Ryunosuke Hanakuma (花隈 竜之介, hanakuma ryunosuke) is a 3rd-year student and the vice-president of the Swimming Club, despite being unable to swim. He acts more like the Club's manager.
Appearance[]
Ryunosuke has short light brown hair. His side hair is distincly longer than the rest of his hair and reach down to his chin. His fringe goes down the middle, only partially covering his eyebrows. He has thin dark eyebrows and violet eyes. He wears oval-shaped glasses.
Personality[]
Ryunosuke is the intellectual type who spends most of his time reading by the poolside and can never be seen without his handbook. Due to this, he is the one to put some common sense into his club members. However, he is not so stoic as he appears as he often goes along with Takato Kiyosu's antics, being the smart one of the duo, and can give snarky remarks every once in a while.
Story[]
Episode 5 - Traument[]
Ryunosuke and the rest of the Swimming Club make a brief appearance as Chiguma Marume and Minori Shido explore the world of Cat Walk, an online game that eerily emulates Tensho Academy and people they know, making fun of Takato and pointing out Itto's good grades.
Relationships[]
Takato Kiyosu[]
Takato is the president of the Swimming Club and Ryunosuke's best friend. They are often seen as a duo, and as the calmer one of the two, Ryunosuke is the one who keeps Takato grounded. Ryunosuke also enjoys poking fun at Takato for his fear of ghost stories, encouraging others to tell ghost stories. Ryunosuke, like Rei Ichijodani, also wants Takato to earn more points for their club. They are also partners in nanpa (flirting). He also says that he does nanpa with Takato because it's fun to see if he can still pick up girls while having the disadvantage of Takato being there.
Itto Takatenjin[]
Hozumi Uozu[]
Likes and Interests[]
- Tori Soboro-an
- Reading/Akogi
Quotes[]
- "Surprisingly, Itto's rather smart." (To Takato Kiyosu)
- "It's the truth. He has better grades than I did as a sophomore." (To Takato)
Etymology[]
- The name Ryunosuke means "dragon" (竜) (ryu), "this" (之) (no) and "forerunner, herald" (介) (suke).
- Ryunosuke's surname Hanakuma means "flower, blossom" (花) (hana) and "corner, nook, recess" (隈) (kuma).