Tonari No Kashiwagi-san

Tonari No Kashiwagi-san (となりの柏木さん) is a Japanese manga series by Kinusa Shimotsuki, serialized in Hōbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward since June 2011. It has been collected in 8 tankōbon volumes as of July 2014. A motion comic was distributed by Manga 2.5, which ran for 11 episodes.

Characters

 * Yuto Sakuraba (桜庭 雄斗 Sakuraba Yūto)
 * Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara
 * Yuto is the male protagonist. It's not a secret that he is an otaku and he is also unpopular at school. He is a gentle boy who can be attentive, but also unable to read the mood at times. He discovers Kotones secret but promises not to tell anyone, thus becoming friends with her. He later realizes he has a crush on Kotone, but tries to take it on his own pace. He is fan of an anime series called "Gadgeko". He also works at the anime shop Anime Haven.


 * Kotone Kashiwagi (柏木 琴子 Kashiwagi Kotone)
 * Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki
 * Kotone is the female protagonist. A timid otaku, she is afraid of revealing herself. She is attractive and popular. She usually shows herself as someone who hates otaku culture, but will reveal her true side only to those she trusts. After Yuto discovers she is actually an otaku like him, he promises to keep her secret and they become friends. She posts art on SNS under the pseudonym of "Sayane". She dislikes being mistaken for a fujoshi. Like Yūto, she is a fan of "Gadgeko".


 * Sayaka Fukuda (福田 清花 Fukuda Sayaka)
 * Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi
 * Sayaka is Kotone's best friend and her self-proclaimed #1 fan. She has been a friend of Kotone ever since childhood. Later, she and Kazuki start dating. Kotone and Yuto suspect her of being a tsundere because of her behaviour.


 * Kazuki Kusano (草野 和樹 Kusano Kazuki)
 * Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda
 * Kazuki is Yuto's best friend. Unlike Yūto, he is not an otaku, and is very popular. He developed a crush on Sayaka ever since he saw her cry during the School Entrance Ceremony. Later, they start dating.


 * Kotori Abekawa (安倍川 琴理 Abekawa Kotori)
 * Voiced by: Eriko Matsui
 * Kotori is Kotone's elder sister. She has a fairly young appearance and short stature (being shorter than her sister), but is a married woman of 32. She is also the manager at the anime shop where Yuto works, Anime Heaven.


 * Takuya Abekawa (安倍川 拓也 Abekawa Takuya)
 * Takuya is Kotori's husband and Kotone's brother-in-law. He is a company employee. He is called "Taku-chan" by Kinri. He is 26 years old. Like Yuto and Kotone, he is also a fan of Gadgeko.


 * Christina Müller (クリスティーナ＝ミュラー Kurisutīna Myurā)
 * Christina is an exchange student from Germany who transferred to Yuto's class. She has a boyfriend in Japan, and moved there so she could meet him in real life. She is also an otaku and is nicknamed "Tina".