After Mikan talked to Oka rather rudely, Asahi tries to smooth things up and fails miserably, only adding to the insult. Innocently Insensitive: Played for laughhs in chapter 146, when he and Mikan meet Oka (who's revealed in the same chapter to hear people's thoughts) for the first time.I'm a Man I Can't Help It: Gives this excuse when Nagisa catches him taking an overly insistent peek at Youko's cleavage in chapter 8.Goofy Suit: In chapter 111, Akane introduces him to his new counselling job for supernatural beings at the school, and of course there's a uniform going with the job: a tie, a cape, underpants with braces, and a helmet.Generation Xerox: A flashback/dream in Chapter 183 shows that Asahi looks a lot like his father did when he was younger he also inherited his Nice Guy personality from Dad, who encouraged him and Mei to "do everything you can for the ones you hold dear".That gave him the time to know the real her and all the sides of her personality. Which ironically happened because he first friend-zoned himself instead of confessing to Youko right away. First Love: Played interestingly − Oka and Mikan note that Youko is probably the first girl Asahi genuinely falls in love with, instead of just shallowly admiring her.Extreme Doormat: A lot of his problems happen because he's rarely willing to stand up for himself, and his few moments of initiative typically only happen when his friends encourage him or he's helping someone else.It is implied that his transparent crushes are nothing new by the time the series starts, although with a slight twist (see First Love below).Before that, he had a crush on Nagisa, but she preemptively rejected him, having herself guessed that he liked her.Even she noticed he was staring at her before he first sees her vampire traits, though she was worried he was catching onto her being a vampire (this proves to be a consistent problem with Youko). Everyone Can See It: For several months, he was the only one seriously thinking that his crush on Youko was a secret to anyone.The Determinator: He has repeatedly harmed and/or humiliated himself, for the sake of keeping the main cast's secrets and Youko's constant pleas not to strain himself too hard only fire him up even more.As soon as he and Youko get to safety in the next chapter he passes out because he was hypothermic and only running on adrenaline at that point. Critical Existence Failure: In chapter 54, he gets in a high-intensity snowball fight where he has to fend off about a dozen Akanes with nothing but a shovel, near the summit of a mountain.And indeed, a few scenes throughout Part 2 remind us that his attraction to Youko is, of course, emotional, but also physical. In Chapter 87 after he and Youko have become a couple, he's coerced into admitting that his thoughts about Youko haven't all been "pure and clean". And much less downplayed, he's far from immune to Shiho's body. Covert Pervert: Downplayed, but for all his earnestness, he's not above having a few not-so-innocent thoughts once in a while.Asahi is (too) honest, a bit shy, clumsy and kind to a fault. Contrasting Sequel Main Character: Shinji from How to Make an Invisible Man and Kousuke from Sakura Discord were abrasive, grumpy, and (initially) slightly cynical protagonists.The Confidant: Encouraged by his experience with Youko, and pushed by Akane, he takes on this role for all the supernatural beings in the school in chapter 111.As he puts it, "she's the perpetrator, he's the victim". Also, he's called an idiot quite often and implied to be a little Book Dumb in the early chapters, but not so much later on.This character trait makes a subdued comeback much later (around chapter 130), but without as much focus as early on. ![]() Afterwards, it does pop up occasionally, but Asahi's comedic role becomes more focused on being the Only Sane Man. ![]() While it is part of the premise, his "unable to lie" shtick is mostly in effect in the early volumes. ![]() He gets better at it over the course of the story, presumably because he's very emotionally invested in protecting his friends (and especially Youko).
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