Mikan Tachibana

A 17year old high school student and is the intended quotmain protagonistquot of the series. The quotatashiquot me in the title. She goes to school in a public high school which unfortunately is a long stressful commute away. She is portrayed as an easygoing relaxed girl who likes to have fun. Often very maidenlike but other times very tomboyish she goes through every day with some funny thing happening. Her best friends in high school consist of the quotadultquotlike Shimichan her last name Shimizu who always stays calm and collected and always has good advice from diets to dealing with parents and Yukarin her first name Yuka who loves karaoke and introduces Mikan to the quotcuterquot things in life. Mikan has a crush on the bishnentype Iwaki. Although she wants to confess her feelings to him she is often foiled by his best friend Yoshioka whose wisecracks get under Mikan039s skin. What039s worse is that Mikan and Yoshioka have attended the same academies since Elementary School and people including her own Mother persuade her to date Yoshioka. At times when she looks in the direction of Iwaki and Yoshioka Shimichan gets the wrong idea and assumes Mikan is staring at Yoshioka not Iwaki. She quotgetsbyquot in school is horrible at taking notes and is a heavy sleeper which unfortunately makes her late to school. She also has a habit of falling asleep through homework assignments causing her to have no choice but to submit incomplete assignments. Her interests include karaoke eating sweets although she dislikes chocolate cake and admiring/creating teddy bears. She is part of her high school039s quotBear Brigadequot composed of the wealthy fashionable Rio the geekyyetromanticallyinvolved Nitta and best friends Kajii and Asada who create original teddy bears perform teddy bear acts and admire expensive teddy bear toys. Her goal in life is to become a famous teddy bear and/or fashion designer. According to her mother she taught herself how to sew on buttons through observation at the age of 3. She once fancied being a breadmaker but lost interest soon after. She is often bogged down by her Mother039s rules which inhibit her allowance her fashions her curfew and mostlymdashher simple boxed lunches. She is frustrated that her Mother lets her younger brother get away with some rules however she often and cleverly makes her case.