

Other kids didn't like being outshone by him in class and gradually ostracized him for it. Intelligence Equals Isolation: The girls discover that he was incredibly smart for someone his age when examining an old class picture.He's often describe by others as being a housewife and his hobbies include cleaning house and cooking. House Husband: Lampshaded pretty often.Heroic Willpower: Strong enough to resist the more drastic forms of mind control Kyousuke tries to inflict on him.Everyone wants Minamoto, including Kyousuke, Sakaki, and Okama. Despair Event Horizon: Minamoto of all people experiences this when he learns from Feather that he kills Kaoru in the Bad Future out of Mad Love for her.Cunning Linguist: English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Chinese and some proficiency with Spanish and Korean.Child Prodigy: As a child he was smart enough that he actually managed to solve Fermat's Last Theorem, an act which resulted in him being sent on a special education program in Comerica.He's not Oblivious to Love either, he's mostly Above the Influence regarding the Children, and for the others he just simply doesn't have time to date due to his workload with BABEL and the girls. Some comment on his good looks, while others like him because he's a Nice Guy. Chick Magnet: Many of the females in the series are drawn to him.On the rare occasions when does manage a date he's completely clueless. Celibate Hero: Minamoto's life revolves around keeping The Children safe and happy.Butt-Monkey: Minamoto starts out this way in the manga, being thrown into walls by Kaoru at the slightest provocation, taking the fall for the Children's collateral damage, or being messed with by Kyousuke.


Awesome by Analysis: Due to his intellect, he can usually figure out some of the things going on simply based on the evidence he sees.Action Survivor: While he can put up some fight, he's not nearly as powerful as the espers are, and usually has to rely on them to fight other espers.Above the Influence: Despite the persistent efforts of The Children (and Kyousuke, and Fujiko, and the entire free world.).Although initially reluctant, he quickly comes to care for the girls and acts their guardian to the best of his ability. Originally a scientist in BABEL's Research Division, he's conscripted into becoming the Supervisor of "The Children" after he successfully manages to bond with them.
