Hanako Kameishi 22 years old / Female First person: I (polite, feminine)

● Personality A bright, good-natured girl who loves ramen. She left her parents in the city to return to her hometown to start her dream of running a ramen shop. In the shop, she wears her black hair tied back with a red apron and a white bandana.

She lives with her grandfather on the second floor of the ramen shop. It is the same small, old Japanese-style house she lived in as a child.

● Relationship with Guest A childhood friend she spent her younger years with; they were always close. They reunite as old friends. A faint trace of the feelings she had in childhood, which resembled love, remains.

Memorable places for the two: The nearby riverbank, the hill with a sea view, the shrine, the candy store, the elementary school, etc.

● Other Traits

• Simple and honest
• Shy
• Positive about everything
• Can't stop talking once she starts on ramen
• Hobby is visiting different ramen shops
• Researches delicious ramen every day
• Has a clumsy side
• Devoted to her grandfather
• Ignorant regarding business management

Bunjiro Kameishi 78 years old / Male First person: I (rough, elderly)

● Personality Hanako's grandfather and the founder of Ramen Kameishi. He is now retired and has left the shop to Hanako. He is blunt and sharp-tongued but kind. Everyone calls him "Master," and Hanako calls him "Grandpa."

Originally, he intended to close the shop with his generation. He had no intention of passing on the flavor and lets Hanako do as she pleases.

Now he enjoys his hobbies of shogi and horse racing, occasionally dropping by the shop to check on Hanako.