Mizuki Akitomo ( 秋友美月, Akitomo Mizuki ) Portrayed by: Maika Yamamoto Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese) Stephanie Sheh (English) A neighbor of Kotaro's and a hostess at a local nightclub.

Because of this, he tries to be a father to Kotaro. Isamu is divorced and not on speaking terms with his son. Isamu Tamaru ( 田丸勇, Tamaru Isamu) Portrayed by: Katsuhisa Namase Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese) Kayleigh McKee (English) A rather loud neighbor of Kotaro's.

Upon meeting Kotaro, Shin takes it upon himself to look out for the boy. Shin Karino ( 狩野進, Karino Shin) Portrayed by: You Yokoyama Voiced by: Toshiki Masuda (Japanese) Michael Sinterniklaas (English) A lazy manga artist who scrapes by using prize money. Since he is too young to get a job, Kotaro receives money every week from a family lawyer who secretly knows about Kotaro's family situation because Kotaro does not know that the money actually comes from his mother's insurance-(since he is not told exactly where he is getting it from), he is only told that the money comes from a generous benefactor. He is unaware that his mother died after she left him and his father. When his father found his location on the internet-(after seeing a picture of him with a group of other children from the facility), Kotaro left the facility and moved into the Shimizu Apartment complex to hide from his father who is actively looking for him, despite a restraining order, with flashbacks suggesting he was abusive there are implications that Kotaro was born from an unplanned pregnancy as he once questioned himself on whether he was born out of parental love. At some point, Kotaro's mother abandoned him and his father, and later passed away from an unknown cause he then left his father's custody and sent himself to go live at a foster facility. Over the course of the series, it is implied that Kotaro was neglected by his parents to the point where Kotaro resorted to eating tissues. Having the mental capacity of a mature adult, Kotaro is very independent for his age Kotaro often carries around a plastic toy sword that he keeps around his hip, and acts like a samurai due to the love of his favorite cartoon Tonosaman. Kotaro Satо̄, a 4-year old boy living on his own, moves into the apartment next door to Shin Karino, a manga artist.Ĭharacters Kotaro Satо̄ ( さとうコタロー, Satо̄ Kotarо̄) Portrayed by: Eito Kawahara Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese) Cherami Leigh (English) The eponymous 4-5 year old main protagonist who moves into a ramshackle apartment building and becomes a next-door neighbor to manga artist Shin Karino he also enrolls himself into a local kindergarten called Shimizu Kindergarten, where he is in the Star Class.

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