History Characters / MarchComesInLikeALion

* KarmaHoudini: Played with since on the one hand, from Hina's point of view, Takagi seemingly gets off the hook from bullying both her and Chiho with simply having to apologize in front of the class; to drive it further, she is blatantly insincere with her apology. On the other, Takagi is actually now under strict survellience from the faculty for the remainder of her time in middle school, so she's now unable to carry on acting the way she had been up until then, forcing her to face her anxiety-inducing studies without distraction.
* KnightOfCerebus: The usually happy-go-lucky and generally positive Hina does ''not'' joke around when it comes to Takagi and her horrible treatment of her and others at school.

* BrokenTears: After all the times she was bullied in school, Chiho suffered an emotional breakdown because of [[BulliedIntoDepression not only transferring to a different school, but also being separated from Hina]].

* TheDreaded: All of her classmates and homeroom teacher (both old and new) live in terror of and refuse to stand up to Takagi, fearing they will be the next victims of her bullying. In addition, her dark presence caused her classmates to spread false rumors behind the victims' backs instead.

** That being said, it's possible that Takagi's [[EducationMama strict]] [[EducationPapa parents]] improperly raised her to the point of becoming TheDreaded of her class and a BookDumb student who disregarded her priority in academics.

* CordonBleughChef: Hina's initial, unguided attempt at making bento for Takahashi results in a bad tasting meal, partially because of bad seasoning and partially because she mix-ad-matches a lot of ingredients in an overzealous attempt at making an extravagant meal.

* SmittenTeenageGirl: Toward Takahashi, a boy she's known since elementary school. She can barely manage small talk with him, often unable to speak properly when he shows up. Whenever she's at one of his baseball games she acts a pure fangirl.

Frequently appearing in flashbacks once Hina's bullying story arc begins, she is one of Hina's childhood friends. Bullied throughout their third year in middle school by a particular clique of girls, she's eventually driven to transfer out of school and move out of town. Defending Chiho before she leaves is what causes the shift of the bullying from her to Hina.

* BespectacledCutie: She's a sweet, kind girl who wears large glasses.

* HatesBeingAlone: Chiho didn't want to transfer to another school and being alone from Hina.

* ArchEnemy: To Hina. Even after her arc's resolution and making amends with her classmates who couldn't stand up to the bully, Hina admits she cannot bring herself to ever forgive Takagi and her friends.

* DiminishingVillainThreat: Following the Ladybug Bush Arc, Takagi has no real power or influence to harm Hina anymore despite still fashioning herself as Hina's ArchEnemy.

* KarmaHoudini: Played with since on the one hand, from Hina's point of view, Takagi seemingly gets off the hook from bullying both her and Chiho with simply having to apologize in front of the class. To drive it further, Takagi is blatantly insincere with her apology. On the other, Takagi is actually now under strict survellience from the faculty for the remainder of her time in middle school, so she's now unable to carry on acting the way she had been up until then, forcing her to face her anxiety-inducing studies without distraction.

** That being said, it's possible that Takagi's [[EducationMama strict]] [[EducationPapa parents]] improperly raised her to the point of becoming TheDreaded of her class and a BookDumb student who is very disinterested in academics.
* VillainousBSOD: Takagi was shocked when Mr. Kokubu told her that he couldn't find the answer as to why everyone needs to do their best academically and concluded that she has anxiety that she's unable to do anything in life.

* AlphaBitch: As implied by Hina, Takagi is on top of the "invisible hierarchy" within the classroom where their fellow top classmates can either spread gossip and laugh out loud or have their freedom within.

* BlatantLies: Takagi often lies whenever she's on the verge of being in trouble, especially when she lied to her mother by saying that Hina is the one who's been bullying instead of herself.

* TheDreaded: All of her classmates and homeroom teacher live in terror of and refuse to stand up to Takagi, fearing they will be the next victims of her bullying. In addition, her dark presence caused her classmates to spread false rumors behind the victims' backs instead.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: After getting exposed as the class bully to the faculty, when questioned about her actions Takagi [[NeverMyFault tries to place the blame on her strict parents and Japanese society in general]]. The faculty completely rebukes that as being justifiable.

* {{Jerkass}}: As expected of such a huge bully. However, Takagi cunningly keeps her true nature very concealed, using subtle means to hurt her victims. A classic sign of sociopathy.

* TheSociopath: Shows absolutely no remorse for her actions even when properly counseled, repeatedly changing the topic and shifting blame toward random people, all while possessing [[EmotionlessGirl an eerily dispassionate attitude]] and even confessing that [[EvilCannotComprehendGood she doesn't understand what "compassion" is]]. Eventually, her counselor deduces Takagi is so deeply engorged by anxiety it manifests through her poor grades and bullying.

* TraumaButton: Despite being the same age and grade, Chiho freezes at the sight of a middle schooler (other than Hina), due to her traumatic experiences of being cruelly bullied during her third year.

* GossipyHens: Takagi tends to gossip and laugh out loud with her friends during lunchtime. In a more villainous approach, she also tends to [[MaliciousSlander spread false rumors to her classmates]], much to Hina's chagrin.

* PlayingTheVictimCard: Takagi pulled this one when she called Hina a "brown-noser."

** That being said, it's possible that Takagi's [[EducationMama strict]] [[EducationPapa parents]] improperly raised her to the point of becoming TheDreaded of her class and a BookDumb student who is disinterested in academics.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has strawberry blonde hair and is a kindhearted girl who gets along very well with Hina.

* HateSink: It's clear through Takagi's savage bullying and lack of remorse, she is meant to be despised by the audience through and through.

* KarmaHoudini: Played with since on the one hand, from Hina's point of view, Takagi seemingly gets off the hook from bullying both her and Chiho with simply having to apologize in front of the class. To drive it further, Takagi is blatantly insincere with her apology. On the other, Takagi is actually now under strict survellience from the faculty for the remainder of her time in middle school, so she's now unable to carry on acting the way she had been up til then, forcing her to face her anxiety-inducing studies without distraction.

** That being said, it's possible that Takagi's [[EducationMama strict]] [[EducationPapa parents]] improperly raised her to the point of becoming TheDreaded of her class and a BookDumb student who doesn't want to give her all academically.

* GossipyHens: Takagi tends to gossip and laugh out loud with her friends during lunchtime. In a more villainous approach, she also tends to [[MaliciousSlander spread false rumors to her classmates]], much to Hina's chagrin.

* GossipyHens: Takagi tends to gossip and laugh out loud with her friends. In a more villainous approach, she also tends to spread false rumors to her classmates such as Hina being a "pervert" just because of being closer with Takahashi.

* GirlishPigtails: Takagi wears pigtails during the summer, namely after she was exposed as the class bully by Hina.

* BullyMagnet: Chiho was cruelly bullied by Takagi and her friends, from getting her shoes thrown into the toilet to being burdened with the school chores alone. Despite Hina's attempts to defend Chiho, unfortunately this didn't help and Chiho later transferred out of school, leaving Hina become the next target shortly after standing up to Takagi.

* ForeignCussWord: In the standard Japanese dub, Takagi called Hina a "bitch" under her breath when Takahashi came in to see the latter.

---> Portrayed by: Asuka Nishi (Japanese), Creator/BriannaKnickerbocker (English)

* TraumaButton: Despite being the same age and grade, Chiho freezes at the sight of a middle schooler (other than Hina), due to being bullied by her former fellow peers.

* ArchEnemy: To Hina. Even after her arc's resolution and making amends with her fellow bullies, Hina admits she cannot bring herself to ever forgive Takagi.

* DiminishingVillainThreat: Following the Bullying Arc, Takagi has no real power or influence to harm Hina anymore despite still fashioning herself as Hina's ArchEnemy.

* PlayingTheVictimCard: Her usual way of preventing herself from being exposed as the bully, especially when Takagi used it against Hina shortly after the former called her a "brown-noser".

** That being said, it's possible that Takagi's [[EducationMama strict]] [[EducationPapa parents]] improperly raised her to the point of becoming TheDreaded among her classmates and homeroom teacher and a BookDumb student who doesn't want to give her all academically.

* ConsummateLiar: Prior to being caught red-handed by Hina, Takagi was able to fool her mother, her teachers, and ''almost'' all of her classmates to get away with her actions against her victims.

* TheDreaded: All of her classmates and homeroom teacher live in terror of and refuse to stand up to Takagi, fearing they will be the next victims of her bullying.

* TheSociopath: Shows absolutely no remorse for her actions even when properly counseled, repeatedly changing the topic and shifting blame toward random people, all while possessing [[EmotionlessGirl an eerily dispassionate attitude]] and even confessing [[EvilCannotComprehendGood she doesn't understand what compassion is]]. Eventually, her counselor deduces Takagi is so deeply engorged by anxiety it manifests through her poor grades and bullying.

* CordonBleughChef: Hina's initial, unguided attempt at making bento for Takahashi results in a bad tasting meal, partially because of bad seasoning and partially because she mix-and-matches a lot of ingredients in an overzealous attempt at making an extravagant meal.

* BrokenTears: After all the times she was bullied in school, Chiho suffered an emotional breakdown because of not only transferring to a different school, but also being separated from Hina.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When Takagi is in a pinch, she will lie out the skin of her teeth and paint herself as an oblivious victim.

* DiminishingVillainThreat: Following the bullying arc, Takagi has no real power or influence to harm Hina anymore despite still fashioning herself as Hina's ArchEnemy.

Frequently appearing in flashbacks once Hina's bullying story arc begins, she is one of Hina's childhood friends. Bullied throughout their third-year in middle school by a particular clique of girls, she's eventually driven to transfer out of school and move out of town. Defending Chiho before she leaves is what causes the shift of the bullying from her to Hina.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chiho was cruelly bullied by Takagi and her friends, from having the former's shoes thrown into the toilet to being burdened with the school chores alone. With Hina's selfless actions of defending Chiho didn't entirely help resolve the bullying problem, the victim unfortunately got transferred out of school, leaving Hina become the next target shortly after standing up to Takagi.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chiho was bullied by Megumi and her friends, from having the former's shoes thrown into the toilet to being burdened with the school chores alone. With Hina's selfless actions of defending Chiho didn't entirely help resolve the bullying the problem, the victim unfortunately got transferred out of school, leaving Hina to become the next target.
* BrokenTears: After the times she was bullied in school, Chiho suffered an emotional breakdown because of not only transferring to a different school, but also being separated from Hina.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She has blonde hair and is a kindhearted girl who gets along very well with Hina.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Chiho was bullied by Megumi and her friends, from having the former's shoes thrown into the toilet to being burdened with the school chores alone. With Hina's selfless actions of defending Chiho didn't entirely help resolve the bullying the problem, the victim unfortunately got transferred out of school.

* TheBully: Infamous for this. It's described as having gone on for years without end to the distress of her teachers.

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!Gotou

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:As time goes by she starts to fully process Rei's confession and her own feelings for him, and has gotten together with him as of the latest chapters.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: While he's never defined as having any kind of psychological or psychiatric disorders, he's frequently portrayed as a few steps outside the norm with his poor social skills. He also shows frequent evidence of clinical depression.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Though they are in a mutually destructive relationship, it's shown that Rei and Kyouko deeply care for each other in a markedly twisted way where they cannot avoid the others' company in spite of having a mountain of regret and resentment between them. Rei cannot close the door on her and Kyouko cannot stop looking for him. Considering how estranged Kyouko is from her own family, Rei is basically the closest thing she has to a familial bond. Rei describes their relationship as one where 'they haven't truly been able to become siblings, but they also can't be strangers'. Kyouko constantly positions Rei as an outsider who barged in on her family, and they certainly aren't friends, but there's a closeness they have from their shared experiences that they seem to find a sort of comfort in, despite the dysfunction in the relationship.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Though they are in a mutually destructive relationship, it's shown that Rei and Kyouko deeply care for each other in a markedly twisted way and cannot avoid the others' company in spite of having a mountain of regret and resentment between them. Rei cannot close the door on her and Kyouko cannot stop looking for him. Considering how estranged Kyouko is from her own family, Rei is basically the closest thing she has to a familial bond. It's nothing close to good, though; she mostly looks for him to bully him like she would bully a little brother.

Frequently appearing in flashbacks once Hina's bullying story arc begins, she is one of Hina's childhood friends. Bullied throughout their third-year in high school by a particular clique of girls, she's eventually driven to transfer out of school and move out of town. Defending Chiho before she leaves is what causes the shift of the bullying from her to Hina.