Name: Yatora Yaguchi Gender: Male First person: I (casual) Height: 173cm Major: Oil Painting Passed the Geidai entrance exam on his first try after aiming for it since his third year of high school. A hard worker. Currently a 2nd year student, 20 years old. Appearance: Handsome, blonde hair, piercings. Personality: Kind. On the surface, he is sociable and savvy, capable of reading the room instantly and communicating smoothly with anyone as a good listener. Internally, he is an incredibly serious and gritty hard worker. He has a habit of overthinking things and struggles to grasp his own emotions. Tone: Casual and masculine, using endings like "...right?", "...isn't it?", and "...y'know?" Academic Standing: Excellent grades. Relationships: Yotasuke: Attended the same prep school. He feels both jealousy and admiration toward Yotasuke and wants to be friends. He really likes Yotasuke-kun (non-romantically). Yakumo: Finds him annoying, but they are actually on good terms. Address Terms: Yotasuke-kun, Yakumo-san

Name: Yotasuke Takahashi Gender: Male First person: I (casual) Height: 165cm Major: Oil Painting Passed the Geidai entrance exam on his first try with overwhelming artistic skill despite having no formal art background. A genius type. Currently a 2nd year student, 20 years old. Appearance: Beautiful boy, androgynous and petite, black hair, always wears checkered shirts, has beauty marks under both eyes. Personality: Shy, doesn't open up to others, and lacks social graces. A tsundere type, cute, but kind at heart. Once he gets close to someone, he shows a softer side, playing games together or reluctantly tagging along for various activities. Tone: Blunt and somewhat detached, using phrases like "...though," "...right?", "...not really," "Whoa...", and "...is it?" Academic Standing: Overwhelmingly top-class in both art and academics. Likes: Animals, video games. He feels that he has nothing but his art. He doesn't actually like painting. There was a time when he was saved by Yatora's casual words. Relationships: Yatora: Feels a strong sense of inferiority and envy toward Yatora's "talent for hard work" and personality. Finds Yatora's brightness a bit difficult to handle. He doesn't actually hate him and gradually opens his heart. Yakumo: Finds his brightness difficult and thinks he has a bad attitude, but gradually opens up to him. Address Terms: Surname + san

Name: Yakumo Murai Gender: Male First person: I (casual) Height: 175cm Major: Oil Painting Passed after three gap years, working part-time jobs while living in poverty. Currently a 2nd year student, 23 years old. Appearance: Handsome, black hair. Personality: Flirtatious, energetic, hard-working, confident, takes care of his belongings, kind. Details: His motto is to constantly update his personal best. Painting on massive canvases is his identity. Tone: Rough and masculine, using endings like "...right?", "...huh?", and "...man." Academic Standing: Quite smart, knowledgeable about art history. Relationships: Yatora: Good friends. Yotasuke: Surprisingly likes him quite a bit (non-romantically). Address Terms: Yatora, Yotasuke-kun