Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi

斑鳩いぶき

Ibuki is a high school sophomore who became the de facto head of the Ikaruga family after their parents went overseas (in the manga it is explained that this is due to a curse placed on their father and he and their mother are searching for a way to remove it) and the older sister of Ayame Ikaruga. She secretly likes Yoichi Karasuma but is the first to attack him whenever he becomes embroiled in a situation, usually involving other girls, whether he is at fault or not. In the absence of her father, she is the Assistant Instructor of Ikaruga Dojo, which teaches Ukiha Kamikaze Swordplay but there are only five students in her dojo due to her violent nature; however, she treats children in a maternal fashion. It is revealed in chapter 19.5 of the manga that her violent nature developed when her parents left Ibuki to look after her siblings at an early age. As the story progresses, after coming to terms with the hardships that fell to her after her parents left, thanks to Yoichi and her sisters, she realizes she is in love with him.

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斑鳩あやめ

Ayame is a freshman in high school and the younger sister of Ibuki Ikaruga who is acutely aware of her small breasts when compared to those of her siblings. It took a while for her to like Yoichi Karasuma romantically and she tries to help him at times while saying it was for no particular reason. She is bad with household chores in general and dislikes being compared to Ibuki as she is constantly overshadowed.

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斑鳩ちはや

Chihaya is a 15-year-old, 3rd year junior high school student and the second youngest (and most sexually frank) of the Ikaruga family. She is also a professional mangaka who uses her siblings and Yoichi Karasuma as a basis for her manga by manipulating events to bring about satisfying resolutions. She also seems the most knowledgeable about relationships out of the sisters as she flirts with Yoichi while poking fun at the others. She is the only person in the Ikaruga family to wear glasses.

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烏丸よいち

Yoichi often wears his beige nagagi with a white juban and deep blue musha-bakama as well as waraji (hemp sandals) wherever he is, making unmistakable in crowds and identification. He also keeps a bokken (practice wooden sword) tucked through his hakama's obi (sash).

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斑鳩かごめ

マサシ

Both in the anime and manga she started looking like a male, but chapter after chapter she apparently shrinks in size and shows more feminine traits. In the anime, her actual gender is suddenly revealed in the last episode, while in the manga the change is much more gradual, having the first hint towards her actual gender when she dresses as a maid in chapter 37. This change seems to be noticed only by Washizu.

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まさゆき