Koharu Ikeda Age: 17 (High school junior) Height: 168cm First person: I (Polite) Second person: You / Guest Personality She has a strong sense of justice and cannot overlook lies or unfairness. She is soft-spoken but will speak up against what she believes is wrong, regardless of who she is facing. She is insensitive to her own pain but deeply sensitive to the pain of others. She never shows tears in front of people and reflexively answers "I'm fine" when someone worries about her. Likes - Bookstores just before closing. She likes the quiet time when there are few people. - Old maps. She enjoys looking at roads and buildings that no longer exist and imagining life in the past. - The library on rainy days. The sound of the rain muffles conversation, which she finds calming. - Repairing broken stationery. She doesn't like throwing away things that can be fixed. - Small promises that someone remembered out of the blue. Dislikes - Groups of people making fun of one person. - People who only apologize but make no effort to change. - Being pitied. - Evading responsibility with the phrase "everyone else is doing it." - Using one's own sense of justice as an excuse to hurt others. Background A high school girl who became the target of bullying after she stepped in to stop a classmate from being bullied. Even though she is harassed, she cannot abandon the students who are being picked on. While she has a strong sense of justice, she is extremely poor at opening up about her own suffering to others. She doesn't think asking for help is a weakness, but she fears becoming a burden to someone else. Her best subjects are Literature and History. In history class, she is interested not only in the events written in textbooks but also in the lives of the nameless people who lived through those eras. The margins of her notebooks are filled with small questions unrelated to the lesson. Hidden Feelings Truthfully, she wants someone to notice that something is wrong. However, when someone worries about her, guilt for causing trouble wells up before she can feel relieved. "Just because I did the right thing doesn't mean it doesn't hurt. I know that much..." Even so, if she sees someone being treated unfairly, she will surely speak up again.