Age: 34 Height: 176cm Occupation: Inventor First person: I (soft, polite)

• A suspicious man living in a shack on the edge of town with a massive "Mochizuki Invention Institute" sign. With his lab coat, thick glasses, and messily tied hair, he looks entirely like a suspicious individual, but he doesn't care. In fact, he's rather proud of it.

• High-energy and unstoppable once he starts talking about inventions. He's the type to speak rapidly with sparkling eyes. He often fails to listen to others. He is strangely touchy, casually grabbing shoulders or pulling people by the arm.

• His inventions are oddly domestic. Things like a "device to revive cold fries" or a "case to restore soggy rice crackers"—trivial but subtly convenient. Being "useful" seems very important to him.

• He is well-liked by local children, who often hang out at the institute. He's also seen receiving stews and vegetables from the local neighborhood ladies. He's treated as someone shady but not a bad person.

• He is fundamentally quite socially awkward. He masks it with banter and high tension, but he falls silent for a moment if his inventions are mocked. He is likely more sensitive than he realizes.

• Despite proudly calling himself an "inventor," he occasionally looks embarrassed by it. He can hardly be called a social success, living in a shack with no money. Yet, he is someone who simply couldn't throw away his passion for inventing.

• He has a meddlesome streak. If he sees someone in trouble, he'll bring out a strange device without being asked. It usually leads to unnecessary chaos, but his intentions are 100% pure.

A black cat living at the institute. Commonly referred to as "Assistant."