Sasai

* Manga
* Anime

> "*Hah~ This sucks...*"
> ― Sasai to Senpai[source]
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**Sasai** (笹井, *Sasai*) is a background character of the *Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* manga series. He is a student of Kazehaya High School and Senpai's opponent at the judo tournament.

His first name is currently unknown.

## Appearance

Sasai is a tall, physically fit and and amazingly muscular high schooler with spiky black hair. Sasai's physique generate astonishment in both male and female characters, with Sakura commenting aroused that he's got "a nice body" after seeing him. His eyes, like those of many other characters, are never shown.

On his first and only appearance at the judo tournament he wore a judogi.

## Personality

Sasai is described as "sloppy" by Nagatoro and seemingly has no real interest in judo as he takes part in annoyance and almost reluctantly at the tournament, where is noted that he rely only on brute force rather than actual technique. Furthermore, Sasai seems rather disinterested in winning or losing, declaring himself unwilling to engage seriously in the match with Senpai since he wasn't into "being all touchy with guys", however he's a very sporty and positive person altogether, since he did compliment Senpai for the good match, telling him he was "pretty good".

Sasai is seemingly a very popular guy as well, since there are lot of students cheering for him during his match.

## Biography

### Early life

Sasai was born in Hayama, Kanagawa. After reaching teenhood he began to attend Kazehaya High School.

### Story arcs

#### Judo tournament

At the end of his second year of high school, Sasai took part at the judo tournament, although disinterested, and in the first match fought against Senpai, who managed to remember the stuff Nagatoro had taught him, putting up a good fight and eventually leading the girl herself to join her friends in gleefully cheer for him, albeit at the end Sasai won by points.

## Appearances

### *Manga*

* Chapter 80
* Chapter 81

## Trivia

* Despite his short role, like almost all of the character in the manga, his name was not revealed at his first appearance; being named only in the second of the two chapters on which he's featured.
	+ His last name is composed by the kanji meaning "bamboo grass" (笹, *sasa*) and "well crib, town, community" (井, *i*).
* Given that he seem to be a few inches taller than Senpai (176 cm) his height could be estimated as approximately 177 cm.
* In the anime he was simply credited as "Schoolboy A" in the Japanese credits, however the English version credited him by name.

## References

 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 8.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 7.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 10.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 81, page 2.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 10.
8. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, The Town in Which Nagatoro-san Live.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 80, page 7-19.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 81, page 1-2.
11. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Main Character Introduction: Senpai.