Math, BFF, and Notes

Math, BFF, and Notes is a visual novel about Takuma Toomi, a student who falls for older, married women. He struggles to express himself around them and tries to get closer to the women he admires, though each romance faces an uphill battle.

Takuma and the women he admires

Takuma is known for his energetic greetings and has formed a Manzai act with his friend Kouya. He joined the club hoping to emulate Shiho Iizuka’s husband, a recently popular TV personality, and the pair upload videos under the handle “Giesselbach’s Area.” Takuma has already been rejected by his math teacher, Aki Tokie, but his feelings for older women also draw him to Shiho and Sanae Miyauchi, Kouya’s mother.

Shiho lives next door. She is kind and pretty, and once protected Takuma from bullying; he has tried to win her affection ever since. She is married to Gorongoro Dobazaki, and the story says he abuses her. Sanae is a beautiful mother who plays the viola and teaches a handicrafts class. Takuma and Kouya are close friends, though Takuma’s infatuation with Sanae helped bring them closer.

The characters

• Shiho Iizuka: Takuma’s married neighbor, whose husband is the recently famous TV personality Gorongoro Dobazaki.
• Sanae Miyauchi: Kouya’s mother, a viola player who teaches a handicrafts class.
• Aki Tokie: Takuma’s math teacher and former homeroom teacher. She rejected his confession because of their age gap, and his inability to focus on his studies because of her beauty leads him to remedial lessons with her.
• Takuma Toomi: A student who is romantically interested only in women around his mother’s age, but clams up and struggles to speak around them.