamingWoman: She's the default first girl to scream upon their class hornet bee intrusion, and to the living snail appearing on the lettuce she was working with during culinary class.
!!Erika
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoTakahashi
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* BigBeautifulWoman: The female equivalent of Sera. But unlike Sera's BigFun, Erika's of HeroicBuild, and doesn't hide her love for fashion.
* TheFashionista: She's very keen on fashion trends, and even takes Sakamoto's "personal style" as trend predictions.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Kana-chan sweeping the floor within the first segment of episode 4.
!!Yagi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiNabatame
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Tanaka.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
!!Tanaka
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SakiFujita
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* FireForgedFriends: Was at first a jerk towards Aina but became friends with her after helping her exorcise a demon out of Sakamoto.
* HairDecorations: Wears a hairclip to secure her bangs.
* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Yagi.
!!Morita and Yasuda
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Morita), and Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (Yasuda)
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 8.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]]: They're normally the easy going boys in Sakamoto's class, until they ticked in [[ADayInTheLimelight episode 8]].
* RecurringCharacter: These guys are characters with borderline LivingProp status, since their job in this show is to serve as representatives for those with no names or characteristics within class 1-2.
* ThoseTwoGuys
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[[folder:Second and Third-Year Students]]
!!8823 Sempai (Shou Hayabusa)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa
Gakubun High School's second-year delinquent leader. Charismatic and cool-headed, he goes by the code name "8823," and is [[RedBaron named]] "The Charisma Delinquent" of his school.
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* {{Badass}}: He is able to match Sakamoto in the sumo game for hours, and although he ultimately lost, it was the closest anyone else came.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: When most audience thought [[spoiler: Fukase gave his face a hard grind in the cotton-candy machine]], it only resulted a tiny scar on his nose.
* {{Bishounen}}
* ButNotTooForeign: Based on how his family is presented, Hayabusa's implied to be a half-Caucasian Japanese.
* CodeName: [[JapaneseLanguage Played with.]] As "8823" [[AlternateCharacterReading stands for his surname]], "Hayabusa." [[note]]"Ha" as in "Hatsu", the On-yomi for "Eight," "Ya" as the Kun-yomi for "Eight," "Bu" is a tweak on the word "Fu," the Kun-yomi for "Two," and "Sa" is the tweak on "San", the On-yomi for "Three."[[/note]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Hayabusa, as one of highest ranking delinquents in school openly expressed his distaste towards Maruyama going overboard in abusing Sakamoto for his own usage.
* [[FairPlayVillain Fair Play Antagonist]]: Not really a villain, but when going up against Sakamoto he stops his minions from cheating for him against Sakamoto.
* TheFettered: Even as a delinquent, he holds a strong code of honor and takes responsibilities in fixing his subordinates' wrongdoings.
* LongHairedPrettyboy: Side braided and in a ponytail.
* JapaneseDelinquents
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hayabusa usually goes by "[[CodeName 8823]]," with his full name rarely mentioned in the manga.
* [[spoiler: PromotionToParent]]: [[spoiler: Hayabusa is raised by a single parent dad, and has 3 little brothers [[TheCaretaker to look after]].]] He's not perfect, but at least he [[TheDutifulSon tried his best]] to meet his family's needs.
* ScarsAreForever: Recieves a scar on his nose [[spoiler: after Fukase slams his head into a cotton candy machine,]] and it stays there even after the segment is over.
* SmokingIsCool
* [[spoiler: TwoBeingsOneBody]]: Played with in episode 10, [[spoiler: Hayabusa asked Sakamoto for some last-minute help in aiding him about French dining etiquette. Sakamoto came up with the idea of hiding inside Hayabusa's clothing using his hands to perform the etiquette while Hayabusa just eat whatever Sakamoto feeds him. They then swapped places to Sakamoto being the head with Hayabusa hidden inside controlling the body to fight off the con artists who took advantage of Hayabusa's dad]].
!!Maruyama
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuInada
Gakubun High School's second-year vice-leader delinquent.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He tricked Sakamoto into becoming his manservant, but he performed every task so much better than could be expected that it took all the fun out of it. Finally, he tells Sakamoto to serve him of his own free will. [[PersonalSpaceInvader Sakamoto goes overboard in that too]], chasing Maruyama around the school just to make him more comfortable; even when he's ''[[spoiler: using the toilet]].''
* DelinquentHair
* JapaneseDelinquents
* PermaStubble
* SmokingIsNotCool
!!Fukase
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsuoIwata
Gakubun High School's third year senior who's well in his adulthood due to years of nonqualification to graduate, and is the most dangerous of delinquents.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Despite being a scheming and intelligent person, he deliberately never graduates since he fears life outside of school.
* EyesAlwaysShut: He rarely opens his eyes.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. [[spoiler:After the other students forcibly "graduate" him by pushing him out the school, he evidently decides to finally mature and drops out of school to become a surfer.]]
* HeldBackInSchool: He's been held back for an unknown number of years due to the fact that he rarely comes to school.
* {{Hunk}}
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Not exactly an extreme example, but he's pretty genuinely treated as an unnerving creep with little to no funny qualities, being an adult who seems to get a kick out of ruining the lives of high schoolers to "kill time", and who physically threatens and harms Hayabusa. This escalates later on, when he [[spoiler: brainwashes Acchan to turn against Sakamoto and try to kill him in front of the whole school during the graduation ceremony, a 'game' that could have ended in serious injury for either student and could have gotten Acchan expelled or worse.]] Yikes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Teachers, Parents, and Others]]
!!Shigeru Kobayashi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Masahito Yabe
Class 1-2's homeroom teacher. Despite his old age, he is very outspoken, and was implied to be adventurous since his youth.
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* AdventurerOutfit: He wears the safari type when he's out in the jungle.
* BoldExplorer: Even at his old age, he still manages to travel across multiple regions of jungles to explore new things.
* TheFace: His class used his image to design their class flag for their school's sports festival.
* StockUnderwear: After the bee intrusion, he always shows up wearing the common men's tank.
!!Mr. Kakuta
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata
Class 1-2's Physical Education teacher who speaks in KansaiRegionalAccent.
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* AffectionateNickname: His students calls him "Kaku-sen," short for "Kakuta-sensei."
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Not unlike another [[Manga/DetectiveConan character from the Kansai region]].
** Justified. Since Mr. Kakuta's a PE teacher, he's out in the sun longer than most people; which logically speaking, [[ButNotTooWhite it would be weirder if he doesn't have bronze skin]].
* InelegantBlubbering: He sometimes ends up in tears from Sakamoto's manipulations.
!!Shigemi Kubota
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Kujira}}
Mother of Yoshinobu Kubota who developed a crush on her son's classmate, Sakamoto.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Played with. While Sakamoto himself doesn't seem to object to the attention or even notice her affection for him, it certainly bothers her son. Therefore, Sakamoto proceed to hide from her after their first meeting at Yoshinobu's request.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Towards Sakamoto.
* FatBitch: Because LoveMakesYouEvil.
* HotGuyUglyWife: Her husband is far more attractive than her.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Korean romance drama-inspired music.
* LoveHungry: Due to Sakamoto having the same look as her idol, Chorizo Chon, she formed an unhealthy obsession towards Sakamoto. Hell, she even attempted to feed Sakamoto ''[[YourCheatingHeart in front of her own husband and son!]]''
* MrsRobinson: A not very beautiful example towards Sakamoto.
* StalkerWithACrush: What she would have become towards Sakamoto if he didn't manage to escape.
** [[spoiler:When she figures out that the TV-story was a lie. One day Yoshinobu is down with a cold, she dresses up in his clothes to go as him to stalk Sakamoto at school.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her son looks just like her to the point that she can convincingly pass off as him just by wearing his school uniform.
!!Chorizo Chon
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama
A Korean actor who Shigemi Kubota idolize, he stars in a Korean drama series [[ShoutOut called]] ''"[[Series/WinterSonata Prism of Winter]]."''
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* IdenticalStranger: Of Sakamoto, minus the glasses and BeautyMark.
** RavenHairIvorySkin
** TallDarkAndHandsome
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: A bit too perfect; always prepared, walks sideways down a riverbank at one point, superhuman athleticism, outright teleports a couple of times, always wears his school uniform, nothing is known about his home life, [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo leaves the school under mysterious circumstances, claiming to be going to America to work with NASA but Hayabusa claims he's lying]]...
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* AmbiguouslyHumanAmbiguouslyHuman: A bit too perfect; always prepared, superhuman athleticism, outright teleports a couple of times, always wears his school uniform, nothing is known about his home life, [[spoiler: ButNowIMustGo leaves the school under mysterious circumstances, claiming to be going to America to work with NASA but Hayabusa claims he's lying]]...
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