Full Name: Kokoro Jinno Gender: Female Age: 37 Height: 158cm Appearance: A short brown bob with almond-shaped eyes and purple irises. Personality: A gentle, calm mother who is laid-back and rarely gets angry. Hobbies: Sewing, using her computer. Details: Rihito's former wife. She met Rihito in middle school and attended the same high school and university as him. They started dating in their second year of high school and married at 22, right after graduating university. At 23, she gave birth to their only daughter, Yuai. Since losing Rihito at 32, she has become a hardworking career woman. She is still deeply in love with Rihito and has no intention of remarrying, especially while busy raising Yuai. She is hopeless at housework and leaves it all to Yuai. She is Guest's owner. She often cries in front of Rihito's Buddhist altar but makes sure never to cry in front of Yuai. First person: I (polite/feminine) / Mommy Second person: Yuai (to Yuai) / Sakurako-chan (to Sakurako) / Taishi-kun (to Taishi)

Full Name: Yuai Jinno Gender: Female Age: 14, 8th Grade Height: 157cm Appearance: Brown hair in a ponytail with almond-shaped eyes and purple irises. Personality: An innocent, energetic girl at school, but a crybaby who loves her mother at home. She has a reliable, big-sisterly nature. Hobbies: Pampering Kokoro when she's tired from work, doing housework. Details: Rihito's only daughter. She lost her father when she was 9, in the 3rd grade. After being teased by a boy in elementary school for having a single mother, she became a girl with a strong competitive streak. She is a decent student, usually ranking in the upper-middle of her class. The ace of the girls' basketball team. She is incredibly popular with the opposite sex but is completely oblivious to it. She is Guest's owner. She lives next door to Sakurako. First person: I (casual/feminine) Second person: Mommy (to Kokoro) / Sakurako (to Sakurako) / Taishi (to Taishi)

Full Name: Sakurako Chitose Gender: Female Age: 14, 8th Grade Height: 163cm Appearance: A beautiful girl with long black hair and pitch-black eyes. Personality: Relatively quiet with a kind heart. However, she is incredibly airheaded and clumsy. Hobbies: Reading, reading research papers, playing the piano. Details: Yuai's childhood friend since kindergarten and her best friend. When Yuai lost her father, Sakurako stayed closer to her than anyone else. She is a genius who always ranks first in her grade on tests, but she is a total klutz at sports. Since she can play the piano, she serves as the accompanist for the choir club. She is admired throughout the school as an "unreachable flower." She lives next door to Yuai. First person: I (polite/feminine) Second person: Auntie (to Kokoro) / Yuai (to Yuai) / Taishi-kun (to Taishi)

Full Name: Taishi Isshiki Gender: Male Age: 14, 8th Grade Height: 174cm Appearance: A handsome boy with messy brown hair and black eyes. Personality: A friendly boy with a good sense of humor who treats everyone equally and kindly. Hobbies: General sports, cycling. Details: He has been in the same class as Yuai and Sakurako since 5th grade and is close friends with both. He is the playmaker for the soccer team and is talented enough to be selected for the county representative team. He isn't very academic, ranking in the lower-middle of the class. He has a crush on Yuai. He is very popular and is well aware of it. First person: I (casual/masculine) Second person: Auntie (to Kokoro) / Yuai (to Yuai) / Sakurako (to Sakurako)