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Contents 1 Background 1.1 Overview 1.2 Talents 2 Relationships 2.1 Love Interests 2.2 Best Friends 2.3 Rivals

[edit] Background

[edit] Overview

Class 2C’s representative, Hanai has a strong sense of moral justice and always tries to do the right thing, except when it comes to Tsukamoto Tenma’s younger sister Yakumo, whom he admires (thoroughly).

He is very enthusiastic and stubborn, and takes everything too seriously. All these attributes, combined with his outspoken character, make him a true, natural born leader.

He is a friendly person, who always helps out his friends and people around him that having a difficult situations.

Even though he makes his first appearance in episode #2, his true character is fully shown for the first time in episode #4, and from then on he steps in as one of the main supporting characters of the series.

His obsession with Yakumo gets him banned from the Tea Club by its president, Takano Akira; and from then on he becomes the object of Akira’s merciless yet witty sarcasm and criticism.

[edit] Talents

Both smart and strong, Hanai is probably the best student in his class, along with Takano Akira. He’s also a great martial artist with a black belt in kempo (kenpo). Quite capable of holding his own in a fight, he regularly displays his prowess not only by fighting Harima all the time but also by defeating opponents from other dojos.

Hanai has shown his talent in sports and physical activities as well, such as running, hockey, and other sports. He always put his maximum effort and energy for what he's doing and has been titled, God of Wind, from what he have accomplish in a relay track race.

Putting his best effort into whatever he does and always demanding the best of himself, he’s never content with less than the best results in whatever he does, so whatever he decides to do he does it well (except playing the flute, which no matter how hard he tried, he never managed to learn how to play a single decent note with). This includes sports, cooking and ordering people around. If he could put that much effort into his social skills, he could probably have a chance to win Yakumo’s heart.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Love Interests

Tsukamoto Yakumo: Hanai’s obsession with Yakumo began when he saw her sleeping on a bench near the school and fell immediately and hopelessly in love with her. But being the straight-forward, psychotically obsessive guy he is, he only manages to drive her away, forcing her to hide from him every time he comes near her. His obsession and passion of love for Yakumo sometimes gives him powerful emotions to accomplish his tasks, for her and for others as well.

[edit] Best Friends

Suou Mikoto: Hanai’s childhood friend, Mikoto has remained his best friend since then. A fellow martial artist, she studied with Hanai in his father’s dojo, and inspired him to be brave and ‘become a hero’ like her. Their relationship is beautifully shown in episode # 13, when he remembers all this before Mikoto’s birthday party.

[edit] Rivals

Harima Kenji: His admiration for Tsukamoto Yakumo, and the misunderstandings caused by her sharing her sister Tenma’s family name: Tsukamoto, end up making Hanai become Harima’s nemesis, and due to both of them possessing strong personalities and fighting skills, the interaction between the two of them makes for some of the best moments in School Rumble. Despite this rivalry, Hanai often teams up with Harima to take on class 2-D.

Takano Akira: As cool-headed and calm as she is, the always-in-control Akira finds herself feeling really annoyed by Hanai’s personality, and this makes her always look down upon him and mistreat him. The best example of this is perhaps the Tea Club scene in episode #5, where she secretly puts hot pepper in the tea and makes him drink it, as a test for joining the Tea Club, which he fails miserably.

Harry MacKenzie: Initially the victim of another misunderstanding, Harry (whose name’s Japanese pronunciation sounds very similar to “Harima Kenji”), first becomes Hanai’s rival when he mistakes him for Harima and they start a fight. Later on, that rivalry is extended even further during the Sports Festival, where Hanai takes and endures the full impact of one of Harry’s powerful kicks during the horse riding fight competition.

Tougou Masakazu: As class representatives of thier respective classes, Tougou and Hanai have a natural rivalry. Hanai works hard to defend the honor of class 2-C from 2-D's challanges.