Katsura An original anime character. One of Tarao's friends.Voiced by: Reiko Yamada An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga. Katsuo's best friend and his classmate.Voiced by: Sumiko Shirakawa (1969–2015), Rumi Ochiai (2015–) An original anime character. One of Katsuo's classmates, she is said to be the most beautiful girl in her class. She is one of the characters that Katsuo is secretly in love with.Voiced by: Reiko Katsura One of Katsuo's classmates. She is one of the characters that Katsuo is secretly in love with.Voiced by: Keiko Han (1985–1990), Miina Tominaga (1990–1998), Eriko Kawasaki (1998–), An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga. One of Katsuo's classmates, who has a crush on him. She is the daughter of a real estate agent. Although katsuo is bewildered and avoids her ardent approach, they actually tend to get along quite well, as they often action together.Voiced by: Tikako Akimoto (1969–?), Tarako, Keiko Yamamoto (?–) An original anime character. One of Katsuo's classmates.Voiced by: Reiko Yamada An original anime character. One of Katsuo's classmates.Voiced by: Emiko Tsukada (?–2013), Sayaka Kobayashi (2014–) An original anime character. Katsuo's teacher.Voiced by: Eken Mine (?–2002), Sanji Hase (?), Ikuya Sawaki (2002–) An original anime character. One of Wakame's classmates. Since the 2010s, he has been described as a psychopathic speaker and has become an Internet meme in Japan. also, He used to be set up by Wakame as secretly liking him, but in recent years Wakame has sometimes made statements that seem to indicate that he dislikes him.Voiced by: Emiko Tsukada (?–2013), Sayaka Kobayashi (2014–) An original anime character. One of Wakame's classmates.Voiced by: Reiko Katsura An original anime character. One of Wakame's classmates.Voiced by: Reiko Katsura (?–1990), Miina Tominaga (1990–1998), Eriko Kawasaki (1998–), An original anime character modeled after a guest character from Manga. One of Masuo's co-workers. He has thick lips, which are his charm.Voiced by: Kazuya Tatekabe(–197?), Norio Wakamoto(197?–)Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto The shopkeeper of Mikawaya, a sake shop.Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (?–?), Ikuya Sawaki (?–) An original anime character. Hanako's father. Boss of the Hanazawa Real Estate Agency.Voiced by: ?, Norio Wakamoto (?–) Media Manga The comic strip was published in book form by from 1946 to 1974, which Machiko ran with her sister, Mariko. In April 1993, this publishing company went out of business and the comic books went out of print. The same year,