Working!!

Main series Wagnaria employees ; : : The main character of Working!!, Sōta is a 16-year-old high school student who was recruited to work at the family restaurant Wagnaria by Popura. He is enamored by small and cute things, and thus favors Popura over the other employees due to her cute appearance. Sōta occasionally voices his thoughts out loud and so offends his co-workers, who punish him in various ways. He was able to adapt quickly to his job at the restaurant and although he usually finds his co-workers and the rules of the restaurant to be strange, but he still has an attachment to his job. Sōta lives with his four sisters (three older and one younger). He expresses a dislike of older women, brought about by his treatment at the hands of his older sisters. ; : : Popura is a short 17-year-old high school student who works at Wagnaria. She acts sensitive about her short stature, and many customers believe her to be younger than she really is. Popura admires Kotori, Sōta's cross-dressing persona, as well as the Takanashi sisters due to their tall and mature look. She is a hard worker, but she sometimes makes clumsy mistakes in her job. Despite that, Popura is chosen to replace Yachiyo as chief of staff near the end of the series. ; : : Mahiru is a timid 17-year-old girl who works at Wagnaria. She has androphobia and will punch any man who comes near her. ; : : The manager of Wagnaria, Kyōko usually maintains a rather apathetic attitude towards the restaurant she runs and almost never bothers to do any work herself. Instead, she is seen constantly eating food such as Yachiyo's parfaits and Otoo's souvenirs. Kyōko does not use violence to deal with unruly customers and believes that employees come before the customers. ; : : Yachiyo is the 20-year-old chief of staff of Wagnaria. She usually carries around a katana which, according to her, was made by her parents who used to be blacksmiths. Yachiyo is unaware that some of the customers, and even Sōta, are intimidated by her blade. Sōta often addresses her as "Chief". ; : : Jun is a helpful but intimidating 20-year-old chef who works in the kitchen. He is in love with Yachiyo, but has problems expressing it. However, because she is so devoted to Kyōko, she fails to recognize any of his hints. ; : : Another chef who works in the kitchen, Hiroomi is a young man with an easygoing attitude. He often blackmails the other workers to do his job for him and passes it off as a form of modesty from the other employees. ; : : Aoi is a mysterious self-proclaimed 16-year-old girl whom Otoo meets on his travels to find his missing wife. She has great confidence in herself, but is an unhelpful troublemaker at work who gets yelled at by the other staff members, especially Sōta. Aoi is also bad with dealing with Sōta's constant complaints about her, but writes down some of his suggestions along with idle complaints. ; : : Otoo is the founder of the restaurant. He is away most of the time, searching for his missing wife, who apparently is so bad with directions that she got lost while running errands and is now wandering Japan. ; : : Maya is an 18-year-old girl who works at Wagnaria and wears glasses. She claims to be a "normal person" striving to be completely ordinary in work and life in general. Maya has a hard time understanding the other employees, seeing how awkward all of them are, and tries not to be too familiar with them. Takanashi family ; : Voiced by: Mabuki Andō (drama CD), Ryoko Shiraishi (anime) : Kazue is the eldest sister at age 31 who works as a lawyer. She is an expert in the law, and often uses it to her benefit in arguments in combination with violence and wordplay. Kazue seems to be serious and often ignores Sōta's viewpoints. She does get along with Izumi or Kozue, but cares for her family. ; : Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (drama CD), Yoko Hikasa (anime) : Izumi is the second sister in the Takanashi family at age 28. Tall and slender, she is rarely shown standing and pays little attention to her exotic appearance. ; : Voiced by: Akiko Kimura (drama CD), Shizuka Itō (anime) : Kozue is the third sister at age 25. Slightly shorter than Kazue, she is an aikido instructor. ; : , Momoko Saitō (anime) : Nazuna is the fourth sister and the youngest member in the Takanashi family at age 12. As an elementary school student, her lack of stamina makes it harder for her to stay up late at night. ; : : Shizuka is the widowed matriarch of the Takanashi family and a politician who barely appears at home due to work. She finally reveals herself in the final arc of the manga and in the last episode of the anime series. Shizuka is a manipulative and headstrong woman and the simple mention of her name is enough to have her children intimidated, except for Nazuna, who seems to have not known her enough yet. Others ; : : Mahiru's unnamed father who loves his daughter to the point of making up lies about males so that no boys would come near her. Out of jealousy, he told Mahiru that all men wanted to attack her so that she would fear them and never get married. He is the cause of Mahiru's androphobia and abnormal strength, having subtly trained her from birth, but this has also made him a target for her punching. Due to the possibility of getting hit at home, he lives and works by himself faraway, almost forgetting what Mahiru looks like. He seems to be calm and normal, but carries a rifle with him which he intends to use on boys who get too close to Mahiru. ; : : Name unspecified. She does not appear to interfere with her husband's upbringing of their daughter. ; : : Haruna is Otoo's wife. ; : :One of the members of Kyōko's old personal gang, Yōhei occasionally gets called in to help at the restaurant when staff are low. He is unemployed and does not get along with his twin sister, Mitsuki. ; : :Mitsuki is Yōhei's twin sister and another member of Kyōko's old gang. She works as an insurance agent and is easily embarrassed by her past looks. Mitsuki is also over-protective of Yachiyo, developing a dislike of Jun as a result of his romantic interest in Yachiyo as well as his correct assertion that Mitsuki's attitude towards Yachiyo is the reason why Yachiyo has not become self-sufficient. ; : : Kirio is Aoi's older brother who has been constantly searching for her. He shares his sister's eyes, dark purple hair and irises, and wears a white school uniform. Like Aoi, his surname is an alias which coincidentally matches hers. Kirio is the captain of a karate club and is strong enough to defend himself against Mahiru, who he gains a crush on. ; : : Tōru is Kazue's ex-husband and childhood friend who works for Shizuka. Because of his constant masochistic tendencies, Kazue divorced him, although it has been hinted that she still has feelings for him (since he still blatantly loves her). ; : : Izumi's novel editor who has to constantly deal with late entries from Izumi. She is seen late in the series when Izumi has to deal with Sōta realizing his feelings for Mahiru, which she believes will tear the family apart. WWW.Working!! Wagnaria employees ; : :A university student. She behaves and acts like a delinquent and does very little work. When people reprimand her for her conduct, she retorts with trivia questions that are normally left unanswered. Higashida is one of the few people able to respond to her trivia questions, leaving her surprised. She has a daughter whom she usually leaves with her mother who dotes on her granddaughter too much, and just like her mother, seems to be smart. ; : : Higashida's classmate who never comes to school due to her illness. Is the granddaughter of the "elderly customer" only Muranashi can see. ; : : Higashida's classmate who has a crush on him but misunderstands things easily. ; : : Hana's mother who is ironically a cooking expert despite her daughter's terrifying cooking skill, although she seems to be 'clumsy' as well. Because of her husband's habit of eating everything she cooks, he was diagnosed with diabetes, forcing him to live separately from her until his blood glucose level has dropped. Despite everything she says about her husband, she's totally in love with him. ; : : One of Shiho's bodyguards. Even though he is Shiho's "bodyguard", he is actually tasked by Shiho's father to prevent Shiho's sadistic tendencies going too far and harming Yūta. He was Sakaki's junior in high school. ; : : One of Shiho's bodyguards. He was Muranushi's classmate in elementary school and one of the few who witnessed her smile. This causes him to be afraid to look in people's eyes. He also developed a crush on her. ==Media==