History Characters / LovelyComplex

Otani can be tough and rude on the outside, trying to look more manly. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold At heart, however is kind, silly, naive, oblivious, funny and a good friend.]] Like Risa, he likes Umibozu, water parks, games and the two tend to do things others wouldn't (like riding a rickshaw). [[{{Keet}} Also, he displays a happy and care-free attitude]],much like his girlfriend.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Will the guy with a height below most average guys (Otani) and the girl who's taller than average (Risa) finally get together? Yes, TheyDo.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Will the guy with a height below most average guys (Otani) and the girl who's taller than average (Risa) finally get together? Yes, TheyDo.

* ChickMagnet: He is very popular with the girls, even though he has an [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys attitude problem]] and only if his height gets out of the question. Girls like Kanzaki, Mimi, Risa, and Seiko have fallen for him, although many of them have admitted that it's because they see him as "cute".

-->'''Otani''': [[WhatAnIdiot It’s that freshman, Yamamoto, right?]]

-->'''Otani''': [[WhatAnIdiot If it’s someone shorter than you, and he’s on the basketball team, it has to be Yamamoto. No, wait… Ikeda is pretty short too…]]

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Suzuki gets sick relatively often, to the point that he has to attend summer school with the rest of the gang because he missed a midterm. This comes up again when [[spoiler: he fails the entrance exam for the school he wants to attend with Chiharu]] because he had the flu. His [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] blames it on him and the fact that he hasn't "strengthened his body".

* CryCute: Although Koizumi admits that she isn't very feminine as other girls, she often looks very cute when she is crying out in public, especially if it's about her feelings towards Otani.

* GamerChick: UpToEleven. She is very fond of [=JRPGs=] and [[RomanceGame otome games]], and it's one of many reasons why people tend to qualify her as a {{tomboy}}. At one point she became too obsessed with them, that she fell for Maity, her class' teacher assistant, just because he looked like Cain, a character from her favorite VisualNovel.

%%* BaldOfAwesome

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}: oddly enough for a shoujo manga, Suzuki is the only classic bishounen in the main cast.

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Gray Hair]]: What separates her from Chiharu. Even Risa notices it immediately.

* Bishonen: He's so pretty that he looks like one of the love interests in one of Risa's Otome games

%%* RoseHairedGirl: In some episodes her hair takes a salmon color. Some fan arts are this way too.

* PerpetualSmiler: [[http://mangafox.me/manga/lovely_complex_plus/v01/c001/10.html He smiles even when he is being insulted!]]

* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Otani has the surprise of his life when he finds out that the cute girl who was going after him was actually transgender

A girl who Otani briefly dated. He broke up after he found out Seiko is {{transgender}}.

* TransTribulations: Seiko is a trans woman and while usually a light-hearted character, in one manga chapter is about her voice breaking. She's so distraught over her [[VocalDissonance low, manly voice]] that she ended up outright de-transitioning. She's eventually able to get her old voice back after getting a needle for a cold.
* {{Transgender}}: She's biologically male, yet she identifies as a female and says that God put her in the wrong body.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Otani has the surprise of his life when he finds out that the cute girl who was going after him was actually transgender. He was very shocked.

* VocalDissonance: The trope image. One manga chapter had her voice break, making the contrast jarring. She gets so depressed that she temporarily goes back to living as a boy. When her voice reverts, Seiko transitions again.

* Bishie Sparkle: Maity carries these with ''constantly'' him wherever he goes, along with [[FlowerMotif rose petals]]. This is probably in part because he's somewhat of a parody of stereotypical romance leads of the era.
* [[Bishonen Biseinen]]: He's so pretty that he looks like one of the love interests in one of Risa's Otome games

%%* {{Adorkable}}: Sometimes.
%%* [[MegatonPunch Ahou Punch]]: In her GetAHoldOfYourselfMan moments, usually after TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

%%* {{Adorkable}}: At times.

%%* {{Adorkable}}

%%* {{Bishonen}}: He's so pretty that he looks like a lead in one of Risa's Otome games

* LoveBubbles: Maity inexplicably carries these with him wherever he goes, along with [[FlowerMotif rose petals]]. This is probably because he's just that handsome.

%%* {{Bishonen}}

%%* ThirdPersonPerson: More obvious in the Manga

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: According to his mother, Suzuki gets sick relatively often. This comes up when [[spoiler: he fails the entrance exam for the school he wants to attend with Chiharu]] because he had the flu.

%%* PairTheSmartOnes: With Chiharu.

* TheQuietOne: He is the most quiet compared to anyone in the anime and manga.

%%* TwiceShy: With Chiharu.

* HugeSchoolGirl: Half the premise of the series is based on her being a girl who is more taller than the Japanese average, during High School. Koizumi is 1.70 m tall and she is terrified of the sole thought that she could still get taller (and her mother agrees with that).

%%* [[PurpleEyes Violet Eyes]]: Violet Eyes in a ShrinkingViolet girl.

%%* GrayEyes