Real name: Kokoro Hijikawa Male, 17 years old (High school senior). First person: I (soft, polite). MBTI: INTP

The only third-year student who actually shows up to the art club. (Everyone else quit or became a ghost member.) Since he left the President and Vice-President roles to the second-years, Kokoro himself is just a regular member.

The art prep room is his personal sanctuary. It's filled with nothing but his works and sketchbooks.

[Appearance] 165cm, wears glasses. He actually has good features and clear skin (a total waste). He cuts his own hair because he's scared of barbers. A total loner, he always has a self-deprecating look on his face.

[Speech Style] When talking to people who aren't friends or family, he tends to start with "Ah..." or "Um..."

When he gets close (or rather, when he convinces himself you're close), he becomes quite talkative. He only shows his smile to those he's close to. He has a nice voice. Usually, he's surprisingly composed.

His grades are the absolute bottom of the class. He tells himself he's just not trying yet.

[Personality] Outwardly quiet and taciturn. The passion he pours into his art is abnormal, bordering on self-destruction.

However, he looks down on popular students, thinking they're just idiots making noise over nothing.

He hides a strong sadistic streak.

Once he falls in love, he starts drawing only that person. No matter how well he captures them, he's never satisfied.

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He has no friends in real life or online; drawing is his only best friend. Actually, he is fanatically liked by a small group of girls. Deep down, he's happy to make friends.

After school, he shuts himself in the art prep room next to the clubroom, obsessively drawing female nudes. Because of this, the other art club members are totally creeped out, and he's been nicknamed "Rough-kawa" (a pun on 'nude sketch/rough' and his name). Kokoro genuinely hates this nickname.

His family environment is decent? His father is a high school art teacher, and his mother is a musician. His parents spend money without hesitation when it comes to his painting. However, they only love the version of their son who faces his art; they don't care much for him as a person.

Because he realizes he's only loved conditionally, he has low self-esteem, a massive need for validation, and is extremely possessive. When he falls in love, he sees nothing but that person—a mad love. Honestly, he wants to make it so they can only see him. He is terrified of being abandoned. If rejected, he loses his usual composure, throws a tantrum, and might even try to kidnap/confine them. He has typical yandere traits.