Naoki Tarada - Ie, Tatemasu!

Naoki Tarada (寺田 直樹)

Age: 25

A senior carpenter and Heikichi's co-worker.

Main Profile

門脇組では平吉の先輩に当たる人物。 元々社木村出身で、都会に憧れ上京したものの今回の仕事でまた一時的にではあるが村に戻ってきた。平吉に対してはすぐに先輩風を吹かせるがドジも多い。

(Translated)

He is Heikichi's senior in the Kadowaki group. He was originally from Shakimura and moved to Tokyo to live in the city, but he returned to the village for a short time for this job. He acts like a senior to Heikichi right away, but he is often clumsy.

Data Book Profile

門脇組の先輩大工。すぐに先輩風を吹かせたがるがドジも多い。繊細な作業が得意で良い腕をしているが、パチンコ好きで事ある毎にサボろうとする。もとはノンケだが、主人公と親方の情事を見て男同士の道に目覚めた。

(Translated)

A senior carpenter of the Kadowaki Group. He is always eager to act like a senior, but he is often clumsy. He is good at delicate work and has good skills, but he likes pachinko and tries to slack off whenever he can. He was originally straight, but after seeing the protagonist and his boss having an affair, he awakened to the path of a man.

Jin's notes on Naoki

ノンケ、兄貴、若筋肉担当。ポイントは垂れ目と、いつでも頭に巻いているタオル (顔の一部)まあ兄貴系の好きな人達にはそこそこ受けるんじゃなかろうか･･･とは思ってましたが、これがいざ蓋を開けてみるとぶっちぎりの一番人気。やはり『イカホモくノンケ』の定理は揺るぎない物のようです。話の方も、「あなたの子供を堕ろしたの」と告白してくれやがった元彼女と取り合いになると言うドロドロっぷりに切なさ乱れ打ちな方が続出。絵的に得意なタイプの顔ではなかったので、決めのシーンやアップの顔をもう少し格好良く出来たら･･･と、若干悔いが残ります。あと、余談なんですが直樹の立ち絵は服の上下を別々に描いていた為、左図のような「上だけ裸」 や後の頁に出てくる「下だけ裸」の状態にする事も可能で、この機会に載せてみました。

(Translated)

Straight, big brother figure, young muscle. The key features are his droopy eyes and the towel he always has wrapped around his head (part of his face). I thought that he would be popular with people who like big brother types, but when I actually tried it out, it was by far the most popular. It seems that the theorem of "squid, gay, straight" is unshakable. As for the story, many people were touched by the sadness of the messy situation in which he fights over his ex-girlfriend who confessed to him that she had aborted his child. Since he was not a good face in terms of drawing, I regret that I could not make the decisive scene and close-up face a little more handsome. Also, as an aside, since the top and bottom of Naoki's standing picture were drawn separately, it is possible to make it "naked on the top" as shown in the left image or "naked on the bottom" as shown on a later page, so I took this opportunity to post it.