Hachiman Hikigaya is the protagonist and viewpoint character of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, the light novel series by Wataru Watari with illustrations by Ponkan 8. He is a second-year student at Sobu High School in Class 2F, a self-described loner who joins the Service Club as punishment for an essay mocking youth. His teacher Shizuka Hiratsuka assigns him there, where he is the second member alongside Yukino Yukinoshita, and Yui Yuigahama joins later.

He is known for his cynical inner monologues and his view that youth is an illusion created by hypocrites. He solves other students' problems, often through self-sac