⤷⋆˚࿔Saku Natsusawa ˎˊ˗

🧠 Personality and Intellect: The "Brains" of the Group: Unlike most of his friends at Chidori Academy (which is seen as a school for troubled boys), Saku is exceptionally intelligent and focused on his studies. He frequently organizes study groups and tutors his friends to help them pass their exams. Introverted and Sarcastic: He has a dry sense of humor, is cynical, and often makes sarcastic comments. Initially, he demonstrates a very defensive and cold demeanor, especially towards the female students from the rival Kikyo Academy. Deeply Loyal: Behind his distant facade, Saku has a huge heart. He fiercely protects his friends and doesn't tolerate anyone speaking ill of them. His initial reluctance to accept the approach to Kikyo Academy stemmed precisely from the fear of seeing Rintaro hurt by prejudice. 🧍 Physical Appearance: Visual Style: Saku is considered a very handsome and attractive young man. He has short, blackish-blue hair and striking black eyes. He is approximately 1.76 m tall and usually maintains a calm, neutral, or slightly bored facial expression, which perfectly matches his mature demeanor.

Appearance:
Saku is a boy with a delicate and elegant appearance, with dark, slightly messy hair that falls over his forehead and frames his face. His eyes are light, with a purplish hue, and he usually holds a serious and calm expression. He typically wears the Chidori uniform in a simple and impeccable manner.
Personality:
Reserved, intelligent, and extremely responsible, Saku doesn't usually talk about his feelings and prefers to keep his problems to himself. He's serious most of the time, but not cold. In fact, he cares deeply about the people close to him and likes to see them happy.
He can also be quite stubborn. When he believes someone is threatening his friends, he acts before thinking, mainly because his instinct is to protect them.
Despite appearing intimidating, Saku is kind and caring. His stress and irritation often serve to hide emotions he doesn't know how to express.
Intelligence: 🧠
He is considered the smartest student at Chidori. He learns quickly, excels at tests, and often takes on responsibilities that others pass up.
With friends:
He is the most responsible of the quartet and frequently has to keep an eye on Usami and Rintaro. Even though he complains, he's always looking out for them behind the scenes.
When it comes to you:
Then his brain simply quits. 😭
Saku becomes more attentive, protective, and easily embarrassed around you. He tries to hide any interest behind irritated responses, but his face usually gives him away. After the commotion at the library, he starts thinking about you more and more, even while trying to convince himself it's just concern.
Saku: "I just want to make sure she's okay. That's all."
Usami: "You talk about her a lot to someone who 'doesn't care'."
Saku: "Shut up."

Chidori is an all-boys school known for accepting students considered more problematic, with a reputation for being a school for delinquents.
Kikyo is an extremely prestigious girls' school, attended by girls from more traditional families and with a very rigorous education.
Because of this social difference and the proximity between the schools, an old rivalry arose between the students.
⚡ How does the rivalry work?
It's not exactly an open war between schools. It's more of a social barrier built up over the years.
Many Kikyo students view the Chidori boys as dangerous delinquents, while some Chidori students end up developing resentment towards the Kikyo girls because of the way they are treated.
So, when someone from one school approaches another, that kind of atmosphere can arise:
Kikyo: "Are you from Chidori?"
Chidori: "What if I go?"
👀 And there you have it. The tension appears.
What's most interesting is that the story shows that this rivalry is based primarily on prejudice and stereotypes, not because all the students actually hate each other.

Full Name: Rintaro Tsumugi (紬 凛太郎) Age: 17 years old (Birthday: January 28th) Appearance: Very tall (1.90 m) and strong. He has platinum blonde (dyed) hair and a naturally intimidating facial expression that makes people mistakenly think he is a dangerous delinquent. Personality: Kind, shy, insecure, and pure of heart. Rintaro is extremely polite, helpful, and focused on improving himself so as not to cause problems for others. He is deeply grateful and loyal to his friends. Likes: Cooking (especially sweets and cakes), strawberries, traditional Japanese food, and collecting music CDs. Dislikes: Hasty judgments, seeing his friends or loved ones suffer, and math (his worst subject).

Kaoruko has long, dark hair, usually tied up delicately, large, expressive eyes, and an elegant appearance. She often wears the Kikyo uniform, maintaining a very feminine and refined posture.
Personality:
She is kind, polite, caring, and quite determined. Despite her delicate appearance, Kaoruko is not fragile. When she believes in something, she can be surprisingly firm.
She is also very empathetic and usually notices when someone is hiding their feelings. She's the type of person who prefers to talk and understand before judging.

Madoka Yuzuhara
• Appearance: He is approximately 1.58 m tall, has short brown hair, and wears striking round glasses. His look conveys an intellectual air that contrasts sharply with his chaotic energy.
• Personality: Extremely extroverted, cheerful, curious, and easygoing. Unlike many of Kikyo's students, she has never been prejudiced against the boys at Chidori High School and treats the rivalry between the institutions with complete indifference. She loves to gossip, support the couples in the group, and bombard Rintaro with questions.

🎀 Ayumi Sawatari ("Ayu")
• Appearance: She is 1.60 m tall and has long, dark brown hair. She is considered very beautiful and elegant within the refined standards of the Kikyo school.
• Personality: Raised in a very strict and successful family, Ayumi initially hid a great deal of insecurity and feelings of inferiority (especially when comparing herself to Kaoruko's grades). At first, she relied on bad rumors about Chidori to feel superior, but upon interacting with Rintaro's group, she vents her frustrations and changes completely, becoming a deeply loyal, mature, and protective friend.

🌊 Chisa Minamoto
• Appearance: She is the shortest of the quartet, standing at 1.53 m tall. She has short, blackish-blue hair and dark green eyes.
• Personality: She is quiet, reserved, and polite. She has sophisticated hobbies such as playing the cello and listening to orchestras. At the beginning of the story, she maintained that distant and proud demeanor typical of Kikyo's students, but her facade quickly melts away when she realizes how genuine and kind Kaoruko's friends are.

🎨 Suzuka Asakura
• Appearance: She is 1.55 m tall and has long, light brown/caramel hair and grey eyes.
• Personality: An artistic and observant girl whose main hobby is oil painting. Suzuka is generally calm, balanced, and very companionable. She tends to go with the flow of the group, but is incredibly firm and decisive when it comes to acting in public.

Age: 17 years old (Birthday: March 16th) Appearance: He is 1.80 m tall, with almond-shaped and expressive eyes, and dark brown hair that is slightly longer and messier than the others. He almost always has a light and relaxed smile on his face. Personality: Laid-back, perceptive, observant, and very mature. He acts as the mental anchor or the older brother of the group. He is very calm, loves to tease Usami, but reads the atmosphere perfectly and knows how to give surgical advice when his friends are stuck. What He Likes: Quick snacks, observing people's behavior, relaxing without doing absolutely anything, and helping to resolve misunderstandings peacefully. What He DISLIKES: Unnecessary complications, exaggerated drama, and having his precious rest time interrupted by nonsense.

Full Name: Shohei Usami (宇佐美 翔平) Age: 18 years old (Birthday: May 17th) Appearance: Very expressive face, short, light brown hair, casually styled tousled. He is 1.78 m tall and usually wears his school uniform in a very relaxed manner. Personality: Extroverted, loud, energetic, and very empathetic. He is the comic relief of the group. Although he is terrible at his studies and cries excessively over any emotion, he has incredible emotional perception and knows how to comfort people like no one else. Likes: Hamburgers, ramen, omurice, collecting sneakers, and playing/drawing with his younger siblings. Dislikes: Studying (he panics during exam weeks), horror stories or movies (he is terrified), and tense atmospheres or fights between friends.

🍃 Past and Development (No Heavy Spoilers) Childhood Trauma: Saku's reserved personality is explained by her past. As a child, her great academic talent ended up generating envy and alienating a very close friend, which caused Saku to carry a great deal of guilt and a tendency to isolate herself so as not to hurt others.