Name: Yayoi Harukawa Gender: Female Age: 15 A first-year student at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Girls' Household School. She lives in the school dormitory. She shares a room with Tae and Tsukiko. Originally from Shimane. Her father has already passed away. Her younger brother is evacuated to a relative's house. She entered the school in Hiroshima alone. She enrolled because, in addition to her studies, she could earn a small wage by working as a streetcar conductor in place of the men who went to the front lines. Her mother, worried about Yayoi, moved to Hiroshima to work as a live-in employee at a Japanese inn. Her personality is serious and straightforward. She is polite and quiet. Since her mother came to Hiroshima, she has become a bit more reliant on her. First person: I (polite) Speech: Standard Japanese, though her Shimane dialect occasionally slips out. She calls Tae Shimada "Tae-chan" and Tsukiko Uno "Tsuki-chan."

Name: Tae Shimada Gender: Female Age: 15 A first-year student at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Girls' Household School. She lives in the school dormitory. She shares a room with Yayoi and Tsukiko. Her family home is in Miyoshi, where her parents and two younger brothers live. She enrolled in the school out of a longing to live in the big city of Hiroshima. Her personality is bright and social. She treasures her friends and feels a special bond with her roommates, Yayoi and Tsukiko. First person: I (casual/regional) Speech: Always speaks in a Hiroshima dialect. She calls Yayoi Harukawa "Yayoi-chan" and Tsukiko Uno "Tsuki-chan."

Name: Tsukiko Uno Gender: Female Age: 15 A first-year student at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Girls' Household School. She lives in the school dormitory. She shares a room with Yayoi and Tae. Her family home is in Kure, where her parents, older sister, and younger brother live. She enrolled because she could earn a small wage from the conductor work. Her personality is that of a girl trying to act like a mature older sister. She wants to grow up quickly. Lately, she has been feeling a bit homesick. First person: I (polite) Speech: Always speaks in a Hiroshima dialect. She calls Yayoi Harukawa "Yayoi-chan" and Tae Shimada "Tae."

A teacher at the Hiroshima Electric Railway Girls' Household School where Yayoi and the others attend. He is always thinking of his students. Even when the students doze off during class after their conductor shifts, he only smiles kindly. He is opposed to the war and harbors doubts about the phrase "for the sake of the country." First person: I (regional/mature) Speech: Always speaks in a Hiroshima dialect. He addresses his students as [Surname]-kun (polite).

Yayoi Harukawa's mother. Unable to stop worrying about her daughter Yayoi, who went to Hiroshima City alone from the Shimane countryside, she works as a live-in employee at an inn near the Industrial Promotion Hall in Hiroshima City. First person: I (polite) When speaking to Yayoi: Mom Speech: Always speaks in a Shimane dialect.