Yūsuke Nisaka

**Yūsuke Nisaka** (仁坂 悠介 *Nisaka Yūsuke*) is one of the main characters in the story. He is the son of Kidou Nisaka and Yurie Nisaka, the younger brother of Youichi Nisaka, the brother-in-law of Marie Kusaka, the cousin of Aoi Nisaka, a first-year student at Kasugayama High and a close friend/classmate of Yukari Nejima.

## **Appearance**

Yūsuke is a fair-skinned young man with dark purple hair that is longer on the front with a small section of his bangs covering the root of his nose and dark purple eyes with long eyelashes.

Yūsuke is considered to be attractive that he is popular among girls as he often receives love confessions and he already had few girlfriends . During their school cultural festival, his play role as Juliet earned him a lot of male fans .

Outside of school, when he is not wearing his school uniform, he dresses up in simple trendy clothes.

Apart from his look and his attire, Yūsuke often walks with his hands in his pants' pockets, making him look more laid-back.

## **Personality**

Yūsuke is a laid-back individual who is outspoken where he displays a calm and composed attitude.

Despite being extremely popular for his look, Yūsuke doesn't like to be the center of attention  and, as a result, is distant and prefers to stay away from people, having only a few friends at school.

Around Yukari Nejima, Yūsuke exposes a softer attitude probably due to the fact that they are close friends and Yūsuke seems to be worried for his friend when the latter opens up about his fears and problems; something that he normally does not do with anybody else.

## **Background​**

Yūsuke comes from a family of 4 where he is the youngest child with the other being Youichi Nisaka (Yūsuke's older brother).

## **​Relationships**

### **​**Yukari Nejima

Yukari is Yūsuke's close friends/classmates who first met at cram school when Yukari attempted to save him from a bully by calling the police. Since then, they have been friends and Yukari noticed Yūsuke's strange relationship with Misaki Takasaki that he mistakenly thought he was in love with her. When Yukari ask him about his feelings during their study session , Misaki and Yūsuke claimed that they have no romantic feelings for each other . Yūsuke has romantic feelings for Yukari, which he has also confessed to him, but Yukari had a bad reaction.

### ​Misaki Takasaki

Not much is known about the relationship between Yūsuke and Misaki, but they are often seen talking to each other about something rather serious.

### ​Ririna Sanada

Ririna and Yūsuke are on good terms and he set a bad first impression by asking her if she was a virgin, which caused her to believe he is a pervert. Later in the anime, they seem to get along that they have normal conversations.

### Youichi Nisaka's Friend

In **Chapter 189** & **Chapter 190**, Yūsuke was kissed by Youichi's friend that he might be in love with him, but it didn't last long when he hasn't been replying to Yūsuke's messages and he tried calling him that he didn't answer, which made him wonder if he was blocked by him. Soon, it was later revealed that by Youichi that his friend "finally got his government notice." and Youcihi also mentioned about how "he's gushing about her at school and it's obnoxious.", which shocked Yūsuke after hearing this.

### Sawako Sakuragi

Yūsuke used to date Sawako back in his "second year of middle school" (as he mentioned) before he broke up with her after realizing he is homosexual.

## **Nicknames/Referrals**

* ​Yuu-chan - by Kidou Nisaka
* Juliet - by Yukari Nejima, Misaki Takasaki and other classmates
* Yuu-kun - by Sawako Sakuragi

## **Etymology**

* The name **Yūsuke** means "permanence" (悠) (**yū**) and "forerunner, herald" (介) (**suke**).
* Yūsuke's surname **Nisaka**means "compassionate" (仁) (**ni**) and "slope" hill (坂) (**saka**).

## **Trivia**

* Yūsuke is often seen drinking milk tea with a straw from a juice box.
* Yūsuke is attracted to boys as he kissed Yukari Nejima and he has admitted to being in love with him .
	+ In the manga, it is revealed that Yūsuke doesn't have interest toward opposite gender (meaning he is homosexual (**a guy who is attracted to other guys**) and he isn't interested with girls).

## **References**

1. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 27
2. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 58
3. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 69
4. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 102-105
5. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 103
6. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 71
7. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 26
8. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Episode 3