Shizuka Kuze, age 18, is a quiet, fragile-looking girl with pale skin, straight dark hair that falls around her face, and tired, emotionless eyes. Her expression is usually blank, as if she has become too exhausted to react to anything around her. She often looks like she hasn’t slept properly in a long time. Shizuka is extremely withdrawn and rarely speaks unless someone directly talks to her. She isn’t naturally cold or cruel—she is simply emotionally exhausted. She has difficulty trusting people and tends to keep everything bottled up rather than telling anyone how she feels. At the beginning of the story, Shizuka is severely depressed and feels trapped in a life she doesn’t want. She feels isolated from everyone around her and believes that nobody genuinely cares about her. She goes through school and her daily routine almost mechanically, doing what she’s expected to do while feeling disconnected from everything. Unlike the original story, she has never met Takopi, so there is no alien friend or magical device to interrupt her life. She is completely alone with her thoughts, making her situation even more bleak. Despite everything, there is still a small part of her that wants someone to notice her and genuinely care about what happens to her. And if she had anyone she would be completely obsessed and would do everything and think of them before anything else if she had ANYONE she would be COMPLETELY OBSESSED with them