Too many losing heroines!, Ranking

Makeine: Too many losing heroines!
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Makeine: Too many losing heroines! is one of the most popular anime series of the 2024 summer schedule, highly praised for its well-written and painfully relatable characters, introspective storyline, and stunning animation (credited to A-1 Pictures). This slice-of-life romantic comedy based on the light novel by Takibi Amamori is a hit anime that will continue to be loved long after its last episode airs.

A huge part of Make sureThe appeal lies in its characters, who are not only realistic versions of common anime stereotypes, but also possess a unique charm that endears them to viewers, especially the so-called “loser heroines” of the series. Each character leaves the audience waiting for their growth and victory, regardless of the anime's title.

10 Konami Amanatsu is an unbalanced educator

Voiced by Sumire Uesaka (Japanese) and Corinne Sudberg (English)

Konami Amanatsu is Nukumizu's homeroom teacher and also a history teacher at Tsuwabuki High School. She is clumsy and rather odd for someone who deals with high school students. Konami acts rather drunk (despite not being drunk), complains about her lonely love life, and constantly forgets important things like who her students are.

“Miss Amanatsu,” as she is called by her students, has little importance in Make surethe story so far, but he has proven to be a fun character who stands out as comic relief in a show that already exemplifies good bits of humor in other characters. For example, when he finds Lemon and Nukumizu in a compromising position, instead of putting an end to it (like a normal teacher would), he just stares at them soullessly and indifferently and proceeds to simply close the door in their faces.

9 Sayo Konuki is a nosy nurse

Voiced by Chiwa Saito (Japanese) and Maganda Marie (English)

Sayo Konuki is a tall, beautiful woman who works as a nurse at Tsuwabuki High School, which she herself attended as a teenager. Miss Konuki, as she is called by the students, is a close friend of Konamo Amanatsu, as they were once classmates and both ended up working at the same school.

Ms. Konuki, like Ms. Amanatsu, is a rather inquisitive high school employee. She openly encourages the students (especially Nukumizu) to engage in romantic activities and even pursues their relationships in a way that a person would do with their favorite fictional characters. Viewers are simply left wondering what her thought process is, as she goes so far as to record conversations between students to keep track of who is interested in whom.

8 Koto Tsukinoki is the laid-back older sister figure

Voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese) and Madeleine Norton (English)

Koto Tsukinoki is the vice president of Tsuwabuki High School's literature club and becomes Chika Komari's close friend. She is childhood best friends with Shintaro Tamaki, for whom she secretly harbors feelings, although it is not obvious as she often scolds him for things such as his occasionally perverted behavior.

Koto is a tall and beautiful girl who displays a very motherly attitude towards her juniors; however, she also likes to tease them and has an impulsiveness that tends to cause trouble for herself and others. However, she is surprisingly altruistic and caring, despite being a romantic rival with Chika Komari, and her relationship with Shintaro is one of the funniest in the series.

7 Shintaro Tamaki is a dense treasure

Voiced by Yusuke Kobayashi (Japanese) and Ethan Gallardo (English)

Shintaro Tamaki is the president of Tsuwabuki High School's literature club and Koto Tsukinoki's childhood best friend. Although he possesses a perverted side typical of most high school boys, he also displays a rather caring side towards his juniors, especially Chika Komari. Shintaro's warm and loving personality tends to endear others to him, as Komari falls in love with him due to his kindness towards her.

Despite his genuine care for others, he can also be very obtuse when expressing his feelings. For example, he mistakenly assumes that a poorly worded joke is an appropriate way to ask someone out, which is detrimental to his relationship with Koto. However, Shintaro admits his mistakes and makes an admirable effort to be more communicative in the future.

6 Yumeko Shikiya is the “Zombie” girl of Tsuwabuki

Voiced by Chika Anzai (Japanese) and Brianna Roberts (English)

Yumeko Shikiya is a second-year student and serves as the secretary of the Tsuwabuki High School Student Council. Yumeko is a supporting character in Make surethe overall story of who, despite her status as a student council member, has an unexpectedly “zombie-like” personality and tends to scare others with her blank stare and creepy voice. Shikiya could become a fan-favorite waifu based on the novelty of her personality alone.

Shikiya is a strange but amusing character, as his good looks do not match his personality. He has very little energy, tends to speak in a terse manner, staggers like a zombie, and tends to invade other people's personal space. Shikiya also has the disturbing habit of rarely blinking (immediately noticed by Nukumizu), which only adds to his creepy behavior.

5 Lemon Yakishio is a ray of sunshine

Voiced by Shion Wakayama (Japanese) and Bev Mageto (English)

Lemon Yakishio is the short-haired, sporty heroine who ends up falling in love with her childhood friend, Mitsuki Ayano. Eager to win her affection, Lemon begins talking to Nukumizu in hopes of finding a way to make Mitsuki see her as a girl. However, she eventually comes to see Nukumizu as a good friend as well.

Lemon has a sunny and cheerful personality that earns her a lot of popularity, as her open nature makes others find her approachable and easy to talk to. She is also quite playful and simply wants others to have fun, as seen when she takes it upon herself to take Chika Komari into the ocean so that she can at least have a good dip before leaving the beach.

4 Chika Komari Deserves to Be a Winning Heroine

Voiced by Momoka Terasawa (Japanese) and Morgan Lea (English)

Chika Komari is Makeine: Too many losing heroines! antisocial and shy heroine who has a talent for writing and a love for BL manga. She prefers to stay in the background and tends to get anxious when she has to talk to other people, which causes her problems as she pines for the attention of the literature club president, Shintaro.

Chika is a character that many people could identify with, as she is a teenager who struggles in social situations despite wanting to get better at making friends. She easily feels lonely but fears rejection and separation. As a result, she tends to distance herself from others to avoid getting hurt. However, her courage slowly begins to show and the audience can't help but root for her to somehow prevail.

3 Kaju Nukumizu is a contender for best anime little sister

Voiced by Minami Tanaka (Japanese) and Monica Flatley (English)

Make sure finds its “perfect little sister” heroine in Kaju Nukumizu, the brutally honest and almost motherly younger sister of the protagonist Kazuhiko. She is a kind-hearted girl who has a talent for cooking and has an innocent and friendly nature that can't help but attract others. Her only worrying trait is that she has a brother complex.

Despite Kaju's obsession with her older brother, however, she is harmless. She is simply a caring and supportive sister. Kaju cares for Nukumizu and constantly expresses his desire for him to be friends.which makes her very happy when he tells her that he has plans with the Literature Club for the weekend. She even goes so far as to make red rice balls that she then gives to her brother's new friends during their weekend outing.

2 Kazuhiko Nukumizu is pushed out of his comfort zone

Voiced by Shuichiro Umeda (Japanese) and Kevin Thelwell (English)

Kazuhiko Nukumizu is what many would call a “background character”, as he has an average appearance and tends to stay out of situations that attract too much attention. He prefers to be a loner and enjoys the company of books rather than social interaction with others. As a result, Nukumizu begins the series without any friends. This changes when he accidentally witnesses Anna Yanami being rejected by her childhood friend.

Nukumizu becomes the unfortunate soul that Anna begins to vent her feelings to, and she later begins to hang around him more and more at school, much to his chagrin. However, as much as Nukumizu initially wanted to be alone, he eventually comes to genuinely care for everyone who comes into his life. As he socializes more with his classmates, he comes across as a rather thoughtful person and pleasant to talk to.

1 Anna Yanami is full of fun surprises

Voiced by Hikaru Tono (Japanese) and Trisha Mellon (English)

Anna Yanami is the first of the “loser heroines” to be introduced, and the one who is given the most attention and screen time. As a result, the audience sees more sides to her personality. On the surface, Anna seems rather ditzy and unaware of herself and comes across as rather silly and confident, but she has a charming and infectious smile. Her unserious personality makes her a fun and incredibly endearing character.

While her unruly silliness is part of her charm, Anna also knows when to take things seriously. Despite doing things like trauma-dumping and unwittingly making Nukumizu pay for meals, he's actually quite emotionally intelligent and insightfuloften picking up on the relationship problems of the girls around her and insisting on helping them however she can (dragging Nukumizu into it too).