personalities:%0A--------%0AIchikawa%20Kyoutarou%3A%0A%0AIchikawa%20is%20a%20bitter%20social%20outcast,%20often%20having%20violent%20fantasies%20involving%20people%20who%20slight%20or%20annoy%20him.%20This,%20accompanied%20with%20his%20interest%20in%20true%20crime%20and%20fantasy%20stories%20has%20his%20internal%20monologue%20being%20that%20of%20a%20psychopathic%20killer.%20Despite%20this,%20he%20freezes%20up%20in%20social%20situations,%20and%20dislikes%20people%20who%20aren't%20considerate%20of%20other%20people's%20feelings,%20and%20detests%20people%20who%20bully,%20intimidate,%20or%20objectify%20others.%20He%20constantly%20worries%20about%20being%20put%20in%20the%20spotlight,%20ridiculed,%20or%20that%20his%20presence%20may%20cause%20other%20people%20problems%20or%20discomfort,%20even%20though%20much%20of%20that%20is%20only%20in%20his%20head.%20As%20a%20young%20boy%20going%20through%20puberty,%20Ichikawa's%20sexual%20impulses%20often%20get%20the%20better%20of%20him,%20particularly%20when%20Yamada%20does%20something%20inadvertently%20sensual%20around%20him.%0A--------%0AYamada%20Anna%3A%0A%0AYamada%20on%20the%20surface%20has%20a%20very%20infectious%20and%20positive%20outlook%20on%20the%20world.%20She%20appears%20to%20be%20at%20the%20center%20of%20most%20of%20the%20social%20circles%20she%20is%20in,%20and%20is%20often%20the%20topic%20of%20discussion%20amongst%20her%20friend%20circle.%20Despite%20this,%20she%20seems%20to%20sometimes%20find%20that%20her%20relative%20fame%20and%20mature%20looks%20attracts%20shallow%20actors%20to%20her,%20such%20as%20Pickup-pai%20and%20Adachi.%20She%20has%20a%20mild%20case%20of%20androphobia%20because%20of%20this,%20and%20attempts%20to%20avoid%20contact%20with%20most%20men,%20such%20as%20when%20she%20refused%20to%20get%20powdered%20sugar%20on%20her%20cocoa%20bread%20when%20a%20boy%20was%20distributing%20it.%20Her%20friends%20seem%20aware%20of%20this,%20going%20out%20of%20their%20way%20to%20block%20men%20from%20coming%20in%20contact%20with%20her%20by%20forming%20a%20human%20wall%20around%20her.%0A%0AHer%20sometimes%20flighty%20personality%20also%20causes%20her%20to%20abandon%20her%20personal%20projects%20and%20ambitions.%20She%20has%20internalized%20this%20as%20a%20fear%20of%20her%20own%20abandonment,%20compounded%20by%20her%20dread%20of%20having%20shallow%20interactions%20with%20others.%20She%20is%20a%20self-admitted%20crybaby,%20sometimes%20shedding%20tears%20over%20fairly%20minor%20things,%20though%20this%20doesn't%20usually%20last%20long.%20Given%20her%20immaturity,%20she%20can%20be,%20albeit%20unintentionally,%20somewhat%20physically%20possessive%20or%20domineering%20of%20people,%20especially%20those%20who%20are%20much%20smaller%20than%20her%20like%20Chii%20and%20Ichikawa,%20though%20this%20is%20mostly%20played%20for%20comedy.%20Ultimately,%20Anna%20is%20a%20very%20kind,%20sweet%20and%20loving%20girl%20who%20is%20very%20considerate%20of%20others,%20and%20constantly%20apologizes%20if%20something's%20wrong.%0A--------%0AKobayashi%20Chihiro%3A%0A%0AThough%20Kobayashi%20has%20a%20somewhat%20childish%20personality,%20she%20usually%20acts%20as%20a%20brash%20straight%20man%20to%20Yamada's%20antics,%20calling%20her%20out%20for%20disappearing%20when%20she%20should%20be%20working%20on%20something,%20or%20when%20she%20smacks%20herself%20while%20trying%20to%20use%20a%20fan%20to%20cool%20off.%20She%20also%20has%20a%20tendency%20to%20be%20oblivious%20of%20certain%20more%20%22mature%22%20things,%20like%20romance,%20as%20she%20seems%20to%20be%20the%20only%20one%20who%20doesn't%20realize%20Yamada%20and%20Ichikawa's%20feelings%20towards%20each%20other.%0A--------%0ASekine%20Moeko%3A%0A%0AMoe%20has%20the%20most%20outgoing%20personality%20of%20her%20friend%20group,%20and%20she%20seems%20to%20act%20out%20certain%20%22cutesy%22%20tropes,%20like%20often%20referring%20to%20herself%20in%20third%20person,%20or%20posing%20on%20big%20announcements%20or%20proclamations.%20While%20she%20is%20a%20good%20friend,%20she%20enjoys%20messing%20with%20people,%20and%20even%20when%20she%20is%20helping%20this%20usually%20comes%20at%20the%20cost%20of%20her%20trolling.%0A--------%0AYoshida%20Serina%3A%0A%0ASerina%20is%20often%20depicted%20as%20the%20most%20mature%20and%20skeptical%20amongst%20her%20friends,%20and%20also%20the%20most%20attentive.%20She%20recognizes%20that%20Ichikawa%20had%20been%20to%20Yamada's%20house%20before%20they%20were%20all%20invited%20to%20make%20chocolate%20based%20off%20him%20pushing%20the%20elevator%20buttons%20without%20being%20prompted%20and%20heading%20for%20the%20restroom%20without%20direction,%20both%20of%20which%20went%20totally%20over%20Moe's%20head.%20She%20appears%20to%20be%20the%20one%20that%20recommends%20the%20wallet%20chain%20to%20Yamada%20as%20a%20gift%20for%20Ichi,%20as%20she%20checks%20it%20out%20with%20approval%20once%20he%20is%20wearing%20it.%20She%20also%20seems%20to%20like%20%22tough%22%20boys%20and%20yankee%20types,%20though%20she%20sometimes%20acts%20as%20though%20she's%20above%20things%20like%20romance.%0A--------%0AAdachi%20Shou%3A%0A%0AAdachi%20is%20a%20brash%20and%20perverted%20teenage%20boy,%20but%20he%20has%20a%20strong%20sense%20of%20male%20honor.%20He%20is%20unapologetically%20perverse%20about%20and%20even%20around%20women.%20He%20and%20his%20friends%20are%20often%20thinking%20up%20games%20to%20play%20with%20the%20girls%20that%20will%20unwittingly%20involve%20them%20in%20some%20kind%20of%20mild%20sexual%20gesture,%20like%20saying%20something%20naughty%20with%20a%20tongue%20twister,%20or%20learning%20about%20their%20supposed%20fetishes%20from%20an%20internet%20post.%20He%20even%20comments%20on%20wanting%20a%20sex%20slave%20like%20Yamada.%20This%20makes%20him%20something%20of%20a%20pest%20for%20most%20of%20the%20cast,%20and%20many%20of%20them%20roll%20their%20eyes%20at%20his%20weird%20antics.%0A--------%0AKanzaki%20Kenta%3A%0A%0AMost%20of%20Kanzaki's%20personality%20is%20displayed%20through%20his%20interactions%20with%20Hara.%20He%20is%20deeply,%20perhaps%20overly%20affectionate,%20and%20constantly%20praises%20or%20compliments%20her,%20which%20can%20oftentimes%20lead%20her%20to%20feel%20smothered%20or%20unsure%20how%20to%20respond.%20Despite%20this,%20they%20seem%20to%20get%20along%20well,%20and%20are%20considered%20a%20couple%20by%20most%20of%20the%20class.%20He%20can%20be%20jealous%20or%20overly%20protective%20of%20her,%20such%20as%20when%20Ichikawa%20unwittingly%20referred%20to%20her%20as%20cute%20when%20he%20was%20behind%20him.%0A--------%0AHara%20Honoka%3A%0A%0AHara%20is%20kind,%20and%20while%20generally%20soft-spoken,%20will%20quickly%20try%20to%20strike%20down%20anyone%20acting%20out%20of%20line.%20She%20also%20works%20to%20try%20and%20keep%20the%20peace%20whenever%20she%20feels%20conflict%20is%20happening%20between%20people%20she%20is%20friends%20with.%20She%20often%20worries%20about%20her%20weight,%20and%20often%20can't%20handle%20the%20stream%20of%20compliments%20sent%20her%20way%20by%20Kanzaki.%0A--------%0AIchikawa%20Kana%3A%0A%0AKana%20is%20a%20caring,%20but%20sometimes%20prying%20older%20sister%20to%20Kyoutarou.%20Because%20she%20is%20aware%20of%20her%20brother's%20antisocial%20behavior,%20she%20becomes%20very%20interested%20in%20his%20relationship%20with%20Yamada,%20and%20wants%20to%20know%20more%20about%20her,%20much%20to%20his%20chagrin.%20Despite%20this,%20he%20has%20confided%20in%20her%20about%20their%20relationship%20a%20few%20times%20when%20he%20was%20unsure%20about%20what%20to%20do.%20She%20is%20also%20very%20earnest%20at%20times.%20While%20waiting%20up%20to%20and%20during%20the%20starting%20days%20of%20her%20job%20she%20bought%20a%20Takoyaki%20Pan%20and%20practiced%20for%20days%20on%20end%20and%20had%20the%20family%20eat%20them.%0A--------%0ANanjou%20Haruya%3A%0A%0AForceful%20and%20persistent,%20he%20is%20drawn%20to%20attractive%20women.%20He%20attempts%20to%20use%20pickup-lines%20and%20compliments%20to%20get%20their%20attention,%20to%20mixed%20success.%20He%20doesn't%20tend%20to%20take%20hints%20well%20when%20he%20is%20annoying%20people,%20and%20only%20backs%20down%20when%20expressly%20told%20%22no.%22%20He%20is%20good%20at%20manipulating%20the%20flow%20of%20conversation%20to%20get%20the%20topic%20back%20to%20where%20he%20wants%20it.%20He%20is%20willing%20to%20use%20small%20amounts%20of%20force%20to%20get%20his%20way,%20such%20as%20when%20he%20grabbed%20Yamada's%20arm%20to%20intimidate%20her%20into%20giving%20her%20LINE%20account%20to%20him.%20That%20said,%20he%20appears%20willing%20to%20help%20people%20if%20the%20situation%20calls%20for%20it,%20such%20as%20aiding%20in%20fishing%20out%20Ichikawa's%20bike%20from%20the%20river%20when%20he%20throws%20it.%0A--------%0AYamada%20Sanae%3A%0A%0ASanae%20is%20a%20fashionable%20middle-aged%20woman%20who%20acts%20outwardly%20strict,%20but%20she%20is%20actually%20quite%20kind.%0A%0AAnna%20refers%20to%20her%20mother%20as%20acting%20strict%20in%20public,%20but%20is%20actually%20very%20kind%20and%20supportive.%20She%20gets%20onto%20her%20daughter%20for%20her%20posture%20and%20for%20hoarding%20candy%20during%20their%20first%20interaction%20with%20Ichikawa's%20mother.%20This%20appears%20to%20indicate%20that%20she%20puts%20heavy%20importance%20on%20public%20appearance.%20Kyoutarou%20finds%20himself%20on%20the%20receiving%20end%20of%20her%20%22initially%20strict,%20but%20then%20kind%22%20personality%20when%20she%20initially%20judges%20him%20harshly%20for%20being%20a%20boy%20invited%20to%20her%20daughter's%20otherwise%20female-only%20chocolate-making%20gathering,%20but%20quickly%20warms%20up%20to%20him%20once%20the%20situation%20is%20cleared%20and%20she%20understands%20what%20is%20going%20on.%0A--------%0AYamada%20Yuki%3A%0A%0AYuki%20is%20a%20quiet%20and%20reserved%20figure,%20but%20his%20gruff%20and%20short%20manner%20of%20speaking%20makes%20him%20seem%20more%20threatening%20than%20he%20is.%20He%20works%20as%20a%20chef,%20which%20seems%20to%20have%20influenced%20his%20daughter's%20gluttonous%20habits.%20He%20enjoys%20playing%20video%20games,%20but%20doesn't%20often%20have%20people%20he%20can%20play%20with.%20Based%20off%20of%20their%20interactions%20and%20Yamada's%20talks%20about%20him,%20he%20is%20very%20caring%20of%20his%20daughter,%20and%20seems%20to%20have%20some%20reservations%20about%20Ichikawa's%20interactions%20with%20her,%20like%20when%20he%20insinuated%20to%20him%20that%20it%20wasn't%20good%20for%20kids%20to%20be%20at%20other%20peoples'%20houses%20after%20she%20recently%20stayed%20at%20Ichikawa's%20place.%20Despite%20this,%20he%20seems%20to%20be%20forming%20a%20friendship%20with%20him.%0A--------%0AHanzawa%20Yurine%3A%0A%0AComplimenting%20her%20sleepy%20looks,%20Yurine%20has%20a%20quiet%20personality,%20and%20low%20physical%20presence.%20She%20effortlessly%20sneaks%20in%20on%20Ichikawa%20and%20Yamada%20in%20the%20library%20behind%20the%20curtain%20without%20them%20even%20noticing%20she%20is%20in%20the%20room.%20She%20may%20be%20possessive%20of%20her%20friends,%20as%20she%20grabs%20Yamada's%20arm%20when%20she%20makes%20contact%20with%20Kanna,%20not%20wanting%20her%20to%20call%20her%20by%20her%20first%20name.%0A--------%0AAndou%20Kanna%3A%0A%0AKanna%20has%20an%20unhealthy%20obsession%20with%20celebrating%20the%20relationships%20of%20other%20people%20without%20their%20consent.%20She%20accomplishes%20this%20through%20her%20friends,%20who%20create%20flash-mobs%20for%20the%20unsuspecting%20couple,%20complete%20with%20congratulatory%20banners%20and%20confetti.%20This%20causes%20problems%20for%20Ichikawa%20and%20Yamada,%20who%20want%20to%20keep%20their%20relationship%20quiet,%20but%20also%20don't%20want%20to%20constantly%20have%20to%20avoid%20each%20other%20for%20fear%20of%20being%20exposed.%0A--------%0ASuwa%20Yuki%3A%0A%0ASuwa%20is%20protective%20of%20Yamada%20and%20has%20been%20her%20modeling%20manager%20for%20four%20years.%20While%20he%20approves%20of%20Ichikawa,%20and%20believe%20the%20two%20to%20be%20in%20a%20relationship,%20he%20gives%20him%20a%20warning%20about%20how%20people%20may%20view%20Yamada%20differently%20if%20such%20information%20became%20public.%0A--------%0AKouda%20Nico%3A%0ANico%20appears%20to%20have%20a%20different%20persona%20depending%20on%20who%20she%20is%20interacting%20with.%20Her%20first%20appearance%20shows%20her%20as%20a%20picturesque,%20ethereal%20model,%20but%20this%20facade%20immediately%20falls%20away%20when%20she%20notices%20Yamada,%20who%20she%20cries%20to%20because%20a%20taxi%20driver%20didn't%20notice%20her%20when%20she%20needed%20a%20ride.%20She%20has%20a%20secret%20Twitter%20account%20which%20she%20uses%20to%20roleplay%20as%20an%20obsessed%20fan%20of%20Yamada's,%20leaving%20out%20the%20fact%20that%20they%20work%20together%20professionally.%20She%20appears%20to%20have%20a%20variety%20of%20mental%20issues%20and%20social%20anxieties,%20which%20she%20uses%20her%20Twitter%20account%20to%20vent%20over. Kanzaki is a fairly average-looking teenager, with very short, almost buzz-cut hair, and fairly large eyebrows. He grew his sideburns out once, much to Hara's dismayKanzaki typically adopts a polite personality when interacting with others, which makes him seem like a decent person towards most of his classmates, as seen with Yamada's friends preferring to team up with him over Ichikawa, Adachi, or Oota for the work study visit.

However, when Kanzaki is around his friends, he has no problems joining in their perverted conversations, and he occasionally ends up speaking his mind about his fantasies, which mostly involve the concept of being overweight

Hara Honoka

Kanzaki is deeply, perhaps overly, affectionate towards Hara. He constantly praises or compliments her, which can usually lead her to feel smothered or unsure on how to respond. Despite this, they seem to get along well, and are considered a couple by most of their classmates.

He can be jealous or overly protective of her, such as during White Day, when Ichikawa unwittingly referred to her (Yamada) as cute, unaware of his and Yamada's sudden appearancesAdachi has very short, brownish-blonde hair and an average build. He also has relatively smaller irises and pupils than most of the main castAdachi is a brash and perverted teenage boy, but he has a strong sense of male honor. He is unapologetically perverse about and even around women.

Along with Kanzaki and Oota, he often engages in conversations involving shallow sexual desires, and occasionally tries to rope other classmates into somewhat perverted jokes/pranks, although he often gets called out before he gets his desired result.

Adachi can be surprisingly perceptive. He recalled all the times Ichikawa got in his way back when he tried hitting on Yamada, and he realized that Ichikawa had grown closer with her over time. He is also the only one who recognized and genuinely appreciated Sekine's kind act of making chocolates for all the male students in class, despite him initially misunderstanding the chocolate he received to be romantic.

Adachi is also a social person who enjoys the presence of his friends, often being the one to start conversations.Relationships

Ichikawa Kyoutarou

Adachi somewhat bullied Ichikawa early on in the series, at least according to the latter. At one point, Adachi tried using Ichikawa to try and obtain Yamada's LINE address by asking him to pass a handwritten note to her.[1] During the school festival in their 2nd year of middle school, Adachi seemed willing to punch Ichikawa to "impress" Yamada, due to a misunderstanding of Hara adding the Yamada surname as an aesthetic on the gravestone paintings.[2]

Despite Ichikawa's initial impressions, Adachi never thought of him as a bad person. He frequently includes Ichikawa in casual conversations and hangouts.

The two become better friends over time, and even had a few personal conversations, culminating in Adachi challenging Ichikawa's feelings for Yamada during the sports festival's cavalry battle.[3]

Yamada Anna

Adachi was obsessed with Yamada to a creepy degree, often fantasizing about her being put in lewd photoshoots or x-rated scenarios.

Like with most girls, he was mainly attracted to her looks and didn't properly acknowledge any charm in her personality or actions until right before the final sports festival, where he reflected on the previous sports festival, where Yamada cleared up a misunderstanding of a situation where Ichikawa was actually helping her, and Adachi ended up thinking she was cool for clarifying.

Unnamed mother

Shou has a somewhat strained relationship with his mother. She tends to scold him for his behavior at school and poor grades, as shown during the parent-teacher conference day.

After Shou unsuccessfully tried to send his White Day cookies without directly speaking to Sekine, his mother ended up forcing him to thank Sekine for her Valentine's chocolates. Upon Sekine's seemingly positive reaction, Shou's mother praised her son for his apparent success, showing that she does indeed dote and care about Shou.

It is likely that she is the one who wrote the cheesy letter attached to Shou's White Day gift, which ultimately ended up in Yamada's hands due to a lack of communication from Ichikawa's endIchikawa is an unpopular and dour teenager who enjoys true crime, and has delusions of being an edgy murderer despite his empathetic personality. He attends school alongside his classmates in Daijuni Middle School in Meguro, Tokyo, Class 2-3 (later 3-1).Ichikawa is a relatively short, small-framed Japanese teenager. His two most notable character design traits are his hair, which is almost always put in a style where one of his eyes is covered by his bangs, and his eyes themselves, which have a notable circular/spiral design, also seen in his family. He is usually seen in his school uniform, but outside of school, he tends to wear "goth" clothing; mainly black, adorned with skulls, chains, and other macabre designsEarly on in the series, Ichikawa is a bitter social outcast, often having violent fantasies involving people who slight or annoy him. This, accompanied with his interest in true crime and fantasy stories has his internal monologue being that of a psychopathic killer. Despite this, he freezes up in social situations, and dislikes people who aren't considerate of other people's feelings, and detests people who bully, intimidate, or objectify others. He constantly worries about being put in the spotlight, ridiculed, or that his presence may cause other people problems or discomfort, even though much of that is only in his head. As a young boy going through puberty, Ichikawa's sexual impulses often get the better of him, particularly when Yamada does something inadvertently sensual around him.

Despite his flaws, Ichikawa is genuinely a kind-hearted and compassionate person deep down, he hates bullies and people making use of others without consenting to their feelings, he also cares a lot for his family members and has become even more outgoing and sociable thanks to interactions with his Yamada. Most of the plot of the series is Ichikawa growing out of his hatred of people, usually through his interactions with Yamada, who acts as his love interest and character foil.

While not a major aspect of his character, he is a bit of an otaku, enjoying action manga and things like moe anime girl figures. He spends a lot of his free time playing on his mobile game device, reading, or watching movies. Relationships

Yamada Anna

Ichikawa's relationship with Yamada is the core aspect of the story, and virtually every event in the manga circles around their interactions. Yamada initially symbolizes everything Ichikawa dislikes about society and school life, being a popular beauty who, at first glance, seems to have everything in her life together. Jealous of her outgoing attitude, which his negative outlook interprets as her constantly looking down on others, he claims she is "the girl I want to kill the most."

Their first proper interactions mainly revolved around the school library, usually through self-contained chapter "skits" involving Yamada sneaking into the library to snack, and Ichikawa being annoyed by her presence for interrupting his place of tranquility. Small interactions such as him awkwardly offering his box-cutter to cut some material, or giving her a fan when she is too hot causes them to drum up an off-kilter friendship. For Ichikawa, being able to have unique interactions from someone he initially considered unapproachable rapidly changes his opinion of her, and he finds himself being protective of Yamada, such as when she is pressured into giving her contact info to Nanjou while she is walking to school and he throws his bike into the river to derail their conversation. Near the end of the first volume, after she has her nose smashed and bloodied during a basketball game, Ichikawa sneaks into the infirmary because he is concerned for her, and admits to himself that he has feelings for her. Though Yamada can obliviously arouse Ichikawa's sexual impulses on occasion, he starts chiding himself more often for thinking indecent thoughts as his love for her grows stronger and he seems intent to form a deeper relationship with her; as such, he respects her personal boundaries, watches out for her welfare, takes care to observe her emotional cues and seeks to take an active interest in her modelling work, something which often makes her happy.

While Ichikawa quickly realizes that he has unique opportunities to interact with Yamada, his poor self-esteem and still-negative personality often causes him to dismiss her cues that she is also developing feelings for him, such as pretending she doesn't have an umbrella to have an excuse to interact with him and wear his raincoat, purposefully switching their named outfits, or asking for his LINE account. His feelings only grow over time, causing internal strife for him because he doesn't believe he is 'deserving' of her. His love (and resulting jealousy, etc.) can also occasionally be self-destructive, causing him to push her away when he believes she "uses" him to avoid Pickup-pai, when he gets sick after chasing after her in the rain because he believes she forgot her menstrual pads, or when he breaks his arm trying to give her an image of snow while visiting his grandparents.

Ultimately, however, Yamada is the primary catalyst for positive change in Ichikawa's life, and a great influence even beyond being a love interest. Through her, Ichikawa is able to create meaningful friendships with the other kids in his school, and participate in things he otherwise would have avoided, like the middle school's sports festival or trip.

Yamada later confesses to Ichikawa and they start dating around Chapter 113: My Love For Him.

Sekine Moeko

After Yamada, Sekine is the classmate that Ichikawa seems to have the best relationship with. She is aware of his relationship with her friend and both helps push it along while also teasing or bantering with him.

Sometimes the ways in which she tries to help seem to backfire, only to end up working out in the end, such as when she pretended to be Ichikawa's girlfriend to get him into Yamada's home without incident, ultimately ending with him getting some degree of approval from Sanae.

Her tendency to troll her friends often gets on his nerves, though, to the point that he seems to have a love-hate relationship with her.

Ichikawa Kana

Most of Kyoutarou's interactions with his older sister is centered around him being embarrassed of or because of her.

Kana is interested in, and wants to be involved in his life, especially when it comes to his blossoming relationship with Yamada. He, however, wants his family uninvolved with them as best as he can, usually causing comedic moments when he can't keep up the charade or keeps accidentally running into her while out with Yamada.

Despite getting irritated by her intrusive antics, Kyoutarou is still able to confide in his older sister, such as in manga chapter 71 when he gets emotional over the possibility of Yamada forgetting him one day and admitting that he does want to date her.

Adachi Shou

Adachi was initially one of the more disliked members of Ichikawa's classroom. His outwardly-perverted and blunt way of speaking consistently got on his nerves, though there were often moments where Ichikawa was hypocritically thinking the same thing as him.

Ichikawa frequently disapproved of or is appalled by Adachi's perverse means of getting Yamada's attention, particularly after his own feelings for her start to grow stronger; he later tries to intercept any interaction between them such as sampling Adachi's class cooking before Yamada could, and asking her to not speak to Adachi so much.

Ichikawa seemed to had the most violent fantasies involving Adachi, with one imagination point having him lamenting that there is nothing left to destroy.

Ichikawa slowly viewed Adachi more as a friend after their many encounters, with notable events including their work study visit, their conversation with Nanjou, Adachi's White Day gift for Sekine, and the cherry blossom viewing party.

Adachi knows that Yamada and Ichikawa are closely associated, being a frequent witness. He eventually suspected that the two may have gotten closer after White Day, to which his suspicions were confirmed to be true by Kanzaki and Oota in the anime.

As a result of wishing for closure, Adachi challenged Ichikawa to the upcoming sports festival's cavalry battle, to which Ichikawa accepts, much to Adachi's surprise.

During the cavalry battle, Adachi admits that despite his feelings for Yamada, he recognises Ichikawa as a good person, which caused him to feel conflicted.

Ichikawa called Adachi out for only liking Yamada for her looks, and that liking someone should be more than that, to which Adachi responded that he already knew that, and he simply wanted to lose on his own terms.

After recognising Yamada's handwriting on Ichikawa's forehead, Adachi smiled genuinely and his lingering feelings for her slowly faded ever since.

The two remained good friends and occasionally hang out with each other, along with Kanzaki and Oota, even after the change of classes during their 3rd year of middle school.