Aihara

"You're bolder than I thought, Hachiouji!"

- Aihara to Senpai

Aihara (相原) is a background character of the Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro manga series. He is a high school student and schoolmate of Senpai at Kainan Art Preparation School as well as a member of its "Triumvirate" alongside Hashimoto and Machida.

His first name is currently unknown.

Appearance
Aihara is an average-stature high schooler with a well proportioned physique, a boyish chin, delicate features and short, straight, brown hair falling on his forhead in a fringe. Aihara has light complexion, thin eyebrows, large expressive brown eyes and a prominent canine on the left side of his mouth. He's almos always seen sporting a relaxed and laid down look on his face.

He has a liking for simple-style clothing, colored shirts or t-shirts, long bermuda pants and sneakers.

Personality
Aihara is a calm and friendly individual, albeit very curious and prone to talk about other people and arguments that catch his attention, as he's the one who inquires his friends about what they think of Senpai. He doesn't seem to be a competitive guy, due to be perfectly happy about getting third place in his cram school's evaluation; also, he is very open to change his mind about other people if needed, seeming pleased to find out Senpai was a more passionate person than he first thought.

Despite seeming a ittle more patient about the nickname given to them by the school than his friends, Aihara still doesn't like being referred to as "Triumvirate".

Early life
Aihara was born in, , where he became a student at an unknown high school, developing an interest for art and eventually joining the courses of Kainan Art Preparation School for at least a couple of years, becoming one of the top students, and getting the nickname of "Kainan Arts Oil Painting Triumvirate" alongside Hashimoto and Machida.

Meeting Senpai
Somewhat in August before Kainan's mock exam, he gained once again the third place in the cram school's evauation; later, he discussed about the course's newcomer, Senpai, calling him an amateur for joining it so late in his school career. The following day, wanting to step out of his confort zone, Senpai approached Machida for advices, and eventualy befriend the whole "Triumvirate", walking home with them at the end of the day. However, seeing the four, Nagatoro get jealous of Machida and step in thanking them for looking after the boy, right before being introduced to them as his. As the pair walk away Aihara and Hashimoto commented on Nagatoro being Senpai's girlfriend.

Manga

 * Chapter 128

Trivia

 * His surname is revealed in Chapter 128 to be Aihara (相原), a common Japanese surname lieterally composed by the kanji for "mutual, together" (相) and "original" (原).
 * His name might be a reference to in Tokyo prefecture.
 * Given that he seem to be a few inches shorter than Senpai (176 cm) his height could be estimated as approximately 170 cm.
 * Albeit his actual age and school year being unknown, Aihara is likely at least one year younger than Senpai.
 * Aihara is the third character after Rabi-chan and Shikki whose name was revealed on his first appearance.