Hashimoto

"That's so cringe calling us the Triumvirate, pease stop."

- Hashimoto to his teacher

Hashimoto (橋本) 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 Aihara and Machida.

His first name is currently unknown.

Appearance
Hashimoto is a tall, slender and somewhat gangly high schooler with a sunken face, pronounced chin and a mass of messy brown hair. Hashimoto has pale skin, thin eyebrows and thin, droopy brown eyes with very marked dark circles. He has both ears pierced with circular earrings and sports almost always a smug sneer.

He wears a rock-fashion style of clothing, usually tematic t-shirt, ripped pants, sneakers and a choker.

Personality
Hashimoto is very blunt and direct, always saying exactly what he think about people or things as proven when asked about his opinion on Senpai, and being the first one among his friend to directly saying to the latter that he was glad to discover he was not as antisocial as he first thought. He seems very proud about his work, smiling happily after having got the second place in his cram school's evaluation.

He openly dislike the nickname "Triumvirate", describing it as "cringe".

Early life
Hashimoto 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 Aihara and Machida.

Meeting Senpai
Somewhat in August before Kainan's mock exam, he gained once again the second 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 Hashimoto (橋本), and is composed by the kanji "bridge" (橋) and "base" (本), thus being literally translatable "base of bridge".
 * His name might be a reference to in Kanagawa prefecture.
 * He seem to be as tall as Senpai (176 cm) thus his height could be estimated as the same.
 * Albeit his actual age and school year being unknown, Hashimoto is likely at least one year younger than Senpai.
 * Hashimoto is the fourth character after Rabi-chan, Shikki and Aihara whose name was revealed on his first appearance.
 * His design is very similar to Nanashi's first sketches of Senpai; however, as noted by the author himself, the similarity is a mere coincidence.