History Characters / TheWallflower

* AbusiveParents: Except for Yuki and Sunako, they had emotionally abusive parents. Kyohei's neglected them while Takanaga and Ranmaru had their lives set up by theirs.

* ChickMagnet: A RunningGag in the series is them attracting the attention of numerous women. It gets played to BlackComedy levels in the ValentineEpisode.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: They're all fairly rude and crass, but when you look past it, they're decent people.

* AbusiveParents: Except for Yuki and Sunako, they had emotionally abusive parents.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's gorgeous like his housemates, tall, and black-haired.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Manga colored art shows Yuki with light brown hair, but the anime gives him blond hair.

* HerHeartWillGoOn: She does date and marry men after her first husband, even though she doesn't truly love them like she did her darling.

* LongDistanceRelationship: Although she's Yuki's girlfriend, she moves to America because of her father's job early in the manga. She isn't seen together with Yuki again until she comes back to Japan in Volume 21.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: There isn't much to her character outside of being Yuki's nice girlfriend.

Yukinojo's younger siblings. They're fraternal twins.

* LongDistanceRelationship: Although she's Yuki's girlfriend, she lives at America for most of the manga. She isn't seen together with Yuki until she comes back to Japan.

* GirlishPigtails: The girl of the twins, Yae, wears her hair in pigtails.
* HalfIdenticalTwins: They're almost identical twins, except Gin is a boy and Yae is a girl.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: After her first love rejected by calling her ugly, she turned into the gloomy and isolated girl she is now. This eventually gets subverted when it's made clear Sunako isn't bothered by the rejection anymore and she continues to act the same way. She met her first love again and turned out to have partly forgotten about the incident. It seems that besides the initial hurt, this is who she is.

* TraumaButton: Calling her ugly makes her recall the time her crush coldly rejected her with that insult.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With his girlfriend Machiko.

* TheHeart: He's the most sensitive and empathetic of the guys. It's thanks to him that the boys managed to become friends in the first place since the others were originally selfish jerks until Yuki's good heart softened them.

!!Others

[[folder:Goth-Loli Sisters]]
!!Goth-Loli Sisters
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->Yvonne is voiced by: Nina Kumagaya (JP), Creator/KiraVincentDavis (EN, Epi. 1-9), Creator/AllisonSumrall (EN, Epi. 10-25)
->Laseine is voiced by: Creator/HiromiKonno (JP), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (EN)
->Madeleine is voiced by: Creator/KimikoKoyama (JP), Tiffany Terrell (EN)
->Roxane is voiced by: Erika (JP), Monica Passley (EN)

Four girls who are completely obsessed with the main boys.

* AscendedExtra: They're very minor characters in the manga, but in the anime they show up much more often to provide consistent comic relief.
* ButtMonkey: Is the butt of constant jokes especially when their schemes fail miserably.
* CharacterTics: In every scene depicting them, they are often distinguished by their crossed fingers and arms waving like octopus tentacles.
* TheDividual: They're like four copies of the same character. Only their hair colors and styles are different.
* ElegantGothicLolita: They dress in Gothic Lolita fashion.
* {{Fangirl}}: They're all obsessive fans of Kyohei, Takenaga, Ranmaru, and Yuki.
* {{Gonk}}: They're very weird girls dressed in black gothic outfits.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Introduced in their first appearance as the most feared gang in the school, but aside from one moment where they bully Sunako, most of the time they amount to little more than comic relief that the main characters are barely even aware of.
* VerbalTic: They often end their sentences with "nu" ("nay" in the English dub).

The female lead. Sunako is a girl who usually locks herself away inside her room and chooses to live without any desire for light or beauty after a traumatic experience when she was rejected and told that she was ugly by her first love.

* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Math is the only subject in which she doesn't get good grades.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: At first, this seems to be the source of all her personality problems. After her first love rejected by calling her ugly, she turned into the gloomy and isolated girl she is now. This eventually gets subverted when it's made clear Sunako isn't bothered by the rejection anymore and she continues to act the same way. She met her first love again and turned out to have partly forgotten about the incident. It seems that besides the initial hurt, this is who she is and she's mostly ok with that.

* HidingBehindYourBangs: When she's introduced, her long bangs hide her eyes, representing her antisocial attitude.

* IAmNotPretty: Sunako believes she is ugly simply because a boy she liked told her she was. Cue the whole series revolving around her "ugliness", even though she's a bishoujo.
* InconvenientAttraction: The sole thought of acknowledging any romantic feelings for Kyohei sends Sunako into panic and denial because she's afraid love will change the way she is.

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Sunako keeps refusing to even acknowledge the possibility that she's in love with Kyohei right to the end of the final chapter, but she does admit he's "particularly bright" to her.]]

* SupremeChef: Because FeminineWomenCanCook. Ties into the fact that Sunako is generally good at housework.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Though she isn't exactly into traditionally boy activities, she avoids traditionally girl activities in every way and loves anything creepy. She has surprising domestic skills, though.

The male lead. The most popular and physically attractive of the four boys. Kyohei is initially seen as selfish, blunt, and demanding and has no inclination to be gentle towards Sunako unless it will reduce rent, but eventually develops feelings for her.

* BrilliantButLazy: Is effortlessly amazing at sports and hinted to be smarter than you'd expect. It's just that he's lazy, selfish and easily distracted so he never applies himself.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Gains the attraction of both women and men because of how good-looking he is.

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: At the end of the manga, Kyohei knows Sunako isn't ready to fall in love and he chooses to leave their relationship just the way it is. There might still be some hope for them in the future, though.]]

* TooMuchAlike: He constanly clashes with Sunako because both are equally immature and short-tempered.

* CoolBigBro: Has a little brother and sister (who are twins), and he absolutely adores them (and they adore him right back).

* PoorCommunicationKills: Can occasionally say thoughtless things around his girlfriend which she then blows completely out of proportion due to low self-esteem issues.

* ShipperOnDeck: She aggressively ships [=SunakoxKyohei=], even locking them in a room together and forcing them to live together at one point.

* BoyfriendBlockingDad: He literally [[BurningWithAnger bursts into flames]] when his sister tells him she sent Sunako to live with four hot guys. When he catches a naked Kyohei with Sunako, he immediately challenges him to a duel.

* PostKissCatatonia: After her kiss with Kyohei, she almost dies from a massive {{nosebleed}} and goes into severe catatonia.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: She tried to date a relatively poor person once and do housework and such activities and failed miserably

* DaddysGirl: She had a very close relationship with her father when she was little. He's very sad that she grew very distant from him as a teenager, but she still loves him and is pushing him away because she knows he gets frwaked out by all the scary stuff that she loves.

* {{Goth}}: An example of the Lone Psycho Goth and an example of PlayingWithATrope. She's a reclusive loner, she occasionally tries to kill people [[{{Yandere}} she's attracted to]], she [[PerkyGoth can be really nice and happy]], she loves the [[NightmareFetishist macabre]], she can be a badass, she can be [[{{Gonk}} ugly]], she can [[SheCleansUpNicely be beautiful]], [[{{Bifauxnen}} even to girls]], she [[SupremeChef cooks, cleans]] and she juliennes.

* HeyYou: She only calls the guys "Bright Creatures" and doesn't refer to any of them by name even after she more or less gets used to living with them.

* UnknowinglyInLove: Absolutely ''refuses'' to even entertain the thought that she's in love with Kyohei- going as far as to say 'Love is an illusion'.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sunako. As much as they fight and piss each other off, they do have feeings for each other. Both would rather die than admit it, though.
* BerserkButton: Pretty much anyone who touches Sunako, whether it be intimacy or violent, will get him riled up.
* BigEater: Loves shrimp and fried things and meat and generally unhealthy food.

* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets easily jealous when he thinks someone else is interested in Sunako.

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: His mother doesn't want to be around him because he's finds him "to bright to look at" and when she gets angru, she looks like a terrifying demon. Sunako outright calls Kyohei's mother the same type of person as her.

* TheSmartGuy: He's the most intellectual of the main cast.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Has a little brother and sister (who are twins), and he absolutely adores them (and they adore him right back).
* BirdsOfAFeather: With his girlfriend Machiko.

* TheMourningAfter: An interesting example. She does date and marry men after her first husband but it's shown that she doesn't truly love them like she did her darling.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Because he's so big and imposing, the boys are pleasantly surprising to see his wife is really beautiful.

* ActionGirl: Can out run, out jump and beat up most characters. She's a good fit for [[BattleCouple Kyohei]] in that way.
* AllergicToLove: The main obstacle keeping her and Kyohei from getting together is how Sunako can't have a single intimate moment with him without freaking out and getting nosebleeds to the point of hemorrhage.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Whenever she gains enough confidence, she breaks out of her SuperDeformed mode and becomes a beautiful pale-skinned girl with long black hair and an aloof and graceful attitude.
* BattleCouple: With Kyohei.
* BeautifulAllAlong: Whenever she gains enough confidence to break out of her SuperDeformed mode.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kyohei.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: In Chapter 73.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Superficial differences aside she's very similar to Kyohei.

* CloudCuckooLander: Sunako lives in her own crazy and creepy world.
* CreepyLonerGirl: One of the best examples to find in anime and manga. She apparently was a normal girl once, but getting rejected by her crush shocked her so much that she took on an extremely gloomy personality, got obsessed with creepy stuff and no one would be blamed for mistaking her for a StringyHairedGhostGirl. Her only 'friends' are the anatomical dolls she keeps in her room. Her housemates have the mission to change her from this to a ProperLady.
* DaddysGirl

* HimeCut: It goes with her aspiring YamatoNadeshiko theme.

* LonersAreFreaks

* NightmareFetishist: She loves horror movies, anatomical dolls, ghosts and monsters, basically anything that's considered spooky or creepy.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Her reaction to seeing "Bright Creatures".

* TheOphelia: A comedic parody of this.
* PostKissCatatonia: She went into severe catatonia after her kiss with Kyohei, and often doesn't even need another kiss to go into it again, now.

* SheCleansUpNicely: Made clear even in the first chapter.
* SuperDeformed: Almost all the time.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Noi's Girly Girl.

* {{Tsundere}}: Heavily on Type A when it comes to Kyohei.
* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Compared to her father, Sunako looks more attractive.

* WeakenedByTheLight: That and 'bright creatures'.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Kyohei, to ridiculous heights. [[spoiler: They might]].

* BattleCouple: With Sunako.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Sunako.

* BirdsOfAFeather: With Sunako.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Has shown this mostly in the manga towards Sunako.

* HairTriggerTemper

* {{Manchild}}: As constantly lampshaded, Kyohei can be very immature at times.

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: To Sunako.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Good God. Not only do his looks make him a usual target of sexual harassment and stalkers, but also ruins his relationship with his mother.

* UnknowinglyInLove: Absolutely ''refuses'' to even entertain the thought that he's in love with Sunako- using the excuse that he 'loves her food'.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: Whenever he becomes a NiceGuy, people usually end up freaking out and demanding this.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Sunako, to ridiculous heights. [[spoiler: They might]].

* BetaCouple: With Noi.

* RavenHairIvorySkin
* SickeninglySweethearts: Sometimes with Noi.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: He's introverted and coolheaded, leading to act distant even to his girlfriend Noi. He does love Noi and cares about his friends, although it takes him work to show it openly.

* CommitmentIssues: He does have some feelings for Tamao, but he's so much of a playboy that he really doesn't want to settle down with anyone yet.
* HandsomeLech
* LadykillerInLove: His parents want to set him up in an ArrangedMarriage with Tamao in hopes that fixes his playboy ways. Ranmaru obviously hates the idea, but he finds himself developing serious feelings for Tamao.
* MillionairePlayboy: He's a notorious playboy who is the only child of a wealthy family of hotel chain owners.

* AttractiveBentGender: He looks beautiful in a dress. Much to his chagrin…

* DisguisedInDrag: Frequently finds himself having to dress up like a girl, whether for disguises or to trick someone.

* BetaCouple: With Takenaga.

* ShipperOnDeck: She believes that Sunako and Kyohei are compatible as a couple.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Sometimes with Takenaga.
* SmittenTeenageGirl

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Sunako's Tomboy. She's also the Tomboy to [[YamatoNadeshiko Tamao]] [[{{Ojou}} Kikunoi]]

!Supporting Characters

[[folder:Mine Nakahara]]
!!Mine Nakahara (The Landlady)
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->Voiced by: Creator/YukaKomatsu (JP), Creator/TiffanyGrant (EN)
->Portrayed by: Reiko Takashima

Sunako's aunt, who expects Kyohei, Takenaga, Yuki, and Ranmaru to make Sunako into a lady.

* EccentricMillionaire
* LargeHam: She loves her dramatic gestures like lounging around with tigers and dramatic declarations of love on helicopters.
* TheMourningAfter: An interesting example. She does date and marry men after her first husband but it's shown that she doesn't truly love them like she did her darling.
* NoblewomansLaugh
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Tried to date a relatively poor person once and do housework and such activities and failed miserably
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: This is how she feels about Sunako and the reason she wants the guys to "fix" her.

[[folder:Tamao Kikunoi]]
!!Tamao Kikunoi
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->Voiced by: Erika (JP), Creator/LuciChristian (EN)

Ranmaru's fiancée. She is extremely wealthy and studies at an all-girls school. Despite Ranmaru's playboy qualities, she has fallen in love with him. His rejection of her does not faze her, hoping that eventually he would come to feel the same way.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's a gentle and pure-hearted high-class lady with golden hair.
* {{Ojou}}
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She really loves Ranmaru and it's hinted that he's becoming a LadykillerInLove for her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Whenever she's around, she's the girly girl to pretty much everyone else.
* YamatoNadeshiko: Sweet and demure, but also has the subtle touch of strength too.

[[folder:Goth-Loli Sisters]]
!!Goth-Loli Sisters
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->Yvonne is voiced by: Nina Kumagaya (JP), Creator/KiraVincentDavis (EN, Epi. 1-9), Creator/AllisonSumrall (EN, Epi. 10-25)
->Laseine is voiced by: Creator/HiromiKonno (JP), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (EN)
->Madeleine is voiced by: Creator/KimikoKoyama (JP), Tiffany Terrell (EN)
->Roxane is voiced by: Erika (JP), Monica Passley (EN)

Four girls who are completely obsessed with the main boys of the series.

* {{Abhorrent Admirer}}s: Would be this to the guys, but they barely even register on the guys' radar, much less actually try to pursue them.
* AscendedExtra: They're very minor characters in the manga, but in the anime they show up much more often to provide consistent comic relief.
* ButtMonkey: Is the butt of constant jokes especially when their schemes fail miserably.
* CharacterTics: In every scene depicting them, they are often distinguished by their crossed fingers and arms waving like octopus tentacles.
* ElegantGothicLolita: They dress like this, but they're far from elegant.
* {{Fangirl}}s
* {{Gonk}}
* QuirkyMinibossSquad
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Introduced in their first appearance as the most feared gang in the school, but aside from one moment where they bully Sunako, most of the time they amount to little more than comic relief that the main characters are barely even aware of.
* VerbalTic: They often end their sentences with "nu" ("nay" in the English dub).

* ButtMonkey: Is the butt of constant jokes especially when their schemes fail miserably

* ThePiratesWhoDon'tDoAnything: Introduced in their first appearance as the most feared gang in the school, but aside from one moment where they bully Sunako, most of the time they amount to little more than comic relief that the main characters are barely even aware of.

* AttractiveBentGender: He looks beautiful in a dress.

* WidowWoman

* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}: Though he's more "cute" than "pretty-boyish" or "handsome".

* {{Goth}}: An example of the Lone Psycho Goth and an example of PlayingWithATrope. She's a reclusive loner, she occasionally tries to kill people [[{{Yandere}} she's attracted to]], she [[PerkyGoth can be really nice and happy]], she loves the [[NightmareFetishist macabre]], she can be a badass, she can be [[{{Gonk}} ugly]], she can [[SheCleansUpNicely be beautiful]], [[{{Bifauxnen}} even to girls]], she [[SupremeChef cooks, cleans]] and she [[KnifeNut juliennes]].

* QuirkyMinibossSquad

* BlindingBangs: In her chibi version, her bangs hide her eyes.

* PostKissCatatonia: She went into severe catatonia after her kiss with Kyohei, and often doesn't even need another kiss to go into it again, now. .
* RapunzelHair: Her hair reaches past her waist.

* NightmareFetishist: Hoo boy. She loves horror movies, anatomical dolls, ghosts and monsters, basically anything that's considered spooky or creepy.

The most intellectual of the four. Takenaga was originally from a wealthy family descended from flower masters, but when the pressure of being the family heir was too much, he became completely withdrawn and ignored everyone. He was sent to live at the Landlady's mansion in hopes of becoming more "normal".

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Truly loves Noi but is terrible at communicating it leading to hilarious shenanigans
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TheSmartGuy

A ladies' man, Ranmaru is often going out with various beautiful older (and often married) women. The very sight of Sunako initially has him breaking out in hives, but when her true beauty is revealed, he decides that she has "potential" to become a real lady. Like Takenaga, he comes from a wealthy family (who own a series of hotel chains), but was sent to live with the Landlady because he exploited his wealth and his parents wanted him to become "normal".

* TheCasanova

* LadykillerInLove: It's hinted that he is becoming this in regards to his arranged fiancée, Tamao.
* MillionairePlayboy

* {{Tsundere}}: Will occasionally act like this when he refuses to acknowledge that he likes Tamao.

Takenaga's girlfriend. She is pretty and exceedingly popular. Noi is Sunako's closest friend at school, where Sunako is scorned for her terrifying demeanor and association with the boys. She admires Sunako's tough attitude and also believes that Sunako and Kyohei are compatible as a couple.

* NiceGirl
* OddFriendship: With Sunako.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Kyohei and Sunako.

* SixthRanger: Gets just as much exposure as the boys later on even when she wasn't part of the original group

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Her efforts to get Sunako and Kyohei together are ripped straight from cheesy romance mangas.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Grows into this with Sunako as they become close friends .

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Sunako's Tomboy. She's also the Tomboy to [[YamatoNadeshiko Tamao]] [[TheOjou Kikunoi]]

* {{Adorkable}}: He's sometimes a bit childish and awkward, adding to his appeal.

* DaddysGirl: Downplayed. Sunako loves her father dearly but she acts cold to him in order to keep him from entering her room as unlike her, he's terrified of scary things.

* FeminineWomenCanCook: Sunako is an excellent cook, specializing in Japanese home cooking. She is also very skilled at domestic tasks like laundry, cleaning and sewing. In fact when the other female cast members need to learn these traditionally feminine skills, they turn to Sunako.

* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: More like pseudo-love interest, but hurting Kyohei is a sure fire way to trigger Sunako unleashing a brutal no holds barred beatdown on the one responsible.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: After eating some magic mushrooms, Sunako transforms into an elegant polite young lady. However, the boys realize it's too extreme a change and try various methods to restore her to normal.

* DaddysGirl: Downplayed. Sunako loves her father dearly but she acts cold to him in order to keep him from entering her room and freaking out due to his phobia of her nightmare fetishism.

* Foil: To Sunako. Noi is popular, outgoing, and widely regarded as the most beautiful girl at school.