True Tears

Shinichiro is a student living in what would be a dream come true for most high school boys, but for him is mostly a frustration. A well liked girl in school named Hiromi has lived in his house for a year along with his family. Her father was a close friend of the family, and when he died they immediately took her in. She is popular and well liked, always smiles, is talented in sports- but Shinichiro knows there must be tears inside her. Having an artistic tendency, he makes watercolours of her and thinks about wishing to ease her tears. Yet he cannot bring up the nerve to talk to her even in his own home. She, too, is quiet and withdrawn in their house, quite unlike at school. Shinichiro is also distracted by teasing from his friend Nobuse for watching Hiromi from afar, a curse of bad luck from a strange girl named Noe, and being forced to perform Muhiga dancing. By helping Noe he hopes to ease his own problems, yet he seems to have difficulty helping himself.

Characters

True Tears main characters (from left to right): Shinichirō, Noe, Hiromi, Aiko, and Miyokichi.

Shinichirō Nakagami (仲上 眞一郎, Nakagami Shinichirō)

Voiced by: Makoto Ishii

Shinichirō is a male high school student who enjoys art. He lives with his mother, father, and childhood friend Hiromi Yuasa. She used to smile around him, though does not anymore when at home. Shinichirō longs to see her smile again which he loved so much as a kid. He is living a relatively normal life until he meets a strange girl named Noe Isurugi who curses him with misfortune after he teases her a bit, though he reconciles with her soon after. Shinichirō is frustrated by not being able to see emotion from Hiromi, and other pressures from his family, such as a traditional Japanese dance he does not want to practice. It is revealed later the he and Hiromi 'might' share the same father.

Noe Isurugi (石動 乃絵, Isurugi Noe)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki

Noe Isurugi is an odd girl at Shinichirō's school. He first meets up in a tree where she is picking silverberries for a chicken she named Raigomaru in a coop on a campus. Shinichirō ends up having to catch her as she jumps from the tree since she was stuck and could not get down on her own. She likes chickens, though would only feed one of them since she says "it could fly" while the other cannot. After the chicken gets killed by a raccoon, Noe becomes saddened, but does not cry because she "gave away her tears". She has an older brother, who is a basketball team captain.

Hiromi Yuasa (湯浅 比呂美, Yuasa Hiromi)

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka

Hiromi is a girl Shinichirō's age and goes to the same high school as him. After her father died, she came to live with Shinichirō's family and has already been living with them for a year once the story begins. She had been in the same class as Shinichirō since elementary school, though despite being cheerful back then, she now acts cold when at home. In contrast, she normally smiles and is popular at school. She often helps out with Shinichirō's father's work as they are low on man power. She is on her school's girl's basketball team. It is revealed later that she and Shini'chiro 'might' share the same father.

Aiko Endō (安藤 愛子, Endō Aiko)

Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi

Aiko is a girl one year older than Shinichirō who attends a different school than him. She is going out with his friend Miyokichi Nobuse, but may have feelings instead for Shinichirō hinted through a comment she made about if people cannot become closer to the one they like, they would like to get closer to the one closest to that someone. Aiko has known Shinichirō and Miyokichi since they were kids. She helps out at her family's Imagawayaki shop named Imagawayaki Ai-chan. She is shorter than Shinichirō but enjoys teasing him from time to time.

Miyokichi Nobuse (野伏 三代吉, Nobuse Miyokichi)

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Miyokichi is Shinichirō's good friend, and has known him since they were kids. They hang out together at school, and Miyokichi often brings up the fact that Shinichirō has an eye out for Hiromi when at school. Miyokichi is going out with Aiko.

Tomoyo Kurobe (黒部 朋与, Kurobe Tomoyo)

Voiced by: Tomomi Watanabe

Tomoyo is Hiromi's friend whom she often hangs out with and fellow member of the girl's basketball team. She is sure that Hiromi likes Shinichirō, but Hiromi constantly denies it.

Shinichirō's father (眞一郎の父, Shinichirō no Chichi)

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara

He and Hiromi's father were good friends. After Hiromi's father died, he took her in. Unlike his wife, he respects his son's privacy and lets him do as he wishes, saying that "Shinichirō is Shinichirō".

Shinichirō's mother (眞一郎の母, Shinichirō no Haha)

Voiced by: Rieko Takahashi

She likes to do what she thinks is best for her son, and tries to look after him. She has been known to read his mail if she deems necessary and often bugs him about things at school, or if his jacket smells. She takes favor over Shinichirō and does not consider Hiromi her child.

Jun Isurugi (石動 純, Isurugi Jun)

Voiced by: Yūki Masuda

Jun is Noe's older brother. He is the captain of the basketball team at his school. It is hinted that he might have feelings for Noe other than just siblings. He has asked Shinichirō to ask Noe out on a date.

Mayu

Voiced by: Ai Horanai

Asami

Voiced by: Asami Shimoda

Mikiko

Voiced by: Keiko Watanabe

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