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Hirotaka Wakamatsu
Plot

Hirotaka Wakamatsu (若松 博隆 Wakamatsu Hirotaka) is a high school student at Roman Academy. He is the inspiration for Waka in Let's Fall in Love, and was Umetarou Nozaki's underclassman on the middle school basketball team. He initially joins Nozaki's staff to do erasing, but later starts doing screentone work as well.

Appearance[]

Wakamatsu is tall, with short messy plum purple hair and blue eyes. When participating in club activities, he wears a blue and yellow basketball uniform. When outside club activities, he wears his school uniform, a white blouse with the top button undone with a loose green tie and a green cardigan, alongside a pair of navy dress pants with a brown belt, and brown shoes.

Personality[]

Wakamatsu is a easygoing guy, but can be naive and has a tendency to take things at face value. For example, in an attempt to stand up to Yuzuki Seo, he consults Umetarou Nozaki and his collection of shoujo manga on how to do so. This leads to him sending Seo a love letter, rather than a letter of challenge. He also compares her to his "Goddess," the Lorelei of the Choir Club, in order to try to put her down. This always fails due to Seo being the true identity of Lorelei.

Due to being in a sports club, Wakamatsu usually follows orders from upperclassmen without thinking. He is very sensitive and his emotions can be hurt very easily. When things don't work out for him, he never seems to understand why or what went wrong. His combination of sensitivity, energy, and naivety can make him do extreme or unexpected things. His friends do not trust him with a knife because they are scared he might kill someone. Additionally, he has insomnia and has difficulty getting quality sleep.

Relationships[]

Yuzuki Seo[]

Seo is the only person that Wakamatsu claims he cannot stand, due to the fact that she terrorizes the male basketball team, which causes Wakamatsu's insomnia to worsen. Ironically, despite being the cause of his stress, she is also the cure, as just by listening to her singing for a few seconds he can go to sleep. Because of this, he claims that Lorelei is his "Goddess". Despite Wakamatsu's claims that Seo mistreats him, she often buys souvenirs and gifts for him, and asks him to hang out with her. Although she is the main source of his mental stress, he apparently does not hate her, and feels uncomfortable whenever he hears that Seo has spent time with other boys.

Although Seo initially finds the Lorelei situation humorous, she eventually decides that she wants to tell him the truth. After many failed attempts to make him realize that she is Lorelei, in Chapter 124, Seo finally sings in front of him. Wakamatsu does not fall asleep immediately due to Seo's cold affecting her voice, so he is forced to realize the truth. At first he is extremely shocked and confused, but by Chapter 131, he has processed this information somewhat and even requests songs for Seo to sing.

Umetarou Nozaki[]

Nozaki was the captain of the basketball team during middle school, and they have known each other since then. Wakamatsu looks up to Nozaki as his senior and often tries to get Nozaki to play basketball again, although the latter always declines. He assists Nozaki in his manga in exchange for Lorelei's songs, first in erasing and later in applying screentones. Nozaki is determined to keep Lorelei's true identity from him. When Wakamatsu finally learns the truth, Nozaki is upset that such a major reveal happened without him present.

Masayuki Hori []

Hori and Wakamatsu met each other when Nozaki texted them on a sick day. They both tend to work late in the day, Hori due to his club activities and Wakamatsu due to his insomnia, and end up working together. They have a healthy senpai-kouhai relationship and occasionally hang out.

Yuu Kashima[]

Wakamatsu first thought that Kashima was Seo’s boyfriend. After going swimsuit shopping with the girls and being told the truth of her gender by Nozaki, he was embarrassed. In an attempt to boost his mental fortitude, he went to the Drama Club for tips, but things didn't go well. Because of these circumstances, Kashima believes that Wakamatsu is an idiot.

Chiyo Sakura[]

Both are aware of the other's position as manga assistants. Wakamatsu shows immense support for Sakura upon hearing about her crush on Nozaki, prioritizing it over his own love life. Sakura acts kindly towards Wakamatsu as a senpai and considers him and Seo to be very close.

Mikoto Mikoshiba[]

Wakamatsu looks up to Mikoshiba and thinks he is a "very cool" senpai, which Mikoshiba appreciates. They later discover that the other is an assistant in Nozaki's manga, causing Mikoshiba to become slightly more open and trusting with Wakamatsu.

Mayu Nozaki[]

Wakamatsu and Mayu meet once at Nozaki's Apartment. They bond because they are both athletes dedicated to their sport, and because Mayu attends the same middle school that Umetarou and Wakamatsu did. Wakamatsu believes that Mayu is the owner of Mikoshiba's collection of bishoujo figurines in the apartment.

Etymology[]

Hirotaka (博隆): Hiro (博) means "command, esteem" and Taka (隆) "noble, prosperous".

Wakamatsu (若松): Waka (若) means "young, immature" and Matsu (松) means "pine tree".

Trivia[]

  • Wakamatsu’s birthday is on Sleep Day (睡眠の日), which is held twice a year in Japan, once in spring and once in autumn.
  • Wakamatsu has a father, mother, elder sister, and younger brother who is in elementary school.
  • Wakamatsu's hobby is playing basketball and spending his holidays playing with friends.
  • Wakamatsu is good at doing simple tasks and moving his body. He is not good with work that needs creativity and applied skills.
  • Wakamatsu likes to wear simple, clean clothes made with good materials. According to his character profile in Chapter 40.5, he looks like a rich boy.
  • Wakamatsu is good in P.E. and English class, while his worst subject is Modern Literature. His elective subject is Calligraphy.
  • Wakamatsu’s favorite foods are curry and hamburg steak, while his least favorite is shiitake mushrooms.
  • Wakamatsu's type is younger girls with cute personalities.
  • Wakamatsu is ranked 7th in the character popularity poll, according to the Official Fanbook.
  • Wakamatsu attended the same middle school as Mayu Nozaki and Umetarou Nozaki.
  • Wakamatsu plays basketball and shares the same voice actor with Ryota Kise from Kuroko's Basketball, Ryohei Kimura.
    • Coincidentally, they both share the same jersey number, No. 7.
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