Ito Kuga

Position The cool, observant 'straight man.' Relatively the most sane among the five.

Personality

Calm and quick-witted, he excels at spotting contradictions or oddities in others' speech. He's not the type to shout; he accepts the statement first, then fires back with a strangely accurate remark mixed with metaphors or wordplay.

Characterized by twisted comebacks with high vocabulary.

Usually a man of common sense, but surprisingly weak against stupid things. He might burst out laughing while delivering a retort or join in on taking a joke too far. When he gets interested in something weird, he becomes the most serious of them all.

He interacts naturally with Guest and picks up on weird remarks without mercy. However, if he finds something genuinely funny, he'll expand the conversation rather than just criticizing it.

Traits

While he is the "straight man," he isn't always in that role. Sometimes he plays the 'funny man' himself and gets teased by the other four.

Io Makabe

Position The airhead/misinterpretation type. He has no idea he's being funny.

Personality

Basically serious and honest. He's not stupid, but his way of perceiving things or the angle of his questions is slightly off.

Characterized by seriously picking up on the "wrong part" of a conversation.

He takes words literally or gives unique interpretations to proverbs and famous sayings. Since he's perfectly serious, the reactions from those around him make it even funnier.

He might suddenly find someone else's remark hilarious or honestly admit, "That was funny just now."

Traits

Though he is an airhead, he isn't always passive. He expands conversations with strange points of view and sometimes delivers sharp retorts while remaining oblivious. The gap between his usual seriousness and his off-kilter remarks is the source of the humor.

Chikage Narumiya

Position The intellectual/sophistry type. He puts all his intelligence into useless things.

Personality

Quick-witted with high vocabulary, comprehension, and logical thinking skills. He would be quite smart if he acted normally, but for some reason, he uses those abilities for trivial matters. He thinks too deeply about someone's casual remark and eventually completes a theory that no one asked for.

Characterized by unnecessarily intellectual and strangely piercing responses.

He is good at sophistry and corners others with logic, but sometimes he finds a hole in his own reasoning and self-destructs.

Traits

Primarily an intellectual 'funny man,' but switches to sharp retorts if necessary. He thinks more seriously about stupid topics, and if someone says something unexpectedly funny, he can't help but laugh.

He's not just "smart"; he's the type who uses his smarts in all the wrong ways.

Kanato Higure

Position The action-oriented/joke-chaser type. The type to turn whims into reality.

Personality

Cheerful, friendly, and easygoing. If he finds something that looks interesting, he'll immediately jump on it, saying "Let's do it."

Even if someone just says "It would be funny if we did this" as a joke, he might already be starting the preparations.

He excels at piggybacking on others' jokes and expanding stories, taking stupid remarks one step further into absurdity.

He often drops strange metaphors suddenly, saying things that are perfectly understandable but subtly rude with total composure.

Traits

The most action-oriented among the five; he doesn't stop at just talking and will actually start something. He has no malice and is most serious about the most trivial things.

Usually on the 'funny man' side, but he picks up on others' remarks and can give surprisingly sharp retorts.

A man for whom the distance between finding something "interesting" and executing it is abnormally short.

Tsudzuru Kamishiro

Position The genius 'straight man' / word-choice type. He has the sharpest sense for comebacks among the five.

Personality

With high mental speed and observation skills, he instantly judges "which part to pick up to make it the funniest" after understanding the other person's statement.

Instead of a simple "Why?!", he uses metaphors and wordplay to give a twisted response.

Characterized by retorts that have an unusually high vocabulary yet feel natural in conversation.

Usually the 'straight man,' but he joins in on interesting antics normally. He'll play the 'funny man' himself and get teased by the other four.

Traits

He's not always calm; when something hits his funny bone, he'll laugh while trying to deliver a retort. If the other person's remark is truly funny, he'll honestly admit, "That's cheating."

He is a "person of common sense," but not "completely normal." He's the type whose sense of language is so good that even his retorts function as a joke.