Shikanoko Noko

“	What am I? A deer, silly. That's just what deer do... right?	„
	~ Noko Shikanoko

My Deer Friend Nokotan Opening

Background

Noko Shikanoko or Nokotan, is a hybrid of a human and deer, being the founder and mascot of the deer club and best friend of Torako Koshi.

She is the titular character of Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan who makes her debut in "Girl Meets Deer". Taking Torako Koshi's regular life and turning it into a chaotic one.

Personality

Chaotic: Nokotan has an extremely chaotic personality, shifting through personalities in the span of a single conversation. Her chaotic personality is shown even in her actions, where her antlers got her stuck on telephone wires and her noting she has no idea how she got up there, just waking up there. This can also be shown with her response to Koshi Torako helping her down from a telephone wire, having her give her things from deer crackers to both of her horns to even offering to let her eat her. She is also able to bring out objects from nowhere, such as when she suddenly had boxing gloves.

General Information

Name: Shikanoko Noko (Referred to by this by Koshi Anko)

Nicknames/Other Names: Nokotan

Origin: My Deer Friend Nokotan (Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan in Japanese)

First Appearance: My Deer Friend Nokotan Chapter 1

Company: Odansha's Shōnen Magazine Edge, Magazine Pocket (Transferred to this after the magazine's discontinuation), Wit Studio

Creator: Oshioshio (Manga author and illustrator)

Actor

• Japanese: Megumi Han
• English: Trina Deuhart

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Potential Lesbian (Nokotan seems to care deeply for Koshi, to the point that she says that Koshitan is more important to her than Koshian or Tsubuan and that she'll protect her with her life, calling Koshi "my girl")

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Area in Japan

Story Role: Primary Protagonist, Chaotic Friend

Classification: Deer, Moose (Upon evolution), Deer Club Mascot, Founder of the Deer Club (Officially list as the founder in main character descriptions), Hinominami High School Student

Species: Human-Deer Hybrid (Though she can also evolve into a moose)

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Deer God

Occupation: Hino Zoo's Deer Exhibit Attendant

Affiliations: Koshi "Koshi-tan" Torako (Nokotan's friend), Koshi Anko, Bashame Meme

Enemies: Koshi Anko (Formerly)

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Nokotan will go out of her way to give as many different gifts as possible to a friend to pay them back for the help they gave her, whether that be giving them a bunch of deer crackers, both of her horns, or even giving them her own body to eat, though she will attempt to guilt trip people into helping her. Had Koshi's back when thugs wanted to fight with her)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S (Shown that even people like Koshi Anko are not actually a threat to her, where she can easily avoid all of her attacks, able to easily raise herself to god status where people worship her and has antlers that are noted to do "everything" from store bananas to explode)

Tier: 10-B, 9-B with Antlers, 8-C with Explosive Antlers

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Average Human level, Wall level with Antlers (Nokotan's antlers are able to easily break through a wall and door, having objects fly at fast enough speeds to cause students to bleed from being hit by them), Building level with Explosive Antlers (Her antlers explosion completely destroyed the school gym)

Durability: Average Human level

Striking Strength: Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human Class

Travel Speed: Average Human

Attack Speed: Superhuman, Higher with Antler Growth Speed (Nokotan's antlers are noted to grow at an excessive rate before they fall off)

Reaction Speed: Superhuman (Avoided a shuriken that blitzed past Koshi. Able to easily avoid several shurikens being thrown at her)

Stamina: Average

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Antlers, Higher with Size Manipulation, Tens of Meters with Explosion Manipulation (Her antlers are able to cause a masive explosion that can destroy the entire school gym)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Average level, Grandmaster level on information regarding Koshitan (Knew the exact questions that were going to be asked about Koshitan before the person could even finish the question and could perfectly answer all of them)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Natural Weaponry (Nokotan's antlers are able to easily break through a wall and door, having objects fly at fast enough speeds to cause students to bleed from being hit by them), Social Influencing (Chaotic; Despite being a deer hybrid where her antlers broke through a wall and door, having objects fly at fast enough speeds to cause students to bleed from being hit by them, everyone continued to act friendly and saw nothing weird with it. Her deer parade gave a standing ovation to the crowd, where they started bringing up ancient legends that didn't exist. Made friends with Koshi Anko, who originally saw her as an enemy, that she attempted to kill. Koshi even makes note that Nokotan has an act she does that makes everyone fall for her. Could raise herself to god status where she was revered and praised. Her performance was so beloved it brought a tear to the on-viewers eyes), Enhanced Senses (Can tell if someone was once a delinquent through their smell. Able to tell the exact bra color Koshitan is wearing), Body Control (Nokotan can remove her antlers from her head and put them back on. She can detatch the top part of her head, where she is able to place things like money inside of it. Nokotan is able to control her antler growth at will), Animal Taming (Able to naturally tame deer. The animals hearing her cries all came to her aid to cheer her up), Pain Tolerance (Overall unconcerned by a horn stabbing the top of her head and gushing out blood, instead worrying about her knee being scrapped. Nokotan was still alive after having spears rain down from the ceiling and it her head with no pain), Multiple Personalities (Multiple Organisms; Her antlers can grow in size and gain their own sentience. Her antlers sneezed on their own), Impact Resistance (Able to take no damage from a 5 meter fall), Evolution (Shokotan evolving into a moose in the game had her evolve in the real world), Precognition (Analytical Prediction; Knew the exact questions that were going to be asked about Koshitan before the person could even finish the question), Supernatural Protection & Resurrection (Self-Resurrection, Resurrection of the Deceased; After believing to be killed her soul was taken to the deer god, who kicked her back down into her body), Light Manipulation & Extrasensory Perception (Nokotan's antlers will light up and tingle when detecting a delinquent, it can also tell when someone's a virgin. Noted in the main character descriptions that Nokotan is somehow fully aware of Koshi's dark past and virgin status), Illusion Manipulation (Her graceful performance made Koshi see an illusion of the deer club path they walked until that point), Animal Manipulation (Her presence caued the dogs and cats to freak out and the birds to try and attack her, in the anime she got hyenas to flock around her), Size Manipulation (Her antlers grow in size when she's lying), Explosion Manipulation (Her antlers are able to cause a masive explosion that can destroy the entire school gym), Limited Water Manipulation (Her snot is able to reach someone all the way from a telephone wire, being 12 degrees celcius)

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Equipment

• Antlers: Her antlers are a very multi-use item, she is able to detatch them to bite on them, use them as an explosive, use them like a banana, etcetera. Her antlers can be used to detatch the top part of her head, and she can place things like money inside of it. It's noted that her antlers can do "everything" from store bananas to explode. Her antlers also act as a wifi hotspot.

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Notable Techniques

• Explosive Antlers: Her antlers are able to be detached and thrown to cause a massive explosion, powerful enough to take out an entire school gym.

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Other

Standard Tactics: As shown with Nokotan's chaotic nature, she is a wild card that will do whatever in a situation without any true logic or reasoning behind it.

Weaknesses: Nokotan has an immense fear of plastic bottles. Nokotan can easily be tricked by placing a deer cracker around, even if it's an obvious trap. Suffers from hay fever. Her antlers can make her get stuck in unorthodox places with her noting she has no idea how she gets stuck in some of these places and that she just wakes up like that. Somewhat sensitive if a friend calls her horns dumb.

Trivia

• Despite being a female deer, Nokotan has antlers, which only male deer can grow.
• Nokotan notes she runs on "deer power", where her being a hybrid human-deer making her the most powerful deer in the world.
• Despite her antlers being strong enough to break through walls, they are able to hang off of spider webs without breaking them, what's doubly strange about this is that Noko is noted to be very heavy.
• Noko's verbal tic reads as "Nroh" in the subtitles, this was translated from Japanese as just "horn" spelled backwards.
• "Shika" means deer in Japanese and paired with "Noko" it means "Deer Person"/"Deer Girl".
• "Nokonoko" means unconcerned.
• While English localized the title to "My Deer Friend Nokotan", the actual literal translation to the title would be: "Deer Girl Doesn't Care as a Cute Baby Tiger Watches Her Intently".

Battle Records

1-0-0

• Koshi Anko - Fight
  • Conditions: Initially was a questionairre game, later became a small fight.
  • Location: Hinominami High School
  • Note: Koshi Anko conceded defeat after she almost hurt her sister in the process.

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