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* GrassIsGreener: A major character flaw is his belief that life could always be better than what he has at the moment if he got to choose a different club at his university. [[spoiler:The titular Tatami Galaxy rams it into him that there never was a better rose-colored campus life awaiting him because he's simply going to make the same kinds of friends and choices over and over again. His life cannot just be boiled down into a simplistic dichotomy of being bad and good]].
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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the narrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemplating.

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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the narrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemplating.
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* SenpaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they're all Higuchi's apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).
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* SempaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they're all Higuchi's apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).

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* SempaiKohai: SenpaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they're all Higuchi's apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).

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* TheReliableOne: Rest assured, she can always be counted on in a pinch. She comes through with buying the hairbrush in the Proxy War timeline, and usually keeps people in line when they're about to do or say something extremely stupid/disagreeable.

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* TheReliableOne: Rest assured, she can always be counted on in a pinch. She comes through with buying the hairbrush in the Proxy War timeline, and usually keeps people in line when they're about to do or say something extremely stupid/disagreeable. It's pointed out in the novel that [[spoiler:she manages to calmly call an ambulance for Ozu while internally freaking out at the mass swarm of moths every time it happens.]]


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* WhenSheSmiles: Akashi sincerely smiling [[spoiler:to him for the first time happens in every timeline, which the narrator realizes is the key moment of attraction.]]


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* DemotedToExtra: He's not vice president of the film club in the anime, reducing his relevance overall.
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--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara

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--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwaraCreator/KeijiFujiwara, Creator/KazuyaNakai (''Time Machine Blues'')
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* TheStoic: Akashi with almost everyone. The only exception seen on screen is [[spoiler: the protagonist. See SugarAndIcePersonality below.]]
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Akashi. She is very reserved, quiet, and can be a bit standoffish, but is a genuinely sweet and kind person at her core - [[spoiler: it's just that the "sugar" aspect is seen solely by the protagonist. It's this exact trait of hers that makes the protagonist fall in love with her, which he reveals toward the end of the series:]]
--> '''Narrator:''' At that point her expression, which was like some European fortress city, relaxed into a smile, [[LoveEpiphany and that smile made an impression that has never left my mind.]]
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* TheReliableOne: Rest assured, she can always be counted on in a pinch. She comes through with buying the hairbrush in the Proxy War timeline, and usually keeps people in live otherwise.

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* TheReliableOne: Rest assured, she can always be counted on in a pinch. She comes through with buying the hairbrush in the Proxy War timeline, and usually keeps people in live otherwise.line when they're about to do or say something extremely stupid/disagreeable.
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* AntiHero: He has his moments of good will and standards, but he's not exactly what one would call a "good person".

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* AntiHero: ClassicalAntihero: He has his moments of good will and standards, do the right thing given the opportunity, but he's not exactly what one would call very much a "good person".troubled young man. He can give up rather easily, is stubborn, and can be a right jackass sometimes. In the anime, he also has trouble arguing against his hormones.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Outside of Ozu and the Narrator, Akashi is the only person who found the former two's student films in the Misogi timeline entertaining.
* CloserToEarth: Surprisingly, not exactly female-exclusive. She's the person with the straightest head on her shoulders throughout the story in comparison to her fellow college mates.


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* TheReliableOne: Rest assured, she can always be counted on in a pinch. She comes through with buying the hairbrush in the Proxy War timeline, and usually keeps people in live otherwise.


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* TrueBlueFemininity: Never seen without her blue dress, or some other blue accessory.
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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the narrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.

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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the narrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.contemplating.
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* TheNotLoveInterest: Akashi may be the narrator's crush, but Ozu pretty much becomes the most important person in the narrator's life. He's supportive and encouraging of the narrator, is always looking out for him even in a joking way, and the climax of the story is the narrator realizing how much Ozu means to him despite dismissing him as just a crafty lout.Furthermore, instead of being attached to a RedStringOfFate, Ozu happily proclaims that theirs is ''black''.

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* TheNotLoveInterest: Akashi may be the narrator's crush, but Ozu pretty much becomes the most important person in the narrator's life. He's supportive and encouraging of the narrator, is always looking out for him even in a joking way, and the climax of the story is the narrator realizing how much Ozu means to him despite dismissing him as just a crafty lout. Furthermore, instead of being attached to a RedStringOfFate, Ozu happily proclaims that theirs is ''black''.
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* MotorMouth: He seems to speak at a reasonable pace in the novels and anime, but his inner thoughts race like crazy in the latter. It would be bette rto count the moments he slows down on one hand.

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* MotorMouth: He seems to speak at a reasonable pace in the novels and anime, but his inner thoughts race like crazy in the latter. It would be bette rto better to count the moments he slows down on one hand.
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* {{Foil}}: Ozu is crafty, able to pull off outrageous stunts, honest to a fault, and does whatever he feels like doing without a second thought to spare. In other words, he's everything the narrator isn't, especially when it comes down to what they expect out of their college lives.
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* KimonoIsTraditional: Played with. He's the only recurring character that ever consistently wears a kimono in-story, and when he passes himself off as a god, this tidbit makes him seem like someone ancient. However, the kimono itself is likely to highlight Higuchi's eccentricities narratively.


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* WalkingTheEarth: Decides that he's going to travel around the world once he graduates, and is set to do so at least in the final timeline.
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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the nrrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.

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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the nrrator narrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.
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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the nrrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even mses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.

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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the nrrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even mses muses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.
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* BerserkButton: Don't touch Kaori-san, for the love of god. Stealing her from his house is a surefire way to get him to pummel you, as the nrrator unfortunately (and misleadingy) found out. The narrator even mses that it'd probably be ''worse'' if he actully used Kaori-san like he was contemmplating.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Develops a scraggly beard while he's [[spoiler:stuck in his tatami maze]] since he has no access to the bathroom or his shaving equipment.
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* SempaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they;re all Higuchi's apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).

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* SempaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they;re they're all Higuchi's apprentices apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).
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* SempaiKohai: She is a year behind the narrator and Ozu, and in the timeline where they;re all Higuchi's apprentices she's their junior there too (but not by much).
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He enjoys Neko Ramen, but due to his college budget he's often seen eating fish burgers throughout the book.

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* AboveTheInfluence: Hanuki had been hitting it off with the protagonist for a good while in the Honkawa timeline, and when she makes moves on him when they go to her place, he has a golden opportunity to have sex. However, she is a) completely drunk, and b) expecting to meet up with someone else. He has to internally calm down his Johnny in order to restrain himself from taking advantage of her, especially when he realizes that she's the only real chance he has and he shouldn't rush it just to shed his virginity.

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* AboveTheInfluence: Hanuki had been hitting it off with the protagonist for a good while in the Honkawa Honwaka timeline, and when she makes moves on him when they go to her place, he has a golden opportunity to have sex. However, she is a) completely drunk, and b) expecting to meet up with someone else. He has to internally calm down his Johnny in order to restrain himself from taking advantage of her, especially when he realizes that she's the only real chance he has and he shouldn't rush it just to shed his virginity.



* {{GIRL}}: In the Honkawa timeline, Ozu takes advantage of the narrator's loneliness and becomes PenPals with him under the feminine identity "Keiko Higuchi". The ruse lasts for at least half a year before the narrator decides to visit "Keiko" in person.

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* {{GIRL}}: In the Honkawa Honwaka timeline, Ozu takes advantage of the narrator's loneliness and becomes PenPals with him under the feminine identity "Keiko Higuchi". The ruse lasts for at least half a year before the narrator decides to visit "Keiko" in person.



* WhatTheHellHero: Constantly calls out the protagonist for his less savory plans and ideas. She also calls out Higuchi for trying to steal Kaori in the Proxy-Proxy War, scolding him the entire night in every timeline they decide to go with that plan; and Jogasaki for trying to throttle the narrator when he had nothing to do with the Proxy War (in the Honkawa timeline).

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* WhatTheHellHero: Constantly calls out the protagonist for his less savory plans and ideas. She also calls out Higuchi for trying to steal Kaori in the Proxy-Proxy War, scolding him the entire night in every timeline they decide to go with that plan; and Jogasaki for trying to throttle the narrator when he had nothing to do with the Proxy War (in the Honkawa Honwaka timeline).


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The vice president of the Misogi Film Circle. In an eternal rivalry with Jogasaki.
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* ExtremelyOverdueLibraryBook: He's been on the run from the Library Police for a long time for an overdue book. He has no intentions of finding it, nor of returning it.
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* EyeBeams: Akashi can also (figuratively) fire these.
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* CompanionCube: His sex doll, Kaori-san, is his most treasured possession. He carefully maintains her so that she looks pristine and life-like, and stealing her is a surefire way to incur Jogasaki's wrath. His affection for the doll is so much that even other people (with a moral conscience anyway) begin to find any mistreatment to Kaori-san as [[EveryoneHasStandards crossing the line]].

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* CompanionCube: His sex doll, Kaori-san, is his most treasured possession. He carefully maintains her so that she looks pristine and life-like, and stealing her is a surefire way to incur Jogasaki's wrath. His affection for the doll is so much that even other people (with a moral conscience anyway) begin to find any mistreatment to uncouth behavior towards Kaori-san as [[EveryoneHasStandards crossing the line]].



A dentist.

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A college student and dentist.
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: If she's at a party, there will be booze in her hands or she'll die trying. The protagonist was able to tell that she brought alcohol as an ingredient for their mystery hotpot simply because that's the kind of woman she is.

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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: If she's at a party, there will be booze in her hands or she'll die trying. The protagonist was able to tell that she brought alcohol as an ingredient for their mystery hotpot simply because that's the kind of woman she is. There's a ''reason'' she only will drink with people who are close to her.
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* HasAType: As he likes to remind the audience, his type of girls are always "raven-haired maidens". Akashi hits his preference considerably.

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* HasAType: As he likes to remind the audience, his type of girls are is always "raven-haired maidens". Akashi hits his preference considerably.

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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Dating the elusive Kohinata (a girl the narrator spent a timeline in aimless pursuit of and was dumped by her in another timeline). All of his schemes are part of his plan to have a perfect date with her.]]

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* HiddenDepths: Ozu may be a silly little punk, but he's light-years ahead of a lot of the cast when it comes down to planning and getting ahead in life:
** Several timelines show that he's a crackpot at handling information, and is able to get a sickeningly realistic picture of anyone he chooses provided he has the time to do research.
** The Lucky Cat timeline proves that he can climb the social ladder pretty thoroughly, [[spoiler:gaining enough clout to become the leader of two major organizations notorious for their power in college ''and'' gaining enough trust for other clubs to put their faith in him.]]
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[[spoiler:Dating the elusive Kohinata (a girl the narrator spent a timeline in aimless pursuit of and was dumped by her in another timeline). All of his schemes are part of his plan to have a perfect date with her.]]



* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:The whole story, he's been dating a girl named Kohinata. He doesn't want anybody to know about her and never talks about his personal life with people, but eventually some people found out about her anyway.]]

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* SecretRelationship: [[spoiler:The whole story, he's been dating a girl named Kohinata. He doesn't want anybody to know about her and never talks about his personal life with people, but eventually some people found out about her anyway. He is apparently on his best behavior with her.]]

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