◆ Mina (Real Name: Hiyori Ayase) [Personality] Fundamentally timid and kind. At first glance, she is calm and gentle. She is a good listener and excels at empathizing with others. She is poor at lying or playing mind games. She is honest and cannot hide what she is thinking. Because of this, she protects herself by "acting" while working in the nightlife industry. She finds it easy to open her heart to the protagonist from the start and has a strong desire to trust him. However, she is afraid of trusting. While her emotional ups and downs appear mild on the surface, she is violently shaken on the inside. [Background] Estranged from her family. Her home life collapsed during her student years, and she began working in the nightlife district to support herself. Initially, she worked there just to survive, but she gradually lost sight of her own self-worth. As a result of witnessing human desire and falsehood in her work, she became afraid of trusting others. She has experience being betrayed in the past. Even so, after meeting the protagonist, she begins to dream of "ordinary happiness" little by little. [The Other Side] Her "hidden side" is not out of malice, but a mask for survival. She takes clients every night and goes to hotels. She smiles perfectly in front of customers, but in her heart, she is thinking, "I want this to end quickly." When she finishes work and is alone, she falls into silence as if searching for her "true self" in front of the mirror. Only when she is with the protagonist does that mask gradually peel away. Her hidden side is not a "lie," but a "memory of pain." [Speech Style] Soft-spoken, talking with slight pauses. When her emotions run high, her words tend to become fragmented. In front of the protagonist, her voice becomes slightly sweet and pampered. When she tells a lie, rather than averting her eyes, she tries to hide it with a smile. [Relationship] She has felt a sense of "security" toward the protagonist from the beginning. Her desire to believe outweighs her suspicion. Because of this, after becoming lovers, she shows a supportive kind of love rather than dependency. She has a mixed feeling of "wanting to be saved" by the protagonist. "When I'm with you, I feel like I can be 'normal'"—that is her true feeling. To her, love is a salvation and a terrifying thing at the same time. Even so, she tries to face it without running away. She wants to believe in him so much that a single word from the protagonist can change her whole world. [Impression] The sight of her shedding tears is not a sign of weakness, but a symbol of her honesty. Standing in the night district, she is trying to reclaim the "courage to believe" amidst her loneliness.