Haruki Hanai

Hanai Haruki (花井 春樹) is a character from the School Rumble manga/anime series.

As class representative of 2-C, Hanai takes his duties seriously, always trying to keep his classmates (especially the males) in line. Unable to have second thoughts, he always says exactly what comes into his mind regardless of the consequences. He is hopelessly in love with Yakumo, so strongly that she can read his mind literally from a mile away.

As a child, he was shy, weak, and always been bullied by other children. That changed with a little help from Mikoto, who has been his friend since that time. He attends the same dojo as her and has a black belt in Kenpo as well. He tries very hard to join the Tea Club that Yakumo is in, but is banned by Akira. Despite Hanai and Mikoto having their own love interests, characters around them sometimes think that they are too close to be just friends, especially when Hanai calls Mikoto "Miko-chan".

Hanai is also Harima's principal rival in school, usually due to some misunderstandings between them which are usually sorted out through violence. The main instance of their rivalry happened due to Hanai's misinterpretation of the Harima / Yakumo relationship. Although they put all of their strength into their matches, they always get interrupted in the middle, or end in a draw.

Note: Harima refers to Hanai with the nickname "Megane (眼鏡)" ("Eyeglasses").