History Characters / MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected

* AlphaBitch: Downplayed version. During middle school, she did exchange texts with Hachiman out of pity and gave the "let's be friends" speech line when he confessed to her. Played more straight when they meet again and she lacks any form of delicacy when talking to him.

* BrutalHonesty: A negative example. Unlike Hachiman and Yukino, who bluntly points out people's flaws as a means to help them, Orimoto as a tendency to freely speak her mind without any consideration for feelings of others, and many of her comments cross straight into DudeNotFunny territory.

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a slightly bratty and self-centered to a genuinely selfless and kind individual.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Despite being last introduced, she quickly becomes one of the series' main characters, and her role in the story is pivotal to the Service Club as a whole. Without her, the PowerTrio of Yukino, Hachiman, and Yui would never have reunited, and it is because of her (and Komachi) that the Service Club was revived the next year to begin with.

* BrutalHonesty: Has a tendency to freely speak her mind, without any consideration of Hachiman's feelings.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After an entire day of her mocking Hachiman, Hayato lays into her about how incorrect her opinions of Hachiman are and that he hangs around girls far better than her.

* {{Tsundere}}: More of a type A in the first season, while she tends more towards type B in the second season (see SugarAndIcePersonality).

* CatchPhrase: "I don't lie." [[spoiler:Due to this catchphrase, it really hits Hachiman hard when he realizes she ''has'' lied to him before - to an extent, anyways (see ExactWords).]]

-->'''Yukino (after knowing that Hachiman detected her sister's facade)''': "Despite your rotten eyes - or perhaps you can see ''because'' they're rotten."
-->'''Hachiman''': "Is that supposed to be a compliment?"
-->'''Yukino''': "[[WillNotTellALie It is. I'm singing your praises]]."

* DeadpanSnarker: Near constantly, but especially during her speech with Hachiman and with eccentric characters (Yoshiteru) and jerks (Yumiko).

* {{Expy}}: Downplayed, but she partially reminds of Minori Kushieda from ''Literature/{{Toradora}}'': airheaded, but actually smarter than she looks, very nice and friendly (but still hides some issues), and the FieryRedhead GenkiGirl of the group, [[spoiler:as well as [[ShipTease strong feelings]] for the protagonist guy.]]

Iroha is a 1st year at Sobu high and the club manager of the soccer team; later taking on the job of [[spoiler:student council president]]. Hachiman initially sees her as a "not cute Komachi" or a "better version of Sagami." She puts up a facade in front of others to create a cute appearance, and she only shows her honest self to Hachiman. Considered by Hachiman to be the second most rotten person in the world, only losing out to Hachiman himself.

** DemotedToExtra: Season 2 still has her showing up in cameos, even having an extended scene where she becomes a SitcomArchNemesis with Yumiko, but she gets even less focus than Season 1 (which had all of Episode 5 focused on her actions and decisions).

* HatesSmallTalk: Shares this with Hachiman. She rarely speaks to others from her side, and dedicates very little time and effort to conversations that come her way.

* IndifferentBeauty: Yukino makes it clear while criticizing Hachiman's argument for his own self worth.

* ProudBeauty: Her overall pride is mainly concerned with other traits, such as being extremely smart, but Yukino still qualifies.

* AnimalMotifs: Her demeanor as well as her animal preference make her seem a bit catlike, in contrast to Yui's dog. And she's afraid of dogs, to boot. She's openly affectionate towards cats and tries to speak to them sometimes.

* {{Bokukko}}: DownplayedTrope. In the anime, she's greeted Hachiman with slang usually used by guys and will sometimes speak like one (using "ore" instead of "watashi/atashi") around Yukino and Hachiman, but she has more of a PluckyGirl persona than that of a traditional {{Tomboy}}'s.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: During the school trip to Kyoto, she runs out of a haunted house in a panic and sobs uncontrollably.

* CoolLoser: Extremely smart, beautiful and talented... But an outcast at the start of the series.

* TheBeard: It's implied by Hachiman that Hayato does not return Yumiko's feelings, but doesn't reject her at least partially so that other girls do not approach him.

* AlliterativeName: '''Yukino''' '''Yukino'''shita. Also applies to her Japanese name, 雪ノ下 雪乃, the only genuine example of this in the series.

** She initially had some {{Spock}} traits, since she was overly critical and BrutallyHonest, and Hachiman had to balance her at times.

* ConnectedAllAlong: PlayedForDrama. A year before the series began, Hachiman ran in front of a moving car to stop it from killing a dog. The dog survived but the car broke his leg. He was hospitalized on what would have been his first day of high school, and so when he actually did join school upon recovery, he was already an outcast due to his classmates already forming cliques before they even knew he was supposed to be their classmate, which helped cause his future loner persona. [[spoiler:The owner of the dog was Yui and Yukino was in the car that ran him over]]. This causes a rift two separate times: Hachiman learning it was [[spoiler:Yui's dog]] made him think she was only nice to him out of guilt, so he coldly breaks off their friendship, not realizing she never even knew that was him until after learning Komachi is his sister. It takes Yukino's best efforts before Yui and Hachiman reset their friendship. The second time happened when Haruno arrives to pick Yukino up after the Chiba Village summer camp in Episode 8. Yui and Hachiman both recognize [[spoiler:Haruno's car is the same car that nearly killed him, and Yukino never told them about it. Hachiman, who believed Yukino always told the truth (however harshly), feels betrayed because he assumes she was lying when she said she doesn't know him in their first meeting. ]] It takes until Episode 12 before [[FriendshipMoment she proves him wrong too]].

* FireForgedFriends: In the beginning, they're just [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits three random people]] in one club. Come Culture Fair, they're partners and friends who trust and rely on each other.

** Yui is always kind and friendly, and has no problems interacting with anyone.
** Hachiman is the one who has, besides his extreme pragmatism, his selflessness (also meant as his poor opinion of himself) as his FatalFlaw. He thinks he's useless and commits social suicide to maintain other ones happily.

* SchoolForcedUsTogether: ''Oregairu'' reunite three students: [[TheHermit Hachiman]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Yukino]] and [[GenkiGirl Yui]] (a lesser member of the GirlPosse), to work together as a team in the Service Club. They eventually become FireForgedFriends with time, [[spoiler:and ultimately, an unwanted LoveTriangle.]]

** HonoraryTrueCompanion: Iroha becomes this after her appearance in the series, being an integral part of the Service Club after the second season of the anime, helping ([[ShipTease mostly]]) Hachiman, Yukino, and Yui, and even reborns it with Komachi in the next year after the trio disarms the club at the end of the series.

* AcademicAthlete: She excels at sports and studies.

* AlliterativeName: '''Yukino''' '''Yukino'''shita.

** Ironically, she feels this way towards Hachiman in terms of progress in the service Club since strictly speaking he's slightly ahead of her in terms of results.
* AnimalMotifs: Her demeanor as well as her animal preference make her seem a bit catlike, in contrast to Yui's dog. And she's afraid of dogs, to boot.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Hachiman. Both are sarcastic bookworms with a matching sense of humor. Both share their cynical view of the world, and, at the same time, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome feel the obligation to help those they encounter]]. Both have [[DarkAndTroubledPast a truckload of painful social experience]]. Though she believes, unlike Hachiman, that people can change and become better, both believe in genuine kindness, and it's because of their natural honesty that they ultimately undestand each other.

* BullyMagnet: In elementary and middle school, she was bullied and ostracised by other girls who were jealous of her beauty and talents.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Though Yukino does not actively go out of her club helping people, preferring them to come to her - making this a rather twisted sense of Noblesse Oblige - she outright tells [[AllLovingHero she always helped everyone, even the ones she didn't know]]. Probably has something to do with her UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans idealism, as the goal she has while she helps others is to make better people out of them, and make the world a better place through this.

** Like Hachiman, she's a selfless person, but her fault in this case is different: when Hachiman is about to play the role of the "bad guy", she sometimes stops his social suicide playing the role herself instead of him.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:Turns out Yukino did know of Hachiman before he joined the club; it was her car that hit him. She just pretended to forget about him.]]

* IconicItem: Has red ribbons tied to her hair for purely aesthetic reasons, which help recognize her from other similar girls from other series.

* InSeriesNickname: Is called "Yukinon" by Yui.

* TheUnfettered: DownplayedTrope. She actually has good intentions and a noble goal, and by no means she lacks morals. But, with the exception of Yui and Hachiman, Yukino does not allow the opinions of her peers to influence her in any way: she maintains her goal and her way of thinking. Subverted for her family, where Yukino will very much be TheFettered, going out of her way to impress them, and becoming frustrated if she fails to.

* VerbalTic: Yukino always ends all her phrases with the "-kashira" suffix in the Japanese version.

* WeaksauceWeakness: She's morbidly afraid of dogs and thrill rides.

* AudienceSurrogate: In contrast to Hachiman and Yukino who espouse larger philosophical ideas, Yui is presented as more down to earth and more in-line with a normal high school student's behavior.

* TheDitz: {{Subverted}}. She can be a bit of an airhead and tends to be naive, but if you see her as dumb, then you'll be proved to be wrong. While Hachiman and Yukino initially see her as somewhat dumb, lacking the philosophical orientation they have, she's in truth a reasonably intelligent individual, gets good grades and is far more observant than she looks at first glance. She may have had issues with being herself at the beginning, although she gets better. And all in all, despite her overall very optimistic nature, she actually reveals to be perceptive and more realistic than she looks, and [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] both through CharacterDevelopment and thanks to Hachiman and Yukino who help her becoming more honest, also thanks to their own honesty itself.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Came up with "Yui Yui" for herself when it was pointed out that nobody has given her a nickname. She got tired of it quickly though.

** She also foils her clique. Along with Hayama, she stands out as more insightful than her peers in noting the politics of the class. However, she struggles to rectify many of the conflicts due to her kindness.

* TheHeart: Shizuka hints that even if she doesn't contribute as much as Hachiman or Yukino, Yui's presence is the glue that keeps the rest of the Service Club together.

* HopelessSuitor: Feels she's falling into this, particularly in season 2 after seeing how much closer Yukino and Hachiman seem to have gotten. She still hasn't given up by the sequel novel even though Yukino's officially dating Hachiman by then, and even in ''ANOTHER'' where she's actually with Hachiman he reveals he's dating her in part due to pity.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Sadly, in a certain sense she's a hypocrite too. She has issues with being herself and always appears to be happy, even when she doesn't like a situation. She gets better, though; after all, what she was looking for are genuine relationships, which she did ''not'' have at first.

* OnlySaneWoman: Is sometimes given this role since she is the most "normal" and down to earth out of a cast of socially odd people. She tends to be the one lampshading the Hikigaya siblings [[IncestSubtext weird relationship]], or [[IfItsYouItsOkay Hachiman's behavior towards Totsuka]].

* RepetitiveName: '''Yui''' '''Yui'''gahama.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Called this by Hiratsuka because she suddenly thrust herself into the club dynamic when the teacher meant for the club to be solely for Hachiman and Yukino.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Despite being last introduced, she quickly becomes one of the series' main characters, and her role in the story is pivotal to the Service Club as a whole. Without her, the PowerTrio of Yukino, Hachiman, and Yui would never have reunited, and it is because of her (and Komachi) that the Service Club was revived to begin with.

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Considered by many people to be an actual contender, aside from Yui and Yukino, in winning Hachiman over.

** Both he and Yukino are not only popular, but have high social status, are highly intelligent and excellent students. However, while Yukino tries to change people for the better through BrutalHonesty, Hayato generally tries to prevent things from getting worse through diplomacy. Their roles and attitudes regarding their families are also contrasting: Hayato, as an only child, is the heir of the Hayama and accepts the role he was given, while Yukino, as the "spare" to her older sister, had to prove herself in her mother's eyes and [[spoiler:decides to work for the Yukinoshita of her own volition]].

** Hayato tells Hachiman that he should stop sacrificing himself for others, which Hachiman comes to consider the ultimate hypocrisy because Hayato, by living as "everyone's Hayama Hayato," has always been sacrificing himself for the sake of everyone else's expectations.

* MoralityChain: The only one who Yumiko complies to. Hayama usually has to reign in her more abrasive tendencies.

* SitcomArchNemesis: Initially one-sided, as Hachiman holds a general bias against him as part of the popular crowd. Eventually, Hayato states that he probably wouldn't have been able to befriend Hachiman if they had met prior the events of the series. By the second season, Hachiman has essentially become a symbol of things Hayato despises about himself and he outright tells Hachiman that he hates him, though it's strongly implied that their mutual declarations of hatred are akin to recognizing each other as [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponents]].

Saika is a member of the Tennis Club who has a feminine appearance, but prefers others to not mistake his gender. He is called "The Prince" by his female classmates. On their first meeting, Saika asks Hachiman to join the tennis club, but was brushed off by Yukino. Saika then asked the Service Club to help him improve his tennis skills so that he may properly train others. He eventually became one of the few people in class 2F who enjoys talking to Hachiman, and often hangs out with him.

* AmbiguouslyGay: The amount of affection he shows to Hachiman may raise a few eyebrows.

* ModestyTowel: And he wears it up to his chest.

* BigSisterInstinct: Hachiman commented on her rare smile. The cause of her once in Hachiman's lifetime smile was her brother. Plus, if Hachiman so much as discomforts her brother, she usually [[DeathGlare glares]] at him.

* HugeSchoolgirl: She's tall and looks like a female delinquent, even due to her callous disposition.

* AuthorityInNameOnly: What she quickly turns into as Yukino ends up running the show, while Sagami basically does nothing. While initially glad to have someone else doing her work for her, this ends up damaging her ego as she realizes how useless she is.

* DeliberatelyBadExample: To contrast Yumiko and Hayato's circle of friends, Sagami embodies a more antagonistic popular character who actively foists responsibility onto other people.

* BerserkButton: Mentioning her age or single status will either result in pain (in Hachiman's case) or just make her depressed.

* DeathGlare: Used one on Komachi in the OVA when the latter claims that none of the three contestants in wedding dresses won. She was about to claim herself as the winner, until Shizuka sends a prolonged glare at her, scaring her into declaring the latter as the winner.

* HotTeacher: Her looks are great, but apparently her short-tempered and somewhat quirky personality drives away men.

* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: She occasionally drops very old manga references, which Hachiman will take as a sign of her age.

* {{Yandere}}: PlayedForLaughs - her text messages are beyond scary to Hachiman, which get progressively more desperate-sounding the more he ignores them.

* AffectionateNickname: Iroha refers Komachi as Rice-chan since she shares the same name with Akitakomachi cultivar.

* ShipperOnDeck: Ships her brother with Yukino. Or Yui. Or presumably just about anyone else she thinks is plausible. [[TheMatchmaker She probably just wants to help out his social life]].

* ThirdPersonPerson: Often refers to herself as "Komachi" when speaking about stuff she's doing, as opposed to "I" or "me".

* MrImagination: Yoshiteru is a full-blown {{Chuunibyou}}, and sees himself and Hachiman as historical feudal figures.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's very handsome, considered Yukino's SpearCounterpart in terms of looks, and he's thoroughly mastered the BishieSparkle. A page from the ''@comic'' manga even has him dressed as [[Anime/StarDriver Takuto]], a.k.a. the Ginga Bishonen, literally ''Galactic Pretty Boy.''

* SenpaiKohai: Is this to all the main cast since she is the only named first year. But special mention goes to her relationship with Hachiman, since he is the only one she refers to as solely "Senpai".

* {{Expy}}: Downplayed, but she partially reminds of Minori Kushieda from ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': airheaded, but actually smarter than she looks, very nice and friendly (but still hides some issues), and the FieryRedhead GenkiGirl of the group, [[spoiler:as well as [[ShipTease strong feelings]] for the protagonist guy.]]

* OddFriendship: She is cute and popular, yet gets along swimmingly with a loner like Hachiman, and she doesn't really care if they are seen together.

** He's Hachiman's perfect opposite: Popular, sociable, good-looking and kind, though not without his faults. While superior to Hachiman in almost every area, he's constantly outmatched when it comes to solving other people's problems. Both ultimately have good intentions, but use different methods: While Hayato is perpetually kind but reluctant to intervene if it means hurting others, Hachiman is willing to hurt himself and others if it gets results. Hayato is a "high-status" individual and adored as such, but meeting those expectations leaves him with little autonomy over his own life, while almost everyone starts out with zero expectations for Hachiman, but existing outside the pecking order allows him the freedom to take action and grow as a person. They also both have a tendency to settle conflict without addressing the core issues, thereby putting off or brushing aside the true problems, and slowly attempt to change this about themselves. This extends to their relationship with [[spoiler:Yukino]]: She and Hayato were childhood friends, but his failure to support her wholeheartedly led to their estrangement, while she and Hachiman clashed in the beginning, but his determination to help her even when she didn't want him to ultimately leads to [[spoiler:Yukino and Hachiman getting together]].

* SchoolForcedUsTogether: ''Oregairu'' reunite three students: [[TheHermit Hachiman]], [[DefrostingIceQueen Yukino]] and [[GenkiGirl Yui]] (a lesser member of the GirlPosse), to work together as a team in the Service Club. They eventually become FireForgedFriends with the time [[spoiler:and ultimately, an unwanted LoveTriangle.]]

* NiceGirl: Except for Hachiman, who turns her into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold towards him, she's a very kind, friendly and caring teacher.

* {{Yandere}}: PlayedForLaughs, her text messages are beyond scary to Hachiman, which get progressively more desperate-sounding the more he ignores them.

Characters that appeared in Wataru Watari's ''LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected''. Currently under heavy construction.

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler: Near the end of the series, Hachiman finally admits his feelings to her. [[TheyDo Yukino says yes]]]].

* ChristmasCake: It is mentioned that she is somewhere around her thirties, and several characters pray for someone to marry her already. In the OVA Hachiman states that if this takes too long, he'll have to be the one to do it.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The choleric (or sanguine when more relaxed). While she's caring and a good person, she's also very short-tempered and easily pissed off, especially when someone mentions her age and her ChristmasCake status. Hachiman says it's no surprise [[ChristmasCake she hasn't found a man yet]].

* KindheartedCatLover: She reveals her sweet side to cats -- something she rarely does for people. However, she's afraid of dogs.

* BareYourMidriff: In the episode where she dresses as a devil.

* CuteMonsterGirl: When dressed as a devil in Season 1. The BareYourMidriff dress was meant to scare children, yet they just find it funny, and on [[TheCutie Yui]] it's just [[MsFanservice cute and sexy]].

* MsFanservice: Despite being generally considered as a more traditional beauty than Yukino, she's the one who provides more {{Fanservice}}. This is largely due to her [[BuxomBeautyStandard large breasts]] and her BareYourMidriff scene during the first school trip.

* HopelessSuitor: Feels she's falling into this, particularly in season 2 after seeing how much closer Yukino and Hachiman seem to have gotten.

* TheDitz: {{Subverted}}. She can be a bit of an airhead and tends to be naive, but the trope is actually {{subverted}}. While Hachiman and Yukino initially see her as somewhat dumb, lacking the philosophical orientation they have, she's in truth a reasonably intelligent individual, gets good grades and is far more observant than she looks at first glance. She may have had issues with being herself at the beginning, although she gets better. Despite her very optimistic nature, she actually reveals to be perceptive, becomes more realistic and [[GrewASpine grows a spine]] through CharacterDevelopment.

* EndearinglyDorky: She can be a bit ditzy at times, but her antics are endearing to Hachiman and Yukino.

* MsFanservice: Despite being generally considered as a more traditional beauty than Yukino, she's the one who provides more {{Fanservice}}. This is largely due to her [[BuxomIsBetter large breasts]] and her BareYourMidriff scene during the first school trip.

* BuxomIsBetter: Carries this belief. In episode eight, her first reaction to seeing Yukino refusing to show herself in a swimsuit, covering her body because of her ACupAngst is "I win".

* DeathGlare: Used one on Komachi in the OVA when the latter claims that none of the three contestants in wedding dresses won. She was about to claim herself as the winner, until Shizuka does a prolonged glare at her, scaring her into declaring the latter as the winner.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: At the end of Season 3 Eisode 10, she asks the one thing she has no answer for.

* BuxomIsBetter: She's the most likely answer as to why Yukino has ACupAngst.

* SempaiKohai: Is this to all the main cast since she is the only named first year. But special mention goes to her relationship with Hachiman, since he is the only one she refers to as solely "Senpai".