
In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Takuji Kawakubo. He eventually proposes, but she turns him down. When Yano breaks up with Nanami, they begin dating. As the series progresses, he finds himself falling in love with her, leaving him unsure how to proceed. Masafumi "Take" Takeuchi ( 竹内 匡史 Takeuchi Masafumi ?) is Yano's close friend and becomes a friend and confidant for Nanami after she begins dating Yano.In the anime adaptation, he is voiced by Hiroshi Yazaki. He reappears four years later, living with Yamamoto but still remembering Nanami. Eventually it is revealed that his mother killed herself, after which he disappeared. Yano moves to Tokyo with his mom, but after half a year he stops contacting Nanami, effectively breaking up with her.

As the series progresses, he wrestles with his feelings for his dead girlfriend versus those for the living Nanami, whom he even calls "Nana-chan" at times. He has a hard time trusting Nanami, and displays jealousy and possessiveness, to the point of physically abusing her.


They struggle with issues of trusting one another as the shadow of Yano's dead girlfriend, who was with another guy at the time she died, looms over them. Nanami "Nana" Takahashi ( 高橋 七美 Takahashi Nanami ?), the series protagonist, is a high school girl who falls in love with the popular Yano Motoharu.
