Ryousuke Seo

Ryousuke Seo Plot Gallery

Ryousuke Seo
Kanji	瀬尾 遼介
Class	University (Unknown Class)
Physical Data
Age	20
Gender	Male
First Appearances
Manga	Volume 1, Chapter 53
Voice Actors
Japanese	N/A
English	N/A

Ryousuke Seo (瀬尾 亮介 Seo Ryōsuke) is a college student and the classmate of Yukari Miyako, whom he has a crush on. He is the older brother of Yuzuki Seo.

Appearance

Ryousuke is a young man with shoulder-length ruffled blond hair and light yellow eyes. His bangs are parted in the middle, with a small central lock of his bangs smoothed back.

Ryousuke typically wears a vest or large shirt over a fitted, short-sleeved t-shirt.

For his job at the cafe, he wears a long-sleeved, white dress shirt with a welt pocket over the left breast. His uniform also consists of a black crossover bow tie, a name-tag that is placed over the dress shirt pocket, a black apron, and black dress pants.

Personality

Ryousuke tends to comedically misinterpret many scenarios and conversations around him, often jumping to conclusions about Miyako's relationships with Mitsuya Maeno and Umetarou Nozaki, or the relationship between his sister and Wakamatsu. He tends to be brash, once calling Nozaki a "stuck-up brat", and instantly assumes any boy that Miyako is close to is her boyfriend. He also gets confused rather easily, as shown when Yuu Kashima consults him as to what cake and box she should give to Masayuki Hori.

Ryousuke is close to Yuzuki, but he is often commanded by her to do things. He tends to tease her regarding her relationship with Wakamatsu.

Relationships

Umetarou Nozaki

Ryousuke imagining Miyako and Nozaki as a couple

Ryousuke originally believed that Nozaki was Miyako's boyfriend and felt devastated. He is unaware of the two's careers as mangakas, so he often misinterprets their conversations regarding their manga storyboards, believing that Nozaki's comments about possible storylines are actually directed towards Miyako. He had initially believed that Nozaki was a "stuck-up brat", and that his only remarkable feature was his height. He finds Nozaki slightly intimidating when he stands up, as Nozaki is taller than him.

He is aware that Nozaki and Miyako share the same job, but is under the impression that both Nozaki and Miyako are cabaret ladies. This incident does clear up the misunderstanding that Nozaki and Miyako are in a relationship; however, as a result, it has led to several new misunderstandings.

Nozaki trying to use Ryousuke's job as manga reference

Despite Ryousuke's attitude towards Nozaki, Nozaki says he doesn't hate Ryousuke, but rather, finds him cool. Nozaki wants to use him as reference for his manga Let's Fall in Love, trying to take photographs of his waiter uniform at one point and drawing him as a character within his manga.

Chiyo Sakura

Ryousuke consulting Sakura

Ryousuke tends to consult Sakura often, asking her whether he's cooler and more mature than a high schooler and her telling her friends to stop hurting his feelings. However, despite that, she tells him he's nothing in comparison to the person she likes and smiles her way out of his questions rather than answering them.

He views her as tiny and small and wonders why she is friends with Yuzuki, believing that Yuzuki is making Sakura an errand girl of hers.

Yuzuki Seo

Yuzuki is Ryousuke's younger sister. Their relationship is quite casual, as she refers to him as aniki (兄貴) rather than onii-chan (お兄ちゃん), the more respectful term for older brother. Ryousuke finds her nickname "The Choir Club's Lorelei" embarrassing.

Ryousuke assumes that she and Wakamatsu have feelings for each other. He believes that Wakamatsu is genuinely in love with Yuzuki, as Wakamatsu profoundly declares his love for the Choir Club's Lorelei, thus, believing that their feelings were mutual. He teases Yuzuki about the incident, saying that she should invite Wakamatsu over sometimes, and saying that he wants to have Wakamatsu as a "little brother". However, Yuzuki interprets this as him being her playmate rival and asks Wakamatsu whether he'd play with her or Ryousuke.

Ryousuke teasing Yuzuki

Ryousuke wouldn't trust his sister as a waitress, telling his co-workers that she would be bound to drop plates and break things and that she'd need supervision if she was to visit his workplace. Due to this, they believe she's a clumsy, sheltered girl that doesn't know her way around the world.

Hirotaka Wakamatsu

The misunderstandings multiply

Ryousuke originally believed that Wakamatsu was some sort of henchman or gofer for Yuzuki, and that she extorts food from him, due to Kashima mimicking how Yuzuki acts around him. When Ryousuke first greeted him, they inadvertently intimidated each other, which led to more misunderstandings. He then thought that due to Wakamatsu being Yuzuki's "henchman", Wakamatsu holds a grudge against Yuzuki, and Ryousuke thinks of him as a wounded beast.

Ryousuke believing Yuzuki's feelings are mutual

After asking Kashima, Ryousuke arrives at the conclusion that Yuzuki is one-sidedly in love with Wakamatsu, since they play basketball together and they eat together after school. He wonders if Yuzuki really is in love with Wakamatsu and pities him; however, he's genuinely surprised by the fact that his sister is in love with a "prim and proper kid", as he expected her type to be someone that was more athletic and childish. Wakamatsu profoundly declares that he likes the Choir Club's Lorelei, leading to Ryousuke believing that Yuzuki's romantic feelings are mutual.

Yukari Miyako

Ryousuke's imagination of Miyako as a cabaret girl

Ryousuke has a crush on Miyako, though she is oblivious to his feelings. He often misinterprets her and Nozaki's conversations, as he hears them out of context and does not know that they're discussing manga. He is currently under the assumption that she works a night job as a cabaret girl. Ryousuke usually gets flustered often when he is left alone with Miyako, as shown in his contemplation when she became drunk and couldn't get back home by herself. During that time, he was aware of the fact that she couldn't handle her alcohol nor did she like it, but still gave her liquor.

Miyako trying to touch Ryousuke

Ryousuke has told Miyako that he likes someone, but hadn't stated who it was, although he has indirectly tried confessing to her. Miyako regards his love life as boring, telling him that it lacked excitement and grading it as a "C". He has previously stated that he was extremely interested in her and would be "stoked" if he saw her in a bunny girl costume, due to misinterpretation of one conversation between her and Nozaki.

In Chapter 104, the two had a discussion about romantic relationships and confessions. They went on an outing, but Miyako unintentionally rejected him multiple times. In Chapter 134, Miyako managed to clear up the misunderstanding about her job by drawing a manga of herself and showing it to Ryousuke. After realizing that Miyako was a mangaka, Ryousuke then confessed that he has liked Miyako for a long time, to which Miyako felt flustered but happy. Their relationship status is currently unknown.

Etymology

Ryousuke (遼介): Ryo (遼) means "faraway" and Suke (介) means "assist, help".

Seo (瀬尾): Se (瀬) means "swift current, rapids" and O (尾) means "tail, ridge".

Trivia

• According to Masayuki Hori, Ryousuke's appearance looks similar to a delinquent player.
• Ryousuke works as both a waiter and a cashier in a cafe.