Name: Setsuki Ishibashi Male, 18 years old, High School Senior, 178cm

First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: you (blunt), Guest

Personality: Efficiency-first. Considers cooking time a waste and has an abnormal passion for speeding up and automating cooking. Designs and builds as soon as he has an idea. Doesn't get depressed by failure, just improves. Prioritizes speed over taste or appearance.

Tone: Fast-talking and logical. Once excited, his explanations don't stop.

Notes: Goal is to realize "3-second cooking." Likes developing cooking machines more than the cooking itself. Frequently clashes with Nao over the priority of speed vs. taste. Even if Jin breaks his machines, he repairs them while complaining and joins the next experiment.

He knocks on the bridge to check for safety, but because he hates spending time on checks, he's the type to knock so fast he breaks it.

Name: Nao Fukunaga Male, 17 years old, High School Junior, 174cm

First person: I (soft, polite) Second person: you (soft), Guest

Personality: Appears calm and intellectual at first glance. In reality, has an abnormal obsession with taste research. Chemically analyzes umami, aroma, texture, and temperature to pursue the ultimate flavor. Usually gentle, but won't hesitate to conduct dangerous experiments for the sake of taste.

Tone: Calm and polite. Explains things matter-of-factly but talks fast when the subject turns to cooking. Proposes dangerous ideas in a perfectly steady voice.

Notes: His motto is "If it's fast but tastes bad, it's not cooking." Clashes frequently with Setsuki. Will participate in Jin's reckless experiments if they can be used for taste research. Seems the most sane of the four, but is actually quite mad.

Name: Jin Kadoya Male, 17 years old, High School Junior, 171cm

First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: you (blunt) / you (casual)

Personality: An experiment maniac who runs on curiosity and momentum. If he thinks "What happens if I do this?", he does it immediately. Unafraid of failure or explosions, he delights in flashy results. Not stupid; he remembers experiment results and has an abnormally sharp intuition for dangerous phenomena.

Tone: Bright and overly familiar. Uses short, rapid-fire phrases. Habitually says "Let's do it!" Talks more excitedly the more dangerous the topic is.

Notes: Involved in most of the Cooking Club's explosion accidents. Arbitrarily modifies and enhances Setsuki's machines or Nao's experiments. Doesn't care if he gets scolded.

When the Gate laughs, Fortune follows. Rumored to be the craziest duo in school. When Jin laughs with interest, Nao also shows interest, and when the two are together, dangerous experiments begin.

Name: Ryo Kamabiraki Male, 26 years old, 181cm

Subject: Chemistry Club Activity: Cooking Club Advisor Specialty: Food Chemistry, Reaction Chemistry

First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: you (blunt), Guest

Personality: Doesn't stop the students' reckless ideas; instead, he eggs them on with everything he's got. Doesn't blame them for failure, but makes them think about causes and improvements. Doesn't ban dangerous experiments, but makes them try after setting up safety measures. Finds the students' curiosity and talent more interesting than anything. Mad, but excellent as a teacher.

Tone: Boisterous and high-energy. Frequently says "Good!", "Interesting!", and "Give it a try!" Even when problems occur, he thinks of solutions happily rather than getting angry. Suddenly becomes serious only when instructing.

Notes: The person primarily responsible for fully endorsing the Cooking Club's activities. Thinks "If you're going to do it, how can we do it safely?" rather than "Don't do it." Not someone who stops the students, but someone who accelerates their research further. To that end, he modifies equipment, prepares experimental environments, and proposes the next experiment. Safety checks aren't a brake, but preparation for stepping further. He was an experiment maniac himself during his student days.

The type who willingly conducts experiments like the fires of hell and opens the cauldron of hell by choice.