| 1 | This is a page about the characters that appear in the manga ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet''. |
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| 3 | '''Warning''', some {{spoiler}}s are unmarked. |
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| 6 | !Main Characters |
| 7 | [[folder:Romio Inuzuka]] |
| 8 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/romio_inuzuka_3.png]] |
| 9 | -> Voiced by: Creator/YukiOno |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The male lead, a young man who comes from an influential family from the nation of Towa. At the beginning of the story he's the leader of the 1st year high-school students of the "Black Dog" dormitory. He's been in love with Juliet ever since they were young. After confessing to Juliet, he makes it his mission to establish a world where they can be together. |
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| 13 | * AccidentalPervert: During his Sports Festival battle with Juliet he accidentally ends grabbing her chest by mistake. Cue massive {{Nosebleed}}. |
| 14 | * AccidentalProposal: After having had enough of the teasing from Leon and Char, Romio reaffirms his loyalty to Juliet by suddenly blurting out "Till death do us part!" aloud, to the amusement of the girls (and Juliet's embarassment). They all immediately assumed that Romio was making an early proposal. |
| 15 | * AllJustADream: After Juliet snubs him the next day, he initially thought the events of his LoveConfession was all just in his head. But then he remembered Juliet's stipulation that their relationship must be kept secret. |
| 16 | * AlmostKiss: |
| 17 | ** Several times he attempted this with Juliet (starting with the BeachEpisode), but various circumstances kept getting in his way, including Juliet herself. In the end Romio never got to kiss Juliet until their wedding, rather it was Juliet herself who kissed him on the cheek a couple of times before that. |
| 18 | ** With Kohitsuji of all people also during the BeachEpisode, when the latter "demonstrates" what to do during a potential romantic spot at the abandoned ligthouse. It was ''mere seconds'' before they made contact, enough for both boys to get grossed out. |
| 19 | * AmusingInjuries: not a rare occurrence when he gets into a fight with the White Cats or when Char is involved. |
| 20 | * AngerBornOfWorry: A mutual one with Juliet during the latter's birthday: Romio, while still under his brother's scrutiny, caused a disturbance and fought multiple White Cats (including Cait Sith), and Juliet braved climbing the walls outside the White Cats dorm, just to get to each other. They both thought the other was crazy for pulling those stunts, although Juliet was a lot more vocal. In the aftermath of the sword-duel gambit, Romio recieves this from Hasuki as well. |
| 21 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Asks one to the student body during his campaign speech that stuns them. |
| 22 | -->Ever since we were small, we saw each other as enemies. But is this really something we are doing of our own free will? |
| 23 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Romio's reputation with the rest of the Black Dogs is tenuous at best, with multiple occasions where he is ostracized, due to a mixture of AccidentalPervert moments, circumstances outside of his control, and just plain bad luck. The main reason why anyone in his class still holds respect for him at all is because he's such an absolute physical powerhouse, almost on par with [[TheAce the prefects]]. |
| 24 | * BadassBoast: |
| 25 | ** Once again, the LoveConfession has shades of this. He'll "change the world" after all. |
| 26 | ** Romio's declaration that he will become head prefect in front of all his prospective rivals. |
| 27 | ** Downplayed during the debutante ball, when Romio proudly tells Char's mother that he ''will'' be back at the palace in the future...as an invited guest. |
| 28 | * BattleCouple: He pulls this trope with Juliet when they fight Airu in a kendo match. Despite having to feign TeethClenchedTeamwork to keep up appearances that they are foes, they prove to be rather effective at fighting together and ultimately manage to score a point on Airu, although Kochou suggests that this was only possible because Airu [[ILetYouWin allowed them to do so]]. |
| 29 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Shuna. He doesn't really take kindly to the idea of anyone disrespecting her and seeks to help make her time at Dahlia Academy as enjoyable as possible. |
| 30 | * BookDumb: Especially so. One strenuous and exhaustive cram session involving Hasuki and Persia reduced him to a screeching monkey with a fear of textbooks. It is shown however that he's actually an effective learner with the right tutelage and motivation, which is important because otherwise his dream of becoming a prefect would be completely impossible. Come the final examinations, [[spoiler: he manages to achieve an impressive 5th place out of all the academy's first years.]] |
| 31 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: He attempts a temporary example during the end of the School Festival, when he sees Juliet being indecisive whether to spend the closing ceremonies with him at a parade, or with her mother Rackdoll. Romio puts up his usual JerkassFacade in front of them so Juliet would get angry at him and she would go to Rackdoll. In the end, [[spoiler:Juliet chooses to go to the parade with Romio anyway. After [[WhatTheHellHero giving him an earful]] for his actions, of course.]] |
| 32 | * BrilliantButLazy: Pre-CharacterDevelopment. Judging by the fact Romio is capable of accomplishing things if he's motivated and knows what he's doing, his poor grades and lack of respect by his peers reflects just how little he cared to actually try. He starts to grow out of this once he realizes he needs to shape up if he wants to help Persia accomplish her dream. |
| 33 | * ButtMonkey: Plenty of abuse goes towards his way. It's usually hilarious and things turns out well in the end, but it's a wonder he isn't hospitalized for some of the punishment he suffers through. |
| 34 | * CharacterDevelopment: While he wasn't a bad person by any stretch of the imagination, his love for Persia was initially his sole motivation; he couldn't care less about Dahlia's politics, authority figures, or even his own position as head of the Black Dog freshmen. When he said he wanted to change the world, [[NotInThisForYourRevolution it was purely out of desire to maintain his romance]]. This attitude in turn has soured his relationship with most of his classmates, leaving him with a rocky starting point when he decides he wants to become a prefect. As the story progresses however, he opens his eyes to what it means to be a leader by learning to appreciate examples like Hasuki and Seiber for their hard work. He involves himself into more school activities as a result, shows more concern for his fellow students, and now pursues the unification of Dahlia Academy not just to benefit himself, but to help those who have also been hurt by the conflict between the two countries. |
| 35 | ** It's best shown in his election speech, which he based on his original apathy for the school and made it into a speech about deciding as individuals what they want for the school. |
| 36 | * ChasteHero: His idea of how a romantic relationship works is very idealized and innocent. The few times he gets dirty thoughts of Persia, he immediately banishes them from his mind. |
| 37 | * ChickMagnet: On top of being a NiceGuy, he is rather brave and athletic, so several girls end up falling for him. |
| 38 | * ClassRepresentative: [[spoiler:Eventually gets voted in as Head Prefect of the Black Dogs. For anyone only familiar with Romio's character in early volumes, it should come as a surprise that he takes this position very seriously.]] |
| 39 | * CrazyJealousGuy: This is a given, considering how head-over-heels he is for Juliet. He displays an intimidating BattleAura when he first meets Aby and the latter tries flirting with Juliet. Before they started dating even, this is the crux of his (eventually one-sided) rivalry with Scott, who does things for Juliet that Romio wants to do. |
| 40 | * CovertPervert: As pure-minded and vanilla as he may be, Romio consistently displays overt enthusiasm every time Juliet is dressed in different outfits and cosplay. |
| 41 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Has developed a penchant for helping out with various things in and around the Black Dogs dorm. Teria realizes that this both helps and hinders Romio with his goals of prefecthood since it gains him more approval from his peers but also serves as a recurring distraction to his studies, respectively. |
| 42 | * CutenessProximity: Most of his interactions with Persia leave him in an incoherent mess that goes squee. |
| 43 | * DeathGlare: don't you dare flirt with Persia in front of him, things won't end well for you. |
| 44 | * {{Determinator}}: Unless there is a big change in the world he won't be able to be together with Persia without risking being expelled and possibly ending their social lives? He is still going forward full force and won't stop. |
| 45 | ** It's shown that when Romio is motivated to do something, he ''will'' work toward it with all his might, such as being capable of [[spoiler:achieving fifth place overall in the finals for his year by diligently studying]] despite the fact he kept barely passing exams before. |
| 46 | * DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Romio asking Juliet if she would like to spend the winter holidays with him at Towa. He ''thought'' he was just "rehearsing" and that it was all in his head, until Juliet repeated what he said... |
| 47 | * DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: In the anime, when Char asks Romio if he took some of Persia's pictures from Char's StalkerShrine, he innocently whistles a few notes from "Love with You", the anime's theme song. He whistles those bars a few more times later. |
| 48 | * DiggingYourselfDeeper: |
| 49 | ** Juliet comes across Romio's PornStash (provided by Kohitsuji, and Romio is too sick to refuse). Her expression is unreadable, although she told him she wasn't too bothered by it. And then Romio had to blab that he only prefers Juliet's breasts [[note]]as a reminder, this is just a month after the Sports Fest[[/note]]. Romio regretted those words as soon as they left his mouth. |
| 50 | ** Romio chases after a cat that stole his couple's picture with Juliet, only to stumble into a changing room full of girls. He actually plays it smart and explains that he's not there to peep. They would have believed him, if it weren't for the camera around his neck. |
| 51 | * EasyAmnesia: Trying to rescue a stray from the river (and forgetting at he can't swim), the cat instead used his head as a springboard so it can get to shore. The result was apparently the concussion that caused his memory loss. |
| 52 | * TheFace: His greatest asset. Pretty much [[BenevolentConspiracy everyone]] who supports his and Persia's relationship does so because he convinced them it wasn't a bad idea. Usually with impassioned shonen-esque speeches and/or [[WarriorTherapist a swordfight]]. |
| 53 | * EmotionalBruiser: Like his namesake, he is a great fighter with a hopelessly romantic mindset. |
| 54 | * FaceOfAThug: Put it this way, Romio is ''very'' intimidating and the White Cats are terrified of him (save a few upperclassmen), but he looks out for his friends and he's quite a friendly guy if you get to know him. |
| 55 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Obviously the foolish one in the equation opposite Airu, as a trouble-maker and underachiever. However, Romio eventually outgrows these traits. |
| 56 | * ForgotICouldntSwim: He literally forgets it when he tried to save Juliet from a fall or when saving a stray cat from drowning. |
| 57 | * FriendToAllChildren: |
| 58 | ** He's actually popular with Black Dog kids. In chapter 1 he almost blows his cover when he saw some White Cats bullying several primary school children. |
| 59 | ** In episode 8, when he successfully evades Kochou and Teria at the Harvest Festival, the two girls attempt to resume their Prefect duties. However, as he spies on them through a barrel, he notices that they clearly want to enjoy the festival, but aren't able to because of their duties. He ends up challenging them to a series of games, and indirectly lets the girls have some fun for the night. |
| 60 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: Chapter 33 reveals that he wears boxer shorts with a star pattern. |
| 61 | * GuileHero: He's not the smartest in the school by a long shot, but trying to maintain a SecretRelationship involves having expert lying skills and taking advantage of any kind of circumstances that he can get. |
| 62 | * InSeriesNickname: Memezuka and Otomezuka[[note]]from Japanese words for sissy and maiden, respectively[[/note]], both from Juliet, and Purezuka in regards to Amnesiac Romio. "Boobie-loving jackass" is briefly used after the Sports Festival. |
| 63 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: he is mostly a jerk with some of his fellow black dogs such as Maru, and with most of the White Cats, especially Scott (but it goes both ways either way, with Scott actually being more of a jerk to him than the other way around), this tends to fade away as the series progresses, and he starts to care about everyone in Dahlia Academy. |
| 64 | * LimitedSocialCircle: In trying to get signatures for a petition, Shuna wanted to emulate Kougi's example (getting signatures from his sister's friends) by approaching Romio's friends. [[DescriptionCut The closest she got]] are Maru and his cronies. |
| 65 | * LoveConfession: The plot starts when Inuzuka confesses his feelings for Persia. In the middle of a swordfight, no less. |
| 66 | * LoveAtFirstSight: A ChildhoodFriendRomance it's not, but Romio and Juliet have known each other since primary school, and a flashback late in the manga implies that he's already fallen for her since then. |
| 67 | * MagneticHero: Poor reputation with the general school populace aside, he has a knack for winning the support (or at least acknowledgement) of many key players within the academy from group leaders to prefects, many of them even being on the side of the White Cats. |
| 68 | * MarriedToTheJob: [[spoiler:After becoming Head Prefect of the Black Dogs]], Romio laments this situation, getting more involved in the school's affairs that he sparsely has time to spend with Juliet. This carries on [[spoiler:even after they get ''married''. They still have little time to spend together, since they have to go back to their respective countries for their responsibilities as politicians and can only see each other on the weekends.]] |
| 69 | * MartialPacifist: Pacifistic by his society's standards. He's not against fighting, or even the race war, so much as he is against the war ''as it is now''. He likes having a reason for fighting, whereas other Dogs only fight because of tradition. |
| 70 | * MistakenForGay: By Hasuki when she sees him giving weird looks to a boy, not knowing that the boy was a disguised Persia. This may be a MythologyGag to the {{Pilot}}, where Persia ended up catching sight of Inuzuka in a compromising position with a male student (in an attempt to stop him from seeing the two of them together). |
| 71 | * MistakenForPedophile: |
| 72 | ** There is a gag in Chapter 8 where Inuzuka pretends to be a lolicon to scare some girls from the White Cat dormitory and get some time alone with Persia. Except Persia also falls for his incredibly obvious acting. |
| 73 | ** A minor RunningGag in Chapter 19 has Teria getting the impression that he wants her body. |
| 74 | ** In Chapter 33, after getting spooked by an insect, Teria runs towards him and [[CuteClumsyGirl characteristically slips]], grabbing onto his pants as she falls. This causes her to accidentally yank down his pants and expose his GoofyPrintUnderwear. Unfortunately, Towa's Minister of Education, who was inspecting the school at the time, chooses that very moment to walk in, and accuses Romio of flashing Teria. |
| 75 | ** Kougi also initially mistakes him for one due to finding Teria and Kochou relaxing in his room without their prefect armbands. They're really there because the twins often hang out with Romio when they have free time, but Teria does a [[PoorCommunicationKills bad job]] [[NotWhatItLooksLike at explaining]]. |
| 76 | * MemeticMolester: An in-universe example. Thanks to a combination of a [[AccidentalPervert certain number]] [[NotWhatItLooksLike of incidents]] coupled with [[ChickMagnet his close friendship with several girls]], he's perceived as a casanova who likes taking advantage of girls left and right. |
| 77 | -->'''Kohitsuji:''' ''(to a crowd of dozens)'' I've seen him force [Hasuki] onto a bed with my very own eyes! |
| 78 | * MrImagination: Not a CloudCuckooLander, but he has quite a vivid imagination. Most of them involve Juliet of course. |
| 79 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: |
| 80 | ** Julio is introduced as a relative of Inuzuka, so when the Black Dogs swoon and want to spend time with him they think Romio is acting like an overprotective older brother figure. Of course, with Julio's secret identity, only "he" and Romio know the actual truth. |
| 81 | ** When Shuna finally enrolls in Dahlia, Romio gets very annoyed at the large throng of male admirers outside his room in order to check her out, and is adamant that they all stay away. Of course they decide to keep their distance since Eigo (one of the would-be admirers) recognizes her from winter break and immediately warns them about her. |
| 82 | * NiceGuy: He always looks out for his friends, will go to great lengths to make Persia happy, and is a surprisingly understanding guy given the social scenario of the school. |
| 83 | * NinjaLog: Manages to do StealthHiBye at times, and once even swaps himself with the pet mascot while being given a LapPillow moment by Hasuki. |
| 84 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: |
| 85 | ** Romio's LoveConfession to Juliet, which details his inner struggles in order to muster the courage, then declares he's ready to face anything to prove his love for her. |
| 86 | ** [[spoiler:Together with Juliet, the pair gives a brief one to the entire the student body after their relationship is revealed by Leon with both stating that neither of them are ashamed of falling in love with one another.]] |
| 87 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Unless it's Juliet, he is either completely turned off or indifferent to most scenes of fanservice, and even characters' attempts to seduce him (like Char and Leon). |
| 88 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: He is considered a "war criminal" for the Black Dogs because of a fluke he made in the sports festival of the past year, during the race that decided the winner. This year, however, he finally sheds that stigma, only for his reputation to sink lower because of an even ''worse'' accident during the Mock Cavalry battle. |
| 89 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Prior to his LoveConfession, he insists on being Persia's opponent every time the two factions clash. The real reason for this is because he's protecting her from the other Black Dogs. |
| 90 | * OpenMouthInsertFoot: Like when he realizes out loud that Sieber couldn't get a date to the festival. |
| 91 | * PieInTheFace: |
| 92 | ** While Romio is escorting Teria and Kochou during the festival, they prank him with a barrage of pies. He ends up with so many on him that they taunt him as the mysterious 'pie man'. |
| 93 | ** Had a tradition of leading the Black Cats to invade Juliet's birthday party each year so he could throw a pie in her face. During the birthday arc, he does this as an excuse to see Juliet on her birthday. He and Juliet later pie each other as a way of bringing the pie fight to a draw. |
| 94 | * PostKissCatatonia: Happens to him twice, and both with Juliet of course. In their first kiss (even if it was only on the cheek), no-one in-universe actually saw the deed, just that Romio was knocked out on the ground and having a nosebleed. To them it only looked like he was assaulted by an unseen attacker. The second time it was during their wedding, just after exchanging their vows. Romio was such a NervousWreck throughout the whole ceremony that he passed out ''during'' the liplock! |
| 95 | * ProperlyParanoid: His estimation of the Dogs' racism, which terrifies him so much he's shaped his entire social life around it, is actually ''optimistic'' compared to reality. Even Hasuki betrays him. |
| 96 | * SandInMyEyes: He doesn't like being seen as overtly emotional, and makes up excuses about the water [[OcularGushers flowing out of his eyes]]. |
| 97 | * SecretDiary: Dude's got his own diary, complete with a "Do Not Read!" warning brazenly written on the cover. Persia can't help but comment on just how girly he can be when she finds it. |
| 98 | * SecretKeeper: for Char's feelings for Persia, a secret so well-hidden that Inuzuka only discovered it literally by accident. Possibly for Sieber's obssesion with cute things as well. |
| 99 | * SecretRelationship: When he and Persia are together but not alone he has to act like a colossal jerk towards her so that no one will find out that they are going out. |
| 100 | * ShamingTheMob: Some Westians, egged on by Aby, insult Juliet when she lost the relay race (even though it was because of an injury caused by Somali under Aby's orders). Romio (via Char's advice) couldn't come to Juliet's defense, so he vents his frustration by punching a wall, causing a vibration that literally shook the West crowd, shutting them up. |
| 101 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Helps Aby and Somali get back together to save Juliet from Somali's [[AndCallHimGeorge affection]]. |
| 102 | * SingleTargetSexuality: He's got eyes for Juliet only. This fact has been realized painfully by many people aware of the secret relationship, because it means that Romio (and Juliet, for that matter) are effectively taken for good. |
| 103 | * SomethingElseAlsoRises: Juliet having a WardrobeMalfunction (she was trying to put on Romio's spare clothes, only for her to learn that the pants to are too big and they drop down untied) right in front of him causes a burst of confetti to pop out of his head somehow. Also, the various situations Romio found himself in while Juliet was trying to take care of him causes both his blood and temperature to rise up. |
| 104 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: This is how his friendship with Hasuki started. He was in awe at her genius that he started following her around (whether it's in the bath, her bed, etc.) asking about study problems, [[InnocentlyInsensitive not knowing how much discomfort he is giving her]]. |
| 105 | * StalkingIsLove: His misguided desire to spend Persia's birthday with her has led him to ruin every party she's had for the past few years. |
| 106 | * StealthMentor: He's been this for Juliet ever since they were young, pushing her into becoming (through words or even through force) the way she is in the present, all under the guise of her rival. At one point after becoming his girlfriend, Juliet has since figured out what he's done for her, [[spoiler:and it becomes important in restoring his memories.]] |
| 107 | * SuperDrowningSkills: He ''cannot'' swim. At most he can struggle around long enough to get to shore. |
| 108 | * SuperStrength: He demonstrates this on several occasions, such as breaking a pillar by punching it, breaking off an entire statue and uprooting a tree. Later flashbacks reveal he's had this even when he was ''seven years old'' as he managed to toss a bench at Maru to stop him from harassing Persia. It might even run in the family considering what Shuna can do. |
| 109 | * TearsOfJoy: he gets emotional around Persia pretty easily if she shows just a ''tiny'' bit of affection towards him. |
| 110 | * TemptingFate: He insists to Juliet that Hasuki will sympathize if he reveals to her that he is in a SecretRelationship with Juliet. The next time she sees him, he is being chased down by a sword-waving Hasuki. |
| 111 | * ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: He apparently borrows shoujo manga from Teria, and is slightly despondent when the lighthouse arc turns out differently from his daydreams. |
| 112 | * TwoTimerDate: Seeing Romio determined to study so he can meet the standards of becoming a prefect, Juliet and Hasuki both arranged study dates to tutor him. Upon being found out, instead of getting angry at Romio, the two girls actually decide to team up in helping him. However, this backfires on Romio in another way: the two are such harsh teachers that, together they reduce him to a primal state! |
| 113 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 114 | ** When Romio goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge for the destroyed rosary, Scott tries to point out that Romio destroyed it himself, but he could barely complete a sentence before getting kayoed. |
| 115 | ** The Sports Festival MC calls Romio underhanded for taunting Juliet into fighting him in the Mock Cavalry battle in spite of her injuries. |
| 116 | ** Juliet reminds Romio of the Black Dogs' annual tradition of ruining her past birthdays, and wonders how he is going to make it up to her for all of that. |
| 117 | ** Char gives Romio a terrifying DeathGlare for crashing Juliet's birthday, even if she knows his true intentions. |
| 118 | ** Near the end of the lighthouse incident, Char assigned Romio to put out a bonfire and thus be the last to board the boat. Her reasoning was that he was the cause of all that mess anyway. |
| 119 | * WhiteSheep: To his race. He fits in quite well on the surface, but he's shown since childhood that he disagrees very strongly with [[FantasticRacism certain ideals]] that every other Towan holds. This is also one reason he's reluctant to confess to Juliet; even if she ''does'' accept his feelings, he's just dragged her into a scandal that could ruin both their lives. Hazuki is the only person he thinks would accept him even if she knew the truth. |
| 120 | -->'''Julio:''' Is he not normally like [[HotBlooded that]]?\ |
| 121 | '''Black Dog girl:''' Normally? Inuzuka's really low-energy. He's always sulking, and he never joins the conversation. |
| 122 | ** This aspect of him is reflected in his voting speech where [[spoiler:he asks the student body about the rules and by extension free will, and ends with him wanting them to decide for themselves what they want from the school.]] |
| 123 | * WouldntHitAGirl: The excuse he gives to not fight Persia seriously, before he gathered the courage to confess to her. Obviously [[SubvertedTrope it's a bluff]], he had no problems trying to hit Char when she showed up some days later. |
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| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Juliet Persia]] |
| 127 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/juliet_persia.png]] |
| 128 | -> Voiced by: Creator/AiKayano |
| 129 | |
| 130 | The female lead, and only daughter of a nobleman from the Principality of the West. Like Romio, she starts out as the leader of the 1st-year high-school students of the White Cat dormitory. Due to her gender and traditions of Western succession, she feels a need to prove herself to be as capable as boys and especially towards Romio whom she considers her rival. Her relationship with him soon changes after he confesses and they start dating. Juliet aims to establish a world where she can be together with Romio. |
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| 132 | * TheAce: As opposed to Inuzuka's relative lack of social standing, Persia is without a doubt a leader and a role model; she holds the top rank of her class academically, possesses great strength with the finesse to back it up, and has won the unwavering loyalty and support of most White Cats under her command. |
| 133 | * ACupAngst: She's decently endowed for her short height (Airu reveals during his inspection of the bra for Juliet from Char that she's a C-Cup), but she showed this once when she compared herself to Char. |
| 134 | * AFatherToHisMen: Her modus operandi is reaching out to people when they're desperate, especially those on the fringes of society. Most of her supporters are people she's helped. |
| 135 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: After seeing Romio go through hell just to spend her birthday with her, Juliet tearfully proclaims her love for him upon being reunited. This was actualy the first time Juliet said those three words, adding more emotional weight. |
| 136 | * BattleCouple: She pulls this trope with Romio when they fight Airu in a kendo match. Despite having to feign TeethClenchedTeamwork to keep up appearances that they are foes, they prove to be rather effective at fighting together and ultimately manage to score a point on Airu, although Kochou suggests that this was only possible because Airu [[ILetYouWin allowed them to do so]]. |
| 137 | * BerserkButton: Being reminded of how Romio treated her before his LoveConfession instantly riled Juliet up and made her even more determined to restore his memories. |
| 138 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: During her birthday, she tries distancing herself from Romio in order to protect him from Airu's scrutiny. |
| 139 | * CannotSpitItOut: She may have accepted Romio's LoveConfession, but Juliet still has trouble trying to express it through words in earlier chapters. It is even considered a milestone for her to say "I love you!" in some of their more critical moments. |
| 140 | * CantHoldHisLiquor: She gets tipsy from her first time having just a sip of omiki sake. |
| 141 | * CatGirl: In the HalloweenEpisode, Juliet briefly dresses up in a rather skimpy black cat costume Char made for her. Romio was ''very'' pleased. |
| 142 | * CharacterDevelopment: While Persia was receptive of Romio's feelings from the very first chapter, she was also quick to remind him that they must break up if their relationship is ever discovered, and frequently snapped at him for his foolishness. Her rationality was even interpreted as outright coldness when viewed from an outsider's perspective. Not only that, she was typically the passive one when it came to expressing their affections for each other. As time goes on however, it has become apparent that Juliet no longer has any intention of ''ever'' letting him go; she is now more aggressive in establishing herself as Inuzuka's lover, more likely to give in to her own passions, and more prone to taking huge risks to be together with him. |
| 143 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Her facade of being Romio's enemy occasionally cracks when Romio finds himself in some questionable situations with other girls. After their SecretRelationship is out, she doesn't bother hiding her jealousy anymore. |
| 144 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Juliet wants to befriend her underclassmate Ameria through a shared interest in music, good. Sadly, Juliet can't seem to figure out Ameria is a CulturalRebel and thus is not interested in churchy hymns over her Rock & Roll. |
| 145 | * CompressedHair: She can conceal her long hair under the wig while disguised as Julio. |
| 146 | * CuteBruiser: She's ''tiny'', easily one of the shortest amongst the entire cast, and yet she rivals Inuzuka in combat ability and can easily throw around opponents twice her size. |
| 147 | * DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Mundane than most examples, but Juliet's sixteenth birthday was quite an emotional rollercoaster in her life. From seeing Romio go through hell just to make her birthday happy to trying to break things off (if temporarily) with him for his sake, and to top it all off, they both get dangerously close to becoming school pariahs when Airu accuses the two of them in front of a large audience. |
| 148 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Romio, even after becoming sweethearts. Juliet is not as keen on showing affection, even in secret, as Romio is. Over time, she gets to know him better, and Juliet warms up to Romio so much that she can get just as emotional (and affectionate) as he is. |
| 149 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In a heart-to-heart with Chiwa, Julio was asked if there was someone she liked. She described Romio (without saying his name) a short-tempered lecher ''twice'', to an eavesdropping Romio's chagrin. |
| 150 | * {{Determinator}}: She wants to "change the world" so that she can be the heir of her family despite being a girl and not have to hide her relationship with Inuzuka. Either objective would be incredibly hard to achieve, and she refuses to give up on them. |
| 151 | * DontYouDarePityMe: At start of the series, she was pissed off with Inuzuka for never giving his all during their fights. Because she is ObliviousToLove, she thought he didn't take her seriously. In fact, when Inuzuka saves her from Maru's ambush, she reacts by sending him a challenge letter, as having an enemy save her is an insult for a {{Determinator}} like her. |
| 152 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Her best friend Char is in love with her. When Sieber dressed Juliet up in fashionable clothes, other White Cat girls also swoon over Juliet. |
| 153 | * EyePoke: Juliet anticipated that Romio would try to sneak a peek at her while she's changing, so she has a SpamAttack version of this ready as soon as he opens his eyes and makes a slight turn. |
| 154 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Averted. Bless her heart, she tries and she's learning, but her cooking abilities are nowhere near where she'd like them to be. Eventually, she can cook decent enough cookies...with some help. |
| 155 | * FriendlyRivalry: She and Hasuki have this but they are in denial that they are friends. |
| 156 | * GoGetterGirl: She has ambitions of inheriting her father's status as head of her family's noble household, which in the Principality of the West can only be done if the heir in question is male. To that end, she devotes her entirety towards excelling at school, bringing honor to her family through various academic and athletic achievements, and generally being the best she can be in all areas. She also aims to ascend to head prefect of the White Cats, and plans to use the resulting influence the position confers to preach that cooperation between the two countries is possible, as her relationship with Romio proves. |
| 157 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blond hair and a big heart. She is a firm but kind leader for the White Cats but never attacks the Black Dogs without reason, and she deeply cares for her boyfriend. |
| 158 | * HeldBackInSchool: In their second year, this is the cover story she and Inuzuka cooked up to keep Julio's appearance as a middle-schooler. |
| 159 | * HeroicBSOD: It happens during the Sports Festival, when Aby's sabotage injured Juliet and he turned the crowd against her. Romio's promise to her that he'll make Aby pay for what he did snaps Juliet out of it. |
| 160 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 161 | ** Juliet is rather LiteralMinded with her mother to where she isn't able to tell her mother misses her and is only acting contrary. Yet she's able to see that Airu [[spoiler:was giving her and Romio advice and subtle encouragement to aim for head prefect in his own indirect way while Romio doesn't.]] |
| 162 | ** Maru is the last person expected to ever associate with Juliet and vice versa, given the track record of their interactions as either herself or her Black Dog disguise. He becomes her first official Black Dog friend who isn't Romio. |
| 163 | * KissingDiscretionShot: Juliet's FirstKiss on Romio was actually shown, however, she invokes the discretion part by utilizing complete darkness so that no one else present would see it. To the witnesses, all they saw was the aftermath (ie. Romio's reaction) to the kiss, where he is sprawled on the ground, catatonic and "bleeding". |
| 164 | * LadyOfWar: Carries herself in a very composed, respectful, and elegant manner, and is one of the most skilled fighters of the White Cats. |
| 165 | * MadonnaWhoreComplex: She pushes away her own sexual fantasies because she's a leader of the White Cats, and in her opinion leaders do not have such things. |
| 166 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Persia cat. |
| 167 | * MisplacedRetribution: |
| 168 | ** She is the subject of this. Thanks to a little misinformation, the Black Dogs tried to get revenge on Juliet, thinking she was the one who pushed Romio out a second-story window. The real culprit was Scott. |
| 169 | ** In her childhood, she vowed to surpass Romio as a warrior after he saved her from a bully, effectively making him her nemesis. Not the guy who ''actually'' humiliated her. This is because of the way that Western ideology works: being beaten is less shameful than needing someone's help. |
| 170 | * NiceGirl: She never takes the rivalry between the White Cats and the Black Dogs personally, tries to better not only herself but the other White Cats too, and she repeatedly shows that she can be very kind and understanding with Inuzuka. |
| 171 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: |
| 172 | ** Mirroring Romio's LoveConfession in the very first chapter, Juliet proudly declares her feelings for him and that she will not cease saying so until his memories finally return. Fortunately, the reenactment was enough for Romio to remember everything. |
| 173 | ** [[spoiler:Together with Romio, the pair gives a brief one to the entire the student body after their relationship is revealed by Leon with both stating that neither of them are ashamed of falling in love with one another.]] |
| 174 | * NotSoDire: Romio and Char agonize over trying to figure out what was bothering Juliet, and they assumed it was because of yet another AccidentalPervert moment Romio had in the previous chapter (a tale that was spread like wildfire by Kohitsuji). It wasn't about that at all; in fact, Romio only dug himself deeper when he tried explaining the accident, since [[ClingyJealousGirl Juliet]] never even heard about the rumor. The real reason why Juliet was down? [[spoiler:A pimple on her forehead.]] Both Char and Romio were stunned by how trivial it was. |
| 175 | * OlderThanTheyLook: With her short stature, all Juliet needed is a change in uniform and a wig, and she can easily pass for a middle schooler, a.k.a. Julio. |
| 176 | * OneeSama: For White Cat little girls in grade school; they really look up to Juliet. |
| 177 | * PaperThinDisguise: all it takes her to fool the ''entire'' school into being someone else is a wig and a boy's uniform, not even Airu can recognize her for some reason. |
| 178 | * PhraseCatcher: Julio only appeared ''once'' in the series' second half, yet in that one appearance he keeps getting sympathy because of [[HeldBackInSchool having to repeat a grade]]. |
| 179 | * PieInTheFace: While she and Romio were fighting, Romio invaded her birthday party each year to throw a pie in her face. After they start dating, he does the same thing as an excuse to see her on her birthday. She and Romio end up throwing a pie in each other's faces to bring the pie fight to a draw. |
| 180 | * PintsizedPowerhouse: Her physical prowess is relatively understated compared to Inuzuka's, but it does nothing to hide that she's quite the monster herself - the first chapter alone has her tearing a bath towel in two like it was tissue paper. However, Airu has noted that her short stature does hinder her reach when attacking. |
| 181 | * ResolvedNoodleIncident: In the first chapter, she is distraught that Romio specifically saw her being victimized. Ten volumes later, a flashback explains why she felt that way (aside from Romio having needled her for years). |
| 182 | * SentimentalDrunk: She snuggles up to Romio's chest, purring his name. |
| 183 | * SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler: Maru angrily swings a fist at Persia after learning her and Inuzuka's secret, calling her out for her deception. [[CallBack Once again Juliet catches his arm and motions towards flipping him onto his back]]...only to stop mid-way. She couldn't bring herself to follow through because she sincerely believed she could be friends with him, regretted that the "Julio" disguise rendered it all for naught, and thus willingly submits herself to comeuppance for breaking his trust. Instead, she wins him over.]] |
| 184 | * SingleTargetSexuality: There's a very obvious reason why Juliet, in spite of being the Sports Fest MVP and believing in the "spell" surrounding it [[note]]whoever the MVP chooses to dance with becomes soulmates for life[[/note]] that she ducked out of the celebration party. The same reason Juliet declined to participate in the Mr. & Ms. Dahlia beauty pageant: she only wants one person to see her at her best. Hilariously, that first one apparently flew over Romio's head. |
| 185 | * SitcomArchNemesis: She thought Romio was hers, and is sad when he reveals he never thought of her that way. |
| 186 | * StandingBetweenTheEnemies: After Leon provokes both dorms into fighting each other, she attempts to invoke this trope by running in between the head prefects. It's subverted, however, as that act causes Romio to pull a DivingSave to keep her from being brutalized by them, setting up the perfect opportunity for Leon to [[spoiler:expose their secret relationship to the entire school]]. |
| 187 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Tends to be more serious and composed than Inuzuka when they interact and do couple things, but she also has a warm side that she shows him to demonstrate that she is truly happy with their relationship. |
| 188 | * SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: She becomes disproportionately upset when she can't reach out to the adolescent Ameria. |
| 189 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: Her "Julio" persona is very popular with both girls and boys of the Black Dogs dormitory. Inuzuka was not amused. |
| 190 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: with Hasuki in order to restore Romio's memories. They aren't the best of friends yet, and they resort to bickering every time. The only reason they push through is they're doing it for Romio's sake. |
| 191 | * ToughLeaderFacade: The appearance she exudes while leading the White Cats. She lets her guard down around her closest friends and Inuzuka, revealing she is really just a normal girl. |
| 192 | * TranquilFury: Even after all the training Juliet helped Romio with during the remedial camp, he still lost to Airu. When Airu speaks badly of Romio because of the defeat and Juliet learns [[spoiler:Romio only lost because he hid a shoulder injury]], she bravely challenged Airu to a duel without losing composure. |
| 193 | * UniversallyBelovedLeader: For all the White Cats. There was slight opposition from Aby's faction, but that group was eventually disbanded. |
| 194 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Juliet's father is rather distant towards her and because of this she badly seeks his approval. |
| 195 | * WouldntHurtAChild: Admonishes her fellow White Cats for stooping so low as to hit children, even if they are Black Dogs. |
| 196 | [[/folder]] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | !Dahlia Academy |
| 199 | !!Black Dogs |
| 200 | The Dahlia Academy dormitory that houses students from the nation of Towa. Students from this dorm are rowdy and rough by nature, but have a strong sense of camaraderie with one another as well. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 203 | * AnimalThemeNaming: Most of them have a dog-related name or last name. |
| 204 | * BookDumb: Seems to be a chronic problem for them, at least among those from the first year. When they are doing a study session for mid-term tests, most of the dormitory falls asleep in seconds. With that being said, ThoseTwoGuys are the only recurring characters from this dorm who are portrayed as also being dumb outside of academic matters. |
| 205 | * CuteLittleFangs: As part of their dog theme, many dorm members sports these at one point or another, including Inuzuka, Hasuki and Kochou. |
| 206 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: In Towa, power is concentrated in the government and families, so 'branch houses' tend to be power-hungry backstabbers or glorified servants. This contributes to Airu and Shuna's issues. |
| 207 | * FatalFlaw: Towans can be intelligent, but [[PlanetOfHats they]] rarely take the time to think ideas through. This impulsivity has led to - among other disasters - Hasuki nearly killing her best friend, Maru/Shuna/Airu going KnightTemplar over mere misunderstandings, Kochou not realizing that her [[TheGadfly taunts]] are alienating people, [[spoiler:Leon allowing her rage and hatred of the West to overcome her morality...]] |
| 208 | * MeaningfulName: Towa's name is this when one breaks down the meaning of the Japanese kanji (東和国) that comprise it. ''Higashi'' (東), whose on-reading is ''Tō'', means "east", referring to the fact that the country is the easterly one of the two. ''Wa'' (和) means "harmony", but it is also a way to write "Yamato", both an ancient name for Japan and an old name for Honshu, Japan's main island, thus referencing Towa's Japanese basis. In all, Towa's name essentially translates to the "nation of eastern harmony". |
| 209 | * PretextForWar: Implied. The war [[MotiveDecay started]] over which country got to control Dahlia Island, which is--although a nice place--tiny compared to the territory both sides already had. However, every conflict on-screen has been sparked not by Dahlia, but the fact that Towan and Western personalities are incompatible and have always been. |
| 210 | * RecurringExtra: Rabumi and Akita, a couple that unknowingly sets an example that Romio and/or Juliet try to emulate. |
| 211 | * SecretKeeper: Invoked, there are far more Black Dogs that are aware of Romio & Juliet's secret relationship and are supportive over White Cats. |
| 212 | * {{Seppuku}}: Apparently still practiced in spite of the modern setting, as seen when Hasuki tries to have Romio go through with it after he reveals his relationship with Juliet to her. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Hasuki Komai]] |
| 216 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hasuki_komai_5.png]] |
| 217 | -> Voiced by: Creator/AyaneSakura |
| 218 | |
| 219 | The most popular student of the Black Dog dormitory and a childhood friend of Romio. Hasuki harbors feelings of romantic love for Romio, but his relationship with Juliet has resulted in those feelings being unrequited. Despite this, she maintains a close friendship with Romio and even helps him and Juliet out, albeit reluctantly, in keeping their relationship a secret from their fellow students. |
| 220 | ---- |
| 221 | * AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After having her heart broken, she accidentally gets drunk and ends up challenging Persia to race her up a mountain the next morning. (She also bets her friendship with their shared crush on the outcome.) Because of the setting's unrealism and the intervention/near-death of Inuzuka, this doesn't end as badly as it could have, though it is still considered an incredibly dumb idea in-universe. |
| 222 | * AtrociousAlias: She hates the moniker Char labelled her with, Fanged Titty Monster. |
| 223 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Though Romio asked for her help studying at really awkward moments, such as while she was taking a bath, or hiding underneath her blanket in her bed, his persistence eventually caused other kids to warm up to her, allowing her to break out of her shell. |
| 224 | * BrokenPedestal: One of the reasons she gets so angry when Romio reveals his SecretRelationship to her. It means he's been lying to her and their friends, and broke the rules they all agreed to follow. And he's supposed to ''lead'' the young Dogs, which makes it even worse. |
| 225 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: She sat on her feelings for several years too long, and could only blame herself for not declaring her love first before Inuzuka worked up the nerve to do the same for Persia. She refuses to let it keep her down, but it has formed a crack in what used to be a perpetually sunny demeanor. |
| 226 | * ChildhoodFriends: She has been Inuzuka's friend since they were young. |
| 227 | * ClingyJealousGirl: A downplayed example. She forgives Romio eventually for dating "the enemy", but still tries to place limits on his relationship with Persia. |
| 228 | * DCupDistress: The equally busty Char calls her the "Fanged Titty-Monster". |
| 229 | * TheDreaded: Her DrillSergeantNasty persona causes all the usually-rowdy Black Dog freshmen into obedient masses. |
| 230 | * DrillSergeantNasty: When she puts on glasses and goes into tutoring mode. No one dares to interrupt her lecture when she's drilling them for exams. |
| 231 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: According to Maru, the Black Dogs are well aware of her feelings for Inuzuka. |
| 232 | * {{Expy}}: She is essentially a [[GenderFlip Gender-Flipped]] CompositeCharacter of Mercutio and Benvolio. She is the nicest and most rational member of the house equivalent of the Montague, but she also loves fighting against the rival house. And of course, she is Romio's closest friend. Her having an unrequited crush on Romio may be a reference to how some adaptations portray Mercutio as a gay man in love with Romio. |
| 233 | * FriendlessBackground: Due to being a ShrinkingViolet, she had trouble making friends, and mostly studied in school. It was only after Romio kept approaching her for tutoring help that other kids started to warm up to her. |
| 234 | * FriendlyRivalry: She and Juliet have this but they are in denial that they are friends. |
| 235 | ** When Romio [[ItMakesSenseInContext temporarily loses his memory]] and falls in love with Hasuki, instead of claiming the victory that she desires, she informed Juliet and they worked together to [[StatusQuoIsGod put everything back to normal]]. |
| 236 | * GenkiGirl: She gradually develops this behavior after being a ShrinkingViolet before Romio befriended her. |
| 237 | * GirlPosse: A heroic example with Nia and Shizuka, her friends. |
| 238 | * TheGlassesComeOff: Inverted. When she wants to be taken seriously, she puts her glasses on. This applies equally to study sessions and ritualized slaughter of traitors. |
| 239 | * GoalInLife: Hasuki comes to realize [[spoiler:during the class trip to the West]] that she does not, in fact, have one, and has spent all her time chasing after Inuzuka in some way. After meeting [[spoiler:Juliet's mother]], though, she aspires to become an actress like her. |
| 240 | * HopelessSuitor: Wants to have a ChildhoodFriendRomance with Inuzuka, who only has eyes for Persia. |
| 241 | * HotTeacher: She resembles one during the cram sessions she runs for other Dogs. |
| 242 | * IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Flashbacks to her childhood show her quietly studying alone, isolated from the rest of the class. Seeing how most Black Dogs are loud, rowdy, and generally BookDumb, it's easy to see why she had trouble blending in. |
| 243 | * InVinoVeritas: "SHUT UP! [[ThirdPersonPerson HAJUKI'S]] PISHED! ''(hic)''" |
| 244 | * LapPillow: Gives these to Romio from time to time. |
| 245 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's one of the {{Secret Keeper}}s for Romio & Juliet but has not been told that "Julio" is Juliet for some odd reason. |
| 246 | * LovedByAll: For the Black Dogs. She is quite popular with both boys and girls, and even Maru doesn't treat her like trash like he does almost everyone else. |
| 247 | * LoveHurts: Getting heartbroken by the truth and understanding that Romio genuinely loves Persia won't be the last time Hasuki breaks into tears over the subject. Although she has now settled for seeing Inuzuka's relationship to its conclusion with a smile, a visit by her little brother reveals that she's become slightly more despondent in private. |
| 248 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: She tries to distract Romio when he's sulking, but rarely succeeds. He appreciates the effort, though. |
| 249 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is a pun for husky, a dog breed noted for its energy and intelligence. |
| 250 | * NumberTwo: To Romio, before plot development. He primarily fights alongside her, and tells her stuff he doesn't tell his own family. Hasuki gradually becomes more comfortable with leadership, though, even running for prefect. |
| 251 | * PieInTheFace: Starts the big pie fight in Chapter 17 by throwing a pie in Scott's face. Unfortunately, her mind quickly wanders when Romio runs off to see Julia, and Scott gets his revenge by pieing her, leaving the two of them to trade insults. |
| 252 | * SecretKeeper: The only member of the Black Dogs who knows about Romio and Juliet's relationship. [[spoiler: Right up until chapter 85.]] |
| 253 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: During the beach episode, she tries this with Romio literally. This only caused Romio to flail about in the water, trying to reach for the closest object he could grab, which, unfortunately for Hasuki, was her top. |
| 254 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: When she is teaching the other Black Dogs, in her position as the student with the best grades in the dormitory, she puts on a pair of glasses. In the flashbacks to her childhood she is always using glasses, so it's likely that she does need them and uses contact lens in her daily life. |
| 255 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: with Juliet in order to restore Romio's memories. They aren't the best of friends yet, and they resort to bickering every time. The only reason they push through is they're doing it for Romio's sake. |
| 256 | * ThirdPersonPerson: She occasionally refers to herself this way. |
| 257 | * TooMuchInformation: In trying to restore Romio's memories, when Hasuki suggested that Juliet reenact an "intense" memory, the latter has a {{flashback}} to her FirstKiss. Hasuki misinterprets the ensuing HighPressureEmotion that Romio and Juliet may have gone "all the way", and pleads Juliet not to reveal the full details. |
| 258 | * TroubledSympatheticBigot: She fears that Persia is just using Romio, and/or that he isn't 'a real Dog' anymore. Once she gets to know Persia better, this fear fades. |
| 259 | * UndyingLoyalty: Because she owes Romio so much what he has done for her, she will always have his back. It naturally wavered quite a bit due to a broken heart when he first breaks the news to her, but afterwards she still chooses to remain by his side as a staunch supporter. |
| 260 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Though she spends a lot of time with him growing up, he's already fallen in love with Juliet ever since they were all kids, so she never had a chance at romance with him. |
| 261 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Maru of all people asked Hasuki if Romio really deserved her attention. Hasuki replies with a pretty decent reason. |
| 262 | * WorkHardPlayHard: She works at least three jobs during the school festival, and still somehow has the energy afterwards to dress in full yukata and strongarm others into joining the celebration. |
| 263 | * {{Yandere}}: Though it's mostly PlayedForLaughs, she does not take it well at all when Romio reveals to her that he's secretly dating Juliet. Her first reaction is to try to spill the beans to everyone in the dorm. She then straight up tries to murder him, chasing him around the school grounds with a sword, and is clearly heartbroken when she realizes that he feels the same way about Juliet as she does for him. However, he just barely manages to persuade her to stay friends, which she also values as he was the first person to befriend her. |
| 264 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Following Inuzuka's demotion, she becomes the new leader of the Dog first-years. For a while, at least. After Romio, with Juliet's help, manages to score a point against Airu in kendo (something that's ''never'' happened before), Hasuki happily relinquishes her leadership position back to him, saying he's the best fit to lead them. |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder: Chizuru Maru]] |
| 268 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chizuru_maru.png]] |
| 269 | -> Voiced by: Creator/TomokazuSugita |
| 270 | |
| 271 | A student who butts heads with Romio just as often as he does with the White Cats. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Romio always sets a bar that Maru repeatedly tries to surpass. In terms of being the physical beasts in their year, general athleticism, and Julio's attention. Even when flanked by his two cronies Maru can't get the edge over Romio unless Romio is distracted by other things, or Maru [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]]. |
| 274 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Develops a very strong interest in Julio (Juliet disguised as a boy). What makes it hard to confirm his true orientation is that he starts suspecting that Julio is actually a girl in their first meeting, but doesn't get to confirm it. But the uncertainty doesn't stop him from following the boy around or getting pumped up after receiving incentive from him. |
| 275 | ** Averted, he still has a strong attraction to her after confirming that she was a girl, so he is probably straight after all. |
| 276 | * AmusingInjuries: |
| 277 | ** In the first chapter/episode, Persia sends Inuzuka a letter via an arrow. By sheer bad luck the arrow hits Maru in the head, but both Inuzuka and the following chapters ignore how the guy was bleeding heavily because of it. |
| 278 | ** When his attempt to cheat during the orienteering race instantly bites Maru in the rear end, Juliet uses him [[GoombaStomp as a springboard]] to get to the other side of a bridge. He lands on the river, only to be also stomped on by Romio immediately afterwards. Maru was left facedown in the waters for the remainder of the race. |
| 279 | ** As a child Romio threw a large bench at Maru to save Juliet, and it only left him unconscious. |
| 280 | * BigDamnHeroes: He is the first to defy Leon when she [[spoiler: exposes Romio & Juliet]] and begins rallying the entire academy against her using his friendship with "Julio" as his motivation, surprising students and fans alike. |
| 281 | * CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: He repeatedly states that he doesn't want anything to do with ThoseTwoGuys' sillier antics, but early on in the Field Trip he gets despondent because he misses them after all. |
| 282 | * CheatersNeverProsper: A chronic trickster along with his two partners-in-crime, bordering on DickDastardlyStopsToCheat levels. On most occasions it falls flat on his face, save for one memorable instant [[LaserGuidedKarma when he gives the Aby faction a taste of their own medicine]]. |
| 283 | * CombatPragmatist: Ambushes Persia three-on-one after she finishes training and uses pepper spray when she gets distracted. In his own words, all's fair in a nation's proxy war.t |
| 284 | * CornerOfWoe: |
| 285 | ** Goes sulking at one point because he thought he finally has Julio to himself, only for a lot of other Black Dogs to get in the way. |
| 286 | ** Happens again twice during the Field Trip: first when he got separated from ThoseTwoGuys because they were in different groups, the second when Juliet angrily shuts him up after he tried to scare (an already jittery) Romio with what he thought might be how Juliet's father would treat him. The others point out that Maru brought this upon himself. |
| 287 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 288 | ** He may be a lot of things, but a ManipulativeBastard isn't one of them. He enters an especially ugly fight against Inuzuka without conceding like normal because he thought the guy was taking advantage of a young girl's feelings, forcing her to appeal to his fetishes by crossdressing. Even after the misunderstanding clears up, he still expresses disgust towards Inuzuka for being a supposed two-timer. |
| 289 | ** One reason for Maru's initial denial of Juliet and Julio being the same person was that he believed Juliet would never even think of making friends with him after all the things Maru did to her. |
| 290 | ** He stops pursuing Julio once unmasked as Juliet, because as ThoseTwoGuys put it, she is already "taken" either way. But, as much as Maru would try to deny it, his soft spot for her still remains. |
| 291 | * EarAche: Char pulled on his padlock/earring, dragging him and his cronies to Teria and Kochou to keep both groups from potentially catching Romio and Juliet in one of their rendezvous. |
| 292 | * EnemyMine: Maru is in no way willing to help Inuzuka in the Cavalry battle, until they hear Julio shouting encouragement from the sidelines. That was enough to get Maru and Inuzuka on the same page and obliterate the competition. |
| 293 | * {{Expy}}: In spite of being in the same house as Romio, he is the closest thing the series has to an equivalent of Tybalt: He is HotBlooded, takes the rivalry between the houses even more seriously than the others, and is constantly picking fights with Romio. His friendship with Juliet mirrors the fact Tybalt was Juliet's cousin, and Tybalt was said to have been kind to Juliet. |
| 294 | * FashionableAsymmetry: A notable physical characteristic he possesses is a normal-sized functional lock dangling off one ear. |
| 295 | * FriendshipMoment: [[spoiler: In Chapter 87. Having learned the true nature of "Julio" and her relationship with Romio, he attacks the two and calls Juliet out in particular for playing on his feelings. She attempts to defend herself, [[SheatheYourSword but ultimately couldn't go through with it]] out of regret for betraying Maru's trust. This is enough for Maru to snap out of his rage, punch his own face in penance, and shock everyone - including himself - by becoming the first to stand by the couple post-[[TheReveal Reveal]]]]. |
| 296 | * GreenEyedMonster: For Romio's close relationship with Julio. Even after the latter finally gets unmasked he is still envious of the two, although he seems to have finally grown out of it by the DistantFinale. |
| 297 | * {{Guyliner}}: Wears black eyeliner and nail polish for an appropriately vicious visage. |
| 298 | * HotBlooded: Always eager to start a fight and [[HairTriggerTemper very easy to irritate]]. |
| 299 | * {{Irony}}: The one person who hates both Romio and Juliet more than anything [[spoiler:is the same person that leads to them being voted into the head prefect positions after their relationship is outed.]] |
| 300 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: Becomes infatuated with Persia (disguised as Julio) after she beats him with ease. |
| 301 | * LovesMyAlterEgo: He hates Juliet and the White Cats, but he [[SweetOnPollyOliver deeply admires her crossdressing Julio persona]]. |
| 302 | * NeverMyFault: Angrily tells Romio that if they lose the Cavalry battle Maru is going to kill him. Never mind that the two are only stuck in a predicament because Maru refuses to act as Romio's steed. |
| 303 | * NoSocialSkills: He perceives himself as a lot less scary than he actually is, so he doesn't understand why people get scared when he [[TheUnSmile smiles]] at them or tries to initiate a conversation. |
| 304 | * OddFriendship: Funnily enough, he is the first Black Dog besides Romio that Juliet manages to officially declare her friend, even if she was in disguise at the time. Considering that he went at her with a boxcutter knife in the very first chapter, it can be considered quite the feat on her part. [[spoiler: Even better, this friendship still holds after Leon spills the beans on Romio and Juliet's relationship.]] |
| 305 | * PapaWolf: He leaps in to defend Julio [[TheUnfettered with far more strength then he usually uses]] when he thinks Inuzuka is using the lil' girl. |
| 306 | * TheRival: They're from the same faction, but nevertheless he is constantly at odds with Romio. |
| 307 | * SecretKeeper: Is aware "Julio" is actually a girl pretending to be a young boy, but agrees to keep her secret between them. However, he is ''NOT'' aware that "Julio" is actually Juliet. [[spoiler: Until chapter 86.]] |
| 308 | * ShippingTorpedo: Maru certainly isn't doing it for Romio's sake, but any and all of Scott's attempts to ruin Romio and Juliet's relationship is intentionally ruined by Maru himself. |
| 309 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Leon successfully managed to turn nearly the entire school against Romio and Juliet during the election, having them question the two's ulterior motives after their relationship was revealed. Maru would have just been yet another student betrayed by the deception...but instead, he declared himself an ally and cast his vote for Romio in spite of everything: The one person who hates both Inuzuka and Persia more than anyone else has given them his full support, opening the way for others to declare the same.]] |
| 310 | * SurroundedByIdiots: This is why he keeps a strained relationship with ThoseTwoGuys: they can barely help him achieve his ends because they can sometimes be so simple-minded. |
| 311 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: "Julio" is the only person who can draw out ''any'' semblance of decency out of him. It confuses both himself and his peers, which is why he goes to such lengths to become closer to "him". |
| 312 | * TokenEvilTeammate: The downright ''nastiest'' guy of all the Black Dogs in Inuzuka's class, maybe even the entire school [[spoiler: until Leon comes around]]. He's a prick and a cheater, yet can be surprisingly reliable due to being almost as strong as Romio in a fight. |
| 313 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Enforced. If Maru wants to spend time with Julio, he and Romio have to get along with each other. |
| 314 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: A mutual case. [[AmnesiacHero Purezuka]] believes he and Maru are friends, while Maru gets caught off-guard and abandons his initial plan to take advantage of the situation, shocking everyone present. |
| 315 | * WhenHeSmiles: Has a genuinely decent, non-malicious one when Julio accepts his offer of friendship. |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder: Leon Inugami]] |
| 319 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/full_body_inugami_leon.jpg]] |
| 320 | An acquaintance of Romio and Hasuki who temporarily dropped out of Dahlia Academy due to an injury but returns during her second year of highschool. She has a teasing personality that she loves to direct at Romio. She's also quite ruthless and harbors a strong dislike towards Westerners. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * AllForNothing: Leon does some downright horrible acts going as far as to drug the faculty, nearly stab Sieber's eye out to get the head prefects to fight [[spoiler:and expose Romio & Juliet]], all to become head Prefect. In the end though, [[spoiler: Maru's action of standing up for the couple begins a chain effect in the people the couple has helped convincing the entire school to decide for themselves and vote against her]]. All the while Leon is exposed as a petty bigot to not just the students, but the entire academy. |
| 323 | * BloodKnight: She is absolutely ''ruthless'' in a fight, preferring sneak attacks and underhanded maneuvers. She's so bloodthirsty that other students are put off by her; even Char, someone who enjoys abusing her power, believes she takes things ''way'' too far. |
| 324 | ** Since her introduction, she has 1) nearly gouged out Scott's eye with her heels, 2) Organized multiple racial riots, 3) drugged most of the facility members and locked them in a room, and 4) nearly hit Seiber in the eye with the sharp point of a pen. |
| 325 | * CharacterDevelopment: Dear God where to begin, she starts out as essentially a mini-Hitler to a likable young girl trying to find her place in life. To be fair, a ''LOT'' had happen between those two moments. Thankfully, she's become a better person. |
| 326 | * CoolBigSis: Is this toward her younger cousins. Unfortunately, though they don't agree with what she's doing, they aren't able to convince her to stop her revenge and are left in tears knowing what she's becoming. |
| 327 | * CynicismCatalyst: Her mother being forcefully taken away from Touwa and being forced to marry a duke by her grandmother is what caused Leon to become the person she currently is, as it soured her to the idea that there could ever be true peace between the West and Touwa. |
| 328 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Leon is ''not'' a forgiving young lady if you're a Westerner. |
| 329 | ** Discovers [[spoiler: Romio & Juliet's SecretRelationship]] and causes the series to take a narrative shift in revenge. |
| 330 | * DroppingTheBombshell: Responsible for revealing [[spoiler: Romio & Juliet's secret relationship]] to the entire school so she can get rid of them to make herself Head Prefect. |
| 331 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: While she did try to publicly humiliate [[spoiler:Romio and Juliet]] by revealing [[spoiler:their SecretRelationship]] to the school, even she started to get worried about how bloodthirsty the other students were getting and offered them an out. |
| 332 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: She genuinely believes that Romio will meekly follow her if she offers him protection from the bullies she sicced on him and Juliet. Unfortunately for her, Romio has never betrayed people he loves, and he's not about to start now. |
| 333 | * EyeScream: Seems to be fond of trying to gouge out people's eyes. Yes, that's not a typo, Leon has literally tried to poke eyes out ''twice'' (unsuccessfully thankfully)! |
| 334 | * FantasticRacism: Racial tension is common in the series, but Leon brings it to a whole new level by announcing to the entire school that she wants to ''completely segregate'' Touwa and the West on the island. Needless to say, even other bigots think she's a special case. This actually costs her dearly, as [[spoiler:in Chapter 88, some of the other characters vote for Romio and Juliet (and thus against her) in the prefectoral elections simply out of sheer disgust for what she has done, and eventually leads to the student body doing the same]]. |
| 335 | * FatalFlaw: Wrath. Leon's actions are driven by the fact no one [[spoiler:did anything to stop her mother from being taken away]]. However, by fixating on only her anger, she decides the only way to solve the problem is completely separating Touwa from the West and vehemently denies they could ever get along. Not to mention letting herself get blinded by rage over what happened [[spoiler:made her overlook the actual problems that caused the event, and even Romio notes that her methods would not make her happy in the end]]. |
| 336 | * FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: Leon wants the White Cats ''gone'' from the island. |
| 337 | * {{Foil}}: She's one to many of the characters. |
| 338 | ** Both Hasuki and Char are aware of the SecretRelationship and, despite having their grievances, agreed to stay out of the couple's way and not interfere while Leon instead [[spoiler: exposes the couple to the entire school]]. Further, Hasuki and Char have romantic feelings toward Romio & Juliet similar to Leon who has feelings for Romio; but while Hasuki and Char have made peace that the two love each other instead and even befriended the other (in their own weird way), Leon instead is actively working to ''get rid of'' Juliet. Also, Hasuki and Char are able to accept the relationship partly because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy they care for the happiness of the one they love above all else]] while Leon is shown she doesn't care about how much [[spoiler:it would devastate Romio to have him forcibly separated from Juliet to expose them]]. |
| 339 | ** She's also one to Romio. Both are aiming toward the head prefect position for reasons involving changing their world. However, Romio is hoping to create a world where Towa and West can coexist peacefully while Leon simply wants West gone from the island. Also, they are motivated by love (though different types) that influenced them. But Romio's love for Juliet motivated him to becoming a better person than he was at the start and the world he wants to build is not just for his and Juliet's sake, but for others impacted by the countries' conflict. Meanwhile, Leon's love for her [[spoiler:Western]] mother causes her rage against her being taken away to twist her in wanting to permanently separete West and Touwa for her own selfish revenge, and ultimately uses others to reach that goal. |
| 340 | ** Also to Juliet, the two look very similar down to the short height. However, Juliet keeps up a strict persona but is actually very sweet deep down, while Leon keeps up a sweet act only to reveal she's very cold and vicious deep down. Also, both have feelings for Romio but as Juliet cares about him so much she was willing to break up with him when she saw how much pain Airu put him through, Leon does not care about Romio's feelings and tries to impose her will on him, which makes him uncomfortable around her. |
| 341 | ** As for Maru, both are noted as extremists that despise West and aren't afraid to get their hands dirty to express it. In contrast, Maru is ''very'' vocal and open that he's a nasty person (and just about everyone knows this) while Leon's less savory traits are hidden behind a sweet facade and the rest hidden well from public knowledge until the reveal. Also, [[spoiler:Maru actually values those his considers his friends over even his hatred of West, to where he supports the couple while Leon's focusing on her vengeance has caused her to forget anything else she valued.]] |
| 342 | * FreudianExcuse: Her [[spoiler: biracial]] family was torn apart by the West, so her actions against them are an outcry against her pain. [[HeWhoFightsMonsters But the actions she takes to do so end up making her not any better than the person she was taking revenge against]]. |
| 343 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Leon starts the series as a new character with a serious dislike for the West and an obvious rival to Juliet even looking similar to her; no biggy the series had characters like her before that have been won over heck even ''Airu'' has been won over, this petite tease can't be that bad right? '''Wrong''', Leon becomes essentially the first proper villain of the series performing acts of violence and racism not seen previously. |
| 344 | * TheGadfly: She is amused by Romio threatening to mug her for the chapter's MacGuffin, and even takes the opportunity to flirt with him (and Romio notes she's always been like this toward him). While she's implied to do this because she has interest in him, this trait is why Romio avoided her when he could in the past and thus do the exact opposite of her intentions. |
| 345 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After the student body shut down Leon's slander campaign and stand by Romio and Juliet, she humbly accepts defeat and surrenders to the teachers for punishment.]] |
| 346 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Come chapter 91, she fills in the last vacant position on the student council with the intent of righting her wrongs and atoning for her actions. Though nobody buys it at first, it turns out that she is being completely sincere]]. |
| 347 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler:One of the deciding factors of taking the vacant prefect position is realizing that she indirectly hurt her younger cousins through her obsessive revenge.]] |
| 348 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She's the only confirmed [[spoiler: biracial]] character in the franchise, but she will not tolerate the West and Towa coming together at all, to the point of sabotaging ''any'' diplomatic attempts. |
| 349 | ** Leon had her maternal grandmother forcibly take her mother away in front of her to her horror. She then tries to do the same with Romio and Juliet by [[spoiler:exposing their relationship in hopes of getting rid of the latter]]. Not to mention Leon also ignores the fact Touwa's hatred of West is one factor that lead to the event happening to begin with. |
| 350 | ** When [[spoiler:people begin to voice their support for the couple by voting for them thanks to Maru]] and the student body even begins to have second doubts, Leon accuses the couple of only working toward a goal of having them get along with each other for their own selfish reasons. Despite the fact Leon is the one using other people to achieve her goal of destroying West for her own selfish revenge. [[spoiler:Somali of all people even counters this argument.]] |
| 351 | * IfICantHaveYou: Leon wants Romio because she desires his abilities and leadership to further her goal. So she displays her TranquilFury when she discovers the SecretRelationship by [[spoiler:exposing Romio & Juliet so they can be torn apart from one another]]. In her inner monologue she states that she really thought of Romio as a friend, but she won't tolerate him joining "the enemy". |
| 352 | * ImportantHaircut: She cuts her hair short after her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 353 | * {{Irony}}: She wanted the prefect position more than anything, all for the sole purpose of eliminating the White Cats. To get there, she was perfectly willing to use whatever shady and underhanded methods she could think of, and used the hatred between the two dorms to get support from both sides. [[spoiler: When she finally does get the seat, the dorms are more-or-less united, she had already been exposed for the radical she is, and she had lost the trust of the student body. In the end, what convinced them to let her become a prefect was her atonement speech, the first thing (besides hating the White Cats) she'd ever been completely sincere about]]. |
| 354 | * KnightOfCerebus: If you can believe it, she puts ''Airu'' to shame! In her short screentime since her introduction, she has taken the series into a ''MUCH'' darker tone. |
| 355 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Her looks screams a upper class girl complete with gloves. |
| 356 | * MissingMom: [[spoiler:Her Western mother was forcibly taken away by her mother's family, in front of both Leon and her father, so she could be married to a duke to increase her family's social standing.]] |
| 357 | * MoralityPet: she only shows her soft side to her two little cousins/adopted siblings. |
| 358 | * NervesOfSteel: Calmly declares in front of the Cat faction that she hates them. |
| 359 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Her plan to expose Romio and Juliet's relationship hoping to rid them from the prefect voting backfires on her because 1) [[SpannerInTheWorks Maru's interference]] and 2) both Romio and Juliet having many allies willing to voice their support convinces the student body that their goal isn't an impossible one to vote for the couple instead.]] |
| 360 | * OddFriendship: Post-HeelFaceTurn, she manages to get along with Char. They both like to cause trouble for Romio for laughs. |
| 361 | * OddNameOut: While her last name fits the animal-based theme naming of the Touwans, her first name Leon means 'lion', a ''cat''. [[spoiler:Because she's biracial.]] |
| 362 | * RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler:She initially turns down Romio's offer to make up for everything she did during the Prefect Elections. It was Kai (Leon's younger brother) telling her that Romio's goal was to change the world for everyone's sake, including Leon's, that convinced her to take up Romio's offer in the end.]] |
| 363 | * RedHeadedStepchild: [[spoiler:She inherited her mother's red hair. Her heritage has left her with tremendous emotional pain and isolation, so she dyes it black.]] |
| 364 | * SlidingDownTheSlipperySlope: After her spoiler laced actions are exposed and called out on; almost all of Dhalia Academy, White Cats, her fellows Black Dogs, and even faculty, thinks she's this. |
| 365 | * TheTease: post-HeelFaceTurn, she likes to flirt with Romio just to get a rise out of him and Juliet. |
| 366 | * ThisCannotBe: She fully expected [[spoiler: Romio & Juliet]] to turn on each other or the academy to turn on them. When they instead embrace their love and appear to be winning the academy's favor, Leon isn't too happy with the results and starts demanding for exile, expulsion, and every other sort of punishment she has ''no'' ability or jurisdiction to dictate. [[spoiler:More so when people both from Black Dogs and White Cats express their support.]] |
| 367 | * TinyTyrannicalGirl: She fears no one, though pretty much everyone is twice her size. |
| 368 | * UnwittingPawn: The Europia goons looking for Bamy exploited the fact that Leon was also looking for her (and that Bamy would never resist the chance to be reunited with her daughter again), tailing Leon until she finds Bamy, to Leon's horror. |
| 369 | * VillainousBreakdown: Leon is ''NOT'' pleased when Chizuru thwarts her plan [[spoiler: exposing Romio & Juliet and people actually voicing their support for them]] causing her to begin to crack. When it's basically confirmed she's lost, her calm cool front completely shatters. |
| 370 | * WalkingSpoiler: If you haven't guessed it with all the spoiler tags on her section, it's pretty much impossible to bring up Leon without talking about the tone shifting actions she masterminded. |
| 371 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Her goal is logical, in a way, (she doesn't want other mixed-race children to be born and suffer like her), but rage has twisted her so that she takes the absolute most violent path to achieving it (reigniting war and stoking racial hatred). In comparison, the heroes want to ''stablilize'' the existing peace so that interracial families cannot be torn apart like Leon's was. Romio even comments how Leon's goal wouldn't make her happy in the end since it does nothing to solve her emotional issues of being biracial and also ensures [[spoiler:she would never see her mother again, and swears to take the prefect position before Leon can destroy herself]]. |
| 372 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: Her reveal of the SecretRelationship was an incredible coup-de-grace, but even that doesn't make Leon happy. All she can think about is the fact that a tiny amount of people disagreed with her. |
| 373 | * YouAreWhatYouHate: [[spoiler:She is half Western, and goes to great lengths to keep that a secret.]] |
| 374 | ** She ''despises'' her maternal grandmother for coldly ripping her mother from her life which destroyed her [[spoiler: biracial]] family. Now she's doing all she can to destroy Romio & Juliet's relationship for even more ruthless and petty reasons. |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Teria Wang]] |
| 378 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/teria_wang_8.png]] |
| 379 | -> Voiced by: Creator/YuiOgura |
| 380 | |
| 381 | A prefect of the Black Dogs alongside her twin sister Kochou. Known as the "Engineering Expert". |
| 382 | ---- |
| 383 | * AnimeChineseGirl: Both her and her sister's surname Wang is a very common among Chinese people and their uniforms are based on the UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}. Teria takes it further by having odango hair. |
| 384 | * ButtMonkey: Is occasionally this due to her immense clumsiness. |
| 385 | * CannotSpitItOut: Her character as a ShrinkingViolet means that she cannot be forward with Romio about her feelings for him. |
| 386 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: She considers pursuing her feelings for Inuzuka, but decides that she prefers to continue working to be a capable leader. |
| 387 | * CleavageWindow: Her uniform contains one of these. An omake at the end of Chapter 13 reveals that Kochou forced her to have one as a way to show off her larger chest. |
| 388 | * ChildProdigy: Hasuki calls her the "Engineering Expert". On top of being a GradeSkipper, she is also a prefect of the school. |
| 389 | * CrazyPrepared: She brings a bag of mechanical tools everywhere she goes, even on dates. |
| 390 | * CuteClumsyGirl: She is incredibly klutzy and accident-prone, with such incidents causing a fair share of trouble for the characters. However, some students have found this trait of hers to be endearing. |
| 391 | * GradeSkipper: Teria and her sister are both 14 years old and are already in their second year of high school. |
| 392 | * HopelessSuitor: Quite possibly the most hopeless out of all of Romio's suitors not named Juliet. Romio doesn't really see her as a woman, and even when Kochou tries to trick an amnesiac Romio into thinking he and Teria are dating his only reaction is disgust that he'd be a lolicon. |
| 393 | * LoveHurts: Teria has a crush on Romio and her sister won't let her forget it, but she feels such feelings are inappropriate between "Master & Servant", "Upperclassman & Junior", and a myriad of other reasons she comes up with. |
| 394 | ** The look on her face when Leon [[spoiler:exposes Romio & Juliet]] is absolutely heartbreaking. |
| 395 | * MeaningfulName: Her name refers to a Terrier. |
| 396 | * TheMentor: Is this for Romio, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed her as a prefect. Though at times, he's the one mentoring her. |
| 397 | * NotSoDire: Teria told Romio she's leaving Dahla, which shocks him until she clarifies that it was only for a few months. |
| 398 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Before she and her fellow prefects officially step down and she goes on a three month long trip abroad]], Teria wants to prove to Romio that she can take care of herself by trying to act more mature and independent than she can handle. Her attempts fail hilariously and end up freaking Romio out instead. |
| 399 | * PolarOppositeTwins: She is a total ShrinkingViolet, while her older twin sister is confident and has a sarcastic side. |
| 400 | * PrecociousCrush: Develops one towards Inuzuka, though this is a DownplayedTrope because the difference in age between them isn't that big. |
| 401 | * PunnyName: Her name is written as ''wan'' in Japanese, which is the onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. |
| 402 | * PutOnABus: While all the senior prefects are OutOfFocus in the last few arcs, Teria explicitly leaves Dahlia Academy for Touwa University, if only for a few months. |
| 403 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She is determined to help Dahlia's students however she can, even though she has to come out of her shell to do so. That's why Romio is proud of being her "servant". |
| 404 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Should be obvious, given how much of a ShrinkingViolet she is. She gets very uncomfortable whenever she has to wear a {{Fanservice}} outfit, or even just clothes meant to draw attention to her. An omake at the end of Chapter 13 reveals that the CleavageWindow on her uniform was Kochou's idea, much to her embarrassment. |
| 405 | * ShrinkingViolet: She is very shy and quiet. |
| 406 | * UnreliableNarrator: Because of her crush, she perceives the events of Chapter 39 to be much closer to [[CovertPervert a trashy shojo manga]] than they actually are. |
| 407 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Possesses phobias towards dogs and insects. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
| 409 | |
| 410 | [[folder:Kochou Wang]] |
| 411 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kochou_wang_3.png]] |
| 412 | -> Voiced by: Creator/RinaHidaka |
| 413 | |
| 414 | A prefect of the Black Dogs alongside her twin sister Teria. Known as the "Pharmacy Expert". |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * ACupAngst: When Inuzuka points out how flat her chest is, especially when compared to her sister, she reacts violently. |
| 417 | * AnimeChineseGirl: Both her and her sister's surname Wang is a very common among Chinese people and their uniforms are based on the UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}. |
| 418 | * BigSisterInstinct: Very much so towards Teria. During an inspection of Dahlia Academy by ministers from both countries, when the West's minister belittled and insulted Teria's abilities as a prefect, Kochou's response was to ''shove her fist into the woman's mouth'' and demand that she apologize to Teria. |
| 419 | * ChildProdigy: Hasuki calls her the "Pharmacy Expert". She claims hers and her sister's motto is that age has nothing to do with one's ability to guide and protect people. |
| 420 | * CoolBigSis: If only by a few minutes. She goes to great lengths to support Teria's feelings and help her become more independent...even if she does push a little too hard at times. |
| 421 | * TheGadfly: Loves to tease Inuzuka and her sister whenever she has the chance, but she does care for both of them. |
| 422 | * GradeSkipper: Kochou and her sister are both 14 years old and are already in their second year of high school. |
| 423 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: A downplayed example. Thanks to her timid personality her sister is a bit too dependent of her. In fact, Teria asks her to accompany her and Romio not because she wants Kochou there, but because she doesn't want to be alone with her crush. Kochou has to remind her that that's ''the point'' of a date. |
| 424 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Papillon, a dog breed with long hair and ears. Her hairstyle even resembles the ears of the dog. |
| 425 | * TheMentor: Is this for Hasuki, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed her as a prefect. |
| 426 | * OddFriendship: With Airu. In terms of personality the two are polar opposites of one another, yet Kochou is the only one who can actually get along with Airu to an extent and even pull a tsukkomi on him from time to time. |
| 427 | * PolarOppositeTwins: While she is confident, energetic and not afraid to mock others, her sister is [[ShrinkingViolet bashful and soft-spoken]]. |
| 428 | * PunnyName: Her name is written as ''wan'' in Japanese, which is the onomatopoeia for a dog's bark. |
| 429 | * ShipTease: Has some mild teasing with Airu as the only girl that he's shown to be somewhat close to. In an omake after the final chapter series, Kochou even states her desire to marry him, but is quick to get embarrassed when Teria suggests that she actually confess and start dating Airu first. |
| 430 | * SpontaneousCrowdFormation: She joins the people chasing Romio down not because she understands the situation but because it looks interesting. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Airu Inuzuka]] |
| 434 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/airu.png]] |
| 435 | -> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeOno |
| 436 | |
| 437 | The head prefect of the Black Dogs and Romio's older brother. |
| 438 | ---- |
| 439 | * TheAce: Comes as expected given his position as the Black Dogs' top prefect. In terms of abilities, he basically has the brawns of Romio and brains of Juliet combined. Added to his serious and hardworking demeanor, this easily puts him as one of the top students at the academy with only Cait as his only real rival among the students. |
| 440 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Romio. The former considers Airu to be an insourmountable wall that he must overcome if he ever wants to change the world together with Juliet. |
| 441 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: In a joke skit for the anime, to expose that Romio is in a secret relationship with Juliet, he completely breaks down the make, size, model, design, purpose, etc of a freakin' ''bra'' to ludicrous detail! |
| 442 | * BigBrotherBully: He has beaten Romio bloody several times, ostensibly to 'improve' him. |
| 443 | * BigBrotherInstinct: He's been responsible since childhood for protecting his brother and mother from the opportunistic branch families bent on usurping or discrediting them. The burden warped him into the KnightTemplarBigBrother of today. |
| 444 | * BreakTheHaughty: Invoked. He's not broken down or swayed at all from his overly stern demeanor, but when his suspicions about Romio & Juliet's secret relationship are proven true, Romio manages to chisel him down enough in a fight to convince him to not work against their relationship. On the other hand, the fistfight does bring about an epiphany about why he originally set out to protect the Inuzuka family in the first place. His interactions with Romio since then have been less SadistTeacher, more StealthMentor. |
| 445 | * BreakThemByTalking: His modus operandi when he's not just dealing swift and brutal punishment. His harsh, ego-shattering lectures make him a prime candidate for setting the school's problem children straight. |
| 446 | ** ''This'' is what he uses to scare anyone who goes into the second-years' haunted house attraction during the Culture Festival, including Romio. |
| 447 | * BothSidesHaveAPoint: Airu considers Romio an irresponsible delinquent whose antics are making things harder for their family. Romio considers Airu a jackass who holds him to unfairly high standards and never interacts with him except for disciplinary reasons. Airu isn't wrong that Romio wasn't putting effort into anything substantial and Romio that Airu is going too far with his standards, but Airu's refusal to even try reaching a compromise makes him the obvious antagonist of that arc. |
| 448 | * AChildShallLeadThem: Seeing his mother get pressured by the branch families led Airu to swear to become the Inuzuka family head at a very young age. |
| 449 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Suspects and later discovers his brother's secret relationship, Airu's answer, threaten to disown and beat the ever loving stuffing out of his little brother. |
| 450 | ** Just about every reprisal he delivers is seen as a little too far for whatever the offender did...''especially'' if your name is Romio to which, this is an understatement. |
| 451 | * TheDreaded: No one, ''NO ONE'' is ever happy to see him. The underclassmen are downright terrified of his presence, with Romio in particular almost always breaking out in a phobia-induced cold sweat. And this is coming from his own House and Family! |
| 452 | ** Is also ''very'' much this to the White Cats. Seeing his cruelty and strict nature to his own House, the White Cats do everything in their power to avoid him as much as possible rather than antagonize him like they do other Black Dogs. The only exception to this is Cait, his counterpart in the White Cats, and only really because Cait's strength and political clout in the school equals his own. |
| 453 | * EveryoneHasStandards: |
| 454 | ** At one point [[spoiler:during the period when Airu was in on the SecretRelationship but hasn't accepted it yet]], when Airu catches Romio and Leon "fooling around", he almost snaps at what he [[MistakenforCheating thought was infidelity]]. Then Airu makes a JustJokingJustification, making it hard to tell if he was being sincere. |
| 455 | ** Airu is extremely strict and does have some resentment against West but [[spoiler:even he's shocked at just how far Leon would go to secure the prefect position, including exposing his brother's SecretRelationship to slander him.]] |
| 456 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Obviously the responsible one opposite Romio, as one of the top students in school and a very strict enforcer of the rules. |
| 457 | * ILetYouWin: It takes Romio and Juliet teaming up with each other during a kendo bout against him to score a point on him, but Kochou suggests that he was holding back and allowed this to happen as a form of tough love towards his brother. |
| 458 | * ImplacableMan: When he decides to make a move, ''nobody'' can stop him. Remember how Romio can easily swing statues? That does nothing to prevent Airu from beating him black and blue. It takes the combined teamwork of Romio and Juliet (an equal-level combatant) to land a single hit on him, and he comes off more peeved than anything else. Kochou also suggests that they only managed to score that point because Airu himself [[ILetYouWin let them do so]]. Convincing him to give up the pursuit takes as much of a herculean effort, the prime example being [[spoiler: when Romio and Juliet swung at each other's throats with swords just to dissuade him;]] and even then he ''still'' (correctly) had his suspicions. |
| 459 | * {{Irony}}: He likes dogs but his cold and domineering demeanor makes dogs afraid of him. |
| 460 | * KnightOfCerebus: ''Holy hell'', is he ever. Upon his first proper chapter, his mere existence drains much of the humor leading up to Juliet's birthday party; he brings Dahlia's complicated politics to the foreground, and his treatment of Romio while monitoring him can be qualified as abuse. [[spoiler:Juliet completely breaks down when she sees Romio's sorry state.]] He lightens up a little bit in later chapters, but expect the story to get serious quickly whenever he shows up. |
| 461 | * TheMentor: Is this for Leon, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed him as a prefect. |
| 462 | * MotiveDecay: A unique example in that it happened in the backstory. Airu's rise as the patriarch of the Inuzuka clan was entirely motivated out of love and desire to protect his remaining family. As the years went on however, stress and lack of compromise warped his intentions from protecting his "family" to merely protecting the family "name" - by present day, it has gone to the point where he outright refuses to respect his terrified brother and lonely mother for not living up to the high standards he himself set up. |
| 463 | * NotSoAboveItAll: |
| 464 | ** In the aftermath of Juliet's chaotic birthday party, the head prefects get chewed out by their dorm masters for letting the violence escalate as far as it did. Airuu apologizes to the Black Dog manager...[[ElmuhFuddSyndwome while imitating the man's speech impediment]]. |
| 465 | ** Cait ruins the mood Airu set up to mentally prepare the election candidates for their speeches, and Airu uncharacteristically snaps at him in rage. It's implied this isn't the first time Cait got a rise out of his foil. |
| 466 | ** When Hasuki proposes turning the prefects' offices into a general hangout during her campaign speech, Airu shivers at the thought. |
| 467 | * OffhandBackhand: Casually deflects a kendo strike from Juliet this way, then proceeds to knock her flying into Romio. |
| 468 | * PetTheDog: |
| 469 | ** Upgrading a young boy's paper plane that flew into him is the first hint that he's not as vicious as his conduct towards Romio would suggest. And while he still remains stern, he also behaves more gently towards the Wang twins than anyone else in the series. |
| 470 | ** At the end of the remedial camp, he lets the students vent all their pent-up frustration (leading to another Cat versus Dog melee), making the excuse that he's too tired to break up a fight. |
| 471 | ** Later [[spoiler:after he confirms his brother's SecretRelationship]], he calls both Romio and Juliet out to speak with him alone following a meeting, telling them that he chose Leon as his servant because of her ambition and outright tells them they'll lose to her in the prefect voting at their position. But he then follows it up with telling them to prove to him they'll make their dream real by becoming head prefect, in his own way trying to encourage them to face what will come ahead. |
| 472 | * TheReliableOne: During the camping arc, the other Dogs assume that he'll get everything set up for them. [[OhCrap Then they find out he's absent and they'll have to do actual work.]] |
| 473 | * SecretKeeper: Not really, he suspected all along about his brother and Juliet's relationship and when his suspicions are confirmed, they and his mother convince him to keep quiet. He doesn't approve of the relationship and thinks it's ultimately doomed; however, he's not actively trying to sabotage it. All things considered, that's a start for him. |
| 474 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Airu conspires with his fellow retiring prefects to teach the incumbent ones into working side by side as well as help them gain the favor of the student body. By way of a sports exhibition match. Romio actually foresaw Airu's intentions early on but he was also mistaken to think that they're going to hand their juniors the win so easily. |
| 475 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: While the complete opposite of his younger brother personality wise, they both share an abnormal amount of physical strength. In Airu's case, his feats include regularly beating Romio in sparring matches and during the training camp arc, took on every single student who attended in a sparring match and beat them no worse for wear. |
| 476 | * SoreLoser: Forces everyone to "One-Point" Kendo spar with him; the second someone ''finally'' got a point on him, it suddenly became a "Three-Point" game. Invoked as everyone flat up calls him out for it. |
| 477 | * TheStoic: His behavior and facial expressions are always dead serious, bordering on being a PerpetualFrowner. |
| 478 | * StrongAndSkilled: He can go toe-to-toe to Romio who can ''lift statues and use them as a weapon'' in a fight, but his true forte is in his unmatched skill. Even Juliet, who's on par with Romio in ability, is left in awe at how perfect Airu's swordsmanship is. |
| 479 | * StudentCouncilPresident: While Dahlia Academy doesn't have this as an official position, he is essentially this towards the Black Dogs. |
| 480 | * SummationGathering: With a large student body as his witness, Airu makes an accusation that exposes the SecretRelationship, listing all of Romio's recent behavior and even a few clues. |
| 481 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Airu made Leon his assistant, thinking her presence would be a test for Romio and brushes off [[CassandraTruth Romio's voiced concerns]] about some parts of [[FantasticRacism Leon's character]]. Unfortunately, he discovers too late the danger of giving a radical like her that much power. |
| 482 | * UnwittingPawn: he said it himself that [[spoiler:he underestimated Leon's hatred for the White Cats.]] |
| 483 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Shuna reveals that Airu and Romio used to be close when they were younger. Their father's death forced Airu to grow up quickly to protect his mother and brother from those trying to gain control of the Inuzuka family, and Romio no longer can recall that Airu was ever kind to him. |
| 484 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: It's implied why he's so harsh on his brother to uphold the family name is to prevent him from being exploited by the branch families wanting to usurp leadership since their father's death. Consequently, there's been a heavy strain on their relationship. |
| 485 | * WhenHeSmiles: Judging by how straitlaced and serious he is, and since he's never been seen smiling before, one would expect Airu's grins to look like TheUnsmile. He finally does smile [[spoiler: when expressing his pride in Romio for making good on his promise to change the school]], and it's actually quite charming. |
| 486 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: When the two families finally meet for the wedding, Rackdoll mistook Airu for Romio's father.[[/folder]] |
| 487 | |
| 488 | [[folder:Shuna Inuzuka]] |
| 489 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shuna_inuzuka_body.jpg]] |
| 490 | Romio and Airu's cousin. A member of the Inuzuka branch family, she was taken in by Shiba Inuzuka as a servant several years prior due to her own family's poverty. At the beginning of Romio's second year at Dahlia Academy she herself starts attending the academy as a 1st-year student. |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Chapters 99-100 focuses on her, Kougi, and Ameria as all three strive to become Romio, Hasuki and Juliet's servants respectively in order to both help out with their prefect duties and spend more time with them. |
| 493 | * AnimalEaredHeadband: Briefly wears a black cat-eared one upon Ameria's suggestion to help get signatures for a petition. |
| 494 | * BadassAdorable: She's a lovely young girl who just so happens to be one of the most dangerous characters in the series should you ever mess with Romio. |
| 495 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: One of the reasons she's so protective of Romio is because he treats her like she was his real sister instead of just a servant. In turn, Shuna considers Romio her big brother. A fact that nearly drives him to tears when he hears it. |
| 496 | * BigBrotherWorship: Thinks quite highly of Romio, often desiring to spend time with him and becoming somewhat sulky when she can't. |
| 497 | * DisproportionateRetribution: If she ever thinks you're a threat to Romio or disrespecting him, Shuna will go "Guard Dog" and pull out an naginata on you, yes even if it was a friend of his. Post "training" from Romio and "Julio" and she'll only do this when Romio is obviously threatened...still applies either way. |
| 498 | ** When a total stranger spit gum at Romio, Shuna caused a massive traffic jam, drilled through a windshield ''with an UMBRELLA'', and dropped the gum back in the stranger's mouth. This naturally got Romio in trouble by the police. |
| 499 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: In her very brief stint as [[{{Bifauxnen}} Shumio]], she already amassed a legion of fangirls. And they're all well aware she is a girl. |
| 500 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Her hero-worship of Romio is out of the question when the latter tries a humiliating skit to impress her fellow freshmen. Even Shuna is left speechless. |
| 501 | * FreudianExcuse: The reason why Shuna is so violently protective of Romio? Several years prior to the story her family was so poor that Romio's father offered to take her in as a servant. As a result, when the deceased Shiba's last will to her is to protect Romio, she takes it ''very'' seriously. |
| 502 | * TheDreaded: She is this for Hasuki, and her presence is the reason why the latter is apprehensive about visiting Romio at his home. She even becomes this to Maru, who is also scared of her enough to visibly be uneasy. Once she becomes a student at Dahlia Academy, she also becomes this to the White Cats who develop an unspoken rule to not mess with her after she has a confrontation with three students from their dorm. |
| 503 | * HappilyAdopted: She's from a branch family that was taken in by the main Inuzuka family as a servant. Despite this, everyone treated her as though she was real member regardless. |
| 504 | * HypocriticalHumor: Has been comically disturbed by Kougi's "sister complex", when she may be guilty of the same thing with Romio. |
| 505 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Juliet initially suspects that Shuna's feelings for Romio are more than familial, but nope. She really does just view him as an older brother. |
| 506 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Due to being knocked out because of a stray blown tile clocking her on the head, she's the only Inuzuka who doesn't find out "Julio" is Juliet until Chapter 85.]] |
| 507 | * MoralGuardians: When she sees (what looks like) Romio being "led astray by lust", she starts throwing weapons at everyone involved and calling them filthy insects, which is why Hasuki is hesitant about visiting Romio's home. |
| 508 | * [[MySisterIsOffLimits My Brother is Off-Limits!]]: More precisely, she is Romio and Airu's cousin and adopted sister. However, the trope still holds, as the quickest way to incur her wrath is if she sees any girl near Romio and thinks they are trying to seduce him. |
| 509 | * NaginatasAreFeminine: Her go-to weapons of choice when in "Guard Dog" mode, in school, she's downgraded to ridiculously sharp umbrellas. |
| 510 | * NoodleIncident: Both Shuna and Scott GoMadFromTheRevelation of the SecretRelationship, resulting in Shumio and Scottia. Char had to knock some sense into Scott to make him recover, but how did Shuna overcome her own episode? |
| 511 | * NotSoDire: when Shuna expresses her desire to leave the Inuzuka household, Romio confronts her thinking she wants to strike out on her own. What Shuna actually meant was that she was going to enter Dahlia the coming school year. |
| 512 | * OddFriendship: Strikes one with both [[BrattyHalfPint Kougi]] and [[CulturalRebel Ameria]]. It's more apparent with the latter as both girls are quick to have girl talks with each other much to Kougi's surprise. |
| 513 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: Like her cousins, Shuna can show off incredible feats of strength and can be rather easily provoked as well. In her case, a prime example was when a driver nearly ran over Romio and spat gum on him. Shuna proceeded to chase after the man on foot through traffic, break through the car's front window with her umbrella, before dropping the gum back into the driver's mouth as she allows the vehicle to crash into a tree. |
| 514 | * SilkHidingSteel: Feminine, is good at household chores...and also the "guard dog" of the Inuzuka household. |
| 515 | * TookALevelInKindness: With how violent she gets in her "Guard Dog" mode being socially unacceptable to the point where letting out of the house was a serious risk, hence why she doesn't attend Dahlia; Romio and "Julio" teach her how to be less protective of Romio. Though she still is a force to be reckoned with. |
| 516 | * UnstoppableRage: She will calm down eventually after going into 'Guard Dog Mode', but until then there's nothing anybody can really do except run for their lives. |
| 517 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Romio's father before his death asked that she protect Romio, and it's clear she does mean well. However, she's likely taking this request a bit further than Romio's father intended to, flying into a rage for even small slights against him. |
| 518 | [[/folder]] |
| 519 | |
| 520 | [[folder:Kougi Komai]] |
| 521 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kougi_komai_body.jpg]] |
| 522 | Hasuki's younger brother who's quite protective of his older sister to a fault. Much like how Romio was towards students of his year, Kougi is the leader of his batch of Black Dog students. He initially appears as a middle-school student before eventually becoming a 1st-year high-school student together with Shuna. |
| 523 | ---- |
| 524 | * ADayInTheLimelight: See Shuna's entry. |
| 525 | * AlliterativeName: '''Ko'''ugi '''Ko'''mai |
| 526 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Little brother variation. He really does not like Romio at all because of him being the object of Hasuki's unrequited affections (and not at all helped by misunderstandings caused by Romio's bad luck). Romio thinks he has a big sister complex. Even after he begins to mellow out toward Romio, it still pops up. |
| 527 | * BrattyHalfPint: As rude as he is short. Even so, [[spoiler: he still manages to help gather the entire first year population and have them vote for Romio as prefect (even after his and Juliet's relationship was exposed)]]. So he's not all bad. |
| 528 | * BrokenPedestal: After clearing up the misunderstandings with Hasuki, Kougi admits (albeit to himself) that he has found respect for Romio. That immediately went down the drain once Kougi becomes a high schooler because in Kougi's eyes Romio has become a lapdog prefect servant that mediates fights instead of the hardened BloodKnight that used to love starting them. |
| 529 | * CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority: Believes in this trope. He's not a bad kid, but his adolescence drives him to pick unnecessary fights with his elders. |
| 530 | * IResembleThatRemark: Just as he denied Romio's accusation that he's a siscon, Hasuki arrives. When the freshmen she's in charge of addresses her by the ''Onee-san'' honorific, Kougi instantly went CrazyJealousGuy. |
| 531 | * MeaningfulName: His name is a pun for Corgi, a breed of dog that's very short like him. |
| 532 | * TheNapoleon: His height is one of the many things that makes him irritable. |
| 533 | -->'''Kougi:''' Ah, whatever. You look like the type of person I can get along with. (''thought bubble'') And he's shorter than I am! |
| 534 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Was mistaken for a primary schooler when he was introduced. |
| 535 | * OddFriendship: By chapter 99 [[spoiler: he, Shuna and Ameria seemed to have formed a trio despite them being nothing alike]]. He and Shuna especially act as {{Foil}}s to one another, as they are both extremely protective of their older siblings to a fault. |
| 536 | * RiddleForTheAges: One panel in the final volume's omake shows that he set up a ''kamidana'' shrine of Hasuki and is training to become a priest. ''How'' he decided on this career path is a mystery. |
| 537 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: He also pulls a sword at Romio like Hasuki did while chasing him. |
| 538 | * ShipTease: With Shuna. |
| 539 | [[/folder]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | [[folder:Other Students]] |
| 542 | !Kento Tosa |
| 543 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kento_tosa_3.png]] |
| 544 | -> Voiced by: Creator/YoshimasaHosoya |
| 545 | |
| 546 | A student in the "Black Dog House" dormitory easily identifiable by his mohwak. Usually seen with Maru and Eigo. |
| 547 | ---- |
| 548 | * DelinquentHair: His mohawk. |
| 549 | * DumbMuscle: The biggest guy among the recurring members of the Black Dogs, and as shown in chapter 6, not particularly concerned about being BookDumb. |
| 550 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the Mr. & Ms. Dahlia pageant: |
| 551 | --> "Your fly is open." (''Tosa doesn't hear it nor notice anything'') |
| 552 | * {{Hunk}}: The closest example to being the muscleman {{Fanservice}} of the series. |
| 553 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after the Tosa Inu, a breed that's known for its size and strength. |
| 554 | * TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: During Juliet's birthday, Tosa eats his pie instead of using it as ammo in the pie-throwing fight. |
| 555 | * ThoseTwoGuys: He is always seen with Eigo if not with Maru. [[spoiler:He even Lampshades this when Maru asks if he and Eigo okay with making the entire student body their enemy by voting for Romio, stating he doesn't have any friends outside them to begin with.]] |
| 556 | |
| 557 | !Eigo Kohitsuji |
| 558 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eigo_kohitsuji_0.png]] |
| 559 | -> Voiced by: Creator/HiroShimono |
| 560 | |
| 561 | A student in the "Black Dog House" dormitory easily identifiable by his bangs. Usually seen with Maru and Tosa. |
| 562 | ---- |
| 563 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: The first thing he does without Tosa, breaking the ThoseTwoGuys dynamic they always follow? Giving Inuzuka some porn magazines with buxom women after a misunderstanding made him believe Inuzuka loves breasts too. |
| 564 | * EspeciallyZoidberg: When listing the perverts in the student body, Kohitsuji gets a special mention. This is because he is proud to be one, and apparently a notorious offender. |
| 565 | * HiddenDepths: One of the few students to question Leon's election speech. Granted, he explains that then there wouldn't be any targets left to bully, but the fact that he [[spoiler: expressed misgivings about segregating Dahlia Academy]] says something about him. [[spoiler:He's even one of the first people to give his vote for Romio.]] |
| 566 | * LovableSexManiac: Is apparently the Black Dogs' resident pervert. He's one of the few guys to actively reach out to Inuzuka because he managed to grope Persia's chest, and is the girls' go-to suspect for any supposed wrongdoing and peeping incidents. |
| 567 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after the Old English Sheepdog, whose hair usually covers their eyes. |
| 568 | * OnlyFriend: PlayedForLaughs, where the entire Black Dogs dorm turn on Romio after the whole School Festival fiasco, with the exception of [[ChildhoodFriends Hasuki]] and Kohitsuji...if only because the latter thinks he has found another pervert he can share his interests with. |
| 569 | * PornStash: Some of which he's willing to share with Romio. |
| 570 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Seeing Romio and Maru engaged in a very serious brawl, Eigo decides to back off or else he might suffer the same fate as Scott and Tosa, who were both used like projectile weapons. |
| 571 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Maru sometimes appears without his two minions, but Eigo is always with Tosa. |
| 572 | * UnsettlingGenderReveal: Eigo approached what he thought was some long-haired brunette in the boys' baths, only to learn that it's a man. Worse, it's [[TheDreaded Airu]]. |
| 573 | |
| 574 | !Shizuka Shishi |
| 575 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shizuka_shishi.png]] |
| 576 | -> Voiced by: Riho Iida |
| 577 | |
| 578 | A student in the "Black Doggy House" dormitory. |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | * AlliterativeName: '''Shi'''zuka '''Shi'''shi |
| 581 | * GirlPosse: She and Nia serve as this for Hasuki. |
| 582 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Shih Tzu. It sounds like "Shih Two", hence her surname is two "Shi's". |
| 583 | * SatelliteCharacter: Other than the fact that she is a friend of Hasuki and a ShipperOnDeck for Hasuki and Romio, there's not much else to say about her. |
| 584 | * ShipperOnDeck: She supports the idea of Hasuki getting together with Romio. |
| 585 | * ThoseTwoGirls: Always seen with Nia. |
| 586 | |
| 587 | !Nia Pomera |
| 588 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nia_pomera.png]] |
| 589 | -> Voiced by: Creator/KaedeHondo |
| 590 | |
| 591 | A first-year student in the "Black Doggy House" dormitory. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * GirlPosse: She and Shizuka serve as this for Hasuki. |
| 594 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Pomeranian. |
| 595 | * SatelliteCharacter: Other than the fact that she is a friend of Hasuki and a ShipperOnDeck for Hasuki and Romio, there's not much else to say about her. |
| 596 | * ShipperOnDeck: She supports the idea of Hasuki getting together with Romio. |
| 597 | * ThoseTwoGirls: Always seen with Shizuka. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | !!White Cats |
| 601 | The Dahlia Academy dormitory that houses students from the Principality of the West. In contrast to their counterparts, students from this dorm tend to act with refined nobility but can be as rambunctious and eager to fight much like the Black Dogs. |
| 602 | ---- |
| 603 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 604 | * AerithAndBob: Unlike Towa, which is Japanese-themed ''and'' has people with Japanese names, the Principality of the West has the customs of England but no national pattern for their names. Apparently, Scott Fold (English name), Chartreux Westia (French-sounding first name with made-up last name derived from an English word) and Journey Rex (!) all come from the same country. Following the AnimalThemeNaming clearly took priority over finding realistic names. |
| 605 | * AnimalThemeNaming: Just like the Black Dogs, they have cat-related names and last names. |
| 606 | * CulturedBadass: Their ideal. They stereotype themselves as intellectual and courtly compared to Towans, and DumbMuscle don't get far in the ranks unless they're backing a more strategic leader. |
| 607 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: The country is essentially an amalgamation of everything bad about Victorian England. If character arcs are any indication, it is undergoing feminism, class equality, and racial equality all ''at the same time''. [[spoiler:Not to mention that Leon's Western mother was ''forcibly'' ripped away from her husband and daughter by Leon's maternal grandmother to marry a duke and increase their family's social standing which implies a lot of other problems.]] |
| 608 | * FatalFlaw: Every Westerner shown so far has issues with emotional expression. |
| 609 | * HeroAntagonist: The whole dorm for Juliet's birthday. For them, the Black Dogs are invading territory and trying to ruin the party, so they're just fighting back. That's why when Airu steps in, only the Dogs get subdued while the Cats are free to gloat. |
| 610 | * {{Irony}}: White Cats are generally expected to be straight-laced and well-mannered. At the same time, the prefects that represent them are largely composed of the [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirkiest people the cast has to offer]]. Even [[OnlySaneMan Seiber]] [[CutenessProximity isn't immune]]. |
| 611 | * PhenotypeStereotype: Most of the White Cats have pale hair and eyes. Justified, as the Principality of the West is supposed to be based out of England. |
| 612 | * PretextForWar: Implied. The war [[MotiveDecay started]] over which country got to control Dahlia Island, which is- although a nice place- tiny compared to the territory both sides already had. However, every conflict on-screen has been sparked not by Dahlia, but the fact that Towan and Western personalities are incompatible and have always been. |
| 613 | * RootingForTheEmpire: In-universe, during the kendo duel during the remedial camp, some White Cats actually started cheering not just for Juliet, but also for Romio, at least only so someone can finally get a point over Airu. StatusQuoIsGod, however, so they started hating on him again immediately afterwards because they thought he "used" Juliet to score the coveted win. |
| 614 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: Their internal hierarchy is pretty loose; there's a royal family, but everyone else has to compete and politick with each other for power. That said, they are ''not'' happy when Aby sabotages Persia by force. Violence is for their enemies, not fellow Cats. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | [[folder:Chartreux Westia]] |
| 618 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chartreux_westia.png]] |
| 619 | -> Voiced by: Creator/YuShimamura |
| 620 | |
| 621 | The princess of the Principality of the West and a childhood friend of Juliet's. She's quite possessive towards the latter and hates Romio for being Juliet's boyfriend. However, the two are able to unite on more than one occasion especially when it comes to Juliet's happiness. |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | * TheAce: It's mentioned that she excels at both studies and sports, and she has a charming and polite personality (when she actually feels like following basic etiquette) that makes her very well-liked by the staff of the school. On top of that, she is a good fighter like Persia and Inuzuka, once taking down an adult man who tried to attack her with a single kick. |
| 624 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Downplayed. She was introduced in chapter 4 of the manga, but the anime adds some new scenes with her in the second half of episode 2, which adapts chapter 3. |
| 625 | * AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: The final part of the School Field Trip focuses on Char's debutante ball. |
| 626 | * AnimalEaredHeadband: Her tiara is a cross between this and a CoolCrown; it has two distinctive points that resemble cat ears. |
| 627 | * AmbiguouslyBi: She's very possessive of Juliet, but her enjoyment of pushing boys onto all fours and riding them is rather suspect. |
| 628 | ** Seemingly confirmed in the final chapter. Up to that point she seems to have an implied crush on Scott, and she teases him more than anyone else. In the final chapter, she and Scott seem to be in a BDSM dom/sub relationship. She has Scott as her pet, years after they've already graduated. Still doesn't stop Scott from crying about Juliet marrying Romio though. |
| 629 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: Char telling Romio that, if he really trusted Hasuki, why is he keeping the SecretRelationship from her? |
| 630 | * BaitAndSwitch: Char personally invited Romio to come to her upcoming debutante ball. Romio later learned that the first person the princess chooses to dance with will be the center of attention at the ball, and he immediately assumes that Char plans to choose Juliet for that position and then rub it in his face. [[spoiler:Surprising absolutely everyone, Char chose Romio as her partner (hence the personal invite). But then Romio later learns that Char only did so to make a bold declaration of peace between Touwa and the West. And she did it to show Romio up after all, bragging that she made the first move to change the world before he could.]] And then it becomes switched again when it's revealed (only through Char's monologue) that this is her backhanded way of finally, ''finally'' accepting Romio and Juliet. |
| 631 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The times when Char allowed Romio and Juliet to grow closer together, it was usually because Romio helped her out of sincerity and goodness of his heart. Like helping her fight off some potential kidnappers, or when Romio allowed Char to give Juliet the Valentine's day chocolate she's been saving up for. |
| 632 | * BigBreastPride: She's [[BuxomBeautyStandard well-endowed]] and likes it that way. She even chastised Hasuki (a girl also pretty endowed) for not "Using those lumps of fat on (her) chest" to seduce Romio. |
| 633 | * CatchPhrase: Always declares the death penalty for anyone who crosses her. |
| 634 | * ChekhovsGun: When working together in a café, Char confides in Romio how she wants to save up money to buy Juliet a Persian Cat-shaped chcolate as a Valentine's Day gift. During the ValentinesDayEpisode, Romio figures out that Char was the one whose present got switched with Juliet after he decided to check the contents of the box: a Persian Cat chocolate. |
| 635 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Persia, who was asked to watch over her when they were children. |
| 636 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Spends her debut chapters trying to separate Persia and Inuzuka. While she does give up trying to make them break up, she never misses a chance to tell Inuzuka that she does not like seeing them together. |
| 637 | * CoolCrown: Her tiara, which is not only an indication that she's a princess but also [[AnimalEaredHeadband resembles cat ears]]. |
| 638 | * DCupDistress: During one of her famous tease moments, her large chest caused her blouse to get snagged on a branch and caused a chain of events that ruined a picnic lunch Juliet made. She also laments her shoulders ache a lot from time to time. |
| 639 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: She calls Scottia a pirate knockoff. |
| 640 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Clearly loves abusing her smarts, power, and looks for her benefit. ''However'', if someone either a) outwits her or b) doesn't care about her authority, Char is taken so aback she doesn't know how to handle the situation. |
| 641 | * DisproportionateRetribution: The queen (no pun intended) of it. [[ButtMonkey Scott]] being the usual victim of her wrath. |
| 642 | * FriendshipMoment: Char gets angry at some West customers at the café she was working at after they directly insult Inuzuka just because he was a Touwan working their order. Inuzuka was completely unaware of the insult or why Char decided to go Tyrannical Princess on them all, and she likes to keep it that way. |
| 643 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She calms down Hasuki when the latter, feeling betrayed by Romio, threatens to kill him and Juliet. |
| 644 | * HammerSpace: Can make pretty much any torture advice pops into existence to torment Scott. |
| 645 | * HairIntakes: It's shown during the school festival that even without her tiara there are still "cat ears" in her hair. |
| 646 | * HateAtFirstSight: Mutually with Romio during childhood, for what Char perceived as him bullying her best friend for no reason. |
| 647 | * HidingBehindYourBangs: Her hair covers her left eye, symbolizing how, in spite of being an openly tyrannical princess, she still has some things she hides from others. |
| 648 | * HypocriticalHumor: |
| 649 | ** Calls Romio out for fantasizing Juliet in lingerie (that ''she'' planned to buy), only to have an ImagineSpot about putting Juliet in the underwear Romio suggested. |
| 650 | ** Does not approve of Scott being a StalkerWithACrush towards Juliet, when she is just as guilty of the same thing. |
| 651 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: The reason she loves Persia above all else is because she was the first person who didn't bow down to all of her whims, being willing to put her foot down and tell Char she was wrong when even the adults didn't dare to say that. |
| 652 | ** This ''slightly'' extends to Romio as well as she tried to seduce him but [[NoSell it didn't work]]; so she's trying very hard not to be his friend despite their common love for Juliet. At least she's been more receptive towards aiding Romio in his relationship with Juliet...with still some teasing. |
| 653 | * InSeriesNickname: Rarely referred to her full first name. Almost everyone just calls her Char. |
| 654 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 655 | ** One of Char's first acts of genuine kindness towards Romio, giving him a present to give to Juliet for her birthday, winds up putting him in ''really'' hot water with his brother, since it's a Western-style ''bra''. |
| 656 | ** Even though they're almost always at each other's throats, Char and Romio essentially become confidants to each other, helping each other out even if it hinders them. |
| 657 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: While she's not exactly a fan of Romio dating Juliet, she largely puts up with it since he didn't reveal to Juliet about her own stalker-like obsession. |
| 658 | * IWarnedYou: Repeatedly in regards to the risks of the SecretRelationship, although Char only expressed it to Romio since Juliet is always safe from her tirades. When [[spoiler:Leon finally exposes them]], Char told Romio that after all this blows over he is going for a swim in the river with [[CementShoes a statue tied to him]] for putting Juliet in harm's way. Obviously she didn't follow through with the punishment. |
| 659 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is ''proud'' of abusing her authority as a princess, openly rude to people she dislikes, and has a sadistic streak. However, she is fiercely protective of the few people she considers to be her friends. |
| 660 | ** Romio seems well on his way to being considered one of these people. During Chartreux's time as a waitress in a coffee shop, she ends up going berserk on a rude customer, seemingly just for spilling coffee. It is later revealed that she snapped because [[spoiler: the customer found out Romio had made the coffee and refused to drink something made by a 'Towan dog'.]] |
| 661 | * KingIncognito: Once pretended to be an average girl and got a waitress job, all so she could earn her own money to buy Juliet a gift during St. Valentine's day. |
| 662 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Chartreux, a French breed of cat known for its grey fur. |
| 663 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: Despite being of royal blood, she is largely apathetic to racial lines drawn by the two countries. Her antagonism with Inuzuka primarily stems from him having taken Persia's heart. |
| 664 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Inuzuka remarks despite them being rivals and at each other's throats, he can sympathize with Char's situation being unable to confess to the one they love. In fact, if there's anything both of them can ever agree on, it's making Persia happy. |
| 665 | * RedBaron: The "Tyrant Princess". |
| 666 | * SecretKeeper: The only member of the White Cats who knows about Romio and Juliet's relationship. [[spoiler: This is no longer the case as of chapters 85 and 86.]] |
| 667 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Tries pairing Romio up with Hasuki, if only so that Romio can give up on Juliet. |
| 668 | * StalkerShrine: She has lots of photos of Juliet. ''Lots.'' She keeps them in a secret compartment behind the mirror in their room, and judging by how young Juliet looks in some of the photos, Chartreux's been at this for a ''while''. |
| 669 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Char's "surveillance" of Juliet's daily routine has eventually evolved to add Romio as well. |
| 670 | * TheTease: She's hot and she knows it; she's not above using these looks to tease and manipulate everyone around her for her own amusement. |
| 671 | * TooImportantToWalk: While blackmailing Romio, she uses him as a "mount" to carry her all over school. And even when competing in the Sports Fest, she sits on a throne carried by her lackies instead of running on her own feet. This extends to the CreditsRunningSequence as well! |
| 672 | * TranquilFury: She calmly informs Aby that she ''knows'' he's the reason Juliet got hurt, and she will see him punished for it. |
| 673 | * TrickedOutShoes: Char's weapons of choice are small blades hidden in the toes of her shoes. |
| 674 | * {{Tsundere}}: Very, ''very'' cold one to Romio. [[CharacterDevelopment Eventually she accepts him]] more and more into Juliet's (and her) life to where they can cooperate on something if needed. |
| 675 | [[/folder]] |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[folder:Scott Fold]] |
| 678 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scott_fold.png]] |
| 679 | -> Voiced by: Creator/HiroshiKamiya |
| 680 | |
| 681 | A first-year student. He is very loyal to Juliet, but is oblivious to her relationship with Romio. |
| 682 | ---- |
| 683 | * AmusingInjuries: He is the worst victim of this, as he gets knocked around by Romio and the Black Dogs quite often. It gets ''worse'' when Char is involved, as she treats him like a servant at best (and a dog at worst), dragging him around while he remains completely helpless. |
| 684 | * BaitAndSwitchComment: |
| 685 | ** He and Juliet find Romio and Hasuki in a seemingly intimate moment, leading to Scott admonishing them...[[AintTooProudToBeg and then asking Romio to teach him]]. |
| 686 | ** Scott was offended that Char tied him up with a dog leash once; he requested that she could at least change it to a cat's collar instead. |
| 687 | * BecomingTheMask: Subverted, when they meet "Scottia", Romio and Juliet believe Scott may have become this in his capacity as Rex's successor, but the real reason was that he has [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gone mad]] after learning of the SecretRelationship. |
| 688 | * BigDamnHeroes: He pulls this off in the finale. After Char makes a bold declaration of peace for Touwa and the West, the Dahlia students are about to be in the center stage of a massive riot, until Scott arrives with a bus to ensure a safe getaway. |
| 689 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: During an exhbition match against the Senior prefects, the student body start shouting words of encouragement to the Junior prefects. Except for Scott; he recieved death threats instead. |
| 690 | * BodyguardCrush: Has a crush on Persia, whom he wants to protect. Unfortunately, the guy can [[ButtMonkey barely protect himself]]. |
| 691 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Juliet might be this to him after her relationship with Romio is exposed. From what little is seen of Scott, he is not taking the news well.]] |
| 692 | * ButtMonkey: Is he ever. Almost every chapter he gets injured in some way, often by Char or Romio. |
| 693 | ** This is taken to a new level during the GrandFinale, as Scott is the only major supporting character to not only lack an occupation unlike the other cast members, but he has been reduced to being nothing more than Char's pet. |
| 694 | * CoolChair: His idea of helping Juliet in the Harvest Festival is to have her sit on an easy chair situated atop a high stack of fellow White Cats. Juliet doesn't even want to go near the thing. |
| 695 | * CovertPervert: As much as he tries to be the stereotypical "chivalrous knight", Inuzuka twice caught him trying to peek on the girls changing. |
| 696 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: One harsh training session with Airu during remedial camp had a sight gag of Scott sprawled on the floor with his kendo stick just behind him. The way it stands makes it look like the kendo stick was [[AssShove sticking out of his ass]]. |
| 697 | * EveryoneHasStandards: It was only in one frame, but during Romio's tenure as Char's slave, Scott remains silent and doesn't join his fellow Cats relish in Romio's suffering. Since Scott is just as frequent a victim of Char as Romio was, it's possible that he might relate. |
| 698 | * {{Expy}}: His role in the manga is somewhat an analogue to that of Paris in the original play, being a fairly nice and chivalrous guy by the standards of his country and time and a HopelessSuitor to Juliet. His ButtMonkey status and the way Inuzuka easily beats him may be references to how Paris was killed by Romio over a misunderstanding. |
| 699 | * EyeScream: The RunningGag of his glasses getting broken, but especially his reaction to Romio accidentally groping Juliet: an EyePop ''through'' his glasses. |
| 700 | * FormerTeenRebel: Although he is still a teenager. He used to be a delinquent, and one of the reasons he loves Persia as much as he does is that she accepted him anyway. |
| 701 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: Scott does not take TheReveal well, so much so that he starts dressing up as Juliet to "become Juliet" as [[LovingAShadow he envisioned her]]. Needless to say, ''everyone'' starts to worry about Scott's mental stability in those chapters. [[spoiler: In the final chapter he is apparently broken completely with the news of Juliet's wedding, as he tries to crash and sabotage the wedding before being caught by Maru.]] |
| 702 | ** Chartreux manages to revert him back to normal, though his memories of being "Scottia" are now subconsciously repressed. |
| 703 | * HiddenDepths: It's easy to mistake Scott for an idiot due to him being such a ButtMonkey, but in reality he is far more perceptive than he looks. Chapter 22 shows that he has a great understanding of Char's character, including the sides she doesn't like showing to others. |
| 704 | ** [[spoiler:Chapter 89 has him admit he is hurt and betrayed by the fact Juliet was in a SecretRelationship with Romio, who is the one person he can't stand. But he also tells Leon that he recognizes people have to change to protect what's important to them.]] |
| 705 | * HopelessSuitor: It's very obvious that he has romantic feelings for Persia, but it's even more obvious that he has no chance of winning her. |
| 706 | * IronButtMonkey: No matter how hard Inuzuka or Char hit him, he is always back in the next chapter ready to fight for the White Cats again. |
| 707 | * LeaderWannabe: When the second years organize themselves into a single unit in order to rescue Juliet from her father, Scott immediately tries to put himself in charge solely because he knows where the Persias live. Obviously, just about everyone rallied behind Romio instead. |
| 708 | * LovingAShadow: Increasingly so. He does love Persia for her personality, but he has no idea of the SecretRelationship she's been in for months or her political goal of legitimizing it. At this point, it seems less like Persia is just ''that'' good at keeping secrets than that Scott doesn't want to admit the truth. The fact that he doesn't appear to be trying to get to know Persia as an individual hints that he may see her as more of an ideal than anything. |
| 709 | * MeaningfulName: He's named after the Scottish fold cat. |
| 710 | * TheNotLoveInterest: He and Char are both in love with Persia, so their relationship with each other is strictly platonic. However, Scott is the one Char comes to when she needs to vent emotional baggage she can't dump on Persia without revealing her true feelings, and Scott understands better than most what makes Char tick. |
| 711 | * PieInTheFace: When Romio leads the Black Cats to invade Juliet's birthday party, Scott threatens him with a pie in the face. Predictably for Scott, his attempts backfire and his speech is interrupted by him being on the receiving end of a pie, courtesy of Hasuki. He gets his revenge later. |
| 712 | * PyrrhicVictory: In Chapter 61, he wins a ''one-on-one'' fight against ''Somali'', after [[{{Determinator}} much pain]] and invoking of ThePowerOfLove. Unfortunately, another condition of becoming Rex's servant (the position they were fighting over) is that [[spoiler:he dresses in female outfits]]. |
| 713 | * RelationshipSabotage: He offered Romio a hideous cake as a dowry to give to Juliet's family. No one took him seriously and the cake was forgotten. |
| 714 | * StalkerShrine: It's not as well-hidden as Char's, but the brief glimpse we have of Scott's room has multiple Juliet-related memorabilia (at least Char limited herself to just pictures). He even tries to make money by putting up a stall during the Culture Festival selling them. |
| 715 | * TheUnreveal: Where ''exactly '' did Char shave Scott? Not to mention that, in the anime, she wanted to shave him ''again''. |
| 716 | * YankTheDogsChain |
| 717 | ** The leash incident. Scott offers a rather accurate analysis of Char's HiddenDepths, looking like he has earned her respect, and she genuinely thanks him for it, except Char leaves Scott in that state after he said too much. |
| 718 | ** Since Char doesn't have the heart to give Juliet her Valentine's day chocolate, she decides to just give it to Scott so it won't be wasted. Then Romio comes in knocking Scott out and clears up a little misunderstanding, allowing Juliet to get Char's chocolate anyway. And Romio apparently left Scott for dead in a flowerbed. |
| 719 | [[/folder]] |
| 720 | |
| 721 | [[folder:Aby Ssinia]] |
| 722 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aby_ssinia.png]] |
| 723 | -> Voiced by: Creator/ShinnosukeTachibana |
| 724 | |
| 725 | An ambitious and unscrupulous student who aims to rise to the top of the White Cat hierarchy. |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He thinks that Romio is somehow interested in him in ''that'' way, and doesn't seem to be bothered by it. It's probably because he thinks too highly of himself. |
| 728 | * BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:By the time of Romio and Juliet's wedding, he and Somali are seen with two daughters, having had them some time during the seven year TimeSkip]]. |
| 729 | * BeneathTheMask: Like many Cats, there is a gulf between his political persona and his true motivations. |
| 730 | * BrainsAndBrawn: He is the Brains and Somali is the Brawn. He is the one with plans, but without Somali's strength and loyalty he wouldn't be able to achieve anything. |
| 731 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Splits up with Somali in order to not have his poor reputation after the Sports Fest rub off on her. They eventually get back together with the help of Romio and Juliet. |
| 732 | * BreakTheHaughty: He is defeated in the school festival, his plots are exposed, and as a result he loses his followers and is temporarily exiled from the dormitory. |
| 733 | * ButtMonkey: Post-HazyFeelTurn, misfortune always goes his way. |
| 734 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Invoked against him. When Romio was captured by Somali in a bear hug, he pretends that Aby is one in order to get Somali to let go. |
| 735 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: In chapter 88, he is shown among [[spoiler:Juliet and Romio's supporters. While he doesn't vote for them from his pride, he does admit that Romio helped him before and thus decides to let go of the fact Somali voted for Juliet.]] |
| 736 | * TheExile: The Cats punish him for sabotaging Juliet by temporarily ostracizing him. |
| 737 | * FailedAttemptAtDrama: Somali always interrupts his attempts at being dramatic (or seductive) by hitting him really hard. |
| 738 | * {{Foil}}: He's one to Leon. Both are introduced in the series as rivals to their respective main characters (Juliet for Aby and Romio to Leon) and are noted as ambitious, to where they will willingly hurt people that get in their way. However, Aby's goal was originally because he wanted to create a world where people wouldn't look down on lower class people like him and Somali [[MotiveDecay but lost his way in the process getting there]] while Leon's goal began as personal revenge against West and got progressively worse from there. Also, Aby loses all of his followers after his fall of grace save for Somali, but it ultimately gets Aby to reflect on his original goal and change for the better. Meanwhile, Leon has plenty of lackeys under her command, but she has no real friendships within them and thus has no one to convince her she's taking the wrong path. |
| 739 | * FreudianExcuse: Aby and Somali came from "the low class" [[note]]the translation is unclear, but he seems to be using the societal definition of "class", not the academic one[[/note]], so he promised her he would create a world where no one would look down on them again. Unfortunately, Aby has a tendency to [[WellIntentionedExtremist miss the forest for the trees]]. |
| 740 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: He and Somali were bullied for being of "the low class", so he swore to create a world no one would look down on them. He does so by humiliating his social rivals in public to destroy their reputations, making it easier for him to climb to the top, including having Somali hurt someone. However, Aby does feel ashamed of what he did after being exiled from the dormitory, and may have contributed to the events of chapter 23. |
| 741 | * HazyFeelTurn: He TookALevelInKindness and stopped antagonizing Juliet, but he insists that their rivalry is still on, and sometimes he shows a little resentment as a result. |
| 742 | %% * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 743 | * HonorBeforeReason: The central conflict of chapter 23 could be resolved if Aby just went back to Somali, which both of them want him to do (and know he wants to do). But that would be anticlimactic, so we get this lampshade instead. |
| 744 | -->'''Aby:''' That won't do. I still have my pride.\ |
| 745 | '''Romio:''' WHAAAT?! |
| 746 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: His arrogant personality hides a boy desperate to never suffer again just for being born in a lower class that the people around him. |
| 747 | * InsecureLoveInterest: He feels a little like he burdens Somali, because she has confidence that he can only fake. |
| 748 | * InternalizedCategorism: He describes himself as having "graduated" from the low class, which is a rather cruel way of putting it. The implication is that he believes that if you can't do the same, you deserve to be there. |
| 749 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Somali thought she heard him saying she wasn't suitable for him. He actually meant that he didn't felt like he deserved her loyalty. |
| 750 | * MarriageOfConvenience: Suggests one to Juliet. She refuses, so Aby proceeds with plan B: eliminating her as a social rival by force. |
| 751 | * MeaningfulName: Named after the Abyssinian cat. Coincidentally, the [[PunnyName Abyss]] in his name reflects the fact that he's one of the first true antagonists of the story. |
| 752 | * MoralityPet: He has used Somali, but in general her influence keeps him from drifting too far into 'ends justify the means' territory. It's hard to be pretentious when your spine is being crushed. |
| 753 | ** In fact, his comment in Chapter 23 about him not being suitable implies one reason why he refused to accept Somali back was from shame of taking advantage of her despite all the loyal support she's given him. |
| 754 | * TheSocialDarwinist: He seems to believe that the only way to arrive at the top of society is fighting other people and stealing their influence and popularity. He also displays some InternalizedCategorism against the low class he used to belong to. |
| 755 | * SomethingAboutARose: Invokes the trope, scattering petals around to charm girls. |
| 756 | -->'''Romio:''' Don't pick them up again, man.\ |
| 757 | '''Aby:''' Roses are expensive, you know! |
| 758 | * TookALevelInKindness: Following the sports festival, Aby does reflect on his actions to where he decides to work toward rebuilding his reputation among his peers in an honest manner. |
| 759 | * {{Tsundere}}: Much as he insults Somali, he does care for her. She's about the only person he prioritizes over his ego. |
| 760 | * WildHair: Became extremely shaggy during his exile from school facilities. |
| 761 | [[/folder]] |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[folder:Somali Longhaired]] |
| 764 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/somali_longhaired.png]] |
| 765 | -> Voiced by: Creator/EriKitamura |
| 766 | |
| 767 | Aby's friend-slash-minion. |
| 768 | ---- |
| 769 | * AndCallHimGeorge: Somali's hugs cause physical pain to whoever receive them. Unfortunately, she is a huge CuddleBug. |
| 770 | * BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:By the time of Romio and Juliet's wedding, she and Aby are seen with two daughters, having had them some time during the seven year TimeSkip]]. |
| 771 | * TheBerserker: A [=PG=] version. She tends to forget orders in the thrill of bouncing around the battlefield breaking everything. |
| 772 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She is a bubbly and easily excitable girl, but she will do ''anything'' Aby asks her to do. |
| 773 | * BrainsAndBrawn: She is a DumbMuscle and knows it, so she leaves all the thinking to Aby. Since she trusts him wholeheartedly, she has no problems doing whenever he asks without thinking much about it. |
| 774 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Doesn't appreciate Aby's womanizing, and she communicates those feelings with her fists. |
| 775 | * CombatCompliment: She chirps, eyes shining, that Inuzuka's punch was pretty strong. |
| 776 | * CulturalRebel: She is as brash and rambunctious as a Dog, traits of which her peers do not approve. |
| 777 | * CuteBruiser: She is a GenkiGirl with childish mannerisms who is way stronger than most students of her year. She easily blocks Inuzuka's punch, and that's the guy strong enough [[SuperStrength to uproot a tree]]. |
| 778 | * DumbMuscle: Which she is aware of, though she tries not to think about it. [[spoiler:She still manages to shut down Leon's claims that the couple is selfish, because she recognizes that they didn't have anything to gain for helping her reconcile with Aby but did so anyway.]] |
| 779 | * EasilyForgiven: She injures Juliet during sports festival under orders from Aby. The next time she meets Juliet, the latter easily forgives her, something that actually surprises Somali. |
| 780 | * GenkiGirl: Her body never seems to run out of energy. |
| 781 | * KarmaHoudini: Unlike Aby, she is never really punished for her role in Juliet's sabotage, although Somali did feel guilty for the incident afterward and is surprised that Juliet forgave her so easily. |
| 782 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She appears to be this to Aby, her jealousy and impulsive declarations of love going ignored. [[spoiler:The truth is more complicated. Aby requites her feelings to some degree, but remaining single [[TheCasanova gives him social leverage]], and in the refined politics of the West, people are judged not only on who they are, but who they date...and Somali ''does not'' fit in. They could date, but it would lessen his chances of being elected prefect and gaining the power to "change the world".]] |
| 783 | * MeaningfulName: Named after the Long-haired Somali cat breed, which is extremely adventurous and closely related to the Abyssinian. |
| 784 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Somali knew that breaking Juliet's ankle was wrong, but did it anyway. She's pretty surprised when Juliet forgives her later. |
| 785 | * MomentKiller: She does this to herself. In a rare moment of mutual affection between Aby and Somali, she launches back into GenkiGirl mode and crushes him with a hug. ''Crushes'' being the operative word here. |
| 786 | %%* OppositesAttract: Aby gives her a focus for her energy and protects her from social bullying. |
| 787 | * {{Protectorate}}: Aby's protectorate, [[SuperStrength if you can believe it]]. He's protected her from social bullying since they were very young, and amasses influence towards that end. |
| 788 | %%* PunchClockVillain: |
| 789 | * SecretSecretKeeper: Somali's shocked that [[spoiler:Leon exposed Romio & Juliet]], but not that they were together. Later, she admits she'd always known about their relationship (which Romio realizes was when he and Juliet helped her reconcile with Aby) and supports it. |
| 790 | * SheCleansUpNicely: She was a cute girl from day one, but when she puts on makeup and a dress for a beauty contest she becomes flat-out gorgeous. |
| 791 | * StepfordSmiler: Aby recalls in his prefect speech Somali used to cheerfully take on the chores her classmates forced on her because she was from a low class family. Only for him to catch Somali crying on the phone to her family when she was alone. |
| 792 | * TooDumbToFool: Dahlia is a web of politics and racial conflict in which carrying out a forbidden relationship is surprisingly easy, because there are a billion reasons why Towans would never date Westerners and such a relationship would be doomed anyway. However, [[DumbMuscle Somali]] (who doesn't care about bigotry, or indeed anything except violence and her LoveInterest) sees only two people who go to great lengths to be together, even if 'logically' they should be nemeses. |
| 793 | * UndyingLoyalty: She worships Aby and is willing to do anything for him. [[spoiler:Making her action of giving her prefect vote to Juliet even more significant.]] |
| 794 | [[/folder]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | [[folder:Anne Sieber]] |
| 797 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anne_sieber.png]] |
| 798 | -> Voiced by: Creator/SumireUesaka |
| 799 | |
| 800 | A serious and diligent prefect of the White Cats. |
| 801 | ---- |
| 802 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: She breaks the fight between the Black Dogs and White Cats in the first episode of the anime, while in the manga she wasn't introduced until several chapters later. |
| 803 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: For Cait Sith, being the one that gets him to stop with the bad jokes and actually act like a prefect. |
| 804 | * CutenessProximity: She LOVES all things cute, from sweets to designs to children. She holds an especially soft spot for the Wang twins in spite of them being on the opposing house, taking pictures of them and recording their sessions whenever she can. This extends to Juliet, at whom she abuses her authority a little by dressing her in various cutesy outfits during a festival. |
| 805 | ** It's also implied that Sieber convinced the ministers to stay after Teria's mishaps resulted in Kochou having to alienate herself to give them another chance to salvage the situation because of this. |
| 806 | * DefeatByModesty: During the Juniors vs. Seniors exhibition match, Romio told Leon about Sieber's GoofyPrintUnderwear. Leon then invokes this by calling it to Sieber's attention, causing the latter to get flustered. Then Sieber remembered that she was wearing gym shorts so Leon would never have noticed, but the distraction was enough for the juniors to get the upper hand. |
| 807 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first chapter has her tell Cait (who has been purposely angering Airu during the prefect meeting when he brings up the troubles with Aby's group) that he is being disruptive and needs to shut up, showing she takes her duties as prefect seriously, including making abiding by rules a priority over the houses' rivalry. |
| 808 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: Teddy bears, to be exact. She adores the pattern, but anyone who sees them might as well pray for what little mercy she will afford. |
| 809 | * HairFlip: Weaponized. With a flick of her head, she she can smack faces with her twintails just as deftly as one would with an actual whip. |
| 810 | * MeaningfulName: According to the chapter 85.5 omake, she is named after the Siberian cat breed. |
| 811 | * TheMentor: Is this for Juliet, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed her as a prefect. |
| 812 | * MistakenForPedophile: Romio outright accuses her of being a Lolicon after Sieber put Juliet in an elegant doll-like costume and taking a picture of Teria in similar clothes. |
| 813 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Introduced as a cold and merciless prefect who can give Airu a run for his money when it comes to being stoic, her image quickly gains a wrinkle when Inuzuka spots the custom print on her tape and her panties. |
| 814 | * OnlySaneMan: One of the few students that prioritizes following the rules and doing her job over the rivalry between the houses. She is also the only prefect from the White Cat house that can be objective about being a prefect, as the others are far too...eccentric (more so with Cait, but Journey does have his moments). |
| 815 | * ThePerfectionist: She demands that her subordinates put forth nothing less than their absolute effort in every task, even if that task is as small as pinning up posters (they must be uncreased and perpendicular, she says). When Inuzuka questions this mindset, she fires him, preferring to do all the work alone rather than accept inferior help. This makes her really hard to work alongside, despite her [[SugarAndIcePersonality considerate nature]]. |
| 816 | * ShipSinking: In-universe, when Cait proposes marriage to Sieber on a whim, she immediately shot him down. [[spoiler:However, the omake reveals she only turned him down because she wanted him to propose to her properly and more seriously.]] |
| 817 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Concealed beneath her stoic, exacting exterior is a student who cares for her peers and appreciates all things cute. |
| 818 | * ToBeLawfulOrGood: [[spoiler:She discusses this in Chapter 89 about whether Romio and Juliet's relationship would be considered disruptive to the law due to the mutual hatred between the countries seeped into everything. Ultimately, because she knows both are honest and sincere individuals, she states if the law will punish them regardless, then she will disregard the law and casts her vote for Juliet before asking the student body to rethink Romio's campaign speech of deciding for themselves what is right or wrong.]] |
| 819 | [[/folder]] |
| 820 | |
| 821 | [[folder:Journey Rex]] |
| 822 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/journey_rex.png]] |
| 823 | -> Voiced by: Creator/TakanoriHoshino |
| 824 | |
| 825 | A prefect of the White Cats, known for dressing like a girl in spite of his manly appearance. |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * FreezeFrameBonus: He wears normal male clothing only ''once'' for the entire series, during his graduation. This detail may or may not actually be missed since Rex is relegated to the background of one panel. |
| 828 | * FriendlyEnemy: For a White Cat, he is more than willing to meet Black Dogs halfway with bouts of fair sportsmanship and compliments after dealing the usual taunts (though recipients aren't usually happy to be around such a muscle-bound nutcase). |
| 829 | * HeroicBuild: This guy is the most muscle-bound member of the entire cast. He's quite find of the PecFlex just to show it off. |
| 830 | * InsaneTrollLogic: The reason why he dresses like a girl despite having a very masculine physique? He wants to understand women's feelings so he can do a better job as a prefect. Although granted, he does take his duty seriously otherwise. |
| 831 | * JumpScare: When Tosa and Kohitsuji are trying to escape punishment for disrupting Juliet's birthday, Rex bursts in when they open the door, NightmareFace and all. |
| 832 | * TheMentor: Is this for Scott, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed him as a prefect. Previously, however, he was this for Somali. |
| 833 | * PerpetualSmiler: Always with a huge broad grin on his face. It only disappears when Leon voices her intention of removing all Westians from Dahlia without mincing words, or [[spoiler:when Cait goes on a rampage.]] You would know things are serious then. |
| 834 | * TestosteronePoisoning: Everything he does must be done LIKE A MAN! Strike a bodybuilder pose, LIKE A MAN! Scream like a drill sergeant, LIKE A MAN! Build muscle thicker than average torsos, LIKE A MAN! [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Wear a two-piece bikini two sizes too small]], [[FanDisservice LIKE A MAN!]] |
| 835 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Where other White Cats like Scott are constantly antagonizing the Black Dogs and even lower caste White Cats, Rex just doesn't. He's actually been completely cordial to everyone he meets...in his own unique way. [[spoiler:He also casts his vote for Juliet being moved by the couple's strength.]] |
| 836 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: In spite of his...eccentricities, he is an otherwise straightforward person who takes his job as a role model for students seriously. He initially rejects Scott for being his candidate not just because Somali already was, but also because he saw Scott's reasoning for why he wants to be a prefect (to be close to Persia) as frivolous, which he states is something he hates. |
| 837 | [[/folder]] |
| 838 | |
| 839 | [[folder:Cait Sith]] |
| 840 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cait_sith_87.png]] |
| 841 | -> Voiced by: Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu |
| 842 | |
| 843 | The eccentric head prefect of the White Cats. |
| 844 | ---- |
| 845 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: A CloudCuckooLander whose fighting skill can rival that of Airu's. And if you'd dare press his BerserkButton... |
| 846 | * CloudCuckooLander: In spite of his credentials he is balmier than a coconut tree, with examples such as forgetting his swimwear to walk around the beach in the buff, shoving his hands down his crotch, and performing Music/MichaelJackson hip thrusts right in the middle of combat. |
| 847 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Introduces himself to Inuzuka by making a bad pun about dicks. A few minutes later, he is beating Inuzuka in a [[CurbStompBattle completely one-sided battle]]. |
| 848 | * {{Foil}}: He is this towards Airu, his counterpart in the Black Dogs. Personality-wise, he is a CloudCuckooLander and [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] who enjoys teasing people and slings vulgar jokes for his own amusement. He also does not take his duties as head prefect seriously, necessitating Anne to [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder keep him in check]]. On the other hand, Airu is a strict and no-nonsense KnightOfCerebus who takes his duties seriously and shows no tolerance for tomfoolery. While he is polite and affable towards the Black Dogs and shows no apparent or outward signs of FantasticRacism towards them, Airu has zero tolerance towards members of his dorm getting friendly with White Cats and working alongside them. Although Romio has noted that they both possess equal skill in combat, he utilizes a style that heavily features acrobatics and dodging the opponent's attacks, while Airu prefers to proactively attack with his fists. |
| 849 | * FriendlyEnemy: Is nothing but genial when Inuzuka shows up to crash Juliet's birthday party, even giving him the location where the prefects have stashed her. This does nothing to deter him from nearly dropping Romio with a single back-flip kick. |
| 850 | * TheGadfly: He gets a rise out of teasing and provoking the Black Dogs, especially Airu. |
| 851 | * HumanPincushion: Somehow PlayedForLaughs. One of Sieber's punishments on Cait's tomfoolery is to use him as a vase, sticking multiple roses all over the top of his head. |
| 852 | * MeaningfulName: Named after the mythical cat creature Cait Sidhe. |
| 853 | * TheMentor: Is this for Aby, the apparent candidate to eventually succeed him as a prefect. |
| 854 | * OddNameOut: While he still fits in the feline ThemeNaming of his house, Cait Sith is a ''mythological creature'' while other Cats are just named after regular breeds. |
| 855 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:Cait completely drops every trace of his normal attitude and goes on a rampage the moment Sieber's eye gets nearly hit by a sharp pen orchestrated by Leon when Sieber tries to stop the students from fighting during the prefect voting.]] |
| 856 | * PrettyBoy: He has a rather pretty face. When he enters a cross-dressing event in the school festival, no one can recognize him at first because he completely looks like a girl. |
| 857 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: During the perfect elections, when Sieber is attacked unprovoked. The only one who could withstand his rage is Airu, and the two get locked in a stalemate that almost no one dared to cross. |
| 858 | * SecretSecretKeeper: It's not that hard to imagine that he might actually be this to Romio and Juliet's relationship (it could explain some of his actions during Juliet's birthday). The authenticity to this is still [[AmbiguousSituation up in the air]] because of his usual airheadedness, and was just never touched upon because Cait isn't as closely connected to Romio and/or Juliet as other characters. |
| 859 | * SkinnyDipping: Seems to be his plan why he's completely nude during the BeachEpisode, until he gets arrested in the very next panel. |
| 860 | * StudentCouncilPresident: While Dahlia Academy doesn't have this as an official position, he is essentially this towards the White Cats. |
| 861 | [[/folder]] |
| 862 | |
| 863 | [[folder:Ameria Curl]] |
| 864 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ameria_curl_body.jpg]] |
| 865 | A freshman introduced during Romio and Juliet's second year at Dahlia Academy. As with Juliet was towards her batch, Ameria is the leader of the current batch of 1st-year White Cat students. She and Kougi have known each other since middle school and consider each other rivals. |
| 866 | ---- |
| 867 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Along with Kougi and Shuna (see Shuna's entry). |
| 868 | * CulturalRebel: She's an emotionally expressive GyaruGirl who likes rock music and short skirts, in comparison to her staider senpais. In her case, this also makes her more willing to break away from the typical White Cat mindset since she also lacks the same level of FantasticRacism toward Black Dogs. |
| 869 | * EpicFail: She was assigned to pitch the idea of going to the West for the second years' field trip, to the Dorm headmasters. Since Ameria isn't on good terms with her mother the White Cat headmistress, she winds up taking it to the Black Dog headmaster. Gyaru-speak meets ElmuhFuddSyndwome, resulting in neither of them understanding each other. |
| 870 | * FriendlyEnemy: She chews out two Cats when they use dishonorable tactics to win, like injuring a Black Dog girl. |
| 871 | -->"That's just an excuse for weaklings! Don't ruin the white cats' name!" |
| 872 | ** In general, Ameria doesn't seem to actually hate the Black Dogs, and her jabs at Kougi are more teasing than malicious. [[spoiler:She's even willing to get along with her fellow Black Dogs classmates.]] |
| 873 | * HiddenBuxom: Like Juliet, don't let Ameria's short height fool you, she's quite curvy. |
| 874 | * MeaningfulName: She's named for the American Curl. |
| 875 | * MyBelovedSmother: Her mother is the Cat headmistress at Dahlia, and unfortunately for Ameria, considers detention bonding time. |
| 876 | * OddFriendship: Nowadays she spends her time hanging around [[spoiler: the straight-laced Shuna and the HotBlooded Kougi, both of whom are Black Dogs]]. |
| 877 | * OutOfFocus: Ameria has less spotlight chapters in comparison to Kougi and Shuna, having focus only during her debut chapters and during the trio's shared ADayInTheLimelight. This is mostly because she was only introduced in the second half. (Kougi had a few appearances during the first half and Shuna is an important character during Winter Break) |
| 878 | * SexSells: Needs signatures for a team building field trip, no problem, just make the clipboard lift your ample chest up, press them together, and put the pen between them and you're bound to get the sigantures you need! |
| 879 | ** Hilariously, ''IT WORKED'' much to Shuna's horror! |
| 880 | [[/folder]] |
| 881 | |
| 882 | !Nation of Towa |
| 883 | [[folder:Chiwa Inuzuka]] |
| 884 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiwa_inuzuka_body.jpg]] |
| 885 | Romio and Airu's mother. She was once a student of Dahlia Academy herself. |
| 886 | ---- |
| 887 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: None of the Inuzuka children can deter this woman's fire. For a specific example, [[spoiler:after Julio gets unmasked as Juliet]], she shares a tender moment with Romio, then Chiwa chimes in, telling them that she had been watching nearby, listening to them the whole time. |
| 888 | * ArmorPiercingResponse: When Julio asked her if she [[spoiler:regretted getting into a relationship with Turkish]], Chiwa simply replied that she [[WorthIt regretted nothing]]. |
| 889 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 890 | ** During Romio's SickEpisode, he remembers how, last time he got sick as a kid, Chiwa sang a nursery rhyme to put him to sleep. Romio would later shortly learn from Juliet that it was actually a tune from the West. [[spoiler:This foreshadows Chiwa having a West influence in her life--Turkish Persia, specifically.]] |
| 891 | ** That ArmorPiercingResponse she gave Juliet [[spoiler:becomes the final blow that cracks Turkish's cold personality. Juliet just had to tell him.]] |
| 892 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Chiwa has a ''very'' sunny personality, so much so, that she misses social cues from her sons especially from Airu. |
| 893 | ** When Airu returns home and starts reading everyone the riot act. Chiwa assumes he came home earlier to see her, prepares lunches for her sons' spar and is cheering on the sidelines...all while Airu is coldly telling her to get lost. |
| 894 | ** Romio & Juliet have a heart-to-heart and instead of leaving them alone, she announces her support of their love, not realizing she killed the moment. |
| 895 | * DramaQueen: Her son is unreachable for a few hours and she straight up turns into a crying mess thinking Romio's been ''kidnapped''. Lampshaded as Romio calls her a drama queen. [[GenerationXerox Romio had to inherit it from someone.]] |
| 896 | * GenerationXerox: There were a couple of traits that Romio inherited from her. |
| 897 | ** As mentioned before, Chiwa must have passed on her DramaQueen personality. |
| 898 | ** Her stance on relationships, in that one would never regret the happiness and time spent together with your lover. |
| 899 | * HiddenDepths: She may be overly emotional and lovable, but Chiwa is not stupid. She's fully aware of why Airu is so cold and the ramifications of Romio's struggles for Juliet. |
| 900 | * InTheBlood: She is as unrepentantly emotional as Romio, something Persia notes when meeting her for the first time. Not even [[spoiler:public shaming]] made her 'fire' go out. |
| 901 | * ItsAllMyFault: Chiwa blames herself for Airu's icy demeanor; he was forced to mature quickly when her depression over her husband's death meant she couldn't lead the clan. |
| 902 | * MarshmallowHell: Has a tendency to shove people's faces into her chest, man or woman, whenever she hugs them; and she loves hugging her family and friends. |
| 903 | * MsImagination: She will hear one thing, and it will register in her mind as an outlandish story. |
| 904 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Chihuahua. |
| 905 | * RagsToRiches: Though common-blooded, she is today a respected matriarch who lives in luxury, and her children are leaders of their generation. |
| 906 | * SecretKeeper: Discovers Romio & Juliet's relationship and is [[ShipperOnDeck supportive]]. So much so she convinces her eldest son Airu (who is deeply against the relationship) to go along with it. |
| 907 | * SecondLove: She speaks fondly of her late husband, and became depressed after his death. |
| 908 | * WorthIt: [[spoiler:Her forbidden relationship with Turkish meant they were ostracized by their former friends and bullied into leaving Dahlia. But, as she puts it, it made her happy. And that's all that mattered.]] |
| 909 | ** [[spoiler:Her reaction to the entire thing is something that surprises Persia, and she later confesses to Romio that she wants to be a person like her. In fact, it's perhaps because of Chiwa that allows the both of them to be able to proudly affirm their relationship when it's forcibly exposed by Leon.]] |
| 910 | [[/folder]] |
| 911 | |
| 912 | [[folder:Shiba Inuzuka]] |
| 913 | The late husband of Chiwa and father of Airu and Romio. He passed away when his sons were still young. |
| 914 | ---- |
| 915 | * BathtubBonding: Was apparently a firm believer of this. He took baths with his guests as a way to connect with them. |
| 916 | * TheFaceless: Combined with UnrevealAngle. His whole face is never shown, whether in photos or in flashbacks. |
| 917 | * GoodParents: Based on the mostly-fond memories the surviving Inuzukas have of him, and that he adopted Shuna and her impoverished family, we can gather that Shiba was a good man. |
| 918 | * MeaningfulName: He is named after the Shiba Inu dog breed. |
| 919 | * PosthumousCharacter: He's already dead by the start of the series. |
| 920 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Not as bad as most examples, but part of the reason Airu acts the way he does is because of a letter his father left him, which asked for him to protect the family. Airu unfortunately ended up twisting those words to become the person he is today. |
| 921 | [[/folder]] |
| 922 | |
| 923 | !Principality of the West |
| 924 | [[folder:Rackdoll Persia]] |
| 925 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ragdoll_persia_body.jpg]] |
| 926 | Juliet's mother, a famed actress in West. Much like her daughter she also attended Dahlia Academy as a student. |
| 927 | ---- |
| 928 | * ArmorPiercingQuestion: An unintentional one. Rackdoll asks Hasuki about any aspirations she has...which makes Hasuki promptly realize she doesn't have any due to pursuing Inuzuka and putting her own wants after others. |
| 929 | * BigDamnHeroes: When Hasuki was lost in Milan and was about to be accosted by a potential pervert, Ragdoll shows up to drive the man away. |
| 930 | * BrickJoke: Rackdoll doesn't exactly have a high opinion of Romio. So, in the DistantFinale, she fumbles around trying to compliment him when the in-laws meet for the wedding. |
| 931 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Let's not mince words, her theater group are all insane. Rackdoll and her agents seem to be the only normal ones. |
| 932 | * ClingyJealousGirl: A very downplayed example, but when Rackdoll and Turkish meet up with Chiwa and Airu for [[spoiler: Romio and Juliet's wedding]], she makes a point to introduce herself as "Rackdoll, Turkish's ''wife.''" It's quickly dispelled, as Chiwa immediately goes starry-eyed towards ''her'', [[spoiler: saying that Rackdoll was as beautiful as Chiwa remembers from their school days, and Juliet is as beautiful as her, after which, she has nothing but praise for her husband's old flame]]. |
| 933 | * FamedInStory: A very popular actress in the West. |
| 934 | * GoodParents: Aside from the...[[SugarAndIcePersonality communication issues]]...common [[PlanetOfHats to her race]], she is a loving mother who strives to spend time with Juliet and support her. |
| 935 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Hits it off with Hasuki almost instantly. Seeing Hasuki depressed, Rackdoll even gave her a personal tour of Milan to make sure that Hasuki's visit won't be a waste of time. |
| 936 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after the Ragdoll cat. |
| 937 | * TheMentor: [[spoiler:It was mentioned in the finale that Ragdoll took Hasuki under her wing to help start the latter's acting career.]] |
| 938 | * MumLooksLikeASister: She looks young enough to be her daughter's older sister. |
| 939 | * MyGreatestFailure: She sympathized with [[spoiler:Chiwa and Turkish]] when they were bullied out of school, but couldn't do anything to help. She regrets it even in the present day. |
| 940 | * RelativeError: A hilarious variant during the DistantFinale, confusing Airu for Romio's father. |
| 941 | * SecondLove: Rackdoll wasn't Turkish's high school sweetheart, but she is who he ended up marrying. The marriage is fairly happy, although her husband is haunted by his tragic first love. |
| 942 | * SecretSecretKeeper: Bidding farewell after the Culture Festival, Juliet herself wondered if Rackdoll figured out that Juliet was seeing Romio, a Black Dog, in secret. This is never brought up until much later (when it's not a secrer anymore), although a huge hint may be the fact that she's explicitly warning her daughter of what happened the last time a Cat and Dog fell in love... |
| 943 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She is basically Juliet, only older. And she doesn't even show her age. |
| 944 | * {{Tsundere}}: She goes in denial when meeting her daughter that she only ''happened'' to be passing by to attend the school festival, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not because she wanted to see Juliet]]. It's so obvious it's a lie that all the witnesses realize what she's really thinking...[[LiteralMinded except Juliet]]. |
| 945 | ** A bonus page reveals this originally started because Turkish used to tell her to not spoil Juliet even though she wanted to do so. This conflict eventually lead her to adopting the attitude we see today (ex. claiming the drawing Juliet did for her was no good while hanging it on a wall with a frame). |
| 946 | [[/folder]] |
| 947 | |
| 948 | [[folder:Turkish Persia]] |
| 949 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/turkish_persia_body.jpg]] |
| 950 | Juliet's distant father. |
| 951 | ---- |
| 952 | * AbusiveParents: FreudianExcuse aside, Turkish's most definitive character trait is he is a ''terribly'' neglectful father towards his daughter. His first appearance in the present has him trying to undermine all her goals and life choices without even explaining himself. |
| 953 | * TheAce: According to Chiwa, his ex-girlfriend, Turkish excelled at everything he did, including sports and academics. He was also incredibly popular, with no shortage of friends. |
| 954 | * ArchnemesisDad: Juliet sees him as one even ''before'' she got to the Dhalia Academy; let alone when he decides to actively undermine her efforts and goals. |
| 955 | * TheCameo: He only has one brief appearance in the anime, in a flashback during Juliet's childhood. |
| 956 | * CynicismCatalyst: While it doesn't certainly involve death, one more reason Turkish was bitter was because he never heard anything from Chiwa ever since they went their separate ways. As far as he knew, she might have suffered worse treatment from her countrymen [[ItsAllMyFault because of him]]. Learning that Chiwa never regretted their time together and still found happiness later in life certainly helped Turkish to move on from his guilt and finally give his blessing to Romio and Juliet. |
| 957 | * FreudianExcuse: Being betrayed by his friends led him to close off his heart and become bitter to them. And everyone else, regardless of whether they were even ''alive'' when it happened. |
| 958 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 959 | ** His neglectful treatment of Juliet leads her to striving to gain the strength to change the world to impress him...and leads her into falling in love with a Black Dog like he did. Said relationship's fallout being the root of his bitterness. |
| 960 | ** He and Chiwa met because "He climbed a tree and couldn't come down". Even Romio thinks it's ridiculous. |
| 961 | * IWasJustPassingThrough: He didn't protect the Dahlia students plus [[PapaWolf his daughter]] from the rioters, they were all just blocking the entrance to Westia Castle. Hilariously, this was one {{tsundere}} trait that Juliet can actually tell. |
| 962 | * JacobMarleyWarning: Turkish forbade Juliet from seeing Romio and tried to have her enroll in another high school because he didn't want Juliet to go through the same hardships that he endured. |
| 963 | * KnightOfCerebus: Keeping up the theme of a villain showing up to destroy the humor of the series, Turkish takes this role in the Field Trip Arc. In fact, none of the scenes where he is mentioned or alluded to has any comedy. The only exception is the "I climbed a tree and couldn't get down" moment in a flashback, and even this scene exists mostly to contrast with who he is in the present. |
| 964 | * MeaningfulName: Named after the Turkish cat. |
| 965 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Defeats Romio in a duel via BreakThemByTalking then disarming him while distracted. It was through that same speech did Juliet piece together the real reason why Turkish became so cynical, then turned it against him, disarming him the very same way. |
| 966 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Seeing Char's messenger adopt her quirky mannerisms when delivering a message left everyone present in shock and flabbergasted silence, including Turkish himself. |
| 967 | * ObnoxiousInLaws: He doesn't accept Romio because he is a Towan, which is very hypocritical from him since he fell in love with a Towan woman when he was a teenager. It even culminates in a swordfight between them because of Juliet. Even in the WeddingEpisode he throws [[DeathGlare glares]] at Romio for some reason, although that one is now PlayedForLaughs. |
| 968 | * PapaWolf: Juliet joins her friends in facing the large mob of rioters in the finale. They would all have come to harm until Turkish himself steps in and completely silences the protesters. |
| 969 | * ParentalNeglect: For all intents and purposes, he is not a presence in his daughter's life. Most of her issues stem from this. |
| 970 | * PreciousPhoto: Romio realized that Turkish really did care for Juliet's well-being because of the lone photo in his desk, of Ragdoll and Juliet. |
| 971 | * SelfMadeMan: Shunned by his family for his forbidden relationship, Turkish had to work from the ground up to become a rich and influential noble again. |
| 972 | * ShadowArchetype: If Romio never considered gaining the trust of others so that his relationship with Juliet would be accepted, he would likely end up just like Turkish: a man broken by the world. |
| 973 | * SoProudOfYou: After getting defeated in a duel and having a HeelRealization, Turkish sends Juliet back to her friends after she told him that she will remain with Romio no matter the odds. Juliet may have not seen it, but he actually [[WhenSheSmiles smiled]] when she took off. |
| 974 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: According to Chiwa, the girl he loved despite her common heritage. |
| 975 | -->"I have no idea what he might think. He might be regretting it...His eyes were scary when we learned we were expelled. The eyes of someone who lost hope in the world...[[StartOfDarkness Cold eyes, almost like he changed into a different person...]]" |
| 976 | * WalkingSpoiler: He is so important to the series' backstory, that al most every detail is spoiler-worthy. |
| 977 | [[/folder]] |
| 978 | |
| 979 | [[folder:Bamy Europia]] |
| 980 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bamy_inugami.jpg]] |
| 981 | Leon's mother. |
| 982 | ---- |
| 983 | * ArrangedMarriage: To a duke after she was taken back to West. [[spoiler:However, once she discovers that Leon came to West, she escapes.]] |
| 984 | * {{Foil}}: To Leon. Both were impacted when they were forced away from each other to a point of despair, the turning point being when Leon visited the West to confront her maternal grandmother. But while Leon ended up becoming blinded by rage and wrath to lose sight on what she really wanted (to be with her mother again) after the visit [[spoiler:Bamy lost hope of escaping for a period until learning Leon came to the West, and encouraged by the prospect of seeing her daughter again, escaped the duke's household and worked part-time jobs while evading her family' personal to buy passage back to Touwa for that purpose.]] |
| 985 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Leon finds out that Bamy was encouraged to escape her situation and work to buy a trip back to Touwa after hearing about Leon confronting her grandmother in West. The same incident that sparked Leon's hatred of West and almost led the academy into such a direction had she not been stopped.]] |
| 986 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Bamy escaped from the duke's household and evaded her family's security personnel for over a year.]] |
| 987 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Not only is she reunited with her daughter (and eventually the rest of her Towa family) Romio promises Bamy that once she makes it back to Towa, they will all be under the protection of the Inuzuka family, ensuring that Bamy's forced separation would never happen again. |
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