Noko Shikanoko

Noko Shikanoko is the titular deuteragonist of the comedy manga and anime series My Deer Friend Nokota or Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan in Japanese. She is a hybrid-deer girl who was saved by a high school student Torako Koshi from hanging on power lines. However, this would cause Torako's life to take a bizarre turn as Noko's unpredictable and nonsensical antics cause chaos and mayhem in her attempt to keep a respectable image.
She is voiced by in Japanese and Trina Deuhart in English.
==Appearance==
Noko is an innocent-looking teenage deer girl with short brown hair. She is usually dressed in her standard female white Japanese school uniform consisting of a white sailor-style blouse with blue accents and a teal neckerchief, paired with a navy blue pleated skirt. She is also wearing knee-high socks and brown loafers. Her body has many strange features, such as being able to casually take of by taking half of her head of by seizing her antlers to reveal that she is brainless without harm (for humoristic meanings), being able to reattach her antlers and even make them explode if they are thrown. 
==Personality==
Noko is a naive and mischievious girl with a humoristic nature. She can appear as a negligently sympathetic, leaving a mountain of deer crackers on Koshi's desk at school. Her innocence and cuteness easily entice others to observe her as if she was a real deer, with the exception of Torako who is the only questioning her weirdness. She has no sense of embarassment to conduct herself strangely, as a deer. Noko appears to be also an honest girl, shouting outloud Torako's secret as a former in front of the class and declaring that Torako is a virgin and questions if she is not. Noko also tends to be somewhat arrogant as she frequently prides herself to be a master of things she has no credentials for, though people are awed by her regardless of performance. At times, she frequently shows Torako gratitude by offering either a mountain of deer "deer crackers" or her antlers to eat. Noko also cares appears to care for Torako, shielding her from getting hit by shurikens. 
Despite this, Noko often hurts Torako unintentionally, blinding her with the "gamer horn", filling the club room with antlers and has at least once seemed intentionally malicious after replacing her straw with a horn. It also appears that Noko is actually more intelligent than she lets on, cunningly taking advantage of Torako's perfectionism and strive to be the best to get her to comply with her wants, as well as offering genuinely helpful advice and displaying an expertise in teaching others. She also seems unnecessarily vindictive when faced with struggles or suffering, threatening to burn down every cedar forest in Japan after their pollen causes her to suffer from hay fever.
== Trivia ==
*Nokotan's antlers has caused many viewers to speculate online that she is actually a male or transgender rather than being born female since only male deers have antlers. However, since this is a gag anime it's likely she just has antlers to make it obvious she's a deer hybrid.
*Noko is likely homeless as she remarks that she just wakes up near school whenever she goes to sleep, additionally never being seen going home before.
**Despite this, during her song in Episode 4, there is a scene depicting Noko in pyjamas in an apartment, which could mean that she lives in an undisclosed location or that said apartment was just a part of the visual effects.
*It appears that Noko's uniform is actually a part of her body as it gains spots during the summer along with her regular hair and even comes off when she molts, with Noko having an additional uniform underneath.
*Noko suffers from an extreme version of hay fever, causing her to shapeshift and even sneeze out of her antlers. 
*Seeing as Noko is apparently worshipped as a deer deity's avatar in Hino, it's been theorised that Noko is in fact of celestial origin seeing as her bizarre charisma, outlandish abilities and odd first appearance could be explained by having divine powers.
**Teasers for the coming finale for the anime's first season show that Bashame and Anko have seemingly forgotten who Noko is, making it possible that Noko was just a figment of Torako's imagination or an even more enigmatic entity. This however, is yet to be confirmed until the eleventh episode releases.
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