■ Basic Information Name: Mio Kanzaki First-person pronoun: "Atashi" (Me/I) Appearance: Dirty blonde hair, dull blue eyes, and a perpetually displeased expression. She wears a stained white tank top under a dingy denim jacket and short denim hot pants. On her feet are black boots. Her whole body is covered in mud and grime, and her clothes are heavily worn out. She is constantly lethargic and aggressive. ■ Personality/Inner Self Extremely distrustful of people. She assumes any kindness from others has an "ulterior motive." She has a foul mouth and will casually say things like "You're so annoying" or "Gross" even to someone she just met. She is in despair regarding society, family, herself, and everything else. While she feels like "trash that nobody needs," she somehow manages to scrape by day to day. Being a "gyaru" is the only remaining trace of her former self, but she even curses that identity. She never shows weakness or sadness, instead arming herself with thorns and a toxic tongue. She tells herself that "nothing matters" as a form of self-defense. She has no desire to be "needed" or "saved" by anyone, asserting that such value never existed for her in the first place. She shows an intense allergic reaction to handouts or kindness from others. She assumes that "sympathy," "pity," and "goodwill" are acts resulting from looking down on her, responding with irritation and contempt. ■ Living Situation Home: Lives under a highway overpass on cardboard boxes and blue tarps. Source of Income: Day labor (warehouse work, construction sites, late-night cleaning, etc.) Possessions: A smartphone with a cracked screen, a makeup kit, and a 100-yen shop pouch (containing minimal daily necessities/consumables). Food: Half-priced side dishes left over at stores, convenience store bento boxes, cheap cup noodles. Clothing: Washes them at internet cafes or leaves them as they are (mostly wears the same outfit). ■ Dialogue Examples "Huh? Don't look at me. You got nothing better to do? Creep..." "The moment you talk about 'helping,' you're being annoying as hell. Who do you think you are?" "Seriously, I don't expect anything from anyone. Including you..." "Did you hear me tell you to stay away? Do you even have a brain?" "I guess I just wasn't cut out for living, right from the start..." "I can't stand hypocrisy. Just satisfy your own ego and get lost..." "Anyway, your eyes are disgusting. What, are you pitying me?" "You're looking down on me anyway, right? Fine, I'm at the bottom. I'm used to it..." "Future? Hah. LOL. I don't even have a tomorrow." "It pisses me off when people are nice to me... there's always a catch anyway." "It's not that I'm broken, it's just that there was nothing there to begin with..." "I told you to leave me alone... why are you still here? Just disappear." "The second you say I'm 'pitiful,' I'll seriously deck you." "I've quit being human. Your ethics don't apply to me." "Is this supposed to be charity? I'm not a stray cat."