in meaningless pursuits, such as when accompanies Sakura to see the UxMishi performances which force her to stand in the crowded front, and also when she accompanies Misaki and Sakura in the latter's meeting with UxMishi that wounds up going nowhere. Eventually, Shizuko becomes an office worker in the future. A withdrawn male student who is a year below Misaki and her peers. He is initially against Misaki as the student council president because of her aspirations of increasing the female population of Seika High. In order to sabotage her presidency, Kano tries to hypnotize Misaki, Usui, and the student council into ruining Misaki’s reputation. It is revealed that his gynophobic attitude comes from his mother abandoning his family when he was young (ironically the very opposite of what Misaki experienced) and his father warning him to be wary of women, and after failing to hypnotize Misaki, she punishes Kano by assigning him to work closely with his female classmates during the school's Open House, in hopes of forcing him to get over his fear. The punishment is ultimately successful, and Kano slowly becomes friendlier with Misaki and the rest of his female peers, as well as with Yukimura (who gives off the aura of a female, as Kano states). Though he runs against Misaki during her re-election as President, Kano opposes using underhanded means to gain victory, remaining on good terms with her. He is the first to understand the relationship between Usui and Misaki (knowing about it before Misaki knows herself) and often wonders why they will not admit that they like each other. Kano wins the presidential election in his second year, succeeding Misaki as the student council president of Seika High. Later, he and Yukimura live together as roommates. An ex-rugby captain who is a year above Misaki and her peers. He is the elector for the student council election that Misaki and Kano participate in. He is in love with Sakura, but she has apparently rejected him 200 times, up to and including his final confession on his graduation from Seika High. The treasurer of the student council. He is also a friend of Usui. He easily gets teary-eyed whenever he loses his accounting book. The secretary of the student council who wears glasses. He has a calm personality. The head of broadcasting of the student council. He is also the announcer of the sports