Carol Olston

* Manga
* Anime

**Carol Olston**  (キャロル・オルストン , *Kyaroru Orusuton*?) is a supporting character in *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!*. She is the daughter of Eddie Olston and Ferris Olston and a friend of Tomo Aizawa who is of British descent.

## Appearance

Carol has wavy upper-back length blonde hair that has bangs swept to the right side while she has hair strands hanging on either side and she wears a white hairband with a pink bow on it, green eyes and she has a small frame with large voluptuous breasts where it has been revealed that she has inverted nipples.

She was mostly seen wearing a non-conform pink uniform, though she seems to have changed now.

Her design was apparently based on an idealized view the Japanese hold of West European foreign people, hence making her very popular and often hit on. Many consider her very beautiful as she looks just like a doll and she strongly resembles her mother Ferris Olston.

## Personality

Carol is an airhead like her mother. Eccentric, almost permanently cheerful and totally oblivious to how modern society works, she was under the assumption that everyone's household was like hers. She also seems to enjoy teasing and pushing her boundaries with everyone. She often makes blunt remarks very casually, even to complete strangers. Despite being physically weak, she seemingly does not fear anyone, including delinquents and Gorou Aizawa (Tomo Aizawa's intimidating father).

Although she is an airhead, Carol has been shown to do complicated mathematical formulas in her head.That shows she is very intelligent in school

However she is always blunt, bubbly, sweet, nice, optimistic, happy, smart, and cute

## Background

Carol is of British descent and is the daughter of a distant relative of Kousuke Misaki.

During grade school, Carol found Kousuke sitting alone. Carol suggested they play a game together, counting the number of prime numbers. Before Kousuke could get away, Kuniki, his classmate and bully, approached him with her two lackeys. After insulting Kousuke, Carol smacked her in the face (clearly not thinking of the repercussions). When Kuniki targeted Carol, Kousuke stepped in front of her to protect her. When Carol encouraged him to fight them, the bullies beat him up. After they had walked away Carol went to Kousuke's side to tend to him. Having not been in a fight before, Kousuke was injured. Carol explained that she always got into fights but always lost. Later at a road crossing, Carol got distracted by a butterfly and almost went onto the road before being saved by Kousuke. Carol was very aloof about almost dying; since then, Kousuke has protected her.

## Plot

Carol gave Tomo Aizawa three solid gold bars as a present for her birthday, even when Tomo insisted the money would have sufficed. Carol doesn't seem to understand what's wrong with getting gold as a present.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Eddie Olston

Eddie is Carol's father in the animated series and in the manga he does not make any appearance (except in the extra manga chapter where it shows how Carol's parents met) until now it could be.

#### Ferris Olston

Ferris is Carol's mother whom she strongly resembles as they both share the same appearance (wavy blonde hair and green eyes) and airhead personality.

#### Kousuke Misaki

They are childhood friends, and according to Carol, they are engaged and have been married three times, but only in games. Misaki, on the other hand, treats Carol like a little sister and often apologizes to others for her strange ways. Misaki is extremely protective of Carol and becomes very scared when he suspects that Carol has been hurt or compromised. They are now shown to be dating.

### Friends

#### Tomo Aizawa

Initially, Carol declared Tomo as an enemy, but Carol in fact is a bit ditzy. After being “defeated”, she asked Tomo to be her friend, which Tomo unwittingly accepted. Carol is joyful to be accepted for the first time after being rejected by other young girls since childhood.

In the process, Carol notices Tomo's feelings towards Junichirou Kubota early on and constantly teases her.

#### Misuzu Gundou

Although they are often seen together, they can be very competitive towards one another. Carol finds Misuzu very interesting even though Misuzu can oftentimes be mean to her. Many of Misuzu's remarks that are meant to shock or hurt Carol are often either ignored by Carol or taken in a positive way. This, in turn, makes Misuzu feel defeated. They only truly get along when teasing or helping Tomo Aizawa or Junichirou Kubota. She further angered Misuzu when she beat her for 1st place in mid-terms.

## Etymology

* The name **Carol** means "free person, song/joyful song" in English.
	+ Her first name has similar characters to "Gyaru" (ギャル) in Japanese, a subculture of Japanese trying to emulate western culture.
* Carol's surname **Olston** sounds similar in English and has similar Japanese characters to Holstein (ホルスタイン ), a type of cattle, possibly a reference to her enormous breasts.

## Trivia

* Tomo Aizawa calls Carol 'cotton candy'.
* In Episode 5, Carol is seen wearing ribbons in her hair when she was an infant and a toddler.
* Carol is extremely poor in athletics and sports in general.
* Carol once claimed to be a G cup, although this is probably a lie.
* When playing Othello, Carol prefers to play white (2nd move), which had more advantage than black (1st move) . This makes her able to beat both Tomo and Misuzu Gundou.
* Carol is bilingual (a person speaking two languages fluently) as she can speak both English and Japanese fluently (although in the English translation, she also speaks French) similar to her seiyuu Sally Amaki.
	+ When Carol said "バカ baka", she said "dumbbell" in the English dub, which has been controversial among anime fans because the dub was done by Sony, a company known for changing dialogue against the Japanese-to-English translation in any anime they dubbed. "Baka" literally translates to "stupid", as fans know that "dumbbell" is a weightlifting tool, and not what "baka" translates to.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/tomo\_chan\_ani/status/1633124459661135872
2. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 305
3. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Omake 5
4. ↑ *Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!* Chapter 332
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer\_Othello