Characters in the series
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Main Characters/Residents of Share House Kitayama
Kyouya Hashiba
Voiced by: Masahiro Itou (Japanese), Jerry Jewell (English)
The main protagonist, a downtrodden man who unexpectedly traveled through time from 2016 to 2006 and decides to remake his life and attend the arts college he wanted this time to fulfill his dream.
- The Ace: Even in the original timeline he was an exceptional employee, doing the work of several people and singlehandedly improving his department's process despite being someone his boss found on the street, though it ultimately wasn't enough to save the project from getting cancelled. In the new timeline he quickly gains a reputation for being able to bring his team through any situation through his leadership, though it backfires since his teammates realize that they Can't Catch Up and burn out.
- Chick Magnet: Shinoaki, Nanako, and Eiko all had feelings for him at some point.
- Honor Before Reason: Despite ending up married to Aki and having a daughter with her, he decides to sacrifice this happiness, because he can't stand it when his friends are less happy than him.
- Improvisational Ingenuity: Gets a reputation of being able to salvage projects from potential disaster his second time through. For example, when they accidentally borrow a standard camera instead of a video camera while working on a short film, Kyouya gets the idea of piecing together a narrative through still shots.
- The Leader: Because of his extra 10 years of experience, he becomes this.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Kyouya going back in time leads to him getting involved with the Platinum Generation and affecting their lives, though it does have negative consequences:
- Tsurayuki quits college because he feels he Can't Catch Up to Kyouya, and thus never becomes the esteemed light novel author Kyouichi Kawagoe.
- Shinoaki gives up her art after marrying Kyouya
- Nanako's music career never takes off.
Aki Shino
Voiced by: Aoi Koga (Japanese), Lindsay Seidel (English)
A resident of Share House Kitayama from Itoshima, Fukuoka. In 2016, she's a well-known illustrator going by the name of "Shino Akishima."
- First Girl Wins: Shinoaki was the first to make a move on Kyoya. In a flash forward to 2018 at the end of Episode 8, they are married, with a daughter.
- Gender Equals Breed: Her daughter in the revised timeline is more or less a carbon copy of her.
- Happily Married: To Kyouya in 2018.
- In-Series Nickname: Referred to by the other residents as "Shinoaki."
- Official Couple: With Kyouya, in the revised timeline.
- He also marries her again in the second revised timeline. A year after confessing her feelings to her this time around though, rather then suddenly like the first timeskip.
- Quitting to Get Married: Eventually she stops drawing entirely when she gets married and pregnant. She has some regrets, but she ultimately accepted it and is Happily Married.
Nanako Kogure
Voiced by: Aimi (Japanese), Macy Anne Johnson (English)
A resident of Share House Kitayama from Shiga Prefecture. In 2016, she is an active singer known as "N@NA."
- Cosplay Otaku Girl: She's a big fan of doing karaoke, especially anime songs. Her debut at the festivalShe notably has no issues dressing as a maid either, and finds it fun to do.
- Demoted to Extra: Only appears in a few videos in the 2018 future.
- Heroic BSoD: After Eiko calls out her out for squandering her talent.
- Retgone: Her original future as "N@NA" is erased after Kyouya travels back in time.
- She's Back: After initially announcing she's quitting, Nanako releases another video announcing her intention to keep doing what she loves.
- Small Role, Big Impact: She is only seen in a few videos in 2018, but her determination to continue singing prompts Kyouya to help Eiko with the Mystic Clockwork fiasco.
- Unrequited Love: Had feelings for Kyouya in college, but he eventually got together with Aki
Tsurayuki Rokuonji
Voiced by: Haruki Ishiya (Japanese), Kamen Casey (English)
A resident of Share House Kitayama with a talent for scenario writing. In 2016, he's a popular light novel author under the penname "Kyouichi Kawagoe."
- Can't Catch Up: Tsurayuki thinks this way about trying to surpass Kyouya, who seems capable of handling anything thrown his way. Despite being the same age, Kyouya seems so much more capable and experienced than him. While this is because of his extra ten years of life experience before going back in time, Tsurayuki has no way of knowing that. This culminates in him dropping out of school.
- Temporal Paradox: Tsurayuki had the Pen Name "Kyouichi Kawagoe", after his home town and "Kyouya is #1". This causes Kyouya to freak out, but also raises questions about his trip to the past.
Eiko Kawasegawa
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama (Japanese), Marisa Duran (English)
A student at Onaka University of Arts.
- Benevolent Boss: To her team in the original future.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Admits her speech to Nanako was directed by her envy of her talent.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As Kyouya notes even if her motives were dubious, her point about Nanako wasting her singing talent was correct.
- Love Confession: Accidentally admits she loves Kyouya while berating him at the airport.
- Unrequited Love: In 2018, she has feelings for Kyouya who's married to Aki.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Calls out Kyouya for always assuming the worst of himself, pointing out that Aki, Nanako, and Tsurayuki made their own decisions about leaving the creative world, and at the very least he helped her and Ayaka Minori.
Misaki Kano
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English)
A professor at the Ōnaka University of Arts. She's Eiko's older sister.
- Brutal Honesty: Believes in this when it comes to criticism.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Has no issues with Kyouya and his friends' game project as long as they take care of their class assignments
- Strong Family Resemblance: She and her little sister really look alike.
Keiko Tomioka
Voiced by: Naomi Ozora (Japanese)
An older graduate of Onaka who runs a small game company. May be more important than she first seems.
- Chekhov's Gun: a drawing of a Magical Girl seen very briefly in episode one is her spitting image.
- Mysterious Waif: Keiko has everything to do with Kyouya's time travel. She was present when he skipped forward to 2018, then brought him back to 2006.
- Older Than They Look: In her mid-to-late 20s in 2006, often mistaken for an elementary student.
- Token Mini-Moe: Keiko is by far the smallest person in the cast
Spoiler Character
Maki Hashiba
Voiced by: Rina Honnizumi (Japanese)
Kyouya and Aki's daughter in 2018- Cheerful Child: A sweet and energetic little girl.
- Retgone: She's erased when Kyouya goes back in time again.
- Averted in the final light novel volume, as Kyoya not only marries Aki again in the second timeline he made, he is also present for Maki's birth this time around.
- Strong Family Resemblance: She's basically a carbon copy of her mother.
