Hosoda

**Hosoda** (細田, *Hosoda*) is a second-year student at Sakuragi High School and a classmate of Taiyo Asano and Mutsumi Yozakura.

## Appearance

Hosoda is a larger person with black hair parted down the middle, with reaches the top of his eyes. When first seen, he's wearing the Sakuragi High School uniform with the jacket not buttoned up all the way revealing his shirt.

## Personality

Hosoda is shown to be a friendly person shown by how he and his friends would and invite Taiyo to hang out, despite being rejected. Hosoda would also frequently check in with Taiyo when he misses out on school for a while. He even tried to warn Hatoda about persuing Mutsumi due to how hard it will be to compete with Taiyo.

## Plot

Hosoda is first seen at the beginning of Chapter 1 alongside two unnamed classmates. They all invite Taiyo to hang out, with Hosoda suggesting going to Karaoke. After Taiyo rejects them, all free of them dramatically express their dismay and Hosoda mentions that Taiyo is harder to ask out than most girls. One of them states how they should try to get to know Taiyo more since it's been a month since they've been in lass together and Hosoda states that he's too late as Taiyo had fainted from anxiety. When Mutsumi begins to have a conversation with Taiyo, all 3 of them express their amazement at her being able to socialise with him. They then later express jealousy as they'd like to be close friends with Mutsumi.

The next day the 3 see Taiyo and offer him some chocolate, he accepts it and they all are shocked that he spoke to them and didn't pass out. Taiyo then began to tremble in realisation of this and they ask him if he needs to see a nurse, but Hosoda mentions how the nurse is out that day.

Hosoda is next seen with the same 2 friends, spying on Taiyo and Mutsumi. They mention how they've become more chummier and the rumour of them having matching rings. Hosoda states that it's not just a rumour as Taiyo has been spotted leaving Mutsumi's house in the morning and the other's a shocked questioning if they live together.

After the incident with Flower Bin, Hosoda is seen commenting with a friend on how the back alley printing press went out of business as well as the news on Jinrui Destroy Shitai. Kyoichiro (as Hirukawa) later approves of his request to work a part-time job and praises Kyoichiro with the rest of the class. Whilst Kyoichiro is testing Taiyo, he notices Taiyo falling asleep and later falls asleep thanks to Kyoichiro's sleeping drug alongside the rest of the class.

Hosoda's next appearance is when he mentions to Asuka Hatoda how he's shocked to see that he transferred to their school and surprised he's after Mutsumi. He tells him that despite his high status, it will be an uphill battle trying to woo Mutsumi, since her and Taiyo are so close that people call them a married couple. Hosoda also recieves a PoPoPPo station 4 from Hatoda as a present. He asks how Hatoda know what he wanted and Hatoda explains his skill at judging characters. He is then shocked by Hatoda's skill when he accurately guesses that he had forgot to wear underwear that day. During their P.E class, Hosoda watches on with his two friends as they exclaim how fast Taiyo is. He is also seen shocked when Taiyo manages to catch Hatoda's shot in the penalty shootout.

When Taiyo returns to school after a week of absence due to Tanpop's attack, Hosoda mentions her he had been gone for a week and asks him if he's okay.

After Taiyo returned to school from the Yozakura Frontlines mission, Hosoda and his two friends tease Taiyo about him being on a honeymoon with Mutsumi, causing Taiyo to accidentally break his desk. They don't notice and leave, thinking Taiyo refused to answer. Hosoda and friends are also shocked when a baseball flies into their classroom and laugh of Taiyo's "delayed reaction" after it hits him, with Hosoda commenting on how he's not even holding the right spot. When Taiyo is late to class, Hosoda is there shocked by the fact that he smashed right through the door. He is later shocked by the room shaking and the noise caused by Taiyo after he flicked Sosuke Michibata into the wall.

## Trivia

* Despite always being seen in a group of 3, Hosoda is the only one of them whose name is known.

## References

1. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 1, page 5.
2. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 1, page 6.
3. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 1, page 7.
4. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 1, page 8.
5. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 2, page 15.
6. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 4, pages 3-4.
7. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 12, page 2.
8. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 12, page 5.
9. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 17, pages 2-4.
10. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 17, page 7.
11. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 17, page 17.
12. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 50, page 2.
13. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 88, pages 6-7.
14. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 88, pages 8-9.
15. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 88, page 10.
16. ↑ Mission: Yozakura Family - Chapter 88, page 15.