Mikoto Mikoshiba

Mikoshiba Mikoto Plot Gallery

Mikoto Mikoshiba
Kanji	御子柴 実琴
Class	2-G
Club	Go-Home
Also known as	Mikorin (みこりん)
Birthday	February 14, 1995
Horoscope	Aquarius ♒
Physical Data
Age	16-17
Gender	Male
Height	177 cm (5'10)
Blood Type	A
First Appearances
Anime	Episode 2
Manga	Volume 1, Chapter 3
Voice Actors
Japanese	Nobuhiko Okamoto
English	Scott Gibbs

Mikoto Mikoshiba (御子柴 実琴 Mikoshiba Mikoto), also known as Mikorin (みこりん), is a high school student at Roman Academy and the deuteragonist of the series. He is one of Umetarou Nozaki's assistants, as well as the best friend and classmate of Yuu Kashima.

Appearance

Mikoto is considered to be a handsome guy by his peers. He has red hair that is partially swept to the right, red eyes, and red studs on both of his pierced ears.

At school, he wears the standard Roman Academy uniform unbuttoned over an orange shirt. According to his bio, when not in school, he likes to wear flashy clothes and follows fashion magazines.

Personality

Mikoto attracts the attention of many girls and he is admired by boys as well. He is popular and seems to have a charismatic, flirtatious personality. However, his true nature is quite timid and somewhat tsundere. While outwardly he flirts with girls shamelessly and confidently, he cringes and becomes embarrassed at his own actions afterwards. Despite his own incompetence in romantic situations, he is perceptive when it comes to his friends' love lives. He can accurately infer when they are in need of assistance and is always willing to help.

It is discovered that his personality is actually the inspiration for Mamiko, the heroine of Let's Fall in Love. While some characters have figured this out and constantly make references to it, Mikoto seems to be completely oblivious.

History

Three years before the main story, Mikoto was unable to confidently speak to girls, so he started to "study" by playing dating sims. Discovering that there were more to individual women than meets the eye, he decided to conquer them all. Thus, Mikoto was led into a world of dating sims and figurine collecting.

Skills

Mikoto has no skill when it comes to drawing people or inanimate objects. However, he is an expert at drawing flowers, effects, and embellishments to bring out the charm in the characters. Besides art, Mikoto is also fluent in the language of flowers. He uses this information to pinpoint the exact flower needed to match the atmosphere of any scene in Let's Fall in Love.

Relationships

Umetarou Nozaki

Nozaki met Mikoto while Nozaki was observing people as reference for his manga. As they got closer, Mikoto became his first assistant. Mikoto and Nozaki are good friends. Mikoto sometimes stays over at Nozaki's place, asks Nozaki for advice on his dating sim games, confides in him about his otaku hobbies, and even keeps part of his otaku collection in Nozaki's apartment closet. Mikoto is not aware that Nozaki uses him as the model for Mamiko.

Chiyo Sakura

Mikoto and Chiyo

Mikoto was introduced to Chiyo through Umetarou Nozaki. At first, Mikoto acted distant, but over time, he became comfortable around her and now sees her as a good friend. They sometimes hang out during breaks, off-school hours, and manga work. Mikoto is aware of her crush on Nozaki and he desperately and hopelessly tries to move it forward. Despite his initial protest, Sakura calls him "Mikorin".

Yuu Kashima

Mikoto and Kashima have been in the same class since their first year in high school, and became best friends after their constant one-sided-rivalry with each other. Unlike other girls, Mikoto is able to act normally around Kashima. They have a good friendship. In social gatherings, when allowed to invite a friend, they usually invite each other. According to a Q&A with the author, the two pass the time with normal guy conversations. Kashima is not completely aware of Mikoto's otaku hobbies.

Masayuki Hori

Hori's mental image of Mamiko

Mikoto is aware of Hori as the Drama Club President who often escorts Kashima to her club activities. Before meeting him in Nozaki's Apartment, they never talked to each other. Initially, Mikoto is not aware that Hori does the backgrounds for Nozaki's manga and finds his tendency to take photos odd, until he finds out in Chapter 121.5. Mikoto tends to be cautious when regarding Hori's relationship with Kashima. Hori first noticed the resemblance between Mikoto and Mamiko when Mikoto helped the Drama Club with a play. Since then, Hori has been pronouncing his name wrong, calling him Mamiko before correcting himself ("Mami-koshiba"), but Mikoto seems to be unaware of it.

Mayu Nozaki

Mikoto, as an upperclassman, feels responsible for Mayu. Mikoto often talks for him and watches over him, especially when the elder Nozaki isn't there. The two are on good terms and are often drawn together in promotional materials. Mikoto follows a blog titled "MayuMayu" which features art drawn by Mayu, under the assumption that is is run by a girl. Mikoto and Mayu occasionally text each other under the impression that the other is a girl, with Mikoto using the pseudonym "Mamiko" in turn. Due to the blog's feminine art style and cute facade, Mikoto is fond of MayuMayu.

Hirotaka Wakamatsu

Mikoto is initially intimidated by Wakamatsu's status as an athlete, thinking that they would not get along because of their different interests. However, Wakamatsu admires him greatly as his senior, which calms Mikoto's nerves. The two accidentally expose their position as assistants and start adjusting their schedules in order to work together. Mikoto believes Wakamatsu is a good kid with a pure heart, but can't bring himself to reveal his otaku hobbies to him. Mikoto is also aware of his crush on Lorelei and Lorelei's true identity, but does not say anything because of how awkward the situation is, calling Wakamatsu a new breed of "tsundere".

Yuzuki Seo

Mikoto is not close with Seo, but he knows her to be a good friend of Kashima and Sakura. Seo first met him on her way to school when Mikoto fell out of a tree, and tends to call him ikemen (イケメン, a term used to describe good-looking men) rather than his actual name. He regards her personality too coarse for him to get along with. He learns about her role as Lorelei through Sakura, but finds the situation too difficult to reveal to Wakamatsu.

Trivia

• Mikoto's birthday is on Valentine's Day.
  • Mikoto's friends and classmates usually give him Valentine's chocolates as birthday gifts. He dislikes honmei chocolate (本命チョコ), which is chocolate given to people with romantic interest. In a small comic drawn by Izumi Tsubaki, he was once given accessories and a tea set instead of chocolate.
• Mikoto lives with his father, mother, and a black cat named Noa.
• In assisting Nozaki, Mikoto is in charge of drawing flowers, accents, small objects, effects, and sketching.
• Mikoto's hobby is playing video games, mainly dating simulators and RPGs such as Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. He spends his holidays playing those games. Additionally, he is skilled at memorizing his favorite characters' profiles.
• Mikoto is bad at conversing with girls. When he is surrounded by them, he tends to use Kashima as a shield and runs away.
• Mikoto's clothing choices consist of skull- and chain-themed accessories, and an overall punk style. He occasionally wears pink based on a Manet Fashion Magazine.
• Mikoshiba has an official Twitter account. However, the account was mainly used for the 10th Year Anniversary Project and is currently inactive.
• Mikoto's best subjects are Biology and English, while his worst subject is Government. His elective subject is Music.
• In a deleted Twitter post, Nobuhiko Okamoto mentioned that Mikoto uses horse oil shampoo to wash his hair. In addition to that, he usually showers for fifteen minutes.
• Due to being an only child, Mikoto tends to act like an older brother figure to boys who are younger than him.
• Mikoto's classmates know him as a "stud that's popular with girls", while they regard him being embarrassed as a sign of open-heartedness.
• Mikoto is a closet moe otaku (liking female figurines, games, and other 2D things) and doesn't want other people knowing he's a manga assistant. However, he sees the other assistants as kin and opens up to them fairly easily despite his shy personality.
• Mikoto likes to eat hamburgers and dislikes bell peppers and bitter things.
• Mikoto likes gentle, modest and innocent girls, but most of them are intimidated by him.
• Mikoto is ranked 1st in the character popularity poll, according to the Official Fanbook.
• Mikoto pierced his ears when entering high school to mimic fictional game characters he liked, and also due to influence from fashion magazines.