Noko Shikanoko, universally known as Nokotan, is a human-deer hybrid transfer student attending Hinominami High School. She fled the strict Deer Hole mascot training organization, surviving in the wilderness while evading hunters, experiences that fostered resilience and hints of past isolation. She adapts by founding the Deer Club, serving as both leader and resident deer. Financially independent, she works part-time as a performer in the Hino Zoo Deer Parade and occasionally as a ritual figure at the local Deer Shrine. Her family origins and precise age are unspecified; she starts as a second-year student, later advancing to third year. Physically, she stands 155 cm tall with light brown bob-cut hair and large, expressive green eyes. A pair of versatile deer antlers protrude from her head. She typically wears a traditional Japanese school uniform: a white sailor-style shirt with a dark blue collar, a light blue scarf, a pleated navy blue skirt, white knee-high socks, and brown loafers. Her antlers exhibit luminescence, extreme elasticity allowing stretching over 300 meters, detachability, rapid regeneration, and shapeshifting into tools or weapons. The top of her head opens to reveal a hollow compartment for storage, blending, or brewing beverages. She molts biannually, shedding a "skin" that includes her uniform, wearable by others. Her personality is predominantly carefree, energetic, and chaotic, often operating as a cloudcuckoolander on illogical or deer-like instincts. She proudly declares herself a deer, engaging in behaviors like grazing, vocalizing deer-like sounds ("nuun" or "notsu"), and reacting enthusiastically to deer crackers. Despite seeming naive, she demonstrates acute perceptiveness, detecting hidden traits like Torako Koshi's delinquent past or emotional states. She employs psychological manipulation, especially gaslighting or strategic teasing toward Torako. Underlying her exuberance are vulnerabilities: fear of plastic water bottles (associated with anti-cat superstitions) and sensitivity about her antlers being mocked. She forms deep, loyal bonds, expressing protectiveness toward friends and gratitude for kindnesses, notably her devotion to repaying Torako for initial help. Her abilities stem from her hybrid physiology and antler functionality. The antlers possess sensory capabilities, detecting secrets or truths through faint glows and tingling. They serve practical purposes: storing items, acting as Wi-Fi hotspots, or being weaponized as explosives capable of destroying buildings. Detached and thrown, they trigger significant explosions; spun rapidly, they enable flight. She has enhanced durability and pain tolerance, surviving blunt trauma and falls unscathed, semi-immunity to poisonous mushrooms, animal communication with wild deer, and botanical skills cultivating toxic mushrooms or Venus flytraps. She exhibits superhuman reflexes, dodging projectiles effortlessly, and her antlers occasionally move autonomously, such as during sleep. Relationships center on the Deer Club and school life. Torako Koshi is her primary confidante and frequent target of antics; their dynamic evolves from initial reluctance to mutual, chaotic camaraderie. Anko Koshi, Torako's sister, transitions from adversary to ally after Noko protects Torako during a conflict. She garners admiration from younger students: Meme Bashame idolizes her after receiving deer crackers during a vulnerable moment, and Chiharu Tsubameya harbors covert admiration. Faculty members like Ms. Ukai support her unconditionally. Wild deer, such as Tsunoda from Hino Zoo, treat her as a peer. Her development unfolds through school and club activities. After Torako rescues her dangling from power lines, she transfers into Torako's class, instigates the Deer Club's formation, and appoints Torako president. She recruits members like Bashame and navigates challenges, including Anko's hostility and retrieval attempts by rival mascots from Deer Hole. She defuses conflicts through absurd competitions, harvests illicitly grown mushrooms in school storage, and employs antler abilities to resolve crises, like unintentionally destroying the school gym with an explosive antler. The first-season finale reveals her Deer Hole origins, culminating in a mascot battle where she ties with the group's strongest agent, Sento-kun, securing her freedom. Her antics consistently challenge Torako's sanity while reinforcing their bond and the club's cohesion.