Bokurano/Characters

The Character Sheet for the series Bokurano

Takashi Waku
"Waku: Can I shout when I attack?
 * Book Dumb
 * Calling Your Attacks: Lampshaded

Koyemshi: Whatever floats your boat."


 * Chick Magnet: In the manga, girls made a point to go to his soccer games just to see him
 * Averted in the anime. The only girls you see at the soccer game are cheerleaders who would have been there whether-or-not Waku was playing.
 * Daisuke Sakaguchi
 * I Know Madden Kombat
 * : It's presumably Waku's voice that we hear in the opening of epsiode 1 where said voice talks about the game as if it's already happened.
 * I Know Madden Kombat
 * : It's presumably Waku's voice that we hear in the opening of epsiode 1 where said voice talks about the game as if it's already happened.

Masaru Kodaka aka "Kodama"

 * Anti Hero: Type V
 * Creepy Child
 * Jerkass
 * Kick the Dog (Or better said, burn the crab to death)
 * Madness Mantra ("There's no way  could have died... There's no way   could have died...")
 * Nietzsche Wannabe:.
 * Purely Aesthetic Glasses (Wears Kokopelli's glasses like this, and even lampshades the fact when his older brother notices them)
 * The Short Guy With Glasses (Subverted. While he is the shortest of the male pilots, the glasses he wears are Kokopelli's and not his', which he uses as Purely Aesthetic Glasses)
 * Soichiro Hoshi
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Ubermensch: He believed he and his father were this.
 * Villain Protagonist
 * Well Done Son Guy

Daiichi Yamura

 * Disappeared Dad
 * Promotion to Parent
 * Tomokazu Sugita
 * Promotion to Parent
 * Tomokazu Sugita

Mako Nakarai aka "Nakama"

 * All of the Other Reindeer (due to her beautiful single mother being a bar hostess and ex-prostitute, Mako always faced this from other kids)
 * Little Miss Snarker
 * Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette
 * Shorttank
 * Daughter Of A Whore
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * What the Hell Hero. In the manga, towards the Alpha Bitch who bullies her.
 * The Woobie: It's hard not to feel bad for her when she's describing how she behaved well so people would approve of her, even in the face of unprovoked bullying.
 * The Woobie: It's hard not to feel bad for her when she's describing how she behaved well so people would approve of her, even in the face of unprovoked bullying.

Isao Kako

 * All of the Other Reindeer (was heavily bullied at school)
 * Dirty Coward
 * Freak Out (In the middle of his own fight. )
 * Jerkass
 * Power Fantasy (has a disturbing dream in which he takes revenge on everyone who was mocking him)
 * Jerkass
 * Power Fantasy (has a disturbing dream in which he takes revenge on everyone who was mocking him)

Chizuru Honda aka "Chizu"

 * Beauty Mark (under her left eye)
 * Break the Cutie (She was a cute girl with a crush on her school teacher. Then It Got Worse.)
 * Broken Bird (Of the  kind)
 * Groin Attack (During her fight, she gets Zearth to kick the enemy robot like this)
 * Good Is Dumb:  Subverted, however,
 * (played very straight)
 * (played very straight)
 * (played very straight)
 * (played very straight)

Kunihiko Moji

 * Big Brother Mentor (to a degree)
 * Kouki Miyata
 * Love Triangle (with his Ill Boy friend Nagi and a girl named Tsubasa Hiiragi)
 * Not in the manga, fortunately.
 * Not in the manga, fortunately.
 * Not in the manga, fortunately.

Maki Ano

 * Bokukko
 * Cool Big Sis: In the anime at least, she seems to see herself as this to Kana
 * Dying Dream:, probably.
 * Mama Bear (Do NOT harm Kana in front of her)
 * Otaku (Both she and her dad)
 * Team Mom
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl (With Anko, Kana and Komo)
 * Team Mom
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl (With Anko, Kana and Komo)

Yousuke Kirie

 * Beware the Nice Ones, manga only:
 * Also his Crowning Moment of Awesome and Shut UP Hannibal scene. Annoying part is.
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass (a surprisingly effective, pragmatic and skilled pilot. Who would've thought of it?)
 * He made Zearth jump.
 * Gentle Giant
 * Heroic Self Deprecation (Seeing his Hikikomori cousin suffer so much makes him question his own worth. Same goes to his Ill Girl mom)
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic
 * Tragic Keepsake
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Tragic Keepsake
 * Wise Beyond Their Years

Takami Komoda aka "Komo"

 * Elegant Classical Musician: Is an accomplished piano player
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Mamiko Noto
 * The Ojou
 * Plucky Girl ("Compared to the loneliness and frustration that  felt, I feel nothing for falling into a hole!")
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Plucky Girl ("Compared to the loneliness and frustration that  felt, I feel nothing for falling into a hole!")
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo

Aiko Tokosumi aka "Anko"

 * Armor Piercing Slap (In the anime she applies several to  while giving   a heartfelt What the Hell Hero after  )
 * Dance Battler (Manga only, where she uses her dance experience to catch upon her elusive opponent)
 * Darkskinned Blonde (Partially. Her hair is light brown, but her skin tone is darker than the other kids)
 * Freak Out (After the aforementioned incident with,   Understandably, she shuts down.  )
 * Caught With Your Pants Down (By Koyemshi, in the manga. It wasn't anything sexual, mind you! )
 * Idol Singer (What she wanted to be, at least in the manga.)
 * Out of Focus (In the anime. She didn't received as much attention as other pilots during her episode, which focused a great deal of time on the media exploits regarding Zearth. Her TWO crowning moments of awesome were also missing on the adaptation.)
 * Plucky Girl (Specially in the manga, where she continues fighting even after )
 * Rousing Speech (In the manga, )
 * Ship Tease (Her interactions with  in the anime can be seen as this, to a degree)
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Taking the Bullet (In the manga, )
 * Token Romance (With, but only in the anime. Since it occurs with no build up prior to the episode where it happens, it comes as kinda awkward.)
 * Taking the Bullet (In the manga, )
 * Token Romance (With, but only in the anime. Since it occurs with no build up prior to the episode where it happens, it comes as kinda awkward.)

Kanji Yoshikawa

 * Ho Yay (with Ushiro, in the manga)
 * Kenji Nojima
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Wise Beyond Their Years

Youko Machi

 * (in the anime)
 * Its All My Fault (Blames herself for the whole mess as she's the one who brought the kids to Kokopelli's cave.)
 * Nice Hat (Has a very cute white one)
 * Plucky Girl
 * (in the anime)
 * Unrequited Love (for )
 * Wham Episode
 * Yuko Sanpei
 * (in the anime)
 * Unrequited Love (for )
 * Wham Episode
 * Yuko Sanpei
 * Unrequited Love (for )
 * Wham Episode
 * Yuko Sanpei

Kana Ushiro

 * The Danza: Voiced by Kana Asumi.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Love Martyr: She goes through all kinds of shit at her older brother's hands, but still loves him and tries to take care of him.
 * Moe (Her first scene in the anime has Anko, Maki and Komo gushing over how cute and sweet she is. They looked like they were this close to ask Ushiro "Can we take her home, Ushiro-kun? Pleeeeeease?")
 * The Woobie
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * Yamato Nadeshiko (One in training)
 * Yamato Nadeshiko (One in training)

Jun Ushiro

 * Aloof Big Brother: More like Abusive Big Brother to Kana.
 * Big Brother Bully: Not Played for Laughs
 * Asexual
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Though he really took his time.
 * Four Eyes Zero Soul --> Defrosting Ice King
 * Junko Minagawa
 * Missing Mom (He abuses Kana because their mom succumbed to Death By Childbirth. )
 * Oblivious to Love: Poor
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Vomit Indiscretion Shot
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Vomit Indiscretion Shot

Kokopelli ( )

 * Hiroki Tochi
 * My God What Have I Done ("I'm sorry", he says when the kids leave his cave. And with good reason)

Koyemshi/Dung Beetle ( )

 * Akira Ishida
 * : In the manga.
 * Cluster F Bomb
 * I Always Wanted to Say That: "Zearth, take-off."
 * The Imp
 * Jerkass (to Complete Monster levels in the anime. He's not a saint in the manga either, but  softens him a little.)
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Nay Theist: Manga only--
 * Pet the Dog: can appear nearly sympathetic in the manga, when he displays some signs of care for.
 * Robot Buddy: Subverted--Koyemshi doesn't always tell the kids things they really ought to know.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.
 * Pet the Dog: can appear nearly sympathetic in the manga, when he displays some signs of care for.
 * Robot Buddy: Subverted--Koyemshi doesn't always tell the kids things they really ought to know.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.
 * Robot Buddy: Subverted--Koyemshi doesn't always tell the kids things they really ought to know.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.
 * Trickster Mentor: Subverted in the anime; Koyemshi is such a Jerkass that he torments the children simply because he enjoys seeing them suffer.

Captain Misumi Tanaka

 * Action Girl
 * Action Mom
 * Cool Big Sis (to the girls of the group, despite being older than the standard)
 * Good Looking Privates
 * Hot Mom: Reveals that she has a daughter Kana's age..
 * Naomi Shindo
 * Team Mom
 * Team Mom

Masamitsu Seki

 * Good Looking Privates

Morihiro Hatagai

 * Complete Monster (He was such one in the manga that he had to be toned down in the anime... and still remained above Jerkass level)
 * Kenichi Suzumura (Playing Against Type, AND HOW)
 * Moral Event Horizon (Everything he did to  )
 * Spell My Name With an S (He is Morihiro Hatagai in the manga, but Hiroyuki Hatagai in the anime.)
 * Moral Event Horizon (Everything he did to  )
 * Spell My Name With an S (He is Morihiro Hatagai in the manga, but Hiroyuki Hatagai in the anime.)

Akira Tokosumi

 * Adults Are Useless (Averted in the anime, where he works with other adults (Komo's dad, Kanji's mom, etc.) to find out what is going on and try saving the kids. In the manga he still tries to support Anko as much as he can.)
 * Intrepid Reporter
 * Tohru Furusawa

Tamotsu Sakakibara

 * The Alcoholic
 * Canon Foreigner (appears only in the anime)
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Says a lot about the show when the funniest character is an ex-con.
 * Plucky Comic Relief: Says a lot about the show when the funniest character is an ex-con.

Kouichi/Tomoe Komoda

 * Adults Are Useless (Averted, as mentioned)
 * Reasonable Authority Figure (in the anime, he's a congressman. In the manga, he's in the military)
 * Spell My Name With an S (He is Kouichi Komoda in the anime, and Tomoe Komoda in the manga. Those two versions could be considered separate characters altogether, as their character designs are different as well: Kouichi looks quite younger than Tomoe, to start.)
 * Spell My Name With an S (He is Kouichi Komoda in the anime, and Tomoe Komoda in the manga. Those two versions could be considered separate characters altogether, as their character designs are different as well: Kouichi looks quite younger than Tomoe, to start.)

Ichiko Honda

 * Horrible Judge of Character (she's dating Hatagai, 'nuff said)
 * Onee Sama (to her little sister Chizu)
 * Saeko Chiba
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl (The tomboy to Chizu's girly girl)
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl (The tomboy to Chizu's girly girl)

Miko Nakarai

 * Hooker With a Heart of Gold
 * Hot Mom
 * Parents As People
 * Sayaka Ohara

Ichirou

 * Kenjiro Tsuda
 * Kenjiro Tsuda
 * Kenjiro Tsuda