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While the anime reminded the viewers "you don't really need to remember the characters' names or anything," we tropers [[Theres No Such Thing As Notability|still have the obligation]] to catalogue the cast of the manga and anime series ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys (Manga)|Daily Lives of High School Boys]]''.
While the anime reminded the viewers "you don't really need to remember the characters' names or anything," [[All The Tropes:This Troper|we tropers]] [[All The Tropes:There Is No Such Thing as Notability|still have the obligation]] to catalogue the cast of the manga and anime series ''[[Daily Lives of High School Boys]]''.


''(Note: Unless otherwise stated, all boys in this series attend Sanada North Prefectural High School, an [[One-Gender School|all-boys' school]].)''
''(Note: Unless otherwise stated, all boys in this series attend Sanada North Prefectural High School, an [[One-Gender School|all-boys' school]].)''


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== The Main Protagonists ==
== The Main Characters ==
== Tadakuni ==
=== Tadakuni ===
[[File:tadakuni1_2805.jpg|frame]]
[[File:tadakuni1_2805.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Miyu Irino]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Miyu Irino]]


{{quote| "My name is Tadakuni. I live a normal life, attending a normal school, in a normal town."}}
{{quote|"My name is Tadakuni. I live a normal life, attending a normal school, in a normal town."}}


A completely normal eleventh-grade schoolboy (so he describes himself) living a completely normal life in a completely ordinary town and studying in an [[One-Gender School|all boys']] [[High School]].
A completely normal eleventh-grade schoolboy (so he describes himself) living a completely normal life in a completely ordinary town and studying in an [[One-Gender School|all boys']] [[High School]].
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* [[Only One Name]]: Unlike Hidenori and Yoshitake, he (and Mei) has yet to be given a surname.
* [[Only One Name]]: Unlike Hidenori and Yoshitake, he (and Mei) has yet to be given a surname.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: It seems almost as if his whole life is a [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]: It seems almost as if his whole life is a [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]].
{{quote| ''"My everyday life with my idiotic, hopeless and self-conscious friends still continues!"<br />
{{quote|''"My everyday life with my idiotic, hopeless and self-conscious friends still continues!"
'''''Tadakuni''', in the anime's [[Book Ends]] skit'' }}
'''''Tadakuni''', in the anime's [[Book Ends]] skit'' }}
* [[Out of Focus]]: He slipped out from presence in the latter half of the anime--he had ''zero'' presence in episode 9, ''one'' scene when he choked on mochi in episode 10 (outside of his [[Chewing the Scenery]]), and one [[Eyecatch]] in episode 11. Episode 10's intro suggested that was because he is a [[Ridiculously Average Guy]], but can also be justified by his part-time job at the pizzeria.
* [[Out of Focus]]: He slipped out from presence in the latter half of the anime--he had ''zero'' presence in episode 9, ''one'' scene when he choked on mochi in episode 10 (outside of his [[Chewing the Scenery]]), and one [[Eyecatch]] in episode 11. Episode 10's intro suggested that was because he is a [[Ridiculously Average Guy]], but can also be justified by his part-time job at the pizzeria.
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* [[Straight Man]]
* [[Straight Man]]


== Hidenori Tabata ==
=== Hidenori Tabata ===
[[File:hidenori1_3956.jpg|frame]]
[[File:hidenori1_3956.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Tomokazu Sugita]] (teenager) and [[Yuko Sanpei]] (Grade 5)}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Tomokazu Sugita]] (teenager) and [[Yuko Sanpei]] (Grade 5)


{{quote| "That's it, Tadakuni! Run! Run, Tadakuni! Leave behind your [[Tsundere]] [[Patient Childhood Love Interest|childhood friend!]] Throw out your little sister who's [[Not Blood Related|unrelated by blood!]] Run past that [[Mysterious Waif|beautiful, mysterious]] [[New Transfer Student|transfer student]] until she fades into the distance! Hold on to that hand, and just, just... '''keep running!'''"}}
{{quote|"That's it, Tadakuni! Run! Run, Tadakuni! Leave behind your [[Tsundere]] [[Patient Childhood Love Interest|childhood friend!]] Throw out your little sister who's [[Not Blood Related|unrelated by blood!]] Run past that [[Mysterious Waif|beautiful, mysterious]] [[New Transfer Student|transfer student]] until she fades into the distance! Hold on to that hand, and just, just... '''keep running!'''"}}


Tadakuni's classmate who looks stoic and emotionless. Despite his calm, stoic appearance, he is actually a stubborn [[Large Ham]] with an odd sense of humor.
Tadakuni's classmate who looks stoic and emotionless. Despite his calm, stoic appearance, he is actually a stubborn [[Large Ham]] with an odd sense of humor.
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* [[Chick Magnet]]: He's the only male character that females ever crush on, such as the Literature Girl and Emi.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: He's the only male character that females ever crush on, such as the Literature Girl and Emi.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Usually towards gaming tropes.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Usually towards gaming tropes.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Inner Monologue]]: If he is the focus of a skit, expect extensive examples of this, especially his scenes with the Literature Girl.
* [[Inner Monologue]]: If he is the focus of a skit, expect extensive examples of this, especially his scenes with the Literature Girl.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: His father calls him "[[Megane]]"--despite his brother Yuusuke wearing glasses as well.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: His father calls him "[[Megane]]"--despite his brother Yuusuke wearing glasses as well.
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* {{spoiler|[[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Purely Aesthetic Glasses]]}}
* [[Running Gag]]/[[Say My Name]]
* [[Running Gag]]/[[Say My Name]]
{{quote| '''LITTLE SISTER/IMOUTOOO!'''}}
{{quote|'''LITTLE SISTER/IMOUTOOO!'''}}
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Subverted as he just ''looks'' stoic. {{spoiler|And he doesn't need them for vision purposes either.}}
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Subverted as he just ''looks'' stoic. {{spoiler|And he doesn't need them for vision purposes either.}}
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: At least once. In Episode 1's intro, he believed [[Square Enix]] and [[Sunrise]]'s involvement in [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|their show]] would suddenly infuse it with [[Mobile Suit Gundam|mecha]] and/or [[Dragon Quest|RPG]] elements. [[Chekhov's Gag|And in a way, he's right]] -- in ''High School Boys and Indoor Adventure'' the trio took to roleplaying after playing [[Dragon Quest]], and he is the most excited about it, impersonating various stock RPG characters.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: At least once. In Episode 1's intro, he believed [[Square Enix]] and [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]]'s involvement in [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|their show]] would suddenly infuse it with [[Mobile Suit Gundam|mecha]] and/or [[Dragon Quest|RPG]] elements. [[Chekhov's Gag|And in a way, he's right]] -- in ''High School Boys and Indoor Adventure'' the trio took to roleplaying after playing [[Dragon Quest]], and he is the most excited about it, impersonating various stock RPG characters.


== Yoshitake Tanaka ==
=== Yoshitake Tanaka ===
[[File:yoshitake_3913.jpg|frame]]
[[File:yoshitake_3913.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Kenichi Suzumura]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Kenichi Suzumura]]


{{quote| "A friend is... [[All Men Are Perverts|someone who walks with them even if they follow a different path]]! Someone who can bear the burden of their [[Panty Thief|sins]]! Isn't that what it means to be a [[True Companions|true friend]]!?"}}
{{quote|"A friend is... [[All Men Are Perverts|someone who walks with them even if they follow a different path]]! Someone who can bear the burden of their [[Panty Thief|sins]]! Isn't that what it means to be a [[True Companions|true friend]]!?"}}


Tadakuni's other friend, who looks more friendly and easygoing than Hidenori is... yet he's an idiot who shares Hidenori's odd sense of humor.
Tadakuni's other friend, who looks more friendly and easygoing than Hidenori is... yet he's an idiot who shares Hidenori's odd sense of humor.
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* [[The Comically Serious]]: ''High School Boys and Annoyances'' shows more than a few examples of this.
* [[The Comically Serious]]: ''High School Boys and Annoyances'' shows more than a few examples of this.
* {{spoiler|[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He was the legendary [[Bully Hunter]] "Rubber Shooter", and came out of the brawl with the "Archdemon" relatively fine.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He was the legendary [[Bully Hunter]] "Rubber Shooter", and came out of the brawl with the "Archdemon" relatively fine.}}
* [[Dye Hard]]: {{spoiler|When he was younger, he had brown hair, which is why Hidenori doesn't recognize him as Rubber Shooter at first.}}
* [[Dye Hard]]: {{spoiler|When he was younger, he had brown hair, which is why Hidenori doesn't recognize him as Rubber Shooter at first.}}
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: A running visual gag.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: A running visual gag.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Fate Stay Night|Gilgamesh]], on account of his blonde, slicked-back hair.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Fate/stay night|Gilgamesh]], on account of his blonde, slicked-back hair.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Fits to a T in all senses of the trope.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Fits to a T in all senses of the trope.
* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Motoharu asked him a bunch of Internet neologisms in ''High School Boys and Lies'', and he made up the answer for every one except MMORPG.
* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: Motoharu asked him a bunch of Internet neologisms in ''High School Boys and Lies'', and he made up the answer for every one except MMORPG.
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[True Companions]]: Amongst the trio, he subscribes to this philosophy the most.
* [[True Companions]]: Amongst the trio, he subscribes to this philosophy the most.
* [[With Friends Like These]]: After a touching monologue about how he'll walk down the same path as his friends, even as panty thieves, he immediately gets sold out to Mei by Tadakuni and Hidenori, and rats them out in return.
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: After a touching monologue about how he'll walk down the same path as his friends, even as panty thieves, he immediately gets sold out to Mei by Tadakuni and Hidenori, and rats them out in return.




== Sanada North High Student Council ==
== Sanada North High Student Council ==


== Student Council President ==
=== Student Council President ===
[[File:DanshiPres_4705.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiPres_4705.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Akira Ishida]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Akira Ishida]]


The handsome President of Sanada North High's Student Council, who does little actual work and is often absent from the Student Council room.
The handsome President of Sanada North High's Student Council, who does little actual work and is often absent from the Student Council room.
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* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Parodied in his fight with Ringo. He says he doesn't hit girls... ''after'' he misses a punch and gets locked in a chokehold.
* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Parodied in his fight with Ringo. He says he doesn't hit girls... ''after'' he misses a punch and gets locked in a chokehold.


== Student Council Vice-President ==
=== Student Council Vice-President ===
[[File:DanshiViceRep_5298.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiViceRep_5298.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Hiroki Yasumoto]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Hiroki Yasumoto]]


The Vice-President of the Student Council. Despite his scary appearance, he's well-mannered and polite.
The Vice-President of the Student Council. Despite his scary appearance, he's well-mannered and polite.
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* [[Younger Than He Looks]]: Seriously, does he look like he's only seventeen? Ringo even once thought he was 28.
* [[Younger Than He Looks]]: Seriously, does he look like he's only seventeen? Ringo even once thought he was 28.


== Motoharu the Delinquent ==
=== Motoharu the Delinquent ===
[[File:DanshiMotoharu_7919.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiMotoharu_7919.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Daisuke Namikawa]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Daisuke Namikawa]]


Tadakuni's classmate and a member of the Student Council. Despite his notoriety as a delinquent, he only really looks the part.
Tadakuni's classmate and a member of the Student Council. Despite his notoriety as a delinquent, he only really looks the part.
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* [[Face of a Thug]]
* [[Face of a Thug]]
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Subverted.
* [[Japanese Delinquents]]: Subverted.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: He's pretty much living with Mino.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: He's pretty much living with Mino.
* [[Perma Stubble]]
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Real Men Cook]]: To the surprise (and distress) of Mino.
* [[Real Men Cook]]: To the surprise (and distress) of Mino.
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[Second Year Protagonist]]


== Toshiyuki Karasawa ==
=== Toshiyuki Karasawa ===
[[File:DanshiKarasawa_5312.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiKarasawa_5312.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' Yuuki Ono}}
:'''Voiced by:''' Yuuki Ono


A quiet, stoic member of the Student Council who's always seen wearing a hat.
A quiet, stoic member of the Student Council who's always seen wearing a hat.
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* {{spoiler|[[Scars Are Forever]]: Keeps an ugly scar on his forehead as a reminder of an injury inflicted to him by Habara back when she was the "Archdemon". Volume 5 of the manga reveals that this is ''not'' the only one he has -- he has prominent ones on his chest, his arm, and a long one down his back.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Scars Are Forever]]: Keeps an ugly scar on his forehead as a reminder of an injury inflicted to him by Habara back when she was the "Archdemon". Volume 5 of the manga reveals that this is ''not'' the only one he has -- he has prominent ones on his chest, his arm, and a long one down his back.}}
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
** [[Not So Stoic]]: Asked Yanagin to allow herself to get a dose of his [[Kinnikuman (Manga)|Kinniku Buster]] as payback for beating him up back in ''Grudge''.
** [[Not So Stoic]]: Asked Yanagin to allow herself to get a dose of his [[Kinnikuman|Kinniku Buster]] as payback for beating him up back in ''Grudge''.
{{quote| '''Habara''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Toshiyuki does weird things too, sometimes.]]}}
{{quote|'''Habara''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Toshiyuki does weird things too, sometimes.]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He is Habara-phobic, ever since giving him a nasty wound that left an ugly scar on his forehead. Shown in extreme detail in ''High School Girls are Funky--Demon''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: He is Habara-phobic, ever since giving him a nasty wound that left an ugly scar on his forehead. Shown in extreme detail in ''High School Girls are Funky--Demon''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Zen Survivor]]: He came out the worst of it out of the Archdemon's victims, and he has [[Scars Are Forever|the scar]] to prove it.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Zen Survivor]]: He came out the worst of it out of the Archdemon's victims, and he has [[Scars Are Forever|the scar]] to prove it.}}
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== Other High School Boys ==
== Other High School Boys ==


== Mitsuo ==
=== Mitsuo ===
[[File:DanshiMitsuo_6346.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiMitsuo_6346.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Nobuhiko Okamoto]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Nobuhiko Okamoto]]


A classmate of the main characters. He's also the biggest loser in class.
A classmate of the main characters. He's also the biggest loser in class.
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* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Other boys spent whole chapters discussing his misfortunes -- even misattributing others' mishap ''to him''.
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: Other boys spent whole chapters discussing his misfortunes -- even misattributing others' mishap ''to him''.
** In ''High School Boys and Kick the Can'', Hidenori, Yoshitake and Motoharu played a rather physical game of kick-the-can... with his Zaku Gunpla as the can. Turns out they bought him a new Gunpla for his birthday present, but decided to destroy the older one because they're identical. [[Shaggy Dog Story|Of course, the replacement is actually a bootleg]], and come the next [[Eyecatch]] Mitsuo drops it off a trash bin.
** In ''High School Boys and Kick the Can'', Hidenori, Yoshitake and Motoharu played a rather physical game of kick-the-can... with his Zaku Gunpla as the can. Turns out they bought him a new Gunpla for his birthday present, but decided to destroy the older one because they're identical. [[Shaggy Dog Story|Of course, the replacement is actually a bootleg]], and come the next [[Eyecatch]] Mitsuo drops it off a trash bin.
* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: Episode 10's ''High School Boys and Consequences'' is essentially one long string of Mitsuo going from one blunder to another. To top it all off, he ends up completely missing a [[Crash Into Hello]] encounter with a girl running [[Late for School]] when he stops to tie his shoelaces (and even thought [[Comically Missing the Point|he actually got lucky there]])... [[It Got Worse|and then he steps in dog shit]].
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Episode 10's ''High School Boys and Consequences'' is essentially one long string of Mitsuo going from one blunder to another. To top it all off, he ends up completely missing a [[Crash Into Hello]] encounter with a girl running [[Late for School]] when he stops to tie his shoelaces (and even thought [[Comically Missing the Point|he actually got lucky there]])... [[It Got Worse|and then he steps in dog shit]].
* [[Genre Blind]]: In ''High School Boys and Annoyances'', Hidenori considered him to have zero comprehension and is annoying to watch movies with.
* [[Genre Blind]]: In ''High School Boys and Annoyances'', Hidenori considered him to have zero comprehension and is annoying to watch movies with.
* [[Porn Stash]]: Keeps one in his house. His parents discovering it caused his [[Heroic BSOD]] in ''High School Boys and Mitsuo's Problem''.
* [[Porn Stash]]: Keeps one in his house. His parents discovering it caused his [[Heroic BSOD]] in ''High School Boys and Mitsuo's Problem''.
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* [[The Trickster]]: His "killer shots" in ''High School Boys and Killer Shots'' all amounted to [[playing Dirty]].
* [[The Trickster]]: His "killer shots" in ''High School Boys and Killer Shots'' all amounted to [[playing Dirty]].


== Takahiro Matsumoto ==
=== Takahiro Matsumoto ===
[[File:DLoHSB_Takahiro_9501.jpg|frame]]
[[File:DLoHSB_Takahiro_9501.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Showtaro Morikubo]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Showtaro Morikubo]]


A student from Sanada West High and a classmate of the Literature Girl, who lives across the street from Karasawa and Habara.
A student from Sanada West High and a classmate of the Literature Girl, who lives across the street from Karasawa and Habara.
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Along with his unnamed friend.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Along with his unnamed friend.


== Takahiro's Friend ==
=== Takahiro's Friend ===
[[File:DanshiMitsuoFriend_9706.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiMitsuoFriend_9706.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by''' [[Junichi Suwabe]]}}
:'''Voiced by''' [[Junichi Suwabe]]


A student from Sanada West High who hangs around with Takahiro.
A student from Sanada West High who hangs around with Takahiro.
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== ''High School Girls Are Funky'' Protagonists ==
== ''High School Girls Are Funky'' Major Characters ==


== Habara{{spoiler|1=/Archdemon}} ==
=== Habara{{spoiler|1=/Archdemon}} ===
[[File:DanshiHabara_9820.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiHabara_9820.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yukana]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Yukana]]


A girl from Sanada West High who lives next to Karasawa. Like her [[Distaff Counterpart]] Tadakuni, Yanagin and Ikushima frequently hangs out at her house. {{spoiler|Eight years ago, however, she was the "Archdemon," the [[The Bully|most dreaded kid in town]]. After a joint effort to "pacify" her by other kids, amongst which were Yanagin and "Rubber Shooter", she has completely changed for the good.}}
A girl from Sanada West High who lives next to Karasawa. Like her [[Distaff Counterpart]] Tadakuni, Yanagin and Ikushima frequently hangs out at her house. {{spoiler|Eight years ago, however, she was the "Archdemon," the [[The Bully|most dreaded kid in town]]. After a joint effort to "pacify" her by other kids, amongst which were Yanagin and "Rubber Shooter", she has completely changed for the good.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Dark Action Girl]]: A very young one as the Archdemon.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dark Action Girl]]: A very young one as the Archdemon.}}
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To Tadakuni.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: To Tadakuni.
* {{spoiler|[[Double Standard Abuse Female On Male]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] -- her social life with ''any male'' in town has been ''completely ruined'' by her days as the "Archdemon".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] -- her social life with ''any male'' in town has been ''completely ruined'' by her days as the "Archdemon".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Enfant Terrible]]: Was once this.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Enfant Terrible]]: Was once this.}}
* [[The Generic Girl]]: Completely generic and unremarkable aside from all the spoiler bits.
* [[The Generic Girl]]: Completely generic and unremarkable aside from all the spoiler bits.
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* {{spoiler|[[Red Baron]]: "Archdemon"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Baron]]: "Archdemon"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Reformed but Rejected]]: Everyone in town still remembers her as the "Archdemon" rather than the sweet, generic [[Girl Next Door]] she is now. Yes, she has kissed her romantic life and larger-scale friendships goodbye since ''third grade''.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Reformed but Rejected]]: Everyone in town still remembers her as the "Archdemon" rather than the sweet, generic [[Girl Next Door]] she is now. Yes, she has kissed her romantic life and larger-scale friendships goodbye since ''third grade''.}}
{{quote| '''Takahiro''':Perhaps it's better for her {{spoiler|to leave this town.}}}}
{{quote|'''Takahiro''':Perhaps it's better for her {{spoiler|to leave this town.}}}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Filter of Doom]]: During her flashbacks.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Filter of Doom]]: During her flashbacks.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Retired Outlaw]]: Unfortunately for her, almost every male teenager in Sanada City [[Reformed but Rejected|is still very wary of her]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Retired Outlaw]]: Unfortunately for her, almost every male teenager in Sanada City [[Reformed but Rejected|is still very wary of her]].}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Tears of Remorse]]: [[Played for Laughs]] -- frequently cries these whenever other people bring up her past as the "Archdemon".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tears of Remorse]]: [[Played for Laughs]] -- frequently cries these whenever other people bring up her past as the "Archdemon".}}


== Yanagin ==
=== Yanagin ===
[[File:DanshiYanagin_3434.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiYanagin_3434.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Yuu Kobayashi]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Yuu Kobayashi]]


Habara's oddball friend from Sanada Central High, who, like her [[Distaff Counterpart]] Hidenori, often has something to say (translate: scream) about high school boys.
Habara's oddball friend from Sanada Central High, who, like her [[Distaff Counterpart]] Hidenori, often has something to say (translate: scream) about high school boys.
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* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: As a kid she was originally a part of Habara's gang, but turned to the alliance because...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: As a kid she was originally a part of Habara's gang, but turned to the alliance because...}}
** {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: ...of what happened to Karasawa.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: ...of what happened to Karasawa.}}
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Like "[[Action Girl]]," it was [[Downplayed]] -- while she's now no different from any other girls in this series, at the time she {{spoiler|fought with the Archdemon}}, she was considered big.
* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Like "[[Action Girl]]," it was [[Downplayed]] -- while she's now no different from any other girls in this series, at the time she {{spoiler|fought with the Archdemon}}, she was considered big.
* [["Just Joking" Justification]]: Used this after seeing {{spoiler|Habara and Karasawa's [[Heroic BSOD|response to her retelling of the "battle" against the "Archdemon"]]}}.
* [["Just Joking" Justification]]: Used this after seeing {{spoiler|Habara and Karasawa's [[Heroic BSOD|response to her retelling of the "battle" against the "Archdemon"]]}}.
* [[Large Ham]]: Unlike Hidenori, she is very public about it.
* [[Large Ham]]: Unlike Hidenori, she is very public about it.
* [[Meganekko]]: She subverts the "sweet glasses girl" archetype usually associated with the trope by being a loud-mouthed hothead. When Ikushima asked about that, she claims she only wears them not so much as a cuteness factor than as a remedy for her poor eyesight -- and threatened to ''rape'' her.
* [[Meganekko]]: She subverts the "sweet glasses girl" archetype usually associated with the trope by being a loud-mouthed hothead. When Ikushima asked about that, she claims she only wears them not so much as a cuteness factor than as a remedy for her poor eyesight -- and threatened to ''rape'' her.
{{quote| "I'm not wearing them to fit in character stereotypes! I wore them because my eyes are bad!"}}
{{quote|"I'm not wearing them to fit in character stereotypes! I wore them because my eyes are bad!"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Morality Pet]]: A self-imposed one for Habara, always keeping an eye on her in case she relapses back into being the "Archdemon".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Morality Pet]]: A self-imposed one for Habara, always keeping an eye on her in case she relapses back into being the "Archdemon".}}
* [[Only Known By Her Nickname]]: [[Downplayed]]. Yanagin, the name her neighbours call her, is actually a diminutive of "Yanagi," a name her classmates in Central Perfectual would more likely use.
* [[Only Known By Her Nickname]]: [[Downplayed]]. Yanagin, the name her neighbours call her, is actually a diminutive of "Yanagi," a name her classmates in Central Perfectual would more likely use.
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* [[Unknown Rival]]: To NAGO.
* [[Unknown Rival]]: To NAGO.


== Ikushima ==
=== Ikushima ===
[[File:DanshiIkushima_9312.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiIkushima_9312.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Chiwa Saitou]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Chiwa Saitou]]


Habara's other friend from Sanada East High, who always goes along with whatever Yanagin's up to.
Habara's other friend from Sanada East High, who always goes along with whatever Yanagin's up to.
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== Other High School Girls ==
== Other High School Girls ==


== Literature Girl/"Yassan" ==
=== Literature Girl/"Yassan" ===
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[[File:DanshiBungaku_2852.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Youko Hikasa]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Youko Hikasa]]


{{quote| "''She's probably hoping for an unrealistically romantic "[[Boy Meets Girl]]" encounter...! Can her mind shake off gravity or what? See, she's already got a distant look in her eyes. I can already tell that her romantic maiden gauge is reading full!''"<br />
{{quote|"''She's probably hoping for an unrealistically romantic "[[Boy Meets Girl]]" encounter...! Can her mind shake off gravity or what? See, she's already got a distant look in her eyes. I can already tell that her romantic maiden gauge is reading full!''"
(Hidenori's [[Internal Monologue]], ''High School Boy and the Literature Girl 3'') }}
(Hidenori's [[Internal Monologue]], ''High School Boy and the Literature Girl 3'') }}


A girl from Sanada West High who wrote a [[Romance Novel]] about [[Boy Meets Girl|an encounter]] between a girl and a geeky, solitary boy [[Blow You Away|who can control wind]], and ''then'' tried to reenact it in the series' [[Real Life]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]], especially when she projects the "boy" to Hidenori, who is [[Genre Savvy|well-aware]] of what she's trying to invoke...
A girl from Sanada West High who wrote a [[Romance Novel]] about [[Boy Meets Girl|an encounter]] between a girl and a geeky, solitary boy [[Blow You Away|who can control wind]], and ''then'' tried to reenact it in the series' [[Real Life]]. [[Hilarity Ensues]], especially when she projects the "boy" to Hidenori, who is [[Genre Savvy|well-aware]] of what she's trying to invoke...
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* [[Adorkable]]: Trying to reenact her own novel by sitting beside a boy (who happened to be Hidenori) on the [[Artificial Riverbank]]? Check.
* [[Adorkable]]: Trying to reenact her own novel by sitting beside a boy (who happened to be Hidenori) on the [[Artificial Riverbank]]? Check.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: She crushes ''hard'' on Hidenori. Unfortunately, he's too weirded out by her to reciprocate.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: She crushes ''hard'' on Hidenori. Unfortunately, he's too weirded out by her to reciprocate.
* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]? Check. Sports a [[Hime Cut]]? Check. Has a taste for literary subjects? Check. Awkward in her interactions with Hidenori? Check. The casting department must have clearly thought of [[K-On! (Manga)|Mio Akiyama]] when they cast [[Youko Hikasa]] as the Literature Girl.
* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]? Check. Sports a [[Hime Cut]]? Check. Has a taste for literary subjects? Check. Awkward in her interactions with Hidenori? Check. The casting department must have clearly thought of [[K-On!|Mio Akiyama]] when they cast [[Youko Hikasa]] as the Literature Girl.
* [[Chase Scene]]: Runs after Hidenori in Episode 10's ''High School Boys and Running'' after he left her a note (on the previous skit, ''High School Boys and Winter'') asking her to return [[Comforting Comforter|his overcoat he left on her]] [[Brick Joke|way back in Episode 7]]... all because Hidenori saw her walking with her classmate Takahiro to school, then casually walked away -- she wanted to make sure [[Not What It Looks Like|Hidenori didn't get the wrong idea]].
* [[Chase Scene]]: Runs after Hidenori in Episode 10's ''High School Boys and Running'' after he left her a note (on the previous skit, ''High School Boys and Winter'') asking her to return [[Comforting Comforter|his overcoat he left on her]] [[Brick Joke|way back in Episode 7]]... all because Hidenori saw her walking with her classmate Takahiro to school, then casually walked away -- she wanted to make sure [[Not What It Looks Like|Hidenori didn't get the wrong idea]].
* [[The Chew Toy]]/[[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: In particular, ''High School Boys and the Way You Are''.
* [[The Chew Toy]]/[[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: In particular, ''High School Boys and the Way You Are''.
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* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Chased Hidenori in Episode 10 to clear up any misunderstanding caused by him seeing her walking with Takahiro.
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Chased Hidenori in Episode 10 to clear up any misunderstanding caused by him seeing her walking with Takahiro.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: "Literature Girl" is how the ''author and the viewers'' call her. In-Universe she's only known as "Yassan."
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: "Literature Girl" is how the ''author and the viewers'' call her. In-Universe she's only known as "Yassan."
** A strange note: Some [[Chinese Language]] [[Fan Sub]] groups would even translate "Yassan" into "Literature Girl."
** A strange note: Some Chinese Language [[Fan Sub]] groups would even translate "Yassan" into "Literature Girl."
* [[The Quiet One]]: Only when she's with Hidenori; she just uttered 2 lines in the 5 skits involving Hidenori. She is more talkative with her classmates like Takahiro.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Only when she's with Hidenori; she just uttered 2 lines in the 5 skits involving Hidenori. She is more talkative with her classmates like Takahiro.
* [[Sailor Fuku]]
* [[Sailor Fuku]]
* [[Strange Girl]]: This is how Hidenori sees her.
* [[Strange Girl]]: This is how Hidenori sees her.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Bonus points, too, for being voiced by [[Youko Hikasa]].
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Bonus points, too, for being voiced by [[Youko Hikasa]].
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]
* [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel]]: When she's around Hidenori on that riverbank, she goes full into this mode. Too bad she's also...
* [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel]]: When she's around Hidenori on that riverbank, she goes full into this mode. Too bad she's also...
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: She doesn't seem to realize that she's in a comedy series, and thus all her attempts to invoke romantic love tropes end up backfiring and humiliating her, most of the time.
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: She doesn't seem to realize that she's in a comedy series, and thus all her attempts to invoke romantic love tropes end up backfiring and humiliating her, most of the time.
* [[Yandere]]: [[Played for Laughs]]. For an example, just ask the "Overly Self-Conscious Girl" -- the latter received her [[Death Glare]] just because ''Hidenori'' happened to sit next to the latter on the [[Artificial Riverbank]]. <!-- Better summary needed for this. -->
* [[Yandere]]: [[Played for Laughs]]. For an example, just ask the "Overly Self-Conscious Girl" -- the latter received her [[Death Glare]] just because ''Hidenori'' happened to sit next to the latter on the [[Artificial Riverbank]].


== "Ringo" ==
=== "Ringo" ===
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[[File:DanshiRingo_9329.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Aoi Yuuki]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Aoi Yuuki]]


[[Student Council President]] of the all-girls Sanada East High, who's determined to prove the superiority of girls over boys.
[[Student Council President]] of the all-girls Sanada East High, who's determined to prove the superiority of girls over boys.
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* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Karasawa was able to distract her by meowing.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Karasawa was able to distract her by meowing.
* [[Leitmotif]]: While not as noticeable as Literature Girl's, Ringo also has a goofy one, which can be heard during her visits to the Sanada North Student Council.
* [[Leitmotif]]: While not as noticeable as Literature Girl's, Ringo also has a goofy one, which can be heard during her visits to the Sanada North Student Council.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]
* [[Straw Feminist]]: A very mild example.
* [[Straw Feminist]]: A very mild example.
* [[Student Council President]]
* [[Student Council President]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Type B -- she actually gets along fine with other people, like the members of the Sanada North student council, but she reacts violently to the antics of their pretty-boy Student Council President.
* [[Tsundere]]: Type B -- she actually gets along fine with other people, like the members of the Sanada North student council, but she reacts violently to the antics of their pretty-boy Student Council President.


== Mei ==
=== Mei ===
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[[File:DanshiTadakuniIImouto_3374.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Ayahi Takagaki]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Ayahi Takagaki]]


{{quote| "Shut up! If you don't die right now, I'll kill you! If you don't wanna get killed, then die!"}}
{{quote|"Shut up! If you don't die right now, I'll kill you! If you don't wanna get killed, then die!"}}


Tadakuni's younger sister and a freshman at Sanada Central High. Despite talking with Tadakuni only once a month, she often ends up getting involved in her brother and his friends' hijinks.
Tadakuni's younger sister and a freshman at Sanada Central High. Despite talking with Tadakuni only once a month, she often ends up getting involved in her brother and his friends' hijinks.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Her brother and his friends keep [[Panty Thief|stealing her lingerie]].
* [[Running Gag]]: Her brother and his friends keep [[Panty Thief|stealing her lingerie]].
* [[Super Strength]]: In ''High School Boys and Tower'' she can lift both Hidenori ''and'' Motoharu on her shoulders, and in ''High School Boys and UFO Catchers'' she can shake a UFO Catcher at the arcades which the main trio ''together'' couldn't even move.
* [[Super Strength]]: In ''High School Boys and Tower'' she can lift both Hidenori ''and'' Motoharu on her shoulders, and in ''High School Boys and UFO Catchers'' she can shake a UFO Catcher at the arcades which the main trio ''together'' couldn't even move.
{{quote| '''Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake, [[Speak in Unison|in unison]]:''' "[[Lampshade Hanging|Just what IS she?]]"}}
{{quote|'''Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake, [[Speak in Unison|in unison]]:''' "[[Lampshade Hanging|Just what IS she?]]"}}


== Mino ==
=== Mino ===
[[File:DanshiMotoharuOnee_2137.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiMotoharuOnee_2137.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Risa Hayamizu]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Risa Hayamizu]]


{{quote| "It's pretty rare, what we have. Not many siblings get along, you know?"}}
{{quote|"It's pretty rare, what we have. Not many siblings get along, you know?"}}


Motoharu's older sister and a third-year from Sanada West High. Because their parents aren't around much, they're close, relatively speaking.
Motoharu's older sister and a third-year from Sanada West High. Because their parents aren't around much, they're close, relatively speaking.
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* [[The Trickster]]: Motoharu thinks this is why she's a bit more distant with others. [[Informed Attribute|Not that viewers can see that.]]
* [[The Trickster]]: Motoharu thinks this is why she's a bit more distant with others. [[Informed Attribute|Not that viewers can see that.]]


== Yoshitake's Older Sister ==
=== Yoshitake's Older Sister ===
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[[File:DanshiYoshitakeOnee_6770.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Ami Koshimizu]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Ami Koshimizu]]


{{quote| "Did you know? Most entertainers get plastic surgery."}}
{{quote|"Did you know? Most entertainers get plastic surgery."}}


Yoshitake's older sister, third-year schoolgirl at Sanada Central High, and a compulsive liar. She's desperate for a boyfriend, and gets [[Berserk Button|highly upset when others bring this fact to light]].
Yoshitake's older sister, third-year schoolgirl at Sanada Central High, and a compulsive liar. She's desperate for a boyfriend, and gets [[Berserk Button|highly upset when others bring this fact to light]].
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* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Performs a particularly brutal Release German Suplex on Tadakuni.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Performs a particularly brutal Release German Suplex on Tadakuni.


== Nago (奈古) ==
=== Nago (奈古) ===
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[[File:DanshiNago_8459.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Minagawa]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Minagawa]]


{{quote| "These guys are pissing me off."}}
{{quote|"These guys are pissing me off."}}


A third-year from Sanada Central High and a senior staff in a pizzeria where Tadakuni and Yasunori work part-time.
A third-year from Sanada Central High and a senior staff in a pizzeria where Tadakuni and Yasunori work part-time.
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* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Or at least, she would, if she went on a diet and stopped frowning.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Or at least, she would, if she went on a diet and stopped frowning.
* [[Surrounded By Idiots]]
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]


== NAGO (名護) ==
=== NAGO (名護) ===
[[File:DanshiNagoCute_9848.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiNagoCute_9848.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Minagawa]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Junko Minagawa]]


Yanagin's "rival" at Sanada Central High. Her relation to ''that'' Nago, if there is any, is unknown.
Yanagin's "rival" at Sanada Central High. Her relation to ''that'' Nago, if there is any, is unknown.

{{quote| '''Note:''' Due to name similarities with the Nago above, she is referred to in capitals.}}
'''Note:''' Due to name similarities with the Nago above, she is referred to in capitals.
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* [[The Ace]]: Outdoes Yanagin in academics, martial arts ''and'' eating.
* [[The Ace]]: Outdoes Yanagin in academics, martial arts ''and'' eating.
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]


== Yanagin's Sempai ==
=== Yanagin's Sempai ===
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[[File:DanshiYanagiSempai_9284.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Shizuka Ito]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Shizuka Ito]]


[[Student Council President]] of Sanada Central High, who mentors Yanagin, Habara and Ikushima on how to be "better" high school girls. Apparently has a past with Karasawa as well.
[[Student Council President]] of Sanada Central High, who mentors Yanagin, Habara and Ikushima on how to be "better" high school girls. Apparently has a past with Karasawa as well.
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* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Character sketches [[Lampshade Hanging|describe her]] as looking "a little bit familiar" -- she is basically a brunette, loud-mouthed version of [[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hinagiku Katsura]], complete with sharing [[Shizuka Ito|the same voice actress]].
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Character sketches [[Lampshade Hanging|describe her]] as looking "a little bit familiar" -- she is basically a brunette, loud-mouthed version of [[Hayate the Combat Butler|Hinagiku Katsura]], complete with sharing [[Shizuka Ito|the same voice actress]].
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[The Ditz]]: Invoked -- she's smart but she encourages girls to become this as some sort of girlish charm. It is for this reason that she is disparaging of Yanagin's street smarts.
* [[The Ditz]]: Invoked -- she's smart but she encourages girls to become this as some sort of girlish charm. It is for this reason that she is disparaging of Yanagin's street smarts.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: At the very least, knowing most girls in [[Turn of the Millennium|last decade]]'s fiction are [[Ditz|ditzy]] to an extreme.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: At the very least, knowing most girls in [[Turn of the Millennium|last decade]]'s fiction are [[Ditz|ditzy]] to an extreme.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]
* [[Sempai-Kohai]]
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: With Habara's Sempai.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: With Habara's Sempai.
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* [[Tsurime Eyyes]]
* [[Tsurime Eyyes]]


== Overly Self-Conscious Girl ==
=== Overly Self-Conscious Girl ===
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[[File:DanshiExcitable_7189.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Haruna Ikezawa]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Haruna Ikezawa]]


A student at Sanada Central High who gets bothered by every little thing that happens around her.
A student at Sanada Central High who gets bothered by every little thing that happens around her.
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* [[Inner Monologue]]: Justified given how self-conscious she is. In ''High School Boys and the Literary Girl 4'', she has ''as much'' of inner monologue as Hidenori.
* [[Inner Monologue]]: Justified given how self-conscious she is. In ''High School Boys and the Literary Girl 4'', she has ''as much'' of inner monologue as Hidenori.
* [[Running Gag]]
* [[Running Gag]]
{{quote| "This guy's totally into me!"}}
{{quote|"This guy's totally into me!"}}
* [[The Trickster]]: She's playing around with the guys in ''High School Boys and Distance''. Then Yoshitake comes in and [[Laser-Guided Karma|turns the tables on her]].
* [[The Trickster]]: She's playing around with the guys in ''High School Boys and Distance''. Then Yoshitake comes in and [[Laser-Guided Karma|turns the tables on her]].
* [[The Trope Without a Title]]: like the Literature Girl, this name is not even used in-universe.
* [[The Trope Without a Title]]: like the Literature Girl, this name is not even used in-universe.
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== Other Characters ==
== Other Characters ==


== Yuusuke Tabata ==
=== Yuusuke Tabata ===
[[File:DanshiHidenoriOnii_2972.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiHidenoriOnii_2972.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Takahiro Sakurai]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Takahiro Sakurai]]


Hidenori's older brother and a college freshman.
Hidenori's older brother and a college freshman.
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* [[Not So Different]]: He's as perverted (see "[[All Men Are Perverts]]") and sees Yoshitake's older sister's [[Berserk Button]] with contempt as the main trio. It also helps that he used to be the ringleader of their group before he left for college.
* [[Not So Different]]: He's as perverted (see "[[All Men Are Perverts]]") and sees Yoshitake's older sister's [[Berserk Button]] with contempt as the main trio. It also helps that he used to be the ringleader of their group before he left for college.


== Rubber Shooter{{spoiler|/Yoshitake}} ==
=== Rubber Shooter{{spoiler|/Yoshitake}} ===
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[[File:DLoHSB_RubberShooter_9323.jpg|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Romi Park]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Romi Park]]


A mysterious kid whose true identity remains unknown. He saved Hidenori from bullies when he was young--and continued to be Hidenori's role model. {{spoiler|He was also part of the team that "pacified" Habara.}}
A mysterious kid whose true identity remains unknown. He saved Hidenori from bullies when he was young--and continued to be Hidenori's role model. {{spoiler|He was also part of the team that "pacified" Habara.}}
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* [[Bully Hunter]]
* [[Bully Hunter]]
* [[Cool Mask]]: It's [[Kamen Rider]].
* [[Cool Mask]]: It's [[Kamen Rider]].
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Due to [[Separated By a Common Language]], while "rubber" would only mean rubber bands in Japan, most other English speakers would be confused about what he shoots, ''especially'' the Americans.
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Due to [[Separated by a Common Language]], while "rubber" would only mean rubber bands in Japan, most other English speakers would be confused about what he shoots, ''especially'' the Americans.
* [[Just Whistle]]: Defied -- although he tells Hidenori to call him with the whistle when he needs help, later he tells him not to rely on the strong to always help him.
* [[Just Whistle]]: Defied -- although he tells Hidenori to call him with the whistle when he needs help, later he tells him not to rely on the strong to always help him.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [[Pachelbels Canon]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: [[Pachelbel's Canon]]


== Emi ==
=== Emi ===
[[File:DanshiEmi_3698.png|frame]]
[[File:DanshiEmi_3698.png|frame]]
{{quote| '''Voiced by:''' [[Kaori Mizuhashi]]}}
:'''Voiced by:''' [[Kaori Mizuhashi]]


A girl who lives in Hidenori's maternal hometown.
A girl who lives in Hidenori's maternal hometown.
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* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: Episode 9's ''High School Boys and Dropkicks'' and ''High School Boys and the End of Summer''.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Episode 9's ''High School Boys and Dropkicks'' and ''High School Boys and the End of Summer''.
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Actor Allusion]]: While she performs a dropkick to Hidenori, he screams "Tiro Finale!" -- an obvious nod to one of [[Kaori Mizuhashi|her voice actress's]] most famous roles as [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Mami Tomoe]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: While she performs a dropkick to Hidenori, he screams "Tiro Finale!" -- an obvious nod to one of [[Kaori Mizuhashi|her voice actress's]] most famous roles as [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Mami Tomoe]].
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Spent many days during summer break with Hidenori trying (to no avail) to confess to him.
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Spent many days during summer break with Hidenori trying (to no avail) to confess to him.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: She finally finds the chance to confess her love to Hidenori on a festival, which coincides with his last day in town. But just when she thinks she finally found her chance (after several days without much success)...
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: She finally finds the chance to confess her love to Hidenori on a festival, which coincides with his last day in town. But just when she thinks she finally found her chance (after several days without much success)...
* [[Surprise Incest]]: ...Hidenori makes a most surprising revelation to her: they are cousins.
* [[Surprise Incest]]: ...Hidenori makes a most surprising revelation to her: they are cousins.
{{quote| "And so, I ended my summer break without being able to do a thing."}}
{{quote|"And so, I ended my summer break without being able to do a thing."}}


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While the anime reminded the viewers "you don't really need to remember the characters' names or anything," we tropers still have the obligation to catalogue the cast of the manga and anime series Daily Lives of High School Boys.

(Note: Unless otherwise stated, all boys in this series attend Sanada North Prefectural High School, an all-boys' school.)

The Main Characters

Tadakuni

Voiced by: Miyu Irino

"My name is Tadakuni. I live a normal life, attending a normal school, in a normal town."

A completely normal eleventh-grade schoolboy (so he describes himself) living a completely normal life in a completely ordinary town and studying in an all boys' High School.

  • Attractive Bent Gender: Looks surprisingly good in a skirt, a fact that many many artists at Pixiv seem to agree with. This was being lampshaded In-Universe; Yoshitake commented he has no signs of the male hormone when crossdressed.
  • Butt Monkey: Forced to play along with a love simulation, tricked into crossdressing, got punched out by the Literature Girl, went Out of Focus for several episodes, has yet to be given a surname... poor boy.
  • The Klutz: At least in the unanimated High School Boys and Classroom Cleaning, he broke anything he put his hand on.
  • Only One Name: Unlike Hidenori and Yoshitake, he (and Mei) has yet to be given a surname.
  • Only Sane Man: It seems almost as if his whole life is a Boke and Tsukkomi Routine.

"My everyday life with my idiotic, hopeless and self-conscious friends still continues!"
 Tadakuni, in the anime's Book Ends skit

Hidenori Tabata

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (teenager) and Yuko Sanpei (Grade 5)

"That's it, Tadakuni! Run! Run, Tadakuni! Leave behind your Tsundere childhood friend! Throw out your little sister who's unrelated by blood! Run past that beautiful, mysterious transfer student until she fades into the distance! Hold on to that hand, and just, just... keep running!"

Tadakuni's classmate who looks stoic and emotionless. Despite his calm, stoic appearance, he is actually a stubborn Large Ham with an odd sense of humor.

LITTLE SISTER/IMOUTOOO!

Yoshitake Tanaka

Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura

"A friend is... someone who walks with them even if they follow a different path! Someone who can bear the burden of their sins! Isn't that what it means to be a true friend!?"

Tadakuni's other friend, who looks more friendly and easygoing than Hidenori is... yet he's an idiot who shares Hidenori's odd sense of humor.


Sanada North High Student Council

Student Council President

Voiced by: Akira Ishida

The handsome President of Sanada North High's Student Council, who does little actual work and is often absent from the Student Council room.

Student Council Vice-President

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto

The Vice-President of the Student Council. Despite his scary appearance, he's well-mannered and polite.

Motoharu the Delinquent

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa

Tadakuni's classmate and a member of the Student Council. Despite his notoriety as a delinquent, he only really looks the part.

Toshiyuki Karasawa

Voiced by: Yuuki Ono

A quiet, stoic member of the Student Council who's always seen wearing a hat.

Habara: Toshiyuki does weird things too, sometimes.

  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He is Habara-phobic, ever since giving him a nasty wound that left an ugly scar on his forehead. Shown in extreme detail in High School Girls are Funky--Demon.
  • Zen Survivor: He came out the worst of it out of the Archdemon's victims, and he has the scar to prove it.


Other High School Boys

Mitsuo

Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto

A classmate of the main characters. He's also the biggest loser in class.

  • Butt Monkey: The biggest of them all. Not even Tadakuni's "Out of Focus" syndrome can match up to all the crap that happens to him, as he even got all of Yoshitake's Butt Monkey-hood attributed to him!
  • Cosmic Plaything: Other boys spent whole chapters discussing his misfortunes -- even misattributing others' mishap to him.
    • In High School Boys and Kick the Can, Hidenori, Yoshitake and Motoharu played a rather physical game of kick-the-can... with his Zaku Gunpla as the can. Turns out they bought him a new Gunpla for his birthday present, but decided to destroy the older one because they're identical. Of course, the replacement is actually a bootleg, and come the next Eyecatch Mitsuo drops it off a trash bin.
  • A Day in the Limelight: Episode 10's High School Boys and Consequences is essentially one long string of Mitsuo going from one blunder to another. To top it all off, he ends up completely missing a Crash Into Hello encounter with a girl running Late for School when he stops to tie his shoelaces (and even thought he actually got lucky there)... and then he steps in dog shit.
  • Genre Blind: In High School Boys and Annoyances, Hidenori considered him to have zero comprehension and is annoying to watch movies with.
  • Porn Stash: Keeps one in his house. His parents discovering it caused his Heroic BSOD in High School Boys and Mitsuo's Problem.
  • Second Year Protagonist
  • The Trickster: His "killer shots" in High School Boys and Killer Shots all amounted to playing Dirty.

Takahiro Matsumoto

Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo

A student from Sanada West High and a classmate of the Literature Girl, who lives across the street from Karasawa and Habara.

Takahiro's Friend

Voiced by Junichi Suwabe

A student from Sanada West High who hangs around with Takahiro.


High School Girls Are Funky Major Characters

Habara/Archdemon

Voiced by: Yukana

A girl from Sanada West High who lives next to Karasawa. Like her Distaff Counterpart Tadakuni, Yanagin and Ikushima frequently hangs out at her house. Eight years ago, however, she was the "Archdemon," the most dreaded kid in town. After a joint effort to "pacify" her by other kids, amongst which were Yanagin and "Rubber Shooter", she has completely changed for the good.

Takahiro:Perhaps it's better for her to leave this town.

  • Red Filter of Doom: During her flashbacks.
  • Retired Outlaw: Unfortunately for her, almost every male teenager in Sanada City is still very wary of her.
  • Sailor Fuku
  • Super Strength: Unanimated chapters shown she still has Archdemon's powers. Although, she wasn't really aware of that.
    • In High School Girls are Funky -- Superficially, she incidentally bursted a volleyball.
    • In High School Girls are Funky -- Megaton Poke, Yanagin had Habara try out the"punch machine" in the arcade in which the former just broke the new record. While Habara didn't get as many points as Yanagin by far... close inspections revealed a hole on the punching pad after Habara played with it, and upon asking Habara said she didn't know she has to clench his fist in the first place...
  • Straight Man: towards the more oddball Yanagin and Ikushima.
  • Tears of Remorse: Played for Laughs -- frequently cries these whenever other people bring up her past as the "Archdemon".

Yanagin

Voiced by: Yuu Kobayashi

Habara's oddball friend from Sanada Central High, who, like her Distaff Counterpart Hidenori, often has something to say (translate: scream) about high school boys.

  • Action Girl: Downplayed -- she knows karate but has discontinued since middle school. This is still plot relevant as for this reason (among others) she was part of the team that barely "pacified" Habara in the past.
  • Always Second Best: To NAGO in their school.
  • Berserk Button: The idea of dating -- see "Celibate Hero".
  • Celibate Hero: She hates the idea of dating in general, and has reacted violently at Ikushima when the latter wondered how can she get a boyfriend (punched her face in), or suggested that she wears glasses to look cute (threatened to rape her and eventually beat her up with a wrench).
  • Does Not Like Men: Played with -- while she claims boys are pathetic puddles of mess, she can actually get along well with them, especially Karasawa and Takahiro, not to mention that she was one of the kids assembled to fight the "Archdemon" with intent to avenge Karasawa's terrible wound.
  • Distaff Counterpart: To Hidenori.
  • Genre Savvy: She's at least aware of gender perceptions as portrayed during the previous decade's fiction.
  • Hair Decorations: A small hairclip.
  • Hair-Trigger Temper
  • Heel Face Turn: As a kid she was originally a part of Habara's gang, but turned to the alliance because...
  • Hot-Blooded
  • Huge Schoolgirl: Like "Action Girl," it was Downplayed -- while she's now no different from any other girls in this series, at the time she fought with the Archdemon, she was considered big.
  • "Just Joking" Justification: Used this after seeing Habara and Karasawa's response to her retelling of the "battle" against the "Archdemon".
  • Large Ham: Unlike Hidenori, she is very public about it.
  • Meganekko: She subverts the "sweet glasses girl" archetype usually associated with the trope by being a loud-mouthed hothead. When Ikushima asked about that, she claims she only wears them not so much as a cuteness factor than as a remedy for her poor eyesight -- and threatened to rape her.

"I'm not wearing them to fit in character stereotypes! I wore them because my eyes are bad!"

Ikushima

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou

Habara's other friend from Sanada East High, who always goes along with whatever Yanagin's up to.


Other High School Girls

Literature Girl/"Yassan"

Voiced by: Youko Hikasa

"She's probably hoping for an unrealistically romantic "Boy Meets Girl" encounter...! Can her mind shake off gravity or what? See, she's already got a distant look in her eyes. I can already tell that her romantic maiden gauge is reading full!"
(Hidenori's Internal Monologue, High School Boy and the Literature Girl 3)

A girl from Sanada West High who wrote a Romance Novel about an encounter between a girl and a geeky, solitary boy who can control wind, and then tried to reenact it in the series' Real Life. Hilarity Ensues, especially when she projects the "boy" to Hidenori, who is well-aware of what she's trying to invoke...

"Ringo"

Voiced by: Aoi Yuuki

Student Council President of the all-girls Sanada East High, who's determined to prove the superiority of girls over boys.

  • Big Eater: In High School Boys and Getting Hit On, she ate a whole plate of takoyaki and two taiyaki in short succession -- and she wants more.
  • Blush Sticker
  • Bunny Ears Lawyer: How did a complete airhead like her even managed to become the Student Council President of Sanada East High?
  • Custom Uniform: Anime only. The longer she hangs around the Sanada North High School student council, the more she gains their dress sense. It comes to the point where she's not even wearing her necktie, sweater vest, or even tucking in her uniform blouse into her skirt anymore.
  • The Ditz: She's not the brightest bulb in town. For example, on a visit to Sanada North High in High School Girls and Panties, it took her an hour to find out the reason for a lost internet connection: the cable was never plugged on. Then she unwittingly flaunts her panties to Motoharu, the President and the Vice-President; fortunately for her she doesn't get to see them in the act, much less their horrified reaction.
  • Does Not Like Men
  • Dude Magnet: Gets hit on in short order by three different groups of guys, the last of whom was the Student Council President.
  • Genre Blind: During High School Boys and the Savior, she clearly couldn't read the mood, even though Motoharu, Karasawa and the Vice-President were trying to set up a Rescue Romance scenario for her.
  • Hair Decorations
  • Inferiority Superiority Complex: Downplayed as she already has superiority undercurrents before her first visit to Sanada North, but was only fired up because she found Sanada North's Student Council a more well-managed institution than her school's.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: Karasawa was able to distract her by meowing.
  • Leitmotif: While not as noticeable as Literature Girl's, Ringo also has a goofy one, which can be heard during her visits to the Sanada North Student Council.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname
  • Straw Feminist: A very mild example.
  • Student Council President
  • Tsundere: Type B -- she actually gets along fine with other people, like the members of the Sanada North student council, but she reacts violently to the antics of their pretty-boy Student Council President.

Mei

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki

"Shut up! If you don't die right now, I'll kill you! If you don't wanna get killed, then die!"

Tadakuni's younger sister and a freshman at Sanada Central High. Despite talking with Tadakuni only once a month, she often ends up getting involved in her brother and his friends' hijinks.

Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake, in unison: "Just what IS she?"

Mino

Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu

"It's pretty rare, what we have. Not many siblings get along, you know?"

Motoharu's older sister and a third-year from Sanada West High. Because their parents aren't around much, they're close, relatively speaking.

Yoshitake's Older Sister

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

"Did you know? Most entertainers get plastic surgery."

Yoshitake's older sister, third-year schoolgirl at Sanada Central High, and a compulsive liar. She's desperate for a boyfriend, and gets highly upset when others bring this fact to light.

Nago (奈古)

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa

"These guys are pissing me off."

A third-year from Sanada Central High and a senior staff in a pizzeria where Tadakuni and Yasunori work part-time.

NAGO (名護)

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa

Yanagin's "rival" at Sanada Central High. Her relation to that Nago, if there is any, is unknown.

Note: Due to name similarities with the Nago above, she is referred to in capitals.

Yanagin's Sempai

Voiced by: Shizuka Ito

Student Council President of Sanada Central High, who mentors Yanagin, Habara and Ikushima on how to be "better" high school girls. Apparently has a past with Karasawa as well.

Overly Self-Conscious Girl

Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa

A student at Sanada Central High who gets bothered by every little thing that happens around her.

"This guy's totally into me!"


Other Characters

Yuusuke Tabata

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

Hidenori's older brother and a college freshman.

  • All Men Are Perverts: He's a pervert (stealing Mei's panties and bringing it around with him), and apparently so do all his friends and acquaintances, and that's not to mention his younger brother and his friends.
  • Idiot Hair
  • Megane
  • Not So Different: He's as perverted (see "All Men Are Perverts") and sees Yoshitake's older sister's Berserk Button with contempt as the main trio. It also helps that he used to be the ringleader of their group before he left for college.

Rubber Shooter/Yoshitake

Voiced by: Romi Park

A mysterious kid whose true identity remains unknown. He saved Hidenori from bullies when he was young--and continued to be Hidenori's role model. He was also part of the team that "pacified" Habara.

Emi

Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi

A girl who lives in Hidenori's maternal hometown.

  • A Day in the Limelight: Episode 9's High School Boys and Dropkicks and High School Boys and the End of Summer.
  • Action Girl
  • Actor Allusion: While she performs a dropkick to Hidenori, he screams "Tiro Finale!" -- an obvious nod to one of her voice actress's most famous roles as Mami Tomoe.
  • Ambiguously Brown
  • Cannot Spit It Out: Spent many days during summer break with Hidenori trying (to no avail) to confess to him.
  • Shaggy Dog Story: She finally finds the chance to confess her love to Hidenori on a festival, which coincides with his last day in town. But just when she thinks she finally found her chance (after several days without much success)...
  • Surprise Incest: ...Hidenori makes a most surprising revelation to her: they are cousins.

"And so, I ended my summer break without being able to do a thing."

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