Tanaka (Tanaka-kun is Always Listless)

Tanaka, also known as Master, is the titular main protagonist from the Tanaka-kun is Always Listless series.
== Charactah Account ==
Tanaka is a listless student who is always dozing off and acting exhausted when awake. He is constantly sighing and refrains from any tiring work, all while being accompanied by his friend, Oota. Due to his disdain towards hard-work, he often relies on his family and friends (namely Oota, but this is not limited only to Oota) to assist him with activities. Tanaka is apathetic, and hardly ever outwardly expresses how he feels. When he does, it's normally done in an impassive-seeming manner as well and thus makes it seem like he's mature at best and emotionless and uncaring at worst. He rarely does anything where he exerts more energy than required; however, he shows a surprising dedication to maintaining his lifestyle and daily routine, even going out of his way sometimes to maintain it even at the cost of expending energy he'd rather not use. Tanaka is the type of person that only exerts effort only in things that he is either interested in or believes concerns him a great deal.
Tanaka is somewhat scatterbrained or clueless at times, coming up with eccentric-at-best ideas that hold some form of merit or have some argument behind them but end up resulting in something stupid or bizarre. Examples include the ONA specials (Tanaka-kun wa Kyou mo Kedaruge) where he lays out various ideas centered on how to buy food from the cafeteria lady. This, in turn, conflicts with the times where he shows genuine wisdom or insight into certain topics such as the conflict between Echizen and Miyano and his conversation with Shiraishi. His reasoning and point of view on their issues are birthed from his general demeanor and lifestyle, which actually brings with it a certain wisdom that work well for the people he interacts with. He once intended to get a lower score on a test just because that was his target, and he lost in an Othello match against Echizen but not before he managed to turn all of his remaining pieces into the Japanese character for the color white. This indicates that Tanaka is actually very smart and capable but only chooses to use his head for things he wants to use it for.
Sometimes, Tanaka's demeanor and personality may come across as self-centered or overly demanding. He sometimes acts like a child, and other times like an incapable person. But he doesn't mean anything he does badly or harmfully. He just genuinely desires an uneventful, peaceful life.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tanaka is Listless Today Too
* Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
* Tanaka-kun is Always Listless Specials
=== Manga ===
* Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
== Trivia ==
* Tanaka is allergic to cats.
* Tanaka hates going to the dentist.
* Tanaka's English voice actor is Blake Shepard.
* Tanaka knows how to play the piano and the board game Othello.
* Tanaka's ideal type would be a mom who takes care of him everywhere.
* Tanaka's texts are occasionally incomprehensible due to him using the speech-to-text function.
* In Chapter 16 of the manga, it is shown that Tanaka scored 86 on the practice test, implying that he has the capability to be good at studies. He later scored 60 on the actual test after accidentally studying the wrong things.
* Due to his listlessness, Tanaka is actually quite flexible. In Chapter 43 he scored a 10 on the seated forward bend stretch during the sports test. However, he scored a 1 for everything else.
* Tanaka is a fan of Bump of Beef (their universe's version of BUMP OF CHICKEN).
* Both Miyano and Sora regard Tanaka as their "master".
* Tanaka has no preference when it comes to steamed buns, and actually likes the bread more than the filling itself.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Tanaka at Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Wikia
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