Tatsumi Tanabe

* Manga
* Anime

**Tatsumi Tanabe** (田辺 達巳, *Tanabe Tatsumi*?) is a classmate and friend of Junichirou Kubota who develops a crush on Misuzu Gundou ever since she gave him a death glare after telling him to stay away from Tomo Aizawa.

## Appearance

Tanabe has short, brown hair that spikes up a little; his eyes are also brown.

## Personality

Tanabe is very funny,silly,nice,easy-going,flirty and kind

He's depicted as the "typical 15-year-old boy", excited about girls and sex. Initially, he mistakes the relationship between Junichirou Kubota and Tomo Aizawa as a romantic one. He is constantly asking Jun if they've "played sports that the opposite genders play with one another".

Tatsumi's initial depiction was that of a pervert, liking all girls equally, but his character soon settled over Misuzu Gundou as a crush.

Tatsumi isn't brave with his love either but shows it a lot and is frankly quite above board, so much so that Misuzu is well aware of this.

He does try his best to make Misuzu laugh

## Plot

Tanabe is first seen as a male friend of Junichirou Kubota who is unusually interested in the relationship between Jun and Tomo Aizawa.

Noticing that Misuzu Gundou never smiled, he made it his mission to get her to smile, so he tried making funny faces and telling jokes but all he got in return was Misuzu threatening to stab him with a pencil and tape his mouth shut. He backed off and didn't try again after that.

Mizusu confronted Tanabe, asking whether he liked her or not, and Tanabe said, "Yes", to which Mizusu said that Tanabe should grow a spine and do something about it already rather than rejecting him.

During the dodgeball tournament, Tanabe dedicated his play to Misuzu, before being knocked out by the opposing team.

Tanabe got Tomo, Misuzu and Carol Olston part-time jobs at his family's ramen restaurant so Tomo could buy a gift for Jun's birthday. Tanabe explained the shop's namesake *God Ramen Tatsumi* was when he was born, his dad stopped being a slacker and named the shop after his newborn son, Tatsumi. The girls didn't even know his given name, much to the latter's dismay.

Tanabe successfully traded contact info with Misuzu after discovering her in a weakened state, too ill and depressed to ignore him, she gives in. When he tells Jun that he got Misuzu's contact info, Jun takes his phone and texts "Vile girl" to her to confirm the number is right; she replies, "Giant deadwood" knowing it was Jun, with her number confirmed to be correct Jun hands Tanabe's phone back.

## Relationships

### Misuzu Gundou

Tanabe has a crush on Misuzu; first announced during a conversation between his friends Toda and Fukaya about what girl they liked, they both answered "Carol". while Tanabe said "Misuzu" while staring dreamily out the window; Toda and Fukaya then proceeded to hit Tanabe to get him to return to his senses. Tanabe has successfully traded contact info with Misuzu.

### Junichirou Kubota

Jun and Tanabe are good friends that Tanabe has his own nickname for him, calling him "Kubojun" (an amalgamation of his family and given names). Jun even warns Tatsumi that Misuzu Gundou is dangerous and he should avoid her, but his warning does no good.

## Etymology

* The name **Tatsumi** means "achieve" (達) (**tatsu**) and "snake" (巳) (**mi**).
	+ Tatsurou shares the "Tatsu" character (達) in his name.
* Tatsumi's surname **Tanabe** means "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**) and "environs, boundary, border, vicinity" (辺) (**nabe**).

## Trivia

* Although the manga teases about Tanabe's possible relationship with Misuzu Gundou, and the anime even suggests their ship as the third most important ship in the show, he and Misuzu are the only two main cast members left without any concrete relationship at the end of the story.

## References

1. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 26
2. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 175
3. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 176
4. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 179
5. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 732
6. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 769
7. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 770
8. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Omake 1, pg12
9. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 119