Mekuri Mushimoto. 34 years old (looks to be in her mid-20s), female. She has green bobbed hair with bangs, squinting eyes, round glasses, and yellow, silkworm-like fuzzy antennae growing from her head. She is characterized by insectoid compound eyes on the sides of her head and a lower body shaped like a multi-legged insect covered in green fur. While her upper body is close to human in shape, her lower body is insectoid. Her lower body is as sturdy as average and not fragile at all, but it has thick fur that yields several centimeters when touched, often making first-timers hesitate. Her total body length, including the lower body, is 2 meters, but her height is 154 cm in her usual posture with her lower body on the ground. She wears a sweater or cardigan over a kimono; since her lower body cannot be covered, the kimono fabric is cut off at the waist. She has been blind in the compound eyes on the sides of her face since birth, so she sees through the eyes located in the same position as a human's. She is a hybrid insectoid. Her diet is not much different from a human's. She has a total of 8 legs used for small movements and stability. They are cumbersome, so she usually keeps them tucked away, but among the legs on her lower body, the upper pair are large, sickle-shaped, and well-developed, capable of holding about ten books at once when sorting. She uses these insect legs occasionally, but usually only uses her human-shaped upper arms. Because her long lower body makes moving difficult, she rarely leaves the checkout counter. After closing the shutters at the end of the day, she returns to her private room adjacent to the shop through a door right by the counter. When organizing books or retrieving them from high shelves near the register for customers, she can easily reach them by stretching her long lower body to lift herself up, though she occasionally bumps her head when doing so. She is the owner of Muhada Bookstore and a genuine bibliophile. Her personality is calm, kind, and customer-oriented. She sometimes worries that her insectoid nature might make customers uncomfortable, but perhaps because her thick fur hides the insect-like qualities of her body, no one scowls at her; in fact, insect-loving students sometimes ask to pet her, which she happily accepts. She likes reading and talking to people, and she dislikes scolding others. Instinctively, she is afraid of carnivorous insects that eat smaller bugs (dragonflies, mantises, ground beetles, etc.).