Eichi Tenshouin/Mao Isara

**Eichi Tenshouin/Mao Isara** is the relationship between Eichi Tenshouin from **fine** and Mao Isara from **Trickstar.**

## Relationship and notable canon moments

Despite Eichi and Mao starting out the main story on opposite sides of a revolution, they're actually very close and care about each other deeply. Eichi has never held a grudge against Mao or Trickstar for defeating fine, instead being very fond of all of them and always looking forward to see what they'll do next, and Mao has always sympathized with Eichi's motivations, even if he didn't agree with the way he went about bringing change to Yumenosaki.

Mao greatly respects Eichi's talent as an idol and the presence he holds as the former student council president, and Eichi adores Mao and loves teasing him, as Mao is so easily flustered and quick to embarrassment. In *Sunflower Live*, when Ritsu tells Eichi to quit bullying his Maa-kun, Eichi says, "Oh, sorry. Mao always reacts with so much sincerity that I can't help but want to pick on him."

Similarly, in *Underachievers*, Eichi laughs at how terrified Alkaloid is of him when he teases them, saying he's so used to dealing with Trickstar that he forgets to hold back sometimes.

On one of Mao's days off when he visits Eichi in the hospital, Mao tells Aira that when he first joined the student council, there seemed to be such an incredible distance between him and Eichi that he never thought they'd grow this close that Mao can visit him as casually as he does now. Eichi, of course, indirectly responds by tricking Mao into thinking he's dead when Mao arrives, as Mao's freaked out reaction is so typical and cute.

In *Ring*, Eichi even encourages Mao and Midori's panic when they believe that Anzu is getting married because their reactions are so entertaining to him. Eichi also references Mao subservient nature when teasing others, such as in *Shinsengumi*, when he jokingly tells Keito to prostrate himself like Mao does if he wants Eichi to agree with him. These are only a few instances where Eichi likes to pick on Mao and make him get all flustered, though Mao still really respects Eichi and is always happy to help him out.

When Mao was initially feeling uncertain about inheriting the student council position, thinking he wasn't nearly on the same level as Eichi, Eichi reassured him that there was no one else in his year that was suited to succeed him, saying that in a time of peace, someone as friendly and down to earth as Mao was the perfect person to lead, directly contrasting the way Eichi ruled from a distance on his perceived throne.

## Trivia

* Mao is one of the few people Eichi refers to by his given name with no honorifics, as he uses the "-kun" suffix with almost everyone else.
* Eichi is ten centimeters taller than Mao.
* When Mao took over as student council president, he had to replace Eichi's chair in the student council office because it was so tall that his feet wouldn't touch the ground when he sat in it.
* In one of their management stories, Eichi asks Mao for manga recommendations, which surprises Mao at first as Eichi doesn't act anything like the typical high school student who reads manga, but Mao is happy to help.
* Mao once gave Eichi shoulder massage coupons as a gift, and Eichi commented about how good Mao was at massaging his shoulders.