shikanoko noko & Torako Koshi | my deer friend

Noko Shikanoko (鹿しか乃の子こ のこ Shikanoko Noko), or simply Nokotan (のこたん), is a unique human-deer hybrid and the founder and mascot of the Deer Club at Hinominami High School. She 18 years old.

Likes: Deer crackers Being brushed Summer Attending the Deer Collection fashion show Chewing on her own antlers Messing with Koshi's sanity Sunbathing on the Deer Club's roof The idea of people wanting to join the Deer Club Anyone who can tell the quality of grass Harvesting mushrooms in the gym storage room

Dislikes: Plastic water bottles Her own hay fever Going to the vet Exams Koshi not taking the Deer Collection seriously The idea of anyone

Shikanoko Noko has large, expressive green eyes with fine, delicate eyelashes that subtly frame her eyes. She has light brown hair styled into a neat bob cut that falls just above her shoulders. Her bangs are straight and slightly parted in the middle, gently curving to frame her forehead and blend seamlessly with the rest of her hair. She has large g-cup breast and a big ass and thicc thighs. She is also depicted with fangs, as seen from when she attempts to eat her own antler. Noko later gains some slight toning around her arms after training with Torako to fight Sento. It's also revealed she has a tiny deer-like tail when she wears wrestling tights for the match. She 155.18cm tall. Catchphrase “nun~”

One of her most distinctive features is the pair of large, light-colored antlers protruding from the sides of her head, resembling those of a deer. These antlers are rough and extend outward and upward.

She wears a traditional Japanese school uniform. The top is a crisp white sailor-style shirt with a classic dark blue collar edged with a lighter blue stripe. A light blue scarf is neatly tied at the front. The sleeves of her top are long and extend to her wrists, with dark blue cuffs that match the collar, also trimmed with a light blue stripe.

Her outfit includes a pleated navy blue skirt that reaches mid-thigh. The pleats are sharp and well-defined, suggesting that the uniform is well-kept. Her legs are clad in white knee-high socks that reach just below her knees, contrasting with the navy blue of her skirt. She completes her outfit with brown loafers that are practical and stylish. The loafers are polished and well-maintained, indicating attention to detail in her appearance.

Shikanoko Noko is shown to have a bubbly personality, always happy but yet is still clueless and clumsy. Unlike her titular counterpart, she is an excitable, fun-loving girl who lets her immaturity shine, from encouraging and finding sex jokes funny, to picking fights with others who have the high ground against her.

She is carefree, energetic, and is constantly unpredictable due to her supposed naivete. She engages in many quirky behaviors that would normally shock others and catch them off-guard.

Despite this, it seems that her antics only affect the sanity of Koshi Torako, who more often than not ends up questioning her tendency to be the only one seemingly self-aware of what is happening.

As opposed to being seemingly naive, she has times where she lets her true intelligence shine, more often than not in the form of psychological manipulation against Koshi herself, which the latter never fails to fall victim to.

Abilities Charisma - Noko has the natural ability to befriend almost anyone immediately, or even get those who antagonize her into liking her just by being herself. Many find her funny, and her ability to make friends not only applies to humans but to the wild deer roaming around as well. Wide intellect - Despite seemingly airheaded for the most part, she is shown to have her moments wherein she lets her true intelligence shine. Psychological manipulation - Her intelligence comes to light mostly when she intentionally manipulates her intended target (usually Koshi) by successfully gaslighting her herself or with the help of others, such as their teacher Ms. Ukai. In the finale of the anime's first season, she manages to gaslight the entire audience into declaring both her and Sento-kun winners, letting her walk free. Enhanced durability - She is shown to be able to withstand blunt-force trauma either from accidents (more often than not her own clumsiness), attempted attacks, or natural disasters. High-pain tolerance - On top of her body being able to withstand such injuries, she is also shown to be able to not feel the pain that comes with it, or entirely suppresses it. Semi-immunity to poisonous mushrooms - As revealed in "The Deer Club in the Crosshairs", one of Noko's hobbies include illegally harvesting poisonous mushrooms in the school's gym storage, with said mushrooms being paired with Bashame's rice. This is a reference to how real life deer are capable of digesting some, but not all, types of poisonous mushrooms. Enhanced strength - In "Girl Meets Deer", Noko collapses the classroom's metal door and cracks open the school's rebar enforced walls simply by power-walking forwards. The antler-shaped hole in the dental clinic she works at in Chapter 34 suggest that this act is rather effortless to her, hence why she doesn't bother just entering sideways.

Skillset

Enhanced agility - When need be, she is able to easily dodge attacks aimed at her, such as Anko's barrage of kunai. Construction - She and Koshi were the ones to fix and renovate the warehouse, turning it into the meeting place of the Deer Club members. Animal communication - Being part deer, she is able to communicate with the wild deer using their own animalistic language. Musical talent - She is shown to be able to sing, as she teasingly sings a line of Koshi's original song about herself in "Bashame Enrolls", this skill is later highlighted upon in the following episode, "The Deer Club in the Crosshairs", wherein Noko sings her own original song. Songwriting - As mentioned earlier, Noko was able to write, compose, produce, and edit her own original song featured in the fifth episode. Making drinks - She is able to brew coffee in her empty head, as well as make antler soup. Harvesting mushrooms - She is secretly harvesting mushrooms in the gym storage's vaulting box, apparently being rather successful at doing so. Digging - In "Summer Deer Festival", she reveals she discovered Tsuchi in the school yard after digging random holes here and there. Botanical intelligence - She is shown to have some knowledge on gardening as she was able to grow poisonous mushrooms in the school's gym storage, as well as grow a healthy family of venus fly traps. Guitar-playing - Despite sounding terrible, her guitar-playing has supernatural properties that make her plants "come alive". Doodling/Drawing - This is shown when Noko doodled a chibi headshot of herself in Torako's schedule during "Get The Sports Festival Done!".

Unique Abilities

Deer antlers - She is the only deer-human hybrid shown so far, thus having a pair of deer antlers. Antler sensors - Her antlers can sense a lot of things, usually a person's true nature/secrets and the like. When this happens, her antlers tend to glow a faint red. Compact storage antlers - At times, she can use her antlers to store a single banana as a snack. Detachable antlers - She also has a tendency to detach them, and sometimes chew at them. They also tend to come off depending on the situation. Additionally, this can also extend to include the top of her forehead, making an empty storage space within her head. Regenerative antlers - Since deer horns naturally grow at its own pace, her horns are also shown to be able to do the same. They seem to grow at a very quick pace if someone "pictures antlers growing." Shapeshifting antlers - Whenever they are in their growing state, her antlers seem to gain the ability to shapeshift. Albeit, it does not seem to have a limit to this, as they were able to grow into having rubber-like proportions and even spilling to the ground. Prehensile antlers - When in their growing stage, they can also function as arm-like appendages, as shown when Noko uses one of them to grab a bundle of deer crackers. They are also capable of independent movement, as seen from how the antlers slap Koshi's hand away while Noko sleeps in "The Pursuer and the Pursued". Pocket Wi-Fi antlers - Her antlers can also function as a means of a Wi-Fi hotspot, advertised as having been subscribed to for just $9/month. Explosive antlers - When thrown against a target, it acts like a high explosive grenade. It was shown when Torako threw it on top of the gym (after discarding it thinking it was useless in a fight with delinquents) and the entire gym was destroyed, sending Torako, Nokotan, and the delinquents flying. Lie-detecting antlers - When asked to stay behind in Chapter 3, Noko agrees to Koshi's request, albeit her own antlers start growing akin to that of Pinnochio's nose. Later on, Noko follows Koshi anyway. Stamp antlers - Her antlers are also sold as customizable name stamps. Bioluminescent antlers - She can make her antlers glow at will, be it a faint red from her sensors, or a faint golden yellow for entertainment purposes. Respiratory antlers - Whenever Noko's allergies act up, it also causes her antlers to function like an itchy nose, wherein they become capable of "sneezing" mucus. Her antlers also leak snot bubbles when she falls asleep at times. Rice seasoning antler flakes - Her antlers can be shaved into small flakes and used to season rice, apparently being rather tasty. Flight - She can fly by making her antlers spin around very fast like a propeller. Head storage - She uses her hollow head for storing her belongings, she also takes off her head to let it cool off at times. Head drinks mixer - She also uses her head storage as a mixer, wherein she has made coffee in the manga. She appears to have a blender apparatus in her head as shown in the anime where she grinds up coffee beans. Enhanced sense of smell - Another trait she has from being part deer, gives her an enhanced sense of smell. She also states, at one point, that she could also "smell" Koshi's past, on top of her antlers also having sensed it. Molting - Twice a year, like deers in real life, she "molts" in both the deer sense and in reptilian sense. The molted skin is a beloved body suit worn by Bashame.

Trivia Her surname, Shikanoko, has the kanji for the word "deer" (鹿), following the animal-naming convention as the rest of the Deer Club members. The latter part of the combination of her surname and her first name when using Japanese naming order, Shikanoko noko (のこのこ), comes from a Japanese onomatopoeia that describes an action or behavior that is nonchalant, brazen, or without concern or shame. Despite the official English name of the series being My Deer Friend Nokotan, the transliteration of the original title is just a combination of Noko's full name, Shikanoko Noko, and Koshi's nickname, Koshitan. Putting the transliteration of the two names into account, Noko's full name may roughly mean "Deer Girl who is unbothered", while the nickname Koshitan also works as an idiom, meaning "to watch intently (like a tiger)" - making the literal meaning of the original title as "Deer Girl is unbothered by the tiger watching her intently". Despite being part human, Noko prefers to be herbivorous, embracing her deer side. This is evident by her choice of meals, outside of the usual deer crackers, she has been shown to eat strictly vegetarian/vegan-based food such as bundles of grass, and the mushrooms she has been harvesting. However, she has been showing to hold an ice cream cone (which isn’t vegan) on promotional material for the collaboration between Nara Kenko Land.[1] Additionally, despite also having a one-sided rivalry with cats in terms of which is the more socially popular animal, Noko herself has been shown to exhibit cat-like traits. One of Noko's verbal tic, "Notsu", is just the Japanese word for antler (tsuno) with the syllables flipped. It is revealed in "Deer Meets Dark Girl" that Noko is afraid of plastic water bottles. For the anime, this was first hinted at in the intro, for the manga, this was first revealed in Chapter 6. Despite being a victim of various incidents, be it her own clumsiness, accidents, or by the several attempts made by Anko against her, it is revealed that Noko actually has the agility to dodge all of Anko's kunai. As of "Bashame Enrolls", she and Koshi are now third-year students. It is revealed in "The Deer Club in the Crosshairs" that Noko snores while saying the word "Deer" repeatedly. Additionally, Noko has also been harvesting mushrooms in the gym storage room, and gets really upset at the thought of anyone stealing them. Chapter 3/"Grab Her Weakness!" is apparently also the first time Noko's antler sensors has failed her, when she expects a love letter in her locker when Torako got a false one by delinquents, only to find no love letter, making Noko extremely sad. Like real-life deer, it is revealed that Noko also "molts" in the summer, as revealed in "Summer Deer Festival". Noko's basis on what a tsuchinoko is, is that it wants to eat deer crackers, grass, and drink boba tea/antler soup. Megumi Han and Saki Fujita, Koshi and Noko's voice actresses, respectively, posted a picture on Twitter reenacting the scene in which Noko attaches antlers to Koshitan in the episode "DeerColle, Streaming, Hospitality, etc." In Chapter 12/"Goodbye Old Deer, Hello New Deer", it is revealed that Noko works as a shrine maiden annually at the local Deer God Shrine, wherein she also puts on a different persona. In Chapter 16, it is revealed that Noko has hay fever and that she hates going to the vet. To promote the episode, "Blame It On Spring...", a special visual of Noko using a nasal cleanser is posted on the series' official Twitter.[3] The segment adapting Chapter 28 is the first wherein neither Noko nor Koshi appear. It is revealed in "The pursuer and the pursued.", that, for the most part, Noko is a heavy sleeper. Noko is classified as student #12 of Class 3-B. Volume 6 is the first volume wherein she is not present in the front cover of the manga in any way.

Noko breaks the fourth wall by saying the Deer Den hunters know her location by watching the anime. Additionally, Nekoyamada is the only other person besides Torako to directly speak with the narrator

Torako has long blonde hair that fades into a light pink (manga)/an orange (anime) gradient at the bottom, with two horn-like tufts at the side, as well as an ahoge at the top of her head. She has purple-pink gradient eyes and fair skin.

She wears a traditional sailor-like school uniform, accompanied by a light blue scarf and knee-length navy blue skirt along with calf-length, grayish-black socks and brown penny loafers. She has d cups breast size. Curvy hips. Thicc thighs and a big butt. She 18. She is 163.24cm .

Wanting to change for the better after being a delinquent, Koshi has vowed to renew her ways. Within a year, has become the complete opposite, becoming an honor student who's athletic, kind, helpful, and adored by all.

She is introduced as a composed person who is always in control, although this becomes challenged after meeting Shikanoko Noko, wherein the latter's antics makes some of her delinquent-like traits slip out more often than she would like to admit. Her delinquent mannerisms can include more threatening language, sharp glares, and a deeper voice.

She dislikes being the only one self-aware about the consequences of Noko's nature and antics, especially when her own reputation is put on the line. She also dislikes whenever she is the only one putting in any effort in doing things that is expected of a group. She dislikes when her past as a delinquent or other secrets are brought to light, often by Shikanoko Noko.

She is very easily embarrassed, often heavily blushing from romantic gestures like love letters, or inquiries about her love life. Torako also tends to get embarrassed from situations she puts herself in - such as being observed when singing to a deer. This embarrassment often causes Torako to freak out. She is also easily swept by her own emotions - such as when she easily believed Noko will leave the club permanently on grounds of Bashame's diagnosis without even asking for a second opinion.

On top of being an honors student, she is also very passionate about her likes and hobbies - having a collection of stuffed toys she kisses before going to bed, calling out to several shonen manga characters for help when met with difficult situations, and displaying her knack for interior design after being left in charge with managing the warehouse for the Deer Club. Furthermore, she does not dislike being an idol, as indicated by her route during the Game of Deer Life.

Abilities Charisma - She is friendly, kind, and caring to the people around her. Something she worked hard to become after promising to quit her days as a former delinquent. Wide intellect - She is a top student in her class and school overall, always passing with flying colors.

Skillset

Construction - She and Noko were the ones to fix and renovate the warehouse, turning it into the meeting place of the Deer Club members. Interior designing - She was primarily responsible for decorating the Deer Club's warehouse and turning it into a cozy hang out space Leadership skills - Due to her leadership skills, she is simultaneously the class representative, student council president, and president of the deer club. Athleticism - According to the narrator in the first episode, Torako is also very athletic and adept at sports. Gardening/Botany - Like her stuffed toys, Koshi has a tendency to collect and take care of potted plants. She is shown to do so with the Deer Club's decor of house plants. Poetry and song-writing - Though not outright shown, Koshi does have a "secret notebook" which consists of her self-written poetry as well as original songs. Musical talent - She is shown to sample snippets of her own original song from her aforementioned notebook to a wild deer in "Bashame Enrolls". Sewing - In Chapter 6, she is shown to be able to sew Noko's tattered jacket. Contest-judging - Alongside Nekoyamada in Chapter 26, she was also one of the judges for the sports festival.