History Characters / MissKobayashisDragonMaidKobayashiHousehold

* UnseenNoMore: Her full dragon form is finally shown on screen in Chapter 140... as a cat-sized chibi version. Quite a bit of LampshadeHainging ensues, with both Kanna and Kobayashi admitting that they've never seen it before.

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%%* Power Trio: Kobayashi, Tohru and Kanna form the core trio of the household.

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* ArtEvolution: The anime adaptation gave her thicker thighs (although how much thicker varies from scene to scene), possibly to differentiate her further from the AcademicAthlete Saikawa, and the manga adopted the change as the time went on.

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* AlliterativeName: '''K'''anna '''K'''amui. Still applies after she takes Kobayashi's surname.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her utterly enourmous breasts act as a major point of attractiveness to her character design, getting plenty of MaleGaze focused on them whether from Taketo's POV or just random camera focus, with Taketo's CovertPervert tendencies at their strongest when he sees them jiggle or get exposed more due to Ilulu's lack of shame towards nudity.

%% * BuxomBeautyStandard: Even amongst the cast, Ilulu's breasts are ''enormous'' for someone of her size. Even in comparison to Lucoa, Ilulu is arguably the bustiest of all of the female cast. Ironically, due to her poor control over her shapeshifting abilities, this is the ''smallest'' she could make her breasts, implying they are even bigger if she had more control over her powers.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: Even amongst the cast, Ilulu's breasts are ''enormous'' for someone of her size. Even in comparison to Lucoa, Ilulu is arguably the bustiest of all of the female cast. Ironically, due to her poor control over her shapeshifting abilities, this is the ''smallest'' she could make her breasts, implying they are even bigger if she had more control over her powers.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Kobayashi is a contrast to her predecessor Kaoru from ''Anime/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying''. Both are {{Office Lad|y}}ies who work at a company. Appearance, Kaoru has a long blonde hair (once purple) and is noticeably bustier, while Kobayashi has a short orange hair tied in a small ponytail and is flat-chested. Kaoru is a stereotypical OfficeLady, while Kobayashi is a stereotypical {{Salaryman}} who dresses as a male office worker and is a computer programmer. Likewise, Kaoru likes her duties and has a BenevolentBoss, while Kobayashi's approach as one is a mixed bag at the very least (initially), due to her boss's BadBoss abusive attiude. Kaoru is HappilyMarried to Hajime, who is virtually her opposite in many ways, while Kobayashi is unmarried and a bachelorette.

* CharacterTitle: "Miss '''Kobayashi''''s Dragon Maid".

* FallenAngel: In a matter of speaking. [[spoiler:Kobayashi draining all of her magic at once caused their essance to change from "divine" to "Kobayashi". While they're just as powerful as they were before, they no longer qualify as a weapon of the gods and thus can bypass Telne's protection from divine power.]]

* NotSoImaginaryFriend: As a resident of Kobayashi's brainspace, they have a tendency to butt into Kobayashi's internal monologues, and Kobayashi would occasionally talk to them [[DidISayThatOutLoud without realizing no one else can see them]]. Tohru just assumed Kobayashi was so stressed from work/drunk that she started [[TalkingToThemself talking to herself]], until the they gained the power to manifest.

!!Shin/The Holy Sword

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!!Shin

* DragonSlayer: The reason that they ere created in the first place was to be a weapon powerful enough to kill dragons, and they state to Kobayashi that she could have this dragon-slaying power if she ever wants to be strong.

!!The Holy Sword

A tomboyish otaku computer programmer for [[Manga/{{Ojojojo}} Jigokumeguri]].[[note]]Her office is located in either Kitasenju or Takinokuchi, depending on whether you're following the manga or the anime.[[/note]] Due to [[WhatDidIDoLastNight a hilarious chance meeting,]] she ends up getting herself a dragon for a maid, opening up for more dragons to begin to move into her life.

* GenderIsNoObject: The fact that Kobayashi is female has little incidence on the plot other than for gags or preference. When [[GenderBender Ilulu switches her sex]], the ''only'' thing that accompanies the genital change is that her hip measurements get smaller. Literally nothing else changes physically, and ''no one'' else, aside from Tohru eventually, notices anything is off. [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody Her mind is a different matter,]] but Kobayashi has enough self control to outlast the spell.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: In her introduction, Kanna attempts to force Kobayashi to break up with Tohru, and when that doesn't work she tries to kill her... with hilarious results.

* SenpaiKohai: She's Elma's sempai at work, and is responsible for teaching her how to do her job (such as how to turn on the computer).

* RescueRomance: Similar to Tohru, she falls in love with a human who saves her life. Also like Tohru, said human is Kobayashi.

* OtakuSurrogate: She's the female lead of a male-oriented manga who's obsessed with maids (though she prefers real maids over [[{{Meido}} the kind typically seen in anime]], as she drunkenly derides the latter as "just cosplay"). Kobayashi also has many traits you'd expect from a male protagonist ([[LadyLooksLikeADude masculine looks]], [[TheLadette stoic but hard-drinking personality]], high career status [[OneOfTheGuys in a male-dominated work environment]], [[OnlyHasSameSexAdmirers female admirers]]), likely to make her more relatable to male readers in general.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Initially, as she went barefoot with her black, "evil" attire for no clear reason other than presumable liking. With her HeelFaceTurn, she adopts shoes and stockings along the rest of human clothing.

* EstablishingCharatcerMoment: The first scene of the series lays out several fundamentals of Kobayashi's character; she lives in a modest, not-very-cared-for apartment [[FriendlessBackground by herself]], is reeling from a [[TheAlcoholic nasty hangover]] and has to rush out to get to her [[{{Salaryman}} office job]]. And upon seeing the living-breathing dragon staring down her front entrance, she experiences a brief moment of shock before [[FantasticallyIndifferent taking the whole situation in stride]].

* HasTwoMommies: For all intents and purposes, Kobayashi and Tohru act as her parents (though she views the former as as a father and the latter as more of a sister). The "mother vs. older sister" aspect of Tohru is eventually brought up in one chapter of ''Kanna's Daily Life'' when Tohru is asked if Kanna is her daughter, with her trying to trying to say "yes" to the question in hopes that she'll get closer to Kobayashi, only for Kanna to refer to her as an older sister.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Although she hasn't shown any obvious interest in any male character, she does seem to have a basic interest in men, as she remarks in an annoyed way that she didn't expect her own ding-dong to be the next penis she saw,[[note]]The first being her father's.[[/note]] implying that she ''wanted'' to see a penis in more proper conditions at some point in the future. She also [[BuxomBeautyStandard envies any dragon with huge "flame-sacs" and the attention they receive from men]]. However, her relationship with Tohru is full of both subtext and intimacy, and it [[spoiler:eventually progresses towards romantic reciprocation, with Kobayashi confessing to Tohru in chapter 97 that she does like her romantically.]]