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!Recruit (Kou Ichinomiya)
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya
The main character. He is a straight-laced young man who is good at everything he tries, but also follows his family's mantra, ''“Never put yourself in debt to anyone”'' to the letter. Unfortunately, this is what lands him in the strange community of Arakawa. He's a teacher in the river village.
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* TheAce
* BerserkButton: When Hoshi's song came out, Kou had his name quickly switched to “Leech”. [[RantInducingSlight He didn't take it well.]] They changed it back.
* BishieSparkle: In Episodes 8 and 10 of Season 2.
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya
The main character. He is a straight-laced young man who is good at everything he tries, but also follows his family's mantra, ''“Never put yourself in debt to anyone”'' to the letter. Unfortunately, this is what lands him in the strange community of Arakawa. He's a teacher in the river village.
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* TheAce
* BerserkButton: When Hoshi's song came out, Kou had his name quickly switched to “Leech”. [[RantInducingSlight He didn't take it well.]] They changed it back.
* BishieSparkle: In Episodes 8 and 10 of Season 2.
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->'''Played by''': Creator/HiroshiKamiya (voice, anime), and Kento Hayashi (drama)
The main character.
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* {{Bookworm}}{{Bookworm}}: He started reading technical books when he was just a ''baby''. He is by far one of the most smartest members of the Arakawa's community.
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* ButtMonkey
* TheComicallySerious
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DebtDetester
* EmbarrassingNickname
* FauxlosophicNarration: At the beginning of each episode.
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroicBSOD: Got quite a nice one that revoked him into his childhood when [[spoiler:Shimazaki returned to the riverbed with another mission, that was also involucrating a trade of him for Nino's information]], much to the others (but Takai)'s dismay.
* IOweYouMyLife: What happens if he ever becomes indebted to someone, though he will try to rectify that as quickly as possible.
* IconicItem: His tie with his family's mantra embroidered on it.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he's really angry.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* NeatFreak
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* NonIdleRich
* NotSoDifferent: As the time goes, he starts teaming up with Hoshi sometimes and being just as petty.
* OfficialCouple: With Nino.
* OneHeadTaller: To Nino.
* OnlySaneMan: [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He teaches Nino.]]
** Also has a [[Manga/MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[{{Squick}} Yes, it's gross]].
* WellDoneSonGuy
!Nino
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaayaSakamoto
Recruit's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who believes she's from Venus [[spoiler:or as implied later, she indeed is from there]]. She has a strange obsession with fishing some of the creatures that live in the riverbed and provides them for the community.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* BerserkButton: Listening to her tapes without permission makes her mad enough to climb a telephone pole.
** Trying to take Ric from her gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ExpressiveHair
* ForceFeeding
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:covers that "cosmic" tape with his song]]. With responsibility going to Ric, obviously.
* HiddenBuxom
* HumanAliens: If you buy that Venusian story, [[spoiler: that appears to be true as the plot continues to happen]].
* InnocentBlueEyes
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She used to take baths normally outdoors, but after a visit from the cops she began to use a ModestyTowel.
* TheComicallySerious
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DebtDetester
* EmbarrassingNickname
* FauxlosophicNarration: At the beginning of each episode.
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroicBSOD: Got quite a nice one that revoked him into his childhood when [[spoiler:Shimazaki returned to the riverbed with another mission, that was also involucrating a trade of him for Nino's information]], much to the others (but Takai)'s dismay.
* IOweYouMyLife: What happens if he ever becomes indebted to someone, though he will try to rectify that as quickly as possible.
* IconicItem: His tie with his family's mantra embroidered on it.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he's really angry.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* NeatFreak
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* NonIdleRich
* NotSoDifferent: As the time goes, he starts teaming up with Hoshi sometimes and being just as petty.
* OfficialCouple: With Nino.
* OneHeadTaller: To Nino.
* OnlySaneMan: [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He teaches Nino.]]
** Also has a [[Manga/MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[{{Squick}} Yes, it's gross]].
* WellDoneSonGuy
!Nino
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaayaSakamoto
Recruit's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who believes she's from Venus [[spoiler:or as implied later, she indeed is from there]]. She has a strange obsession with fishing some of the creatures that live in the riverbed and provides them for the community.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* BerserkButton: Listening to her tapes without permission makes her mad enough to climb a telephone pole.
** Trying to take Ric from her gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ExpressiveHair
* ForceFeeding
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:covers that "cosmic" tape with his song]]. With responsibility going to Ric, obviously.
* HiddenBuxom
* HumanAliens: If you buy that Venusian story, [[spoiler: that appears to be true as the plot continues to happen]].
* InnocentBlueEyes
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She used to take baths normally outdoors, but after a visit from the cops she began to use a ModestyTowel.
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* ButtMonkey
*ButtMonkey: Since he is the FishOutOfWater from the Arakawa's community, he is the only one who doesn't get their idiosyncrasies, and he is often made fun by them, because his normal-world's logic doesn't work for ''them''.
%%* TheComicallySerious
*CurtainsMatchTheWindow
DebtDetester: His family's mantra and principle is "Never put yourself in debt to anyone", so he always pays all debts as quickly as possible, except when he finds himself in a quandry when a venusian who lives under a bridge saves his life.
*DebtDetester
EmbarrassingNickname: Who would like to be known as "Recruit" (especially considering his job's position in his family's company)?
*EmbarrassingNickname
* FauxlosophicNarration: AtFishOutOfWater: Rec is the beginning only member of each episode.
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroicBSOD: Got quite a nice onethe Arakawa's village that revoked him into his childhood applies "normal" logic to everything that happens there.
* IOweYouMyLife: He believes that this is what will happen if he becomes indebted to someone. Except, that is exactly what it happens when[[spoiler:Shimazaki returned to Nino saves him the riverbed with another mission, first time they meet, becoming lovers as a result.
* IconicItem: His red tie thatwas also involucrating has the Ichinomiya family's mantra embroidered on it.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he becomes ''very'' angry.
* LimitedWardrobe: He is always seen using atrade pair of him for suit's pants, a shirt and his red tie.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Little by little, the more he stays on the Arakawa's riverbank, the better his own personality surfaces.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: To some extent, he is the Feminine Boy to Nino'sinformation]], much Masculine Girl. He is said to have the others (but Takai)'s dismay.heart of a maiden, while Nino is more TheStoic, because she doesn't know how human girls are supposed to act.
* NeatFreak: Rec is obsessed with cleaning his own living space.
* NonIdleRich: The Ichinomiyas are practically rich, and he has a high position in their own company, however, and since the Mayor doesn't want any of his money (and Rec doesn't want to be seen as a "leech"), the best he could do is getting a job as a teacher for the younger members of the riverbank's community.
* IOweYouMyLife: What happens if he ever becomes indebted to someone, though he will try to rectify that as quickly as possible.
* IconicItem: His tie with his family's mantra embroidered on it.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he's really angry.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* NeatFreak
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* NonIdleRich
* NotSoDifferent: As the time goes, he starts teaming up with He sees Hoshi sometimes and being just as petty.
a petty person, but when they team up, he is as petty as him.
* OfficialCouple: With Nino. \n [[spoiler: They are literally their respective "other halves"]].
* OneHeadTaller:To He is much taller than Nino.
* OnlySaneMan:[[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]
And UpToEleven, considering the type of place that is the [[{{Cloudcuckooland}} Arakawa's riverbank village]]. Although, he can't really be seen as "sane" if you consider how far he would go to avoid debts.
*TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext He teaches Nino.]]
** Also has a [[Manga/MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episodeWellDoneSonGuy: This is how Rec sees his relationship with Amazoness. [[{{Squick}} Yes, it's gross]].
* WellDoneSonGuy
!Nino
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!!Nino-san
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->'''Played by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto (voice, anime), and Mirei Kiritani (drama)
Rec's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who believes she's a Venusian [[spoiler:(she is actually fromVenus [[spoiler:or Venus, as implied later, she indeed it is from there]]. revealed later]]. She has a strange obsession with fishing some of the creatures that live in the riverbed and provides them for the community.
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*AmbiguouslyHuman
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* BerserkButton: ListeningAmbiguouslyHuman: Nino is presented to the readers and the viewers as someone who could be very human in appearance, unless you consider her tapes without permission makes her mad enough to climb unfamiliarity with what a telephone pole.
** Trying to take Ric from her gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ExpressiveHair
* ForceFeeding
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:coversnormal human would do (especially a human ''girl'') in a relationship, or the fact that "cosmic" tape with his song]]. With responsibility going to Ric, obviously.
* HiddenBuxom
* HumanAliens: If you buy that Venusian story, [[spoiler: that appears to be true as the plot continues to happen]].she could ''breath'' under water.
*InnocentBlueEyes
AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She has a short span of attention when things or situations do not interest her.
* BerserkButton:
** Listening to her most treasured tapes without permission makes her mad enough to climb a telephone pole.
** Trying to take Rec from her, gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: That is unless you buy her Venusian story... [[spoiler: which she actually is.]]
* ExpressiveHair: Her hair can act as an antenna for some weird reason.
* ForceFeeding: Her idea of hospitality around friends and her boyfriend, which is [[spoiler: a Venusian trait]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She is a blonde, and her heart is too pure, considering that she is an stranger to normal topics as "relationships", or what is evil in the world. She can also sense when a person is evil or not.
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:records her treasured "cosmic" tape with his song]], and after the responsibility is turned against Rec, obviously.
* HiddenBuxom: She is always seen wearing a tracker suit's jersey, so you can rarely see her big breasts.
* HumanAliens: She is originally presented as an [[AmbiguouslyHuman ambiguous human]] who claims to be from Venus, but actually [[spoiler: her claims are true, as she was left behind by her Venusian parents, under the care of the Mayor.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: She has a pure heart and soul, and her naïvety is often played with in the rest of the series.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She used to take baths normally outdoors, but after a visit from the cops she began to use a ModestyTowel. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that her Venusian's nature also makes her feel "natural" to be naked, as a distant memory of her race.]]
*
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*
*
* FauxlosophicNarration: At
* FishOutOfWater
* HeroicBSOD: Got quite a nice one
* IOweYouMyLife: He believes that this is what will happen if he becomes indebted to someone. Except, that is exactly what it happens when
* IconicItem: His red tie that
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he becomes ''very'' angry.
* LimitedWardrobe: He is always seen using a
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: Little by little, the more he stays on the Arakawa's riverbank, the better his own personality surfaces.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: To some extent, he is the Feminine Boy to Nino's
* NeatFreak: Rec is obsessed with cleaning his own living space.
* NonIdleRich: The Ichinomiyas are practically rich, and he has a high position in their own company, however, and since the Mayor doesn't want any of his money (and Rec doesn't want to be seen as a "leech"), the best he could do is getting a job as a teacher for the younger members of the riverbank's community.
* IconicItem: His tie with his family's mantra embroidered on it.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Pops up when he's really angry.
* LimitedWardrobe
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nino's Masculine Girl, to some extent.
* NeatFreak
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Literally, his reaction to Amazoness wanting to date him.
* NonIdleRich
* OfficialCouple: With Nino.
* OneHeadTaller:
* OnlySaneMan:
*
** Also has a [[Manga/MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode
* WellDoneSonGuy
!Nino
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!!Nino-san
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Recruit's
->'''Played by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto (voice, anime), and Mirei Kiritani (drama)
Rec's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who believes she's a Venusian [[spoiler:(she is actually from
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny
* BerserkButton: Listening
** Trying to take Ric from her gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* ExpressiveHair
* ForceFeeding
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:covers
* HiddenBuxom
* HumanAliens: If you buy that Venusian story, [[spoiler: that appears to be true as the plot continues to happen]].
*
* BerserkButton:
** Listening to her most treasured tapes without permission makes her mad enough to climb a telephone pole.
** Trying to take Rec from her, gets some [[NotSoStoic interesting responses]], too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: That is unless you buy her Venusian story... [[spoiler: which she actually is.]]
* ExpressiveHair: Her hair can act as an antenna for some weird reason.
* ForceFeeding: Her idea of hospitality around friends and her boyfriend, which is [[spoiler: a Venusian trait]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She is a blonde, and her heart is too pure, considering that she is an stranger to normal topics as "relationships", or what is evil in the world. She can also sense when a person is evil or not.
* HeroicBSOD: After Hoshi [[spoiler:records her treasured "cosmic" tape with his song]], and after the responsibility is turned against Rec, obviously.
* HiddenBuxom: She is always seen wearing a tracker suit's jersey, so you can rarely see her big breasts.
* HumanAliens: She is originally presented as an [[AmbiguouslyHuman ambiguous human]] who claims to be from Venus, but actually [[spoiler: her claims are true, as she was left behind by her Venusian parents, under the care of the Mayor.]]
* InnocentBlueEyes: She has a pure heart and soul, and her naïvety is often played with in the rest of the series.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She used to take baths normally outdoors, but after a visit from the cops she began to use a ModestyTowel. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that her Venusian's nature also makes her feel "natural" to be naked, as a distant memory of her race.]]
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Kou's Feminine Boy, to some extent.
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* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: She is the Masculine Girl to Kou's Rec's Feminine Boy, to some extent.extent, as she is unfamiliar with what a normal girl is likely to be in a relationship. That, and Rec is supposed to have a "heart of a maiden".
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* MysteriousPast
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* OfficialCouple: With Ric.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the sweatsuit that she always wears.
* ParentalAbandonment
* SelectiveObliviousness: While she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Ric does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* SingleTargetSexuality: Towards Ric.
* SnotBubble
* TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, she is a student in Kou's class.]]
!The Mayor/Village Chief
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* OfficialCouple: With Ric.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the sweatsuit that she always wears.
* ParentalAbandonment
* SelectiveObliviousness: While she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Ric does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* SingleTargetSexuality: Towards Ric.
* SnotBubble
* TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, she is a student in Kou's class.]]
!The Mayor/Village Chief
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* MysteriousPast
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
MysteriousPast: It's deliberately left OutOfFocus earlier in the series, especially concerning her "I'm a Venusian" claims. It's later revealed that [[spoiler: she was left behind as some part of deal with the Mayor, after her twin died.]]
%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* OfficialCouple: WithRic.Rec. [[spoiler: They become their respective literal "other halves".]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the tracker suit's jersey that she always wears.
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the sweatsuit that parents left her behind after her twin brother, her original "other half" died.]]
* SelectiveObliviousness: She ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Rec does something romantic]], she's touched. "If" shealways wears.notices.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Just fit her any kind of feminine clothing, and she would look gorgeous under Rec (and Hoshi)'s eyes.
* ParentalAbandonment
* SelectiveObliviousness: While she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Ric does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
* SheCleansUpNicely
* SingleTargetSexuality: Towards Ric.Rec, because not only she saved him from drowning at their first meeting, or because she wanted to be his girlfriend, it's because [[spoiler: Rec is her "other half"]].
* %%* SnotBubble
*TheStoic
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, sheTheStoic: She is always under a student in Kou's class.]]
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%%* SugarAndIcePersonality
!!The Mayor
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->'''Played by''': Creator/KeijiFujiwara (voice, anime), and Shun Oguri (drama)
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace
* OfficialCouple: With
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the tracker suit's jersey that she always wears.
*
* SelectiveObliviousness: She ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Rec does something romantic]], she's touched. "If" she
* SheCleansUpNicely: Just fit her any kind of feminine clothing, and she would look gorgeous under Rec (and Hoshi)'s eyes.
* SelectiveObliviousness: While she ignores everything Hoshi throws her way, but if [[SingleTargetSexuality Ric does something romantic]], she's touched. If she notices.
* SheCleansUpNicely
*
* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, she
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->'''Played by''': Creator/KeijiFujiwara (voice, anime), and Shun Oguri (drama)
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* BunnyEarsLawyer
* [[spoiler: ChekhovsGunman]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* TheFaceless
* FullBodyDisguise
* LineOfSightName: How The Mayor names people once they become citizens of the community.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports.
** [[spoiler:At one point, you know he takes seriously his role as 'village chief' as the man behind the curtains, just to protect Nino and some other secrets of the riverbed.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Seemingly everyone knows that P-ko loves him but him.
* [[spoiler:PapaWolf: To Nino. Her parents gave him the responsibility of taking care of how this 'special child' is.]]
* PeopleInRubberSuits
* TeamDad
!Hoshi
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A former musician who hit rock bottom and now lives under the bridge. He's always seen wearing his trademark star mask. He's also in love with Nino and always tries to make Kou look stupid in front of her. Under the bridge, he provides all the music for events.
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* ButtMonkey: He's on-par with Kou.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
* [[spoiler: ChekhovsGunman]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* TheFaceless
* FullBodyDisguise
* LineOfSightName: How The Mayor names people once they become citizens of the community.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports.
** [[spoiler:At one point, you know he takes seriously his role as 'village chief' as the man behind the curtains, just to protect Nino and some other secrets of the riverbed.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Seemingly everyone knows that P-ko loves him but him.
* [[spoiler:PapaWolf: To Nino. Her parents gave him the responsibility of taking care of how this 'special child' is.]]
* PeopleInRubberSuits
* TeamDad
!Hoshi
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSugita
A former musician who hit rock bottom and now lives under the bridge. He's always seen wearing his trademark star mask. He's also in love with Nino and always tries to make Kou look stupid in front of her. Under the bridge, he provides all the music for events.
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* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* TheFaceless
* FullBodyDisguise
* LineOfSightName: How The Mayor names people once they become citizens
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports.
** [[spoiler:At one point, you know he takes seriously his role as 'village chief' as the man
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Mayor claims he is a real kappa... but his [[PeopleInRubberSuits rubber suit]] differs. And everyone buys the idea he is a mythical creature (even Rec, if only for a few minutes).
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He is one of the most mysterious people that live on the Arakawa's riverbank, as he has saved many of the villagers' lives in his lifetime.
* TheFaceless: We never see his real face. Not even when he is doing an illusion-magic performance or [[spoiler:when he is out of the kappa suit]].
* FullBodyDisguise: Despite his claims as a mythical creature, he is only wearing a disguise.
* LineOfSightName: This is how the Mayor names people once they become members of the community.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The Mayor has had moments of deep insight at times, belying the aloof nature he normally sports. [[spoiler: This is also considering his "man behind the curtains" position, once he leaves the kappa suit out]].
* ObliviousToLove: Seemingly everyone knows that P-ko loves him but
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!!Hoshi
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSugita
->'''Played by''': Creator/TomokazuSugita (voice, anime), and Takayuki Yamada (drama)
A former famous musician who hit rock bottom and now lives under the bridge. He's always seen wearing his trademark star mask. He's also in love with Nino and always tries to make
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* ButtMonkey:
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* CrazyJealousGuy
* DoggedNiceGuy: Only to Nino. A Type 2, but has hints of Type 1 in his actions at times.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:In Episode 8 of Season 2, he helps Ric break out of his hypnosis because he wants to win Nino with his own power.]]
* ExpressiveMask: He uses TWO of them. How can he even...?
* FunTShirt: ORE NO T-SHIRT.
* HopelessSuitor
* {{Jerkass}}
* KarmaHoudini: He messed up Nino's tape and Ric gets blamed for it.
* MomentKiller: Voluntarily (in front of Ric and Nino) and sometimes involuntarily.
* NotSoDifferent: Has more in common with Kou than you'd expect.
* TheResenter: Towards Ric, oh so much.
* SecretIdentity: Hoshi used to be a singer that even made it to the Oricon charts, but he lost his inspiration (his management never let him use his own songs) and became Hoshi to get away from everything.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Only to Nino. A Type 2, but has hints of Type 1 in his actions at times.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:In Episode 8 of Season 2, he helps Ric break out of his hypnosis because he wants to win Nino with his own power.]]
* ExpressiveMask: He uses TWO of them. How can he even...?
* FunTShirt: ORE NO T-SHIRT.
* HopelessSuitor
* {{Jerkass}}
* KarmaHoudini: He messed up Nino's tape and Ric gets blamed for it.
* MomentKiller: Voluntarily (in front of Ric and Nino) and sometimes involuntarily.
* NotSoDifferent: Has more in common with Kou than you'd expect.
* TheResenter: Towards Ric, oh so much.
* SecretIdentity: Hoshi used to be a singer that even made it to the Oricon charts, but he lost his inspiration (his management never let him use his own songs) and became Hoshi to get away from everything.
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* CrazyJealousGuy
CrazyJealousGuy: Hoshi gets crazily jealous on Rec, just because of Nino. Although she barely [[ObliviousToLove even notices]].
* DoggedNiceGuy: Only to Nino.A Type 2, He has known her for a few couple of years, and it was "love at first sight", so he wanted to approach her little by little. But once Rec is mentioned as "Nino's boyfriend", he feels not only rejected, but has hints of Type 1 attempts to be more spectacular to gain her attention (because he notices that there aren't advances in his actions at times.
Rec and Nino's relationship).
* EvenEvilHasStandards:[[spoiler:In Episode 8 He can ruin Rec, even making him the end of Season 2, the joke, just to get Nino's attention... and yes, he was initially on favor of Rec being hypnotized to "fall in love" with Amazoness... but, at the end, he helps Ric him break out of his hypnosis because he wants prefers to win Nino with in his own power.]]
power, and not with some unfair acts for both parties.
* ExpressiveMask: Heuses TWO of them. wears ''two'' masks to cover his face. How can it is even possible to make expressions on them is anyone's wonder...
* TheFaceless: We never see how is Hoshi under his mask, we only know from [[AllThereInTheManual sketches]] and short appeareances of his real self, that heeven...?
often wears sunglasses (due to his former [[{{Pun}} stardom]]'s status) and that he has wavy short hair.
* FunTShirt:ORE Hoshi has some questionable fashion's tastes and he even does his own t-shirts, one noticeable being "ORE NO T-SHIRT.
T-SHIRT" ("I'm a T-Shirt").
*HopelessSuitor
HopelessSuitor: He is persistent to get Nino's attention, even after she mentions that [[SingleTargetSexuality she and Rec are a couple]]. No matter how ''many times'' he tries.
*{{Jerkass}}
{{Jerkass}}: He acts as petty and as a JerkJock around Rec.
* KarmaHoudini: He messed up Nino's treasured tape andRic Rec gets blamed for it.
* MomentKiller: Voluntarily (in front ofRic Rec and Nino) and sometimes involuntarily.
* NotSoDifferent: Has more in common withKou Rec than you'd expect.
* TheResenter:Towards Ric, oh so much.
He is always going to be resentful towards Rec, and only because he "got the girl".
* SecretIdentity: Hoshi used to be a famous singer that even made it to the Oricon charts, but he lost his inspiration (his management never let him use his own songs) and becameHoshi "Hoshi" to get away from everything.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Only to Nino.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
* ExpressiveMask: He
* TheFaceless: We never see how is Hoshi under his mask, we only know from [[AllThereInTheManual sketches]] and short appeareances of his real self, that he
* FunTShirt:
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* KarmaHoudini: He messed up Nino's treasured tape and
* MomentKiller: Voluntarily (in front of
* NotSoDifferent: Has more in common with
* TheResenter:
* SecretIdentity: Hoshi used to be a famous singer that even made it to the Oricon charts, but he lost his inspiration (his management never let him use his own songs) and became
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->'''Played by''': Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (voice, anime), and Yuu Shirota (drama)
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* AFatherToHisMen
* HighPressureBlood: Out of his scar
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: To every woman in the village. Amazoness is a notable exception.
* LivingLieDetector
* AFatherToHisMen
* HighPressureBlood: Out of his scar
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: To every woman in the village. Amazoness is a notable exception.
* LivingLieDetector
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* HighPressureBlood:
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
* LivingLieDetector: He was in the
* LivingLieDetector
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* LoveMartyr: To Maria.
* MadBomber
* NunTooHoly
* OneManArmy
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PerpetualFrowner
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PhenotypeStereotype
* RealMenWearPink: ...Or nun habits. And he run orphanages and feed the community with cookies.
* ScarsAreForever
* TheStoic
** but NotSoStoic when his {{Jerkass}} crush's insults get to him, which results in HighPressureBlood.
* TriggerHappy
* WholesomeCrossdresser
!Stella
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/ChiwaSaito
* MadBomber
* NunTooHoly
* OneManArmy
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PerpetualFrowner
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PhenotypeStereotype
* RealMenWearPink: ...Or nun habits. And he run orphanages and feed the community with cookies.
* ScarsAreForever
* TheStoic
** but NotSoStoic when his {{Jerkass}} crush's insults get to him, which results in HighPressureBlood.
* TriggerHappy
* WholesomeCrossdresser
!Stella
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* OneManArmy
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* PerpetualFrowner
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PhenotypeStereotype
* RealMenWearPink: ...Or nun habits. And
* OneManArmy: He is huge, he has a military's past, and is well trained in the arts of camouflage and weaponry.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is only known as "Sister", and nothing else more.
* PerpetualFrowner: He rarely is seen with
* ScarsAreForever
* TheStoic
** but NotSoStoic when
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He is, perhaps, the most dangerous person in the Arakawa's village.
* PhenotypeStereotype: It's unclear from where exactly is Sister, although Stella's past (he directed her orphanage) suggests he may be English as well.
* ScarsAreForever: Due to his HighPressureBlood coming out from a scar that is across his face, it's evident that it frenquently opens.
* TheStoic: He is a PerpetualFrowner who rarely express emotions... [[NotSoStoic unless his]] [[{{Jerkass}} crush's insults get to
* TriggerHappy: Sister has been described as a "paranoid former soldier" by some of the villagers, so no one has to wonder why he points them out with guns in
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* WholesomeCrossdresser
!Stella
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!!Stella
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-> '''Played by''': Creator/ChiwaSaito (voice, anime), and Eri Tokunaga (drama)
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* ClingyJealousGirl: She ''doesn't'' take it well when she finds out about Sister's feelings for Maria.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild
* [[DragonLady Dragon Girl]]: Humorously subverted.
* EnfanteTerrible
* GirlishPigtails
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's quite the EnfanteTerrible.
* HulkingOut
* JapanesePronouns: In Japanese, her way of speech is quite antiquated. She refers to herself with "washi", the pronoun old men use.
* LittleMissBadass
* LimitedWardrobe
* PrecociousCrush: On Sister.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She ''doesn't'' take it well when she finds out about Sister's feelings for Maria.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild
* [[DragonLady Dragon Girl]]: Humorously subverted.
* EnfanteTerrible
* GirlishPigtails
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's quite the EnfanteTerrible.
* HulkingOut
* JapanesePronouns: In Japanese, her way of speech is quite antiquated. She refers to herself with "washi", the pronoun old men use.
* LittleMissBadass
* LimitedWardrobe
* PrecociousCrush: On Sister.
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* AgeLift: In the drama, Stella is portrayed as a teenager (a bit older than the Iron Brothers) instead of a child.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She ''doesn't'' take it well when she finds out about Sister's feelings for
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* [[DragonLady Dragon Girl]]:
%%* DragonLady: Humorously subverted.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's quite the
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* JapanesePronouns: In Japanese, her way of speech is quite antiquated.
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* LimitedWardrobe: She is mostly seen wearing a cutesy feminine dress, with
* LittleMissBadass
* LimitedWardrobe
* PrecociousCrush:
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->'''Played by''': Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (voice, anime), and Nana Katase (drama)
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* BitchInSheepsClothing
* TheBully
* DarkActionGirl
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
* CoolBigSis: But to the ''girls'' exclusively.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* IShallTauntYou: Her addiction.
* NotAMorningPerson
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* TheBully
* DarkActionGirl
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale
* CoolBigSis: But to the ''girls'' exclusively.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* IShallTauntYou: Her addiction.
* NotAMorningPerson
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* BerserkButton: It's implied that she and Sister were former lovers, and every time Sister slips his tongue into his military's memories, she would attack him with a pair of scissors, ''from across the riverbank''.
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* CoolBigSis:
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* IShallTauntYou: Her
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* RoseHairedSweetie: The BitchInSheepsClothing variant; she's only sweet at first glance. She's actually a sadist who loves to bully others. She can be nice to the girls, though.
* ShearMenace
* ShearMenace
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* RoseHairedSweetie: The BitchInSheepsClothing variant; variant -- she's only sweet at first glance. She's actually a sadist who loves to bully others. She can be nice to the girls, though.
*ShearMenaceShearMenace: Maria threats others with her scissors.
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* TheVamp
* TheVamp
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!The Iron Brothers, Tetsuo and Tetsuro
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->'''Played by''': As Tetsuo, Creator/YukoSanpei
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* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]: Subverted in Episode 10 of Season 2.
* {{Deliberately Cute Child}}ren
* {{Expressive Mask}}s
* HulkingOut: In Episode 10 of Season 2. Given the circumstances of training with Sister... just like Stella.
* PowerLimiter: Their masks. Or so they claim.
* PsychicPowers: Or so they claim.
* ThemeTwinNaming
* WonderTwinPowers
!Toru "Shiro" Shirai
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/HochuOtsuka
* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]: Subverted in Episode 10 of Season 2.
* {{Deliberately Cute Child}}ren
* {{Expressive Mask}}s
* HulkingOut: In Episode 10 of Season 2. Given the circumstances of training with Sister... just like Stella.
* PowerLimiter: Their masks. Or so they claim.
* PsychicPowers: Or so they claim.
* ThemeTwinNaming
* WonderTwinPowers
!Toru "Shiro" Shirai
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* [[spoiler: CainAndAbel]]:
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* {{Deliberately Cute
* {{Expressive
* HulkingOut:
* MrImagination: Rec considers that the Iron Brothers are actually "chuunibyou", if they aren't what they claim to be.
* PowerLimiter: Their
* PsychicPowers:
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* ThemeTwinNaming: They are the '''Tetsu'''jin Brothers.
%%* WonderTwinPowers
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/HochuOtsuka
->'''Played by''': Creator/HochuOtsuka (voice, anime), and Toru Tezuka (drama)
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* DisappearedDad: Hasn't seen his wife or daughter for six years, though they don't seem to mind and fully encourage his dreams of becoming a champion liner.
* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove: From [[spoiler: Shimazaki]].
* SuperOCD
* SmarterThanYouLook
!P-ko
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/ChiakiOmigawa
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* DisappearedDad: Hasn't seen his wife or daughter for six years, though they don't seem to mind and fully encourage his dreams of becoming a champion liner.
* NiceGuy
* ObliviousToLove: From [[spoiler: Shimazaki]].
* SuperOCD
* SmarterThanYouLook
!P-ko
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* DisappearedDad: Hasn't seen his wife or daughter for six years, though they don't seem to mind and they fully encourage his dreams of becoming a champion liner.
*
* ObliviousToLove:
* {{Salaryman}}: What his former job was, later, he instead wants to become the most recognizable "white lining walker" in the entire world.
* SuperOCD: He believes that, if he walks out off his white line, his wife and children would become ''chicken''. And since no one can prove him otherwise, the rest of the community don't want to risk it.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his looks, or the fact that he was a failure as a salaryman, he is actually one of the smartest members of the community. [[spoiler:
* SuperOCD
* SmarterThanYouLook
!P-ko
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!!P-ko
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->'''Played by''': Creator/ChiakiOmigawa (voice, anime), and Natsumi Abe (drama)
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* ButtMonkey: The first one among the girls.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteClumsyGirl
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* ExpressiveHair: Or [[ExpressiveAccessory hair ribbon]].
* FieryRedhead
* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing on her head really is.
* TheHeart
* HopelessSuitor: For the Mayor.
* NaiveEverygirl
* [[OlderThantheyLook Older than She Looks]]: 22 years old according to [[AllThereInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
!Takai
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!!!!!!Voiced by: [[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]]
Kou's assistant from his company. He came searching for Kou when he never came back to the office. He is steadfastly loyal to his boss, but also has a very unhealthy obsession with him. He oversees the running of Kou's company in his absence and helps Kou with his projects under the bridge.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone knows he's in love with Kou...whether they want to or not.
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Kou
* ManHug: He goes after them often with Kou.
* {{Megane}}
* PapaWolf: ''Very'' protective of Kou.
* StraightGay
* SubordinateExcuse: At least he sometimes ''is'' useful.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteClumsyGirl
* DrivesLikeCrazy
* ExpressiveHair: Or [[ExpressiveAccessory hair ribbon]].
* FieryRedhead
* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing on her head really is.
* TheHeart
* HopelessSuitor: For the Mayor.
* NaiveEverygirl
* [[OlderThantheyLook Older than She Looks]]: 22 years old according to [[AllThereInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
!Takai
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!!!!!!Voiced by: [[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]]
Kou's assistant from his company. He came searching for Kou when he never came back to the office. He is steadfastly loyal to his boss, but also has a very unhealthy obsession with him. He oversees the running of Kou's company in his absence and helps Kou with his projects under the bridge.
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* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone knows he's in love with Kou...whether they want to or not.
* IncompatibleOrientation: With Kou
* ManHug: He goes after them often with Kou.
* {{Megane}}
* PapaWolf: ''Very'' protective of Kou.
* StraightGay
* SubordinateExcuse: At least he sometimes ''is'' useful.
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* ButtMonkey: The first one among the girls.
girls, starting with her SlipperySkid in her first appearance... or when she gets depressed after [[ObliviousToLove the Mayor doesn't recognize her love]].
*CurtainsMatchTheWindow
CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her eyes are red as her hair.
*CuteClumsyGirl
*CuteClumsyGirl: She is way too clumsy, compared to the rest of the girls of the Arakawa's community.
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* ExpressiveHair:Or [[ExpressiveAccessory hair ribbon]].
* FieryRedhead
* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing onHer [[AnimeHair unusual pepper-like hairstyle]] often express the end of her head really is.
emotions.
* FieryRedhead: She gets too passionate with her vegetable farming.
%%* TheHeart
* HopelessSuitor:For She doesn't mind if the Mayor.
*mayor rejects her or ignores that she has feelings for him, she would always pursue his love. [[spoiler: Implied to be averted by the end of the manga.]]
%%* NaiveEverygirl
*[[OlderThantheyLook Older than OlderThanTheyLook: She Looks]]: is 22 years old according to [[AllThereInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
!Takai
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->'''Played by''':[[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]] (voice, anime), and Kazuyuki Asano (drama)
Rec's assistant from his company. He came searching forKou Rec when he never came back to the office. He is steadfastly loyal to his boss, but also has a very unhealthy obsession with him. He oversees the running of Kou's Rec's company in his absence and helps Kou with his projects under the bridge.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: He got stuck with Rec in their trip to Venus, it's just that he was eaten by a rabbit-like monster (and this brought sequels to Rec once he came back to Earth). He was saved by a Venusian ghost who brainwashed him afterwards with the only condition of getting Nino back to Venus. He eventually gets better once Rec stops him.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone knows he's in love withKou...Rec... whether they want to or not.
* IncompatibleOrientation: WithKou
Rec, who is straight.
* ManHug: He goes after them often withKou.
Rec.
*{{Megane}}
{{Megane}}: He is always seen using glasses.
* PapaWolf:''Very'' He is ''very'' protective of Kou.
Rec, ever since he considered himself as his dad's replacement.
*StraightGay
StraightGay: He only acts feminine when he is preparing food for Rec. It's up to interpretation if he does so because he sees him as his son, or because he wants Rec to see him as a ''potential'' lover.
* SubordinateExcuse:At least Despite his weird attraction to Rec, he sometimes ''is'' useful.
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*
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%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* ExpressiveHair:
* FieryRedhead
* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing on
* FieryRedhead: She gets too passionate with her vegetable farming.
%%* TheHeart
* HopelessSuitor:
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%%* NaiveEverygirl
*
!Takai
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!!Takai
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Kou's
->'''Played by''':[[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]] (voice, anime), and Kazuyuki Asano (drama)
Rec's assistant from his company. He came searching for
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: He got stuck with Rec in their trip to Venus, it's just that he was eaten by a rabbit-like monster (and this brought sequels to Rec once he came back to Earth). He was saved by a Venusian ghost who brainwashed him afterwards with the only condition of getting Nino back to Venus. He eventually gets better once Rec stops him.]]
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone knows he's in love with
* IncompatibleOrientation: With
* ManHug: He goes after them often with
*
* PapaWolf:
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* SubordinateExcuse:
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Takai's assistant, a beautiful, but somewhat shady lady, who seems to play her own game under both Kou's and his father's heads.
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* BeautyMark
* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: After finding out that Shiro was married, she run away from the riverbed and joins a group that seeks into revealing one for all all the secrets of Nino and the riverbed. How? She was disillusioned, brokenhearted... and she accepts returning to her 'former' spy job... thanks to a suit that is worth 300 million yen.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She is undoubtedly loyal to Kou's dad, but after receiving a menace from the Mayor himself, she gets into her own agenda being more careful in getting details. In fact, she gets into the riverbed to know better the secrets surrounding Nino... but gets convinced, by her, that she can still be the weird person she was in the past and wants to be happy with Shiro, throwing her 'present' behind... buut... things get complicated...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to the love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieTanaka
Takai's assistant, a beautiful, but somewhat shady lady, who seems to play her own game under both Kou's and his father's heads.
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* BeautyMark
* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: After finding out that Shiro was married, she run away from the riverbed and joins a group that seeks into revealing one for all all the secrets of Nino and the riverbed. How? She was disillusioned, brokenhearted... and she accepts returning to her 'former' spy job... thanks to a suit that is worth 300 million yen.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She is undoubtedly loyal to Kou's dad, but after receiving a menace from the Mayor himself, she gets into her own agenda being more careful in getting details. In fact, she gets into the riverbed to know better the secrets surrounding Nino... but gets convinced, by her, that she can still be the weird person she was in the past and wants to be happy with Shiro, throwing her 'present' behind... buut... things get complicated...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to the love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieTanaka
->'''Played by''': Creator/RieTanaka (voice, anime) and Waka Inoue (drama)
Takai's assistant, a beautiful, but somewhat shady lady, who seems to play her own game under both
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** The first time is when she just suffered a HeroicBSOD, [[spoiler:after finding out that Shiro
** The second time is when she gets [[spoiler: easily convinced by a fortune teller. However, she gets really useful when Rec was looking for Nino in the last arc of the manga]].
* EnigmaticMinion:
* TheMole:
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** [[spoiler:She [[spoiler: After she gets brokenhearted and gets a HeroicBSOD after opening a package for Shiro... that revealed to her that he was married. Did I mention this happens after the throw-away party where finding out about Shiro's family... she gets officially accepted into the village, dismissing every single suspicion that she was starts acting as a 'spy'?]]
StalkerWithACrush]].
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama
Kou's father and CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the city, if not Japan. He firmly believes in never being indebted to anyone and has instilled that in Kou. A cutthroat businessman, he gets what he wants when he wants it and proudly stands tall over his accomplishments.
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* DisappearedDad
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Subverted. He's very harsh and curt with Kou, but he does have some love for his son.
* HumiliationConga / BreakTheHaughty: Subverted in second to last episode of the first season. He leaves [[spoiler:the same situation his son'd encountered in the beginning of the story]] all classy and looking so cool he annoys the policeman.
* {{Megane}}
* PapaWolf
* ScaryShinyGlasses
!Last Samurai
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuichiNakamura
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama
Kou's father and CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the city, if not Japan. He firmly believes in never being indebted to anyone and has instilled that in Kou. A cutthroat businessman, he gets what he wants when he wants it and proudly stands tall over his accomplishments.
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* DisappearedDad
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Subverted. He's very harsh and curt with Kou, but he does have some love for his son.
* HumiliationConga / BreakTheHaughty: Subverted in second to last episode of the first season. He leaves [[spoiler:the same situation his son'd encountered in the beginning of the story]] all classy and looking so cool he annoys the policeman.
* {{Megane}}
* PapaWolf
* ScaryShinyGlasses
!Last Samurai
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuichiNakamura
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!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama
Kou's
->'''Played by''': Creator/RikiyaKoyama (voice, anime), and Takaya Kamikawa (drama)
Rec's father and CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the city, if not Japan. He firmly believes in never being indebted to anyone and has instilled that in
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* FourEyesZeroSoul: Subverted. He's very harsh and curt with
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!Last Samurai
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuichiNakamura
!!Last Samurai
->'''Played by''': Creator/YuuichiNakamura (voice, anime), and Taro Suruga (drama).
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* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: The last of them, obviously.
* {{Keigo}}
!Billy
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/FumihikoTachiki
* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: The last of them, obviously.
* {{Keigo}}
!Billy
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* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai:
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!Billy
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/FumihikoTachiki
* {{Keigo}}: His formal speech reflects his old-fashioned sense as a "samurai".
!!Billy
->'''Played by''': Creator/FumihikoTachiki (voice, anime), and Norihisa Hiranuma (drama)
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: As long as the girl is Jacqueline.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[{{Badass}} manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.
* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their 'aniki'), since he is always in the peak of sacrificing himself for their sake... or the sake of the riverbed's villagers.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: As long as the girl is Jacqueline.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[{{Badass}} manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.
* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their 'aniki'), since he is always in the peak of sacrificing himself for their sake... or the sake of the riverbed's villagers.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: As long as the girl is
* EvenTheGuysWantHim:
* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their
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* RatedMForManly
* SatelliteCharacter: To Jacqueline.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Jacqueline.
* SingleTargetSexuality: With Jacqueline.
* {{Yakuza}}: Apparently.
!Jacqueline
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YukoGoto
A girl in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee under the bridge.
* SatelliteCharacter: To Jacqueline.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Jacqueline.
* SingleTargetSexuality: With Jacqueline.
* {{Yakuza}}: Apparently.
!Jacqueline
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YukoGoto
A girl in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee under the bridge.
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* RatedMForManly
*RatedMForManly: He is the ''manliest'' of all men in not only Arakawa's riverbank, but ''also'' in Japan.
%%* SatelliteCharacter: To Jacqueline.
* SickeninglySweethearts:With Jacqueline.
He is somewhat {{tsundere}} towards Jacqueline, but he is madly in love with her. That was the reason alone why he betrayed his own mob group.
* SingleTargetSexuality:With He has no eyes for other woman, except for Jacqueline.
* {{Yakuza}}:Apparently.
!Jacqueline
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YukoGoto
[[spoiler: His claims are actually true, as he is acknowledgeable about the mob's underworld. His comrades have suffered through several incidents. And he even sacrificed himself over his love to Jacqueline, who was also some yakuza's queen.]]
!!Jacqueline
->'''Played by''': Creator/YukoGoto (voice, anime), and Kurume Arisaka (drama)
Agirl woman in a bee costume who fell madly in love with Billy and is practically inseparable from him. She runs a day spa called Queen Bee "Queen Bee" under the bridge.bridge.
*
%%* SatelliteCharacter: To Jacqueline.
* SickeninglySweethearts:
* SingleTargetSexuality:
* {{Yakuza}}:
!Jacqueline
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YukoGoto
!!Jacqueline
->'''Played by''': Creator/YukoGoto (voice, anime), and Kurume Arisaka (drama)
A
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* DamselInDistress: She's quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
* TheDitz
* DragonLady: Prior to coming to Arakawa, if her story is to be believed.
* InterspeciesRomance
* TheDitz
* DragonLady: Prior to coming to Arakawa, if her story is to be believed.
* InterspeciesRomance
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* DamselInDistress: She's She seems quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
*rescue.
%%* TheDitz
* DragonLady: Prior to coming to Arakawa,if she was a former yakuza queen.
* InterspeciesRomance: What it looks like herstory is to be believed.
* InterspeciesRomancerelationship with Billy really is.
*
%%* TheDitz
* DragonLady: Prior to coming to Arakawa,
* InterspeciesRomance: What it looks like her
* InterspeciesRomance
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* SickeninglySweethearts: With Billy.
* SingleTargetSexuality: With Billy.
!Captain
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki
* SingleTargetSexuality: With Billy.
!Captain
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki
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* SickeninglySweethearts: With She is madly in love with Billy.
* SingleTargetSexuality:With Jacqueline doesn't have any eyes for any other man than Billy.
!Captain
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki!!Captain a.k.a. "Potachi"
->'''Played by''': Creator/TomokazuSeki (voice, anime)
* SingleTargetSexuality:
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSeki
->'''Played by''': Creator/TomokazuSeki (voice, anime)
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: He falls into the same organization with Shimazaki... his main reason would be the trope below...]]
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: He THINKS and BELIEVES that Nino is an alien-princess that would harm the Earth. It also inspires him to draw a sci-fi manga... [[spoiler:that could be quite [[TruthInTelevision true]] because by no coincidence, the similarities are not so beyond the truth of the riverbed...]]
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse; he ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[ExecutiveMeddling editor kept forcing him]] to draw {{Moe}} manga instead of sci-fi.
* [[spoiler:TheMole: Besides being {{brainwashed}} because of his own desire to be 'defender of the Earth', he still keeps an affection to the Arakawa Riverbed's community, especially since he knows that the organization he falls with are not good people at ''ALL''. Especially their boss and leader, when he finds out a terrible secret concerning the Mayor, Nino and the Venusians, as well. He just wants to keep playing as [[TheHero a hero]], no matter what side he takes.]]
!Amazoness
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi
A mysterious Amazon woman who lives down the river from the community. Her personality constantly shifts from that of an intimidating warrior to a high school girl. She's rarely seen without her cell phone and has a love of all things made in Saitama. She works for an unknown person and is often surrounded by a trio of "tengu" (guys with tengu masks and bikini tops worn over their t-shirts).
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* AmazonianBeauty
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: He THINKS and BELIEVES that Nino is an alien-princess that would harm the Earth. It also inspires him to draw a sci-fi manga... [[spoiler:that could be quite [[TruthInTelevision true]] because by no coincidence, the similarities are not so beyond the truth of the riverbed...]]
* CreatorBreakdown: InUniverse; he ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[ExecutiveMeddling editor kept forcing him]] to draw {{Moe}} manga instead of sci-fi.
* [[spoiler:TheMole: Besides being {{brainwashed}} because of his own desire to be 'defender of the Earth', he still keeps an affection to the Arakawa Riverbed's community, especially since he knows that the organization he falls with are not good people at ''ALL''. Especially their boss and leader, when he finds out a terrible secret concerning the Mayor, Nino and the Venusians, as well. He just wants to keep playing as [[TheHero a hero]], no matter what side he takes.]]
!Amazoness
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi
A mysterious Amazon woman who lives down the river from the community. Her personality constantly shifts from that of an intimidating warrior to a high school girl. She's rarely seen without her cell phone and has a love of all things made in Saitama. She works for an unknown person and is often surrounded by a trio of "tengu" (guys with tengu masks and bikini tops worn over their t-shirts).
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* AmazonianBeauty
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon
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*[[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: He falls into the same gets involved in some conspiracy's organization with Shimazaki... his main reason would be that promises him to reveal some of Nino and the trope below...Arakawa's riverbed's secrets.]]
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: HeTHINKS and BELIEVES believes that his real role in the world is that he should protect the world from evil venusians, and his way to warn the world about it is through his sci-fi manga's pages. He ''believes'' Nino is an alien-princess that would harm destroy the Earth. It also inspires him to draw a sci-fi manga... [[spoiler:that could be quite [[TruthInTelevision true]] because by no coincidence, the similarities are not so beyond the truth of the riverbed...]]
world.
* CreatorBreakdown:InUniverse; he InUniverse. He ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[ExecutiveMeddling editor kept forcing him]] to draw {{Moe}} manga instead of sci-fi.
*[[spoiler:TheMole: Besides being {{brainwashed}} because of his TheMole: [[spoiler: His own desire to be 'defender of defend the Earth', Earth is what the Mole's organization wanted to use in their own benefit. Although, he still keeps an has some affection to the Arakawa Riverbed's community, especially since he knows Arakawa's community. He is self-aware that the organization Mole is full of "bad" people, but his only motivation to keep doing so was because he falls with are not good people at ''ALL''. Especially their boss and leader, when he finds out a terrible secret concerning the Mayor, Nino and the Venusians, as well. He just wants wanted to keep playing as [[TheHero a hero]], no matter what side he takes.]]
!Amazoness
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi
]]
!!Amazoness
->'''Played by''': Creator/YuuKobayashi (voice, anime)
A mysterious Amazon woman who lives down theriver from river, outside the riverbank's community. Her personality constantly shifts from that of an intimidating warrior to a high school girl. She's rarely seen without her cell phone and has a love of all things made in Saitama. She works for an unknown person and is often surrounded by a trio of "tengu" (guys with tengu masks and bikini tops worn over their t-shirts).
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*AmazonianBeauty
AmazonianBeauty: Has the body of an Amazon, but the heart of a high school girl.
*NoGuyWantsAnAmazonHopelessSuitor: She thinks she is this to [[spoiler:Hoshi]].
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: This is what she believes, because she is too forceful onto the guys she likes. Her "brothers" seem to think otherwise, though.
*
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: He
* CreatorBreakdown:
*
!Amazoness
!!!!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuuKobayashi
!!Amazoness
->'''Played by''': Creator/YuuKobayashi (voice, anime)
A mysterious Amazon woman who lives down the
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* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: This is what she believes, because she is too forceful onto the guys she likes. Her "brothers" seem to think otherwise, though.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: To Kou. [[spoiler:And Hoshi.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
* UncannyValleyMakeup
* ValleyGirl: What her Saitama dialect is translated as.
* {{Tsundere}}: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
* UncannyValleyMakeup
* ValleyGirl: What her Saitama dialect is translated as.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: To Kou.Rec. [[spoiler:And Hoshi.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d byKou Rec and it's as creepy as it sounds.
*UncannyValleyMakeup
UncannyValleyMakeup: Her make up looks straight from a "horror" movie.
* ValleyGirl: What her Saitama dialect is often translatedas.as.
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* [[OlderThantheyLook Older than She Looks]]: 22 years old according to [[AllInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
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* [[OlderThantheyLook Older than She Looks]]: 22 years old according to [[AllInTheManual [[AllThereInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Nino fills this role for Ric, though her personality doesn't fit very well.
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* OnlySaneMan
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* OnlySaneManOnlySaneMan: [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]
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** Also has a [[MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[{{Squick}} Yes, it's gross]].
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** Also has a [[MinamiKe [[Manga/MinamiKe 'Sensei and Ninomiya-kun']]-like episode with Amazoness. [[{{Squick}} Yes, it's gross]].
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!!!!!!Voiced by: HochuOtsukaCreator/HochuOtsuka
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!!!!!!Voiced by: YukoGotoCreator/YukoGoto
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A young woman who lives under the bridge during the growing season. While cute, she's horibly clumsy. She has an unrequited love in the Mayor. She runs a vegetable farm for the community.
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A young woman who lives under the bridge during the growing season. While cute, she's horibly horribly clumsy. She has an unrequited love in the Mayor. She runs a vegetable farm for the community.
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!!!!!!Voiced by: ChiakiOmigawa
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* ActorAllusion: In Episode 10 of Season 2, he mentions how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair]].
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* ActorAllusion: In episode 10 of season 2, when the girls start coming with weird ways about losing weight she mentions [[SoulEater human souls while wielding a scythe]].
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* LegalJailbait
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* CreatorBreakdown: Ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[ExecutiveMeddling editor kept forcing him]] to draw {{Moe}} manga instead of sci-fi.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Ran InUniverse; he ran away from his career as a mangaka when his [[ExecutiveMeddling editor kept forcing him]] to draw {{Moe}} manga instead of sci-fi.
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!!!!!!Voiced by: YukoSanpei (Tetsuo), Creator/RyokoShintani (Tetsuro)
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* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality
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* RoseHairedSweetie: Subverted; she's only sweet at first glance. She's actually a sadist who loves to bully others. She can be nice to the girls, though.
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* RoseHairedSweetie: Subverted; The BitchInSheepsClothing variant; she's only sweet at first glance. She's actually a sadist who loves to bully others. She can be nice to the girls, though.
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* ActorAllusion: In Episode 10 of Season 2, he mention how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair]].
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* ActorAllusion: In Episode 10 of Season 2, he mention mentions how he's [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei in despair]].
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* {{Bishounen}}: Takes it UpToEleven after completing Jacqueline's weight loss program.
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* {{Bishounen}}: {{Bishonen}}: Takes it UpToEleven after completing Jacqueline's weight loss program.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In Episode 8 of Season 2, he was by [[CharmPerson charmed]] by Amazoness's tengu henchmen to [[DevotedToYou fall for her]].
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Recruit's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A CloudCuckooLander who believes she's from Venus [[spoiler:or as implied later, she indeed is from there]]. She has a strange obsession with fishing some of the creatures that live in the riverbed and provides them for the community.
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Recruit's love interest and the reason he lives under the bridge. A CloudCuckooLander {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who believes she's from Venus [[spoiler:or as implied later, she indeed is from there]]. She has a strange obsession with fishing some of the creatures that live in the riverbed and provides them for the community.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, she is a student in Kou's class]].
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* TeacherStudentRomance: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Well, she is a student in Kou's class]].
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A young girl from England who was raised by Sister in an orphanage. She has a noticable crush on him and appears sweet in general, but she is actually highly skilled in martial arts and is rather accomplished in several underworld trades. She can also transform herself into a musclebound man three times her size thanks to Sister's training. She serves as a yakuza boss for the community.
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A young girl from England who was raised by Sister in an orphanage. She has a noticable noticeable crush on him and appears sweet in general, but she is actually highly skilled in martial arts and is rather accomplished in several underworld trades. She can also transform herself into a musclebound man three times her size thanks to Sister's training. She serves as a yakuza boss for the community.
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* IShallTauntYou: Her [[strike:hobby]] addiction.
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* IShallTauntYou: Her [[strike:hobby]] addiction.
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* [[DeliberatelyCuteChild Deliberately Cute Children]]
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* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing on her head really is.
* HairDecorations: Or IdiotHair, as it's unclear what that thing on her head really is.
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* OlderThanSheLooks: 22 years old according to [[AllInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
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* OlderThanSheLooks: [[OlderThantheyLook Older than She Looks]]: 22 years old according to [[AllInTheManual the official info]] but looks somewhat [[LegalJailbait Loli-like]].
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: After finding out that Shiro was married, she run away from the riverbed and joins a group that seeks into revealing one for all all the secrets of Nino and the riverbed. How? She was dilusioned, brokenhearted... and she accepts returning to her 'former' spy job... thanks to a suit that is worth 300 million yen.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She is undoubtly loyal to Kou's dad, but after receving a menace from the Mayor himself, she gets into her own agenda being more careful in getting details. In fact, she gets into the riverbed to know better the secrets surrounding Nino... but gets convinced, by her, that she can still be the weird person she was in the past and wants to be happy with Shiro, throwing her 'present' behind... buut... things get complicated...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She is undoubtly loyal to Kou's dad, but after receving a menace from the Mayor himself, she gets into her own agenda being more careful in getting details. In fact, she gets into the riverbed to know better the secrets surrounding Nino... but gets convinced, by her, that she can still be the weird person she was in the past and wants to be happy with Shiro, throwing her 'present' behind... buut... things get complicated...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: After finding out that Shiro was married, she run away from the riverbed and joins a group that seeks into revealing one for all all the secrets of Nino and the riverbed. How? She was dilusioned, disillusioned, brokenhearted... and she accepts returning to her 'former' spy job... thanks to a suit that is worth 300 million yen.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She isundoubtly undoubtedly loyal to Kou's dad, but after receving receiving a menace from the Mayor himself, she gets into her own agenda being more careful in getting details. In fact, she gets into the riverbed to know better the secrets surrounding Nino... but gets convinced, by her, that she can still be the weird person she was in the past and wants to be happy with Shiro, throwing her 'present' behind... buut... things get complicated...]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to the love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Somehow. At least below the villagers and Kou himself. [[spoiler:She is
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Or so she was, until she comes in terms thanks to the love and acceptance of the other villagers (who completely ignore that she was an spy) until things came out wrong.]]
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** [[spoiler:She gets brokenhearted and gets an HeroicBSOD after opening a package for Shiro... that revealed to her that he was married. Did I mention this happen after the throw-away party where she gets officially accepted into the village dismissing every single suspission she was an 'spy'?]]
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** [[spoiler:She gets brokenhearted and gets an a HeroicBSOD after opening a package for Shiro... that revealed to her that he was married. Did I mention this happen happens after the throw-away party where she gets officially accepted into the village village, dismissing every single suspission suspicion that she was an a 'spy'?]]
* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: The last of them, obviously.
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* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their 'aniki'), since he is always in the peak of sacrificing himself for their sake... or the sake of the riverbed's villagers.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[BadAss manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.
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* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Or at least cannot help swooning over his [[BadAss [[{{Badass}} manliness]] in Ric and Hoshi's case.case.
* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their 'aniki'), since he is always in the peak of sacrificing himself for their sake... or the sake of the riverbed's villagers.
* AFatherToHisMen: How the birds' yakuza-like-gang sees him (he is their 'aniki'), since he is always in the peak of sacrificing himself for their sake... or the sake of the riverbed's villagers.
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* DistressedDamsel: Quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
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* DistressedDamsel: Quite DamselInDistress: She's quite helpless, which allows Billy to always come to the rescue and show some manliness.
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* {{Tsundere}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
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* {{Tsundere}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Kou and as creepy as it sounds.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's violent and quite possessive towards Sister.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's violent and quite possessive towards Sister.the EnfanteTerrible.
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* PetTheDog: Her treatment of Stella after their "duel" (though possibly she just wanted to {{troll}} Sister and team up with local EnfanteTerrible to create more possibilities of bullying people).
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* PetTheDog: Her treatment of Stella after their "duel" (though possibly she just wanted to {{troll}} Sister and team up with local EnfanteTerrible to create more possibilities of bullying people)."duel".
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* AmbiguoslyHuman
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* AmbiguoslyHumanAmbiguouslyHuman
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* AmbigouslyHuman
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* AmbigouslyHumanAmbiguoslyHuman
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Her name comes from the tag "Class 2-3" (Ni-no-san) on the sweatsuit that she always wears.
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* LoveAtFirstPunch: He met Maria in the middle of a battlefield when she used one of her attacks to leave him bald. He fell for her immediately.
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* ClingyJealousGirl
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* ClingyJealousGirlClingyJealousGirl: She ''doesn't'' take it well when she finds out about Sister's feelings for Maria.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Subverted. She's young, cheerful and cute, but she's violent and quite possessive towards Sister.
* JapanesePronouns: In Japanese, her way of speech is quite antiquated. She refers to herself with "washi", the pronoun old men use.
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* PrecociousCrush
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* PrecociousCrushPrecociousCrush: On Sister.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: And also literally, she is guarding some animals... even sheeps.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: And also literally, she is guarding some animals... even sheeps.BitchInSheepsClothing
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* RoseHairedSweetie: Of the [[FieryRedHead strong and passionate]] variety.
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* RoseHairedSweetie: Of Subverted; she's only sweet at first glance. She's actually a sadist who loves to bully others. She can be nice to the [[FieryRedHead strong and passionate]] variety.girls, though.
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* [[spoiler:{{Yakuza}}]]: Apparently.
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* [[spoiler:{{Yakuza}}]]: {{Yakuza}}: Apparently.
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* RoseHairedGirl: Of the [[FieryRedHead strong and passionate]] variety.
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* RoseHairedGirl: RoseHairedSweetie: Of the [[FieryRedHead strong and passionate]] variety.
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