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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko. Natsumi is very pretty and shares with Hiroshi the same interest in soccer. This makes Yuko feel insecure and jealous.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko. Natsumi is very pretty and shares with Hiroshi the same interest in soccer. This makes Yuko feel insecure and jealous.jealous, because she thinks Hiroshi may like Natsumi more than her, something that obviously never happens.
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* NiceGirl: She is nice to everyone. She eventually accepts that Hiroshi could never love her.
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* NiceGirl: She is nice to everyone. She everyone, and eventually accepts that Hiroshi could never love her.her.
* TheRival: To Yuko. Natsumi doesn't hate Yuko at all, but she still tries to win over Hiroshi, while knowing he already has a girlfriend.
* TheRival: To Yuko. Natsumi doesn't hate Yuko at all, but she still tries to win over Hiroshi, while knowing he already has a girlfriend.
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* NiceGirl: While she has occasionally shows some flaws of the typical teenage girl (stubborn, BrattyTeenageDaughter, gets upset easily), she also has a very good heart.
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* NiceGirl: While she has occasionally shows some flaws of the typical teenage girl (stubborn, BrattyTeenageDaughter, gets upset easily), she also has a very good heart.heart and a warm demeanor which make her befriend other people easily.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Despite being BookDumb, she is known for being very good at writing stories.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to snide and dismissive remarks. Her later interactions with Miyuki are SnarkToSnarkCombat.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to snide and dismissive remarks. Her later interactions with Miyuki Kitano are SnarkToSnarkCombat.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone, even Yuko sometimes. But she later develops this dynamic especially with Miyuki, as they are good friends who are regularly bickering.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone, even Yuko sometimes. But she later develops this dynamic especially with Miyuki, Kitano, as they are good friends who are regularly bickering.
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* LastNameBasis: She is called "Kitano-san".
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!Main Characters
[[folder: Yuko Kawai]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
The main protagonist.
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* AthleticallyChallenged: Especially seen in the BaseballEpisode, where Yuko is by far the worst player compared to both the other girls and the boys.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite being kind and shy, she can occasionally snap at the ones who make her angry.
* BookDumb: She constantly struggles with a poor academic performance. One of the reasons why she feels inferior to her boyfriend [[TheAce Hiroshi]].
* ClassPrincess: Despite her many insecurities, she is LovedByAll, and she befriends everyone easily wherever she goes. It helps that she is sweet-natured, pretty, and the girlfriend of the most popular boy in the school.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She dramatically overreacts whenever her boyfriend Hiroshi is around Natsumi, another girl who is love with him and who has more common interests with Hiroshi than Yuko.
* DramaQueen: Yuko has actually a very good life, many great friends and a great boyfriend, but she is able to turn every minor problem into a tragedy, crying over everything in almost every episode.
* DudeMagnet: Hiroshi, Yamada, and Fuyuki fall for her. In the PerspectiveFlip episode we see that there were other boys who liked her too, but everyone has always known she was [[EveryoneCanSeeIt meant to be with Hiroshi]].
* ExtremeDoormat: She usually tries too hard to please everyone and doesn't want to upset people. As a result, she often lies to others because she is scared of people's reaction.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yuko is BookDumb and foolish, while her older sister Toshiko is very serious and responsible.
* InsecureLoveInterest: To an exaggerated extent. Many of her overdramatic obsessions are caused by her insecurities about not being good enough for Hiroshi. Even though Hiroshi has only eyes for her, and everyone knows it.
* NaiveEverygirl: Yuko means well but is the typical naïve and shy teenage girl who is insecure and vulnerable in every situation.
* NiceGirl: While she has occasionally shows some flaws of the typical teenage girl (stubborn, BrattyTeenageDaughter, gets upset easily), she also has a very good heart.
* ObliviousToLove: Yuko is generally clueless when a boy is interested in her, until the boy tells her to her face.
* ProneToTears: She breaks down crying in almost every episode.
* ShrinkingViolet: Despite having many friends, Yuko is extremely shy when it comes to her feelings.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hiroshi Naganuma]]
->'''Voiced by''': Jun Akiyama
Yuko's childhood friend and LoveInterest.
----
* AcademicAthlete: He is a LovableJock who plays soccer, and also among the best students in the school.
* TheAce: He was an average kid when he was younger, but now he is known as the most intelligent, athletic, and popular boy in the school.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko, who constantly feels inferior to him. Hiroshi is a confident overachiever, while Yuko is an insecure underachiever.
* BigManOnCampus: Most students in the school idolize Hiroshi.
* BoyNextDoor: Literally to Yuko. They have been friends all their lives while living next door to each other.
* ChickMagnet: Almost all the girls at school want him, but he [[SingleTargetSexuality only has eyes for Yuko]].
* HesAllGrownUp: As a kid, he was an average kid with glasses. In junior high, after removing the glasses and starting to play soccer, he has become a ChickMagnet. Yuko has trouble accepting it.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pretty much his only flaw is that he often unintentionally offends Yuko, without realizing it. Although Yuko has the tendency to overreact.
* LovableJock: The star of the soccer team, and very friendly and pleasant to everyone.
* LovedByAll: Both he and Yuko are loved by everyone, and everyone is a ShipperOnDeck for them.
* NiceGuy: Despite being sometimes InnocentlyInsensitive to Yuko, he is very devoted to her and he would do anything to make her happy.
* ObliviousToLove: He never realized Natsumi was in love with him, until she told him.
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[[folder: Takako Takahata]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChiekoHiguchi
Yuko's best friend.
----
* BookDumb: Like Yuko, she hates studying and gets bad grades. Unlike Yuko, who is ashamed of it, Takako couldn't care less.
* BrutalHonesty: Always the first one to tell the harsh truth to people. She doesn't care if this can make her unpopular.
* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to snide and dismissive remarks. Her later interactions with Miyuki are SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She is much bitchier and more unreasonable in the beginning. She later becomes more approachable, but she still has her rough edges.
* {{Foil}}: To Yuko. Yuko is an insecure ShrinkingViolet who is afraid of the others's opinions. Takako is a blunt, independent, and rebellious girl, no matter what people think about her. At least on the surface.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In the beginning, she was part of the group only because of Yuko, while everyone else hated her. In later episodes, she becomes more appreciated also by the other friends.
* HairTriggerTemper: She is very temperamental, as part of her personality.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her bold behavior, she has hidden insecurities that she doesn't want to show.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she has a negative attitude, Takako is right more than half of the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is snide and harsh, but deep down a caring friend who cares about others, especially Yuko. That's why Yuko likes her and respects her.
* OnlySaneWoman: She is often the voice of reason, but her BrutalHonesty often irritates others.
* ShipperOnDeck: Despite her initial crush on Hiroshi, she quickly becomes a huge Hiroshi/Yuko supporter.
* {{Tsundere}}: In general, but especially to her LoveInterest. He acts like a DoggedNiceGuy to her and she is very rude to him in return, but only to hide the fact that she likes him too.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone, even Yuko sometimes. But she later develops this dynamic especially with Miyuki, as they are good friends who are regularly bickering.
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!Supporting Characters
[[folder: Miyuki Kitano]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/EriMiyajima
A loner girl who eventually befriends Yuko and Takako.
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* BookSmart: A bookish academic overachiever, in contrast to Yuko and Takako who both hate studying.
* BoyishShortHair: Downplayed. She has short hair, but she is quite feminine in general.
* GoGetterGirl: She studies very hard because she wants to be successful in the future.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: She had no friends before meeting Yuko. Which is ironic, since the other BookSmart character Hiroshi is so popular.
* MirrorCharacter: To Takako. She is an uptight overachiever, while Takako is a rebellious underachiever. But outside of that, they have a lot in common, as they are both strong-minded, stubborn, and a bit temperamental.
* NoSocialSkills: She was originally an introverted girl who had trouble bonding with others. Until she becomes close to Yuko, who also helps her to find other friends.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Takako. The two are regularly bickering but they are still close and they have more in common than what they realize.
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[[folder: Shikito Hashimoto]]
->'''Voiced by''': Tetsuya Iseya
One of Hiroshi's best friends.
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* HormoneAddledTeenager: He is very attracted to pretty girls, but most of them find him annoying.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shallow, insensitive, and obnoxious, but overall he is a decent guy, and his good side is especially seen in later episodes.
* SatelliteCharacter: He is just a sidekick most of the time. Subverted in the last few episodes, where he gets some storylines.
* PluckyComicRelief: The closest thing to one among Yuko and Hiroshi's friends, since he's rarely taken seriously.
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[[folder: Fuyuki Miyauchi]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaisukeKishio
Another of Hiroshi's best friends.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the last few episodes, it's revealed that he has always loved Yuko but he knew he never had a chance with her, so he has become supportive of her relationship with Hiroshi.
* NiceGuy: He is very mature and polite.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the time, he is just a sidekick and a good friend to both Hiroshi and Yuko. Like Shikito, he gets some spotlight in the last few episodes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mari Sengawa]]
->'''Voiced by''': Miwa Matsumoto
An old friend of Yuko and Takako.
----
* BespectacledCutie: Wears glasses and shares the GenericCuteness of the other girls.
* GenkiGirl: The perkiest of Yuko's female friends.
* GossipyHens: She can't stop gossiping about the life of her friends.
* SatelliteCharacter: Just a friend and a sidekick, we don't know much about her. Often seen in a ThoseTwoGirls duo with Rumiko.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rumiko Hirayama]]
->'''Voiced by''': Yukiko Matsuura
Another old friend of Yuko and Takako.
----
* TheGenericGirl: She has no characterizion aside from being a generic friend. Even her crush on Shikito is not really explained or developed.
*SatelliteCharacter: Like Mari, she is just a casual friend of the protagonists, who is mostly OutOfFocus.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: For some reason, she has a crush on Shikito, who is both the least attractive and the most obnoxious of her male friends. Lampshaded by [[BrutalHonesty Takako]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Natsumi Kugayama]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto
A schoolmate and manager of Hiroshi's soccer team.
----
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko. Natsumi is very pretty and shares with Hiroshi the same interest in soccer. This makes Yuko feel insecure and jealous.
* CuteSportsClubManager: Of Hiroshi's soccer team. She is also secretly in love with Hiroshi.
* NiceGirl: She is nice to everyone. She eventually accepts that Hiroshi could never love her.
[[/folder]]
!Main Characters
[[folder: Yuko Kawai]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasamiSuzuki
The main protagonist.
----
* AthleticallyChallenged: Especially seen in the BaseballEpisode, where Yuko is by far the worst player compared to both the other girls and the boys.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite being kind and shy, she can occasionally snap at the ones who make her angry.
* BookDumb: She constantly struggles with a poor academic performance. One of the reasons why she feels inferior to her boyfriend [[TheAce Hiroshi]].
* ClassPrincess: Despite her many insecurities, she is LovedByAll, and she befriends everyone easily wherever she goes. It helps that she is sweet-natured, pretty, and the girlfriend of the most popular boy in the school.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She dramatically overreacts whenever her boyfriend Hiroshi is around Natsumi, another girl who is love with him and who has more common interests with Hiroshi than Yuko.
* DramaQueen: Yuko has actually a very good life, many great friends and a great boyfriend, but she is able to turn every minor problem into a tragedy, crying over everything in almost every episode.
* DudeMagnet: Hiroshi, Yamada, and Fuyuki fall for her. In the PerspectiveFlip episode we see that there were other boys who liked her too, but everyone has always known she was [[EveryoneCanSeeIt meant to be with Hiroshi]].
* ExtremeDoormat: She usually tries too hard to please everyone and doesn't want to upset people. As a result, she often lies to others because she is scared of people's reaction.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Yuko is BookDumb and foolish, while her older sister Toshiko is very serious and responsible.
* InsecureLoveInterest: To an exaggerated extent. Many of her overdramatic obsessions are caused by her insecurities about not being good enough for Hiroshi. Even though Hiroshi has only eyes for her, and everyone knows it.
* NaiveEverygirl: Yuko means well but is the typical naïve and shy teenage girl who is insecure and vulnerable in every situation.
* NiceGirl: While she has occasionally shows some flaws of the typical teenage girl (stubborn, BrattyTeenageDaughter, gets upset easily), she also has a very good heart.
* ObliviousToLove: Yuko is generally clueless when a boy is interested in her, until the boy tells her to her face.
* ProneToTears: She breaks down crying in almost every episode.
* ShrinkingViolet: Despite having many friends, Yuko is extremely shy when it comes to her feelings.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Hiroshi Naganuma]]
->'''Voiced by''': Jun Akiyama
Yuko's childhood friend and LoveInterest.
----
* AcademicAthlete: He is a LovableJock who plays soccer, and also among the best students in the school.
* TheAce: He was an average kid when he was younger, but now he is known as the most intelligent, athletic, and popular boy in the school.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko, who constantly feels inferior to him. Hiroshi is a confident overachiever, while Yuko is an insecure underachiever.
* BigManOnCampus: Most students in the school idolize Hiroshi.
* BoyNextDoor: Literally to Yuko. They have been friends all their lives while living next door to each other.
* ChickMagnet: Almost all the girls at school want him, but he [[SingleTargetSexuality only has eyes for Yuko]].
* HesAllGrownUp: As a kid, he was an average kid with glasses. In junior high, after removing the glasses and starting to play soccer, he has become a ChickMagnet. Yuko has trouble accepting it.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Pretty much his only flaw is that he often unintentionally offends Yuko, without realizing it. Although Yuko has the tendency to overreact.
* LovableJock: The star of the soccer team, and very friendly and pleasant to everyone.
* LovedByAll: Both he and Yuko are loved by everyone, and everyone is a ShipperOnDeck for them.
* NiceGuy: Despite being sometimes InnocentlyInsensitive to Yuko, he is very devoted to her and he would do anything to make her happy.
* ObliviousToLove: He never realized Natsumi was in love with him, until she told him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Takako Takahata]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChiekoHiguchi
Yuko's best friend.
----
* BookDumb: Like Yuko, she hates studying and gets bad grades. Unlike Yuko, who is ashamed of it, Takako couldn't care less.
* BrutalHonesty: Always the first one to tell the harsh truth to people. She doesn't care if this can make her unpopular.
* DeadpanSnarker: Prone to snide and dismissive remarks. Her later interactions with Miyuki are SnarkToSnarkCombat.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She is much bitchier and more unreasonable in the beginning. She later becomes more approachable, but she still has her rough edges.
* {{Foil}}: To Yuko. Yuko is an insecure ShrinkingViolet who is afraid of the others's opinions. Takako is a blunt, independent, and rebellious girl, no matter what people think about her. At least on the surface.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: In the beginning, she was part of the group only because of Yuko, while everyone else hated her. In later episodes, she becomes more appreciated also by the other friends.
* HairTriggerTemper: She is very temperamental, as part of her personality.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her bold behavior, she has hidden insecurities that she doesn't want to show.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she has a negative attitude, Takako is right more than half of the time.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is snide and harsh, but deep down a caring friend who cares about others, especially Yuko. That's why Yuko likes her and respects her.
* OnlySaneWoman: She is often the voice of reason, but her BrutalHonesty often irritates others.
* ShipperOnDeck: Despite her initial crush on Hiroshi, she quickly becomes a huge Hiroshi/Yuko supporter.
* {{Tsundere}}: In general, but especially to her LoveInterest. He acts like a DoggedNiceGuy to her and she is very rude to him in return, but only to hide the fact that she likes him too.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With everyone, even Yuko sometimes. But she later develops this dynamic especially with Miyuki, as they are good friends who are regularly bickering.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting Characters
[[folder: Miyuki Kitano]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/EriMiyajima
A loner girl who eventually befriends Yuko and Takako.
----
* BookSmart: A bookish academic overachiever, in contrast to Yuko and Takako who both hate studying.
* BoyishShortHair: Downplayed. She has short hair, but she is quite feminine in general.
* GoGetterGirl: She studies very hard because she wants to be successful in the future.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: She had no friends before meeting Yuko. Which is ironic, since the other BookSmart character Hiroshi is so popular.
* MirrorCharacter: To Takako. She is an uptight overachiever, while Takako is a rebellious underachiever. But outside of that, they have a lot in common, as they are both strong-minded, stubborn, and a bit temperamental.
* NoSocialSkills: She was originally an introverted girl who had trouble bonding with others. Until she becomes close to Yuko, who also helps her to find other friends.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Takako. The two are regularly bickering but they are still close and they have more in common than what they realize.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Shikito Hashimoto]]
->'''Voiced by''': Tetsuya Iseya
One of Hiroshi's best friends.
----
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He is very attracted to pretty girls, but most of them find him annoying.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shallow, insensitive, and obnoxious, but overall he is a decent guy, and his good side is especially seen in later episodes.
* SatelliteCharacter: He is just a sidekick most of the time. Subverted in the last few episodes, where he gets some storylines.
* PluckyComicRelief: The closest thing to one among Yuko and Hiroshi's friends, since he's rarely taken seriously.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Fuyuki Miyauchi]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DaisukeKishio
Another of Hiroshi's best friends.
----
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In the last few episodes, it's revealed that he has always loved Yuko but he knew he never had a chance with her, so he has become supportive of her relationship with Hiroshi.
* NiceGuy: He is very mature and polite.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the time, he is just a sidekick and a good friend to both Hiroshi and Yuko. Like Shikito, he gets some spotlight in the last few episodes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mari Sengawa]]
->'''Voiced by''': Miwa Matsumoto
An old friend of Yuko and Takako.
----
* BespectacledCutie: Wears glasses and shares the GenericCuteness of the other girls.
* GenkiGirl: The perkiest of Yuko's female friends.
* GossipyHens: She can't stop gossiping about the life of her friends.
* SatelliteCharacter: Just a friend and a sidekick, we don't know much about her. Often seen in a ThoseTwoGirls duo with Rumiko.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Rumiko Hirayama]]
->'''Voiced by''': Yukiko Matsuura
Another old friend of Yuko and Takako.
----
* TheGenericGirl: She has no characterizion aside from being a generic friend. Even her crush on Shikito is not really explained or developed.
*SatelliteCharacter: Like Mari, she is just a casual friend of the protagonists, who is mostly OutOfFocus.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: For some reason, she has a crush on Shikito, who is both the least attractive and the most obnoxious of her male friends. Lampshaded by [[BrutalHonesty Takako]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Natsumi Kugayama]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaayaSakamoto
A schoolmate and manager of Hiroshi's soccer team.
----
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Yuko. Natsumi is very pretty and shares with Hiroshi the same interest in soccer. This makes Yuko feel insecure and jealous.
* CuteSportsClubManager: Of Hiroshi's soccer team. She is also secretly in love with Hiroshi.
* NiceGirl: She is nice to everyone. She eventually accepts that Hiroshi could never love her.
[[/folder]]
