In the light novels, each characters take turns narrating the chapters.
Main characters ; : :A second-year high school boy and video game player. He plays a
handheld console or mobile. He considers Karen Tendo to be the perfect girl, but declines her invitation to join the Game Club, because he prefers to play games for fun and dislikes competitive playing. As a result, he has nearly every video game but not high scorer, but manages to have great insight into them. Keita often thinks of himself as unworthy to Karen (oblivious to their relationship) and initially would prefer to merely be her friend but is encouraged by Tasuku to accompany Karen by asking her out, even though he initially does not want to. In later episodes, he likes to compete and win. He uses two online usernames, Tsucchi and Yama, both of which are based on his mother's maiden name Tsuchiyama. He is a big fan of independent game designer "Nobe", and teams up with online player Mono. He is selfish, when it comes to his opinions on games, accompanying Chiaki Hoshinomori regularly over the use of
moe characters and other things, even though the two are very much alike. In the light novel, Keita has a younger brother. ; : :A shy and quiet girl in Karen's class. She has long seaweed hair and purple eyes. She enjoys playing handheld and phone games like Keita, leading Tasuku to try and set them up so he can pair Keita with Karen. At first, Chiaki and Keita get along, because they agree about video games. However, they became rivals over their opinions on putting
moe characters on each games. She takes Tasuku's advice on improving her appearance, and cuts her hair, inadvertently making her seen as attractive by the student body, but her increased interactions with Tasuku make Aguri jealous. She is Keita's online friend "Mono" and his favorite indie game developer "Nobe", although both Chiaki and Keita are unaware of each other's online personas. She is shocked when Keita reveals his gaming usernames to the group, and begins to develop feelings for him. ; : :Keita's classmate and a good-looking outgoing guy. He is an occasional gamer and is skilled at
arcade games. A former gamer nerd in middle school, he changed his appearance and attitude when he entered high school to avoid being stigmatized, yet feels drawn to be involved in Keita and his situation with Karen he is willing to help Keita progress in his social life, seeing himself in Keita. He is quite proud he has a cute girlfriend Aguri, but later learns she had liked him when he was a nerd. Tasuku is the first to make the connection between Keita and Chiaki's gaming personas, and tries to pair the two together as friends, while Keita makes a relationship with Karen. However, he creates a Gamers Meet-Up Club with all parties involved, his efforts, and increasing interactions with Chiaki and Karen, lead to their misunderstandings. ; : :Tasuku's girlfriend. In the anime, she is a petite girl with pink hair and purple eyes. Unlike other characters, she does not play video games outside of
claw machine games, which she frequently has Tasuku take part in so her can get her prizes, as he is far more skilled than she is. She fell in love with Tasuku, after getting a plushie doll from him at middle school, and she changed her appearance in order to get near him. She becomes upset at Tasuku for accompanying Chiaki, but allies with Keita to help him relate better with Karen. The two end up becoming each other's confidante over their relationship troubles, only for their interactions to have their misunderstandings.
Supporting characters ; : :Karen's classmate with a short black hair. He joins the Game Club at the start of the series. His specialty is in arcade
puzzle video games, but he adapts to learning new ones and growing skills based on observing how others play. He says that he got into gaming, because he had amnesia when he was young and playing block puzzles gives him a link to his past. In the final episode of the anime series, he has an adoptive sister Riki. ; : :A third-year student and a member of the Game Club. He gets serious when playing a
first-person shooter game. He took up gaming because his father was a mercenary who trained him in the family business when he was a child. ; : :A third-year member of the Game Club who specializes in
fighting games. Karen considers her the sexy big sister type. She has long brown hair and eyes. She does not talk to people, while playing. Karen said she got into gaming in order to win her friend back by trying to defeat her in the game. ; : :Chiaki's younger sister. She is envious of Karen's popularity and is somewhat happy that she cannot compete with her by going to a different school, where she could become a student council president. She secretly enjoys
adult games and revels in being in the company of girls. When Keita inadvertently sees the names for "Mono" and "Nobe", it is revealed that Konoha had made them. She helps Chiaki make friends with Keita. ==Media==