Ogasawara Jirou

Ogasawara Jirou (小笠原 次郎) is one of the main supporting characters of Sasaki and Miyano.

Appearance
Ogasawara has black hair with blue streaks in the front. He has a rough exterior, with pierced ears and an ear cuff on his left ear, given to him by his girlfriend.

He is usually shown wearing his school uniform without a tie.

Personality
Ogasawara is superficially a bad boy, but he is soft on the inside. Though he is very direct with his words, sometimes to the point of being harsh, he also depends on his friends a lot - especially when it comes to emotional support during fights with his girlfriend.

Though he has a harsh side within him, he is also very honest and earnest towards the people he cares for. He is not ashamed to admit that he is in love with his girlfriend despite their quarrels and claims he would never get involved with a woman he had no plans to marry.

Yokota Eimi
Ogasawara's girlfriend since junior high. Though they are very close, they are also constantly quarrelling. Prior to the series Ogasawara finds out Yokota is a BL fan and especially into bad boy ukes: something that worries Ogasawara deeply. As he considers himself a bad boy, he cannot stop questioning whether Yokota is only with him to reflect her fantasies onto him, though she admits to Miyano that she loves Ogasawara just for who he is and she definitely doesn't want him to be snatched away by another man. Though he is not interested in BL, he often sneaks peeks at her collection to try to understand it, though he usually ends up frightened by her wilder tastes.

Being supported by both of their families, Yokota and Ogasawara spend a lot of their free time together. Ogasawara is always at least a little upset when she spends time with her friends instead, and usually turns to his friends for emotional support. She goes to a nearby school and is seen meeting Ogasawara after classes. During his third year she tutors him in subjects he is weak at.

Sasaki Shuumei
Ogasawara's classmate and close friend since before high school. Ogasawara and Sasaki share a common passion in music and often borrow each others' CDs. They are even close to the point that Ogasawara visits Sasaki's house and accompanies the Sasaki siblings on shopping trips, later receiving hand-me-downs from Satoko's boyfriend. However, once Sasaki and Miyano grow close and Sasaki turns Ogasawara down to spend time with Miyano instead, Ogasawara is upset and suspicious over whether there is something more going on between the two of them.

Hirano Taiga
Ogasawara's classmate and friend. Though Ogasawara is closer to Sasaki, he does also turn to Hirano whenever quarrels with his girlfriend. The two commiserate in their experiences of being looked at through BL lenses (supposedly, in Ogasawara's case) by the BL fans around them. Hirano also tutors him, though Ogasawara complains about Hirano being a monster when it comes to studying.

Miyano Yoshikazu
Ogasawara's junior at school. To Ogasawara Miyano is simply the fudanshi, though there are no hard feelings. Though at first Ogasawara is taken aback that Miyano is into BL, he quickly notices that Miyano's knowledge could help him improve his relationship with his girlfriend, and the two grow slightly closer for it. Ogasawara initially thinks that Miyano is gay, and he is the only one in the series to vocalize his thought so directly. Though Miyano declines it quickly, Ogasawara remains suspicious of Sasaki and Miyano's relationship.

Kuresawa Tasuku
Ogasawara's junior at school. Usually bonding over talking about their girlfriends, Ogasawara is happy that Kuresawa, and by extension Tashiro, get along with and look up to him. Ogasawara considers his juniors good guys.

Trivia

 * Ogasawara can play the guitar.
 * He is close with his older brother's punk friends.
 * In his second year he wasn't even 170 cm tall, but shot up to 180 cm in a short time.
 * He got his first earrings from his brother, though he was made to do chores for him for a while.
 * He is in charge of cooking in his family, and is pretty good at it. He makes his own lunchboxes as well as the rest of his family's.
 * Ogasawara's image animal is the Doberman Pinscher.