Kou is Ikumi Kyouko&#039;s cousin and fianc&eacute;.     He is older than she is and often, much to her chagrin, tries to take care of her. He is dependable and mature, though Kyouko claims that he is not. His attempts to get closer to Kyouko often backfire and she ends up resenting him more, though it was clear that they were very close growing up.     Kou sees that their relationship is very strained and even goes so far as to suggest calling off the engagement, since he would rather not be hated by Kyouko who he harbours feelings for still.     He meets Okudaira Akira on a group date and finds her to be cute though childish. He eventually keeps bumping into her and spends enough time with her for people to start speculating that there is something going on between them. 

Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school &mdash; sometimes independently and sometimes with each other&rsquo;s help. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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Shintarou Asanuma is a voice actor, dramatist, producer, copywriter, and designer. He was formerly affiliated with Office Osawa and is now part of Dandelion and is best known for voicing [Watashi](https://anilist.co/character/30579/) on [The Tatami Galaxy](https://anilist.co/anime/7785/), [Takatoshi Tsuda](https://anilist.co/character/32770/) on [Seitokai Yakuindomo](https://anilist.co/anime/8675/) and [Yousuke Kirie](https://anilist.co/character/2713/) on [Bokurano](https://anilist.co/anime/1690/).

**Non-anime roles:**
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- Alex in "Street Fighter V" (VG) (Japanese)
- Avatar (Male) in "Xenoblade Chronicles X" (VG) (Japanese)
- Azai Nagamasa in "Hana Oboro ~Sengoku-den Ranki~" (VG) (Japanese)
- Clay Kaczmarek/Subject 16 in "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" (VG) (Japanese)
- Darnell Sellers in "Hospital.: 6-nin no Ishi" (VG) (Japanese)
- Juran in "Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger" (tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Keiji Sendai in "Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Cosplay Hajimemashita" (VG) (Japanese)
- Kou Tokisaka in "Tokyo Xanadu" (PS Vita ARPG) (Japanese)
- Kusuo Saiki in "J-Stars Victory VS" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lorenzo De' Medici in "Assassin's Creed II" (VG) (Japanese)
- Lu Xun in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13" (VG) (Japanese)
- Nakigitsune in "Touken Ranbu" (browser game) (Japanese)
- Ryan in "Granblue Fantasy" (VG) (Japanese)
- Ryōta Kawara in "Hatoful Boyfriend" (Drama CD) (Japanese)
- Shulk in "Xenoblade" (VG) (Japanese)
- Sambaba in "Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger" (Tokusatsu series) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Kyouran Moratorium-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Wataru Inoguchi in "Getsuei no Kusari -Sakuran Paranoia-" (VG) (Japanese)
- Zed in "Lollipop Chainsaw" (VG) (Japanese) 

(Source: Anime News Network) !~

Fumi and Akira were best friends when they were little, with Akira always looking after the crybaby Fumi, but that all ended when Fumi's family moved away. Several years later, Fumi's family returned, and she and Akira happened to bump into each other on their way to school. They became friends again, quickly slipping back into old patterns. Shortly after, Fumi began dating a cool, attractive upperclassman who, coincidentally enough, had ties to Akira's current school, the prestigious Fujigaya Girls' Academy. 
(Source: Lililicious; updated from an early misreading of the school name Fujigaya, called Fujigatani in initial translations of the first chapters)
 
Note: Includes 10 extras chapters from the volumes.

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