Strobe Edge/Characters

The characters of the manga Strobe Edge:

Main Characters

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (vomic), Aki Toyosaki (drama CD)

I wonder what you should do to fall in love~

The main protagonist. Often naive or clueless, but only truly understands things if she tries it herself. Falls in love with Ren.

Boy Meets Girl: Boy Meets Girl On Train (for Ninako/Ren). Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Andou).
The Chick
Curtains Match the Window
Love Hurts
Moe
Naive Everygirl
Shallow Love Interest: Ninako fell in love with Ren because of how kind he is... That's pretty much it.
Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (vomic), Yuuichi Nakamura (drama CD)

The most popular guy in school. Seemingly cold, but is actually a nice guy.

Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (vomic), KENN (drama CD)

Ren's middle school friend. Andou develops unrequited feelings for Ninako.

Boy Meets Girl: Boy Meets Girl But Girl Was Expecting Other Boy (for Ninako/Andou).
Brutal Honesty
The Casanova
Curtains Match the Window: Hair of Gold + Eyes of Gold.
Dogged Nice Guy
Green Eyed Monster: Andou is jealous of Ren, who was kissed by his first love during middle school and is now the object of his second love Ninako's affections.
Handsome Lech
Hopeless Suitor
Jerk With a Heart of Gold
Ladykiller in Love: Andou stops his Handsome Lech tendencies when he decides to pursue Ninako, but falls short into this after he gets beat up minutes before Ren's Love Confession to Ninako.
Love Hurts
Second Love: Ninako.
The Rival: Ren.
Troubled but Cute
Veronica: To Ren's Betty.

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (vomic), Tetsuya Kakihara (drama CD)

Ninako's childhood friend. Daiki has feelings for her.

Anguished Declaration of Love
Betty: To Ren's Veronica.
Clingy Jealous Boy: A mild degree when Daiki realizes Ninako feels "something" towards Ren and sees Ren as his love rival for Ninako's affections.
Curtains Match the Window
Demoted to Extra: Once Daiki gets over Ninako, he only appears sporadically for the rest of the manga.
Dogged Nice Guy
Hopeless Suitor: Towards Ninako.
Love Hurts
Pair the Spares: Ends up dating Sayuri, Ninako's friend.
The Rival: Ren, at first.
Second Love: Sayuri.
Slap Slap Kiss: With Sayuri.
Unlucky Childhood Friend

Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura (vomic), Miyuki Sawashiro (drama CD)

Ascended Extra: Sayuri gains more plot significance once the manga begins to deal with her relationship with Daiki. Also, out of Ninako's friends, she is the only one featured on the cover of one of the manga volumes.
Kuudere
Second Love: For Daiki, she is his second love. In regards to herself, Yuutarou may have been her second love, but it's unclear to how many boys she dated before him.

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (drama CD)

Keet
Only Known By Their Nickname: He's known as "Gacchan" to the girls.
Stepford Smiler: Manabu shows a minor case of type A at the end of his side story after Ritsuko, his First Love, goes to study abroad.

Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji (drama CD)

Only Known By Their Nickname: Everyone either shortens his name to "Yuu" or Tera."
Wise Beyond Their Years

Voiced by: Yui Shou\x8Dji

Mayuka is a famous model, Daiki's older sister, and Ren's girlfriend.

Cool Big Sis
Hair of Gold
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She breaks up with Ren because she knows she is holding him back from accepting his feelings for Ninako.
Love Hurts
Romantic False Lead: She's a more likable and sympathetic kind of False Lead than usual.

Mao is Andou's First Love and ex-girlfriend who cheated on him with Ren, permanently damaging their friendship.

The Atoner
Becoming the Mask: Mao originally dated Andou just to get over Ren, and ended up falling in love with him for real.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Mao acts as a Manipulative Bitch to separate Ninako from Ren, but turns out to be a Red Herring because she is doing it to get Andou and Ninako together.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Mao interferes with Ninako and Ren's relationship only because she knows Andou likes Ninako.
Must Make Amends