Shizuka Hiratsuka

Shizuka is Hachiman's language teacher who also serves as his future mentor/mentor. He is aware of Hachiman's supposed "problems" and takes steps to ensure that he is freed from them, his first act being to force him to join the Service Club. However, he seems to have some quirks of his own: he is a young smoker, he is very sensitive for his age, and is often prone to quoting or copying scenes from popular shounen manga. He also never remembers to knock on the door before entering the Service Cl