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Jijii

Jijii is the homeroom teacher of class 1-D. He always has an armband on his left arm that has different text every time it's shown, the text being anything from the title of the episode to an adage. He is surprisingly lively for his old age and is seen as strange by his students, but the feeling is actually mutual. "Jijii" (爺, "Jijii"?) is used to address a grandfather or an old man in Japanese. He is known for using different "scare tactics" in order to keep his class in order, the first of which was his promise to stand by his students' beds if they were to skip class.

Class 1-D

Misao Nanjo
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Misao is an animal-loving, energetic girl who frequently loses her exotic pets. Her pet collection is extensive and contains strange animals such as snakes and alligators. Her idiosyncrasy is giving her pets bland names, frequently simple wordplays on the pet's natural name. She frequently enlists Tsurugi Inugami's help in finding her pets when she loses any of them. Additionally, her pets are used to fill in all the other empty seats in class 1-D, so in effect, this classroom takes on the feel more like a zoo than a classroom, something that is noted later in the anime series.

Tsurugi Inugami
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Tsurugi often helps Misao find her lost pets. He has a serious, conservative demeanor and gets top grades in his class. His "caring for lost children" stat in the image refers to episode seven, in which he returns Ichijo's missing little sister. He has a German grandfather and bears a striking resemblance to Satoshi Hiwatari from D.N.Angel. Tsurugi often criticizes Misao for her odd like in animals though ends up helping her nonetheless.

Akane Serizawa
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Akane is an enthused student who likes to over-dramatize things. She is a member of the drama club and enjoys donning costumes and tricking her more slow-witted schoolmates, such as Himeko. The sharper characters, usually Rei or Miyako, see through her schemes easily but usually allow her to continue for a while for entertainment. She is notable for her nekomimi (cat ear) hair (she has a normal set of ears hidden under her hair) and her vicious humour — she frequently imitates Jason Voorhees and wears a hand puppet of him to scare the others. The costume of hers that reoccurs the most in the anime is a robot named Roboko, literally meaning "Robot girl".
One notable episode shows her in a dramatic fight against Yuzuko Kurusu of the Movie Club as Godzilla VS. Robot. Akane and Yuzuko are a canon "yuri" pair in the manga, and the anime gives a small indication of their developing relationship. Serizawa is also considered a pseudo-main character; she has so much interaction with the main cast from class 1-C that she often appears with them or being included in the production of official merchandise such as figurines that don't include the other main characters.
Miyuki Sawashiro, her Japanese voice actress, also plays another blue-haired, four-eared, costume-loving girl with a wicked sense of humour in the Galaxy Angel series as Mint Blancmanche.

Akira Miyata
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Akira has a reputation for being clumsy because she frequently trips and falls. She is very sensitive about her clumsiness, but she is, ironically, also a member of the Intelligence Club. Her only redeeming characteristic is her razor buzz haircut. Her English explanation and statistics state that she is number 003, and her costume and Japanese explanation state that she is 002. This confusing contradiction is never cleared up because Akira and Yuzuko are always called upon by Hibiki together. Only in episode 16 do we hear Hibiki refer to Akira as "002" when speaking to her alone on the phone. From this, it is clear that the English explanation was in error. Due to her clumsiness, Akira is frequently referred to by Inugami as "Dojiko", which usually translates to a stereotypical clumsy girl. Akira is also seen and talks about her membership in the Falling Club, an obvious joke about her clumsiness.

Behoimi
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Behoimi describes herself as a "healing type magical girl" and wears an eye-grabbing pink costume to prove it. Her character is a reference to Dragon Quest, but she never actually shows any magic powers. She claims that she can only use her powers when no one is watching, because if she was observed using them, she would have to return to the land of magic. During the time she is dressed like this she has an energetic personality akin to the magical girl stereotype found in anime and manga and is only seen down in spirits in episode 8. After coming to terms that she cannot continue this way of life any longer, she completely changes her appearance by donning glasses, dying her hair black, tying it in pigtails, and dressing normally. However, she makes another small appearance in magical girl attire in episodes 10, 15, and 25. Behoimi has an extensive knowledge of medicine, toxicology, and explosives.
After the change to normalcy, her personality is much more reserved and serious, a stark contrast to what was seen of her prior to the change. She still holds a penchant to help people out, but knows that a normal girl such as her cannot make much of a difference most of the time. Apparently, she knows Media, from a time when she worked for a 'service', and the two battled against each other. She could possibly be a actual magical girl, leaving much mystery around her.

Media
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Media, who enrolls in class 1-D after her first appearance in episode nine as an archaeologist's assistant, is sent to Peach Moon to keep an eye on Becky. She possesses superhuman strength and is always cheerful. She resembles Ichijo in that she does the seemingly impossible, but she does this much less frequently than Ichijo. She and Behoimi have a past together that they vaguely allude to but never explain fully. Media is nearly always smiling and never "opens" her eyes, except for one instance in episode nine. Also, she is almost never seen without wearing her trademark maid outfit.
In later episodes, she attempts to persuade Behoimi to take on her role as the "healing magical girl" once more, even in one episode putting a smaller version of her magic wand in her hand, trying to invoke a response, but Behoimi does not fall victim to her suggestions. Apparently, she and Behoimi once fought.

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