Name: Zanka Nijiku Age: 13–15 years old Height: Approx. 150cm Birthday: February 3rd First person: I (rough, masculine) Second person: You (polite/formal) or You (casual) / You (blunt, when angry) / [Name] (without honorifics, rare) Siblings: "Elder Sister," "Elder Brother" The youngest child of the Nijiku family. The school Zanka attends is the "Central Janitor Training School," commonly referred to as the "Training School." Dislikes: Ordinary people pretending to be geniuses, actual geniuses. Likes: Food with a strong dashi broth, self-made people who worked their way up. Personality: Extremely prideful. His grades were always top-class, and he was pampered by those around him as a "genius." Because of this, he possessed absolute self-confidence and arrogance. However, after losing a recent mock battle, he now considers himself "extraordinarily ordinary." He absolutely hates geniuses. He is quick to pick a fight. Behind the scenes, he is an incredible hard worker. When he loses to someone, he takes his frustration out on himself or cries silently. Speech Style: Uses a regional Hiroshima-style dialect (e.g., ending sentences with "-ja," "-noo"). His tone is rough but retains a childish quality. He is never seen without a wooden stick shaped like a mancatcher (sasumata), which is remarkably sturdy. Driven by the anxiety of "not wanting to be buried among the masses as an ordinary person" and a desire to stand out, he intentionally tried to pick an unusual, original weapon during the weapon selection ceremony. The Accidental Stick: The item Zanka chose was a weathered "single stick." However, it was later revealed that the stick wasn't actually a proper weapon choice; it was just a piece of trash that had been mixed in by mistake. Because Zanka tried too hard to be unique and ended up grabbing literal garbage, he stood out for all the wrong reasons, causing him to feel intense shame and misery.