After School Dice Club

After School Dice Club (放課後さいころ倶楽部) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirō Nakamichi. It focuses on a group of teenage girls and their efforts to set up a board game café. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sunday from March 2013 to June 2021, with its chapters collected in nineteen volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from October to December 2019.

Plot

Miki Takekasa is a shy high school girl who prefers to keep to herself. One day after school, she encounters a new transfer student named Aya Takayashiki, who convinces her to go on an adventure together. Sometime later, they spot the class representative, Midori Ono, heading into the entertainment district. When they follow her, they learn she works at a game shop. This discovery causes Miki, Aya, and Midori to realize that they share a passion for board games. As such, they spend time playing different games together.

Characters

• Miki Takekasa (武笠美姫)
• Miki is a shy girl with short blue hair and turquoise eyes. She does not believe she knows how to have fun and prefers to avoid crowds.
• Aya Takayashiki (高屋敷綾)
• Aya is an exuberant new student with long light brown hair and brown eyes. She has a tendency to treat new acquaintances as old friends.
• Midori Ono (大野 翠)
• Midori is the class representative who is a stickler for rules. She has shoulder length dark brown hair and brown eyes. She works in a game shop in the entertainment district.
• Takeru Kinjō (金城タケル)
• Takeru is a man of rough appearance, but amicable nature. He is the manager of the game shop where Midori works. He has tanned skin, always wears sunglasses, and is bald.
• Emilia (エミーリア)
• Emilia is a blonde German/Irish girl who moved from Hamburg to Japan with her father. She transfers to the school where Miki, Aya, and Midori go.
• Shōta Tanoue (田上翔太)
• Shōta is a blond boy with brown eyes who is a classmate of Miki, Aya, and Midori's. Having known Midori since preschool, he has a crush on Aya and desires to get close to her.
• Ryūji Yoshioka (吉岡龍二)
• Ryūji is a friend of Shōta's who is somewhat socially awkward and devoted to practicing kendo. He has a group of fangirls he actively tries to avoid.
• Yūto Aoshima (青島悠人)
• Yūto is the student council president. Easygoing and popular, he is good at identifying individuals' strengths and weaknesses. He states that he ran for student council to make people smile.
• Ren Shibusawa (渋沢連)
• Ren is the student council vice president. She has short pink hair and pink eyes. She and Midori were a team in middle school, and she is determined to get Midori back into the student council.
• Hana Takayashiki (高屋敷花)
• Hana is Aya's mild mannered older sister. She has long brown hair and brown eyes. Her best friend describes her as a magnet for weirdos.
• Kyōko Maki (牧京子)
• Kyōko is Hana's best friend. She has blonde hair always pulled back in a short ponytail, green eyes, and is usually seen chewing on a stick. She has a threatening persona, but has a track record of defending the underdog.

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