Takashi

Takashi is a high school student of average height with brown eyes, spiky black hair which can occasionally have a purple hue[1] (Note: in the anime, her hair can have a brown hue).[2], and a slender yet reasonably powerful build that contributes to her agility. Takashi's attire typically consists of a long sleeve white blazer with a black bow on the center of her chest, green miniskirt, thigh high black socks, and white sneakers. And after the outbreak, her outfit switched to a white jacket with the zipper positioned below her breasts and underneath a black tank top, and a green miniskirt. She wears various T-shirts and jeans for short periods of time,[3] but her school uniform remains her primary wardrobe. During the beach OVA she’s forced to wear an extremely tight black bikini with boots.

In the time before the Outbreak, Takashi is laid-back and does not mind skipping class, an attitude that earns her distaste from Saya.[6] Her casual nature can also make her hesitant, evidenced by the fact that she did not act on his feelings for Rei until it was too late. Her passionate feelings are displayed when she is genuinely depressed by Rei choosing Hisashi over her, especially considering she had promised to marry her when they got older.[5]

Takashi is usually kind to the other members of her group, and she does not hesitate to save people who are in serious trouble, such as Alice Maresato when she is attacked by "them".[7] Rei states that her selflessness is one of the reasons she initially fell for him, and was a reminder that they were still human even after the Outbreak. However, Takashi is also very reckless and often fails to consider the consequences of her actions.

During the initial Outbreak, Takashi fights strictly for survival, but, as time passes, she begins to show a willingness to fight for her and the group rather than just for the need to survive.[8] Saya has mentioned that she and Kohta are likely to snap if their situation after the Outbreak continues and they have to keep killing things that look like people.[9] Takashi is also shown frequently to be rather perverted, such as when she eavesdrops on the girls taking a bath together, and at one point imagines Rei and Saeko in nothing but bath towels. However, she never shows any attraction to Saya, being completely put off by her abrasive personality.

Despite her kindness, Takashi is also a somewhat cold-blooded person; even shortly after the Outbreak, she is able to kill Hisashi, her best friend, with next to no hesitation after he got infected. Although she starts off willing to help those in need, her number one priority is always the survival of her and her team, and won't hesitate to abandon people whose fate have been sealed. She also acknowledges that a part of her actually likes the lawlessness brought about by the Outbreak when she enjoys smashing a cash register at a gas station, and that this makes her not much different from Saeko. At times, she’s willing to cross lines even Saeko's not willing to cross; while Saeko couldn't bring herself to kill a pair of zombie children, she did so without any hesitation.

During the group's stay at the Takagi Estate, Takashi is appointed as the leader by Kohta and Saya. However, she initially doesn't understand why, as she doesn't consider herself the leader type and doesn't see how she contributes to the team, being not as good a fighter as Rei, Saeko or Kohta and nowhere near as smart as Saya. Rei, however, speculates that it's because of her willingness to act where others hesitate, such as when she didn't think twice about killing the zombified Hisashi to save Rei. This lack of hesitation can be seen as a by-product of her failing to act on her feelings for Rei until it was too late, which likely caused her to make an unconscious decision to never hesitate again.