Hashimoto

> "*That's so cringe calling us the Triumvirate, please stop.*"
> ― Hashimoto to his teacher[source]
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**Hashimoto** (橋本, *Hashimoto*) is a background character of the *Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* manga series. He is a high school student and schoolmate of Senpai at Kainan Art Preparation School as well as a member of its "Triumvirate" alongside Aihara and Machida, whom later become known as the "Big Four" after Senpai join them.

His first name is currently unknown.

## Appearance

Hashimoto is a tall, slender and somewhat gangly high schooler with a sunken face, pronounced chin and a mass of messy brown hair. Hashimoto has pale skin, thin eyebrows and thin, droopy brown eyes with very marked dark circles. He has both ears pierced with circular earrings and sports almost always a smug sneer.

He wears a rock-fashion style of clothing, usually tematic t-shirt, ripped pants, sneakers and a choker.

## Personality

Hashimoto is very blunt and direct, always saying exactly what he think about people or things as proven when asked about his opinion on Senpai, and being the first one among his friend to directly saying to the latter that he was glad to discover he was not as antisocial as he first thought. He seems very proud about his work, smiling happily after having got the second place in his cram school's evaluation, but is also very down-to-earth and often acted as peacemaker when Machida lose her temper, even to the point to sometimes physically hold her. Just like Aihara, he is quite a flirty boy and has an eye for the ladies, despite the President's tendency to strip randomly seemingly makes him uncomfortable.

He openly dislike the nickname "Triumvirate", describing it as "cringe", but seems to enjoy "Big Four". It's implied he has an above average IQ, as his deductive and perception skills are far greater than normal and is shown capable of correctly guessing other people's secrets just by looking at their expressions.

## Biography

### Early life

Hashimoto was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, where he became a student at an unknown high school, developing an interest for art and eventually joining the courses of Kainan Art Preparation School for at least a couple of years, becoming one of the top students, and getting the nickname of "Kainan Arts Oil Painting Triumvirate" alongside Aihara and Machida.

Hashimoto also got acquainted with Sana Sunomiya when the latter was attending Kainan while at her last year of high school.

### Story arcs

#### Kainan's Big Four

Somewhat in August before Kainan's mock exam, he gained once again the second place in the cram school's evauation; later, he discussed about the course's newcomer, Senpai, calling him an amateur for joining it so late in his school career. The following day, wanting to step out of his confort zone, Senpai approached Machida for advices, and eventualy befriend the whole "Triumvirate", walking home with them at the end of the day. However, seeing the four, Nagatoro get jealous of Machida and step in thanking them for looking after the boy, right before being introduced to them as his kōhai. As the pair walk away Aihara and Hashimoto commented on Nagatoro being Senpai's girlfriend.

The following day, due to Senpai's improving scores and friendship with the Triumvirate, the teacher declared that from that moment on they would have been the school's "Big Four". As they shared drink to celebrate the moment, Hashimoto and Aihara asked Senpai about his girlfriend, prompting him to admit Nagatoro was not; right at that moment the girl came into the room - having been paying a visit to him - and is visibly sad to confirm his statement. Both Hashimoto and Aihara got flirty with Nagatoro, immediately causing Machida to scold them due to being close to their entrance exams, which she considered a matter of pass or fail and to whom she had thrown away everything else. Afterward, they witnessed Senpai confess that he simply can't throw everything away for it and declared his intention to beat her at their upcoming entrance exam.

As Machida lashed out, both he and Aihara ineffectively tried to calm her telling her mock exams aren't a competition. Then, as Kainan's teachers entered the room explaining they need a new person to be the model for the rough sketch portion of the first day of mock exam, he was pleased when they asked it to Nagatoro and she accepted. Then, after Senpai asked worried if she would have had to pose in the nude and the teacher replied it would be a crime due to the girl being underage, Hashimoto and Aihara quickly deduced that the girl did pose naked for their classmate before. Shortly after, they watch astonished as Machida proposed a bet to Senpai: the loser would have had to model in the nude for the winner.

After Senpai accepted Machida's bet, he and Aihara asked the teacher if it wuoldn't be illegal and, as the latter claimed it won't due to them being legally adults, they excuse themselves for the girl's behavior telling her she was "a bit on edge" that year due to being her last chance.

On August 26th, Hashimoto has the mock exam and, during lunch break complimented Nagatoro for her modeling skills inviting her and Senpai to join him and Aihara at a curry restaurant, even joking about being impossible they weren't a couple after the pair replied they would have had homemade bentos together. Then, due to Machida getting angry for this, he and Aihara offered to take care of her while they had their bentos. After lunch break, he finished his sketching session and praised Senpai's painting alongside Aihara, also watching happily as Machida apologized to the boy fo her statements.

On the following day, he has lunch break with Machida, Aihara and Senpai, who explained his plan to confess to Nagatoro if he get first place just like the latter planned to share a kiss with him if winning agains Orihara. The trio playfully laugh it off as overcomplicating the matter, then they noticed the similarities between his paining styles and Sunomiya's. After the end of mock exam, when the results were published, he score the fourth place after Machida, Senpai and Aihara.

Seeing Senpai depressed, Hashimoto tried to confort him alongside Machida and Aihara himself, but to no avail; however they were subsequently joined by the Sunomiya girls who managed to restore the boy's spirit eventually leading for them all to go cheering for Nagatoro at the tournament.

After arriving at the stadium, he and the rest of the group joined Sakura, Yoshi, Rabi-chan and Nekoba in the stand to watch Orihara's match. Deeming the latter way stronger than Nagatoro, Hashimoto and Aihara compare the dynamic between the two girls to that between Machida and the older Sunomiya; however Senpai stated that Nagatoro would have had a comeback that very same day, and thus the same would have happened for Machida on the following year's mock exam. Later at lunch break, Hashimoto and the whole gang rejoined the judokas deciding where to eat.

Later on he assisted at the match between Nagatoro and Orihara, where the former eventually score a full point and managed to win.

## Appearances

### *Manga*

* Chapter 128
* Chapter 129
* Chapter 130
* Chapter 131
* Chapter 132
* Chapter 133
* Chapter 134
* Chapter 135
* Chapter 137
* Chapter 138 (cameo)
* Chapter 141
* Chapter 142 (cameo)

## Trivia

* His surname is revealed in Chapter 128 to be Hashimoto (橋本, *Hashimoto*), the 27th most common Japanese surname and is composed by the kanji "bridge" (橋, *hashi*) and "base" (本, *moto*), thus being literally translatable "base of bridge".
	+ His name might be a reference to Hashimoto Station in Kanagawa prefecture.
* He seem to be as tall as Senpai (176 cm) thus his height could be estimated as the same.
* Chapter 129 confirmed that he's the same grade of Senpai.
* Hashimoto is the fourth character after Rabi-chan, Shikki and Aihara whose name was revealed on his first appearance.
* His design is very similar to Nanashi's first sketches of Senpai; however, as noted by the author himself, the similarity is a mere coincidence.

## References

 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 15.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 19.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 19.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 19.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 20.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 135, page 13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 16-17.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 134, page 9.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 15.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 16.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 134, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 17.
21. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, The Town in Which Nagatoro-san Live.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 5-6.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 134, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 9-10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 128, page 13-24.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 129, page 14-27.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 130, page 1-23.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 131, page 5.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 132, page 1-10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 133, page 4-11.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 134, page 3-13.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 134, page 26.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 135, page 2-26.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 137, page 15-23.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 141, page 1-22.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 142, page 1.
38. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Main Character Introduction: Senpai.
39. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Unreleased Info & Designs: Never before seen character design of Senpai.
40. ↑ 最近初登場した予備校の男子生徒の見た目が先輩とちょっと似てるので横に並べると先輩A、先輩Bみたいになってしまう…