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The main heroine who is alienated by everyone in school except her cousin Akira for her icy features. She is secretly the cell phone novelist Yupina and is currently writing a love novel using her own love experiences by blackmailing Shigure into doing love "missions" with her.

Voiced by Youko Hikasa in the drama CD.

Belligerent Sexual Tension
Blackmail
Broken Bird/Dark and Troubled Past: The reason for Yukina's fear of not having her glasses is implied to stem from an incident when she was a child.
Brutal Honesty
Death Glare: Yukina's eyes are often mistaken for this. She gets them from her father.
- This is also the reason why she wears glasses. Due to her Kindergarten teacher and first love, Kirishima-Sensei said that she needed to fix this and she takes it the wrong way. It's later revealed that he actually had the same problem.
Eyes Of A Thug
Girl Next Door: To Akira.
Ice Queen -> Defrosting Ice Queen
Kissing Cousins: Initially views Akira as her cousin and doesn't understand his love for her, but she's slowly taking notice of him, evidenced by the fact that Akira can make her heart beat fast like Shigure can.
Kuudere
Meganekko
- Bespectacled Bastard Girlfriend: Has elements of this.
- The Glasses Gotta Go: Deconstructed. It is Yukina's one weakness. (... If you don't count her ears).
Most Writers Are Writers
Oblivious to Love: Due to her lack of experience in love.
Rapunzel Hair
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
Shrinking Violet/Fragile Flower: Without her glasses, Yukina is weak and helpness against everyone staring at her.
The Stoic
Veronica: To Mami's Betty.
What Is This Thing You Call Love?
Write What You Know

Shigure Kitami

A seemingly nice and popular guy who secretly gets girls to like him as a fun passtime. He gets blackmailed by Yukina into doing love "missions."

Voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in the drama CD.

Bastard Boyfriend: Has elements of this.
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Bishounen
Bitch In Sheep's Clothing
The Caretaker: Towards Mami.
Chick Magnet/Kid Anova: Acts like the former, but he's really the latter.
Curtains Match the Window
Declaration of Protection: Towards Mami. Also says this to Yukina
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Love Confession: in chapter 37, He confesses to Yukina
Nice Guy: His facade. It has a few cracks whenever he's with Yukina.
No Guy Wants to Be Chased: At first.
Stepford Smiler: Shigure puts up with his Nice Guy facade to make his life easier and reveals to Yukina that the reason he doesn't want to be serious with anyone is because he's afraid to.
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Tsundere: Goes back and forth between admitting and denying any feelings for Yukina.
Took a Level in Kindness: His heart of gold becomes more apparent as his relationship with Yukina progresses. Once he realizes he really likes her, he makes a genuine effort to make things between them work, and help Yukina get over her weakness.
Veronica: To Akira's Betty.

Akira Shimotsuki

Yukina's cousin who is often found eating. As a child, he lost his parents. He has a crush on Yukina.

Voiced by Yuuki Kaji in the drama CD.

Betty: To Shigure's Veronica.
Beware the Nice Ones: Akira is a pretty Nice Guy. Just don't mess with Yukina.
Big Eater
Bishounen
Blinding Bangs/Peek-A-Bangs: They tend to show during moments of assertiveness. He eventually gets a haircut.
Dogged Nice Guy
Kissing Cousins: Has feelings for Yukina, is jealous of Shigure, and wants Yukina to see him as a "man" instead of her "cousin."
Knight in Shining Armor: Towards Yukina, which leads her to make the character based on Akira as a knight.
Nice Guy
Parental Abandonment: Akira's parents were killed in a car accident when he was four years old.
Purple Eyes
The Rival: Towards Shigure.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In sheer contrast to Shigure, Akira grew more selfish and became more possessive and controlling towards Yukina as the series progressed, to the point of trying to take off her dress in public, tying her up and licking her, and outright admitting to Yukina "Yes, I want to control you.". You'd think you're reading about entirely different characters if you compare Akira from the beginning and the recent Akira.
Secret Keeper: Is the only person who knows Yukina is the cell phone novelist Yupina.
White-Haired Pretty Boy

Mami Mizuno

Shigure's childhood friend who is ill and is often hospitalized. Debuts in Chapter 11.

Voiced by Ayana Taketatsu in the drama CD.

Alliterative Name
Betty: To Yukina's Veronica.
Clingy Jealous Girl
The Cutie: And it Tastes Like Diabetes.
Every Girl Is Cuter with Hair Decs
The Glomp: Her way of morning greetings.
Green Eyes
Ill Girl: Was often hospitalized and gone from school prior to her return in Chapter 11.
Moe
Moment Killer: Is often one for Shigure/Yukina.
No Sense of Personal Space: Especially around Yukina and Shigure.
Stepford Smiler
Third-Person Person
Unlucky Childhood Friend
Yandere: A mild example

Kitami Hisame

Shigure's younger brother.

Berserk Button: Mentioning Shigure directly towards him.
Green-Eyed Monster: Hates Shigure.
Jerkass
Love Hurts: His view on love.
Spectacled Sadist: He says girl's tears turns him on. And he further proves himself as one with each appearance.

Wandering Son

Characters/Anime

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