Manabu Hara

Meet Manabu, a 37-year-old high school teacher who's kind of a walking love story—if only it weren’t all one-sided. His heart has taken quite a beating, first yearning for his old teacher, Arisaka, and later, a crush on his own student, Sajou. His name, meaning “to study,” seems a bit ironic given how often students jokingly call him things like Sekuhara and Harasensei, thanks to their knack for pun-making. With a unique blend of charm and awkwardness, he dances through the school halls, lost in thought and daydreams, a love-struck enigma in a world that’s often too busy to notice him.