Miyano

**Miyano** (宮野?) is a female character and one of Tanaka's friends in *Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge*. She is Echizen's best friend.

## Appearance

Miyano has dark brown eyes and long light brown hair, cut with straight bangs. She is very short for her age.

She wears her standard high school uniform in a loose manner.

## Personality

Miyano is a cheerful, energetic girl who easily befriends others. She admires Tanaka's listlessness, referring to him as "master". Eventually, she comes to proclaim herself as his apprentice and calls others to be his apprentice as well. Miyano wants to imitate Tanaka in the hopes that it will make her a cooler, more mature person, so that she can impress the person she likes (later revealed to be Echizen).

She is very diligent and hardworking, as shown when she tried her best to become listless like Tanaka, though her own enthusiasm caused her to fail. She is immensely loyal to those who are close to her, shown when she helps Tanaka and Oota with their landscape sketches, taking pictures so that her club president could practice his art skills, and worrying about Shiraishi's feelings for Tanaka.

While a seemingly oblivious person, Miyano can catch on to situations quickly. This can be seen when she spots Shiraishi at the door staring at both her and Tanaka's conversation, and later approaches Shiraishi in an oblivious manner which made it seem as if the latter wanted to become his apprentice too. After confirming the friendships of Shirashi and Tanaka, she sends a message to Shiraishi, saying that she will cheer on Shiraishi's efforts in romancing Tanaka.

## History

Chapter 93 of the manga explains how Miyano and Echizen became friends. At the start of high school, Miyano first saw Echizen in the hallway, assumed she was an older student, and admired her cool demeanor and long skirt. One rainy day, Miyano saw Echizen crouching on the ground and decided to investigate. It turned out that Echizen had found a kitten in a cardboard box and put her umbrella down to protect it from the rain. Miyano decided to share her own umbrella with Echizen, thus sparking the beginning of their friendship.

Miyano later corrected Echizen, telling her that they had actually met the year prior, in their last year of middle school, on a similarly rainy day. Miyano got separated from her friends at the railroad crossing and was left behind without an umbrella. Echizen, who was also waiting at the crossing, offered her umbrella. Although Miyano and Echizen didn't remember each other when they first started high school, their second encounter in the rain triggered Miyano's memory of their first encounter.

## Etymology

The surname **Miyano** means "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (**miya**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**). Together, the name means "shrine field".

## Trivia

* Miyano is often called "Myahno" (*Myaano* (みゃーの?)) by Echizen.
* Miyano is an active member of the fine arts club. She paints horror pieces well and is very good at drawing. She is the only one who attends regularly, other than the president Yamane.
* As of Chapter 97 of the manga, Miyano is thinking about becoming an art teacher in the future, due to her sense of accomplishment after helping Tanaka and Oota with their landscape art projects.
* Miyano's long hair becomes very frizzy on rainy days, much to her dismay, but she feels better after Echizen calls her a princess and Shiraishi compliments the volume of her hair.
* Miyano is a fan of Bump of Beef (their universe's version of BUMP OF CHICKEN).