Line #93 Characters/StrobeEdge


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4	!!'''Ninako Kinoshita'''
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6	->Portrayed by: Creator/AyakoKawasumi (vomic), Creator/AkiToyosaki (drama CD), Kasumi Arimura (film)
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8	Ninako is the protagonist of the story who comes off as a clueless NaiveEverygirl, but only truly understands things if she tries it herself. She falls in love with Ren and struggles with her newfound feelings for him.
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10	* BeautifulDreamer: Ninako falls asleep on Ren's shoulder on the train one afternoon. Ren stays with her until her stop instead of getting off at his.
11	* BoyMeetsGirl: Boy Meets Girl On Train (for Ninako/Ren). Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Ando).
12	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
13	* NaiveEverygirl: The manga explores Ninako dealing with her first experiences.
14	* SingleGirlSeeksMostPopularGuy: She falls in love with Ren, the most popular boy in her school.
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16	!!'''Ren Ichinose'''
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18	->Portrayed by: Creator/MamoruMiyano (vomic), Creator/YuuichiNakamura (drama CD), Sota Fukushi (film)
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20	Ren Ichinose is the most popular guy in school. He seems cold at first glance, but is actually a nice guy and somewhat shy.
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22	* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
23	* BeautifulDreamer: Ninako catches Ren sleeping before a student council meeting and means to wake him up, but she feels bad for disturbing him and lets him sleep. She ends up falling asleep too.
24	* BigManOnCampus
25	* BoyMeetsGirl: Boy Meets Girl On Train (for Ninako/Ren).
26	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
27	* [[{{Defrosting Ice Queen}} Defrosting Ice King]]
28	* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: After [[spoiler:Mayuka and Ren break up]], it takes about four volumes for Ren to move on, and he only does so after he sees [[spoiler:Yuu bring a conclusion to his relationship with Sayuri]].
29	* FriendlessBackground: In middle school, Ren didn't have any friends and was ostracized by the boys for being popular with the girls... and his only best friend lost trust in him after an incident that wasn't even his fault.
30	* GreenEyedMonster: Ren briefly gets jealous of Toda when he notices that he and Ninako get along with each other really well, to the point where Ninako chose to confide in him about her problems rather than Ren himself.
31	* HardWorkHardlyWorks: When Ren realizes he and Mayuka are beginning to get distant, he does all he can to prioritize her needs. [[spoiler:They break up anyway.]]
32	* NiceGuy: Even though he looks intimidating, he's really a nice person, and it's because of this Ninako befriends and falls in love with him.
33	* SchoolIdol: He's the most popular boy in school. An article for the live-action film adaptation even describes the character Ren as a [[http://lamunetty.tumblr.com/post/94411848213/translation-campus-love-with-sota-and-kasumi-in "cool campus idol."]]
34	* [[spoiler:SecondLove: He later reciprocates Ninako's feelings for him.]]
35	* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's tall, has dark hair, and has looks that are very popular with the female population at school.
36	* TheRival: Ando.
37	* UnwantedHarem: Ren doesn't really understand why he's popular, but he still keeps the love letters anyway.
38	* WhenHeSmiles: Ren rarely smiles, but when he does, it captivates everyone. The reason why he doesn't smile very often is because Ando told him that he looked horrible smiling, causing himself to nickname his smile the [[TheUnsmile "death smile."]]
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40	!!'''Takumi Ando'''
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42	->Portrayed by: Creator/TsubasaYonaga (vomic), Creator/{{KENN}} (drama CD), Yuki Yamada (film)
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44	Ren's middle school friend. Ando develops unrequited feelings for Ninako.
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46	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Ando is frustrated that Ren is always ahead of him when it comes to Ninako. Most of his anger comes from when they used to be best friends in middle school until he lost his FirstLove to him.
47	* BoyMeetsGirl: Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Ando).
48	* BrutalHonesty: Ando openly confesses to Ninako and also directly confronts her feelings when he knows she is pretending to be strong in front of Ren.
49	* TheCasanova: Ando enjoys flirting with girls and his phone number is full of their phone numbers, but none of the relationships are serious. It's also implied that he has sex with them often, too.
50	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Golden hair + Gold eyes.
51	* DoggedNiceGuy
52	* GreenEyedMonster: Ando is jealous of Ren, who was kissed by his first love during middle school and is now the object of his second love Ninako's affections.
53	* HandsomeLech
54	* HopelessSuitor
55	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
56	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
57	* LadykillerInLove: Ando stops his HandsomeLech tendencies when he decides to pursue Ninako, but falls short into this after [[spoiler:he gets beat up minutes before Ren's LoveConfession to Ninako]].
58	* SecondLove: Ninako is the first person Ando falls in love with following his break-up with his former girlfriend.
59	* TheRival: Ando sees Ren as a rival for Ninako's attention.
60	* TroubledButCute
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63	[[folder: Ninako's Friends]]
64	!'''Daiki Korenaga'''
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66	->Portrayed by: Creator/TomoakiMaeno (vomic), Creator/TetsuyaKakihara (drama CD), Jingi Irie (film)
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68	Ninako's childhood friend. Daiki has feelings for her.
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70	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Daiki confesses to Ninako even though he knows she likes Ren.
71	* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: A mild degree when Daiki realizes Ninako feels "something" towards Ren and sees Ren as his love rival for Ninako's affections.
72	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
73	* DemotedToExtra: Once Daiki gets over Ninako, he only appears sporadically for the rest of the manga. He does get involved in the main plot every now and then, but only as a side character.
74	* DoggedNiceGuy
75	* HopelessSuitor: Towards Ninako.
76	* LargeHam: Daiki tends to act showy and childish, but Sayuri likes it.
77	* PairTheSpares: Ends up dating Sayuri, Ninako's friend.
78	* TheRival: Daiki sees Ren as this at first.
79	* SecondLove: Sayuri confesses to him shortly after he gets rejected by Ninako, and they end up dating for real around volume 3.
80	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Suffice to say, he never wins Ninako's heart.
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82	!!'''Sayuri Uehara'''
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84	->Portrayed by: Creator/AyumiFujimura (vomic), Creator/MiyukiSawashiro (drama CD), Ena Koshino (film)
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86	* AscendedExtra: Sayuri gains more plot significance once the manga begins to deal with her relationship with Daiki. Also, out of Ninako's friends, she is the only one featured on the cover of one of the manga volumes.
87	* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Sayuri begins to avoid Daiki when she thinks he cheated on her on the school trip. She's afraid of talking to him honestly about this because [[spoiler:when she was in middle school, her boyfriend, who happened to be Yuu, was stolen by a girl]].
88	* SecondLove: For Daiki, she is his second love. In regards to herself, [[spoiler:Yuutarou]] may have been her second love, but it's unclear to how many boys she dated before him.
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90	!!'''Tsukasa'''
91	Tsukasa is another one of Ninako's friends and was Manabu's classmate in middle school.
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93	->Portrayed by: Yukiko Mouten (vomic), uncredited (drama CD), Kaoru Matsuo (film)
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95	* TheDitz: Tsukasa tends to be a blabbermouth.
96	* GenkiGirl: Tsukasa.
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98	!!'''Tamaki and Noriko'''
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100	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Noriko is always called "Non-chan."
101	* ShipperOnDeck: All of them, including Sayuri, try to get Ninako and Ren together (though they'd do it anyway as long as they're aware of a potential romantic attraction, as they all shipped Ninako with Daiki in the beginning).
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104	[[folder: Ren's Friends]]
105	!!'''Manabu Miyoshi'''
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107	->Portrayed by: Creator/HiroShimono (drama CD)
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109	* AscendedExtra: He was originally part of ThoseTwoGuys with Yuu, but gets a larger role after volume 3.
110	* {{Keet}}: He's the most cheerful out of Ren's friends.
111	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Due to AlternateCharacterReading, "Manabu" can also be read as "Gaku", therefore he's known as "Gacchan" to the girls. In the English publication by Creator/VizMedia, this is not so prevalent, as Viz's translations did away with most of the nicknames and LastNameBasis.
112	* ShipperOnDeck: Manabu ships Ren and Ninako and has on more than one occasion tried to get them together. It gets to the point where Yuutarou has to call him out and tell him to mind his own business.
113	* StepfordSmiler: Manabu shows a minor case of type A at the end of his side story [[spoiler:after Ritsuko, his FirstLove, goes to study abroad]].
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115	!!'''Yuutarou Terada'''
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117	->Portrayed by: Creator/YukiKaji (drama CD)
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119	* AscendedExtra: He was originally part of ThoseTwoGuys with Manabu, but gets a larger role after volume 3.
120	* BigBrotherMentor: He assumes this role when he sees Ren fumble over his newfound feelings for Ninako.
121	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Before becoming an AscendedExtra and receiving CharacterDevelopment, Yuu had a carefree personality. This was also partially due to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
122	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He dated [[spoiler:Sayuri]] when they were in middle school. When [[spoiler:Sayuri starts believing Daiki could be cheating on her]], rather than taking advantage of the rift between their relationship, he [[spoiler:encourages her to make up with him]].
123	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone either shortens his name to "Yuu" or Tera."
124	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Yuu is extremely wise and often gives advice to both Manabu and Ren.
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128	[[folder: Other Characters]]
129	!!'''Mayuka Korenaga'''
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131	->Portrayed by: Yui Shouji (vomic & drama CD), Arisa Sato (film)
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133	Mayuka is a famous model, Daiki's older sister, and Ren's girlfriend.
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135	* CoolBigSis: Mayuka is Daiki's older sister and comes off as very gentle and friendly.
136	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:She breaks up with Ren because she knows she is holding him back from accepting his feelings for Ninako.]]
137	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Mayuka is constantly afraid that one day Ren will leave her. [[spoiler:She's the one who ultimately leaves him.]]
138	* RomanticFalseLead: She's a more likable and sympathetic kind of False Lead than usual.
139	* SiblingYinYang: [[FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling Mayuka's the Foolish Sibling to Daiki's Responsible Sibling.]] She's peppy and cheerful in comparison to Daiki's more cynical behavior (when he's not being a LargeHam, of course) and has more of a harder time accepting her parents' divorce while Daiki has pretty much come to terms with it.
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141	!!'''Mao Sugimoto'''
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143	->Portrayed by: Yuina Kuroshima (film)
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145	Mao is Ando's FirstLove and ex-girlfriend one year his junior who cheated on him with Ren, permanently damaging their friendship.
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147	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Mao wants to help Ando and regrets hurting him in middle school.]]
148	* BecomingTheMask: Mao originally dated Ando just to get over Ren, [[spoiler:and ended up falling in love with him for real.]]
149	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mao acts as a ManipulativeBitch to separate Ninako from Ren, [[spoiler:but turns out to be a RedHerring because she is doing it to get Ando and Ninako together.]]
150	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mao interferes with [[spoiler:Ninako and Ren's relationship]] only because she knows [[spoiler:Ando likes Ninako]].
151	* MustMakeAmends: [[spoiler:Mao wants to make up for hurting Ando.]]
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153	!!'''Keisuke Toda'''
154	Keisuke Toda is an upperclassmen who becomes the leader of cheer squad for Ninako's team for the sports festival.
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156	* TheConfidant: Ninako chooses to confide in Toda about her problems since they directly involve Ren and her friends. Toda continues to give advice and his perspective on the matter as an outsider.
157	* LargeHam: He yells and strikes a lot of extravagant poses, to everyone else's dismay.
158	* NoIndoorVoice: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. He normally yells in a loud voice, but in chapter 29, he speaks to Ninako softly and Ninako even [[LampshadedTrope Lampshades]] it in her thoughts.
159	* TragicDropout: Toda tells Ninako that he's dropping out of school after the sports festival so that he could find a job to support his family.
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