Yoshitake Tanaka/Relationships

Hidenori
Yoshitake are Hidenori are very close. The two share a similar zeal for life and an enthusiasm for role-playing and other activities, although Hidenori sometimes goes too far for Yoshitake’s liking. He discusses a variety of topics with Hidenori and is well-aware of his likes and dislikes. They are shown to sometimes even be able to tell what the other is thinking. It is implied that Yoshitake (like Hidenori) dislikes certain habits of the other due to their good familiarity with one another.

After the first encounter on the riverbank and movie theatre, he prefers to stay out of Hidenori’s dealings with Yassan, lying to him at one point to avoid getting involved.

Tadakuni
The two have known each other since their elementary school days, even before either of them got to know Hidenori. Along with Mitsuo and various others, they used to frequently masquerade as Rubber Shooter, fighting kids who bullied others and even taking part in the war against the Archdemon. As a result, they are good friends.

Presently, the two form a close-knit group along with Hidenori. The three generally hang out and have fun with each other. Aside from planning Hidenori’s birthday surprise together, Yoshitake and Tadakuni are rarely seen interacting one-on-one, so any individual opinions they may have about each other are not shown.

Yoshitake's older sister
Yoshitake’s relationship with his sister isn’t particularly harmonious. He has used various labels to describe her to his friends, such as being ‘a compulsive liar’ and ‘even crazier than I am’. Some of his friends have gone on to have terrifying encounters with her themselves.

Being very familiar with his sister’s bad behaviour, Yoshitake has gone on to attribute characteristics of his own imagination to her. For example, he speculates that she would be the sort to pick on “her stupid younger brother’s” girlfriend, should he ever get one. However, her aghast expressions at these accusations makes him wonder if all his negativity makes him the worse of the two.

Despite the friction, he does care about her, as shown when he couldn’t bear to see her acting strange out of desperation for a boyfriend and asks Yūsuke to fix her up with someone.