Ten-Chan

Ten-Chan is character from Pitaten whose full name is Takashi Ayanokoji (綾小路　天 Ayanokōji Takashi).

Takashi is an extremely intelligent, sporty and attractive 'ladies man' who is the best friend of both Kotarou and Koboshi since they were six. Despite his perfect grades and popularity, he has a troubled homelife. His father is bedridden in hospital, and his mother spends a lot of time taking care of the two of them and paying for the hospital fees- as such, Takashi's family doesn't have much money, consequently leading to Takashi being unable to take the Exams to go into Joudai Academy (where Kotarou and Koboshi plan to go). Both he and Uematsu both take part in fun little tasks and every-day things in the anime and manga, so although they have large parts there is little about then that can be written.

Manga — In the Manga, Ten starts his life seemingly happy and laid-back. He's constantly at the top of the class and never goes to cram school - but despite this, he secretly has to strive very hard to keep himself at the top. He gets love letters from many girls, since he is very popular-even if he rejects everyone of them. One of Ten-chan's many problems is that although he has the grades to go to a fantastic school in the following year; he just doesn't have enough money to pay for it. Even though his mother works hard in her job, and he gets a part-time job alongside Shia and eventually raises just about enough... the school rejects him outright. His second crisis is that he loves Shia. He is the last to see Shia before she finally leaves, although devastated he confessed his love to her there, pleading her to stay although she declined and left him there in the rain. After that, he never sees her again -as she passes away before they can meet again. He was also in love with Koboshi before Shia, but gave up on her because of her own affection for Kotarou, moving on to Shia when she appeared. A slight problem along the road had been that Kotarou had a crush on Shia too. Ultimately, Ten has to cope with his misery and he gets into his second choice school, away from his friends.
Anime — In the Anime, Ten plays more as a background character. He's happy, and still in love with Shia, although he doesn't confess to her. To help his mother, he takes up a part-time job alongside Shia, and has to work harder then any of the other children. Apparently he has no bad home life in the anime.

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