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=== Kurokami Medaka ===

 

 

Medaka is literally better than everybody, no matter how accomplished. The student council president, elected with 98% of the vote, Medaka is one of the mysterious ''abnormals'' -- [[Ultimate Lifeform|genetically perfect human beings]]. In addition to being vastly better than average, this manifests itself in a special power -- she has the ability to take other people's special power along with their personality and master them instantly, then use them at will. This ability is known as "The End".

* [[The Ace]]: Despite her eccentric nature, she nonetheless is extremely popular (at least supported by most of the school). And her abilities just keep growing. If she's outmatched, she'll overcome it. Even enemies will come to her aid.

* [[Ahoge]]: Medaka has one, but (apparently) lacks the associated character trait. Unless you run with Zenkichi's theory:

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Always Someone Better]]: Medaka plays this role to everyone else. Ultimately [[Deconstructed]], however: She can and does copy any physical ability she sees and any other character's "abnormal" power she comes in contact with. This means she can copy, say, Akune's "superhuman" abnormality, or Maguro's "perfection" abnormality... but she can also absorb and perfect things that '''shouldn't''' be perfected, like {{spoiler|[[Kill'Em All|an abnormal desire to kill others]], or the abnormal ability to [[Walking Wasteland|cause everything you touch to decay]].}} Thus she is sometimes forced to sit out a fight in favor of someone else on the team, lest she absorb and ''improve'' that one thing from her opponent that she '''shouldn't'''.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]:

** [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: A confessed Exhibitionist.

* [[The Paragon]]: Medaka goal in life to make sure her fellow students do not have any ''problems'' but encourages them to work towards their own goals and dreams. The series then examines just what kind of personality would be required to ''be'' a Paragon like Medaka.

* [[No Badass to His Valet]]: [[Servile Snarker|Zenkichi]] has known her for so long that her impressive leadership skills, physical and mental prowess, and abnormal powers mean nothing to him.

=== Hitoyoshi Zenkichi ===

 

 

Medaka's main man and punching bag. He's been with her since both of them were learning to speak, and his enthusiasm has rubbed off on Medaka. Has grown into a bit of a [[Knight in Sour Armor]] due to years of dealing with Medaka and having started to give up hope about her returning his affections; Zenkichi is special because he's perfectly normal<ref>[[Wild Mass Guessing]] aside, that is</ref>, but able to keep up with Medaka and the other Abnormals in single combat. Maguro refers to it as "Normal-cool."

=== Kikaijima Mogana ===

 

 

Mogana is the treasurer of the Swim Club who participated in the Student Council's challenge for club funding. She seemed greedy at first, but she later revealed in a dramatic monologue that she and the others in the club only wanted the money to escape their poor living conditions. After the swim meet, Medaka convinced her to join the Student Council as their Treasurer. She has a significant amount of subtext with Zenkichi and Medaka -- or at least did, before the [[Genre Shift]] (after which she gets some with {{spoiler|Kumagawa}} of all people).

=== Akune Kouki ===

 

 

A reformed hooligan and former [[Number Two]] of the school's Judo Club, Kouki has decided to make Medaka his wife and joined the Student Council as secretary at her request. Unfortunately, Zenkichi has other ideas. Well known for enjoying dirty tricks in combat (but not to the extent of the official [[Combat Pragmatist|Combat Pragmatists]]).

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Not evil per say, but definitely a foil for Zenkichi; both are among the more serious members of their respective groups. While not the strongest members of their groups, they are among the most determined. {{spoiler|And it turns out they share a a pacifist side}}.

* [[For the Evulz]]

* {{spoiler|[[Good All Along]]}}

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: He's got a lot of weapons.

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]] / [[This Is Reality]]: Kumagawa does this a lot, as [[Freudian Slip|Freudian Slips]] of his damaged mind, as he loves Shonen manga for brightening up his horrible life somewhat. Or more practically speaking, as massive [[Take That]]'s against the most traumatised part of the audience. For example referring to the fact that "If we were published in ''Shounen Jump'' bullying wouldn't be allowed...", with the author, through Zenkichi, twisting the context of his extremely damaged state into [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|that he is so disgusting that it would be a holy act to hurt him even more, exterminate him, and cleanse the world from his foul presence]]; and additionally mocking the online fans by twisting ''Shonen Jump's'' mottoes into something hollow and meaningless.

* [[Lolicon]]: Hitoyoshi Hitomi was his first love (except that she only [[Older Than They Look|looks like]] a little girl).

'''Kumagawa''': '''「PANTIES? TARAKABE-CHAN PANTIES」 「YOU WILL SHOW ME THEM TAKARABE-CHAN?」 「I WANNA SEE, I WANNA SEE!」 「SHOW ME!, SHOW ME!」''' }}

* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Played for all its dissonant worth.

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: A momentary one. She got better.

* [[Start of Darkness]]: '''Her entire childhood'''

* {{spoiler|[[Undying Loyalty]]: To Kumagawa, to his great shock.}}

* [[Taking You with Me]]: She tried this after she realized she couldn't win against Naze. It didn't go as planned.

=== Shiranui Hansode ===

 

 

A troublemaking girl who prefers to watch the action from afar than actively participate, though her true motives are unknown. It later turns out that {{spoiler|her grandfather runs the school and the Flask Project}} and she later joined Class -13 with his blessing, but even there she seems relatively unconcerned with the fate of either side. She can eat a massive amount of food in one sitting, though it is currently unknown whether or not this is connected to any special power.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: It's unknown if she is an actual Doctor or only posses a plus (or minus) for healing.

* [[Oh Crap]]:

* [[The Plague]]: She is literally a living vaccine, deciding when and how to infect or cure people.

* [[Punny Name]]: The three characters of her name mean [[Colorful Theme Naming|"Red, Blue/Green, Yellow"]].

'''Tropes'''

* [[Blatant Lies]] / [[Consummate Liar]]: Says what she really thinks crossed-out, than the sugar-coated version.

** It should be noted that what the crossing out means has not been fully explained yet, so it's possible that everyone hears her and interprets her real opinion as [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcasm.]] It's also possible that she mumbles it, thinks it, does something to indicate she doesn't mean it, or something else altogether. However, as most people would be horribly confused to hear two very opposite things in rapid succession, the most likely theory is that it's a more or less a fancy thought bubble.

* [[Child Prodigy]]

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: "Thunder Bolt" and "Water Bolt".

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] / [[Hero of Another Story|Heroine Of Another Story]]:

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Yojirou is a bit masculine for such a girly-girl, but that's not what she meant when she asked Hitoyoshi to not call her that...

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: Diana, the fairy that sits on her right shoulder. Given that this is a manga, though, Diana might not be so imaginary.

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: The only girl that doesn't scream in embarrassment when [[Running Gag|Zenkichi walks in on them undressing]]. Possibly justified in that modesty wasn't part of her programming.

* [[Read the Freaking Manual]]: Tells Medaka to do this, but much more politely, obviously.

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] / [[Robot Girl]]: She is a prototype of an autonomous humanoid android called "Loup."

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Despite not needing to eat, she can cook an absolutely grand feast.