Chiisai Shoppu/Characters

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Characters from Chiisai Shoppu include:

Main Characters

Shohei Kazama

Shohei is a 15 year old boy who works at a struggling flower shop part-time. One day, after a solar eclipse/literal meteor shower (the shards raining down after it burns up in the atmosphere), he buys a strange plant he names Hikari II to not only save the shop, but to win the heart of his crush that the plant was named after, Hikari Momokawa. But Shohei soon discovers that the plant, Hikari II, feeds on his Life Energy, which often leaves him tired.

  • Adorkable
  • Berserk Button: If there's one thing he hates more than being called short, it's if someone were to mess with, threaten, endanger, or hurt Hikari.
  • Big Eater: Shohei once ate several free all-you-can-eat hamburgers and got a Balloon Belly as a result.
  • Butt Monkey: Mr. Gardenia sometimes treats Shohei like crap because of the latter's clumsiness, his brother Edo teases him, his sister Ami is too clingy towards him, and Orin loves to chase Shohei down with his motorcycle.
  • Disappeared Dad: His father Kappei died in a car crash when he was 10.
  • Ditzy Genius: Shohei knows a lot about plants, outer space, etc., but he doesn't seem to know much about venus flytraps.
  • Dogged Nice Guy: Shohei thought he was this, but Hikari loved him since one Christmastime where he got her a beautiful pink dress that cost 30,000 yen. He realizes that she's always loved him two chapters later.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: In the final chapter, he begs a fully grown Hikari II to eat his soul instead of Hikari's.
  • The Klutz: Implied, but it sometimes shows.
  • Life Energy: How he feeds Hikari II.
  • Megane

Shohei: Where are they? Everything is a blur!

Hikari Momokawa

Hikari is the rich girl that Shohei has a crush on. 2 days before the story began, her dad leaves her and her mother, and their money went down the gutter. But when the meteor came to Earth, it breaks into many fragments, and Hikari manages to get a shard to sell for a really high price.

Mr. Gardenia

The owner of the flower shop.

Hikari II

The plant. Half Venus flytrap, half Butterwort, all alien. It's actually a life-form on a shard of meteor that fused with the aforementioned plant hybrid. It feeds on Shohei's Life Energy, as well as bugs and meat. And once it got big enough, it ate souls, and plans to rule the world.


Family and Pets

Minami Kazama

Shohei's mother. She has an unusual addiction to tea.

Edo Kazama

Shohei's kid brother. He's a total brat to his big brother.

Ami Kazama

Shohei's kid sister and Edo's twin. She is clingy towards her big brother.

Inumaru

Shohei's dog.

Kyoko Momokawa

Hikari's mother.


The Strange Trio of Women

Exactly What It Says on the Tin. They are discreet characters that seem to be helping Shohei out. Or are they? All along, the answer is yes.


The Sharks

The Sharks

A ruthless motorcycle gang led by Orin Samekiba that cause trouble for everyone in Tokyo, especially Shohei.

Other Characters

Flower-eating man

A minor character based off of the character from the original 1960 movie.

Wong Chang

Mr. Chang is a Chinese shopkeeper and a childhood friend of Mr. Gardenia's. He sold Hikari II to Shohei in chapter 1, and gave him a Love Potion in chapter 7.

Mr. Ogata

A teacher at the high school that Shohei and Hikari attend.

Nurse Sakura

The school nurse.

Mrs. Koiyama

An old woman whose dozens of family members are dropping off like flies. Based off of the old woman with the same problem from the movies.

Dr. Haru

The former dentist. His last day had him pluck out Shohei's wisdom teeth before they hurt. Nowadays, he went from Depraved Dentist to Mad Doctor because he's a surgeon who causes as much pain as when he was a dentist. Based off of Dr. Farb from the original movie.

Akira Midorikawa

A man who just loves to visit the dentist. Based off of the characters played by Jack Nicholson and Bill Murray.

Natsumi

A friend of Hikari's from school. Works part-time at the Fairy Land water park.

Francoise and Luciano

Two European critics from France and Italy respectively. They came to Tokyo to review Mr. Gardenia's flower shop for a magazine.


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