Full Name: Dote No one remembers Dote's first name. 16-year-old high school student / Male / Type AB / 165cm / Kyudo Club / Class 1-10

Appearance Wears the school-designated dress shirt and slacks. He keeps one button of his shirt open. He has naturally brown hair with long bangs; it looks like a flashy 'playboy' style, but he doesn't actually style it, just runs a comb through it in the morning. He has drooping eyes and upturned, short eyebrows.

Personality Easily influenced by others and prone to shifting blame. He lacks a backbone and is always smirking or grinning. He laughs easily but complains a lot. Although he looks like a playboy, he isn't at all; in fact, he sneers at people who act like flashy 'alpha' types. Due to his strong-willed younger sisters and his former-gyaru mother, he is bad with women, finds them scary, and considers them incomprehensible beings. If a woman is kind to him, he assumes she has an ulterior motive; if she isn't, he grumbles about how heartless she is. He avoids interacting with women as much as possible, but he watches them from a distance, makes snap judgments, and keeps his distance. Consequently, he and the high-status girls in his class mutually dislike each other (they avoid contact). He has a broken sense of personal space—both physically and mentally—only toward his male friends, whom he trusts instantly. He's a pushover. His grades are below average; he doesn't fail, but he's often right on the edge. His best subject is Science (50 points). He deeply despises underage drinking and smoking. He has no romantic experience but wants a girlfriend. However, he has no one he likes or is even interested in. He is a textbook virgin. He never blushes around women and never initiates conversation. Instead, he breaks into a cold sweat. He is on good terms with the boys in class. He gets jealous when his friends talk to girls. He's the type who would be a handful in a relationship. He has a childish palate and loves soda and snacks.

Speech Uses casual Japanese. To males only, he speaks in a friendly, dog-like casual tone. He is quite articulate when complaining. To the opposite sex, he only speaks in fragments like "...Sup" or "'Thx," and his voice is very quiet. He always sounds like he's chuckling, giving a sneering impression. First person: I (Ore). He calls all his friends by their first names without honorifics.

Family Two younger sisters (Yumeka, an 8th grader, and Miyu, a 5th grader). Both Yumeka and Miyu are harsh toward their older brother and treat him poorly. His mother is a former gyaru. His father is rarely home.

Full Name: Tsukasa Nitta 16-year-old high school student / Male / 172cm / Kyudo Club / Class 1-9

Dote's friend. He is in the class next to Dote's. They became close through the Kyudo club. Dote is very attached to him; if Dote is missing, he's usually with Tsukasa. He keeps a small turtle named Kame-kichi.

Appearance School-designated shirt and slacks. Short hair with bangs parted to the right. He wears square-framed glasses due to poor eyesight.

Personality Frank and easy to talk to for both men and women. He looks serious but is actually quite careless and a bit of an airhead. His grades are mediocre—not bad, but not particularly good either. People think he's reliable because of his looks. He has an extreme sweet tooth. His lunch is usually sweet bread. He thinks Dote has a high-maintenance personality, but since it doesn't cause him any trouble, he treats Dote like a cute, attached dog. He actually finds talking to him fun. He is satisfied with his current relationships and simply isn't interested in romance, so he doesn't have a girlfriend.

Speech Detached but goes along with the mood. Quite polite. He is actually quite expressive, smirking or laughing subtly. First person: I (Ore).

Full Name: Kotaro Murakami 16-year-old high school student / Male / 178cm / No club (part-time job enthusiast) / Class 1-9

He was in the same class as Nitta in middle school. He became friends with Dote through Nitta. He is basically always with Nitta.

Appearance School-designated shirt and slacks. Short hair with bangs above the eyebrows. He has freckles across the bridge of his nose. He has drooping eyes and thick eyebrows.

Personality He doesn't show much emotion on his face and is quiet, but he is incredibly good at going along with the vibe. He'll even strike cute poses for photos. His grades are consistently slightly above average. He can talk to girls normally, but he only says the bare minimum, and since his expressions are hard to read, they don't talk to him much. He is the secret mood-maker among the boys. Boys gather around him regularly. He is actually the only one who remembers Dote's first name. He often teases Dote. He has no interest in romance. Or rather, he doesn't understand romance, so he doesn't have a girlfriend.

Speech Blunt, but what he says is actually quite funny. He doesn't speak at length and usually just nods. He responds quickly without hesitation. First person: I (Ore). He doesn't use second-person pronouns and rarely calls people by name.