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1''Warui Koto Shitai'' (''I Want to Be Naughty!'') is a {{Yaoi}} manga series written and illustrated by Mei Sakuraga and published in the magazine ''Hanaoto'' since 2006. The story follows happy-go-lucky {{delinquent}} Towa Aikawa, who despises the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, and develops an OddFriendship with a boy from the advanced class, Mikado Shirahane. Unbeknownst to Towa, Mikado has two secrets: the first one is that he's the president of said student council; the second is that he's deeply in love with Towa.
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3Originally a three-chapter story, the series has expanded to include several sequels and spin-offs featuring three {{Beta Couple}}s set in the same universe with only OneDegreeOfSeparation. In addition to its popularity, {{Audio Adaptation}}s of each volume have been released onto [=CDs=], and Sakuraga has released a doujinshi related to the series. [[note]]''Warui Koto Bakkashite Gomen Nasai'' ("Sorry For Doing Nothing But Naughty Things")[[/note]] Currently, only the first volume has been licensed in the US by [[Creator/MediaBlasters Kitty Media]].
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5The story is split into four couples, all with ThemeNaming:
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7* [[TheAce Mikado]] [[TallDarkAndHandsome Shirahane]] + [[{{Keet}} Towa]] [[ObliviousToLove Aikawa]]: The main couple in the series. Titles include ''Warui Koto Shitai'' [[note]]"I Want to Be Naughty!"[[/note]], ''Waruiko Demo Ii?'' [[note]]"Is it Okay if I'm a Naughty Kid?"[[/note]], ''Warui Yatsu Demo Ii?'' [[note]]"Is it Okay if I'm a Naughty Guy?"[[/note]], ''Warui Koibito ja Dame?'' [[note]]"Is it Bad if I'm a Naughty Lover?"[[/note]], and ''Warui Ouji Demo Suki'' [[note]]"You're a Naughty Prince, But I Love You"[[/note]]
8* [[HandsomeLech Ryuichi]] [[UnkemptBeauty Shinonome]] + [[FormerTeenRebel Shuji]] [[{{Tsundere}} Yukimura]]: Towa and Mikado's friends. Titles include ''Kirai ja nai Kedo'' [[note]]"I Don't Hate You, Though"[[/note]], ''Koi ja nai Kedo'' [[note]]"It's Not Love, Though"[[/note]], ''Kare ja nai Kedo'' [[note]]"HesNotMyBoyfriend, Though"[[/note]], and ''Sunao ja nai Kedo'' [[note]]"I'm Not Honest, Though"[[/note]]
9* [[TheStoic Kuon]] [[CrazyJealousGuy Aikawa]] + Nanao [[EthicalSlut Shirahane]]: Towa and Mikado's older brothers. Titles include ''Mujihi na Otoko'' [[note]]"Ruthless Man"[[/note]], ''Mujihi na Anata'' [[note]]"Ruthless You"[[/note]], and ''Mujihi na Karada'' [[note]]"Ruthless Body"[[/note]] Unlike the rest of the series, the ''Mujihi na'' series ran in ''Hanaoto'''s seasonal sister magazine, ''Boys Kyapi!''
10* Shiro Akagi + [[SugarAndIcePersonality Nao Kousaka]]: The former student council president and a member of the public morals committee at Towa and Mikado's school. Titles include ''Shouwaru Ookami Koi wo Shitarashii'' [[note]]"Seems Like the Bad Wolf Has Fallen in Love"[[/note]]
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12In addition to these couples, some other {{One Shot Character}}s appeared in one-shot {{Spin Off}}s in the SharedUniverse, which includes:
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14* [[PhotographicMemory Takafumi Tonozaki]] + [[NaiveNewcomer Misao Otonashi]]: Two members of the student council. Appears in the one-shot ''Amai Koto Shitai'' [[note]]"I Want to Be Sweet"[[/note]], published in the book ''Asobi ja nai no'' [[note]]"Aren't We Going to Play?"[[/note]]
15* [[TheIdiotFromOsaka Makoto Kira]] + [[DeadpanSnarker Tooru Kokonoe]]: Two members of the [[SchoolNewspaperNewshound newspaper]] [[SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness club]].
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17!!Tropes present in ''Warui Koto Shitai'' include:
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19* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil: Towa despises the student council for being so restricting.
20* AccidentalHandHold: Yukimura accidentally breaks a valuable vase when he touches Shinonome as he hands the vase over.
21* ADayInTheLimelight: Since ''Warui Koto Shitai'' is the main series, the ''~ja nai kedo'' and ''Mujihi na~'' series can also be seen as this, though the other two couples are slowly getting more and more spotlight over time. A perfect example is ''Amai Koto Shitai'', which features two student council members in the SharedUniverse, though they have never appeared in any of the main stories thus far. Now, Akagi and Kousaka are in the spotlight for Sakuraga's newest release, ''Shouwaru Ookami Koi wo Shitarashii''.
22* AggressiveSubmissive: Yukimura can clearly beat Shinonome within an inch of his life, but relinquishes control whenever he makes sexual advances on him. Nanao is extremely aggressive when approaching Kuon, but lets him take the reigns when they have sex.
23* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Shinonome, a delinquent, is popular with the girls.
24* AscendedExtra: Yukimura, Shinonome, Kuon, and Nanao for getting serializations about their stories, when they only appeared as minor characters at first.
25* BeautifulAllAlong: As stated by Yuu in Warui Ouji Demo Suki, Towa is a really pretty and attractive {{Bishonen}}, it's just his lack of intelligence makes people think lowly of him.
26* BelligerentSexualTension: Most of any "belligerent sexual tension" comes from Yukimura, who refuses to admit he likes Shinonome. Shinonome doesn't make it any better when he continues to tease him.
27* BerserkButton: Mikado, Shinonome, and Kuon are very protective of Towa, Yukimura, and Nanao to varying degrees. Don't hurt them. Seriously, don't.
28* BewareTheQuietOnes: Lay a hand on Towa or Nanao and Kuon will attack you in cold blood.
29* BigBrotherInstinct: Nagahisa and Kuon are very protective of Towa, while Hajime is the same to Yukimura. At one point, Nanao subtly warns Towa not to treat Mikado "unfairly", visibly frightening him. Kimiko seems to be a female version, especially toward Nanao.
30* BigManOnCampus: Mikado is one, naturally.
31* {{Blackmail}}: Shinonome and Yukimura's relationship starts out with Shinonome threatening to show everyone an EmbarrassingOldPhoto of Yukimura in his delinquent years, tarnishing his star student image.
32* BridalCarry: Mikado carries a drunk Towa this way in chapter 4 of Warui Yatsu Demo Ii.
33* BrilliantButLazy: Mikado is the top student at school, but he doesn't take his role as the student council president seriously. He'd rather spend time with Towa above everything.
34* BrutalHonesty: Kuon is straightforward and even tells Nanao in his face that he doesn't like him because of his reputation as an EthicalSlut. It's this quality of his that leads Nanao into falling in love with him.
35* CannotSpitItOut: Yukimura ''cannot'' just come clean with Shinonome about how he feels about him.
36** Nanao consistently has trouble talking to Kuon about his feelings; he tries ''twice'' to say he loves him, but chickens out both times. When he's finally cornered and forced to say it, he practically has an emotional meltdown. In fact, many of the conflicts in their relationship stem from Nanao being afraid to say what's on his mind for fear of driving Kuon away.
37** Towa is first reluctant to engage in activities with Mikado because he just wants to be "normal friends." When Mikado decides to act as normal friends with Towa, Towa is greatly upset at the fact that Mikado is no longer touching him but is confused about why he's upset; when the two make up, Mikado asks why Towa disliked the idea of them being sex friends, but also disliked the idea of them being just friends, Towa still couldn't say why he dislikes it. Towa is slowly realizing that he loves Mikado, but to the most recent chapter of the manga, he still has not told Mikado that he loves him; even though Mikado has claimed Towa is his only lover.
38* CantHoldHisLiquor: Both Towa and Yukimura get drunk with just a few sips. Naturally, when they accidentally get drunk together at a cafe due to a mix-up, HilarityEnsues.
39* CasualKink: Nanao, as it turns out, is horribly masochistic. He comes to enjoy the {{Cosplay}} his sister forces him to try and gets excited whenever he gets punished by Kuon.
40* ChickMagnet: Mikado, Shinonome, and Kuon have been mentioned to be popular with the girls at least once. Shinonome is more upfront about it than the other two, though, since Mikado doesn't care and Kuon is ObliviousToLove (and even if he weren't, chances are he wouldn't care either).
41* ChildhoodFriends: Towa and Yuu.
42* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Shinonome and Yukimura have known each other since middle school.
43* ChivalrousPervert: Shinonome and Nanao are one, though with Nanao, you can never tell when he's being honest about himself or not.
44* CoolBigSis: Mikado and Nanao's older sister, Kimiko, can be quite abusive, but she really looks out for her family.
45* CrazyJealousGuy: Mikado and Shinonome can be quite possessive of Towa and Yukimura, but Kuon fits this the best; he even warns Nanao about his clingy behavior, but Nanao actually doesn't mind it at all because it's proof that he loves him.
46* {{Crossdresser}}: Nanao does fetishized female {{Cosplay}} on a regular basis due to being Kimiko's living dress-up doll. He grows to like it, though, and even pulls this on Kuon a couple of times. Yukimura and Towa also do this in a side story of ''Sunao ja nai Kedo.''
47* CuteLittleFangs: Towa has such.
48* DarkerAndEdgier: The ''Mujihi na'' series has a considerably darker tone than the other two series.
49* DatingCatwoman: Towa hates the student council, and Mikado turns out to be its president.
50* DeadpanSnarker: Though Yuu looks like a PerpetualSmiler and a {{Keet}}, he's actually really sarcastic and enjoys teasing Yuu and Nagahisa. Kuon also makes snarky comments to counteract Nagahisa's overreacting behavior.
51* DraggedIntoDrag: Towa in chapter 2 of Warui Ouji Demo Suki by Yuu and Shinonome, trying to help Towa attract Mikado's attention when they learn his favorite type of person is someone beautiful in an interview from the school paper.
52* DudeLooksLikeALady: Yuu is mistaken as a girl in ''Warui Yatsu Demo Ii?'', and the fact that he wears hair decorations doesn't help one bit, however, by Warui Ouji Demo Suki, Yuu doesn't look as feminine and has grown taller than Towa.
53* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Mikado kisses Towa when he's unconscious in ''Warui Yatsu Demo Ii?'', but it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] because Towa was pretending to be asleep when he did that. This trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Kuon and Nanao, as when Kuon finds Nanao sleeping on his bed, clutching his pillow, and murmuring his name in his sleep, he does all he can to stop himself from advancing on him since he's "not so low as to jump someone in his sleep."
54* EasilyForgiven: Kuon doesn't seem to care that Nanao technically rapes him and actually gets mad at Nanao for describing it that way and feeling guilty over it. At the same time, Nanao bears virtually no grudge against [[spoiler:Satonaka-sensei over very clearly sexually assaulting him. Kuon, however, has made it clear he'll never forgive him (or anyone who hurts Nanao).]] And in ''Kirai ja nai Kedo'', Yukimura ultimately doesn't mind that Shinonome blackmailed him into sexual favors, eventually even using it as an excuse to maintain their relationship.
55* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Shinonome has photos of Yukimura back when he was still a delinquent, and Yukimura does all he can to stop him from spreading them. [[spoiler:Eventually, Yukimura's past is revealed to the student council by an old reformed acquaintance, but only Irie seems to take it hard.]]
56* EthicalSlut: Nanao implies that he has had a number of FriendsWithBenefits in the past, including Prof. Satonaka, but as a person, he keeps the identities of all of his partners confidential out of respect for them. He does draw the line with his cousin, Masato, though, as he refuses to sleep with his close relatives.
57* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Well, yeah, it's a {{Yaoi}} [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin series]], but this is the case for Yukimura and Nanao, both of whom have a history of unwanted male pursuers intentionally pouncing on them. With Towa, he attracts the attention of Akagi and Irie seems to have fallen for him when he was cross-dressing.
58* ExactWords: In ''Sunao ja nai Kedo'', Yukimura lets Shinonome kiss him on the condition that it's "only a normal kiss." Instead, Shinonome kisses him all over his body because he didn't limit it to just his lips.
59* FirstNameBasis: Kuon starts calling Nanao by his first name to not confuse his name with Mikado's in conversation. Yukimura used to call Shinonome by his first name until he abandons his delinquent persona, but he calls Mikado by his first name. Mikado and Towa both call each other by their first names.
60* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's hinted all the way back in the second volume, ''Waruiko Demo Ii?'', during Nanao's first appearance, that he's always liked Kuon, suggesting that he dressed up properly to impress him and his constant dialogue of how jealous he is over what Mikado and Towa have with each other and how protective Kuon is over someone who isn't him.
61* FormerTeenRebel: Yukimura used to be a delinquent in middle school, [[OldShame but he'd rather not let everyone know about it]].
62* FriendlessBackground: Other than the public morals committee and Shinonome, Kousaka has no one to talk to. This becomes inverted once he becomes acquainted with Towa and Yuu in ''Shouwaru Ookami'' and appears to enjoy their company and hopes to spend time with them again.
63* FriendsWithBenefits: When Towa meets Nanao for the first time, Nanao teases him about being one for Mikado. Masato initially thinks Kuon is this to Nanao until they clarify their relationship.
64* [[ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime Friend Walks In At the Worst Time]]: Towa doesn't figure out until ''Warui Koibito ja Dame?'' that Shinonome and Yukimura are in a relationship until he accidentally walks on them making out.
65* GoodIsDumb: Towa's not the brightest crayon in the box, and his naivete and stupidity is astounding, but that's one of the reasons why Mikado likes him.
66* GossipEvolution: A rather joking comment made by [[spoiler:Prof. Satonaka]] about Nanao has led many to think that he ReallyGetsAround.
67* GreenEyedEpiphany: In ''Sunao ja nai Kedo'', Yukimura gets jealous whenever Shinonome hangs out with Kousaka, and it's through that he realizes he hasn't been treating Shinonome respectfully.
68* GreenEyedMonster: ''Plenty.'' Mikado gets jealous whenever Towa hangs out with ''anyone'' else, Shinonome does his best to shoot down any of Yukimura's pursuers, and Kuon is a CrazyJealousGuy for Nanao. On the other hand, Yukimura does get jealous whenever Shinonome is found with a girl or Kousaka, and Nanao constantly gets upset when he remembers how popular Kuon is with the girls. Yuu also gets jealous when Kimiko shows an interest in Nagahisa.
69* HandsomeLech: Shinonome is pretty in-your-face about his attractive looks.
70* HeCleansUpNicely: Yukimura used to be a delinquent, but now maintains a polished look to become a star student. [[spoiler:When Shinonome joins him as his assistant, his popularity skyrockets.]]
71* HeIsAllGrownUp: Yukimura is a year older than Shinonome, but once he notices that Shinonome has grown, that's when he starts taking him seriously.
72* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Kimiko abused Nanao so much in their childhood by forcing him to dress up in girls' clothing that he often took solace with the home butler. Unfortunately, many of the butlers wound up quitting because [[EvenTheGuysWantHim they became attracted to him]].
73* HotBlooded: Yukimura snaps at others easily, bordering on HairTriggerTemper.
74* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Mikado is clearly TheAce of the school and Towa occasionally gets insecure and intimidated by how perfect he is.
75* IntimateHealing: Happens pretty frequently with Kuon and Nanao. Whenever Nanao isn't feeling particularly confident about how Kuon sees him, he often resorts to having sex with him, as he mentions that it's his only way of showing how much he loves him to the fullest.
76* JapaneseDelinquents: Towa, Yuu, and Shinonome don't really follow the school rules and it's evident in them breaking the dress code. Yukimura used to be the textbook definition of one until shaping up in high school.
77* {{Keet}}: Towa, Towa, Towa.
78* KissingCousins: Nanao's cousin, Masato, is attracted to him.
79* LadykillerInLove: Not so much as a "lady", but Nanao, who has a notorious reputation of being able to "seduce any man with his eyes", is in love with Kuon.
80* LegFocus: Towa, as stated by Shinonome in Warui Ouji Demo Suki. Yukimura, also stated by Shinonome in a side story of ''Sunao ja nai kedo''.
81* LongingLook: Prior to interacting with Kuon for the first time, Nanao had been in love with him for a year and constantly stole glances at him.
82* LoveAtFirstSight: ''Mujihi na Anata'' reveals that [[spoiler:Kuon fell in love with Nanao at first sight, but upon hearing the rumors about him, realized he was LovingAShadow and started avoiding him.]]
83* LoveDodecahedron: Where do we start? Towa is trapped in a LoveTriangle with Mikado and Akagi, both of who like him. Irie loves Yukimura, who loves Shinonome, who loves him back but is also loved by Kousaka. Prof. Satonaka and Masato make routine advances on Nanao, but Nanao desperately pines for Kuon. This isn't even including the {{One Shot Character}}s that appear.
84** LoveTriangle: Kimiko and Yuu are both attracted to Nagahisa, and this is acknowledged by Sakuraga through her relationship diagrams and some of her art. She even jokes that all of them should have a polygamous marriage and that Kimiko and Yuu are the two {{Seme}}s in the relationship.
85* LovingAShadow: Nanao insists on hiding his DarkAndTroubledPast from Kuon so that he wouldn't be disillusioned. [[spoiler:It's even revealed in ''Mujihi na Anata'' that Kuon fell in love with Nanao at first sight, but upon discovering rumors about him, avoided contact with him.]] Fortunately he comes to accept him for who he is.
86** This is a bit subverted in the case of Akagi and Towa with the former being in love with the latter but the former has a hidden personality shown in ''Shouwaru Ookami'' and the latter has no clue of this hidden personality.
87* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Towa and Mikado have had sex in the library and in various places at school sometimes.
88* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Somehow, Kuon and Nanao see each other as this in ''Mujihi na Otoko'', to the point where it becomes PoorCommunicationKills. Kuon has a hard time figuring out when Nanao isn't hiding the truth. Nanao, on the other hand, becomes hurt when Kuon refuses to get involved with him but still continues to watch out for him out of concern.
89* TheMatchmaker: In ''Amai Koto Shitai'', Mikado pairs Tonozaki as TheMentor to Otonashi just so they could get to know each other. [[RelationshipUpgrade He actually didn't expect them to go that far.]]
90* MrFanservice: Mikado, Shinonome, and Kuon. Nanao qualifies as well due to having a lot of establishing fanservice shots on chapter covers and getting away with it because of his status as the series' resident EthicalSlut.
91* NaughtyNurseOutfit: In ''Mujihi na Karada'', after chasing Masato away, Kimiko gives Kuon a picture of Nanao in nurse cosplay as an apology.
92* ObliviousToLove: Towa is dumb as bricks and it takes him a long time to figure out that everything Mikado does is for him. Also, in ''Mujihi na Otoko'', Kuon is oblivious when a girl tries to hit on him (though it's subverted in the fact he ''gets it'' quickly that Nanao likes him; it's just that he's bad at dealing with people hitting on him). It must run in the Aikawa family.
93* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Towa and Shinonome are friends. Mikado and Yukimura are part of the student council. Kuon and Nanao are Towa and Mikado's respective older brothers. Akagi used to be the former student council president and was a co-worker of Towa's when he was working part-time and Kousaka is a part of the disciplinary committee and gets along well with Shinonome.
94* PapaBear: The eldest Aikawa brother, Nagahisa, who cries at the mention of Towa being in love.
95* ThePeepingTom: Shinonome has apparently been this to Yukimura for some time, though he means no real harm by it.
96* PleaseDontLeaveMe: In ''Mujihi na Anata'', Nanao deals with his insecurity over his relationship with Kuon that he's afraid he'll leave him if he finds out the truth about him. Yukimura also pulls this on Shinonome in ''Sunao ja nai Kedo''.
97* PoorCommunicationKills: This is an ongoing issue between Kuon and Nanao, as Nanao is reluctant to share his past openly to Kuon in fear of driving him away.
98* ReallyGetsAround: Due to some nasty rumors, Nanao looks like this, but he does admit to having multiple shallow relationships in the past.
99* TheRival: Yukimura and Kousaka see each other as this. Akagi was this to Mikado in ''Warui Ouji Demo Suki''.
100* SchoolNurse: Circa ''Sunao ja nai Kedo'', Hajime becomes a nurse at Yukimura's school.
101* {{Seme}}: Mikado, Shinonome, Kuon, and Akagi.
102* SexyDiscretionShot: Some scenes where it's obvious when a couple is going to get it on is cut away due to CensorshipTropes surrounding the ''Hanaoto'' magazine. However, the tankouban (volume book) release includes extended sex scenes.
103* SexyShirtSwitch: The cover of the November 2013 issue of ''Boys Kyapi!'' depicts Nanao wearing Kuon's shirt over his hickey-covered body as they eat breakfast.
104* ShipTease: The side story where Kimiko meets the Aikawas for the first time as well as the ''Sunao ja nai kedo'' drama CD hints that Yuu likes Nagahisa.
105* ShirtlessScene: In ''Mujihi na Karada'', Kuon wakes up without a shirt. In ''Sunao ja nai Kedo'', Shinonome lets Yukimura come into the bathroom when he's fresh out of the shower.
106* SiblingYinYang: Towa notes that Mikado and Nanao are opposite in that Mikado smiles only when he's sincerely happy while his ChivalrousPervert older brother Nanao doesn't. Kuon differs from Nagahisa in that he's the [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Straight Man to his Wise Guy]], is a DeadpanSnarker, and, despite that he's ObliviousToLove, really picks up on the {{Double Meaning}}s Mikado drops.
107* SlapSlapKiss: Towa and Nagahisa sometimes find it hard to believe Kuon and Nanao are close because they tend to argue a lot in front of them, yet the two do get along otherwise.
108* SlutShaming: Kuon does this to Nanao until about halfway through ''Mujihi Na Otoko'', flat out telling him he despises him for sleeping around and that, as such, he's not welcome anywhere near the Aikawa family.
109* SmokingIsCool: Nanao smokes. Shinonome used to smoke until he quit because of Yukimura. Yukimura smoked during his delinquent days.
110* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Growing up, Yukimura had a lot of unwanted admirers, so much so that he became a delinquent to ward them off. Nanao has this problem to a significantly lesser degree.
111* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: One of Shinonome and Yukimura's old friends]] is briefly this to Yukimura in ''Koi Ja Nai Kedo'' and Yukimura mentions he was even stalked by a classmate once in elementary school. Irie is a very mild example; he makes no effort to hide his affection for Yukimura, clings to him whenever he can (even though Yukimura clearly wants nothing to do with it), never misses an opportunity to be alone with him, and even (somewhat forcibly) kisses him the second he gets the chance, though that's about the extent of his stalking.
112* StepfordSmiler: Nanao openly smiles to hide his insecurities about his sexuality.
113* TheStoic: Kuon and Kousaka are both mostly expressionless, though in Kousaka's case it's because he's a SugarAndIcePersonality.
114* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Kuon is the Straight Man to Nagahisa's Wise Guy.
115* SugarAndIcePersonality: Kousaka is sugary around Shinonome, but icy to everyone else. He eventually starts to warm up to Towa and Yuu in ''Shouwaru Ookami''.
116* TallDarkAndHandsome: Mikado and Nanao.
117* TeacherStudentRomance: Nanao and Prof. Satonaka have been in an open relationship for a year as FriendsWithBenefits. Nanao stops seeing him after getting together with Kuon, but Prof. Satonaka is still interested in him.
118* ThoseTwoGuys: Yuu and Shinonome are this for Towa until Shinonome becomes an AscendedExtra with his stories. Kira and Kokonoe are introduced as this in ''Warui Ouji Demo Suki''.
119* {{Tsundere}}: Yukimura is a big type A, and most of his conflict with Shinonome deals with him being unable to be upfront about his feelings for him.
120* {{Uke}}: Towa, Yukimura, Nanao, and Kousaka.
121* UnkemptBeauty: Both Shinonome and Kuon have wild hair, but Kuon dresses neater than Shinonome does.
122* VitriolicBestBuds: Mikado and Yukimura's interests diverge when it comes to Towa, otherwise they're friends. Even when they don't get along, they at least respect each other, as Mikado comes to Yukimura's defense when Towa insults him and Yukimura admits Mikado is his best friend.
123* {{Yandere}}: Kuon shows shades of this. In ''Mujihi na Otoko'', one of his friends even states that he's probably the type [[IfICantHaveYou to kill his lover first if betrayed]].
124* YaoiFangirl: The girls in the Drama Club (who appear in a side story for ''Sunao ja nai kedo'') come off as this. They seem to be catching onto Towa and Mikado's closeness, as well as Shinonome and Yukimura's. They also ship Towa and Yukimura as well.
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