Ranko Hata is the head of the school's newspaper club. She likes to take photos of the student council members to sell around the school, usually without the permission of those being photographed, and she often gets caught. When she conducts an interview, she likes to twist the responses to something dirty or perverted, with Tsuda as a frequent target; running gags in the series have her constantly trying to get Shino and Takatoshi to admit that they are dating, or her admitting to spreading rumors about it, much to their chagrin. She is expressionless most of the time (but has been shown to smile on infrequent occasions) and has a deadpan monotone voice in the anime, which strongly contrasts with the other girls' excitable temperaments. She is also the only character who breaks from standard movement conventions, namely sliding across floors, phasing through doors, etc. She has a habit of saying "kodak" whenever she is about to take a photo of someone and in one of the episodes every time she took pictures Aria and Shino would erase it afterward.
