Ryūji tells her that Yūsaku really did save her, but the things she said were just a part of the dream. Minori later explains to Ryūji that Hisamitsu does not want Maya to get close to Yūsaku since Taiga already likes Yūsaku. They meet Yusaku's childhood friend Ami Kawashima, a popular teen model who transfers into their school. She has a crush on Yūsaku, and she circuitously opposes the idea of Taiga and Yūsaku being a couple, although she wants Taiga and Ryūji to be together. Taiga later becomes outraged and attacks Sumire, but Ryūji manages to arrive and break up the fight.

Voiced by: Momoko Ishikawa Nanako is a female student in Ryūji's class who often hangs out with Maya and Ami.A running gag is that he will appear out of nowhere behind Taiga and Ryūji when they are discussing a "plan of attack" to get their crushes. He lives in a fatherless family with just his mother, and due to this, Ryūji has learned to be self-sufficient. Thanks to the rising interest in anime and streaming platforms like Netflix adding more and more content to their libraries, great shows from years gone by are finally getting the attention they deserve. All the students try to figure out what is wrong with Yūsaku, especially when he shows up to school the next day with his hair dyed blonde.

Despite her air-headed tendencies, she is very perceptive, and is one of the few people to see Ryūji for the gentle person he is, and is also not fooled by Ami's acts of innocence.It began airing at later dates than TV Tokyo on AT-X, TV Aichi, TV Hokkaido, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi, and TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting. Though she tells Ryūji his father died before he was born, the truth is they were never married; he left her before Ryūji was born, and she raised her son by herself. Yasuko Takasu ( 高須 泰子, Takasu Yasuko) Voiced by: Sayaka Ōhara(Japanese); Karen Strassman (English) [9] Ryuji's mother who works nights at a hostess bar. North American publisher Seven Seas Entertainment published the first volume in English language in March 2011.

A visual novel based on the series was released in April 2009 by Bandai Namco Games for the PlayStation Portable. He also criticizes "Taiga's continuous behavior, particularly towards Ryuuji" and the introduction of Taiga's father in which Høgset "felt that the whole story arc jerked me around". With no more source material left to adapt, it would have to be an original story, which could well split the fandom.

Voiced by: Yūko Kaida Sumire is the student council president and always manages to get the top grades in school; she is in fact a scholarship student and has horrible eyesight.

are hoping that Netflix might pick it up for a second season, even after so many years with nothing new. However, she has a childish personality and since she works, she entrusts the household chores to Ryūji.

When she tells the council she plans to leave school early to study in the United States to become an astronaut, Yusaku is so heartbroken that he dyes his hair and quits the council. Seven more DVD compilations, each containing three episodes, were released between February 25 and August 26, 2009 also in limited and regular editions. Ryūji discovers that Yūsaku has a crush on Sumire, but is upset that she is planning to study abroad in America to be an astronaut.