Characters of The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses.
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Cafe Terrace Familia
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- Fate Drives Us Together: Despite all being two generations removed from the original café staff, nobody ever really planned on joining up together. It just sort of happened by accident.
- Five Temperament Ensemble: Of the girls, Ami is Sanguine, Ouka is Choleric, Shiragiku is Phlegmatic, Akane is Melancholic, and Riho is Eclectic.
- Identical Grandson: The group, give and take a few hairstyles and outfit choices, look exactly like their grandparents. Hayato in particular is a dead ringer for his grandfather with no facial hair and less mature eyes. The daughter Hayato has with one of the heroines follows in their footsteps, as she bears a striking resemblance to her great-grandmother Sachiko.
Hayato Kasukabe
Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka, Aimi Tanaka (child) (Japanese), Jorge Riveros, Vanina García (child) (Latin Spanish)
The current owner of Cafe Terrace Familia. Hayato intended to study at Tokyo University after finishing high school, but returned to his hometown after the death of his grandmother.
- Book Smart: Hayato was admitted into Tokyo University. He himself has admitted that although he might know a lot from reading books, there are things he still doesn't fully understand, like women.
- Good with Numbers: When Ouka offers to cook for him, he agrees to pay her for it. Right afterwards, he quickly calculates all the money Ouka wasted on her failed attempt to cook fried chicken.
- In-Series Nickname: Nicknamed "Hayacchi" by Ami. Hayato objects at first, but eventually gets used to it.
- Parting-Words Regret: The last time he saw his grandmother they had a huge spat, and while he doesn't admit it out loud, it's clear this heavily weighs on him.
- Perpetual Frowner: Always seen with a dour expression on his face. Whether it is reacting to café shenanigans, thinking about his grandmother, or putting up with an Unwanted Harem, Hayato is always grumpy about something. This is a trait he shares with his grandfather.
- Raised by Grandparents: Hayato's parents died when he was four years old, leaving him to be raised by Sachiko for the rest of his childhood.
Akane Hououji
Voiced by: Asami Seto (Japanese), Cassandra Valtier (Latin Spanish)
A part-timer working at Cafe Terrace Familia as a waitress. The scion of a wealthy family, Akane is also currently in a band, Mussy Mustache Girls, as the vocalist and guitarist.
- Kuudere: Doesn't talk much and keeps a cool demeanor most of the time. She eventually does warm up to Hayato, to the point of aggressively pursuing him.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Akane usually keeps a cool head and is always ready to tease her friends and Hayato, but she cares for them deeply.
Ami Tsuruga
Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro (Japanese), Luciana Mauri (Latin Spanish)
An athletic senior high school student (and later, a freshman in college) working at Cafe Terrace Familia. Ami came to Familia after hearing stories from her grandmother about the original.
- Action Girl: Kicks the collective asses of the hoodlums who had trashed the Familia stall at the cherry blossom festival, after Hayato lets himself get punched by one of the hoodlums.
- The Baby of the Bunch: Ami is the youngest of the café girls as a high schooler, and is often treated as a little sister by the group. It doesn't help that she has the most childish personality of the cast.
- Birds of a Feather: She really gets along with Valentina from the Chiyoda Diner, with both being airheads and sharing a love of fighting, video games, and playing pranks.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Ami's leaps of fancy and general weirdness (for instance, her frequent use of masks and gag props) make her somewhat inscrutable.
- Dumb Muscle: The most physically capable of the bunch, but not the sharpest tool in the shed. Hayato puts her in roles such as delivery or security.
- Genki Girl: Very energetic, lively and cheerful.
- Idiot Ball: She tries to make tea, but refuses to let go of her dumbbells, making her move very awkwardly, and for some reason hovers over Hayato's phone and laptop. She inevitably drops the dumbbells and crushes the phone and laptop.
- Ignored Epiphany: After Ami starts thinking back on all the good Hayato has done for her and her grandmother, she starts feeling her heart skip a beat. She even talks to Valentina about it, with the latter heavily implying Ami's finally fallen for him. Ami herself eventually concludes that it's her fighting spirit telling her that she needs to become stronger and finally best him.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Rather than outright stupid she's impulsive and not particularly sharp, but she's a genuinely kind and well-meaning girl.
- Nice Girl: She's a kind-hearted, innocent, good natured, enthusiastic and friendly girl who means well and wants do do the right thing. The only problem is her naive, impulsive demeanor.
- Raised by Grandparents: Raised by her grandmother, Katsuyo, after her parents had died in an accident.
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Ami's a Lovable Jock who is obsessed with playing and imitating fighting games, but she doesn't mind wearing the girly outfits Ouka designs for the café and thinks they look nice.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: She's a tomboyish, athletic girl who wears her hair in a ponytail.
- Unprovoked Pervert Payback: She often beats up Hayato for perversion, even if it was obvious the other girls were the ones hitting on him.
Ouka Makuzawa
Voiced by: Ruriko Aoki (Japanese), Cynthia Chong (Latin Spanish)
A waitress at Cafe Terrace Familia. Ouka designs and sews the uniforms worn by the waitresses, and is interested in getting into fashion design.
- The Bus Came Back: After a month in France, Ouka returns to Japan, having been let go from her work-study.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Ouka is invariably the one who has to reel in Ami's antics.
- The Dreaded: To scare off the local hoodlums who were hassling Ouka after Ami had already beaten them, Hayato mentions that "Mad Dog" Ouka is in fact much stronger than Ami. Once Ouka moves out to study to France and the hoodlums overhear this from Ami, they are all too happy to come back to Familia to cause trouble, if only because they think she'd put them in their place again had she stayed.
- Gasshole: Ouka has been blamed for a number of spectacular displays of farting, but it's not completely clear if it's all her, or if Ami's pranks make them more spectacular than they actually are.
- Gratuitous French: She starts peppering her speech with French expressions after returning from her stint in France.
- Not So Above It All:
- As much as Ouka insists on not participating in shenanigans, she gets caught up in them anyway. She also fights the urge to enjoy teasing Hayato sometimes.
- Despite her anger and embarrassment when she is blamed for farting, and her generally no-nonsense and prudish personality, she seems to find Toilet Humor funny in other contexts — she laughs at the poop shapes Ami makes with sparkles, can't resist trying a whoopee cushion when she is alone, and thinks it would have been funny if the boys from her elementary school farted in the water (instead of peeing in it).
- One-Note Cook: Ouka is able to make a pilaf that is close to what Hayato's grandma used to make. She sucks at everything else.
- Polar Opposite Twins: Ouka's identical twin sister, Kikka, is a much more strict and blunt person than Ouka is, and seems to be a more rational person than her artistic sister.
- Put on a Bus: Ouka leaves for France to study fashion, and recruits Rei a few chapters beforehand to work at the Familia diner in her place.
- Red Baron: Hayato gives her the fake moniker "Mad Dog Ouka" to intimidate Fuwa's grandson and his posse. They buy it, and keep their distance from her in subsequent appearances.
- Tsundere: Gets easily angry towards Hayato, but eventually starts to respect him.
Riho Tsukishima
Voiced by: Aya Yamane (Japanese), Martina Panno (Latin Spanish)
A college student currently working at Cafe Terrace Familia. A former child actress, Riho came to work at Familia after being estranged from her parents.
- All Women Are Lustful: Perhaps the most proactive in trying to seduce Hayato.
- Cruel to Be Kind: She means well, but she'll often hide her true intentions behind a mean girl act to light a fire underneath the people she loves. She intentionally talks smack to the Family café girls so they can properly run the establishment on their own merits (while also accidentally making herself look bad on livestream), while she trades barbs with her neglectful mother so that she doesn't lose the will to live and takes treatments for her cancer.
- Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: Her mother was revealed to be a neglectful parent, but her father hasn't been in the picture for years. As it turned out, he was estranged because he wasn't legally allowed to interact with the family following the divorce.
- Expressive Hair: Her twintails often shoot up when she is shocked or distressed.
- Former Child Star: She had starred in shows like Ultraman as a child, and was active in the industry until some time after her parents' divorce.
- Tsundere: Shows shades of this at first, but eventually does fall for him.
Shiragiku Ono
Voiced by: Azumi Waki (Japanese), Agostina Longo (Latin Spanish)
A college student currently working at Cafe Terrace Familia. Shiragiku's father was a protégé of Hayato's grandmother Sachiko, and Shiragiku herself came to Familia because she wanted to learn from Sachiko directly. She is a skilled cook.
- Can't Hold Her Liquor: Her signature Running Gag, and exaggerated for comic effect. She can't handle anything that contains alcohol in it, ranging from cooking alcohol in dishes to even antibacterial wipes, without getting piss drunk. She also has a habit of stripping down and making cat noises when she's in this state.
- In-Series Nickname: Riho usually calls her "Kiku-chan".
- Team Chef: Shiragiku does most of the cooking for Familia, having been taught by Hayato's grandmother. She also happens to be the daughter of a Michelin chef who studied under Hayato's grandmother.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Her default demeanor when not soused.
Shopping District
Chiyoda Diner
Valentina Azuma
A traveler from Brazil. Valentina is skilled at capoeira, and often plays together with Ami.
- Birds of a Feather: With Ami — she eagerly joins in on whatever Ami's up to, for better or worse.
- But Not Too Foreign: Her surname indicates that she is part-Japanese.
- Genki Girl: As energetic as Ami, which is why they mesh together so well.
Ririka Chiyoda
An up-and-coming idol and YouTube livestreamer who was hired by Fuwa to staff his café. Ririka initially had a rivalry with Riho, but eventually became one of Riho's supporters.
- Break the Haughty: Riho uses her own experience with failure in the idol industry to deliver a huge slice of humble pie to Ririka. Not helping matters is that she was still live after her recent stream so the Internet witnessed her honest feelings about her idol career and the Family cafe. In one go, her ambitions are shattered, her agency drops her, and Fuwa threatens to evict her in short notice.
Moemi Souya
The heiress of a traditional Japanese restaurant. While Moemi was hired to be a counterpart to Shiragiku, she struck a friendship with Shiragiku over their love for cooking.
- The Ditz: Invoked. When she is first introduced as a waitress of the Family café, she plays herself up as a ditzy, clumsy employee and heavily relies on cute faces, in a poor imitation of Shiragiku.
- Hat of Power: Parodied — She speaks very sternly while wearing her chef's hat since it helps her "get into the mood". Without the hat she reverts to her cute personality — Valentina repeatedly removes and replaces the hat to toggle her tone mid-sentence!
Mao Takasaki
Initially portrayed as Ouka's counterpart, Mao is in actuality an aspiring model. She is not shy about using her womanly charms.
- Big-Breast Pride: Mao is not shy about showing off her ample bosom.
- The Tease: She's the most open about her sexuality and will not miss an opportunity to flirt with Hayato. She even once gave out a dildo as a Christmas gift.
Hekiru Yoshino
Initially intended to be a foil for Ami, Hekiru is an aspiring writer and literature nerd who acts as the romcom's running commentary.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Implied, and played for laughs. After all her bluster about only being a side heroine, her initial encounter with Mitsui (a fighter with a very blunt and aggressive personality) ends with her blushing and frustrated the same way the heroines she reads and writes about would around a "bad boy" type of love interest.
- Genre Savvy: Frequently makes observations about common harem tropes as she watches the events at Familia. One chapter, however, has her ironically be Genre Blind when romcom shenanigans start happening to her as she tries to process her interaction with a jerky former antagonist. She later snaps back to being genre aware, since when she next sees Mitsui she explicitly tries appealing to him based on their previous conversation and outright refers to her attempts to flirt with him at the seaside cafe as "her beach event".
- The Glasses Gotta Go: Mitsui seems to believe so, as he tells her she looks much cuter without her glasses. She stops wearing them around him for that precise reason.
- Meta Guy: Every comment she has on Hayato's love situation reads like fan speculation on the main five heroines out-of-universe. She knows that she and the other girls at the Chiyoda Diner are side heroines at best, decides that Akane, Riho, and Shiragiku are the top competitors, and keeps an eye out for Ami and Ouka under the assumption that they'd become surprise "winners" if everyone let their guard down.
Previous Generation
Sachiko Kasukabe
Voiced by: Kazue Ikura (Japanese), Mara Campanelli (Latin Spanish)
Born Sachiko Matsushima, she is Hayato's beloved grandmother.
- Age-Gap Romance: She was seventeen when she first met the Familia staff, while Masahiro was already into adulthood.
- Last Girl Wins: For her generation's harem, Sachiko was the last girl to arrive at Familia since she was a new hire while the rest were already working there. She is ultimately the one who marries Masahiro.
- Magnetic Hero: Sachiko was the heart and soul of Familia, and her kindness and humbleness allowed the heroines to find a second home with her.
- Posthumous Character: She died a little before the story starts, leaving Hayato with ownership of the café. Her absence is still felt throughout the story, whether it be because of her debts, because of her influence on heroines like Shiragiku, or because her death reminds the heroines of some of their own family problems.
Masahiro Kasukabe
Hayato's grandfather.
- An Arm and a Leg: Masahiro loses his right arm while saving Katsuyo, who had rushed into the burning Familia.
- Perpetual Frowner: Hayato likely inherited his default demeanor from his grandfather.
- Posthumous Character: He was already gone before Hayato was born.
- Patriotic Fervor: Yelled at Fuwa for not driving a Japanese car.
Shigehisa Fuwa
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese)
A rich ex-ambassador to whom Sachiko was in deep debt. He has a deep-seated grudge for the Kasukabe family.
- Attempted Rape: He attempts to rape Sachiko after she had gone with him on the pretext of saving Familia. He would have succeeded if not for Yoko seeing them together and Masahiro's timely intervention.
- Small-Town Tyrant: His grandson brags that Fuwa has ties to the police so he can do as he pleases as he causes trouble for Hayato.
- Smug Snake: Each time he appears, he tries to give Hayato and the cafe staff a hard time for his petty grudge.
Yumiko Anekawa
Riho's grandmother.
Yoko Chihaya
Akane's grandmother.
Akemi Miyako
Shiragiku's grandmother.
- Can't Hold Her Liquor
- Shared Family Quirks: Shiragiku gets her weakness to alcohol from her.
Katsuyo Tatsuta
Ami's grandmother.
- The Klutz: In her younger years, at least.
- Parental Substitute: Like Sachiko, Katsuyo raised Ami after the death of the girl's own parents, and as a result is very attached to her. In her own way, Ami refusing to see Katsuyo shows this affection, as she's incredibly hurt seeing her grandmother lose herself to disease.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Old age has not been kind to her. While she can be lucid, senility has made her a shell of her former self, turning her into a quieter, more helpless woman. She's getting surgery to beat back the Alzheimer's as much as possible, which thankfully succeeds for the time being.
Harue Yaeyama
Ouka and Kikka's grandmother.
Other Characters
Kikka Makuzawa
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese)
Ouka's twin sister.- Accidental Truth: Some of her first impressions of the group were rude and inaccurate, like assuming Riho was slutty based on her wardrobe, thinking Akane was involved in some shady underground business, or that Hayato abuses his authority to harass the girls. That being said, her impressions of Ami and Shiragiku were more accurate. She correctly assumes that Ami is as dumb as she looks and would do anything she's asked. She also thinks Shiragiku pretends to be pure and wholesome, but is secretly more lecherous than everyone else. While this is because she only acts lewd when drunk, the others struggle to defend Shiragiku. She's also right when she assumes one of the other girls has already fallen for Hayato, as at that point, Riho, Akane, and Shiragiku all had feelings for him.
- Anger Born of Worry: Her ultimate reason for barging into Familia: she was worried about her twin sister. She becomes much nicer after some reassurance from Ouka.
- Identical Twin ID Tag: Unlike Ouka, she often wears glasses. Hayato was also able to deduce she's left-handed based on how she holds her handbag, while Ouka is right-handed.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Kikka has doubts about Ouka living in a share house with a man and four girls around her age. Riho realizes how strange this sounds to an outsider, and Hayato admits to being surprised that no strange rumors about them have spread across the neighborhood.
Rei Kariyazaki
Ami's rival in karate.
- Action Girl: Forcibly ejects one of the hoodlums who came to cause trouble for Familia with a punch.
- Comically Missing the Point: She perceives everything Ami says about the Familia and Chiyoda staff through the lens of martial arts and thinks that everyone involved is a really good physical fighter.
- Replacement Goldfish: Rei is a redhead, and replaces Ouka in Familia after she leaves for France. Rei eventually moves to the Chiyoda Diner after Ouka comes back.
- The Rival: Sees herself as Ami's rival in martial arts. Ami defeated her during the inter-high championships, but she's not willing to accept that defeat due to Ami's weird shenanigans and wants a straight fight before her graduation.
- Super Special Move: Learns a neat evasive maneuver from Shiragiku that involves the rotation of the breasts. Shiragiku warns her not to use the move more than three times a day.
Kenyuu Ono
Shiragiku's father. A three-star Michelin chef who manages a Spanish restaurant, "Crisantemo" (named after his daughter). He had previously studied under Sachiko.
Eri
One of the older girls taken in and raised by Katsuyo along with Ami.
Nao and Sayaka
Akane's bandmates in their band, Mussy Mustache Girls. Nao is the bassist, and Sayaka is the drummer.
Shin Fukayama
A producer for a record company who befriended Akane.
Shuto Mitsui
A washed-up karate prodigy who was initially hired by Fuwa's grandson to intimidate Familia, but was promptly beaten by Ami afterwards.
Princess Olivia
A princess from the distant kingdom of Sammelheim, who came to Japan to find the recipe for a dish Sachiko had cooked for her mother, the queen. She is also there to meet her fiancé, Hayato.
Sara
Olivia's lady-in-waiting.
