Misuzu Gundou

* Manga
* Anime

**Misuzu Gundou** (群堂 みすず, *Gundō Misuzu*?) is a supporting character of Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!. She is the childhood friend of Tomo Aizawa and the ex-girlfriend of Junichirou Kubota.

## Appearance

Misuzu is a short girl with chest-length black hair (her hair used to be chin-length as a child and middle school) that is tied into a low ponytail by a light blue scrunchie where it is usually laid on her left shoulder with square bangs hanging over her eyebrows while she has a shoulder-length hair strand usually hanging on the right side, black eyes and she usually wears a neutral or sometimes even stoic expression. She is considered to be very pretty by her male classmates that she does not hesitate to take advantage of this and it is shown that she inherited her beauty from her mother Misaki Gundou, who is also a beautiful woman herself. In Episode 12 and Episode 13, Misuzu no longer has her blue hair tie and now leaves her hair completely down while she also has two shoulder-length hair strands hanging on either side.

Like Carol Olston and Tatsumi Tanabe, Misuzu's school uniform is different as she wears a long navy-blue sweater that is white on the collar instead of the standard blazer, a knee-length black skirt unlike most female students, below-the-knee black socks and brown dress shoes.

## Personality

Misuzu has a cold, territorial and standoffish (**distant and cold in manner; unfriendly**) demeanor who enjoys manipulating people, either for her own ends or for the sake of others.

Tomo Aizawa is Misuzu's closest friend, though shares none of her boisterousness, hates outdoor activities and typically provides advice to help Tomo in her desire to appear more feminine. However, she worries over growing distant from Tomo were she to get together with Junichirou Kubota. While selfish at times, she is an emotionally intelligent and ultimately good person willing to help her friend out a year prior, expressing remorse over attempting to drive Jun and Tomo away from one another in the past. She has even used her skills in manipulation to help others, getting Kousuke Misaki to successfully confess to Carol Olston at the risk of ruining her own reputation.

## Background

Misuzu is Tomo Aizawa's childhood friend who was introduced to Junichirou Kubota when they were kids. When Tomo and Jun wanted to go out to catch bugs, Misuzu replied that she hates bugs.

During middle school, Misuzu agreed to date Jun because it sounded interesting, but she would immediately come to regret this as his idea of a date was a 40km bike ride with an even harder exercise planned the next day. After the first date, Misuzu lost 5kg and vowed never to go on any more dates with him. However, he beat her to it before she could break up with him, causing her to hate Jun ever since.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Misaki Gundou

Misaki is Misuzu's mother who inherited her stunning beauty and cold personality.

### Friends

#### Tomo Aizawa

Tomo is Misuzu's childhood friend and is grateful to her for being best friends with her despite her bad personality. Because of this, Misuzu is very possessive of Tomo and gets jealous when Tomo spends too much time with other people, particularly Junichirou Kubota and Carol Olston. When Tomo first asks her help to get closer romantically to Jun, she is supportive, despite her possessiveness. She does not regret supporting Tomo because it helped her develop her friendship with Tomo further. Despite her support, she likes to tease Tomo about her feelings and frustrations over Jun.

Misuzu laments that watching Tomo change clothes over the years has given her much more time to accept that Tomo is at least quite physically feminine. Most evident when she gave Tomo permission to hug her like normal girls would, she squished against Tomo's large chest and noted how 'unpleasant' the entire experience was due to this. When the main cast goes to the beach, she observes Jun getting flustered at Tomo and Carol's exposed figures, but guesses that he can remain calm around her because of her relatively modest chest, and demands a chance to punch him.

#### Carol Olston

Misuzu has a friendly rivalry with Carol, but it's all in good fun for the most part. She is interested in 'breaking' Carol's carefree persona, but when she finally does, she regrets it to some degree. She breaks Carol in a good way to finally let Carol be together with Carol's loved one. Misuzu has also warmed up and has gotten close to Carol.

### Others

#### Junichirou Kubota

Misuzu loves to tease Jun, like she does with most people, but it was revealed that they dated for 3 days as they broke up because Misuzu couldn't keep up with him and his wild adventures and there are no longer any leftover feelings (if there were any to begin with).

Misuzu has stated that she hates Jun because he broke up with her before she could break up with him. After their breakup, Jun and Misuzu have become enemies with each other since then.

She explains that she "likes" Jun because she finds his discomfort and squirming regarding Tomo Aizawa extremely amusing for herself.

#### Tatsumi Tanabe

While Tatsumi has feelings for her, Misuzu barely tolerates him in contrast.

## Etymology

* The name **Misuzu** means "fruit" (み) (**mi**) and "tin" (すず) (**suzu**) in Hiragana.
* Misuzu's surname **Gundou** means "flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster" (群) (**gun**) and "temple, hall" (堂) (**dou**).

## Trivia

* Misuzu is a surprisingly lovely singer as Tomo Aizawa learns when they do karaoke together.
* Misuzu always has a hair band in her hair and doesn't like it being touched or stolen.
* Although Misuzu usually has her hair strand hanging on the right side, she is seen wearing a hair strand on the left side in some episodes.
* Although the manga teases about Misuzu's possible relationship with Tatsumi Tanabe and the anime even suggests their ship as the third most important ship in the show, she and Tatsumi are the only two main cast members left without any concrete relationship at the end of the story.
* Misuzu does not like being hugged, even when the situation warrants it. This is one of the reasons she dislikes going to Tomo's house due to the fact that Akemi Aizawa is a Cuddle Bug. Subverted during winter time; she appreciates the extra warmth, but she still rather use a heater.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/tomo\_chan\_ani/status/1628052927595307008