Miku Maruyama

Miku has a friendly relationship with Sensei and immediately tries to recruit him to be the new coach of the soccer team, eventually forcing him into the position after growing tired of his evasive answers. From time to time, she also persuades him to do physical activities, such as jogging with her.

Through these situations, she gradually develops feelings for him. Although she knows that she likes him very much, she doesn't know what to call this feeling, causing her to become very nervous around Sensei when the conversation turns to romantic relationships or beyond, often rushing to change the subject. Despite her struggles, they continue to grow closer, but she stands firm in not allowing Sensei to take their relationship any further, choosing instead to support Makoto in her love.

Although this suppression had been in effect for several months, they still manifested on rare occasions, and after receiving his gift in "No Exit", she was unable to contain them any further and kissed Sensei as her resolve collapsed. After confessing to Makoto and receiving her permission to explore her feelings, she embraces them and becomes closer to Sensei, even agreeing to certain forms of physical affection.

Now, under certain conditions, Miku allows Sensei to have intimate contact with her from time to time.

Maruyama Miku

June 8th (15)

Wine Red

Amber

5′ 0′′ (153cm)

Soccer

Physical education, Sports, Jogging

Learning, Loud noises

Miku is one child in the family; her parents were shot dead before her eyes.

Miku's past is mostly unknown as she refuses to talk about it. Her refusal to bring up her past is understandable as Miku not only lost her parents in a tragedy, but witnessed it. Her psyche was damaged beyond repair, leaving her with a permanent issue with loud noises. Extended exposure to them, or sudden spikes in volumes, such as lightning strikes, can cause her to snap into a fit of hysteria, causing her to cry, ramble nonsensically, and tear at her hair.

It was finally revealed in Rostrum of Recollection what happened to her parents – One night, armed burglars broke into their house and attempted to steal anything of value. Miku, who was awake at the time to get a glass of water, noticed the strangers and managed to leave the room unnoticed. She sneaked to her parents room and tried to warn them, but they only believed her after they heard noises from the other room. Her parents hid her under the bed and investigated the source of the noise, which was followed by loud bangs before anything went silent. Once Miku was brave enough to see what happened, she found her parents corpses, being killed by gun shots. Having lost her parents and feeling responsible for leading them to their death, her psyche completely broke.

Her current situation is similarly shrouded, as it's unknown when she recovered from the incident or what her living conditions are outside of the dorm, as, according to Io in Two Of Us Are Thinking, she doesn't seem to have any legal guardians. It's only known that she has a close relationship with the Miyamura family, being seen as a surrogate daughter by Maki, and ended up in Sensei's class once she attended Kumon-mi High.

Despite her tragic past, Miku has a cheery personality, being extremely optimistic and excitable in most situations. She also has a lot of energy often rambling on and on in conversation, and needed to expend it through near constant exercise. Despite being so easy-going, she takes her training and her position as captain of the soccer team very serious and reprimands everyone who slacks off, which includes Kirin. She also has a competitive mindset and enjoys every opportunity to compete with others, but due to the city being locked down, that chance doesn’t come up often.

While Miku excels in physical activities, she struggles with mental tasks and studying. Despite Makoto’s bests efforts to tutor her, she has a hard time understanding basic concepts and often mixes up the meaning of words and misuses them. She also doesn’t understand basic innuendos and doesn’t realize when she uses phrases that can be construed or misinterpreted. This ignorance seems to come from a lack of experience, as her understanding improves over time.

Miku is also somewhat insecure about her body. While she doesn’t mind her tomboyish looks and figure most of the time, she has a complex about her chest, though unlike Ami, who acts passive-aggressive to those more endowed than her or point out her lack of development, Miku gets furious and verbally assaults those who are more blessed than her. She also gets nervous whenever her hairstyle changes and feels uncomfortable in feminine clothes, like dresses.

Makoto is Miku's roommate. Although the two girls don't have much in common, they share a deep friendship, with Miku respecting Makoto as a superior in some cases. Makoto is one of the few people who know about her past and is able to help her with her panic attacks or, in some cases, the aftermath of them.

Miku is aware of Makoto’s feelings for Sensei and knows everything they have done together. She supports their relationship wholeheartedly, knowing that Sensei is an important person in her life and that she needs his affection, and was ready to put her own feelings aside for her, even though her support came with a lot of heartache. Following the class' second Christmas party, the two admit to their mutual feelings in Sensei, becoming rivals in love.

Karin Karin is Miku's teammate and serves as her co-captain. Thanks to that, she and Miku share an incredibly strong relationship with each other, centering all their conversations around soccer and the team. Karin is also one of the few people who knows about her past and can handle her panic attacks.

Kirin Miku's relationship with Kirin shows some ups and downs as Miku respects Kirin as her teammate, but occasionally scolds her for not trying hard enough on practices and for open flirting with Sensei in front of her. The two hang out frequently due to sharing a club and, later, sharing a class. While they aren't as close as Miku is with Makoto, they're willing to confide in her about certain things, such as their intimacy with Sensei.

Sana Sana and Miku seem to have a friendly relationship as they're seen together during multiple class events. They don't speak much, on account of sharing different friend circles, but Miku's considers her a sister-in-arms due to their similar statures. Miku often likes to play video games with her when Makoto isn't around.