Kate Takenomiya is the President of the Aboveground Student Council at Hachimitsu Private Academy. A haughty young lady with signature drill curls, she is a known sweets enthusiast who detests green peppers and shiitake mushrooms. The character is voiced by Ami Koshimizu in the anime adaptation, where she appears in the final scene of the last episode.
Kate is instantly recognizable by her elegant drill curls, a hairstyle that perfectly complements her arrogant and overbearing demeanor. She carries herself as a classic, high-class "ojou-sama" and uses a condescending tone with those she considers beneath her.
Her habit of initiating social interactions through specific food offerings is a notable quirk. She uses Champagne Cider and premium kaki-no-tane rice crackers to approach Mari, walnut cookies and sandwiches for Hana, and fried chicken for Risa. In her elementary school days, she offered Mari vinegared squid instead.
Elementary School Triangle
Kate has known Mari Kurihara and Meiko Shiraki since elementary school, a period that birthed a deep-seated rivalry. She was the ringleader behind the bullying of Meiko, creating a troubled dynamic that extended into high school.
Obsession with Mari Kurihara
Her intense antagonism toward Mari is the core of her character. This hostility is a twisted manifestation of envy and an inferiority complex, masking a distorted desire to actually *become* Mari.
This obsession drove her to steal Mari's personal belongings, including her underwear, from elementary school onward. She even mastered Aikido, the same martial art Mari practices, in an attempt to fully embody her. However, Mari was aware of this obsession all along, a knowledge she later exploited to find an opening during the boys' escape plan. Following this, Kate destroyed her entire stash of "Mari goods" herself.
Conflict with the Underground Student Council
After discovering the Underground Student Council's DTO (Dropout Operation), Kate reported their attempt to expel five male students to the Chairman, leading to their imprisonment in the correction facility. She replaced them as the primary warden, actively working to disband the now-disgraced council and continuously harassing its members. Her relentless torment of Meiko, involving traps even more extreme than the DTO, directly triggered Meiko's regressive mental state.
Her name is modeled after renowned manga artist Keiko Takemiya.
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