Kae Serinuma

Kae Serinuma, is the main protagonist of the series. She is a 2nd-year student who is a full-fledged otaku and fujoshi, she is the daughter of Hideo Serinuma and Mitsuko Serinuma and the younger sister of Takurō Serinuma In the manga, she becomes the wife of Asuma Mutsumi, which later makes her known as Kae Mutsumi, and she becomes the mother of Shion Mutsumi. Prior to the beginning of both the anime and manga, Kae was originally seen to have a rotund figure, with very small eyes that were covered by her over-sized, circular glasses, and a round face. Which was noted to be like a "cushion" by Nozomu Nanashima. Followed by this, she wore her collarbone-length dark purple hair into low pigtails. However, after the death of her favorite anime character and Kae shuts herself away in her room for days and refused to come out, this results her losing a dramatic amount of weight and gains an eye-catching figure, followed by notably large breasts, which seemed to have come from when she was chubby. From there, she starts wearing her hair down, which is noted to be an ombre of dark purple to light purple. As for her bangs, they are seen swept to the right side and her stunning blue-green eyes are revealed when she stops wearing her glasses. Due to this dramatic change of appearance, this results in her becoming an extremely beautiful girl. Aside from the sudden but rapid weight loss, surprisingly, Kae seems to have a good fashion sense, as she is often seen wearing cute and fashionable clothes whenever she is out. Though the clothes she'd wear could possibly have come from Amane Nakano (Kae's best friend). Kae is a very carefree (free from anxiety or responsibility) girl who prefers to go with the flow of things where she doesn't mind the small details and, as stated by herself, she is quite easy to figure out. As stated before, Kae is a fairly "easy" person. She doesn't seem to worry about the little things or tiny details and prefers to go with the flow. Whenever this part of Kae emerges, flowers tend to accompany her speech bubbles as a way to emphasize her being an air-head. The only time where Kae is extremely fired up is when anime/manga or yaoi is involved, such as her obsession over possible romances between her classmates, Nozomu Nanashima and Yūsuke Igarashi. In those moments, Kae takes on many of her pre-weight loss traits, such as small eyes, heavy sweating, and the occasional sly smile. Depending on her dedication and the situation relative to her "otaku-level", Kae can accomplish several extraordinary feats, such as helping the girls' soccer team win despite never having played soccer, and completing three cosplay ensembles from scratch for a school festival. Her other most notable feature is her kindness. Even after her week of starving, Asuma Mutsumi can still recognize her because she is still very kind and caring, helping to take care of his wounds after trying to capture a cat despite having visited the infirmary to treat her own injuries. And any task that she's undertaken, no matter how difficult, she tries to accomplish without complaining. Due to her Fujoshi-personality and previously unattractive status, Kae is also very oblivious and awkward when it comes to romance. When all four of the boys approach her in the first chapter, Kae begins to sweat and is unable to deal with the situation effectively. In the end, instead of choosing one, she indecisively accepts a date with all four boys. As the story progresses, Kae becomes more accustomed to being around all of her possible love interests and stops seeing them as, well, love interests, and more as friends. She is deeply in love with Shion, her favorite anime characters. According to her, she tells Amane Nakano (Kae's best friend) that she likes to watch romance between a man and she doesn't know about feelings or love and that she wants it to stay that way. At the end of Anime, she doesn't choose rejects them not to hurt anyone's feelings and tells them that she isn't interested in love and tells them that she loves only anime love between a man and runs away from them leaving them all speechless. Kae's sexuality isn't entirely discussed, but when she finds out that the five suitors like her, she takes them all seriously and shows interest in all of them. This is including Shima Nishina, who is not only a girl but was her first kiss.