History Trivia / BottomTierCharacterTomozaki

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February 2023, the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, Amazon Japan and other online retailers listed the rescheduled release date for two months later on May 18, 2023, but those pages were later taken down in that same month. It was likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 as having been tapped to write the script for the anime series ''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night''. It would take until October 2023 for the publisher's website to list Volume 11's new release date as January 18, 2024, exactly two years after Volume 10's release and the longest publishing gap in the series.

* SelfAdaptation: The light novels' author himself was the screenwriter for [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1752684911809683644 season 2's fifth episode.]]

* SleeperHit: The anime adaptation was initially received very lukewarmly and was quickly overshadowed by other highly-anticipated rom-coms such as ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' and the second season of ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. As the season went on, however, it managed to garner a small but dedicated fanbase. The main character in particular, Tomozaki, saw an upwards trend in popularity, even reaching the number one spot in Crunchyroll's [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1372127199646523396?s=20 weekly character rankings]]. And then to everyone's shock, a full year after it aired, a continuation of the anime was announced in January 2022. This was especially surprising in that this was after the author, Yuuki Yaku, had publicly lamented that the series' Blu-rays had sold quite poorly.

* StuntCasting: ''2nd Stage'' has an anime-original character named Mao Kamimae who plays an important role in the story's second arc, but Kamimae's role in the story ends up taking over all the screentime that was originally fulfilled in the light novels by Mika Akiyama, a character already present from the first season, and ends up leaving Akiyama with no plot importance. Kamimae is voiced by Creator/KanaIchinose, who (having just voiced the main character of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' the previous year and was also voicing one of the major characters of ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd'' in the same season as ''2nd Stage'') is a much bigger star than Akiyama's actress Creator/NatsumiHioka.

* StuntCasting: ''2nd Stage'' has an anime-original character named Mao Kamimae who plays an important role in the story's second arc, but Kamimae's role in the story ends up taking over all the screentime that was originally fulfilled in the light novels by Mika Akiyama, a character already present from the first season, and ends up leaving Akiyama with no plot importance. Kamimae is voiced by Creator/KanaIchinose, who (having just voiced the main character of ''Anime/GundamTheWitchFromMercury'' the previous year and was also voicing one of the major characters of ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd'' in the same season as ''2nd Stage'') is a much bigger star than Akiyama's actress Creator/NatsumiHioka.

* StuntCasting: The second season has an anime-original character named Mao Kamimae who plays an important role in the story's second arc, but Kamimae's role in the story ends up taking over all the screentime that was originally fulfilled in the light novels by Mika Akiyama, a character already present from the first season, and ends up leaving Akiyama with no plot importance. Kamimae is voiced by Creator/KanaIchinose, who is a much bigger star than Akiyama's actress Creator/NatsumiHioka.

* StarMakingRole: The role of Minami "Mimimi" Nanami for Creator/IkumiHasegawa. Prior to this, her anime voice acting roles were mostly as background extras or in ''eroge'' using the alias "Kyouko Akabane."

* StarMakingRole: The role of Minami "Mimimi" Nanami for Creator/IkumiHasegawa. Prior to this, her anime voice acting roles were mostly as background extras or in ''eroge'' using the alias "Akabane Kyouko."

* ActorSharedBackground: Hinami's EN voice actress, Creator/FayeMata, was a professional fighting game player prior to her voice acting career.

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, Amazon Japan and other online retailers listed the rescheduled release date for two months later on May 18, 2023, but those pages were later taken down in that same month. It was likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 as having been tapped to write the script for the 2024 original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night''). It would take until October 2023 for the publisher's website to list Volume 11's new release date as January 18, 2024, exactly two years after Volume 10's release and the longest publishing gap in the series.
* SleeperHit: The anime was initially received very lukewarmly and was quickly overshadowed by other highly-anticipated rom-coms such as ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' and the second season of ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. As the season went on, however, it managed to garner a small but dedicated fanbase. The main character Tomozaki in particular saw an upwards trend in popularity, even reaching the number one spot in Crunchyroll's [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1372127199646523396?s=20 weekly character rankings]]. And then to everyone's shock, a full year after it aired, a continuation of the anime was announced in January 2022. Doubly surprising in that this was after the author Yuuki Yaku had publicly lamented that the series had sold quite poorly on Blu-ray sales.
* StarMakingRole: The role of Nanami Minami, or Mimimi, for Creator/IkumiHasegawa. Prior to this, her anime voice acting roles were mostly as background extras or in ''eroge'' using the alias "Akabane Kyouko."

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, Amazon Japan and other online retailers listed the rescheduled release date for two months later on May 18, 2023, but those pages were later taken down in May. It was likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 as having been tapped to write the script for the 2024 original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night''). It would take until October 2023 for the publisher's website to list Volume 11's new release date as January 18, 2024, exactly two years after Volume 10's release and the longest publishing gap in the series.

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, Amazon Japan and other online retailers listed the rescheduled release date for two months later on May 18, 2023, but those pages were later taken down in May and no release date is currently scheduled for Volume 11. It is likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 as having been tapped to write the script for the 2024 original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night''). It would take until October 2023 for the publisher's website to list Volume 11's new release date as January 18, 2024, exactly two years after Volume 10's release and the longest publishing gap in the series.

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, Amazon Japan and other online retailers listed the rescheduled release date for two months later on May 18, 2023, but those pages were later taken down in May and no release date is currently scheduled for Volume 11. It is likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 as having been tapped to write the script for the 2024 original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night'').

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, the rescheduled release date was revealed for two months later on May 18, 2023. It is likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 that month as having been tapped to write the script for the 2024 original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night'').

* ApprovalOfGod: Yuki Yaku, the author of ''Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki'', is very involved with his audience and receptive of fan content across the world. Most notably, when a fan used [[https://twitter.com/ArmandoValores/status/1368715662282027008?s=20 the iceberg tiers meme]] to explain the depth of the series to new viewers, Yaku not only voiced his approval, he later translated the entire meme into [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1373267025259155464?s=20 Japanese]].

* ScheduleSlip: Volume 11 was originally scheduled to release on March 17, 2023. However, at the end of February the publisher, Gagaga Bunko, announced it would be delayed, with [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1630557379657109506 Yuuki Yaku himself apologizing saying he needed more time.]] After the original release date came and went, the rescheduled release date was revealed for two months later on May 18, 2023. It is likely the delay had to do with Yaku being revealed at Anime Japan 2023 that month as having been tapped to write the script for the upcoming original anime ''Yoru no Kurage wa Oyogenai'' (''Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night'').
* SleeperHit: The anime was initially received very lukewarmly and was quickly overshadowed by other highly-anticipated rom-coms such as ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' and the second season of ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. As the season went on, however, it managed to garner a small but dedicated fanbase. The main character Tomozaki in particular saw an upwards trend in popularity, even reaching the number one spot in Crunchyroll's [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1372127199646523396?s=20 weekly character rankings]]. And then to everyone's shock, a full year after it aired, a continuation of the anime was announced in January 2022. Doubly surprising in that this was after the author Yuki Yaku had publicly lamented that the series had sold quite poorly on Blu-ray sales.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: The dub has a few examples.
** Tomozaki (Creator/AdamGibbs) and Mimimi (Creator/ChristinaKelly) would later reunite as Cid[=/=]Shadow and Alpha in ''Literature/TheEminenceInShadow''.
** Hinami (Creator/FayeMata) and Mizusawa (Creator/StephenFu) also voiced characters in ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', with Mata voicing Malty (aka Myne), an even bigger bitch than Hinami, while Fu would replace Creator/BillyKametz as the voice of Naofumi starting in Season 2, as Billy eventually succumbed to cancer.
** Shuuji Nakamura (Creator/ChrisHackney) and Aoi Hinami (Creator/FayeMata) also attended Garreg Mach in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' as Dimitri and Petra, respectively.

* SleeperHit: The anime was initially received very lukewarmly and was quickly overshadowed by other highly-anticipated rom-coms such as ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' and the second season of ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. As the season went on, however, it managed to garner a small but dedicated fanbase. The main character Tomozaki in particular saw an upwards trend in popularity, even reaching the number one spot in Crunchyroll's [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1372127199646523396?s=20 weekly character rankings]].

* StarMakingRole: The role of Nanami Minami, or Mimimi, for Ikumi Hasegawa. Prior to this, her anime voice acting roles were mostly as background extras or in ''eroge'' using the alias "Akabane Kyouko."

* SleeperHit: The anime was initially received very lukewarmly and was quickly overshadowed by other highly-anticipated rom-coms such as ''Manga/{{Horimiya}}'' and the second season of ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets''. As the season went on, however, it managed to garner a small but dedicated fanbase. The main character Tomozaki in particular saw an upwards trend in popularity, even reaching the number one spot in Crunchyroll's [[https://twitter.com/Yaku_yuki/status/1372127199646523396?s=20 weekly character rankings]].