Kozue Takanashi

Kozue Takanashi is the third daughter of the Takanashi Household who works as self defense instructor that constantly drinks a lot. Kozue may look and act cheerful, but she is a lonely girl who constantly faces rejection from other guys deep inside. She is also a very affectionate and physical girl who often hugs people around her. She is also a drunk, but she only drinks enough to get her drunk whenever she's been dumped (which is fairly often). Due to Shizuka Takanashi's lack of interest in her as a child (although she loves her so much), she has an almost crippling need to be loved by the people around her, and not being accepted sends her into a deep depression (hence being dumped leads to her getting drunk). This aspect of her leads her to plot revenges on Souta Takanashi whenever he scolds her when she's drunk, although she's aware at some level he loves her. She also became very depressed when she believed the Mashiba's did not like her. Kozue also appears to have some remarkable gymnastic skill, as she managed to climb to the top of a lamppost and remain balancing there while depressing about her friends rejection. Shizuka has a tendency to neglect her since she's the middle child, even telling her that she'd be fine all on her own and she is often forgotten (even her name).