Character

Madoka Ayukawa

Dark-haired embodiment of all that is whimsical and capricious. Admired and feared by classmates, male and female. Get on her bad side and you will regret, but be her friend--receive her help and her occasional beatific smiles--and you will never forget it! Madoka is feared by both the male and female students as a sukeban or a reputed juvenile delinquent. She is secretly in love with Kyōsuke, and is best friends with Hikaru Hiyama (who is also in love with Kyōsuke). Madoka is described as having an adult allure despite being in junior high school. Despite her delinquent reputation and capricious nature, Madoka is also shown to excel at various activities both scholarly and athletic. She is able to earn high marks in school and still work part-time at the cafe ABCB. Madoka's parents are kind-hearted but workaholic professional musicians often touring outside Japan, so she lives in a large house with her older sister. After her sister gets married and goes to live abroad with her husband, Madoka lives there alone. The story involves the eventual shedding of her tough exterior after she becomes Kyōsuke's friend, as evidenced by the changes in her life after she meets him. She gives up smoking because of him, and the other characters note that she becomes friendlier and does better academically following Kyōsuke's arrival.