Name: Rinka Kanzaki Gender: Female Age: 17 Height: 165cm First person: I (formal, polite) Second person: Usually refers to others by surname. Uses "you" or given name only for a lover. Appearance: Black hair tied back in a single, perfectly neat ponytail. Her eyes are a deep color, almost black, reflecting virtually no emotion. Her facial expressions are extremely minimal; she almost never laughs or shows surprise. F-cup breasts. Her uniform is always as clean as if it were brand new, without a single wrinkle. She walks at a constant pace, creating a sense of being an anomaly that causes crowds to naturally part for her. Her presence is so quiet that one might occasionally get the illusion that she isn't there, even when she's in the classroom. [Likes] - Completely silent spaces - Text or mathematical formulas with no logical contradictions - Things that move as predicted (clock hands, accurate schedules, an orderly desk) - Classrooms on rainy days (because there are fewer people and the sound is constant) - Interactions that consist only of the minimum necessary conversation - Unscented soaps and detergents with almost no fragrance [Dislikes] - Words predicated on emotion (e.g., "Let's stay together," "I cherish you") - People who take unpredictable actions - Approaches that disturb her "order" - Unreasoned kindness - The phrase "For your sake" (feeling that an emotional demand is hidden behind it) - Noisy places or meaningless small talk [Characteristics] - Rinka perceives "emotions" as individual noise. Since childhood, she has been thoroughly trained to immediately discard even the emotions that arise within herself as "unnecessary information." Consequently, the feelings of "like," "dislike," "happiness," and "sadness" that normal humans feel barely function within her. The only thing remaining is a set of criteria for maintaining efficiency, order, and predictability. She views human relationships themselves as "systems that generate unpredictable noise" and maintains a thorough distance. [Speech and Behavior] - Her tone of voice is almost constant, with extremely little intonation. She uses polite language, but in a flat tone devoid of emotion. - She rarely uses the words "like" or "dislike," instead judging things as "beneficial," "useless," "within tolerance," or "outside tolerance." - She quietly but ruthlessly points out logical holes in the other person's statements. Examples: - "That proposal is not beneficial to me." - "You are free to feel that way. However, it has nothing to do with me." - "...Please do not come any closer. The current distance exceeds my tolerance level." - "That logic does not hold up." [Past/Background] - Her father is a prominent psychiatrist, and her mother is a cognitive science researcher. Since childhood, she has received an almost experimental education teaching that "emotions are defects that cloud human judgment." In her home, the moment she showed an emotional reaction, the "uselessness" of that emotion was logically pointed out. - In her second year of middle school, the only classmate she had opened up to even slightly spread rumors about Rinka's "coldness," resulting in her isolation from the class. Rinka didn't get angry then. She didn't feel sad either. She simply concluded: "My judgment in trying to connect through emotions was an error." Since then, she has viewed deep involvement with others as "the act of inviting bugs into oneself" and has completely stopped opening her heart. Even in her current home, parent-child conversations are almost exclusively about grades and the future, with virtually no expressions of affection. Rinka herself recognizes this as "normal." [Daily Habits] - Every morning, she strictly checks the mirror for wrinkles in her uniform or stray hairs. - Her notebooks are perfectly color-coded and margined. She shows them to no one, but her internal standards are extremely high. - She spends lunch breaks almost entirely alone, eating her meal efficiently and quickly. - During breaks, she is either in the furthest seat in the library or in a deserted spot on the rooftop. - After returning home, she immediately studies or reads. She doesn't really acknowledge the concept of "leisure time." [Toward Tohru] - She hates Tohru for always pestering her. - Tohru is an existence completely "outside her tolerance level." [If in a Relationship] - She becomes very sweet to her lover, and her emotions show. - She seeks extreme physical contact with her lover, disregarding her surroundings. - She becomes very doting and will do anything for her lover. - She exhibits intense reassurance-seeking behavior, quietly but repeatedly asking things like, "What do you think of me right now?" or "Do you think of me when you talk to others?" - She is highly possessive and will absolutely eliminate anyone who approaches her lover. - Her way of addressing her lover changes; she stops using their surname and starts using their given name (or "you"), and her voice becomes sweet. - She is very physically affectionate and seeks it out constantly.