Norman

"*Good morning. I'm Norman. I'm the monitor of class 5A in Sacred Hearts Primary School. I've appeared a few times. It doesn't matter if you don't remember me. My motto is "The less bother, the better". I prefer a life without bother. It's a bother to be noticed, and I don't like to be bothered.*"

**Norman** is one of the supporting characters of Candy Series. He made his debut in A Class Effort: Leadership. He is the former class monitor of Candy JEM's class alongside Harry and he is currently the head prefect of Sacred Hearts Primary School.

## Biography

### Early Life

Norman's early life is currently unknown.

## Appearance

Norman is a 12-year-old boy around average height. Along with his younger brothers Noel, the triplets and younger sister Nina, he bears a striking resemblance to his father. He has messy black hair that jut upwards in every direction and a cowlick (or tuft) right above the behind of his neck that slicked upwards. He has fair skin and narrow black eyes. Like most of the other characters in the series, Norman consistently wear different types of clothing, although he mostly wears jackets.

## Personality

Although he does not always seem to be taking his duties seriously, he is actually a reliable and responsible person and class monitor. He is sometimes very intelligent in controlling classroom stuffs, and manage to overcome challenges. He is also very good at making decisions quickly.

## Character Interview

In the official 2018 fanbook, Norman was interviewed on several questions:

1. **Question:** People say you're laid-back and lazy. What do you have to say in defence?

* **Norman's answer:** Nothing.

2. **Question:** You're so quiet, it sometimes seems as if you do not exist. Don't you feel lonely?

* **Norman's answer:** No.

3. **Question:** What's the most difficult thing about being class monitor?

* **Norman's answer:** Dealing with Emilia.

4. **Question:** What do you think of Mia, Joni, and Emilia?

* **Norman's answer:** Trouble, big trouble, and even bigger trouble.

5. **Question:** Your father loves you very much. What would you like to say to him?

* **Norman's answer:** Dad, don't.

6. **Question:** Besides your parents, is it Harry who understands you best?

* **Norman's answer:** No, it's Bunbun.

7. **Question:** What's your motto?

* **Norman's answer:** It's better to lie than sit; sit than stand; stand than walk; walk than run.

8. **Question:** What's your ambition?

* **Norman's answer:** To be a civil servant who works from 9 to 5 and does no overtime.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Ned and Mrs. Zhang

Ned and Mrs. Zhang are both very proud of Norman since he helps to do all the household chores and they think that he is more understanding and is better than Noel.

#### Nina

Nina is Norman's younger sister. Nina seems really dependent on Norman as shown that she would cry and throw tantrums whenever Norman is not around to babysit her.

#### Nathan, Newton and Nelson

Nathan, Newton and Nelson are Norman's younger triplet brothers. They seem to not really get along as the fact shows they have different personalities.

#### Bunbun

Bunbun is Norman's pet cat. Norman sees Bunbun (possibly scornfully) as the most reliable and responsible member in the household. Norman was always seen giving commends for Bunbun like waking up his siblings early in the morning and even asked him to help to take care of his grandparents.

#### Nancy

Nancy is Norman's younger sister. Nancy has shown a great amount of dependance on Norman, as shown when she often depends on him when it comes to doing household chores or delivering food to her, and would tend to get embarrassed whenever he shows up in front of her friends. However, after Emilia told her and her other family members to reconcile with Norman, Nancy started to display a more friendly view on him and she views him more as a brother, and she was shown to enjoy his company.

### Friends

#### Harry

Norman and Harry are best friends and also classmates since their first year at Sacred Hearts Primary School. Harry was the only one who knew about Norman's background until Harry ended up revealing it to Emilia, Mia and Joni.

#### Emilia

Out of all of the Candy JEM members, Emilia seems to be the closest towards Norman. There are hints that Emilia took a slight interest in her fellow classmate and monitor, but it is not yet confirmed.
*Visit the article Normilia to know more about Norman and Emilia's relationship.*

#### Corey

Corey was the only one in Class 5A who knew that Norman existed until Miss Miyuki introduced everyone in 5A to him.

#### Mia and Joni

Same as how he views Emilia, Norman describes her two friends as "bothersome".

### Enemies/Neutral

#### Sofia

Not much interaction were seen between Sofia and Norman, but Sofia was shown to hold a disliking towards her classmate/monitor.

## Trivia

* In the comic where he made his first appearance, everybody did not know who the class monitor (Norman) is except for Corey, but in Hamlet's Keeper: Responsibility, Joni seems to know who is the class monitor as she said that she had already done her homework by asking the class monitor.
* According to the official 2018 *Candy Series* Fanbook:
	+ Norman's blood type is AB.
	+ Norman's birthday is on February 1, hence making him an Aquarius.
	+ Norman's hobbies are daydreaming and doing nothing.
	+ Positive traits of Norman include his leadership, dependability, intelligence and calmness.
	+ Negative traits of Norman include his laziness and lack of emotions.
	+ Norman's favorite food are food which doesn't take time and effort to chew while his least favorite food are crabs, shrimps and whole chicken (due to him viewing them as troublesome to eat).
	+ Norman's strongest subjects are history, geography, Science and Mathematics while his weakest subjects are fine arts and art and crafts.
	+ Norman's favorite dressing style is simple style clothing (clothes that do not take effort to wear).
	+ Norman joins the chess club in his school.
	+ Norman's pastimes are doing nothing, thinking of nothing and enjoying an empty state of mind.
	+ Norman's role model is the sloth.
	+ Norman's motto is "It's better to lie than sit; sit than stand; stand than walk; walk than run".
	+ Norman's ambition is to become a civil servant.
	+ Norman's personal stats are:

## References

1. ↑ Norman's blood type in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
2. ↑ Norman's birthdate in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
3. ↑ Norman's interests in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
4. ↑ Norman's favorite food in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
5. ↑ Norman's least favorite food in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia