Line #99 Characters/EPICOretachi


1	Get to know the characters from the junior high SliceOfLife light novel Literature/EPICOretachi.
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3	!The [[FourTemperamentEnsemble EPIC!-tachi]]
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5	!!Tsugumu Minagawa
6	-->''"Female rapists? '''THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!"'''''
7	The central character and the unreliable narrator of the EPIC! journal entries. Tsugumu finds personal entertainment in anime, writing, and being with his twin sister. He'll do anything to be with the latter.
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9	%%* AccidentalPervert: JUST. DON'T. [[DrivenToSuicide ASK.]]
10	* BigEater: Remember that time when he had five bowls of fried rice + the food itself all while talking over a certain sex video? HE LOVED IT AND WANTS TO DO IT AGAIN.
11	%%* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The absolute epitome of this trope.
12	%%* DrivenToSuicide:
13	* MoralEventHorizon: Tsugumu [[spoiler:killed people over the death of his twin sister and elder brother and thought they'd be ''proud'' of him for the vengeance.]]
14	%%* NightmareFetishist: One man's {{Squick}} is Tsugumu's {{Squee}}.
15	%%* TheSmartGuy: Well, Tsugumu can't analyze things. He's much better with presenting explicit info.
16	%%* WifeHusbandry
17	%%* Yandere: Towards his family members.
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19	!!Tsukiyo Minagawa
20	-->''[[{{Catchphrase}} "What you just said to me was just so moe-inducive!"]]''
21	One of Tsugumu's best friends and his twin sister. Tsukiyo likes watching ''Anime/LuckyStar'', ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' reruns, and she's also a ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' fangirl. And she glomps everybody. She means everybody.
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23	* CloudCuckoolander: Tsukiyo also believes that reality is unnecessary, yet she believes it is recommended for those who need to get a grip on life and everything else. Which is probably why the twins both have over-the-top emotional states and vocal chords that can even withstand cold weather.
24	* CuteBruiser: Tsukiyo is actually good at sports and martial arts.
25	* EnemyMine: Tsukiyo is best friends with Tsugumu's mortal enemy, Renako. If Tsukiyo shares a growing friendship with one of Tsugumu's enemies, she tries to educate the enemy about Tsugumu's reasons for being a WideEyedIdealist.
26	%%* {{Expy}}: Tsukiyo TOO can be considered one to Kona-chan.
27	* PintsizedPowerhouse: She too is like Tsugumu, when it comes to her strength. Yes, she can high five someone pretty hard, at times, even maintaining the redness of the victim's hands.
28	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mostly like Tsugumu, except for her ice cream dish.
29	** Favorite ice cream dish: 2 scoops of white chocolate topped with fried crepe crumbs, and hazelnuts. Finished with a liberal dose of Nutella.
30	* {{Yandere}}: Tsukiyo is more of a yangire, her anger having more face faults and less trauma that Tsugumu. The Yangire-ness of Tsukiyo often comes from a very bad sister complex, or Tsukiyo's recurring perfectionism.
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32	!!Ryouji Chinaka
33	-->''[[{{Catchphrase}} "Do you really think that plan will work? Think of the pre-imposed limits!"]]''
34	One of Tsugumu's ''other'' best friends. Ryouji is also a Haruhi fan, and is pretty much ambiguously religious, yet he is a [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhiist]]. He has a growing relationship with Renako, the latter of which is Tsugumu's enemy.
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36	* ClassRepresentative: Ryouji is representative of Class A of the 7th Grade.
37	* DeadpanSnarker: Ryouji is one of the most down to earth people you can meet. Like Kyon, Ryouji is pretty much able to point out flaws, but Ryouji create a plan that can be within certain limits, provided there is no budget.
38	* GeniusBruiser: Ryouji is a former hockey player and current track runner who likes reading up on current issues, and historical facts, which explains his good grades. Ryouji is also good at martial arts, particularly aikido.
39	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tsugumu gets pissed off by Ryouji due to his sarcastic statements about idealism. Ryouji is pretty much aloof to ideals in general, but Tsugumu's over-reacting just makes Tsugumu who he is.
40	* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Subverted. After Ryouji finished watching [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] and reading all of its related novels, Ryouji realized one thing. [[spoiler:Not all HumansAreGood and not all HumansAreBastards--its just that humans are capable of doing anything, with possible ways.]]
41	%% What? ** Ryouji's answer to ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler:Increase in poverty, gov't corruption, destruction of the environment.]]
42	* TheNapoleon: Taken to extremes, as his mom's side has a bit of [[TheNapoleon vertically-challenged]] relatives.
43	* PuppyLove: Ryouji told Tsugumu one time over a Y!M conversation that [[spoiler:he had been fantasizing about a romance between himself and Renako.]]
44	* ShirtlessScene: Ryouji pretty much has appeared in a BeachEpisode the makings of a six-pack at this age, even when he's TheNapoleon.
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46	!!Renako Kinami
47	-->''[[{{Catchphrase}} "Well you can kiss my African Wild Ass if you want to, but don't even."]]''
48	One of Tsugumu's enemies and Tsukiyo's best friends. Renako is pretty much aloof to Tsugumu and is good at every other subject where he isn't. Renako also ''loves'' watching [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha.]]
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50	* ClassRepresentative: Renako is class rep for Tsugumu's class, 7-B.
51	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Renako can even point out the flaws of basically anything. She's so observant that she expands on the flaws on certain plans pre-pointed out by Ryouji!
52	* LethalChef: Subversion, however, Renako makes the best food that rivals that of Tsukiyo--It's just that people will want more and Renako only gives firsts to anyone but her family and Ryouji. Simply put, Renako's food is a literal one-time chance every month.
53	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Ryouji doesn't know if the feeling between Renako and him is mutual, yet...Renako's messages come in the form of sitting with him during lunch, and writing poetry centric towards two people who are like Ryou and Rena in terms of personality.
54	* PuppyLove: Ryouji and Renako are starting to realize the things that make them a possible target for shipping.
55	* SlapSlapKiss: At first, Ryouji is thrown a drink, but guess what Renako does when he holds Ryouji by both cheeks? [[spoiler:Premature make-out due to Renako's dress and Ryouji's missing shirt, anyone?]] Well, they ''are'' going to have some sort of recognition of their feelings, people.
56	* {{Tsundere}}: Renako is initially Type A, but when [[spoiler:Tsugumu kicks into {{Yandere}} mode and traumatizes her during a debate about [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealism and cynicism]], she becomes so scared of Tsugumu]] to the point of becoming Type B.
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59	!Hikariyama Academy
60	Sure enough, the 7th grade of Hikariyama is organized into four cliques, but the goal of the EPIC!-tachi is to make the cliques merge into one, as the EPIC!-tachi THEMSELVES were formerly part of cliques.
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62	!!Jocks
63	The Jocks of Hikariyama Middle School is pretty much composed of kids who are pretty much talented at sports. They're pretty much indifferent to those certain people, and that's why Ryouji left them. Here they are:
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65	!!!Andou Misaki
66	One of Tsugumu's good friends and one of Tsukiyo's enemies, Andou is basically a guy amongst the popular crowd, and one of the premature pretty boys (Alliteration Ahoy!) besides Tsugumu and Ryouji.
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68	* BoisterousBruiser: Andou's pretty much a guy who likes having fun and can send a guy flying with his high-fives. The only guy who stays stable post high-fiving: '''Tsugumu.''' And sometimes, the two act like drinking buddies.
69	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Especially around Tsugumu. Sometimes, he just makes Tsugumu fall for jokes. The good news is, ''Andou hugs the guy right after.'' But Andou ''sharply contrasts'' in terms of "jerkitude" with Ryouji's. Ryouji prefers to [[DeadpanSnarker snark his day through,]] while Andou likes insulting random people just because of their flaws in character. Especially the women. '''''Somebody save the women.'''''
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71	!!!Hector Kyunomono
72	One of Andou's best friends who has a deep connection with soccer, or football whatever-you-call-it. Hector is actually one of the nicest Jocks Tsugumu's ever met in his life.
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74	* ButNotTooForeign: Hector is 1/8 Brazilian, 2/8 Spanish, 7/8 Japanese.
75	* ThemeNaming: Kyumono, Kyuno = Of the ball, Mono = person. Person of the ball. Perhaps this has to do with Hector's affinity with soccer in general, and his talent in the sport.
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77	!!!Tanner Galehardt
78	One of Tsugumu's good friends as well as Andou's, who is a transfer student from the US. He is addicted to go-kart racing and even excels in the sport, bringing his many medals to school.
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80	* BoisterousBruiser: Tanner and Tsugumu are often caught playing rough and jerking around with each other.
81	* Eagleland: Tanner falls in between, however.
82	** Type 1: Subversion, however. Tanner isn't that much of a patriot, yet he considered the time when President Obama was head of the USA as... ''Best. President. Ever.'' And yes, Tanner ''is'' a Democrat.
83	** Type 2: Tanner seems to be overly stubborn for a kid like him, even for Tsugumu--who is pretty stubborn himself. But Tanner's also a bit of a pro-life edgy guy.
84	* PhenotypeStereotype: Tanner is pretty much a green-eyed blonde guy.
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87	!The Minagawa Family
88	!!Mitsuko Minagawa
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90	The beautiful, prim and proper matriarch of the Minagawa family, she is a restauranteur owning 5 restaurants, 3 of which are in the Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, the other two opened in other buildings.
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92	* CloudCuckoolander: Mitsuko's connection to reality is very vague at that.
93	* TheDitz: Even when handling food, Mitsuko is pretty accident prone. The good news is, no one is ever injured, except for the food.
94	* WideEyedIdealist: Mitsuko believes that ideals can even become realities, as long there are realistic limitations. She doesn't want a saccharine world! If Mitsuko wanted saccharine, then the whole world will never suffer of hunger as people are [[SugarBowl literally eating the world itself!]]
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97	!Group Character Tropes
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99	There are even Tropes that apply to more than one character here in EPIC, which shouldn't ''really'' be in the main EPIC page.
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101	* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: The student council is actually capable of interrogating those who have been stealing air-con knobs with assisstance from the teachers. The same council members are capable of [[ItsACostumePartyISwear holding parties for certain purposes: one to commemorate the entrance of the 6th Grade, and another to commemorate the graduation of the 8th Grade.]]
102	** All four members of the EPIC!-tachi at one point were members of the Hikariyama Mixer Comittee at one point in their life, Tsukiyo and Tsugumu joining at around the same time.
103	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tsugumu is partial to steaks, Tsukiyo's diet is chicken karaage-centric, Ryouji's favorite side is french fries, and Renako ''adores'' curry.

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