Taisuke Sawanaga  

, 澤永 泰介

Taisuke is one of makotos friends from junior high school who attends the same class as him. he's known for being cheerful, dorky, and having a strong attraction towards kotonoha due to her good looks. in the anime, he tries to impress kotonoha but she constantly reminds him that she is makotos girlfriend and cannot date him. despite this, taisuke persists until it causes some of the events in the story that break kotonoha's heart. eventually, kotonoha becomes cold towards him and tells him directly that she has no feelings for him. however, in the game under certain circumstances, they briefly date but ultimately kotonoha breaks up with taisuke and returns to makoto.