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* [[Guilt Complex]]: Not quite as evident as Anaru or Yukiatsu, but it's still there.
* [[Guilt Complex]]: Not quite as evident as Anaru or Yukiatsu, but it's still there.
* [[The Hero]]
* [[The Hero]]
** [[Anti Hero]]: Starts out as a Type I while he's a recluse, but eventually moves to become either a Type II [[Knight in Sour Armor]] type of hero, or maybe just a regular [[Hero]] in the end.
** [[Anti-Hero]]: Starts out as a Type I while he's a recluse, but eventually moves to become either a Type II [[Knight in Sour Armor]] type of hero, or maybe just a regular [[Hero]] in the end.
* [[Hikikomori]]
* [[Hikikomori]]
* [[Hot Blooded]]: It's repressed, but it's still there. He was this way mostly as a child, but whenever he gets worked up he tends to yell and raise his voice and speak pretty passionately.
* [[Hot Blooded]]: It's repressed, but it's still there. He was this way mostly as a child, but whenever he gets worked up he tends to yell and raise his voice and speak pretty passionately.
* [[Keet]]: As a child.
* [[Keet]]: As a child.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Becomes this by the end of the series.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Becomes this by the end of the series.
* [[Jade Colored Glasses]]: Definitely the most jaded out of the whole cast at the beginning, save for ''maybe'' Yukiatsu. Ends up going through [[Character Development]] in the series to be more of a [[Knight in Sour Armor]].
* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: Definitely the most jaded out of the whole cast at the beginning, save for ''maybe'' Yukiatsu. Ends up going through [[Character Development]] in the series to be more of a [[Knight in Sour Armor]].
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: According to Anaru's friends, he's just a weird shut-in that she shouldn't bother dealing with.
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: According to Anaru's friends, he's just a weird shut-in that she shouldn't bother dealing with.
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* [[No Social Skills]]: As a teen, he is very awkward when dealing with people and often can't speak properly with anyone outside his old social circle.
* [[No Social Skills]]: As a teen, he is very awkward when dealing with people and often can't speak properly with anyone outside his old social circle.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: On more than one occasion with Anaru.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: On more than one occasion with Anaru.
* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Wears one when he goes out in public.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Wears one when he goes out in public.
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic II -- Arguably the most balanced of the group, by merit of being [[The Hero]].
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic II -- Arguably the most balanced of the group, by merit of being [[The Hero]].
* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Implied with Anaru in the ending.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Implied with Anaru in the ending.}}
* [[Socially Awkward Hero]]
* [[Socially Awkward Hero]]
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* [[The One That Got Away]]: She was this to both Jintan and Yukiatsu.
* [[The One That Got Away]]: She was this to both Jintan and Yukiatsu.
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Supine, as the friendly, non-confrontational [[The Chick|chick]] who's very prone to tears.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Supine, as the friendly, non-confrontational [[The Chick|chick]] who's very prone to tears.
* [[Standing Between the Enemies]]: Tries this when Anaru and Tsuruko start fighting in Episode 2. It doesn't work since they can't see her, but it never escalates beyond catty remarks and yelling anyways.
* [[Standing Between the Enemies]]: Tries this when Anaru and Tsuruko start fighting in Episode 2. It doesn't work since they can't see her, but it never escalates beyond catty remarks and yelling anyways.
* [[Tender Tears]]
* [[Tender Tears]]
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* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Subverted. Her feelings for Jintan was mutual, but her death means that they can never be together.
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Subverted. Her feelings for Jintan was mutual, but her death means that they can never be together.
* [[White Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]


== Naruko "Anaru" Anjou ==
== Naruko "Anaru" Anjou ==
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** Comes close to having [[Mega Twintails]], though her curls are only seen on the tips of her hair.
** Comes close to having [[Mega Twintails]], though her curls are only seen on the tips of her hair.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Insists that she can't sleep without one of her stuffed animals {{spoiler|when she moves to the clubhouse}}.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Insists that she can't sleep without one of her stuffed animals {{spoiler|when she moves to the clubhouse}}.
* [[Green Eyed Monster]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]
* [[Guilt Complex]]: Menma's death constantly torments Anaru.
* [[Guilt Complex]]: Menma's death constantly torments Anaru.
* [[Subcultures in Japan|Gyaru]]: Paints her nails, styles her hair and dyes it red, wears false eyelashes, and probably uses her earnings from her part-time job to buy outfits.
* [[Subcultures in Japan|Gyaru]]: Paints her nails, styles her hair and dyes it red, wears false eyelashes, and probably uses her earnings from her part-time job to buy outfits.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: [[Played With]] -- played straight by Yukiatsu, who sees her as his [[Replacement Love Interest]] for Menma; inverted in that she's the one with feelings for Jintan; subverted in that while they're currently in a state of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], {{spoiler|Jintan left her in the cold after she made an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to him, only to confess right in front of her later that he's still in love with Menma; and finally double subverted in that the ending hints that they eventually will get together}}.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: [[Played With]] -- played straight by Yukiatsu, who sees her as his [[Replacement Love Interest]] for Menma; inverted in that she's the one with feelings for Jintan; subverted in that while they're currently in a state of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], {{spoiler|Jintan left her in the cold after she made an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to him, only to confess right in front of her later that he's still in love with Menma; and finally double subverted in that the ending hints that they eventually will get together}}.
* [[Heroic Self Deprecation]]: Blames herself for Menma's death, is easily influenced by others, and has quite the inferiority issues.
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Blames herself for Menma's death, is easily influenced by others, and has quite the inferiority issues.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Jintan, {{spoiler|until the last episode}}.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Jintan, {{spoiler|until the last episode}}.
* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]/[[I Just Want to Be You|I Just Want To Be Menma]]: Envied Menma's looks when she was younger because of Jintan. It's heavily suggested that her fixation on fashion is due to her insecurity about her own looks.
* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]/[[I Just Want to Be You|I Just Want To Be Menma]]: Envied Menma's looks when she was younger because of Jintan. It's heavily suggested that her fixation on fashion is due to her insecurity about her own looks.
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* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]
* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]
* [[Red Headed Heroine]]
* [[Red Headed Heroine]]
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The red to Tsuruko's blue.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Tsuruko's blue.
* [[Replacement Love Interest]]: She wanted to be this to Jintan, but it turns out she's one for Yukiatsu.
* [[Replacement Love Interest]]: She wanted to be this to Jintan, but it turns out she's one for Yukiatsu.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Was on a good way to it with Yukiatsu.
* [[Rescue Romance]]: Was on a good way to it with Yukiatsu.
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* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: According to Yukiatsu.
* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: According to Yukiatsu.
* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Anaru ''insists'' that Jintan is irreplaceable to her when Tsuruko suggests that Yukiatsu is planning on hooking up with Anaru {{spoiler|once Menma is sent to Heaven}}.
* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Anaru ''insists'' that Jintan is irreplaceable to her when Tsuruko suggests that Yukiatsu is planning on hooking up with Anaru {{spoiler|once Menma is sent to Heaven}}.
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic -- Easily influenced by others and insecure, but overall a nice girl.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Phlegmatic -- Easily influenced by others and insecure, but overall a nice girl.
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Aki and Haruna belittle Jintan before her and threaten her with ending their friendship to keep her in check, and once got her into serious trouble during trip to a karaoke bar with a couple of older men. {{spoiler|Though the ending seems to suggest they're getting better, protectively guarding Anaru from Jintan. It looks like they really are looking out for her best interests.}}
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Aki and Haruna belittle Jintan before her and threaten her with ending their friendship to keep her in check, and once got her into serious trouble during trip to a karaoke bar with a couple of older men. {{spoiler|Though the ending seems to suggest they're getting better, protectively guarding Anaru from Jintan. It looks like they really are looking out for her best interests.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Towards Jintan who actually acts quite [[Tsundere]] right back.
* [[Tsundere]]: Towards Jintan who actually acts quite [[Tsundere]] right back.
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* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Gains one of these after {{spoiler|she's taken to a love hotel and nearly raped}}.
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Gains one of these after {{spoiler|she's taken to a love hotel and nearly raped}}.
* [[What Does She See in Him]]: Yukiatsu asks her what good she still finds in Jintan, pointing out that he's not the same kid they knew.
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: Yukiatsu asks her what good she still finds in Jintan, pointing out that he's not the same kid they knew.


== Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki ==
== Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki ==
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
** [[The Snark Knight]]
** [[The Snark Knight]]
* [[Green Eyed Monster]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Olive-greenish yellow, to be exact.
* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Olive-greenish yellow, to be exact.
* [[Guilt Complex]]
* [[Guilt Complex]]
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* [[The Resenter]]
* [[The Resenter]]
* [[The Rival]]
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric — model student on the outside, self-deprecating, resentful teen and {{spoiler|obsessive [[Creepy Crossdresser]]}} on the inside.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Choleric — model student on the outside, self-deprecating, resentful teen and {{spoiler|obsessive [[Creepy Crossdresser]]}} on the inside.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Menma.
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Menma.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Tsuruko. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Tsuruko. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]
* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]
* [[Green Eyed Monster]]: A mild case.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: A mild case.
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Towards Yukiatsu when a shopkeeper assumes that she is his girlfriend, and later when two girls confront her twice about her relationship to him.
* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Towards Yukiatsu when a shopkeeper assumes that she is his girlfriend, and later when two girls confront her twice about her relationship to him.
* {{spoiler|[[Important Haircut]]: She cuts her hair in Episode 10 following her coming to terms with her unrequited feelings.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Important Haircut]]: She cuts her hair in Episode 10 following her coming to terms with her unrequited feelings.}}
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* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]: Very patient, considering she saw herself as the last in line for Yukiatsu's feelings after Menma and Anaru.
* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]: Very patient, considering she saw herself as the last in line for Yukiatsu's feelings after Menma and Anaru.
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[The Quiet One]]
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The blue to Anaru's red.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Anaru's red.
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: "His {{spoiler|(Yukiatsu's)}} hobby is '''crossdressing'''."
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: "His {{spoiler|(Yukiatsu's)}} hobby is '''crossdressing'''."
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Near the end she confessed that she was hoping that Jintan and Anaru would get together {{spoiler|once Menma passed on to Heaven}}. This is because she wanted to be [[Ship Mates]] with Yukiatsu.
* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Near the end she confessed that she was hoping that Jintan and Anaru would get together {{spoiler|once Menma passed on to Heaven}}. This is because she wanted to be [[Ship Mates]] with Yukiatsu.
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic — [[The Smart Guy|A smart girl]] who is [[What the Hell Hero|critical of her friends]] but also comfortable on her own.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Melancholic — [[The Smart Guy|A smart girl]] who is [[What the Hell, Hero?|critical of her friends]] but also comfortable on her own.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
** {{spoiler|1=[[Not So Stoic]]/[[Cry Cute]]: She finally breaks down in tears as she confesses to her selfish reasons for fulfilling Menma's wish.}}
** {{spoiler|1=[[Not So Stoic]]/[[Cry Cute]]: She finally breaks down in tears as she confesses to her selfish reasons for fulfilling Menma's wish.}}
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Has grown into one.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Has grown into one.
* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Yukiatsu. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Yukiatsu. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Yukiatsu.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Yukiatsu.
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* [[Big Beautiful Man]]
* [[Big Beautiful Man]]
* [[Big Fun]]
* [[Big Fun]]
* [[Big Ol Eyebrows]]
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[The Big Guy]]: Though he was originally [[The Runt At the End|the runt]] of the Super Peace Busters. {{spoiler|He made up for this by intentionally acting stupid to get attention.}}
* [[The Big Guy]]: Though he was originally [[The Runt At the End|the runt]] of the Super Peace Busters. {{spoiler|He made up for this by intentionally acting stupid to get attention.}}
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Had one when he was a child.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Had one when he was a child.
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* {{spoiler|[[Guilt Complex]]: Which is why he participates in Anaru's and Yukiatsu's reenactment of the day Menma died.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Guilt Complex]]: Which is why he participates in Anaru's and Yukiatsu's reenactment of the day Menma died.}}
* [[The Heart]]: He's often the first to try to defuse a tense situation between his old friends.
* [[The Heart]]: He's often the first to try to defuse a tense situation between his old friends.
* {{spoiler|1=[[Heroic Self Deprecation]]/[[Hidden Depths]]: Admits to Jintan that he used to act stupid in class just to get noticed, and even when he was befriended by Jintan and the others, all he could do was "nothing but watch."}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]/[[Hidden Depths]]: Admits to Jintan that he used to act stupid in class just to get noticed, and even when he was befriended by Jintan and the others, all he could do was "nothing but watch."}}
* [[I Got Bigger]]
* [[I Got Bigger]]
* [[Keet]]
* [[Keet]]
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* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: He ''saw'' Menma drowning, but could do nothing but watch her slip away. This factors ''very'' much into his desire to see Menma's wish fulfilled, or else he thought Menma may not forgive him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: He ''saw'' Menma drowning, but could do nothing but watch her slip away. This factors ''very'' much into his desire to see Menma's wish fulfilled, or else he thought Menma may not forgive him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]}}
* [[Four Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine—The most fun-loving out of all the Super Peace Busters.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|Six Temperament Ensemble]]: Sanguine—The most fun-loving out of all the Super Peace Busters.
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Spends his part-time job money by traveling. {{spoiler|Turns out this was his way of forgetting bitter memories of ''seeing'' Menma drown and being unable to save her.}}
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Spends his part-time job money by traveling. {{spoiler|Turns out this was his way of forgetting bitter memories of ''seeing'' Menma drown and being unable to save her.}}
* [[Where It All Began]]: When not abroad, he resides in the gang's old hut.
* [[Where It All Began]]: When not abroad, he resides in the gang's old hut.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: Always seen wearing that beanie...thing.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Always seen wearing that beanie...thing.
* [[Open Minded Parent]]: Believes in letting Jintan find his own course in life.
* [[Open-Minded Parent]]: Believes in letting Jintan find his own course in life.


== Touko Yadomi ==
== Touko Yadomi ==