Senpai Stories

The "Senpai Stories" were stories posted semi-regularly to the Skillshot Labs Facebook and Tumblr pages. The stories contained information about the various characters of Notice Me Senpai, such as familial relationships (e.g., Reiji-senpai and Seiichi-senpai being cousins), friendships (e.g., Makoto-senpai and Katsuo-senpai), or past history of the characters.

All stories came with an accompanying photo of the characters. Below, the original text of the posts and photos have been listed for ease of reference, in the order of posting from oldest to newest. All were taken from the Skillshot Labs Tumblr Page.

## Izumi-senpai & Wakatoshi-senpai

This is Izumi-senpai and Wakatoshi-senpai. They are classmates. Surprisingly, these two get along well even if their personalities are different. Their tastes in cafe drinks are the same though. They both like ordering a pot of hot green tea.

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## Kyouya-sensei

Kyouya-sensei handles the rowdiest class in the whole school. He often has to get angry to get the class to listen to him. He ends up going to the cafe a lot to de-stress and drink coffee on the reclining chair.

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## Makoto-senpai & Takeru-senpai

Makoto-senpai and Takeru-senpai are good friends. They used to be on the same basketball team in middle school. Even though they’re now in different clubs and classes, they still find the time to hang out. They even occasionally shoot some hoops together.

Open up your cafe and hang out with them!

## Yamato-senpai

Yamato-senpai can play any instrument. He is considered a musical prodigy. But his favorite instrument is still the guitar, the first instrument he learned to play. He often can be seen composing songs on the guitar while hanging out in the cafe.

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## Soujiro-senpai & Hajime-senpai

“My work should be in galleries, not used on banners for your festivals!”, Soujirou-senpai often complains to Hajime-senpai. But he ends up helping him anyway. They’ve been friends since they were children. Their family compounds are next to each other.

## Yuu-senpai & Baa-Senpai/Akira-senpai

Yuu-senpai’s affinity towards animals and cute things makes him quite fond of Baa-senpai. Even though Baa-senpai is quite mysterious and some of the other students find him strange, Yuu-senpai still likes hanging around him. He often tries to feed him plants and leaves. The other senpai aren’t sure if Yuu is aware that Baa is not a real goat.

Open up your shop and let Baa chew on your cafe plants!

## Touru-senpai & Jean-senpai

Despite being the student council president and the head of the disciplinary committee, Touru-kaichou is still part of the school’s fencing team. He takes his training very seriously so he doesn’t get how someone as frivolous as Jean-senpai can be so talented at the sport. He rarely sees him during training but when they do spar it always ends in a draw. Touru-kaichou may not like Jean-senpai as a person but he certainly respects his skill at fencing.

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## Hinata-senpai, Sousuke-senpai & Soujiro-senpai

Hinata-senpai and Sousuke-senpai are actually Soujiro-senpai’s cousins. The young masters live together in the same family compound. Even though Soujiro is just about a year older than them, they see him as an older brother figure. As the next head of the family, Soujiro makes sure he looks out for his cousins, ensuring their well-being at home and even in school.

## Kyouya-sensei & Haruka-sensei

Or should we call it, Sensei Stories this time?

Kyouya-sensei often gets terrible headaches. This is probably because he also almost always gets mad when trying to control his homeroom class. He often visits the infirmary for headache medicine. This is how he ended up befriending the school doctor, Haruka-sensei. Haruka-sensei’s gentle demeanor starkly contrasts Kyouya-sensei’s grouchiness. He’s probably one of the few people who isn’t scared of a cranky Kyouya-sensei. He knows he doesn’t really mean to be mean.

Kyouya-sensei can sometimes be seen visiting Haruka-sensei at the infirmary, even when he doesn’t have a headache, just to hang out and drink coffee.

## Ren-senpai & Reiji-senpai

Ren-senpai, despite his lack of class participation or attendance, manages to score highly in all his subjects. He’s currently ranked 2nd in school, next to the hard-working Touru-senpai. At first glance, he doesn’t look like a genius. But according to the tests his teachers forced him to take (which according to him were “troublesome” and “unnecessary”) he actually has an IQ of 180.

Which is why Reiji-senpai can be often seen hanging around Ren, waiting for him to wake up from his nap. He values Ren’s opinion and usually asks him for help when he needs tips on improving his his experiments. Ren doesn’t really mind as long as Reiji doesn’t wake him up from his nap. He actually enjoys Reiji’s company and likes the fact that he’s got a friend who doesn’t force him to go outside or apply himself.

## Yamato-senpai & Suzuki-senpai

“You idiot! Why did you wear a shirt with your face on it?”, Yamato whispered angrily.

“But you said to wear casual clothes! My fan shirts are the only casual clothes in my closet!”, Suzuki replied.

Suzuki-senpai and Yamato-senpai often find themselves in situations like these. That’s what happens when two celebrity musicians try to hang out in public. Most of the time, it’s Yamato-senpai who has to think of an escape plan, looking out for the oblivious Suzuki-senpai and making sure they don’t get caught by their combined giant hoard of fangirls.

You’d think someone like Yamato-senpai, who is normally averse to mainstream trends and music, would dislike someone like Suzuki-senpai, who revels in it. But an unlikely friendship developed between the two of them through the years of being forced to do musical performances together for school festivals, by their Senseis and fellow students. Yamato-senpai discovered, that even if Suzuki-senpai’s specialty was a different genre, he was still overall a great performer and musician. He respected that about him. And he found that it was quite hard to dislike someone as pure-hearted and joyful as Suzuki-senpai.

Now if they can only shop for musical instruments and gear together without having to run for their lives every single time.

## Ai-senpai & Tokiya-senpai

Ai-senpai firmly believes that he has somewhat helped Tokiya-senpai amass his immense popularity as an actor. During the times that the Drama Club would put on a play, this cupid would secretly shoot members of the audience with his heart arrows whenever Tokiya was on stage.

Tokiya has always been his dear friend and would always be supportive of Ai’s own endeavors asCupid. Tokiya would often cheer him on, especially during the tough Valentine season where Ai has to double his efforts and work extra hours as Cupid.

This is Ai’s way of repaying Tokiya and helping him reach his dreams of becoming a successful actor. He knows that Tokiya is very talented but nudging his dream along a bit wouldn’t hurt. Most people know Ai is the one shooting arrows. But the foam arrows don’t really hurt or bother anyone so they just let him to believe that he is indeed helping his friend

## Class 3-C

This is the class of 3-C. Well, at least the part of the class that has visited the school cafe! During class hours when he’s not doing his duties as moderator of the Disciplinary Committee or teaching Math class to other 3rd Year classes, Kyouya-sensei spends most of his time keeping his homeroom class out of trouble.

Usually, he can be found trying to pull Wakatoshi out of fist-fights, looking after Yuu so he doesn’t run off into the direction of every cute thing he sees, or protecting meek students like Izumi from getting dragged into the schemes of more eccentric students like Hinata or Ai.

Kyouya-sensei always has his hands full. No wonder he has too many headaches. Good thing the infirmary is very near 3-C’s classroom.

## Class 3-B

This is the part of class 3-B that has visited the 3rd Year Building Cafe! Their homeroom teacher is frequently out of the country, so Kyouya-sensei often assigns Hideki-senpai to stand in as a substitute teacher. They probably spend more time under Hideki-senpai’s supervision than their homeroom Sensei.

Hideki-senpai doesn’t really mind. Aside from trying to calm Hajime down from his bursts of rowdiness, telling Jean to stop using his phone in class, and trying not to scream when Kei suddenly appears behind him out of nowhere, Hideki-senpai doesn’t really have to do much to keep things in their classroom under control.

Hideki is quite thankful for this since he needs what’s left of his energy to study for his college subjects.

## Class 3-A

This is the class of 3-A. The Senior Year’s special section, directly under the supervision of the school principal (who is always too busy to show up to class). Comprised of celebrities, VIPs, and geniuses. Basically, all the students that need special advanced classes or special classes to fit their busy schedules are in 3-A.

Which is why Takeru-senpai doesn’t understand how he was recently transferred here. His intelligence is above average, but he certainly doesn’t consider himself a genius.  But for some reason, during this year’s 2nd Semester Aptitude test, his scores were high enough to qualify a transfer to 3-A.

This might be caused by the fact that during the day of the test, Takeru was pretty late to school. He ended up shading the same letter in the multiple choice test just so he can turn in a completed test on time. Turns out 98% of his answers were right.

Now he has to keep up with the rest of the geniuses and VIPs. He doesn’t really quite mind though since some of his closest friends, like his former teammate Makoto and neighbor Ren, are there! They help him study and make sure he’s not having such a hard time in class. Touru-kaichou also lets him borrow all his detailed notes and lends him helpful textbooks.

Everyone in class is pretty considerate of Takeru. They all give him advice and try to help him out.

Well, except maybe for Ryuu-senpai. But then again Ryuu doesn’t really help anybody.

## Ryuu-senpai, Tokiya-senpai & Kurou-senpai

Tokiya-senpai has not always been part of the Drama Club. He had just joined the club during his 2nd year in the academy.

In fact, he almost didn’t pass the Drama Club auditions because of a certain Drama Club president.

From the very beginning, Ryuu-senpai has always disliked Tokiya-senpai. He perceives Tokiya’s confidence and eagerness as arrogance and hubris. When Ryuu was judging the club auditions, he asked Tokiya if he thought of himself as a good actor and Tokiya confidently answered with a yes.

If not for the interference of the club’s Vice President and Main Director, Kurou-senpai, Tokiya would most likely not be part of the club today. Being childhood friends, Kurou-senpai is probably the only person that Ryuu-senpai ever listens to.

He managed to convince Ryuu that Tokiya was a potential asset to the Drama Club, citing that Tokiya would provide more variety to their roster. Ryuu then begrudgingly had to agree.

Over time, Tokiya has proven himself a skilled actor (almost always excelling in “hero” roles), eventually earning the unwillingly-given respect of the Drama Club President.

Ryuu-senpai reluctantly admits that working with Tokiya positively impacts the outcome of their plays.With Kurou-senpai often casting them in opposing roles, using their tension as a means to make scenes more convincing.

But, as Ryuu-senpai would almost always emphasize, he doesn’t actually have to like Tokiya to work well with him.

## Makoto-senpai & Katsuo-senpai

Katsuo-senpai is obsessed with health and fitness. He trains almost everyday to keep himself in tip-top shape for swim competitions. He meticulously manages his diet and plans his workout schedule. His regimen not only includes swimming, but weights-training, and other forms of cardio and exercise as well.

This is probably why he became such good friends with Makoto-senpai. He noticed that every time he was at the school weights-training facility during weekends, Makoto-senpai would also coincidentally be there. He would occasionally spot him when lifting weights and eventually, Makoto became his go-to gym buddy. Katsuo learned that Makoto was just as obsessed as he was when it came to exercise and training, often giving him tips on proper weight-lifting forms and introducing him to new exercises.

Now, they often train together during weekends. Either building cardio through jogging or swimming, or trying new weight-training exercises at the school facility.

## Hideki-senpai, Viktor-sensei & Kyouya-sensei

Hideki-senpai is often tasked to look after the class of 3-B. This is because Viktor-sensei, their homeroom teacher, is always away on some trip abroad. He’s also in charge of covering for all of Viktor-sensei’s History Classes for the 3rd year students. It adds quite a bit of work to his plate but it’s nothing he can’t handle.

The difficult part about covering for Viktor-sensei is actually when he is back at the school. Hideki has to update Viktor-sensei on the progress of his classes. But Viktor, more often than not, blows off the meetings Hideki arranges. He is also quite difficult to locate during his break times and even then he finds a way to persuade Hideki to meet “some other time". This would be alright with Hideki if it weren’t for the fact that as the official homeroom/history teacher, there are some documents and papers that only Viktor himself can process.

Which is why Hideki-senpai always looks to Kyouya-sensei to act as an intermediary. Being only a teacher’s assistant, Hideki relies on Kyouya-sensei to straighten out the rogue 3-B homeroom teacher. Kyouya has been friends with Viktor since their high school days. They were pretty close back then, until Viktor suddenly moved away to Europe. He only came back years later, surprisingly, as a fellow teacher at the very same high school they attended.

Kyouya knows Viktor well enough to predict where he goes off to during his break times. He is probably the only one at the school who can tell off Viktor and not be swayed by the flashy teacher’s charms.

Hideki hopes one day that Viktor-sensei would become easier to work with, as he fears that Kyouya-sensei would make good on his strange threat to “drive a stake through Viktor’s heart."

## Takahiro-senpai & Souh-senpai

Takahiro-senpai and Souh-senpai have known each other since they were young boys. Takahiro’s family’s company is an important investor and patron to Souh’s family hotel chain. Often, Takahiro’s father would bring him to business meetings at the hotel’s main office. This is where he first met Souh, who was at the time, a small butler-in-training.

While waiting for their parents to finish their meetings, Souh would often practice his butler skills on Takahiro. He would make sure that Takahiro was always comfortable and tend to Takahiro’s every whim. Who better to practice on than a real young master?

Up until today, even if they’re no longer children and Souh is already a full-fledged butler, he still treats Takahiro the same way. Even if Takahiro insists that he can do things on his own and that Souh should no longer have to do any “duties” as a butler, Souh does not listen and keeps on pampering Takahiro whenever they see each other at school.

Takahiro realizes that serving others is something that Souh really enjoys, and although he often protests to being waited on, he still lets his friend do whatever he wants.

## Itsuki-senpai & Viktor-sensei

Itsuki has always had trouble being seen or heard by the people around him. Ever since the dorm laundry incident that bleached all of his clothes, he has had an even harder time being noticed by his schoolmates. Most of the time, people around him are not aware of his presence. His demeanor and appearance make him easily blend into the background. If one does not stay still and concentrate on finding the quiet and shy Itsuki, it’s impossible to spot him.

Which is why Itsuki-senpai has been placed under Viktor-sensei’s care. Putting Itsuki in class 3-B, the school’s principal is hoping Viktor-sensei’s extroverted nature would somehow rub off on Itsuki. Plus Viktor-sensei is the only person in school who is able to notice Itsuki without having someone else point out his presence. Viktor-sensei’s hyperhuman senses allow him to perceive things most people would miss, one of the many benefits of his mysterious condition (amongst which are also accelerated healing and superhuman strength).

Knowing that Itsuki is almost always ignored by people around him, Viktor-sensei makes sure that he pays special attention to Itsuki. He always calls Itsuki for class recitation and often points him out to the other students of 3-B, preventing many unwanted collisions.

Viktor-sensei always makes it a point to chat with Itsuki every time he sees him. Some people would find this quite troublesome, knowing Viktor-sensei’s lack of consideration for personal space. But Itsuki always welcomes their little talks, often finding Viktor-sensei’s stories of his travels amusing and looking forward to hearing new ones every time Viktor-sensei comes back from his latest trip.

## Jae-senpai & Suzuki-senpai

Suzuki-senpai is one of the members of the school’s dance club. As an idol, Suzuki-senpai not only has to sing well and make good music, he is also expected to put on an amazing performance and have impeccable dance moves. This is the main reason why he joined the school Dance Club with Jae-senpai as its moderator.

Having debuted earlier and being a few years older, Jae-senpai is someone that Suzuki looks up to. He considers Jae his senior, even though their industries are a little bit different from each other, with Jae-senpai mostly working in the Korean entertainment industry and Suzuki doing most of his work in Japan. He fondly calls Jae “sunbae” and often asks him for advice about being an idol.

Even though his own dance style is different from Jae-senpai’s specialty, Suzuki-senpai tries to learn what he can from him. Jae-senpai is an incredibly talented dancer. He is widely respected for his skill and his ability to create new dance moves and trends. Suzuki uses what he learns from Jae-senpai to put a spin on his own choreography and performance. And at times, there are things that Jae-senpai learns from Suzuki’s style as well.

When Suzuki-senpai is not spending his free time at school in the cafe or in the music room, he usually can be found practicing with Jae in the school dance studio.

## Seiichi-senpai & Reiji-senpai

Looking at them side by side, one could never guess that Reiji and Seiichi are cousins. With Reiji’s perpetually sunny disposition and Seiichi’s seemingly cold, expressionless facade, they could not look any more different from each other.

But despite the stark contrast between their appearances and demeanor, one thing draws these two cousins together: their love for scientific discovery. Ever since they were small children, Reiji and Seiichi would often discuss each of their latest scientific endeavors with each other, usually when ever they’d have family reunions. Reiji would often give Seiichi advice on how to make better batteries with superior chemical combinations and Seiichi often helps Reiji build and program the various devices and systems he needed to pull of his experiments.

Now that they go to the same high school, Reiji and Seiichi have done even more scientific collaborations. They both contribute greatly to each other’s discoveries and inventions.