History Characters / KaguyaSamaLoveIsWarMiyukiShirogane

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Subverted when he leaves for Stanford in Chapter 267. While he might no longer be physically present in the story, the fact that video chatting software is so ubiquitous in the modern day means that he's still part of the plot. Unfortunately, Kaguya is so hell-bent on maintaining contact with him during this time that she always calls him during class time, which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the ''seventeen-hour time difference between Japan and California''.[[labelnote:*]]Specifically, ''17 hours''.[[/labelnote]] As a result, Shirogane is always woken up well past ''midnight'' and left sleep-deprived due to her constant calls.]]

* NiceGuy: According to chapter 32, he's incapable of needlessly acting cold to people. Yes, he's extremely proud and can be slightly arrogant, but otherwise, he's genuinely kind-hearted and friendly, cares for the student council, and will do anything to help students who come for help. He's also a lot more honest with himself than Kaguya and thus more willing to throw his pride away to do what he knows is the right thing. Despite his massive ego, overwhelming pride, narrow-mindedness - e.g. his considerable difficulty seeing his own faults, much to Fujiwara's chagrin (who always ends up helping him), and correcting them, too, with him ultimately always willing, and always grateful towards her - and his somewhat cocky attitude at times, he's very selfless, virtuous and kind. The fact that he is this to his very core is the main reason Kaguya fell for him in the first place, and continues to grow more in love with him the more he shows kindness.

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Subverted when he leaves for Stanford in Chapter 267. While he might no longer be physically present in the story, the fact that video chatting software is so ubiquitous in the modern day means that he's still part of the plot. Unfortunately, Kaguya is so hell-bent on maintaining contact with him during this time that she always calls him during class time, which wouldn't be a problem if it wasn't for the ''several-hour time delay between Japan and California''.[[labelnote:*]]Specifically, ''17 hours''.[[/labelnote]] As a result, Shirogane is always woken up well past ''midnight'' and left sleep-deprived due to her constant calls.]]

* FaceOfAThug: Downplayed. His ExhaustedEyeBags give him a constant DeathGlare and most of the students find him intimidating, but pretty much everyone already knows that he's a NiceGuy.

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** With Ishigami and Fujiwara, he ends up as both at different points.

** Again the blue, though this time to Iino; Shirogane is flexible and generally accepting of other students' viewpoints, and rarely shows any aggression. This is a stark contrast to Iino, who is so stubborn and naive that she rarely considers any opinions other than her own and will regularly attack others either by shouting or through physical means.

** He thought about using his presidential powers to prevent Kaguya from receiving a love confession from another boy, especially when she suggests she might actually accept it. There are also moments where he is jealous of Ishigami spending time with Kaguya and being treated differently. however, he never acted out on these impulses unless ''severely'' provoked, unlike Kaguya, who regularly did so for even ''minor'' slights.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: PlayedWith during the school trip to Kyoto. His efforts to help Hayasaka ended up amounting to nothing, if not making things harder for her and Kaguya. However, he managed to prove to Hayasaka that there were people willing to help her without expecting any form of compensation, including him, Fujiwara, and her friends from school, which likely had an important positive effect on her bleak worldview.

** Invoked. In spite of Fujiwara's presence in the student council, which elicits considerable resentment in Kaguya due to Fujiwara's personability, good looks, and nice figure, it's shown that [[SingleTargetSexuality Shirogane has eyes only for Kaguya]].

* TheUnfavourite: [[spoiler:His mother was a relentless EducationMama who ended up favoring Kei due to her doing better on exams, even taking her with her when she abandoned their father. He does not appear to have any form of resentment for his sister, though he clearly has a very low opinion of his mother, which Kei also shares.]]

* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: He initially fell in love with Kaguya [[spoiler:after seeing her rescue the Mass Media club president from drowning in the beginning of their freshman year because he admired her decisiveness in a situation when everyone else (icluding him) was frozen with indecision).]]

* SamaritanRelationshipStarter: He initially fell in love with Kaguya [[spoiler:after seeing her rescue the Mass Media club president from drowning in the beginning of their freshman year.]]

** [[spoiler: Even when they tried to have their first time, Shirogane stopped himself when he realizes something was bothering Kaguya, not wanting to continue if she is uneasy about it. They only resume when Kaguya gives her consent and kisses him.]]

* BeneathTheMask: Shirogane likes to put up the front that he's an intelligent, stoic, and all-around perfect person but as the series has shown that he's actually quite awkward, shy, and unskilled beneath it all. [[spoiler:Chapter 147 shows that he hides a huge inferiority complex because of his mother's abandonment. Even his current popularity has only furthered his complex as he feels everyone around him only likes the ideal version of himself he presents instead of who he really is.]]

* BookSmart: He is not a [[TheAce multi-talented genius]] like his LoveInterest, Kaguya, but he makes up for his lack of prestige with his academic achievements, earning the best grades among the entire student body during exams, and is consistently placed as the top-scorer in the national mock exams--save for one time where he got beaten by Mikado Shijo. However, the series later acknowledge that he's probably not naturally that intelligent (being likely less bright than his younger sister Kei), and when he allows himself to slack off a little [[spoiler:after getting together with Kaguya]], his ranking drops to the 12th place.

** He thought about using his presidential powers to prevent Kaguya from going to receive a love confession from another boy, especially when she suggests she might actually accept it. There are also moments where he is jealous of Ishigami spending time with Kaguya and being treated differently.

* TheDreaded: For Fujiwara every time he wants to learn something in secret. Fujiwara absolutely dreads each instance because of two reasons: first, Shirogane is a grating and needy student who is equally terrible at handling constructive criticism; and second, he is so awfully bad at first that Fujiwara cannot bear not to help him. On top of that, because they do it in secret, she cannot reap the merits she deserves for his accomplishments, and even worse, third parties always think that it's ''effortless'' from him when he received massive heaps of help from Fujiwara.

** In spite of his normally piss-poor hand-eye coordination, he's actually ''fantastic'' at juggling (thanks to his grandmother), and playing with tops, ''kendama'' (Japanese cup and ball toy), and yo-yos).

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Hilariously enough, his singing voice landed a NonLethalKO on Fujiwara and [[spoiler:Hayasaka (under her identity as female Herthaka)]], even the latter compared it to ''the guts of a sea cucumber''. This was later subverted after taking singing [[spoiler: and later rapping]] lessons from Fujiwara.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Downplayed, but like any guy his age, Shirogane is very interested but controls himself for the public. [[spoiler: When he begins to date Kaguya, he keeps the relationship slow, but when Chapter 216 occurs, Shirogane states that he would like to have his first time. Around Chapter 220, when doing the deed, Shirogane did manage to control himself when he realizes Kaguya wasn't feeling comfortable. Comes Chapter 236, the two could not help but get in each other's bed the moment Kei left them alone.]]

* KindheartedCatLover: Loves cats. Kaguya being cat-like herself may have something to do with it.

* NiceGuy: According to chapter 32, he's incapable of needlessly acting cold to people. Yes, he's extremely proud and can be slightly arrogant, but otherwise, he's genuinely kind-hearted and friendly, cares for the student council, and will do anything to help students that come for help. He's also a lot more honest with himself than Kaguya and thus more willing to throw his pride away to do what he knows is the right thing. Despite his massive ego, overwhelming pride, narrow-mindedness - e.g. his considerable difficulty seeing his own faults, much to Fujiwara's chagrin (who always ends up helping him), and correcting them, too, with him ultimately always willing, and always grateful towards her - and his somewhat cocky attitude at times, he's very selfless, virtuous and kind. The fact that he is this to his very core is the main reason Kaguya fell for him, and continues to grow more in love with him the more he shows kindness.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: PlayedWith during the school trip to Kyoto. His efforts to help Hayasaka ended up amounting to nothing, if not making things harder for her and Kaguya. However, he managed to prove to Hayasaka that there are people willing to help her without expecting any form of compensation, including him, Fujiwara, and her friends from school, which likely had an important positive effect on her bleak worldview.

* ThePerfectionist: He is obsessed with maintaining his perfect student council president image. He takes studying very seriously, and any shortcomings he may have ([[CripplingOverspecialization of which there are a lot]]) are painstakingly rooted out and overcome. Part of this effort is motivated by his desire to stand as [[TheAce Kaguya's]] equal [[InsecureLoveInterest and prove that he's good enough for her]]. [[spoiler:The rest is because he was abandoned by his mother as a child when he didn't meet her insanely high standards.]]

* PissTakeRap: Whenever Shirogane attempts to rap, it doesn't end well for those who listen to it. Hell, it's probably so bad that the viewers can't even hear the lyrics. Luckily, Fujiwara helps him to improve and did so in Chapter 108 (Episode 29 in the anime).

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Subverted when he leaves for Staford in Chapter 267. While he might no longer be physically present in the story, the fact that video chatting software is so ubiquitous in the modern day means that he's still part of the plot.]]
* RagingStiffie: He gets one when Fujiwara pressed against him in the Doujin spin-off.

* SingleGuySeeksMostPopularGirl: Shirogane, a working-class student and an outsider amongst the Shuchi'in students falls for Kaguya (the popular girl from the Shinomiya group) since the start of his freshman year. His constant scoring first place in tests and getting to be elected as the StudentCouncilPresident twice were all done in hopes of being able to stand on an equal footing with her. While Kaguya only took notice of his perfect side, she began falling more and more in love with his true self as the days go by.

** Tsubasa initially comes to him for love advice for this very reason. The ''We Want To Talk About Kaguya'' SpinOff shows this came to happen due to a series of OutOfContextEavesdropping. First, he overheard Karen and Erika talking about how the student council will give you love advice if you ask for it. Then he saw Fujiwara returning a lunchbox to Shirogane as she thanked him for making her lunch. Then he learns about the rumors treating Kaguya and Shirogane as the OfficialCouple of the school. Finally, he overhears ThoseTwoGuys that hang out with Shirogane talking about how he "already moved onto another one" and how "he never stays with one for long" -- they're talking about how Shirogane [[WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs keeps changing part-time jobs]], but Tsubasa assumes [[TheCasanova he plays the field]]. Heck, even Shirogane's bad advice to Tsubasa about asking Kashiwagi out with a WallPinOfLove ended up working out perfectly, which likely only further cemented his image of Shirogane as a love expert.

* WartsAndAll: After experiencing Kaguya's cold side, Shigorane exclaimed that while he was confused and worried about why she was acting cold, Shigorane would still love her no matter what mood she is, as he fell in love with the person whose ability was to show kindness without having to act kind. Later chapters would show that the feeling is mutual, though Kaguya had to tell it to his face after he dove back into old habits.

* {{Workaholic}}: Kaguya states he actually enjoys work. And the extras show that he spends so much time studying and working that no one knows when he has time to sleep. [[spoiler:It got to a point where when Kaguya tries to flirt with him, Shirogane focuses on his work before flirting back to her.]]

* YouAreWorthHell: Fulfilling his claim back in Chapter 56, [[spoiler: Shirogane spends the majority of the final arc fending off against the Shinomiya's family and rescuing Kaguya. At the end of Chapter 261, Shirogane vows that he doesn't care if it takes hundreds of years or if she was moved somewhere far away, he will make sure they are together again. He makes good on his words and succeeds in rescuing Kaguya, even if he had help from his friends.]]

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Hilariously enough, his singing voice landed a NonLethalKO on Fujiwara and [[spoiler:Hayasaka (under her identity as Herthaka-chan)]] (even the latter compared it to ''the guts of a sea cucumber''). This was later subverted after taking singing [[spoiler: and later rapping]] lessons from Fujiwara.

* BrownNote: His rapping is enough to knock out Fujiwara and Hayasaka.

** In spite of his normally piss-poor hand-eye coordination, he's actually ''fantastic'' at juggling, and playing with tops, ''kendama'' (Japanese cup and ball toy), and yoyos).

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Hilariously enough, his singing voice landed a NonLethalKO on Fujiwara and [[spoiler:Hayasaka]] (even the latter compared it to the guts of a sea cucumber). This was later subverted after taking singing [[spoiler: and later rapping]] lessons from Fujiwara.

* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Shirogane wears his uniform even on his days off because it's actually the nicest and most expensive set of clothes he owns. Kaguya has lampshaded this.

* CompositeCharacter: Miyuki is seemingly based on Otomo no Miyuki and some traits of the Emperor [[spoiler: (minus Mikado)]] from ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter''. Like Otomo no Miyuki, he longs for the heart of Kaguya and has a fear of water. But unlike his story counterpart, [[spoiler: Shirogane manages to overcome the “dragon trial” and win Kaguya's heart.]]

* LyingByOmission: Miyuki states a fact about his love life, which implies a false reality, that the narration calls him out on:
-->'''Miyuki Shirogane:''' I've never been turned down in my life!

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Invoked. Due to his family's monetary constraints, he shares a room and a bed with his sister that is separated by a curtain. After they move to a new apartment, the siblings finally get their own bedrooms, though they are next to each other and the walls are thin enough for Kei to overhear what Shirogane is up to.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MakotoFurukawa (Japanese), Creator/AaronDismuke (English seasons 1-2), Creator/CliffordChapin (English season 3), Creator/EnzoFortuny (Latin American Spanish), Rodolfo Novaes (Brazilian Portuguese)\\

* {{Bishonen}}: Despite his somewhat sharp facial traits and the bags under his eyes, he's actually a very attractive guy.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Kaguya [[spoiler:and Moeha]] list his piercing gaze as one of his most attractive physical features (the other being his nose). When Shirogane finally gets a good night's rest, the student body finds his proper eyes to be very attractive as well bar Ishigami and Fujiwara, who find it creepy, and Kaguya, for the above reason.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shirogane is extremely terrified of insects, enough to prefer going to the beach instead of the mountains (which is significant since he cannot swim). Of course, Chapter 15 has him dealing with a cockroach, [[ThanksForTheMamaries accidentally groping Kaguya in the process]].
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:His grades dropped significantly to the 12th place in the final test for his second year. While Kashiwagi and Kaguya (initially) thought of this as a case of him losing his interest in her, it's actually a combination of him relaxing his studies a little bit (taking Kaguya's words in Chapter 151 to heart) while preparing for his entrance to Stanford and taking Ishigami's duties as the treasurer]].

* WorthIt: He is physically and mentally exhausted by studying to outdo Kaguya in tests, but he also feels immensely satisfied every time he succeeds. [[spoiler:This isn't just his pride: Scoring higher than Kaguya on an exam is what made her notice him for the first time, which was his goal. Keeping ahead of her is how he considers himself to be worthy of her.]]

* SingleTargetSexuality: He only has eyes for Kaguya and no one else. In fact, when he and Ishigami found a porn magazine lying in the street one day, he was disinterested in the contents until Ishigami told him that one of the girls featured there resembled Kaguya.

* SenpaiKohai: He deliberately tries to develop this sort of relationship with Iino after realizing that they're TheFriendsWhoNeverHang. The chapters that focus on them are even called "Senpai-kun and Kohai-chan". As the following chapters show, he succeeds in doing so.